Tomorrow night those that head out to The Bottletree will not only get a chance to help out Birmingham’s annual film festival - Sidewalk – but they’ll get to enjoy a pre-release screening of an incredible independent film before it’s released nationwide beginning July 9^th.

Filmmaker Ben Steinbauer‘s documentary Winnebago Man is about Jack Rebney,  a.k.a. “the angriest man in the world.” Apparently he’s become famous due to some “hilariously foul-mouthed outtakes from an RV sales video.”

It’s even more impressive when you realize that his notoriety happened long before the days of YouTube, though it’s definitely helped the clips become even more recognizable.

The film chronicles Steinbauer’s journey to find and meet Rebney, who (according to the email reminder) “turns out to be more savvy, deep, weird, and cool than anyone could have imagined.”

Tickets will be $5 for members of Sidewalk and $8 for non-members. Bottletree’s offering $1 PBR drafts all night too so you’ve really got no good excuse not to go, do you?

The first recipients of Kresge Arts in Birmingham funds were announced over the weekend… We’ve got a list of the lucky organizations.

Birmingham, AL looks like it will be well represented during this year’s Southeast Emmy awards in June. We Have Signal is up for two awards this year while Fox 6′s Rick Karle leads local nominees with three.

The Kresge Foundation has chosen Birmingham, AL as one of two cities to join in the Kresge Community Arts grant program pilot project. The Cultural Alliance of Greater Birmingham gets to administer it and we hopefully get to see creative ways to address pressing issues.

It’s time for the 7th annual Art in Avondale Park this weekend. This Thursday, October 29, you have a chance to help them out by attending a fundraiser at Old Car Heaven.

Free the Hops will kick off their first annual Oktoberfest celebration in downtown Birmingham on September 19 – and they’ll be sharing a seasonal brew made exclusively for them by the Highland Brewing Company.