The Mustachios and MANDOWN Brought Indie Energy to Alabama Music Box
Two of Mobile’s rising independent bands, The Mustachios and MANDOWN, took the stage at the Alabama Music Box in downtown Mobile on March 29, 2014, delivering a night of original…
Real Estate Roundup: Spanish Fort Apartments Fetch $15 Million as Foley’s Burger Wars Heat Up
A 216-unit Spanish Fort apartment community changed hands for more than $15 million, while Foley prepared for a burger showdown and Gulf Shores saw a former Resort Quest building sell.
Temporal City Festival Returns to Downtown Mobile for Its Fourth and Final Year
The Rumor Union has announced the 2014 edition of Temporal City, the downtown Mobile arts festival that transforms the upper floors of a historic building into a temporary world of…
Eef Barzelay of Clem Snide Headlines Final Independent Music Collective Showcase Ahead of SouthSounds
Eef Barzelay, the songwriter behind indie rock cult favorites Clem Snide, brought his solo act to Satori Coffee House on Friday, April 11 for the final Independent Music Collective show…
AEA representative presses Mobile school board over in-house testing workload
A representative of the Alabama Education Association used a Mobile County school board meeting to voice frustration over a new testing requirement he says has piled work onto local teachers.…
Mobile teachers’ union pushes back on new in-house testing workload at MCPSS
A teachers' union representative told the Mobile County school board that educators are shouldering extra, unpaid hours to design their own quarterly tests, while district leaders defended the new approach…
Foley Singer-Songwriter Christina Christian Brings Southern Sisters Tour to Old 27 Grill
Foley singer-songwriter Christina Christian teams up with fellow Alabama artists Elizabeth Green and Megan McMillan for the self-booked Southern Sisters Tour, which stops at Old 27 Grill this spring.
New Orleans Rap Acts SexParty and Boyfriend Bring the ‘Rap Cabaret’ to the Alabama Music Box
Two of New Orleans’ most unfiltered rap acts crossed Lake Pontchartrain on Friday, March 28, for a 9 p.m. show at the Alabama Music Box in downtown Mobile, bringing a…
Macaulay Culkin’s Pizza Underground Brings Velvet Underground Parody to the Alabama Music Box
The Alabama Music Box hosted one of its more unlikely bookings in March 2014: the Pizza Underground, a New York band devoted equally to pizza and to the Velvet Underground,…
Malbis Documentary Preserved the Story of a Greek Colony in Baldwin County
A 2014 documentary traced the history of Malbis Plantation, a Greek immigrant community whose legacy remains visible in Baldwin County.