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The 2013 Classic Weekend Event Guide
For the fifth year, Birmingham View Magazine has teamed up with Urbanham.com to bring the latest edition of The Classic Event Guide, featuring the best places to socialize, party, dine and play in Birmingham for the 72nd Annual Magic City Classic, sponsored by State Farm.
Our new media partners in this annual guide now include W.N. Walker PR and First Impressions Marketing, which also publishes What's Happening Birmingham.
This year, the Magic City Classic Ambassador is none other than hip-hop impresario, actor, director and producer, Ice Cube. And for the second time in its history, the game has generated more than $1 million in scholarships for the bowls' schools, Alabama A&M and Alabama State University, according to event director Faye Oates of Bruno Event Team.
See the guide online HERE
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The Magic of the Magic City Classic
I'm a sports ignoramus. It's my blind spot, a subject for which I have little interest, a very scary attitude for someone in the media business to have. So when I came to Birmingham two decades ago, the Magic City Classic held, well, no magic for me.
I couldn't understand why people thronged the streets in downtown Birmingham for the parade, talked breathlessly about what they would wear to the stadium, plan which parties they would attend, and mention something or other about their loyalty to one of the two rivals in the annual game between the Bulldogs of Alabama State University and the Hornets of Alabama A&M.
(Uh-oh, messed up again! My bad. *Head bowed in contrition*). I mean, the Hornets of ASU and the Bulldogs of A&M.
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Wil's Fashion 101 Guide
It has become apparent to me and all of the “style” community that someone needs to intervene on behalf of better taste.
This is W. N. Walker's "Do's and Don't" Fashion and lifestyle commentary for 2013. As always there are exceptions to every rule but these never change. But if they do, he'll know first, so keep up with him!
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Honoring the Extraordinary Ordinary People Who Changed the World in 1963
Throughout 2013, the Metro Birmingham Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and other grassroots organizations honored the people, the churches and the organizations that played crucial roles in shaping the events leading up to the 1963 Birmingham Civil Rights Movement.
And it's aa good thing they did, because some of the honorees died this year, but not before smelling the roses in thanks to their contribution to the cause.
The Metro Birmngham NAACP kicked off its yearlong celebration in January with the unveiling of a commemorative calendar, "When We Walk: Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Movement In Birmingham.
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City's Empowerment Week Events, 50 Years Forward
The City of Birmingham honored the past, yet looked 50 Years Forward in official events commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1963 Birmingham Civil Rights Movement.
City officials say they plan to make Empowerment Week an annual event in Birmingham.
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Cooper Green Forum Next Tuesday Calls on County to Create A Healthcare Authority Immediately
After four previous community forums, a consensus has formed around creating a healthcare authority based on a model from Denver. That city and region faced similar challenges to Jefferson County and created a system that delivers quality healthcare to all, regardless of ability to pay.
The fifth forum is set for 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, October 29, at the Vestavia Hills Library, 1221 Montgomery Highway, Vestavia, Alabama 35216.
The panel will include Jefferson County Commissioner George Bowman, who has advocated a healthcare authority before fellow commissioners voted to end hospital related services at Cooper Green on Dec. 31, 2012.
Bowman will present a proposal for the healthcare authority model based on the forums' findings to the full County Commission.
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