For three generations, one family from north Alabama – the Bankheads — became fixtures on the American landscape. Their improbable run to national prominence is traced in The University of Alabama’s Center for Public Television’s documentary “The Bankheads.” “The Bankheads” will air statewide on Alabama Public Television at 8 p.m. Thursday Oct. 13, and 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16.
The University of Alabama School of Music’s Huxford Symphony Orchestra will perform in its second concert of the 2016-2017 season Thursday, Oct. 13, at 7:30 p.m. at the Moody Music Building Concert Hall.
The University of Alabama Chess Club is doing its part to checkmate hunger in West Alabama. The club will host a chess tournament t from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 8, in the Ferguson Center. Participants will contribute three cans as a tournament entry fee for the Beat Auburn, Beat Hunger food drive.
Noted theatrical producer Jack Viertel, who has shepherded numerous shows to Broadway including “The Piano Lesson,” “Angels in America,” “City of Angels” and “M. Butterfly,” will speak about “The Secret Life of the American Musical” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14, at the Marian Gallaway Theatre on The University of Alabama campus. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Hamlet is an age-old Shakespearean tale of revenge, betrayal, ghosts, incest, depression and murder. If that wasn’t enough to hold the interest of modern audiences of this more than 400-year-old legendary play, what if award-winning University of Alabama theatre and dance professor Seth Panitch jazzed it up a bit?
The photography of Ines Schaefer will be displayed from Friday, Oct. 7, to Friday, Oct. 28, at The University of Alabama Gallery in the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center in downtown Tuscaloosa.
The University of Alabama will host its annual Moundville Native American Festival Oct. 5-8 at Moundville Archaeological Park.
University of Alabama graduate student Tyler Canonico has played the Denny Chimes modified organ for three years. He began playing while pursuing his master’s in music and organ performance.
The University of Alabama’s Collegiate Readership Program, which provides copies of newspapers and digital news access for use in the classroom, has undergone changes for students and faculty for the 2016-2017 school year.