No question, the highlight of my Monday was the receipt of an advance copy of The Birmingham Tapes, a 22-song compilation featuring such local luminaries as Wild Sweet Orange, Kate Taylor, Taylor Holl

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

“Because barbecue is connected so strongly to place, it has always inspired a certain amount of local chauvinism.” The great food writer Calvin Trillin said that, in an essay titled “Barbecue and

“Billy Cox was very front-burner.” “Billy was a magnet.” “Billy was a leader.” “His finesse made everyone comfortable, no question.” “Billy had an extraordinary public relations gift.”

On Sunday, Aug. 9, Dave's Pub will host a tailgating cook-off and Fantasy Football event called "Pass 4 Paws" to benefit the Alabama Animal Adoption Society (AAAS). Participants in the cook-off and m

Last fall, as part of the UAB Writers’ Series, Birmingham-born Sonia Sanchez gave a reading at the Spencer Honors House, the massive structure next to the Alys Stephens Center that looks like a church

The idea of a tater famine doesn't sound pretty, but the sound of Tater Famine, the Santa Cruz, Calif., country-punk outfit opening for Sworn Enemies at Bottletree tonight, is plenty pretty. Schedu

The comedian Jerry Seinfeld once said that a bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking. And the writer Andrew Ross said, “The smallest bookstore still cont

“The wind brings, through scattered clouds, the sound of laughter.” This aphorism appears in fine black ink, inscribed in Japanese kanji on a painting titled Hotei by the Japanese artist Hakuin Eka

Every Tuesday this summer, from June 23 to July 28, Little Savannah will host a Community Farm Table dinner starting at 7 p.m. Each family-style supper will feature fresh food from an Alabama farmer,