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Volume 2026 June 14

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At the Table

A teaching studio brings the tiles to downtown Dothan

A small-town Alabama studio opened its doors this spring with leagues, lessons, and game nights, per local TV coverage.

Circle City Mahj, a teaching studio in downtown Dothan, Alabama, held its grand opening on March 2, according to WTVY. The studio is located in the Naomi and Olive building on Foster Street.

The space pairs automatic and traditional tables and hosts a regular mahjong league, beginner and refresher lessons, a Girls' Night Out, and private and themed events, per the station's coverage.

It is a small-town entry in a year of new American mahjong rooms opening in bookstores, nonprofits, and downtown storefronts around the country.

OOTT is not affiliated with Circle City Mahj. Prim's read: the surge is not only a big-city story. Sometimes it is a Foster Street story.

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