Posts Tagged ‘Birmingham’

Posted on March 3rd, 2010 by Glenny Brock

Keith Thomson thrills with ONCE A SPY

Keith Thomson thrills with ONCE A SPY

If you’ve never cared much for thrillers, Keith Thomson’s genre debut could cause you to [...]

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Posted on February 26th, 2010 by cory bordonaro

Vamos al Camp Taco!

Vamos al Camp Taco!

Since Camp Taco opened in Five Points South last October, proprietor Richard Bishop and his [...]

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Posted on February 18th, 2010 by Madison Underwood

Iran, Iraq, education & optimism: What Condi Rice said to a hometown audience

Iran, Iraq, education & optimism: What Condi Rice said to a hometown audience

The former Secretary of State told Birmingham-Southern students that Iran is a “military dictatorship,” words Hillary Clinton would use four days later

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Posted on January 28th, 2010 by Weekly Staff

Vulcan Park celebrates Black History Month

Vulcan Park celebrates Black History Month

“Collective Perspectives” series revisits a Depression-era Birmingham

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Posted on January 27th, 2010 by Kyle Whitmire

Birmingham 101: What will history say about us?

Birmingham 101: What will history say about us?

‘The city of perpetual promise.’ Does that mean incessant failure? Or rather, that Birmingham never gives up hope?

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Posted on January 20th, 2010 by Kyle Whitmire

Cooper loses second shot, Bell wins fourth

Cooper loses second shot, Bell wins fourth

Bell faces unprecedented challenges and another mayoral election two years away.

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Posted on January 14th, 2010 by Jesse Chambers

RIP Joe Shannon

RIP Joe Shannon

Remembrance of Birmingham Bay of Pigs veteran

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Posted on December 30th, 2009 by Kyle Whitmire

Do the dome … how?

Do the dome … how?

Forget Langford’s conviction. The most memorable moment of 2009 was breaking ground on the dome.

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Posted on December 29th, 2009 by Madison Underwood

Fall in love with Birmingham again

Beaty Coleman at Elle Decor has written a nice profile of our wonderful city. Sure, [...]

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Posted on December 24th, 2009 by Kyle Whitmire

What would Larry do?

What would Larry do?

In post-Langford Birmingham, doom is boring

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Posted on December 17th, 2009 by Kyle Whitmire

Birmingham leaders ignore financial crisis

Birmingham leaders ignore financial crisis

Evidently, your city’s money is someone else’s problem

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Posted on December 17th, 2009 by Courtney Haden

Obsessive Compulsive Christmas

Obsessive Compulsive Christmas

A holiday drive through the years with Chevy 6

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Posted on December 10th, 2009 by Madison Underwood

Special Mayoral Election Results Rundown

Special Mayoral Election Results Rundown

Cooper vs. Bell, and just how the hell we got there.

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Posted on December 8th, 2009 by Kyle Whitmire

Birmingham Election Night Live Blog

Birmingham Election Night Live Blog

Birmingham mayoral results live as they come in.

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Posted on December 8th, 2009 by Weekly Staff

Holiday gift guide 2009

Holiday gift guide 2009

Give with all you’ve got!
That’s our holiday exhortation to you as you peruse the pages [...]

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Posted on December 3rd, 2009 by Kyle Whitmire

Birmingham’s hidden deficit

Birmingham’s hidden deficit

Dangerous debts lurk beneath the surface

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Posted on November 27th, 2009 by Danner Kline

An Open Letter To Birmingham’s Restaurants

An Open Letter To Birmingham’s Restaurants

We need to talk about beer, and how you treat it. More and more Americans [...]

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Posted on November 24th, 2009 by Madison Underwood

Royal elected Council President, Smitherman reacts to loss

Royal elected Council President, Smitherman reacts to loss

Smitherman says Hoyt broke a pledge of support, and Hoyt’s election to Pro Tem might not be valid.

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Posted on November 24th, 2009 by Madison Underwood

The obligatory ‘Cooper Rap’ post (CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE)

Some Birmingham funny people have made a video rap encouraging folks to vote for Birmingham [...]

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Posted on November 24th, 2009 by Madison Underwood

Mayoral Candidate Snow Arrested

ABC 33/40 reports that Birmingham mayoral candidate Jimmy Snow was arrested late Saturday night and [...]

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Birmingham 101: What will history say about us?

Birmingham 101: What will history say about us?

‘The city of perpetual promise.’ Does that mean incessant failure? Or rather, that Birmingham never gives up hope?

Upon Further Review

Bama wins, 2010 and amen

Bama wins, 2010 and amen

Part two of the college football season recap.

Column

Ties that bind

Ties that bind

A four-in-hand is worth two in the bush

Film

Casualties of war

Casualties of war

“The reasons we go to war always matter,” says the soldier played by Matt Damon [...]

Small World Cartoons

The Paranoid Guide to the 2010 Census

The Paranoid Guide to the 2010 Census

Uncle Sam left something lurking in your mailbox. Dare you open it?

Suburban Legends

The King of Rock: No, Not Elvis

The King of Rock: No, Not Elvis

The world is designed to piss me off