Let the Games Begin at Studio By the Tracks

Attention football fans: The fall exhibition at Studio By the Tracks has a sports theme!

Founded in 1989, Studio by the Tracks (SBTT) is a nonprofit organization with a mission of providing free art classes to troubled children and to adults with autism, Asperger's or mental illness. The

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Birmingham Museum of Art opens African-American art gallery

By Glenny Brock

Time was, Tuesday was “Negro day” at the Birmingham Museum of Art — Wednesday to Sunday, the place was whites-only. Like the libraries and the public parks, the city’s art collection was subject to se

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Rivers revealed – Alabama Waterways exhibit at Lite Box Gallery

By Jesse Chambers

Alabama has 77,000 miles of streams and rivers that are distinguished by a greater diversity of plant and animal life than those of any other state. So what’s the bad news? According to the Alabama Ri

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Studio By the Tracks goes green

By Glenny Brock

The staff of Studio By the Tracks decided to title the spring gallery show “Reduced, Reused, Recylced” because of a trash can. They’d just as soon have you think it was because Earth Day is next week,

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Photo exhibit reveals unseen Alabamians

The familiarity of the faces that fill each frame in “Just Down the Road” accounts for most of what makes this photo exhibit so engaging. Comprised of more than two dozen pictures taken in Jefferson and Walker County, the show — which op

By Glenny Brock

The familiarity of the faces that fill each frame in “Just Down the Road” accounts for most of what makes this photo exhibit so engaging. Comprised of more than two dozen pictures taken in Jefferson a

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The Amazing Uncle Dirty

By Glenny Brock

Those of you who know me know that Bradford Daly is my favorite photographer, followed closely by the shutterbugs whose work shows up so often in Birmingham Weekly, including Jonathan Purvis, Wes Fraz