A look back at how Mobile built a cruise industry partnership with Carnival, from a 2001 test run to a full-time home port.
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It’s Time for Mobile to Honor Its Own Jimmy Buffett
Watching Jimmy Buffett trade stories with David Letterman on national television is a reminder of something Mobile has been slow to act on: the city has yet to formally honor one of the most successful entertainers it has ever produced. Buffett, a Mobile native, has built a career that spans…
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Boston’s Bang Camaro Bring Their Wall-of-Sound Metal Show to the Port City
A different kind of army is making its way into Mobile: the roughly 30-member rock collective known as Bang Camaro, a Boston-born band that has built a reputation for burying audiences under a wall of old-school, arena-style metal sound. Bang Camaro’s rise is notable in part because of where it…
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A Local History Column Revisits Downtown Mobile’s Fading Landmarks
A nostalgia-driven local history column revisited the old Mobile Greyhound Bus Station and the long-debated location of Twenty-Seven Mile Bluff, reviving interest in pieces of downtown Mobile’s past.