By Allison Marlow
It might as well be the year 1519, the same year that Spanish conquistador Alonzo Alverez de Pineda first sailed into the bay he named Espiritu Santo, the Holy Spirit.
The explorer was the first to map the curves and dips of Mobile Bay and much of the Gulf Coast. He was the first outsider to meet the thousands of animal and plant species that called the area home.
Now, 500 years later, award winning environmental journalist Ben Raines skates in his boat across the top of those same waters of the Mobile-Tensaw Delta, pushing the craft’s nose gently into the same hidden crevices that Pineda took care in measuring and charting.
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Local help available for Affordable Care Act enrollment Posted
By Allison Marlow
If you need affordable health care you don’t have to wait until the fall. Open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act is available now.
The $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package that President Joe Biden signed earlier this year made coverage significantly more affordable for millions of people who either already have marketplace coverage, are uninsured or lost their employer coverage. The bill also eliminated repayment requirements for premium tax credits.
“Cancer is a Pain in My Ass” debuts at South Baldwin Community Theatre this weekend. Submitted photo by Dan Mannuto Posted Want to go?
Where: South Baldwin Community Theater, Gulf Shores
When: April 30, May 1, May 7, May 8 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday matinees on May 2 and May 8 at 2:30 p.m.
Cost: Tickets are $18 and can be purchased at SBCT.biz or at the box office
Masks are required and there will be social distancing.
By Allison Marlow
For Laura Pfizenmayer, all the world’s a stage.
More than 100 of her scripts have been performed in theaters across the U.S., many based on difficult events of her own life. Almost all are also comedies written to help lighten the load of each production’s serious subject matter.
Posted Want to go?
When: Saturday, May 1, 6:30 – 10:30 p.m.
Where: Hotel Magnolia, 119 N. McKenzie St., Foley
Dress: 1920s theme costume/ formal
Cost: $50, purchase tickets at www.exitstageleft.org
By Allison Marlow
Baldwin County’s stage just grew a little larger.
Chase S. Morrisette, whose production of “Magnolia” made its world premiere in 2019 to standing room only audiences, will open the doors to Exit Stage Left this spring, a new theatre troupe born, he said, out of love for the artform and friendships crafted around the stage.
A group of five friends, including Morrisette, director of Exit Stage Left, and Jude McCoy, CEO, forged the organization after working together in various productions throughout the county over the years.
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