Host Gallery Opens in Downtown Mobile, Ready for LoDa Artwalk Debut
MOBILE, Ala. — Downtown Mobile has a new art space. Host Gallery, owned by Tracy Host, quietly opened its doors last week with a soft opening that included the ceremonial…
Ann Bedsole Honored With Lifetime Achievement Award for Historic Preservation
Mobile trailblazer Ann Smith Bedsole, the first woman elected to the Alabama Senate, was named to receive a lifetime achievement award for decades of work saving the state's and the…
Mobile Civic Center Sets Lottery for 24 Mardi Gras 2011 RV Parking Spaces
RV owners hoping to park in the heart of Mobile’s Mardi Gras action will have their chances drawn by lottery next week. The Mobile Civic Center will hold its drawing…
BayFest 5K Set for Saturday, Kicks Off Festival Weekend While Funding Music Scholarships
Mobile’s downtown streets will fill with runners this Saturday, September 25, as the fourth annual BayFest 5K opens festival weekend two weeks ahead of the main event. The race starts…
Nelly Added to BayFest 2010, Headlining the Pepsi Stage Sunday Night
BayFest 2010 just got a bigger draw. Nelly will bring his catalog of catchy chants and singable hooks to the Pepsi Stage on Sunday night, October 3, joining the downtown…
Ghost Stories and a Strange Shadow: The Malaga Inn on Camera
A ghost story gets a new exhibit The historic Malaga Inn in downtown Mobile has long been the subject of haunting tales, and a locally filmed video has given ghost…
Second Annual Charity Contest at MaGhee’s Grill on the Hill Raises Thousands for Wilmer Hall
Mobile’s second annual charity contest returned to MaGhee’s Grill on the Hill this weekend, drawing a crowd of competitors and spectators for an event that organizers said raised thousands of…
Meet the 2010 Greater Mobile Arts Awards Honorees, From the Blind Mule to Wanda Sullivan
Mobile’s arts community took center stage this fall as the Greater Mobile Arts Awards prepared to honor six of the people and organizations that have shaped the city’s creative life.…
Two Mobile-Area Residents Named Finalists in National Nonprofit Grant Contest
Two Mobile-area residents are finalists in a national contest run by the Marion Institute that offers $1,000 in grant funding and a trip to the Connecting for Change Conference to…
South Alabama Film Festival Extended Its Entry Deadline Ahead of November’s Downtown Mobile Event
With the festival set for downtown Mobile on November 5-7, 2010, the South Alabama Film Festival gave filmmakers extra time: the deadline for shorts, music videos and student films moved…