HooverFamily Fun Run and 10K Ruck ChallengeOct. 11, 7:30-11:30 a.m.Veterans ParkThe second annual Family Fun Run and 10K Ruck Challenge will be held at Veterans Park on Valleydale Road in Hoover from 7:30-11:30 a.m. Oct. 11. Admission is $25. Each competitor will receive a goody bag and race T-shirt. The winning Ruck Challenge teams will be recognized at the end … [Read more...]
Cask & Drum 2014 Lakeview Neighborhood
BirminghamCask & Drum 2014Oct. 11, 11 a.m.-11 p.m.Lakeview NeighborhoodThe Cask & Drum festival benefitting Magic Moments will be on Oct. 11 from 11 a.m.-11 p.m. in the Lakeview neighborhood near 27th Street and Second Avenue South in Birmingham. The event will include performances by bands ranging from Southern rockers the Drive-By Truckers to the … [Read more...]
Race for the Cure
BirminghamRace for the CureOct. 11, 7 a.m.Linn ParkThe largest 5K in the state will take place Oct. 11 in Linn Park in Birmingham with the annual Susan G. Komen North Central Alabama Race for the Cure. The race helps provide free mammograms and other services for women in need in the Birmingham area. Race day registration and packet pickup begins at 7 a.m. The … [Read more...]
Songwriter’s Showcase Homewood
HomewoodSongwriter's ShowcaseOct. 10, 7:30-10:30 p.m.Samford’s Wright Center"The Heart Behind the Music" Songwriter's Showcase will bring Deana Carter, Billy Dean, Teddy Gentry and Lenny LeBlanc to the Wright Fine Arts Center on the Samford University Campus Oct. 10. The event will include performances by all four singer-songwriters and will run from 7:30-10:30 … [Read more...]
Stephen G. Author Presentation
HomewoodAuthor PresentationOct. 9, 7:30 p.m.Samford’s Wright CenterSamford University's Howard College of Arts and Sciences and its Center for Science and Religion will co-host noted author and public intellectual Stephen G. Post for the 2014 J. Roderick Davis Lecture Oct. 9. Post is the author of "The Hidden Gifts of Helping" and "Why Good Things Happen to Good … [Read more...]