At least two Birmingham-area nonprofits have lost funding with cuts to the National Endowment for the Arts, a third’s grant is under review and arts community leaders expect a trickle-down effect that could reach a host of programs and events.
The Market at Pepper Place opened 25 years ago and has not only fueled growth of the entertainment district but also prompted other farmers markets and steered vendors to a brick-and-mortar path.
Festival season has returned to Birmingham with events for music fans, wine enthusiasts and plain old party proponents.
Quang Do said many arts groups are facing financial challenges. His group aims to unify the groups, tell the story of why the arts community is important for a thriving city and build up the arts workforce in the area.
The statement, issued Thursday evening, came after the Alabama House of Representatives approved a $3.7 billion General Fund budget proposal for 2026 that did not include funding for the 32-year-old institution, the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame or the Magic City Classic.
The Alabama Humanities Alliance has suspended all grantmaking and halted booking Road Scholars visits in response to DOGE-recommended cuts to the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The nonprofit arts organization has bought and will be renovating an old church across from Woodlawn High to become the new Bare Hands Community Arts Center.
The civil rights icon found himself in Birmingham delivering a message worthy of his days stumping for justice alongside the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. as the world marks 60 years since the events of Bloody Sunday.
Memorializing Martin Luther King Jr. every year on the day dedicated to his name is a tradition in Birmingham. Here are some events over the next few days to remember and celebrate the life of “The Drum Major for Peace.” Read more.
UPDATED — The Rev. Arthur Price, pastor of Birmingham’s Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, said a planned Education and Visitor Center on the church’s campus is a way to help people remember the church’s history and its place in the Civil Rights Movement. Read more.
