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Lunchtime Tour of Third Space at Birmingham Museum of Art
Guess what I did at lunch today? A friend suggested that we meet for lunch at Oscar’s restaurant in the Birmingham Museum of Art. Honestly, I didn’t know that Oscar’s was open during the week for lunch as I’ve only…
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“Welcome to Publix” – Birmingham opens first downtown grocery store in decades (photos)
Birmingham opened its first downtown grocery store in decades this morning. About a hundred people gathered on the corner of 20th Street South and 3rd Ave. South to enter the new Publix grocery store at 7:00am.
Billboards and Stand-Stills: A Birmingham Morning
Don’t ever take a class that starts in the middle of rush hour. I tell myself this every morning. I have told myself this every morning for 8 years of my life. I have not managed to take my own…
Birmingham roads golf cart friendly?
Golf carts are more of a mainstay of golf courses, but a proposed amendment to allow “Low Speed Vehicle Services” in specific areas of the city might change that.
Libraries and conservation groups join forces to promote the Southern Exposure film series
Recently, the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) and Black Warrior Riverkeeper formed a partnership to donate 2015 and 2016 “Southern Exposure” DVDs to the Jefferson County Library Cooperative. “Southern Exposure” is a series of documentary shorts on various Alabama environmental…
Bham Now BOLD speaker Scott ‘Reg’ Register talks about his chosen charity – Greater Birmingham Humane Society
A can’t miss event! On February 16th, 5:30-7:30 at Good People Brewing Company, Bham Now will be holding it’s third installment of the BOLD Speaker Series. This month’s edition features the Birmingham Mountain Radio team of Scott “Reg” Register and Will…
How well do you know the hosts from “The Morning Blend with Reg and Will”?
These BOLD Speakers are a hoot to listen to on the radio, but how well do you really know them?
Historic tax credit could make historic comeback
If Alabama senators Jabo Waggoner (R-Vestavia Hills) and Del Marsh (R-Anniston) have their way, renovating Alabama’s historic buildings is going to get a lot cheaper. The Historical Rehabilitation Tax Credit expired in 2016, and these two state senators are re-introducing…
Birmingham could go bananas for bike lanes
Birmingham has long been familiar with road cycling groups, and academically, I think everyone understands the positive benefits of getting outside and moving around. However, many roadworthy bikes can be a hefty investment of time, money, or both. With Zyp’s…
Join us tonight at Good People Brewery. Bonus – GBHS Adoption Truck will be there!
Would you like to know Scott Register’s (better known as Reg of Reg’s Coffee House) most embarrassing moment on air? What about who has had the most influence on Will Lochamy (of BMR)? If they could reverse the clock 20 years,…
Cahaba River Society honors clean water champions
“The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all our most pleasing responsibility. To cherish what remains of it and to foster its renewal is our only hope.” ~ Wendell Berry Last Thursday, the…
Photos and eyewitness accounts from yesterday’s Birmingham Airport protest
Yesterday, hundreds protested President Trump’s executive order temporarily barring visitors from seven predominantly Muslim countries. Bham Now collected comments and photos from local residents who participated in the demonstration that was organized in less than 24 hours.
Your new BFF – 45th Annual Birmingham Feline Fanciers Cat Show
The Birmingham Feline Fanciers (BFF) hosted their 45th Annual Cat Show Saturday, January 28th and Sunday, January 29th at the Zamora Temple. According to Becki Vance, vice president of the BFF, an estimated one hundred seventy cats representing fifty different…