Jim Brickman, 8 p.m. Thursday, the Alabama Theatre, 1817 Third Ave. North; $41.30- $63.15; 252-2262 or www.alabama-theatre.com Jim Brickman is up for a challenge. He's sitting at a piano on the stage ...

Jim Brickman couldn’t be more pleased by what he sees. “It’s snowing,” he says in a phone call from Cleveland. “It’s a beautiful sight. It means Christmas is near. I can hardly wait since this is my ...

For Sarasota ninth-grader Jordan Evans, winning a piano festival sponsored by Pritchard Pianos last week, giving him the chance to perform onstage with songwriter-pianist Jim Brickman, has to have ...