Roberto Kaplan and the No-exercise Approach to Restoring Vision
Roberto Kaplan, Doctor of Optometry, Practitioner of the
Much local talent and a great deal of thought and energy went into the production of “Quilters,” a piece of musical theatre intended to evoke the fabric of frontier life as experienced by...
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Christmas Shopping Party Helps Create Haitian Jobs It’s a tired old cliche. What do you give people for Christmas when they already have all they want and more? Ann Piper has an idea:...
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Stage Door, the story of a group of actresses trying to make their way on Broadway during the Depression, opened October 22, 1936 at the Music Box Theatre on 45th street and became...
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Ouch, you missed it! It played October 5-9, 2011 at the Alys Stephans Center’s Sirote Theater, a great venue and what a fine performance from UAB’s Theater Department students! Elliot Cleverdon performed and...
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These guys are great! They appeared last night (July 16) at the DanielDayGallery/Dream Mecca Studio in Lakeview. Directions are here for a magical place to hear music. The Legendary Pineapple Skinners play Hot...
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This is Part III of “the END of a minor Epoch, An eXperiment of eXperience,” scheduled for Sunday, July 17, from 5:00 – 9:30 p.m. at Rojo, 2921 Highland Avenue South at Rushton...
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Thank you, Playing for Change, for this story and music!...
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Maestro Justin Brown conducts the Alabama Symphony Orchestra playing Mahler’s Symphony No. 9 – tonight at 8 p.m. at the Alys Stephens Center. I have already read rave reviews of the performance, from...
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Yesterday, the Public Patent Foundation on behalf of the Massachusetts Chapter of the Northeast Organic Farming Association filed suit against Monsanto Company regarding its patents on genetically modified seed. The suit — Organic...
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Be sure to come and hear LaDonna and Tena this Sunday at the Museum! Playing the Jazz Brunch at the Birmingham Museum of Art this Sunday, March 20 from 11:00 a.m. – 2:00...
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There is probably something to be said for cookie-cutter restaurants with large drive-in parking lots, conveniently located near interstate exits, but I think that most people, deep down, long to partake of food...
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First Tunisia, then Egypt, now Yemen…3,000 demonstrators are confronting police and pro-government supporters in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, according to AlJazeera’s report today. While the army in Egypt urges a return to...
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Earth & Space
Sweetwater Petroglyph »
Experts seem to have some new insights into the Native American origins of the Sweetwater Creek petroglyph which is said to represent on a granite slab the image...
1913 Railroad Trestle Destroyed by April’s Tornado »
Hurricane Creekkeeper John Wathen’s video, Wreckage to Recovery, shows the damage to Hurricane Creek resulting from the massive April 27, 2011 tornado. Aerial footage (Southwings) shows how the...
Northeast Organic Farming Association Sues Monsanto »
Yesterday, the Public Patent Foundation on behalf of the Massachusetts Chapter of the Northeast Organic Farming Association filed suit against Monsanto Company regarding its patents on genetically modified...
Black Warrior Riverkeeper Update: Shepherd Bend Mine Opposition Continues »
The proposed and partially permitted Shepherd Bend Mine is close to a major Birmingham drinking water intake and would discharge heavy metals and wastewater in violation of federal...
Missouri’s Morningland Dairy ordered to destroy 50,000 pounds of cheese »
January 24 update: The trial is coming to a close. Since neither of the owners were present when cheese was taken under state orders for testing, it seems...
Black Warrior Riverkeeper benefit at McWane Center, January 18, 2011 »
The McWane Science Center is hosting a benefit for the Black Warrior Riverkeeper on Tuesday, January 18. It’s called “Sippin’ with the Fishes” because you’ll be treated to...
Music
The Legendary Pineapple Skinners play at the DanielDay Gallery »
These guys are great! They appeared last night (July 16) at the DanielDayGallery/Dream Mecca Studio in Lakeview....
July 17 2011 / No comment / Read More »Improvisational, Experimental Open Mic at Rojo: hosted by Hunter Bell »
This is Part III of “the END of a minor Epoch, An eXperiment of eXperience,” scheduled for...
July 15 2011 / No comment / Read More »Playing for Change: Dreams of Kirina »
Thank you, Playing for Change, for this story and music!...
July 15 2011 / No comment / Read More »Mahler’s Ninth Symphony played by Alabama Symphony Orchestra tonight »
Maestro Justin Brown conducts the Alabama Symphony Orchestra playing Mahler’s Symphony No. 9 – tonight at 8...
April 10 2011 / No comment / Read More »Grand Times Plays for the Jazz Brunch at the Museum – March 20! »
Be sure to come and hear LaDonna and Tena this Sunday at the Museum! Playing the Jazz...
March 16 2011 / No comment / Read More »The Greencards play Birmingham »
Click here to buy tickets for the Greencards at Workplay today – January 9, 2011. Here’s a...
January 9 2011 / No comment / Read More »Archaeoacoustics: experts theorize ancient rock concerts »
Dan Vergano in a a USA Today article from November 12 suggests that the pyramids were built...
November 18 2010 / No comment / Read More »Daniel Estrem playing Edvard Grieg on classical guitar »
This is a reborn recording issued by Magnatunes: Edvard Grieg piano music transcribed by Daniel Estrem for...
July 18 2010 / No comment / Read More »Ishwish: Meditations – transcendent ambient vibrations – from Magnatunes »
Read the following from Magnatunes and Ishwish: Meditations is the third CD by Ishwish. With Meditations, Christopher...
July 5 2010 / No comment / Read More »Birmingham Photo
Five Points South - Photo by David Donaldson. To view or purchase one or more of David's photos of Birmingham, go to David Donaldson's Birmingham, Alabama on Zenfolio, or simply click here.
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