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The Suds of the South Beerfest has returned to Tuscaloosa!

When people think of craft beer, they often think of the Pacific Northwest, Colorado or even Delaware. One place that does not get the respect it deserves is the South. That’s why wellthatscool.com is proud to present the “Suds of The South”. This event will take place at Wilhagans in Tuscaloosa on Saturday March 12th from 4 to 7 pm. The featured breweries include Good People Brewing (Birmingham, AL), Straight to Ale (Huntsville, AL), Back Forty Beer Co. (Gadsden, AL), Terrapin Beer Co. (Athens, GA), Sweetwater Brewing Co. (Atlanta, Ga), Yazoo Brewing Co. (Nashville, TN), Highland Brewing Co. (Asheville, NC), Lazy Magnolia Brewing Co. (Kiln, MS) and Abita Beer (Abita Springs LA). This year we are pleased to announce a rotating, non-southern addition every year which we will call the “sympathizer”. This year’s “sympathizer” will be Bell’s Brewery (Galesburg MI). Each attendee will receive a 3oz keepsake glass and get to move around and try beer from all the breweries. Good People and Back Forty are planning on bring special, exclusive beers for the event. This event is a fundraiser for Free the Hops. So by attending, you not only get to try great beers but you also get to help the fight of changing Alabama’s antiquated beer laws. A limited number of early buyer tickets are on sale for $10 and $15. After those are sold out, the price will increase to $20. Get your tickets here https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/157529

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Greetings Everyone!

On Saturday, February 19th, Well That’s Cool hosted the 10th annual Asses of Fire Chili Cook-Off at Egans in Tuscaloosa.  We had 13 entries this year, and a great turnout enjoyed sampling all the different creations presented.  DSmithImages was on hand to photograph the festivities, and I’d like to share with you the photos from the day.

For the full gallery, please check out:

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Enjoy!

-David
DSmithImages
“Modern Photography for Modern Times”
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Before “The Tuscaloosa Glosabi Challenge”  we were lucky enough to have Dead Fingers and The Howlies up in the wllthatscool.com studio. Last week we released a cut by Dead Fingers and this week we are proud to drop an acoustic cut by The Howlies. The Howlies are an Atlanta based band that blends several musical  styles. Spin magazine had this to say;

“Drawing influence from rock’n'roll’s greats — from the Velvet Underground’s loose jangle and the Stooges’ brash punk to Chuck Berry’s ’50s teen boogie and Sam Cooke’s candy-coated doo-wop — Atlanta, GA, quartet Howlies’ upcoming debut, Trippin’ with Howlies, is like a rock history textbook written by the classroom’s smart alecs. “

This Friday at Egans they will be joining Tuscaloosa sweethearts Baak Gwai and Lafayette LA. based Brass Bed (Great band watch their new awesome video here)  which will be one of the best shows we’ve seen in a while so come support great music. Until then enjoy an acoustic version of  The Howlies  “Tie me up and throw me down”

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Greetings Everyone,

On Friday, February 11th, Well That’s Cool held “Tuscaloosa Abides: A Celebration of All Things Lebowksi” at the historic Bama Theater. In addition to the screening of “The Big Lebowski”, there was Wii Bowling, a costume contest hosted by Mama Dixie of The Pink Box Burlesque, and specials on White Russians featuring organic half and half from Organic Valley Co-Op. DSmithImages was on hand to photograph the event, and I’d like to share some photos with you.

For the full gallery, please check out http://www.dsmithimages.com/site/events/tuscaloosa-abides:-2-11-11/1/

Enjoy!

-David
DSmithImages
“Modern Photography for Modern Times”
http://www.dsmithimages.com

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Every year around this time, we here at the well that’s cool headquarters get the hankering for the savory bean, meat and spice concoction known as chili. So how do we fulfill the gastronomic self flagellation of ingesting as many batches of chili as we can while drinking beer? The “10th Annual Asses of Fire Chili Cookoff” at Egans of course. So if you got some mad chili skills and want to show them off to Tuscaloosa, come to Egans on Saturday Feb. 19th. Registration is from 2:00pm to 3:45pm with judging by panel starting at 4:15pm. You’ll need to bring a crock pot, your own ladle and $3 to enter. We will award the top two chilis with cash prizes with third place taking home a case of beer. It gets even better. If you take the time to make a chili, you shall be rewarded with $1.50 Shetland (8oz) as well as $2.50 full pints of any of Egans drafts. If you wish to partake in the adventure but don’t want to make a chili,  you may dine on the smorgasboard of chilis for a mere 3$.  Is there a better way to spend a non-football Saturday in Tuscaloosa than hanging out with cool people, drinking beer and eating chili? We dare say no. Hope to see you there!

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Folks — not only was the Goslabi Challenge a huge hit, but looks like the Well That’s Cool fundraising total has come to $3,397.70!!!

Big thanks again to all our sponsors, to all of you who put in your pennies, Little Willies, the Deadfingers, Uri and the Howlies.  So, uh, when we doing this again?

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Wellthatscool.com is proud to host “Tuscaloosa Abides: A celebration of all things Lebowski” Friday, Feb. 11th at the Historic Bama Theatre.
The celebration of all things Lebowski  will feature, a listening of the soundtrack, Wii bowling, White Russian specials and and a costume contest hosted by Mamma Dixie from the The Pink Box Burlesque.
Not to mention – The Big Lebowski on the big screen! Dude,  this is where you want to be. Read the rest of this entry »

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Showing Feb 1 at the Bama Theatre at 8pm.

As foolish as this film looks in its summary, Marwencol actually quickly reveals itself as an amazingly deep piece tracking the break down and then rebuilding of the human mind.  What’s particularly compelling is that the focus of the narrative is not on the destruction of Mark Hogencamp but on what he does with his life afterward.  His accident is something for the background.  Yes it was traumatic and vital to what came afterward, but it isn’t what defines him.

Most often, documentaries model themselves in the journalistic vein, stating their case in the beginning and establishing evidence as the tale spins forward.  In this piece, the narrative unfolds like an onion or, more appropriately, the way a person unfolds naturally as you get to know them.  Sympathy, therefore, is built not because of pity for a fallen man, but because of a gradual building of understanding.  Like him or not, he is a fascinating figure, committed and creative in ways that go beyond playing with dolls, as we may initially chuckle.

In a larger sense, we can see the possibilities of art as a means to find a new meaning in life, a therapy that goes beyond finger-painting your experiences under observation.  This work has great power, it allows him to reclaim his life, to deal with tragedies, old and new, and even propels him into a new career.  Sharing his work with others, of which he was hesitant at first, even leads him to publicly embrace parts of himself previously hidden away, revealing the heart of his accident and getting to the real core of this man as a human being.

Funny, charming, and deeply moving, Marwencol is worth at least double the admission charge.

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