Tag Archives: 2008

T-minus 2 hours until Earth Hour

Posted on March 29, 2008 | 2 comments

We’re right around two hours away from the second observance of Earth Hour. We hope you’ll join us at 8 p.m. and shut down any non-essential electrical items around you.

If you need some ideas on what to do during Earth Hour 2008, try out these suggestions courtesy of the event’s website.

We’ll see you on the other side.

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Posted in environmental, Events

Tagged 2008, AL, Alabama, Birmingham, Earth Hour, information, worldwide

Two local chefs up for James Beard award

Posted on March 24, 2008 | Leave a comment

Birmingham’s got two chances to bring home a James Beard Foundation award this year. Frank Stitt (Highlands Bar and Grill) and Chris Hastings (Hot and Hot Fish Club) are both up for “the Oscars of the food world” as the nominees for the 2008 edition of the awards were recently announced.

There are a lot of honors up for grabs, so you may want to visit the official list and scroll down to see who our guys are up against in their respective categories (Stitt – outstanding chef; Hastings – best chef – South).

We’ll find out if they’re winners with everybody else on June 8 when the awards are handed out in Lincoln Center‘s Avery Fisher Hall in New York City. You can always go on up and say you were there when…

Ensley Easter Parade and Gospel Concert, Ensley Commercial District

Posted on March 17, 2008 | Comments Off

This is the event’s second year, and to celebrate, there’s a longer parade route!

This year’s parade will begin at Jackson-Olin High School. It will proceed down Avenue to 19^th Street, Ensley where it will turn right. It will then follow 19^th to Avenue D, where the gospel concert will begin at 12:30 p.m. It’s a great chance to head on over to Birmingham’s West Side and check out what’s going on.

For more information, including a list of gospel choirs performing and sponsors, visit Main Street Birmingham’s events calendar.

Cost: Free

Location:
Concert will take place at the corner of 19^th Street Ensley and Avenue D

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Posted in 35218, Events, music, Timetable

Tagged 2008, 35218, Alabama, Birmingham, concert, downtown, Easter, Easter Parade, Ensley, gospel, Main Street Birmingham, March 22, Parade

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words, Birmingham Museum of Art

Posted on March 8, 2008 | Comments Off

Head on over to the Birmingham Museum of Art and hear master storyteller Kathryn Tucker Windham today as she tells the tales behind the photographs in the current exhibition, Kathryn Tucker Windham: My Land, My People, taken over a 40 year span from the Great Depression through the civil rights movement. Using slides and her uncanny narrative ability, she will also share the stories of many photographs which have never been published.

If you miss the talk, Ms. Windham’s photographs are on display until May 25 at the museum.

Cost: Free

Location:
Birmingham Museum of Art
2000 8^th Avenue North (directions)

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Posted in 35203, Art, Timetable

Tagged 2008, 35203, Alabama, Birmingham, Birmingham Museum of Art, downtown, exhibit, exhibitition, Kathryn Tucker Windham, lecture, March 9, photographs

Snow falls on Birmingham… again

Posted on March 8, 2008 | Leave a comment

Hyacinth in Snow. James Faivre/Special to bhamterminal.com.

While we got just enough to make it interesting for those that woke up early this Saturday morning in Birmingham, you really wouldn’t be able to tell that we’d gotten a taste of winter the Friday before Daylight Savings Time begins for the U.S.

James Faivre’s image shows that there was still some beauty to behold today, even if only for a moment. Clicking on the image above will take you to a gallery of photos of taken by Bob Farley this morning out at Ruffner Mountain Nature Center.

Stay warm and don’t forget that you can share your pictures from this morning with us either by email (photos@bhamterminal.com) or by adding them to our Flickr group!

Snow’s returning to metro Birmingham

Posted on March 7, 2008 | Leave a comment

Snow in Alabama. Southernpixel/Flickr

The word is that residents in Jefferson and Shelby Counties should be expecting to see about 1 ½ inches of the white stuff when they wake up in the morning. It’s a little ironic, considering it’s almost the 15th anniversary of The Blizzard of ‘93. Maybe we’ll see some more images like this one up above.

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Do Dah Day, Caldwell + Rhodes Parks

Posted on February 18, 2008 | Comments Off

Do Dah Day celebrates 29 years of fun and good causes on May 17. The annual festival, which has raised more than $500,000 since 1992 for Jefferson County animal shelters is one of the city’s most cherished springtime events. Festivities include the annual parade (it starts at 11:01 a.m.) as well as music and fun in Caldwell & Rhodes Parks in Birmingham’s Highland Park neighborhood. They can always use more volunteers for the event as well. Don’t forget about the crowning of the Do Dah Day king and queen on the 16th at Do Dah Eve!

Cost: $0

Location:
Caldwell & Rhodes Park
Map showing location of parks in relation to start of parade – Google Maps

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Tagged 2008, Alabama, Birmingham, Caldwell Park, Do Dah Day, event, Fundraiser, Highland Park, info, information, May 17, Rhodes Park, website