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THINGS TO DO: 12/06
THINGS TO DO: 12/6
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Tusk Holiday Guide 2013
Ready or not, Thanksgiving’s nearly digested, which means merry momentum rolls into December and its wealth of bright and shiny stuff decking halls and making jolly noises and whatnot. Here’s a guide to what’s coming up in...
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LOCAL Q&A 11/29: Meredith Cummings
Meredith Cummings teaches journalism, leads a nonprofit and freelances. She talked with Tusk this week about how the University of Alabama’s wellspring is one of her favorite aspects of the area, and urging her students to find a cause to...
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GAME BYTES: New console generation, meet new ideas
Though a new generation of video game hardware has begun, the old one isn’t really dead and won’t be until studios stop making games only on the old hardware and not on the new, in a year or two. Still, now is as good a time as ever to...
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Tusk calendar: 11/29
LOCAL MUSIC
TODAY
Hope Cassity Songwriters Night: Billy’s Sports Grill, billyssportsgrill.com.
Plato Jones: 9 p.m., Innisfree Irish Pub, 205-345-1199
Lynam: 10 p.m., Rhythm & Brews, 205-750-2992
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Dickens Downtown in Northport being held Tuesday
The City of Northport will close off the intersection of Fifth Street and Main Avenue this Tuesday in honor of the 23rd Dickens Downtown, its Victorian-era holiday festival. The event will go from 5-8 p.m. and feature live music, Father Christmas...
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'The Forgotten Carols' playing Monday, Tuesday at Shelton State
Many of our favorite holiday shows began life in print: Charles Dickens' “A Christmas Carol” has inspired dozens of theatrical and film adaptations; “It's a Wonderful Life” spun out of short story “The Greatest...
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Tusk Calendar 11/22: Things to do
The comings and going through Dec. 13.
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GAME BYTES 11/22: Deciphering the games job
I gotta admit that most of the time I’m not totally sure how to classify what I do for a living. My business card says “journalist,” and I refer to myself as a critic and columnist when introducing myself in a professional setting.
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Holidays on the River expands, opens this weekend
Holidays on the River returns for 2013, to give a taste of winter wonder in Tuscaloosa, where Southerners sometimes don shorts and sandals during not-so-cold months.
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‘Hunger Games’ fans are ready to embrace ‘Catching Fire’
The second installment to the box office hit “The Hunger Games,” following titles like its literary predecessors, takes over multiplexes this weekend. “Catching Fire” opened with late-night shows Thursday; the local Cobb...
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MEET THE BAND 11/22: New Terminus
New Terminus plays at Egan's tonight. Jonathan Sleep and Dallas Peavy of the Atlanta-based group talked with Tusk this week, as they travel on a self-proclaimed mini-tour.
Tusk Editor's Notes
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EDITOR'S NOTE: 12/5
People tote around loads of ideas about singing. One of them is that they cannot, which is nonsense, unless born with breathing problems, or with no tongue. Anyone who can speak can sing. It’s just talking in duration, over varying pitches. If...