1914:
Herman Poole Blount (Sun Ra) was born in Birmingham.
2006:
Taylor Hicks was announced as the winner of American Idol.
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Tag Archives: Alabama
Health.com gets some link love from Matt
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), for their use of the open-source software on their recently redesigned website yesterday.
So we’re thinking that you need to check it out.
Cheer on Hunter Bledsoe today!
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 in Washington, DC. this morning beginning at 9 a.m. CT.
Posted in Education, Trussville
Tagged Alabama, availability, broadcast, DC, finalist, Hunter Bledsoe, National Geographic Bee, television, Trussville, Washington
A look back: May 21
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.
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Posted in A look back
Tagged A look back, AL, Alabama, bhamwiki, bhamwiki.com, Birmingham, history, National Balloon Race, reference, Ruben Studdard, semicentennial
Win City Stages passes tomorrow at Happy Hour!
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 (especially since there is a Sex and the City preview party tomorrow evening as well courtesy of My Scoop).
So we figured “Why not give away two (2) pairs of weekend passes to City Stages 20?”, and that’s what we’re going to do!
Posted in From the Stationmaster, The Terminal
Tagged AL, Alabama, Birmingham, City Stages, free tickets, giveaway, happy hour, information, RSVP, The Bottletree, The Terminally Happy Hour
A look back: May 20
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.
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Tagged 1874, 1940, A look back, AL, Alabama, Alabama Press Association, bhamwiki, bhamwiki.com, Birmingham, history, reference, Shorty Long
United Way launches new campaign, blog
Screenshot of Lving United blog for the United Way of Central Alabama.
For those of you that missed the launch of the United Way of Central Alabama‘s Live United campaign last week Thursday on top of the former Kress Building in downtown Birmingham, you can still keep up with their plans through their new blog, Living United.
This is the latest grassroots movement for emerging leaders to emerge here in Birmingham so check it out, find out how to get involved and let them know what you think.
Posted in Community, Regionwide
Tagged AL, Alabama, announcement, Birmingham, blog, Campaign, Central Alabama, launch, Live United, Living United, United Way
