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Different Date and Time – Same Fun Show!
Change is good. Say it three or four times. Change is good. Keeps your brain active. Sooooo…. This year the Old Alabama Town Revue’s Christmas show will be part of the Old Alabama Town Holiday Open House. Therefore, the show will be on Saturday, December 15 at 2 p.m. The Old Alabama Town Holiday Open […]
Bibb Street Pizza Company
Effective parenting can be enhanced by a certain kind of alchemy. On some nights, you want a very particular combination of things: beer, food, perhaps some dining al fresco with a place for children to run around. Despite our occasionally temperate climate, Montgomery doesn’t have that many of these places. However, Bibb Street Pizza is […]
Happy, Jolly Time of Lights in Capitol Heights
It’s beginning to look at lot like Christmas, at least in Capitol Heights! For decades the folks of Capitol Heights have chosen to celebrate this joyous season of the year as a community. When I first moved there in 1983, we decided to implement the Yuletide Decorating Contest. The entry rules were simple: just have […]
Don’t Miss This Renovators’ Happy Hour
If you missed the inaugural Renovators’ Happy Hour on Felder Avenue in Old Cloverdale, you’re in luck! Join Landmarks Foundation and the Historic Neighborhoods Coalition for the second Renovators’ Happy Hour on Thursday afternoon, June 29, 5:30 until 7:00. If you live in Midtown and if South Capitol Parkway is one of your avoid-the-traffic cut-throughs, […]
How To Make Planning For The Future Easy
Few of us want to plan too far into the future because it’s an overwhelming task, but it’s also a very important one. Whether you want to buy a house, plan for your child’s college education, or simply start saving money for future expenses, there are easy ways to begin that won’t cause stress and […]
American Happiness: Humor and Horror
Update: Jacqueline Allen Trimble, chair of the department of languages and literatures at Alabama State University in Montgomery was named as the recipient of the Seven Sister Book Award for the best book of the year. Jacqueline Allen Trimble’s first poetry collection, American Happiness, exposes the central irony we live and breathe in the United […]
Back to School
Signs of back-to-school are all around us as we move to the midpoint of the month of August. Large displays of the required school supplies are advertised in all the discount stores. BOGO for pencils, erasers, pens, notebooks, crayons, and hand sanitizer (what’s that about?) are advertised. Racks of the required basic monotonous uniforms that are […]
On a Roll Downtown
Surely you’ve seen it. The shiny Airstream trailer down at the corner of Coosa and Commerce? It’s hard to miss, what with the big light-up arrow and the gleaming silver cylinder, glinting in the sun. It’s been set up for a while now, and is designed to provide a platform for existing and emerging cooks […]
Concerts in the Park
The Cloverdale Idlewild Association (CIA) Spring Concert Series, starts this Sunday, April 3rd. The CIA concerts are well known to be fun and a great way to socialize. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to grab their neighbors, friends and family and come on down to the park. Pets are also welcome (on the leash, of […]
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