DEPARTMENTS SEPTEMBER 2017
VOLUME XXXIII / ISSUE 9
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LEFT Late-summer produce gets the sophisticated treatment from singer Beverly Jo Scott, inspired by her years living in Belgium. PHOTO BY ELIZABETH GELINEAU RIGHT A fine art exhibition is so much more than pictures and frames. MB snagged a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the process. PHOTO BY ELISE POCHÉ
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Editor’s Note On the Web Reaction Odds & Ends Elemental Hurricane Season As a Mobilian, you may think you know everything about the monster storms. Guess again.
18 Gumbo The Home Advantage
House concerts are popular with musicians, fans and hosts.
22 Tastings Kazoola Eatery & Entertainment A jazz and soul food haunt on Lower Dauphin Street
24 Bay Tables Making Mudcakes This soulful musician took more than Southern tunes to Europe: she took some good, hearty Mobile cuisine, as well.
30 The Dish 32 Gumbo The Exhibitionists
Take a peek behind the curtain to learn how a fine art exhibition goes from idea to reality.
69 History Harlem Hellfighter
The Mobile man who brought jazz to France led the way for the Harlem Renaissance in New York.
82 History Boom! Boom! Goes the Lincolnite! Author John Sledge shares an excerpt from his new book on the Civil War.
84 Ask McGehee Did Mobile have a cotton mill? The growing cotton economy made Mobile a hot spot for mills.
86 In Living Color Empire Theatre, 1940 Mobile movies on Lower Dauphin
OUT & ABOUT 74 Highlights 76 On Stage & Exhibits 78 October Highlights
Before his untimely death in 1919, Mobile-born jazz musician James Reese Europe was poised to be one of the greats, among the likes of Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong. Retrace the musical journey that was cut short on page 69.
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