There's no good way to explain the context in which the phrase "haunted rape trail" was funny. But it was. It really, really was, the last time the Extemporaneous Theatre Company did a Whose Line Is I

"Brat Pack" films of the 1980s will be shown at the Alabama Theatre every Thursday night through March 12. Whereas other classic movie screenings at the "Showplace of the South" are usually preceded b

The "Saints of Los Angeles" tour brings Motley Crue to Birmingham on Sunday, Feb. 22, for a show at the BJCC Arena with Hinder and The Last Vegas opening. You can go to the show in high style by enter

PIANO, BY GEORGE: Nimble-fingered George Winston has taken his solo piano music in many directions and Birmingham audiences have been with him every step of the way. Winston is best known for his seas

The UAB Foreign Film Series continues next week, with the Feb. 17 screening of Guelwaar. Directed by Ousmane Sembene, the 1992 feature film focuses on the conflict that arises after a Christian politi

YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT TALK MUSIC: It is neither rap, nor hip-hop, nor spoken-word poetry, nor slam poetry, although the percussive gusto with which Dan Smith works his voice suggests a debt to all th

EAT, DRINK & BE FROM MISSISSIPPI: That\'92s the title of Nanci Kincaid\'92s novel about a pair of siblings who leave the South and eventually find their way back through a series of chance encount

Go ahead and mark your calendar for the excellent Writing Today conference, scheduled to be held on the campus of Birmingham-Southern College on March 13-14. And don\'92t worry if that seems like a lo

THE BIG GUY IS WAITING TO SEE YOU: When was the last time you went to Vulcan anyway? Probably when he was in pieces on the ground. That's a shame. You just drive by the world's largest cast iron statu

The splendid Carolina Chocolate Drops will be at WorkPlay tonight, Friday, Jan. 23, with Adolphus Bell opening. Below is a reprint of what Birmingham Weekly columnist Courtney Haden had to say about t