Give It Words
Presented by Mya Noelani, She Does and Blank 600, Give It Words is a space to name your feelings and heal through writing We often times face or experience things that we bury, ignore or don’t have the language to…
$5 Bags of Groceries at Bid Llama
Yep, you read that right. One big bag of groceries is only $5. Every Friday at Bid Llama, we’re helping out the local community by offering the CHEAPEST groceries around! You can fill your bag with groceries and take the…
Taiwan Street Food, new Asian cuisine hotspot, now open in Avondale
🥢DUMPLINGS HAVE ARRIVED: Taiwan Street Food just opened in the old Lag's Eatery spot off Crestwood Boulevard, serving beef noodle soup, potstickers and stir fry, plus a patio made for fall nights.
Annual Fall Arts and Crafts Bazaar
Handmade crafts, homemade snacks, Halloween decor, Christmas gifts, and more! Shop for a great cause! In ELUMC’s Fellowship Hall Free/open admission Lunch available for purchase midday East Lake Farmers Market will be outside from 8am-noon, too! ALL PROCEEDS SUPPORT ELUMC…
Top 5 Birmingham stories you may have missed in September
🎃 SEPTEMBER'S MOST-READ STORIES: Pumpkin patches, a $330M Coca-Cola campus and a 201-year-old shoemaker landing in Leeds made the list.
AI Across America: Birmingham
The University of Alabama, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama, Innovation Depot, the Biggio Center at Auburn University, AI Huntsville, and BirminghamAI are partnering with SeedAI to present AI Across America: Birmingham — a…
Birmingham Bash 2026: 6,000+ kids swarm metro soccer fields
⚽ CLEATS ARE TAKING OVER BIRMINGHAM: About 6,000 young soccer players from 10 states hit metro fields Sept. 25-27 for the Birmingham Bash, so don't be surprised if your favorite lunch spot is packed with shin guards this weekend.
Birmingham revives Rainbow Viaduct debate with $125K study
🌈 THE RAINBOW VIADUCT MIGHT COME BACK: Birmingham just put $125,000 behind figuring out whether the bridge gets fixed, replaced — or stays pedestrian-only forever.
Bobby Bowden’s Birmingham roots: Woodlawn High to FSU legend
🏈 BAMA'S ONE-SEMESTER SEMINOLE: Before Bobby Bowden became a Florida State legend, the Woodlawn High star was on Alabama's roster in Tuscaloosa — and he lasted all of one semester.
Birmingham backs $82M hotel near Railroad Park
🏨 BIG NEWS ACROSS FROM RAILROAD PARK: The empty warehouses on First Avenue South is about to become an $82 million hotel with 140 rooms, a ballroom and 80 permanent jobs. Here's when shovels hit the ground.
Papers, Please! A Concert to Fight Houselessness
Papers, Please is a local folk / punk show where the ticket sales fund ID cards for unhoused people in the Bham area. You can buy your ticket here, but yes, we will be selling them at the door. Food…
Ricky Bromberg, President of Alabama’s oldest business + Bham civic leader, dies at 67
💔 BHAM LOSES A BELOVED LEADER: Ricky Bromberg, President of Bromberg & Co. passed away September 2 at 67. He spent his life showing up for customers, community, and everyone lucky enough to know him.
Roll Cajun Boudin, Cafe Dupont, Golden Temple and more earn 95+ food service scores in August 2026
🍔 A+ RESTAURANT SCORES: 65 Jefferson County restaurants scored 95 and above in August 2026.
Carver Jones Market opens in Birmingham’s Titusville Community
🛒 TITUSVILLE FINALLY HAS ITS GROCERY STORE BACK: Carver Jones Market just opened in the Titusville Community — and it's not just selling food. Think pharmacy, coffee shop, job training, and community meeting space all under one roof.
2 popular Birmingham restaurants awarded prestigious international honor
🏆 BIG HONOR FOR BIRMINGHAM DINING: Two local restaurants — Cafe Dupont and Little Betty Steak Bar — just earned one of the most prestigious dining awards in North America, and only four other Alabama restaurants have ever pulled it off.