Name: Tailgate Dance
Start: 2026-09-18T19:00:00-05:00
Location: Taylorville Methodist Church

Taylorville Methodist Church

Tailgate Dance: FRIDAY, September 18, 2026. It's time to come join TBDC and Para4Life as they give a shout out to their favorite football teams! Dress in your team's colors and come prepared to have a ball! The amazing Drew White Orchestra will be in the house to liven things up with their great dance music. Show your team spirit and celebrate the football season with us! Doors open at 6:30p.m. Dancing begins at 7:00p.m. and ends at 10:00p.m. NOTE: Change of day and venue -- this will be a Friday night dance. It will be held at Taylorville Methodist Church, 640 Bear Creek Road, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

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Tailgate Dance

Tailgate Dance: FRIDAY, September 18, 2026. It's time to come join TBDC and Para4Life as they give a shout out to their...

Theatre Tuscaloosa

Expand your fundamental performance skills in this supportive 8-week course designed for students who have completed an introductory long-form improv class. Participants will dive deep into core concepts like active listening, character development, and advanced "yes, and" techniques to create compelling scenes in a low-pressure environment.

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Beginning Improv

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Join Ernest &amp; Hadley Booksellers as we welcome Pearl Kan to our stage to share her debut poetry collection, <a href="https://ernestandhadleybooks.com/book/9781956921809" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">My Uppalavanna</a>, Friday, September 11 at 5:30 PM. Pre-order your copy today!
My Uppalavanna takes its title from the legendary Buddhist nun who was enlightened by staring into lamplight as she swept in the evening—and Pearl Kan’s debut collection follows that luminous, domestic gesture into the fullness of contemporary life. Navigating the paradox between spiritual emptiness and the irreducible particulars of the world—lost teeth and dynamited buddhas, pelicans low against the cold sea, a child’s sunrise lifted on butter and milk—these spare, precise poems move between Zen practice, motherhood, and the mystery of everyday perception with utter clarity. Both incantatory and quietly vernacular, My Uppalavanna is an astonishing first collection.
"The vision of a poet-priest, My Uppalavanna dwells in a paradox: how to reconcile the fullness of life with the emptiness enshrined by spiritual doctrines, when we know both to be unbearably true. The poems gathered here are songs of living and child-rearing, populated by lost teeth and dynamited buddhas, the cycles of seasons and the unrepeatable particulars of home. Pearl Kan has given us an astonishing first collection: incantatory, affectionate, and wise."&nbsp;
—Anna Della Subin, author of Accidental Gods: On Men Unwittingly Turned Divine
PEARL KAN studied comparative literature at the University of Chicago. She is trained as an attorney and practiced for over ten years in environmental and public law.&nbsp;Pearl’s poems have been published in&nbsp;the New York Review of Books,&nbsp;Posit Journal, and Harvard Divinity Bulletin.&nbsp;Pearl was ordained as a Zen Buddhist priest by Norman Fischer in June 2026 and practices with the Everyday Zen Foundation. She lives in Santa Cruz, California with her family.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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Join Ernest & Hadley Booksellers as we welcome Pearl Kan to our stage to share her debut poetry collection, My Uppalavanna,...

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Dive into Alabama's prehistoric past! Join the Alabama Museum of Natural History for our annual "Alabama Fossil Fest" on Saturday, September 12, 2026, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Smith Hall on The University of Alabama campus. This year, the spotlight is on fossil sharks and other marine life.&nbsp;
Discover the incredible diversity of Alabama’s past through displays and activities featuring fossils from across the state and beyond. Highlights will include a special talk and a new exhibit on fossil shark teeth found in Alabama, professional and amateur paleontologists displaying and answering questions about fossils, hands-on activities for all ages, and chances to win door prizes and take home your own fossil shark tooth. Plus, admission and parking are free!
Event Schedule
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Tabling Event (Grand Gallery) This is a popular annual tabling event at the Alabama Museum of Natural History. As fossil sharks are the theme of this event, more shark fossil material than usual will be on display on presenters’ tables. There will also be tables with various educational fossil-themed activities for all ages.
Door Prize Giveaways Twice during the event, ALMNH will be announcing winners, and giving away fossil-themed door prizes. Please note guests will receive a numbered ticket on arrival and will need to be present with their winning ticket at the event to receive their prizes.
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Presentation (Smith Hall Room 205 next to the Grand Gallery).&nbsp; This year’s public presentation by Mr. Chase Egli is entitled “BITE CLUB: Identifying Fossil Shark Teeth Like A Pro” and will be followed by a short question-and-answer session. Chase Egli is a geologist and paleontologist with an M.S. in Geology from The University of Alabama. His research focuses on fossil sharks and other chondrichthyan fishes, with interests in their teeth, taxonomy, and evolutionary history. He has conducted research on Paleozoic and Mesozoic shark faunas of the southeastern United States and is a Research Associate with The University of Alabama Museums Research and Collections, and the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science. Chase also has several years of experience teaching introductory geology and enjoys helping others learn how to recognize and identify fossil shark teeth.
Parking Parking on The University of Alabama campus on Saturday is free. Parking spots are available on the east side of Smith Hall (entrance only via Hackberry Lane), next to the Math and Science Education Building and next to Lloyd Hall. Check out UA’s online map of campus for more parking options.
Contact Information If you have any questions about this event, contact Kristin Harrell (Education Outreach Coordinator, Alabama Museum of Natural History) by calling 205-348-6383 or emailing <a href="mailto:kristin.harrell@ua.edu">kristin.harrell@ua.edu</a>.

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Christ Episcopal Church

Join NAMI Tuscaloosa for a 2-part series in recognition of Suicide Awareness Month, featuring impactful speakers and vital prevention education. Part 1 features Cheryl Dodson sharing her personal story of suicide loss and advocacy, while Part 2 (SEPT 21st) presents 'Talk Saves Lives' with Meesha Emmett, covering risk factors, warning signs, and prevention strategies. This important event is free and open to the public, offering awareness, understanding, and connection for all.

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“Terrific from first to last.”—Dwight Garner, New York Times Book Review
In correspondence with Alvin Feinman, Northrop Frye, A. R. Ammons, John Hollander, James Merrill, John Ashbery, Henri Cole, and Ursula K. Le Guin, we see Bloom developing his groundbreaking theory of poetic influence, transforming himself into a public intellectual, and reckoning with the meaning of his own legacy.
While Bloom’s public persona was oracular, sure, and often combative, his letters are inquiring and provisional, revealing his overarching obsession with good writing. The presence of love, as the letters show, was always vital to how Bloom worked as a reader. Filled with delightful anecdotes and poignant observations, these letters—many of them published here for the first time—offer a new window onto twentieth-century letters and Bloom’s long and illustrious career.
Harold Bloom (1930–2019) was an American literary critic and the Sterling Professor of the Humanities at Yale University. His books include The Anatomy of Influence and Take Arms Against a Sea of Troubles. Heather Cass White is an English professor at the University of Alabama. She is the author of <a href="https://ernestandhadleybooks.com/book/9781250849106" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Books Promiscuously Read: Reading as a Way of Life</a>, among other volumes.

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