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Get Rhythm Experience, downtown library

Posted on November 27, 2007 | Comments Off on Get Rhythm Experience, downtown library

Straight from a great little blog, here’s a fun event — the Get Rhythm Experience — to be held in the atrium of the Birmingham Public Library’s Central location downtown. And what is the Get Rhythm Experience you ask? It is a collaboration of drummers, percussionists and dancers led by John Scalici. If you’ve ever seen a drum circle around town, you’ve seen John Scalici in action. The group will perform original compositions which blend urban voices and sounds with world-beat influenced rhythms from West Africa, the Middle East and Brazil. It’s part of the BPL@Night series.

Cost: Free

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Christmas by Candlelight, American Village

Posted on November 27, 2007 | Comments Off on Christmas by Candlelight, American Village

The American Village History and Civic Education Center in Montevallo is busy getting ready for its second annual Christmas By Candlelight celebration. Here are the highlights:

The evening kicks off with a Grand Lighting of the Village ceremony at 5 p.m. each day. Afterwards, Father Christmas will lead a family parade across the Village Green to the Courthouse where he will receive the young and young at heart all evening.

Hundreds of luminaries will be placed along Village streets and lanes, inviting all to savor the experience of a tradition-laden early American Christmas. Visitors will hear carolers, open the doors to historical settings, all decked out with old-fashioned Yuletide greenery.

The Colonial Chapel will feature Christmas music at 6 and 7:30 p.m. each night. On Friday night, the Handbell Choir of Pelham’s First Baptist Church will perform, and on Saturday night, the Dawson Singers from Dawson Memorial Baptist Church will perform.

Cost: $10 adults / $5 youth (ages 5-17) / free, children 4 and under.

A special treat this year: A lavish Christmas Groaning Board Buffet and Feast, prepared by the Wynfrey! Offered at two seatings: 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. each night. Reservations strongly encouraged.

Additional admission cost: $35 for adult buffet ages 13 and up / $12.95 for children 12 and under.

Call: 1-877-811-1776 (select
Option 2 – Special Events) for reservations. Or email: lhopson@americanvillage.org.

Location:
American Village
website | directions

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Holiday Craft Bazaar, The Bottletree

Posted on November 26, 2007 | Comments Off on Holiday Craft Bazaar, The Bottletree

The Bottletree does its part to help folks find just what they need for the holidays with its second annual Craft Bazaar. This year’s participants include:

Andrea Paschal, Doug Baulos, Mimi Boston, Chris Lawson, Beverly Corbitt, Elin Glenn, Roger Conville, Sam Cornman, Rachel Gainer, Victoria, Adam Stoves, Merrilee Challiss, Von Love Nelson, Paul Wilm, Belinda Hyatt, Amy McClure, Alison Ward, Paul Ward, The Wonderland UAB Art Guild, Joyce Vance, Rebecca Davis, Chatham Hellmers  and more…!!!!!!!

You also get a chance to try out their new menu…

Cost: $0

Location:
The Bottletree
3719 3rd Avenue South (directions)

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Handel’s Messiah, Alys Stephens Center

Posted on November 21, 2007 | Comments Off on Handel’s Messiah, Alys Stephens Center

The Alys Stephens Center will be filled with “the rapturous sounds of the Hallelujah Chorus” as the Alabama Symphony Orchestra and the Birmingham Concert Chorale perform Handel’s Messiah.

Cost: $15 – $65; purchase tickets online or by calling 205.251.7727.

Location:
Alys Stephens Center, Jemison Hall
1200 20th Avenue, South (directions)

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City of Birmingham Holiday Tree Lighting, Linn Park

Posted on November 20, 2007 | Comments Off on City of Birmingham Holiday Tree Lighting, Linn Park

The annual holiday tradition returns, with choirs, dance troupes, crafts, a bicycle giveaway, a Christmas Parade and a visit from the man in the red suit and his wife. You’ll also get a chance to check out artwork created by Birmingham City Schools students.

Cost: $0

Location:
Linn Park, downtown

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Jazz Jam Fest, Carver Theatre

Posted on November 20, 2007 | Comments Off on Jazz Jam Fest, Carver Theatre

The Birmingham Jazz String Quartet (led by Jerome Chapman) will grace the stage of the historic Carver Theatre on November 26, giving you a great way to wind down after a busy holiday weekend. Attendees will have the chance to perform with the ensemble after the first hour. According to the Carver Theatre/Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame website describes the group using the following words:

The Birmingham Jazz String Quartet is a group of local musicians dedicated to the performance and preservation of string jazz.  Influences include Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelli, and the Hot Club of Paris Quintette and others.  The band plays in the style known as Gypsy Jazz.  The Quartet includes Allen Bartow,Bethany Borg,Abraham Becker,and Jerome Chapmanput.

Cost: $5

Location:
Carver Theatre
1631 4th Avenue North (directions)

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Christmas Pops at the Alabama, Alabama Theatre

Posted on November 20, 2007 | Comments Off on Christmas Pops at the Alabama, Alabama Theatre

Sherri Jackson from CBS 42 will host the fifth annual event featuring the Shades Mountain Baptist Church Celebration Orchestra performing on stage at the Alabama Theatre.

Shad Simpson will also be performing with members of the Birmingham Dance Theater Company. The pre-concert will feature a mighty Wurlitzer performance .

Those attending the event are encouraged to bring a gently used or new book or “a buck” to benefit the Children’s Literacy Guild efforts to eradicate the problem of childhood illiteracy in Alabama.

For more information please contact the church at 205.822.1670 or visit the event’s website.

Cost: $10

Location:
The Alabama Theatre
1817 3rd Avenue North (directions)

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