NEWS YOU CAN USE FROM DISTRICT 9

News You Can Use Dec. 1, 2022 “December: A month of lights, snow, coziness, and feasts; time to make amends and tie up loose ends; finish what you started and make your wishes come true.” — unknown Better Together Multicultural Holiday Festival Join the City of Birmingham for the Better Together Multicultural Holiday Festival! The fun-filled event will be held at the Boutwell Auditorium on Friday, Dec. 2 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. The event will feature live entertainment, line dancing, cultural activities and presentations, food trucks, giveaways, and local vendors! Stop by and take a selfie with Papa Cause. There will also be a live fashion show, at 1 p.m. Celebrate the holiday season as we uplift and embrace several holiday traditions. The Blackest Friday Holiday Shopping Extravaganza The Modern Green Book and The Flourish Alabama will present The Blackest Friday Holiday Shopping Extravaganza. This family friendly event will feature black businesses, live music, gift wrapping and holiday beverages on Friday, Dec. 2 from 5-9 p.m. Holiday Magic Market on Friday Shopping locally has never been so easy! You can support small businesses at the Holiday Magic Market this Friday, Dec. 2 from 4-8 p.m. The market will be conveniently located on 20th Street between 2nd and 4th Avenue North. There will be over 15 vendors and a LIVE on 20th street performance! Get more details here: https://downtownbhm.com/news/theres-holiday-magic-back-in-the-streets-of-birmingham/ Enter to win a holiday turkey Perfect Note Express, the basement café, is hosting a weekly drawing for an uncooked turkey. You must be a loyalty member (or sign up to be one). See attached flyer and/or stop by for details. UPCOMING EVENTS Saturday, Dec. 3 Sloss Holiday Market 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark will be hosting the Fellowship House Junior Board’s Holiday Market inside the Visitor Center. The market will be full of shopping, charity, and Santa! For more information visit fshbhm.org/news-events/fellowship-house-holiday-market.html. Sloss Holiday Iron Pour Sloss Metal Arts will be having their Holiday Iron Pour event in the Cast Shed next to the Visitor Center. Come out and shop for holiday metal art pieces, make your own iron art, or just enjoy watching an iron pour from the Sloss Metal Artists. This event is from 12-3 p.m. For more information, visit slossmetalarts.com/event-details/holiday-pour. Christmas at Arlington 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. The Arlington Historical Association invites you to attend “Christmas at Arlington!” The annual holiday event will be held at Arlington Historic House and Gardens, located at 331 Cotton Ave. SW. Visitors who attend this holiday celebration are invited to “step back in time” as local decorators adorn rooms of this historic house in seasonal period décor. Join us for live entertainment, refreshments, arts and crafts and a visit with the old jolly elf himself, Santa! Through Friday, Dec. 9 Toy Drive The City of Birmingham, along with CBS 42 and AmFirst Credit Union, is hosting Magic City Toy Drive now through Dec. 9. Donations of new toys, coats and bicycles will be sought in hopes of helping to supplement low to moderately-low income families with their children’s holiday wishes. Drop-off locations are at the following sites: Department of Youth Services, 1608 7th Ave. North Birmingham Police Administration Building, 1710 1st Ave. North North, South, East, and West Birmingham Police Precincts All Birmingham Fire and Rescue Stations All AmFirst Credit Unions in Birmingham City Marie A. Sutton Public Information Officer Mayor's Office City of Birmingham m: 205-503-3436 a: 710 20th St N Birmingham, AL 35203 w: birminghamal.gov e: marie.sutton@birminghamal.gov