Birmingham Weekly

Photo Exhibit Reveals Unseen Alabamiansnew

The familiarity of the faces that fill each frame in "Just Down the Road" accounts for most of what makes this photo exhibit so engaging.

Birmingham Weekly | Glenny Brock | 04-14-2009 | Art

Tags: Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Just Down the Road, photography, Alabama

Terry Bowden Ends His Decade-Long Coaching Sabbaticalnew

Terry Bowden, the scion of coaching legend Bobby Bowden and the former head coach at Auburn University from 1993 until 1998, takes over the reigns at the University of North Alabama in Florence.

Birmingham Weekly | Matt Hooper | 02-03-2009 | Sports

Tags: college football, Terry Bowden, University of North Alabama

Sins of Commission: Alabama's Jefferson County Approves Absurd Lobbying Contractnew

"Like flushing money down the toilet." Now there’s an expression just about everybody in Jefferson County understands. Just about everybody — with the exception of three county commissioners.

Birmingham Weekly | Kyle Whitmire | 02-03-2009 | Commentary

Tags: lobbying, Alabama

The Recession of 'No Depression'

After 13 years in print, the magazine that helped to define alt-country has decided to stop the presses for good.

Birmingham Weekly | Courtney Haden | 05-15-2008 | Music

Tags: music, media, alt-country, No Depression, publishing

Spin Cyclenew

AltWeeklies Award - Column-Political

Birmingham Weekly | Kyle Whitmire | 04-21-2008 | Media

Tags: media

Citizen's Journalnew

AltWeeklies Award - Column

Birmingham Weekly | Mark Kelly | 04-21-2008 | Media

Tags: media

The Mo', the Merriernew

Argentine band transforms the blues into world music.

Birmingham Weekly | Courtney Haden | 02-11-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Mo'Blues

I'll Tell Ya Who I'm Voting Fornew

We don’t do endorsements at the Weekly, but I believe in transparency. If I’m going to vote, readers deserve to know for whom and why.

Birmingham Weekly | Kyle Whitmire | 02-05-2008 | Commentary

The Time Has Come to Pick a Presidentnew

The rise of Huckabee from Arkansan anonymity has given the GOP Establishment shivering fits, mainly because he is not beholden to them. He has shown disquieting willingness to forego Bush-Cheney talking points in favor of his own agenda, decidedly less billionaire-centric than the current Administration’s.

Birmingham Weekly | Courtney Haden | 02-05-2008 | Commentary

Get Fit Without Getting Borednew

As January comes to a close, you’ve probably broken a lot of your New Year’s resolutions already, particularly the perennial ones about going to the gym at least three times a week or running five miles a day. Maybe the reason you can’t stick to a routine is because the routine you have in mind is just that – routine.

Birmingham Weekly | Carrie Rollwagen | 02-05-2008 | Science

Tags: Health & Science