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Merchants getting ready for Homewood’s Market in May are from left: Daryl Ussery, Kate Elling, LaRoyce Marsh, Laura Wilson, Patsy Gissendanner and Allen Bailey. Journal Photo by Laura McAlister
Homewood Chamber Hosts May Market
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The Homewood Chamber of Commerce will host the second Market in May on May 21 in downtown Homewood. This year, the introduction of a shopping card will give shoppers the opportunity to win a $500 shopping spree. Shopping cards are available now at all participating merchants listed on the Homewood Chamber website, www.homewoodchamber.com. Local merchants will line the streets of downtown Homewood for Market in May offering special sales and events, and there will be midday entertainment. Some stores will open at 7:30 a.m. In addition to the shopping event, the second Farmers Market has expanded to a new site behind City Hall off 29th Ave. The market, a partnership between the Urban Cook House and the Homewood Chamber, will continue every Saturday through the summer. Fresh local produce will be sold from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Participating farmers were selected because of their biologically diverse produce and their excellent reputation among Birmingham restaurateurs and chefs.
and $20 for students. A documentary film, “The Wayman Tisdale Story” will be featured June 3, as well as a local artist showcase at the Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center’s Reynolds-Kirshbaum Recital Hall from 5:30 and 7 p.m. Admission is free. “The Preserve Jazz Prelude” an Intimate evening with Earl Klugh and Eric Essix benefitting the Rev. John T. Porter Minority Scholarship Fund will be at 7 p.m. June 4 at Samford University’s Brock Recital Hall. Ticket prices are $75 for general admission and $125 for VIP. Both include admission to The Preserve Jazz Festival. The fifth Annual Preserve Jazz Festival, presented by Tom Williams Lexus, will be June 5. The 2011 headliner is three-time Grammy-nominated saxophonist Boney James. Ticket prices are $35 in advance and $40 the day of show. For more information on the
various events, visit www.preservejazz.com; www.samford. edu/wvsu or www.alysstephens. uab.edu.
New York Jet Teams Up with Library
The Birmingham Public Library will again host its “Score Big” with the Cotchery Foundation as part of its summer reading initiative. Jerricho Cotchery, a New York Jet wide receiver and Birmingham native, has teamed himself and his foundation with the library for the reading challenge. Cotchery wants all students ages 11-18 to read by participating in the library’s “You Are Here” reading program. Qualified “You Are Here” participants will have the opportunity to attend the 2011 Skills and Drills football clinic with Cotchery and other NFL players June 18 at Legion Field free of charge. They’ll also get to go to the free
Preserve to Offer a ‘Week of Jazz’
The Preserve Jazz Festival, presented by Tom Williams Lexus, in association with Samford University and The Alys Stephens Center, is pleased to announce a “Week of Jazz” this summer Preserve Jazz Festival organizers are pleased to announce several partnerships to organize and promote a week’s worth of Jazz to the Birmingham/Hoover metro area this summer. The week of May 30-June 5 will play host to four unique, but similar events around town to showcase and promote jazz music, film and fundraising. Herbie Hancock will start the week off on June 1 with a concert at the Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center at 7 p.m. Ticket prices are $59.50, $47.50, $29.50
Helping plan this year’s fifth annual Preserve Jazz Festival are Andy Parrish with WVSU-FM 91.1, left, and Jason Henderson, co-founder of Journal photo by Laura McAlister the festival.