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Fourth annual DCAF to host 12 musical acts Saturday

Bianca Martin April 2, 2013

Creative Campus and the Tuscaloosa Tourism and Sports Commission will be presenting the fourth annual Druid City Arts Festival Saturday, April 6. The festival’s purpose is to celebrate music and art...

With obvious art-house roots, ‘Spring Breakers’ celebrates, critiques ‘YOLO culture’

Matt McGrath April 2, 2013

When a film opens with the piercing noise of a Skrillex song, you know it’s either going to be an abomination, akin to the banal Project X, or it’s going to be a kind of beautiful sensory overload...

Sky Lantern Festival honors child abuse victims

Mary Kathryn Patterson April 2, 2013

Child Abuse Prevention Services will host its fifth annual Sky Lantern Festival at Sokol Park this Saturday in honor of children who have previously suffered from child abuse. Iris Davis, interim director...

Air Force Ones make girly appearance for spring

Becky Robinson April 1, 2013

A few weeks ago I impulsively bought a pair of knock-off Nike Air Force Ones at Target. They’re metallic, they’re a bit odd, and they’re my new favorite thing. Knock-off Airs, or my “moon boots”...

Service transforms studying abroad

Bianca Martin April 1, 2013

Many students use the opportunity of studying abroad to learn in a new environment, experience a different culture, have fun and make friends. Some students choose to go abroad, though, with an entirely...

UA opera theatre to perform annual ‘One Night Only’

Hannah Widener April 1, 2013

“One Night Only,” a performance presented by the department of opera theatre, will feature a different blend of music than usual Tuesday night at the Moody Music Building. “It’s an annual evening...

UAB offers students social media graduate certificate

Courtney Stinson April 1, 2013

While Facebooking and tweeting in class are still taboo, The University of Alabama at Birmingham’s new graduate certificate program in social networking will begin teaching students to use social media...

App allows users to develop plans for night out

Courtney Stinson April 1, 2013

In today’s “pics or it didn’t happen” world, Instagrams, Tweets and Foursquare check-ins are a crucial part of a good night out for many. The CouchCachet mobile app aims to take advantage of that....

Male body dissatisfaction increases

Tricia Vaughan April 1, 2013

Walking through The University of Alabama student recreation center, the weight station is filled with college men pumping iron to build a Grecian god-like body as seen gracing the glossy covers of magazines...

Alumna’s line goes from Shirt Shop to ‘Gossip Girl’

Abbey Crain April 1, 2013

Lauren Leonard doesn’t even need to go to one of the 150 boutiques around the country that sell her collection to see the clothes she designed. All the Tuscaloosa native and 2006 Alabama graduate needs...

ACT performs Monty Python’s musical ‘Spamalot’

Kristen Feyt March 20, 2013

The Actor’s Charitable Theatre will be performing its production of Monty Python’s “Spamalot” Friday, March 22, at the Bama Theatre. Founded in 2008, The ACT is a non-profit organization whose...

Bat infestation prompts temporary relocation

Deanne Winslett March 20, 2013

The Kentuck Art Center has had some unwelcome visitors recently, who have now overstayed their welcome. A bat infestation has made itself at home at the art center, which will now relocate temporarily....