Mobile’s Arts Scene Comes of Age: A 2010 Year in Review
For a decade, talk of Mobile’s rising arts scene carried a note of hope as much as fact. By the close of 2010, the evidence had become hard to dispute…
Mobile Rapper Pluto Opens for Rick Ross at the Civic Center
When Rick Ross brought his tour to Mobile in December 2010, the warm-up act belonged to the host city. Pluto, the stage name of Mobile rapper Brent Parker, took the…
Mobile Big Band Society Brings Swing Era Sound to MoonPie Over Mobile
When downtown Mobile rings in the new year with the MoonPie Over Mobile celebration, one of the acts on stage will be keeping a much older American tradition alive: the…
Q&A: Painter Lauren Woods on Dreams, Dance and Mobile’s Art Scene
Painter Lauren Woods brought her exhibition Somewhere In Between to the Mobile Arts Council’s “Skinny” Gallery in December 2010, and sat down during the run of the show to talk…
Four Lions Opens at Downtown Mobile’s Crescent Theater
The Crescent Theater in downtown Mobile rolls out a pair of distinctive holiday-season bookings this December, starting with the British satire Four Lions, which opens Friday, December 10. The booking…
December LoDa ArtWalk: A Gallery-by-Gallery Guide to Friday Night
Downtown Mobile’s galleries roll out holiday exhibitions, concerts, and open houses for this month’s LoDa ArtWalk, the second-Friday stroll through the Cathedral Square Arts District running 6 to 9 p.m.…
Blue Velvet Studio Hosts ‘The Gift of Art’ During LoDa ArtWalk
Blue Velvet Studio turns its downtown gallery into a holiday market this month with The Gift of Art, a reception and sale timed to the December LoDa ArtWalk on Friday,…
Schedule Change at the Crescent: ‘Conviction’ Opens Friday
Downtown Mobile’s Crescent Theater is changing marquee this week, and the timing gives moviegoers back-to-back reasons to keep heading to Dauphin Street as the holiday season gets underway. The Girl…
Atmosphreak’s Soul Kitchen Set Featured on ‘Just Live Music’
Mobile band Atmosphreak takes the spotlight in an episode of Just Live Music, the web series that films full uninterrupted sets at Soul Kitchen. The series keeps things deliberately stripped…
‘The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest’ Opens Two-Week Run at Crescent
The final chapter of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy arrives in downtown Mobile this week, giving local film fans a chance to finish the Swedish thriller saga on the big screen.…