Henry Panion III has announced the launch of his own record label, Audiostate 55 Entertainment! The label is housed in the Audiostate 55 Recording Studios on 55th Place South in Birmingham’s Woodlawn community and will also contain an educational division devoted exclusively to the development of aspiring artists, engineers, and producers. The label intends to have a total of seven (7) acts signed initially.
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New record label is headquartered in Woodlawn
Posted in 35212, Alabama, Birmingham, Education, music
Hoover investigation report released
The full report (in PDF format) on the investigation into the Hoover City Schools system has been posted online to be downloaded and reviewed. Copies are also available at the city’s libraries.
We decided to take a look at one of the nuances of the case over on my Birmingham – the use of the bully pulpit by Hoover mayor Tony Petelos to get the report released and just how it may be used by mayor-elect Larry Langford as he prepares to assume the office here in the Magic City next month.
Posted in Alabama, Commentary, Education, Hoover, My Birmingham
Take a moment: Help Alabama receive books for low-income children
If you visit the First Books site today before 12 a.m., you’ll give children from low income families in our state a chance to receive 50,000 books for the state of Alabama. The folks in charge of the Vulcan After Tunes MySpace profile here in Birmingham posted a bulletin encouraging people to visit the site and vote today.
Posted in Alabama, Birmingham, Education, Statewide, Take a moment
Vestavia School Board considers desegregation settlement
The Birmingham News is reporting that the Vestavia Hills School Board will discuss a possible settlement during tonight’s regular meeting of a legal battle over the system’s wanting to have voided a 1970 court ruling ordering desegregation in the town’s system. Those that live in the Oxmoor Valley section of Birmingham have been speaking out against plans by the board to stop the practice of busing children to Vestavia Hills schools.
Birmingham Blues has an interesting post up that includes some of the nuances involved in this case. It would be interesting to hear from not only someone who currently lives in the Oxmoor Valley area but also about the affect that the influx of students would have on the city’s school system.
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Vestavia Hills Board of Education
UPDATE: The News has posted that the board has approved a settlement deal.
Posted in 35216, Alabama, Birmingham, Education, Vestavia Hills
Babywearing growing in metro Birmingham
The amount of new parents that are turning to "babywearing" is incredible. Our local resident experts in the field, the Magic City Slingers, have reason to enjoy this Friday the 13th as their new business cards have arrived.
Birmingham’s chapter (Alabama’s first incidentally) of Nine In, Nine Out, the national babywearing organization, says that it purpose is to bring together experienced “babywearers” and people who would like help choosing and using a baby carrier. They call it a “fellowship of the sling.” You may want to check out the nonprofit’s site to learn more about who founded the group and how it is helping newborns and parents.
This laptop’s generating a lot of talk
An image of the XO Laptop.
The XO laptop is serving as a focal point of what is a larger issue for our local educational system. While not necessarily offering answers, I felt like wondering aloud over on my Birmingham, hoping you may share your opinions over there as well.
Come Monday, you’ll get a chance to share your opinion on a more consistent basis as we reintroduce the Magic City Question. Stay tuned…
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Posted in Alabama, Birmingham, Commentary, Education, My Birmingham