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Sets staging singing set milestone for pera Birmingham in …
The Birmingham News – al.com AL
” Giacomo Puccini’s operatic tale of obsessionsacrifice and the triumph of love in ancient Beijing playedout Friday at the Alabama Theatre as pera Birminghamreached another production milestone. The curtain opened toreveal an imposing pagoda-style structure complete withimpaled skulls the proscenium framed by large intricatedragon figures. It was the first of several strikingvisuals including lavish sheer curtains in Act 2 and alarge Buddha statue in Act 3 in a cooperative set-buildingventure with California-based Festival pera. Bill Gustafson took full advantage his economical andartistic staging making the Alabama Theatre stage lookbigger than it is.
Birmingham to host world’s top squash pros
Mirror MI
11-ranked player and the tournament’s top seed in England’s Adrian Grant. However he is nonetheless excited to play his fellow countryman when the main draw tournament gets underway late Friday afternoon at the Birmingham Athletic Club. “If you’ve played to a certain level on the main circuit before it’s common for the head pro at the (host) club to be a wild-card into the main draw” said Wellings who has been Director of Squash at the BAC for the past 18 months. “It creates local interest especially within the club because (the members) know me very very well. It will be quite a popular match on Friday night just because they will come to watch their guy get beat up by one of the best players in the world. “I’m playing the only other Englishman in the main draw and I know him pretty well.
Birmingham Alabama’s Compass bank cuts 200 jobs in city 100 more …
al.com AL
Alabama will also lose 100 jobs outside Birmingham spokesman Ed Bilek said. The cuts will happen across all job classifications and business units he said. Compass employs about 3000 people in the Birmingham area. The job cuts come almost two years after Compass Bancshares — founded in Birmingham in the early 1960s as Central Bank — agreed to sell to Spain-based BBVA Group for $9.
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Blackpool 2-0 Birmingham: Dj Campbell scores opening goal against …
Mirror.co.uk UK
The striker who scored 12 goals in 50 appearances for the Blues bagged his second goal in as many games to set Blackpool on the road to victory with a fine header. Keith Southern added a second for the home side eight minutes before the break to complete the double over the lacklustre visitors. The defeat puts a massive dent in Birmingham’s push for the Premier League as they blew their chance of going second and boss Alex McLeish admits he will have one eye on the midweek clash between Wolves and Reading. “That game on Tuesday takes on a huge importance now” said McLeish. “This was a missed opportunity and I am very disappointed in the result. “We struggled to cope with the long ball all afternoon andit reallyworkedforthem as chances were few and far between in the game. There was just not enough from us.
Jefferson County park group eyes Birmingham as partner in land …
The Birmingham News – al.com AL
The Jefferson County Economic and Industrial DevelopmentAuthority’s directors last week discussed ways ofobtaining a 144-acre site adjacent to the existing JeffersonMetropolitan Park Lakeshore industrial park in xmoorValley. ne option is to join with Birmingham to buy and developthe property which would be marketed and managed by theauthority. Preliminary discussions with the city have beenencouraging officials said.
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