Homewood"Inside the Helmet" LectureOct. 10, 7:30 p.m.Wright Center Concert HallSamford University’s Howard College of Arts and Sciences will host noted neuropathologist Dr. Ann McKee for the 2013 J. Roderick Davis Lecture at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 10 in the Wright Center Concert Hall. McKee specializes in the study of traumatic brain injury and its long-term … [Read more...]

BirminghamSMART Party 2.0Oct. 10, 5:30-8 p.m.Iron City BirminghamThe Women's Fund of Greater Birmingham will hold its fundraiser, SMART Party 2.0, from 5:30-8 p.m. on Oct. 10 at Iron City Birmingham. By using the latest in social media technology, donors can take part in an online reinvention of the telethon, raising pledges via Twitter, text and Facebook. They … [Read more...]

Hoover"Fahrenheit 451"Oct. 10-11Hoover Library TheatreThe Hoover Library Theatre will present "Fahrenheit 451" on Oct. 10-11. The tale by Ray Bradbury was considered science fiction when it was first published in 1953. The story confronts the issues of censorship, the effects of technology on society and literature and the means by which knowledge is gained. The … [Read more...]

Mountain BrookEmergency Preparation ProgramOct. 9, noonEmmet O'Neal LibraryRep. Paul DeMarco, R-Homewood. and Susan DeBrecht, director of the Emmet O'Neal Library in Mountain Brook, will hold a brown bag lunch program on preparing for an emergency at the library at noon on Oct. 9. Art Faulker, director of the Alabama Emergency Management Agency, and former … [Read more...]

HomewoodAlabama Humanities Foundation AwardsOct. 7, noonThe ClubThe Alabama Humanities Foundation Annual Awards Luncheon will feature an all-star cast on Oct. 7 at noon at The Club in Birmingham. Bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize finalist Winston Groom will be the keynote speaker. Multi-instrumentalist Bobby Horton will be presented with the 2013 Alabama … [Read more...]