Rumours ATL

Can't Feel My Face, the biggest 2010s dance party in the country! Can?t Feel My Face features fire DJs and 2010s visuals that will transport you back to the decade defined by memes and selfies? a time only 4 to 14 years gone but feels like 40 years ago. At Can't Feel My Face you can expect to dance all night to the biggest bangers from artists like The Weeknd (duh), Beyonc?, Kesha, Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, Katy Perry, Cardi B, Harry Styles, Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga, Dua Lipa, Kendrick Lamar, Rihanna, Avicii, Nicki Minaj, Calvin Harris, and more. ** Wear your best 2010s ?fit! Dig through your closet and find those skinny jeans, athleisure sets, chunky necklaces, and deeeep V-necks ** We?re taking song requests all night, too. Come prepared with your banger playlist! YOLO

UnderGroundBooking 4thAnnual Birthday Bash 1/17 with Big Po, CremRo, & White Gold

Beep Beep! Join Vocabby’s World and your ArtPlay friends to learn new vocabulary words! We will explore new words through song, movement and creativity. (Children Ages: 0-5 years)

Vocabby’s World is a community vocabulary program in partnership with ArtPlay and sponsored by PNC Foundation. The adventures of Vocabby take pre-K children on travels around the world as they learn vocabulary words through science and arts concepts. Through this partnership, ArtPlay is providing hands-on activities that reach families in our communities and across the country. Free books, curriculum and art materials reinforce the new vocabulary learned.

If you have any questions about this event, please contact Dylan Ferniany, dhfernia@uab.edu.

JANE MARSHALL'S ART CAREER SPANS MANY YEARS, numerous geographical locations, and diverse media investigations that include printmaking, painting, sculpture, and ceramics. She has been actively engaged with current consumer culture and environmental issues that serve as inspiration and the subjects for her work. Educated at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, she has taught at several universities and colleges, and has been awarded many artist residencies throughout her career. Marshall works from her home in Alabama, and Michigan, and remains productive in her home studio, clay studio, and at her printing press.

The exhibition can be seen during our regular gallery hours on Saturdays from noon to 4 pm until it closes Saturday, February 8, 2025.

Ground Floor Contemporary is thrilled to present Flashlight, an exhibition of new works by Misty Bennett, Renee Hanan Plata, and Rebecca Tully Fulmer.

Misty Bennett is a painter and educator whose abstract paintings use playful color choices and thick, impasto paint, contrasted with delicate line work and ethereal spray paint. These images serve as metaphor for our emotional states of being, while the materials of the painting itself ground the viewer in its physical, sensory presence. Bennett teaches at the University of Montevallo and serves as Chair of the Department of Art. She holds a BFA in Painting from the Savannah College of Art and Design and an MFA in Drawing and Painting from the University of Georgia. Her work has been exhibited across the southeast, most recently in the Alabama State Council for the Arts Gallery in Montgomery, the Red Clay Survey at the Huntsville Museum of Art, and the Tennessee Valley Art Museum.

Renee Hanan Plata is a painter and sculptor who uses the repetition of single units to explore the illusion of space and color. She challenges the viewer not to size up the painting at first glance but to allow the painting to reveal itself over time.  Hanan Plata maintains an active studio in Birmingham, Alabama and recent exhibitions include a solo show at Scott Miller Projects and group exhibitions at Space One Eleven and the Alabama School of Fine Arts. She lived and worked in NYC for twenty years and in 1976, was awarded Yale University’s Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship. Hanan Plata received her BFA from Atlanta College of Art, MFA from Tyler School of Art, and MSEd from Bankstreet College.

Rebecca Tully Fulmer is a visual artist based in Birmingham, Alabama, whose interdisciplinary practice fuses lens-based media, collage, and fiber processes. Her studio work primarily focuses on how an image functions when it departs from the specific and becomes merely a material for exploration and expression. Inviting the viewer to sit inside each piece through transparent and reflective media, the experience creates a dialectical process with the eye as the shift and shimmer of light becomes a collaborator in the work. Tully Fulmer graduated with an MFA from Lesley University Art + Design in Boston, Massachusetts, and a BA in Interior Design from Auburn University's School of Architecture. Light in Tandem, her recent solo exhibition, was held at the Gadsden Museum of Art in Gadsden, Alabama.

Named one of Birmingham’s Top Holiday Activities!

Get carried away and watch your Birmingham Zoo come alive with larger-than-life wild animal creations lighting up the night! This extraordinary event will be held on select nights from 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. during the months of November, December, and January. Glow Wild is sponsored by UAB Callahan Eye. See schedule below and information on special discount nights. *

Larger-than-life animal lanterns around every corner

Acrobatic shows nightly at 6:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

New Virtual Reality movie experiences ($5 for members, $7 for general admission). Two movie options – Elf Power (animated) and Great Migration (filmed in Africa)

Red Diamond Express Train

A wide selection of food + drink options (try the adult hot chocolate!)

We’ll have special guests and appearances throughout the season, see below. Also check the Birmingham Zoo's social media channels for updates.

SANTA will be at Glow Wild on Dec. 16, 17, and 20.

Special Entertainers at Glow Wild
Friday, Dec. 6 – Magic 96 Night and Shades Valley High School Choir
Saturday, Dec. 7 – Birmingham Girls Choir
Sunday, Dec. 8 – JCIB Concert Choir
Friday, Dec. 13 – Beverly’s Dance
Saturday, Dec. 14 – Hoover Choir
Wednesday, Dec. 18 – Bella Prima Dance
Thursday, Dec. 19 – Snow Rogers Elementary Choir
Saturday, Dec. 21 – 501st Group

Eddie 9V has powered up. From the day he first slung a guitar on a local stage, the Georgia-born bandleader announced himself as an artist to watch. But in the last few meteoric years, Eddie?s music has crossed oceans and airwaves, transcending his cult-hero status to become a beacon for fans of real music everywhere. ?Eddie 9V is something else,? wrote the UK?s Classic Rock of 2022?s chart-topping Capricorn. ?A man who genuinely inhabits golden-era American roots, playing the most instinctive blues you?ll hear all year.? You?ll find the proof on new studio album ?Saratoga?, releasing November 22, 2024 on the fabled Ruf label. It?s a record that will thrill both newcomers and fans who have trailed Eddie since the start, showcasing his fresh, fiery spin on Southern soul, blues, rock and funk, with his signature wit and sharp observations of modern America placing him squarely in the here-and-now. ?I do think it?s a wonderful road trip album," he nods of the eleven originals co-written with his brother, the much-respected Southern musician, Lane Kelly. ?I was shooting for a more Americana-type album this time, less blues songs and solos and more focusing on the songwriting.? The new songs of ?Saratoga? deserve nothing less than your full attention. Eddie?s latest album announces his new groove with the crisp, purposeful beats of the opening title track, an instant favorite that gets under your skin with its almost disco-style harmonies and joust of horns and slide guitar (?That song is about being in a lonely tiny town that feels impossible to escape?). Halo struts from the speakers on Eddie?s falsetto howl, before the lush yearning of Cry Like A River and Love Moves So Slow (co-written by Spencer Pope) brings vintage soul into the modern age. The brittle riffs and spacey vocal of Delta mark another gearshift, flowing into Red River?s reflective-yet-kinetic groove. Wasp Weather speaks to Eddie?s love of rapid-fire streams of consciousness. ?That?s my favorite lyrically ?cos I like spewing words that don?t make sense into songs. ?I got a big mud house that I can?t keep clean, it?s useless? ? I love that line.? The album plays out in style with the trilling alt-folk of Truckee ? ?We got high and did shrooms and camped on the Truckee river in California,? he explains of the inspiration ? the wistful Tides and Love You All The Way Down. Eddie even slips in a brass-blasting take on Mac DeMarco?s Chamber Of Reflection, before bringing the record home with The Road To Nowhere?s shuddering, tremolo-drenched country lament, his trademark twang utterly transformed into a vintage croon. Eddie 9V is right: this latest album takes us all over the musical and emotional map, while announcing that his recent career peaks are just the start. ?Capricorn was a big jump for us,? he reflects. ?But I?m already writing new songs, y?know?

Firehouse Community Arts Center presents:

THE CONSTELLATIONS (Nashville/Atlanta Alternative Rock)

https://www.theconstellationsofficial.com/

with support from:

SICK FUCKS (Birmingham)

WISER THE MORNINGSTAR (Birmingham)

7pm, Music begins at 8pm

Bella’s Mania Burlesque Night at The Nick

Lykwid Ep Release Party - The Upstairs at Avondale

A service of readings, reflection, and jazz music featuring local Birmingham musicians.

The Deslondes

Drag Night at The Nick Benefitting the Yellowhammer Fund

Birmingham Bandstand (Open Mic) at the Nick

In this five-week class, Rhandie Weaver, of Blue Dragon Glass, will teach you the basics of stained glass. Learn how to cut glass, grind, foil, solder, frame, and clean a stained glass panel. By the end, you'll have a beautiful piece of art and some new skills to take home. This is a hybrid class, for both beginners and those who have some experience. Beginners will have the option of multiple designs while more experienced will be able to work on designs using more advanced skills.

Fight Club Open Deck With Host Lemon Beloved! Every Wednesday!

Getting started in the film industry is hard. Join Film Birmingham and our panel of local industry experts as they share their career paths and help you navigate one of your own. This in-person workshop will give you advice and support in moving forward toward your film goals. You'll connect with professionals who started as PAs and worked their way up.

You'll have a chance to network with film professionals and ask the panel questions.

Linocut Basics: A Hands-On Introduction

Explore the art of printmaking with a Linocut Basics workshop, designed to guide you through the fundamental techniques of carving and printing your own relief print in just two hours! Perfect for beginners or those looking to refresh their skills, this workshop offers an overview of single color linocut printing. You will create prints using one of the provided templates (or your own design) and learn how to easily print the design!

What to Bring: All materials and tools will be provided, but feel free to bring any design ideas or sketches you'd like to work with.

By the end of the workshop, you'll leave with your own unique linocut print and the skills to continue exploring this creative medium on your own. Whether you’re looking to explore a new hobby or enhance your artistic repertoire, this workshop is a perfect starting point. All experience levels are welcome.

Trampled By Turtles and Call Me Spinster

I'm Mon, born in Mon Rovia, Liberia. My life can be summed up by being born into a civil war, escaping the life of a child soldier, rescued by the hands of missionaries. Spent a lot of my developmental years living in a variety of places with a number of life experiences. And then layered on top of all of this is the assimilation I felt being a transracially adopted refugee. My music in a nutshell is a culmination of these experiences blended with the empathy I feel for the experiences with others. The mission of my music is to heal with others — with every nation and tongue, in due time.

Mon Rovîa has partnered with PLUS1 so that $1 per ticket goes to supporting Hurricane Helene relief in partnership with Habitat for Humanity of TN. Habitat for Humanity is a global nonprofit organization dedicated to building and improving homes for families in need. As a local affiliate, Habitat for Humanity of Tennessee is actively responding to the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. While immediate emergency response is ongoing, Habitat for Humanity's primary role will be in the long-term recovery of disaster-stricken communities.