REVIEW: UA tackles Sondheim’s play “Into The Woods”
Tuscaloosa News – April 22
What: Musical by Stephen Sondheim, performed by UA’s department of theater and dance
When: 7:30 tonight through Saturday, with 2 p.m. matinees Saturday and Sunday
Where: Marian Gallaway Theatre, Rowand-Johnson Hall on campus
How much: $13 general admission, $11 for seniors and UA faculty and staff and $9 for students
More: Call 205-348-3400 or visit www.crimsonartstickets.com
On its surface, “Into the Woods” seems pure charm, bringing together fairy tale figures such as Jack, Cinderella and Rapunzel. There’s a giant, a witch, magic beans, a couple of princes and a big bad wolf. But it being Stephen Sondheim’s creation, Act Two is what comes after “happily ever after.” Turns out witches can be right, giants can be good and the woods become the murky realities of growing up after you get what you want and find you don’t want it anymore….
Creative THINKing
Tuscaloosa News – April 22
…And, as part of the University of Alabama’s summer enrichment workshop June 9-13, THINK will lead classes in two classrooms at Matthews Elementary School. There they will train other high school students from Tuscaloosa to go into elementary schools and teach the THINK mission…
Some find going green good for business
Tuscaloosa News – April 22
…Walt Misiolek, professor and Dwight Harrigan Fellow of Natural Resource Economics at the University of Alabama, said green attitudes like those espoused by Mercedes and Westervelt have gained traction nationally…“There was what I would call a sea change of attitude in big companies like Shell Oil who are now supporting some type of organized system to reduce greenhouse gases,” Misiolek said…Daniel Daly, director of UA’s Alabama Institute for Manufacturing Excellence, said increased societal pressure and the risk of hefty EPA sanctions have helped bring green technology and environmentally friendly waste management to the forefront of the business world. “I do think the threat of being put out of business [by fines] does encourage them to use greener processes,” Daly said..”…
Education Briefs
Birmingham News – April 22
The Capstone Engineering Society of the University of Alabama’s College of Engineering will hold its CES Golf Tournament on Thursday at the Bent Brook Golf Course in Bessemer…
Donors in Riley’s ‘Circle’ kept under wraps
Mobile Register – April 21
At least 86 individuals will enjoy access to Alabama Gov. Bob Riley, thanks to their pledges of $40,000 each to a Republican fundraising committee designed to gain control of the Legislature. The state GOP says it won’t release their names until January, when campaign finance reports are due…David Lanoue, a political science professor at the University of Alabama, said the Governor’s Circle fits into a traditional pattern of non-disclosure in Alabama politics. “There have traditionally been means in Alabama to insulate donors from publicity,” he said. “Alabama probably lags behind most states in that sort of accountability.” …
Alabama Supreme Court Justice and Secretary of State Speak to Freshmen at UA
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – April 21
The University of Alabama’s youngest students are learning about state government. UA’s freshman forum welcomed Alabama Supreme Court Justice Glen Murdock and Alabama Secretary of State Beth Chapman to the campus tonight…
UA Engineering Students Build Race Car
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – April 21
Some University of Alabama engineering students satisfied their need for speed as they showed off their race car today. It’s partially part of an engineering class but mostly made out of their passion for cars…
Tuscaloosa rakes in millions during city’s triathlon weekend
Tuscaloosa News – April 22
Walt Maddox estimated the economic impact on Tuscaloosa at $3 million to $5 million over the event-packed weekend, which included, in addition to the U.S. Olympic Triathlon Trials, a collegiate triathlon championship, the SIAC championships at Stillman College and a University of Alabama baseball doubleheader against Mississippi State…The weekend’s financial windfall did not reach the level of a University of Alabama home football game, which has an estimated economic impact of more than $13 million, but it was significant…