Tag: Magic City
7 Nonprofits Helping With Food Insecurity in Birmingham
By Cecilia Wood
bhamnow.com
Days are getting shorter and the temps are slowly but surely dropping in Birmingham. Many of our neighbors are facing hunger, due...
Joí Gresham: Creating Masterpieces of Beauty and Strength
By Nicole S. Daniel
The Birmingham Times
Joí Iman Gresham didn’t have to go far to find her first client.
While out shopping several years ago at...
Meet Aaliyah Taylor, named Birmingham’s Top Emerging Fashion Designer
By Ameera Steward
For The Birmingham Times
With a bold fashion collection designed to make a statement, Aaliyah Taylor on Friday was announced winner of the...
Birmingham Mayor Woodfin, public-private partnership deliver affordable homeownership
By Anthony Cook
Alabama NewsCenter
Three new homeowners are looking forward to getting the keys to their homes after a ribbon-cutting Thursday at the newly developed...
Birmingham’s Best And Brightest: Christmas Lights And Displays 2021 (Photos)
Times Staff
Over the past month photographers for The Times crisscrossed the Birmingham metro to shoot the sparkling sights of the holiday season. It's the...
How to Plan for the 84th Morehouse-Tuskegee Classic at Legion Field
birminghamal.gov
Known as the longest-running NCAA Division II classic in the nation, the Morehouse Tuskegee Classic will take place on Saturday, Oct. 9 at Legion...
Birmingham’s Ashley Jones Named Alabama’s First Black Poet Laureate
By Javacia Harris Bowser
For The Birmingham Times
Ashley M. Jones, founder of the Magic City Poetry Festival, has been named the next Poet Laureate for Alabama,...
Birmingham’s Mayors Reflect on City’s 150th Anniversary
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
One in an occasional series about Birmingham’s 150th anniversary
From a very rough beginning 150 years ago, Birmingham smoothed out and...
Timeline of Birmingham’s 150-Year History
The Birmingham Times
1871 –City of Birmingham founded; now the state’s most populous city, Birmingham was founded at the crossing of two rail lines near...
Birmingham Restaurant Week: Diverse tastes for a diverse city
By Willie Chriesman
Á la Carte Alabama
If it’s true that variety is the spice of life, it is diversity that seasons the flavors of Birmingham...
