Posted on 07 September 2010
5 Rivers Delta Resource Center on Tuesday evening, September 7th, at 7:00 p.m. The September 7th program of the Mobile Bay Group Sierra Club will feature a presentation with discussion by Dr. George Crozier, senior marine scientist and executive director of the Dauphin Island Sea Lab. Dr. George Crozier has been professionally involved with coastal zone issues [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 07 September 2010
Free drinks to the winner of each round and a $20 gift card to the winner of the night! So you think you're smart? Tuesday nights 7pm Continue Reading
Posted on 02 September 2010
Former Federal Emergency Management agency director Mike Brown tells NBC’s “Today” show “there was a disconnect” about what the Bush administration was saying about the situation, and how bad things actually were. Continue Reading
Posted on 01 September 2010
Dauphin Island Sea Lab director downplays physical harm of oil and dispersants while arguing that environmental impacts could be more significant Continue Reading
Posted on 31 August 2010
Eddie Curran will be giving presentations with Q&A Wednesday and Thursday 9/1-2 at Carpe Diem. Both from 7 p.m. to 8-ish and free. Wednesday: The Use of Investigative Techniques and Public Records in Building the Stories Siegelman Couldn’t Deny. Thursday: The New York Times Couldn’t Find Alabama with a Map: Corruption… in Alabama from Siegelman to [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 30 August 2010
“Last week I was in Mobile, Alabama — very glad to be here. There are mutants in Mobile. They got social mutants. They got rednecks wanting to be yuppies, couldn’t quite make that crossover. Bought BMWs, put mud-tires on ‘em. Know what I’m talking about? Porsches with rifle-racks. Deep-fried sushi. Just glad to be talking [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 29 August 2010
The Greater Mobile Arts Awards to be presented at 6:30pm September 10 at the LoDa Artwalk in Cathedral Square. Who are the winners? Artist: Wanda Sullivan Ms. Sullivan has a B.F.A. in painting from the University of South Alabama and M.F.A. in painting from the University of Mississippi. She has taught at Spring Hill College since 2007 [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 27 August 2010
Read the full story at Chip Drago’s Mobile Bay Times “Now that Kyser has met the Lord, he can have some idea of how I felt at Brookwood Hospital on that cold December morning twenty three years ago when the nurse handed him to me. I miss him dearly.” Continue Reading
Posted on 27 August 2010
Harry Shearer's 'The Big Uneasy' - "Many of the places that were flooded during New Orleans were 10, 12 feet above sea level, but when an 18-foot wall of water from a badly constructed floodwall comes at you, that didn't help." Continue Reading
Posted on 25 August 2010
From the Rich campaign: Mobile, AL: After a night of celebrating Connie Hudson’s election to County Commission, Bess Rich announced her campaign for Mobile City Council District 6. The goal: continue the conservative voice of District 6. The irony: Nine years ago to the month, Connie Hudson succeeded Bess Rich as the conservative representative for District 6 and [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 25 August 2010
One of the most unfortunate situations in Downtown Mobile is the struggle to maintain a brewery in the Sangrouber-Van Antwerp Building at 225 Dauphin St. The Hurricane Brewery opened in 2006 and closed its doors at the end of 2009. Before that it was Mr. Jim’s Cannon Brew Pub and the Port City Brewery. Although early reports said the Hurricane [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 23 August 2010
Filmmaker retools 'If God Is Willing' to include devastating BP oil spill Continue Reading
Posted on 23 August 2010
"What's a double dip? No one really knows." - CNN Continue Reading
Posted on 23 August 2010
"And the answer is none. None more black." - Nigel Tufnel Continue Reading
Posted on 20 August 2010
A couple of years ago, Kelly Anne was chased up a tree by some dogs and accidentally electrocuted, so Mobile AL vets performed a quadruple amputation on her and nursed her back to health. Continue Reading
Posted on 19 August 2010
Mötley Crue, Earth, Wind & Fire, Papa Roach, Skillet and Fuel have all been confirmed for this year’s BayFest. Confirmed acts for the 2010 festival include: Reba McEntire, Mary J. Blige, Lady Antebellum, Shinedown, Godsmack, Sick Puppies, David Nail, Clay Walker, Rehab, Babyface, KEM, Chrisette Michele, Adelitas Way, Top of the Orange, Grayson Capps and the [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 18 August 2010
New ordinance set to drop by the end of September. Continue Reading
Posted on 18 August 2010
It's still several weeks away, actually. Continue Reading
Posted on 10 August 2010
From The Sierra Club’s David Underhill: The federal Minerals Management Service is now the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement. And its new head, Michael Bromwich, is holding a hearing in Mobile Tuesday morning. “It is a “forum” where Bromwich will listen to opinions from chosen “experts” and “leaders” about deepwater drilling. But they are not [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 04 August 2010
Not only do UM officials want people to pray, they want people to sign a contract pledging to make it a daily priority. Continue Reading
Posted on 03 August 2010
In all, the 4.1 million barrels estimated to have polluted the gulf would be enough to fill 260 Olympic swimming pools. The entire Gulf of Mexico, by comparison, would fill 973 billion Olympic pools. Continue Reading
Posted on 02 August 2010
Santa Barbara-based/Mobile-native filmmaker Mike deGruy, who is known the world over for making underwater movies for National Geographic, PBS, BBC, and the Discovery Channel, weighs in on the Deepwater Horizon disaster and aftermath. Continue Reading
Posted on 29 July 2010
7pm Friday Night (July 30) at Panera on Airport Blvd. Continue Reading
Posted on 29 July 2010
"He started putting on his gun belt and told her he saw a ninja running into his closet." Continue Reading
Posted on 28 July 2010
Sir Robert Plant was spotted at Callaghan’s Irish Social Club – a “little corner bar” in Oakleigh – recently. As a well-known area raconteur stated…”Paul Giamatti at Bienville Books last week…Robert Plant (and Patti Griffin) at Callaghans last night. My little neighborhood is hella-hip.” Photo courtesy of Callaghan’s. Continue Reading
Posted on 26 July 2010
This is what we posted on April 23: We witnessed firsthand the grief of Kyser Miree’s parents when they learned their son had died - and in all our years we have never seen anything as tragic. Twenty-three year old Miree was found shot in the head in the front on his home on Macy Pl. [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 26 July 2010
Since its existence was revealed on a radio program (the “Uncle Henry Show”) last week there has been a public clamor for a preview of Mod Mobilian’s video series based Eddie Curran’s “The Governor of Goat Hill.” We will acquiesce with a ROUGH CUT. In this video series we will break down the complexities of the Siegelman [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 22 July 2010
The 2010 BirdFest will include several new trips in local inland waterways and will repeat many popular land and boat trips from previous years. The full schedule will be released by mid-July Continue Reading
Posted on 21 July 2010
No sooner than we thought Mod Mobilian had gotten the Massachusetts-Azalea Trail Maid Crisis behind us then we turn on the TV to FX last night and see the new episode of Louie starring standup comedian Massachusetts resident Louis C.K. having the following exchange with an audience member in Birmingham: Audience: Hey Man, say some s*** about Mobile. Louie: What? Continue Reading
Posted on 17 July 2010
MOBILE, AL - On a large van at the Crescent Theater, stencil graffiti -- with black letters and red paint splashed to mimic blood splatter -- informs: "Somewhere in the city this blood is real." On Thursday afternoon, somewhere was blocks away. Continue Reading
