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As a family-owned and operated mattress store with more than 40 years of experience in the sleep industry, we know a thing or two about comfortable mattresses. Birmingham residents choose Sleep King because we provide our customers with a personalized shopping experience. When you walk through our showroom doors, we want you to feel comfortable - both on our mattresses and with our store associates. At Sleep King, you won't ever have to worry about pushy salespeople and limited selection. Instead, you will discover that we encourage you to take your time as you search for your next bed. Sleep is incredibly important, and by proxy, finding the right mattress for your body type is too.
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At Sleep King, we carry the largest selection of high-quality national brand mattresses in Birmingham.
Sleep King MLILY Mattresses
Often considered the best mattress brand in the world, innovation sets MLILY mattresses apart from others. Our customers love MLILY mattresses because they are expertly built through decades of research and rigorous testing. The folks at MLILY are committed to precision, meaning every detail of product detail they push is geared towards the ultimate satisfaction and comfort.
Sleep Restonic Mattresses
Restonic Mattresses: Restonic line of mattresses are multi-layered beds with cooling foam technology that adds resilience, support, and temperature control. The result is a cool, comfy sleep that leaves you refreshed and ready to attack the day.
Sleep King Comfort Sleep Mattresses
Every mattress in the Comfort Sleep lineup has a great combo of support and comfort, making for a restful night's sleep. With heavy-gauge coils and high-performance materials, these mattresses are durable and built to last. Be sure to try one of these mattresses out in our showroom - our customers love the pocketed coils and minimal motion transfer.
Sleep King Golden Mattresses
The Golden brand is lesser known than some, like Tempurpedic. Still, it is a quality product with many foam and non-foam options that we think you'll love. Choose from standard memory foam, hybrid, and innerspring options while visiting our showroom in Birmingham.
Tips on Choosing the Best Bed
There's much more to choosing a good bed than how you think it will look in your bedroom. There's plenty to think about, from innerspring options to memory foam and even hybrid mattresses. At Sleep King, our priority is our customers. We pride ourselves on excellent customer service. We want to do right by you, which why we want to be sure you find the perfect bed when you visit our mattress store in Birmingham, AL. To help you get started, here are a few tips on choosing the best bed for your sleep needs.
Visit a Showroom
This tip might seem like a no-brainer to some, but it's important that you visit a showroom so that you can lay on different beds to get a feel for what you like. At Mattress King, you will have the chance to explore different styles, designs, and shapes, and mattress materials. Finding a bed online at a price you can afford is great, but you should lie on the bed first, not just look at it on a screen.
Determine Budget
Here's a surprising fact: just because a mattress costs more money, it doesn't mean it's going to be a better bed. Sure, more expensive beds might have newer technologies and materials, but not everyone has the budget to walk into a mattress store in Birmingham and spend $3,000. Figure out what price range you're comfortable paying and look at the best options for your bottom line.
Consider Bedroom Size
Before you swing by our showroom and start trying out beds, it might be a good idea to measure the space where your new mattress will go. If your bedroom is on the small side, a king-sized bed might be too big. Similarly, a small bed in a huge room might make for strange aesthetics. Aim for a reasonable amount of room around your bed - enough where you can walk around comfortably. As mentioned above, get specific measurements of the area you plan to use. That way, you have peace of mind knowing your new mattress will fit in your bedroom.
Choose a Mattress Material
This tip often comes down to personal preference. It will take a little bit of trial and error to figure out which material works best for your back - innerspring, memory foam, or latex. While your friend's and family's opinions matter, keep in mind that their mattress choice was subjective. What works for them won't necessarily work for you.
Need a quick refresher on different mattress materials? Here's a quick overview
Innerspring
Also called coil mattresses, innerspring beds are probably the most well-known on this short list. Innerspring mattresses are often more affordable than their latex and memory foam counterparts. These beds are ideal for people who want a lot of support and a cooler night's sleep.
Latex
This material is known for its great cooling properties and overall comfort. With latex, there are no strange off-gassing odors like you sometimes get with memory foam. Latex mattresses are ideal for people who want a responsive, bouncy feel and may have problems sleeping hot.
Memory Foam
First developed by NASA in the 70s, memory foam is probably the most popular material in the modern mattress market. Memory foam conforms to every inch of your body, giving you maximum comfort and support. Memory foam is also know for its anti-motion properties. Memory foam can be a great choice if you tend to toss and turn at night and sleep with a partner who wakes up when you do. Memory foam mattresses are ideal for people who need pressure relief, good support, and refreshing comfort.
Think About Your Back
If you have a bad back, it's crucial that you find a mattress with proper support. Slat and spring beds often offer plenty of support, but latex and memory foam options have come a long way. If you want memory foam or latex but find the support to be subpar, consider an adjustable base instead of a normal platform. That way, you can always sleep in a comfortable position that benefits your back.
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You read that right! Sleep King is the first choice for quality beds in Birmingham, but we also have a huge selection of furniture for your home. If you're looking for a one-stop-shop for mattresses and furniture alike, you have come to the right place. If you're shopping for a new mattress at the best price possible, why not throw in a bedroom suite at an amazing price too?
A few common furniture items that our customers love to add
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Living Room Sets - from traditional-style suites with classic textures to modern sets with attractive upholstery, we will help you find the best living room set for your home.
Bedroom Suites - our bedroom suites range from contemporary to classic and come in a variety of colors and styles to compliment your new mattress purchase.
Daybeds - from English-style daybeds available in espresso and cherry colors to multi-purpose beds with pull-out trundles, our selection of daybeds is unbeatable.
Futons - if you have younger children, they will love our futons. Who are we kidding? Adults do too! Futons are incredibly useful in small spaces and convert into comfy-cozy beds perfect for kids of all ages.
Bunkbeds - bunkbeds are another great option to consider if you have kids. Whether you have a classic-style home or an apartment, we have a style that fits you.
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If you like what you see but don't have time to visit our mattress store in Birmingham, don't worry. Our online store is bursting with new items and deals every day. From mattresses and bedding to furniture sets and special sale items, Mattress King has got it all. With the highest quality mattresses, the best prices in Birmingham, a giant showroom with all the options, and a full team of helpful sales associates, you won't ever need to find another mattress and furniture store again!
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Distinguished Tenor Roderick George, Alabama Native, Featured in Opera’s ‘Greatest Hits’
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By Sym Posey | The Birmingham TimesFor distinguished tenor Roderick George, Ph.D., who has traveled the world, there’s no place like home.George has performed a wide-ranging concert and operatic repertoire throughout the United States and abroad, and now he will be featured in “Opera Unveiled: A Concert of Greatest Hits.”The show, which will include the Opera Birmingham Chorus, the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, and several other artists, will be held at ...
By Sym Posey | The Birmingham Times
For distinguished tenor Roderick George, Ph.D., who has traveled the world, there’s no place like home.
George has performed a wide-ranging concert and operatic repertoire throughout the United States and abroad, and now he will be featured in “Opera Unveiled: A Concert of Greatest Hits.”
The show, which will include the Opera Birmingham Chorus, the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, and several other artists, will be held at the Dorothy Jemison Day Theater at the Alabama School of Fine Arts on Friday, April 26, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, April 28, at 2:30 p.m.
“It’s nice to sing at home,” said George. “I don’t get to sing at home a lot. Much of the singing I do is in other places.”
Speaking of home, that’s where George got his musical start—unsurprisingly, in the Black church.
As a member of Mount Calvary Primitive Baptist Church in Mobile, Alabama, George grew up in church, singing in the choir and playing piano.
“I had a church job throughout high school, as well. My parents were heavily involved in the church. I was raised in church. We were always at church. My dad was a deacon, and he was also superintendent of the Sunday school. We would be there before anybody else would be,” said George, the second to youngest of five siblings.
“My mother sings well. She still sings well,” he said.
Asked what she thinks of her “world-famous” son, George said, “My mom would never think of me as being ‘world famous.’ However, she is always quite amused whenever she reads my performance bios and realizes how much stuff I’ve done and how busy I am at times. My mom is always just so encouraging, even when she might not fully understand what I’m doing, and she’ll always say, ‘I’ll be praying that you get there and back safely.’”
George attended Mobile’s John Shaw High School, where he was a member of the choir and took piano lessons. George had an interest in playing the piano since he was a young boy.
“It was always something that was part of our lives,” he said. “Most of my siblings sing, and my older sister took piano lessons. Then I started tinkering around on the piano because it was there. Initially, I started playing by ear, but eventually I was convinced to take piano lessons. I didn’t take any voice lessons until college.”
“Mastery of Technique”
George attended Stillman College, a historically Black College and University (HBCU) in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where he graduated with two degrees: one in English and the other in music.
“Like most HBCUs, Stillman College has a long tradition of touring concert choirs,” he said. “When I was a senior in high school, I auditioned for the director of the choir at that time, James Arthur Williams, and he offered me a full scholarship to sing in the choir and to be a student accompanist, [someone who provides musical accompaniment to another musician or to a singer]. Years later, as I was finishing my doctorate at Florida State University, I was invited to interview for the voice professor faculty position.”
“I could always sing, but I hadn’t explored classical or operatic singing until college. I was fascinated by operatic singing and the mastery of technique that it requires to do it really well. Plus, I love a challenge.”
Originally, George had planned to major in elementary education at Stillman.
“That lasted for maybe a week,” he said. ”Music was really the thing. … I hadn’t quite convinced myself that it would be a career, but I eventually switched over to music and double majored in music and English.”
George recalled wanting to be a choir director because “I sort of thought that was what a person in music did,” he said. “That’s the only thing I’d seen. Seeing my high school director, I said, ‘OK, I’ll be a choir director.’”
Today, George is a full-time professor and head of the voice program at the University of Montevallo, in Montevallo, Alabama. He is a highly regarded voice teacher with more than two decades of collegiate instructional experience. Some of his proudest moments come from his students.
“When they come back and talk about the experiences they’ve had or [when] they come back and say something that I don’t remember saying, those are the kind of things that are most meaningful,” he said.
Recognizable Tunes
As an international performing artist, George has traveled throughout Europe, the United Kingdom, South America, Canada, and Russia. Locally, he’s been heard at the Red Mountain Theatre’s Human Rights New Works Festival in the role of Peter Fagan in a workshop reading of Carla Lucero’s “Touch,” an opera based on the life of Helen Keller and commissioned by Opera Birmingham.
Next week’s “Opera Unveiled” performance will likely contain some recognizable tunes, said the tenor.
“One of the arias I’m performing, ‘La Donna è Mobile,’ has been used in television commercials for Doritos [tortilla chips] and Axe body spray, although the actual Italian words have nothing to do with those products,” he said. “The audience will also get a chance to hear operatic voices projecting over a full orchestra.”
George prepares for performances based on “the type of musical work I’m doing, whether it’s something I’ve performed in the past or the level of difficulty,” he said.
“Preparing a full operatic role typically requires work with a vocal coach and can take several months,” he added. “Some other things I usually prepare with no assistance, just a lot of personal practice.”
Still, it all takes a lot of discipline, said George: “I usually try to have a relaxed nothing-out-of-the-ordinary day on the day of a performance. I might start with some light cardio in the gym. … Then, during the day, I’ll have a good meal or two and warm up or check in with my voice periodically to make sure the high notes are working. Otherwise, I don’t have any actual weird rituals.”
Open Minds
George’s role as an African American in opera is not uncommon.
“The key word is exposure,” he said. “There are many opportunities in the area to hear classical operatic singing. For example, Opera Birmingham has many pop-ups or outreach performances each season, some free, and most of the universities in the area have performances that are open to the public. It just requires some open-mindedness and not being afraid to do something that seems different.”
Speaking of different, when it comes to music, George enjoys listening “to a lot of different stuff like the jazz singer Samara Joy.”
His favorite singer right now is R&B and jazz artist Ledisi, and he’s very much into “Cowboy Carter,” the eighth studio album by megastar Beyoncé.
“Beyoncé is so creative,” he said. “What she has done with this project is really inspiring. What other artist is causing this much conversation? I think art should cause conversation, whether you agree or disagree with it, like it or dislike it.”
When he is not teaching and singing, George enjoys baking and traveling.
“I mostly bake layer cakes or some occasional smaller treats like my version of the Little Debbie Oatmeal Creme Pies,” he said. “I would have to say that my red velvet cake or lemon blueberry cake are my specialties since I get requests to bake those most often. There are many others that I make under the name ‘The Tenor Bakes.’
“Baking is my primary hobby at this point or just watching Academy Award–type films. I’m also a bit of a foodie and love trying new locally owned restaurants. I’m not much of sports fan, but I do enjoy watching tennis.”
When it comes to travel, George said, “I love to travel and feel like a tourist, especially when I’m not traveling for work. Paris, [France], and Vienna, [Austria], are two places I’ve really enjoyed. There’s just so much to see.
“Russia would have to be among the most fascinating places that my career has taken me. Seeing Red Square and the Kremlin in person and singing at the U.S. embassy in Moscow, or even just the unique beauty of St. Petersburg are things I will never forget.”
Asked his age, George responded, “Funny that you ask that. Let’s just say I’ve been doing this for quite a while.”
“Opera Unveiled: A Concert of Greatest Hits” will take place at the Dorothy Jemison Day Theater at the Alabama School of Fine Arts on Friday, April 26, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, April 28, at 2:30 p.m. To find out more or buy tickets, visit https://www.operabirmingham.org/opera-unveiled
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By Barnett Wright | The Birmingham TimesBirmingham’s Elias Hendricks III will be one of the featured tenors during next week’s Opera Unveiled: A Concert of Greatest Hits, which will include the Opera Birmingham Chorus, the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, and several other artists.The show will be held at the Dorothy Jemison Day Theater at the Alabama School of Fine Arts on Friday, April 26, at 7:30 p.m., and Sun...
By Barnett Wright | The Birmingham Times
Birmingham’s Elias Hendricks III will be one of the featured tenors during next week’s Opera Unveiled: A Concert of Greatest Hits, which will include the Opera Birmingham Chorus, the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, and several other artists.
The show will be held at the Dorothy Jemison Day Theater at the Alabama School of Fine Arts on Friday, April 26, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, April 28, at 2:30 p.m.
“It’s been almost 10 years since I’ve been able to come back and sing solo,” Hendricks told the Birmingham Times in a recent interview. “[Birmingham] is really one of my favorites places to perform because I get to perform in front of my family and friends that have known me since I was a child. I’ve spent over a decade traveling around different countries … performing music for everyone else so these performances [next week] are very special to me.”
Hendricks’s talents have taken him across the globe where he’s performed in the title role of Simba in Disney’s “The Lion King,” toured Europe with his one-man soul show “Aint Too Proud to Beg,” and, as the lead singer of The Temptations in “Motown: the Musical” on London’s West End.
Hendricks, 37, said he brings a range of influences to his performances.
“I’ve sung every style that you can imagine. Simba in the Lion King, Broadway and musical theatre … I’ve been the lead singer of a touring soul show in Europe for two and a half years, I have as vast knowledge of Motown and soul roots and I went to New Pilgrim Baptist Church in Birmingham, so I know a little something about gospel too.”
And let’s not forget the classical.
During “Opera Unveiled” Hendricks will perform two selections: an Act 3 duet from La Boheme with baritone Daniel Seigel. “I’m going to do my own classical soul fusion version of that,” he said. The second selection is “O Sole Mio” a well-known Neapolitan song made famous by Luciano Pavarotti.
Coming home feels like the culmination of “all of my studies and my travels, all the music and the experiences that I had,” Hendricks said, “ … like I’m sharing my life and my experiences with my closest friend and family.”
Master Class
He remembers seeing a group of three Black tenors perform at the Alabama Theater in downtown Birmingham and wanting to be like that group – Three Mo’ Tenors just as he was beginning his own career as a budding singer in styles as varied as that group’s, which encompassed everything from soul and blues to opera.
“It was not only just the representation of them being Black men performing opera and also infusing it with our cultural, musical elements of gospel, blues and soul … it was just the ease in the way that they were able to do all of those things at once,” Hendricks said.
The next day, he was among a number of local students who were invited to participate in a master class with the group, where the singers further encouraged the teen.
“I remember when [the group] told me, ‘Hey, you can have a career at this. You sound great. I love your tone. You seem to have such command of this music,’ and I was like, ‘What? me, for real?’ That was a huge endorsement … as far as a confidence booster,” Hendricks recalled.
That inspiration would eventually lead Hendricks to form Vox Fortura, the only Black male classical crossover quartet in the world. Hendricks said the group, which he put together in 2016 to compete on “Britain’s Got Talent,” performs a style he calls “classical soul.”
Vox is the Latin word for voice, and “Fortura” is a combination of “fortis,” the Latin word for strong, as well as the words fortune and future. “Strong voices of the future is kind of what we call it,” he said.
“We’re taking music that is unique to Black people and stylings that are unique to the African American historical musical experience, and we combine those elements into classical music,” he explained.
Joining The School Choir
Hendricks is a graduate of the Altamont School, where he said he first became aware of his vocal talent. A soccer athlete at the school, he initially joined the school’s choir in seventh grade for fun.
“I decided I want to join the choir because the cute girls were in there, and…a third of our upper school was in choir, so it was a really, really popular thing to do,” Hendricks said.
After graduating from Altamont, Hendricks participated in a summer program at the Tanglewood Music Center at Boston University, before going to Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas, TX, where he studied opera.
When he finished SMU in 2009, he went on to the Juilliard School in New York City, where he put together his concept of combining music from the African American tradition with the older European music he had come to love, he said.
After finishing up Juilliard in 2012, Hendricks left for the Disneyland in Hong Kong, China, where he played Simba in the musical version of “The Lion King” until 2014.
Following a six-month stint where Hendricks performed his own show on a world cruise, Hendricks decided to move to London, United Kingdom in 2015, where he auditioned for “Motown: The Musical.” Hendricks secured his spot to play Dennis Edwards, a Birmingham native in the show in 2016.
To this day, Hendricks remembers the confidence he found as a teenager and now he wants to inspire others as well.
“If you had told me at 15, ‘hey Elias you’re going to be Simba in the Lion King in Hong Kong and then you’re going to go to London and you’re going to be in the opening cast of brand-new musical and you’re going to play a man (Dennis Edwards) from Birmingham, Alabama in London’ I would have laughed at you. Life has a way of opening up opportunities for you. I’m happy to have had those experiences and bring it back to my hometown.”
“Opera Unveiled: A Concert of Greatest Hits” will take place at the Dorothy Jemison Day Theater at the Alabama School of Fine Arts on Friday, April 26, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, April 28, at 2:30 p.m. To find out more or buy tickets, visit https://www.operabirmingham.org/opera-unveiled
USPS delays causing issues for customers
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Several people have reported to WBRC that they are experiencing delayed deliveries of their mail and packages by the postal service. Some even claim that priority items are taking more than a week to arrive, even though they usually take two days.Larry Preston, a resident of East Alabama, has also been facing similar issues. Every time he sends or receives mail, the tracking information shows that the mail gets stuck at the Birmingham mail sor...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Several people have reported to WBRC that they are experiencing delayed deliveries of their mail and packages by the postal service. Some even claim that priority items are taking more than a week to arrive, even though they usually take two days.
Larry Preston, a resident of East Alabama, has also been facing similar issues. Every time he sends or receives mail, the tracking information shows that the mail gets stuck at the Birmingham mail sorting facility, causing him to lose both time and money.
“It’s taking 7 to 10 days to cover not even 100 miles. It’s very frustrating,” Preston said. “If you sell things online, as I do through eBay and Facebook, people are not happy when their stuff doesn’t arrive on time. If you pay for priority mail to get your items in two days, you expect it to arrive within that timeframe.”
Preston began noticing delays in his shipments last month and believes he knows what the problem is.
“Almost everything that’s being shipped and goes through Birmingham is being delayed for days and days. If you go on usps.com and try to track or report missing mail, then finally, the mail will get moved,” Preston said.
Although the post office in his area has been helpful, Preston thinks that these delays are a more significant problem and an inconvenience in their area.
“I recently received a package from South Carolina, and it took me about a week to get it. It was also lost in Birmingham, and it took about 10 days to get a letter from Atlanta to Piedmont, Alabama.”
WBRC reached out to the United States Postal Service, and they shared this statement with us:
“The Postal Service plays an important role in the community, and our employees are committed to providing the outstanding service that our customers expect and deserve. While a significant volume of mail and packages in the Birmingham, AL area is being delivered in a timely manner, local management is aware of the concerns of some customers. We are working quickly to resolve any service issues. We always want to hear from customers who have concerns regarding the quality of their mail service. Customers are reminded that they can reach us in a variety of ways, including by contacting their local Post Office, calling 1-800-ASK-USPS (1-800-275-8777), or visiting us on our website at www.usps.com/help for assistance.”
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