Calendar of Events

Thursday,Sept. 27

Join us for the Government Street Presbyterian Noon Thursday Forum. Sept. 27 Guest Speaker is Jane Williamson of the Mobile Opera. Lunch is at Noon, $5 a plate. Program is at 12:30. Oct. 4 Speaker: Ronnie Arrow, USA Basketball Coach; Oct. 11 Speaker: J.D. Crowe, Editorial Cartoonist. 300 Government Street at the corner of Jackson.

BayFest Preview Party on Thursday, September 27th from6-8pm at Bojangles, located at 260 Azalea Rd. BayFest is looking for two lucky winners to be crowned the King and Queen of BayFest. The King and Queen of BayFest will be treated like royalty with a VIP weekend at BayFest including a pair of backstage passes and weekend tickets.

Friday, Sept. 28

FILM: THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY

(2006) 127 minutes. Fairhope Film Series. 7 PM. USA Baldwin County Performance Center (Summit and St. James St., Fairhope)7 PM. USA Baldwin County Performance Center (Summit and St. James St., Fairhope). Contact: www.fairhopefilms.org

Saturday, Sept. 29

AN EVENING WITH THE POPS. The Mobile Pops; director: Greg Gruner. StarBrightConcert Series. 6 PM. First Baptist Church (Citronelle) Free. Contact: 251-679-6036/ www.mobilepopsband.com

DRACULA & ME An original comic murder mystery based on Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Commedia del Arte. Benefits USA’s Fine Arts Magazine, the Oracle. 7:30 PM. University of South Alabama Baldwin County Campus (Summit & St. James St., Fairhope) $5.

Contact: 251-510-0654/251-478-9438/ Comedia_del_Arte_Mobile@yahoo.com

BUY, BUY BIRDIE AUCTION/PARTY Auction of Fairhope’s Art Takes Flight pelicans, 25 in live auction; 45 in silent auction; auctioneer: Christie King Ray (J. P. King Auction Co.); benefits public art (pelicans on view at Eastern Shore Art Center, 401 Oak St., Fairhope, Sep 7 – 27) 5:30 PM. Fairhope Civic Center. Before Sep 15/ $45; after/$60 (includes two drink tickets) Send check (payable to ESAA/COPA), with an address and telephone number, to COPA-Art Takes Flight, Eastern Shore Art Center, 401 Oak St., Fairhope, AL 36532 or call 251-928-2228. Contact: 251-928-2228/ www.easternshoreartcenter.com

19TH ANNUAL JUBILEE FESTIVAL. Juried art show featuring more than 85 regional artists and craftspeople; childrens’ activities; entertainment; festival foods. Sponsor: Eastern Shore Chamber of Commerce. Sat & Sun, 10 AM – 5 PM. Main Street (Scenic 98), Olde Towne Daphne, in front of City Hall and in Centennial Park. Free. Contact: 251-621-8222/ www.eschamber.com

BayFest 5K Run/Walk, 8:00 a.m., Bienville Square. Preregister on-line at www.active.com (http://www.active.com) by midnight of 26th or at McCoy Outdoor by noon the 27th; day of race until 7:30. For more information call Margaret Olive at 251-473-7223.

Sunday, Sept. 30

HOSPITAL, BAND MARINO, DON’T DIE CINDY, AND EL CANTADOR. Live music. 6 PM. Grace United Methodist Church (7450 Three Notch Rd) No cover. Contact: 251-661-0060/www.myspace.com/musicofhospital

*FILM:CAMILLE *(1936) starring Greta Garbo and Robert Taylor; introduction and discussion with Robert Bantens and Jerome Shannon. Dumas’ novel Lady of the Camellias is the inspiration for both Camille and Verdi’s opera La Traviata, to be presented by Mobile Opera, Oct & 27. Mobile Opera: Film & Commentary 2 PM. Ben May Main Library, Bernheim Hall(701 Government St.)

Contact: 251-208-7097/ www.mplonline.org

19TH ANNUAL JUBILEE FESTIVAL. Juried art show featuring more than 85 regional artists and craftspeople; childrens’ activities; entertainment; festival foods. Sponsor: Eastern Shore Chamber of Commerce. Sat & Sun, 10 AM – 5 PM. Main Street (Scenic 98), Olde Towne Daphne, in front of City Hall and in Centennial Park. Free. Contact: 251-621-8222/ www.eschamber.com

Monday, Oct. 1

AN EVENING WITH THE POPS. The Mobile Pops; director: Greg Gruner. StarBrightConcert Series. 7 PM. Langan Park, Performing Arts Pavilion. Free. Contact: 251-679-6036/ www.mobilepopsband.com

Tuesday, Oct. 2

CLASS: SOCIAL DANCE. Ballroom/ Swing/ Latin/ Salsa; all levels; no partner necessary. Instructor: Omar. Tue, 7 PM. Midtown Dance Studio (157 S. Florida St) $10. Contact: 251-605-3547

Thursday, Oct. 4

Inaugural Benefit for the Mobile Regional Senior Community Center. The Mobile Regional Senior Community Center Foundation, Inc. invites you to an evening of fun to show support for your community. Please join us for heavy hors d’oeuvres, a silent auction, music and a cash bar. It’s going on from 6:30 – 9:00 at the Heron Lakes Country Club (3851 Government Blvd). The cost is $35 per person or $60 per couple and the dress is business casual. Please RSVP by calling 251-391-9379.

CATT’S BROWN BAG IN BIENVILLE: VIBRATION CONFIGURATION. Lunchtime musical entertainment. Sponsors: Catt’s Sunday Jazz Brunch, Radio Avalon, the City of Mobile Neighborhood and Community Services, WHIL (91.3 FM) Wed, 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM. Bienville Square (downtown Mobile) Free.

Contact: 251-470-7730 (Greg Cyprian)

FILM: MANG JING (Blind Shaft)(China, 2004) Director: Li Yang. Mandarin with English subtitles; 92 minutes; not rated. International Film Series. University of South Alabama Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures. 7 PM. University of South Alabama Library, Auditorium. Free. Contact: 251-461-1360 (Zoya Khan)

10TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION FOR MOBILE BAYKEEPER, Five Rivers Delta Resource Center-Start/End Time: 6:00pm, 8:00pm 10th Anniversary Celebration for Mobile Baykeeper, a non-profit organization working to provide citizens a means to protect the beauty, health and heritage of the Mobile Bay watershed. Keynote speaker will be Steve Fleischli, President of Waterkeeper Alliance. Silent and live auction, heavy hors d’oeuvres, live entertainment. Proceeds benifit Mobile Baykeeper. Please visit our website www.mobilebaykeeper.org

Friday, Oct. 5

FIRST FRIDAY ARTWALK Exhibit openings-with guest artists, refreshments and live entertainment – at Analece and Bayside Beads, Antiques and Fine Art; Christine Linson Gallery; Eastern Shore Art Center; Fairhope Unitarian Fellowship Gallery; Lyons Share Gallery; Metal Benders; Morning Light; Nall Studio; Page and Palette; Patina; Shorty Cate’s Studio Over the Bay; SMG Interiors and Design Studio; and Thomas Hospital Gallery (Map of participating venues, including specialty shops and restaurants, available at the Eastern Shore Art Center – 401 Oak St.) 6 – 8 PM. Downtown Fairhope. Free trolley courtesy of Thomas Hospital.

Contact: 251- 928-2228/ www.easternshorartcenter.com

OPENING RECEPTION: WORKS BY BANCROFT-BRABNER, SUSAN GODWIN AND PATTI SMITH. 6 – 8 PM. Patina Gallery (54 Section St. N., Fairhope) Through Thu, Nov 1. Mon – Sat, 10 AM – 5 PM. Contact: 251-928-2718

FILM: THE GIRL IN THE CAFE (2005, UK) 94 minutes. Fairhope Film Series. 7 PM. USA Baldwin County Performance Center (Summit and St. James St., Fairhope) Contact: www.fairhopefilms.org

PORT CITY CRAFTSMEN WINTER HOLIDAY ARTS & CRAFT SHOW Crafters from all over Southeast and as far as Texas show and sell their work. Fri & Sat. 9 AM -5PM. Abba Shrine Auditorium (Hitt & Schillinger Rds) $2. Contact: 21-341-0773/ jarring@bellsouth.net (Ginger McCracken)

FILM: STUDENT FILM SHOWCASE. Short films/ videos, including work by two area winners of the PTA Reflections program (state level), four films by Bryant High School students and a short animation by two Alabama School of Math and Science students. Sponsors: South Alabama Film Group, Mobile Arts Council, Fairhope Public Library Youth Services Department. 5 PM. Fairhope Public Library, Giddens Conference Center (501 Fairhope Ave., Fairhope) Free. Contact: 251-432-9796/ www.mobilearts.org

ST. ALICE OF CHATTAHOOCHEE written and performed by Alice Johnson, a one-woman “comic odyssey” featuring more than 30 characters (www.saintalice.com) 7:30 PM. Theatre 98 (151 Church St., Fairhope) $15.

Contact: 251-406-2606

BAYFEST MUSIC FESTIVAL is this weekend in the streets of Downtown Mobile. Get your advance weekend passes on-line at www.bayfest.com until Friday October 5th at 12noon for only $35. Day passes are available at the gate for $25 per day. The 13th Annual BayFest Music Festival is October 5th -7th . For additional information visit www.bayfest.com

Saturday, Oct. 6

AN EVENING WITH THE POPS The Mobile Pops; guest artists: singers Sarah and Scott Wright; director: Greg Gruner. StarBrightConcert Series. 6 PM. Dauphin Island, Water Tower. Free.

Contact: 251-679-6036/ www.mobilepopsband.com

WINE FESTIVAL AT 5 RIVERS More than 100 wines; food from area chefs; cooking demos from the executive chefs at The Battle House and Riverview Plaza Hotel; music by New Orleans blues artist J. B. Davis; live auction (4 – 5 PM) featuring fine wines, wine gift baskets, and dining/travel packages. Benefits The Service Center emergency assistance fund. 1 – 5 PM. 5 Rivers Delta Resource Center (5093 Battleship Prkwy, Spanish Fort) $45 (must be 21 years old; ID at event) Tickets available at House of Blends (4406 Old Shell Rd., Mobile); Taste! Wine Shoppe (2624-B Old Shell Rd., Mobile); Vino e Grappa (Jubliee Square, Daphne); Vision Bank (218 N. Greeno Road, Fairhope) Contact: 251-404-3924/ sherrie@baycoastcp.com (Sherrie Graham)

ST. ALICE OF CHATTAHOOCHEE written and performed by Alice Johnson, a one-woman “comic odyssey” featuring more than 30 characters (www.saintalice.com) 7:30 PM. Theatre 98 (151 Church St., Fairhope) $15. Contact: 251-406-2606

Knobbley 5K Run/Walk, 8:00 a.m., Hutchens Elementary School. Preregister on-line at www.active.com (http://www.active.com) by midnight of 3rd or at McCoy Outdoor by noon the 4th; day of race until 7:30. For more information call Margaret Olive at 251-473-7223.

MARKET ON THE SQUARE Farmer’s market with locally grown and produced goods, including tomatoes, cantaloupes, okra, peaches, watermelons, cut flowers, plants, honey, breads and baked goods, seafood; music and entertainment; cooking demonstrations; more. Sat, 7:30 – 11 AM. Cathedral Square (bounded by Dauphin, Jackson, Conti and Claiborne Streets)

Contact: 251-208-7443

Sunday, Oct. 7

READINGS OF WINNING PLAYS IN ASF’S YOUNG SOUTHERN WRITERS’ PROJECT COMPETITION. Winners in the Alabama Shakespeare Festival’s 2007 Young Southern Writers’ Project one-act play competition: First place: A Means of Our Deliverance by Johnna Domiguez (Booker T. Washington Magnet School, Montgomery); second place: The Trees Change Color by Misty Motes (Hoover High School); third place: We Learn from Our Mistakes by Angela Marlow (Booker T. Washington Magnet School); read by actors in ASF’s MFA program. 3 PM. Barnes & Noble (Eastern Shore Centre – 30500 Hwy 181, Suite 414, Spanish Ft) Free.

Contact: 251-621-3545

VIENNA PIANO TRIO(www.viennapianotrio.com) 3 PM. Mobile Chamber Music. University of South Alabama, Laidlaw Performing Arts Center. General/ $20; students/ $10. Contact: 251-380-4690 (WHIL-FM)/ ticket info: 251-476-8794/ music@mobilechambermusic.org/ www.mobilechambermusic.org

DRACULA & ME an original comedy based on Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Commedia del Arte. 2:30 PM. Museum of Mobile (111 S. Royal St.) Contact: 251-510-0654/ Commedia_del_Arte_Mobile@yahoo.com (Shari Prestwood)

Monday, Oct. 8

SECOND NATURES BY WILEY FERRELL and AUTUMN’S REGALIA BY BRONWYN COFFEEN Mobile Arts Council (318 Dauphin St.) Through Fri, Nov 2. Mon – Fri, 9 AM – 5 PM; Sat, 8 AM – noon. Free. Contact: 251-432-9796/ www.mobilearts.org

A Baldwin Scooter Club is forming. All motor scooter makes/models (Vespa, Vino, Metropolitan, Buddy, Stella, etc.) are welcome. We will meet the first Saturday of every month at the Fairhope Pier at 8:50 a.m., weather permitting. We will ride,make new friends, perhaps stop at local coffee shops or restaurants, and plan upcoming group rides. You must provide your own scooter. Our first ride will be on October 6th. For more information, contact Cindy Cazalas at ccaz@bellsouth.net or call 251-454-7773.

WEEKLY REHEARSAL: GULF COAST GAY MEN’S CHORUS. All men who would like to sing are welcome; no audition required. Conductor: Judson Martin. Thursdays. 7 PM. (15 N. Joachim St.) Contact: 251-344-3001. www.gulfcoastgaymenschorus.org

MOONLIGHT CHASSE BALLROOM DANCE SOCIETY, LIVE MUSIC DANCE LESSONS, First and Third Mondays. 7:30 – 10 p.m. Hot Wheels Skate Center, Daphne. $10. All ages. No partner necessary. For more info, call 621-3178.

BODY OF ART Annual juried exhibition by members of the University of South Alabama student photography association. The Blind Mule (57 N. Claiborne St.) Contact: 251-694-6853 (MULE)

LIFE IS BUT A DREAM: CONTEMPORARY FIGURATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY Space 301 Off Centre (6 S. Joachim St.) Through Oct 7. Wed – Sat, 10 – 5 PM; Sun, noon – 5 PM. Contact: 251-208-5671/ www.space301.com.

COOL HUES Cathedral Square Gallery (260 Dauphin St.) Through Sat, Sep 29. Mon – Sat, 10 AM – 4 PM. Free. Contact: 251-694-0278/ Lhall699@aol.com (Linda Hall Tenhundfeld)

BELLES, BABES, ANGELS AND MUSES: THE ART OF FREDERICK MARCHMAN and REUBEN’S MOBILE: POEMS BY SUE BRANNAN WALKER AND ILLUSTRATIONS BY KATE SEAWELL Mobile Arts Council (318 Dauphin St.) Through Fri, Sep 28. Mon – Fri, 9 AM – 5 PM. Free. Contact: 251-432-9796/ www.mobilearts.org

*NEW WORKS BY FAYE ERNEST *“The Antiquities” and “Stratification” series. Patina Gallery (54 Section St. N., Fairhope) Through Thu, Oct 4. Mon – Sat, 10 AM – 5 PM. Contact: 251-928-2718

PAINTINGS BY JAMIE SAVOY KIRK Starbucks 1510 Government Blvd. – corner of Catherine St.) Through Sun, Sep 30. Mon – Thu, 6 AM – 9 PM; Fri & Sat, 6 AM -10 PM; Sun, 7AM – 9 PM. Contact: 251-391-5018

HOUSE OF CARDS: NEW WORKS BY MATEO Chesser Gallery (306 Dauphin St.) Through Tue, Oct 9. Tue – Fri, 11 AM – 4 PM; Sat, 11 AM – 2 PM. Free.

Contact: 251-591-7877/ www.chesserartgallery.org

SECOND NATURES BY WILEY FERRELL and AUTUMN’S REGALIA BY BRONWYN COFFEEN Mobile Arts Council (318 Dauphin St.) Through Fri, Nov 2. Mon – Fri, 9 AM – 5 PM; Sat, 8 AM – noon. Free. Contact: 251-432-9796/ www.mobilearts.org

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