Mobile Fans Roar as Hometown’s Aron Johannsson Takes the World Cup Stage
A packed crowd at a downtown Mobile pub erupted Monday night as the United States edged Ghana at the World Cup, celebrating a dramatic late goal and the tournament debut…
Funk Fusion Band Kung Fu Brings High-Energy Dance Party to Alabama Music Box
Touring funk-fusion quintet Kung Fu is bringing its high-energy live show to the Alabama Music Box in Mobile this Saturday, May 4, 2013, promising one of the most electrifying dance…
Funk Fusion Band Kung Fu Brings High-Energy Dance Party to Alabama Music Box
Touring funk-fusion quintet Kung Fu is bringing its high-energy live show to the Alabama Music Box in Mobile this Saturday, May 4, 2013, promising one of the most electrifying dance…
Jazz Appreciation Month: Remembering Mobile-Born Trombone Great Urbie Green
April is Jazz Appreciation Month, a national observance created to spotlight the musicians who shaped America’s homegrown art form. In Mobile, that means looking back at the city’s own contributions…
Jazz Appreciation Month: Remembering Mobile-Born Violinist Billy Bang
April is Jazz Appreciation Month, a nationwide observance created to highlight the history and living legacy of jazz. In Mobile, that history includes a musician whose name is far better…
Northrop Grumman Warns It Will Quit the Tanker Race, Putting Mobile’s Brookley Plans at Risk
Northrop Grumman told the Pentagon it could not bid on the $40 billion aerial refueling tanker program unless the request for proposals changed, threatening the aircraft plant planned for Brookley…
From Manila to Mobile: Estella Dorn and the Festival That Taught a City Its Neighbors
The executive director of the Mobile International Festival, born in the Philippines and a Mobilian since 1984, addressed the Sunrise Rotary Club on the event that has introduced schoolchildren to…
Mardi Gras Parades Shifted Into Higher Gear in Mobile in 2009
Mobile's 2009 Mardi Gras season shifted into a near-nightly parade schedule after the Polka Dots Parade opened a busy run to Fat Tuesday.
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…
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…