New History Book Traces Mobile Bay From Past to Present
A new local history book, Mobile Bay: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, has arrived at Bienville Books and other outlets, offering readers a wide-ranging look at the estuary that shapes life…
Inside The Blind Mule: How a Downtown Mobile Bar Became an Unlikely Art Gallery
At The Blind Mule on North Claiborne Street, curator Zach Depolo has turned bar walls into rotating gallery space for emerging Mobile artists like Ryan Jetten, Sol Davis and Ashelea…
Mobile Author Watt Key Set to Publish “Dirt Road Home,” a Follow-Up to “Alabama Moon,” This Summer
Mobile novelist Watt Key has a new book on the way. Dirt Road Home, a companion novel to his debut, Alabama Moon, is scheduled for release this summer from publisher…
Saint-Domingue and Mobile: A Gulf Coast History That Requires Care
A carefully sourced look at Saint-Domingue, the Haitian Revolution, French refugee ties to Alabama and what the record does—and does not—show about Mobile.
Mobile’s Police Union Backs Ashley Rich in the Race to Succeed Tyson
The Mobile County Law Enforcement Association endorsed Assistant District Attorney Ashley Rich in the Republican primary for district attorney, as chief assistant Nicki Patterson ruled out a run.
Reading Reed Between the Lines: A Rival’s Blessing in Senate District 33
Reports that Joe Reed would back Vivian Figures against Herman Thomas cut across four decades of Mobile political rivalry, and turned on a single legislative vote about a building's name.
Mobile Film Scramble Sets Attendance Record, Sells Out Crescent Theater Screening
The latest round of the Mobile Film Scramble drew the biggest response yet from local audiences, with organizers reporting that the screening at the Crescent Theater in downtown Mobile sold…
Mobile-to-New Orleans Rail Corridor Passed Over in First Round of Federal High-Speed Rail Grants
A long-discussed passenger rail line linking Mobile to New Orleans did not receive a share of the $8 billion in high-speed rail grants the White House announced in late January…
Mobile’s Fighting Owl Films Enters Pre-Production on Feature ‘The Night Shift’
Fighting Owl Films, a Mobile-based production company, has moved into pre-production on its feature film “The Night Shift,” with costume fittings and a full cast script read-through now complete. “It’s…
South Alabama Filmmakers’ “Clandestine” Set for Three U.S. Festival Premieres
"Clandestine," the Mobile-made film that toured festivals from Amsterdam to San Jose and won a Jury Prize at the Black Maria Film and Video Festival, gets its first Mobile screening…