High School Coaches on What the USFL Means for Youth Football in Birmingham
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People, Places and Things
GWEN DERU
TODAY…
**READ THE BIRMINGHAM TIMES. Catch up on the news!
**THURSDAY NIGHT WORKOUTS with Live Females at the Blu Onyx.
**IAN & THE COSMIC DADDIES at The Nick.
**EVERY THURSDAY HAPPY HOUR, 5:30 – 9 p.m. at the Kappa Komplex, 45 6th Avenue South.
**KARAOKE, 5-9 p.m. at Courtyard Alabaster Bar and Grill.
**TASTEMAKER THURSDAY – Every Thursday at Blaze Ultra Lounge, 228 Roebuck Plaza Drive, 8 p.m.- 12 a.m. with DJ Ace Twon (95.7 JAMZ) in the mix hosted by Audio Life and GMC Promo.
**THIRSTY THURSDAY at Hookah 114 17th Street No.
**THIRD THURSDAY BLUES JAM, 7 p.m. at True Story Brewing.
**TEQUILA THURSDAY at the Vibe Bar & Lounge.
**THROW BACK THURSDAY at Tha Vibe Bar & Lounge, 3801 Richard Arrington, Jr., Blvd.
FRIDAY…
**QUE’S BAR & GRILL GROOVIN’ on 19th Street in Ensley.
**LIT FRIDAYS WITH RIPCORD, 8 p.m. – 2 a.m. at 4501 Gary Avenue in Fairfield.
**R&B VOCALIST DEIRDRE GADDIS featuring JAY LAMBERT at Perfect Note.
**SWIFT AND SOUR – A TAYLOR & OLIVIA DANCE PARTY at Iron City.
**UNTIL ROCKETS SAVIOR OF THE KNIGHT RELEASE SHOW at The Nick.
**LIT FRIDAYS WITH RIPCORD, 8 p.m. – 2 a.m. at 4501 Gary Avenue in Fairfield.
**FREE HOOKAH FRIDAYS at Blu Onyx, 10 p.m.
**AFRO CARIBBEAN NIGHTS (Every Friday Night) at Ash’s on 2nd, 7 p.m. until with Reggae, Afro Beats, Dancehall and Top 40 Hits.
**FIREBALL FRIDAY at Tha Vibe Bar & Lounge.
**FRIDAY NIGHT RAP, Every 1st and 3rd Friday at Crescent Cultural Center, 1121 Tuscaloosa Avenue, W.
SATURDAY…
**SPRING FLING MARKET, 1-5 p.m. at Ross Bridge
**SATURDAYS IN THE GARDENS at Birmingham Botanical Gardens.
**WINE DOWN HAPPY HOUR, 4 p.m.- 9 p.m. at Saferoom Lounge Bar..
**MS. JOHNNIE AND THE JAMMERS Live After Five, 7-10 p.m. at Bistro on 19th located at 109 19th St. N., Bessemer. EVERY 2nd and 4th SATURDAY!!
**SOLD OUT SATURDAYS at the Blu Onyx Every Saturday.
**CIROC SATURDAYS at Blu Onyx.
**TEMPLE MONARC with AMACIO FAVOR + BUGWHORE at The Nick.
**SAXOPHONIST GERALD ALBRIGHT, 6 p.m. at Perfect Note with 2 shows.
**DOMINIQUE HAMMONS, with 2 shows at Square’s on 27th Street North.
SUNDAY…
**WORSHIP AT THE SIXTH, 9:30 a.m. at Sixth Avenue Baptist Church.
**WOODLAWN STREET MARKET, 12 p.m. at Woodlawn Street Market.
**FOODIES, BEATZ, VIBEZ, 2-9 p.m. at 604 Bar & Lounge at 604 9th St. No.
**SUNDAY HAPPY HOUR with JW TELLER at The Nick.
**DRAG NIGHT at The Nick.
**2 SEXY SUNDAY at the Blu Onyx, 8- 12 p.m.
**SUNDAY FUNDAY for the grown Folks Kickback at Tha Vibe Bar & Lounge.
MONDAY…
**EVERY MONDAY is MONSLAYYY – THE CARIBBEAN WAY, 8 p.m. at the Vault with TRINI and BRENT TRINI-FRESH PIERRE. FREE.
**BIRMINGHAM BANDSTAND (Open Mic) at The Nick.
TUESDAY…
**INDUSTRY NIGHT TUESDAY at Blu Onyx, 8 p.m.
**EVERY TUESDAY – TRUE STORY BREWING JAZZ SESSIONS, 7- 10 p.m., 5510 Crestwood Blvd.
**TASTY TUESDAYS at Platinum of Birmingham.
**EVERY TUESDAY LIT AND JAZZ with DAVID TALLEY AND FRIENDS, 7 p.m. at Lit on 8th, 518 Rev. Abraham Woods Blvd.
**FAT TUESDAY at Tha Vibe Bar & Lounge.
**KARAOKE TUESDAY at The Nick.
WEDNESDAY…
**INTERFAITH NOONDAY PRAYER SERVICES every Wednesday, Noon at Linn Park in Downtown Birmingham.
**BEDROOMS + ZAC CHASE + N.A. PARSONS + MAGIC CITY GRITS at The Nick.
**WEDNESDAYS WEEKLY JAZZ JAM, 7- 10 p.m. at True Story Brewing Company, 5510 Crestwood Blvd. Food until 9 p.m. Music until 10 p.m. and Drink until 11 p.m.
**OPEN BAR WEDNESDAY, 8 p.m. at Blu Onyx.
NEXT THURSDAY…
**READ THE BIRMINGHAM TIMES. Catch up on the news!
**THURSDAY NIGHT WORKOUTS with Live Females at the Blu Onyx.
**THE GAMBLE + THE SINGLES at The Nick.
NEXT FRIDAY…
**QUE’S BAR & GRILL GROOVIN’ on 19th Street in Ensley.
**LIT FRIDAYS WITH RIPCORD, 8 p.m. – 2 a.m. at 4501 Gary Avenue in Fairfield.
Handwritten Beethoven Letter Demanding More Pay Expected To Sell For 300,000 Dollars
A handwritten letter by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1815 is expected to sell for 300,000 dollars.
The four-page note by the world-renowned musician, discussing fair pay for his work, is being auctioned by the Boston-based company RR Auction.
“It’s a rare and important handwritten letter by the musical genius, discussing both his financial difficulties and a long-contemplated but never completed work,” said Bobby Livingston, executive VP for the auction house.
Writing in German, Beethoven composed the letter to librettist Friedrich Treitschke, emphasizing money woes.
It reads: “Many sacrifices I have willingly made and am making for the sake of my art.”
In the letter dated September 24, 1815, Beethoven asks Treitschke to help him secure 200 gold ducats for their planned opera “Romulus und Remus.”
Part of the letter reads: “I should long ago have commenced on your Romulus, but the theatre management will only grant me one evening’s receipts for such a work; and however many sacrifices I have willingly made and am making for the sake of my art, I really lose too much by such a condition.”
It also says: “I am paid, for instance, for an oratorio such as the Christ on the Mount of Olives, which only takes half an evening, or only 1 hour and 9 minutes, 200 ducats in gold… I am firmly convinced that any place in Germany or elsewhere would pay me at least as well as any other man.
“For Romulus, I have asked from the theatre management, 200 ducats in gold and one evening’s receipts.”
Georg Friedrich Treitschke was a German librettist and principal of the Theater an der Wien in Vienna from 1809 to 1814.
In 1814, he revised Beethoven’s only opera “Fidelio.”
Beethoven then planned to compose the music for Treitschke’s opera poem “Romulus,” but eventually lost all interest due to the management of Count Ferdinand Palffy, who was running the theatre at the time.
In the letter, he asked Treitschke to intercede and secure a better deal for him.
He wrote: “Dear Tr.—do what you can to induce them to make other and more honorable conditions for me than the mere one evening’s receipts.”
“I, therefore, beg you in a friendly way to speak with N. N.; they cannot wish me to be a loser. I am quite ready on the conditions I have named to begin writing the opera, and to have it ready for the stage at latest in February or March.
“There is nothing I should like better than to be able to write altogether gratis, but in the present state of things such a thing would be difficult for a German, or much more an Austrian artist!”
The letter has previously been translated and published in “Beethoven’s Letters: A Critical Edition with Explanatory Notes, Volume 1,” by Dr. Alfred Christlieb Kalischer.
The original letter had a top bid of 73,143 dollars at the time of writing. Bidding closes today (April 13).
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