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The Women Gather: An Evening of Poetry and Music, BCRI

Posted on March 10, 2008 | Comments Off

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 Muhammad, Thelma Scott Nance, Laura Secord, La’Quita Singleton, LaShanna Price Tripp, Evelyn Dilworth-Williams and Asha Binta Xulu.

This is the first of two Women’s History Month presentations. The next one, “The Inequality of Equality: The Struggle of Women in Mass Movement,” is March 20 at the same time. The BCRI is located downtown at 520 16th St. North.

Cost: Free

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Posted in Birmingham, Community, Events, music, Timetable

Snow falls on Birmingham… again

Posted on March 8, 2008 | Leave a comment

Hyacinth in Snow. James Faivre/Special to bhamterminal.com.

While we got just enough to make it interesting for those that woke up early this Saturday morning in Birmingham, you really wouldn’t be able to tell that we’d gotten a taste of winter the Friday before Daylight Savings Time begins for the U.S.

James Faivre’s image shows that there was still some beauty to behold today, even if only for a moment. Clicking on the image above will take you to a gallery of photos of taken by Bob Farley this morning out at Ruffner Mountain Nature Center.

Stay warm and don’t forget that you can share your pictures from this morning with us either by email (photos@bhamterminal.com) or by adding them to our Flickr group!

Are we gonna play some football?

Posted on March 6, 2008 | Leave a comment

That’s what the inaugural teams of the All American Football League were asking, until a little earlier this afternoon. There had been reports circulating saying that the league would be folding before it even started. Birmingham-based Team Alabama was scheduled to open its training camp on Wednesday and its season in mid-April and according to a Birmingham News blog post was not aware of the league’s consideration of postponing its inaugural season for a second time.

According to a statement posted on the front page of the AAFL’s website, if funding is not secured, they will begin to make plans to start their inaugural season in 2009. The statement refers to the current majority owner’s finances being affected by the sub prime mortgage market.

Homeownership and Lending Workshop, City Council Chambers

Posted on January 31, 2008 | Comments Off

Are you facing foreclosure or struggling to make your mortgage payment due to an adjustable rate mortgage? Join Congressman Artur Davis and a panel of lending experts for a valuable discussion on homeownership — including information on how to purchase a new home or keep the one you have. Attendees will hear about programs designed to help those having trouble making mortgage payments avoid foreclosure. Housing professionals will be on-site to offer free assistance. The workshop will take place in the City Council Chambers located in Birmingham City Hall, 710 20th St. North, downtown.

For more information on this event, contact Sissy Hembree in the congressman’s Birmingham office at 205-254-1960. Panelists will represent the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HOPE NOW Alliance, Neighborhood Housing Services and New South Federal Savings Bank.

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Posted in 35203, Birmingham, money, Timetable

Tagged AL, Alabama, Artur Davis, Birmingham, foreclosure, mortgage

UPDATE: Snow Day

Posted on January 19, 2008 | 4 comments

Avondale Snow Palms. Photo credit: James Faivre

We’ve gotten some submissions from our readers. Click on the image above to view some more of them. Remember that you can still submit additional photographs by email to photos@bhamterminal.com. We’ll add them to the gallery as we receive them.

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Posted in Birmingham, Citywide, Random Shots

Tagged AL, Alabama, avondale, Birmingham, cold, gallery, palm trees, photos, Saturday, snow, snow palms, snowfall

Keep your eyes open tomorrow morning

Posted on January 11, 2008 | Leave a comment

Especially if you’re anywhere near the official race route for the 4^th annual Red Nose Run. Christina talks about this year’s race over on Timetable, but we figured that you’d be interested in knowing what streets you might run into delays on tomorrow morning.

So basically, if you think you’re going to be near the area between 2^nd and 4^th Avenues South and 16^th and 32^nd Streets South tomorrow morning. You could also just check out this cool map that visualizes it for you…

We just figured you’d like to know. The race starts at 7 a.m. and there is a 10 miler involved…

Take a moment: Western Supermarkets’ shoppers show they care

Posted on January 11, 2008 | 2 comments

Western check presentation

This morning’s check presentation. Photo credit: Jimmie Hale Mission

Shoppers at Birmingham-area Western Supermarkets gave from their heart to support the activities of the Jimmie Hale Mission. This morning Darwin Metcalf, president of Western Supermarkets, presented a check for $13,579.80 to Tony Cooper, the executive director of the Mission.

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Posted in 35222, Birmingham, Take a moment

Tagged check presentation, donation, Jimmie Hale Mission, programs, Take a moment, warm meals, Western Supermarkets