Our view: Catfish in the Alley
Catfish Alley — the one-block stretch of Fourth Street that is Columbus’ most visible historically black district — has seen many improvements in the past
Questions arise over vendors used in Pilgrimage events
Roughly 600 pounds of crawfish and 200 pounds of shrimp were sold at the Pilgrimage kick-off party Monday and Nancy Carpenter, the executive director of the Columbus-Lowndes Convention and Visitors Bureau, called the event a success.
Revamped Catfish in the Alley set for Saturday
Catfish in the Alley returns, bigger and better, on Saturday as one of several special events that will kick off the 74th Annual Columbus Spring Pilgrimage.
Look at Catfish in the Alley grow
A special event in Columbus has been getting good buzz. On Saturday, March 29, Catfish in the Alley returns to the Friendly City for the 2014 Spring Pilgrimage.
Our view: Catfish in the Alley
It is a celebration that has never really established itself. It wasn’t even held last year on account of bad weather, something that had plagued the event for more than one of its six previous years. The recent celebrations weren’t even held at the venue it intended to commemorate.
Catfish in the Alley featured in Garden & Gun
After a one-year hiatus, Catfish in the Alley will resume this spring with some very big publicity.
Garden & Gun, a magazine of culture in the American South that reaches more than a million readers, has singled out the annual Columbus event in its current edition.
Catfish in the Alley a success
The night air at the Hitching Lot Farmer’s Market Monday was filled with familiar smells and sounds — fresh catfish dipped in spices, sizzling in peanut oil and the music of Big Joe Shelton, playing the harmonica.