Tim Puthoff, who has been CEO of Houston Northwest Medical Center, has been named to take on that role at Brookwood Baptist Medical Center and for Tenet Healthcare’s Alabama and Tennessee Group, which consists of a network of seven hospitals.Puthoff will be responsible for overseeing all strategic, operational and clinical activities at Brookwood Baptist, as well as … [Read more...]
Hoover Resident to Release First Novel
Hoover resident Jessa Garrett is celebrating the upcoming release of her first novel, titled “Timeless: The Becoming of a Teenage Witch.”The story follows Emlyn Perry, who finds out after the passing of her mother that she has a secret lineage of Celtic magic in her past. As she accepts her magical powers, she becomes the target of a dark coven of witches.The book is a … [Read more...]
Grocery Store Goodies: This Time of Year, Supermarkets Can Be Winter Wonderlands
By Donna Cornelius Even the most industrious cooks can find it hard to meet the culinary demands of the holiday season. One foolish person has in the past made her own food gifts for friends and neighbors, invited her Friday night supper club to a small party, hosted a Christmas Eve dinner and committed to making an app, three side dishes and a dessert for her family’s main … [Read more...]
New Digs, New Opportunities as Artists Incorporated Moves to Grand River
By Ingrid Howard At the end of this year, Artists Incorporated will close its Vestavia Hills location. The art gallery opened 19 years ago at its location off Rocky Ridge Road in Vestavia Hills. For the past year, it also has been operating on Saturdays at a storefront in the Shops of Grand River mall in Leeds. By January, the artists plan to consolidate the gallery and … [Read more...]
If You Build It, They Will Laugh: New Birmingham Improv Theater Will Drop the Mic Five to Six Nights a Week
By Emily Williams In 2005, when David Grissom sold off an improv theater he owned for a time in Chicago, he told himself: “I will never do this again.” Luckily for Grissom, trained in the art of improvisational comedy at Second City in Chicago and current founder and chief creative officer of Positively Funny Improv, he has the skill to find the comic irony in his current … [Read more...]