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VOL. 11, NO. 1 dot  FEBRUARY, MARCH, APRIL  dot 2001

  

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 Hoover’s Library Theatre
 

happy, sad masks

For more information call
The Library Theatre Box Office
at (205) 444-7888.

    Remembering Blue
Feb. 24, Sa, 8 p.m. & Feb. 25, Su, 2:30 p.m.
Karen Pell, Tommy Goldsmith and Tom House, creators of the songs featured in Fair and Tender Ladies, return to our stage. Their new songs, inspired by Connie May Fowler’s powerful novel, Remembering Blue, tell the story of Mattie Fiona Blue and her husband Nick, a young fisherman lost at sea. Tickets $15.

Scruj MacDuhk - In Concert
Mar. 10, Sa, 8 p.m.
An irresistible mix of Celtic, bluegrass and French Canadian music that will have your toes tapping in no time. One of Canada’s hottest young groups, Scruj MacDuhk brings polished instrumentals, great vocals and unbridled joy and vitality to the stage. Tickets $15.

Behind the Broken Words
Mar. 22, Th, 8 p.m.
Internationally-known, Emmy award-winning actors Roscoe Lee Browne and Anthony Zerbe have toured the country to critical acclaim, bringing 20th century poetry and drama to the stage in a powerful, unforgettable way. Tickets $15.

Tom Key’s Stand-Up Poetry
Apr. 6 &7, 8 p.m. & Apr. 8, Su, 2:30 p.m.
This living anthology runs the gamut from poignant to dramatic to completely hilarious. "From Shakespeare to Shel Silverstein, this is Key’s maddest, funniest, most intense one-man show yet." Tickets $15.

Anonymous 4 In Concert
Apr. 29, Su, 7 p.m.
Called the "vocal ensemble sensation of the decade," this internationally known quartet has a purity of sound that has been called "absolutely spellbinding" and "almost celestial." They have recorded 10 CDs in less than 10 years, and have performed in nearly every major city worldwide. Tickets $20.

 

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Gallery Exhibits

  
Birmingham Public Library
 Central 
Gallery 		January 4-February 20, 2001
Alabama Art Quilters
Works by ten fabulous Alabama art quilters.
Additional art quilts will also be displayed in the first floor exhibit cases.

March 1-April 30
Vision and Revision
Abstract paintings by twelve Village Painters

First Floor March 1-May 11
Lives of Quiet Affirmation: An Alabama Jewish Community
A photographic exhibition designed to celebrate, preserve and interpret the traditions and lives of the Jews in Calhoun County.
Pratt City
Meeting Room

February
African Americans Exhibit-Local and Former Heroes
Sponsored by Helping Hands Inc.
Homewood
 Gallery 		February 2-27, during regular library hours
Introduction To Photography. An exhibit by Homewood High School students in Dr. Carolyn McDonald's photography class.

March 1-March 30, during regular library hours
Birmingham Quilter's Guild members presents a collection of "Cuddle Quilts & More"

April 3-27, during regular library hours
We Love Homewood Exhibit...

All exhibits open to the public. For more information please call 877-8664.

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