By Rebecca WilbertIvy Odom was working as an intern in Time Inc’s test kitchen in September 2016 when her career took a major turn. With permission from her manager, she made a recipe from her childhood, an 18-layer chocolate cake. The cake, which her great-grandmother made for special occasions including Odom’s birthdays, requires patience, perfection and endless … [Read more...]
Backstage at Red Mountain Theatre
By Cathy DeLozier Photos by Jordan Wald and Courtesy RMT“Bit by bitPutting it togetherPiece by piece—Only way to make a work of artEvery moment makes a contributionEvery little detail plays a partHaving just the vision’s no solutionEverything depends on executionPutting it togetherThat’s what counts!”—Stephen … [Read more...]
Pun Intended: Charles Ghigna has a new book of puns, and he’s not afraid to use them.
PUN INTENDEDCharles Ghigna has a new book of puns, and he’s not afraid to use them.Many know Homewood poet Charles Ghigna as the author of the popular children’s book The Father Goose Treasury of Poetry: 101 Poems for Children, and yet he has written over 100 books for adults and children published by Random House, Scholastic, … [Read more...]
A Case for Kindness: Greg and Michelle Suess bring Hollywood roots and humanitarian spirit to Mountain Brook.
By Sarah OwensWhen Greg and Michelle Suess packed up their lives four years ago and moved to Mountain Brook, they left behind Los Angeles’ endless traffic and Hollywood’s spotlight in search of something quieter: community, connection and a place to live out the values that have shaped both their personal and professional lives.Those values led Greg to his … [Read more...]
Center Stage: Homewood Theatre brings the community together in its cozy SoHo location.
By Barry Wise Smith Homewood Theatre founder and Executive Director Kyle Bass couldn’t have predicted the path his life would take. Always involved in music and theater as a hobby, Kyle earned a computer science degree from Birmingham-Southern and spent 30 years in the insurance industry with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama. But in 2015, Bass started thinking … [Read more...]