What's ABlaze for 10-7-2008
Published On: 10/ 6/2008
UAB will have its annual homecoming celebration the week of Oct. 13 - 18. Exciting activities are planned throughout the week, capped off with the Green and White Gridiron Fight. Come watch your UAB Blazers take on the Marshall University Thundering Herd. For more information, go to blogs.uab.edu/homecoming.
Starting this month, Greencup Books will be featuring the works of new (and new-to-Birmingham) poets and writers. To get in on the action, submit one poem to mike@greencupbooks.org. Be prepared to read for at least seven minutes. Greencup Books will feature between five and seven new readers per month. The first reading will be held Saturday, and hosted by Amethyst Vineyard. Greencup Books is located at 105 Richard Arrington Jr. Blvd. S., Birmingham, Ala., 35233. Greencup Books is a nonprofit community bookstore and publisher.
The UAB Muslim Student Association presents the sixth annual Fast-a-Thon Wednesday at 6 p.m. at Great Hall, across from HUC bookstore. Free. Go hungry for one day and come get an exquisite dinner. Register online at www.uabmsa.org.
UAB Department of Theater announces the 2008-09 season of plays: Oct. 15-19 UAB Theatre presents “The House of Blue Leaves.” Call 205-975-2787, or visit theatre.hum.uab.edu/ for more information.
UAB Visual Arts Gallery presents “Ross T. Smith: Hemi Tuwharerangi Paraha and Stations of the Cross” Friday, Oct. 10 - Saturday, Nov. 1. Free. Call 205-934-0815.
UAB Department of Music presents UAB Wind Symphony and Symphony Band, Sunday at 3 p.m. Free. Call 205-975-2787.
UAB Choir Fall Concert, is set for Oct. 17 at 8 p.m. Free. Call 205-975-2787.
The Alys Stephens Center hosts Preservation Hall Jazz Band and Blind Boys of Alabama present “Down by the Riverside,” Oct. 18 at 8 p.m. Additional performances include the Turtle Island Quartet & the Assad Brothers present “String Theory” on Oct. 19 at 7 p.m., and on Oct. 25, k.d. lang and opening act Dustin O’Halloran perform at 8 p.m.
Call 205-975-2787 or visit alysstephens.uab.edu for more information.
