Entries Tagged as 'Events'

Indigent healthcare community forum to be held May 21

May 20th, 2013 · Comments Off · Events, Health, JeffCo

Photo of Cooper Green Mercy Hospital. Courtesy Sharon Phelan Evans.

A community forum to be held on May 21 at Birmingham’s Five Points West Library will focus on concerns about recent changes made to Jefferson County’s indigent healthcare practices and what can be done to fix the issue.

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This year, we bike FROM work!

May 9th, 2012 · Comments Off · Events, transportation

Bike From Work 2012 Route

This year the folks at CommuteSmart are mixing it up – sort of. They’re basically still asking you to Bike to Work on May 10, though the actual group ride and festivities won’t take place until the end of the day. Sounds like a good compromise (and it’s supposed to be gorgeous).

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Mardi Gras celebration in Five Points South tonight

February 21st, 2012 · Comments Off · Events

Birmingham Carnival Society logo

Residents of Birmingham, AL will “laissez les bons temps rouler” this evening in the city’s Five Points South community as a local group takes it upon themselves (thankfully) to bring the fun of Mardi Gras here. Note: Moon Pies will be flying this evening…

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Ruben’s marathon is set for November

June 22nd, 2011 · Comments Off · Events, fitness

Details are finally starting to be unveiled about the Ruben Studdard Celebration Weekend set for this November. It includes plans for a marathon route that would be contained within the city limits of Birmingham, AL.

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TEDx attendees, organizers hope to forge Birmingham’s future

May 20th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Events, video

Sarah Robinson

Last night more than 100 people gathered to take part in Birmingham, AL’s first ever TEDx event. We got a chance to catch up with conference organizers and one of the presenters on video after it was all over.

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We take a look at coworking tonight in Woodlawn

July 14th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Events, The Terminal

Beaufort Coworking. khawkins04/Flickr

The closing of Shift Workspace has not meant the end of coworking as a concept in Birmingham, AL. We’re hoping you’ll come out this evening (July 14) to learn more information about what’s currently available and what we’re working on as this office community concept continues to flourish in the metropolitan area.

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Tickets limited for Condi Rice lecture at BSC

February 1st, 2010 · Comments Off · Events

Condoleezza Rice - courtesy of BSC

Condoleezza Rice will be lecturing at Birmingham-Southern College next Thursday. If you’re a student, a staff or faculty member or an alum, odds are you’ll have a chance to get in – otherwise we’d suggest following the link included in this post to see if you’ll get a chance to hear her in person.

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Ludacris says he’s not playing Heritage Fest

August 11th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Events

Festival organizers are saying that the Birmingham Heritage Festival is still on; Ludacris is saying he’s not coming. What’s next?

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