Two of Birmingham’s most successful conservation organizations, the Nature Conservancy and Red Mountain Park, posted job openings this past week.  Here are the links to their job postings: Red Mountain Park – Financial Manager Nature Conservancy in Alabama – Director…
Celebrating Small Business Saturday with a morning tour at The Market at Pepper Place.  Merchants interviewed include – Snow’s Bend Farm, Earth Creations, Eastaboga Bee Company and Hero Donuts.
While you are gearing up for the Iron Bowl tomorrow and wondering what you’ll eat, we have a suggestion.  Turkey!  You know you have it. You know you are going to eat it.  All that leftover turkey means so many…
In the coming month, the Whooping Crane, one of the rarest birds in North America will be returning to Alabama. Yes, that’s right, for Whooping Cranes our state is  – Sweet Home Alabama.
We know you love your family.  We love ours too.  But sometimes we need a break from the heated political banter and 24 hour football.  Check out Bham Now’s Events Calendar or see a few recommendations below. Need some concentration…
The devastation is complete. The family has eaten that 20 pound bird and everything in sight.  You’ve been cooking like a maniac for a week. You look around the kitchen and there it is… the pans of cooking oil. What…
Please take a moment out of the madness that is the Thanksgiving holiday/Iron Bowl weekend and read the following inspirational prayer, poems and passages about our natural wonders here in Alabama and the South. Have a nature-filled, meaningful, memorable, and…
After years of planning, in early October, the venerable Western Market on Culver Road, moved to its new home. Perhaps, we were expecting the new Western Market in Mountain Brook to be much like the old one – a little…
This morning, Bham Now Director Pat Byington interviewed via Facebook Live Beth Franklin, the founder of Hand in Paw. Hand in Paw is the designated charity for December’s Bham Now’s BOLD Speaker Series presenter, polar explorer and UAB researcher Jim…
Join Bham Now and Hand in Paw this morning around 10:15am for a Facebook Live interview with their founder Beth Franklin and of course the wonderful animals. Bham Now’s BOLD Speaker Polar Researcher Jim McClintock has designated Hand in Paw…
Rebel against Black Friday madness – Patagonia 100% for the Planet Black Friday.  The kickoff of the holiday retail season. It can be madness. At storefronts across America, people literally wait outside in long lines for hours to rush…
This weekend, there were a flurry of op-eds, editorials and articles opposing and supporting Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions’ nomination to become to Attorney General in a Trump administration.
Escape games are popping up all over the world. From breakouts to lock-ins, these mystery-solving adventures are a different way to spice up your average get together with friends or even family. You’ll be cracking codes and solving puzzles while…
With Christmas spirits on the rise, here is one more thing to add to your holiday to-do list. On November 25th, Railroad Park is bringing Bham an outdoor ice skating rink.
“Johnny Apple Seed” is my favorite blessing, even though it’s a simple child’s song. Above is composer and songwriter Michele Brourman giving it a mature upgrade, but I still love to hear kids sing it before sharing a meal. The short…