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'''Feizal Valli''' is a bartender and artist who relocated to [[Birmingham]] from New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina in [[2005]]. | [[Image:Feizal Valli.jpg|right|thumb|Feizal Valli]] | ||
'''Feizal Valli''' (born <!--[[June 10]], [[?]]-->in Nairobi, Kenya) is a bartender and artist who relocated to [[Birmingham]] from New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina in [[2005]]. | |||
Valli worked as a bar manager for a Bourbon Street strip club | Valli grew up in Buffalo, New York and earned degrees in English and fine arts at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario. He moved to New Orleans in [[199]] and worked as a bar manager for a Bourbon Street strip club. He later opened his own bar in South Africa, but was forced to close down after he stopped paying protection money to local mobsters. He returned to New Orleans and worked at Emeril Lagasse's NOLA restaurant until Katrina forced him to move. He has tended bar at [[Highlands Bar and Grill]], [[Cafe Dupont]], [[26]] and [[Hot & Hot Fish Club]]. He was a finalist in a national bartending contest sponsored by GQ magazine and Bombay Sapphire gin in [[2011]]. | ||
In [[2006]] Valli created an installation entitled "Mission Accomplished" in the 22-foot-long front window of his ground floor apartment in the [[Pheonix Lofts]] at 1710 [[2nd Avenue North]]. "Mission Accomplished" was composed of toy soldiers -- one for each casualty among U.S. soldiers in Iraq. A small label, reading "Mission Accomplished" located the point in the death toll at which President Bush declared victory from the flight deck of the ''USS Lincoln'' on May 1, 2003. | In [[2006]] Valli created an installation entitled "Mission Accomplished" in the 22-foot-long front window of his ground floor apartment in the [[Pheonix Lofts]] at 1710 [[2nd Avenue North]]. "Mission Accomplished" was composed of toy soldiers -- one for each casualty among U.S. soldiers in Iraq. A small label, reading "Mission Accomplished" located the point in the death toll at which President Bush declared victory from the flight deck of the ''USS Lincoln'' on May 1, 2003. | ||
Valli is currently bar manager at [[Collins Bar]] on [[2nd Avenue North]]. | Valli is currently bar manager at [[Collins Bar]] on [[2nd Avenue North]]. He contributed the paper-airplane theme and a Birmingham-inspired periodic table to the bar's decor. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
* Short, Dale (June 29, 2006) "Toy Soldiers: Window installation shows the casualties of war one life at a time." ''Birmingham Weekly.'' | * Short, Dale (June 29, 2006) "Toy Soldiers: Window installation shows the casualties of war one life at a time." ''Birmingham Weekly.'' | ||
* Short, Dale (June 8, 2006) "[http://www.wbhm.org/Tapestry/June08-06.html Art on the battlefield]". Interview with Faizal Valli. | * Short, Dale (June 8, 2006) "[http://www.wbhm.org/Tapestry/June08-06.html Art on the battlefield]". Interview with Faizal Valli. | ||
* | * Hubbard, Russell (August 18, 2011) "Birmingham bartender with complex past hopes for taste of fame from his cocktail creation." {{BN}} | ||
* Hornbuckle, M. David (January 3, 2014) "[http://whiskeythief.net/2014/01/03/bartender-profiles-feizal-valli/ Bartender Profiles: Feizal Valli]". The Whiskey Thief - accessed January 4, 2014 | |||
==External link== | ==External link== | ||
* [http://www-us.flickr.com/photos/bradbrad/175552220/ Photo of Valli with "Mission Accomplished"] on Flickr.com | * [http://www-us.flickr.com/photos/bradbrad/175552220/ Photo of Valli with "Mission Accomplished"] on Flickr.com | ||
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Revision as of 15:12, 5 January 2014
Feizal Valli (born in Nairobi, Kenya) is a bartender and artist who relocated to Birmingham from New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Valli grew up in Buffalo, New York and earned degrees in English and fine arts at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario. He moved to New Orleans in 199 and worked as a bar manager for a Bourbon Street strip club. He later opened his own bar in South Africa, but was forced to close down after he stopped paying protection money to local mobsters. He returned to New Orleans and worked at Emeril Lagasse's NOLA restaurant until Katrina forced him to move. He has tended bar at Highlands Bar and Grill, Cafe Dupont, 26 and Hot & Hot Fish Club. He was a finalist in a national bartending contest sponsored by GQ magazine and Bombay Sapphire gin in 2011.
In 2006 Valli created an installation entitled "Mission Accomplished" in the 22-foot-long front window of his ground floor apartment in the Pheonix Lofts at 1710 2nd Avenue North. "Mission Accomplished" was composed of toy soldiers -- one for each casualty among U.S. soldiers in Iraq. A small label, reading "Mission Accomplished" located the point in the death toll at which President Bush declared victory from the flight deck of the USS Lincoln on May 1, 2003.
Valli is currently bar manager at Collins Bar on 2nd Avenue North. He contributed the paper-airplane theme and a Birmingham-inspired periodic table to the bar's decor.
References
- Short, Dale (June 29, 2006) "Toy Soldiers: Window installation shows the casualties of war one life at a time." Birmingham Weekly.
- Short, Dale (June 8, 2006) "Art on the battlefield". Interview with Faizal Valli.
- Hubbard, Russell (August 18, 2011) "Birmingham bartender with complex past hopes for taste of fame from his cocktail creation." The Birmingham News
- Hornbuckle, M. David (January 3, 2014) "Bartender Profiles: Feizal Valli". The Whiskey Thief - accessed January 4, 2014
External link
- Photo of Valli with "Mission Accomplished" on Flickr.com