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Weekend Band Scene June 1-4

Weekend Band Scene June 1-4

Serena Bailey June 1, 2017

It’s the first week of the summer term but that doesn’t mean you can’t still have some fun. Here’s a look at what artists are bringing their musical talents to Tuscaloosa this weekend. Handshake...

Monarch Espresso Bar to teach pour over class

Monarch Espresso Bar to teach pour over class

Alexander Richey May 31, 2017

Spring semester is done, interim just finished up and summer classes are now upon us, but the chance to learn keeps getting more delicious. Monarch Espresso Bar will host “Coffee 101” this Wednesday,...

Kentuck Art Night connects artists to the community

Kentuck Art Night connects artists to the community

Serena Bailey May 31, 2017

Once a month, Kentuck studio artist Lorrie Lane goes through her studio. She takes down some old paintings, puts up new ones and gets it ready for the crowd of people who are about to come by to meet her...

COLUMN: Streaming services are not cinema's enemy

COLUMN: Streaming services are not cinema's enemy

David Jones May 30, 2017

When Bong Joon-ho’s newest film, “Okja,” premiered at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival last week, it was met with a chorus of boos while being projected in the wrong aspect ratio for 10 minutes....

William Gorgas exhibit explores campus connections to WWI

William Gorgas exhibit explores campus connections to WWI

Serena Bailey May 29, 2017

When Liam Adkison stood in the Gorgas House and saw people walking through the first exhibit he’d helped work on, it felt like watching a child take their first steps. “People are coming up to me to...

Band of the Week Q&A: Dick Long of Opposite Box explains belligerent jungle funk

Band of the Week Q&A: Dick Long of Opposite Box explains belligerent jungle funk

David Jones April 28, 2017

On the cover of Opposite Box’s most recent live album is a cat's face with its mouth wide open, wearing an eye patch and shooting colorful lightning out of its eye and into the band’s logo. This image...

Upcoming Tuscaloosa music before finals week

Upcoming Tuscaloosa music before finals week

Olivia Stover April 28, 2017

What's more relaxing than live music? Nothing. Make time to study, but make time for some Tuscaloosa music before leaving for summer. Our city has saved the best music for last this semester. Band of...

Music Column: Closing time

Music Column: Closing time

Katie Huff April 28, 2017

Six words have been floating across the Quad for the past month: “What are you doing this summer?” Some confidently tell their class acquaintances that they have accepted an internship with one of...

Cooking Column: Peanut butter icing-filled cupcakes

Cooking Column: Peanut butter icing-filled cupcakes

Serena Bailey April 28, 2017

Before I get started with what might be the most sugar laden recipe I’ve done this semester, let me just say: eating healthy during high stress weeks is important. Eating foods that help you focus and...

Six years later, UA professors remember 2011 tornados

Six years later, UA professors remember 2011 tornados

Ellen Johnson April 27, 2017

About three blocks behind Tuscaloosa's Central High School, right off Hargrove Road, is a neighborhood that Lydia Avant has called home for 11 years now. There's a park across the street from her house...

Tuscaloosa gems to see before you graduate

Tuscaloosa gems to see before you graduate

Christina Ausley April 27, 2017

Graduation is drawing near, but chances are there's still much of Tuscaloosa many seniors haven't seen. Tuscaloosa has grown a lot in the last four years, and with so many new spots, it can be hard to...

Seniors reflect on undergrad, life after graduation

Seniors reflect on undergrad, life after graduation

Serena Bailey April 27, 2017

It still doesn’t feel real for Alma Atassi. It probably won’t feel real, she said, until it actually happens – until she’s walking on stage, finally graduating after four years at The University...