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Northport native wins Bassmaster Classic
Northport native Justin Hamner says he had a feeling about this year's Bassmaster Classic, and he cashed that feeling in by leading the tournament all three days and taking home more than $300,000 along with the big trophy, according to Bassmaster.com. The Classic was held on Grand Lake O' the...
Southern storyteller writes humorous memoir | DON NOBLE
Randy Cross, now retired from Calhoun Community College, is an institution in north Alabama. Cross earned a bachelor of arts degree at the University of North Alabama and then a Ph.D. at Ole Miss, specializing in Mark Twain, and made his reputation as a scholar writing introductions for reprints of T. S. Stribling’s novels and coediting Stribling’s unfinished autobiography, “Laughing Stock.” ...
Virtuoso violinist to perform at the University of Alabama
Ransom Wilson returned to Tuscaloosa endowed with a mission. The world-renowned flustist, conductor and educator, born in the Druid City, hired as the Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra's first music director from 1985-1992, before performing and conducting around the globe, and serving as professor of flute at Yale University for more than 30 years, took the Camilla Huxford Endowed Chair in Orchestral Studies at the University of Alabama in the fall 2023 semester.
TUSK CALENDAR: Who's playing and what's happening
This week in West Alabama, March 28-April 3, world-renowned violinist Glenn Dicterow solos with UA's Huxford Symphony Orchestra; Theatre Tuscaloosa holds its annual online-only auction/fundraiser, "Lights, Camera, Auction"; Druid City Brewing Co. hosts a chili contest; egg hunts and more. MUSIC THURSDAY ...
Daniel Donato on ‘cosmic country,’ his upcoming shows in Alabama and what has inspired him more than the Grateful Dead
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Just as much as the band onstage, the audience in front of them can influence the music being created. At least that’s how Daniel Donato looks at it. “If you believe in a song, you’re allowing it to stay here and have a life,” the 28-year-old musician Rolling Stone once dubbed […]
Shelton State Adds Saturday Matinee Performance to THE DIVINERS
Due to high demand and limited seating, Shelton State adds a performance to the run of The Diviners on Saturday, April 20, at 2 p.m. in the D-rooms on the Martin Campus of Shelton State Community College (9500 Old Greensboro Rd). The renovation of the Bean-Brown Theatre is underway, and...
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