The Advent Cathedral Choir will join forces with the Choir of St. George’s Episcopal Church, of Nashville, Tennessee, to present a hymn festival. The free concert will feature the St. George’s Choir director Woosug Kang and organist Gerry Senechal, as well as Advent’s own Frederick Teardo and Charles Kennedy. … [Read more...]
YWCA Central Alabama Honors Sunny Tillman as 2018 Woman of Valor
YWCA of Central Alabama named Sunny Tillman of Sun Video its 2018 Jeana P. Hosch Woman of Valor Award Recipient at its Annual Meeting on Jan. 31. Tillman, a Mountain Brook resident, has been a supporter of the organization for more than 20 years. According to a release, Tillman was selected for both her dedication to the organization - producing approximately 100 videos … [Read more...]
War Paint: Local Artist Webb Paints Narratives at Cancer Center Art Fundraiser
By Emily Williams According to Sarah Soule Webb, a local artist who lives in Birmingham, creating a work of art under a time limit is like skydiving. “It absolutely forces you to use parts of your brain that you don’t normally tap into when you have a lot of time to work on a piece,” she said. Webb has been painting live at weddings for a while and participated for the first … [Read more...]
Good – and Good for You – Eats: Nourish Makes It Easy to Keep Those New Year’s Food Resolutions
By Donna Cornelius Deciding to eat well – as in “healthy” – tops a lot of New Year’s resolutions lists every January. “People resolve to eat better, to go to the gym, and by the end of January, the wheels will have fallen off this plan,” Mary Drennen said. Drennen and her business partner, Tiffany Vickers Davis, own Birmingham-based Nourish Foods. The meal delivery service … [Read more...]
George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker
Alabama Ballet is proud to present George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker® as one of only eight companies in the world licensed by The Balanchine Trust to perform this holiday masterpiece. Tchaikovsky’s beloved melodies transport the young and young at heart to a magical world where mischievous mice besiege a battalion of toy soldiers, and an onstage blizzard leads to an … [Read more...]