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May 06, 2008

Calendar of Events

Wednesday, May 7

PRESENTATION/ BOOKSIGNING: JOHN SLEDGE

author of An Ornament to the City: Old Mobile Ironwork; architectural historian with the Mobile Historic Development Commission; book editor for the Mobile Press-Register. Jubilee Mornings10 AM. Daphne Public Library (US Hwy 98 E and Whispering Pines Rd, Daphne) Contact: 251-621-2818

CATT’S BROWN BAG IN BIENVILLE: EXCELSIOR BAND Lunchtime music series. Sponsors: Catt’s Sunday Jazz Brunch & Radio Avalon; City of Mobile Neighborhood and Community Services. Wed, 11:30 – 1:30 PM. Bienville Square (downtown Mobile, bounded by Dauphin, Conception, St Francis and St Joseph St) Through Wed, May 28. Free. Contact: www.radioavalon.com

Thursday, May 8

MONTHLY MEETING: MOBILE WRITERS GUILD

Seeking the Facts – Separting the Fiction panel with Lee Kohn, Thomas Lakeman and Joyce Scarborough, moderated by John Hafner; booksignings; light refreshments. Public welcome. 6:30 PM. Mobile Public Library, West Regional Branch (5555 Grelot Rd) Free. Contact: 251-776-7231 (Joyce Scarbrough)

BOOK DISCUSSION: SEEN IT ALL AND DONE THE REST

by Pearl Cleage. Ebony Moments. 6 PM. Mobile Public Library, West Regional Branch (5555 Grelot Rd) Free. Contact: 251-340-8561 (Betty Kidd)/ www.mplonline.org

FILM: ENCHANTED,107 minutes; rated PG. Family Feature Film. 6 PM. Saraland Public Library (111 Saraland Loop) Free. Contact: 251-675-2879/ www.mplonline.org

MARKET IN THE PARK Fresh fruits and vegetables, seafood, honey, flowers, plants, wines, vinegars, Satsuma cider, breads, and handcrafted items; children’s activities; live music. Sponsor: City of Mobile’s Neighborhood & Community Services Department. Thu, 3 – 6:30 PM. Mobile Museum of Art, outside (4850 Museum Dr) Through Jul 24 Free admission to Museum during Market hours. Contact: 251-208-7443 (Chris Barraza)/ www.ncsmobile.org

BROWN BAG BY THE BAY: EXCELSIOR BAND Mardi Gras; lunchtime music. Sponsors: Catt’s Sunday Jazz Brunch & Radio Avalon; City of Daphne Recreation Department. Thu, 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM. MayDay Park (Daphne) Through May 29. Free. Contact: www.radioavalon.com

Friday, May 9

OPENING: SOUTHERN GOTHIC NOW

curated by Calvin V. Colvin. 5:30 PM: gallery talk by curator and several featured artists; 6 – 9 PM: reception. Space 301 Off Centre (6 S Joachim St) Through Sun, Jul 6. Wed – Sat, 10 AM – 5 PM; Sun, noon – 5 PM.

Contact: 251-208-5671/ www.space301.com/ www.myspace.com/space301mobile

BOOKSIGNING: CAROL ELLIS AND SCOTTY KIRKLAND authors of Historic Photos of Mobile. 5 PM. Bienville Books (109 Dauphin St) 251-438-2904/ www.bienvillebooks.com Contact: 251-438-2904/ www.bienvillebooks.com

ARTISTS’ EVENINGS AT THE EXPLOREUM Free access to OUR BODY: The Universe Within for artists who register in advance. Artists must bring all their own supplies; the Exploreum will provide chairs. Sponsors: Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center and Mobile Arts Council. 6 – 9 PM. Gulf Coast Exploreum (65 Government St) Contact: 251-208-6851/ kdreaper@exploreum.com./ www.exploreum.net

CELEBRATING OUR BAYOU HERITAGE a program celebrating the heritage of Bayou la Batre and Coden. Includes a booksigning by Frye Gaillard, Sheila Hagler and Peggy Denniston (creators of In the Path of the Storms, a portrait of the community in words and pictures); talk by Frye Gaillard; Whistlin’ Woman and Crowin’ Hen (an adaptation of Julian Rayford’s book by Eric Browne’s Drama 1 class); a reading by Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder from her new play The Furniture of Home (set in area after Katrina); a documentary film about the region by students of Hailee Kuntz: food representing the seafood/French heritage. 5 PM. Alma Bryant High School (14001 Hurricane Blvd, Irvington) Free. Contact: 3340844-4946 (Mark Wilson)

FRIDAYS @ 5 Musical entertainment along Dauphin Street in downtown Mobile: at Royal & Dauphin; in Bienville Square; at Dauphin & Joachim; in Cathedral Square. Sponsor: City of Mobile Neighborhood & Community Services Department. Second Fri, 5 – 9 PM. Contact: 251-208-7443

LODA ARTWALK Exhibitions and entertainment in a variety of downtown galleries and other venues. Sponsor: City of Mobile Department of Neighborhood and Community Services. Second Fri, 6 – 9 PM. Cathedral Square Arts District. Contact: 251-208-7443.

Saturday, May 10

Down Syndrome Awareness Fair The Down Syndrome Society of Mobile County would like to invite everyone to their 3rd annual Down Syndrome Awareness Fair scheduled for Saturday, May 10 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at Spring Hill Presbyterian Church. There will be lots of fun activities for children of all ages including Moon Walks, Little Tykes rides, carnival games, face painting, clowns, petting zoo and horseback riding. We will also provide information to promote understanding, acceptance and awareness of people with Down Syndrome. For more information please visit our website at www.dssmc.org. Contact: http://www.dssmc.org/

THE MUSIC HALL Mystery dinner theatre with full course dinner and white wine. 7 PM. Bienville Club (Regions Bldg, 107 St Francis St, 34th Floor) $52. artsculture Contact: 251-433-4977 (Trish)

BOOKSIGNING: SHELLIE RUSHING TOMLINSON author of Suck Your Stomach In and Put Some Color On: What Southern Mamas Tell Their Daughters That the Rest of Y’all Should Know Too; host of the radio show All Things Southern. 2 PM. Bienville Books (109 Dauphin St) Contact: 251-438-2904/ www.bienvillebooks.com

MARKET IN THE SQUARE Locally grown fruits, vegetables, flowers, plants, breads, casseroles, seafood, wine and honey, as well as jewelry, candles, pottery, pillows and other handcrafted goods; live music; games and other activities. City of Mobile’s Neighborhood & Community Services Department. Sat, 7:30 – 11 AM. Cathedral Square (downtown Mobile, bounded by Dauphin, Jackson, Conti and Claiborne St) Through Jul 26. Contact: 251-208-7443 (Chris Barraza)/ www.ncsmobile.org

LA TRAVIATA by Giuseppe Verdi. Mobile Opera production. 8 PM. WHIL (91.3 FM) Contact: 251-380-4685/ www.whil.org/ www.mobileopera.org

WORKSHOP: INTRODUCTION TO PASTELS

Instructor: Barbara Thomas. Second Saturday. 9 AM – noon. Bay Rivers Art Guild (1704 6th St, Daphne) $30 (includes all materials) Registration deadline: Wed, May 7. Contact: 251-621-0659/ www.bragart.org

WORKSHOP: PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT/ OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS

Instructor: Sherrie Graham (Executive Director, OneStop Business Institute, Inc) Sponsors: OSBI and Helping Hand Ministry Foundation, Inc. 8:30 AM – noon. Life-Line Community Outreach Center (1867 Duval St) $55. Contact: 251-404-3924/ sherriegraham@onestopbusinessinstitute.com (Sherrie Graham)

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM adapted from the comedy by William Shakespeare. Commedia del Arte. 7 PM. University of South Alabama, Humanities Building, room 170. $5. Contact: 251-510-0654/ Commedia_del_Arte_Mobile@yahoo.com

MARKET IN MAY BUSINESS EXPO Showcase of local business owners and hobbyists for marketing products and networking. 9 AM – 5 PM. Ashbury Suites (600 W I-65 Service Rd) Free. Contact: 251-666-3807/251-689-1871/ mashunjohnson@hotmail.com (Mashun Johnson)

Bulldog Run 2 Miler, 8:30 AM, UMS-Wright School. Preregister online at www.active.com (http://www.active.com) by midnight May 7, or at McCoy Outdoor by noon May 8; day of race until 8:15. Call Port City Pacers at 251-473-7223

for more information.

Sunday, May 11

5TH ANNUAL MOTHER’S DAY CONCERT Mobile Youth Symphony Orchestra. Bring folding chairs, blankets and a picnic supper; snacks and beverages available for purchase. 5 PM. Bellingrath Gardens and Home, Great Lawn (12401 Bellingrath Gardens Rd., Theodore) Adults/ $10 (gardens), $18 (gardens & home or gardens & cruise), $26 (gardens, home & cruise); children ages 5 – 12/ $5.50 (gardens), $11 (gardens & home or gardens & cruise), $17 (gardens, home & cruise); children under 5/ free.(Discounted admissions begin at 4 PM)

Contact: 251-973-2217 or 1-800-247-8420/ 251-973-2365 (24-hour info)/ www.bellingrath.org

Monday, May 12

BOOK DISCUSSION: BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley. Classics Revisited. 6:30 PM. Mobile Public Library, Ben May Main Library, Bernheim Hall (701 Government St) Free. Contact: 251-208-7098 (Chris Cox)/ www.mplonline.org

FILM: ENCHANTED 107 minutes; rated PG. Family Feature Film. 6 PM. Mobile Public Library, Toulminville Branch (601 Stanton Rd) Contact: 251-438-7075/ www.mplonline.org

Tuesday, May 13

FILM: THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY

112 minutes; rated PG-13. Tuesday Cinema. 6:45 PM. Mobile Public Library, Ben May Main Library, Bernheim Hall (701 Government St) Free. Contact: 251-208-7097/ www.mplonline.org

Wednesday, May 14

LONGLEAF PINE CELEBRATION

Presents the extreme diversity of this unique habitat; includes a walkabout in a 30-acre longleaf pine forest. Sponsors: Alabama Urban Forestry Association and Mobile Botanical Gardens. 8 AM – 5 PM. Mobile Botanical Gardens (5151 Museum Dr) MBG and AUFA members/ $20; nonmembers/ $35 (includes lunch) Contact: 251-342-0555/ mbg2@bellsouth.net/

www.mobilebotanicalgardens.org

CATT’S BROWN BAG IN BIENVILLE: HANK BECKER Lunchtime music series. Sponsors: Catt’s Sunday Jazz Brunch & Radio Avalon; City of Mobile Neighborhood and Community Services. Wed, 11:30 – 1:30 PM. Bienville Square (downtown Mobile, bounded by Dauphin, Conception, St Francis and St Joseph St) Through Wed, May 28. Free. Contact: www.radioavalon.com

Thursday, May 15

MARKET IN THE PARK

Fresh fruits and vegetables, seafood, honey, flowers, plants, wines, vinegars, Satsuma cider, breads, and handcrafted items; children’s activities; live music. Sponsor: City of Mobile’s Neighborhood & Community Services Department. Thu, 3 – 6:30 PM. Mobile Museum of Art, outside (4850 Museum Dr) Through Jul 24 Free admission to Museum during Market hours. Contact: 251-208-7443 (Chris Barraza)/ www.ncsmobile.org

BROWN BAG BY THE BAY: HANK BECKER Blues/ folk; lunchtime music. Sponsors: Catt’s Sunday Jazz Brunch & Radio Avalon; City of Daphne Recreation Department. Thu, 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM. MayDay Park (Daphne) Through May 29. Free. Contact: www.radioavalon.com

3RD ANNUAL WINTZELL’S/ AMERICA’S JUNIOR MISS GOLF TOURNAMENT PARTY Food, beer, wine and liquor; live/silent auction; music by the Tip Tops. 6 – 10 PM. Government Plaza Atrium (205 Government St) Registered golfers/ free; nongolfers/ $50. Contact: 251-438-4700 ext 104

Friday, May 16

OPENING: BLOOD BROTHERS musical by Willy Russell. 8 PM. Mobile Theatre Guild (14 N. Lafayette St.) General/ $17; senior citizens/ $14; students/ $10. Contact: 251-433-7513/ www.mobiletheatreguild.org

Freedom Run 6K & 1 Mile Fun Run, 8:00 AM, Chickasaw Civic Center. Preregister online at www.active.com (http://www.active.com) by midnight May 14, or at McCoy Outdoor by noon May 15, or mail postmark by May 12; day of race until 7:30. Call George Givens at 251-666-5566 for more information.

Saturday, May 17

PORGY AND BESS by George Gershwin. Mobile Opera production. 8 PM. WHIL (91.3 FM) Contact: 251-380-4685/ www.whil.org/ www.mobileopera.org

ANGELMAN SYNDROME FOUNDATION NATIONAL WALK A THON The Angelman Syndrome Foundation National Walk-A-Thon is being held to raise awareness and funds to further education, general support and research. Registration begins March 3, 2008. Bienville Square-Start/End Time: 9:00 am, 3:00 pm. For more information please call the Angelman Syndrome Foundation at 1-800-432-6435 or visit the website at: www.angelman.org

Sunday, May 18

7TH ANNUAL YOUNG MUSICIANS SHOWCASE CONCERT Sponsor: Schumann Music Club of Mobile. 2 PM. Spring Hill College, St. Joseph Chapel (4000 Dauphin St.) Free.Contact: 251-661-4924 (Ron Morgan)/ 251-937-0550 (Charmein Moser)

Monday, May 19

AUDITIONS: A THURBER CARNIVAL

Readings to include, “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,” “The Macbeth Murder Mystery,” “The Unicorn in the Garden” and “The Dog That Bit People.” Requires 10 adults; director: John Richards. Performance: Sun, Jun 22. JJP’s Pocket Readers Theater. 7 PM. Joe Jefferson Playhouse (11 S Carlen St)

Contact: bthrustr@bellsouth.net (John Richards)

Tuesday, May 20

BOOK DISCUSSION: SHADOW CATCHERS by Thomas Lakeman; the author will be present. Life Begins at 50. 1 PM. Mobile Public Library, West Regional Branch (5555 Grelot Rd) Free. Contact: 251-208-7097/ www.mplonline.org

BIMONTHLY MEETING: FRIENDS OF CATHOLIC CEMETERY…resting place of such significant Mobilians as Fr. Abram Joseph Ryan, Admiral Semmes and Joe Langan; on the National Register of Historic Places. Business meeting; demonstration of recently-completed computerized database of the Cemetery records. Third Tue, every other month; 5:30 PM. St. Pius X Church, Sarto Center (217 S. Sage Ave.) Membership/ $25. Contact: 251-342-7294

MOONLIGHT CHASSE BALLROOM DANCE SOCIETY, LIVE MUSIC DANCE LESSONS, First and Third Mondays. 7:30 – 10 p.m. Hot Wheels Skate Center, Daphne. $10. All ages. No partner necessary. For more info, call 621-3178.

MOBILE ALABMA PRIDE, INC. monthly meetings. First Tuesday of every month 6:30 p.m. Everyone welcome. for more info, call 431-9002. www.mobilealabamapride.com.

ON DISPLAY: MATERIAL IMAGININGS Mobile Museum of Art (4850 Museum Dr.) Mon – Sat, 10 AM – 5 PM; Sun, 1 – 5 PM. Adults/ $10; senior adults (50+) or military/ $9; students/ $6; adult group (20+)/ $8; student group (20+)/ $3. Contact: 251-208-5200/ www.mobilemuseumofart.com

ON DISPLAY: POETIC SPIRIT: HENRY WO YUE-KEE AT 80 Mobile Museum of Art (4850 Museum Dr.) Through Sun, Jun 15. Mon – Sat, 10 AM – 5 PM; Sun, 1 – 5 PM. Adults/ $10; senior adults (50+) or military/ $9; students/ $6; adult group (20+)/ $8; student group (20+)/ $3. Contact: 251-208-5200/

MBG MARKETPLACE

Hundreds of perennials, ferns, roses, trees, shrubs, tropicals, and much more. Staffed by knowledgeable, friendly plant-lovers. Sat, 9 – 11 AM. Mobile Botanical Gardens (5151 Museum Dr) Through Jun 28.

Contact: 251-342-0555/ mbg2@bellsouth.net

AND THEY’RE OFF! Exhibit telling the story of horse racing in Mobile and how it influenced the Port City for nearly 100 years; includes carriages and buggies, children’s horse-related toys, ladies’ and gentlemen’s fashions, photographs and paintings, riding habits and equipment, and more. Museum of Mobile (111 Royal St) Mon – Sat, 9 AM – 5 PM; Sun, 1 – 5 PM. Adults/ $5; senior citizens/ $4; students/ $3; children under 6/ free; first Sunday of each month/ free.

Contact: 251-208-7569/ www.museumofmobile.com

AN ARTISTIC DISCOVERY Exhibition of works entered in the annual First Congressional District Art Competition. Mobile Museum of Art (4850 Museum Dr) Through Sun, Apr 27. Mon – Sat, 10 AM – 5 PM; Sun, 1 – 5 PM. Adults/ $10; senior adults (50+) or military/ $9; students/ $6; adult group (20+)/ $8; student group (20+)/ $3. Contact: 251-208-5200/ www.mobilemuseumofart.com.

ON DISPLAY: SEVEN LAYERS a collection of 27” x 36” quilts with seven layers of design (cover, batting and backing plus four additional layers, created with a new components: threadplay, paint, beads, appliques, and other embellishments); presented by the “Art Bee” of the Azalea City Quilters Guild. University of South Alabama, Library, third floor gallery. Through Mon, Jun 30. Library hours: www.southalabama.edu/univlib/info/hours.html. Contact: 251-460-7021 (Rexann Warren)/ www.southalabama.edu/librarygalleries

ON DISPLAY: F.A.C.E.S: FACE ALL CANCER & EMERGE WITH STRENGTH Portraits of cancer survivors in a wide variety of media and styles. University of South Alabama, Library, Third Floor display cases. Through Mon, Jun 30. Library hours: www.southalabama.edu/univlib/info/hours.html.

Contact: 251-460-7021 (Rexann Warren)/http://www.southalabama.edu/librarygalleries

Fairhope’s newest art adventure has arrived, “WESTBROOK ART EVENTS”. It will get your creative juices flowing! Artist, Eugenia A. Westbrook has transformed the attic at Page and Palette Bookstore into a studio for art lovers to enjoy. She has a monthly calendar of daytime and evening workshops on her website www.westbrookartevents.com.

ON DISPLAY: GEN X: POST-BOOMERS AND THE NEW SOUTHMobile Museum of Art (4850 Museum Dr.) Through Sun, Jun 29. Mon – Sat, 10 AM – 5 PM; Sun, 1 – 5 PM. Adults/ $10; senior adults (50+) or military/ $9; students/ $6; adult group (20+)/ $8; student group (20+)/ $3. Contact: 251-208-5200/ www.mobilemuseumofart.com

1ST ANNUAL UNIVERISTY OF MOBILE JURIED ART EXHIBITION More than 50 works in a variety of media by artists from seven southern states. University of Mobile, Martin Hall. Free. Though Fri, May 30. Mon – Fri, 9 AM – 5 PM. Free. Contact: 251-442-2283

A LIFETIME OF ART, FAIRHOPE HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS AND ART-RELATED Three exhibitions: art by John Cleverdon, Louise Estes, Mary Herndon, Helen May, Lutie Mumford, Marie Nickerson, Eloise Rowe, Jane Shaw, Maurine Shorkey, Adele Stafford, and Mary Van Antwerp (Whiting Gallery); art by seniors at Fairhope High School (Woolley Gallery); works by in-laws Duncan Baird (large sumi ink drawings and sculptures) and JoAnn Cox (large format abstract paintings) (Courtyard Gallery through Fri, June 27) Eastern Shore Art Center (401 Oak St, Fairhope) Through Fri, May 30. Mon – Fri, 10 AM – 4 PM; Sat, 10 AM – 2 PM. Members/ free; nonmembers/ $2. Contact: 251-928-2228/ www.esartcenter.com

ART BIZ CONNECTION SALON MEMBERS’ EXHIBITION, DOORWAYS TO PRESERVATION: THIS PLACE MATTERS AND POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION

Three exhibitions: works by the seven artists who participated in the area’s first art marketing salon, following the model of Alyson Stanfield (www.artbizcoach.com): Loran Chavez, Derald Eastman, Ed Edwards, Carolyn Greene, Tracy Host, Mary Rodning and Kate Seawell; a National Preservation Month show with art by students of St. Mary Catholic School, Little Flower Catholic School and Sarah Haas Studio; paintings on old postcards by Val Webb, spotlighting some of the planet’s most critically endangered animals. Mobile Arts Council (318 Dauphin St) Through Fri, May 30. Mon – Fri, 9 AM – 5 PM. Free. Contact: 251-432-9796/ www.mobilearts.org

LANDSCAPE AND BIRD PAINTINGS BY JOAN WHITE-SPUNNER (www.joanwhite-spunner.com) 2% of sales benefits Malkolm Boothroyd bird conservation projects (www.birdyear.com) The Lyons Share (330 De La Mare Ave, Fairhope) Through Sat, May 31. Mon – Sat, 10 AM – 5 PM. Contact: 251-928-2507/ www.lyonssharegallery.net.

PHOTOGRAPHS BY FAYE EARNEST featuring the people and architecture of San Miguel. 6 -8 PM. Patina Gallery(54 Section St, Fairhope) Through May 31. Mon – Fri, 10 AM – 5 PM.

Contact: 251-928-2718

LOCAL COLORS – ALL GIRL REVUE Works by Wendy Gewin, Sarah Haas, Becky Hall, Amanda Hendrich, Kellie Ogburn, Sissy Outlaw and Ashley Terrell. Ashland Gallery (2321 Old Shell Rd) Through Sat, May 10. Mon – Fri, 9:30 AM – 6 PM; Sat, 10 AM – 3 PM.

Contact: 251-479-3548

AND THEY’RE OFF!

Exhibit telling the story of horse racing in Mobile and how it influenced the Port City for nearly 100 years; includes carriages and buggies, children’s horse-related toys, ladies’ and gentlemen’s fashions, photographs and paintings, riding habits and equipment, and more. Museum of Mobile (111 Royal St) Mon – Sat, 9 AM – 5 PM; Sun, 1 – 5 PM. Adults/ $5; senior citizens/ $4; students/ $3; children under 6/ free; first Sunday of each month/ free. Contact: 251-208-7569/ www.museumofmobile.com