Symphony 30’s annual Symphony 30 Picnic is set for Sept. 26 at 4 p.m. at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens.Proceeds will help the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, specifically its family and education programs.Along with dinner provided by Jim ’N Nick’s and a symphony concert, activities will include an art table where children can make their own musical instruments.New … [Read more...]
Paws for Cause Has 5K, Pet Walk
The Animal League of Birmingham will host its third annual Paws for the Cause 5K Run and Fun Run/Pet Walk benefiting the Shelby County Humane Society Sept. 10 at Veterans Park on Valleydale Road in Hoover.Register online at www.active.com. For more information, visit the Animal League of Birmingham on Facebook.Late registration and packet pickup will be from 6:30 to … [Read more...]
Champagne & Dessert Event Celebrating Tom Williams Porsche Grand Reopening
Register to win valuable door prizes. Schaeffer Eye Center eyewear will be on display with models. Bromberg's watches will be in display and will sponsor a "diamond drop." There will be decadent desserts provided by Creative Cusine, Rosalyn Bloomston. Live and silent auctions will benefit the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, with the featured auction item being a Porsche … [Read more...]
Stand by Your Man
By Laura McAlister Journal EditorNo matter where a high school football coach's career may take him, Linda Anderson and Donna Goodwin agree that to be a coach's wife you've got to have strong faith.The two should know. Both their husbands are successful high school head football coaches, and both women are always at their husbands' games.For Linda, wife of Vestavia … [Read more...]
Game Day Glam
By Laura McAlisterWhen it comes to game day fashion, forget the body paint and T-shirts. Thanks to a Hoover High graduate, women, at least, have some much more fashion-forward options.Megan Crane is the designer for the Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.-based Judith March clothing line. In addition to fun, flirty dresses for any time of the year, the clothing line … [Read more...]