By Gwen DeRu
HAPPY NEW YEAR …TO ALL OF YOU….
….FROM ALL OF US!!!
During the Holiday Season more than ever, our thoughts turn grateful to those who have made our progress possible. And in this spirit we say, simply but sincerely…. Thank You and Best Wishes for the Holiday Season and a Prosperous New Year.
Here’s wishing you a safe, healthy 2014…plus ‘all’ that you wish for you and yours!!! Enjoy….and Share the remainder of the Season!
HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR. JESSE J. LEWIS, SR. (many, many more) and LeKAMEREN DeRU!!
Enjoy the Season…. It is a ‘more’ laid back time of the year when everyone is wanting to spend more time with family and friends, trying to take a few days off, wanting to head out of town for a short vacation or just getting more well-needed sleep (or rest). BUT, when ‘even that’ is too much and you want to do something outside… consider this outdoor hike… It will get everyone out of the house (or someone, anyway) to get a break from the same or too much of it.
FOR OUTDOORS LOVERS… THIS SATURDAY, Southeastern Outings Day hike at Sipsey Wilderness in Bankhead National Forest. Details: Moderately strenuous four mile hike in a highly scenic location, Upper Quillan Creek Forest Area. Much of the hike is off trail, there are lots of ups and downs, and several rock-hopping creek crossings are required. Walk along a creek and old road to a nice waterfall. The path out or in (depending on which group you are in) will be along an old road. There is a stop for lunch at the site of an old mill to see several small waterfalls on side creeks and tributaries to Quillan Creek and visit at least two other pretty waterfalls on Quillan Creek itself along the way. Bring a lunch and water for the day expecting to finish about 4 p.m. with an optional dinner after. Well-behaved supervised children age 9 and over that are able to walk four miles off trail without complaining are welcome. Reservations are required by 5 p.m. Friday, January 3, if you wish to participate in this outing. Call Dan Frederick, 205/631-4680 or email your reservation to seoutings@bellsouth.net. Leave either your phone number or email address. This outing is limited to 20 people that will break up into separate groups (to 10 people each) with its own separate leader in order to comply with U.S. Forest Service regulations. Look for the meeting time and place once you have signed up for this trip. PLEASE CANCEL…if you can’t make this trip for any reason call and cancel, right away. Others may want to go on the hike. For reservations or cancellations, call (205) 631-4680.
CLASSES FOR MANAGING ‘YOUR’ MONEY – MAKE SMART MONEY MOVES – The Birmingham Public Library will offer free classes on money in 2014 by kicking off three money management classes in January.
FIRST CLASS on Jan. 8 – Learn about saving and investing at Wylam Library, 4300 Seventh Ave., Wylam, at 10 a.m. with Andreas Rauterkus, associate professor of accounting and finance at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Attendees will learn how to understand various financial markets, evaluate different saving and investment options, develop new ways to make better investment decisions and more.
SECOND CLASS on Jan. 8 – TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR FINANCES in a 3:30 p.m. workshop led by UAB professor Dale Callahan at Five Points West Library, 4812 Avenue West. Ways to increase your income, save more and how to eliminate personal debt will be addressed. (Check out Callahan’s website: www.dalecallahan.com) Then, there is the
LAST CLASS on Jan. 23 – FOR CHILDREN….Bring the little ones to see Phillip “Mr. Mac’’ McEntee as he leads “A Penny Saved’’ in this 3:30 p.m. children’s program at Avondale Library, 509 – 40th St. South. Using Benjamin Franklin’s quote, “A penny saved is a penny earned,’’ Mr. Mac will teach children about the importance of saving money. The classes are part of a national grant program known as “Making Cents: Resources to Help Your Money Grow” and “Smart investing@your library®,” a partnership between the American Library Association and the FINRA Investor Education Foundation. The Birmingham Public Library and 14 other libraries in Jefferson and Shelby counties offer the series. The programs will end in May 2014. Other BPL locations include Avondale, Five Points West, North Birmingham and Springville Road. All classes are free and open to the public. For more information, call Jim Murray at (205) 226-3690, visit www.making-cents.org.
HERE ARE A FEW MORE THINGS GOING ON…
THIS WEEKEND….
**TWO KINGS AND A QUEEN at the STARDOME COMEDY CLUB. Three Big Comedians share one StarDome stage. Between them, they have been on BET’s Comic View, Showtime, HBO, Comedy Central plus Theatre’s, Arenas and concerts all over the U.S. Comedians Marvin Dixon, Lester Bibbs and Cocoa Brown will drive this comedy show all way home. THEN, AT THE STARDOME… DON’T MISS… next weekend, CARLOS MENCIA, on January 10-11, COREY HOLCOMB, January 17-19 and HENRY CHO on January 30-February 2. Tell Bruce that Gwen sent you. Enjoy some good laughter and fun times while you eat some great food with your great friends. See you there! For more, call (205) 444-0008.
TODAY… THE BEST IN RECORDED MUSIC, 8 p.m. at Ona’s Music Room.
FRIDAY…
**FRIDAY AFTER WORK, 4:30 – 9:30 p.m. at 25 West Oxmoor Road, Suite 26 in Homewood. Call (205) 572-1295 for more.
**THE BEST IN RECORDED MUSIC, 10 p.m. at Ona’s Music Room.
**THE BEST IN RECORDED MUSIC, 10 p.m. at Ona’s Music Room.
SUNDAY….
**PHASE II BAND AND SHOW, 9 p.m. at Tide & Tiger Lounge, 409 Graymont Avenue (across from Legion Field.) For more, call (205) 229-4829 or 502-3880.
MONDAY….
**NAPPY NIGHT – Music at Boujee Lounge, every Monday at 204 Avenue U in Pratt City, 8 p.m. with good jerk food, vendors and music. See you there on Mondays!
TUESDAY…
**MUSIC with DJ BATMAN…at the New Tide and Tiger!!
WEDNESDAY…
**MUSIC with DJ BATMAN…at the New Tide and Tiger!!
AT THE NEW TIDE AND TIGER – In the neighborhood… Around the corner… Down the street…and across from the Legion Field Stadium on Graymont is the ‘new’ TIDE AND TIGER…. With music, good food and fun times. You can even play cards on some nights and get Dance Classes by PASQUALES every Saturday at 4 p.m. Check out the ‘new’ Tide and Tiger Lounge. For more call (205) 503-3880. Don’t say that I did not tell you when you hear about this ’best kept secret’ around. Tell them Gwen sent you.
COMING SOON…,
IN 2014 –
JANUARY 11 – THE GREAT DIVORCE, 4 and 8 p.m. at the Alabama Theatre. This is a new production. It is about a journey to heaven and hell that is a provocative exploration of human nature, featuring vivid characters drawn with Lewis’ trademark wit.
JANUARY 11 – B.B. KING with special guest ERIC ESSIX, 7 p.m. at Iron City.
JANUARY 11 – BASKETBALL LOVERS…BLITZ vs GULF COAST FLASH at the Cross Plex.
JANUARY 23 – NAREK ARUTYUNIAN, clarinetist performs Thursday, at the Alys Stephens Center.
JANUARY 24 and 26 – RIGOLETTO, Friday, 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, 2:30 p.m. at the Wright Center, Samford University with Todd Thomas (Baritone, Rigoletto), Jan Cornelius (Soprano, Gilda), Michael Wade Lee (Tenor, Duke) and Steven White, Conductor. Call (205) 322-6737.
JANUARY 25 – C. S. LEWIS’ WILLIAM AND THE SENATOR’S DAUGHTER, 7 p.m. at the Brock Recital Hall, Samford University.
MARCH 8 – UNCF MASKED BALL GALA, 6 p.m. at the Sheraton Birmingham Ballroom.
NOW…. a BIRTHDAY SHOUT OUT! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU DR. JESSE J. LEWIS, SR., LeKAMEREN DeRU, ERSKINE CHILDRESS…AND TO ALL CELEBRATING!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL YOU BIRTHDAY BALLERS…MANY, MANY MORE HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!! ENJOY!!
Well, that’s it. Tell you more ‘next’ time.
(People, Places and Things by Gwen DeRu is a weekly column. Send comments to my emails: thelewisgroup@birminghamtimes.com or gwenderu@yahoo.com)
