Entertainment

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...

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...

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...

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 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 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 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...

TUESDAY, JUNE 17 Plato Jones, Coppertop THURSDAY, JUNE 19 Benjamin Hoefling, Green Bar Matt Bennett Trio, Rounders URI, Rhythm & Brews FRIDAY, JUNE 20 Velcro Pygmies, Rhythm &...

JOY DIVISION // THE LITTLE-KNOWN MASTERPIECE In August of 1979 an album was released under the Factory label out of Manchester, England that contained a sound so fresh, so innovative, that at first one...

FEMALE COP DRAMAS TAKING OVER // "RIZZOLI AND ISLES" GO TO WHOLE NEW LEVEL Crime dramas are all over the airwaves, from “Law & Order” serious to “21 Jump Street” funny. More rare is the...