South Alabama Community Events Roundup: Early March 2020
Early March brings a landmark zoo opening, a chili showdown, living history on Dauphin Island and a full slate of arts events across South Alabama. Here is what’s on the…
South Alabama Community Events Roundup: February 12-18, 2020
Valentine’s Week and Mardi Gras season collide across Mobile and Baldwin counties over the next seven days, with dinner dances, mystery theatres, author events and one parade running in reverse.…
Bicentennial Meets Veterans Day: A Week of Tributes, History Lectures and Holiday Kickoffs in South Alabama
Alabama’s 200th birthday and Veterans Day land in the same week this year, and South Alabama is marking the pairing with flag ceremonies at the Battleship, a bicentennial exhibition on…
Halloween Season Heats Up: Haunted Rides, Fall Festivals and Fair Fun Across the Mobile Area
Costumes, candy and haunted cruises take over the South Alabama calendar this week, alongside a Civil War history cruise, ballet at the Civic Center and the opening of the Greater…
Archaeologists Keep Digging Into Alabama’s Oldest French Colonial Settlement
University of South Alabama archaeologists and volunteers continue carefully excavating the original 1702 Mobile colony site along the Mobile River, uncovering artifacts left behind when the settlement moved downriver nine…
Naturalist E. O. Wilson Returns to South Alabama for Two Book Events on “Anthill”
Pulitzer Prize-winning biologist and naturalist E. O. Wilson returned to the region where his scientific career began this week for two public appearances tied to his latest book, a novel…