Tag: entertainment
Carla ‘The Truth’ Youngblood kicks off breast cancer comedy tour in...
By Keisa Sharpe
Alabama NewsCenter
It’s not the normal reaction you’d expect for a diagnosis of breast cancer. But when you’re a comedian, your slant on...
Local teacher on “African Tales”: ‘Culturally, we’re not as different as...
By Ariel Worthy
The Birmingham Times
Jessical Badio hopes her eighth-grade students at Berry Middle School in Hoover will realize the universal themes in the performance...
Stevie Wonder’s Songs In The Key Of Life turns 40
By Alejandro Danois
©2016, The Shadow League
Over a two-and-a-half year span, Stevie Wonder recorded several hundred songs during the sessions for what would later become...
People, Places and Things by Gwen DeRu
TODAY
OLIVIA’S HAPPY HOUR, every Thursday at Olivia’s Bar and Lounge with $.50 wings and drink specials, 4 p.m. For more call (205) 326-2881.
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New Hope to host community carnival
Special to The Times
New Hope Baptist Church will host a carnival for the residents of West End and surrounding communities. The Unity in the...
Big Sam’s Funky Nation’s “Noladelic Powerfunk” at Vulcan Aftertunes this Sunday
Special to The Times
The 2016 Vulcan Aftertunes fall concert series rocks on this Sunday, Oct. 9 with the powerful sounds of Big Sam’s Funky...
People, Places and Things by Gwen DeRu
TODAY
ALLSTARS COMEDY, MUSIC and POETRY with comedy by COMEDIAN HOLLYWOOD and COMEDIAN SAMMIE, poetry by VOICE PORTER, music by DOUGOUT AND THE PITCH HITTERS featuring...
Gloria Naylor, who wrote ‘The Women of Brewster Place,’ dies
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Gloria Naylor, whose debut novel "The Women of Brewster Place," became a best-seller, a National Book Award winner and...
The Inspirational Importance Of Fox’s “Pitch”
Ricardo A. Hazell
©2016, The Shadow League
Oftentimes, television is a medium that can take us away from the doldrums of everyday reality. That's one of...
People, Places and Things by Gwen DeRu
TODAY
JOSH RITTER AND BAND at the Alabama Theatre
ALLSTARS COMEDY, MUSIC and POETRY with comedy by COMEDIAN HOLLYWOOD and COMEDIAN SAMMIE, poetry by VOICE PORTER,...
