Holly Burrow, Director of the new Hill Arts Center adjacent to the Alabama Theatre, will never forget her first visit to the Lyric, the magnificent old vaudeville and movie palace at Third Avenue and 18th Street North downtown.
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Gip\’92s Place gets some Mo\’92 Blues
Argentinean blues quartet Mo’ Blues brought their bilingual sound to Gip’s Place in Bessemer Saturday, [...]
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Time was, the Sunday worship service I favored most started around 10 p.m. and involved [...]
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Anybody hoping to have a fancy fried sandwich anytime soon is out of luck: Birmingham [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Weekend preview: John-Alex Mason @ Marty’s
The Monday after a holiday always hurts, but Marty Eagle made my day this morning [...]
Read the rest of this entry »The voice of the theatre
Theatrical impresario Jake Wells built the magnificent Lyric Theater at Third Avenue North and 18th Street in downtown Birmingham expressly for vaudeville in 1914, and there wasn’t another house like it in the city, perhaps in the Southeast.
Read the rest of this entry »Rick Carter’s Guitar Pull returns
After a year off, the open mic-style event finds a new home at WorkPlay.
Read the rest of this entry »Hats off to BAO
Nearly two dozen hats made by members of the Mystic Krewe of Apollo Birmingham will serve as centerpieces at the annual BAO Arty Party, scheduled for Sunday, May 18.
Read the rest of this entry »Sharrif Simmons \’96 in the shadow of the stars
“If you’re lucky, you will hear parts of your life
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played out on a golden harp.” [...]
Greencup runneth over
“.. even after April by God there is no excuse for May,” which is to [...]
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In terms of participating in internet commerce, I’m something of a Luddite. I have only [...]
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WE ARE WHAT WE EAT & ALWAYS HAVE BEEN: Birminghamians are obsessed with food, with [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Brain Tease: Greencup Books!
Halleleujah, I am happy to hear about the advent of Greencup Books. Scheduled to [...]
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THE CONTENTS PAGE IS FULL OF LIES: Yep. The table of contents for Vol. 11, [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Stop this day and night
If you need a dose of spirituality or poetry or both, the place to get [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Who let the dogs out?
Who indeed? You might have missed the news last week that Birmingham’s longest-running football franchise [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Talking turkey
The bird is the word – and with Thanksgiving less than a month away, it’s [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Allman joy
Greg Allman returns to Birmingham this week for a show at the Alabama Theatre. Weekly [...]
Read the rest of this entry »WEEKLY DIGEST: Nov. 1-8, 2007
DEAD BUT NOT GONE: That’s the best way to think of your dearly departed, particularly [...]
Read the rest of this entry »From Russia with love
Did someone say чудесно? You will, no doubt, if you attend the annual Russian Food [...]
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