Village Living Volume 6 | Issue 1 | April 2015
Award winner
neighborly news & entertainment for Mountain Brook
An artful affair
Learn who you voted as this year’s Community Member of the Year and how he is making a difference in the lives around him.
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Purple and gold
Local artists to participate in festival Sid Ortis, a Mountain Brook Junior High student who is being treated for cancer, found several surprises in March. Read the full story inside.
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By MADOLINE MARKHAM Eddie Powell attends fewer art shows than he used to. The recession hit two years after he stepped out of advertising to work in art full time in 2006, and he found he had to attend many
Mountain Brook resident Eddie Powell creates a “happy interpretation of the world’s beauty.” He will show his work at the Mountain Brook Art Association Spring Art Festival in Crestline on April 18. Photo by Karim Shamsi-Basha.
shows and often work on commission. But in the past few years, his business has picked up, making those trips less necessary. Still, he wouldn’t think twice about being in the art show at Crestline Field on April 18. “Because I live in Mountain Brook, it’s one of my favorite shows because it’s close and
you get to say hello to everyone, and you don’t have to travel across the country,” Powell said. Each year the Mountain Brook Art Association Spring Art Festival at Crestline Elementary’s field draws around 70 artists
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Smith’s to find new home in Crestline By ROY L. WILLIAMS and MADOLINE MARKHAM
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Smith’s Variety owner Mary Anne Glazner said she has been overwhelmed at the positive reaction she has received from customers since announcing plans to relocate the business early next year to a more visible location in nearby Crestline Village. “Our customers have been coming in constantly telling me how excited they are about the move,” said Glazner, who is moving Smith’s Variety into the former CVS location in Crestline Village. The store announced its move in early March, touting that it will be neighbors with the new Piggly Wiggly grocery in 2016. Glazner said Smith’s Variety will
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Mary Anne Glazner has owned Smith’s Variety since 1976. Photo by Keith McCoy.