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Are you that person that moves on from a popular place as soon as it’s considered the “in” spot to hang out…always on the lookout for the next cool place before anyone else has caught on?
Are you that person that moves on from a popular place as soon as it’s considered the “in” spot to hang out…always on the lookout for the next cool place before anyone else has caught on?
Mary Jean Henke, born in Birmingham, Alabama. A painter for more than 30 years, Henke is one of the owners and founders of Artists Incorporated Gallery in Vestavia Hills, AL.
In 2014 the Dalai Lama visited Birmingham, Alabama. At that time, Thupten Jinpa, the Dalai Lama’s translator and a renown scholar and author in his own right, did not have an opportunity to experience much of the city during his…
Birmingham artist with iconic works throughout the city Does Birmingham have an art scene? I met a talented and very successful local artist who has been creating art here for many years. Brad Morton’s work exemplifies Birmingham’s industrial past, yet…
If you had to tell your story in just six words, could you do it?
Yesterday, Marcus Fetch, the Birmingham artist of the murals that were mysteriously defaced in January, released photos of the newly restored murals on his Facebook page.
“First Lady of the Revolution”, a documentary film featuring Birmingham native, Henrietta Boggs, will soon be premiered by Spark Media, Inc. Are you ready for the Revolution?
Another “Y’allywood” outpost ? There is another movie being filmed in Birmingham. Could the Magic City and Alabama someday be another “Y’allywood” like our neighbor, Georgia? The filming of feature film Moose will begin in Birmingham this March.
As a relative newcomer to Birmingham, I still find Sloss Furnaces fascinating and strange. The sheer scale and size of the stacks and structures never fail to impress, but it’s the details, the random industrial stuff inside that captures my…
Over the past six months, Bham Now has written and photographed murals throughout Birmingham. Last month, we were distraught when we learned several murals in Avondale and Woodlawn were vandalized. From that story, Bham Now readers told us about a…
In an email announcement released yesterday, MAKEbhm, the popular and innovative “makers and creatives” work space is growing and expanding into the building that was previously Old Car Heaven. The new space will be called M2.
Sponsored Take note! On February 17th at the Samford University Wright Center, Birmingham’s most renowned vocalists and performers will be joining the Alabama Symphony Orchestra and the Alabama Symphony Orchestra Chorus for an evening concert titled, Birmingham Does Broadway.
We sat down with Marcus Fetch, local muralist whose works were defaced on Tuesday evening. He told us how he’s feeing and what’s next.
Warning! The photos in this story will make your blood pressure rise. Several of Birmingham’s most popular murals were defaced yesterday/last night in the Avondale and Woodlawn neighborhoods and on 1st Avenue North and 39th.
The Sloss Fest lineup is out and we finally know what we’re in for, aside from sweltering hot temps and a music-filled weekend in Birmingham, Alabama.