By Donovan HarrisThe Warblers Club singing group has been around since 1929, when it was formed as the boys’ glee club at Woodlawn High School. In the mid-1970s, the Warblers’ existence as a high school group ceased, but in 1988, many of the group’s alumni decided to reunite and continue this musical legacy. Since then, The Warblers have performed regularly for private and … [Read more...]
Songbirds keep singing
By Lee Hurley For over 34 years, the Hoover Songbirds have brought professional choral performances to audiences across greater Birmingham. The seniors to seniors singers kicked off their spring season at the Bungalows of Riverchase, and went on to give 16 performances at various locales like the Shepherd of the Valley Church, The Oaks—Independent Living, Brookdale … [Read more...]
Magic Moments: Wedding photographer Brittany Sturdivant captures priceless images on the biggest day of people’s lives.
By Barry Wise Smith Photography by Brittany SturdivantGrowing up, Brittany Sturdivant didn’t plan on becoming a wedding photographer. “I never considered photography as a career,” Sturdivant says. “I grew up dancing my whole life,” she says of her years spent at Birmingham Dance Theatre. SWhen she graduated Vestavia Hills High School and moved on to … [Read more...]
Boda Bonita!: An over-the-mountain couple celebrates a beautiful wedding in Spain.
By Barry Wise Smith Photos by Kristen Pugh PhotographyEven in childhood, Riordan Wyatt Matthaei was fascinated by Spain. “I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t interested in visiting Spain,” she says. “I think it started in elementary school when my parents encouraged me to take Spanish.” Growing up in Homewood and going through the Homewood schools, … [Read more...]
Improving Our City One Garden at a Time
Phase One: The 2022 World Games Three years ago Ralph Yielding, a bespectacled 67-year-old Bradley lawyer, was driving to and from his Downtown office and noticed something that bothered him. The 2022 World Games were coming to town, and he realized that the entrances and exits from the Red Mountain Expressway into the downtown area were overgrown with weeds and … [Read more...]