Anniversary look back shows gains and gaps Mar 15, 2023 This issue marks 20 years since my palaver first appeared in this newspaper. I wasn’t the Arts editor yet, but a general columnist. Still, tha…
Triumph and tragedy mark March start Mar 8, 2023 The new month has been a rollercoaster for the Mobile arts realm. The theatrical community lost a pair of key figures — Don Bloom and Terri Ja…
Global promotion stirs question Mar 1, 2023 Mobilians should doff their collective hats to the National Geographic Society. The prestigious organization has really boosted local tourism …
Mobile Chamber Music’s next performance full of ‘vital exuberance’ Feb 22, 2023 Mobile Chamber Music continues its tradition of bringing the classical realm’s hottest up-and-coming stars to the Azalea City when they welcom…
Mobile Museum of Art's new director lauds ‘power of creativity’ Feb 15, 2023 New Mobile Museum of Art (MMoA) Director Jon Carfagno has saved up for his relocation to Mobile. Not in cash, but in mental stimulation for th…
New eyes on an old craft at Alabama Contemporary Art Center Feb 8, 2023 Textile artist Coulter Fussell doesn’t have to reach for inspiration. A great deal of it lands in her clutches, thanks to neighbors in rural W…
Art defeats injustice in new opera tale Feb 1, 2023 “I’m always on the lookout for something new and different,” Mobile Opera General Director Scott Wright said. The proper scale of cast and acc…
Emotional maelstrom marks Mobile Symphony moment Jan 25, 2023 MSO Principal Oboist Patty Malone died Jan. 13 after a brief illness. She joined the University of Southern Mississippi faculty in 1981, where…
Rookie director’s debut part of upswing Jan 18, 2023 When the metaphorical curtain rises for Theatre 98’s new comedy, “Four Old Broads,” on Jan. 20 it will become one more recent high note for fi…
MSO’s international spotlight moment arrives Jan 11, 2023 One of the Mobile Symphony Orchestra’s (MSO) crowning moments finally arrives Jan. 21 and 22 with the long-anticipated performance of an inter…
Historic conversation onstage at JJP Jan 4, 2023 Age 15 seems like a time for naivete and idealism. But for those hunted down and mortally threatened by hatred, like Anne Frank and Emmett Til…
For artists, ‘outside’ is where it’s at Dec 28, 2022 Alabama's Thornton Dial Sr. was recently described in an article as an "outsider" artist. If the “inside” is the big, indistinct median, then …
New MMoA director arrives in February Dec 21, 2022 A new era sharpened into focus on Dec. 12 when the Mobile Museum of Art (MMoA) announced North Carolina’s Hickory Museum of Art (HMA) Executiv…
‘Remarkable’ exhibit thrives in silence Dec 14, 2022 Alabama Contemporary Art Center’s (ACAC) Artist-In-Residence Soynika Edwards-Bush unveiled her show “Mama, These Look Like Lost Souls" last week.
USA professor Alma Hoffman picks up international honor Updated Nov 28, 2022 Alma Hoffmann was astonished when she received congratulations for her piece “Micah 4” being named one of the 100 Best Artworks of 2021 by Cre…
Energetic young star featured in casual symphony show Updated Nov 15, 2022 Even the stereotypically refined benefit from touches of the prosaic. Especially with art.
Love on tap: Authors stage brewhouse event Updated Nov 11, 2022 The Haunted Book Shop has things smoothly underway at their new locale across from the Saenger Theatre, but they are headed off premises for t…
Love on tap — Authors stage brewhouse event Updated Nov 11, 2022 The Haunted Book Shop has things smoothly underway at their new locale across from the Saenger Theatre, but they are headed off premises for t…
Arts soiree defies storm with success Nov 2, 2022 Despite the twisters and torrents, Alabama Contemporary Art Center’s Wild Things Ball was another success, elevating membership numbers into t…
Jon Flannagan | Ashes to ashes, dust to art Oct 19, 2022 Inspiration is rooted in the mysterious. More than a dry math equation — this plus that equals the other — creativity bears a nebulous aspect …
Arts calendar packed for October Updated Oct 13, 2022 This is where you slow down for orange cones and flares on the asphalt.
Mobile Ballet hosts ‘Old Home’ anniversary Updated Oct 7, 2022 Drier, cooler weather means homecoming season has arrived and Mobile Ballet is joining the spirit. Their 35th Anniversary Gala on Oct. 9 featu…
Stage classic gets innovative revamp at JJP Updated Sep 30, 2022 Creativity and innovation often arise from unexpected sources. Like the Joe Jefferson Players’ (JJP) new production of “The Crucible” getting …
Big birthdays make September celebratory Sep 21, 2022 In what feels like a momentous turn, late summer has brought us more than remarkably drier weather and a fleeting shot of seasonal relief. The…
