Random Shots: Taylor Hicks and Brandi Carlile rock City Stages on last day ( Filed under: American Idol: Season 5, Birmingham, AL, Brandi Carlile, city stages, people, Random shots, Taylor Hicks )
City Stages is in the books, at least for me. After defying the discomfort gods for the first two days, the knees finally gave in early this evening. But not before making one last jaunt through the festival grounds, catching a few memorable performances along the way. Images of Taylor Hicks’ and Brandi Carlile’s performances […]
Continue readingRandom shots: Pictures from the Taylor Hicks’ return home! ( Filed under: American Idol: Season 5, Birmingham, AL, people, Random shots, Taylor Hicks )
UPDATE! 5.24.2006 – 9:15 p.m. – Visit http://dresramblings.smugmug.com to view pictures from the American Idol: Season 5 finale viewing party at WorkPlay Theatre benefitting The Studio By The Tracks! Considering that nothing I write today will be able to compete with the triumphant return of Birmingham’s Taylor Hicks home as he prepares for the semifinals […]
Continue readingCity Stages (a.k.a. Taylor’s homecoming) is over, what’s next? ( Filed under: Artwalk, Birmingham AL restaurants, Birmingham, AL, Catalyst, city stages, civic/service organizations, Movies, Random shots, Sidewalk )
It seems as though everyone is happy with this year’s City Stages, even the guys talked to by the Birmingham News in today’s paper. (Steady crowds, nice weather make for ‘fabulous’ festival, The Birmingham News, 6.19.2006) The three-day festival ended last night and seemed to send everyone home singing some new favorite song, if not […]
Continue readingA busy night and day as we await “American Idol” decision and another way to support Taylor ( Filed under: American Idol: Season 5, Birmingham Links, Birmingham, AL, civic/service organizations, people, Taylor Hicks, WorkPlay )
An early morning update: This afternoon, we’ll post about the current flurry of activity around the city, particularly in the Southside section of downtown. We’ll also see if we can salvage some images from last night’s Catalyst event at Sloss Docks. More than 200 people decided to GET IN GEAR with Catalyst last night, listening […]
Continue readingFeature films come to McWane and Taylor may be coming to Art on the Rocks ( Filed under: American Idol: Season 5, Birmingham Links, Birmingham, AL, imax, McWane Center, people, urban issues )
A few months ago, I posted about the IMAX screen at McWane Center. Curtis correctly pointed out the one problem with the possible addition of mainstream feature length films at that time: the need to purchase additional equipment for the projector. The requests for showing feature films in IMAX format have long come from all […]
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