Posted on April 16th, 2010 by kcrawfordahf
The fifth-annual Alabama Book Festival will be held in historic downtown Montgomery at Old Alabama Town on April 17, 2010, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The free public event is the state’s premier book festival—with more than 4,000 people from around the state converging in the capital to meet with and hear from their favorite authors and scholars. The festival is sponsored by AHF. Read more.
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Posted on April 7th, 2010 by kcrawfordahf
Happy 50th anniversary, To Kill a Mockingbird! Check out our online art catalog, featuring works of art inspired by the novel and its themes. Opening show and silent auction this Friday in Birmingham at the Civil Rights Institute, 6 to 9 p.m., with a panel discussion on the novel and its themes at Sixteenth Street Baptist Church at 4:30 p.m. Food and drink provided. Full details: ahf.net/mockingbird
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Posted on March 26th, 2010 by bwhetstoneahf
She has the plot and the main players in mind and now she needs a special name for a character unlike any other. She invents a surname and with the aid of her attorney sister, searches local courthouse records to be sure the choice will not offend area residents. Satisfied her selection is unique, she adds a childhood utterance used by her father to invoke fright and breathes life into the perfect malevolent phantom to mystify Scout and Jem Finch. Introduced at the beginning of Harper Lee’s prize-winning novel, Boo Radley lurks mysteriously in the background as the story progresses in Maycomb, Alabama. Little did Ms. Lee realize that this furtive fictive personality would become a worldwide cultural icon. Read more »
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Posted on March 24th, 2010 by kcrawfordahf
A new book, From Power to Service: The Story of Lawyers in Alabama, tracing the history of the legal profession in the Yellowhammer state, has been published by the Alabama State Bar. The $40 commemorative book chronicles the story of lawyers in the state’s developing history. Read more »
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Posted on March 19th, 2010 by rstewartahf
Alabamians have been fixtures for decades on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Celebrated senators and congressmen—Carl Elliott, Bob Jones, Lister Hill, John Sparkman, Howell Heflin and others—have helped shape national policy and profoundly influenced American history in the 20th century. In a recent visit to Washington, however, I discovered two new additions to Capitol Hill, neither of which is a member of Congress. Read more »
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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 tome, “Mighty By Sacrifice: The Destruction of an American Bomb Squadron August 29, 1944.” Read more »
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Posted on March 10th, 2010 by Jennifer Dome
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: Read more »
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Posted on February 26th, 2010 by sperryahf
As part of its commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the publishing of To Kill a Mockingbird (TKAM), and to celebrate the book’s lasting significance for the state, country and the world, AHF has asked select local, statewide and national artists to create original works of art inspired by the book and its themes. The donated artwork will be featured in a traveling exhibit, “TKAM 2010: To Kill a Mockingbird—Awakening America’s Conscience.” Read more »
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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 rip open a red and green package to discover heavy black pac boots and wool socks. One by one the three stair-step boys share her obvious disappointment as they all extract from their brightly wrapped packages—balaklavas, goggles, moisture-wicking base-layer underwear, thick gloves, toboggans, jackets and neck gators. “Where are the toys, the electronic games—the fun things Gram always gives us at Christmas?” Read more »
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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. Read more »
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