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maggotmouth · 6 years ago

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hi i’m nora ( 23. gmt. she/her ) and it turns out i really miss playing bridget ! i wasn’t feeling frida bt i wanted to explore som of her backstory more so ive kind of fused bits of her into bridget..... sue me.... for those of u who didn’t know her before i dropped her, bridget grew up in a trailer park in texas, she’s an angsty socialist leftie who gets fucked at the pub and goes off on one about capitalism. film nerd. got in on a partially subsidised scholarship and works in a bar and a fast food place to pay for her accomodation. here’s a pinboard !! everythin else is below this cut, like this post n i’ll (probably forget to) smash that im button for plots x

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( cis-female ) haven’t seen BRIDGET MATUSIAK around in a while. the MARGARET QUALLEY lookalike has been known to be GARRULOUS & CANDID, but SHE can also be FICKLE & ERRATIC. The 21 year old is a JUNIOR majoring in FILM. I believe they’re living in AUDAX but I popped by earlier and no one answered the door.

aesthetics.

thumb holes poked through the cuffs of your sleeves, roller blades, grazed knees, not eating your greens, smiling with a mouthful of blood, sleeping in a cherry lip balm and scrunchies to keep the wild locks from your eyes. piercing your own ears with a safety pin when your dad wouldn’t take you.

connection to tatiana & did they choose her name during the watershed?

knew each other from the cheer team in bridgets freshman year and tatiana’s sophomore year. had a competitive friendship to start with but then they got into a discussion about politics at a party one night, and maybe hooked up a few times after tatiana had jst broken up w someone. they were sort of seeing each other very casually for a bit, but…. they came from vastly different circles n it didn’t really work. they were in a bad partch at the time of the reaping so to speak, and bridget picked her name For A Giggle but now regrets it big time obviously

tw drugs, teen pregnancy

BACKSTORY TIME.. her mother was from the wrong side of the tracks, was chucked out of home pretty young after a teenage pregnancy, wanted 2 go to art school and started working as an erotic dancer to pay for college but then jst…. ended up staying there. one of those girls u see in the documentaries who had Big Plans but ultimately never got to pursue them n jst got…. sucked in by the money

her mom n dad met in high school at a parents evening. alice was fourteen, toby was thirty-one. bridget’s mom alice was a roman catholic – uneducated in matters of safe sex, mother mary around her neck, bras hanging over wooden crucifixes – and willing to give it to the first boy who seemed interested enough, gift-wrapped or not. toby was the father to a girl down the road who alice knew nothing of besides her name and the few encounters in the corridors facing a stoney stare that screamed homewrecker. it only happened once, but once was enough. alice was out of the house as soon as her parents knew a child was growing in her womb.

bridget n her mum alice were more like sisters growing up, probably because of the closeness in age. alice should’ve known that you couldn’t have a thirteen-year-old-daughter at 27 without everyone knowing you’d been one of those girls who gave it away fast as a hot potato, and maybe bridget should have known that she’d inherit more than her mother’s wide eyes, that things have a way of circling back to us --- that at fourteen she too would lose it on the floor of a swimming pool changing room, soggy back, polka-dot nylon of a swimsuit pulled down to her ankles.

she grew up in a trailer park just outside of orlando resort, but she was raised in dressing rooms surrounded by sparkly costumes and nipple pasties and leotards and the like. as a kid she’d try to trot about in her moms heels n yearned for the day she’d be able to be on stage.

if you’ve seen the florida project its a bit like tht.... just kids left to do their own shit.... mother’s a bit all over the place... made money by stealing wristbands off orlando theme park visitors, and bridget was p much raised by the community, to be honest. most of her youth was spent scurrying about half naked in cowboy boots and glasses too big for her face. a smol feral child

gilly (referred to as junior) was born four years after bridget, the son of a carpenter and sculpture artist named gilbert “gilly” senior, her moms latest squeeze. whenever she wasn’t at school bridget would be in gilly’s workshop doin her homework surrounded by parts of furniture or hanging out with the kids who were visiting disneyland but couldn’t afford the hotels on the resort

like her mother, bridget fell pregnant barely out of her gingham print dresses, hair in two plaits down her back, teddies still lining her bed. unlike her mum, she was not box-shipped out to a home for fallen women but rather booked into a clinic, given a pill, just like taking your vitamins.

her mother flaked out when bridget was around fifteen and junior was eleven. they were in the system for a while, before gilly was finally granted custody as legal guardian. the three of them moved to marfa, texas so that gilly could run classes in sculpture and woodworking at the art institute. they’re not sure where their mother went. some say she rededicated herself as a virgin and joined the convent in penance for her sins. some say she works in a las vegas strip club and sells pills to minors. bridget likes to believe that she’s an actress, her name in newspapers and her face in a star-spangled dressing mirror.

bridget used to do sponsored silences and hunger strikes for kids in developing countries. was that kid in school who was always raising money something. i mean its kinda cute but also she just wanted the acclaim and attention so…. and most of the time it didn’t even make it to the disadvantaged kids she was raising it for cos her mom needed rent money or to buy the kids new shoes n they could barely afford much themselves

she’s a strident feminist, an activist for human rights and animal rights, a vocal vegetarian and an all-round soapbox sadie. catch her in the quad shouting about human rights through a megaphone. will most definitely have quizzed your character on institutionalised racism whilst inhaling nos at a party and snacking on a big bowl of cheesy wotsits

aesthetic: big military or leather jackets over tiny little sundresses. always in docs or creepers and a beret with an anarchist symbol painted on it. wears a long green trench coat covered in badges for alt punk rock bands or a red denim jacket that she hacked into a crop jacket with a pair of kitchen scissors. cuffed jeans, thrifted or stolen. white converse, more grey tbh through years of wear. crop tops and plaid shirts tied round her waist. smudged mascara. glitter smeared over cheekbones from the previous night. cigarette smoke shrouding you like a veil, the red string of a thong peaking out purposely from jeans, piercing your own ears with a safety pin when your dad wouldn’t take you, kate moss posters lining the walls of a teenage bedroom, thumb holes poked through the cuffs of your sleeves, feet pounding the earth until your soles bleed crimson.

an aspiring screenwriter. she has a very image-based view of memory and experience. always doing a screenplay or shooting film. her style has a lot of catholic iconography (think virgin suicides style or baz luhrmann’s romeo + juliet if it was done on a super 8 camera) bcos catholicism is one of the few things she remembers about her mother. she’s never actually tried to find her mum / find out about her, jst…. occasionally channels that energy into her work.

struggles with self-image and the need to be Loved By All a lot. uses sex as an affirmation of her worth and also kinda manic-depressive (though not officially diagnosed) bcos her upbringing was a bit unstable, she was a looked after child for a while when the adoption papers were still going through… struggles a lot with feeling unwanted, especially since her grandparents refuse to acknowledge her existence cos she was born outside of marriage….. so she craves feeling wanted,, like despite being a real women’s rights activist and hating objectification, at the same time to bridge there’s nothing better than someone sizing you up with hunger in their eyes

she’s queer, but i guess she favours women, and is incredibly vocal in her support of the lgbt+ movement. often at rallies. has done a face-sitting protest. really is that bitch

there’s a degree of anger for anger’s sake in bridget. she likes passionate, angry music – particularly garage rock, punk and riot grrrl. she loves the slits and skinny girl diet. viv albertine inspired her to take up bass guitar.

back at lockwood she was working two jobs to pay for uni !! at the bowling alley polishing the shoes and fixing the bowling lanes, and also as a burger flipper at mcdonalds. in amsterdam she’s managed to secure a part-time bar job at one of the hendrix university bars

massive film buff. is majoring in film at uni also spends a lot of time at the movie theatre n probably has like a season ticket. is one of those pretentious film nerds who’re like “what do u think of goddard’s work?” but also just really into shitty horror movies

she spends her evenings in downtown bars willing away her boredom, trying to find something that’ll jerk her out of apathetic lethargy. she toys with the idea of becoming a stripper — it certainly pays better than flipping burgers — but she lacks the energy to dance for several hours a night.

she loves b movies and slasher flicks. at parties, she’ll occasionally try to make a horror of her own, on a super 8 camera in someone’s basement, very paranormal activity, but she’ll inevitably get bored, or too drunk and give up, like she does with most things in her life. she lacks drive and motivation. she’s bright but there’s no hunger in her.

she’s fickle and enigmatic. one moment she could be your best friend, the next, she’ll behave like a total stranger. bridget’s unpredictable because she’s still unsure of her own identity, frequently flitting between different characters, like snake skins, before she grows bored of being bubbly and eager and becomes spiteful again. her core personality traits are probably forthright, impulsive, restless, thrill-seeking, selfish, gregarious, easily bored, childish.

SOME ?MILDLY AMUSING? FACTS

writes shitty poems on the back of napkins and quotes dead philosophers she’s never read. romanticises herself a lot. like will be standing there in a ripped t-shirt and her undies smoking a cig like “hmmm… i bet someone is falling in love with me right now”

is vegetarian for environmental reasons but snorts coke at parties like that isn’t shit for the environment ?? sis, it don’t add up

loves dirt. ate a worm once because someone dared her too. shamelessly disgusting.

she’s slightly obsessed with true crime, up late watching documentaries on the manson family murders.

favourite drink is cherry coke

a lot of her time is spent in the record store, plugged into a set of headphones, head-banging in the corner to a scratched record. music, for birdie, is a form of escapism. that and dropping acid in parking lots lmao.

sells nudes on twitter. whenever she gets low on cash she contacts one of the seedy old men who used to visit her mom’s club to venmo her $500 in return for pictures

that girl who’s always harping on about body positivity on instagram while wearing cute underwear and looking absolutely bomb

really good at rodeo bull riding. the club in marfa had one so as a youth she got really good at it bcos she was constantly tryin to outdo her friends on who could stay on for the longest. a video of her staying on one for like 4 minutes after downing several jager bombs went viral once.

micro-doses acid for mild depression bcos she didn’t believe in “that CBT bullshit”, thought that therapists, like her, were jst con artists so always a bit spaced out

volunteers at one of the local galleries but mostly just rants to old white dutch men about how cis white men have dominated art for years :/ is one of those SJW-types , like.... have a day off, jameela jamil......

has a pet rat called popeye

takes photographs of dead animals to use in her art and often posts them side-by-side with stills of women in porn to show the shelf-life of female sex workers in a patriarchal-dominated industry or some bullshit idk

big into spoken word poetry, even if its shit. likes savage depictions of femininity

wrote a thesis on art as an act of masturbation that got published

this bitch HATES capitalism and LOVES karl marx

time isn’t real. nothing exists. the self is a social construct. finger guns.

an awful person, really

plots i want that i mostly stole from the tags

muse a tries to stand up for muse b in a bar but unfortunately cannot fight for shit.

muse a (prob bridget cos works in a bar) works somewhere that’s open late and muse b comes in to take shelter from the storm.

‘I got in my car and you were sleeping in the backseat who the hell are you and how did you get into my car’

umm a wlw plot isnpired by san junipero ! esp this post. could have been a former fling that ended sourly !! cos i dont like ship forcing but still?? give me wlw stuff

“i just decked you in the face because i’m drunk and you were pissing me off but ow my hand really fucking hurts i think i might have broke it and oh look your nose is bleeding and now we’re both sitting awkwardly in the hospital while i glare at you from across the room. but wait are you giving me sex eyes?? stop that i’m supposed to mad at you??”

“platonically sharing a bed until i wake up and you’re curled round me and my nose is buried in your hair so i’ll pretend to stay asleep to keep this for a little while longer” plots

“highkey want a ‘someone wrote your phone number on the wall of a bathroom in my dorm with ‘call for a good time’ and i just texted you to let you know that i scribbled it out and oh wait you’re actually funny and easy to talk to and now we’re talking every day and i might have a tiny little crush on you even tho i don’t even know your name’ plot”

goddamn its another shippy wlw plot apparently that’s all my tag is but this post

“known for being rebels without cause, MUSE A and MUSE B are synonymous to their fast cars, nights out beneath the stars, empty bottles of alcohol, and loud music. they meet by chance one night and immediately click, and embark on a careless adventure after it despite not knowing each other. it’s them against the world: after all, what could go wrong ?”

any of these sad sour unrequited love plots

‘we take the same elevator every day and due to a misunderstanding I assumed you didn’t speak english and I’ve been talking to my friend about how hot you are for three weeks and apparently my friend has known from the start but you agreed not to tell me bc you both think its hilarious what the fuck’ au

‘I accidentally dropped you while you were crowd surfing and you broke your ankle and now I feel responsible so I’m carrying you out of the moshpit’ au

walked in on my roommate and you screwing except i know you from class and i freaked out a little

i was hustling you in pool for money but you were hustling me for free drinks so who’s the real winner here?

bridgot goes to strip clubs n peep shows like every day, cos she’s writing about the history of pornographic film n its basically research for her, so if ur characters would be into strip clubs they might see her there

i feel like she’d be on student council if they had one of those. shes that kind of bitch, turning up like elle woods with a big feather pen or a light-up heart marker, slamming down some truths before upping and leaving to go for her 11am chai latte break

som1 who attended the art institute in marfa for a summer n maybe knew her when she was a bit younger ??? idk

drama. angst. horror. also nice bike rides in amsterdam please

feel free to im me if u wanna plot, or, like this post and i’ll hit u with a message!

#i have literally just slapped bridget n frida in a blender.#sorry if u had plots with frida. pls feel free 2 discuss w me n we could just do them w one of my other characters instead if it fits.#xxxx plot with me my goblin children xxx #water:intro

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vespersong · 7 years ago

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Alice Angel: From Fanny to Forgotten

Hey everyone!

So since a few people seemed to like my little theory regarding Bendy and Oswald’s connection, I’ve decided to tackle a piece of this theory and use it to answer a question: Why was Alice Angel not a popular character?

Now before I move forward, some housekeeping.

1. This will use content from Chapter 3 so spoilers ahead!

2. This is just my thoughts and ideas. I could be completely wrong and I’m OK with that.

Now, Onward!

So in my previous post, I made a mention of Alice Angel being a stand in for Fanny Cottontail from Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. But why? Well like before, we must start with a little history.

Fanny’s first appearance was in “Oh, Teacher” released in 1927. Here are some stills showing her:

Very Minnie Mouse, right?

She returned in “The Mechanical Cow” and “Great Guns” before getting a redesign in her final short, “All Hot”

Wow! Quite the change! Now Fanny sported visible makeup, a tight-fitting dress, and a much more flirty attitude towards Ozzy!

Now here’s where the story gets interesting: out of 27 Disney-made Oswald cartoons, Miss Fanny only appeared in four of them. Four!

Following her came Sadie the Cat, a much more stable love interest for Oswald. Unlike Fanny here, she became the better known girlfriend, appearing in 8 cartoons and making it into the Epic Mickey series under the new name of Ortensia.

Again we return to the Minnie Mouse style.

So how does this relate to Alice? Well, these characters might be able to shed some light on why Alice never became popular.

While it might seem obvious that Alice was never meant to be a popular character, take a look at the toy shop. There’s Alice dolls everywhere!

Here’s one.

Here’s more!

Need a closer look?

Now, why make dolls of a character you knew was failing? Answer: you don’t.

So clearly, Joey thought Alice would be a hit. Everyone did. What changed?

Well, it might have had to do with the time period.

See in 1934, The Production Code imposed restraints on film regarding topics like profanity, sexual content, and religious respect. This document was what ruined Betty Boop as she had to ditch her flapper image for a more wholesome one which ruined things.

So if these cartoons were being made in the 30s, you bet your ass Bendy and co would come under fire for this. I mean, a devil is the main character and his girlfriend is a fallen angel. Plus, some of the merchandise has implied Bendy and/or Alice have jilted the other at some point.

See here: http://nbendy.tumblr.com/post/163929503973/so-uhm-the-batim-store-actually-has-some

Well, that’s something. But the biggest issue here is that we have no frame of reference for Alice’s personality. The only clue we get is in her song from Chapter 3:

I'm the cutest little angel, sent from above, and I know just how to swing. I got a bright little halo, and I'm filled with love... I'm Alice Angel! I'm the hit of the party, I'm the belle of the ball, I'm the toast of every town. Just one little dance, and I'll warm your heart... I'm Alice Angel! I ain't nobody, I'm a happy dish, and boy, can this girl sing. This gal can grant your every wish... I'm Alice Angel!

Well, that’s...not a lot. We knows she likes to dance, sing, and is confirmed as a fallen angel. But she just seems nice, kinda boring, and it makes her Betty Boop outfit look kinda weird on her.

But! There is something interesting about this song: the voice actress who sang it is not the same person who voices Susie Campbell. So is that Allison’s voice?

Well, time to piece this all together. So how did Alice Angel go from the newest, hottest character to having warehouses of her merch burned? To me, like this:

Henry decides to create a love interest for Bendy and make her the opposite of him: a fallen angel with a Betty Book look and a sassy personality. He decides that she loves Bendy but they have a history of abandoning the other often. They hire Susie Cambell to voice her and all seems well.

Then the cartoon comes under fire for having a demon as a protagonist and the studio has to scrap a lot of material. No religious fools or villains, no language, and they have to ton down Alice. So they keep the design but ditch Susie for Alison and work Alice into just Bendy’s girlfriend with a new angle of star-crossed lovers.

Unfortunately Alice isn’t well recieved and well....we can guess what happens next.

Thanks to the Bendy and Disney wikis for help on this topic and I’ll see everyone next time.

Bye!

#bendy and the ink machine #batim #batim bendy #bendy the demon #boris the wolf #alice angel #theory #tinfoil hat #themeatly #animation #animation history #oswald the lucky rabbit #fanny cottontail #ortensia #walt disney

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usnewsaggregator-blog · 7 years ago

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What happened to the other Manson family members?

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What happened to the other Manson family members?

Charles Manson, the cult leader who orchestrated killings that shocked the nation in 1969, died Sunday aged 83. The crimes were carried out by his followers, members of the so-called Manson Family. Here’s where they are now:

Charles Manson — The ringleader of the killer cult died Sunday aged 83. Denied parole dozens of times, he had been unrepentant as he served nine life sentences at Corcoran State Prison in California. He would have been 92 before he was due to go in front of the parole board again in 2027. During his time inside, he still appeared to be able to enchant women. In 2015, he and 26-year-old Afton Elaine Burton, also known as “Star,” got a marriage license. It expired before they could tie the knot.

Charles Manson on Oct. 8, 2014. Calif. Dept. of Corrections via AP file

Patricia Krenwinkel — Currently California’s longest serving female prisoner, the 69-year-old has been denied parole 13 times. She took part in the murders of the LaBiancas and was part of the crew that broke into the rented home of Sharon Tate. Krenwinkel chased down coffee heiress Abigail Folger and stabbed her so many times cops thought her white nightgown was red. During her time behind bars she has been described as a model prisoner and has expressed remorse for her actions. “What I am today is not what I was at 19,” Krenwinkel said in the 2014 documentary “My Life After Manson.”

Leslie Van Houten — Like Krenwinkel, Van Houten has also been described as a model prisoner during her time behind bars. She was convicted of helping stab Rosemary LaBianca to death. California Gov. Jerry Brown overturned a parole board recommendation last year that she be released, with the governor saying she still posed an “unreasonable danger to society.” This September, the board again granted her parole, starting a 150-day process that will likely culminate in a final decision by Brown, according to The Associated Press.

Three co-defendants in the Sharon Tate murder case, from left, Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel and Leslie Van Houten, laugh as they walk to court in Los Angeles for sentencing, March 29, 1971. AP file

Susan Atkins — She was the third member of the twisted sorority that were “Charlie’s Girls,” and the first member of the cult to die behind bars in 2009. She was 61. Once known as “Sexy Sadie,” she married twice after she was jailed and her second husband represented her at several of her 18 parole board hearings. She was denied an exit every time.

Charles “Tex” Watson — One of Manson’s henchmen, Watson is now 71 and has been serving a life sentence. Behind bars, Watson became an ordained minister and fathered four children during conjugal visits. When California ended that perk in 1996 for prisoners serving life sentences, Watson’s wife left him for another man.

Bruce Davis — Once considered Manson’s “right hand man,” Davis is 75 and imprisoned at the California Men’s Colony in San Luis Obispo. Like Watson, he too became a preacher behind bars.

Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme — She was a member of the cult but was never charged with the murders. In 1975, Fromme was nabbed while trying to assassinate President Gerald Ford. Now 69, she served 34 years in prison before she was paroled in 2009.

Charles “Tex” Watson was granted a continuance on his plea to seven counts of murder and a charge of conspiracy to murder in the Tate-LaBianca killings, April 13, 1971. Wally Fong / AP file

Linda Kasabian — She was the getaway driver when Manson’s minions went on their murder spree. Horrified, Kasabian later abandoned her cohorts and was granted immunity after testifying against Manson and his followers. She is 68 and believed to be living quietly in New Hampshire.

Bobby Beausoliel — Nicknamed “Cupid” because of his good looks, Beausoliel is serving a life sentence for stabbing to death Gary Hinman, the first of the victims. Now 70, Beausoliel is serving his sentence in the Oregon State Prison. A California parole board last denied his bid in October last year. He will be eligible for a hearing again in 2019, according to the AP.

Manson family member Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme, at pre-trial hearings in Los Angeles in the 1970s. AP file

Mary Brunner — She was one the first members of the Manson Family and bore the cult leader a son named Michael Valentine. Although she played no role in the murders, Brunner was busted in 1971 for robbing a gun store as part of a hare-brained scheme to bust Manson out of jail. She was wounded in a shootout with cops and paroled in 1977.

Steve “Clem” Grogan — Manson called Grogan “Scramblehead” because he was so dim. Originally sentenced to death for his role in the murders. Grogan got life instead after a judge deemed him “too stupid and too hopped on drugs” to have orchestrated the slaughter. He was sprung from prison in 1985 — the only convicted Manson family killer to be released. He is 66.

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tsgmobilebayalabama · 6 years ago

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Scouted Calendar

September always feel like the start of a new year, thanks to the back-to-school vibe and shift in seasons. Adding to the excitement is a full slate of events taking place in our area. From a Chef’s cook off at the Fort of Mobile, to the anticipated launch of Volume 2 of The Scout Guide Mobile Bay, to the annual Jubilee Arts and Crafts Festival in Daphne, here’s what we’re looking forward to next month.

SALES

ATCHISON HOME September Upholstery Sale

30% off all Upholstery including outdoor and custom orders

SOMETHING NEW Closing Sale

All Inventory 50% -75% Off

Chapel Farm Collection Labor Day Sale

25%-75% off selected items.

Living Well

50% off all cover-ups

HALEY DERMATOLOGY September Specials

$300 of Halo Free gift with any Juviderm or Restyln treatments or with a product purchase of $250 or more.

SADIE’S Summer Sale

75-85% off selected merchandise

Hemline Labor Day Sale

Up to 80% off + Shoes starting at $25

EVENTS

$5 Yoga on Tap

September 4th | 6pm | Fairhope Brewing Company

Hoppy Hour with Soul Shine Yoga meets at the Fairhope Brewing Company. It's a fun 60 minute Vinyasa Flow class for all levels. Come for the yoga, stay for the outstanding local beer! Bring a mat and a friend. (All levels, unheated) Learn More

Kids Yoga / 4 Week Series

September 4th | 4:30pm | Soul Shine Yoga

It’s never too early to explore the world of Yoga! This series of classes with Soul Shine Yoga is designed to be FUN and taught by a Licensed Next Generation Kids Yoga Instructor. Alive with flowing sequences, balancing poses, breathing exercises, creative relaxation techniques, and cooperative yoga games, children are sure to relish in their selves. These classes encourage a deeper sense of body awareness, self-exploration and interpersonal skills resulting in a more confident, flexible, focused and joyful child! September Series Meets Tuesdays 4:30-5:15; 1st- 5th Grade Children. Learn More

Brent Loper: at Bluegill

September 6th | 12-4pm | Bluegill Restaurant

Brent Loper's goal as an artist is to be an effective communicator through lyric and melody. When you see and hear Brent, you will see a real, raw, authentic, passion for this gift of music that he has been entrusted with.

New Class Contemporary Dance Combo

September 6th - December 13th | 11am-12pm | Soul Shine Yoga

Modern dance, ballet and a dash of namaste! Soul Shine Yoga and dance teacher Greta Bates leads this class designed to improve technique, flexibility, artistry and grace through an emphasis on alignment and self-expression. Learn More

Fairhope Art Walk

September 7th | 6 - 8 pm | Downtown Fairhope

Fairhope First Friday Art Walk Visit our local merchants in Downtown Fairhope as they open late and highlight the art community. Art Walk happens every first Friday of each month.

Kids Yoga Night Out

Soul Shine Yoga | 5:30 -7:30pm | Soul Shine Yoga

Get ready for First Friday Yoga night out for kids! Yoga + Games + Dance + Pizza = FUN! FUN! Kids enjoy 2 hours of Fun and Yoga at Soul Shine with Mrs. Elizabeth! 1 st - 5 th Grade Learn More

Yoga for Beginners | 3 Week Series

September 11th | 5:30pm | Soul Shine Yoga September 11th 5:30

New to Yoga or Need a Refresher? This series with Soul Shine Yoga takes place one evening a week for three weeks and is designed for beginners. In this series learn and explore the principles of alignment for the most common poses in Vinyasa & Hatha Yoga classes, as well as basic breathing and meditation. If you're brand new to yoga or if you need a refresher for your current practice, then this series is also for you! Classes are unheated and will meet on 3 consecutive weeks. Learn More

An evening with Renee Fleming

September 12th | 7:30pm | Saenger Theatre

Renée Fleming is one of the most acclaimed singers of our time. In 2013, President Obama awarded her America’s highest honor for an artist, the National Medal of Arts. In 2014, she became the first classical artist ever to sing the National Anthem at the Super Bowl. Winner of four Grammy® awards, Renée has sung for momentous occasions from the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony to the Diamond Jubilee Concert for Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace. This one-time gala event not only offers the opportunity to hear a stunning performance but also the chance to interact with the star herself. Meet Renée Fleming at our Champagne Reception immediately following the concert. Learn More

Girls Just Want to Have Fun

September 13th | 5:30-9pm | Mobile Government Plaza

This event is an evening for ladies 21 years of age and older, complete with heavy hors d’oevres from local area chefs and restaurants, McTini’s, and an unforgettable evening of manicures, makeovers, shopping and more! Proceeds from Girls Just Wanna Have Fun directly benefit the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Mobile. Learn More

Floral Design Class

September 13th | 5:30pm | Lush, Home + Garden + Event

You will create your own fresh floral arrangement and learn techniques used in the floral industry. Everything you need will be provided and you take home your arrangement. Refreshments served. Learn More

Fairhope Brew Food Truck Event

September 14th | 6 - 9pm | Fairhope Brewing Company

The Brown Goose are excited to make their debut at Fairhope Brewing Company in the tap room, Music starts at 6pm! Food trucks 6-9. Learn More.

Loda Artwalk

Septmber 14th | 6pm | Downtown Mobile

Take a stroll through Lower Dauphin Art District (LoDa) and enjoy the night's Lucky Walk edition of ArtWalk! Enjoy the sights and sounds of the arts along with delicious food and beverages from our local restaurants and bars.

Irish Whiskey, Beverage Academy

September 14th | 5:30 - 6:30 pm | Grand Hotel Marriott Resort, Golf Club & Spa

Irish whiskey tasting class, participants will sample different kinds of Irish whiskey and learn about its history, production, and flavors. Learn More

Baking Basics, Culinary Academy

September 15th | 10-11:30am | Grand Hotel

Baking class, participants will learn the basics of bread dough preparation and make cornbread, braided loaf, and a Grand loaf. Everyone will take home a fresh loaf of bread! Learn More

Alabama Coast Cleanup

September 15th | 8am -12pm | One Mile Creek

Show your support and concern for Alabama’s waterways by participating in the 31st Annual Alabama Coastal Cleanup. You or your organization can make a difference by volunteering to clean up our cherished coastal area. The Alabama Coastal Cleanup engages local citizens to remove trash and debris and to change the behaviors that cause pollution. In a continuing effort to clean up the coast, over 90,000 volunteers have removed 800 tons of trash from Alabama’s valued coastline and waterways over the past thirty years. Join us this year as we continue to make Alabama the Beautiful! Learn More

Big City Toys Grand Opening Celebration

September 15th | 9:00am | Big City Toys

Big City Toys is moving to a new location at 4504 Old Shell Road, in Spring Hill. Celebrate along side them with good morning donuts and coffee at 9 a.m. followed by face painting from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. by Moon Pie Mama. There will be giveaway bags filled with goodies until supplies run out. The gigantic dino and unicorn sprinklers will be on if there’s sunshine, and the fun-meter cranked on high! Learn More

The Battle of Bo's Burgers - Food Fight at the Fort

September 16th | 4 PM - 7 PM | Fort Colonial of Mobile

This exciting food sport event has three unique components, designed to showcase Bo’s Signature Burgers and our Alabama chef’s creativity. Taking place in and around the Fort of Colonial Mobile in downtown Mobile, the featured Executive Chef Challenge invites local restaurant chefs to create a signature dish using Bo’s Burger ground beef. The second event challenges amateur cook teams from area organizations to create their best version of a Bo’s Burger. The third event is a Sylvia’s menu challenge as they will prepare four different Bo’s Burger inspired dishes. Attendees will select their favorite to be featured on Sylvia’s menu. Learn More

Lee Ann Womack

September 19th | 7 - 10pm | The Steeple on St. Francis

Lee Ann Womack with special guest Ashton Shepherd and Anna Marie McElroy Learn More

The Throwdown

September 20th | 5:30-9pm | Hosted by Mobile Arts Council

Five local artists will compete to create works of art in just 90 minutes. All pieces are auctioned off and the piece with the highest bid is declared the winner. This year's competitors include: returning champion Devlin Wilson, Ardith Goodwin, Cat Pope, conz8000, and Ben Kaiser. Guests will enjoy live art, a silent auction, entertainment by Yeah, Probably, drinks and beer by Haint Blue Brewing Co., and food catered by Heroes (Downtown) Sports Bar & Grille and The Royal Scam. Proceeds from this event will support community arts grants and the Mobile Arts Council’s mission to strengthen, support, and sustain the local arts and cultural community. Learn More

2018 Oktoberfest

September 22nd | 2 - 11pm | Serda Brewing Co.

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Mobile Fashion Week

September 22nd | 6 - 10pm | The Fort of Colonial Mobile

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Thriller Nights of Lights

September 22nd - October 31st | 7 -10 pm | Mobile BayBears Professional Baseball Club

Enjoy this drive-thru laser and light show synchronized to frightening and fun music.

Mobile Sushi Class

September 24th | 6:30pm | Serda Brewing Co.

A two hour, hands-on beginner sushi class. During class, you'll learn to make perfectly sticky sushi rice, how to make all of the sauces you love at the sushi bar (from eel sauce to BangBang sauce!), where to source all of your ingredients and how to safely and confidently serve raw fish at home. Learn More

The Scout Guide of Mobile Bay Launch of Volume 2

September 26th

After a member only launch party on the 25th, you will be able to pick up a copy of Volume 2 at any of Scouted Members business. Learn More.

ACS Vintage Affair

September 27th | 6 - 9pm | Fort Whiting

Sponsored by Lexus of Mobile, American Cancer Society's premier fundraiser is on Thursday, September 27th at Fort Whiting Armory. While listening to dueling pianos, you can enjoy fine wines from Red or White as well as catering by Clifton Morrissette. The auction will include original local art, fabulous trips, and many more exclusive items! Learn More

Hot Power Basics

September 29th | 1:00pm | Soul Shine Yoga

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Jubilee Arts and Crafts Festival

September 29th 30th | 10am - 5pm | Main Street, Daphne

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Suddenly, six teens running for Kansas governor doesn’t seem so preposterous

By Monica Hesse / The Washington Post

MERRIAM, Kan. – A report from the Midwest, where a gangly hope has arrived in the form of children enrobed in various assortments of khakis and blazers, because six teenage boys are running for governor of the state of Kansas.

The would-be boy governors of Kansas. This was a funny concept for a while, and then it became absurd, and then a national tragedy happened and it became not funny but actually an emotion approaching tender, even aching.

But on the Monday before Valentines Day, as a half-dozen minors vied for the highest office of a state that had never bothered to codify any gubernatorial age requirements, it was still absurd. And so on that afternoon, while a suburban mom named Carrie Stracy debated whether to make meatloaf or use up the salmon in the fridge, her son, Tyler Ruzich, sat in his bedroom and discussed his candidacy.

“I have always thought of myself as more moderate, almost an Eisenhower Democrat,” said Tyler, 17, whose opponents in the Republican primary this summer include the current governor and the Kansas secretary of state. “For me, the question of government is a question about adequacy. There shouldn’t be an effort to grow, but there should be adequate funding to cover programs.”

Regarding the so-called “Kansas Experiment,” a tax cut enacted by former Gov. Sam Brownback, R, that left the state topsy-turvy with ballooning class sizes and shuttered social programs – “I am most certainly against that,” Tyler said.

Tyler has a slight build, dark blond hair and an earnest way of saying, “I’m not too sure about that” when he wants to think something over. He drives a rustbucket Oldsmobile to get to Shawnee Mission North High School, where he is a junior, or to pick up his girlfriend at a different high school. The girlfriend didn’t know Tyler was running when they met, but she learned shortly thereafter when they were walking through town and someone jauntily shouted, “Hello, Guvnor!”

At present, Tyler was a long way from his party’s nomination, but he did have a slogan – “A Republican for the Next Generation” – and he did have a website, and he did have an 11-year-old sister named Sadie who had taken to wearing a pale blue T-shirt reading “Ruzich for Governor,” especially when she heard company was coming.

—

Tyler was technically the second teenage gubernatorial candidate to join the race. The first was Jack Bergeson, a 16-year-old Democrat from Wichita, who declared partly to offer a full-throated Obamacare defense – the Affordable Care Act helped his family – back in the summer of 2017. Tyler heard of Jack through social media and reached out; it was Jack who convinced him they could make a big statement about Kansas’s sorry state of affairs if there were teen candidates from both parties. Tyler, who was the captain of his school’s debate team and whose wall was plastered with a poster-size U.S. Constitution, logged onto the state’s website and downloaded the necessary forms.

The third teenage candidate was Ethan Randleas, a 17-year-old Wichita Libertarian. The fourth was Dominic Scavuzzo, 17, a Republican from Kansas City; Scavuzzo’s classmate Joseph Tutera, 16, became the fifth a few weeks later. The sixth was Aaron Coleman, 17, a Green Party candidate, although several of the others confessed they were not entirely sure Coleman was still running (“I’ve never seen him at anything,” Dominic told Tyler recently) and his Twitter account seemed to operate in fits and starts.

Still, it could be said with certainty that either five or six teenage boys were running for governor in the state of Kansas.

They had come to mean something. They had come to reflect the morass of the country. Fifteen months ago, Donald Trump had won the presidency based on the idea that politics were so corrupt, Americans could only trust an outsider with no experience. Now Trump’s polling numbers were in the toilet and the boy governors of Kansas represented yet another reboot: Truly outsiders. Truly no experience. If Kansas laws permitted a passel of hormonal teenagers to clog the ballot – well, then, some onlookers ruefully shrugged, maybe those were the candidates we deserved.

The aspiring boy governors had been to debates. Granted interviews. They traveled in a pack dressed in their best sport coats – the kind parents buy teenage sons, with room to grow in the sleeves, giving the illusion that the candidates themselves were proper-sized; it was their clothing that was too big.

—

At around 4:30 p.m., Carrie knocked on her son’s door frame.

“Did you find someone?” she asked.

A few hours before, a producer from Soledad O’Brien’s news show, “Matter of Fact,” had called, inviting Tyler to Washington for the show Thursday morning. The producer offered the stipulation that Tyler needed an adult chaperon. Carrie said she could chaperon while Tyler’s stepdad watched Sadie, but offered the additional stipulation that Tyler must find someone to cover his shift bagging groceries at the HyVee.

“I’ve been texting people,” Tyler told her. “I thought Kelsey could do it, but she has choir practice.”

Eventually, with no luck, Tyler pulled on his parka and drove to the store, rationalizing that it would be harder for co-workers to turn him down in person. “I’ll just wander,” he decided, scanning the aisles and spotting a kid in an apron.

“Hey, Houston? Are you working Wednesday?”

“I don’t know.”

“Can I check your schedule? I need someone to cover my 4-to-8. I have to go to Washington.”

The swap arranged, Tyler grabbed a Sprite and took it to a register where an older woman named Sherry was rubbing her lower back.

“Tyler!” she said, perking up as she scanned the soda.

“How’s your back doing, Sherry? Are you back up to 35 hours yet?”

One of the things Tyler appreciated about HyVee was how he got to interact with people of all ages. He liked his colleagues, how they came from different walks of life.

“You know, lots of people ask me, what can you, Tyler Ruzich, do for people my age?” Tyler said, back in his car. “I say, we keep continuing these Old Man Principles that aren’t working. In [Alexander] Hamilton’s time, someone my age could be commander of a frigate. Did the Founding Fathers consider that a 17-year-old might be governor? I don’t know. Did they consider that a reality-television businessman would become president of the United States after losing the popular vote? Probably not.”

—

The next morning, Tyler got up and drove to a nearby Steak ’n Shake. The aspiring boy governors had been invited to debate each other in a little town called Hillsboro, and Tyler planned to carpool with Dominic.

“Jack’s not going to be there,” Tyler told Dominic once their burgers arrived. “He couldn’t miss any more math.”

“Got it,” said Dominic, whose gubernatorial preparation had involved working at his mom’s frozen yogurt shop and joining his school Spanish club.

“His running mate will be there, though,” Tyler said. “And Ethan will be there. That will be . . . fun.”

Dominic laughed. A byproduct of the boy governors’ youth: outsiders had begun to think of them as a unit, as if they all belonged to the same political party, called “Young.” But they believed in different things.

Tyler was the most liberal of the Republican candidates. He supported “LGBTQ-plus rights.” He supported protecting the Ogallala Aquifer, the water table beneath the Great Plains states. At debates, Tyler often found himself tangling with Ethan the libertarian, who opposed him on almost every issue.

The only thing that they agreed on was that the lawmakers making decisions about the state’s education didn’t have to go to the state’s schools. And that the politicians running the country weren’t the ones who were going to inherit it. Wasn’t it a civic responsibility for the teenagers to become politically involved?

If they didn’t change things, who would?

“Have all the TV people been reaching out to you?” Dominic asked as they drove past flat fields and rusty water towers. Dominic told Tyler he’d gotten a call from Lionsgate.

“Lionsgate?” Tyler repeated. He wasn’t sure about the people wanting to make movies. It was hard enough to be taken seriously without bringing Hollywood into the mix. Especially for the Republican candidates. While Jack, the 16-year-old Democrat, had been invited to participate in events with the party’s older candidates, the GOP had shut out Tyler and Dominic from anything official.

A Republican state lawmaker was now trying to pass a bill saying that in all future elections, candidates must be 18. “We have age requirements on voters,” one of the bill’s supporters, Rep. Keith Esau, had told the Kansas City Star. “Anybody who’s running should be able to vote for themselves.”

Tyler felt wounded by this exclusion but compensated by accepting every news interview. This seemed the best way to gain exposure for his positions, but the interviewers almost never wanted to talk about his positions, just his age. He practiced deflection: “I guess if I’m governor, I could keep pardoning myself for truancy,” he said when reporters asked, winking, how he could finish high school from the governor’s mansion. “But on a more serious note. . . .”

On a more serious note, he wanted to talk about governmental transparency, he told the reporters. On a more serious note, he wanted to talk about how his party could connect more with young people. On a more serious note, could they have a conversation about net neutrality, and how he saw its repeal as a way of taxing poor people?

“Yes, I am old enough to drive,” he repeated wearily to a reporter on the telephone. He paused. “I drive a ’94 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera.”

—

Tyler and Dominic arrived at the Hillsboro debate a few minutes late, victims of a faulty GPS, and by the time they got to the high school auditorium, Ethan and Jack’s running mate, Alexander Cline, were already onstage (Alexander later described Jack’s absence as an “unavoidable scheduling conflict,” sidestepping the question of math class).

Alexander wore a traditional boy-governor suit. Ethan, the Libertarian, wore a T-shirt with a cartoon snake and the slogan, “No step on snek” – a “Don’t tread on me” interpretation for the 21st century – and was expounding on family farms. “The way to help is to get the government out of the farm,” said the candidate, who had worked on his own family’s since he was 11. “The struggle for small farms is too great.”

“That’s why you subsidize them,” offered Tyler, joining him on the stage.

The candidates talked about tax rates and their views on abortion, and then a teenage audience member went to the microphone for the next question:

“Tyler, do you plan on keeping conceal-carry laws the same? If not, what do you plan on doing to change them?

Tyler nodded. “I believe, first of all, that the Second Amendment needs to be upheld. However, I still believe that when it comes to – Now wait, I haven’t even said anything controversial yet,” he said as Ethan began to protest. “What I’m going to say is that public university students should not be allowed to carry guns on campus. We are too many school shootings too late.”

“My sister goes to Kansas State,” Dominic jumped in, citing a campus that permitted concealed weapons. “Professors do not feel safe there. It’s just spun into madness.”

After the debate, the candidates posed for a photo, and then Dominic and Tyler drove home and Tyler went to his job and spent the next five hours standing at a cash register, ringing up ice cream tubs and packages of frozen chicken.

—

Tyler and his mother were driving to the airport the next day, Valentine’s Day, when his phone buzzed with a news alert: Police were seeking an active school shooter in a Florida town called Parkland.

By the time they checked in for their flight to Washington, Tyler’s phone told him the death toll was rising. He thought about his own school. What if the shooter had been there, and Tyler had been caught, hiding for his life? Or what if, because he’d skipped his last class to make it to the airport, he’d been safe while his classmates were left to hide alone? He decided that would have been worse.

By the next morning, the teenage students of Parkland were already making their voices heard. Tyler watched as David Hogg went on CNN and implored lawmakers: “We’re children. You guys are the adults. You need to take some action.” There were videos of bloody bodies on Snapchat, and Tyler was putting on his blazer and going to the Newseum for Soledad O’Brien’s show.

Jack had been invited, too, and the two sat in armchairs across from their interviewer, who for once didn’t ask whether they were old enough to drive.

“One of the big stories of the week is another school shooting,” O’Brien said. “What would be your strategy for bringing an end for what people would agree is clearly a crisis?”

Tyler and Jack told her they both believed in gun-control measures.

Did Tyler realize, O’Brien asked, that this put him in opposition with most Republicans?

Tyler had bags under his eyes, and AP exams he needed to register for, and he needed to be back in Kansas by that evening because he had to be in school the next morning. His voice was a little hoarse.

“If I’m making an enemy of the NRA, that’s something I’m kind of proud of, to be honest,” he told O’Brien. “I’ve seen what gun violence does. It’s time that we change the rhetoric and the discussion. Because clearly we are too far gone to say it’s a mental illness problem.”

Was that the right answer to have given on national television? He wasn’t sure. It was what he believed. Why couldn’t any of the adult politicians seem to say what they believed, he wondered. The kids were all saying what they believed. Whatever the consequences, the kids believed in something.

Tyler spent the rest of the week following the news back home in Kansas, along with all of the other boy governors.

In quieter moments, when he wasn’t trying to spin things, he admitted that his chances of winning were not very good. But then again, he would turn 18 by the time the primaries rolled around this summer. And because of that, he at least had already registered to vote.

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