TUSK CALENDAR: Who's playing and what's happening
LOCAL MUSIC
THURSDAY
Shredder Dan and Faheem Hawkins: 8 p.m., Druid City Brewing Co., 607 14th St., Parkview Plaza. druidcitybrewing.com.
FRIDAY
Johnny on the Spot: 6:30-7:30 p.m., Druid City Brewing Co., 607 14th St., Parkview Plaza. druidcitybrewing.com.
Smokey Jones and the Three-Dollar Pistols: 8:30 p.m., Hunt Club Honky-Tonk Bar & Grill, 2209 Fourth St., Tuscaloosa.
LOCAL EVENTS
THURSDAY
Mini Book Fest with Livingston Press: 5-7 p.m., Tuscaloosa Public LIbrary, 1801 Jack Warner Parkway, co-hosted by Ernest and Hadley Booksellers. Evnt is free, but space is limited, so reserve a space through www.bit.ly/3hbFGgz. Any donations collected will benefit the TPL. Books and writers represented include Eleanor Boudreau, "Earnest, Earnest?"; James Braziel "This Ditch-Walking Love"; Tina Mozelle Braziel "Known by Salt"; Sonny Brewer, "Syllables Go By: Sixteen Hundred Eighty-Three, Three Lines at a Time," also featuring William Gay's posthumous novel "Fugitives of the Heart" (forward by Sonny Brewer); Loretta Cobb, "How Can I Keep from Singing," "The Ocean Was Salt"; M. David Hornbuckle, "The Fireball Brothers"; Faith Kaiser, "Secrets of the Devil Vine"; Laura Secord, "An Art, a Craft, a Mystery"; Joe Taylor, "Bad Form, Ghostly Demarcations: Stories," "Belles’ Letters: Contemporary Stories By Alabama Women" (with Tina N. Jones); Tricia Taylor, "Zero to Ten: Nursing on the Floor."
Pure Products November Reading: 7:30 p.m., Canterbury Chapel Episcopal Church and Student Center, 812 Fifth Ave., featuring UA MFA alumna Lauren Goodwin Slaughter and UAB poet Elizabeth Hughey, who will read from their new books, also available for sale. Free beverages.
THURSDAY-SUNDAY
"Small Mouth Sounds": 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, $10, Allen Bales Theatre, Rowand-Johnson Hall on the UA campus. Six characters desperate to escape the constant bombardment of stress and unhappiness that plagues their bustling urban lives find themselves on a silent retreat together. Without speaking, they must learn to communicate while simultaneously dealing with skeletons in their closets. As the retreat continues, each begins to understand the clarity that permeates the silence. 205-348-3400. www.theatre.ua.edu.
FRIDAY
Axe trailer and Veterans Day Parade: 11 a.m., Shirley Place, 512 Main Ave., downtown Northport. Kiss Our Axe mobile axe throwing, and parade for all who served.
All is Bright: 6-8 p.m., free, MIdtown Village, Tuscaloosa. DJ playing holiday tunes, lighting of the Christmas tree, treats, and Santa arriving at 7:30 p.m. to lead a sing-along.
Mr. Chen's Comedy Night: 9 p.m., Mr. Chen's, 514 14th St., Tuscaloosa. Hosted by Stand-Up Tuscaloosa.
Kevin Hart: 8 p.m., BJCC Arena, Birmingham. Tickets, $41 and up, through www.ticketmaster.com. www.bjcc.org.
FRIDAY-SATURDAY
Christmas Market: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Makers Market, at North River Church, 4215 Rice Mine Road NE. Gifts for foodies and more; hosted by Jan Hall for her Shoe Box Ministry.
SATURDAY
Alabama's No. 10 Crimson Tide plays No. 11 Ole Miss: 2:30 p.m., Vaught Hemingway Stadium, Oxford, Miss., broadcast by CBS, streaming on www.fubotv.com.
SUNDAY
Diwali, festival of lights: 4:30 p.m., $10, Bama Theatre, 600 Greensboro Ave., presented by Bollywood Groove. Dinner catered by Sitar of India, at the nearby Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center. 205-792-5476.
MONDAY
This Could Be You: Comedy show with open-mic, 8-11 p.m., Black Warrior Brewing Co., 2216 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa. Signup at 7:30. Hosted by Stand-Up Tuscaloosa and Compton Smith.
TUESDAY
Joseph "JoHo" Hornsby, book signing and talk: 5:30 p.m., Ernest and Hadley Booksellers, 1928 Seventh St., Tuscaloosa. Hornsby will discuss his memoir "My! Bama: A Mom-Noir," with memories from when he was five, attending his first Crimson Tide games, through attending UA, earning three degrees, and later returning as a faculty member, recounting how he and the university emerge from repressive traditions of the South, particularly Alabama's sluggish acceptance of integration and alternative lifestyles. www.ernestandhadleybooks.com.
The Grape Escape: 6-9 p.m., Lookout Rooftop Bar, Hotel Indigo, 111 Greensboro Ave., hosted by West Alabama Food and Wine Festival, celebrating partner restaurants with raffles and giveaways, and 10 percent of food and beverage purchases going toward the Food & Wine Festival. No ticket required.
UPCOMING
NOV. 21: Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra's "Autumn Leaves," 7 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, Tuscaloosa. www.tsoonline.org.
DEC. 4: Holiday open house at five historic Tuscaloosa properties, 2-5 p.m., free admission, to Old Tavern, 500 Nick's Kids Ave.; Battle-Friedman Home, 1010 Greensboro Ave.; Jemison Van de Graaff Mansion 1305 Greensboro Ave.; Murphy Collins Museum 2601 Paul W. Bryant Drive; McGuire Strickland House 2828 Sixth St. For more, see www.historictuscaloosa.org/events-1/2022HolidayOpenHouse.
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