Kevin Lee

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Science and art go hand-in-hand since science conveys the mechanisms of existence while arts convey the experience of existence.

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Articles

Ritzy Arty Awards reach prestigious level

1 week 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.
Mobile native crowd funds film project

2 weeks 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.
Film scores come to life at Saenger

3 weeks ago | lagniappemobile.com | Kevin Lee

Classical music is embedded into our cultural consciousness largely through its marriage with cinema. In early April, the Mobile Symphony Orchestra (MSO) visits hallmark movie themes that hold their own as discrete art.
Creole-style ballet at Saenger

4 weeks ago | lagniappemobile.com | Kevin Lee

Mobile Ballet revels in regional flavor for their presentation of “The Princess and the Frog” on March 29 and 30 at the Saenger Theatre (6 S. Joachim St.). The classic fairy tale has been revamped into a magical quest around Mobile Bay searching for a cure to a mysterious spell. Derived from E.D. Baker’s 2002 novel, “The Frog Princess,” Disney retrofitted it with a New Orleans twist in 2009.
Artist tells struggle of mind and body

4 weeks ago | lagniappemobile.com | Kevin Lee

There’s an additional layer of pride in Dana Hanchey’s new exhibit, “Rez-de-Chaussèe,” at downtown Mobile’s Lupercalia Art Society Gallery (358 Dauphin St.) April 6-20. It’s a springtime return to the place where she bloomed. “[Mobile] is where I feel like I kind of found myself, and healed a lot and I fell in love with it when I lived downtown,” Hancey said. kA 5:ClQ=ECQmw6C 4@==64E:@? @7 G:DF2=D 56A:4ED 3@E9 :??6C 2?5 @FE6C 5:>6?D:@?D @7 2 AC@EC24E65 DECF88=6 :? 96C >2CC:286[ :? 96C 72>:=J[ :?
Building community from gospel’s glory

1 month ago | lagniappemobile.com | Kevin Lee

Eric Dozier’s innate musicality moves through him all the time, even when he steps away from the piano. He even rocked to the rhythm of his excited words on the TEDxPeachtree stage, describing his call to harmonize music with community building. The Bakewell, Tennessee, native realized his gospel tradition — his parents were pastors — provided an inroad to deeper sharing between people. More than creative outburst, music is a window into the emotions of others. kA 5:ClQ=ECQm“,%96D6 8@DA6= D@?8D.
Public art provides second chance

1 month ago | lagniappemobile.com | Kevin Lee

Mike Rogers’ phone rang in late 2024 with a call from the past about reshaping the Azalea City’s future. It came courtesy of former Mobile Mayor Mike Dow and internationally renowned French light installation artist Xavier de Richemont. Dow and Rogers are both former Alabama Contemporary Art Center (ACAC) board members and de Richemont’s massive sound and light installation appeared in the Cathedral Square facility in 2012.
Elegant whodunit in Chickasaw

1 month ago | lagniappemobile.com | Kevin Lee

Less than a year after mystery writer Agatha Christie first rode the luxurious Orient Express in 1928, a blizzard in Turkey delayed the train’s progress for six days and stuck in her memory. Then her 1931 Orient Express trip was delayed by a landslide and inspiration struck. She sprinkled in elements from the kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh’s baby and the result was a hit. kA 5:ClQ=ECQm%96 `hbc ?@G6= “|FC56C @?
Artist finds rewards in midlife shift

1 month ago | lagniappemobile.com | Kevin Lee

For Cherelle “CeCe” Smith, art is rewarding and instructive; however, some of her earliest creative expressions were cathartic. This is related to Sept. 11, 2001, when her middle school teacher rolled a TV into the classroom. “He was a Marine and told us to sit down and watch. We saw that tragedy in front of our eyes, when the second plane hit [the World Trade Center] and burned a hole in my mind,” Smith recalled.
The Wizard of Warren Street

1 month ago | lagniappemobile.com | Kevin Lee

Forget analogies of life as a river or road, for Mardi Gras impresario Ron Barrett it is more of an ongoing festivity. He attributes his 50-year reign as Mobile’s Carnival designer extraordinaire to human connections. “I’m a very social person,” Barrett said. “I totally live to give people art and make people happy.