Entries Tagged as 'venue'

WorkPlay foreclosure sale postponed, deal in works

November 16th, 2010 · Comments Off · music

Alan Hunter shared some great news for fans of the long-time entertainment venue WorkPlay via Facebook and email early Tuesday afternoon. The foreclosure sale scheduled for November 17 was postponed by the bank due to a pending deal. We’re pretty sure the 16,000+ fans of Save WorkPlay are excited…

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Meet Soledad, The Bottletree’s fawn

May 7th, 2010 · Comments Off · music, Quirky

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The fawn that lives on the liquor shelves of Birmingham, AL’s The Bottletree Cafe has been on quite an adventure recently – thanks to London-based The xx.

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Farewell, Cave9

March 16th, 2009 · 4 Comments · music

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It’s true. Sad, but true. Cave9 has officially shut down. Here’s some info about (what was) Birmingham’s only all ages independent music venue.

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The Gardens have gone 2.0

March 12th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Online

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The Birmingham Botanical Gardens continues to expand its use of social media to expand the reach of its message. Check out just how many channels they’re using.

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Where is WordCamp Birmingham?

September 12th, 2008 · Comments Off · Events

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So, it’s time for an update on WordCamp Birmingham. First of all, they’ve announced a new host venue for the conference’s Saturday events – the Martha Moore Sykes Studio at the Virginia Samford Theatre. They’ve also announced the initial lineup for speakers and the preliminary schedule (there will be more adjustments in the coming days). [...]

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A new music venue plans fall opening

June 16th, 2008 · Comments Off · music

The site for Rogue - a new music venue in downtown Birmingham. acnatta/Flickr.

acnatta/Flickr Folks that have been driving into downtown for work or play anytime in the last couple of weeks may have noticed a new sign hanging a couple of doors down from Urban Standard along 2nd Avenue North. It appears to be a new music venue preparing to open downtown called Rogue – one of [...]

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