The Homewood Arts Council is sponsoring a concert of comedy, storytelling and music on Feb. 4 to help fund the Homewood High School Marching Patriots’ upcoming trip to Dublin.Members of the band will go to the Irish city March 12 to march in its 2024 St. Patrick’s Festival Parade.“We are thrilled about this high-profile funding initiative by the Arts Council,” band … [Read more...]
A Whole New World: Vestavia Grad Nicole Lamb Swings onto the Stage in ‘Aladdin’
By Donna CorneliusAs a student at Vestavia Hills High School, Nicole Lamb performed on the Rebelettes dance team. Now, she’s taken her talents to the professional level and will return to Birmingham with the cast of Disney’s “Aladdin.”The show runs Jan. 24-28 at the BJCC.Lamb is what’s known as a “swing” in this production. These performers are important … [Read more...]
Word of the Year
Crotchety: Full of peculiar whims or stubborn notions; cantankerous; eccentricNext fall, I reach the mathematical end of another decade. Let’s just say it is one of the later decades. It seems I am already leaning in to the Word of the Year if you talk to my wife, children … OK, anyone who knows me. I’m not fighting the adjective. I especially like that Mr. Collins … [Read more...]
An American Dream: Ukrainian Couple Opens Wedding Dress Atelier After Relocating to Birmingham
By Madoline Markham KoonceMykola Vyshyvanyuk’s dream to design wedding dresses came true in 2013 in Lviv, Ukraine, but then it came to a sudden halt when Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. He and his wife, Olena, sent their three children to live with grandparents in Greece and France and started using their atelier’s sewing machines to make vests for … [Read more...]
This Magic Moment: Jack Royer and Lillian Askins Lalo’s Connections on TV News Led to Marriage
By Madoline Markham KoonceFor many, the day of the solar eclipse in August 2017 might have brought back memories of wearing paper glasses and looking up at the sun. For TV news journalists Jack Royer and Lillian Askins Lalo, it was a day to return to their old stomping grounds at Mountain Brook Junior High School to speak to Sharon Flowers’ broadcasting class – a … [Read more...]