Faith and Culture

Back to school season is upon us.  For some reason this season is special to me. School days were some of the best times...

National Oyster Day, August 5, arrives just in time for that final family trip to Alabama’s coast before school starts back. Coincidence? Shucks, who cares? From...

A loose-knit group of community gardeners came together with one mission: to make fresh produce accessible in the Mobile community. Mobile Urban Growers, or MUG,...

It was a mission of mercy with an act of larceny. My wife suggested I visit a relative in Tennessee. I responded as I normally...

FORT PAYNE – Summer is in full swing in northeastern Alabama and two events to experience before the season wraps up are a yard...

Moonshot Creamery, located in the Shops at Riverwalk Place in Tuscaloosa, is a new ice cream parlor and bottle shop that opened in June...

In 1868, a small group of Methodists met beside a spring, not far from Rome, Ga. They gathered from several local churches and cleared...

When the summer heat hits a peak, Mexican-style paleta pops are the chill solution for adults and children alike. These aren’t the frozen pops-on-a-stick many...

For a long time, the symptoms were so mild that few people outside of Jerry’s immediate family noticed. But after Jerry was hospitalized with...

Summertime is the season of travel: the time to pile all of the kids into one cramped car, roll the windows down, and play...

The Breast Cancer Research Foundation of Alabama is well-known throughout the state, but few know the story behind the foundation’s co-founder Dolly O’Neal. We had the...

On a lark, I located Robert Fulghum’s three books lately and reread them. He was my favorite writer in the '80s, best-known for “All...

The summer edition of Birmingham Restaurant Week returns with an extended-play 10-day event offering opportunities to try a variety of Magic City restaurants, cafes,...

The past couple of years have been hard on a lot of people. During this time of pandemic, I lost an uncle, and a brother-in-law...

Virginia Arata left Mobile after high school, then returned to the University of South Alabama for a degree in hospitality and tourism management. Now...

Cucumbers as green as jade, squash the color of a golden sunrise and okra in hues that rival an amethyst bring squeals of delight...

The harvest that Underground Forest displays on its stand at the Tuscaloosa River Market is colorful, with soft blues, golden yellows, bright pinks, bony...

Alabama is well known for a number of geographic traits, from the rolling foothills of Appalachia to the lakes winding throughout the state, and,...

I was in college when our pastor took two or three of us fledgling ministers to the church sanctuary and showed us how to...

The Hartford Nationals, the largest and longest-running sport championships for athletes with a physical, visual and/or intellectual disability, is descending on Hoover, beginning Saturday.  Now in...

Wells is a dot on the map, located in the northeast corner of the state of Nevada. Wells is one of those towns that...

Fourth of July and barbecue are soul mates. For many Alabamians, smoke-kissed ribs, pork shoulder, chicken, or beef brisket are as crucial to the...

Charmin Bates believes her calling is to help girls, like those in Alabama’s Black Belt region, learn to tap into their creativity and discover...

Restaurants in Auburn, Birmingham, Fairhope, Huntsville, Montgomery, and Orange Beach are among the world’s best places to enjoy wine, the experts at Wine Spectator...