Posts by Jim 'Zig' Zeigler

Deadlines to register to vote in Alabama are fast approaching. Resources from 1819 News:

Rev. Rick Patrick of Sylacauga posted this emphatic comment: “One thing is clear. The 'He Gets Us' people don’t get us at all.”

Dixie Art Colony Foundation is holding a free art history program and lunch on February 15 in Wetumpka.

Singing Valentine. Quartets from “The Voices of the South’ perform at homes and offices on Valentine's Eve and Valentine’s Day itself

Willie L. Phillips, Jr. is the only person from Alabama to chair the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).

Humorist, author Harrison Scott Key brings his routine to Samford University Feb. 24. Humor with a point, or two.

The ninth annual 'Firearms Freedom Conference' will be on Saturday, February 24 at the Doster Center in Prattville.

"We can enjoy the Super Bowl down here but nothing will ever compare to the Super Bowl celebration awaiting Christians in Heaven when we see Jesus in mansions of Glory and endless delight!"

There’s a new favorite spot for visitors to the USS Alabama Battleship to pose for their photos – an airplane donated by Mobile’s own Jimmy Buffett.

Mobile’s Dent Boykin has become Alabama’s unofficial "Pundit Laureate." He posts one to five (sometimes more) funnies a day. Rarely does a day go by that his followers aren’t entertained by a "Boykinism."

Huntsville's Fantasy Playhouse is presenting an original scientific fantasy for kids on February 22 to 25 called "Rapunzel and the Beanstalk."

The Archbishop of the Mobile Catholic Archdiocese, Thomas Rodi, says he will submit his offer of retirement in March. Rodi will turn 75 years old on March 27, and that is the required age to submit an offer of retirement to the Pope.

A Huntsville attorney started a movement on Friday to return the Ten Commandments monument to the Alabama Judicial Building.

'Rhapsody in Blue' is 100 years old. The state of Alabama is honored to have its birthday celebration in Birmingham at the Alys Stephens Center on February 10 and February 11.

Second congressional district Republican hopeful Caroleene Dobson hopes to distinguish herself from the field by signing the official "Taxpayer Protection Pledge" designed by Americans for Tax Reform (ATR).

The musical version of 'Little Women' is coming to the Oxford Performing Arts Center (OPAC) this Thursday at 7 p.m. 

The tribute to Ronstadt will be performed at Montgomery’s MPAC on Friday, Feb. 9 at 7:30 p.m. by Tristan McIntosh.

A three-day seminar will be in Mobile February 8-10 on rekindling a church.  ‘Shepherd’s Summit.’

Montgomery Advertiser city editor Joe Azell interviewed Hollywood legend Mae West in her hotel room at the Jefferson Davis Hotel.  Just the two of them. She was wearing a negligee of some sort.

SBTS is writing the stories of the 6,300 Alabama heroes who died in WWII. They have already completed 4,700 of the bios.  You can help. Read on.

An outdoor prayer meeting of citizens will be held Wednesday to pray for and with the Alabama legislature as they start the 2024 regular session. It is at 11 a.m. on the front steps of the Alabama State House.

An almost unbelievable week for The Blind Boys of Alabama climaxed Sunday when the 80-year-old gospel group won a Grammy Award in the "Best Roots Gospel Album" category for their 2023 LP release "Echoes of the South."

A public park for hiking, mountain biking, horseback riding, birding and wildlife watching is now open in Springville in St. Clair County.

There was a sub-part of the Manhattan project known later as "Project P-9." It was carried out at Childersburg in east central Alabama.

Travelers of the United States often have Oxford, Mississippi on their bucket lists because of its history of Southern writers. Now, they are adding Oxford, Alabama because of its musical performances. And it calls out for more than one trip.

An investigation of ghosts and paranormal activity will be conducted February 17 at the Comer Museum in Sylacauga.

"Pageant," the musical comedy, is playing now through February 11 at the Birmingham Festival Theatre.