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
Posted on 16 April 2011
April 30, from noon to 2:00 p.m., Scott O. Brown will sign copies of his new graphic novel "They Do Not Die" at Bienville Books Continue Reading
Posted on 14 April 2011
Riders will get the rare opportunity to actually ride their bikes right into the Premiere Cinema at Eastern Shore Centre for a 5:00 pm celebration. Then at 6:00, Premiere Cinema Director, Will Sanders has arranged to show Nell Harper Lee's famous film "To Kill a Mockingbird" on the big screen. Tickets are $5 dollars with all proceeds going to The American Cancer Society. Continue Reading
Posted on 17 March 2011
Join in the celebration Saturday March 19 11am-2pm in Chickasabogue Park Continue Reading
Posted on 12 March 2011
Several teams of writers and actors were given the prompt of re-imagining fairytales on February 19th, and this event marks the culmination of their efforts : to create a short, original play March 12 at Space 301. Continue Reading
Posted on 12 February 2011
Eddie Curran gives some tips about self-publishing at the Friends of the Library Annual Meeting Jan. 27, 2011. Continue Reading
Posted on 08 February 2011
Mod Mobilian Scott O. Brown has worked in the comics industry for over ten years as a writer, letterer, publisher, editor, and production manager. Scott won the IP Award for independent publishing, a Harvey nomination and 2 of his works are in-development as major motion pictures at Aurora Pictures and Dreamworks, respectively. Continue Reading
Posted on 01 February 2011
Author Wayne Greenhaw : Thurs Feb 3 - 5:30p - 7:00p at the Museum of Mobile Continue Reading
Posted on 06 January 2011
Mr. Bragg won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing in 1996 for his work at The New York Times and is the author of several books including All Over But the Shouting, Ava's Man, I Am a Soldier, Too: The Jessica Lynch Story, The Prince of Frogtown and The Most they Ever Had. Continue Reading
Posted on 12 December 2010
“The musical riches of the state of Alabama are deep and diverse — much deeper and more diverse than most people realize." Continue Reading
Posted on 27 November 2010
11/26 - 12/09 6:00 pm & 8:30pm - Weekend Matinee: 2:00pm - Wednesday Matinee: 2:00pm Continue Reading
Posted on 08 November 2010
with a SHRIMP-AND-GRITS BAR! Tuesday Nov 9 at the Arthur R. Outlaw Convention Center Continue Reading
Posted on 03 November 2010
30 days and 30 nights of literary abandon . . . Continue Reading
Posted on 09 October 2010
New York Magazine's October 4 cover story, WHO RUNS NEW YORK? features 94 year old Mobilian Albert Murray ... Continue Reading
Posted on 08 October 2010
October 16, An afternoon and evening of adventure hunting the ghostly paranormal activity surrounding you in the Mobile, Alabama area. It will start in the afternoon and run through until 10 PM. Continue Reading
Posted on 03 October 2010
The Casbah was a wonderful restaurant in Dr. Dowling’s house on Government Street. A Jack Stallworth restaurant with Mai Nuygen and her brother Noc, they created a magic in the early 1980s. ‘Mr. Mardi Gras’ Jack Stallworth was vice president of the Mobile Carnival Association, member of several mystic societies and King Felix in 1947. In 1952, he [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 02 October 2010
With Sharif Mobley, (an American held in Yeen currently under suspicion of belonging to Al-Qaida), and Colleen LaRose AKA Jihad Jane, (also an American, who plotted with others to kill a Swedish cartoonist after another Mohammed cartoon) in the news over the past months, I've been frequently thinking about American - Muslim relations. I can't help but feel like everyone has. You can't open a newspaper or turn Continue Reading
Posted on 23 September 2010
Against all odds, we didn’t die of alcohol poisoning OR a nerdgasm overdose. Continue Reading
Posted on 22 September 2010
"Lil' Allen" - Words by Georgia Pearle + Music by Marcella O'Connor Continue Reading
Posted on 17 September 2010
In Old Mobile Restaurants, Steiner includes a glossary of diner lingo . You may have known that “mud” is black coffee or “Adam and Eve on a raft” is two poached eggs on toast. But did you know that “First Lady” is spareribs, since Eve was made from a spare rib of Adam? Or that [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 14 September 2010
How much do you know about New Orleans? Do you know how Canal Street got its name? Or how the city was populated? Or that you've probably bought coffee where the two roughest blocks in America were at one time? All the answers are here. And so much more. The Big Easy has... Continue Reading
Posted on 12 September 2010
Thomas Lakeman is the author of three mystery novels published by St. Martin’s Minotaur. These include The Shadow Catchers (2006), Chillwater Cove (2007) and Broken Wing (2009). Lakeman’s novels are a continuing series revolving around a pair of FBI special agents, Mike Yeager and Peggy Weaver. The Shadow Catchers takes Yeager to the Nevada desert on [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 10 September 2010
Brimming with bawdy wit and lusty incident... Continue Reading
Posted on 04 September 2010
What inspired the book? A search for a recipe I had at Constantine's restaurant years ago: Shrimp and crabmeat a la Rector. It came from the great restaurateur George Rector in who's restaurant Mr. Constantine had worked as a young man In the 1950s a friend of Mr Constantine, Mr. Kaller, who had worked with George Rector, had a restaurant in Mobile called "Rector's" where this dish was also served. Continue Reading
Posted on 26 August 2010
how Folkstreams.net preserves and gives new life to documentary films about American folklore and roots cultures by streaming them on the internet Continue Reading
Posted on 18 August 2010
Documentary on the worldwide bestselling novels (and now films) : Thursday 7p - Serda's Coffee (3 S. Royal St.) Continue Reading
Posted on 12 August 2010
at Fairhope Civic Center 6PM Nov 9 Continue Reading
