More than 500 people, young and old, attended the first annual YP Expo last night at the Innovation Depot. The event was organized by members of the 25 organizations that took part in the event. Continue reading
Category Archives: Alabama
State tax holiday, part deux
The state’s Department of Revenue recently announced that we’d be enjoying our second sales tax holiday on August 3 – 5. According to their website, the holiday provides shoppers "the opportunity to purchase certain school supplies, computers, and clothing free of state sales or use tax." It also means that you can get that MacBook Pro you’ve been eyeing in Jefferson County and only pay 1% in taxes (for education).
Here’s the list of cities and counties that are participating this year (note that as of yesterday the city of Birmingham had not officially decided if they would participate, though they did last year). The list will be updated as more governments let the state know of their decisions.
Posted in Alabama, Birmingham, Business, News, Statewide
Yes, he really is counting to 1 million online
Jeremy Harper, a Birmingham, Alabama resident, is counting to one million (1,000,000) and broadcasting it live via webcam.
He’s somewhere around 16,500 as of 2:15 p.m.
You may be asking why someone would do this; in Harper’s case it’s for a good cause. Continue reading
Posted in Alabama, Birmingham, Community, Quirky
City Stages 2007: Singin’ in the Shower… in Linn Park?
People walking at the southern end of Linn Park were quick to notice the large shower sitting across from Birmingham, Alabama’s Board of Education building.
You’ve already missed the evening of competition, but there’s apparently still time to participate in the Singin’ in the Shower contest sponsored by Rheem Tankless and leave your own musical mark on this year’s festival. Continue reading
Posted in Alabama, Birmingham, City Stages 2007, Events, music
City Stages 2007: It begins
We’re going to break a cardinal rule of this medium: we’re going to apologize for the lack of information posted on this site in recent days. We have been trying to create an online guide for City Stages that is quite unique.
http://bhamterminal.com/citystages/
It is operational enough for people to begin using it this afternoon. Go on over and pass it on if you can. We wanted to give you something that would let you simply click on a site to hear the artists. We also wanted to encourage dialogue, so if you have a web enabled phone or PDA, you can comment about the band you’re watching or the festival in general. Continue reading
Posted in 35203, Alabama, Birmingham, City Stages 2007, Citywide, Events, music
The Terminal’s mobile CS guide is up!
This is for the benefit of those that subscribe to the site’s RSS feed. While it is not finished, a significant portion of our unofficial guide to City Stages is now available for you to look at and critique.
The idea is simple – take advantage of the instant feedback feature of blogs while providing links to many of the scheduled performers’ official websites and MySpace profiles, allowing people to check out some of the bands in a little more depth.
It will also be accessible via mobile devices, meaning that you can comment on a band while standing in the crowd (though you may want to stand off to the side and do that). Continue reading
Posted in 35203, Alabama, Birmingham, City Stages 2007, music, My Birmingham, The Terminal
