Posted on March 12th, 2010 by kcrawfordahf
AREA VETERAN PLAYS MAJOR ROLE IN WAR BOOK
by David Lazenby
Reprinted with permission from the Daily Mountain Eagle, Jasper, Ala.
A writer from Mountain Brook whose latest book has a central character who hails from west Walker County captivated his audience at Bevill Hill Auditorium Tuesday with the real-life war story of Bill Tune told in his [...]
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Posted on March 10th, 2010 by Katie Crawford
After reading the article about industrial baseball leagues in Alabama and Vulcan Park and Museum’s “From Factory to Field” exhibition in the Winter/Spring 2010 issue of Mosaic, Doug Purcell, executive director of the Historic Chattahoochee Commission, sent us this photo and message:
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Posted on February 23rd, 2010 by bwhetstoneahf
Our 2009, Christmas Eve’s Eve gathering proceeds as usual. The grandchildren arrive at Gram and GrandBob’s house with their parents in tow. The little ones manage to eat a few bites of wild rice soup as their expectations soar. Excitement builds until the moment finally arrives for opening gifts. Four-year-old Elise is the first to [...]
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Posted on February 18th, 2010 by rstewartahf
The pigeons stood shivering next to the frozen fountain in front of our office building. Snow was in the forecast for Valentine’s weekend. Everyone was thinking the same thing: must be winter in Alabama.
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Posted on January 20th, 2010 by bwhetstoneahf
I stow my carry-on and settle into a window seat just in time to hear the flight attendant announce, “Has anyone on this flight lost a wallet?” The 200 passengers, including myself, discreetly check through our belongings for our cash and credit cards. Momentarily she breaks the silence, “Now that I have your attention, we [...]
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Posted on December 22nd, 2009 by plawsonahf
I was personally delighted when the grants committee of the Alabama Humanities Foundation recently provided funding for a baseball program developed by Vulcan Park and Museum. “From Factory to Field” is an exhibition, opening April 1, 2010, that celebrates the 100th anniversary of Rickwood Field and the history of baseball as a reflection of the [...]
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Posted on December 1st, 2009 by kcrawfordahf
The humanities approach to music, often referred to as musicology, involves more than just listening to or producing sound. Behind the melody, there is a method. Behind the tune, a tale. And behind the instrument, almost always, a rich history. For years, I have viewed our family piano in the same way. To me, it [...]
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Posted on November 19th, 2009 by bwhetstoneahf
Wherever I may be, whatever I’m engaged in, if I hear music start up—I stop. I listen. And I involuntarily identify the tune. This automatic name-that-tune response must have imprinted on my brain during my early years of music training and brief career teaching music. If I go to any restaurant that features live musicians [...]
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Posted on November 4th, 2009 by bbashorahf
I was talking to a coworker a few weeks ago about some night classes she had taken recently–one of which was in the humanities. She mentioned that she had written a paper on Dr. Theodor Seuss Geisel, the famous children’s books author and illustrator. I assumed that the subject matter of her paper was directed [...]
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Posted on October 27th, 2009 by kcrawfordahf
Note: this is a reprinting of a Birmingham News article, which ran on October 11, 2009. The original article can be found here.
U.S. CAPITOL’S NATIONAL STATUARY HALL: Curry comes home barely known
By Jim Noles
On Wednesday, it was out with the old and in with the new in the U.S. Capitol’s National Statuary Hall collection. In [...]
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