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Exhibit With More Than 100 Masterworks Opens This Week at Birmingham Museum of Art
1+ hour, 38+ min ago (637+ words) By Javacia Harris Bowser | For the Birmingham Times The Birmingham Museum of Art (BMA) will present an exhibition of over 100 masterworks when Monet to Matisse: French Moderns, 18501950, opens on Friday, Jan. 30. The exhibition features work from iconic artists such as…...
Alabama Prison Documentary ‘The Alabama Solution’ Earns Oscar Nomination
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (321+ words) A documentary that puts Alabama prisons in the spotlight is now in the running for one of the most well-known, prestigious awards in Hollywood " an Oscar. Nominees for the 98th Academy Awards were announced Thursday. "The Alabama Solution" is one of…...
PEOPLE, PLACES & THINGS
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (140+ words) By Gwen DeRu | The Birmingham Times IT IS FRIDAY'the weekend starts' SATURDAY JAZZ GREATS SPRING OPEN HOUSE, 9:30 " 11 a.m. at the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame. THURSDAY, JANUARY 29 ' NEWS TO KNOW AND USE " PEOPLE, PLACES AND THINGS TO WATCH' AT THE VULCAN…...
One Alabama Station Stuck with PBS While the Other Cut NPR. Supporters Voted with Their Wallets
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (794+ words) By Alaina Bookman | [email protected] Alabama Public Television leaders say donations have increased since choosing to stick with PBS, while WLRH, a radio station in Huntsville, saw a dramatic loss of financial support after dropping National Public Radio (NPR). Supporters say…...
Viola Davis Teams Up with Best-Selling Author James Patterson for Debut Novel Set in Alabama
1+ week, 2+ day ago (242+ words) By Drew Taylor | CBS 42 A new novel set to be released this spring from actress Viola Davis and best-selling author James Patterson will have Alabama at its center. Davis, an Academy Award-winning performer who has appeared in films like "Doubt…...
Bruce Ayers, Owner of Birmingham’s Popular Stardome Comedy Club, Announces Retirement after 42 Years
1+ week, 5+ day ago (896+ words) By Mary Colurso | [email protected] Bruce Ayers, owner of'The Comedy Club Stardome'in Hoover, is retiring from the business he founded about 42 years ago. Ayers, a beloved figure on Birmingham's entertainment scene, announced his retirement Tuesday morning via social media, telling fans…...
‘One of my Grandmother’s Gold Rings Sized for my Wedding Day’ was Memorable
1+ week, 5+ day ago (871+ words) BY JE'DON HOLLOWAY-TALLEY | Special to the Birmingham Times ARRIKA & CHARLES MCCAULEY II Married: Dec. 22, 2018 Met: March 2017, at the "Four Seasons' bar/lounge in Birmingham. Arrika was there with a mutual friend of theirs, Candyce Curry, who had invited Charles. "I'm…...
TikTok’s “Queen Leora” Reigns Over Her Growing Birmingham Empire
1+ week, 6+ day ago (687+ words) By Sym Posey| The Birmingham Times By the time Leora "Queen Leora" Byrd's phone starts buzzing with direct messages asking her to post again on her social media platforms she's often already booked, traveling between cities or working behind the…...
Jacqueline Allen Trimble, English Professor at HBCU, to Serve as New Poet Laureate for State of Alabama
2+ week, 1+ hour ago (1067+ words) By Javacia Harris Bower | Alabama News Center This month,Jacqueline Allen Trimble" an award-winning poet and professor of English and chair of the Department of Languages and Literatures atAlabama State University" will be commissioned byGov. Kay Iveyas the new poet…...
USPS Honors Phillis Wheatley, First Published African American Poet, With Black Heritage Stamp
2+ week, 2+ day ago (234+ words) The U.S. Postal Service is honoring Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784), the first author of African descent in the American Colonies to publish a book, with the 49th stamp in the Black Heritage series. The first-day-of-issue event for the Phillis Wheatley Black Heritage stamp in…...