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Campfires aid blood pressure, study says

Campfires aid blood pressure, study says

Laura Testino January 21, 2015

Campfires contribute more than heat and the ideal marshmallow roasting conditions – the flickering orange and gold flames also lower blood pressure, according to a research study conducted by Christopher...

Poehler's interactive autobiography goes beyond typical life lessons

Poehler's interactive autobiography goes beyond typical life lessons

Tori Linville January 20, 2015

With chapter titles like “Humping Justin Timberlake” and essays dubbed “I’m Worried Not Enough People Hate Me,” it’s easy to figure out why Amy Poehler’s “Yes Please” was in the humor...

Professor doubles as musician

Professor doubles as musician

Andrew Laningham January 20, 2015

At open mics all around Tuscaloosa and Birmingham, Alan Lane becomes Doobie “Doghouse” Wilson, playing blues and folk music at clubs in the area.Lane, a chemical engineering professor, started playing...

Sleater-Kinney keeps breaking rules with album 'No Cities to Love'

Sleater-Kinney keeps breaking rules with album 'No Cities to Love'

Jordan Cissell January 20, 2015

“We win, we lose. Only 
together do we break the rules.”From the moment they groped and clawed their way to the top of the Pacific Northwest’s riot grrrl scene in the mid-1990s, those words –...

Alabama Action Abroad to hold info meetings

Alabama Action Abroad to hold info meetings

Peyton Shepard January 20, 2015

Alabama Action Abroad is a program designed to teach students about local culture and needs of communities in South America as well as develop leadership and teamwork skills. The group organizes two week-long...

6 Biggest Oscar nomination snubs of 2015 season

Drew Pendleton January 20, 2015

While the Oscars are a much-anticipated event, for some fans, they have a damper cast on them. Every year, someone is left out of the lineup, and while this year’s is an interesting mix, some contenders...

Band aims to revive classic music with Zeppelin

Band aims to revive classic music with Zeppelin

Drew Pendleton January 19, 2015

Led Zeppelin’s 1971 album “Led Zeppelin IV” will come to life in Tuscaloosa on Saturday, as the Black Jacket Symphony prepares to take the stage at the Bama Theatre.Founded by Birmingham musician...

Bridges shows '60s style

Amy Marino January 19, 2015

From Fort Worth, Texas, Leon Bridges may as well be a living, singing time capsule from the ‘60s. Initially interested in choreography, this modern-day Sam Cooke only picked up the guitar four years...

Duo set to play at Green Bar

Duo set to play at Green Bar

Kinsey Haynes January 15, 2015

10 Cent Cigars, a band from Bayfield, Wisconsin, will make its Tuscaloosa debut at Green Bar Saturday.The band formed in 2011 and their name stems from a novel by J. Edgar Rice. The band’s name was originally...

Page to Stage to feature folk, literature readings

Page to Stage to feature folk, literature readings

Stephanie Gaytan January 15, 2015

Theatre Tuscaloosa will present Page to Stage: Kate Campbell and Wayne Flynt, a performance that will readings by Pulitzer-nominated historian and writer Wayne Flynt and folk singer and storyteller Kate...

Experimental film exhibition 'Seek You' explores Morse code

Experimental film exhibition 'Seek You' explores Morse code

Andrew Laningham January 15, 2015

Inside the Sella-Granata Art Gallery, light bounces off of the walls, telegraphs buzz, fish swim under ice and goats can be heard running through a field. This is Erin Colleen Johnson’s “Seek You.”“Seek...

Exhibit showcases biodiversity in Alabama

Exhibit showcases biodiversity in Alabama

Margaret Wilbourne January 15, 2015

“Fishes of Alabama,” an exhibition containing over 50 original illustrations by acclaimed artist Joseph Tomelleri, is being featured at The University of Alabama’s gallery in the Dinah Washington...