The 43rd Annual Beaux Arts Krewe… Ball, a benefit for the Birmingham Museum of Art, was held on Feb. 12 at Boutwell Auditorium. Reigning over the ball this year were king Walter McFarland Beale Jr. and queen Jess Anne Heppenstall.
Jewish Food Fair to Offer Taste of Temple Sustenance is one of humanity’s most basic needs. So it is no surprise that food and culture are inextricably linked. Culture itself is sustained by the values and customs served up along with comestibles around a dinner table or campfire. Naturally, certain foods come to have special meaning to certain groups and are identified with them. The peoples living around the Mediterranean Sea have different languages, religions, traditions and world views, but they share a gastronomic artifact—olive oil. Far to the north, Scandinavians, Slavs and Scots all adopted fresh, smoked and salted fish in many forms as indigenous cuisine. American Indians gave the world corn, and became identified with the grain that was central in their diets.
‘King’ Wields Scepter With Humor As King Henry IV observed, according to Shakespeare, “Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.” Of course, he was thinking of the affairs of state in a particularly turbulent time. The newly crowned king of the Beaux Arts Krewe, Walter McFarland Beale Jr., more familiarly known as “Mac,” offers another phrase from the Bard to describe his royal experience.
Lettuce Move On I’ve been thinking a lot about lettuce lately. Okay, so maybe things have been a little slow around my house, but you have to admit, when you think about it (and you won’t be able to help yourself now) what does lettuce bring to the table?
Wrestle Royal All good things must come to an end, and the Vestavia Hills Rebels’ three-year dynasty in Class 6A wrestling finally concluded on February 13.
