Posted on 04 January 2012
Catch Kevin signing copies of the book at this week’s (1/13) LoDa Artwalk at the Mobile Arts Council in Mobile. Kevin Lee discusses his new book Colonnade on Studio 10 this morning. Author Kevin Lee releases “Colonnade”: fox10tv.com Or get it here: PayPal – The safer, easier way to pay online! Kevin Lee’s Colonnade ($8) Or buy it from any [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 03 January 2012
Watch the full-length documentary on Confederacy of Dunces author John Kennedy Toole for free here. Continue Reading
Posted on 01 January 2012
With over 1000 votes from New Orleans to Birmingham you gave recognition to the South’s artists and musicians with the 2011 Southern Art & Music awards. The Moddys were awarded by averaging our readers’ poll with our writers’ poll which was submitted by journalists and bloggers from around the South. Old 27 Grill Award: Best Song – [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 28 December 2011
...with chapters like: The Cocktail - Or I Feel Better Already, Bourbon, Juleps - Mint or Otherwise, Eggnog, Punch, Iced Tea And Coffee, Hot Drinks, and Hangover Cures. Continue Reading
Posted on 26 December 2011
Voting for the 2011 Moddys will end at midnight on Wednesday, 12/28. Awards will be given in the Categories of Music, Film, and Books for each of Mobile Bay, Alabama, and the South, as well as the title “King of Mobile”. Well over 800 votes have already been cast. If you have not voted yet please [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 21 December 2011
2011 Mobile Bay Books Books by author currently residing (or working) in the Mobile Bay area. Fiction Bones of a Feather by Carolyn Haines “When PI Sarah Booth Delaney and her partner and best friend, Tinkie, take on Monica and Eleanor Levert as clients, they don’t have much hope of solving the case. The wealthy heiresses of Briarcliff in [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 18 December 2011
Kevin Lee’s first book Colonnade is now available from Mod Mobilian Press! Until 12/26/11 order it for only $8 including shipping. Ships within 24 hours – get it in the Mobile Bay area next day. PayPal – The safer, easier way to pay online! Kevin Lee’s Colonnade ($8) Or buy it from any one of these area stores: Page & [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 15 December 2011
I have no problem if Dunlap wants to be the Luchino Visconti of Spring Hill. Continue Reading
Posted on 13 December 2011
Love, Hickory: A Southern Lady Prevails at 99 Thomas Joseph Perez, Outskirts Press, 2011 Thomas Perez is a Mobile native and a playwright known for his farces about Mobile society. His plays written for the South of the Saltline Theater include ”Miss Charlotte and the Yankee Captain” and “Society Shell.” Love, Hickory, published in May 2011, is his first novel and [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 08 December 2011
Mod Mobilian Press is proud to announce its first release… Kevin Lee’s Colonnade Colonnade is a collection of Kevin Lee’s best columns over the years from Lagniappe and Mod Mobilian. The columns deal with a wide variety of topics from Mobile to Alabama to the South to all humanity. But they are all guaranteed to make you [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 02 December 2011
Mod Mobilian is excited to announce the creation of Mod Mobilian Press – publishing local and regional books. As we reach our second birthday we have decided to go beyond the promotion of local arts into the production of the arts. Lowered costs have allowed the “democratization” of music, publishing, and film and we intend to spearhead [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 21 November 2011
University of South Alabama faculty Jesmyn Lee's "Salvage the Bones" won the National Book Award last week. Should you read it? It depends. Continue Reading
Posted on 11 November 2011
Courtesy Mobile Arts Council LoDa ArtWalk Exhibitions and entertainment in a variety of downtown galleries and other venues. City of Mobile Neighborhood and Community Services. Second Fri, 6 – 9 PM. LoDa Arts District (LOwer DAuphin St) 251-208-7443. For a complete list of activities/map, visit the Neighborhood and Community Services website after noon. A partial list [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 07 November 2011
Over 40 poets reading at five different venues spread across town,free and open to the public. Continue Reading
Posted on 31 October 2011
Doc interviews Haunted Mobile author Elizabeth Parker. Doc: How did you get interested in writing about ghosts? I literally can’t remember a time when I didn’t believe in ghosts; they are often poignant and always compelling. Ghosts stick around because they do not perceive their stories as finished. I feel like it is my job, as well as [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 16 October 2011
Daphne Civic Center - Thurs Oct. 20th, 11AM Continue Reading
Posted on 13 October 2011
a deaf teen living in New York City, discovers the power of American Sign Language poetry. As she prepares to be one of the first deaf poets to compete in a youth slam, her journey leads to an unexpected collaboration) doesn’t really hint at the film’s richness. Continue Reading
Posted on 11 October 2011
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Posted on 28 September 2011
A collection of Gothic thrillers freely adapted for the stage by Mobile author Thomas Lakeman -- October 21, 22, 28 & 29 7:30 p.m. Continue Reading
Posted on 02 September 2011
"Through that, my adolescent eye noticed that the more dangerous and back-breaking the job, the less you made. The inequity was bare." Continue Reading
Posted on 07 August 2011
The Albert Murray Film Scramble was held earlier this year to honor Mobile-born writer Albert Murray – learn more here. The Film Scramble was sponsored by the Mobile Arts Council, Alabama State Council on the Arts, and the Gulf Coast Ethnic & Heritage Jazz Festival. Winner: Artie McGowan, “Chickasabogue” Runner-up: Trey Lane, “Untitled Albert Murray Excerpt” Continue Reading
Posted on 05 August 2011
The 2011 Gulf Coast Ethnic & Heritage Jazz Fest Poetry Slam was held August 4 at the Museum of Mobile. The winning poem was by Fairhope’s Georgia Pearle: May Day Pier Jubilee City, 1997 I can still see us, insurgent shadows on the bay, summer braying in the atmosphere, our clothes loose, ungendered, I was probably wearing your pants, I’m sure you [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 10 July 2011
July 23 from 3-5 PM at the Oakleigh grounds in the historic district of Mobile. Established and aspiring writers in the Mobile area are welcome. Continue Reading
Posted on 22 June 2011
On June 21st, The Alabama Writers’ Forum presented “An Evening with Rick Bragg” at the Faulkner State campus in Fairhope. Bragg grew up in the small community of Possum Trot near Jacksonville, Alabama. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing in 1996 for his work at The New York Times and recently won the Harper [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 20 June 2011
Stefanie Bencsath interviews Fairhope Author Terry Cline on his new book “The Return of Edgar Cayce” Cline answers questions posed to Edgar Cayce. Cayce (1877-1945) was a psychic who claimed to have the ability to channel answers to questions on subjects such as healing or Atlantis while in a hypnotic trance. He lived and had a [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 10 June 2011
Lots of good stuff this ArtWalk - check it: Continue Reading
Posted on 20 May 2011
“They were ‘burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in the machinery of the night.’ They were outcasts, homosexuals, junkies, mental patients. They saw the world as it was, as it is, as it shall be. They cut through the shadows cast by pushers of flash, peddlers of the eternal, internal, infernal void.” Continue Reading
Posted on 20 May 2011
Mobicon XIV : Convention for fans of science fiction, fantasy, gaming, comics, horror, anime/manga, paranormal and mass media. Fri May 20 noon - Sun may 22 4 PM. Ashbury Hotel & Suites Continue Reading
Posted on 16 May 2011
highly charged works that are macabre, political and spiritual. Continue Reading
Posted on 03 May 2011
Congrats to Ben Bentley on winning Best Story, Scotty White on winning Best Film (Student Choice), and Andrew Preston on winning Best Film (Judges Choice) at SAFA's 2nd Annual Story Starter Film Screening. Continue Reading
