Birmingham Fashion Week (BFW) benefits Camp Smile-A-Mile, a year-round program for children in Alabama with cancer.The event kicks off at 6:30 p.m. at Historic Rucker Place with a VIP cocktail hour followed by general admission at 7:30 p.m. The runway show will debut a nationally recognized designer Lauren Leonard – Leona and Birmingham’s nationally ranked menswear store … [Read more...]

Assistance League® of Birmingham is sponsoring  a huge multi-family garage sale to support our  three philanthropic programs: PrimeTime Treasures, Operation School Bell® and Operation Literacy. PrimeTime Treasures and our new upscale thrift shop, Encore of Homewood, will also be open. Furniture, art, clothes, rugs, books and household items will be sold at very low prices. … [Read more...]

Join Us This Year at the Birmingham Asian Cultures & Food FestivalThe 2011 Birmingham Asian Cultures and Food Festival will be held this year on Saturday, April 9, 2011, from 10:30am (opening ceremony) until 4:00pm at the Cedars Club in Birmingham, AL.  Come and support the Foundation and its goals through your attendance and purchases, meet people of different … [Read more...]

Arty Party is Birmingham's longest running charity art auction and features donated art from local, regional and national artists.This year's featured artist is Frank Fleming and the honorary chair is Patrick Cather.  The Arty Party co-chairs are Kim Graham Smith, John Hurley and Joe McGough.  The guest auctioneer is Guin Robinson.Tickets are available at the door for … [Read more...]

Imagination and arts education have a new home in Birmingham, and ArtPlay, the new education and outreach house from UAB’s Alys Stephens Center, will celebrate its grand opening with ArtPlay ArtDay 2011, a community open house April 16.The ArtDay community open house will be from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 16, rain or shine. The family event will feature live music by local … [Read more...]