Demonstrations by some of the Birmingham area’s most high-profile chefs have always drawn a crowd to The Market at Pepper Place on Saturday mornings. These days, some chefs are using the Pepper Place platform to raise money for charitable efforts. In June, pastry chef Kristen Farmer Hall gave the proceeds from a bake sale at the market to Jones Valley Teaching Farm, which is … [Read more...]

Editor's Note: This article has been updated to reflect event changes. By Emily Williams Vestavia Hills High School junior Linden Cundiff and Briarwood Christian School senior John Wolf are spending the first months of their summer vacation motivating communities across north-central Alabama. The two students have been recognized by the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation as … [Read more...]

Beginning on June 4, Birmingham-based band Black Jacket Symphony will perform on a live stage in a socially distant concert setting. The concert series, “Concerts from the Car,” will take place in the parking lot of the Hoover Metropolitan Complex. Much like a drive-in movie theatre, audiences will listen to and watch the band play from their cars via audio broadcast from the … [Read more...]

At The Altamont School, 10th grader Meghan Goyal, ninth grader Noah Warren and their computer science teacher have taken a high-tech approach to meet the widespread need for personal protective equipment in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Both Goyal and Warren have relatives in the medical profession. Goyal’s parents, Rita and Munish, are doctors, and Warren’s mother, Emily, … [Read more...]

Briarwood Christian School former football coach Fred Yancey has been lauded as a man who put the growth of his athletes as people ahead of his goals for the teams he has coached. Not that his teams didn’t win; they did. Yancey led Briarwood teams to the state playoffs 26 years in a row and to championships three times. He is third all-time in Alabama for most wins at one … [Read more...]