Birmingham“The Fantasticks”Sept. 5-13Terrific New TheatreTerrific New Theatre will open its season with “The Fantasticks,” the world’s longest-running musical, with performances Sept. 5-13. Show times are at 8 p.m. each night. Tickets are $25 except on Sept. 11, which is “pay what you can afford” Thursday. The theater accepts cash and checks only. TNT is at 2821 … [Read more...]
UAB Faculty Brass Quintet
BirminghamFaculty Brass QuintetSept 4, noon-1 p.m.UAB HospitalThe UAB Faculty Brass Quintet will kick off a series of free First Thursday concerts at UAB Hospital Sept. 4. In partnership with the hospital, the group will perform from noon-1 p.m. on the first Thursday of each month through May. This is the second year of the series, which features performances by … [Read more...]
Book Launch in Mountain Brook
Mountain BrookBook LaunchSept. 4, 3:30-4:30 p.m.Emmet O'Neal LibraryBirmingham author Irene Latham will have a book launch party at the Emmet O’Neal Library in Mountain Brook from 3:30-4:30 p.m. Sept. 4. The event will introduce readers to Latham’s new book of children’s poetry, “Dear Wandering Wildebeest.” The author of “Leaving Gee’s Bend” and “Don’t Feed the … [Read more...]
Art and Conversation at BMA
BirminghamArt and ConversationSept. 4, 10:30-11:30 a.m.Birmingham Museum of ArtLearn how the Birmingham Museum of Art built and refined its American collection at a program with curator Graham Boettcher from 10:30-11:30 a.m. Sept. 4. Boettcher will discuss the strengths of the collection, recent acquisitions and plans for the future of the museum’s American … [Read more...]
Fiction Book Group Meeting in Hoover
HooverFiction Book Group MeetingSept. 4, 10 a.m.Hoover Public LibraryThe First Thursday Fiction Book Group at the Hoover Public Library will discuss “The Cutting Season” by Attica Locke at its 10 a.m. meeting Sept. 4. This is a free event. Refreshments will be provided. For more information, call 444-7821. … [Read more...]