A few years back, I came up with the idea to make an Advent calendar for my grandchildren and grandnephews and nieces. I had accumulated a plethora of toilet paper rolls, and having once been a kindergarten teacher, I could not bring myself to throw them away. Besides, for a while there, it was so hard to get the toilet paper itself that the leftover rolls seemed like … [Read more...]
Putting on the Ritz: Caterer Talks About Food to Keep Parties and Dinners Festive
By Anne RuisiStumped by what to serve at your upcoming holiday party or Christmas dinner?Award-winning Birmingham caterer Kathy G. Mezrano, owner of Kathy G. & Co. catering service, has some delicious tips to help you and your guests enjoy the festive season. As holiday entertaining usually falls into either party or dinner mode, there are two ways to … [Read more...]
An Amazing Experience: Homewood Teen Guest Stars on ‘Law & Order’
By Anne RuisiJust this past summer, Homewood High senior Isaiah Pierce, who was active in his school’s theater program, signed up for a summer acting program at Acting Out! Performing Arts Academy in Vestavia Hills. Two months after the new school year began, he was a guest star on “Law & Order.”“It was incredible. It was an amazing experience all … [Read more...]
Candy for the Senses: Alabama Ballet Performs Extravagant Nutcracker Production
Dazzling choreography, opulent costumes and extravagant sets will wow the crowd during the Alabama Ballet’s production of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker®.The Alabama Ballet is one of only eight companies in the world granted the right by the Balanchine Trust to perform the full-scale, extravagant production, in which mischievous mice besiege a battalion of … [Read more...]
Sounds of the Season: Auction, Dessert and Symphonic Music Part of Program to Raise Money for Work on Adolescent Cancers
The ballroom at the new Vestavia Hills Civic Center will be the setting for the Sounds of the Season fundraiser Dec. 9 for the Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology Program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.RISE, a semester-long, service-learning project sponsored by Youth Leadership Vestavia Hills for students at Vestavia Hills High School, is hosting the event, … [Read more...]