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TheMobile Museum of Art (MMofA) is opening “DECADES: Looking Back/Moving Forward (1920-1939)” on December 15. The first in a series of exhibitions showing visitors the art, history and innovations of the decades leading up to the 1960s when MMofA opened, it prepares for the celebration of MMofA’s 60th anniversary in October 2024. The aim for…
Partners for Environmental Progress (PEP), The Eagle Reef and the City of Fairhope have announced the installation of 60 pre-assembled miniature reefs along coastal Alabama this week. The city had 14 reefs installed at locations it owns, and 46 reefs were installed under wharves owned by homeowners along Mobile Bay, Dog River and the Perdido…
Austal USA announced that it joined local U.S. Marine Corps Reserves this week to collect toys from the company’s 3,000-plus employees for the Marine Corps Reserve’s Toys for Tots Foundation. A two-day donation event netted more than 20 tall boxes of toys, 25 bicycles and more than $2,000 in monetary donations that will directly support…
USA Health recently unveiled five new advanced operating rooms at University Hospital, home to the region’s only Level 1 trauma center. The more than 15,000-ft2 expansion features four operating rooms and a hybrid operating suite that incorporates advanced imaging to guide cardiovascular procedures and facilitate complex trauma surgeries. The expansion also adds a 12-bed post-anesthesia…
Condé Nast Traveler has named Mobile one of the “Best Places to Go in North America & the Caribbean in 2024,” the City of Mobile announced. Mobile was named one of only 12 others showcased in the article. The article recognizes Mobile as having an “all-year celebration of the city’s African American history.” A few…
Hangout Fest has opened ticket sales for the event scheduled for May 17-19, 2024, in Gulf Shores, AL.com reports. The sale ends at 11:59 p.m. on December 3. Ticket prices, which will rise the next times they are offered (in two future “waves”), are $279 for general admission, $499 for general admission plus, $1,199 for…
The United States Sports Academy (USSA) has received permission from the family of Jim Thorpe to offer scholarships, an educational course and a memorabilia room in the name of the multisport athlete who, among other achievements, was first Native American to win a gold medal for the U.S. in the Olympics. In addition, USSA has…
Dr. Kevin Wong, a fellowship-trained pediatric interventional radiologist, recently joined the department of radiology at USA Health. There are only approximately 300 such specialists now practicing in the U.S., and USA Health says he is the only pediatric interventionalist on the Alabama Gulf Coast. Most recently, Wong served as an assistant professor of radiology and…
The Poarch Band of Creek Indians has announced a significant addition to its OWA Parks & Resort, with a $50-million-plus resort-style hotel planned to open in May 2025. To be located on the northeast side of the newly opened Tropic Falls water park, the expansion will provide guests with another lodging option just steps away…
In only its second year as a separate school system, Orange Beach City Schools is celebrating several recent significant academic achievements, Gulf Coast Media reports. At the beginning of the month, it was announced that Orange Beach Elementary School was recognized as the best elementary school in Baldwin County by U.S. News & World Report,…
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