Harry Haft: Auschwitz Survivor who Fought Rocky Marciano Alan's father, Harry Haft, survived 5 years in 6 different slave labor and extermination camps during WWII, weighting 105lb when liberated. Just one year later, he was in the ring fighting the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time. Alan will tell Harry's story. Alan Scott Haft wrote...

Phil Strinste and Gwen Snyder built a house for Gwen’s parents here in Fairhope some 35 years ago. They incorporated many innovative features including photovoltaic panels in the roof. They now live in the house so they are in a prime position to see how it all works in practice and to give us the...

The Writers Around Me For the past year, Alan has been researching and writing about Fairhope’s rich literary culture, including writers, editors, publishers, librarians, and bookstores. He will tell true stories of Fairhope’s literary beginnings with Marie Howland and Upton Sinclair through today’s local writers, including Sonny Brewer, Fannie Flagg and so many more. Alan...