The Color4Friendship 1 Mile Color Run was held at the Levite Jewish Community Center on March 17 to celebrate love and inclusion for the special needs community.The untimed run was for all ages and abilities. Runners started out wearing white T-shirts, but they were plastered in color by the time they finished. After the run, the celebration continued with paint throws, … [Read more...]
Face Time: Bridgers Aligns Her Art With Her Passion for the Congolese People and Ethical Adoption
by Ingrid HowardNow on display at Gallery 1930 in English Village is artist Wellon Bridgers’ collection of seven portraits, each one paired with a story of heartbreak and transformation.Bridgers, who usually paints abstracts and landscapes, had to step out of her comfort zone to paint these portraits of the real people she met last year in the Republic of Congo.“It … [Read more...]
Masters of Ceremony: King Chambliss and Queen DeBuys Reign at 52nd Annual Beaux Arts Krewe Ball
Royalty reigned at Boutwell Auditorium on March 1 as the Beaux Arts Krewe celebrated its 52nd Krewe Ball. The event benefits the Birmingham Museum of Art and the Krewe Acquisition Fund. This year’s theme, “Under the Big Top,” celebrated a night at the circus. Reigning over the ball was King Russell Warren Chambliss Sr., joined by his wife, Ann, and Queen Madeline … [Read more...]
Working Dogs: Puppy Love Keeps Customers Going Back to Mountain Brook Village Shops
By Ingrid Howard All across Mountain Brook Village, shop dogs can be seen greeting customers at the doors of their owners’ shops. It’s no different at the Cook Store. In addition to pottery and cookware, customers are likely to find a fuzzy pup snuggled in a chair by the entrance. Lucy, a 10½-month-old goldendoodle, has been the store’s “shop dog” since she was 7 weeks … [Read more...]
Where There’s a Till, There’s a Way: Cahaba Heights Couple Launches Local Produce Delivery Service Over the Mountain
By Emily WilliamsIf the first year of marriage is the hardest and starting your own business is like riding a roller coaster, combining the two milestones could seem as bad an idea as chewing tobacco on a tilt-a-whirl á la the opening scene of “The Sandlot.”The opposite has been the case for Will and Hayley DeShazo of Cahaba Heights, who have spent a large portion of … [Read more...]