By Keysha DrexelJournal editorThe Vestavia Hills Beautification Board is adding a celebration of art to its annual observance of the beauty of spring in the city.The board is hosting the inaugural Art in The Hills art show April 19 as a part of the annual Vestavia Hills Dogwood Festival.The art show will be from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Vestavia City Center and … [Read more...]
Mountain Brook AIDS Researcher Earns National Award
A noted AIDS researcher and Mountain Brook resident was one of only three doctors from the U.S. to receive the Clinical Excellence Award at the National Physician of the Year Awards ceremony in New York City March 31.Michael Saag, professor of medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and director of the Center for AIDS Research, received the award at a … [Read more...]
Carpenter’s Book Strives for Complete Picture of His Father
By Keysha DrexelJournal editorWhen Douglas M. Carpenter of Mountain Brook set about to write his father's biography, the retired minister of Saint Stephen's Episcopal Church in Vestavia Hills knew a part of that book would include how his father was the first of eight clergy members addressed in Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" during Holy Week … [Read more...]
Mediterranean Manor
By Donna CorneliusJournal features writerSpringtime in Birmingham means putting away winter coats, getting out the gardening tools—and visiting the Decorators’ ShowHouse.The annual Alabama Symphony Orchestra fundraiser lets designers create one-of-a-kind rooms in splendid settings. This year’s 38th ShowHouse, which will be open April 26-May 11, is the … [Read more...]
Community Cross Walk
By Keysha DrexelJournal editorOn Good Friday, members of Homewood churches will follow volunteers carrying a 7-foot wooden cross down Oxmoor Road in the annual Way of the Cross procession to commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus.As the procession stops at four different Homewood churches for scripture readings, those gathered will not only be publicly stating … [Read more...]