The Revivalists Bring New Orleans Funk and Soul to the Soul Kitchen
MOBILE, Ala. — New Orleans’ The Revivalists carried their blend of funk, soul and rock across the state line on June 30, 2012, packing the Soul Kitchen Music Hall and…
Downtown YMCA Members Sue to Block Move From Water Street
Members of the Moorer Branch YMCA sued to stop the relocation of the downtown Mobile fitness facility from Water Street to a smaller space in the Kress Building, alleging irregularities…
Where to Find Free Crawfish Around Mobile This Season
Crawfish season means one thing around Mobile: bars all over town boiling up free spreads week after week, no ticket required beyond whatever you’re drinking. Here is where the mudbugs…
SouthSounds Music Festival Announces 2012 Lineup for Downtown Mobile
The SouthSounds Music Festival has announced its full lineup for its debut run, April 13-15, 2012, in downtown Mobile. The new festival arrives as one of the most ambitious live-music…
Of Montreal Delivers Intimate Psychedelic Set at Mobile’s Alabama Music Box
Athens, Georgia’s of Montreal brought its theatrical, psychedelic pop to downtown Mobile on Friday, March 9, 2012, headlining the Alabama Music Box on Dauphin Street. The show marked the band’s…
Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Play the Saenger Monday
Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra made a rare Mobile appearance at the Saenger Theatre on Monday, March 5, 2012 — a stop local jazz fans were…
Mobile Arts Council’s John Chamblin painting sale ends Friday
The Mobile Arts Council is hosting a sale of paintings by John Chamblin at its galleries at 318 Dauphin Street in downtown Mobile. The sale closes Friday, March 2, and…
Blue Velvet Studio Lines Up Free Winter Art Events, Puts Out Call to Artists
Downtown Mobile’s Blue Velvet Studio, at 709 Dauphin Street #2, has rolled out a packed winter-and-spring slate of free events — and issued a call for artists and volunteers to…
Mobile County Plans Yearlong Bicentennial to Mark 200 Years Since 1812
A volunteer commission prepared a yearlong celebration of Mobile County’s bicentennial, marking two centuries since the county’s creation in 1812 with events across its municipalities and a kickoff in Bienville…
ArtWalk 11/11/11: A Dozen Gallery Openings and a Day of Poetry Across Downtown Mobile
Mobile’s November LoDa ArtWalk, held Friday, 11/11/11 from 6 to 9 p.m., was one of the year’s fullest, with more than a dozen exhibitions and receptions along Dauphin and Conti…