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WordCamp Birmingham – come on over

Posted on August 25, 2008 | Leave a comment

Late Friday evening, we announced that we would be serving as an organizing sponsor for WordCamp Birmingham, the first WordCamp that will be held in the Southeastern United States. The conference will take place on September 27 & 28. A quick primer – WordCamps are informal gatherings of WordPress enthusiasts, users and developers to talk the popular, open source software used to run several million blogs and websites (including this one).

I’ve got some interesting reasons for why we’re doing this and if you head over to My Birmingham today, you’ll get to read them all.

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“An Evening with the Riverkeeper,” McWane Science Center

Posted on August 20, 2008 | Comments Off on “An Evening with the Riverkeeper,” McWane Science Center

Come celebrate Black Warrior Riverkeeper and McWane Science Center’s “An Evening with the Riverkeeper” on Tuesday, August 26th from 6-9:00 p.m. Begin the evening with a reception in the aquarium, take in a special presentation by Black Warrior Riverkeeper Nelson Brooke, watch a private viewing of “Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk” IMAX, and learn something new during special environmental shows.

Cost: $20; includes IMAX ticket, educational programs, 2 drink tickets and parking. Proceeds benefit McWane Science Center and Black Warrior Riverkeeper. Get tickets by calling 714-8414 or order online.

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Learn Who’s Who in Black Birmingham

Posted on August 7, 2008 | 2 comments

Tonight some of the city’s most prominent African American leaders will be gathering tonight at the Birmingham Museum of Art to learn who’s been highlighted in the latest edition of Who’s Who in Black Birmingham. The event starts at 6 p.m. In addition to the unveiling of the 2nd edition of the book (which attendees receive as part of their $50 ticket price), organizers are hoping to provide up to 1,000 of the city’s best and brightest Blacks the opportunity to network with one another.

If you can’t attend, this link is scheduled to go live with images from the unveiling ceremony at a later date.

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Picasso Pets, Cahaba Grand Conference Center

Posted on August 6, 2008 | Leave a comment

Enjoy dinner, drinks and a live auction of “arfwork” created by celebrity pets and local artists. This is the big fundraisers for Hand-in-Paw. The group “provides professionally trained handler and animal teams to promote human health and well-being through animal-assisted therapy.” In other words, they bring the healing unconditional love of animals to area hospitals, schools and nursing homes. Get a sneak peak at the art work here.

Cost: Tickets are $150 per person and can be purchased online or by calling 322-5144. The Cahaba Grand Conference Center is located at 1 HealthSouth Parkway South.

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UPDATE: The IN Book is out!

Posted on July 30, 2008 | 2 comments

The IN Book is unveiled. acnatta/Flickr

The IN Book. acnatta/Flickr

UPDATE: 7.30.2008, 10:22 a.m. Updated awards info after the jump:

Birmingham’s IN crowd was at Vulcan Park despite the bad weather last night to celebrate the release of the IN book, compiled nominations from more than 4,000 people through the CVB’s INBirmingham.org website or one of the 50 boxes located throughout metro Birmingham. The book contains 224 IN spots separated organized in the following categories: dining, coffee & confections, nightlife, shopping, arts & entertainment, attractions and events. Hundreds of people came out and sampled food and beverages from some of the nominated spots in (including beer from Good People Brewing Co., pizza from Cosmo’s and Ginger Margaritas from Bottletree) and dance lessons from Steppers and Walkers.

The books will be available at area Books-A-Million locations and The Alabama Booksmith for $9.99.

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Help out our furry friends tonight

Posted on July 25, 2008 | Leave a comment

Gimme Shelter 2008We almost forgot to remind you that Gimme Shelter 2008 is tonight at B&A Warehouse. It’s a chance to help out the Greater Birmingham Humane Society while… why don’t we just let you check out their mission:

To allow Birmingham area artists, designers and architectures the opportunity to showcase their talent to a wide audience while ultimately generating financial support for the Greater Birmingham Humane Society.

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Fireworks fall on Birmingham

Posted on July 4, 2008 | 2 comments

Fireworks from Ruffner Mountain - Bob Farley/f8Photo

Bob Farley/f8Photo

The brief rain shower did not keep about a dozen people from watching the fireworks from the quarry overlook at Ruffner Mountain Nature Center Friday night. Not only did the fireworks from Vulcan prove to be entertaining but the Gate City and South East Lake neighborhoods put on a fine show as well.

If you’ve got any photos, send them on in…

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