[ March 18, 2008; 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm. ] Show your love for The Bomb Shelter as it says farewell tonight. They showed some love to us by letting us borrow some furniture for our anniversary party on March 14.

Spottiswoode and his Enemies are on their way back from SXSW and have decided to make a pit stop in the Magic City to help [...]

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[ March 22, 2008; 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] This is the event’s second year, and to celebrate, there’s a longer parade route!

This year’s parade will begin at Jackson-Olin High School. It will proceed down Avenue to 19th Street, Ensley where it will turn right. It will then follow 19th to Avenue D, where the gospel concert will begin at 12:30 p.m. It’s a [...]

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[ March 13, 2008; 6:00 pm; ] The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute will pay tribute to women of strength, courage and excellence with “The Women Gather: An Evening of Poetry and Music” Thursday in the Rev. Abraham L. Woods Jr. Community Meeting Room.

The event, hosted by BCRI’s Vice President of Institutional Programs Priscilla Hancock Cooper, will feature Shirley Ferrill, Willandra Mahand, Sonovia [...]

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[ March 15, 2008; 2:00 pm to 10:30 pm. ] Sloss Furnaces is getting turned into a festive Irish venue on Saturday as they attempt to have the ultimate St. Patty’s Throwdown! ShamRock promises 10 bands for $10 = a low dough, family friendly event (though you’ve still got to be 21+ to drink).

Included in the admission price is Taste o’ Ireland for food lovers, [...]

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[ May 18, 2008; 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm. ] Soprano Diane McNaron’s Kurt Weill Retrospective, not heard in Birmingham in nearly a decade, will be presented with New York pianist Thomas Bagwell. Bagwell, a Birmingham native who has not appeared here in fifteen years, will open the program with the rare and atmospheric Berg Piano Sonata. These two [...]

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[ April 15, 2008; 4:00 pm to 10:40 pm. ] The IRS tax deadline is approaching, and that means it’s time for 1040 Fest.

The event is an annual music festival sponsored by Birmingham’s Central City Neighborhood Association & held across the street from the city’s downtown post office each year on tax day.

The residents and their event partners take advantage of the branch’s extended hours [...]

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I was listening to KEXP this morning online in Seattle - they’ve been a big supporter of many of our local acts in recent years. Well, they’re actually on the last day of their pledge drive over there. If I did my math correctly, it’ll be history at around 4 p.m. today Central time.
While I [...]

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