By Emily Williams-Robertshaw For the Birmingham Museum of Art, it’s Museum Ball 2020 Take 2. The event was canceled last year because of COVID-19. But mother-daughter pairings Sallie Johnson and Sumner Johnson Rives, along with Garland Smith and Lindsay Smith Puckett will be co-chairs of the event, as they were meant to be last year. The chairs are looking forward to … [Read more...]
Virtual Village 2 Village Run to Conclude March 13
The 2021 GreenWise Market Village 2 Village 10K and 7.5K is already up and running. This year, the city of Mountain Brook’s annual running event has gone virtual. Runners can register at any time through March 13, with $35 entry fees benefiting the Mountain Brook Chamber of Commerce. Participants can enter their results by March 13 on the event’s Run Sign Up page and email … [Read more...]
‘Slow Design’: Landscape Garden Professionals to Speak at Upcoming Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens Native Plant Conference
By Emily Williams-Robertshaw Looking back on pandemic closures that began nearly a year ago, Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens Garden Assessment Project Leader Molly Hendry, a Vestavia Hills native, remembers the bad but also the good. “When we shut the gates in the throes of spring, I was still coming to the gardens,” Hendry said, who helped conduct essential work such … [Read more...]
Power of Pink: Cobb Has Fun Wearing Pink While Participating in Real Men Wear Pink Breast Cancer Fundraiser
By Rubin E. Grant Trip Cobb didn’t have much pink in his wardrobe before this month. But this month, he has been wearing lots of pink. “It’s just a color,” Cobb said with a laugh. “Color has no gender.” Besides, Cobb is donning the pastel for something dear to him, fighting breast cancer. He is participating in the American Cancer Society’s Real Men Wear Pink … [Read more...]
Experience Mars Rover Landing Live in McWane’s IMAX Dome
On February 18, 2021, NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover is making its final descent to Mars, and McWane Science Center plans to host a live viewing in the IMAX Dome Theatre.According to a release, this is NASA’s fifth Rover to send to the Red Planet and the main question Perseverance is trying to answer during this mission is: “Was there ever ancient life on Mars?”To … [Read more...]