It's a rare good weekend for Birmingham film fanatics, as the local cineplexes actually have something besides blockbuster claptrap. Thank every god you can think of for Oscar nominations.\ \ Rave Ves

Alabama Public Television (APT) will sponsor a benefit for We Have Signal on Thursday, Jan. 22, at Bottletree starting at 8 p.m. The lineup includes The Dexateens, Broken Letters, Sworn Enemies and Mt

Having made himself heard from Bessemer to Brooklyn to Berlin, songwriter and spoken-work artist Sharrif Simmons will release his second full-length album with a show at Matthew's Bar & Grill toni

This delicious item from Birmingham Weekly columnist Courtney Haden: \ \ It's always a kick when one can make out anything that DJ Bob Dylan says on his\ weekly SiriusXM broadcast of idiosyncratic mus

There are two terrific openings tonight \'97 one in Southside and one in the suburbs.\ \ At Jennifer Hunt Gallery (in Cahaba Plaza across from Whole Foods), renowned photojournalist Charles Moore will

The holiday film series at the "Show Place of the South" continues through the end of this week, with screenings of the following classics:\ \ Wednesday, Dec. 17 & Thursday, Dec. 18 \'96 It\'92s A

Yesterday may have been National Underdog Day. Or maybe tomorrow is. There seems to be a dispute about which square on the calendar belongs to the little guy. In any case, Birmingham Weekly columnist

The Writing Today Open Forum lecture series continues on Tuesday, Dec. 9, with writer Jerri Beck giving a talk titled "Adventures in Self-Publishing." An award-winning author, poet and publications sp

It was a happy coincidence that when \'93the f words\'94 opened at Space One Eleven earlier this month, it was during the week that the U.S. Supreme Court was talking about \'93the F-word.\'94 At issu

We are thankful to have finished the print edition of the paper a day early this week \'97 and thankful that we could provide Courtney Haden a suitable venue to make a list of everything he's thankful