Ask McGehee: Historic Marker at the southeast corner of Government and Warren streets
From 1907 until 1952, Alabama’s oldest Jewish congregation worshipped in a temple located at the southeast corner of Government and Warren streets. However,...
Mobile Americana
I first heard Kathryn Scheldt in a little oak-shaded chapel in Mobile. The late autumn sun slanted through the windows, as she sang...
Sailing the Dream
A rising sun wakes the sailors aboard their chartered catamaran. The aroma of coffee brewing floats on the ocean breeze. In the cockpit, ...
Names in Lights: Walker Hayes
What drives someone to walk up on the stage for the first time, to lay it all out in front of strangers? In...
Name in Lights: The Band Perry
The journey from street performances to stadium concerts is long. The Band Perry began its odyssey in lower Alabama. The three siblings, Kimberly,...
Spotlight on Ryan Balthrop
Ryan Balthrop has been rocking the Bay area since 1994. He calls his musical style “Southern neo-folk with an island flavor” and credits local...
Names in Lights: Eliot Morris
For the Love of Art Eliot Morris, a Mobile native and McGill-Toolen graduate, began writing songs as a student at Auburn University....
A Doggone Good Time
I realized a few weeks ago that my dog no longer sports the trim figure I remembered from his youth. The Red Dog used...
The Jazz Master
theodore ArthurFor some people, 50 years seems like an eternity. But for those who do what they love, the time goes by...
Hike, Bike & Paddle
The Gulf of Mexico has been in our faces so long we’ve become myopic. We don’t even focus on other nearby waterways. It’s time...