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...]
Midday Music Series
The Cathedral Church of the Advent introduces its annual Midday Music concert series, featuring 30-minute performances at 12:30 p.m. that are free and open to the public. Fri., Sept. 28: Jeffrey (violin) and Angela Flaniken (viola), of Samford's School of the Arts; and Donald Sanders (piano), recently retired Professor of Music at Samford … [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...]