You don’t have to go home after work. Join the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, 520 Sixteenth St. North, Thursday, Sept. 13, for an evening of “mingling, martinis and intellectual stimulation.” You’ll see the BCRI in a way you’ve never seen it before with musicians, poets and spoken word artists at various stops throughout the exhibition interpreting the permanent collection with their creative spirit. New at the BCRI is “Women of a New Tribe: Photographs by Jerry Taliaferro.”

Cost: $10 for non-BCRI members (includes food and drink), $5 for BCRI members/donors and Birmingham Weekly cardholders