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Magical realism: two new shows about disconnecting from reality premiere at...
On the night of Friday, October 12, the beta pictoris gallery will be hosting an opening reception for two exhibitions, Ellen Siebers’ telescope or a microscope and John Bankston’s Magic at Hand,...
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State of the art
Fall is the loveliest time of year, particularly when you don’t suffer from allergies. But it’s not a great time for optimism, with its buzzkill relative winter lurking around the corner. Even that...
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Horror week returns to the Alabama Theatre
This could be you! Even in something as impersonal as these calendars, you can probably tell that I’m thrilled about fall returning. After all, fall means football, perfect weather, great fashion,...
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Good People Brewing set to expand
Good People Brewing Company, one of the cornerstones of the beer scene that’s become a key part of Birmingham culture, is expanding their business. A $600,000 investment in fermentation tanks and a...
View ArticleFall FestivAle puts a seasonal twist on Brewfest
Presented by craft brew stalwarts Free the Hops, the second annual Fall FestivAle will take place at Old Car Heaven on Friday, November 2 from 7-11 p.m. Gabe Harris, one of the organizers of the event...
View ArticleJoining Weld’s blogging community
Pretty spiffy, right? I certainly think so. Then again, I would; the old website has been my white whale for the last three months, an ungainly thing that wasn’t particularly handsome on the front end...
View ArticleWhy I’m not voting for Barack Obama
2008 was the first election in which I was able to vote, and I wasn’t just an ideologue. I was a confirmed neoconservative, an avid reader of Irving Kristol, the Kagans, and David Frum, always looking...
View ArticleThe wages of sin
The Sazerac is, if not the king of cocktails, at least a landed viscount or margrave. It’s the semi-official drink of New Orleans, and it’s a hell of a cocktail, with all the Mad Men cachet of its...
View ArticleReport indicates Mike Hubbard benefited from “quid pro quo” arrangement
Bill Britt of Alabama Political Reporter reports that Mike Hubbard, former chairman of the Alabama Republican Party and “architect” of its takeover of the statehouse in 2010, has profited nearly two...
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This must be the place
Photo by David Garrett. The day after Thanksgiving, the Bottletree was as packed as I’ve ever seen it, filled from end to end with a teeming, enthusiastic mass of humanity. They had shown up, as had I,...
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Stop making sense
The DRIFT exhibit, now showing in the back room of beta pictoris. Photo courtesy of beta pictoris gallery. When I wrote Weld’s cover story on the Birmingham Museum of Art’s Norman Rockwell exhibit, I...
View ArticleReport: State House Speaker’s records subpoenaed by Grand Jury
In a follow-up to his corruption story from two weeks ago, Bill Britt of Alabama Political Reporter is reporting that subpoenas have been issued to state Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard regarding...
View ArticleCandlelight vigil to be held at Railroad Park this evening
As the good people at Magic City Post have shared, Mayor Bell has added a solemn conclusion to his Happy Holidays at Railroad Park event today: a candlelight vigil at 5 p.m. to honor the victims of the...
View ArticleInez Andrews, a titan of gospel music, dead at 83
Gospel Hall of Famer, Caravans member, and Birmingham native Inez Andrews passed away yesterday after a long battle with cancer. A longtime resident of Chicago’s West Side after joining the Caravans,...
View ArticleWeld and CBS 42 continue Northern Beltline investigation
In tandem with CBS 42, Weld is investigating the progress of and controversy surrounding the Alabama Department of Transportation’s Northern Beltline project, a proposed multi-billion dollar highway to...
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Keeping Bama weird
Archival image courtesy of Lee Shook. In folklore and mythology, the moon was a natural choice to represent everything the sun didn’t: instead of light, darkness; instead of truth, mystery; instead of...
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A different kind of beauty
Photo by David Garrett. Francesca Mereu likes to use the word “energy.” It’s entirely appropriate, of course, because the longtime political journalist’s effervescence is unmistakable after only a few...
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Gazing into the storm
Image courtesy of beta pictoris gallery. As per usual with the gallery, two exhibits are currently on display in the front and back rooms of beta pictoris gallery, which is located on 2nd Avenue North...
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Unearthing buried treasures (well, something like that)
*Note: most videos being linked to are not safe for work. As a (probably) falsely sourced Albert Einstein quote goes, “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it...
View ArticleJamming econo
Emanual Ellinas is what you might call an Avondale guy these days: young, counterculture-friendly, and DIY-minded. Two of his three businesses – music studio Magnetic Audio and guitar pedal company...
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