By Ingrid Howard At the end of this year, Artists Incorporated will close its Vestavia Hills location. The art gallery opened 19 years ago at its location off Rocky Ridge Road in Vestavia Hills. For the past year, it also has been operating on Saturdays at a storefront in the Shops of Grand River mall in Leeds. By January, the artists plan to consolidate the gallery and … [Read more...]
If You Build It, They Will Laugh: New Birmingham Improv Theater Will Drop the Mic Five to Six Nights a Week
By Emily Williams In 2005, when David Grissom sold off an improv theater he owned for a time in Chicago, he told himself: “I will never do this again.” Luckily for Grissom, trained in the art of improvisational comedy at Second City in Chicago and current founder and chief creative officer of Positively Funny Improv, he has the skill to find the comic irony in his current … [Read more...]
Waging War on Cancer: O’Neal Industries Gives UAB Its Largest Grant Ever to Expand Cancer Research
Craft O’Neal, chairman and CEO of O’Neal Industries, above, at the press conference to announce a $30 million gift from O’Neal Industries to UAB’s Comprehensive Cancer Center – the largest single gift ever received by UAB. A $30 million gift from O’Neal Industries to UAB’s Comprehensive Cancer Center – the largest single gift ever received by UAB – gives the center leverage to … [Read more...]
Highly Decorated: Crestline’s Auburn House Display Celebrates 20 Years of Holiday Tradition
By Emily Williams Holiday light-lovers who take the Fresh Air Family’s annual Wacky Tacky Christmas Light Tour will witness two decades of tradition as they pass the legendary “Auburn House” on Beech Street in Mountain Brook’s Crestline neighborhood. A crazy Christmas light display has been an undertaking for the Krawczyk family for nearly 20 years, inspired by Meg Krawczyk’s … [Read more...]
Creative Hobby: VH Resident Spends His Retirement Making Stained Glass
By Ingrid Howard In addition to Christmas trees, lights and wreaths, Town Village Vestavia Hills has another decoration for residents to enjoy, and this one can last year-round. On some of the windows in the independent living community hang stained glass creations made by hand in Ron Vander Shaaf’s third-floor apartment. He learned that the price for a two-bedroom apartment … [Read more...]