Category Archives: Events

Go on out to Vulcan Park and celebrate the big guy’s 103rd birthday! The park, museum and observation deck will be open and birthday cake and Blue Bell Ice Cream will be available to all in attendance. As long as you get there by 2 p.m., you’ll get an opportunity to sing "Happy Birthday" and enjoy the sounds of the Birmingham Children’s Choir.

Members get in for free – you can join in advance or at the gate. Otherwise it’s $3 – unless you’re under 4.
 

The 2nd Annual Art for Hope auction will take place at The Parthenon on June 1, beginning at 6:30 p.m. the purpose of the fundraiser is to support the creation of a regional office for The Lupus Support Network.

Approximately 30,000 Alabamians have been diagnosed with Lupus, yet there is no supportive network or foundation for individuals with Lupus and their families in Birmingham.

Music will be provided by Peanut.

Tickets are still available for $25 on their web page or at the event.

Click here to read more about it on Timetable. 

This will be the latest ecoscape put in place in Birmingham, Alabama. The Southern Environmental Center at Birmingham Southern College has installed ecoscapes in six other locations throughout the city (map). The dedication of this new location adjacent to The McCoy Center for Community Service will take place just before a visioning session begins at the future home of the Alabama Gospel Music Cultural Arts Center. The center recently had it’s first fundraiser as described in this Timetable calendar entry.

NOTE: For those looking for information about the 2008 Taste of the Nation, please click here.

The annual event is a program of Share Our Strength, a national organization which is dedicated to fighting hunger in our world. Last year’s event raised $65,000 for Heifer International, Magic City Harvest and Pathways, with this year’s goal being $85,000.

Tickets are available online at www.birminghamtaste.org until noon the day of the event for $75. They will be $85 at the door. More than 40 of our top restaurants and several of our wine distributors will be providing an opportunity to try their food. Click here to view the list of restaurants. Click here to view what’s happening in other participating cities.

According to their website, since 1988 these events have raised nearly $50 million nationally, supporting more than 450 organizations in their efforts to end hunger and poverty. Go on out and do your part to support this important campaign.