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 women of all ages. The 1982 drama written by Barbara Damashek and Molly Newman takes the form of a series of tableaux [...]
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 hugely popular, in spite of its anti-Hollywood overtones. The anti-Hollywood overtones were naturally eliminated in the film version that appeared the next [...]
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 sang both the Singer and Azdak wonderfully, and Rebecca Harper played a sweet Grusha with a very sweet and pure singing voice. [...]
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 of a supernatural being. This artifact is now located at Sweetwater Creek State Park in Lithia Springs, Georgia – west of Atlanta off of I-20. Sweetwater Creek [...]
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 New Orleans Jazz, including many grand old chestnuts that sound young and new: Bourbon Street Parade, Basin Street Blues, Hi Dee Hi, [...]
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 tornado destroyed the oldest and longest railroad bridge in the Southeast, constructed between 1909 and 1913. Some fragments of the bridge were found miles away, testimony to [...]
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 Park. Hunter Bell has this to say: “AS some kinks are worked out, others arise. . .Sometimes it seems I cannot win. [...]
Thank you, Playing for Change, for this story and music!
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 Michael Huebner , for one. It is no ordinary Mahler performance! There were said to be close to 100 performers on stage [...]
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 Seed Growers & Trade Association, et al. v. Monsanto — was filed in federal district court in Monsanto and assigned to Judge [...]
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 p.m. is GRAND TIMES: LaDonna Smith and Tena Wilson play and sing some wonderful classic jazz, together with Rich Sarris, awesome drummer, [...]
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 in a public space that also evokes the feel of a private home, where you can sit in comfort and relative privacy, [...]