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Category Outdoors
Bluegrass on the Rim to benefit environmental education
Looking to escape Birmingham for one night and enjoy the deepest canyon east of the Mississippi?
A Birmingham Guide to Summer Movies in the Park
Who knew Birmingham had so many great ways to watch movies and enjoy summer at the same time? Check out these four parks with summer movie series that you won’t want to miss!
Fearless or crazy? Little River Falls attracts thrill-seekers (video)
Fearless or crazy?
An Amazing Race that Raises Awareness-Coming Up On June 3rd
Have you heard of the show Amazing Race? Well, Birmingham has its very own taking place on Saturday, June 3rd!
Why Alabama’s rivers are America’s Amazon
Sponsored Did you know that Alabama’s rivers are full of life?
Do Dah Day or the Cahaba Lily Festival? Dogs or lilies… a tough decision
It’s Saturday morning in May. That means you have a choice of two long-running festivals in the Birmingham region. Which one do you choose?
Birmingham’s Kiwanis Club celebrates 100th with new Vulcan Trail Park
Birmingham’s Kiwanis Club has had a visible impact on the city over the past century. Take a look at what they’re doing now to the Vulcan Trial Park.
Birmingham’s Top 10 Things to do: May 17th-23rd
Another week, another top 10 list, and this one features everything from concerts to cars to cycling to cardboard armor! As usual, band links should be assumed to be inappropriate for blaring over computer speakers at work – use headphones…
Birmingham’s parks becoming a birding mecca (photo essay)
Birmingham’s local parks are fast becoming a mecca for bird watchers and photographers.
“It’s golden hour” Putnam Middle School Teaching Farm (photos)
When you first enter the Putnam Middle School parking lot off bustling Montclair Road, with a Walmart nearby, the last thing you expect to see is a teaching farm in the back of the school.
A Birmingham guide to “just getting a job”
Congratulations! If you’re reading this, you’re interested in money, experience, and probably both! Finding a job that’s better than “may I take your order” might seem daunting, but it’s really not that bad.
Fallen historic tree at Arlington: replace it with a centennial tree (photos)
Last week, Birmingham experienced some pre-dawn winds that blew down trees and caused sporadic power outages. A casualty from the gusty winds that topped 40 mph was a historic tree on the grounds of the Arlington Antebellum Home and Gardens.
Birmingham’s Bike to Work Day is May 19th: what you need to know
I’ve posted before supporting Birmingham cycling, so when I got the opportunity to work on the upcoming Bike to Work Day, I jumped, exams or no exams!
Celebrate and support Birmingham area parks and green spaces
Commentary Forty years ago this October, a dedicated group of neighborhood leaders banded together to preserve a small patch of land on the slope of Ruffner Mountain in east Birmingham.