Kevin Lee

1 week ago | lagniappemobile.com | Kevin Lee

Along with steamy asphalt from afternoon showers, the clearest signal of summer’s start in this region is the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Its last weekend in May is usually bathed in equal parts funk and sweat. kA 5:ClQ=ECQm$:?46 a_aa[ |@3:=6’D y2KK pCE (C:E6CD $@FE9 Wyp($X u6DE:G2= ?6DE=65 @FE 2 C@=6 2D 2?@E96C 62C=J DF>>6C 7:IEFC6] w@DE65 3J E96 &?:G6CD:EJ @7 $@FE9 p=232>2 W&$pX {:3C2CJ 2CE 82==6C:6D 2?5 %96 q=24< x?< r@2=:E:@? @7 |@3:=6[ E96 76DE:G2= 4@>3:?6D HC:EE6?

2 weeks ago | lagniappemobile.com | Kevin Lee

Juan Logan took a roundabout route to arrive in the spotlight at Langan Park’s Mobile Museum of Art (MMoA) for the next nine months. kA 5:ClQ=ECQmuC@> 9:D J@FE9 :? }@CE9 r2C@=:?2[ {@82? H6?E E@ w@H2C5 &?:G6CD:EJ 7@C 2 D4:6?46\C6=2E65 568C66 3FE 492?865 3@E9 =@42=6 2?5 G@42E:@? 3J EC2?D76CC:?8 E@ pE=2?E2’D r=2C< pE=2?E2 &?:G6CD:EJ 2D 2? 2CE >2;@C]k^AmkA 5:ClQ=ECQmp7E6C r=2C<[ {@82? 3642>6 2 ;6E 6?8:?6 >6492?:4 :? E96 &]$] p:C u@C46] w6 H6?E @? E@ 62C?

3 weeks ago | lagniappemobile.com | Kevin Lee

Alabama State Council for the Arts (ASCA) Executive Director Elliot Knight has openly warned state arts groups about oncoming trouble from winnowing resources. In correspondence dated April 15, Knight presaged a likely funding decrease from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) as members of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) were scheduled at NEA facilities in the following days. kA 5:ClQ=ECQmz?:89E DA6==65 @FE E92E 2 C65F4E:@? :? }tp 7F?5D — H9:49 2>@F?E65 E@ S`c]f >:==:@? :?

4 weeks ago | lagniappemobile.com | Kevin Lee

Mobile Arts Council (MAC) Executive Director Angela Montgomery said everything about the 20th annual Arty Awards on April 9 was “a blur” by the next day. She can rest assured, though, because she and her crew pulled it off with panache. At perhaps the swankiest of these soirees to date, MAC staffer Sydney Cramer excitedly announced that the Riverview Plaza Hotel ballroom finally held their longtime goal of 200 attendees.

1 month ago | lagniappemobile.com | Kevin Lee

Native Mobilian-turned-Brooklynite Ron’Netta LeDoux-Henderson doesn’t lack boldness. Her determination has led her to not only publish a trio of novels, but to push one of them toward translation onto the screen. The McGill-Toolen/Davidson alum developed a yen for writing and acting in adolescence, even travelling to New Orleans to attend weekend classes. While at Bishop State Community College and the University of Mobile, she recorded studio tracks and made appearances in Atlanta.