Alabama storytellers, comedians and folklorists will share their tales at the Black Warrior Storytelling Festival Friday, April 3, and Saturday, April 4, in River Road Park at McCorvey Drive and Jack Warner Parkway.
Victoria Rowell, best-selling author, former star of the daytime drama “The Young and the Restless” and advocate for foster children, will speak at 7 p.m. Monday, March 30, at Sellers Auditorium in the Paul Bryant Conference Center on The University of Alabama campus.
Rolling pins are often associated with baking, however University of Alabama engineering students are taking them out of the kitchen and into the garage to make an ultra-sleek, floating concrete canoe. And, when they are not cooking up concrete mixtures, you can find them also constructing a steel deck bridge with the ability to support 2,500 pounds.
The University of Alabama Women’s Resource Center is presenting LUNAFEST, a national touring festival of films focusing on women, as part of Women’s History Month on Tuesday, March 31 at 6:30 p.m. in the Bama Theatre in downtown Tuscaloosa.
The Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration and the Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility at The University of Alabama will host a discussion with Walter “Walt” Pavlo at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 25 in the Ferguson Theater on campus.
The University of Alabama American Society of Mechanical Engineers student section will host the Southeast District F Student Professional Development Conference April 3-5.
You and your friends are invited to be characters at the next Arty Party hosted by The University of Alabama’s College of Arts and Sciences Leadership Board at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 4 at the recently renovated Hotel Capstone, 320 Paul Bryant Drive.
A philosophical discussion on reason and faith will be presented by Dr. Michael P. Lynch, professor of philosophy at the University of Connecticut, at 7:30 p.m. March 26 in the AIME (Alabama Institute for Manufacturing Excellence) building, room 110, on The University of Alabama campus.
Pianist and scholar William Kinderman will perform the next concert of the 2008-2009 University of Alabama Celebrity Series at 7:30 p.m. March 23 in the Concert Hall of the Moody Music Building on the UA campus.
Stone toolmakers, artists who work with primitive techniques and technology specialists demonstrate and sell their works at The University of Alabama’s Moundville Archaeological Park, Friday, March 13, and Saturday, March 14, at its ninth Knap-in and Primitive Arts Meet.