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It’s in Birmingham. MovieMaker Magazine recently ranked the 25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World for 2015, and Birmingham’s Sidewalk festival was right there along with Miami, the Bahamas and Bologna, Italy. “I’ve developed a good little crush on Birmingham, thanks to Sidewalk,” says one panelist. “It’s a dynamic city emerging as one of the […]

Birmingham is always enthusiastic when it comes to good food, so it’s little wonder it’s hard to get a seat at the new OvenBird restaurant. Chef Chris Hastings already has built a huge following at his Hot and Hot Fish Club restaurant and now has opened a second dining room serving dinner at historic Pepper […]

The Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex has unveiled the new 270-seat Forum Theater in the 10-story Forum building. Currently under renovation is additional meeting and conference space that will be ready in the coming weeks. Since the Forum was built in 1992, its use as a medical meetings facility has evolved to include meetings of all professions. […]

Birmingham CVB gets Readers’ Choice Award We’re patting ourselves on the back after getting notice we’ve received ConventionSouth magazine’s 2015 Readers’ Choice Award. The trade publication’s readers vote to decide the best meeting sites in the South, along with the level of customer service and quality facilities. This is the sixth time the Birmingham CVB […]

Mama might make a killer hamburger, but she likely doesn’t make one of the best 25 in America. That honor goes to Chef Frank Stitt’s burger at his Birmingham French bistro, Chez Fonfon. The Hamburger Fonfon was chosen as one of America’s 25 best cheeseburgers by the food and dining website The Daily Meal. The […]

OvenBird topped the list when Travel & Leisure magazine writer Jennifer V. Cole cruised into town under the radar last month. She was on a mission to find the very best places in the city to eat, drink and be merry. OvenBird was her top restaurant choice, where she feasted on octopus and squid with […]

  With pumpkins carved and spider webs strung, ‘tis the season to dig up some dirt on local cemeteries. New Orleans is not the only city noted for its interesting cemeteries. (And by the way, if you think people aren’t interested in touring cemeteries, well you’re dead wrong. Just ask the folks at the New […]

This fall, just as they’ve done for the past decade, Vulcan Park and Museum is hosting Vulcan AfterTunes, a Sunday afternoon outdoor concert series. October 25, music fans will be treated to a performance by Grammy Award-winning song master Dom Flemons, who pulls from traditions of old-time folk music to create all new sounds. The […]

The Alabama Theatre is a fabulous place to see everything from classic films to a Tom Waits concert. It’s one of the grand architectural accomplishments saved from the wrecking-ball while many others of that era weren’t. Built in 1927, the Alabama was designed by a Chicago firm that specialized in the extravagant movie palaces of […]

Go ahead and pay a bundle for a couple of days in NYC. Or dine just as elegantly in what money-watcher Forbes calls “the most affordable city in the U.S. in 2015.” Birmingham. Yep. Start packing for a getaway that won’t break the bank. Plenty of entertaining hours are spent exploring free or really cheap […]