SketchBook: News 'n' notes on Gulf Coast arts al.com By Press-Register staff MONTGOMERY, Alabama — Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts has appointed Jennifer Jankauskas as curator of art. Jankauskas has held posts as an independent and institutional curator, most recently at the John Michael Kohler Arts ...
UNA moves entertainment department to downtown Florence Times Daily By Jennifer Edwards Staff Writer FLORENCE - The University of North Alabama will move its Department of Entertainment Industry into downtown Florence beginning this fall. The university signed a five-year lease agreement with Grammy award winner Gary ...
Editorial: Alabama's dark secret Dothan Eagle As for pitting dogs against each other until maimed or killed for entertainment and profit, many people believe you just can't get much lower. Yet across the nation – and, particularly, in Alabama – cockfights are held regularly despite being illegal ...
Yelawolf to perform with Jackie Chain, Cyhi Da Prince at Crossroads (video) The Huntsville Times - al.com HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- It's an understatement to say Michael Wayne Atha, more commonly known by his stage name Yelawolf, just simply loves his state. He bleeds it. The Gadsden native makes it known that representing Alabama is one of the top priorities ...
The bank-owned Wharf in Orange Beach now privately owned Press-Register - al.com (blog) (Press-Register/Mike Kittrell) ORANGE BEACH, Alabama -- The owner of the retail complex at The Wharf has purchased the remaining bank-owned real estate -- including a 220-slip marina and the 10000-seat amphitheater -- for about $14 million, ...
Texas, Alabama Compete for Recruiting Title AthlonSports.com As usual, the flip-flopping fireworks should provide plenty of entertainment for recruitniks and college football fans alike. But while fans bases all across the fruited plain await the vital decisions from Athlon Consensus 100 recruits like Dorial ... FOX Carolina 21Saban stocks up, DGB stays homeWHNS Greenville
Verizon Joins Alabama Gives Day With $5000 Grant Toward Alabama Tornado ... MarketWatch (press release) 2, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Verizon is kicking off Alabama Gives Day today with a $5000 donation from the Verizon Foundation to the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham's Alabama Tornado Recovery Fund. In addition, Verizon Wireless is ...
Hamelin's Garrett Thornton bringing solo music to Blind Mule on Friday Press-Register - al.com (Photo courtesy of Garrett Thornton) MOBILE, Alabama -- Mississippi native Garrett Thornton's “Salt of the Earth” was, in my very humble opinion, one of the best albums released last year by an artist based in our region. A collection of country and ...
'Rock and roll will never die': The world's hottest bands answer the ... The Independent And finally, to show that all it takes to counter the doomsayers is the arrival of an electrifying new voice, we talk to Brittany Howard, of the next band-most-likely-to, Alabama Shakes. So can we draw any conclusions from the Official Charts Company's ...