🌱 Downtown Birmingham Looking For Street Performers + Teaching Farm

Hello there, Birmingham. I'm here in your inbox today to get you up to speed on everything you need to know about what's going on around town. Here goes.

First, today's weather:

A stray afternoon t-shower. High: 95 Low: 75.

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Here are the top three stories in Birmingham today:

1. Calling all street performers: Downtown Birmingham is looking for entertainers to perform on the newly renovated 20th St N. Downtown BHM, an organization dedicated to revitalizing downtown Birmingham, posted an open call on their website for those looking to perform on Friday evenings from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. According to the organization, they are looking for acts that “can be performed on the street with minimal setup and production” including music, dance, and juggling. For more information and to apply, follow the link. (AL.com)
2. A Birmingham urban farmer is helping to empower kids to have control over what they eat. 26-year-old instructor Fernando Colunga teaches at Jones Valley Teaching Farm, a nonprofit in Birmingham that teaches kids about food and farming. Colunga has been working at the teaching farm for five years and says it’s his mission to introduce kids to all kinds of fruits and vegetables — and not just because he likes cooking, but because he feels his work is helping to address the root cause of systemic issues in access to healthy foods, especially in Birmingham. (WBHM)
3. Over the weekend, three Birmingham men were killed in three separate shootings. The first shooting took place on Saturday afternoon in the Gate City public housing complex in the Woodlawn area of Birmingham and took the life of 43-year-old Morrion Hamilton. The second shooting occurred at about 10:25 p.m. on Sunday in the 200 block of Beacon Parkway East; Frankie Keonta McDonald was identified as the deceased victim. At around 11:00 p.m. the same night, 22-year-old Qra'Vonta Arquise Smith died from a gunshot wound in the 1300 block of 8th Avenue in Midfield. (WVTM13 Birmingham)

Today in Birmingham:

• Paper Bead Jewelry Grab N Go, At Birmingham Public Library (9:00 AM)
• Improv For Seniors, At Pratt City Branch Library (10:00 AM)
• The Significance Of Juneteenth, At Birmingham Public Library (10:00 AM)

From my notebook:

• Thrive Coworking will be joining Urban Supply in downtown Birmingham in 2023. (Bham Now)
• Here's how to get last-minute tickets to Machine Gun Kelly’s Birmingham show this Saturday. (AL.com)
• Prattville-based bank River Bank & Trust is opening a new Birmingham branch. (The Business Journals)

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You're all caught up for today. I'll see you around!

— Miranda Fraraccio

About me: Miranda Fraraccio is a born and raised Rhode Islander, now living in New York. She works as a staff writer for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and is a graduate of The University of Rhode Island, where she earned a degree in Writing & Rhetoric and Communication Studies. In her free time, you can find her traveling, drinking tea, or photographing her neighborhood as a street photographer.