Category: The Arts
Opera Birmingham, Other Arts Groups Making Leadership Changes Ahead of Coming Season
Several of Birmingham’s premier arts organizations are making significant leadership changes ahead of their 2024-2025 seasons, shifts they say will position them for growth and continued community engagement. Read more.
What the Lost Cause Narrative Masks About Alabama History
Many Alabama officials have for generations pushed the false narrative that residents of the state were nearly unanimous in their support for secession prior to the Civil War. Howell Raines, former executive editor of the New York Times and an Alabama native, says otherwise. Read more.
Alabama Names Ashley M. Jones as Its New Poet Laureate
Jones, a Birmingham native, is Alabama’s first Black poet laureate and the youngest person to hold the position. Read more.
