Featured Stories
If you’ve lived in North Alabama for any length of time, you’ve run across some interesting people and places. It’s pretty common to meet someone who makes missiles by day and brews beer in the backyard in the evenings. We have musicians, chefs, artisans, and entrepreneurs all right here in our little nook of the state, and Launch was created to tell those stories.
Summer Supper
Nothing says summer like the smell of barbecue smoke and grilled veggies from the garden wafting through evening air. Chef Joey McCool offers up a few of his classic summer favorites that are perfect for a weeknight supper or your next get-together with friends. Be sure to enjoy these savory flavors with his suggested watermelon infused vodka cocktail, and make some time to put your feet up and leave the clean-up for tomorrow.
Katie Carter, Consignment Concierge
I’ve come to spend the morning with Katie Carter to talk about her hobby turned business venture, The Hunt Shop, where she specializes in secondhand shopping and rehoming fashion, furniture, and all manner of discarded finds that would otherwise have gone to waste.
All Chalked Up
In 2020, two local businesswomen made the most of fulfilling a pandemic pastime with their very own recipe for sidewalk chalk, and now their wildly popular, whimsical endeavor has made a permanent mark in hundreds of stores all over the country.
Sensational Science: Early Works Celebrates STEM
Sensational Science: Early Works Celebrates STEM. Summer 2022 is all about FUN at EarlyWorks Children’s Museum in downtown Huntsville. The “Summer of Sensational Science” is a three-month celebration highlighting the STEM exhibits and public programming that EarlyWorks has been developing during the past two years. The “Summer of Sensational Science” officially starts on Memorial Day weekend and will continue through Labor Day.
A Wallpaper Renaissance
A traditional Southern home can hardly be defined as monotone. Our homes are often as vibrant and colorful as our culture. With a desire to celebrate everything from crawfish to camellias, it should be no surprise that the Southern home is one that exemplifies warmth, hospitality, and exuberance. What better way to bring to life a high-spirited home than with wallpaper?
‘Tis the Season
As the sun starts wanting to spend more time with us and the temperature starts to rise, it’s time to polish those white New Balances and barbeque. For some this is an all day or even all weekend affair. BBQing is one of those things, like how to boil an egg, that is discussed and argued about all over the country. There are so many styles, favorite cuts of meat, mops, sauces, types of wood, rubs, etc.
Arts & Crafts:
Antiques dealer, filmmaker, and TAB enthusiast, Frank Crafts brings ingenuity to Athens. We sat down with Crafts to hear about how his travels, love of art, and filmmaking have inspired him to keep Athens interesting.
Lake Life: Gunterville’s City Harbor
City Harbor, a new mixed-use property on Alabama’s largest lake, is sure to make a big splash. Whether arriving by water or by land, visitors will know they’ve come to the right place when they see “City Harbor” emblazoned in big red letters.
Sporting Summer
Though I can’t remember a time when disc golf wasn’t a part of my dad’s life, he says that he clearly remembers his initial introduction to the sport here in North Alabama.
Orion Rising
Venue Group manager Ryan Murphy explains how Huntsville’s new Orion Amphitheater perfectly captures the spirit of North Alabama and the “Singing River” sound.