Cub Scout Pack 63 recently held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new water fountain the group donated to Crestline Elementary School in Mountain Brook.The students officially opened the new handicapped and pet-accessible water fountain on the school's playground May 12.The Cub Scouts sold popcorn and raised money through donations to purchase and install the new … [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...]
Fun on the Dance Floor: Festive Fundraiser Connects Developmentally Delayed with Their Community
By Keysha DrexelJournal editorMore than 400 people kicked up their heels for a good cause at an April 4 event aimed at raising money for older teens and adults with developmental delays.A crowd of dance-goers from the Exceptional Foundation in Homewood, the United Cerebral Palsy Center and the Horizon Center in Birmingham and members of Parents Advocate for Down … [Read more...]
Off Like a Shot: Clark’s Photo Now Circling the Globe on Postage Stamp
By Keysha DrexelJournal editorEverything about the process that led the United States Postal Service to issue a stamp featuring a photo taken by an Over the Mountain resident came about in a roundabout way, Gary Clark said.Take, for example, how the Crestline photographer learned the image he captured in Baltimore back in 2004 was making its way around the world … [Read more...]
Homewood Native’s Painting Commemorates Civil Rights Movement
By Keysha DrexelJournal editorIt was not until he was commissioned by the city of Birmingham last year to paint the official Civil Rights commemorative art for the movement's 50th anniversary that Homewood native Steve Skipper said he truly realized how much the events of 1963 affected his life.The 55-year-old artist and former Homewood High School football … [Read more...]