OKRA FESTIVAL // ANNUAL EVENT SUSTAINS RURAL COMMUNITY Linda Johnson August 8, 2014 Arts, Entertainment 7 Comments OKRA FESTIVAL // ANNUAL EVENT SUSTAINS RURAL COMMUNITY by Amanda Burleigh The 14th annual Okra Festival will be held in Burkville, Alabama, on August 30 this year. What started as a neighborhood party...
“IN THE FLESH” // IT’S A TERRIFIC SERIES, THAT’S ALL Cara Brake August 8, 2014 Entertainment, Reviews 15 Comments "IN THE FLESH" // IT'S A TERRIFIC SERIES, THAT'S ALL When someone thinks about watching a show about zombies, shows like "The Walking Dead" come to mind; bloody, flesh eating zombies. Would one, however,...
“THE PURGE: ANARCHY” // PALATABLE PARANOIA // ALL CRIME IS LEGAL Van Roberts August 8, 2014 Entertainment, Reviews 12 Comments "THE PURGE: ANARCHY" // PALATABLE PARANOIA // ALL CRIME IS LEGAL Eighteenth century Irish author and satirist Jonathan Swift would have enjoyed writer & director James DeManaco’s violent, sanguine,...
SUNNY BEACHES // AND OTHER RECREATION ON A BUDGET Jerome Adams August 8, 2014 Entertainment, Features 10 Comments SUNNY BEACHES // AND OTHER RECREATION ON A BUDGET Nine miles from Tuscaloosa/Northport cities is Lake Lurleen State Park, named after Alabama's only female governor, who was the wife of George Wallace, and...
REST IN PEACE, JOHNNY WINTER Trey Daniels July 28, 2014 Entertainment, Music 7 Comments July 16th brought America closer to the end of an era. As the years go on, the country loses more and more artists who forged one of the most influential genres of American popular music: blues. Born in...
“HALT AND CATCH FIRE” // AMC IS BACK FROM THE DEAD Cara Brake July 28, 2014 Entertainment, Reviews 42 Comments Most of us now have a "default" form of communicating — the "smartphone." It’s also in every movie, show, and web series that needs a cell phone. The smartphone is a way of life for us today — and in...
CLASSIC TALES WITH A TWIST // FIRST NOVEL Cara Brake July 28, 2014 Entertainment, Reviews 9 Comments Everyone wishes, at some point in their life, to travel to another world. Whether to escape bills, stress or work, one dreams of escaping to a land where anything is possible, and the imaginary transcends...
“EDGE OF TOMORROW” // EXCITING AND IMMENSELY ENTERTAINING Van Roberts June 30, 2014 Entertainment, Reviews 9 Comments "EDGE OF TOMORROW" // EXCITING AND IMMENSELY ENTERTAINING The soldier that Tom Cruise plays in “Edge of Tomorrow” gets his butt kicked all over creation. “Bourne Identity” director Doug Limon’s...
ONE NIGHT ONLY // A.C.T. ACTORS DELIVER ORIGINAL PERFORMANCE OF CLASSIC Herb Neu June 18, 2014 Arts, Entertainment, Reviews 35 Comments ONE NIGHT ONLY // A.C.T. ACTORS DELIVER ORIGINAL PERFORMANCE OF CLASSIC The cast of the Actor's Charitable Theatre’s production of Steel Magnolias tried their hardest to avoid watching the movie...
RED CLAY DIARY // WHEN YOU WISH UPON A BOOK Jim Reed June 18, 2014 Entertainment, Reviews 8 Comments RED CLAY DIARY // WHEN YOU WISH UPON A BOOK When you invest all your dreams in writing a book, you never expect to receive the Ultimate Review—you know, the review of all reviews, the review that shows...