Which counties are part of the Alabama Black Belt Heritage Area?
Event: “Early Wilcox County Citizens and Their Homes” Tour
Time: Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012 at 9 a.m. 4 p.m
Event Type: Historical Tour
Location: Wilcox County
Cost: $20 Adult, $10 students - Purchase at Black Belt Treasurers
Event Website: http://www.wilcoxwebworks.com/history/
Sponsor: Wilcox Historical Society
Contact: info@blackbelttreasures.com Phone: 334-682-9878
Kick off the Year of Road Trips and Trails and celebrate the food traditions and historical restaurants of Alabama’s Black Belt with a 2013 calendar from the Alabama Black Belt Heritage Area. Travel the Black Belt through the photography of Robin McDonald, author of Heart of a Small Town: Photographs of Alabama Towns. Free calendars are available at Land Hall on the University of West Alabama campus in Livingston. Call (205) 652-3828 or email centerforblackbelt@uwa.edu for information.
Event: Disaster Preparedness Workshop
Time: Monday, Jan. 16, 2012, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m
Event Type: Community Education
Location: UWA Alfa Center
Cost: Free
Event Website: www.centerforblackbelt.org
Sponsor: Center for the Study of the Black Belt
Contact: Janice Greenwood at jgreenwood@uwa.edu (205)657-4412
Event: Alabama Plant Atlas Reception
Time: Friday, Jan. 27, 2012, at 10 a.m
Event Type: Community/Education Reception
Location: Kelly Land Hall on the University of West Alabama campus-Livingston
Cost: Free
Event Website: www.floraofalabama.org www.centerforblackbelt.org
Sponsor: Division of Educational Outreach at UWA
Contact: Dr. Brian Keener (205) 652- 3796 bkeener@uwa.edu
Event: 1st Annual Sturdivant Hall Artisans' Christmas Fair-Selma
Time: Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011, at 10 a.m. -4 p.m
Event Type: Christmas Craft Fair
Location: Sturdivant Hall- Selma
Event Website: www.sturdivanthall.com
Sponsor: Sturdivant Hall
Contact: 334-872-5626
Event: Messiah Selections by the Selma Choral Society
Time: Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011, at 3 p.m
Event Type: Choral presentation
Location: First Presbyterian Church- 301 Broad St. in Selma
Event Website: www.firstpresselma.org
Sponsor: First Presbyterian Church Selma
Contact: 334-872-3449
Info: The Selma Choral Society will present "Messiah Selections" on Sunday, De. 4 at 3 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church 301 Broad Street, in Selma.
Event: "Christmas Belles" Off Broadway theatre production
Time: Dec. 9 and 10 at 7 p.m., Dec. 11 at 2 p.m
Event Type: Christmas Theatre Production
Location: Performing Arts Center in Selma
Cost: $10 adult and $5 child
Event Website: www.artsrevive.com
Sponsor: Arts Revive
Contact: 334-878-2787
Info: “Christmas Belles” play set in Selma Dec. 9, 10 and 11 at Performing Arts Centre.
Event: Sturdivant Hall Artisans' Fair
Time: Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011, at 10 a.m. - 4 p.m
Event Type: Ceremony
Location: Selma
Contact: Get your Christmas shopping done at the first annual Sturdivant Hall Artisans’ Fair on
Event: "Our Country First Then Selma"- Stories of Selma & Dallas County during the 1920's
Time: Monday, Nov. 21, 2011, at 4 p.m
Event Type: Community Education
Location: Selma Public Library, Vaughan Room
Event Website: http://www.selmalibrary.org/
Contact: info@selmalibrary.org (334) 874-1722
The rich and diverse history of the great state of Alabama continues to be reflected through thousands of
historic buildings and places in literally every corner of the state. The Alabama Trust for Historic Preservation is the
voice for the future of Alabama's historic places. These places have the unique ability to remind present and