Calendar of Events

Thursday, August 14

FILM: ONCE musical romance; 85 minutes; rated R. Foreign Film Festival: Irish Films. 7 PM. Mobile Public Library, Ben May Main Library, Bernheim Hall (701 Government St) Free.

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

Friday, August 15

ANNIE book by Thomas Meehan, lyrics by Martin Charnin and music by Charles Strouse. 7:30 PM. Playhouse-in-the-Park (4851 Museum Dr) $15. Contact: 251-602-0630/ www.mobilepip.org

FILM: SOUTHERN COMFORT followed by discussion led by Moira Amado-Miller. InView. Sponsor: BAI Community Action Alliance. Every third Fri. 7 PM. University of South Alabama, Laidlaw Center for the Performing Arts. Free. Contact: 251-643-5767/ amadomiller@usouthal.edu (Moira Amado-Miller, Executive Director, BAI Community Action Alliance)

ON DISPLAY: BAY AREA ART EDUCATORS SHOW Works by teacher-members of BAAE. Mobile Museum of Art (4850 Museum Dr) Through Tue, Sep 16. Mon – Sat, 10 AM – 5 PM; Sun, 1 – 5 PM. Adults/ $10; senior adults (50+) or military/ $9; students/ $6; adult group (20+)/ $8; student group (20+)/ $3.

Contact: 251-208-5200/ www.mobilemuseumofart.com

Saturday, August 16

FALL VEGETABLE GARDENING Aspects of vegetable gardening including site and plant selection, maintenance; demonstration of soil preparation; with Bill Finch (Mobile Press Register; director of Conservation for The Nature Conservancy) Mobile Botanical Gardens (5151 Museum Dr) Members/ $15; nonmembers/ $20. Paid reservations required. Contact: 251-342-0555/mbg2@bellsouth.net

HEART OF DIXIE BODYBUILDING CHAMPIONSHIPS General Admission $20.00 VIP $30.00 Prejudging $10.00 Children under Ten 1/2 price. Davidson High School Auditorium 3900 Pleasant Valley Road Mobile, AL 10:00am Prejudging – 7:00pm Finals The Heart of Dixie is an NPC National Qualifier and one of the oldest competitions in United States. Contact: 251 661-4615 or jason@jasonsfitness.com

CLASS: BEADING WITH DESIREE Instructor: Desiree Rager (www.jeweltones.info) Third Sat, 2 PM. Dr. Java Coffee House (5821 Old Shell Rd) $20 (includes all materials). Contact: 205-915-5072 ((Rager) / 251-340-8484/ www.drjava.com

Monday, August 18

AMISTAD Y ARTE AND THE MOBILE SYMPHONY – CREATIVE FORCE Two exhibitions: works by Argentinean artists living in South Alabama; and photographs by Ben Harper. Mobile Arts Council (318 Dauphin St) Free. Through Fri, Aug 29. Mon – Fri, 9 AM – 5 PM.

Contact: www.mobilearts.org/ 251-432-9796

Thursday, August 21

FILM: INTERMISSION comedy: 115 minutes; rated R. Foreign Film Festival: Irish Films. 7 PM. Mobile Public Library, Ben May Main Library, Bernheim Hall (701 Government St) Free.Contact: 251-208-7097/ www.mplonline.org.

OPENING: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST comedy by Oscar Wilde. Players Theatre of Galligaer, Wales. 8 PM. Mobile Theatre Guild (14 N Lafayette St) General/ $17; senior citizens/ $14; students/ $10. Contact: 251-433-7513/ www.mobiletheatreguild.org

DOG DAYS WITH THE DOG RIVER BOYS Bluegrass; opening act: Auburn University student Emily Dozier-Ezell, a 19-year-old singer/songwriter/banjo player from Gulf Shores; bring your lawn chair or blanket; beverages and other concessions available for purchase; no outside food or drink. 6:30 – 9 PM. Oakleigh Historic Complex (300 Oakleigh Pl) $10 (includes barbecue and iced tea)

Contact: 251-432-6161/ www.historicmobile.org

Friday, August 22

OPENING: GYPSY musical with book by Arthur Laurents, music by Jules Styne, lyrics by Steven Sondheim. 8 PM. Joe Jefferson Playhouse (11 S Carlen St). Contact: 251-438-6134/ www.joejeffersonplayers.com

OPENING: QUILTERS musical by Molly Newman and Barbara Damashek. 8 PM. Theatre 98 (350 Morphy Ave, Fairhope) Adults/ $18; students/ $12. Contact: 251-928-4366/ www.theatre98.org

Saturday, August 23

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST a retelling of Perault’s classic fairy tale, offering an unexpected twist. Commedia del Arte. Sponsor: The Oracle. 7 PM. University of South Alabama, Baldwin County campus, Performing Arts Center. $5.Contact: 251-510-0654 or 251-478-9438/ Commedia_del_Arte_Mobile@yahoo.com

Sunday, August 24

GYPSY musical with book by Arthur Laurents, music by Jules Styne, lyrics by Steven Sondheim. 2 PM. Joe Jefferson Playhouse (11 S Carlen St) Contact: 251-471-1534/ www.joejeffersonplayers.com

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNESTcomedy by Oscar Wilde. Players Theatre of Galligaer, Wales. 2 PM. Mobile Theatre Guild (14 N Lafayette St) General/ $17; senior citizens/ $14; students/ $10.

Contact: 251-433-7513/ www.mobiletheatreguild.org

Monday, August 25

JAZZ JAMBALAYA Monthly salute to jazz greats. MOJO (Mystic Order of the Jazz Obsessed) Fourth Mon, 6:30 PM. Gulf City Lodge (601 State St.) Members/ $7; nonmembers/ $10 (includes a jambalaya dinner). Contact: www.msnusers.com/MOJOMOBILE

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