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GONE FOREVER // WHERE DO PRESERVATIONISTS GO FROM HERE? By Anne R. Gibbons I was appointed to the Tuscaloosa Historic Preservation Commission for a three-year term in April 2011. I had been approached a...

THE TIDE'S TOP-10 RUNNING BACKS OF ALL TIME // ALABAMA RECRUITS THE BEST It’s one of the most exciting positions in college football, but has it become devalued? In the past, running backs were counted on...

ALABAMA RECRUITING // SOFTBALL LEAVES ITS MARK ON THE PLAYERS // MURPHY PROUD T.D. MOTON Brings Versatility Alabama picked up commitment number 18 in the 2015 class recently when Shreveport-Woodlawn, LA...

QUILTS // RENOWNED SELF-TAUGHT ARTIST YVONNE WELLS By Kevin Ledgewood The Arts Council of Tuscaloosa will host a presentation of work by quilter and artist Yvonne Wells at the Dinah Washington Cultural...

"PROCEED AND BE BOLD" // RURAL STUDIO ENTERS ITS 21st YEAR By Thelma Paulsen Hale County,Alabama, south of Tuscaloosa, shares the dark, rich soil of the Black Belt with its next-door neighbors. Although...

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...

BAMA ART HOUSE // SUMMER 2014 BEGINS JUNE 10 // SIX FILMS TO BE FEATURED The Bama Art House Summer Film Series will begin on June 10, 2014 and will feature six movies. A program of The Arts Council of...

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...

THURSDAY, MAY 1 WESTWOOD SINGERS, ROCK AND ROLL FOREVER WHEN: 7 p.m. COST: $5 adult, $1 child WHERE: Bama Theatre PHONE: 342.2666 LINK: tuscarts.org DESCRIPTION: Kicking off the Arts Council of...

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...