The Musicians of the Alabama Symphony Orchestra will be presenting two free community concerts this month The concert series, in its second year, is called Our Hearts Beat for Birmingham. The first will take place at Canterbury United Methodist Church, in Mountain Brook, on Sept. 1 at 7:30 p.m. The second will be at Greater Emmanuel Temple Holiness Church, in … [Read more...]

Virtuoso violinist Niv Ashkenazi is to perform Sept. 18 using one of a collection of instruments that survived the Holocaust and then were restored by a father-son pair in a Tel-Aviv workshop. The concert is part of the Alabama Holocaust Education Center’s annual fundraising event L’Chaim, being held at Red Mountain Theatre.  Avshalom “Avshi” and Amnon … [Read more...]

The Birmingham Zoo is debuting a reimagined version of its marquee fundraising event on Sept. 8 – Wild at Heart: Rhino Crash. No, this isn’t a rhinoceros showdown. Crash is what a group of rhinos is called.The event will feature an evening at the zoo’s plaza with food, an auction, open bar and live music by Yacht Rock Schooner, according to a zoo news … [Read more...]

By Anne RuisiYou could say the Birmingham Barons directed the stork to the Birmingham Zoo’s American flamingo exhibit earlier this summer when, for the first time, two baby flamingos were hatched.That’s because soil from the pitcher’s mound at the Barons’ home stadium at Regions Field persuaded the future parents to build nests and hatch their babies, called … [Read more...]

The Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens’ much-anticipated Fall Plant Sale will be held Sept. 10 at the gardens. Dozens of varieties of natives, perennials, tropicals, herbs, ferns, camellias, trees and shrubs will be for sale, and shoppers can get advice from seasoned gardeners at the event. Only checks and major credit cards will be accepted.Proceeds from the … [Read more...]