[ October 30, 2007; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] It’s a unique way to get into the Halloween spirit - running the streets of Birmingham with the option to stop for a liquid break at area drinking establishments. That’s the idea behind this run sponsored by the Birmingham Track Club. They’re also encouraging participants to wear costumes, giving people several opportunities to win prizes. [...]

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We’re #5 this time. According to Forbes we are the 5th most sedentary city in the United States. The results were released yesterday on the magazine’s website, where they also explained just how they arrived at their findings as well as how they determined that some cities were not necessarily as healthy as they thought.
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[ October 30, 2007; 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm. ] To celebrate the recent closing on the property that will be used to develop Red Mountain Park, their Friends will be hosting a party at B&A Warehouse with music by Act of Congress and Three on a String.

There will most likely be more opportunities to help make the space a reality as well.

Cost: $0 (we [...]

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1979:

City Councilman Richard Arrington won a runoff to become Mayor of Birmingham.
Check out this 1974 audio interview (with the transcript) with the former mayor, part of the Documenting the American South collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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[ October 31, 2007; 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm. ] Part of the Steak Verhoeven Film Club’s ongoing series at Rojo in Highland Park, this film helps us all celebrate Halloween in that deeply psychological way that makes all the sense in the world (sort of). Here’s the description of the 1971 film courtesy of the email announcing the event:
A woman released from a mental [...]

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We’re in the process of making some changes to our site in the coming days… nothing too major, just adding some additional pages that we need to and making some minor tweaks to our sections.
As part of the changes we figured it was time for us to join the world of Twitter.
http://twitter.com/bhamterminal
Our new Twitter address [...]

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TechBirmingham President and CEO Curtis Palmer has announced that he will be stepping down from those positions effective close of business Wednesday. According to the press release, Palmer (who also contributes to The Terminal) will remain on the board of directors and still manage Ecycling Day efforts among other things.
The official announcement is over on [...]

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