A free weekend festival at the Mobile Museum of Art in Langan Park celebrated a new Mardi Gras exhibition with parade floats, marching bands and Carnival food.
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Three Mobile Museums Team Up for New Mardi Gras Art Exhibition
Three of Mobile’s largest museums partnered on a new exhibition, timed to the art museum’s 50th anniversary, celebrating decades of Mardi Gras artistry.
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Mobile Museum of Art Marks 50 Years With Mardi Gras Family Festival
The Mobile Museum of Art is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a Mardi Gras exhibition and a free, carnival-themed family festival weekend.
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Famous Mobilian You Should Know: Roderick D. MacKenzie, Orphan Who Became a World Traveling Artist
Orphaned in Mobile, artist Roderick D. MacKenzie went on to paint rajahs and tigers in India before dying nearly penniless in his own hometown.
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Mobile County Metro Jail Hits Record 1,806 Inmates in Sweltering Summer
Warden Trey Oliver said the Mobile County Metro Jail set an all-time population record of 1,806 inmates, far above its designed capacity, as summer heat and rising numbers strained the facility.
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Gateway to the Gardens: Stimulus Money Could Reshape the Springhill Avenue Corridor
Federal stimulus dollars are set to resurface Springhill Avenue from I-65 to Municipal Park. A councilwoman wants to add median landscaping and turn the stretch into a proper entrance to Mobile’s cultural core.