By Sam Prickett Charles and Chip Ghigna joke that they’ve known each other “very well” for 31 years, but 2020 marks the first time the father-and-son duo have collaborated on a book. Charles, who also goes by the pseudonym “Father Goose,” has been a nationally recognized poet for decades, having been published in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, … [Read more...]
Lunch Time: Leadership Vestavia Hills Project Helps Feed Students in Need
By Emily Williams When Vestavia Hills’ Shelley Gentle and members of her Leadership Vestavia Hills small group began working on their community service project in October, they had no idea what kind of impact it would have less than six months later. “We chose to investigate hunger in Vestavia,” Gentle said, “see what is being done and can be done to help.” In conducting its … [Read more...]
Virtual Reality: BMA Director Creates Video Series to Share Popular Works with Socially Distant Visitors
By Emily Williams As a child, Birmingham Museum of Art Director Graham Boettcher read a book that stuck with him, “From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.” The story’s protagonists spend a night in the Metropolitan Museum of Art after eluding security at closing. Inspired by the story, he often imagined how cool it would be to spend a night in a museum all by … [Read more...]
The Right Time: McMillan Leaves Mountain Brook for Samford
By Rubin E. GrantThe opportunity was just too good for Bucky McMillan to pass up.On Monday (April 6), he was named the new men’s basketball coach at Samford University, leaving his job as boys basketball coach at Mountain Brook High School.“I’ve always said I wouldn’t move anywhere else to be a high school coach,” McMillan said. “(Mountain Brook) was … [Read more...]
Children’s of Alabama Launches New and Improved App to Identify Dangerous Animals, Insects, Plants and Household Poisons
Children's of Alabama announced the launch of a new mobile application today, designed to identify toxic plants and venomous and poisonous animals in Alabama. It is free to download on both iOS and Android devices. According to hospital officials, the “Poison Perils of Alabama” app is “a simple resource to identify potentially dangerous plants, insects, snakes and common … [Read more...]