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The magic of Disney has come to the Magic City with all the iconic characters from classic Disney films to more modern TV shows. Birmingham Museum of Art’s latest display, Heroes & Villains: The Art of the Disney Costumes, highlights the intricacies of costuming.
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The rock band Earthbound is set to hold its annual outdoor concert, Earthbound’s Earthfest, at Avondale Brewery in Birmingham on April 20. The event will benefit the Black Warrior Riverkeeper, a nonprofit clean water advocacy organization protecting Alabama’s Black Warrior River watershed.
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The City of Birmingham’s Poet Laureate Salaam Green will host a public reading of her new chapbook, “Once Upon a Magic City,” in honor of April’s Poetry Month. The free event will take place on Thursday, April 18, 2024, at the Birmingham Public Library.
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Officials at Birmingham-Southern College, a private liberal arts college in Alabama, will close at the end of May after running into financial difficulties and being unable to secure a financial lifeline from the state.
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Birmingham city leaders have unveiled a new art exhibit that stems from the city’s StrongHer campaign, an initiative that aims to honor the unsung women who live, work, volunteer or attend school in the Magic City.
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An Alabama judge cut bond by nearly $1.9 million on Tuesday for a man accused of fleeing from police during a car chase and causing a crash last January that injured Gayle Manchin, the wife of U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, and a work colleague.
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Birmingham entrepreneurs will have the chance to get help with their businesses throughout 2024. Create Birmingham is a nonprofit organization that focuses on creative industries. The organization is offering a series of workshops and programs throughout the year to assist local entrepreneurs to elevate their productions.
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Mexico is almost certain to elect its first female president in June — both leading candidates are women. Outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador plans to seal a land deal involving an Alabama company that could saddle his replacement with a court battle that could cost the country billions of dollars.
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Gayle Manchin, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin's wife, who leads an economic development partnership of the federal government and 13 state governments, and a colleague of hers have both been hospitalized following a car crash in Alabama.
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The city of Birmingham has named writer and educator Salaam Green as its first poet laureate.