The Pink Motel That Guided Shrimpers Home: Remembering Dauphin Island’s Moulin Rouge
Before the bridge, Dauphin Island was a village of 200 with goats in the trees and cattle on the beach. A B-24 pilot named Aubrey Bishop built its first motel…
Lesley Manville Shines in Charming ‘Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris’ at Crescent Theater
“Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris” is a confection of sweetness and sentimentality, anchored by Lesley Manville’s performance as a saintly cleaning lady who convinces viewers to suspend disbelief and experience…
How Birmingham Money and Families Helped Build Gulf Shores in the 1950s
Long before condos lined the coast, Birmingham families and investment helped transform Gulf Shores from barren beach into a growing resort town.