1951:
The opening exhibition for the Birmingham Museum of Art‘s new building began.
1972:
The newly-renovated Vulcan Park was dedicated.
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Tag Archives: Vulcan Park
A look back: April 8
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Tagged A look back, AL, Alabama, bhamwiki, bhamwiki.com, Birmingham, Birmingham Museum of Art, history, reference, Vulcan, Vulcan Park
Joe Minter’s art at Vulcan tonight
Joe Minter’s The Slave Ship. André Natta/The Terminal
This is one of the many pieces created by Joe Minter that will be discussed during the last installment of Vulcan Park’s Collective Perspectives series beginning with cocktails and socializing at 5 p.m. in their visitors center. This calendar listing provides additional information about Emily Hannah’s presentation about the long-time Titusville resident.
If you really can’t come out, then check out Charles’ thoughts about that office park that you drive by on the way home… you know, the one on 280 – or do you? Though we think you should come out and enjoy that time you’d be sitting in traffic with us at Vulcan.
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Tagged AL, Alabama, Birmingham, Black History Month, Collective Perspectives, conclusion, February 26, Joe Minter, lecture, series, Vulcan Park
Here’s what you’re missing on Tuesdays this month
André Natta/The Terminal
We’re posting this a little later than we wanted to… but we wanted to be sure that you were aware of just what you’re missing if you’re not showing up at Vulcan Park’s Collective Perspectives series on Tuesdays this month.
Here’s a taste of this week’s performance by Miles College’s jazz band, the Milestones:
[audio:http://bhamterminal.com/audio/Milesjazz2008.mp3]Next week’s presentation will feature short films created by UAB Ethnographic Filmmaking course. Check out our destinations calendar entry for more information. We look forward to seeing you there.
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Tagged AL, Alabama, Birmingham, Black History Month, Collective Perspectives, jazz, Miles College, Milestones, mp3, performance, sample, Vulcan Park
Collective Perspectives continues at Vulcan Park
Part two of Vulcan Park‘s 2008 Collective Perspectives series, “Way Down South in Birmingham,” will take place on Tuesday, February 12 and feature Miles College jazz band director Daniel Western.
The series, entitled Neighborhoods: Artful Excursions Through Birmingham’s African-American Communities, is a celebration of Black history. Audra Bean, Vulcan Park’s director of marketing and public relations, describes it as “… a series of non-traditional programs that enlighten and educate people in Birmingham,” taking a deeper look at the city’s Black communities such as Ensley and Titusville through music, oral history, documentary film and folk art. Since Vulcan is seen as the center of Birmingham, Bean felt like the center should be educating people about the city’s past.
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Tagged Black History Month, Collective Perspectives, event, history, lecture, Social, Tuxedo Junction, Vulcan Park
Still wondering what to do tomorrow? Lectures and writing workshops among options
Now that you’ve had a chance to recover from yesterday’s “2nd most watched television event of all time,” why not start thinking about what you may want to do tomorrow… after voting (or getting your friends to) that is.
For those of our regular visitors of high school age, you’ve got a chance to take part in the Writing Today High School Workshop. It goes from 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. tomorrow (February 5) on the campus of Birmingham Southern College. The workshop will include sessions led by University of North Alabama professor and author Daryl Brown; Birmingham News reporter Victoria Coman; and UAB English professor Tina Harris, with a performance by spoken word artist Sharrif Simmons. It’s part of the upcoming 28th annual Writing Today conference on March 8 & 9.
Afterwards you can head on over to Vulcan Park tomorrow evening as their Collective Perspectives series in honor of Black History Month begins with The Women of Sloss Furnaces. A reception begins at 5 p.m. with the lecture starting at 6 p.m.
