Day Trips & Beyond: Gulf Shores Peninsula, Alabama

Gulf Coast vacation destination only feels like an island

"...The Alabama coast packs a lot of vacation and great seafood..."

April 27, 2016 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

My Taco With Margaret

Tacos taste better when you are learning things … especially things about awesome filmmakers like The Order of Myths' Margaret Brown.

"...Margaret is self effacing. When describing her memories of Alabama's Junior Court and its "mini-King and mini-Queen" (the Junior..."

March 13, 2008 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

SXSW Interview: Margaret Brown

We're all connected through the Great Invisible

"...documentary about Mardi Gras culture in her hometown of Mobile, Alabama, Order of Myths. We have a fun rapport;..."

March 10, 2014 SXSW Post by Kate X Messer

The Order of Myths

This smart and subtle documentary looks at the ingrained traditions of racial segregation that still remain in the dual Mardi Gras celebrations in Mobile, Ala.

"...some 150 slaves from Africa into Mobile Bay in Alabama in violation of federal law. Meaher’s plan is found..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Revealing The Great Invisible

Filmmaker Margaret Brown dives into the wreckage of the area residents' lives following the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico

"...Brown films.] But her original and actual hometown – Mobile, Alabama – has an altogether different relationship to this..."

Dec. 12, 2014 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

Scanlines

Alabama's Ghost

"...Alabama's Ghost is another installment in the triptych of films..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Screens Feature

Honeydripper

John Sayles’ new drama is about life in a destitute African-American cotton-farming town in Jim Crow-era Alabama and the music that gave the region its mythology.

"...in a destitute African-American cotton-farming town in Jim Crow-era Alabama and the music that gave it its mythology. Glover..."

Feb. 1, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Letters at 3AM

Most of the American soldiers who have died in Iraq came from little places that the 21st century has left behind

"...... Los Angeles ... Boiling Springs, South Carolina ... Mobile, Alabama ... Enfield, Connecticut ... Comfort, Texas ... El..."

Aug. 6, 2004 Column by Michael Ventura

Austin Critics Announce the Five Best Austin Films of 2022

Linklater and mountain lions, the pandemic, the legacy of slavery, and the fight for abortion rights all part of this year’s AFCA Austin Film Award short list

"...Margaret Brown returns to her hometown of Mobile, Alabama, where she filmed her 2008 breakout, The Order..."

Jan. 6, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Mardi Gras 2015: Mardi Gai

A traipse around the South on the trail of LGBTQrewes

"...trio of krewes dubbed as recently as 2013 by Mobile, Alabama's Lagniappe magazine as "Alternative Lifestyle" (ouch?): The Order..."

Jan. 21, 2015 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Brian Bosworth is Not Stone-Hearted

The Boz on football, drama and Stone Cold

"...Under director Bruce Malmuth, Bosworth spent four weeks in Mobile, Alabama, shooting all the sequences with his character's family...."

May 4, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Creating Change: "Take It In"

Thursday at Creating Change conference: Laverne Cox

"...4-, 5-, 12-, 13-year-old kid who grew up in Mobile, Alabama who was chased home from school by bullies..."

Jan. 31, 2014 Qmmunity Post by Abe Louise Young

Who Dat Rollin' on Dat Float?

Mardi Gras 2010: There's still some time to get out and revel!

"...was seriously lacking and decided to bring a li'l Mobile, Alabama-style Mardi Gras to the island and went out..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Sundance: The Order of Myths

"...new film examines the culture of Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama, the location of the oldest running Mardi Gras..."

Jan. 23, 2008 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dancing About Architecture

Austin City Limits to enter its 25th season two shows lighter; Steamboat loses more relocation prospects; and Ozzy Osbourne declines Black Sabbath's nomination for entry into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

"..."dry" for 14 years, but he's currently heading for Mobile, Alabama, to play a singing bartender in a film..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Decriminalizing Homelessness at City Council

No sit/no lie, no more

"...to explore a city boycott of the state of Alabama in response to the state's new draconian abortion regulations...."

June 5, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

Seeing the Invisible

Margaret Brown dives headfirst into the BP Gulf oil tragedy

"...Filmmaker Margaret Brown grew up in Mobile, Ala., spending summers along Mobile and Perdido bays. "The..."

March 7, 2014 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

Eddie Stout Is a One-Man Historical Blues Society

On the eve of his Eastside Kings Festival the Dialtone Records founder remains doggedly preservationist

"...(4306 Red River) Hosted by Scott Bock Harmonica (1:30-2pm): Alabama Mike, Birdlegg, Keith Dunn, Mike Milligan, Orange Jefferson Guitar..."

Sept. 8, 2017 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Letters at 3AM

We call them "retirees," although in other cultures and eras they would be elders, but if they had anything real to do they wouldn't be coming here to Jean, Nevada.

"...things about the owner: He or she is from Alabama (the license plate), and he or she is, as..."

May 2, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

SXSW Food Fun

Parties/happenings/apps for foodies.

"...entry in South by Southwest Film 2012 is Eating Alabama, a thoughtful and often humorous documentary about the pursuit..."

March 7, 2012 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

SXSW Film Adds Midnighters and More

Horror lineup announced, plus shorts and more

"..."The Black Belt" Director: Margaret Brown In September 2015, Alabama closed 31 DMVs, which largely impacted voters in Alabama's..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Happy Table of Eugene Walter: Southern Spirits in Food and Drink

A collection of cookbook gift ideas for 2011

"...impression he was well worth knowing. Walter was an Alabama-born novelist; poet; journalist; screenwriter; translator; food writer; costume, set,..."

Dec. 9, 2011 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

TCB

"TCB" gets in the van with Grand Champeen and encores at CMJ in NYC.

"...Alabama Getaway..."

Oct. 31, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Jesus Gonna Be Here

Johnny Toxic

"...Williams was an inspired and dangerous musician, a poor Alabama cracker and dilapidated Everyman who rode his demons right..."

March 26, 1999 Music Feature

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...communities – Salt Lake City, San Francisco, and Tuscaloosa, Alabama – for an unflinching look at LGBTQ Pride. (World..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'The NFL Beat': Senior Bowl Recap

And a li'l Super news

"...your Mom's spaghetti on your sweater. I was in Mobile, Ala., last week covering every bit of it...."

Feb. 3, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

How Jimmy Buffett's "Margaritaville" Became the Most Valuable Song of All Time

Buffett began composing the song after visiting a local Mexican restaurant

"...The tune itself didn't even boast the Mississippi-born, Alabama-reared troubadour's best songwriting. It lacks the narrative spell of..."

July 21, 2017 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Texas Football Steered Straight

Longhorns return to form Saturday with 31-21 victory over Kansas State

"...that a UT regent angled to overthrow Brown for Alabama’s Nick Saban in January, it seemed preordained that Texas..."

Sept. 23, 2013 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

'The NFL Beat': Combine Cliff Notes

Getting caught up on the 2013 NFL draft season

"...called him at the Senior Bowl) was spotted in Mobile, Ala., during Senior Bowl week by the RosterWatch radio..."

Feb. 21, 2013 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

'The NFL Beat': Scouting Combine Preview

'Chron' sportswriter reports from Indy

"...know of sooner than later. He told me in Mobile, Ala., that he is aiming to break the NFL..."

Feb. 24, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

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