Tag: entertainment
People, Places and Things
By Gwen DeRu
TODAY
SUMMER KICK OFF PARTY WITH BEITTHEMEANS, 53 JUDGES & TIRE FIRE at The Nick.
MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS, 6 p.m. at the Birmingham Civil...
People, Places and Things
By Gwen DeRu
TODAY…
**MATT BRYANT, and CAPTAIN KUDZU SOLO at The Nick.
**COMEDIAN FRANK DEL PIZZO at the StarDome Comedy Club.
**SCANTRON 5000 TRIVIA at Saturn.
**LIVE JAZZ...
Melvin Edmonds, Founding Member of R&B’s Soulful After 7, Dies at...
By Dana Sharif
The Root
Melvin Edmonds, older brother of legendary hitmaker Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds and a founding member of the R&B group After 7, which...
Peggy Lipton, ‘Mod Squad’ and ‘Twin Peaks’ star, dies at 72
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Peggy Lipton, a star of the groundbreaking late 1960s TV show “The Mod Squad” and the 1990s show “Twin...
People, Places and Things
BY GWEN DERU
HAPPY MOTHERS DAY! Celebrate the Mothers!
TODAY
Q PARKER & FRIENDS, J.K. HOWELLS, YANNA CRAWLEY and more at The Perfect Note.
BRAD ARMSTRONG and WILL...
John Singleton, maker of ‘Boyz N the Hood,’ dies at 51
By Jake Coyle and Hillel Italie
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Director John Singleton, who made one of Hollywood’s most memorable debuts with the Oscar-nominated...
People, Places and Things
BY GWEN DERU
TODAY
CALLIOPE MUSICALS, PARTICIPATION RIBBON and THE GOLDEN FLAKES at The Nick.
COMEDIAN LAUGHS FOR WISHES at the StarDome Comedy Club.
CAROLINE ROSE and KISSISSIPPI...
Director John Singleton hospitalized with stroke
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — “Boyz N the Hood” director John Singleton suffered a stroke last week and remains hospitalized, according to his family....
People, Places and Things
By Gwen DeRu
APRIL SHOWERS AND MAY FLOWERS!!
TODAY
LIVE JAZZ EVERY THURSDAY, 9 p.m. at Jazzi’s on 3rd.
TASTE OF BESSEMER AND BUSINESS EXPO, 4-8 p.m. Call...
Royzell D. Walker to play Ota Benga in UAB’s Theatre new...
Shannon Thomason
UAB News
Royzell D. Walker has an important story to tell before he graduates from the University of Alabama at Birmingham this spring.
Walker is...