Culture — Page 12

CULLMAN — A strawberry-filled day is planned for this weekend in downtown Cullman. Saturday’s annual Cullman Strawberry Festival promises plenty of strawberries but also a whole bushel of hometown fun […]

HUNTSVILLE — Never, perhaps, has a single industry been so negatively affected by unexpected circumstances as the local hospitality industry was during the pandemic. But it is on the comeback […]

Sheffield’s Ritz Theatre brings stage to screen

SHEFFIELD — The Ritz Theatre here opened in 1927 during the silent-movie era. This month, the movies scheduled for the big screen are anything but silent.  Every Thursday evening in […]

The best outdoor activities in North Alabama

With rolling green mountains, sparkling lakes, lush forests, and roaring rivers, “Alabama the Beautiful” is best experienced outdoors. Now that the weather has warmed and the days are longer, it’s […]

Two University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) space scientists who are research directors in a heliophysics DRIVE Science Center at Boston University (BU) in which UAH is a partner had […]

The University of North Alabama, the Shoals legislative delegation and the City of Florence broke ground this week on the school’s new 45,000-square-foot computing and mathematics building. The facility will […]

HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology has teamed up with Huntsville’s Urban Engine, a nonprofit specializing in innovation programs, to host the fifth HudsonAlpha Tech Challenge (HATCH). This year’s hackathon event will […]

Just as the Rocket City is about to launch a powerful music scene into orbit, University of Alabama in Huntsville alumna Danaё Xanthe Vlasse fired the first rocket when she […]

“Keep Huntsville Magical” is one of Fow Wow Design’s most popular T-shirts. Founder Johnathan Fowler said when he started in 2014, there weren’t a lot of local goods highlighting what […]

Screenshot of the NFL Draft

The SEC fan's guide to the NFL Draft

Why should SEC fans care about the NFL Draft? In the South, we love football. That’s not a secret. Whether it’s the NCAA national championship or a 2A slobberknocker between […]

Girls Inc. of Huntsville has received a Community Action Grant from META’s Huntsville Data Center for $15,000 to help support STEM education for Girl’s Inc.’s summer camp program. This grant, […]

New Century Technology Demo High School placed second among high schools based on US News & World Report’s new Best High Schools in Alabama. Five other high schools in North […]

PorchFest Five Points 2022

PorchFest Five Points is set for May 7 from 6-10 p.m., all along Pratt Avenue in downtown Huntsville. As the country began to emerge from a global pandemic at the […]

Parents and students have only until Friday, April 29, to nominate teachers for the What’s Pop’N Kernels of Knowledge campaign throughout the Huntsville, Madison City, Madison County, Decatur and Hartselle-area […]

The Brass Band of Huntsville will host the North American Brass Band Association (NABBA) Championship competition in the Von Braun Center’s (VBC) Mark C. Smith Concert Hall, Playhouse and North Hall […]

After an extensive national search, Dr. David A. Puleo has been named provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), effective Aug. […]

UAH concrete canoe team is second overall

Duct tape to save the day! Despite having to repair a cracked canoe, the student concrete canoe team from The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) Department of Civil and […]

Advocates say extended coverage is the start of a “healthy future” for Alabama mothers and Alabama’s new extension of postpartum Medicaid coverage will reduce maternal mortality and improve health for […]

Huntsville is quickly becoming a hub for competitive sports as the top collegiate women’s golfers in the country take their first step toward the national championship when the Robert Trent […]

The youngest of only 12 men to have ever walked on the moon, 86-year-old Brig. Gen. Charles “Charlie” Duke, lunar module pilot for the Apollo 16, was in Huntsville this […]

HUNTSVILLE — None of the children attending Space Camp yesterday are old enough to remember any of the Apollo missions, but when 86-year-old Brig. Gen. Charles “Charlie” Duke, one of […]

SEC Coaches Brian Kelly, Nick Saban, Lane Kiffin (L to R)

Which football coaches of the SEC West are starting the college football season on the hot seat, and who is set up for success in 2022? We answered that question […]

Calhoun Community College is partnering with the Kohler Co. to launch a three-year community-based workforce program that will provide educational and workforce preparedness opportunities to local students within Calhoun’s service […]

Two University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) space scientists who are research directors in a heliophysics DRIVE Science Center at Boston University (BU) in which UAH is a partner had […]