Runners will race for a good cause with the Finish the Fight Against GI Cancer fundraiser, running from Otey’s Tavern in Homewood to Otey’s sister tavern in Mountain Brook on Aug. 10. The race is a benefit for the Robert E. Reed Gastrointestinal Oncology Research Foundation. It was organized by the nonprofit’s junior board. It also aims to raise awareness of some of … [Read more...]

By Anne RuisiRoy L. Williams knows you can’t put a timeline on grief. His brother, Army Maj. Dwayne Williams, was one of the 125 people who died when terrorists slammed a hijacked American Airlines passenger jet into the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.“I have learned over the last 23 years to stop focusing on how he died, but on the happy moments,” said Williams, who will … [Read more...]

By Anne RuisiA construction barricade blocks the inside view of the former auction house for now, but by fall a building in downtown Birmingham will be transformed into the new home of Terrific New Theatre.Work crews are converting the former Alabama Auction Room at 2112 Fifth Ave. North into the theater, a revival of a 1925 building that was vacant for 20 years before … [Read more...]

By Wendy Wallace JohnsonBill Ireland jokingly calls himself a “reluctant gardener,” but as he scrolls through photos of flowers in bloom and freshly cut boxwoods in the English-style gardens at his recently purchased Redmont Park home, it’s clear that an appreciation for gardens was passed down from his mother, Fay, a prodigious gardener with deep roots in Birmingham … [Read more...]

By June MathewsWhen Thomas Henry sought a meaningful way to serve his community, he discovered it in BridgeWays, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping young people learn how to “care, connect and contribute.”Henry, who is serving his third year as president of the BridgeWays junior board, is a motivating force behind the junior board’s primary fundraiser, … [Read more...]