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![Located at 1901 Jack Warner Parkway next to the Tuscaloosa Public Library, the Queen City Pool and Pool House is the proposed new location for Kentuck.](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Queen-City-PoolHouse-2-1200x973.jpg)
Kentuck Art Center and City of Tuscaloosa plan to repurpose Queen City Pool and Pool House
Brandon Smith, Assistant Culture Editor
• May 17, 2024
![‘Totally Far-Out Tuesday’: a fundraising event for UA theater and dance](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/8BAC699C-1E97-48CF-A4A0-910D54CF5B2A.jpeg)
‘Totally Far-Out Tuesday’: a fundraising event for UA theater and dance
Brandon Smith, Race and Identity Reporter
• April 14, 2024
![UA mock trial team turns tables and heads as it prepares for nationals](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Copy_of_Copy_of_Copy_of_IMG_1054.jpeg)
UA mock trial team turns tables and heads as it prepares for nationals
Brandon Smith, Race and Identity Reporter
• April 7, 2024
![Artist Sharon Butler introduces UA to growing art trend](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/7d583a7ee62fc7b9c158348dd10b3df8c1529195.jpeg)
Artist Sharon Butler introduces UA to growing art trend
Brandon Smith, Race and Identity Reporter
• March 31, 2024
![A student at UA BISON Indigenous culture exhibition in Fall 2023.](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/ELM_8075.jpeg)
BISON hosts musician Ron Warren to teach students about Native American flute-playing
Brandon Smith, Race and Identity Reporter
• March 24, 2024
![Eternal Sunshine: singer Ariana Grande turns her face toward the sun](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/b-Ariana-Grande-cr-Katia-Temkin-01-press-2024-billboard-1548.webp)
Eternal Sunshine: singer Ariana Grande turns her face toward the sun
Brandon Smith, Race and Identity Reporter
• March 17, 2024
![New Avanti Orientation leaders pose for a group photo.](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Screenshot_20240224_160047_Instagram.jpeg)
Black students are the welcoming faces of UA
Brandon Smith, Race and Identity Reporter
• February 28, 2024
![Oedipus, the first play directed by a Black student director in UA Theatre history premiered last Monday.](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IMG_5128-806x1200.jpeg)
Theater department’s first Black student director reinvents the story of Oedipus
Brandon Smith, Race and Identity Reporter
• February 11, 2024
![Getting the Plastics back together: ‘Mean Girls’ is revived for theater release](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot_4-763x1200.png)
Getting the Plastics back together: ‘Mean Girls’ is revived for theater release
Brandon Smith, Race and Identity Reporter
• January 24, 2024
![People participate in the MLK March of Jan. 15 in Tuscaloosa, Ala.](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/53468462805_fd54f8884c_o.jpeg)
March on Tuscaloosa: School of Social Work celebrates the legacy of Dr. King
Brandon Smith, Race and Identity Reporter
• January 21, 2024
![‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes’: A song good enough for the ear to listen](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/official-poster-for-the-hunger-games-the-ballad-of-v0-iemrqmt10iwa1.webp)
‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes’: A song good enough for the ear to listen
Brandon Smith, Race and Identity Reporter
• December 3, 2023
![Attendees at SWACA’s Religious Awareness Day event](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG-7116-1200x900.jpeg)
SWACA creates safe space for students to share religious beliefs
Brandon Smith, Race and Identity Reporter
• November 26, 2023
![‘Silly, scary, spooky’: Robert Fuson describes ‘The Rocky Horror Show’](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG_2560-768x768-1.jpeg)
‘Silly, scary, spooky’: Robert Fuson describes ‘The Rocky Horror Show’
Brandon Smith, Race and Identity Reporter
• November 5, 2023
![The survival of Native American history through storytelling and art](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/CNS_8780-1200x800.jpeg)
The survival of Native American history through storytelling and art
Alejandro Jimenez and Brandon Smith
• November 1, 2023
![The Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Greek house.](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/CNS.AlphaKappaAlpha-1200x800.jpg)
The Divine Nine and the creation of a more inclusive campus
Zara Morgan and Brandon Smith
• October 11, 2023
![War on display at the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_2253_copy_mid.jpeg)
War on display at the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center
Brandon Smith, Contributing Writer
• September 17, 2023
![Student and Faculty attend Multicultural Coffee Hour in the Student Center on Friday, Sept. 1.](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_9970.jpeg)
Upcoming UA events for students to kick off fall semester
Brandon Smith and Anna Hill
• September 6, 2023
![Juneteenth: Celebrating 157 years of freedom](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/juneteenth.jpg)
Juneteenth: Celebrating 157 years of freedom
Brandon Smith, Contributing Writer
• June 14, 2023
![Review: “Frontières Sans Frontières” appears on the stage of the Allen Bales Theatre](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2_1-900x600.jpg)
Review: “Frontières Sans Frontières” appears on the stage of the Allen Bales Theatre
Brandon Smith, Contributing Writer
• March 29, 2023
![Roscoe Hall’s homecoming exhibit at the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/4856_David_Gray-900x600.jpg)
Roscoe Hall’s homecoming exhibit at the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center
Brandon Smith, Contributing Writer
• February 5, 2023
![Review: “Small Mouth Sounds” returns to the stage with UA Theatre and Dance](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/small_mouth_sounds_02-900x600.jpg)
Review: “Small Mouth Sounds” returns to the stage with UA Theatre and Dance
Brandon Smith, Contributing Writer
• November 13, 2022
![Moundville Native American Festival: remembering the past, hope for the future](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/1710011_MW_0151_native_american_festival-900x599.jpg)
Moundville Native American Festival: remembering the past, hope for the future
Brandon Smith, Contributing Writer
• October 30, 2022
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