The annual Mobile International Festival will be held at the Mobile Civic Center Main Arena on Saturday, November 18, 2006 from 10am to 5pm.
The Mobile International Festival is the Gulf Coast’s premier international cultural event. This year we're celebrating 23 years of exciting family fun. Come out and enjoy getting to know some of the various cultures around the world first hand. In one day you get to visit and experience life on each of the earth's continents.
Come and meet face-to-face with people from every corner of the planet, learn about life in their homeland and feel their friendliness. See the arts and crafts, be entertained, hear the sounds, and taste the flavors of the world. You will certainly be tempted by over 50 dishes from four corners of the world! Sample different entrees, mouth-watering desserts and exotic beverages such as international coffees, beers or wines. With food from 20 countries, there's something to please even the pickiest palate.
It's time again for the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources photo contest.
Early fall is just about the best time for photographing Alabama's great outdoors. Nature photographers can gain recognition for their work by entering Outdoor Alabama magazine's 2007 Photo Contest.
Winning entries will be published in the February 2007 issue of the magazine, which is published by the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
All photos must have been taken in Alabama within the last two years. Wildlife and plant species must be native to the state. Eligible formats include high quality digital images, 35mm slides or larger format transparencies, and 5x7-inch to 8x10-inch color prints.
Alabama has long been a popular spot for birders. With over 350 species commonly found in the state it's easy to see why.
Now Alabama birders have a new resource on which they can rely to assist them in their forays into the woods and fields. Birds of Alabama focuses the spotlight on Alabama birding, helping birders to locate and identify Alabama's birds.
With the success of this spring's inaugural North Alabama Birding Festival and the growing popularity of the upcoming 2006 Alabama Coastal Birdfest, this new field guide is certain to be a hit.
Condo owners in Gulf Shores are increasingly turning to a time tested way to find buyers for their Alabama Gulf Coast vaction properties: They're selling their condos at auction.
Sold! To the highest bidder
With 3,000 condominium units listed for sale on the Alabama Gulf Coast, some sellers are shedding the traditional approach in favor of auctioning their property to the highest bidder -- a process that speeds sales, but can come at the cost of a lower selling price.
Coastal Auction Co. sold three houses recently, and two had been on the market for at least six months. Two were in Terry Cove in Orange Beach -- one with two boat slips for $592,000 and one off the water for $367,000. The third property, an unfinished house in Martyn Woods in Gulf Shores, sold for $612,000.
One of Alabama Gulf Coast's busiest airports might soon be going commercial. Currently Jack Edwards Airport serves only private flights, but if the recommendations of an engineering study are approved the airport could be accepting commercial jet traffic within 5 years.
The airport currently has about 80,000 takeoffs and landings each year. Airport officials expect that number could double, and have proposed a plan to grow the airport in response to the increased demand by Gulf Shores vacation goers, conventioneers and other visitors.
Gulf Shores considers commercial jetliners
The State of Alabama has used funds from a federal grant in addition to its own to purchase over 2200 acres of additional lands from the Coastal Land Trust and from the Weeks Bay Foundation in the Mobile-Tensaw Delta. The Mobile-Tensaw delta is an area rich in the kind of natural beauties typically associated with the deep south. The delta is a region of rivers, marshes and bayous; a rich habitat for wildlife and a popular locale for birders and nature lovers.
For a more in-depth look at the Mobile-Tensaw Delta, have a look at the Kayaking the Mobile-Tensaw Delta web site.