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Sakura Festival displays Japanese culture

SoRelle Wyckoff March 3, 2011

The 25th annual Sakura Festival will take place throughout the month of March around the Tuscaloosa community. The festival highlights Japanese culture through music, art and education.  With the help...

Young band embraces music of the past

Trey Irby March 3, 2011

Five men in suits cornered me outside of Egan’s on Saturday night. Normally, this is petrifying for a human being, as it seems like the beginning of every mob movie ever made. Thankfully, the guys weren’t...

College of Arts & Sciences to host fundraising party

Lauren Ferguson February 25, 2011

There will be a “Starry Night” during the College of Arts and Sciences Leadership Board’s seventh annual Arty Party Saturday Feb. 26 at 6 p.m. in Woods Quad and the surrounding buildings. The Arty...

Christian Night Club welcomes performers

Alyssa Locklar February 24, 2011

The African American Gospel Choir will host their Spring Christian Night Club Event this Saturday night from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Ferguson Center Game Room. Not literally a “night club,” the event is...

Blues bar gets green makeover

Blues bar gets green makeover

Jordan Staggs February 24, 2011

Patrons of the downtown Temerson Square area might notice something new this weekend – a little color change has occurred in the space beside Wilhagan’s, as its small neighboring bar has transformed...

Grammy results show shifting taste in music

Christiane Smedley February 22, 2011

Read a music column in a newspaper, magazine or online, and you will most likely be reading the opinions of a music elitist. I would even venture to say that you know a few of these types as well. A music...

Music: GaGa births a new race

Music: GaGa births a new race

Adrian Garcia February 20, 2011

Monsters rejoice! Lady GaGa’s “Born This Way” has finally surfaced, and it’s a hit. The disco-synth banger debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100—GaGa’s third #1. It shattered all previous...

Chinchillionaires to play at Gallettes, Booth

Alexandra Ellsworth February 17, 2011

Though local band The Chinchillionaires has been playing together since high school, they didn’t begin playing shows in Tuscaloosa until about a year ago. The band is comprised of three members –...

Freshman named first Bama Idol

Freshman named first Bama Idol

SoRelle Wyckoff February 16, 2011

View Video Last night the Ferguson Center Ballroom sat in silence awaiting the announcement of the first-ever Bama Idol winner. With a title, an iPad and a Flip camera up for grabs, the night came to...

Sparrow and the Ghost proud to be old school

Trey Irby February 16, 2011

I knocked on the door of Reed Watson’s apartment and was immediately greeted by a fierce cat. The cat, named Otis, was a stray – only a few weeks old – picked up by Watson outside a Barnes and Noble...

Bama Idol singers take the stage

SoRelle Wyckoff February 15, 2011

The University  of Alabama will put its own spin on “American Idol” Wednesday night in the Ferguson Center Ballroom as 10 student finalists take the stage in hopes of receiving the title of the first...

Sponsors provide free tickets for Tinsley Ellis concert

Sponsors provide free tickets for Tinsley Ellis concert

Stephanie Brumfield February 15, 2011

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...