Mobile Area Headlines:
Alabama Public
Television’s Capital Journal
will spotlight the Mobile
Container
Terminal Grand Opening on
Friday,
Nov. 28 at 9:30 p.m. The show will feature the
Terminal’s opening celebration and outline the amenities of the
Terminal for the region.
Microtel Inn & Suites has
opened a new location at 1124 Shelton
Beach Rd. in Saraland. The hotel includes such amenities as a
business center, a city center, handicapped rooms/facilities and
more. For more information call 675-5045.
The Mobile Museum of Art,
4850 Museum Dr., will host Darkness into
Life: Alabama Holocaust Survivors through Photography and Art
through January
25. Museum Hours are Mondays
through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays from 1 to 5
p.m. For more information, visit
www.mobilemuseumofart.com.
The University
of South Alabama Baldwin County
is conducting a survey on higher education
needs for Baldwin County. To
complete the survey,
click here.
Crosby
Catering is taking orders for
fried
turkeys. All orders must be in by
Friday,
Nov. 21. For more information call 721-5572.
The Downtown
Mobile
Alliance is offering
large red or white poinsettias for $16
each with free delivery to BID businesses. For more information
call 434-8498.
The Gulf
Coast Exploreum Science Center's
satellite gift shop, Explore2, is now
open at 1906 Springhill Avenue, adjacent to
The
Bragg-Mitchell
Mansion. The shop will feature
science kits, books and DVDs; and items related to Mobile's
history. Exploreum members will receive a 20 percent discount.
Proceeds support the Exploreum's non-profit mission to increase
science literacy. Explore2 is open Monday through Friday from 10
a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more
information call 208-6893.
The
Hampton Inn & Suites
is offering special weekend
rates until January
5, 2009. For more information, visit
www.Hampton.com.
The
HoneyBaked
Ham Co. is
offering specials on turkeys
and hams for Thanksgiving. For more
information, visit
www.honeybakedonline.com.
InkWorks is offering
November specials including crew
sweatshirts. For more information, call 438-2103 or visit
http://www.4inkworks.com.
South
Alabama
CARES will provide
Holiday Gift Boxes for those
living with HIV/AIDS on fixed incomes and is accepting items to
fill the boxes. Items may be delivered to the CARES offices,
2054 Dauphin St., between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through
Friday. For more information, call 471-5277 or visit
www.southalabamacares.org.
The University
of South Alabama Archives announced it is selling
three distinct sets of note cards
featuring images of Old Mobile. The sets contain eight blank
note cards with images of Mardi Gras,
sail
boats, a July 4th parade, and the waterfront, among others. For
more information, call 434-3800 or visit
http://www.southalabama.edu/archives/html/news/news.htm.
The United
Cerebral
Palsy of Mobile
will host its tenth annual Christmas Casual Day on
Friday,
Dec. 12. T-shirts are available and due before
Tuesday,
Nov. 25. For more information call 479-4900.
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Mobile
Area Chamber
members and their guests can now book a nine-day, seven-night trip to
visit China, Oct. 13-21,
2009. The cost for the trip is only $1,899
per person (based on double occupancy), and includes
roundtrip airfare from Los Angeles to China, all hotel costs (4-and
5-star hotels), all meals, ground transportation in China, tour guides
and airport transfers. The only additional costs will be $150 per person
for a visa to travel to China (which the Chamber will coordinate for
you), $25 for tips paid in China; and airfare from Mobile to Los Angeles
and back. To learn
more
about this exciting trip, offered at an excellent price,
click here.
An information session will be held on
Monday, Dec. 1 at 5:30 p.m. at Hank
Aaron Stadium’s
technology center, and anyone wanting to learn more about the trip can
attend. A representative from CitsLinc
International will give an overview
of the trip, answer any questions and offer advice about the trip. If
you are considering this trip, please make plans to attend. If you are
ready to go ahead and book the trip, a $500 per person deposit is
required, and full payment will be due by June
1, 2009. This trip is
already more than 1/3 sold, and only 180 can attend. Contact
Leigh Perry-Herndon
at 431-8645 for questions.
The Mobile
Area
Chamber of Commerce will
be closed Nov.
27 – 28 to celebrate the
Thanksgiving holiday!
Business@Breakfast will be
held Wednesday,
Dec. 10 at Atlanta
Bread Co., 3680 Dauphin St., from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. B@B
offers members the opportunity to wake up for breakfast and start
networking with 45 seconds to introduce themselves and their business.
Following a brief
presentation,
introductions and breakfast, attendees are invited to continue to
network. The cost is $8 and includes breakfast. Only one representative
per company. Reserve your space by Dec. 8 for this event. No
cancellations will be reimbursed after this date to cover the cost of
breakfast. Reservations are required by contacting
Emily Demouey at
431-8638.
The Gulf
Coast Technology
Council will host its Monthly
Luncheon on Wednesday,
Dec. 10 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at
Café Royal, 101
Dauphin St. The cost to attend is $12 per person and includes lunch.
Reservations are requested. For more information, contact
Claudia Zimmermann
at 431-8616.
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Club Sun
Tanning Salon announced
its Thanksgiving "Tan for Cans" Annual Food drive
to help local charities during the holidays. Dates for collections are
Nov. 21 through
26. For more information, visit
www.clubsuntanning.com.
The USA
Baldwin County Campus Performance Center will host
the Fairhope Film Series on
Friday,
Nov. 21 with Young at
Heart at 6:30 p.m. with the film starting at 7 p.m.
For more information call 928-8133.
Via! Senior Citizens Services,
1717 Dauphin St., will host a Cabaret Dance
on Friday,
Nov. 21 from 7 to 10 p.m. The dance is open to the
public and cost $5 per person. For more information, call
478-3311 or visit
www.viamobile.org.
The
Cystic Fibrosis
Foundation will benefit from
a Cowboy Mouth concert
on Friday,
Nov. 21 at the Soul Kitchen in downtown Mobile. The
cost is $12 in advance. For more information, visit
www.soulkitchenmobile.com.
Robin
Roberts with the Rotary Group
Study Exchange will host young,
Spanish-speaking professionals for a trip to Peru
from April 14 to May 15, 2009. The trip is part of cultural
exchange trips between every Rotary District in the world.
Applications must be received Friday,
Nov. 21. For more information, call 666-4766 or
click here.
Keep
Mobile Beautiful
will host an Electronics Recycling
on Saturday,
Nov. 22 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Greater Gulf
States Fairgrounds. Items to be accepted will include computers
and computer equipment, televisions, cell phones, VCRs,
telephones. Items that will not be accepted include appliances,
vacuum cleaners,
air
conditioners and hazardous materials. For more information call
208-6029.
The Mobile
International
Festival Family
Day will be held on
Saturday, Nov. 22
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Mobile
Civic
Center arena. The 25th annual Festival will host
over 70 nations to present and showcase world cultures. During
the day, former Costa Rica
President Rodrigo Carazo-Odio
and his wife, Estrella Carazo, will be the guest speaker.
Admission is $7 adults, $6 seniors, $4 (7-15 years old), free (6
and under). For more information, call 470-7730 or visit
www.mobileinternationalfestival.com.
The Mobile
Symphony
Orchestra will host the
Wizard of Oz and other American Classics
on Saturday,
Nov. 22 at 8 p.m. and on Sunday, Nov. 23 at 2:30 p.m.
at the Mobile
Saenger
Theater. For more
information call 432-2010.
Goldstein's
Jewelry partnered with the
United
Cerebral Palsy
(UCP)
of Mobile for
its Holiday Diamond Dig
to be held Saturday,
Nov. 22 at 10:30 a.m. UCP will bury a $2,500 diamond
ring under the infield dirt of field A (located at Memorial
Park). Starting at 1 p.m., female participants may buy a $20 dig
pass that will provide a metal spoon and a dig ticket. Admission
is free. For more information, visit
http://www.ucpmobile.org/.
Bellingrath
Gardens
and
Homes announced its Cascading
Mum Display Bloom Out
will be held through Nov. 22.
Regular admission rates apply. In addition, the
Gardens’
Magic Christmas in Lights
display featuring more than 3 million twinkling lights will be
held Nov.
28 – Dec. 31 (closed Dec. 25) from 5 to 9 p.m.
nightly. Admission is adults $11, children 5 – 12 $6 and
children 4 and under are free. For more information, visit
www.bellingrathgardens.org.
On Saturday,
Nov. 22,
Volunteer
Mobile will join forces with
Catholic Social Services
Refugee Resettlement Program
to create an opportunity for local families to volunteer their
time and resources to aid refugee families who have relocated in
our community. A food drive will
take place from 9 a.m. to noon at participating Bruno’s and Food
World grocery stores. For more information, call 433-4456 or
visit
www.volunteermobile.org.
On Saturday,
Nov. 22,
Calagaz
Photo & Digital Imaging
will host a Digital Photography
Kick Start Class from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at
the Harbor Communications Center in
Hank Aaron
Stadium. The class will be
taught by professional photographer and best selling author Bill
Fortney. Open to the public, the cost to attend is $65. For more
information call 478-0487.
Silver
King Golf
Club Men's
Association Annual Turkey
Shoot Golf Tournament
will be held Saturday,
Nov. 22. Tee time
will be 12:30 p.m. Association members entry fee is $30 and
non-members fee is $40. For more information call 824-9660.
Springhill
Medical
Center will host
Resolve Through Sharing
Support Group meeting on
Monday,
Nov. 24 at 7 p.m. in the Gerald Wallace Auditorium
for parents who have lost a child before or immediately after
birth. For more information call 460-5323.
Infirmary
West’s
Auxiliary will hold a
Bake Sale on
Tuesday, Nov. 25
from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Proceeds will be used for special projects
at Infirmary West. For more information call 660-5827.
The Monroeville/Monroe Chamber of Commerce and the
Women’s
Business Center Inc. will present the Essentials
of Marketing & Growing Your Business on
Tuesday,
Nov. 25 from 11 to 2 p.m. at the Water Tower
Conference Center, 181 East Claiborne, Monroeville. There is no
charge to attend but reservations are requested. In addition,
the Center will host a
Success Circles meeting
on Wednesday,
Nov. 26 from 8 to 9 a.m. at the
Mobile Area
Chamber, 451 Government St. The
meeting will be facilitated by Naomi Maurer of
My Victorian
Bed &
Breakfast. There
is no charge to attend. For more information call 660-2725.
The
Spot of Tea
announced the opening of Club Insanity
on Wednesday,
Nov. 26. The new club will open in the space of the
former LeStrade Comedy Club and a Grand
Opening and Ribbon Cutting
will be held Wednesday,
Dec. 3 at 4 p.m. . In addition, the restaurant
announced it will open Weichman’s After 5
at 5 p.m. starting Wednesday,
Nov. 26 for fine dining. The dining service will
feature cuisine by John Weichman, formerly of Weichman’s All
Season restaurant. Reservations are requested. For more
information, call 433-9009 or 680-0936.
The
Battle House
will host a Thanksgiving Brunch on
Thursday,
Nov. 27 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Trellis Room.
The cost is $58 per person and includes a wide variety of
appetizing entrées. Costs does not include tax and gratuity.
Reservations are requested. For more information call 338-2000.
The Renaissance
Riverview
Plaza will host a
Thanksgiving Jazz Brunch on
Thursday,
Nov. 27 with seating times from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in
the Bon Secour Bay Ballroom. The cost is $29.95 for adults and
$21.95 for seniors, $12.95 for children ages 6 to 12, and
children 5 and under eat free. Reservations are requested. For
more information call 415-3092.
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On Friday,
Nov. 28, the Mobile
Opera will host
Holiday Cabaret with Paula Broadwater
at 7 p.m. at the Larkins Music Center. Tickets are $20 and will
include refreshments. Seating is limited. For more information
call 432-6772.
Bellingrath
Gardens and Homes’ Magic
Christmas in Lights display featuring more than 3
million twinkling lights will be held Nov.
28 – Dec. 31 (closed Dec. 25) from 5 to 9 p.m.
nightly. Admission is adults $11, children 5 – 12 $6 and
children 4 and under are free. For more information, visit
www.bellingrathgardens.org.
The
Wharf
in Orange Beach
will host a Lighting of the Christmas
Tree on Friday,
Nov. 28 at 6 p.m. Following the lighting, Santa will
be available for pictures each Saturday until Christmas from
noon to 4 p.m. For more information, call 224-1012 or visit
www.thewharfal.com.
Via!
Senior Citizens Services will benefit from a
Barnes and Noble Book Fair
from Friday, Nov. 28 through Thursday,
Dec. 4. All proceeds from this fund-raising event
will be used to fund programs and services for local seniors.
Click here for a
voucher to participate. For more information, call
478-3311 or visit
www.viamobile.org.
Solid
Rock Community
Outreach
Inc. Solid Rock Ministries,
1260 Springhill Ave., will host a Walk For
Life Walk-A-Thon
on Saturday,
Nov. 29 at Langan Municipal Park. Registration will
be held from 7 to 8 a.m. and a fee of $12. The Walk will begin
at 8 a.m. Proceeds will benefit the building of a Life Center
and Penelope House of Mobile. For more information call
432-1395.
The Infirmary West
Auxiliary will host a Lighting of the Christmas
Tree ceremony on Monday,
Dec. 1 on the front lawn of the hospital. Beginning
at 6 p.m., hospital staff and the community are invited to enjoy
hot chocolate, cider, cookies and other holiday goodies served
by Infirmary West Auxiliary members. After the lighting, Santa
Claus will be available for photos. For more information, call
660-5827 or visit
www.InfirmaryWest.org.
The Principal
Financial
Group will host the Principal
Women in Business Teleclass Series on
Tuesday,
Dec. 2 at noon at 917 Western America Circle. The
free series is a 60-minute educational class conducted by
telephone for women business owners. The class is entitled
Get Wired into Social Networking: How to Use Sources from
Linked Into MySpace to Grow Your Business. For more
information call 344-3100.
The Center
for
Continuing
Education at the
University
of South
Alabama will
present Glenn Shepard's latest employee management seminar,
Hire with Confidence, Fire without Fear, Tame Toxic Employees
and Put Your Team on the Fast Track to Record-Shattering Success
on Tuesday,
Dec. 2 at the USA Brookley Campus from 8:30 a.m. to
noon. The seminar will teach key, simple and straightforward
techniques to being a better manager. Registration is required.
For more information, call 431-6536 or visit
www.usacontinuinged.com.
The Women’s Business Center
will host a Success Circles
meeting on Tuesday,
Dec. 2 from 8 to 9 a.m. at 5901 Airport Blvd. Suite
208. The meeting will be facilitated Dr. Sturm with Legacy
Financial Planning LLC. There is no charge to attend. For more
information call 660-2725.
The Laser
and Skin Care Center of Mobile
will host Santa's Workshop - a BOTOX Cosmetic event
on Tuesday,
Dec. 2 from 5 to 8:30 p.m. Bring a toy for Toys for
Tots and receive 10 units of BOTOX free (with the purchase of 20
units). For more information, call 433-7546 or visit
www.laserandskincarecenterofmobile.com.
Logical Communication Services Inc.
will host Citrix XenServer solutions webinar
on Wednesday,
Dec. 3 at 10 a.m. Citrix XenServer, a member of the
Citrix Delivery Center product family, is the simplest and most
effective way to virtualize servers and deliver dynamic data
centers that are responsive to the ever-changing demands of
business. For more information call 621-8650.
Mobile Infirmary Medical Center
will host a Healthy Holiday Meal Planning
Seminar from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 3 in the third floor auditorium.
During the seminar Amy Chalker, registered dietitian, will
discuss tips to enjoy holidays meals and still maintain your
weight. Lunch will be provided for $5 or you may brown bag. This
event is open to the public and sponsored by Infirmary Seniors.
For more information call 435-3911.
On Wednesday,
Dec. 3, Volunteer
Mobile, 1050 Government St.,
will host a proposal writing
workshop led by the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The program will be designed
to provide assistance to communities and local governments who
would like to apply for funding opportunities to help improve
health and the environment at the local level. Seating is
limited and reservations are requested. For more information,
visit
http://cfpub.epa.gov/confreg.
The Weeks
Bay
Foundation will
honor Jack Edwards’s longtime work in conservation for South
Alabama. The Jack Edwards Gala will
be held at the Fairhope Yacht Club on
Thursday, Dec. 4
from 6 to 8 p.m. Tickets are $50 and all proceeds will benefit
the Weeks Bay Foundation’s efforts in land protection. For more
information, call 990-5004 or visit
www.weeksbay.org.
The Downtown
Mobile
Alliance will host a Holiday
Breakfast with Mayor Sam Jones on
Thursday,
Dec. 4 at 8 a.m. at the
Bienville Club,
107 St. Francis St., 34th Floor. The cost is $25 per person for
members and $30 for guests and a full breakfast buffet will be
served. Seating is limited and reservations are requested by
Dec. 1. For more information call 434-8498.
The City of Daphne’s
annual Christmas Parade
& Tree Lighting will be held
Thursday,
Dec. 4 at 6 p.m. down Main Street. The tree lighting
will immediately follow the parade at the new City Hall on Main
Street and will feature a live band, food, Santa Claus and a
downtown Open House.
The Mobile Infirmary Medical Center,
in conjunction with the American
Cancer
Society, will present
Look Good…Feel Better from
11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday,
Dec. 4 in the J.L. Bedsole/Rotary Rehabilitation
Hospital Dining Room. This is a free, community-based seminar,
teaching female cancer patients beauty techniques to help them
cope with appearance related side effects of treatment. A light
lunch will be served, so pre-registration is requested. For more
information call 435-3911.
The Mobile
Saenger
Theatre will host The
Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum by
The Playhouse in the Park on Thursday,
Dec. 4 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 per person. For
more information call 602-0630.
Mercy
Medical and the Eastern Shore Art Center have
joined forces in Calling All Angels, a 2008
fund-raising project that celebrates angels, their stories and
depictions in different art forms capturing what angels are and
mean to us. The show will be on display from 6 to 8 p.m. at the
Art Center in Fairhope until Thursday,
Dec. 4 where a gala evening event and live auction
will take place. The cost will be $25 per person. For more
information, call 621-4884 or visit
www.mercymedical.com/CallingAllAngels.
