1914: Herman Poole Blount (Sun Ra) was born in Birmingham. 2006: Taylor Hicks was announced as the winner of American Idol. Courtesy:

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While he didn’t win – Hunter Bledsoe did place second! Considering that more than 55 million students participate in the National Geographic Bee each year, that is certainly an accomplishment. Bledsoe, a 13 year-old from Trussville, AL, earns a $15,000 … Continue reading →

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Screenshot of relaunched Health.com website. Birmingham-based Health Magazine, part of the Southern Progress stable of publications, got some kudos from Matt Mullenweg, founding developer of WordPress (the software used to run this very site incidentally, at least this version is), … Continue reading →

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If you’ve got the National Geographic Channel available to you this afternoon at 4 p.m., you may want to tune in and cheer on Trussville’s Hunter Bledsoe competes as one of the ten finalists in this year’s National Geographic Bee … Continue reading →

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1921: The 1921 National Balloon Race launched from Birmingham, the first event in the city’s semicentennial celebrations. 2003: Ruben Studdard was announced as the winner of American Idol. Courtesy:

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This is your friendly neighborhood reminder that tomorrow evening is our monthly Terminally Happy Hour at The Bottletree! We sat around trying to figure out how to get a few more folks to come on out and join the conversation … Continue reading →

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1874: Visitors for the 1874 Alabama Press Association convention toured public works, Red Mountain and downtown. 1940: Soul musician Shorty Long was born in Birmingham. Courtesy:

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