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What Good Sports Do During C-USA Birmingham is preparing for a deluge of sports fans from around the Southeast who are coming for the Conference USA Championships March 8-12. This is a sports-loving town if ever there was one, so C-USA guests will find plenty to do before and after the games. Here are eight suggestions […]

The city feels a new sense of enthusiasm as the accolades roll in. Who doesn’t love a compliment? Even when you know you’re wonderful, it just feels good to have an impartial party tell you so. That’s how Birmingham has been feeling the past few months as national websites and publications sing the praises of […]

Calling all lovebirds! Last week OpenTable released their list of 25 Most Romantic Cities in America, featuring Birmingham in the #5 spot. And with Valentine’s just around the corner, we think it’s safe to say love is the air. We’ve rounded-up some of the coolest events for couples happening in Birmingham this weekend, so grab […]

A new exhibition at McWane Science Center is attracting a good deal of attention.  Entitled “Body Worlds,” the traveling exhibit uses preserved human bodies and body parts to explain the workings of organs, muscles, the nervous system and skeletal structures.  The bodies are preserved through a technique called plastination, a technique that removes body fluids […]

With the theme “Hallowed Grounds: Sites of African American Memories,” the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute rolls out a series of community events in February.  Highlights of the month’s events include a partnership with Red Mountain Theatre Co. to present “This Little Light of Mine.”  The one-act play presents the life of Fannie Lou Hamer as […]

Five pages is a generous amount of attention in any publication, but it’s especially sweet in a magazine like Garden & Gun.  With its focus on the Southern U.S., G&G put Birmingham in the limelight in its February/March edition. The introduction describes Birmingham as “a city fueled by the heart, creativity, and optimistic spirit of […]

The food media giant Zagat has returned for seconds.  After naming Birmingham the country’s ”#1 Next Hot Food City,” the Zagat website recently featured eight “must-try” restaurants in Birmingham.  Setting up the story, the introduction read, “You hear a lot about Charleston, New Orleans and Nashville but the food scene in Birmingham, Alabama is also […]

Oh just stop it!  Our collective heads will hardly fit through the door when along comes Bon Appetit.com with another article praising travels to Birmingham.  Writer Elyssa Goldberg interviewed Birmingham’s Trevor Newberry of Urban Standard to get his take on what to see and do in the piece entitled “Spilling the Beans.”  Newberry gives his […]

In noting “16 intriguing things to see and do in the U.S. in 2016,” CNN International included the astounding Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum, just outside Birmingham.  With the world’s largest motorcycle collection, the museum houses more than 1,400 bikes along with a dazzling assembly of Lotus cars.  The 144,000-square-foot showcase is undergoing a $15 million […]

Let the Music Play Dining and live music are widely considered to be Birmingham’s signature entertainment.  The popular British music and fashion magazine and website Clash took notice recently in a piece about Future Elevators, a Birmingham (Alabama) based alternative band.  In the article they wrote, “…the South (however it is defined) is as diverse […]