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The Terminal is a weekday web publication that focuses on Birmingham, Alabama and the immediate surrounding area. It's a hub for information about news, arts, culture, music and opinion in the Magic City.

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• Come out and get a Taste tonight

  Posted on Monday August 25th, 2008 at 16:44 in al, Alabama, birmingham, events, information, taste of the nation, timetable

  We are still under a flash flood watch this evening in parts of the metro area, but we’re hoping that folks still take a moment and attend tonight’s Taste of the Nation event at the McWane...

• WordCamp Birmingham - come on over

  Posted on Monday August 25th, 2008 at 15:14 in al, Alabama, announcement, birmingham, events, information, my birmingham, reasons, wordcamp birmingham

  Late Friday evening, we announced that we would be serving as an organizing sponsor for WordCamp Birmingham, the first WordCamp that will be held in the Southeastern United States. The conference will...

• Bhamwiki’s now on Twitter

  Posted on Monday August 18th, 2008 at 10:30 in al, Alabama, bhamwiki, birmingham, information, Online, profile, twitter

  A lot of folks love the nuggets made available on our site weekeday mornings courtesy of BhamWiki. Now they’ve made it so you can get information from them even more often. They’ve recentl...

• The race is on (and they need volunteers)

  Posted on Thursday August 14th, 2008 at 03:45 in al, Alabama, birmingham, fundraiser, information, location, susan g. komen race for the cure, volunteer sign up form

  The date’s set for the 17th annual Susan G. Komen Birmingham Race for the Cure - October 11, 2008 starting from downtown Birmingham’s Linn Park. The race continues to grow, so they’v...

• New 100.5FM format drops at 10:05 Friday AM

  Posted on Monday August 11th, 2008 at 18:09 in 100.5fm, 10:05 a.m., al, Alabama, august 15, birmingham, information, media, new format, Radio, reg's coffee house, unveiled

  Scott Register of Reg’s Coffee House posted a note on his Facebook profile at 6:01 p.m. this evening (Monday) letting folks know that he’s doing a special edition of the popular radio show...

• The World’s Longest Yard Sale begins

  Posted on Thursday August 7th, 2008 at 16:34 in 127 corridor sale, Alabama, highway 127, information, ohio, quirky, world's longest yard sale

  While many students returned to school today, several folks took advantage of the first day of The World’s Longest Yard Sale, otherwise known as the 127 Corridor Sale. Even with rising gas price...

• Kids Got The Vote kicks off tonight

  Posted on Thursday July 31st, 2008 at 16:29 in al, Alabama, birmingham, catalyst, Election '08, empower alabama, greater birmingham ministries, information, kickoff event, kids got the vote, program, voter registration

  If you’ve got a chance, you may want to stop on by WorkPlay tonight starting at 8 p.m. and learn more about plans to register young people to vote in advance of the November elections. Empower A...

• It’s time to name a giraffe again

  Posted on Wednesday July 30th, 2008 at 17:28 in al, Alabama, birmingham, birmingham zoo, information, naming contest, newborn

  For the second time in two years, visitors to the Birmingham Zoo will have a chance to vote in order to name a new giraffe. If you didn’t already know, a female reticulated giraffe was born on M...

• UPDATE: Sewer debt crises are never dull

  Posted on Friday July 25th, 2008 at 16:26 in al, Alabama, birmingham, information, offer, purchase, rsa, sewer debt

  Where are we now? Retirement Systems of Alabama’s David Bronner made front page news yesterday when he said that they’d be interested in purchasing Jefferson County’s sewer system fo...

• Turns out the magic number is four

  Posted on Friday July 18th, 2008 at 10:10 in al, Alabama, birmingham, business, closings, coffee, full list, information, location, Mobile, parkway east, starbucks

  That’s how many Starbucks Coffee locations are actually closing in metro Birmingham. Besides the two locations that have been reported about earlier in local media, we’re also losing locat...

• Birmingham through the eyes of a fan

  Posted on Monday June 30th, 2008 at 14:30 in al, Alabama, birmingham, facebook, information, lens, Online, profile, screenshot, squidoo, the rumble

  Screenshot of Birmingham, Alabama on Squidoo For those not familiar with Squidoo, it’s a really cool online tool that allows you to share information about any topic you can possibly think of on...

• Wild Sweet Orange’s Letterman appearance postponed to Friday

  Posted on Monday June 23rd, 2008 at 17:09 in al, Alabama, birmingham, cd release, david letterman, information, late show, performance, rescheduled, wild sweet orange

  Those of you preparing to TiVo (or stay awake for) tonight’s performance on The Late Show with David Letterman by local band Wild Sweet Orange, you’ve got to wait just a little longer. Wor...

• Win City Stages passes tomorrow at Happy Hour!

  Posted on Tuesday May 20th, 2008 at 15:45 in al, Alabama, birmingham, city stages, free tickets, from the stationmaster, Giveaway, happy hour, information, rsvp, the bottletree, the terminal

  This is your friendly neighborhood reminder that tomorrow evening is our monthly Terminally Happy Hour at The Bottletree! We sat around trying to figure out how to get a few more folks to come on out ...

• A quiet problem no more

  Posted on Monday May 19th, 2008 at 09:45 in al, Alabama, birmingham, department of health, information, jefferson county, regionwide, std, syphilis, what to do

  Syphilis as a major issue has been affecting Jefferson County since 2002.  In 2006, there were 238 reported cases in Jefferson County alone.  At first, you could pin point the specific areas in Jeff...

• We’re at Do Dah Day 2008!

  Posted on Saturday May 17th, 2008 at 12:11 in 35205, al, Alabama, birmingham, caldwell park, do dah day, information, Photograph, the terminal

  Andre Natta/bhamterminal.com Here’s the view from our spot at Do Dah Day in Caldwell Park. If you haven’t left the house just yet, you still have time to find us today sharing some tent sp...

• You know, there’s a primary on June 3

  Posted on Wednesday May 14th, 2008 at 13:36 in 35209, Alabama, birmingham, Democratic, democratic candidate primary forum, election, Election '08, election 2008, homewood public library, information, may 20, primaries

  It seems that unless the offices of governor or president are on the ballot, most people tend to stay home on Primary Day. Eight Democratic groups in the greater Birmingham metro area are hoping to ma...

• A Summer Splash for a Birmingham institution

  Posted on Monday May 12th, 2008 at 15:05 in Alabama, birmingham, birmingham-southern college, environmental, fundraiser, information, Online, online auction, southern environmental center, summer splash, web

  The Southern Environmental Center at Birmingham Southern College is starting to celebrate its 10th anniversary this month with its first ever online auction. Summer Splash currently has 19 items avail...

• Five Points West’s businesses are getting organized

  Posted on Friday May 9th, 2008 at 18:19 in 35208, al, Alabama, applebee's, birmingham, bpl, business association, community, fair park, five points west, information, main street birmingham

  The hopes and dreams for Birmingham’s western area have been front and center in recent months, including plans to revitalize the Five Points West commercial district with the proposed redevelop...

• Good news for Birmingham area real estate

  Posted on Friday May 9th, 2008 at 14:36 in al, Alabama, birmingham, birmingham business journal, fastest growing, forbes.com, good news, information, market, money magazine, real estate, regionwide

  Amid the doom and gloom being reported about the national real estate market, there are two reports that should make Birmingham area developers and home owners quite happy. On the heels of Money Magaz...

• Why was Whitney Duncan in town yesterday?

  Posted on Thursday May 8th, 2008 at 13:15 in 35222, Alabama, birmingham, information, shoot, this week on timetable, timetable, whitney duncan

  Find out why the former Nashville Star contestant was in town over on Timetable - or just click on the image to your left and check out the images from the video shoot last night. Bob Farley/f8Photo ...

• Can you Shut Down for a Day? Find out tomorrow

  Posted on Friday May 2nd, 2008 at 16:15 in can you shut down from technology for a day, information, Online, shutdown day, the terminal

  Speaking of computers, can you go an entire day without turning yours on? Well, we here at The Terminal are going to try to accomplish just that (with try being the operative word) … Screenshot...

• Terminal Ts are available on the site

  Posted on Thursday May 1st, 2008 at 15:25 in Alabama, birmingham, clothing, from the stationmaster, information, Online, paypal, store, terminal t, the store, the terminal, zazzle

  Some of you may have stumbled across our clothing options on Zazzle.com (and we don’t plan on taking that down yet) but we realized that we wanted to offer our shirt for a little less. So if you...

• On the agenda: The disparity study finally moves forward

  Posted on Tuesday April 29th, 2008 at 08:45 in Alabama, birmingham, city council, disparity study, information, on the agenda, plans

  So besides the 684 properties on this morning’s City Council meeting for having “noxious and dangerous weeds” (that’s got to be some kind of record), there is one issue that fo...

• A look back: April 28

  Posted on Monday April 28th, 2008 at 07:45 in a look back, al, bhamwiki, bhamwiki.com, birmingham, history, information, reference, rick & bubba, temple beth-el

  1958: 54 sticks of dynamite were planted outside Temple Beth-El, but were doused by rain. 2006: The last televised version of the Rick & Bubba Show aired on Turner South. Courtesy: SHARETHIS.ad...

• Boutwell’s the tipping point tonight

  Posted on Friday April 25th, 2008 at 09:42 in al, Alabama, april 25, birmingham, city of birmingham, citywide, commentary, criticism, day of prayer, information, larry langford, link

  This morning’s Birmingham News points out the frequency that days of prayer are held in the city (as Mayor Langford prepares for one this evening officially announced earlier this week) well as ...

• Remixing the classics, Scrollworks style

  Posted on Friday April 25th, 2008 at 08:45 in al, Alabama, birmingham, concert, contest, education, information, metropolitan youth orchestra, prize, remix, scrollworks, take a moment

  Earlier this week, Scrollworks and the Metropolitan Youth Orchestra (MYO) announced a remix contest. For those not familiar with the concept, you’ll want to check out the details on their blog. ...

• CBS 42 decides to join the Twitterverse

  Posted on Wednesday April 23rd, 2008 at 17:53 in Alabama, birmingham, cbs 42, information, Local, Online, profile, twitter

  Screenshot of CBS 42 Twitter profile page. CBS 42 has become the latest media outlet to add Twitter to their arsenal of news dissemination. They follow ABC 33/40, NBC 13 and The Birmingham News into t...

• Brewfest 2008 website launches

  Posted on Wednesday April 23rd, 2008 at 13:14 in al, Alabama, birmingham, information, logo, magic city brewfest, Online, website

  Trust us, the site looks really cool - the official website for the 2008 Magic City Brewfest at Sloss Furnaces that is. If you don’t believe us, check it out yourself. So you may just want to ke...

• Comparisons of biblical proportion today in City Hall

  Posted on Tuesday April 22nd, 2008 at 16:52 in al, Alabama, april 25, birmingham, city of birmingham, citywide, day of prayer, information, larry langford, link, mayor, Opinion

  There are days when you just want to curl up and hide; unfortunately that was one of those days for me, so I was not in attendance at the weekly city council meeting when Mayor Larry Langford drew com...

• On the agenda: Amnesty and parties

  Posted on Tuesday April 22nd, 2008 at 09:50 in agenda, al, Alabama, birmingham, birmingham city council, information, on the agenda

  The mayor presents his proposal to grant amnesty to those area drivers that have outstanding parking and traffic tickets during the month of July for its first reading. (item 21) Approval of the use o...