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Spots app lets students rent their couches

Serena Bailey April 9, 2016

It’s like Uber but for your couch. That’s how UA senior Chris Gonzalez-Tablada described a new app created by one of his high school friends, Georgia Tech student, Yanni Barghouty. The app, Spots,...

Travel guide: state fairs and spring festivals

Luci Willis April 9, 2016

Lights gleam from tents and rides overhead as people hop out off of a towering Ferris wheel and rush to beat the line at a nearby food vendor. Later, they arrive at the main stage just in time for the...

Druid City Arts Festival shows of Tuscaloosa's local culture

Druid City Arts Festival shows of Tuscaloosa's local culture

Chandler Padgett April 9, 2016

This Saturday, the usually quaint grassy lawn of Government Plaza will be covered with colorful art of all mediums and styles; the air will feature an aromatic concoction of food and live music. The Druid...

Universal Sigh, the Little Raine Band and Opposite Box to play Green Bar

Universal Sigh, the Little Raine Band and Opposite Box to play Green Bar

Dedrick Lee April 9, 2016

This weekend brings a new lineup of shows to Tuscaloosa's Green Bar.Universal Sigh will bring their mixed sound of jazz and rock to the venue on Thursday, April 7. Band members Steve Terry, Jones Maynard,...

Taste Tuscaloosa with the Great Tailgate BBQ Cookoff

Aaron Bonner April 9, 2016

This weekend, the volunteer organization Habitat for Humanity of Tuscaloosa will be giving back to the community in a new way – a barbecue cook-off.Habitat for Humanity of Tuscaloosa is a non-profit...

What's happening in Birmingham? Week of April 3

What's happening in Birmingham? Week of April 3

Luci Willis April 7, 2016

Critically acclaimed and Grammy award winning British folk rock band Mumford and Sons will visit Birmingham this Sunday during their An Arrow Through the Heartland tour. This will only be the band’s...

UA Theatre to present "Arcadia"

UA Theatre to present “Arcadia”

Aaron Bonner April 7, 2016

The theater is a place of escapism – one where attendees can view a world untouched by the editing process of film, where emotion is raw and pieces can bring the audience together to reach an understanding...

People of Tuscaloosa: Kayleb Rae Candrilli and MK Foster

People of Tuscaloosa: Kayleb Rae Candrilli and MK Foster

Ellen Johnson April 6, 2016

Kayleb Rae: "I really, really love poetry. I probably wouldn’t be able to live without it. I suppose I’m drawn most to poems that have an emotional core. So if a poem gives me goosebumps, which often...

Kentuck's Art Night brings art, music and food to Northport

Kentuck's Art Night brings art, music and food to Northport

Caroline Giddis April 5, 2016

Every first Thursday of the month, the streets of historic downtown Northport come alive with the Kentuck Art Center’s “Art Night”. This week’s event will feature the Crossroads Arts Alliance,...

Dr. Eugene Smith: An Alabamian Renaissance Man

Dr. Eugene Smith: An Alabamian Renaissance Man

Kasey Hullett April 4, 2016

With a bushy brown moustache and gold-rimmed spectacles, Dr. Eugene Allen Smith leaned up against the pine ferry crossing in Tuscaloosa and wiped the sweat from his brow. It was the summer of 1904, and...

New Orleans bands Galactic and Dumpstaphunk come to Tuscaloosa this week

Dedrick Lee April 4, 2016

This week New Orleans-based bands Galactic and Dumpstaphunk will bring their sounds to Tuscaloosa.For over 20 years, Galactic members Rich Vogel, Robert Mercurio, Stanton Moore, Ben Ellman and Jeff Raines...

Rotary Club holds fundraiser for Tuscaloosa community

Rotary Club holds fundraiser for Tuscaloosa community

Amanda Thompson April 4, 2016

When you're ready to relax before the 3-day weekend, the Rotary Club International is ready to wind down with you in their annual Wind Down with Rotary fundraiser. The event is a fundraiser for adults...