BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Ron Carlson, a retired vice president of operations for a chemical company, attended Shen Yun Performing Arts at the BJCC Concert Hall on April 22. He brought three of his grandchildren to watch the performance. “It’s amazing! So colorful,” Carlson said. “It’s not only the colors but also the vibrancy of the movements, and the…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Brad and Melinda Williams enjoyed Shen Yun Performing Arts last year and returned for the new production this year at the BJCC Concert Hall. “That was fantastic,” said Mr. Williams, chief operating officer of a bank. “It was completely different last year,” added Mrs. Williams after the couple had seen the evening performance on…

BIRMINGHAM, U.K.—Douglas Andrew Laird, owner and founder of Peak Care in north Derbyshire, was deeply impressed by Shen Yun Performing Arts at the ICC Birmingham Hall on Jan, 8. “I think this brings the grace of God, the grace of the Divine into living expression, in the dance and the movement and the color,” he…

BIRMINGHAM, UK—Director Simon Slidel was mesmerized by Shen Yun Performing Arts at the ICC Birmingham Hall on January 7. “It was amazing, I got absolutely immersed in the culture of China,” said Mr. Slidel. “I was quite emotional about it, it really gets to you … mesmerized by the colors and the costumes and the…

BIRMINGHAM, UK—Director Simon Slidel was mesmerized by Shen Yun Performing Arts at the ICC Birmingham Hall on January 7. “It was amazing, I got absolutely immersed in the culture of China,” said Mr. Slidel. “I was quite emotional about it, it really gets to you … mesmerized by the colors and the costumes and the…

BIRMINGHAM, UK—“I’ve not stopped smiling since the opening curtain,” said finance director Peter Hislop, who saw Shen Yun Performing Arts at the ICC Birmingham Hall on Jan. 7. “Absolutely mesmerizing … It’s absolutely stunning,” he said, “the costumes, the design, the way it flows, and the dancing technique is so special.” “I just thought this…

Three boys have died, and a fourth is critically ill in hospital, after they fell through ice and into a lake at Babbs Mill Park in Solihull, near Birmingham, on Sunday afternoon. The deaths of the boys, who were aged 8, 10, and 11, comes as Britain is gripped by wintry conditions, with more snow…

Four children are in critical condition in hospital after being pulled from an icy lake in cardiac arrest, while a search operation continues amid fears two more children were involved in the incident in the West Midlands. Emergency services were called to Babbs Mill Park in Kingshurst, a nature park in Solihull, at 2.36pm on…

When it comes to civic clubs, Birmingham, Alabama is the big winner! The city features the largest Kiwanis club, Rotary club, and Rotaract Club in the world. But that’s not all. All three clubs have a woman for a leader: Leigh Davis leads the Kiwanis Club of Birmingham, Brenda Hackney leads the Rotary Club of…

Early on a Saturday fall morning in the Southside neighborhood of Birmingham, Alabama, within the parking lot of an old Dr. Pepper bottling plant, farmers began to set up their stands. They would soon be selling fruit, vegetables, herbs, flowers, and a plethora of locally grown harvest. If you had walked among the farm stands,…