La Cocina Serves Tasty Mexican Fare off Airport Boulevard in West Mobile
Tucked just off the bustle of Airport Boulevard in West Mobile, La Cocina has built a following among diners who want a generous plate of Mexican cooking made with fresh,…
Your Early Parade Forecast: The Full 2011 Mobile Mardi Gras Schedule
Mobile’s 2011 Carnival season ran from the first weekend of February through Fat Tuesday, March 8, with more than three dozen parades rolling through downtown — plus a pair of…
‘Rockstars of Chamber Music’: Diotima String Quartet Performs at the University of South Alabama
The Diotima String Quartet, a Paris-based ensemble hailed by the French newspaper Le Figaro as “the most serious hope for chamber music in France,” performed at the University of South…
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Leon Russell Brings Five Decades of Music to the Mobile Saenger Theatre
Leon Russell — the 2011 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee often called “The Master of Space and Time” — brought his legendary catalog to Mobile’s Saenger Theatre on…
Orange Beach Began Independent Beach Testing in 2011
A 2011 WKRG report described Orange Beach's independent testing of beach sand following the oil spill.
Mobile Volunteers Built Oyster Reef for Coastal Restoration in 2011
A 2011 WKRG report covered volunteers building an oyster reef in Mobile as part of a coastal restoration effort.
Callaghan’s Irish Social Club: The Mobile Neighborhood Pub With a Worldwide Reputation
Tucked into a cluster of historic homes and early-20th-century cottages in Mobile’s Oakleigh Garden District sits Callaghan’s Irish Social Club — a boxy 1920s-era building that once housed a butcher…
Mod Mobilian TV Returns to Island Thyme for a Free Live Taping on Dauphin Street
Mod Mobilian TV, downtown Mobile’s homegrown variety show, returned to Island Thyme at 453 Dauphin St. for a live taping on Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011, starting at 8 p.m. —…
Lunatix & Co. Brings Wearable Art by Local Designers to Dauphin and Springhill
Downtown Mobile gained a one-of-a-kind retail destination in early 2011 with Lunatix & Co., a boutique at 662 Springhill Ave. near Dauphin Street that sells handmade, upcycled and wearable art…
LoDa’s 4th Saturday Event Replaces Canceled 3rd Saturday Art Night in Downtown Mobile
The monthly rhythm of art in downtown Mobile shifted in early 2011, when organizers officially canceled the 3rd Saturday evening art event that had been created as a companion to…