BirminghamMommy.com will host the second annual Moms Rock event Sept. 15 from 6-9 p.m. at the Plaza at McWane Science Center. The event will honor every day moms and those nominated by Birmingham.Mommy.com readers.Ten finalist were chosen from the reader nominees, and a winner was selected via reader voting on the website. A grand prize will be awarded to the winning … [Read more...]
Master Craft: Lion QB Sees Big Season Ahead
For a team ranked number one in Class 5A, the Briarwood Lions’ season opener wasn’t going too well.Traveling across the Alabama-Georgia line Aug. 26 to face Eagle’s Landing Academy, a perennial powerhouse in the Peach State, Coach Fred Yancey’s team found itself trailing 18-7 at halftime.Briarwood senior quarterback Ben Craft said that despite the score, nobody hit the … [Read more...]
Fairhope Festivities
By Laura McAlister Journal EditorThe streets of downtown Fairhope are lined with trees draped in twinkling, white lights year-round. But during the holidays, the small town takes on an even more enchantment with the lighting of the town Christmas tree, visits from Santa and Mrs. Claus and, believe it or not, snow.While this artsy town on Mobile Bay is better known for … [Read more...]
Remembering 9/11
By Laura McAlister Journal EditorLike most Americans, it doesn't take Chip Cousins long to remember what he was doing Sept. 11, 2001, when terrorists attacked the U.S.The Vestavia Hills firefighter and chaplain spent much of that day glued to the television watching the events unfold."I remember seeing the second plane hit the World Trade Center. I said, 'Boys, we … [Read more...]
An Artful Celebration
By Laura McAlister Journal EditorWhen UAB's Alys Robinson Stephens Performing Arts Center opened in 1996, the goals were to bring diverse performing arts to the city of Birmingham and to develop a full-scale education center for the arts.A decade and a half later, it's achieved that and so much more.This year the Alys Stephens Center will celebrate its 15th … [Read more...]