The Conde-Charlotte Museum is proud to host Art Educators Perspective, an exhibition of artworks by Mobile and Baldwin County art educators. The exhibition will pay homage to educator artists’ own talents and inspiration. Twenty works will be displayed throughout our museum, in addition to our regular tour. Over the course of the exhibition works will be rotated to honor as many of our community’s art educators as possible. 

Art Educators Perspective will begin with an opening reception at 5 p.m.  September 8, 2023, prior to LoDa Artwalk, and end November 4, 2023. 

The Alabama Art Education Association consists of professional art educators dedicated to providing quality art education to students in both public and private schools, and embracing the philosophy that an education in the arts stimulates personal creativity and intellectual growth in all areas.

Near the banks of the Mobile River, the Condé-Charlotte Museum began its life as Mobile’s first courthouse and jail, eventually becoming the beloved home of the Kirkbride family. Through its preservation efforts, The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in The State of Alabama furnished the museum house with period antiques reflecting Mobile’s history under five flags: French, English, Spanish, Confederate, and American.

Visit this traveling exhibit from the National Library of Medicine at the USA Biomedical Library. Over three million soldiers fought in the American Civil War. More than half a million died and almost as many were wounded. Hundreds of thousands were permanently disabled by battlefield injuries or surgery, which saved lives by sacrificing limbs. These men remained a stark reminder of the costs of the conflict for long after the war. Life and Limb: The Toll of the American Civil War explores experiences of disabled veterans and their role as symbols of the fractured nation.

The Mobile Mathematics Circle is a weekly
gathering of students of middle school and high school age guided by
professional mathematicians. Advanced elementary students are also
welcome.  The Math Circle is designed for students who enjoy math and
want the challenge of exciting problems that are normally outside the
school curriculum. Parents are welcome to join in the activities!

All Mobile Math Circle meetings are free.  

The Math Circle meets at the University of South Alabama, Mathematics and Statistics Department, 411 N University Blvd, Room MSPB 140.

Alexander Lapins and Paul Lee will perform in a guest artist tuba and piano recital on Monday, September 25 at 7:30 p.m. in the Laidlaw Performing Arts Center Recital Hall. Dr. Lapins (tuba faculty, University of Tennessee-Knoxville) and Dr. Lee (piano faculty, University of West Alabama) will present an engaging and diverse program, including works by Allen Vizzutti, Astor Piazzolla, Judith Cloud, Douglas McRay Daniels, and Brian Balmages. 

The University of South Alabama’s new Environmental Fellow/Writer-in-Residence, Ben Raines, will give a reading on Tuesday, September 26, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. in the MacQueen Alumni Center (100 Alumni Drive), to be followed by a book signing and reception. Raines is an accomplished filmmaker and writer who recently published Saving America’s Amazon: The Threat to Our Nation’s Most Biodiverse River System (NewSouth Books, 2020) and The Last Slave Ship: The True Story of How Clotilda Was Found, Her Descendants, and an Extraordinary Reckoning (Simon & Schuster, 2023). Raines has also written and directed The Underwater Forest, an award-winning film about the exploration of a 70,000-year-old cypress forest found off the Alabama coast, and he has written and produced the documentary America’s Amazon. An experienced environmental journalist and filmmaker, Raines highlights Alabama’s landscape as one of the richest and most diverse regions in the world, inspiring action regarding how we can better preserve this landscape and its communities.