By Emily Williams On Nov. 1, a new face will grace the Birmingham Museum of Art when Hallie Ringle takes on her new position as Hugh Kaul Curator for Contemporary Art. According to a news release from the museum, Ringle joins the BMA team from the Studio Museum in Harlem, where she has been assistant curator. Current shows that showcase her curatorial work include “Firelei … [Read more...]
‘Started Out With a Bang’: Seniors Hoping to Lead Oak Mountain Back to the Elite Eight
By Rubin E. Grant Oak Mountain seniors Leah Nielsen and Maddie Moss have been playing volleyball together for so long they could be considered Siamese twins, joined at the brain on the court. “We’re super close,” Nielsen said. “We’ve been playing together since the seventh grade, and for the last two years we’ve played on the same club team. In a game, it’s like we read each … [Read more...]
Happy Birthday (Honk, Honk)
By Sue Murphy On the day you were born, you emerged into the light, the nurse checked the clock on the wall, and – bing! – you were assigned a birthday, a day that will cyclically fall on different days of the week as time goes by, but whose number is yours forever. Your birthday is important. It’s part of your legal and medical identity, not to mention that it gets you … [Read more...]
By Air and Ground: Boiling N’ Bragging Event Nears the $1 Million Mark in Donations Generated for Children’s Critical Care Transport
By Emily Williams With funds raised at Saturday’s 10th annual Boiling N’ Bragging, a partnership between Rotary clubs and Children’s of Alabama’s Critical Care Transport is even closer to their goal of raising $1 million goal for the transporting of critically ill children to obtain medical care. “We treat about 1,000 patients each year,” said Jason Peterson, Children’s … [Read more...]
Wyndy Wants to Grow: Birmingham-Based Babysitting App Gains Seed Money to Spread to New Cities
By Emily Williams The babysitting service app Wyndy, which is based in Birmingham, recently raised $1 million in seed money to help launch the app in three new locations this fall. Wyndy officials are trying to launch in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas; Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina; and Atlanta. According to Wyndy CEO and founder Tommy Mayfield, the team settled on those three … [Read more...]