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Miss Sorority Row pageant comes to Bama Theatre

Jared Downing September 22, 2011

Who’s the prettiest gal on Sorority Row? Hard to tell, but we may find out at Friday’s Miss Sorority Row pageant, starting at 6 p.m. at the Bama Theatre. Sixteen damsels will compete with feats of...

Kadesh and the Perfect Strangers bring hip-hop, jazz fusion to Bo’s Bar

Alex Cohen September 22, 2011

Most people think of hip-hop in a limited number of ways. Maybe the typical image includes a solo singer or rapper, spitting and scatting lyrics through brass teeth over a prerecorded drum beat. But Kadesh...

All-girl band pays tribute to Rage Against the Machine

Adam Greene September 22, 2011

Take the Power Back, the world’s only all-female Rage Against the Machine tribute band, comes to Tuscaloosa’s Green Bar this Saturday night from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. “Simply put, people can expect to...

Guatemala is the college student’s Costa Rica

Jared Downing September 22, 2011

Guatemala’s Cahabón River flows down the tiny valley of Semuc Champey like a shotgun slug. The streams from the valley fall into seven cascading pools of turquoise, so still you can hear the monkeys...

Purgatorio at Allen Bales next week

Purgatorio at Allen Bales next week

Julie Fry September 22, 2011

The director jogs around the stairs in the Allen Bales Theater, watching the actors embrace for what might be the hundredth time, making sure it looks perfect from every angle.  He seems to have an “ah-ha”...

Bama fashion is in right now

Alyssa Locklar September 21, 2011

From Project Runway to Say Yes to the Dress, the University of Alabama fashion program is headed toward stardom one student at a time. This October, Rachel Wilkins, a senior majoring in fashion retail,...

Ancient Greek play ‘Hecuba’ comes to the Bama Theatre

Gabriel Dickson September 21, 2011

Euripides’ “Hecuba” is coming to Tuscaloosa for one night only on Thursday, Sept. 22 in the Greensboro Room at the Bama Theatre. The play deals with Queen Hecuba of Troy as a captive of the Greeks...

Artists' death brings life to their work instantly

Artists’ death brings life to their work instantly

Jefferson Fabian September 21, 2011

Upon hearing of French house electronica producer DJ Mehdi’s death last week, it made me reflect on the strange, tragic and paradoxical effects of the death of an artist. I have always found it somewhat...

'Bear Country' fails to go beyond the caricature

‘Bear Country’ fails to go beyond the caricature

Jared Downing September 21, 2011

I’ll admit, I took a wrong turn down Old Greensboro Highway on the way to Shelton State and showed up a few minutes late for “Bear Country.” Outside, the usher tried to fill me in.“Bryant’s just...

Students' sitcom pilot selected for N.Y. festival

Students’ sitcom pilot selected for N.Y. festival

Will Edwards September 21, 2011

Marcus Tortorici wants everyone to know that television is not just made in New York and Los Angeles. His single-camera situation comedy called “Re-Committed” was made by students right here at UA,...

Hawthorne Heights Q&A

Hawthorne Heights Q&A

Caroline Godwin September 19, 2011

Hawthorne Heights new EP “Hate” has a theme of hatred, as implied by the title. It has much more passion than previous CDs, and includes screaming in a lot of the songs, which their CDs have not really...

Tuscaloosa Top Three – Lunch

Avery Driggers September 19, 2011

There are lots of places to get a great lunch in town. These three made the cut because of their options, prices and overall tastiness. Next week, I’m ranking Tuscaloosa’s best casual dinner spots,...