Thursday July 3, 2008
(all day)
Start: 07/01/2008 - 09:56
End: 07/04/2008 - 09:56
Whet your appetite for the holiday weekend with the Light and Water Show at DeSoto Caverns. desotocavernspark.com
Start: 5:00 am
End: 5:59 am
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, best known as the writer of “The Yellow Wallpaper,” was born on this day in 1860. The short story illustrated the cultural views on women’s mental and physical health in the 19th century. Gilman experienced what is now believed to be severe post-partum depression after the birth of her only child, which inspired the tale. The great-niece of influential humanists Harriet Beecher Stowe, Catharine Beecher and Isabella Beecher Hooker, Gilman believed that economic independence was the only thing that could really bring freedom to women, making them equal to men.
Friday July 4, 2008
End: 9:56 am
Start: 07/01/2008 - 09:56
End: 07/04/2008 - 09:56
Whet your appetite for the holiday weekend with the Light and Water Show at DeSoto Caverns. desotocavernspark.com
Start: 5:00 am
End: 5:59 am
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” Happy Independence Day.
Start: 9:57 am
Light up your holiday night with the Thunder on the Mountain Fireworks Extravaganza in Homewood. visitvulcan.com
Saturday July 5, 2008
Start: 5:00 am
End: 5:59 am
Veronica Guerin was born on this day in 1958—watch Cate Blanchett portray the Irish journalist in the heartbreaking namesake film, Veronica Guerin. Her life and death inspired fellow Dubliners to crack down on the growing drug trade and clean up the city for good.
Start: 9:57 am
Go green and go local with the Fresh Market on the Green at Ross Bridge starting at 8:00 am every first and third Saturday through September. See rossbridge.com for more information.
Sunday July 6, 2008
Start: 5:00 am
End: 5:59 am
“I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality.” Artist Frida Kahlo was born on this day in 1907.
Tuesday July 8, 2008
Start: 5:00 am
End: 5:59 am
Today is the 415th birthday of Artemisia Gentileschi, an Early Italian Baroque painter, who is now considered to be one of the most talented painters (besides Caravaggio) of the era. She was the first female painter to become a member of the Academy of Art and Design in Florence, and one of the first females to paint religious and historical themes in a time when these things were considered beyond a woman’s reach.
Start: 9:58 am
Feeling blue? Well, just indulge, because its National Blueberry Month. Grab a bowl full today!
Wednesday July 9, 2008
Start: 5:00 am
End: 5:59 am
Author Ann Radcliffe was born today in 1764. Considered the pioneer of the gothic novel, her stories of heroic young girls exploring mysterious and dangerous locales became very popular and influenced the work of writers like Jane Austen and Sir Walter Scott. Read Austen’s Northanger Abbey for examples of imitation and parody of her work.
Start: 9:59 am
Strum up some fun with Homewood Library’s Guitar Hero Tournament for rising 6th-12th graders starting at 1:30 pm. Call Heather Miller 332.6621 with questions.
Thursday July 10, 2008
Start: 5:00 am
End: 5:59 am
Aphra Behn was born on this day in 1640. She was one of the first women to earn a living as a writer. Behn’s work was revolutionary, discussing race and female sexuality—something not touched upon by the predatory Libertine male writers of her time. Virginia Woolfe said of her, “All women together, ought to let flowers fall upon the grave of Aphra Behn...for it was she who earned them the right to speak their minds.”
Friday July 11, 2008
Start: 10:00 am
Laugh by the light of the moon for the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame’s Evening on the Moon Comedy Night. jazzhall.com
Saturday July 12, 2008
Start: 12:00 am
End: 9:55 am
Make it out to the Roosevelt Community Center today for a group discussion about the Yes We Can campaign to help improve education in the Birmingham area. Check http://www.yeswecanbirmingham.org/ for additonal dates for community conversations happening now through August. Be a part of the growing group of those who want to better our school system!
Start: 10:00 am
Don’t flake out on this tasty tour. Make an appointment at the Golden Flake Potato Chips factory. Call 323.6161 or visit www.goldenflake.com.
Start: 11:00 am
End: 12:00 pm
Community Rummage Sale at Bottletree cafe. Starts at 11 am.
Sunday July 13, 2008
Start: 5:00 am
End: 5:59 am
Simone Veil, France’s former Minister of Health, was born on this day in 1927. Veil was a Holocaust survivor (she, her mother and sister were sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau) who went on to build a good life and political career, despite losing her father, brother and mother during the Holocaust. She pushed the notable laws of making access to contraceptives easier (1974) and legalizing abortion (1975) and went on to become President of the European Parliament (1979-1982) and still continues to be socially and politically active.
Start: 10:00 am
Today is National “Embrace your Geekness Day.” Go on, hike up your pants, snort when you laugh, and enjoy it!
Monday July 14, 2008
Start: 10:00 am
Start: 07/14/2008 - 10:00
End: 07/18/2008 - 10:00
Send your 1st through 3rd grade girls to Kowgirls Kitchen’s Dining on Euclid Avenue in Crestline Village with Dr. Seuss class from 2:00 until 4:45 p.m., Monday through Friday. Email wright.whitney@gmail.com or call 879.3971.
Tuesday July 15, 2008
(all day)
Start: 07/14/2008 - 10:00
End: 07/18/2008 - 10:00
Send your 1st through 3rd grade girls to Kowgirls Kitchen’s Dining on Euclid Avenue in Crestline Village with Dr. Seuss class from 2:00 until 4:45 p.m., Monday through Friday. Email wright.whitney@gmail.com or call 879.3971.
Start: 5:00 am
End: 5:59 am
Maggie L. Walker, the first female founder/president of a bank in the US, was born on this day in 1887 to a former slave and an abolitionist. She worked her entire life trying to make life better for African Americans and women—the founding of her bank was due to her idea that people should pool their money together to help each other. Her bank, St. Luke Penny Savings Bank, still exists today as the Consolidated Bank and Trust Company in Richmond, VA.
Wednesday July 16, 2008
(all day)
Start: 07/14/2008 - 10:00
End: 07/18/2008 - 10:00
Send your 1st through 3rd grade girls to Kowgirls Kitchen’s Dining on Euclid Avenue in Crestline Village with Dr. Seuss class from 2:00 until 4:45 p.m., Monday through Friday. Email wright.whitney@gmail.com or call 879.3971.
Start: 5:00 am
End: 5:59 am
On this day in 1862 Ida B. Wells was born. Wells fought for equality of women and African Americans—especially the equality of African American women in the suffragist movement. 71 years before Rosa Parks, Wells refused to give up her seat on a train, and when they made her move, she sued the railway company. She won her case in the local court but lost when the railroad took it to the Tennessee Supreme Court. Her refusal to stand in the back of suffragist parades garnered her more media attention for her causes.
Thursday July 17, 2008
(all day)
Start: 07/14/2008 - 10:00
End: 07/18/2008 - 10:00
Send your 1st through 3rd grade girls to Kowgirls Kitchen’s Dining on Euclid Avenue in Crestline Village with Dr. Seuss class from 2:00 until 4:45 p.m., Monday through Friday. Email wright.whitney@gmail.com or call 879.3971.
Friday July 18, 2008
End: 10:00 am
Start: 07/14/2008 - 10:00
End: 07/18/2008 - 10:00
Send your 1st through 3rd grade girls to Kowgirls Kitchen’s Dining on Euclid Avenue in Crestline Village with Dr. Seuss class from 2:00 until 4:45 p.m., Monday through Friday. Email wright.whitney@gmail.com or call 879.3971.
Start: 9:59 am
The Birmingham Art AssociationMember's Show Opening Reception is today,Friday, July 18th from 5pm-9pm.
Saturday July 19, 2008
Start: 5:00 am
End: 5:59 am
Today is the 160th anniversary of the Seneca Falls Convention—the first women’s rights convention in the United States.
Start: 10:00 am
Slithering Snakes! Come check them out at the Dixie Reptile Show at the UAB Hill Center. dixiereptileshow.com/dates.htm
Sunday July 20, 2008
Start: 10:00 am
Take a walk in the park with the pre-opening tour of Red Mountain’s new property. The park will be 18 miles of new biking and hiking trails, open fields and picnic areas-- all within 15 minutes of downtown. redmountainpark.org
Thursday July 24, 2008
Start: 5:00 am
End: 5:59 am
Amelia Earhart Day honors the birthday of the woman who took aviation and feminism to new heights.
Start: 10:00 am
Remember Joshua Radin’s gentle whispery/throaty voice from the Elizabethtown soundtrack? If not, make it your business to check him out tonight at Workplay for $15 at 8:00 pm. Visit workplay.com for ticket information.
Saturday July 26, 2008
Start: 10:00 am
It may be too early in the year to be singing for figgy pudding, but you can get a foretaste with Dr. Arlie Powell’s Walking Tour of the Fig Orchard in Jemison at 10:30 am today. Check out petalsfromthepast.com for more information.
Start: 10:37 am
See how peach wine is made at the site of the Ozan Wine Train. For more details, check out: http://www.ozanwine.com/wines.htm. ]
Start: 9:00 pm
Wild Sweet Orange CD Release Party at Workplay. The album will be out on the 29th . Event starts at 9pm. Go to workplay.com for more information.
Wednesday July 30, 2008
Start: 10:00 am
Marty, marty oh so smarty, how does your garden grow? Join Edwin Marty, Director of Jones Valley Urban Farm, as he discusses how to conserve water in the home while maintaining a green garden. Birmingham Public Library Brown Bag Lunch programs begin at noon in the Central Library location auditorium. bplonline.org
Friday August 1, 2008
Start: 1:13 pm
MTV debuted today 27 years ago. In honor, dance around in some neon-colored bike shorts to “Video Killed the Radio Star.”
Start: 2:35 pm
Start: 08/01/2008 - 14:35
End: 08/31/2008 - 14:35
All month, see this exhibit featuring print-sized versions of Birmingham’s landmarks at the McWane Science Center. Call 714.8300 for hours and information.
Start: 10:00 pm
End: 10:59 pm
Maria Mitchell, the first professional female astronomer in the United States, was born on this day in 1818. Mitchell was raised in a Quaker community, which was one of the few groups that felt women should have equal educational opportunities as men. She had the notable discovery that sunspots are “whirling vertical cavities” and not, as thought at the time, clouds.
Saturday August 2, 2008
(all day)
Start: 08/01/2008 - 14:35
End: 08/31/2008 - 14:35
All month, see this exhibit featuring print-sized versions of Birmingham’s landmarks at the McWane Science Center. Call 714.8300 for hours and information.
Start: 1:15 pm
Come on out, folks for this year’s Birmingham Folk Festival at Avondale Park from 10:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. All day long and into the night, hear live bluegrass and folk music. Admission is $15 benefiting Mitchell's Place, a comprehensive Autism Treatment center. Check out details at http://www.birminghamfolkfest.com
Start: 1:15 pm
Raise your hand if the movie Gremlins used to give you nightmares. It’s playing at the Alabama Theatre tonight at 7 pm if you want to see if the microwave scene still creeps you out. Visit alabamatheatre.com for more information.
Start: 10:00 pm
End: 10:59 pm
Life is not a having and a getting, but a being and a becoming.” Myrna Loy would have been 103 today. She used her fame in the 1930s-40s to champion the rights of black actors and to give them dignity onscreen, rather than the stereotypes they often played at the time.
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