🌱 Movie 'The Tutor' Filmed In Mountain Brook + Artist In Crestline

Hello, friends. It's Saturday in Mountain Brook and I'm back in your inbox to get you caught up on all the most important things happening in our community, including news about:

• How Mountain Brook is become a movie industry destination.
• An artist moves to Crestline.
• The state asks for feedback about the Moody landfill fire.

But first, today's weather: Breezy; a morning t-storm. High: 80 Low: 46.

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Here are the top three stories in Mountain Brook today:

1. Mountain Brook is quickly becoming a popular destination to film movies, with several shot around town in that past year, including "The Tutor," a mystery and thriller that was filmed in a neighbor's house. Alabama's government offers $20 million in incentives per year to attract the film industry to the state — it says each dollar given produces 7 in local spending. (Village Living)
2. Meet Mallory Lane, a contemporary artist originally from Nashville, who recently moved to Mountain Brook's Crestline Village. After graduating from the University of Alabama, she was inspired to pursue a career in art in New York City where she moved to work for Microsoft. Now she sells her art full time. (Village Living)
3. The Alabama Department of Environmental Management is now collecting feedback from anyone affected by the Moody landfill fire and the state's response to it. Their goal is to strategize how to respond in the event of future emergencies. (WVTM 13)

Today in Mountain Brook:

• Sakura Cherry Blossom Festival — Birmingham Botanical Gardens (10 a.m.)
• CAT CABARET, 10th Year Anniversary Edition, with EMILY HERRING ! — Steeple Arts Academy (7:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• With Mountain Brook now designated as a Bee City, USA affiliate, Mayor Stewart Welch III writes about solitary miner bees that live underground in his latest Mayor's Minutes. Soon, Mountain Brook will also become a sanctuary for butterflies. (Village Living)
• The Mountain Brook Arts Association is holding its 42nd annual art festival on May 6 in Crestline Village. (Mountain Brook Arts Association)

That's it for today! I'll catch up with you bright and early tomorrow morning with a new update.

— Dashiell Allen

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