Category Archives: UAB

It’s Storytime at UAB

Posted on October 22, 2007 | Leave a comment

UAB Stories screenshot

Screenshot of UAB Stories blog.

Get a look (or a listen) behind the scenes at UAB with the new podcast series UAB Stories.

It’s updated each week with a new interview featuring a renowned researcher, physician, professor or basketball coach discussing topics ranging from the psychology of lying to computer forensics to the lessons of old age.

You can subscribe to the podcasts via iTunes (search for “UAB Stories”) or using the links on the UAB Stories blog.

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Ravi and Anoushka Shankar, Alys Stephens Center

Posted on October 21, 2007 | Leave a comment

Fans of sitarist Ravi Shankar were disappointed when last season’s show was canceled due to injury. But happily, the show was rescheduled for this season. They do expect a sell out so don’t wait too long to get tickets. A few notes on the show from the Alys Stephens Center: “Virtuoso sitarist, composer, and teacher Ravi Shankar is India’s most esteemed musical ambassador. His daughter Anoushka is the only artist in the world to be trained completely by her father.” The ASC is located on the UAB campus at 1200 10th Ave. South.

Cost: $28-$62, students $10

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Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas and Edgar Meyer at Alys Stephens Center

Posted on October 21, 2007 | Leave a comment

Acclaimed bassist Edgar Meyer, dobro master Jerry Douglas and mandolin virtuoso Sam Bush are all musical icons. Normally, you would have to pay to see each individually but the Alys Stephens Center is saving you time and money by having all three on stage together. Promises to be quite a show. The ASC is located at 1200 10th Ave. South on the campus of UAB.

Cost: $22-$52, students $10

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David Sedaris, Alys Stephens Center

Posted on October 14, 2007 | Comments Off on David Sedaris, Alys Stephens Center

Humorist and National Public Radio star David Sedaris will be appearing at the Alys Stephens Center this Sunday but you’ll have to figure out a way to get tickets. According to the Alys Stephens Center website, the show is sold out. We say give them a call, just in case. Here’s what the ASC has to say about Sedaris:

“The master of satire returns! NPR humorist and best-selling author David Sedaris is one of our all-time favorites. His performances are always a hit, providing sold-out audiences with hilarious readings from his books including ‘Naked,’ ‘Me Talk Pretty One Day,’ and ‘Holidays on Ice.’ Sedaris may be the closest thing the literary world has to a rock star.”

If that’s the case, maybe there will be a scalper outside the doors selling “reasonably priced” tickets.

Cost: $25-45, students $10.

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Bavarian Philharmonic with Orion Weiss on piano, Alys Stephens Center

Posted on October 14, 2007 | Leave a comment

This talented group has come a long way to entertain you at the Alys Stephens Center located on the UAB campus at 1200 10th Ave. South. Here’s a description of the group courtesy of ASC:

Comprised of elite musicians from the Berlin and Munich Philharmonics and the Munich, Stuttgart and Hamburg Operas, this ensemble is known for the amazing range of their repertoire. Pianist Orion Weiss, winner of the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant, recently performed with the Israel Phil conducted by Itzhak Perlman and made his European debut in Paris.

Cost: $28-62, students $10

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City’s 64th homicide in Glen Iris

Posted on October 8, 2007 | 4 comments

Birmingham’s 64th homicide of the year has been confirmed. The story has been developing since early this morning, with most of the major news outlets following it. All of the mainstream media outlets are reporting that the 20-year old UAB student was found this morning in the parking lot adjacent to Glen Iris Elementary School shot to death. Here is the account on the Birmingham News breaking news blog.

The recent surge of crime was the focus of the current issue of Black & White (available on newsstands through the 17th). Claims that our crime numbers are down are true, but the difference between the old numbers and the current numbers can be considered disturbing. It’s also been disturbing to read what some people are saying as a result of this most recent tragedy. (UPDATE: 1:57 a.m.; comments have been removed from the post.) What are your thoughts?

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The Original Blues Brothers Band, Alys Stephens Center

Posted on October 2, 2007 | Leave a comment

Get out that rubber biscuit, turn on your Soul Man, and shake a tailfeather! The Original Blues Brothers Band has put together the ultimate rhythm and blues review. Enjoy an evening at the Alys Stephens Center, 1200 10th Ave. South, with original members handpicked by John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd including Steve Cropper of Booker T. and the MG’s fame and former Saturday Night Live band members Alan “Mr. Fabulous” Rubin and “Blue Lou” Marini. Expect to hear such hits as “Soul Man,” “Knock On Wood,” “Everybody Needs Somebody to Love” and “Sweet Home Chicago.” And while frontman Eddie Floyd wasn’t in the first movie, he did appear in “Blues Brothers 2000.” And he’s an Alabama native having been born in Montgomery. Now, if you have never seen “The Blues Brothers,” the movie inspired by Belushi and Aykroys’ SNL skit, do yourself a favor and rent it or turn into TV Land Friday (Oct. 5) at 9 p.m. or noon Saturday (Oct. 6).

Cost: $25-45/students $10

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