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Tuscaloosa magazine has a piece up detailing the making of the Coach Nick Saban statue. It turns out that the artist was right here in Tuscaloosa the whole time. I don’t know why but we just assumed that the thing was sculpted by some far off company that had no idea of the importance of the whole thing. Jeremy Davis a senior art student at the U.A with help from Craig Wedderspoon and Daniel Livingston, professors at the art department created the statue over the past year . Even Coach Saban himself and Ms. Terry seemed very pleased with the results.  How many times have we seen Coach Saban smile like that well it’s somewhere between -42 and fucking never (even if he looks a little uncomfortable doing it). If it can make Coach Saban smile like that you know it has to be awesome. So if you see Mr. Jeremy Davis tell him good job. If  your on twitter and want to tell the statue itself you can find it here.  Big thanks to the Tuscaloosa news for having such awesome pictures and to the power brokers that be for keeping this local. Remember to get a whole gallery of 50 photos taken by the Tuscaloosa news go here and for a three minute time lapse video of the creation head here

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After checking out Ally’s opening, (sounds dirty, it’s not, but go here for details) why not head over to see one of our favorite groups of people here in the Druid City, the Pink Box Burlesque.  You don’t know who they are? Well let’s let the leader of their troupe and the object of all us cooligan’s desires, Mama Dixie, give you some back ground.

” We are Tuscaloosa’s own Burlesque Troupe, focused on traditional burlesque and pin-up culture, we have a wide variety of performers, characters and performances… song, dance, comedy, juggling, live band and the list goes on and on….2011 is our fourth season and we’re working diligently to bring you some amazing shows!”

Rock on Mama. We got a little red hot and bothered just reading that so you know the show will be all that and a bag of chips. Here is a little of what to expect. The Pink Box Burlesque’s salute to all things 1920′s – from voting to prohibition to flappers and speakeasies – the PBB Dames and Dappers are jazzed to show you their rouged knees and keen gams. Singing, Dancing, Burlesque, Comedy, Live Music, Special Guests and much, much more! How can there be much, much more? That’s pretty full evening of fucking awesome. Here are all the details:

• Where: Bama Theatre
  600 Greensboro Ave
  Tuscaloosa, AL. 35401
• When: Doors Open at 7:30pm
  Band at 8:30pm
  Show at 9:00pm
• Ages: 18+ to enter
  21+ to drink
• Tickets: $10 Pre-Sale – : http://www.pinkboxburlesque.com/1920
  $12 At the Door
• Questions: pinkboxburlesque.com
  pinkboxburlesque@gmail.com

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Ally is having a MFA in the Book Arts Thesis Exhibition, titled REPRESENT. There will be posters, free books, and possibly hummus, we all know if it’s free David Smith will be there. Get there early & you’ll get the bound book that goes along with the poster portion of the show. The book features all handmade papers, letterpress replicas of mundane ephemera, and a selection of writing by Brian Oliu (I think that is the bright shirt wearing MFA dj guy from Egans). If you don’t know Ally shame on you first but let us give you some background.

• She’s smart, I mean we had to look up what ephemera was, for those not in the know it’s “ transitory written and printed matter not intended to be retained or preserved. The word derives from the Greek, meaning things lasting no more than a day.” , Thanks Wikipedia.
• She works at Oz music and is our music writer here at WTC. We are getting to old to know what the kids are into these days, it’s hard when you spend most of your free time shaking your fist at neighborhood kids and keeping their Frisbees.
• She is working on pursuing two degrees – one a MFA in book arts and another in library science. I know we felt double lucky to get one and for some of us that elusive associate degree still vexes us. Yet still she has had time to be apart of the local arts community.
• She is one of the most positive people we have had the chance to be around and has some really cool tattoos.  
• She drove through snow covered icy roads to bring Bo homemade tamales. Which ranks right up there my friend Martin bringing me a Dark Lord Saban signed box of oatmeal creme pies.
• Her motto on her business cards ” This bitch can print” which makes Mikey’s ” this man can film” seem kinda lame.
• She “aint never been any thing but a winner” as is evident by her trophy almost as big as she was as a child

Does that not sound like someone you want to know? Why not come by the Alabama Art Kitchen(2626 University Blvd) and see some of her beautiful work.  She had this to say in a recent inview with The Crimson and White

““They’re more ‘zine’ in that they’re about components,” she said. “Each piece has a corresponding poster and a corresponding piece of ephemera (glad we gave you defination now aren’t you), like a sticky note. As you walk through the show, you look at a poster, pick up a piece of ephemera that helps decode the poster and put the piece in your book. It gives [exhibit goers] a physical representation of their experience of walking through the exhibit….A lot of what I do involves repurposing, which involves reusing T-shirts and other things as material for making paper,” she said. “For artwork, I might reuse a linoleum block by manipulating an image, changing a color or layering, but the idea is to have it be used more than once.”

The event starts at 6pm and last till 9pm, there are free books, hummus and I have a hunch some mighty cool people what more could you ask for!

 

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We had a great time and a fellow blogger took the time to review some of the brews you can find his story here. We also used a few of his pics here so tell him thanks.

 

 

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Well we decided the fest was just not enough so in honor of Suds of The South there are several events going on tonight to get everyone warmed up. The first is the Good People brewing can revel party. You know we are super stoked about this because it brings our long time beer sponsor to Wilhagans. Micheal will be there to crack a few cans and talk about the move of more and more craft breweries to cans and he has a few Good People giveaways lined up. So if you like us have been waiting forever to see and taste these good brews from the Good People brewery come out tonight. The event will be going all night but based on the limited amout of beer I’d get there early.

The Alcove will be hosting a Suds of The South tap take over. Some of the brews on tap include rarities such as Terrapin’s “Monk’s Revenge” Belgian IPA , Bell’s “Hell Hath no Furry” Belgian Strong Dark Ale (First time in Tuscaloosa), Straight to Ale’s Unobtanium Old Ale (First time in Tuscaloosa) and Blue Pants Knickerbocker Red (first time anywhere other then Huntsville). Steve form Terrapin and Tina from Bell’s will be there to talk about beer and help everyone get ready for Suds of The South.

 

Egans will be having $3 pints of Back Forty beers. With Tripp and Jason  there to tell you what to expect in the future.

Events like these are not all that common so get out circulate and enjoy some of the best craft beer events Tuscaloosa has ever seen. There are still a few tickets left for the fest on Saturday and can be found here https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/157529 and a limited amount may be available tomorrow for $20 dollars each.Any questions about tickets can be sent to wellthatscool@gmail.com.

 

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One of our favorite sister sites, the Ugly Tusk, is having a 50s/60s soul/psych/garage dance party (complete with costume contest) at Egans on Thursday night. Everyone knows we love a costume contest. I think we are all dressing as this guy. There will be dancing, hard drinking and according to the Ugly Tusk themselves,  ”Later in the night, the party will devolve into hipster cocaine sex jams (byoc), whatever that means to you”. It means they are doing field research for their writing later in life when they are the corduroy jacketed scholarly types teaching the youth of tomorrow.  They also wanted us to warn people that they are not responsible for any burnt genitals (whatever you do do not Google image search that)  from dancing so hard in tight britches. This should be a party you don’t want to miss. We will be there watching this beautiful mating ritual dance of the  southern bearded MFA.

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Tickets are really starting to fly off. We have very few left and if a few are left (doubt that will be the case) day of it will cost you $20. Why not save $5 and pick one up now. You can buy online here or hard tickets can be bought at Spirits Wine Cellar, The Alcove  and Wilhagans .  We are expecting some really great rare beer that Tuscaloosa does not normally get to see. So here is a little list of what we expect:

Terrapin

Rye Pale

Rye Squared DIPA

Hopsecutioner Americam IPA

Hop Karma IPA

Sunray Wheat

Good People

Pale

IPA

Brown

Funky Dark Farmhouse

Yazoo

Pale Ale

Dos Perros Amber

Hefeweizen

SUE Smoked Porter

Back Forty

Naked Pig

Truck Stop Honey Brown

Unreleased IPA

Unreleased Porter

Lazy Magnolia

Southern Pecan

Reb Ale

Highland

Gaelic Ale

Oatmeal Porter

St. Terese Pale Ale

Little Hump Spring Ale

Straight to Ale

Unobtanium Old Ale

one more still up in the air on it

Blue Pants

Corduroy Rye IPA

Knickerbocker Red

Bell’s

HopSlam
Amber

Pale Ale

Double Creme Stout

Two Hearted Ale

Sweetwater

420

IPA

Blue

Abita

Turbo Dog

Purple Haze

Amber

Seasonal Mardi Gras Bock

Red Brick Brewery

Pale Ale

Porter

Blonde

There will a few more secret squirrel additions  as well. We also would like to announce  that we have three really kick ass events going on for Friday night.

Green Bar will be the first in Tuscaloosa to launch the Good People cans. One of the owners Micheal Sellers will be on hand to talk beer and meet and mingle with the folks who want to show their support for one of the first and most forward thinking Breweries in Alabama. Only a very small amount of the cans will be available so if you want to take part and be one of the first in the Druid City to enjoy local canned craft beer stop by. 8pm

The Alcove will feature all Southeast breweries on tap including rarities such as Terrapin’s “Monk’s Revenge” Belgian IPA , Bell’s “Hell Hath no Furry” Belgian Strong Dark Ale (First time in Tuscaloosa), Straight to Ale’s  Unobtanium Old Ale (First time in Tuscaloosa) and Blue Pants Knickerbocker Red (first time anywhere other then Huntsville). Steve form Terrapin and Tina from Bell’s will be there to talk about beer and help everyone get ready for Suds of The South. 7pm

Egans will feature the guys from Back Forty with $3 pints of  Naked Pig Pale and Truck Stop Brown as well as it being Jeff Side’s birthday bash featuring the mater of making people dance with beers DJ Bin Rockin.

 

 

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This was the story for Suds of The South II for tickets to SOTS III please go here http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/228271

 

 

 

 

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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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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