Events Calendar

Gardening on the Gulf Coast

03/18/2010

6:00 p.m. join Master Gardener, Pat Libby, as she details "Gardening on the Coast" at Orange Beach Public Library in the meeting room. Mrs. Libby will discuss plants that can best be grown in hot, dry conditions in sandy soil. For our winter visitors, she will include a special discussion of plants that can be grown in containers and the best types of containers for those who live in condos. Mrs. Libby began her gardening career in Arkansas and lived in several other southern cities before making her home in our area five years ago. She has been a Master Flower Show Judge for 39 years and a Master Gardener for 11 years.

Fairhope Film Festival presents: The Girl from Monaco

03/19/2010

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. I wonder if in France, where he’s better known, people speak of a “Fabrice Luchini type.” Mr. Luchini, 57, who has appeared in dozens of movies, has over the years refined an adaptable persona that is recognizable across genres and periods. His startled-looking eyes, delicate chin and slight overbite convey a mixture of cynicism and cluelessness, as mature worldliness seems to do battle with childlike credulity. In “The Girl From Monaco” Mr. Luchini plays Bertrand Beauvois, an eminent Parisian lawyer who travels to that notorious principality on the Mediterranean to defend a 70-year-old woman (Stéphane Audran) implicated in a tawdry, tabloid-feeding murder. The case, however, proves to be something of a distraction, since Bertrand’s attention is quickly hijacked by Audrey Varella (Louise Bourgoin), a minor local celebrity — and major party girl — whose television weather report pretty much makes ordering soft-core pay-per-view on hotel-room cable redundant. If in the end “The Girl From Monaco” is neither a cogent psychological thriller nor an effervescent sex comedy, it does at least have an interesting sense of place.

Fairhope's 58th Annual Arts and Crafts Festival

03/19/2010

Festival hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Over 200 exhibitors from throughout the nation will bring their best works to show and sell at this prestigious juried show. Live entertainment will be going on throughout the three-day event and unique cuisine will be served up in the food court. It all takes place on the streets of beautiful downtown Fairhope, Alabama. BRATS will offer a shuttle service from the Plantation Pointe Shopping Center, Eastern Shore Village Shopping Center and Ecor Rouge Place. All of the parking is free and the locations are less than a five-minute ride away. The shuttle ride costs only $1.

PZK Center Dances

03/19/2010

7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Soft drinks and coffee will be provided. Those attending should bring finger food to share.

Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo

Each of the 300+ animals at the Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo has a story to tell. Many of them are rescued from various dangerous situations or they have traveled to our gulf coast from a variety of origins. The dedication of the zoo staff and the Zoo director, Patti Hall, is nothing short of extraordinary.

This loyalty was put to the supreme test with animal evacuations for Hurricanes Ivan, Dennis and Katrina – a feat never performed by any zoo in the United States. Local and national media has resulted in a 13-part television series on Animal Planet entitled "The Little Zoo that Could." Animal Planet is not only telling the story of our Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo but also building an awareness of our beautiful coast.

Education is an important mission of the Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo therefore school groups often visit. One week each summer is devoted to Zoo Camp for various age groups and this educational experience is very popular for local residents as well as visitors.

Meyer Real Estate’s Family Fun entertainment packages include zoo visits along with many other fun activities (ask our Vacation Package Coordinator about the details). Each winter we schedule a Meyer Day at the Zoo for our Winter Guests that includes an animal show. This event is always one of the top choices of our winter customers and the feedback is overwhelmingly positive.