Birmingham tax holiday date to change
You’ll want to mark this on your calendar. Alabama passed a law to change the school sales tax holiday, so tomorrow Birmingham will review its own tax holiday law.
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Birmingham to get its own film office, thanks to Create Birmingham
Alabama is known across the country as the birthplace of the civil rights movement, and as a largely rural, poor state. The film industry, however, knows Alabama as the second most diverse ecosystem in the United States. While the state…
Shining a light on Birmingham’s next-gen streetlights
While you may have seen AL Power’s signature utility trucks repairing stoplights and streetlights before, you might not know that these lights are actually owned by the utility provider, and that they’re getting an upgrade. Alabama Power is on track…
Alabama Biscuit Company is officially in the Pizitz Food Hall
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Alabama Biscuit (@alabamabiscuit) Two locations mean even more delicious biscuits for Bham. The Pizitz Food Hall welcomed their newest addition, the Alabama Biscuit Company, this past Wednesday.
UAB begins to focus on preventing, rather than curing, Alzheimer’s disease
More than a century has passed since Alois Alzheimer first identified Alzheimer’s disease. We are still far away from a true cure for the fatal condition, though scientists make progress every day. The University of Alabama at Birmingham, however, wants…
This week’s Birmingham top ten
As the weather warms up, so does the event roster! This week’s top ten brings the heat with everything from music to octane to gumbo, and it’s all here at your fingertips. Careful with our band links if you’re at…
Birmingham startups in final stretch of Velocity program
Velocity Demo Day is just around the corner, and the nine startups are gearing up to present! In our last article, we introduced five companies. Here, we’re introducing the last four of the 2017 Velocity startups that will present at…
Birmingham increases its Velocity
While I was talking to Estes Gould, the program manager for Birmingham’s Velocity startup accelerator, I was introduced to Jack West. Jack is intense, he’s a people person, and he’s got a positively sunny outlook. Maybe it’s the excitement of…
Birmingham Mayor William Bell announces Operation Eagle
Finding news to report on in Birmingham can be depressing work. I generally sort news articles by “most recent” to find a lead and work from there, but that means I have to wade through dozens of reports of people’s…
Beer with brunch: coming soon to a county near you?
Alabama may pass a law allowing pre-noon alcohol sales on Sunday.
Next week’s top ten
There’s always something to do in Birmingham if you look hard enough. Find out what’s happening from March 30th to April 5th. Remember: band name links mean sound, so don’t open them unless you want to get caught!
Chris Rock hates your phone
Anyone going to Chris Rock’s show this Friday will have to check their phone into a Yondr pouch. As phone cameras and microphones improve and their usage becomes more normal, artists are fighting back. Enter Yondr, a relatively recent startup…
Birmingham’s top ten next week: March 23rd to 29th
Reminder: don’t click on band names if you’re not supposed to be listening to music (at least until you have some earbuds)
Birmingham Bakeries: Part 1
So you want to ruin someone’s diet. The good news is that this is a great city to cheat on a diet with. The bad news is that you might not know the best spots. We’re here to help, with…
A new hope in the fight against genetic disorders
UAB announced last Thursday a plan to learn more about and potentially reduce the risk of genetic diseases. The project will be conducted at a statewide level, recruiting a representative sample of Alabama residents. Dean of UAB School of Medicine…