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Arts organizations unite to involve public

Alexandra Ellsworth September 27, 2011

Twenty-seven art and cultural organizations will gather on Tuesday at the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater from 4 to 7 p.m. for Community Arts Conversations. Organized by The Arts and Humanities Council of Tuscaloosa,...

‘Chicago’ comes to the Bama Theatre

Lauren Ferguson September 27, 2011

The Actor’s Charitable Theatre will be showcasing their rendition of “Chicago” this Friday through Sunday at The Bama Theatre. Director Joey Lay said Actor’s Charitable Theatre tries to have a...

Author revisits Civil War and adds vampires to plot

Author revisits Civil War and adds vampires to plot

Isabela Morales September 27, 2011

Armed with a flame gun, an axe and an unshakeable conviction in the rightness of his cause, the 16th President of the United States stands ready to fight for the nation his fathers brought forth four score...

Tuscaloosa joins the world in Manhattan film festival

Tuscaloosa joins the world in Manhattan film festival

Alex Cohen September 27, 2011

This week more than 100,000 people will unite to judge recent works of filmmakers from around the world. Audiences will gather in more than 200 cities, linking six continents as they cast their votes....

Bluegrass group comes to amphitheater

Bluegrass group comes to amphitheater

Caroline Hiott September 27, 2011

Yonder Mountain String Band will be playing at the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater with Widespread Panic this Friday. Yonder plays neo-bluegrass that has, in the past year, brought out over 250,000 fans. The...

Nirvana’s “Nevermind” withstands test of time

Ashley Chaffin September 26, 2011

Certain songs, albums and artists can withstand the test of time and be passed from generation to generation, but few have done it quite as well as Nirvana has. In the fall of 1991, big name artists such...

Miss Sorority Row pageant comes to Bama Theatre

Jared Downing September 22, 2011

Who’s the prettiest gal on Sorority Row? Hard to tell, but we may find out at Friday’s Miss Sorority Row pageant, starting at 6 p.m. at the Bama Theatre. Sixteen damsels will compete with feats of...

Kadesh and the Perfect Strangers bring hip-hop, jazz fusion to Bo’s Bar

Alex Cohen September 22, 2011

Most people think of hip-hop in a limited number of ways. Maybe the typical image includes a solo singer or rapper, spitting and scatting lyrics through brass teeth over a prerecorded drum beat. But Kadesh...

All-girl band pays tribute to Rage Against the Machine

Adam Greene September 22, 2011

Take the Power Back, the world’s only all-female Rage Against the Machine tribute band, comes to Tuscaloosa’s Green Bar this Saturday night from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. “Simply put, people can expect to...

Guatemala is the college student’s Costa Rica

Jared Downing September 22, 2011

Guatemala’s Cahabón River flows down the tiny valley of Semuc Champey like a shotgun slug. The streams from the valley fall into seven cascading pools of turquoise, so still you can hear the monkeys...

Purgatorio at Allen Bales next week

Purgatorio at Allen Bales next week

Julie Fry September 22, 2011

The director jogs around the stairs in the Allen Bales Theater, watching the actors embrace for what might be the hundredth time, making sure it looks perfect from every angle.  He seems to have an “ah-ha”...

Bama fashion is in right now

Alyssa Locklar September 21, 2011

From Project Runway to Say Yes to the Dress, the University of Alabama fashion program is headed toward stardom one student at a time. This October, Rachel Wilkins, a senior majoring in fashion retail,...