Historic Mobile Orphanage to Become ‘Cotton Hall’ Mardi Gras Lodge
One of Mobile's oldest Mardi Gras societies plans to restore the 1845 Protestant Children's Home downtown into a new meeting lodge called Cotton Hall.
Hayley’s Bar hosts Great Food Truck Race viewing party
Hayley’s Bar is hosting a viewing party this Sunday at 7 p.m. to celebrate the Dauphin Street business’s appearance on Food Network’s The Great Food Truck Race — a national…
Alabama Music Box Responds to Eviction Notice, Vows to Stay Open
The Alabama Music Box, a beloved live music venue on Dauphin Street in downtown Mobile, addressed reports in September 2013 that the establishment had been served with an eviction notice,…
Alabama Music Box Responds to Eviction Notice, Vows to Stay Open
Owner Dave Mathews moved quickly in September 2013 to reassure patrons and performers that the Alabama Music Box would remain open and fully operational after reports surfaced that the downtown…
Inside The Paper Wasp: How a Mobile Bookbinder Brought Handmade Art to Dauphin Street
In a 2009 interview, Mobile bookbinder Wayne McNeil discussed opening The Paper Wasp Gallery and Bindery on Dauphin Street, a trunk-show style Book Fair, and an upcoming functional-art exhibition.