Arts & Culture

"100 Dishes to Eat in Alabama Before You Die" brochure now avalable

Submitted by Donna Wallace-King, Community Web Producer

Friday, March 2nd, 2012, 2:43pm

"100 Dishes to Eat in Alabama Before You Die" brochure now avalable

The Alabama Tourism Department today released a new version of its food brochure as part of The Year of Alabama Food campaign. The brochure, 100 Dishes to eat in Alabama Before You Die, lists more than 30 new dishes.

Bessemer’s Bright Star Broiled Star Seafood Platter appears on the front cover of the printed brochure while the back cover shows plates of food from tourism’s Top 25 dishes. The publication is red with white lettering and white plates of food that represent Alabama’s culinary offerings.

The brochure highlights dishes at award-winning restaurants, historic diners, famous BBQ joints, farm-to-table, fresh Gulf seafood and home cooking.

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Ed Asner to perform in "FDR" at the Davis Theatre

Submitted by Donna Wallace-King, Community Web Producer

Thursday, February 16th, 2012, 11:01am

Ed Asner to perform in "FDR" at the Davis Theatre

Emmy-winning actor Ed Asner will portray President Franklin D. Roosevelt on stage at Troy University’s Davis Theatre for the Performing Arts in the one-man show “FDR” on Tuesday, March 6, at 7 p.m.

Asner is the recipient of seven Emmy Awards (for the “Mary Tyler Moore Show” and “Lou Grant”) and 16 nominations, five Golden Globe Awards, and a member of the TV Academy Hall of Fame. He will star in the solo performance drama “FDR” based on Dore Schary’s Broadway hit “Sunrise at Campobello”, which ran 70 weeks on Broadway.

“FDR” explores the life of one of America’s best-loved presidents and the events and decisions that shaped a nation.

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Troy University to host screenings of documentary 'My Anniston: Edward Wood' tonight

Submitted by Donna Wallace-King, Community Web Producer

Monday, February 13th, 2012, 6:00am

Troy University will host a screening of the documentary “My Anniston” followed by discussion with director Stan Arthur and the film’s subject, civil rights movement veteran Edward Wood.

The screening will be held at the Troy Campus on Monday, February 13th at 6:00 p.m. inside the Civic Room, located on the second floor of the Trojan Dining hall.

Discussion sessions with Arthur and Wood will follow each screening. Admission is free and open to the public.

“My Anniston” recounts the life story of 84-year-old Woods, a veteran of the U.S. Navy and the civil rights movement, and a witness to the 1961 burning of a Freedom Riders bus in Anniston, Ala.

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Textile artist Arianne King-Comer's exhibit starts today at the Rosa Parks Museum

Submitted by Donna Wallace-King, Community Web Producer

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012, 8:00am

The work of textile artist Arianne King Comer will be featured in an exhibit at Troy University’s Rosa Parks Museum starting February 1st.

Based in Charleston, S.C., King Comer specializes in the traditional techniques of indigo dyeing and batik. Her work depicts her Gullah ancestry, along with images of the Caribbean and the southern coastal United States rendered in vibrant colors and patterns.

The exhibit “My Spirit Speaks” will be on display in the museum’s exhibit hall through the end of March.

King Comer will discuss her work during a gallery talk at the museum on Saturday, Feb. 4, at 11 a.m., and will then present a demonstration of batik art at the Cleveland Avenue YMCA starting at 2 p.m.

Arianne King-Comer. Photo from www.ariannekingcomer.com

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Chinese orchestra to perform for local middle school students at Troy University

Submitted by Donna Wallace-King, Community Web Producer

Monday, January 30th, 2012, 1:01pm

Chinese orchestra to perform for local middle school students at Troy University

More than 150 local middle school band students will learn more about classical Chinese music and culture when Troy University hosts a performance by the Nanjing University Traditional Instruments Orchestra on Friday, February 3rd, at the Dothan Campus.

Band students in 6th-8th grade at Beverlye Magnet School will attend the 10 a.m. performance inside the Sony Hall auditorium in the Library/Technology Building.

Founded in 1996, the Nanjing University Traditional Instruments Orchestra is a student art group that gives traditional performances in the form of instrumental ensemble, unison, small ensemble and solo, using bowed and plucked strings, wind and percussion instruments.

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Troy University to host screenings of documentary 'My Anniston: Edward Wood'

Submitted by Donna Wallace-King, Community Web Producer

Monday, January 30th, 2012, 12:46pm

Troy University will host two screenings of the documentary “My Anniston” followed by discussion with director Stan Arthur and the film’s subject, civil rights movement veteran Edward Wood.

The screenings will be held at the Dothan Campus on Sunday, Feb. 12, at 2 p.m. inside the Sony Hall auditorium and at the Troy Campus on Monday, Feb. 13 at 6 p.m. inside the Civic Room, located on the second floor of the Trojan Dining hall.

Discussion sessions with Arthur and Wood will follow each screening. Admission is free and open to the public.

“My Anniston” recounts the life story of 84-year-old Woods, a veteran of the U.S. Navy and the civil rights movement, and a witness to the 1961 burning of a Freedom Riders bus in Anniston, Ala.