🌱 Mountain Brook Resident In 'The Chosen' + Shaia's Menswear Turns 100

Hello, everybody. Dashiell Allen here with your Thursday edition of the Mountain Brook Daily, full of all the local news you need to know right now. Here's the lowdown.

First, today's weather:

Sun and some clouds. High: 93 Low: 76.

Here are the top three stories in Mountain Brook today:

1. Mountain Brook resident Lori Smith will be an extra in an episode of "The Chosen," a TV drama retelling the life story of Jesus Christ, set to air in December or January. She traveled to Midlothian, Texas for the filming of her scene, the Feeding of the 5,000. The show is crowdsourced and free to watch. (Over The Mountain Journal)
2. Shaia’s menswear store, a well-known family business in downtown Homewood, is celebrating its 100-year-anniversary. During that time the store has been passed down through four generations. The third-generation owner JL Shaia was recently honored by a lifetime achievement award from MR Magazine in New York. (Over The Mountain Journal)
3. Several colleges and universities across Alabama, including in Jefferson County, evacuated their buildings on Sunday after receiving apparent bomb threats, although none of the treats appeared to be credible. (AL.com)

Today in Mountain Brook:

• Xtreme Reads Finale - O'Neal Library (3:30 p.m.)
• Thursday Family Fun Nights at the Outdoor Pool (5 p.m.)
• Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella (8 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Suzan Doidge, the outgoing director of the Mountain Brook Chamber of Commerce, will be "celebrity bartending" with with Alice Womack at Civitas on August 9 from 5:30 - 7 p.m. A portion of the proceeds will go towards the Merchant Relief Fund. (Mountain Brook Chamber via Instagram)
• Mountain Brook residents will get a chance to hear from the candidates for city council in the lawn in front of City Hall on August 16th from 6 - 7:30 p.m., ahead of the August 23 primaries. (Instagram)
• Check out the details on Spartan Day for rising 7th graders, which will take place at Mountain Brook Junior High School next Wednesday. (Twitter)

Alrighty, you're all good for today! I'll see you soon.

— Dashiell Allen

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