🌱 UAB Accolades + Jefferson County Redistricting

Happy Wednesday, neighbors! Here's everything you need to know about what's happening today in town. We all know that with the 2020 Census that redistricting was on the horizon, and Jefferson County has their plan now, which will be considered by the Jefferson County Commission in November. Also in the news, UAB was named among the best universities in the world in a recent poll by U.S. News & World Report. Read more about it below, and as always, have a great day!

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny. High: 72 Low: 58.

Here are the top stories in Birmingham today:

1. As I mentioned, the University of Alabama at Birmingham has been named one of the best universities in the world, according to a new ranking by U.S. News & World Report. (Birmingham Patch)
2. This is a cool local story. Birmingham's new Firehouse Ministries Shelter was named the 2021 Building of the Year (Bham Now)
3. Jefferson County's proposed redistricting plan is available to view, and the Jefferson County Commission will consider the proposal at its Nov. 4 meeting. (Alabama's News Leader)
4. A Tarrant High School graduate was among two people killed in multiple weekend Birmingham shootings. (AL.com)
5. With Halloween coming up, I wanted to get a little spooky here on Patch and I listed some of the locations in Birmingham that are rumored to be haunted. Check this out. (Birmingham Patch)

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Today in Birmingham:

• Check out the Monster Bash Costume Contest at the Birmingham Public Library. (10:30 a.m.)
• Catch the best high school volleyball anywhere with the 6A state championship match at Bill Harris Arena at the Birmingham Crossplex. (12:30 p.m.)
• Social Justice Café at UAB will focus on military humanitarian intervention in situations of massive human rights violations. (4 p.m.)
• Closing Reception for Foundations Exhibition 2021: Death and Transformation (5:30 p.m.)
• Looking for some good live music? Zydeco is always a good bet. Turnover is playing Wednesday night. (8 p.m.)

Birmingham Patch Notebook

• How to celebrate Día de los Muertos in Birmingham. (Bham Now)
• Birmingham Public Library: Central Library To Host Bards & Brews Poetry Slam On Friday, November 5 (Press Release Desk)
• Junior League of Birmingham is lucky to have wonderful local businesses that support our great causes! We want to give special thanks to the following vendors who support both Market Noel, as well as Shop, Save, & Share. (Facebook)
• Leanne Morgan brings her Big Panty Tour to the Alabama Theatre Saturday, June 25. Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster! (Facebook)
• Alabama Symphony Orchestra is launching #masterworksmondays. Each Monday, they'll post a clip of the ASO playing some amazing music from our masterworks series. DM them within the next 48 hours with the name of the work and the composer. (Facebook)

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— Michael Seale

About me: I am a lifelong Alabama resident with more than two decades of media under my belt. I have worked for a daily newspaper, a weekly newspaper, a monthly magazine, a television station and a couple of radio stations. I also tried my hand at marketing for a little while. But I love writing news. This opportunity to bring Patch to Birmingham is a chance for my hometown to benefit from a new - and better - way to read and receive news.

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