Enjoy live music, food and drinks for a good cause on July 16 at the 13th annual Otey’s Fest Shindig at Otey’s Tavern in Mountain Brook.The party gets started at 6 p.m. at Otey’s parking lot, 224 County Club Park in Crestline Village. Featured performers will include Galactic, featuring Anjelika Jelly Joseph, Will Steward Band, Gri Cashio and TUB.Tickets are $100 in … [Read more...]
Art From the Heart: Auction Will Benefit Studio By The Tracks
Studio By The Tracks will hold the 33rd annual Art From the Heart Auction on July 24 benefitting the nonprofit studio in Irondale that serves adults with autism spectrum disorders.The event begins at 6 p.m. at The Fennec in downtown Birmingham, said Mimi Carstens, the studio’s marketing assistant. This will be the first in-person Art From the Heart since … [Read more...]
‘Worthy of Remembrance’: Book Details History of the Redmont Community
By Anne RuisiThe introduction to the history of Redmont, “Worthy of Remembrance,” by Cathy Criss Adams, notes, “Redmont was born of a convergence of visionary developers and talented designers confronting the challenge of constructing on a mountain at a moment in time when extravagance was acceptable and affluence a granted.”The grand homes in a variety of … [Read more...]
Original Charm: Historic Redmont Home Crowns Red Mountain
By Anne RuisiCathy Criss Adams and her husband, Tom, seemed destined to move into the 1923 English Tudor house nestled on the crest of Red Mountain when they were about to become empty nesters.It was 1997, and their son was a senior in college and their daughter a senior in high school. So why move into a 10-room house when their children would soon be moving on with … [Read more...]
A Shot Over the Lake: Young Mountain Brook Golfer Left in Disbelief After Making an Ace
By Rubin E. GrantRyan Pugh has been playing competitive golf for only three years, but he can already check one thing off his lists of pursuits.The 13-year-old youngster sank a hole-in-one on the Par 4 16th hole on June 13 at the RTJ Grand National Lake Course in Auburn during the first round of the Southeastern Junior Golf Tour Grand National Junior Classic.Pugh … [Read more...]