So while we’d like to be giving away tickets to this weekend’s 2nd anniversary show at The Bottletree, we can’t. But we can give away five (5) pairs of tickets to next weekend’s The Duke Spirit show at The Bottletree instead!
For those not familiar with the UK-based band, they’ve opened for REM and are currently [...]

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As we mentioned yesterday, Chip Simpson is already competing in the World Hamburger Eating Contest next weekend representing the Magic City. Joey Chestnut, considered the best eater in the world, is preparing to qualify this weekend in Tuscaloosa, so he was the one interviewed by The Birmingham News for today’s issue.
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The 2NDHAND/ArtWalk short story competition winner has been announced. Nadria Tucker, a creative writing masters degree candidate at UAB, will have her winning piece, “318,” published in a special edition of the Chicago/Birmingham based literary broadsheet in August and have the opportunity to read the piece at an as of yet unnamed location during ArtWalk’s [...]

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Here’s the winning entry from the haiku contest held during the event. The winning entry was submitted by Becky Williams.

The entry was based on Lane Finch’s photograph Pastel Rose:
A pastel rose wilts
In the heat of summer
The photo lives on

Williams won $25 in Artwalk Donor Dollars to be used on art purchases at this year’s festival, [...]

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