Celebrate Hoover Day has been moved to Sunday. But that means you can go to the Noble Street Festival in Anniston instead on Saturday. This festival seems to revolve around watching people go really fast on bikes, bicycles that is. When we say fast, we’re talking 40 mph. That’s scary fast. But the festival does [...]
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Got plans this weekend? 5.2 - 5.4
May 2nd, 2008 · 1 Comment
Tags: birmingham · homewood · hoover · weekend plans
Murder in the Magic City
February 8th, 2008 · No Comments
Tomorrow, the Homewood Library hosts the 2008 mystery fan conference menacingly monikered Murder in the Magic City. The door open at 9 a.m. and runs through 4 p.m. The cost is $45 and includes lunch (for those with reservations), drinks, snacks and a “goody bag”. Because of limited seating they have been encouraging reservations, but [...]
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Slamming in the ‘Ham
January 16th, 2008 · No Comments
Ultimate Fighting Champion Matt Hughes is cruising through Birmingham tomorrow night. He’ll be at the Wildwood Shopping Center Books-A-Million location at 7 p.m. He’ll be ready to pose for pictures and will be signing his new book Made in America, which is loaded with tons of background information about his rise to dominance and dishes [...]
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Back to back book signings this weekend
December 7th, 2007 · No Comments
The Alabama Booksmith is hosting Michael Knight tonight at 6pm. He’s signing his new book The Holiday Season. The book contains two novellas exploring loss, loneliness and family. This is a book that had the New York Book Review calling Knight “… authentic and intense.”
And then Saturday, at 3:30 p.m., Wayne Greenhaw will stop by [...]
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Got plans this weekend? 11.30 - 12.2
November 30th, 2007 · No Comments
Wow! December 1 might be the most over-scheduled day of the year - everyone wants to kick off their holiday season Saturday. Makes me wonder what we’re going to do the rest of the month besides fight the crowds at the mall.
If you like a parade, there’s four to choose from:
Homewood: 9 a.m.
Starts at Homewood [...]
Tags: Vestavia Hills · alabama · art · events · holiday · homewood · mountain brook
Travel options:Red Dot gallery opening tonight
August 24th, 2007 · No Comments
Gallery owners Dori Decamillis and Scott Bennett in their Homewood Studio. Bob Farley/f8photo
A grand re-opening celebration lost in the shuffle of all of the larger events taking place this evening is the one for Red Dot Gallery. The gallery and teaching space was located near Pepper Place and is now settling in to its [...]
