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Posted on November 18th, 2009 by Weekly Staff

FRIDAY, NOV. 20

FRIDAY, NOV. 20

GREEK MYTHOLOGY FOR THE MODERN AGE: Eurydice will be performed Nov. 18-21 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 22 at 2 p.m. at the Alys Stephens Center.

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Posted on November 18th, 2009 by Weekly Staff

SATURDAY, NOV. 21

SATURDAY, NOV. 21

REQUIEM FOR A SCHEME: The featured composition at Saturday’s Alabama Symphony Orchestra performance, Mozart’s Requiem, has quite a troubled history.

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Posted on November 18th, 2009 by Weekly Staff

SUNDAY, NOV. 22

SUNDAY, NOV. 22

BLAZE THE TRAIL: Every year, Southeastern Outings does a big favor for Birmingham families — the group leads a hike on the Vulcan Trail

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Posted on November 18th, 2009 by Weekly Staff

MONDAY, NOV. 23

MONDAY, NOV. 23

FOX TROT: Singer/songwriter and Fleet Foxes member J. Tillman will perform at Bottletree on Monday.

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Posted on November 18th, 2009 by Weekly Staff

TUESDAY, NOV. 24

TUESDAY, NOV. 24

STEEL CANS FOR THE IRON BOWL: Embarrass your cross-state rival and help the needy with a Iron Bowl-themed food drive.

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Posted on November 18th, 2009 by Weekly Staff

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 25

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 25

LOCAL ACTS DONE GOOD: Check out Helen Gassenheimer or Michael Warren, both Magic City natives, at Bottletree or Zydeco.

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Posted on November 18th, 2009 by Weekly Staff

THURSDAY, NOV. 26

THURSDAY, NOV. 26

RUNNING CAN BUILD UP AN APPETITE: That’s right, it’s time to run 10 K for Turkey Day, and also to cure childhood cancer.

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WEEKLY PICKS: do more now

  • FRIDAY, NOV. 20

    FRIDAY, NOV. 20

    GREEK MYTHOLOGY FOR THE MODERN AGE: To review: Eurydice was ...

  • SATURDAY, NOV. 21

    SATURDAY, NOV. 21

    REQUIEM FOR A SCHEME: The featured composition at Saturday’s Alabama ...

  • SUNDAY, NOV. 22

    SUNDAY, NOV. 22

    BLAZE THE TRAIL: Or, at the very least, help trim ...

Weekly Tweets

  • Can Jefferson County break the bank? The meaning of Jefferson County's suit against banking behemoth JPMorgan: http://bit.ly/2JfcKk #bham 15 hrs ago
  • @WadeOnTweets I don't see Dr. Davis on Twitter any time soon. We're plugging your blogging academy classes in next week's Weekly Picks btw. 1 day ago
  • Nice to see @bhamterminal 's @acnatta on Fox6 w BSC's Natalie Davis discussing #bham mayoral race. Video @WadeOnTweets: http://bit.ly/1o93gZ 1 day ago
  • @brightsides Thanks for comments on last week's cover. It was designed by Jeremy Markham (http://bit.ly/1l7Yx1). More: http://bit.ly/4bvRoK 1 day ago
  • Forest Perk Coffee opened today--new coffee shop on Clairmont (next to Piggly Wiggly). Just went by there--the coffee's good. Check it out. 1 day ago
  • Shout out to @DNicholAdams for her tweeting of the #bham mayoral forum tonight. She did a great job. Thanks for the live feed! 2 days ago
  • Also slated to appear: William Jason Sumner (?) & Jimmy Snow. No Smitherman or Hoyt? Election Dec. 8. Educate yourselves. We'll help. #bham 3 days ago
  • Mayoral forum information came from Delta Sigma Theta Alum association, who is putting on forum and was kind enough to call me back. #bham 3 days ago
  • William Bell, Patrick Cooper, Emory Anthony, Scott Douglas, Stephannie Huey, Jody Trautwein and others coming to #bham mayoral forum tonight 3 days ago
  • Don't forget there's a mayoral forum tonight at 6:30 p.m. at Huffman High, and a meet & greet Thursday at Highland Hotel, 5-7 p.m. #bham 3 days ago
  • I think if you count the fact that council started about 30 minutes late, this may be the quickest council meeting I've ever seen. #bham 3 days ago
  • Council meeting over except for old & new business. Hoyt says he is the fried turkey king, and will fry turkeys when done w/ politics #bham 3 days ago
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