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Project Runway star tells how to make it work

Project Runway star tells how to make it work

Hannah Marcum February 24, 2011

Anthony Williams, a UA alumnus and former contestant on the Lifetime series “Project Runway,” offered his advice to a room of 65 students and faculty during a presentation Thursday afternoon. “If...

Blues bar gets green makeover

Blues bar gets green makeover

Jordan Staggs February 24, 2011

Patrons of the downtown Temerson Square area might notice something new this weekend – a little color change has occurred in the space beside Wilhagan’s, as its small neighboring bar has transformed...

Fashion show to honor differing body types

Allie Hulcher February 23, 2011

Tonight at 7 the Fashion Rocks and So Does My Body Show will celebrate all different body types, said Sheena Quizon, dietitian at the Student Health Center, and also one of the event’s coordinators....

Student art to be displayed at Garland Hall

Student art to be displayed at Garland Hall

Alexandra Ellsworth February 23, 2011

The work of six students majoring in art and art history will be displayed in the Sarah Moody Gallery of Art beginning today at 12 p.m. as part of the 2011 Windgate Fellows Exhibition. Artwork displayed...

Creative Campus recruiting interns

Karissa Bursch February 23, 2011

Student-made art lines the walls, a chalked wall describes in detail Creative Campus founder Hank Lazer, and pinned up in a corner is the “poetree” where you can post your favorite poems. These are...

Four simple rules to watching this year’s Academy Awards

Erich Hilkert February 21, 2011

As the Oscars quickly approach, millions will be watching on Feb. 27 as Natalie Portman strolls down the red carpet in Vera Wang's latest spectacle. It would seem that for one night, the world's finest...

Apwonjo screens film about Liberian civil war

Lauren Ferguson February 21, 2011

Apwonjo, an organization that raises awareness about injustice in sub-Saharan Africa, will be screening the film “Pray the Devil Back to Hell” tonight at 7 p.m in the Ferguson Center Theater. The...

UA puts new spin on Moby-Dick

UA puts new spin on Moby-Dick

Jordan Staggs February 20, 2011

View Photo GalleryLightning crashes over a dark, turbulent sea as the waves roil, and from high above in the crow’s nest there comes a cry of “There she blows!” The large whaling ship is tossed about...

Festival benefits Northport pottery studio

Hannah Marcum February 17, 2011

If you’re missing Mardi Gras this year, you can get your fill of gumbo in downtown Northport this Saturday afternoon at GumboFest. Benefiting the new Kentuck Clay Co-Op, the event will be held from...

Chinchillionaires to play at Gallettes, Booth

Alexandra Ellsworth February 17, 2011

Though local band The Chinchillionaires has been playing together since high school, they didn’t begin playing shows in Tuscaloosa until about a year ago. The band is comprised of three members –...

Kami-Con hits Tuscaloosa this weekend

Kami-Con hits Tuscaloosa this weekend

Ashley Chaffin February 17, 2011

Thousands of anime fans will flood the Ferguson Center this weekend for the third annual Kami-Con. “The University caters to a lot of different people of different cultural backgrounds,” said Colby...

Visiting poet gets students out of the classroom

Alex Cohen February 17, 2011

Tonight from 7 to 9 p.m., Cecil S. Giscombe will give the University community a taste of a lost art — poetry — with a reading of his own work in 205 Smith Hall. Giscombe is the latest featured writer...