Dinner and a Movie: A Home-Cooked Filet and an Animated Superman
A new Mobile feature paired a favorite home-cooked meal, filet with red wine sauce, brown rice and a spinach roll-up, with a review of the animated film Superman: Doomsday.
Meet Mobile Musician Ryan Balthrop, a Storyteller of Gulf Coast Life
Mobile musician Ryan Balthrop writes songs about the afterlife, respecting the past, social struggles and small moments of everyday life. His characters leap from trees into marriage or get left…
Gulf Coast Ethnic Heritage Festival 2013 Brings Free Jazz to Downtown Mobile
The 13th annual Gulf Coast Ethnic Heritage Festival will bring live jazz and celebration to downtown Mobile on Saturday, Aug. 2, 2013, with a free evening of music at The…
Bayfest 2013 Fan Poll Reveals Alabama Shakes, The Black Keys Among Most-Wanted Acts
Music fans across the Gulf Coast made their voices heard in the Bayfest 2013 poll, casting votes for the artists they most wanted to see at Mobile’s premier outdoor music…
The 1780 Siege That Changed Mobile’s Place on the Gulf Coast
The 1780 Battle of Fort Charlotte brought Mobile from British to Spanish control and became a pivotal Gulf Coast episode of the American Revolution era.
Real Estate Roundup: Zaxby’s Rises in Gulf Shores as Acme Buys 120 Parking Spaces
A Zaxby's took shape on Alabama 59 in Gulf Shores, Orange Beach weighed beach-resort rezoning, and Acme Oyster House agreed to pay the city for 120 public parking spaces to…
Video Premiere: Pine Hill Haints Frontman Jamie Barrier Goes Solo at Mobile’s 360 Jazz Cafe
Jamie Barrier, the lead singer and guitarist behind legendary Alabama acts including the Pine Hill Haints, the Wednesdays and Rise Up! Howlin’ Werewolf, stepped away from his full-band duties for…
Eric Erdman Turns Everyday Chaos Into Songs and Stories on Mobile Stages
Mobile singer-songwriter Eric Erdman has built a reputation as one of the Gulf Coast’s most engaging live performers, a frontman who treats every set like a conversation with old friends.…
Silent Classic ‘The Wind’ Screens at Crescent Theater with Live Score by the Invincible Czars
The Dust Bowl was headed to downtown Mobile’s Crescent Theater, where the 1928 silent film classic “The Wind” screened June 25 with a brand-new score performed live by Austin’s Invincible…
Mobile Man Convicted of Murder in Death of Former Classmate Justin Hasty
A Mobile County jury has found Brandon Estle guilty of murder in the death of Justin Hasty, a former high school classmate, capping a trial that laid bare a drug-fueled…