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Preview: Northport to host annual West Alabama Food & Wine Festival

Preview: Northport to host annual West Alabama Food & Wine Festival

Alyssa Schubert, Staff Reporter April 24, 2023

Who: Downtown Northport  What: The West Alabama Food & Wine Festival  When: Sunday, April 30, 4:30 p.m. general admission  Where: Downtown Northport’s Main Avenue  Why:  On Sunday,...

Black Warrior Film Festival celebrates its 10th anniversary

Black Warrior Film Festival celebrates its 10th anniversary

Alyssa Schubert, Staff Reporter March 29, 2023

The Black Warrior Film Festival is one of The University of Alabama’s most anticipated events of the year, and the wait for it is almost over. Celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, the student-run...

Culture Pick: How “Daisy Jones and the Six” became the most authentic ‘fake’ band

Culture Pick: How “Daisy Jones and the Six” became the most authentic ‘fake’ band

Alyssa Schubert, Staff Reporter March 29, 2023

The first thing you might read when you pick up Taylor Jenkin Reid’s book “Daisy Jones and the Six” is that the story is entirely a work of fiction and any resemblance to real life people is merely...

Good Riddance album cover.

Culture Pick: Gracie Abrams stuns with debut album “Good Riddance”

Alyssa Schubert, Staff Reporter February 26, 2023

The high and the comedown. Loving and losing. Hurting and healing. Singer-songwriter Gracie Abrams exhibits all these themes in her highly anticipated first studio album, “Good Riddance,” which dropped...

Culture Pick: When cancel culture doesn’t quite cancel everyone

Culture Pick: When cancel culture doesn’t quite cancel everyone

Alyssa Schubert, Staff Reporter February 15, 2023

Another day, another way for Matty Healy, the lead singer of The 1975, to get cancelled. Healy has always had a controversial mouth, but with the skyrocketing success of his band’s fifth studio album,...

Culture Pick: Selena Gomez’s documentary sheds light on mental illness struggles 

Culture Pick: Selena Gomez’s documentary sheds light on mental illness struggles 

Alyssa Schubert, Staff Reporter November 13, 2022

Celebrity-released documentaries have become trendy over the past few years, with the likes of 2019’s “Miss Americana,” which follows Taylor Swift, and Billie Eilish’s 2021 “The World’s a Little...

Preview: Taste of Tuscaloosa silent auction raises money to fight childhood food insecurity

Preview: Taste of Tuscaloosa silent auction raises money to fight childhood food insecurity

Alyssa Schubert, Staff Reporter November 6, 2022

On Nov. 9, Taste of Tuscaloosa: Showcasing Local Traditions to Benefit Secret Meals will be teaming up with Secret Meals For Hungry Children to host a silent auction and dinner to benefit children facing...

Culture Pick: Taylor Swift meets fans at midnight for the release of new album “Midnights” 

Culture Pick: Taylor Swift meets fans at midnight for the release of new album “Midnights” 

Alyssa Schubert, Staff Reporter November 2, 2022

On the eve of Oct. 21, Taylor Swift invited her fans to meet her at midnight for the release of her tenth original studio album, “Midnights.” After the surprise announcement of the new addition to...

STEM organizations promoting diversity on campus 

STEM organizations promoting diversity on campus 

Savannah Ichikawa and Alyssa Schubert October 20, 2022

The science, technology, engineering and mathematics field is growing at a rapid pace with employment being projected to increase by 8% by 2029. With the ever-changing employment rate also comes more diversity,...

Culture Pick: Florence Pugh leads the way as ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ outshines Hollywood drama

Culture Pick: Florence Pugh leads the way as ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ outshines Hollywood drama

Alyssa Schubert, Staff Reporter September 28, 2022

A perfect, cookie-cutter neighborhood showcases suburbia at its very finest; it’s a life that everyone deserves. This is the world that director Olivia Wilde created in her cutting-edge, psychological...

University of Alabama Alumni Profile: Eryn Cade 

University of Alabama Alumni Profile: Eryn Cade 

Alyssa Schubert, Staff Reporter September 21, 2022

Elegant lines and flowing movements mesh into each other as the dancer takes the stage. Grace ebbs and flows out of her, creating a story with nothing but her body’s movements. Eryn Cade, a lifelong...

Druid City Music Hall welcomes students back to Tuscaloosa with exciting lineups 

Druid City Music Hall welcomes students back to Tuscaloosa with exciting lineups 

Alyssa Schubert, Staff Reporter August 17, 2022

Located on University Boulevard, Druid City Music Hall is the heart of live entertainment in Tuscaloosa. Offering concerts that range from bands to country music stars and festivals, it has been providing...

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Career Planning 101: How to Find Internships and Plan for your Future

Alyssa Schubert, Staff Reporter August 8, 2022

Starting college can be a stressful time for anyone, especially those who do not know exactly what career path to go down.   It can be daunting; there are so many options out there that it becomes...

Culture Pick: 5 Seconds of Summer Takes Fans Hands for the Tour of the Summer 

Culture Pick: 5 Seconds of Summer Takes Fans’ Hands for the Tour of the Summer 

Alyssa Schubert, Staff Reporter August 3, 2022

Summer held its typical promise of music this year. It is the easiest time of the year to go to concerts, to follow your favorite bands around the country and to fully enjoy music.   One of the biggest...

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Don’t Fear, New Music is Here: Albums that are set to release later this year

Alyssa Schubert, Staff Reporter July 13, 2022

2022 has already had its fair share of highly anticipated album releases, with Kendrick Lamar’s comeback record, “Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers,” and Harry Styles’ “Harry’s House.” While...

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Read them before you watch them: books with upcoming film adaptations

Alyssa Schubert, Staff Reporter June 29, 2022

Book to movie adaptations have long been a popular form of entertainment. From the 1974 version of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” to Stan Lee’s Marvel Cinematic Universe, the remolding...

Juneteenth celebrations come to Alabama

Juneteenth celebrations come to Alabama

On June 19, people will gather around the country to celebrate freedom. Whether events are held locally or in major cities, there are plenty of opportunities to get involved and celebrate Juneteenth.  Juneteenth,...

Harry Styles Is Lying On The Floor!!

Harry is Home: Harry Styles Rocks the Charts with New Album

Alyssa Schubert, Staff Reporter June 1, 2022

On Friday, May 20, Harry Styles welcomed the world into his house. It had been over two years since the widely acclaimed musician released new music, making “Harry’s House," the newest installment...

How the music industry is becoming more eco-friendly

How the music industry is becoming more eco-friendly

Alyssa Schubert, Contributing Writer April 24, 2022
The large number of artists touring and musical festivals happening result in increased carbon emissions.
The world is not the same as it was: Harry Styles enters new era of music

The world is not the same as it was: Harry Styles enters new era of music

Alyssa Schubert, Contributing Writer April 6, 2022
Gone are the days of suspenders and sunflowers for Harry Styles.
The safe zone resource center presents Andrea Jenkins. Keynote Speaker Tuesday, March 29 6 p.m. Virtual Event. Oral historian and first black trans woman elected to public office in the United States. Register at https://tinyurl.com/deiidcevents

Tretter Transgender Oral History Project: Andrea Jenkins joins UA for night of visibility

Alyssa Schubert, Contributing Writer April 3, 2022
The University of Alabama’s Safe Zone Resource Center hosted Andrea Jenkins, an oral historian and the first Black transgender woman elected to a public office in the United States, as its final keynote speaker during Women’s History Month.
Billie Eilish makes Birmingham ‘Happier Than Ever’

Billie Eilish makes Birmingham ‘Happier Than Ever’

Alyssa Schubert, Contributing Writer March 14, 2022

Rain poured down as concert-goers ran across the street to the Legacy Arena on Tuesday night, March 8. The gloomy setting, however, did not represent the mood radiating off of the long line of people anxiously...

A person leans over a display at the Book Arts exhibit.

Tuscaloosa art gallery gives a new meaning to reading

Alyssa Schubert, Contributing Writer March 9, 2022
Book arts is a group of art forms encompassing both traditional and new methods of binding and papermaking to push the limits of the structure and function of books.
George Washington Carver speaks with unknown gentleman, date unknown.

Gorgas Library spotlights George Washington Carver during Black History Month

Alyssa Schubert, Contributing Writer February 23, 2022

The University of Alabama’s Gorgas Library is introducing a new exhibit. Starting on Monday, Feb. 14, guests can immerse themselves in the world of George Washington Carver, an American inventor who...

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