By Loyd McIntosh Photos by Jordan WaldThe 25th annual Mike Getman Elite ID Soccer Camp was held on the first weekend in January at the Sicard Hollow Athletic Complex in Vestavia Hills. The camp offers talented soccer players the opportunity to showcase their skills, giving college coaches and scouts a centralized place to evaluate them.Getman launched … [Read more...]
History in Homewood: The Bembry House
By Tally Dettling For 24 years, Tim and Cindy Bembry have called the house on Wellington Road home. Built in 1929, this enchanting Tudor Revival blends timeless clinker brick with historic details such as a steeply pitched roofline and an arched stone front entry with half timbering. As Mayfair has evolved over the past century, the Bembry’s home remains an … [Read more...]
Stewards of Memory: For the Alabama Holocaust Education Center, the Holocaust is not just statistics—it is the story of individuals.
By Nausicaa ChuIn 1939, Henry Aizenman was a fun-loving, adventurous child: the kind who had a girlfriend at age six, loved skating on frozen rivers and imagined a little man lived inside the radio.He was also a Polish Jew during the Nazi invasion.In 1945, Americans liberated him from the Wöbbelin concentration camp after one of the worst mass genocides in history. … [Read more...]
The French (Art) Connection: The Birmingham Museum of Art kicks off its 75th Year with Monet to Matisse: French Moderns 1850-1950.
By Barry Wise SmithFor 75 years, the Birmingham Museum of Art (BMA) has been the city’s bastion of culture, with the stated mission of sparking the creativity, imagination and liveliness of Birmingham by connecting all its people to the experience, meaning and joy of art. Mission accomplished! And to start BMA’s 75th anniversary year off strong, they are … [Read more...]
Happily Ever After: Hannah Dean and Matthew Bygrave’s spring wedding celebrated love and deep ties to their home state.
By Madoline Markham KoonceLittle did Hannah Dean know when she attended mass each Sunday at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church growing up that her future husband was sitting just pews away from her each week–or that their wedding would take place in that very church.Fast forward a decade or two to when Whitney Bygrave, a friend of Hannah’s sister, had an idea for a … [Read more...]