Art Gallery

By Kevin Lee Associate Editor

MOJO Jambalaya saluting Miles Davis

Where: Gulf City Lodge (601 State St.)

When: Monday, March 24, 6:30 p.m.

Few musicians have left an impact on American music like Miles Davis. The iconoclast dubbed the “Prince of Darkness” ushered in change after change to the direction of jazz and opened up completely new genres all the way into the last decades of his life.

The Mystic Order of the Jazz Obsessed will honor this unique musical titan with a biographical and entertainment show developed by Carmen Brown, the host of one of Mobile’s longest running jazz radio programs. Brown has employed the services of trumpeter Jermaine English and his combo in a wide-reaching performance she promises attendees won’t soon forget.

Entrance is $10, $7 for MOJO members and the fee includes a jambalaya dinner. A cash bar will be available.

For further info, call 459-2298 or e-mail mobilejazz@bellsouth.net.

Among the Ruins: Re-Imagining Urban Decay

Where: Space 301 Off Centre (6 S. Joachim St.)

When: March 14 – May 4

This show takes the familiar and forlorn and reshapes it for contemplation.

Among the more intriguing of its exhibits includes a latex cast of a Katrina-damaged home that carries with it connotation of the travails and drama of one of America’s greatest tragedies.

Guest curated by Sarah Urist Green, Curatorial Assistant of Contemporary Arts at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, the show features the work of Lida Abdul, Chen Quilin, Takashi Horisaki, Caroline Voagen Nelson, Object Orange, David A. Parker, Rong Rong & inri, Michael Schmelling and Zhang Deli.

Green will host a curator talk at the Loda Artwalk on Friday, March 14, 5:30-6 p.m.

Gallery hours are Wednesday – Saturday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.. and Sunday, noon – 5 p.m.. Admission is free.

For more information, call 208-5671 or go to www.space301.com.

The Sisters of Selma, Memories & Challenges

Where: Byrne Memorial Hall, Spring Hill College

When: Thursday, March 13, 7 p.m.

“I am here because I am a Negro, a nun, a Catholic and because I want to bear witness.” The statement was slim protection against bullets and clubs.

Sister Antona Ebo was the only black woman among six nuns and more than 30 Jewish and Christian religious leaders who participated in the Selma to Montgomery march on March 10, 1965. She joined her St. Louis-based religious order in 1947 as one of the first three black women admitted as candidates to the order.

She went on to receive a lengthy record of high honors and achievements including focus as part of the PBS documentary “Sisters of Selma: Bearing Witness for Change.”

Ebo will recollect on her stand against the armed forces of hatred in that pivotal moment from American history as the monthly lecture of the Christus Theological Institute.

Admission for Christus members is free and $2 for guests.

For more information, phone 380-4660 or e-mail christus@shc.edu.

Kevin Lee is Lagniappe associate editor. Contact him at klee@lagniappemobile.com.

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