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How to win $100 to your favorite Birmingham restaurant or bar this June

2 days ago | bhamnow.com | Patience Itson

Summer is here, and it’s the perfect time to get out and explore Birmingham. Read on to learn how to enter our newsletter giveaway for a chance to win $100 to your favorite local restaurant or bar. Ready to enter our giveaway? Here’s how it works:You sign up for our newsletter. After signing up, you’ll be asked to confirm your email. We’ll run the giveaway for one week, randomly selecting the winner and contacting them Wednesday, June 11.
New Alabaster rec center among high-dollar Alabama building permits

3 days ago | bhamnow.com | Michael Seale

This past week, more than 30 new building permits were issued statewide for construction projects exceeding $1 million. Nearly half of those permits were for projects in the Birmingham metro. The largest of these was a $43 million permit for the new Alabaster Recreation Center and Library. Here’s more:Demolition began on the former Thompson Intermediate School property last fall to make way for the new recreation center and library, a $43.7 million project.
Love reading? How to stock local kids’ home libraries this summer

3 days ago | bhamnow.com | Patience Itson

SponsoredCalling all book lovers, community champions and supporters of young readers! STAIR of Birmingham has launched its Stock our Shelves Campaign, and you can be part of the fun this summer. Read on to learn why it’s more than just your average book drive and how you can compete to collect books or raise the most funds to win two day passes to the Sidewalk Film Festival this August.
Vacant Bessemer mall to get new life

4 days ago | bhamnow.com | Timothy Belin

The Mall at Westlake, closed since 2009, is set for a rebirth. Range Light Investment Partners bought the property for $3,000,000, according to the Birmingham Business Journal. The company plans to spend several times that amount to transform it into the Marvel City Business Park. Range Light Investment Partners plan to redevelop the mall into an industrial flex complex named Marvel City Business Park.
Hall's Motorsports open now in Trussville

4 days ago | bhamnow.com | Patience Itson

Rev your engines! Hall’s Motorsports in Trussville is open for business with top of the line motorcycles, dirt bikes, go-carts and more for the ultimate summer adventure. Read on for details. Thrill seeker? Then Hall’s is the shop for you. Located at the Pinnacle by Urban Air, it offers everything needed to hit the trails, whether riding rugged terrain or sloshing through mud.
Beloved Pepper Place bookstore closing at the end of June

6 days ago | bhamnow.com | Pat Byington

Little Professor is closing its Pepper Place location at the end of June. The popular locally owned bookstore made the announcement in its monthly newsletter today. Below is the note they wrote to their loyal customers. As a new long-term tenant was secured for our current space, we were given the opportunity to relocate within Pepper Place and have chosen not to do so at this time.
Birmingham chosen to host 2026 American Athletic Conference Basketball Championships

1 week ago | bhamnow.com | Pat Byington

The American Athletic Conference (AAC) has chosen Birmingham to host their 2026 Menâ€™s and Womenâ€™s Basketball Championships at Legacy Arena at the BJCC. It will be the first time AAC has played their basketball championships in The Magic City. Lately, Birmingham has become a hotspot for college basketball. Since Legacy Arena was modernized in 2021 the venue has hosted the 2023 NCAA Menâ€™s Basketball First and Second Rounds and 2025 NCAA Womenâ€™s Basketball Regionals.
Monet to Matisse exhibition coming to Birmingham Museum of Art in 2026

1 week ago | bhamnow.com | Pat Byington

Mark your calendars! The iconic and unforgettable French works of Monet, Matisse, Chagall, Degas, Renoir and others are coming to the Birmingham Museum of Art (BMA). Beginning January 30, 2026, BMA will premiere Monet to Matisse: French Moderns, 1850â€“1950, an exhibition of over 100 masterworks with more than half from the Brooklyn Museum European collection.
New foster home community creating a fresh start for Alabama's foster children

1 week ago | bhamnow.com | Nathan Watson

SponsoredIn the small town of Coker in west Alabama, a devoted group of people are dedicating their time, energy and money to help solve one of the state’s most pressing issues: how to properly care for the 6,000 children in Alabama’s foster care system. To do so, the group is developing Freedom Farm, a nurturing community that offers abused, abandoned and at-risk youth the love and stability that every child deserves.
Historic East Lake Branch Library reopens on June 2

1 week ago | bhamnow.com | Pat Byington

After a four year absence, the East Lake Branch of the Birmingham Public Library is reopening on June 2. Closed since 2021 because of HVAC issues, the historic 1928 library will unveil a number of improvements, including::Installation of an elevator and foyerAdditional storageNew restroomsExterior emergency stairwellRevamped auditorium and stageâ€”unused for the past 30 years“East Lake Library is reopening its doors – and I couldn’t be prouder.