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CULTURE

Pink Box Burlesque performs ‘Clue’

Jessica Kelly August 26, 2010

The Pink Box Burlesque will be performing their stage, film and audience participation adaptation of “Clue” at the Bama Theatre tonight from 8 until 11 p.m. Mama Dixie, madam of The Pink Box Burlesque,...

Greekfest returns to raise money for Gulf

Greekfest returns to raise money for Gulf

Cameron Kiszla August 26, 2010

The 2010 Costa del Mar U. of Blue Greekfest returns to Tuscaloosa tonight at 7 p.m. with nationally renowned performers Pretty Lights, Slightly Stoopid and Grammy Award-winning Bone Thugs-n-Harmony to...

Vintage T-shirt sale comes to campus

Vintage T-shirt sale comes to campus

Lauren Cuervo August 26, 2010

Kiss, The Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac –Brandon Gardner has a host of vintage rock T-shirts. Gardner, a former UA student, is a vintage clothing dealer whose next show will be in the TV lounge of the...

Johnny Shines Blues Festival to be held Saturday

Johnny Shines Blues Festival to be held Saturday

SoRelle Wyckoff August 26, 2010

The South has a culture of its own. Few Southerners would not proudly claim the gems of their region, whether it is barbeque, good music or hospitality. Many of these things have become symbols of the...

Woods & Water concert to benefit Gulf Coast after oil spill

Brooke Marshall August 25, 2010

Relief efforts for people affected by the recent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico continue unabated, even after much of the damage has passed. Woods and Water, located on Summit Ridge in Tuscaloosa, will...

Bama Theatre hosts bluegrass event

Bama Theatre hosts bluegrass event

Jordan Staggs August 25, 2010

The sounds of strings and sweet bluegrass music are coming to the stage in Tuscaloosa tonight as the Bama Theatre downtown hosts bluegrass legend Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver with folksy “newgrass”...

Outdoor Rec plans rafting trip

Ashley Chaffin August 24, 2010

If you go What: Whitewater rafting trip Where: Down the Ocoee River in Tennessee When: Saturday Aug. 28 Cost: $45 for freshmen, $75 for other students Application Deadline: Friday Aug. 27 at 5 p.m....

Icon different from Tuscaloosa’s usual bar scene

Karissa Bursch August 24, 2010

Tuscaloosa has a number of bars where students can go, offering a variety of scenes and choices. However, when would University students and Tuscaloosa residents ever have associated drag queens, dance...

Dexateens represent new South, new values

Dexateens represent new South, new values

Morgan Dowdy August 24, 2010

Robert Christgau says Patterson Hood can’t sing. How would Christgau, most eminent of first-generation rock critics, react to the bending nasal drawl of a Dexateens harmony? He would like it anyway....

Recipes to help you eat well on a budget

Avery Driggers August 22, 2010

I love food, which may come as no surprise since I do write a food column. But if you’re like me and love some seriously good eats, then relying on a food court, delivery guy or dining hall buffet as...

New store offers vintage clothing

New store offers vintage clothing

Jordan Staggs August 22, 2010

A possible dark horse has arisen in Tuscaloosa’s shopping scene. Vintage Vibe boutique, which opened Thursday in Downtown Plaza on Queen City Avenue and University Boulevard, offers vintage and retro-inspired...

Bama Art House Series begins third season

Lauren Cuervo August 22, 2010

Tomorrow night marks the start of the third run of the Bama Art House Film Series, which features seven contemporary, independent films at the Bama Theatre every Tuesday at 8 p.m. until Oct. 5. Opening...