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irreplaceable treasure” by The Dance Heritage Coalition, is not afraid of controversy, or of wrestling with big questions in his work. One question Jones returns to repeatedly through- out A Good Man is, “What does Lincoln have to say to us today?” Above, a detail from “Head” by Justin Cooper. To some extent, the film is about the mechanics of creating Scott called Carmen “Bizet’s One- leave the audience feeling slightly Cherry Blossom Festival Fondly Do We Hope, which was Opera Hit Parade,” and it is indeed off-balance and discomfited. A 2009 commissioned by Illinois’ Ravinia ripe with songs that have become review of a St. Louis performance For the past few months, the Festival to commemorate Lincoln’s firmly embedded in popular culture. described Moreno’s segment as Birmingham Botanical Gardens has bicentennial in 2009, but it’s also a The toreador march will be familiar being comprised of the artist— been renovating the Japanese fascinating look at what it takes to to fans of the Marx Brothers as the dressed in a rainbow wig, sus- Cultural Pavilion. The renovation make an intellectually ambitious basis for the “I lost my shirt/I found penders, and a Speedo—attempting will culminate on Saturday, March work of modern dance/theatre. We my shirt” scene in Cocoanuts. to break the Guinness World Record 17, during the Japan-America Society see Jones and his New York-based for the Most Balloon Animals of Alabama’s (JASA) annual Cherry company practicing the steps, creat- Twisted in One Hour with increasing Blossom Festival. The festival will ing the music, and writing the text ineffectiveness and agitation before feature the planting of three Yoshino of the piece (Jones uses quite a bit finally shouting at the audience, “I cherry trees to mark the centennial of spoken word in his work, another twist for tips!” A review of a recent of Japan’s original 1912 gift of more element that may surprise fans of performance by the duo in the than 3,000 flowering cherries to the classical ballet). We see some of the Brooklyn, New York-based L U.S., which line the Tidal Basin in outbursts we’ve come to expect Magazine featured the phrases Washington, D.C. Representatives from “artistes”—at one point he “comedic awkwardiana,” “quasi-mag- from the office of the Consul- says, “I’m not a saint. I don’t aspire ical tom-trickery,” and “hilariously General of Japan in Atlanta will be in to be one, yet. I want to be a two- tragic soliloquies,” so there you go. attendance to provide consular fisted maker.” Even if you don’t The story centers on the gypsy One thing’s for sure—Birmingham resources and information to quite get his choreography, or every- femme fatale Carmen, who seduces audiences probably won’t have an Japanese nationals. The festival, thing he says, it’s worth watching a the inexperienced young corporal opportunity to see anything like it which takes places from 11 a.m. to 4 master’s creative process in action. Don Jose. The affair incites him to for some time to come. p.m., will also have Japanese-themed A Good Man will be shown leave his former love interest, mutiny Cooper’s Thin Lines installa- performances, demonstrations, and Thursday, March 15, at the Alys against his superiors, and join a tion and exhibition of works on exhibits. Admission is free. For more Stephens Center at 7 p.m. Editor criminal gang. When Carmen even- paper will be on display at beta information, visit www.jasaweb.org David Simpson and directors Bob tually leaves him for the charismatic pictoris gallery March 16 through or www.bbgardens.org. Hercules and Gordon Quinn will be bullfighter Escamillo, Don Jose mur- April 14. The opening reception present for a question-and-answer ders her in a fit of rage. Carmen’s featuring a performance of Yeti Bill T. Jones: A Good session after the film. General overt sensuality was considered scan- and Firebush will take place Friday, admission tickets are $10, $8 for stu- dalous at the time of its premiere, March 16 from 6 to 9 p.m. For Man at ASC dents. For details, call 205-975-2787 and was not a critical or commercial more information, visit Early in Bill T. Jones: A Good Man, or visit www.alysstephens.org. success. Then Bizet died at age 36 www.betapictorisgallery.com. the independent film about the near the end of its initial run, adding acclaimed modern dance choreog- Art & Arias Celebrates an element of real-life tragedy to Book Blog Launch Party rapher that will be shown as part Carmen’s mystique. Subsequent per- of the Southern Circuit Film Series Carmen formances were roaring successes, at Communicating at the Alys Stephens Center, an On Friday, March 9, from 6 to 9 p.m., and the work began its ascent into Vessels Music Studio audience member at the premiere Opera Birmingham’s Amici young the canon of French opera. of Jones’ ode to Abraham Lincoln, patrons group and the Birmingham Performances take place Friday On Sunday, March 11, Crestline’s Fondly Do We Hope . . . Fervently Museum of Art Junior Patrons will at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 Church Street Coffee and Books will Do We Pray, tells the filmmakers, “I host Art & Arias, a night of Spanish- p.m. Tickets range from $20 to celebrate the launch of their new e- have a conflict when you’ve got art themed entertainment celebrating $90. For details, call 205-322-6737 book blog and online store and politics together. I don’t want Opera Birmingham’s upcoming per- or visit www.operabirmingham.org. PostScript at Communicating Vessels’ that—I want to get away from it formance of Georges Bizet’s Carmen. music studio in Woodlawn. The party when I go to see something.” She The event will feature live Spanish will feature beer, raffles for free should have done a little home- guitar music, performances of arias Yeti and Firebush books and coffee, and live music by work before buying her tickets. from Carmen, a fortune-teller, and The Hill and Wood and others. The sangria and tapas. The art galleries Performance at beta blog will encourage bloggers to cre- Jones, a MacArthur genius grant will be open for guests to explore the pictoris gallery ate daily book reviews, recommenda- recipient and winner of two Tony museum’s collection. Admission is tions, and book-related content. The Awards who has been named “an $10 for Junior Patrons/Amici mem- The opening reception of New party will begin at 7 p.m. at the new bers, $15 for non- York-based artist Justin Cooper’s Communicating Vessels studio at the Bill Jones: A Good Man members, and free Thin Lines exhibition at beta pic- 55th Place Arts building in Woodlawn if you join Amici or toris gallery will feature a perform- (15 55th Place South). For details, BMA Junior Patrons ance of Yeti and Firebush, a collab- call 205-870-1117 or visit www.face- at the event. To oration between Cooper and Ross book.com/churchstreetcoffee. learn more, visit Moreno. The performance is billed www.artsbms.org. as “comedic deconstruction,” com- bining “stand-up, parlor magic, and Opera slapstick comedy with highly chore- Birmingham will ographed monologues and wildly present Carmen unhinged improv creating an expe- Friday, March 16 rience that is funny, strange, and and Sunday, March ultimately thought-provoking.” 18 at Samford It’s difficult to anticipate what to University’s Wright expect from the performance, save Center. NPR’s Bruce that there’s a good chance it will

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sexual exploitation while raising details: www.tragiccityrollers.com. Art: The Biology of Seeing. Her EVENTS much needed funds for the rehabili- Workshop: John Van Auken, speak- insights into the field include a sim- tation of young girls who have been er and author on a variety of topics ple explanation for the elusive smile trafficked and sexually exploited in from mystical spirituality to modern of Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa.” ❖ “ ” Denotes a new listing. Honduras. Event features drinks, life, will present “From Karma to Free. 5:30 p.m. A public reception tapas, silent auction, and dub step Grace,” detailing ways to improve follows. Alys Stephens Center, 3/8, Thursday dance music by DJ Har Megiddo. relationships, embrace a healthier Jemison Hall, 1200 10th Avenue Lecture Jennifer Lindsay, Faulkner Tournament champion will win a life, and realize your full potential. South. Details: 975-9540; State Community College Professor of ping pong table. 6:30–11 p.m. Auken is affiliated with Edgar Cayce’ http://alysstephens.uab.edu. World History, speaks on genocide, $15–$25. Woodrow Hall, 5504 First s Association for Research and ❖ Classical Concert Samford social justice, and the process that Avenue North. Tickets and details: Enlightenment. $79–$89. 9 University will debut its new faculty transforms good citizens into bad 542-3345; shedances.org. a.m.–4:30 p.m. Unity of Birmingham, string quartet, featuring Angela and neighbors. 11 a.m. Birmingham 2803 Highland Avenue. Details: Jeffrey Flaniken and Ruth Marie and Southern College, Norton Theater, 900 3/10, Saturday Beverly Westbrook, 613-1709. Jared Ballance. Free. 7:30 p.m. Arkadelphia Road. Details: 226-4733; Gardening Learn how to care for ❖ Zumba Party/Fundraiser Samford’s Brock Recital Hall, 800 www.bsc.edu/events/index.cfm. azaleas in your residential landscape. “Zumbatomic Family Party.” Lakeshore Parkway. Details: 726- Lecture “Founding Gardeners: The Alabama is blessed with an abun- Grandparents, parents and kids can 4197; arts.samford.edu/events. Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and dance of native azaleas that are very enjoy this “fun-filled” Zumba party the Shaping of the American Nation.” adaptable to the residential land- appropriate for the entire family. DJ 3/14, Wednesday New York Times best-selling author scape. Recent breeding programs Francis, Zumba’s Official DJ, and Lecture “The Dawning of the Great Andrea Wulf looks at the lives of the have yielded multitudes of cultivars Marcie Gill, star of the Exhilarate Age of Librarians: Breaking the founding fathers and how their attitude from which to choose. An overview of DVD series, will be leading the action. Barriers of Time and Space,” by T. toward plants, gardens, nature, and our native azaleas and many of their All proceeds benefit the Strong Kids Scott Plutchak, Director of UAB Lister agriculture shaped the American cultivars will be presented allowing and Communities campaign. Hill Library of the Health Sciences. nation. Wulf will show how plants, poli- the participant to intelligently incor- $15–$20. 11:15–Noon. YMCA Pelham The objective of the Reynolds tics and personalities intertwined as porate these native wonders into Family Branch, 2610 Pelham Parkway. Historical Lecture Series is to review, never before. Reception and book-sign- today’s residential garden. $12–$15. Details and registration: 685-6510; assess, and discuss various historical ing at 5:30 in the Hodges Room. Books 9:30–11 a.m. Aldridge Gardens, 3530 www.ymcabham.org/phzumba. aspects of the health care sciences. will be available for purchase at Leaf & Lorna Road. Details: 682-8019; Box lunches are available on a first Petal at The Gardens. Free. Lecture www.aldridgegardens.com. 3/11, Sunday come, first served basis. Noon–1 p.m. 6:30 p.m. in the Linn-Henley Lecture Concert/Light Show “The Pink ❖ Classical Concert Prize-winning Free. UAB Lister Hill Library, 1530 Hall. Space is limited. Birmingham Floyd Experience.” Music and a pianist Dmitry Rachmanov will per- 3rd Avenue South. Details: 934-4475; Botanical Gardens, 2612 Lane Park “spectacular” light show are com- form the final installment of the www.uab.edu/reynolds/lecture. Road. Registration and Details: 414- bined for a highly conceptual, psy- 2011-2012 UAB Piano Series. On the Poetry “Word Up! 2012, The Art of 3960; www.bbgardens.org. chedelic evening. 8 p.m. $20–$55.50. program are “Six Moments the Word Celebrating the Art of Poetry: UAB’s Alys Stephens Center, 1200 Musicaux” by Schubert; “Valse Spoken and Print, New and Familiar.” 3/9, Friday 10th Ave. South. Details: 975-2787; Oubliée No. 1” and “Funérailles” by Meet Kevin Young, author of seven Ethnic Music Concert “TAO: The www.AlysStephens.org. Liszt; “Frühlingsglaube,” “Ständchen books of poetry including Ardency: A Art of the Drum.” An evening that com- Freestyle Motorcross The Gravity von Shakespeare” and “Erlkönig,” by Chronicle of the Amistad Rebellion, bines athletic prowess, choreography, Slashers Freestyle Motocross tour Schubert/Liszt; and “Sonata No. 6, named one of the “Best Poetry Books and Taiko drumming. The stars of TAO features stunts such as “cliffhangers,” op. 82” by Prokofiev. $5–$15. 4 p.m. of 2011” by the Boston Globe. Young live and train at a compound in the “sterilizers,” “tsunamis,” and “hart UAB’s Alys Stephens Center, 1200 is the Atticus Haygood Professor of mountains of Japan, reaching the high- attacks.” In this mid-air contest, rid- 10th Avenue South. Details: 975- Creative Writing and English at Emory est level of virtuosity only after years of ers launch their bikes off ramps and 2787; www.music.uab.edu. University in Atlanta. Free. 6:30–8 p.m. intensive study. 8 p.m. $20–$49.50. perform mind-bending acrobatic ❖ Traditional Music “Songs of Birmingham Public Library, Arrington UAB’s Alys Stephens Center, 1200 10th moves while soaring through the Struggle, Songs of Faith,” a celebra- Auditorium, 2100 Park Place. Details: Avenue South. Details: 975-2787; arena’s airspace. 7:30 p.m. $24–$30. tion of African-American and Jewish www.bplonline.org/calendar; www.AlysStephens.org. BJCC Arena, 2100 Richard Arrington musical traditions, will open a week http://kevinyoungpoetry.com. ❖ Zumba Party/Fundraiser Jr. Boulevard North. Details: of music featuring Oral Moses and ❖ Lecture “The Story of My Father, “Glow and Glitter Zumba Party.” www.ticketmaster.com/BJCC-Arena- Daniel Gale. Free. 2:30 p.m. Samford Judel Schuster, and his Jewish Miami DJ Francis will bring the heat tickets Birmingham/venue/262203. University, Brock Recital Hall, 800 Community of Sarny, Poland.” Dr. for the “hottest party of the year,” Prayer Conference Contemplative Lakeshore Parkway. Details: 726- Abraham Schuster, a practicing physi- featuring special lighting and compli- Outreach of Birmingham hosts an 4197; arts.samford.edu/events. cian in Birmingham, never heard his mentary glow-in-the-dark jewelry. All annual conference on subjects about parents Pauline and Judel Schuster proceeds benefit the Strong Kids and and related to the contemplative prac- 3/13, Tuesday speak of their experiences in their Communities campaign. $15–$20. tice of centering prayer. The confer- Lecture “What Art Can Tell Us native Poland during World War II. 6:30–8 p.m. YMCA Pelham Family ence is open to anyone interested in About the Brain.” A talk by Harvard After their parents’ deaths, the Branch, 2610 Pelham Parkway. learning about centering prayer, as Medical School Professor Margaret S. Schuster’s children documented the Details and registration: 685-6510; well as experienced practitioners. The Livingstone, Ph.D., a neurobiologist story of courage and survival that Dr. www.ymcabham.org/phzumba. featured speaker, Mary Dwyer, is a long best known for work on visual pro- Schuster will share. Free. 12–1 p.m. ❖ Opera event “Art & Arias” is a time practitioner of centering prayer cessing and the author of Vision and Birmingham Public Library, Central joint event between the Young Friends and member of the International of Opera Birmingham and the Contemplative Outreach Resource Birmingham Museum of Art Junior Faculty. She will speak on the use of Patrons to promote Opera the Welcoming Prayer and Forgiveness Birmingham’s upcoming production of Prayer in contemplative practice. 9 Bizet’s Carmen on March 16 and 18. a.m.–3:30 p.m. $50 per person which Restored Norwood Home for Sale Hear live Spanish guitar music, arias includes light refreshments and box The restoration of the 1912 Thornton-Baldone House is nearing from Carmen, have your fortune told, lunch. St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church completion. This 2,700-square-foot home is near the Boulevard and enjoy sangria and tapas. $10–15. in Cahaba Heights, 3775 Crosshaven and trolley stop of this Historic District. It features 2 bedrooms Drive. Registration and details: 991- 6–9 p.m. Birmingham Museum of Art, IVLIJI\PWVMIKPÆWWZP]OMZWWU[_Q\P!NWW\KMQTQVO[[MXIZI\M 6964; www.bham.net/cobweb. 2000 Rev. Abraham Woods Jr. PQOPMNÅKQMVKaPMI\X]UX[NWZMIKPÆWWZITTPIZL_WWLÆWWZ[IVL Boulevard. Details: www.operabirming- Roller Derby The Rolling Arsenal ham.org; http://artsbma.org. Derby of Huntsville are coming to reconditioned windows and doors. 5 minutes to downtown and much cheaper per square foot than a loft. For a sneak peek, or to be the ❖ Ping-Pong Birmingham to take on the Tragic City Tournament/Fundraiser Rollers. Double-header bout featuring early bird, call Peter Maynard at 205-515-5017 or e mail at “Backspin 2012” is a table tennis the Hot Quads vs. Rollsheviks at 4:45 [email protected]. tournament created to raise public p.m., followed by Tragic City All-Stars awareness of human trafficking and at 7 p.m. $10–$15. Zamora Shrine Buyers Agents Welcome Temple, 3521 Ratliff Road. Tickets and

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Enjoy several “Kegs and Eggs.” Enjoy a bunch of including Pint’s and Pie’s Lunch–free Details: 714-8300; mcwane.org. opportunities to meet a resident bands, bagpipes, green beer, cornhole, shepherd’s pie–and several beer spe- ❖ Arts and Crafts Think green for snake throughout the day and learn madness, tomfoolery, and general may- cials including local brews and green St. Patrick’s Day and make your own the legend and science of why there hem. Live music kicks off on the patio beer with live music all night. Dave’s recycled creation out of an old CD. are no wild snakes in Ireland. All with Jacksons NLA at 11 a.m., Kolby and Pub, 1128 20th Street South. Details: Bring an old CD of your own, or Day. Ruffner Mountain, 1214 81st some of the Within Reason boys follow 933-4030; davespubsouthside.com. pick from one provided. 10 a.m.–2 Street South. Details: 833-8264; them with DJ Mark AD closing the night p.m. Ruffner Mountain, Treehouse, www.ruffnermountain.org. out spinning on the patio. On the main 3/15–17, Thursday–Saturday 1214 81st Street South. Details: 833- ❖ Street Festival “Shamrockin.” Join stage, Matt and Sean start things off at 1 a.m. then II Da Maxx funks things up ❖ Irish Celebration Enjoy three- 8264; www.ruffnermountain.org. Guinness, the Alabama Celtic and Teenage Daddy closes the festivities day event including live Irish music ❖ Association, and the Five Points Race/Festival/Fundraiser St. out. Wear green, get ready, get out, and and Irish dancers on Thursday and Neighborhood and Merchants Patrick’s Day 5K and festival, hosted head to the free. 6 a.m.– Sunday 2 a.m. Friday with traditional Irish breakfast Associations for an afternoon of live by A Silver Lining, Inc., includes local Innisfree Irish Pub, 710, 29th Street served on Saturday morning with live Irish music, dance, and fun. Performers food vendors, music, Humane South. 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6 March 8, 2012 • www.bwcitypaper.com • black & white tration required. Aldridge Gardens, Instructor Octavia Kuransky, the 1715 27th Court South. Details: 344- $14.50–$35. BJCC Concert Hall, 2100 3530 Lorna Road. Details: 682-8019; Central Alabama Women’s Business 0598; www.sanspointe.org. Richard Arrington Jr. Boulevard North. www.aldridgegardens.com. Center business coach, presents infor- Tickets and details: 800-745-3000; ❖ Cherry Blossom Festival Japan mation needed to determine whether 3/9–11, Friday–Sunday www.ticketmaster.com. America Society of Alabama’s annual you are ready to become an entrepre- The Pablo Cruise Incident When festival and viewing with Japanese- neur. Personal and professional goals, a nice guy hits the intersection of what 3/10, Saturday themed performances, demonstra- work style, available resources, and his life could be, he has a path chosen Peter and the Wolf The tions, and exhibits. The 2012 festival networking will be discussed. Free. for him all because of “The Pablo Birmingham Children’s Theatre and will highlight the 100-year anniversary 3–5 p.m. CAWBC, 2 North 20th Street, Cruise Incident.” Now he has one last the Alabama Symphony Orchestra join of the gift of cherry trees from Japan Suite 830. Registration and details: chance to turn back the clock. Don’t to bring you a “spectacular” new stag- to the United States. Free. 11 a.m.–4 453-0249; [email protected]. miss this comedy that asks the ques- ing of Prokofiev’s beloved musical p.m. Birmingham Botanical Gardens, tion, “Whatcha gonna do?” $15–20. fable. A flittering bird, a doomed 2612 Lane Park Road. Details: 823- 3/23, Friday Virginia Samford Theatre, 1116 26th duck, a mischievous cat, and our fear- 6621; www.bbgardens.org. ❖ Political Satire Fundraiser Street South. Details: 251-1206; less hero, Peter, spring to life as never “Capitol for Capital.” WBHM 90.3 is www.virginiasamfordtheatre.org. before in their quest to outwit the 3/18, Sunday bringing the satirical political humor The Sleeping Beauty This fairy tale, ferocious wolf. 2. p.m. $10–$12. ❖ Carmen Opera Birmingham pres- of The Capitol Steps, a performance the newest addition to Birmingham Birmingham Children’s Theatre, 2130 ents Georges Bizet’s Carmen. Set in troupe, that “put the mock in Ballet’s repertoire, delivers a “magical” Richard Arrington Jr. Blvd North. Spain during the mid-19th century, democracy” and is known for skew- adventure. Be enchanted by Princess Details: 458-8899; www.bct123.org. the opera centers on Carmen, a ering both sides of the political aisle. Aurora, spellbound by fairies, and beautiful gypsy with a fiery temper. $39. 8 p.m. UAB’s Alys Stephens thrilled by valiant Prince Florimund in 3/12–16, Monday–Friday Free with her love, she woos Don Center, 1200 10th Ave. South. his battle to overcome the evil spell cast UAB Annual Festival of Ten José, a soldier who is romantically Tickets: 1-877-ART-TIKS. Details: upon his beloved. Choreographer Minute Plays The “edgy, tremen- inexperienced. Their relationship http://alysstephens.uab.edu. Gifts to Cindy Free weaves traditional elements dously popular” festival features eight leads him to reject his former love, the capital campaign can be made of this favored ballet with fresh innova- super-short original plays. The 2012 rebel against his superior, and join a online at www.wbhm.org. tion of her own, creating for us a world theme, Get Me Out of Here! presents gang of smugglers. But when of fantasy and possibilities where we stories of cages, prisons, and traps of Carmen turns from Don José in favor 3/23–25, Friday–Sunday can experience happily ever after. all kinds. $5. 7:30 p.m. Alys Stephens of her new conquest, the handsome ❖ Sample the Arts Workshop bullfighter Escamillo, Don José’s jeal- The Alabama Folk School offers ousy leads him to murder. 7:30 p.m. instruction from “master” artisans as Samford University, Wright Center, a way to enrich lives and reconnect 800 Lakeshore Parkway. Details: 726- people to music, art, and each other. 4197; arts.samford.edu/events. Enjoy fabric jewelry with Jackie Miller and Maggie Alvarez, creative 3/19–20, Monday–Tuesday writing with Nancy Hartness, ukulele ❖ Children/Pirates “Pirate Party.” with Charlie Hartness, Alabama bird- Children can dress like a pirate and set ing with Dave Holloway, and drawing sail on an educational voyage as they Alabama’s native birds with Val explore the museum and aquarium on Webb. Alabama Folk School at Camp a treasure hunt. Discover an octopus, McDowell, 105 DeLong Road, touch a shark, and see a horseshoe Nauvoo. Registration and details: crab up close. 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Included www.alfolkschool.com. CITY OF BIRMINGHAM COMPREHENSIVE PLAN in cost of admission to the museum, free for members. McWane Science 3/24, Saturday Center, 200 19th Street North. Details: ❖ Humane Society Benefit “Paws 714-8300; mcwane.org. in the Gardens.” Third annual event Three Open Houses where your dog can enjoy “Yappy 3/19–23, Monday–Friday Hour” with other dogs and have his for Public Comment ❖ Children/Science “Brain picture made while owners learn how Awareness Week.” Children can join his fellow canines are being rescued, Choose one and drop UAB staff and graduate students for a helping humans through service at chance to dissect a sheep brain or a war, and as first responders. Receive in any time between cow eye and various interactive activi- advice on obedience, grooming, leash ties that describe how the senses work. control, vaccinations, and more. $10 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Included in cost of admission to the per dog with portion of the proceeds museum, free for members. McWane benefiting the Shelby County Monday, March 12 Science Center, 200 19th Street North. Humane Society. Aldridge Gardens, Birmingham CrossPlex | 2331 Bessemer Road Details: 714-8300; mcwane.org. 3530 Lorna Road. Details: 682-8019; www.aldridgegardens.com. Tuesday, March 13 3/20, Tuesday ❖ Masquerade Ball/Fundraiser Birmingham Public Library, Central Branch (1st Floor Atrium) ❖ Poetry “Word Up! 2012 The Art of Live music, dancing, and silent auc- 2100 Park Place the Word Celebrating the Art of tion. Funds raised at this Rotaract Club Poetry: Spoken and Print, New and event will support Rotaract’s Ready 2 Thursday, March 15 Familiar.” Featuring Elizabeth Hughey, Read program and other monthly serv- Don Hawkins Recreation Center | 8920 Roebuck Blvd. lecturer in the University Honors ice projects. 8 p.m.–Midnight. Alys Program at UAB. Free. 6:30 p.m. Stephens Center, 1200 10th Avenue Birmingham Public Library, Central South. Details: 975-9540; 20 minutes is all you need to: FREE PARKING. http://alysstephens.uab.edu. Branch, 2100 Park Place. Details: 226- Uʈ˜` œÕÌ “œÀi >LœÕÌ Ì i *>˜ FAMILIES 3671; www.bplonline.org/calendar. WELCOME! UÊ/>Ž ̜ “i“LiÀà œv Ì i «>˜˜ˆ˜} Ìi>“ CHILDREN’S 3/21, Wednesday UʈÛi ޜÕÀ vii`L>VŽ œ˜ Ì i }œ>Ã] ACTIVITIES THEATRE & DANCE PROVIDED. ❖ Lecture Riva Hirsch was 7 years old ÃÌÀ>Ìi}ˆià >˜` >V̈œ˜Ã Liˆ˜} REFRESHMENTS in 1941 when the Germans occupied `iÛiœ«i` vœÀ Ì i «>˜ WILL BE SERVED. “❖” Denotes a new listing her village in Bessarbia. She was arrest- You told us your hopes for the City ed and sent to several work camps, 3/8–10, Thursday–Saturday of Birmingham’s future in the public including Luchinetz and Tolchin in the meetings over the last few months. Stop Ukraine. From Tolchin she was res- Sweet and Fashion Briefs by to see how the plan is taking shape! cued by partisan troops and cared for Sanspointe Dance Company performs by nuns in a convent, hidden in “Sweet” and Code f.a.d. performs bunkers from 1943-1945 and finally “Fashion Briefs.” Fashion Briefs is a OUR CITY | OUR VOICE | OUR PLAN liberated by Russian troops. Hear her collection of small works (solos, duets, www.birminghamcomprehensiveplan.com amazing story. Free. 12 p.m. and trios) inspired by the work and For more information call: (205) 254-2524 Birmingham Public Library, Central lives of fashion designers such as Yves Branch, 2100 Park Place. Details: 226- Saint Laurent, Ralph Lauren, Dolce & 3671; www.bplonline.org/calendar. Gabbana, Vera Wang, Christian Dior, ❖ Women’s Career Workshop Burberry, Gucci, and Louis Vuitton. 8 “Getting Your Dream off the Ground.” p.m. $13–15. CDF Studio Theatre,

7 black & white • www.bwcitypaper.com • March 8, 2012 # CALENDAR Center, Odessa Theatre, 1200 10th Artists Incorporated Every Sunday Avenue South. Details: 975-9540; GALLERIES 3365 Morgan Drive; 979-8990; Docent-led tours of various galleries http://alysstephens.uab.edu. www.artistsincorporated.com. and exhibitions. 2 p.m. Free admission. 3/15, Thursday “❖” Denotes a new listing. Beta Pictoris Gallery Birmingham Public Library, Love in the Ruins: The Mind of 2411 2nd Avenue North; 413-2999; Central Branch Walker Percy Join Vulcan Park and Alabama Museum of Health www.mauscontemporary.com 2100 Park Place, 4th Floor Exhibition Museum and Lee Eric Shackleford for Sciences Gallery; 226-3746; 1700 University Blvd; 934-4475; 3/16–April 14 the premiere performance of Love in ❖ www.bplonline.org. www.uab.edu/amhs. thin lines New York based artist, the Ruins: The Mind of Walker Percy, Justin Cooper, explores lines from Through April 13 ❖ a one-act, one-man play inspired by Through May 11 multiple perspectives through draw- “Simpler Times: The Paintings of the author’s writings. Love in the UABSOM Art Show: 700 years of ings, performance, and sculptural Maurice Cook.” Cook is self-taught Ruins recounts Walker Percy’s ideas medicine and ill health are repre- objects. Lines are deconstructed, dis- and his work depicts people enjoy- about relationships, science, technol- sented with instruments, equipment, sected, tossed around, laughed at, ing life and activities typically found ogy, religion, and especially how specimens, and models used by and playfully abstracted. Ross throughout the rural South. One of Birmingham shaped Percy into one of healthcare professionals around the Moreno, artist, magician, and come- the characteristics of Cook’s art is the 20th century’s most original world. Experience the history of dian will be joining Justin Cooper that although the activities are easily authors. $7.50–$15. Cash bar opens medicine, its immeasurable progress for a one night only performance identified, the people are anony- 5:30 p.m. Program begins 6 p.m. and devastating challenges, through entitled Yeti and the Firebush at the mous—they do not have faces. He Vulcan Park and Museum, 1701 Valley the collections of the Alabama opening reception on March 16 from paints them without facial features to View Drive. Details: 933-1409; Museum of the Health Sciences at 6–9 p.m. Cooper and Moreno bring create images that can be universal. www.visitvulcan.com; the University of Alabama at their unique elements of stand-up, Cook explains, “I want all people to www.uab.edu/theatre/ourfaculty/lee- Birmingham. All student, resident, parlor magic, and slapstick comedy relate to my paintings. I try to tell shackleford. and faculty entries on display. with highly choreographed mono- the story with body language.” logues and improv for an experience 3/17, Saturday Alabama School of Fine Arts that is “funny, strange, and ultimately Birmingham-Southern College Peter and the Wolf The 1800 8th Avenue North; 252-9241 thought provoking.” 900 Arkadelphia Road; 226-4770; www.bsc.edu. Birmingham Children’s Theatre and Art Folk Gallery Through May 18 the Alabama Symphony Orchestra ❖ 1731 1st Avenue North; 313-4103; (Welcome to) Six Flags–Trouble in DanielDay Gallery join to bring you a “spectacular” new Paradise Six artists, including Florian www.artfolkgallery.com. 3025 6th Avenue South; 731-9420; staging of Prokofiev’s beloved musi- Heinke, Walton Creel, Melissa www.dreammeccastudio.com. cal fable. A flittering bird, a doomed Through March 31 Vandenberg, Peter Fox, Willie Cole, duck, a mischievous cat, and our ❖ “Silent Majority,” an exhibition of and Leah Hamel, express their vision Gallery Soleil fearless hero, Peter, spring to life as new works by Birmingham’s Paul of the American flag. Opening March 109 Richard Arrington Blvd; never before in their quest to outwit Cordes Wilm. Wilm describes these 16. 6–9 p.m. the ferocious wolf. 2 p.m. $10–$12. works as “a portrait of the voiceless 547-0530; www.gallerysoleil.com. Birmingham Children’s Theatre, public attempting to speak against Birmingham Botanical Gardens 3/29, Thursday ❖ 2130 Richard Arrington Jr. Blvd the deafening roar of the 2612 Lane Park Road; 414-3931; Final Show Come enjoy new North. Details: 458-8899; Information Age.” Showing www.bbgardens.org. paintings, refreshments, and music. www.bct123.org. Wednesday–Friday 12–4:30 p.m. and This will be the final show at Gallery ❖ Through April Saturday 11–2 p.m. Soleil. Gallery Soleil will be closing Introspective Voyage Jay Strong will its doors on March 30. The online display his work in the Art Gallery. gallery will remain open. The Library at The Gardens will host an opening reception on March 9 Hoover Library Theatre from 5:30–7:30 p.m. 200 Municipal Drive, Hoover; Birmingham Museum of Art 444-7800; www.hooverlibrary.org 2000 Eighth Avenue North; 254- Through March 30 ❖ 2565; www.artsbma.org. Known for his hazy, mystical scenes, some like giant ancient fres- Through April 8 coes, Arthur Price’s work will be Dragons and Lotus Blossoms: exhibited on stage through March 13 Vietnamese Ceramics from the and in the Friends Gallery through Birmingham Museum of Art March 30. Details: 739-7124. Through June 10 Through March 31 98 pieces of rare “lover’s eye” jewelry Portraits of civil rights pioneer are featured in the exhibition The Look Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth by local of Love: Eye Miniatures from the Skier Funny How It’s Not photographer Jonathan Purvis. Portraits Collection. Lover’s eye jewelry began available for purchase. The Library with a commission by a lovelorn Theatre, 200 Municipal Drive, Hoover. Hard to be Funny Prince of Wales of England. Each intri- Details: 444-7800; www.jpurvis.com. cate piece features a tiny portrait of an with This Material. eye and many are encrusted in gem- Naked Art Gallery stones such as garnets, pearls, or dia- 3831 Clairmont Avenue; 595-3553; monds. Birmingham Museum of Art, www.nakedartusa.com. 2000 Rev. Abraham Woods Jr. Blvd. Details: 254-2565. Rojo First Thursday of the Month 2921 Highland Ave.. 35205; 328- “First Thursday: After Hours at the 4733; www.rojobirmingham.com BMA.” The Birmingham Museum of Through March Art is pleased to present an after- “OmniVerse and the Instant.” Hunter hours experience on the first Bell’s first solo visual art show encom- Thursday of each month. Wander the passing mostly recent works including galleries, sip cocktails in the garden, multimedia sculptures and assemblages catch a movie, or sit down with made from found objects and manipu- friends for tapas at Oscar’s. The lated materials, digitally manipulated Capitol Ste Museum is open for your enjoyment he eps photos and hand drawn designs, draw- T until 9 p.m. General Admission is free Coming to Tow ings and paintings on wood, paper, are n. to enjoy the “First Thursdays: After recycled canvas, fabric, slate, glass, plas- Hours at the Museum.” If you wish to tic. Materials mostly scavenged from enjoy tapas or cocktails, additional junkyards, dumpsters, roadsides, thrift America’s funniest political satirists will perform in a charges apply. Birmingham Museum stores, friends’ closets, and other of Art, 2000 Rev. Abraham Woods, Jr. benefit for public radio at UAB’s Alys Stephens Center resources, and thereupon re-managed Boulevard. Details: 254-2565; Friday, March 23 at 8 PM. Tickets may be purchased by into works of art. 6–10 p.m. Rojo, 2921 www.artsbma.org/events/first-thurs- calling1-877-ART-TIKSoronlineatalysstephens.uab.edu. Highland Avenue. Details: days-event-information. http://omniversalhunter.blogspot.com.

8 March 8, 2012 • www.bwcitypaper.com • black & white The Sacred Art Gallery those that are simply passing through 2100 4th Avenue North; 322-5469. the state. Learn to use field marks, habitat choice, and behavior to iden- Through April 5 tify a variety of warblers, vireos, tan- The Birmingham Art Association will be agers, and many other colorful showing art from acrylic painters Cary species. Weekend field trips will be Baker and Carlye Daugird, oil painter offered to hone your birding skills. Adelaide Booth, and figurative sculptor Mondays, March 26–April 30. Donna Sophronia-Sims. Opening $60–$70. 6:30–8:30 p.m. Birmingham reception February 26, 1–3 p.m. Botanical Gardens, 2612 Lane Park Samford University Road. Details and registration: 414- 3950; www.bbgardens.org. 800 Lakeshore Parkway; 726-4197; ❖ arts.samford.edu/events. Call for Artists For the sixth annual Montevallo Art Show in Orr Through March 15 Park on April 14 10 a.m.–5 p.m. To Visual Arts Exhibit featuring art from download an application and artist middle school and high school stu- guidelines, visit www.monteval- dents. Bonnie Bolding Swearingen Hall. loartscouncil.org. Application deadline UAB Visual Arts Gallery March 15. Booth fee $40. Details: 789-3033; artcoordinator@monteval- 934-0815; www.uabvisualarts- loartscouncil.org. gallery.com ❖ Call for Artwork The fourth Through March 9 annual Paint the Town Red festival is “I Have a Secret Wish…” An exhibi- currently seeking submissions of digi- tion of varied works by 10 female tally created animations, experimental artists including Carolyn Sherer, film, manipulated photos, and site Valerie Corradetti, Grace Mikell, Gina specific installations to be projected in Phillips, Nina Schwanse, Sharon the streets of downtown Birmingham, Louden, Marlo Pascual, Susanna Saturday April 14. Deadline for sub- Starr, Karen Ann Myers, and Babs missions is March 19. Details: Reingold. The exhibited works plant material independently. Some Center, 1214 81st Street South. Details: www.paintthetownredbham.com. explore topics ranging from the sex- gardening experience recommended. 833-8264, www.ruffnermountain.org. ❖ Call for Artists Black Creek Arts ual objectification asserted by con- Thursdays, March 29–April 5. ❖ Outdoor Yoga “Yoga in the Festival in Fultondale is now accepting temporary media to identity-of-self $40–$50. 6–8 p.m. Birmingham Gardens.” This multidimensional artist applications for the Black Creek and gender roles. The range of artis- Botanical Gardens, 2612 Lane Park approach to relaxation facilitates Arts Festival on June 9. Application can tic disciplines includes painting, Road. Details and registration: 414- deep integration of mind, body, and be downloaded at www.fultondaleart- drawing, sculpture, photography, 3950; www.bbgardens.org. spirit. This class is appropriate for council.org. Fultondale Arts Council video and installation. This is the ❖ Grocery Store Tours Join St. anyone, regardless of physical condi- asks the artists to donate 5 percent of first show to be curated by the Vincent’s Health System this March tion. You might like to bring a mat, sales to the Fultondale Arts Council at gallery’s new director, John Fields. for National Nutrition Month’s towel, sunscreen, sunglasses, and the end of the festival. Grocery Store Tours. Tour a local insect repellent. Wednesdays through Vulcan Park and Museum Call for Gumbo Cook Teams grocery store with a Registered April 25. $12 per class. 5:30–6:45 1701 Valley View Drive; 933-1409; Registration has begun for cook Dietitian who will equip you with p.m. Birmingham Botanical Gardens, www.visitvulcan.com. teams who want to compete in one of the information you need to make 2612 Lane Park Road. Details: 414- Through March 23 two divisions, Backyard Cooks or wise food-buying choices. This crash 3950; www.bbgardens.org. Professionals. Teams will cook, serve What Makes the Magic City So course in healthy shopping will leave Poetry Workshop Discover a pas- gumbo, and compete for 10 awards at Magical? An exhibition of works cre- you feeling less overwhelmed when sion and appreciation for poetry by the event scheduled for June 23 at ated by art students from Ramsay it comes to meal planning. $5. For participating in this six-week work- Sloss Furnaces. The team registration High School, these works highlight dates, locations, and registration shop taught by Kwoya Fagin, English is $300 and event proceeds will pro- the talents of these young artists please call 408-6550. professor at Miles College. No experi- vide support services for the 148 low- while illustrating a facet of their com- Hospice Volunteers Needed ence necessary. Participants will read income seniors and disabled adults munity that is significant to them. SolAmor Hospice is looking for vol- from contemporary poets and write who live in Episcopal Place’s afford- unteers to visit patients under hos- and share poems of their own. March able housing community. Cook team pice care in patients’ homes as well 5–April 9. 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. information can be found at the event as nursing facilities. This is not only $40–$50 per person. Registration and website www.gumbogala.com. ANNOUNCEMENTS a rewarding opportunity, but also a details: 879-0411 ext. 233. ❖ Child Assistance JCCEO Head great experience that provides flexi- ❖ Private Dance Lessons A com- Start Program is accepting applications ❖ Art Classes Beginning Zentangle bility with your schedule. Volunteers prehensive private lesson with for its 2012–2013 program year. Low- classes. Zentangle is an easy to learn are formally trained and are a valued William Michael Cooper, a working income parents with children who will method of creating images from part of the interdisciplinary team in professional dancer, for students that be 3 or 4 years old by September 1 repetitive patterns. No artistic talent serving patients during end of life are interested in improving their should complete applications immedi- required and can be enjoyed by a care. If you are interested please call technique quickly in both advanced ately to be considered for enrollment. wide range of ages and skill levels. Ashley K. Starks 991-9091 or email ballet and Graham-based modern Head Start provides pre-school educa- During the two-and-a-half-hour intro- [email protected]. dance. This is great for students who tion, health, dental, nutrition, and ductory course, learn eight basic tan- Old Tennis Shoe Recycling wish to become professional social services at no cost to families. gles and complete two tiles. These Through April 21, Ruffner Mountain dancers. This class will help in JCCEO Head Start programs are avail- will be on-going classes, attend a Nature Center is collecting shoes for improving strength and flexibility, able to all children from low-income class March 22–April 5 and bring a Nike’s Reuse a Shoe program. Bring and individual needs will be families regardless of race, creed, color, friend for free. $35 includes course any old tennis shoes and drop them in accessed. Also, resume writing, and or national origin. Head Start also and a mini-kit so you can tangle at our bin. Ruffner Mountain Visitor the audition process will be exam- home. Artists on the Bluff, 571 Park accepts children with a wide range of Avenue. Details: www.tangled- disabilities. Details: 327-7593. stones.com; www.zentangle.com; ❖ Dance Lessons BBDA presents [email protected]. Waltz, Mambo, and Quick Step lessons Art on the Green. In partnership with Robbie Greenwood of Tupelo, make a real with downtown property owners, Mississippi. $60 for all three lessons. connection Operation New Birmingham will offer $70 per hour for private classes. $25 vacant storefront window space to for one class. Bailey Dance, 1853 Call Livelinks. artists for short-term installations and Montgomery Highway #103. March The hottest place to meet projects. The storefronts are located 24–25, Saturday–Sunday. Details and to the coolest people. on 20th Street North between First book private classes Madrene Roberts Avenue and Second Avenue North, all 915-0482; [email protected]. mediums welcome. Art installations ❖ Gardening Classes “ABC’s of will be on display from Now–April 23. Home Landscape.” Beginning with http://www.yourcitycenter.com/. the basics of design, learn about foun- ❖ Birding Classes “Return of the dation plantings, private areas, energy Local Numbers: 1.800.926.6000 Spring Migrants!” Take an in-depth conservation, and plant selection for Ahora en Español 18+ look at locally breeding species and your home. Create a landscape plan 205.451.0659 www.livelinks.com during class for your yard and study

9 black & white • www.bwcitypaper.com • March 8, 2012 # CALENDAR ined. Details: 975-4769; http://art- make a pencil do more exciting tion exercises, voice and diction, ter- details can be found at www.bbgar- playasc.org/middle. things than homework. Ages 7–14. minology, acting, and stage produc- dens.org/springplantsale as they ❖ Private Music Lessons Through June 11–15 or July 23–27. tion, all the while developing a char- become available. a partnership with the UAB Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–3:30 p.m. acter and rehearsing for a full stage Department of Music, ArtPlay is able $210. Details: 975-4769; http://art- production. Ages 7–12. June 4–16. to offer private instruction in trumpet, playasc.org/middle. Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–3:30 p.m. trombone, clarinet, flute, saxophone, ❖ Summer Camp/Drama $350. Details: 975-4769; http://art- ONGOING euphonium, French horn, piano, gui- “Thoroughly Modern Millie, Jr.” playasc.org/middle. tar, and voice. Instructors in this pro- Campers will be introduced to many ❖ Teen Poetry “WORD UP! Poetry Recent additions to the Ongoing sec- gram are UAB students extensively aspects of theatre with a variety of Slam” for high school students tion are listed below. Older ongoing trained in music education and per- classes. They learn theatre games, (grades 9–12) is marking its fifth announcements are available online formance in the instrument they will improvisation, warm-ups, concentra- anniversary in April. Students at par- at www.bwcitypaper.com. Click on teach. These students will be advised tion exercises, voice and diction, ter- ticipating high schools throughout the “Ongoing” link on the menu bar and guided by UAB Department of minology, acting, and stage produc- Jefferson County will write and per- at left. Music faculty. Details: 975-4769; tion, all the while developing a char- form an original work inspired by the New Support Group for Family http://artplayasc.org/middle. acter and rehearsing for a full stage theme “Milestones.” Winners of each Caregivers of Aging Persons, Spring Break Camp McWane production. Ages 12–18. July 9–20. school’s contest will compete in the Get Advice from Paul D. Roller, M.D. Science Center offers “exciting” camp Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–3:30 p.m. WORD UP! Poetry Slam on April 1 at on communication with doctors, cop- programs every day of Spring Break $350. Details: 975-4769; http://art- 3 p.m. Birmingham Public Library, ing with the daily issues surrounding (March 19–23, Monday–Friday). Full playasc.org/middle. 2100 Park Place. Details: 226-3600; chronic and acute illnesses, psychiatric Day (morning and afternoon ses- ❖ Summer Camp/Drama www.bplonline.org/about/press/Defau conditions specific to aging, transi- sions) $60–$80. Half Day (morning “Disney’s Aristocats, Kids.” Campers lt.aspx?id=369. tions (e.g., hospitalization to home, or afternoon sessions) $30–$40. will be introduced to many aspects ❖ Teen Poetry Workshop Every home skilled nursing care, etc.), McWane Science Center, 200 19th of theatre with a variety of classes. first Saturday with non-profit partner understanding medications, and care- Street North. Visit www.mcwane.org They learn theatre games, improvisa- Real Life Poets, Inc. The monthly giver burnout. This is the first of for schedule and online registration. tion, warm-ups, concentration exer- workshop focuses on engaging youth twelve monthly meetings planned. Details: 714-8300. cises, voice and diction, terminology, and fostering creative expression. Free. Reservations are not required, ❖ Summer Camp/Art “Painting in acting, and stage production, all the Free. 2–4 p.m. Birmingham Public but appreciated. Begins February 8 at The Garden.” For children entering while developing a character and Library, Story Castle, 2100 Park Place. 6:30 p.m., Emett O’Neal Library, 50 grades 3–6. May 29–June 1. 9 a.m.–1 rehearsing for a full stage produc- Details: 226-3600; www.bplonline.org/- Oak Street, Mountain Brook. p.m. $109–$136. Birmingham Botanical tion. Ages 7–12. June 18–29. about/press/Default.aspx?id=369. Reservations and Details: 907-4185. Gardens, 2612 Lane Park Road. Details: Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–3:30 p.m. ❖ Teen Retreat The YWCA Central Adoption: Children’s Aid Society 414-3950; www.bbgardens.org. $350. Details: 975-4769; http://art- Alabama and the National and Alabama Pre/Post Adoption playasc.org/middle. ❖ Summer Camp/Art Conference for Community and Connections sponsors an Adoptive ❖ “Discovering the Visual Arts.” Summer Camp/Drama Justice (NCCJ) host Anytown Parent Group in Jefferson and sur- Campers will be introduced to a vast “Disney’s 101 Dalmatians, Kids.” Alabama, June 3–9, for high school rounding counties. Details: 943-5324 array of visual arts experiences. Campers will be introduced to many students in the greater Birmingham or 866-803-2722. Getting their hands covered in clay, aspects of theatre with a variety of area. Students will engage in a week Animal Rescue/Adoption: The fol- painting a masterpiece, assembling a classes. They learn theatre games, of learning how they can create lowing animal rescue organizations mosaic, and learning new ways to improvisation, warm-ups, concentra- change as they build bonds with have an ongoing need for members, other students from all walks of life. donations, foster/adoptive homes, Students develop leadership skills, and/or volunteers: Alabama Wildlife participate in dialogue, games, and Center (663-7930 x. 8 or www.aw- interactive workshops about social rc.org); Greater Birmingham Humane justice issues. Some topics covered Society (942-1211 or www.gbhs.org); include: racism, religious oppres- Shelby County Humane Society (669- sion, sexism, classism, and hetero- 3916 or www.shelbyhumane.org); sexism. Students learn how to Friends of Cats and Dogs Foundation respond to difficult real-life situa- (www.fcdf.org); Alabama Animal tions with kindness, courage, and Adoption Society (871-6351 or respect. Hargis Retreat in Chelsea. www.animaladoption.org); Save Our Open to current 9th, 10th, and 11th Strays (967-6711 or www.saveour- graders. Applications are welcome strays.org); Birmingham Boston Terrier from students of every race, creed, Rescue (866-778-3705 or www.bhamb- nationality, school, religion, gender, tr.org); Coast to Coast Dachshund sexual orientation, immigration sta- Rescue ([email protected] or www.c2c- tus, and ability. Online application at dr.org); Schnauzer Love Rescue (853- www.ywcabham.org/AnytownAlabam 6709 or www.schnauzerlove- a/applications.asp or contact any- rescue.org); Weimaraner Rescue of the [email protected] or 322-9922 South (www.weimrescue.com); ext. 179. Student application dead- Southern States Dachshund Rescue line is Friday, April 13. (931-446-5533 or www.ssdr.org); T- To Kill A Mockingbird Tickets are Town PAWS (People for Animal Welfare currently on sale for the 22nd annual and Safety) hosts monthly events. theatrical production of Christopher’s Details: 752-1931 or www.t-town- Sergel’s To Kill A Mockingbird from paws.org; Alabama EARS (Encouraging Harper Lee’s novel. The play is pre- Alabama Rabbit Support) meets the sented on the grounds of the court- second Saturday of each month. Call house and inside the courtroom in for location. Details: 942-9589, Monroeville, Alabama and is re-creat- www.alabamaears.org, or info@alaba- ed for the film version with Gregory maears.org. Contact organization for its Peck. This year, audiences will enjoy specific area of need. the play in a newly landscaped Art Classes: The Birmingham amphitheater. Performances will run Museum of Art offers a variety of art from April 19 through May 19. Tickets classes for adults and children, in a must be purchased in person or by variety of mediums. Details: 254- phone at 251-575-7433. 2565 or www.artsbma.org. ❖ Volunteers Needed The Art Classes: Decorative Art: The Botanical Gardens’ spring plant sale Alabama Guild of Decorative Artists will be held in the former Mazer’s meets the fourth Saturday of the location on Green Springs Highway month except for March, May, in Homewood on April 12–15. If November, and December at the you are interested in volunteering, Bluff Park United Methodist Church visit www.bbgardens.org/volunteer (733 Valley Street, Hoover). The or contact Taylor Steele at 414-3962 group welcomes anyone interested or [email protected]. Event in painting (especially watercolor,

10 March 8, 2012 • www.bwcitypaper.com • black & white acrylic, or oil) or creating art. 10 a.m. 322-4197; http://birminghamaid- Book Club: Blaque Magic Readers offered in carving other menagerie Details: [email protected] or soutreach.org/events.html#bingo. Book Club meets each month to dis- animals, such as an Alabama ele- www.theagoda.org. Board Games: The J. Simpkins cuss classic and contemporary phant, a lion, a giraffe, or cherubs. Art Classes: Dixon Glass Gallery & Gallery hosts Classic Monday each works. Details: 994-4012. Details: 602-9026 or 918-9090. Studio offers a variety of classes in kiln- Monday after work, featuring classic Book Club: Alabama Booksmith’s Celtic Interests: The Alabama formed glass for beginners through board games, classic movies, and web site features a number of book Celtic Association offers events advanced students, including holiday refreshments. 1608 Floyd Bradford clubs open to new members. Details: throughout the year, including Irish classes. All materials and use of tools Road, Trussville. Admission: $5. www.alabamabooksmith.com. film screenings, lectures, and con- are provided in the cost of the classes. Details: 957-5448. Book Club: The UAB BookTalk certs. Events held at the Birmingham No experience necessary. Details: 402- Book Club: The Birmingham chap- book club meets on the first Tuesday International Center, 1728 Fifth 2333; www.dixonglassgallery.com. ter of Sisters in Crime, a book club of each month. Mervyn Stern Library, Avenue North, 252-7652. Details: Art Classes: Paint-N-Party in for mystery novel enthusiasts, meets UAB, 6–7 p.m. Details: 934-4250. www.celticalabama.net. Southside provides all supplies and the third Thursday of each month at Book Club: The Oxmoor Page Chess: Scholastic Chess Club. School- an instructor to teach you how to the Homewood Public Library at 7 Turners book group meets the 2nd age players of all skill levels are wel- complete an acrylic painting. All expe- p.m. Monthly meetings focus on a Tuesday of every month at the come. Chess coach Michael Ciamarra rience levels welcome. Paint-N-Party particular book or author, and occa- Homewood Public Library in the hosts. Chess, checkers, Go. Every Magnolia Avenue. Fridays and sionally feature a guest speaker, usu- Boardroom. 6:30–8 p.m. Food and Sunday, 2–5 p.m. Free. Books-A-Million, Saturdays, 7–9 p.m. $35. Details: 939- ally a writer or criminal justice profes- drinks will be served. Details: 332-6601; Brookwood Village. Details: 870-0213. 4599 or www.mypaintnparty.com. sional. Details: http://webpages.char- www.homewoodpubliclibrary.org/adults Civil Rights: The Leadership Art Classes: Red Dot Gallery offers ter.net/southernsisters or mar- /bookGroup. Conference on Civil Rights and the [email protected]. clay classes with Scott Bennett. Day Carousel Horse Carving: Chaffin Library of Congress seek stories about and evening drawing and painting Book Club: The Little Professor Carousel Carving School offers class- securing and maintaining civil rights classes with Dori DeCamillis (for hosts a book club that meets the es that teach how to carve your own in this country for their web site. adult beginners and advanced artists) fourth Thursday of each month. Titles carousel horse, taught by master Details: www.voicesofcivilrights.org. are also offered. Details: 870-7608. alternate between fiction and nonfic- carver and sculptor Ira Chaffin. Art Exhibits/Lectures: The tion. Little Professor Book Center, Classes range in cost from $400 to Avondale Library hosts a series of lec- Homewood, 7 p.m. Details: 870-7461. carve a horse head to $1,900 for a tures and art exhibits by local artists, large horse. Instruction is also as well as a “Clay and Cocktails” workshop every Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. (reservations required). Details: www.imaginepartnersinart.com. Astronomy: The Birmingham Astronomical Society meets the third Tuesday of each month. Samford University Planetarium, 7 p.m. Details: www.BAS-astro.com. Auditions: Harmony Hills Chorus, a four-part a cappella harmony singing group, auditions for all voice parts. Open to women of all ages. Rehearsals are held Tuesdays at 7 p.m. at Aldersgate United Methodist Church. Details: 982-6900. Auditions: The Birmingham Children’s Choir holds auditions each Tuesday. Edgewood Presbyterian Church, call for time. Details: 916-7664 or www.birming- hamchildrenschoir.org. Auditions: The Alabama Symphony Orchestra Chorus. Details: www.alabamasymphonychorus.org. Auto Enthusiasts: The Birmingham British Motoring Club, a when the day is finally club dedicated to driving and pre- serving British automobiles, meets the second Tuesday of each month. Dale’s Southern Grill, Vestavia. Dinner, 6 p.m. Meeting, 7 p.m. over, Details: www.birminghambmc.org. Auto Enthusiasts: Dixie Vintage join your friends for dinner and Automobile Club meets the first Saturday of each month (except days with inclement weather). Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Hoover, 9 drinks. a.m.–noon. Details: 283-5790. Billiards: Amateur pool league plays under the rules of the American Poolplayers Association every day at venues throughout greater Join us for Ruth’s Hour Monday–Thursday in our lounge | 4:30–6:30pm Birmingham. Details: 733-0505 or http://birmingham.apaleagues.com. Featuring select half-priced appetizers from our bar menu BINGO 4 BAO is held in the base- ment of the Birmingham AIDS Outreach building on the first Monday of each month. Doors open at 6 p.m. with bingo starting at 7 p.m. Cash prizes are awarded. Refreshments available for purchase but feel free to bring your own. The first set of bingo cards is $15 or two sets for $20. Quickie Game Cards are $1 each. 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dining. March 29–April 1, Thursday–Saturday. $15. Campus of Providence Hospital on I-65 in Mobile. Details: 251-639-2050; www.festivalofflowers.com. ❖ 47th Annual Eufaula Pilgrimage Alabama’s Oldest Tour of Homes features beautiful Southern mansions, churches, day tours, candlelight Day Trips tours, an art show, vocal performances, Southern authors meet and greet, and more. Tour times vary. March 30–April 1, Friday–Sunday. Admission fees Destinations More Than 60 Miles for attractions. Historic Eufaula Alabama. Details: 334-687-3793; From Birmingham www.eufaulapilgrimage.com. ❖ Historic Selma Pilgrimage “Town and Country Tour.” The 37th “❖” Denotes a new listing. annual event attracts visitors from across Alabama, the Southeast, and else- ❖ Arts and Crafts Festival 60th annual festival in Fairhope. Juried fine arts where to experience Selma’s diverse history and architecture. Features show with over 230 exhibitors from all over the nation, live local entertain- home tours, art shows, an 1860’s working gristmill, museums, early crafts, ment, and classical festival food. Highway 98 South of I-10 to Fairhope Avenue Alabama Plein Air artists and an antique symposium with speakers. intersection. Free parking at Plantation Pointe Shopping Center, Eastern Shore Sponsored by the Selma-Dallas County Historic Preservation Society, Village Center, and Ecor Rouge Place. Baldwin Rural Area Transportation Pilgrimage began in 1976 as a way to share the city’s variety of architectural System (BRATS) providing a shuttle service to fes- styles and rich history. Selma’s historic district features more than 1200 tival site for $2 each way. Free admission to festi- structures. Selma is located 50 miles west of val. March 16–18, Friday–Sunday. 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Montgomery and 50 miles east of Demopolis daily. Details: www.eschamber.com/artscrafts. on U.S. 80 and 90 miles south of Art Exhibit The High Museum of Art in Birmingham on Alabama 22. It can also be Atlanta presents “Picasso to Warhol: Fourteen reached via Alabama 14 just a 45-minute Modern Masters.” This exhibition features drive west of Prattville. It will be held Friday, approximately 100 works of art created by 14 of March 16 and Saturday, March 17. Visit the most iconic artists from the 20th century: selmapilgrimage.com for more information Henri Matisse, Piet Mondrian, Constantin or call 334-412-8550. Brancusi, Fernand Léger, Pablo Picasso, Marcel ❖ Special Art Event: “Go Out with a POP!” Duchamp, Giorgio de Chirico, Joan Miró, Shine like the Warhol superstar you know you Alexander Calder, Romare Bearden, Louise are and help send the Picasso to Warhol exhi- Bourgeois, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol and bition off in style. Visitors can experiment in a Jasper Johns. Through April 29. High Museum DIY silkscreen studio, vogue for a one of a kind of Art, 1280 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta. screen test, explore works of art during the Details: (404) 733-4400; www.high.org. curator led Pop Talks, and experience many Art Exhibit 63 drawings and paintings by self- more activities. The POP! party includes live taught Alabama artist Bill Traylor. Traylor began music and exclusive access to the galleries dur- making art near the end of his life, and his ing the final days of Picasso to Warhol. works are notable for their flat, simply defined Saturday, April 28. 8 p.m.–2 a.m. High Museum shapes and vibrant compositions in which of Art, 1280 Peachtree Street N.E., Atlanta. memories and observations relating to African Details: 404-733-4400; www.high.org. American life are merged. Through May 13. ❖ The Rosenbaum House An American High Museum of Art, 1280 Peachtree Street, architectural treasure, this house was built N.E., Atlanta. Details: (404) 733-4400; for newlyweds Stanley and Mildred www.high.org. Rosenbaum of Florence, Alabama, in 1939. Piet Mondrian's "Trafalgar Square," part of Art Exhibit “The Art of Golf” explores the The house is the only structure designed by the “Picasso to Warhol: Fourteen Modern royal and ancient game as depicted by landscape Frank Lloyd Wright in the state of Alabama, and portrait artists, photographers and pop Masters” exhibit at Atlanta's High Museum, and the only such house in the southeast that artists through the ages. Through June 24. High showing through April 29. is open to the public. Wright’s Usonian style Museum of Art, 1280 Peachtree Street, N.E., (named for the United State of America) was Atlanta. Details: (404) 733-4400; www.high.org. offered as a low-cost home for middle-income families. With Wright’s plans, a young family could build their own home, fulfilling the American dream ❖ Arts Festival 38th annual Piney Woods festival. Art and crafts, a chil- of home ownership. This house sits on a two-acre lot, very near downtown dren’s fun center, food, and entertainment. Special events include a Civil Florence and facing the Tennessee River. The Rosenbaum House is open War living display and the Weevil City cruisers car and truck show (Saturday Tuesday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.? and Sunday, 1–4 p.m. Admission $5–$8 only). March 24–25, Saturday–Sunday. Free. Enterprise State Community per person. The Rosenbaum House, ?601 Riverview Drive, ?Florence AL College. Details: 334-406-2787; www.coffeecountyartsalliance.com. 35630. Details: 256-740-8899; www.wrightinalabama.com/rosenbaum.html. ❖ Childersburg’s 472nd Birthday Party “Coosa Fest.” Festival com- Wine Auction Celebrating 20 Years of the Art of Wine, High Museum plete with live music, arts and crafts, an antique car show, pet parade, race Atlanta Wine Auction Salutes the Glorious Grape. The High Museum Wine to save the Grist Mill, breakfast at the mill, St. Paddy’s Day 5K, sack races, Auction is the largest fundraising event for the High Museum of Art, not to pony rides, inflatables and other children’s activities at the Kiwanis Park, mention the largest charity wine auction in the U.S. benefiting the arts. grits eating contest, and more. March 17, Saturday. Free. Events begin at Celebrating its 20th anniversary, the Auction kicks off four days of events 7:30 a.m., festival ends 6 p.m. Downtown historic Childersburg. Details: beginning Wednesday, March 28 and continuing through Saturday, March 256-378-5482; www.childersburg.com. 31, 2012. The Auction will again raise its trademark big-top tents in Atlantic ❖ Flower Festival Celebrate spring at the Southeast’s largest outdoor Station, with many special guests from all over the world rounding out the flower show, produced by Providence Hospital Foundation. Explore over celebration. 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Italian Bistro offers Tuesday evening grette dressing. 6–10 p.m. $25. 3/10, Saturday Reservations: 322-4197. tapas and wine pairings (five courses Fundraiser “Passport to Dine: Low Birmingham AIDS Outreach, 205 with six wines). 6:30 p.m. Reservations ❖ Special Dinner/Fundraiser Country Boil.” Event is part of an annu- 32nd Street South. Donations and required. 8000 Liberty Parkway, # 102, “Swine and Wine.” An annual event al fundraiser for Birmingham AIDS details: www.passporttodine.org. Vestavia Hills. 967-7729. hosted by Little Savannah restaurant Outreach. Menu includes boiled that features chefs from around shrimp, corn, potatoes, oysters on the 3/21, Wednesday Wine Tastings Birmingham and the region. The chefs half shell, bloody mary bar, beer, and ❖ Cooking Class Learn to make gather the night prior to begin roast- The following establishments have wine. 6–10 p.m. $50. The home of both sweet and savory cheesecakes ing pigs. The menu features a variety ongoing wine tastings. Fergus Tuohy, 5637 10th Avenue South. with George Geary, author of the of southern dishes, wine, and beer. All Bruno’s (Riverchase) Food tast- Donations and details: www.passportto- Cheesecake Bible. Menu includes blue proceeds benefit the Druid City ings each Friday, 4:30–6:30 p.m. Free. dine.org/310-1-2012.html. cheese and pistachio cheesecake with Garden Project of Tuscaloosa. DCGP is 3780 Riverchase Village, 987-2523. stone ground crackers, a warm herb ❖ Special Dinner “Wine vs. Beer working to increase access to fresh, cheesecake with a butter cracker crust, City Vineyard Tastings each Friday, Dinner.” Pre-fight: artisan cheeses and locally grown produce by reinvigorat- cheesecake with berry topping, tangy 6:30–8:30 p.m. $10, includes catered breads; Round 1: shrimp and andouille ing vacant urban spaces with commu- orange mist cheese pie, and chocolate food and live music. 5479 Highway cheesecake with creole mustard sauce; nity garden plots, facilitating the devel- peanut butter cheese bars. $40. 6–9 280, 437-3360, www.cityvineyard.net. Round 2: beet and baby carrot salad, opment of school gardens, and imple- p.m. Birmingham Bake and Cook Co., gorgonzola cheese, candied pecans menting educational programs that J. Simpkins Gallery First Monday 5291 Valleydale Road. Registration and with balsamic reduction; Round 3: educate the community about sustain- of each month, 5:30–6:45 p.m. Free, Details: 980-3661; www.bakeandcook- wagyu beef flank steak, warm brussels ability and healthy eating. $20–50. 5–8 with interactive discussions. 1608 co.com; www.georgegeary.com. sprouts salad with bacon vinaigrette; p.m. Old Car Heaven, 115 35th Street Floyd Bradford Road, Trussville. 572- Post-fight: rum infused key lime shoot- ❖ Fundraiser “Passport to Dine: A South. Details: 326-8902; http://druidc- 1295, www.synthesissoutheast.com. er. Each course paired with select beer Taste of Italy.” Event is part of an annu- itygardenproject.squarespace.com. Morgan Creek Vineyards and wine. $75 per person. 6 p.m. al fundraiser for Birmingham AIDS (Harpersville) Tastings and winery John’s City Diner, 112 21st Street Outreach. Menu includes toasts with Ongoing Events tour, Monday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–6 North. Reservations and details: 322- goat cheese and radicchio, risotto with Cooking Classes: The Birmingham p.m. Free. 672-2053. 6014; http://johnscitydiner.com. leeks, marinated pork loin cooked in Bake and Cook Company maintains Ozan Vineyards (Calera) Tastings parchment with mushrooms and a full schedule of classes on a wide and winery tour, Friday–Saturday, 11 Italian bacon, and zabaione with fruit. 3/13, Tuesday variety of subjects. Classes are a.m.–6 p.m. Free. 205-668-6926 or 6:30 p.m. $25. Silvertron Café, 3813 Cooking Class Indian street foods offered at varying times and dates www.ozanwine.com. Clairmont Avenue. Donations and cooking class. In addition to nibbling throughout the month; registration details: www.passporttodine.org. Piggly Wiggly Bluff Park, on papudums and drinking yogurt- is required. Details: 980-3661 or Reservations: 322-4197. Thursday, 4:30–6:30 p.m.; Clairmont, based cardamom and mango lassi, www.bakeandcookco.com. Thursday, 4–6 p.m.; Crestline, explore the world of Indian street Cooking Classes: La Tavolo offers Thursday, 4–6 p.m.; Homewood, foods with sprouted moong daal 3/22, Thursday Italian and Sicilian cuisine hands-on Beer tasting on Thursday, 4–6 p.m., salad, vegetable and paneer fritters, ❖ Cooking Class Learn sauce basics classes. Enjoy your glass of vino as Wine tasting on Friday, 4–6 p.m.; and chicken kebabs with mint and from salad dressings, creamy pasta you learn to prepare unique Italian River Run, Thursday, 4–6 p.m. cilantro chutney. $40. 6:30–9 p.m. sauces, and sauces for dessert from dishes. The classes are held weekly at www.pigglywigglybirmingham.com. Birmingham Bake and Cook Co., George Geary, cookbook author. various days and times. Reservations 5291 Valleydale Road. Registration Menu will feature radda dressing, Pleasure Is All Wine (Pelham) are required, group rates available. and Details: 980-3661; www.bakeand- mustard French dressing served with Saturday, 3:30–4:30 p.m. Free. 985- 444 Oak Tree Drive, Chelsea. Cost: cookco.com; www.kurryguru.com. spring greens, vodka sauce with pasta, 4760 or www.pleasureisallwine.com. $50. Details: www.latavolo.com; a chili lime marinade chicken with [email protected]; 677-8541. Rucker Place First Thursday of each 3/14, Wednesday herb Gorgonzola butter, and a white month, beginning in May, 5–9 p.m. $5. German: Das HAUS presents Beer Dinner Beer Dinner featuring chocolate midnight sauce fondue with 558-2485 or www.ruckerplace.com. Stammtisch, a chance to practice your Avondale Brewing Company beers. berries. $40. 6–9 p.m. Birmingham German, have a great made-from- V. Richards Market Friday, 5–7 p.m. Enjoy grilled vegetables in crepe Bake and Cook Co., 5291 Valleydale scratch German dinner and immerse $5. 591-7000. pouch with kolsch beer sauce, sweet Road. Registration and Details: 980- yourself in German music, games, and The Vintage Wine Shoppe potato gnocchi with brown butter 3661; www.bakeandcookco.com; TV. Unique German beer on tap and in Friday, 5–6:30 p.m. Free. 980-9995. sage, spicy beer-brined pork loin, www.georgegeary.com. the cooler. The event is held every and porter cake. 6:30 p.m. $40 per Vizzini Farms Winery (Calera) Friday. $10–$12 includes appetizer, person. Reservations required. 3/23, Friday Tastings and winery tour, main course, and dessert. Details: 324- Silvertron Café, 3813 Clairmont ❖ Wine Introduction Special wine Monday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. 5949;www.fdsk-dashaus.org. . Avenue. Reservations and details: tasting with Eileen Hallmark, V.P. of Free. 685-0655 or www.vizzinifarm- 591-3707; www.silvertroncafe.us. Vineyard Brands Import Co. swinery.com. Hallmark will introduce new wines 3/15, Thursday from Argentina. 5–6:30 p.m. Free. ❖ Fundraiser “Passport to Dine: The The Vintage Wine Shoppe, 432 Ides of March.” Event is part of an Cahaba Park Circle. Details: 980- annual fundraiser for Birmingham AIDS 9995; www.vintagewineshoppe.net. Outreach. Enjoy wine and antipasto BAR provided by Satterfield’s sponsored by Magic City Motor Scooters, The Modern Brand, and Eccu. Vespas and SUPPLIES? backdrop for guest pictures. 5–7:30 p.m. $25. The Acme Building, 1305 IF IT’S FOR THE BAR, Second Avenue North. Donations and YOU GOTTA CALL details: www.passporttodine.org. 3/17, Saturday FAR ❖ Fundraiser “Passport to Dine: Since 1987 Third Annual Authentic Jamaican Party.” Event is part of an annual WRISTBANDS • GLASSWARE • PAPER PRODUCTS • BAR MIXES & fundraiser for Birmingham AIDS Outreach. Enjoy an evening of food, 205-980-3661 JUICE GUN SYSTEMS • LOW MINIMUM • SAME DAY DELIVERIES drinks, and dancing, and BINGO 5291 Valleydale Road Jamican style. Menu includes jerk, Birmingham. 35242 785-4192 stew, and coconut curry chicken, FAR DISTRIBUTING • 2134 WARRIOR ROAD • BIRMINGHAM grilled sweet potatoes, fried plan- www.BakeAndCookCo.com 13 black & white • www.bwcitypaper.com • March 8, 2012 3/11, Sunday 3/17, Saturday ❖ Dayhike Join Southeastern ❖ Walk/Run “Fitness N Motion.” Outings for a moderate 4–5 mile walk The Jefferson County Alumnae in the woodlands at Oak Mountain Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta sorori- State Park. There will be some ups and ty, the Point of Grace Ministries, and downs. Well-behaved, properly super- the American Diabetes Association vised children age eight and up able to presents the sixth annual 5K walk the distance of about four miles Walk/Run. Nutritional counseling, and complete the hike are welcome. cholesterol screening, blood pressure Depart 1 p.m. from the park office screenings, wellness massages, give-a- parking lot on Terrace Drive between ways, and kid’s fun zone will be pres- the boat dock parking lot and the ent. 8 a.m.–12 p.m. Point of Grace beach parking lot. Bring a drink. $3 Ministries, 500 Commons Drive. park admission. Details: 413-4783. Details: www.fitnessnmotion.org. “❖” Denotes a new listing. with significant quantities of trash or ❖ Waterfall Tour Join Southeastern other refuse and dispose of it properly. 3/15–18, Thursday–Saturday Events Trash bags will be provided for all vol- Outings to tour waterfalls of North unteers. However, it is advised that vol- Outdoor Festival The Alabama Alabama around Arab, Albertville, and Through June 1 unteers bring work gloves, as these will Mountain Games Festival includes Guntersville. Carpool to destinations not be provided. 9 a.m.–Noon. Ensley mountain biking, a disc golf tourna- across central North Alabama to visit Community Garden ment, whitewater kayaking and canoe- large volume waterfalls at their peak. Revitalization Event organized by Park, 2800 Avenue K. Details: 249-6798; [email protected]. ing, and stand up paddling. There is This trip offers excellent photo oppor- the Southside Greenthumbs, volun- also live music all three nights, camp- tunities. Parking is extremely limited teers needed for clean-up of a start- Howl at the Moon Run Incorporate ing, games for the whole family, and at several of the sites. Every partici- up community garden in downtown the challenge of nighttime trail running more. All proceeds go to the Brad pant must carpool. Children age 7 Birmingham. Some gardening equip- with a scavenger hunt. The more you Hinds Land Trust with a mission to and up welcome. Reservations ment will be provided but any equip- know about Ruffner Mountain and its acquire, preserve and protect land in required by 5 p.m. on Friday, March ment brought by volunteers is appre- history the faster you, or your team, and around Alabama. Boogie Bottoms, 16; space is limited. Reservations and ciated. Noon–2 p.m., 2326 10th will collect the pages from books hid- 310 Sherbert Road, Cleveland. Details: details: Dan Frederick, 631-4680; Avenue South (vacant lot beside den all over the preserve. Headlamps www.alabamamountiangames.com. [email protected]. white house). Details: 215-1534. and flashlights strongly encouraged. The evening will round out with 3/16–18, Friday–Sunday 3/18, Sunday 3/10, Saturday awards and swag while enjoying hot Alabama Water Rally Annual con- ❖ Nature Program “CSI 101: Critter Dayhike A moderate 3-mile dayhike chili and cold beverages at the nature center. 6:30 p.m. $30. Registration: ference of the Alabama River Alliance Scene Investigation.” Practice looking at and picnic along the Locust Fork River with participants including agency nature evidence, including everything in Blount County near Cleveland, http://raceit.com/search/event.aspx?even t=ff3f597c-06c0-4683-a8a2- employees, teachers, elected officials, from scat, tracks, and broken branches. Alabama. View a genuine, old wooden scientists, lawyers, engineers, con- Take a walk to search for clues and put covered bridge. Then, hike along the 292f1bada2e1.aspx. Ruffner Mountain Nature Preserve, 1214 81st Street cerned citizens, nature lovers, and new skills to work. Family friendly. river from the bridge and have lunch other eco-minded folks. Conference $7–10. 2 p.m. Ruffner Mountain, 1214 right beside Powell Falls. This waterfall South. Details: 833-8264; www.ruffner- mountain.org. participants receive professional devel- 81st Street South. Details: 833-8264; drops about eight feet and carries a opment training from experts on the www.ruffnermountain.org. substantial amount of water. Also, view Biking Beginner Mountain Bike newest ideas and innovations in sci- ❖ Dayhike Birmingham has secured sheer cliffs rising perhaps 60 feet above Ride. Meet in the south trail head ence, community organizing, and envi- the river. Well-behaved, carefully super- parking lot (last lot on Terrace Drive a recreational, public park space in ronmental policy work. Workshops and excess of 1,100 acres—an area larger vised children age 7 and older wel- before going up Pea Vine Road) at 9 training sessions will include restora- come. Meet 8:30 a.m. at the Kmart on a.m. and ride parts of Oak Mountain’s than New York’s Central Park. 18 tion of the gulf after the gulf oil disas- miles of new hiking and biking trails, Green Springs or 9:30 a.m. at the epic trail system. Ride cancelled for ter, water policy legislation updates, Chevron Service Station at the intersec- rain or sub-40 degree weather. open fields and picnic areas, all within social media tactics for nonprofits, net- 15 minutes of downtown. This is one tion of Alabama Highways 79 and 160 ❖ Run “Barely a 4K Beer Run.” Spring working opportunities, and more. Each of the largest city parks in the United in Cleveland, Alabama. Details: Joe has sprung and its time to run. Join evening will feature a different form of Myers 988-0741; [email protected]. States. The Red Mountain Park Yazoo brewery and Dave’s Pub for the entertainment. Pre-registration neces- Commission has allowed the Friends ❖ Volunteer Clean-up First Beer Run. $15. 8 a.m. Dave’s Pub, sary. $150. Camp Beckwith on Weeks of Red Mountain Park group to con- “Birmingham Beautification Walks.” 1128 20th Street South. Details: 933- Bay, 10400 Beckwith Lane, Fairhope. tinue the tour series, offering folks a The Legal Guidepost will select areas 4030; davespubsouthside.com. Details: www.alabamarivers.org. chance to walk around the property and explore the location and scale of the land. Discover the rails-to-trails conversion of the South Branch of the Birmingham mineral line, following it west toward the old village of Redding. Arrive 15 minutes before the tour departs to sign waiver forms and meet your guides. There will be two or three tours of differing lengths and distances. Allow 2 hours for the longer tour and 30 minutes less for the shortest tour. Learn about the plans for its development and see what the terrain has to offer. Please bring plenty of water and wear good walking shoes or boots. Dress appro- priately for the weather. Well-behaved, properly supervised children age 7 and up welcome. Depart 2 p.m. at the dead end of Frankfurt Drive just off Lakeshore Parkway. Details: 631-4680; [email protected]. 3/19, Monday ❖ Nature Program “Monday’s Mammals.” Animals should be emerg- ing from their hibernation locations, see how many you can find. 10 a.m. Park admission charged. Oak Mountain State Park, Campground Pavilion (B- side), 200 Terrace Drive, Pelham. 3/19–23, Monday–Friday Family-Friendly Fishing Young anglers ages 4-15 can fish to their

14 March 8, 2012 • www.bwcitypaper.com • black & white hearts’ content at a 5-acre lake. details: Dan Frederick, 631-4680; seout- www.rainsinc.com or 874-5623. Hiking: The Cahaba Chapter of the Professional fishermen will be on hand [email protected]. Canoeing/Kayaking: When It Rains Sierra Club hosts group hikes (of vary- part of each day to answer questions hosts a range of canoe and kayak trips ing difficulty) most weekends. Details: and provide assistance. There will be 3/24–25, Saturday–Sunday on the Cahaba River. Shuttles available www.alabama.sierraclub.org/cahaba or prizes and give-aways, including rods, Locust Fork Classic Canoe and seven days a week by reservation. 999-3885. reels, and a free fishing day with fish- Kayak Race The Alabama Cup Details: www.canoethecahaba.com or Hiking: Fresh Air Family Wild South ing pro Lloyd Smith. Several rods and Racing Series is made up of several 874-5623. Hike. Join Wild South and Janice reels will be available at no charge on a different races. Courses consist of Disc Golf: Weekly doubles mini- Barrett for a guided hike in the first come basis. All children must be about 25 gates, set on a class Il/lll Bankhead National Forest in North accompanied by an adult. 8 a.m.–4 tournament. Meets at George Ward rapids approximately one hundred Park in Birmingham and Civitan Park Alabama the first Saturday of each p.m. Regular admission charged at yards long. Race courses are specta- month. Hikes are rated easy to mod- gate. Aldridge Gardens, 3530 Lorna in Trussville. Sunday, 1:30 p.m. tor friendly with walking trails right Details: 531-8121. erate. Specific details will be adver- Road. Details: 682-8019; www.aldridge- beside the courses. The races are a tised two weeks out from the hike. Fly Fishing: Birmingham Fly gardens.com. time for local paddlers to come Register at [email protected]. Fishers meets the second Monday of together and test their skills against Details: www.freshairfamily.org. 3/20, Tuesday each month at Richard’s BBQ & Grill, one another, as well as themselves, ❖ Hula Hoop “HoopJam in the ❖ Nature Program “Tuesday’s and celebrate our local rivers. $25. 2409 Acton Road, 7 p.m. Details: [email protected]. Park.” Looking for a fun, new exer- Tweets.” Spring is springing and the Directions, race schedule and regis- cise? Come out and try a fitness hula- Fly Fishing: Learn casting, knots, birds should be tweeting. Get out, tration available online. Details: 233- hoop with Hoop for Fitness. Our rigging, and more about local fishing look, and listen for signs of birds. 7094; www.alabamacupraces.com. monthly free HoopJam in the Park spots. Deep South Outfitters, Bring your listening ears and binocu- will be at Veteran’s Park off Valleydale Saturday, 9–10 a.m. Registration lars, if you have them. 10 a.m. Park Ongoing Road near Spain Park High School. required. Details: 969-3868. admission charged. Oak Mountain Audubon Classes: The “Audubon Meet near the beach volleyball State Park, Treetop Nature Trail (base Teaches Nature” series is presented Football: Birmingham Independent courts. Hoops will be provided for all of stairs) on Terrace Drive, Pelham. once a month October–May (except Flag Football League plays Sunday after- kids. All ages and no experience nec- December) at the Animal Wildlife noons, seven-man, noncontact. Details: essary. Details: 515-3010; www.hoop- 3/21, Wednesday Center located within Oak Mountain 790-1404 or [email protected]. forfitnessbham.com. ❖ Nature Program “In the Woods State Park (Pelham), and is designed Hiking: The Appalachian Trail Club of Motor Scooters: The Birmingham Wednesday.” There’s so much to find to raise environmental awareness of Alabama (ATCA) meets the first Sunday Scooter Syndicate meets each Sunday. in the woods. Explore and touch to native flora and fauna. Each class of each month. Alabama Outdoors New and vintage scooters welcome. expand our knowledge of the world gathers for refreshments at 1:30 p.m. (downstairs), 3054 Independence Features breakfast and a meet-and- around us. 10 a.m. Park admission and begins instruction at 2 p.m. Free Drive, 2 p.m. Details: pinhoti@bell- greet followed by a group ride if charged. Oak Mountain State Park, after park admission. Details: south.net or www.pinhoti.org. weather permits. Crestwood Coffee Campground Pavilion (B-side), 200 www.awrc.org, 663-7930 Ext. 8, or Hiking: Alabama Trails Association Company, 10 a.m.–noon. Details: Terrace Drive, Pelham. www.birminghamaudubon.org. Saturday promotes the building and www.birminghamscootersyndicate.com. Biking: BUMP (Birmingham Urban 3/22, Thursday maintenance of hiking trails in the Orienteering: The Vulcan Mountain Pedalers) meets the first state, and actively works to connect Orienteering Club meets the third ❖ Nature Program “Tiny Wednesday of each month. Hoover Alabama’s mountains to the Saturday of each month. Courses avail- Treasures.” Come dig in the dirt and Public Library, 7 p.m. Details: 800- Appalachian Trail by linking it with able for all levels of experience. Oak turn over rocks to see the tiny crea- 960-9457 or www.bump.org. Alabama’s 100-mile-long Pinhoti Trail. Mountain State Park, 10 a.m. Details: tures of the world. 10 a.m. Park Biking: The Birmingham Bicycle Details: www.alabamatrailsasso.org. www.home.earthlink.net/~ciza/voc.ht admission charged. Oak Mountain Club hosts weekly rides. Details: ml. State Park, Campground Pavilion (B- www.bhambikeclub.org. side), 200 Terrace Drive, Pelham. Biking: Alabama Cyclocross. 3/23, Friday Cyclocross practice each Wednesday at Cooper Green Park at 6 p.m. and ❖ Nature Program “Ribbitt, each Saturday at Avondale Park at Ribbitt.” Have you heard a frog call- BIRMINGHAM’S CYCLE SUPERSTORE 8:30 a.m. For a complete race sched- ing after it has rained? Or, seen a ule, visit www.bamacross.com. mass of jelly in a pond and wanted to know what it was? Come learn about Birding: The Alabama Wildlife Center frogs and toads. 2 p.m. Park admis- hosts the Get Wild education program sion charged. Oak Mountain State the first Saturday of each month. The Park, Campground Pavilion (B-side), purpose is to inform state residents 200 Terrace Drive, Pelham. about our wild bird neighbors and ways to protect them. Alabama Wildlife 3/24, Saturday Center, Oak Mountain State Park, 100 Terrace Drive, Pelham. 1 p.m. ❖ Nature Program Geocaching Admission free with Oak Mountain course combines outdoor scavenger State Park entrance fee ($3 adults; $1 hunt with hide and seek. Geocaching children ages 6–11 and seniors). is a real-world, outdoor treasure Details: www.awrc.org. hunting game using GPS-enabled devices. Participants navigate to a spe- Birding: Baby Season at the cific set of GPS coordinates and then Alabama Wildlife Center. Open every attempt to find the geocache (con- day, March–September. Visitors can tainer) hidden at that location. observe the care of Alabama native Families will learn the basics of geo- wild bird patients in the nurseries, caching and have the opportunity to solarium and raptor flight cages search for caches on the mountain. through viewing windows. Raptor Each family needs to have at least one Wing video monitoring equipment handheld GPS unit or smartphone allows visitors to watch the actions of with a GPS geocaching app. $10 per patients from the comfort of our family. 10 a.m. Ruffner Mountain, indoor gallery. 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Free 1214 81st Street South. Details: 833- after paid admission to Oak 8264; www.ruffnermountain.org. Mountain State Park. Details: 663- 7930, ext. 8; www.awrc.org. ❖ Dayhike Join Southeastern Outings on a moderate hike to Parker Branch Canoeing/Kayaking Classes: Waterfall and Canyon plus two Pebble The Birmingham Canoe Club offers Bluff Native American Shelters and canoe and kayak classes taught by Kinlock Waterfall near the Bankhead American Canoe Association–certified National Forest. Please bring picnic instructors. Details: www.birming- lunch and water. A change of clothes to hamcanoeclub.org. be left in the car would also be advis- Canoeing/Kayaking Classes: able. Well-behaved children age ten and When It Rains offers paddle sport over able to walk six miles or more over instruction in both canoes and rugged terrain welcome. Reservations kayaks in environments ranging from required by 5 p.m. on Friday, March 23; lakes and oceans to white-water space is limited. Reservations and rivers. Gear rentals available. Details:

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backwoods characters with dignity. control over its outcome. Alan “These are real people,” she said, Novak (Gregory Scott) is a high- High and Low “they could be one of us. This just powered lawyer for Big Pharma happens to be the church they who is more interested in his cell Two new productions by Birmingham Festival Theatre choose to go to. They all come to phone conversations than the situ- and Terrific New Theatre. the church to be accepted and ation at hand, while his wife loved,” Ensey said. Annette (Nancy Malone), a “wealth By Tom Wofford • • • manager,” conceals her apprehen- Thirty-six years and 150 or so pro- sion, at least for a while. wo different displays of Birmingham Festival Theatre’s 40th ductions since he directed the first Despite the characters’ preten- T American tribalism can be seen Anniversary Season, which includes Holy Ghosts, Carl Stewart explores sions and expensive shoes, Stewart on Birmingham stages this month, five notable revivals from the land- the flip side of that theatrical coin points out that God of Carnage and the last thing audiences should mark theatre’s impressive history. with Yasmina Reza’s God of Carnage, shows “we haven’t come out of the do is assume that, between the When BFT first produced this opening March 15 and running cave all that far. As we try to put on New York one-percenters of God of Romulus Linney work in 1976, through April 7 at Terrific New our best behavior, sometimes it Carnage and the dirt-poor snake- Holy Ghosts was unpublished and Theatre. In contrast with a dirt-floor turns to carnage.” handlers of Holy Ghosts, it’s the had been produced by only a yuppies who are the more civilized. handful of nationally prominent The rural Appalachian congre- theatres known for developing new gation of the Amalgamation work. “I think Linney sent me the Holiness Church of God With Signs manuscript in an envelope,” said Following may have among its BFT co-founder Carl Stewart, who directed the 1976 show. “We went out on a limb to do the show.” At the time, the Birmingham News wrote, “By every imaginable measuring stick, Linney is an author to be reckoned with . . .” while the Birmingham Post-Herald called “the American gem” “funny and deeply moving.” New York magazine called it “the work of a superior intellect.” (Linney, who died last year with more than 30 plays to his name, was the father of Academy Award-nomi- church filled with primitive religious God of Carnage enjoyed a long nated actress Laura Linney). ecstasy, the Raleighs and Novaks of Broadway run and a recent film Holy Ghosts at first appears to God of Carnage meet in a fancy adaptation by Roman Polanski, both be about an abused wife (Holly Brooklyn apartment largely to show with all-star casts. Stewart has put Croney Dikeman), fleeing her drunk- how civilized they can be in their dis- together a Birmingham cast equal en husband (Shawn Castle) for the cussion of a playground confronta- to the challenges of the material. safety of the church and its charis- tion that cost the Novaks’ son two More details would spoil the play’s matic minister, the Rev. Obediah teeth at the hands the Raleighs’ son. payoff, but Stewart allows that “it members enough sordid confes- Buckhorn (John McGinnis), but the In what has been called “a can be extremely funny to look at sions to fill a month of Jerry play quickly displays a fascinating comedy of manners without the our own possible bad behavior, to Springer episodes (which the four parade of characters—16 in all—who manners,” this quartet of self- watch people act in the same ways urbanites of God of Carnage would have been marginalized in various important characters begins the we would probably behave under never deign to watch). However, ways by modern society. play with their self-control on full similar circumstances.” & the characters of Holy Ghosts Beth Ensey, director of the cur- display. Michael Raleigh (Barry understand something about “lov- rent revival, points out the impor- Austin) is a successful housewares Tickets for Holy Ghosts can be pur- ing thy neighbors” that the privi- tance of community that runs merchant: he’s friendly, polite, and chased by calling 933-2383. BFT is leged God of Carnage characters throughout Holy Ghosts. “Linney trying to keep the conversation located on 19th Street South, might never comprehend. tells us that life is hard if you try to calm. His wife, Veronica (Cari behind Golden Temple, near Five Holy Ghosts, which continues go it alone.” Gisler Oliver), who is working on a Points South. For God of Carnage, its evening performances through Ensey is keenly aware of the book about the tragedies in Darfur, call 328-0868. TNT is located at March 17 (with a Sunday matinee play’s legacy and is emphatic about has arranged the meeting and tries 2821 Second Avenue South, in on March 11), is part of the play’s sincerity in presenting its to maintain a certain amount of Pepper Place.

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16 March 8, 2012 • www.bwcitypaper.com • black & white FOOD & DRINK Beer Hopping Photo: —Mark—, Flickr The world of craft beer. By Danner Kline

The Gourmet Bottle Bill beers in the country cannot legally Do you remember what the craft be sold here because of the con- beer scene in Alabama was like tainer limit. before the alcohol limit was raised Small breweries often prefer to from 6 percent to 13.9 percent in bottle their best beers only in large 2009? Do you remember the days bottles for several reasons. One is before Bell’s, Great Divide, that big bottles offer a nicer presen- Founders, and Avery were sold tation. Almost all wines and liquors here? Do you remember the days are sold in large bottles. When brew- before Good People Brewing eries use similar sized bottles for Company’s Snake Handler, beer, they are signaling to the con- Avondale Brewing Company’s sumer that the contents are special. Spring Street Saison, and Straight In a similar vein, many beers pack- to Ale’s Monkeynaut? Prior to the aged in large bottles are suitable for Gourmet Beer Bill becoming law in cellaring, as are many wines. 2009, there was only one brewery Many breweries have extensive Bottles of Pliny the Younger, a beer brewed by California’s Russian in the entire state. Now we’re lines of beers we won’t see on store River Brewing Company. Though it is the top-rated beer, worldwide, weeks away from having seven, shelves until the container limit is by aficionados at BeerAdvocate.com, it can’t be sold in Alabama and a handful more will come raised. Cigar City, Great Divide, because its container is larger than 16 ounces. online this year. Rogue, Terrapin, Avery, Moylan’s, One small change to state law North Coast, Ommegang, Harpoon, entering Alabama. That’s a size ensure its passage by calling state drastically changed the beer land- Boulder, and almost all Belgian sometimes used by craft brewers representatives and asking them to scape. Another watershed moment breweries have several beers in for particularly special beers support SB294, the Gourmet Bottle for beer in Alabama is on the horizon. their portfolios sold only in 22 intended for cellaring. But quarts Bill. Find out who your rep is at On Tuesday, February 21, SB294 ounce or 750 milliliter bottles. and forties are infamous packages http://freethehops.org/legislative/. was narrowly passed by the Would you like to try a bottle of for cheap malt liquor and any bill Enter your address on that page and Alabama Senate with a vote of 14 to North Coast’s Old Rasputin imperi- that legalized such products would you’ll also be provided with your 13. It has been coined the al stout, which is aged in bourbon essentially be impossible to pass in rep’s voting history on previous bills “Gourmet Bottle Bill” by supporters barrels and released each year to Alabama. Though Free the Hops pushed by Free the Hops. & of Free the Hops, who were respon- celebrate the brewery’s anniver- members would like to see 1-liter sible for the 2009 legislation. It still sary? Old Rasputin is one of the bottles of craft beer here, no one Danner Kline is the founder of needs to make it through the most popular imperial stouts in the in the organization has any interest Free the Hops. Visit www.freethe- Alabama House of Representatives country. Imagine the rich chocolate in seeing an increased proliferation hops.org for more info. before becoming law. The bill and roasted barley flavor of a great of malt liquor in the state. Allowing would raise the size limit on bottles stout crossed with the vanilla and bottles up to 25.4 ounces in size and cans of beer from 16 ounces to caramel flavors of bourbon. This will legalize over 99 percent of 25.4 ounces (750 milliliters), mak- beer’s absence from Alabama is all craft beers currently excluded. BIRMINGHAM’S FIRST ing available in our state a number the more ridiculous because Old SB294 will be up for a vote in of extraordinary beers that currently Rasputin is packaged in 500 milli- the Alabama House of may not be sold here. liter bottles, a size just 9/10ths of Representatives in a matter of The most common objection to an ounce over our 16-ounce limit. weeks. Beer enthusiasts can help DINNER the bill comes from people who Some breweries package so assume consumers can just buy many of their beers exclusively in more standard-size bottles if they large bottles that they won’t con- SATURDAY want more beer. But as with the sider distributing any of their prod- MARCH 10TH @6PM push to raise the alcohol limit, rais- ucts in Alabama until the container ing the container limit is not about limit is raised. One such brewery is increasing alcohol consumption. Stone Brewing in Escondido, It’s about consumer choice. Of the California. 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17 black & white • www.bwcitypaper.com • March 8, 2012 MUSIC duo coping with line-up changes Primitons Primeval before getting out a second release in Excavating the career of Birmingham's biggest minor '80s band. 1987. Happy All the Time had the By J.R. Taylor Primitons signed to New York’s What Goes On label “We don’t have any influences,” really pushing boundaries. I still alongside local band Mats Roden told me in 1987. haven’t heard Yo La Tengo.” Carnival Season. It I can’t remember if I was stupid Don’t Go Away is now every- was a pairing of enough back then to ask bands body’s chance to get around to Birmingham talent about influences, or if I included hearing the Primitons. Roden is that should have that quote in a Primitons interview lucky to be around to see the day, made the city a shin- because it was so ridiculously bold. too. He was never able to promote ing light of indie It certainly pissed people off. The whatever slight reputation his band music. Instead, The Birmingham group had plenty of had built over the years. Roden’s Primitons’ impres- obvious influences. They had own music career came to an abrupt sive sophomore released their 7-track debut on halt when he suffered a stroke at the album—marking the Boston’s Throbbing Lobster label in start of the new millennium. band’s shift from baroque charm to was a rock fag. I wasn’t into disco. I 1985. That means the group’s “It was January 17, 2000,” he thoughtful hard rock—went pretty began to come out to myself while Byrds-like jangle could just as easily recalls, “and I had a massive hemor- much unnoticed. You can find seeing the Dead Boys playing have been tracked back to the 1983 rhage. Everybody wants to blame it power-pop fans all over the world CBGBs while I was at school at Los Angeles psych scene. The on drugs, but people don’t know raving about that debut LP. The NYU. It was like I couldn’t see Primitons were also busy improving that my mother was in a wheelchair. Don’t Go Away collection takes myself in the gay culture. Then I on other influences, going on to She’s passed on now, but she had away some of the fun of informing went overboard in the late ’90s with mix their fey ways and artsy ambi- tion with bouncy ballads played with the directness of Thin Lizzy. The results turned out to be fair- ly timeless, as heard on the 18 Primitons tracks (and 11 bonus downloads) that make up the new CD compilation Don’t Go Away: Collected Works. Singer/songwriter Mats Roden (writing with house- wife/lyricist Stephanie Truelove Wright) and drummer/accordionist Leif Bondarenko had begun their music careers with Birmingham’s bizarre Jim Bob and the Leisure Suits. Roden had returned to Birmingham after attending college in New York City, and the Leisure Suits would make their own impres- sive transition from novelty-act punks to unclassifiable quirky rock. “I’m sure the Primitons had influences,” Roden now admits from his Southside apartment, “but we were so open to everything. That went back to the Jim Bob years. We all lived in this house where there would be country play- ing like Dolly and Porter, and then the Velvet Underground, and maybe some Gram Parsons. It was a really eclectic vibe. I remember An early Primitons lineup: Leif Bondarenko, Mats Roden, Brad Dorset, and Tim Christner. when Ira from Yo La Tengo was running sound for Primitons at Maxwell’s in New Jersey. He was a the exact same thing I did. It’s really them a second album exists. all these songs about being gay. You rock critic, and he told me he a genetic thing. I don’t know how The booklet doesn’t have much could put them all together and call wouldn’t review the Jim Bob record many people know this, but I had a in the way of hot gossip, though. it the ‘Gay Suite.’ Now I’m back to because he said it was really trite. I second stroke this past May. I was on It’s no surprise to learn that the where I don’t understand the whole listen to it now and think we were the phone with a friend, so he heard affably arrogant Roden wasn’t easy gay thing, because I’ve been out of me talking crazy and to work with back in the ’80s. The touch for so many years. I need to was able to get some band helped undermine Happy All go out to the Quest and catch up.” help over to me. That the Time by getting fired by their Roden has a point about the could have been booking agency just as the record ’80s. R.E.M. and Hüsker Dü were worse. I still have was released. There’s still one big making their own corporate record trouble with words reveal. The extensive interviews deals while their front men dodged over four syllables. I include Roden discussing how one questions about sexual preferences. need to get back my of his early songs was about being Michael Stipe was dealing in ambi- vocabulary so I can be closeted as a gay man. A lot of peo- guities while Hüsker Dü’s Bob good at conversation.” ple will be shocked that someone Mould benefited from his own lack Fortunately, Don’t as flamboyant as Roden ever of interest in gay culture. Roden Go Away has detailed thought he was in the closet. certainly doesn’t regret the years he liner notes that do a “Well,” muses Roden, “I didn’t spent playing coy. fine job of telling the officially come out until Ellen “I really think secrets make you a band’s history. It’s a [DeGeneres] came out on TV. It was better writer,” he explains. “You can sadly typical story of no secret in Birmingham, but you find a lot of me working out my sex- thwarted greatness, couldn’t really be out as a gay rock- uality in songs like ‘Five Lines’. That’s starting with that self- er in the ’80s. Not if you wanted to why ‘Stars’ and ‘Seeing Is Believing’ titled debut in 1985, have a career. Also, I didn’t identify are so good on the first album. ‘She followed by the core with any of the gay men that I met. I Sleeps’ is maybe another one. It’s

18 March 8, 2012 • www.bwcitypaper.com • black & white smart manager would have insisted album in a seven-year career. The on extending the title of the song. end of the Primitons wasn’t partic- The Primitons’ members, however, ularly traumatic, but it was kind of weren’t nearly that calculating. a surprise when Mats and Leif “I didn’t think about that,” showed up in another local band. Roden insists, “because we didn’t “It was around ’89 when we know it was controversial to write broke up,” Roden recalls. “We had a about the Pope. We were so naïve good run, but nobody was making when we were writing that. We us any offers. It was just an accident were writing in a vacuum in that the Sugar La-La’s happened. Birmingham, Alabama. That’s why I Honestly, I had no plans to get back love that record. It just flows on the stage, but [singer] Carole because we had this creative Griffin and I ran into each other in process that was all over the map. line when we were registering at We didn’t think about whether it UAB. I can’t remember what I was was a bad idea to do a country planning to study. I think maybe song on the album. We didn’t think French. We talked about getting about how that would sound to together, and then we got a publish- the record labels. We thought we ing deal off six songs that I wrote at Roden, Dorset, and Bondarenko. had another hit on our hands. I the late stages of the Primitons. mean, another hit because the first That was a $100,000 deal, so every- about being under pressure, and As noted, however, sales for album had some airplay on college thing was on from there.” that brought out that sense of Happy All the Time would fizzle out radio. That was before everything Sugar La-La’s was a smart idea, melancholy. Stephanie did a really alongside those of Carnival Season’s blew up into a big indie mess. I but they were too rock & roll for a good job with me on that. It was all Waiting For No One. Roden’s sexu- was trying to be the Velvet bubblegum pop scene that barely in the lyrics as a secret for people to ality would end up as a moot point. Underground who could do soft existed. The indie rock scene was get at. You know, repression can be The Primitons could have still been songs like ‘Sunday Morning’ and about to become officially dour, good for art. That’s why I watch courting controversy. The album’s ‘I’ll Be Your Mirror,’ and everyone too. It didn’t help that the band Turner Classic Movies all the time. poppy “Pope” includes the immor- else was about to do everything members were about a decade too It’s because of the Hays Code and tal lines “That’s why I forgive the with the loud Velvets. Damn it.” old to seem comfortable in their the censorship where the people Pope/For everything he’s done.” A That big indie mess didn’t have kitschy outfits. who made the movies had to slip in smart publicist could have whipped much patience for older acts—even “We played SXSW,” Roden stuff. It makes everything more sexy.” that up into a brouhaha, and a if they were only on their second recalls, “and I remember our

particular, so they skipped preten- ferred the canned music of bars on Obscurer Than Thou tiousness and ended up as a Morris Avenue. These two cassettes bizarro bar band that could’ve just are cocktail music for sharp men Five ’80s Birmingham acts that wished as easily emerged from Detroit. out to score with gullible gals tired They had a serious work ethic, of dating musicians. they were as big as the Primitons. too, and this tape has five tracks of All I wrote on this last cassette (mostly) impressively murky psy- was “Unknown Brooding By J.R. Taylor chedelia. The sole clunker has a Southerner.” Maybe it was the Jim Morrison impersonation. bass player for a certain lousy pop efore there were new-fangled hold up, with “for the lack of a Sadly, the Ho Ho Men act who was planning ahead for his B things like MySpace, aspiring better word/I’ve been through this received a lot of belated attention in band’s break-up. If so, these three rock bands that couldn’t afford to before” popping into my head for these pages with the 2010 passing swaths of Goth melodrama are press a vinyl album would dub a most absurd situations. of Matt Kimbrell—whose band even more impressive. Chances are pile of cassettes featuring their joined the Primitons as splinter that our Unknown Southerner was work. The best ones were on high- They could pass as moronic groups in the wake of Jim Bob and influenced by the lousiest acts on quality metal tapes that you could punks, but Vacation Bible record over for your own mixes. A School was the most versatile and few were memorable. I’ve kept the disciplined of a slew of dopey demo tapes of Mr. Crowe’s local headbangers. Any artsy indul- Garden before they became the gences were undermined by delu- Black Crowes, and still have the sions of grandeur that kept them Fred LeBlanc tape that took years trying to sound like rock stars. to end up as Cowboy Mouth’s first They weren’t trying to be innova- album. Not all acts had such tive rock stars, either. VBS was the bright futures, though, especially only hardcore act besides GG Allin if they were from Birmingham. that had aspirations to sound like Thankfully, a few humble cassettes Bad Company. They may not have have saved some local bands from been better than the Minutemen, getting lost to total obscurity—at but I have four tracks here that least as far as my cluttered office is sound better than anything from concerned: The Dead Kennedys or The The most innovative band in Meatmen. ’80s Birmingham was also the Electric Circus wasn’t the most mainstream. That strategy only late-’80s band giving up on didn’t work out for the post-punk and trying to make epic The Pedestrians: Tony Rodio, Michael Johnston, Pedestrians, who mixed a heavy- hard rock with a melodic hippie Brett Hutcheson, Steve Weber. handed rhythm section with nerv- vibe. The two major-label winners ous guitars in pursuit of album-ori- were The Front out of Kansas City the Leisure Suits. Kimbrell was min- college radio. The guy was even ented rock. Their press photo was and The Toll from Columbus, ing some tribal punk aggression tapping some early world music too new wave to get them booked Ohio. Both bands were quickly with the Ho Ho Men, but cohorts influences, and his tunes were on Saturday nights, which were dropped once grunge came along Ed Glaze and Walt Kelley took the straight brooding lines that could- reserved for cover bands, and the and their respective frontmen band past college-rock and into n’t be bothered with choruses. I punks didn’t want them at the ille- seemed fairly laughable doing grad-school territory. They were can’t even guess at what the song gal parties on weekends. The their Jim Morrison imperson- picking up ladies at the same titles are supposed to be. The only Pedestrians would usually play ations. Electric Circus, however, Western supermarket where English bass player who had a better solo weeknights to an audience made had a frontman who was more majors avoided old girlfriends, and project going in ’88 was R.E.M.’s up of their girlfriends. The six like a meth-addled David Lee had long ago given up romantic Mike Mills, and both ended up as songs I have on cassette still sound Roth. The other band members angst for resignation. Too bad that lost albums. I never even got a tape like timeless hits. Even the lyrics weren’t trying to mimic anyone in Birmingham’s ad executives pre- of the Mills stuff. &

19 black & white • www.bwcitypaper.com • March 8, 2012 FEATURE of Roden’s post-Primitons ". . . the lineup, apart from Roden and Bondarenko, became a work might soon get a chance to be heard. revolving door. ‘I was an alcoholic, and I’m bi-polar. I was Roden recently found prone to blowouts at the drop of a hat. The code word for himself with an opportu- getting fired from the Primitons was having to go down to nity to go into the studio and rework some old Joe Bar [a legendary Southside watering hole] and meet with recordings. He’s also Leif. I was such a pussy that I made him do all the hiring and looking forward to pro- ducing a few new tracks. firing. Don [Tinsley] had been in and out of the band six or It’s a big deal to an artist seven times, and Brad [Dorset] three or four times.’” who’s fallen on hard times. (“I can’t afford to —Mats Roden (from the liner notes to Don’t Go Away) buy my own record.”) Roden figures that he’ll lawyer just looking at me in horror called “Cry Me a River of Love.” offer the Arena Rock when he saw my get-up. Nobody Chynna Phillips passed on it before label—which just released had told him what we looked like.” Belinda Carlisle recorded a version Don’t Go Away—a chance Roden turned out to be reliably that never made it to an album. to follow up with the new out of step again. The band mem- Roden still has an extensive cata- collection. He knows bers only kept aging, but Roden’s logue of great unheard songs. that enough to be cautiously pop influences were back in vogue could top the charts for anyone optimistic. by 1994. He still had his publishing from Adele to Faith Hill. He’s not “That might not hap- deal, but the closest he got to delusional when imagining some pen,” Roden concedes. “I catching the zeitgeist was a song chart success. can always make some “I’d like to land one song gaffe. I’m still watching with somebody to help pay what I say today so I for my retirement,” he says. don’t reignite some 20- “I know I’ve written hits. year-old feud. There are What I realized with the so many stories where I Sugar La-La’s was that I like ruin things by saying ABBA, you know, and something wrong and Erasure. Maybe that’s when I f***ing up. A lot of sto- finally let in some gay influ- ries where the end is, ence. ABBA can be problem- ‘That was the end for the atic, because they’re kind of Primitons.’” & like Satan to punk rock, but I can see Swedes hoisting a beer to ABBA. I turned my At right, a Nick dad on to ABBA. He was about 82 years old then.” schedule from Amazingly enough, plenty November of 1987.

CINEMA

studio system. It would be a chal- You Must lenge to find a set-bound, often sentimental melodrama made more than 60 years ago that can still delight, mesmerize, and even sur- Remember This prise audiences. A more challeng- ing parlor game would be listing, Turner Classic Movies celebrates the 70th anniversary of from among today’s actors, anyone Casablanca with a special screening at Rave theatres. who might conceivably fill in for Claude Rains, Sydney Greenstreet, By David Pelfrey Helmut Dantine, Conrad Veidt, and Peter Lorre. Or Humphrey Bogart. The ultimate challenge might asablanca is that rarest of rare and memorable lines, and this 1942 be finding more than a handful of C items: a genre classic from picture, directed by Michael Curtiz, movie fans who have seen this Hollywood’s golden era that actual- is the textbook example of the movie on a big screen, but then, ly lives up to its legendary status. It happy accidents that sometimes that won’t be difficult after March has become a fount of catchphrases derived from Hollywood’s long-lost 21, when Turner Classic Movies presents a one-day-only screening. The 70th anniversary presentation Ebert, newly found deleted scenes will be introduced by TCM’s Robert and outtakes, two documentaries, Osborne, who will provide lore, the Looney Tunes homage background, and behind-the-scenes Carrotblanca, and the premier insight in a special production that episode from the 1955 will precede the movie. TCM and “Casablanca” TV series. The keep- Warner Bros. are boasting “a stun- sake box also includes a compila- ning digital print on the silver tion of three comprehensive fea- screen,” making the event one of ture-length documentaries, a hard- the hotter repertory tickets to come cover 62-page book with never- along in decades. before-seen on-set photography, This event also marks Warner sketches and production history, a Home Video’s release of reproduction of the original 1942 Casablanca 70th Anniversary French theatrical poster as well as a Edition on March 27, featuring a 3- collectible set of drink coasters. disc limited and numbered gift set Casablanca will be shown at including the remastered feature the Rave Patton Creek and Rave on both Blu-ray and DVD with Vestavia Hills theatres on Wednesday, more than 14 hours of bonus mate- March 21, at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. rial. The digitally-improved edition Tickets are available at participating is overloaded with arcana, includ- theater box offices and online at ing a commentary by critic Roger www.FathomEvents.com. &

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Fun. retired trendhuggers. The old joke used to be “alternative The War on Drugs has become to what?” and Fun. offers plenty of best known as Kurt Vile’s initial alternatives to anything that vaguely calling card, but last year’s Slave rocks. The band’s new Some Nights Ambient had founder Adam quickly found an audience of col- Granduciel following his former lege kids seeking to regress to the bandmate’s lead in wrapping wist- Lion King soundtrack that they ful gauziness around classic-rock grew up on while their parents clichés—except the War On Drugs were doing the meth that damaged skips acoustic blandness for won- their kids’ chromosomes. To his derfully synthy weirdness. A Storm of Light plays rollick- Trace Adkins credit, determinedly uncool Fun. (Monday, March 12, Bottletree) ing prog-rock with big power riffs Trace Adkins has 15 years of hits frontman Nate Ruess had the timing and the occasional flashy balladry. and is starring in his own bad-ass to rush past a Supertramp influence Wood Brothers Zoroaster also shows up as full-on, comic book, so there won’t be and fool around with Whitney The Wood Brothers have joined the screaming space rock metal. They many people at this show who care Houston’s pop roots. It took him a commercial climes of Zac Brown’s would both be around without about what he’s up to on his little longer to start using Auto-Tune Southern Ground label, and old Corrosion of Conformity, but they recent albums. He’s still doing after Jay-Z declared it to be dead. fans of the act’s jazzy roots music would have even less of an audi- amazing work. It’s doubtful that Nobody will look back on this as an have found themselves left behind. ence. (Sunday, March 18, Zydeco) he’s had much corporate interfer- evening of important music, but Last year’s Smoke Ring Halo wasn’t ence over the years, but Adkins’ you can tell your kids that you once too much of a major departure for Thomas Dolby new label boss—the sympathetic saw Ruess play a club while he’s the elegant hillbillies. Now, they Thomas Dolby’s 2006 one-man- Toby Keith—is getting to cash in picking up a 2023 Oscar for some simply sound more like Oliver tour was a victory lap, as the for- on Adkins’ genuine career revival. moronic movie theme. (Saturday, Wood’s goodtime Atlanta band than mer new-waver celebrated his last- 2010’s Cowboy’s Back In Town March 10, Workplay Theatre) brother Chris’ genre-hopping work ing international pop hits along pulled off a careful balance of with Medeski Martin & Wood. with a later career as technological (mostly) ace novelty tunes deliv- Micah Dalton/Tyler James/ There is still plenty of fancy play- innovator and internet millionaire. ered with macho sincerity. Last War Jacket ing, but any quiet soulfulness has Now, touring to promote last year’s Proud To Be Here showcased Jeffrey Gaines, Khaleel, and Micah been replaced with brash blues. year’s A Map of the Floating City, Adkins’ more traditional mix of Dalton are now a holy trinity of There’s still some comfort to be he’s just showing off. This week, at dopey redneck party songs and soulful rockers doomed to being found in their live show, which pro- various venues in town, one can stunning sentimentality. Both niche artists because they’re not vides lots of musicianship from an find younger acts still laboring at a albums leaned toward heartland dirty hippies like Ben Harper. artsy power trio. (Friday, March 16, collection of classic styles that rock that had only Adkins’ baritone Atlanta native Dalton’s Blue Workplay Theatre) Dolby easily wrangles into more to keep them from sounding more Frontier is his most folksy turn yet, original tunes. He takes an unfor- Cleveland than Nashville. It’s all although he skips rustic simplicity Colin Hay tunate stab at country, but the rest even more impressive considering in favor of swampy backwoods He’s marking 25 years as a solo of the album has Dolby working how busy Adkins has been with touches. He still has enough of a act, and it’s fun to imagine Colin sharp melodies into everything branching out into film and televi- slinky urgency to pass as a Hay’s life as a quirky cult artist from bubbling electronica to cul- sion roles. He has a track on the Southern alt-rocker. who never made it big as the front- tured blues to a Sergio Mendes- Act of Valor soundtrack, but they Tyler James is a veteran of the man for Men at Work. 1987’s style murder ballad. It’s entirely should have just cast Adkins in the Ten Out of Tenn singer/songwriter Looking for Jack would be even possible that Dolby could have movie and treated it like a G.I. Joe tours, and that’s a strong case for more of a pop collectible, and then found some way to play these ver- sequel. (Thursday, March 22, guilt by association. At least James 1990’s Wayfaring Sons might seem satile tunes as a solo act. But he’s Alabama Theatre) has always labored over his sun- like a legendarily bizarre Celtic bringing along an actual band for shine melodies and never lets his turn. Last year’s Gathering these shows. The honest-to-God Hunter Hayes natural sappiness overrun some Mercury would count as yet anoth- Renaissance man is also touring in The former Cajun kid prodigy is lovely tunes. Now he just needs to er collection of reliably rich a “mobile time capsule” (aka a now packaged as the Justin Bieber accept his true destiny as a disco melodies that win over new fans modified Airstream-like trailer) that of Jambalaya, with the Atlantic label act. The brooding misfits of War who come to the shows out of nos- will be parked in front of the assembling last year’s self-titled Jacket have no true identity, but talgia. (Saturday, March 17, club—and don’t forget to check (adult) debut as one strong coun- sound comfortable as a mix of sen- Workplay Theatre) out the accompanying video game try-pop single and a bunch of shuf- sitive songwriting and epic Goth at FloatingCity.com. (Monday, fling filler. You can blame society weepiness. Last year’s Live Like Corrosion of Conformity/A March 19, Workplay Theatre) for Hayes growing up in a world You’re Going Home went strangely Storm of Light/Zoroaster where Garth Brooks and Clint Black unnoticed, even though nobody Black Sabbath was at their most were the most soulful voices on the else sounds like The Civil Wars on laughable in 1983, and Corrosion country scene. Then his own song- The War On Drugs the set of the Dark Shadows of Conformity was one of the few writing branched out to include movie. (Sunday, March 11, bands that were openly aspiring to influences by Michael Bublé and Workplay Theatre) sound like them. Fortunately, Jason Mraz. Hayes’ upbeat “Storm C.O.C. was a bunch of teen hicks Warning” is the only song on the White Rabbits/The War On Drugs from North Carolina. That allowed record that sounds like he ever White Rabbits write delicate them to pass as an endearing mix heard some zydeco, and it deserved tunes full of pre-punk sounds hop- of hardcore and metal. Thirty years better than middling chart success. ing to pass as the 18th generation later they’re the Southern The good news is that the follow-up of post-punk. At least they’re smart Ramones. The new album is self- single was a lame ballad that stiffed shoppers, picking out highlights titled in that defiant we’re-still-as- on the charts. Maybe that will ranging from lite disco to easy lis- relevant-as-any-newcomers kind of inspire Hayes’ rebellion against his tening to glam. That same combi- way. It’s hard to believe they ever creepy corporate mentors— nation usually passes for electroni- surrendered their audience to although he sounded awfully com- ca, but these Brooklynites add Queens of the Stone Age. C.O.C. fortable filling in for the guy from plenty of natural rhythms—includ- remains a true crossover band, too, Loverboy when revisiting “Almost ing some calypso—that will have and this show should appeal to a Paradise” for 2011‘s Footloose the new Milk Famous in heavy wide range of punks, metalheads, soundtrack. (Friday, March 23, rotation on the cruises of future and aging rednecks. Workplay Theatre) &

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3/09 Almost Kings/Superbob.—Crush 3/12 Jack White—Workplay Soundstage 3/16 Wood Brothers—Barnes & Noble Patton Creek (6:30 p.m.) 3/17 Avett Brothers—Boutwell Aud. 3/18 Corrosion of Conformity/Torche—Zydeco 3/19 Thomas Dolby—Workplay 3/22 Trace Adkins—Alabama Theatre 3/23 Alabama Shakes—Bama Theatre, Tuscaloosa 3/23 Friday on my Mind soul/funk dance party—Woodrow Hall 3/23 Tyrese—BJCC Concert Hall 3/30 Maze—Tuscaloosa Amphitheater 3/31 Brother Cane/Within Reason—Workplay 3/31 Alabama Shakes—Workplay Soundstage 4/05 Alison Krauss—BJCC Concert Hall 4/6–7 Drive-By Truckers—Workplay Soundstage 4/07 Hank Williams, Jr./38 Special/Drake White—Tuscaloosa Amphitheater 4/07 Casting Crowns—BJCC Arena 4/08 School of Seven Bells—Bottletree 4/11 Missing Cats feat. Jojo Hermann—Zydeco 4/13 Luke Bryan/Craig Campbell—Tuscaloosa Amphitheater 4/17 The Ting Tings—Workplay 4/19 The Felice Brothers—Iron Horse Cafe 4/20 Margaret Cho—Alys Stephens Center 4/21 Kevin Hart—BJCC Concert Hall 4/22 Mickey Hart—Workplay 4/22 Sharon Van Etten/Flock of Dimes (Jenn Wasner of Wye Oak)—Bottletree 4/23 Eleanor Friedberger—Workplay 4/26 John Mayer/Kacey Musgraves—Tuscaloosa Amphitheater 4/26 Rise Against—Verizon Wireless Center, Pelham 5/03 Switchfoot—Samford University 5/04 Janis Ian/Karla Bonoff—Hoover Library Theatre 5/04 Schaeffer Crawfish Boil—BJCC Parking Lot 5/10 New Edition—BJCC Arena 5/11 Wilco—Sloss Furnaces 5/11–12 Secret Stages Festival—Downtown Birmingham 5/12 Anthony Hamilton—BJCC Concert Hall 5/16 Coheed and Cambria—Workplay Soundstage 5/20 Pierre Bensusan—Virginia Samford Theatre 7/03 Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band—Tuscaloosa Amphitheater 9/7–8 Lorrie Morgan—Hoover Library Theatre Regional Shows

3/12 The Jesus And Mary Chain—House of Blues, New Orleans 3/13 Jane’s Addiction—Tabernacle, Atlanta 3/18 Bruce Springsteen—Philips Arena, Atlanta 3/21 The Moody Blues—Ryman Aud., Nashville 3/23–24 Seagrass Music Fest w/ Ricky Skaggs/Nashville Bluegrass Band/Sara Watkins—Dauphin Island, AL 3/24 The Moody Blues—Fox Theatre, Atlanta 3/28 Leo Kottke—Melting Point, Athens, GA 4/02 Snow Patrol—Tabernacle, Atlanta 4/03 Snow Patrol—Ryman Aud., Nashville 4/06 Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds—Tabernacle, Atlanta 4/14 Magnetic Fields—Variety Playhouse, Atlanta 4/19 Van Halen—Philips Arena, Atlanta 4/23 Rammstein—Philips Arena, Atlanta 4/27 Van Halen—Bridgestone Arena, Nashville 4/29 Tom Petty—Verizon Wireless Center, Alpharetta, GA 5/01 Feist—Ryman Aud., Nashville 5/04 The Eagles—Verizon Wireless Center, Alpharetta, GA 5/4–6 Beale St. Music Festival—Memphis 5/13 Spiritualized—Variety Playhouse, Atlanta 5/18–20 The Hangout Music Festival w/ Dave Matthews Band, Jack White, String Cheese Incident, Skrillex, Wilco, The Flaming Lips—Gulf Shores, AL 6/06 Neil Diamond—Philips Arena, Atlanta 6/07 Foster the People/The Kooks—Verizon Wireless Center, Alpharetta, GA 6/08 Gadsden Riverfest—Gadsden, AL

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Mafiaoza’s: L.F.B. 3 Margarita Grill: Living Dream Matthew’s Bar & Grill: The Rumor/Somebody Houston/Phone Calls From Home/Out of Live Shame/Dreams of Flight Metro Bar: Colorfeels/Dorado Moonlight on the Mountain: Shades Mountain Air Neighborhood Sports Grille: Todd Music Simpson The Nick: The Grenadines/The Pollies/Glories The Oasis: Alpha Groove Ona’s Music Room: Bonus Round Thursday, 3/8 Otey’s: Heath Green & the Martyrs Bacchus Pub: Daddy Warbucks Pablo’s Mexican (HWY 150): Mark Hill Back 9: Bobby Legg Pale Eddie’s: Spoonful James Barking Kudu: Eric & Finney (with Pub 261: Deputy 5 friends) Rare Martini: Once in a LIfetime Beef ’O’ Brady’s: Reggie & Co. Redline Bar: Matt Ritchie Band Billy’s (English Village): Jeff Lopez Satterfield’s: Carlos Pino The Blue Monkey: Steve Gordon Shelby’s: Memphis Wheels Bottletree: Sound & Shape/Baak Speakeasy: Motel Ice Machine/Calling Gwai/Organic Android Station Cafe Firenze: Miss Used Stillwater Pub: Southern Phoenyx Courtyard 280: Erica & Eric/Heath Wine’d Down: Spoonful Shoemaker Wine Loft: Cleve Eaton & the Alabama Courtyard Southside: All Folked Up All-Stars With Chrys Black Workplay: The Devil Makes DanielDay Gallery: Songwriters In The Three/Phillip Roebuck Round Eclipse Coffee (Montevallo): Fly Golden Saturday, 3/10 Eagle/Chrome Pony/Giants & Toys Avondale Brewing Co.: The Big Fuego Cantina & Saloon: Delanor Tasties/Jason Bailey Trio ST. PATRICK’S DAY Gabriel’s: Pearman & Parks Bacchus Pub: Graham Harper Grey Bar: Sam Foster & Friends Back 9: MP4 AT THE KUDU Hart & Soul: Peter James Barrister’s Tavern: Johnny D Innisfree: Billy & Jesse Beef ’O’ Brady’s: Amanda Quarles Open at 11 a.m. Iron Horse: Violent Stupidity The Blue Monkey: Steve Gordon Margarita Grill: Jason Mayo Bottletree: Solid Gold On Saturday, March 17 Matthew’s Bar & Grill: Lowkey/One Cafe Firenze: Jared Foster Band Step From Falling City Vineyard: Kevin Harrison Serving Shepherd’s Pie Metro Bar: Chelsea Crowell/Jon & Sue Courtyard 280: Matt Ritchie Green Beer • KUDU Bombs Moonlight on the Mountain: Shantavaani band/Heath Shoemaker Cornhole Tournament The Nick: Floco Torres/Lera Lynn Courtyard Southside: 4th & One/Britt Oak Hill: Allen Barlow & Jon Campbell Hendrix Door Prizes • Live Music The Oasis: Erin Mitchell & Rick Carter Eclipse Coffee (Montevallo): The Ona’s Music Room: Cash Money Trio Maisleys/Leah Yeppi/Anna Banana LAKEVIEW’s Otey’s: Hunter Van Houten Fuego Cantina & Saloon: Matt Carroll & LARGEST PATIO Pale Eddie’s: Tim Tucker the Browncoats $1.75 Boulevard Pub 261: Hunter Lawley Gabriel’s: Wolf Creek Band Redline Bar: Matt Broach Gip’s Place: Shirley Love Free Parking Shelby’s: Zippy D & Dirty Love Grey Bar: 90 Proof Stillwater Pub: Warren Amos & Innisfree: Raygun Administration THE Jonathan Breland Iron Horse: Downstroke BARKING KUDU Village Tavern: Jeff Tyler Kelley’s Grill: Trey Thomason BAR & GRILL Workplay: J Roddy Walston & The Mafiaoza’s: T.U.B. Trio Business/The Features Margarita Grill: Rob West Matthew’s Bar & Grill: Atom Smash 2929 Seventh Avenue South • 328-1748 • thebarkingkudu.com Friday, 3/9 Metro Bar: Aotearoa/DJ Lee J Bacchus Pub: Matt Carroll Moonlight on the Mountain: Act of Back 9: Naked Eskimos Congress Barrister’s Tavern: Johnny D Nick: Me You Us Them/Death on Two Beef ’O’ Brady’s: Joe Breckenridge Wheels/BeItTheMeans/Cloudeater Go To Work. Then Go Play. Billy’s (English Village): Red Mountain Oak Hill: Matthew Smith & Blanton Billy’s Overton: Simone Durande Trio Reed The Blue Monkey: Steve Gordon Ona’s Music Room: Ona Watson & Bottletree: Leslie & the Champagne Voted Birmingham’s Lys/Pennyhawk/Ramona & the Otey’s: Warren Amos Swimsuits Pale Eddie’s: Zippy D & Dirty Love Buffalo Wild Wings (Hoover): Jeff Tyler Pub 261: Whiskey Dolls #1 Live Music Venue Cafe Firenze: Trademark Rare Martini: Erica’s Playhouse City Vineyard: Kelli Johnson The Red Cat: Rebecca Loebe For our music schedule, visit Courtyard 280: After the Crash/SK5 Redline Bar: Enlivened Courtyard Southside: Kat Delacruz Shelby’s: Sexy Tractor www.workplay.com DanielDay Gallery: Lauren “Sassy” Stillwater Pub: The Mumbles Our New Bar is Open Wine’d Down: George & The Happy Hour M-F Brown 4-7 p.m. Eclipse Coffee (Montevallo): Jeffrey Headlights Lewis/Wooden Wand/Belle Mina Workplay: Fun./Sleeper Agent/States Emergency Room Lounge: Deja Voodoo Zydeco: Lucero/William Elliott A Versatile Showcase Fuego Cantina & Saloon: Matt Carroll/ Whitmore For Great Events DJ Steel & DJ Quack Sunday, 3/11 Corporate Meetings & Seminars • Weddings Gabriel’s: Outshine Bar & Bat Mitzvahs • Anniversaries Grey Bar: Sam & Justin Avondale Brewing Co.: Zippy “Z Love” & Reunions • Birthdays Hart & Soul: Thomas Trussell Jeff Lopez Innisfree: Livewire Bottletree: Delicate Steve/Janka Nabay WORKPLAY Iron Horse: Fly By Radio & The Bu Bu Gang/Andy D Kelley’s Grill: Mark Mizzell & friends Cafe Firenze: Morning Would WHERE YOU ARE THE ROCK STAR Lovoy’s: David Cooley Communicating Vessels Studio: The Hill & Wood 500 23rd Street South • Southside • (205) 879-4773 • workplay.com

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