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HAM HAM JAM JAM // LOCAL MUSICIAN CELEBRATED AT EGANS // THREE NIGHTS The Tuscaloosa music scene has been marked by several great artists over the years, but very few would qualify as “legends”....

"GODZILLA – 2014" // THIS CREATURE IS TREATED WITH RESPECT Believe it or not, although the Japanese made their landmark monster movie “Godzilla” in 1954, Hollywood beat them to the punch with “The...

GETTING BETTER WITH AGE // WITH WEST ALABAMA MOUNTAIN BIKING ASSOCIATION Michael Cornwell doesn't spend much time being idle, and he has the scars to prove it. Now 70, he has devoted most of his life to...

"GOOD LORD, IS THIS BOOZE?" // FASCIST PIG ALE By Brett Reid I’ve been at home for a majority of the day today, finishing projects I had out for freelance work and what not, so I decided to kick back,...

CIGAR CITY'S MADURO BROWN // DELIGHTFUL I recently got the Maduro Brown Ale in a pick six from Spirits, a package store in Northport, and really enjoyed it, but I didn’t get a grasp of the greatness that...

LAST TRAIN TO ELSEWHERE // TUSCALOOSA MONORAIL // "IT'S OUR BABY" Tuscaloosa has a proud and unique history that stretches back hundreds of years and links itself to many physical markers throughout the...

WHAT DIXIE TAUGHT ME  // I'M HEADED SOUTH Half of the student body at the University of Alabama was predestined to attend college in Tuscaloosa. They grew up hearing tales about God’s favorite man, Bear...

UA'S MOUNDVILLE MUSEUM CELEBRATES 75 YEARS // YOU ARE INVITED It’s a birthday celebration, and one you don’t want to miss. The University of Alabama’s Jones Museum at Moundville Archaeological Park is...

THE LAUGH TRACK // THE RETURN OF STAND-UP COMEDY TO TUSCALOOSA The laughs in Tuscaloosa have taken a hit in recent months. Beginning in 2013, Stand-Up Tuscaloosa was a collective of Tuscaloosa comedians,...

FOR LEGALIZATION // CARLY'S LAW IS HISTORY-MAKING In recent years, Alabama politics have been notoriously combative, slow-moving, and occasionally corrupt. However, there is one person able to unite Alabama...