I joined the staff of The Crimson White as soon as I moved to Tuscaloosa for college. I was an unpaid contributing writer, I knew pretty much no one in town, and I was living alone in an empty four-bedroom...

Abortion is one of the most contentious issues on the University’s campus. To see proof of this, you don’t need to look further than the sidewalk.  Both pro and anti-abortion groups frequently use...

In 2012, Islamic militants killed four soldiers at a U.S. embassy in Benghazi and every conservative in America blamed President Obama. The administration’s response to the attacks sparked fiery right-wing...

Donald Trump was elected President because he made a grand, impossible promise to the American people: that he would build a Great Wall of America on our country’s southern border that would finally...

I hate Ben Shapiro. The conservative commentator and editor of The Daily Wire, who recently spoke at Berkeley to kick off their “free speech week,” is contemptible for many reasons, not the least of...

I agree with Kyle Campbell that Donald Trump's potential intervention in Syria is a bad idea. In a recent column, he argued that our new administration’s possible plan to use ground troops against Bashar...

It’s probably the most maligned cinematic genre. The horror film, a beloved Halloween tradition, is typically associated with misogynistic slasher movies, “torture porn” and low-rent drive-in flicks....

A new exhibit at The University of Alabama allows viewers to choose the endings to thirteen stories told through drawings. In another exhibit, students are confronted with sculptures that capture the...

Millennials might be having less sex than their parents did.That’s at least according to a study called “Sexual Activity During Young Adulthood Is More Common Among U.S. Millennials and iGen,” published...

For the first time ever, work by the art faculty of both the University and UAB is being displayed together. A joint exhibition in in Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center in downtown Tuscaloosa features...

It’s one of the largest film festivals in the South, and it screens everything from internationally recognized independent movies to locally-made shorts and documentaries. Sidewalk Film Festival, entering...

In the deepest pit of hell, Lucifer stares you down. His hands are on the shoulders of Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin, and behind him are more of history’s most reviled figures, including Napoleon and...

Ashley Taube was two years cancer-free. Her doctors had performed a risky procedure on the high school math teacher in 2012, removing a tumor from her pancreas, and they were confident they had eliminated...

Book lovers beware. Hidden on the left hand side of the Tuscaloosa Public Library is a treasure trove filled with fiction, biographies, westerns and more, all costing between $1 and $3. Once you discover...

The Bama Theatre is starting this year's second Art House Film series tonight, with a new documentary from director Michael Moore. The doors to the show open at 6:30, and the film starts at 7:30.In "Where...

A new film by Micheal Moore will be playing at the Bama Theatre. The Dirty Lungs will perform at Green Bar. And Bobby Bones will put on a one-man comedy show. This is the week in culture.Tuesday March...

According to a new ranking created by Business First, the University of Alabama is one of the top 75 public colleges in the country. The survey places UA at number 54.Factors taken into account to create...

UPDATED: 6 p.m. 02/23/16The Tuscaloosa area is under a tornado watch until midnight tonight, alongside flash flood watches and wind advisories, according to the National Weather Service in Birmingham.Tuscaloosa...

At a dance recital in a crowded theatre, the use of cell phones is typically strictly forbidden. But at an upcoming show put on by the University’s Theatre and Dance department, it will be encouraged.The...

The death of a lord throws an aristocratic family into turmoil. A mother is left without her husband, and a son returns home to learn his father wasn’t the man he thought he knew.This is the story of...

The week's arts and entertainment events, from gallery openings to local music, all in one place.Wednesday, February 10Hudson Strode Presents "Throne of Blood"What: Akira Kurosawa's classic film retells...

Lee Keyes is the executive director of the Counseling Center and a licensed psychologist.Q: What do you think are some of the most common stressors that students who are not mentally ill face?A: Academic...

Aspiring auteurs and movie fans will gather in the Ferguson Center Theater on Thursday night, for the finale of the Campus Movie Festival. A group of would-be directors who submitted films for the contest...

The back office of Tuscaloosa’s only extant record store is an audiophile’s fantasy, a space cluttered with piles of CDs and records. One stack of ready-to-sell vinyl is neat and organized, composed...

The fifth floor of Gorgas Library is filled with beautiful leather-bound books of art, iron cutting boards, and giant wheels that apply wet ink to crisp paper. One of the floor’s well-fenestrated halls...

Lonely figures in stark black and white dwell on existence. One is trapped in a wooden prison, being watched by an immense, muscular overlord. Another reclines with a flag between her feet. A third sits...

Scary movies, costume parties, candy – this is Halloween, the modern incarnation of a holiday that has its origins in the fusion of pagan harvest festivals and Christian commemorations of the dead.Halloween...

There is a tension in the air at the Bean-Brown Theatre on Thursday night as the cast of "To Kill A Mockingbird" appear in full costume for a photo shoot. Actors discuss a strong desire to do right...

The fall season of the Bama Art House film series was scheduled to wind down last night, with a showing of “The End of the Tour,” a biopic about writer David Foster Wallace. The film starred Jason...

By day, a downtown storefront nestled near Birmingham’s Alabama Theatre is the studio of artist Amy Pleasant. But at night, she often transforms this space into a gallery for the work of others. The...

When he's in public, gets strange looks from people, their eyes drifting down to the sleeve of tattoos running down his left arm. But Bryan McKinley doesn’t let this faze him. In Cynical Tattoos,...

The Ferguson Ballroom filled with the sound of music from the other side of the world Thursday Oct. 8, as the University of Alabama students danced and sang in a celebration of Indian culture.Last night,...

Ebola Lola glided around the curve of the skating rink, exhausted. She was attempting a grueling initiation rite to join the Druid City Dames – completing 27 laps on a regulation track in under five...

“IO Hawks,” “Funky Ducks,” “Hover Boards.” These are all names that describe the sleek, two-wheeled, futuristic devices. Students weave on them and slide between pedestrians, cutting their...

Dozens of moviegoers gathered on a brisk fall night in 1998 to see the first Manhattan Short Film Festival. The event’s original incarnation featured twelve short films, which were screened on the side...

By Sam West | Staff ReporterThe growing lack of privacy and the increasing role of technology in today’s world is a worry for many people. This issue is explored intently in “[mon-i-ter],” a new...

It’s hard to think of a more charming place in Tuscaloosa than the Bama Theatre. The facade of the building lights up all of downtown when a show or movie is playing. Posters in the interior reminisce...

The story of a mad billionaire, a mysterious aide and two alluring women will be put on stage. “Seduced,” a drama by acclaimed playwright Sam Shepard, will run until the end of the week at the Allen...

"Hither and Yon" is a new exhibit at the Fuel and Lumber Company gallery in Downtown Birmingham that attempts to reckon with a modern situation—the internet age and its assault of jumbled together images,...

It’s the size of a grapefruit and holds up to 400 pounds. It’s both an adventure hobby and a nest to curl up and sleep in—a rare combination of nylon suspended in the air, tied between 
two trees.Hammocking—or...

Drunk and with nowhere to turn, Joe Jackson found himself standing in front of the Tuscaloosa YMCA. After the death of his son, Jackson had begun numbing the pain with alcohol. That cost him his marriage,...

When Conan O’Brien took over “The Tonight Show” from Jay Leno in 2009, many fans of O’Brien’s surreal, cerebral and often bizarre comedy were disappointed. They felt as though the host had to...

Rock aficionados who have always wanted to hear songs like “Hells Bells” and “You Shook Me All Night Long” live in concert will finally have the opportunity 
Friday.The Black Jacket Symphony,...

The sport most associated with The University of Alabama may use helmets and shoulder pads as a sort of armor, but a new athletic activity hoping to come to the University uses bamboo swords, chest plates...

Protestors and police fight as a man with the head of a tiger is crowned king by an angel. A jilted manikin bride stands alone at an empty outdoor wedding. A lupine scientist is flanked by skeletons and...

The famous saxophone solo at the end of Bruce Springsteen's “Born to Run” played out Jon Stewart’s last episode of "The Daily Show” a few weeks ago, as 'The Boss' paid tribute to a comedian whose...

It’s hard to miss the Bama Theatre when you’re in the downtown area. The facade of the movie house is bold, bright and classic-looking, reflecting the era in which it was created. The Bama Theatre...

The Bama Theatre is known for independent film, drama, dance and live music. But through its Junior League Gallery, the venue is also a space for the visual arts, such as the exhibit by painter and University...

Hollywood, the glittering epicenter of the American film industry, is home to the Campus MovieFest, an exhibition that honors the best young auteurs in the country. This year, three University of Alabama...

A blend of bluegrass, folk and Celtic musical genres characterize the style of Henri’s Notions, a Tuscaloosa band internationally recognized for their 
distinct sound.The group will perform an acoustic...

A 31-foot-long, two-story tall recreation of Prince Eric’s ship. A troupe of professional actors and musicians. And performances of iconic songs everyone knows and loves.All of this can be seen at the...

Music, fireworks and a water skiing tournament are just some of the events that will be a part of this year’s Celebration on the River. The festivities, which will be held at the River Market area downtown,...

Over 400 pieces of art were recently acquired by The University of Alabama College of Arts and Sciences, and a handful of these works will soon go on display for the first time ever. This exhibit, “Lately,”...

By Sam West | Contributing WriterNew York City is home to the 2015 Young Choreographer’s Festival, where the recent University of Alabama dance and musical theatre graduate Ameen Price-Burnett will lead...

A Windgate Fellowship worth $15,000 was recently awarded to University of Alabama senior Alexandra “Ali” Hval for her work in textile craft. The grant is given to 10 graduating seniors each year who...

Of the lessons Chip Cooper learned from his time photographing in Cuba, one stood out as the most important: “They live in their needs. We live in our wants.”While in Cuba, Cooper photographed the...