By Kaitlin CandelariaRosewood Hall in Homewood will soon have some new decor on its walls.The Homewood Arts Council is hosting its first Faces, Places and Traces photography contest, and the winners' artwork will be displayed in Rosewood Hall’s Community Gallery.The contest will also be sponsored by the city of Homewood, Perry Computer and Wolf Camera."We are … [Read more...]
Service Guild President and Members Support Bell Center
By Kaitlin Candelaria Stacey Morales has been involved in the Service Guild of Birmingham for seven years and has done a little bit of everything.Currently the organization’s president, Morales got involved with the group after leaving her job as a labor and delivery nurse to spend more time at home with her two children.When a friend asked her to join the … [Read more...]
Trail Mix
David Tosch Loves Nature RunningBy Lee DavisDavid Tosch has participated in just about every type of running competition. He was a track and field athlete in high school and competed seriously in road runs and marathons for years.Tosch said his love affair with long-distance running began when he was a young man watching the 1972 Olympics in Munich, when Frank … [Read more...]
A Sense of Place, Southern-style
Local Landscape Painter Is Featured Artist at Hoover’s Southern VoicesBy June MathewsWhen artist Melanie Morris accompanied her husband, author Michael Morris, to the Hoover Public Library’s Southern Voices Festival in 2004, she met that year’s featured artist, Toni Tully, with whom she naturally felt a connection.“She was so nice, and I thought then that I would … [Read more...]
The Long Run
By Lee DavisAlmost 23 years ago, nobody could have guessed that the birth of a child could lead to the establishment of one of the most successful charitable events in metro Birmingham.But that’s exactly what happened.In August of 1992, Paul and Cinna Sotherland of Homewood gave birth to their son, Matt. The child had Down syndrome, along with a heart defect that … [Read more...]