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Butter Churning at the Gorgas House

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Come spend a cozy Sunday afternoon with us at the Gorgas House Museum on November 16, 2025, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. We’ll be churning butter the old-fashioned way, tasting it on warm historic bread, and showing you how to make your own just in time for Thanksgiving.

This free, family-friendly event is open to all ages and is a great way to slow down, enjoy the season, and experience a little piece of history. While admission is free, donations are always appreciated to help us preserve this beautiful home and continue offering educational programs for our community.

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Art Night – November 2025

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Kentuck Art Night is a beloved monthly event at the Kentuck Art Center, celebrating creativity and community. Visitors can explore new exhibition openings, meet artists at the reception, and browse both main galleries and the Gallery Shop—open late until 8 p.m. Enjoy live pottery demonstrations from the Red Dog Potters, local pop-up shops, live music, and free pizza fresh from the cob oven. It’s a fun, relaxed evening of art and connection—and best of all, it’s free and open to the public!

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Dickens Downtown

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An annual Victorian holiday celebration known as Dickens Downtown takes place on the first Tuesday night in December in Downtown Northport. Dickens is a community supported gathering to celebrate the true spirit of Christmas involving Theatre Tuscaloosa performing scenes from “A Christmas Carol”, local choirs, the 5th Alabama Regimental Band, a real English Town Crier, father Christmas, and business and neighborhood open houses.

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Tuscaloosa Oktoberfest

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Join us for a spectacular celebration as Tuscaloosa transforms Government Plaza into a vibrant hub of German Culture and festivity. With Tuscaloosa County’s rich connections to Germany, we desire to create an authentic festival for everyone located in the heart of Downtown Tuscaloosa. Delight in a day of family-friendly fun, live music, Daschound races, activities and contests, good food, and of course… beer. Immerse yourself in the lively atmosphere of Tuscaloosa Oktoberfest!

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Paul R. Jones Museum presents the exhibition Picture This: The Story Quilts of Yvonne Wells

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The Paul R. Jones Museum is pleased to present the exhibition Picture This: The Story Quilts of Yvonne Wells from August 2 through September 27, 2024. The exhibition will be held in conjunction with the release of the new book The Story Quilts of Yvonne Wells by the artist and University of Alabama professor of American Studies Stacy Morgan. A reception and book signing with remarks by Wells and Morgan will be held in the Jones Museum during Tuscaloosa’s First Friday Art Walk on Friday, September 6 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m., with the author talk beginning at 6:00 p.m.

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New Permanent Collection Exhibition Opens in August at the SMGA

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The Sarah Moody Gallery of Art presents Tracking: A Long Gaze at Contemporary Art, a fall exhibition of the SMGA’s Permanent Collection, August 22- September 25, 2024. The public is invited to a reception, Thursday, August 22, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.

This fall, the Sarah Moody Gallery of Art unveils another unique exhibition featuring works from its Permanent Collection of contemporary art. Established in the early 1950s, the collection numbers over 1,600 works of contemporary art by international, national and regional artists. Each year, the curation staff, longtime and new donors and working artists expand the collection’s range of works through purchases and donations of prints, paintings, sculptures, photography and other media, allowing for an infinite variety of exhibition possibilities.

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Piano State of Mind

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Join Dr. Kevin Woosley, piano for Piano State of Mind,  a fairly unique concert that most anyone might find appealing.  It will feature everything from “classical” Debussy tunes and Pirates of the Caribbean to Simon & Garfunkel and musical tellings of Edgar Allan Poe stories.

Though piano will be the focus, joining on stage will be the UA dancers, the University Chorus, members of the Huxford Symphony Orchestra, and many other musicians.  The concert will end with two rock songs with full rock band:  Superstition by Stevie Wonder and Born to Be Wild by Steppenwolf (including a member of Steppenwolf on organ).

This event is FREE and open to the public (appropriate for all ages).  University of Alabama’s Frank M. Moody Music Building Concert Hall.

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The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon

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The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm are turned on their heads in this fast-paced, rollicking ride as two narrators and several actors attempt to combine all 209 stories ranging from classics like Snow White, Cinderella, and Hansel and Gretel to more bizarre, obscure stories like The Devil’s Grandmother and The Girl Without Hands. A wild, free-form comedy with lots of audience participation and madcap fun. Performances Thursday, April 16 @ 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 17 @ 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 18 @ 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 19 @ 2:00 p.m. For more information, call 205-391-2277 or email tickets@theatretusc.com.

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Breakfast with the Easter Bunny

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Hop on down the trail for a Chick-Fil-A breakfast, photos with the Easter Bunny and a Easter Egg Hunt! Cost: $8 for youth ages 10 and under $5 for adults *Breakfast Guaranteed for first 100 registered*

TIME LINE FOR THE FUN!

8:30 am—9:45 am Photo and

Breakfast 9:45 am— 10:00 am

0-2 year old Hunt 10:05 am—10:20 am

3-5 year old Hunt 10:25 am— 10:35 am

6-10 year old Hunt *10:00 am—11:00 am Fun in the play unit

*Age groups not hunting will play in the indoor play unit while other age groups are hunting.

Registration suggested, call 205-758-0419 for more information, or register online registration at www.tcpara.org.

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Bama Bug Fest

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Bama Bug Fest celebrates the diversity and benefits of arthropods, a group of animals that includes insects (ants, butterflies and beetles), arachnids (spiders and scorpions), myriapods (centipedes and millipedes) and crustaceans (crabs, shrimps and crayfish), as well as true bugs (like cicadas and plant-hoppers). This free event has something for everyone.

-Enjoy entertaining displays, exhibits and activities about arthropod (a.k.a. “bug”) diversity — both inside and outside the museum

-Learn some cool fact about arthropods, which make up three-quarters of all animals on Earth

-Insect photo booth

-Hissing cockroach tractor-pull races

-Cricket spitting competition with prizes

-The chance to sample some insect treats, and learn just how nutritious insects are

-Bring an unusual bug or photos of bugs to the Stump the Experts table and get an identification

-Grab a bite to eat from one of the food trucks at our event

For more information, call 205-248-4931 or email warnertransportationmuseum@ua.edu.

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Druid City Arts Festival

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The Druid City Arts Festival’s goal is to provide a quality arts and music festival, which strengthens Tuscaloosa as a destination market for the arts circuit, while also educating, engaging and inspiring both youth and adults about the arts and humanities within the Tuscaloosa community. Druid City Arts Festival has had rich success in introducing new music and visual artists to the Tuscaloosa community and has provided a free day of fun and entertainment for everyone during the past seven years. Free festival parking is available in the Intermodal Parking Facility adjacent to Government Plaza on 7th Street. Anyone interested in volunteering, hosting an organization booth, or working as a vendor at Saturday’s event can register at www.druidcityartsfestival.com. For up-to-date news, visit www.druidcityartsfestival.com, follow @theDCAF on Twitter, or call 205-391-9200. The Druid City Arts Festival began as a vision that several Creative Campus freshman students at the University of Alabama had, which was to create a festival that promoted the appreciation of the arts, culture and community in Tuscaloosa. Turning their dream in to a reality, the first DCAF took place in 2010 and has continued since then. In 2019, 90 vendors displayed their art to a record crowd of over 12,000.

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49th Annual Kentuck Festival of the Arts

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The 49th Annual Kentuck Festival of the Arts will be hosted October 10th & 11th at Kentuck Park in Northport, Alabama. Every year, over 10,000 travel from across the United States to be immersed in a unique Southern experience. At the festival you will see over 270+ artists, live music, spoken word, activities for children, folk and contemporary art demonstrations, as well as food trucks, and local craft brews. The cost is $10 per day or $15 for the weekend. Kids 12 and under get in free. For more information, call 205-758-1257 or email kentuck@kentuck.org.

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