Things To Do In Mobile

With a waiting room complete with toys, Chiropractic Works PC looks as much like a pediatric office as a chiropractic one. Doctors of Chiropractic Be Phetsinorath and Link Nguyen do indeed treat adults—but they have a special place in their office for kids. The duo treats patients young and old with chiropractic adjustments to correct chronic back pain or acupuncture for the common cold. They also offer laser therapy, which may relieve pain so patients can enjoy more freedom of movement. And because the staff speaks Laotian, Spanish, Thai, and Vietnamese fluently, even clients who don’t speak English will feel at home.

Kiersten Borowski began her ballet training at the age of five, and has since devoted her life to pursuing her art. Now the director and choreographer at GraceLines Dance Studio, she imparts a love of ballet to a new generation. Together with her pedagogic compatriots Sienna Borowski and Sydney Adams, she teaches ballet, jazz, and worship dance, leading the school's top pupils through a display of their newfound skills and impressive foot strength during classic and original ballets.

Azalea City Center for the Arts nurtures the next generation of entertainers with group classes, one-on-one lessons, and afterschool activities. Creative kids can hone their talents while learning new steps in the dance program or while pursuing the perfect shot in the photography program. In addition to dance and photography, the center also offers art, drama, music, and voice classes and hosts parties that include games, costumes, skits, and picture opportunities.

In 2014, Alpine Hills Swim Club celebrates its golden anniversary, marking a half century—and several generations—of community cohesion engendered through splishing, splashing, and cool summertime dips. Group and individual swim lessons are available for all ages, and kids aged 4–18 can join the Sharks swim team. Each May through Labor Day, the club also hosts regular events such as movie nights and cookouts.

The Double-A affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Mobile BayBears have won four Southern League championships since their debut in 1997. The club grinds their cleats at Hank Aaron Stadium, a classic, 6,000-seat venue that serves as a lively monument to Mobile native and Hall of Famer Henry Aaron, Jr.

Mobile Ballet marches onward toward its goal of enriching the Gulf Coast with spirited ballet performances in its one-time-only production, Carnival of the Dance, which marks the end of the spring season. Accomplished hoofer and artistic director Winthrop Corey, who notably fluttered his feet as the principal dancer for the Royal Winnipeg Ballet and The National Ballet of Canada, oversees Mobile Ballet’s graceful troupe as it performs its best impersonations of alluring swans, descending helicopter seeds, and torn-up parking tickets caught in the wind. Vivid, electroluminescent lighting dictates the shifting tones of the performance as audience members throughout the 1,940-seat theater marvel at the enchanting pirouettes and calculated tiptoeing that narrate the fairy tales The Ugly Duckling and The Tortoise and the Hare, along with excerpts of George Balanchine’s Serenade.