Things To Do In Mobile
One on One With Robby
Three, Six, or Nine 30-Minute Personal-Training Sessions from One on One With Robby (Up to 63% Off)
Trainer leads one-on-one sessions customized according to each client’s fitness needs and goals
Mobile
$90 $39
"Swan Lake" for an Adult or Two Children on Saturday, March 28, at 2 p.m. or 6 p.m. (Up to 47% Off)
"Swan Lake"
Davidson High School
$15
$8
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10 or 20 Fitness Classes at STR8UP Fitness Systems (Up to 56% Off)
STR8UP Fitness Systems
Bayview
$100
$49
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One Month of Unlimited Group Classes with Optional Pole-Fitness Classes at Detour Fitness Studios (Up to 54% Off)
Detour Fitness Studios
West Mobile Location-Detour Fitness
$144
$69
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Family or Individual Membership at Alpine Hills Swim Club (Up to 53% Off)
Alpine Hills Swim Club
Overlook
$400
$189
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$20 for Four Weekly Kids' Classes in Drama, Art, Music, or Photography at Azalea City Center for the Arts ($45 Value)
Azalea City Center for the Arts
Dauphin Acres
$45
$20
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Beginner Dance Classes or Six-Week Ballroom Course for One or Two at David Miner Ballroom (Up to 58% Off)
David Miner Ballroom/Dancesport Academy
Mobile
$46
$20
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5 or 10 Kickboxing Classes with Hand Wraps at ATA Martial Arts (65% Off)
ATA Martial Arts
Berkleigh
$84
$29
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Five or Eight Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Classes or Four Women's Classes at Zanshin Gulf Coast Jiu-Jitsu (Up to 74% Off)
Zanshin Gulf Coast Jiu-Jitsu
Claremont
$150
$39
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Visit for Two or Four Adults to USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park (Up to 50% Off)
USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park
Riverfront Industrial Area
$30
$15
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Five Fitness Classes at Rock Paper Fitness (65% Off)
Rock Paper Fitness
Jackson Heights
$100
$35
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Kickboxing, Tai Chi, and Kung Fu Classes at Shaolin Institute (Up to 66% Off). Three Options Available.
Shaolin Institute
Airmont
$129
$50
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$37 for a Harlem Globetrotters Game at Mitchell Center on Friday, February 20, 2015 at 7 p.m. ($62 Value)
Harlem Globetrotters
Mitchell Center
$62
$37
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Visit for Two or Four Adults at Condé-Charlotte Museum House (69% Off)
Condé-Charlotte Museum House
Conde-Charlotte Museum House
$16
$5
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One-Year Individual or Family Membership to Centre for the Living Arts (Up to 51% Off)
Centre for the Living Arts
Central Business District
$35
$17
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Select Local Merchants
• Two reserved-seating football tickets to see the University of South Alabama vs. Lamar University at Ladd-Peebles Stadium on September 10 (a $30 value) • Four upper-bowl tickets to see one men's basketball game of your choice during the upcoming 2011–2012 season at the Mitchell Center (a $20 value)
Every four to five weeks, Improv Comedy Underground puts on an unscripted, interactive show filled with spontaneous jokes and side-tickling chortles. Each show consists of a group of improvisational performers who participate in a series of wit-testing games led by a host and audience suggestions. Because of the on-the-fly nature of the hour-long shows, the content isn't always predictable and may contain adult language and humor, so it's not recommended for young children or stoic philosophers in the midst of vision quests.
A Greek revival manse nestled in a grove of oak trees, Oakleigh's foundations were laid nearly two centuries ago in the mind of a Virginia-born cotton broker named James W. Roper. Ground was broken in the land in 1833, and the Irwin family purchased the property in 1852; it stayed in the same family until 1916. Today, the estate embodies an open-air time capsule of the period complete with furniture, historic artifacts, and an extensive art collection.
- Size: 35 acres, three buildings, 181 years of history
- Eye Catcher: the home guides, who dress in era-appropriate costumes
- The Building: Mobile's official period house museum, the T-shaped mansion has hosted writers, actors, presidents-to-be, and their Best Friends Forever
- Crown Jewel: the main building is full of special pieces, including period silver, porcelain, paintings, and personal items
- Don't Miss: the Cox-Deasy cottage, a simple building that demonstrates what the working-class lifestyle was like
- Special Programs: since 2008, the Oakleigh Belles program has trained high school students to act as docents and guides at the estate
Built in 1857, the Southern Market/Old City Hall building served as home to three groups: the mayor and his city council meetings, several local militias, and a food market. Since then, the Italianate building has been deemed a national landmark, and its tenants have been whittled down to one: History Museum of Mobile. With its permanent exhibitions, the museum preserves more than 300 years of Mobile history, starting with the city's first Native American inhabitants. Interactive exhibits and artifacts—including antique silver and a cannon recovered from the CSS Alabama, which sunk during an 1864 battle—usher guests all the way to the present day.
Along with its mainstay exhibitions, the museum hosts events dedicated to film screenings, lectures, and debunking myths purported by Magic 8 Balls. History Museum of Mobile team has also helped open two other historical sites in town, including the Phoenix Fire Museum, which houses horse-drawn steam engines.
Tucked behind Leinkauf Elementary School, La Pizzeria has been lauded by Press-Register food editor David Holloway as "one of the best-kept secrets" in town. He praises owner Todd Henson's balance between Italian classics—pastas with housemade sauces and calzones among them—and creative menu contributions. A list of character-inspired gourmet pizzas includes the garlic-infused Bela Lugosi and the Sherlock Holmes, a mystery order whose toppings are chosen by the chef and cooked beneath a carefully aimed magnifying glass. Strewn with white tablecloths and still-life paintings, the low-lit interior features one private table, where Henson wagers "we've had a hundred proposals of marriage … over the years."
Experienced photo gurus Doug Box and Randy Kerr impart practical photo skills to curious shutterbugs during engaging seminars that have appeared across the States and in eight countries abroad. Doug Box, author of myriad photography-technique books, is one of 13 Kodak mentors and is the Executive Director of the Texas Professional Photographers Association. His co-teacher, Randy Kerr, heads World Photographic, which uses photography as a vehicle for illuminating humanitarian and environmental topics. Both men have been teaching photography classes for years and help amateurs take photos that capture piercing looks, toothy smiles, and elusive dodo sightings.