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SUMMARY:Belonging and Isolation in America
DESCRIPTION:Why do so many people feel so lonely in the most connected period in human history? Who are all of these people telling us they have the solution to our isolation? How can we recreate real in-person communities in the age of social media? \nThe Iron Hills Folk School welcomes you to a panel discussion featuring three emerging voices on the question of what it means to belong in America in 2026.\nFriday\, April 10 | 6:00-8:00 PM \nIt will be at one of the famous Sister Houses on Highland Ave (the one on the right\, look for the signs): 2731 Highland Ave\, Birmingham\, AL 35205 \nLily Scherlis traces the cultural shift from mutual aid societies to individualized self-improvement\, revealing how we got to our current hunger for community. See her work in places like N+1. \nAnton Cebalo examines the social recession through psychology and political economy—how the loss of physical community spaces has reshaped our interior lives and capacity for collective action. See his work at Novum on Substack. \nJoseph Fridman (moderator) translates these insights into frameworks for understanding your own experiences\, showing how academic concepts become actionable tools for building community. See his work in places like Aeon.
URL:https://bhamnow.com/bhamn-event/belonging-and-isolation-in-america/
CATEGORIES:Educational,EDUCATIONAL EVENT,Lecture
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SUMMARY:Well Framed: Art + Interiors
DESCRIPTION:Join the BMA and VERANDA magazine for a panel discussion inspired by the current exhibition Monet to Matisse: French Moderns\, 1850-1950. Moderated by VERANDA Editor in Chief Steele Marcoux\, the panel features New York-based interior designer\, Young Huh; Four Corners Gallery director\, Karen Clanton; and BMA Curator of European Art\, Maggie Crosland. \nFollowing the talk\, Young Huh will sign copies of her soon-to-be released book\, A Mood\, A Thought\, A Feeling: Interiors. Guests may pre-order the book in advance or purchase a copy on site at the event. All guests are invited to stay for a cash bar reception and enjoy additional time in the galleries. Monet to Matisse: French Moderns\, 1850–1950 will remain open for viewing. \n\n\n\n\n                  Event Tickets\n              \n \n\n$40 \n\n      \n      \n        Get Tickets!\n                   (opens in new window)\n              \n    \n  \n \n \n\nIncludes entry to Monet to Matisse: French Moderns\, 1850–1950 \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nA Mood\, A Thought\, A Feeling: Interiors\n\n\n                        $55.00\n                    \n\n                    Pre-Order \n                    \n \n \n\n\n                     \n\n                            Preorder now for pick up or delivery after March 17th\, 2026 Author Young Huh\, Foreword by Zooey Deschanel and Jonathan…\n                        \n \n \n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\nSteele MarcouxSteele Thomas Marcoux is editor-in-chief of VERANDA\, where she oversees brand strategy and content across all platforms and manages a team of editors and writers. She also writes about architecture\, design\, travel\, jewelry\, and gardening. Prior to joining VERANDA in 2018\, Marcoux held editorial leadership roles at national design and lifestyle brands for more than a decade and worked as a freelance writer on articles ranging from celebrity profiles and gift guides to food and beverage trends. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History from Williams College and a Master of Arts degree in American History from the University of Alabama. \nYoung HuhNamed one of Vogue’s five interior designers on the rise\, Young Huh’s work is widely published in leading shelter magazines\, The New York Times\, The Wall Street Journal\, and more. For the past five years\, Huh has been included on Elle Decor’s A-List and is recognized among top talent on Architectural Digest’s AD100 list for 2023\, 2024\, and 2025. With a growing line of licensed collections\, Huh actively supports the local and global design community through speaking engagements and charitable events\, including the Kips Bay Decorator Show House. A Detroit native\, Huh attended the Cranbrook School\, earned a degree in English from Smith College\, and received a law degree from Fordham University. \nKaren ClantonKaren Clanton is an art professional specializing in framing and fine art presentation and serves as Gallery Director of Four Corners Gallery. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art Studio with a focus in photography and ceramics from the University of Alabama at Birmingham\, where she developed a particular passion for 20th-century art. With more than 40 years of experience in the framing industry\, Clanton has worked with a wide range of artworks\, from pieces of monetary significance to those of deep sentimental value\, guiding clients in selections that best suit their spaces\, collections\, and preferences. The BMA relied on her expertise and services for frames featured in the Monet to Matisse exhibition. She has been with Four Corners Gallery since 2004 and leads the gallery as it enters its next chapter. \nMaggie CroslandDr. Maggie Crosland is an art historian and curator specializing in medieval European art\, currently serving as the Fariss Gambrill Lynn and Henry Sharpe Lynn Curator of European Art at the Birmingham Museum of Art. With more than a decade of experience she has held  previous roles at the Saint Louis Art Museum\, the Art Institute of Chicago\, and the J. Paul Getty Museum. Crosland holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History from Bowdoin College and a Master’s degree and Ph.D. in the History of Art from The Courtauld Institute of Art in London. She is site-curator of Monet to Matisse: French Moderns\, 1850–1950 at the BMA.
URL:https://bhamnow.com/bhamn-event/well-framed-art-interiors/
CATEGORIES:Fun,Lecture
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SUMMARY:Monet to Matisse Opening Night\, Featured Lecture and Reception
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the opening of Monet to Matisse\, presented by PNC Bank\, in Birmingham! The evening will kick off with a reception followed by a lecture featuring Gloria Groom\, chair of Painting and Sculpture of Europe and the David and Mary Winton Green Curator at the Art Institute of Chicago. A leading expert in nineteenth-century French painting\, Groom has organized related exhibitions on Monet\, Cezanne\, and many others. Following the lecture\, the exhibition will remain open for special evening viewing until 9pm. \nTickets to the event are limited\, and registration for members and non-members is required. Members will receive free entry to the evening’s events. Event admission for non-members\, including access to the Monet to Matisse exhibition\, is $19.51. \n5pm: Reception6pm: Lecture5–9pm: Exhibition Galleries Open \n\n\n\n\n                  This event has passed\n              \n \n\n$19.51 \n                    Unavailable\n          \n \n\nMember pre-sale November 23 – 29
URL:https://bhamnow.com/bhamn-event/monet-to-matisse-opening-night-featured-lecture-and-reception/
CATEGORIES:Fun,Lecture
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SUMMARY:AEC Green Drinks: Glass Recycling in Birmingham
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our next Green Drinks happy hour with our partners at Glass Half Full at our EAT Sustainability restaurant partner Rojo (2921 Highland Ave. S.\, Birmingham\, AL 35205) on Thursday\, November 20\, 5:30-7 p.m. Talk will begin promptly at 6 p.m.! This event will be held in their side room. \nRicky Ostry will present about Glass Half Full\, a glass recycling company based in New Orleans with a new warehouse in North Birmingham that crushes glass bottles into sustainable sand. The presentation will cover the history and growth of GHF as well as their expansion into Birmingham. Come learn all about glass recycling! \nFree & open to the public! $15 suggested donation to support our mission. RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/green-drinks-glass-recycling-in-birmingham-tickets-1835384978879?aff=oddtdtcreator. Donate at https://aeconline.org/donate/. RSVP not required but encouraged for planning purposes. \nAbout the speaker: \nRicky Ostry has spent the last 15 years working across a variety of industries in New Orleans\, including the bar and restaurant scene\, entertainment\, education\, non-profit work\, and more. At Glass Half Full\, Ricky’s focus is on building relationships with commercial recycling clients and the community at large. He has been working to expand glass recycling in the greater Birmingham area.
URL:https://bhamnow.com/bhamn-event/aec-green-drinks-glass-recycling-in-birmingham/
LOCATION:Rojo – Birmingham\, 2921 Highland Avenue\, Birmingham\, 35205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Educational,EDUCATIONAL EVENT,In-Person Events,Lecture,Speaking Event,Sustainability
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SUMMARY:Annual Chenoweth Lecture: Erica Hirshler on Sargent and Fashion
DESCRIPTION:Learn more about one of the Museum’s most beloved masterpieces\, Lady Helen Vincent\, Viscountess d’Abernon\, by John Singer Sargent. \nThe BMA is pleased to welcome Dr. Erica Hirshler\, Croll Senior Curator of American Paintings at the Museum of Fine Arts\, Boston\, as the speaker of its annual Chenoweth lecture and reception. Hirshler recently curated the blockbuster exhibition Fashioned by Sargent\, which featured the BMA’s Lady Helen Vincent\, Viscountess d’Abernon.  \nAn expert in Sargent\, Hirshler has written and lectured widely on American paintings of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries\, particularly on American Impressionism and the Boston School. \nThe Chenoweth lectures are endowed by Dr. Arthur I. Chenoweth as a memorial to his brother and parents. The purpose of the lectures is to encourage international understanding through the presentation of a variety of subjects by specialists in their fields. \nThe reception will start at 5pm and the lecture at 6pm. \n\n\n\n\n                  This event has passed\n              \n \n\nFree \n                    Unavailable\n          \n \n\n \n\nImage credit: John Singer Sargent (1856–1925)\, Lady Helen Vincent\, Viscountess d’Abernon\, 1904\, oil on canvas; Museum purchase with funds provided by John Bohorfoush\, the 1984 Museum Dinner and Ball\, and the Museum Store\, 1984.121
URL:https://bhamnow.com/bhamn-event/annual-chenoweth-lecture-erica-hirshler/
CATEGORIES:Fun,Lecture
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SUMMARY:Community Speaker Series: Problems of Mass Incarceration & Sentencing in Alabama
DESCRIPTION:Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church is pleased to invite you to participate in an upcoming speaker series that will address the crisis of mass incarceration and the urgent need for criminal justice reform in Alabama and across the United States\, two of the most pressing moral issues of our time. The series is called “Problems of Mass Incarceration & Sentencing in Alabama.” \nEight distinguished guest speakers will help us explore\, among other things\, the legacy of Jim Crow and systemic racial injustice\, sentencing reform and the prison industrial complex\, the history and present use of capital punishment in Alabama\, and perspectives on justice\, retribution\, and reconciliation. We aim to unite our community in a shared vision for a more just future rooted in mercy\, compassion\, and moral courage. We invite people from all backgrounds to join in the discussion\, because we recognize that we are stronger together by the diversity of our perspectives and experiences. \nEvents are hosted by Saint Andrew’s in Trinity Commons Episcopal Student Center (1170 11th Ave. South)\, located on the church campus with adjacent parking\, and will be held Sundays from 9:00–10:15am beginning Sept. 14 through Nov. 9 (except Nov. 2). \nThese events are FREE and open to the public! \nSaint Andrew’s and Trinity Commons are fully ADA compliant. Accessible entrances\, seating\, and restrooms are available\, and ushers will be glad to assist with any additional needs to ensure a comfortable experience for all. \nGuest Speaker Schedule: \nSEPT. 14 – Brian White\nCriminal defense attorney and Navy veteran\, whose 30-year legal career includes securing the release of a man wrongfully held on Alabama’s death row for 17 years \nSEPT. 21 – Callie Greer\nCommunity Navigator for Alabama Appleseed\, who advocates to abolish the death penalty and recently founded Mothers Against All Violence in Selma (MAAVIS) to bridge survivors of violence and justice-involved people through restorative justice practices \nSEPT. 28 – The Honorable U.W. Clemon\nAlabama’s first Black federal judge\, who spent a lifetime advancing civil rights as an attorney\, state senator\, and jurist\, from marching with Dr. King to shaping national policy on fair pay \nOCT. 5 – Dr. Katie Owens-Murphy\nProfessor of English at University of North Alabama\, and editor of Ghosts Over the Boiler (2023)\, chronicling the voices of Alabama’s death row through the nation’s only death row-led nonprofit\, Project Hope to Abolish the Death Penalty (PHADP) \nOCT. 12 – Anthony Ray Hinton\nCommunity Educator for Equal Justice Initiative (EJI)\, who spent 30 years on Alabama’s death row for a crime he didn’t commit\, and now shares his story worldwide as a voice for justice\, mercy\, and reform in his award winning book The Sun Does Shine (2018) \nOCT. 19 – Governor Don Siegelman\nFormer Democratic Governor of Alabama\, who championed education and children’s services\, and his post-office experience navigating the justice system has deepened his voice in public discourse on accountability and reform \nOCT. 26 – Dr. Kathryn Morgan\nProfessor of Criminal Justice and Director of African American Studies at UAB\, who researches corrections\, racial disparities\, and the death penalty\, with a focus on Alabama’s criminal justice system \nNOV. 9 – Lisa Borden\nHuman rights attorney and Senior Policy Counsel at the Southern Poverty Law Center\, with decades of experience in civil rights litigation\, death penalty defense\, and international advocacy
URL:https://bhamnow.com/bhamn-event/community-speaker-series-problems-of-mass-incarceration-sentencing-in-alabama/2025-11-09/
CATEGORIES:Adult Classes,Community,Conference,Educational,EDUCATIONAL EVENT,In-Person Events,Lecture,Lectures,Local Events,Religious,Speaking Event,Special Event,Special Events,Special Speaker,Workshop,Youth Education
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SUMMARY:Why Privacy Matters: The Essential Lessons
DESCRIPTION:*This is a DiscourseBHAM special event in partnership with Birmingham’s own Thank You Books. \nA timely\, no-nonsense talk from a leading privacy scholar about why privacy matters\, why it’s essential for a fulfilling life\, and practical ways you can protect yours—without throwing away your phone or laptop or sounding like you live in a bunker somewhere off the grid. \nBut isn’t privacy\, like\, basically dead already? Isn’t it a bit self-obsessed to think to think anyone cares that you bought a water bottle on Amazon or binged Stranger Things on Netflix? It’s not like we’re all going to just stop using devices… and if you’re not doing anything wrong then you should have nothing to hide\, right? \nWe’ll untangle these things with clear\, practical insights you can use to think and act intelligently about your privacy in the modern world. \n*In partnership with Thank You Books\, we’re celebrating the launch of the speaker’s new book On Privacy: 20 Lessons to Live By. \nEveryone will receive: \n✅ A free privacy slide for their laptop   \n✅ Punchy no-nonsense language to explain why your privacy matters  \n✅ Easy\, real-world steps to better protect your data—without ditching your phone or laptop \n✅ A signed copy of the book (if you want to buy one there) \nDr. Lawrence Cappello is an award-winning professor of U.S. legal & constitutional history at the University of Alabama. He is the author of None of Your Damn Business: Privacy in the United States from the Gilded Age to the Digital Age and the newly released On Privacy: Twenty Lessons to Live By. His work on the right to privacy has appeared in The Wall Street Journal\, The Atlantic\, The Economist\, The Hill\, and other media outlets.
URL:https://bhamnow.com/bhamn-event/why-privacy-matters-the-essential-lessons/
LOCATION:Monday Night Brewing\, 14 12th St S\, Birmingham\, AL\, 35233\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Lecture,Local Events
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SUMMARY:Pregnant in Alabama: Poetry\, Storytelling\, and the Maternal Health Crisis
DESCRIPTION:Put on by the DiscourseBHAM Public Lecture Series. \nThe United States is in the midst of a maternal health crisis\, and Alabama is at its epicenter. The statistics are staggering—but numbers alone can’t tell the full story. Too often\, the voices of mothers\, the ones living this reality\, are left unheard. \nIn this powerful and thought-provoking talk\, social worker Dr. Haley Beech moves beyond the data\, using poetry to illuminate the personal experiences behind the numbers. Through verse and storytelling\, she invites us to listen—to truly hear—the stories that statistics can’t capture. This is more than a lecture; it’s an opportunity to engage with the lived realities of pregnant people in Alabama\, to reflect on the urgency of the crisis\, and to recognize the power of personal narratives in shaping change. Women have powerful stories to tell. We just need to be open to hearing them. \nDr. Haley Beech is an adjunct instructor at the University of Alabama Honors College. She earned her PhD in social work in 2023 and her Master’s in social work in 2013 from the University of Alabama. A licensed master social worker\, Haley provides perinatal mental health services at Taproot Therapy Collective. Her passion for this work is rooted in her lived experiences and the many untold stories of mothers’ trauma before\, during\, and after childbirth. Haley is a social worker\, feminist writer\, researcher\, poet\, mother\, partner\, and friend. She lives in Alabaster\, Alabama\, with her two children and miniature schnauzer.
URL:https://bhamnow.com/bhamn-event/pregnant-in-alabama-poetry-storytelling-and-the-maternal-health-crisis/
LOCATION:Rojo\, 2921 Highland Ave\, Birmingham\, AL 35205\, USA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Create,Lecture,Local Events
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SUMMARY:Dowsing Through Time: A Brief History of Dowsing
DESCRIPTION:I will start by defining what dowsing is and\, sometimes more importantly\, what it is not.  \nThen\, we will compare dowsing to divination and ask whether they are the same. We will discuss the misconception: is it water witching or works of evil? \nI will share highlights of over 8\,000 years of dowsing history\, from its earliest beginnings in cave drawings to its more modern-day references in mining and the military.  \nI will cover some books and publications in which dowsing has been described or alluded to since antiquity\, plus some thoughts on some contemporary ones. \nIn closing\, we will look at some present-day applications of dowsing that dowsers use to help them locate things.
URL:https://bhamnow.com/bhamn-event/dowsing-through-time-a-brief-history-of-dowsing/
CATEGORIES:Adult Classes,Lecture
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