Dream Single: Arts Calendar
Arts Calendar ART & ARTISTS Art Off Centre/Saenger Theatre - Opening Friday: Centre for the Living Arts presents "Across the Grain," an exhibition in wood, curated by Paul W. Richelson, Ph.D., curator for the Mobile Museum of Art, in the windows of the Saenger Theatre, 6 S. Joachim St., downtown Mobile. Opening reception 6-8 p.m. Friday; gallery talk at 7 p.m. (251) 208-5608. Barnes & Noble - Artwork by Sara Jones at Springdale Plaza, Mobile....
Dream Single: The world according to Alexandra
New-found status providing Stevenson with forum, options
The woman reeled, tapped a fellow Women's Tennis Association official on the shoulder and leaned in to tell him what she had seen. "Did she really?" the man said.They both shook their heads in disbelief.Yes, after the crowd cheered a double fault by Anke Huber on Tuesday night in the Acura Classic, Alexandra Stevenson lifted both hands in the air, palms up, in an attempt to get the crowd going even more.How could she? First those trite curtsies...
Dream Single: Urban sprawl a sign that American Dream is alive and well
On Oct. 4, the Sierra Club released a study, "Solving Sprawl," ranking the states on their efforts in fighting urban sprawl. Jack Darin, director of the organization's Illinois chapter, summed up the group's views by warning that "sprawl will continue to devour many of our state's natural areas" until we take action. Urban sprawl, however, is the best evidence of the American Dream. Single-family homeownership...
Dream Single: 1994: The Year in Review
Who Was Best in 1994? Just Ask Our Critics
Our pop critics' favorite albums of the year run from Jann Browne's "Count Me In," Johnny Cash's "American Recordings" and Neil Young and Crazy Horse's "Sleeps With Angels," which all tied for the most votes, to relatively obscure releases by country singer Bob Woodruff and Cameroonian saxophonist Manu Dibango. Favorite concerts, meanwhile, included Buck Owens at the Crazy...
Dream Single: Bulbs planted during the fall yield blooms in early spring
If last winter taught us anything, it's that we need brilliant color in the garden in early spring to help us forget the cold. Fortunately for us, spring can start as early as late January. Among the most reliable, vibrant colors we have for spring are bulbs. If you want to get the longest color possible from the spring-blooming bulbs we plant in September and October, take a tip from Houston's Bulb Lady: Sally McQueen Squire, author of "The Complete Guide to...