Mobile Big Band Socirty hosts an evening of big band favorites for a night of ballroom dancing. Your reserved table seating features an elegant sit- down dinner with coffee, tea and water and a cash bar. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. Band preforms from 6:30 – 10:00 p.m. Dinner service is at 7:00 p.m. Parking is available in the hotel. Save $4 by purchasing an advance parking pass along with your event ticket purchase.

If you were sad last season’s Mozart concert was canceled, we’ll make it up with Mozart’s greatest symphonic work: the brilliant Jupiter Symphony. Also, Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations, featuring cellist Jonathan Swensen.

Saturday, January 22, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, January 23, at 2:30 p.m. at the Saenger.

Tickets are $20, $25, $33, $45, $65 and $89 and can be purchased online at www.mobilesymphony.org, by phone at 251-432-2010, or at the symphony box office, 257 Dauphin Street. Tickets are not available at the Saenger box office. Student tickets are $10. Through the MSO Big Red Ticket program sponsored by Alabama Power, students in grades K-12 can attend the Sunday performance free when accompanied by a paying adult. More details at www.mobilesymphony.org.

The Artys is Mobile’s only awards program that acknowledges the priceless contributions made to the arts and cultural community across all realms of the arts. For seventeen years, Mobile Arts Council has presented these awards to recognize the creative achievements of individuals, organizations, and businesses. Each year members of the community submit nominations, which are then narrowed down to a winner in each category by a panel of arts professionals. The winner of each category is honored at the awards event and presented with the Arty, a limited edition work of art created by a different local artist each year. This year’s award artist is Mary Elizabeth Kimbrough, and the NEW in-person event date is set for January 27th at the Steeple on Saint Francis. Congratulations to our honorees! Tickets are on sale now! You can still submit an individual for “The Final Curtain.” This portion of the awards program will acknowledge and honor the individuals who have recently passed away (2019-2021). In order to be in included, each individual must have played a role in impacting the arts and cultural community in our area.