Inside Hangout 2017: a smoother, still-unforgettable Gulf Shores weekend
GULF SHORES, Ala. — As Labor Day nears and summer winds down, it’s the season for looking back at some of the best festivals across Alabama and the Southeast. Few…
Alabama Coastal Cleanup marks 30 years with new recycling push
The Alabama Coastal Cleanup, the state’s largest single-day volunteer event, returns for its 30th year on Saturday, Sept. 16, inviting residents and visitors to “get the trash out of the…
Fairhope Film Festival returns for its 5th year Nov. 9-12
The Fairhope Film Festival returns for its 2017 edition Nov. 9–12, marking the event’s fifth year. Four autumn days across four to six walkable venues make the festival a centerpiece…
A Foley love story: 40 years, a crop duster, and a lifetime building the Gulf Coast
FOLEY, Ala. — Some love stories never leave home. The story of Albert and Denise Stewart has unfolded almost entirely within a few miles of the Baldwin County farmland where…
Archaeologists keep digging at Old Mobile, the original 1702 French settlement
As Alabama marks its bicentennial, archaeologists are quietly continuing work at a much older piece of Deep South history — the original French settlement of Mobile, founded in 1702 and…
Spoon’s Rob Pope on ‘Hot Thoughts’ and the band’s closest-ever Mobile show
Legendary indie-rock band Spoon, from Austin, Texas, has spent more than two decades bubbling just under the mainstream while constantly reinventing its sound. The group brought its Hot Thoughts tour…
AFC Mobile brings minor league soccer to The Lip
Mobile has a new hometown soccer club. AFC Mobile, a grassroots minor league side, will kick off its first season May 14 against the Gulf Coast Texans, and the organization…
A local’s guide to crawfish season 2017 around Mobile and Baldwin County
Crawfish season is a Mobilian tradition, and the start of the boil is eagerly anticipated each year as restaurants and bars across the area host all-you-can-eat spreads. The season —…
Ludgood Won’t Set Up Formal Commissioner Input Process for Oil Spill Council Votes
Mobile County Commission President Merceria Ludgood says she won't set up a formal process for fellow commissioners to weigh in on her votes for the Alabama Gulf Coast Recovery Council,…
LuLu’s Noon Year’s Eve Gives Gulf Shores Families a Kid-Friendly Countdown
While downtown Mobile prepares for its raucous midnight revelry, families along the Alabama coast have long had a gentler option: a countdown that happens at noon, when the kids are…