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Here's everything I would be doing in Birmingham the next couple weeks if I didn't have a baby. Every free happening in Bham is listed, and those with a price are some things that may be worth the money. So gather ye rosebuds while ye may.


Thursday, April 24
Art Buzz Birmingham-live music, byob painting class (www.artbuzzbirmingham.com)
5:30-6:30 Wine Tasting at Mt. Brook Western $5 (it's good)
6-10 Redmont Gardens 70th Birthday Celebration (www.redmontgardens.com)
7:00 Jeff Whetstone speaks on photography at BMA
7:00 Little Professor Book Club

Friday, April 25
10-6 Contemporary Art Festival in Lynn Park (www.magiccityart.com)
12:00 Mid-Day Musical Menu-a 30-minute concert of Broadway favorites and lunch at Cathedral Church of the Advent (2017 Sixth Ave N)
4:00 Guitar Hero tournament with live music, food, and drink. Lightning Strikes in Trussville (www.alsironhorse.org)
5-6:30 Wine Tasting at the Vintage Wine Shoppe
5-7 Wine Tasting at Tria
5-7 Wine Tasting at Whole Foods
6:00 Vintage Birmingham Signs author, Tim Hollis, signs at AL Booksmith
6-? Raindrop Music Festival at Bottletree: highlights include Triceratops $20/day $35/wknd

Saturday, April 26
10:00 coffee tasting at Primavera Roasters (4133 White Oak Dr.)
10-5 Reel South Film Festival at BMA. Featuring movies that explore the South in the 20s + 30s. Films at 10, 12:30, and 2:15.
10-6 Contemporary Art Festival in Lynn Park (www.magiccityart.com)
11-4 Mt. Laurel Spring Festival
12-2 Wine Tasting at Whole Foods
1-5 Corks & Chefs at the art fest $25
2:00 "ring World" at the Robert R. Meyer Planetarium on BSC's campus $2
2-? Raindrop Music Festival at Bottletree: highlights include The White Oaks, Kate Taylor, Monarchs $20/day, $35/wknd
7:00 Robert Plant and Alison Krauss at the BJCC

Sunday, April 27
10-6 Contemporary Art Festival in Lynn Park(www.magiccityart.com)
2:00 BMA national poetry month topic tour
3:00 pottery demonstration at Avondale Library

Monday, April 28
6:45 Open Gym Volleyball at Homewood Park

Tuesday, April 29
9:30 performance by spoken word artist Saul Williams at Pearson Hall Auditorium in Miles College.
5:00 Transportation Planning Process Public Involvement Meeting at 1731 First Ave N
5:30 Cultural Exchange Ensemble and UAB Gospel Choir at Hulsey Recital Hall
6:00 To Kill A Mockingbird discussion at Avondale Library
7:30 "The Righteous Gentile, a Holocaust remembrance at Brock Recital Hall on Samford's campus

Wednesday, April 30
4-6 Art Reception at Samford
5:30-7:30 Wine Tasting at the Wine Loft
6:00 The Devil Came on Horseback, a documentary on Darfur at Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
7:30 piano concert at Brock Recital Hall at Samford
7:30 Live jazz and 1/2 price bottles of wine at Open Door Cafe

Thursday, May 1
2:00 Israeli choir concert at Brock Recital Hall at Samford
5-8 Art Opening at Amanada Schedler Fine Art t Mary Evelyn in Homewood
5-8 Art Opening at Monty Stabler galleries in Homewood
5-9 Jazz and wine tasting at Rucker Place $10 (1804 12th Ave S)
5:30-6:30 Wine Tasting at Mt. Brook Western $5 (it's good)
6:00 A Dream in Doubt, a documentary on the Sikh American community at BCRI
6-8:30 Tria Market-live music on the patio, with drink and dinner specials

Friday, May 2
5:30-8:30 Art Opening at Artists Incorporated in Vestavia
5-6:30 Wine Tasting at the Vintage Wine Shoppe
5-7 Wine Tasting at Tria
5-7 Wine Tasting at Whole Foods
6-10 Art Opening at Bare Hands Gallery
Crawfish Boil

Saturday, May 3
PEPPER PLACE opens for 2008!
12-2 Wine Tasting at Whole Foods
7:00 Art Opening at Greencup Books, 105 Richard Arrington S
7:00 Chlidren's Dance Foundation show at Alabama Theatre
Crawfish Boil

Sunday, May 4
7:00 Derek Webb at Workplay