Quidditch 101: Navigating the Tournament Quidditch on the Quad is back for its second year in a row, and with nearly double the amount of teams signed up to play. Preliminary rounds begin tonight at...
Kerry Kennedy, tornado-shaped ceramic mugs Kentuck artist-in-residence Kerry Kennedy, a potter and owner of FireHorse Pottery Studios, created what she calls “twister tumblers” to raise money for...
1. Sanford Media Center Tucked away on the second floor of Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library is every budding digital artist’s dream come true. The Sanford Media Center, located in room 205B, offers free...
A desolate landscape exists where tree-crushed houses and piles of rubble used to stand. But thanks to Coker resident Jean Mills, brightly colored banners with pictures of hot air balloons, flowers, trees...
“The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society” Photo Credit: Random House Caption: Part romance, part comedy and part history lesson, “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society,”...
“I hate theatre. Well, it’s so disappointing, isn’t it? You know what I do when I’m sitting in a darkened theatre waiting for the curtain to rise? I pray. Dear God, please let it be a good show.”...
Sometimes, a bare wall is all that is needed for inspiration. For assistant professor of art Sky Shineman, it was a bare wall that sparked her interest in light, an interest she has since incorporated...
Like most graduating seniors, Michael Wynn left Tuscaloosa much earlier than he had planned. Rather than having a week and a half to say goodbye to his friends and newfound home, he had two days. Little...
Do you have a favorite body of water? Mine is the river. I love rivers, especially because of what they do to cities – that is, they authenticate them, give them resiliency, knowledge, history, life....
As the semester is coming to an end for students, it is also coming to an end for the intern-run Slash Pine Press, which will host its final event of the semester on Saturday morning. Just a few weekends...
Unlike last year’s Druid City Arts Festival, this year’s doesn’t revolve solely around musicians and visual artists. For the first time, storytellers will have their own tent at the festival as well...
Ally Nevarez is no ordinary graduate student. Not only is she pursuing two degrees – one in book arts and another in library science – but she is also giving away 75 books for free, all of which she...
Are you stuck in Tuscaloosa for Spring Break? Don’t worry! The Scene has all sorts of suggestions to keep you occupied and entertained while you’re here. Whether you make a few day trips to Tuscaloosa’s...
Deep in the heart of Greensboro, just 45 minutes south of Tuscaloosa, traditional business models are a thing of the past. For PieLab, this means blurring the line between restaurant and design studio,...
Singer-songwriter and hard-rocking blues guitarist Tinsley Ellis will return to the Bama Theatre Thursday night, only this time the show is free. Having toured consistently since the 80s, Ellis has played...
Just five days before the opening night of Dance Alabama!, at one of the dancers’ last dress rehearsals, director and professor of dance Cornelius Carter addressed his students: “Everything better...
The sounds of jazz, hip hop and electronic music will fill The Dixie tonight in the form of the band Zoogma, a five-piece electronic group known for its high-energy musical performances and light shows....
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr., the 22nd annual “Realizing the Dream” concert will be held on Saturday night at 7:30 in the Moody Music Building. The concert will feature the best current black...
At Wilhagan’s, school doesn’t start until Feb. 2. Beer school, that is. For $30, patrons can attend six one-hour classes, all of which will be held at Wilhagan’s on Wednesday nights starting at...
To commemorate the 2009 national championship, the Birmingham-based company ActionSportsArt has released “Red Sea Parting,” a multi-layer image that shows running back Mark Ingram plowing through the...
To commemorate the 2009 national championship, the Birmingham-based company ActionSportsArt has released “Red Sea Parting,” a multi-layer image that shows running back Mark Ingram plowing through the...
Nearly every seat was filled at the Bama Theatre for Wednesday night’s second annual International Documenting Justice screening, presented by the Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility, the department...
After spending a year and a half learning the ins and outs of filmmaking and traveling to far-off places, five students will present four documentaries about their travels tonight at 7 at the Bama Theatre....
Sunday afternoon didn’t see its usual post-game day lull this weekend. Instead, hundreds of first-time Quidditch players and nearly 1,500 spectators gathered for World Cup Quidditch on the Quad. The...
Nearly 500 students will mount broomsticks, throw Quaffles, and dodge Bludgers on the Quad for World Cup Quidditch this weekend. Based on the best-selling Harry Potter book series by J.K. Rowling, the...
Local art gallery owners will keep their doors open late tonight for November’s Art Night, where art lovers can enjoy new and old exhibits, cob oven pizzas and live music from 5 to 9 p.m. Two new exhibits...
Do you believe in ghosts? People say Tuscaloosa is full of them because of its rich history of violence, eccentrics and Civil War lore. Whether visiting old plantation homes or sites of untimely and gruesome...
The University’s undergraduate literary magazine Marr’s Field Journal will host their fourth annual Rock N Roll Over in Your Grave Open Mic Night on Sunday from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the Ferguson Game...
The potters, blacksmiths and basket makers of Northport’s Kentuck Festival of the Arts are back for another year of sharing their art with the Tuscaloosa-Northport community. From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. this...
According to author Keith Sawyer, creativity is not limited to the arts and humanities. In his lecture titled “Educating for Innovation,” scheduled for 7:30 p.m. tonight, he will speak to students...
After months of research, McNair scholar and art major Patricia Davis will show a series of mixed-media prints in the Ferguson Center Art Gallery. The exhibit, titled “INVASION — Representations of...
Those in need of a mid-week laugh and a break from studying for mid-terms can go to Little Willie’s Tuesday night at 9 p.m. and join the stand-up comedians of ComicKaze. The ComicKaze comedians, whose...
For those who missed singer-songwriter Aimee Mann’s performance at the Bama Theatre in 2008, she’s back with a new style. Tonight at 8 at the Bama Theatre, Mann will perform an unplugged version of...
Two of the Russian National Orchestra’s principal players, Vladislav Lavrik and Maxim Rubtsov, will bring jazz and contemporary sounds to the Moody Music Building Concert Hall tonight at 7:30. The concert...
A new influx of paintings by the Tuscaloosa and University Women Painters will adorn the otherwise plain walls of the University Medical Center beginning today at 11:30 a.m. The Painters, who swap out...
Can students majoring in English, art, music and the humanities do something with their degrees other than teach? The answer is yes, and the professionals participating in the Writing & series are living...
Luke Bryan, one of country music’s hottest new stars, is performing at the Bama Theatre tonight at 9 p.m. Bryan, who has been nominated for the Best New Artist category at the CMA Awards this November,...
Students will have the opportunity to sample Chinese and Indian food, learn about Asia-related student organizations, and participate in several Asian culture activities at 6 p.m. tonight on Woods Quad....
How does one start a poem? With a question? With a pause? These were the beginning phrases of the collective storytelling board at Get Creative Night hosted by Creative Campus. The board, which included...
By 6 p.m. Tuesday night, Creative Campus headquarters Maxwell Hall will be completely transformed. For one night only, Maxwell Hall won’t just be an office and workspace for the Creative Campus interns....
After 12 years of being the Director of Educational Programs for the Arts and Humanities Council of Tuscaloosa, Sandra Wolfe is taking over the Executive Director position. With several plans already...
Almost a year from their first-ever performance at Tuscaloosa’s Hip Hop Summit 2009, the musical group Kadesh and the Perfect Strangers is teaming up with hip hop artist a2z to form The Alphabet Detectives,...
How are you going? How do you go? These are the greetings I received during my one-month stay in New Zealand. It took me a little while to figure out what I was being asked, but I’ve since learned...
The University Singers will perform a concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City on May 3. “This is the first time the University Singers have ever performed in Carnegie Hall,” said Wesley King, a...
