By Keysha DrexelWhen Van Hoover’s colleagues at BL Harbert International threw a party for her earlier this month, the occasion not only celebrated her 90th birthday but also honored her more than half-century of service at the company.Hoover, a Bluff Park resident, has worked as an executive assistant at the company since Jan. 1, 1951.But when she first came to … [Read more...]
Teen Trendsetters: Young Designers Shine in Rising Star Challenge
By Keysha DrexelThe Over the Mountain area was well represented at this year's Birmingham Fashion Week with several local budding designers making it to the final night of a competition in which they had to make garments using unconventional materials.Several of the 40 finalists in the 2014 Rising Design Star Challenge were from Vestavia Hills, Homewood, Hoover, … [Read more...]
Making Art Accessible
By Keysha DrexelJournal editorThe Birmingham Museum of Art recently welcomed two new staff members who say they are excited about taking care of the more than 25,000 objects in the museum's collection and about making those works of art relevant to residents of the Birmingham area and its visitors.In December, Robert Schindler came from the Metropolitan Museum … [Read more...]
Magical Night
The Birmingham Museum of Art welcomed nearly 400 guests for its 58th annual Museum Ball May 3.This year’s ball co-chairmen, Elizabeth Jernigan and Robin Kidd, drew inspiration from the museum’s current exhibition, Delacroix and the Matter of Finish, and channeled turn of the century Paris for the evening’s theme, La Village Magique.To kick off the evening, guests … [Read more...]
Amped-up Road Trip
By Keysha Drexel Journal editor Two Vestavia Hills students recently traded their lockers for luggage for a global family trip.Delaney and Riley McIntyre and their parents, Dale and Kellie, traveled to 10 countries across three continents during the second and third nine weeks of the school year and returned home in February so the girls could finish out the school … [Read more...]