The past comes alive at this Saturday, Oct. 20 at the Oak Hill Cemetery Fall History Tour. Actors representing historical figures like Jack Sloss and Charles Linn will be on hand to share stories about their lives and the early days of Birmingham.

Tickets are $8 and additional donations are welcome to help the Oak Hill Memorial Association maintain the grounds. You can reserve a spot online at oakhillcemetery.ticketleap.com. Tours are every half hour from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Oak Hill was the first city cemetery in Birmingham, dating back to the 1870s. It is also the first cemetery in Alabama to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places. For more information about Oak Hill, please visit oakhill-birmingham.org.

Pack up your comfiest lawn chair and snacks in a cooler and head down to Avondale Park for the second Jazz in the Park concert of the season.

Fred Spraggins will kick off the music at 6 p.m. in the amphitheatre, followed by Roman Street and T.A.D. of Jazz will finisht the night.

Spraggins is a drummer and composer influenced by jazz, R&B and neo-soul music. Roman Street is a band formed in Mobile that performs a belnd of "new" flamenco, smooth and not-so-smooth jazz. Anniston's T.A.D. of Jazz blends jazz, soul, R&B, funk and gospel.

The Jazz in the Park series is free to the public and organized by Magic City Smooth Jazz. If you would like to donate to keep the music flowing, visit http://www.magiccitysmoothjazz.com.

Future Jazz in the Park concerts include:

Sun., July 15

Kenneth Williams

Jose Carr

RAW Jazz Trio 

Fred Spicer, Executive Director of the Birmingham Botanical Gardens, joined Mike Dubberly today with a look at how the Year of Alabama Food mixes with films and the gardens.

As the state's most visited free attraction, Birmingham Botanical Gardens is eager to take part, presenting a new summer documentary series all about food: the good, the bad and the ugly. The Documentary Film Series will begin on June 24 with "The Weight of the Nation" and continue on six Sundays over the following eight weeks, concluding with "Dirt!" on August 19.

Admission to the educational films is free, with each beginning at 2 p.m. in the Linn-Henley Lecture Hall. No registration is required.

After some films, experts will host a community discussion about their content. For a complete list of dates and films, visit bbgardens.org/filmseries.