Rousing arrangements, surprise instruments at Birmingham Music Club event. Full story »

"We've been looking around for the longest time for a second location" Full story »

Includes 28 gluten-free dishes, from starters, soups and sides to entrees and desserts Full story »

Gary Batson couldn't find many quilters who shared his love of quilting. That has changed in the last few years. Now several hundred people are members of quilting guilds across Northeast Alabama. Full story »

About 4,000 people have attended the event since its first year in 2004 Full story »

"Noah’s Compass" by By Anne Tyler (Knopf, $25.95) Reviewed by KATHERINE CLARK, Special to the Press-Register As the author of 18 novels, Anne Tyler has produced many fine works of fiction, including “The Amateur Marriage,” which came out six years ago. Given the number of her publications, it’s not surprising that there are duds as well as masterworks among them.... Full story »

Before he became known as Mark Twain, Samuel Langhorne Clemens racked up a rich store of experience as a riverboat pilot, Confederate soldier, silver miner, gold prospector, stockbroker, mill worker and newspaper reporter. All of these occupations took place on or west of the Mississippi River, and the fairer portion of them west of the One Hundredth Meridian in... Full story »

As previously harped upon, Friday morning came early.  But we played our show, and it ended up being one of the tightest performances I think we've given.  We were drawing in a good crowd off the street, growing our mailing list and getting the word out.  It felt good.  Mission accomplished, on that end. So we figured that since we... Full story »

Cole raises the question, “What in the name of God hath man wrought?”  Full story »

Billy McGuigan, who plays the early rock 'n' roller in the Holly tribute show "Rave On!," quickly discovered that Holly's iconic spectacles are no longer mass produced. Full story »

Food lovers will have another chance to meet Keller Full story »

MOBILE, Ala. -- MOBILE, Ala. -- Many of the 53 types of beers offered at Cathedral Square on Saturday would have been illegal in the state at the same time last year.  Full story »

The cathedrals of centuries past were not concert halls, and the music heard in those exalted spaces was not written for popular entertainment. Nevertheless, such music endures precisely because it is inspirational and was written by acclaimed composers who understood how sound works in a specific space, according to Christopher Uhl, founder and director of Musica Sacra Choir. The... Full story »

Choose wisely, but don't stay home. Full story »