TUSK CALENDAR: Who's playing and what's happening

This week in West Alabama, Feb. 15-21, Charlie Wilson, Local Brand, Pigeons Playing Ping-Pong and The Brook and The Bluff concerts at Druid City Brewing and Druid City Music Hall; an OLLI fundraiser with storyteller Dolores Hydock and musician Bobby Horton teaming for a multimedia performance; nationally known comedian Rickey Smiley visits Stillman College for its homecoming; Sharony Green will discuss her new book about Zora Neale Hurston at Ernest and Hadley; Oscar-nominated short films will play at the Bama; and an anti-Valentine's open-mic, hosted by Pure Products, will be held at Nocturnal Tavern.

MUSIC

THURSDAY

Charlie Wilson: 6 p.m., Druid City Brewing Co., 700 14th St., Parkview Plaza, Tuscaloosa. www.druidcitybrewing.com.

Journey, Toto: 7:30 p.m., BJCC Arena, Birmingham. Tickets, $49 and up, through www.ticketmaster.com. www.bjcc.org.

SATURDAY

Local Brand: 8 p.m., Druid City Brewing Co., 700 14th St., Parkview Plaza, Tuscaloosa. Local Brand will be playing from its new EP “Short Stories,” along with other original music. www.facebook.com/localbrandband.

Winter Jam 2024, featuring Christian musicians Crowder, Lecrae, Cain, Katy Nichole: 6 p.m., BJCC Arena, Birmingham. Admission for a $15 donation at the door. www.bjcc.org.

SUNDAY

Open-mic night: 6 p.m., Druid City Brewing Co., 700 14th St., Parkview Plaza, Tuscaloosa. www.druidcitybrewing.com.

TUESDAY

The Brook and The Bluff, Willis: 8 p.m., $25, Druid City Music Hall, 539 Gene Stallings Ave., off the UA Strip. www.druidcitymusichall.com.

WEDNESDAY

Pigeons Playing Ping-Pong, Underground Springhouse: 8 p.m., $27.50, Druid City Music Hall, 539 Gene Stallings Ave., off the UA Strip. www.druidcitymusichall.com.

LOCAL EVENTS

THURSDAY

Evening with Dolores Hydock and Bobby Horton: Storyteller and musician presenting "A Sweet Strangeness Thrills My Heart: The World of Sallie Independence Foster, 1861–1887," as centerpiece of a fundraiser for OLLI, Bryant Conference Center, 240 Paul W. Bryant Drive on the UA campus. Doors open at 5, with dinner at 5:30 p.m., and the show beginning at 6:45 p.m. Tickets are $90. For more and to purchase tickets, call 205-348-6482 or email OLLI@ua.edu. www.olli.ua.edu.

Anti-Valentine's open-mic: 6 p.m., Nocturnal Tavern, 2205 Fourth St., Temerson Square, downtown Tuscaloosa. Hosted by UA's Pure Products Reading and Lecture Series. The evening will begin with featured UA writers, then open the mic to others who wish to read. www.facebook.com/pureproductstuscaloosa.

Stillman College Homecoming Karaoke with Rickey Smiley: 7 p.m., Birthright Alumni Hall, Stillman College campus. Nationally syndicated radio star and comedian Smiley brings his karaoke night to the campus of Stillman, for its 2024 homecoming celebration. Tickets, $25 and up, through www.gostillman.com/sports/2024/1/4/rickey-smiley-karoke-live.

FRIDAY

Sharony Green book talk and signing: 5:30-7 p.m., Ernest and Hadley Booksellers, 1928 Seventh St., downtown Tuscaloosa. Sharony Green will discuss her latest book, "The Chase and Ruins: Zora Neale Hurston in Honduras." Hilary Green and Trudier Harris will be part of the discussion as well. www.ernestandhadleybooks.com.

Bianca Del Rio "Dead Inside" comedy show: 8 p.m., Lyric Fine Arts Theatre, 1800 Third Ave. N., Birmingham. Tickets, $49.50 and up, through www.ticketmaster.com. www.lyricbham.com.

SATURDAY

Comic Strip Customer Appreciation Day: 10 a.m.-7 p.m., with guests, sales and giveaways; Suite 10, 505 Hargrove Road E., Tuscaloosa. www.facebook.com/ComicStripTuscaloosa.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre: 7 p.m., BJCC Concert Hall, Birmingham. Performing contemporary works, and classic favorites from the repertory, including Ailey’s "Revelations." Tickets, $32 and up, through www.ticketmaster.com. www.bjcc.org.

MONDAY-TUESDAY

Auditions for "The Diviners":4-8 p.m., Wilson Carr Rehearsal Hall on the Martin Campus of Shelton State Community College, 9500 Old Greensboro Road, Tuscaloosa. Shelton State will perform "The Diviners" April 17-21 on campus, directed by Tina Turley, Theatre Tuscaloosa’s executive producer and head of Shelton State’s theater program. Priority casting will be for Shelton State students, but anyone can audition. Eleven roles are available from young teens to adults. Actors of all races, ethnicities, and gender will be considered. A full cast of characters and descriptions can be found on the Theatre Tuscaloosa website at www.theatretusc.com/diviners.

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

"2024 Oscar-Nominated Short Films": 7 p.m., Bama Theatre. Secondof three 2024 Bama Art House winter films. Box office, doors and bar open at 6 p.m. for each screening. Single tickets $10 general, $9 seniors and students, $8 for Arts Council members. Discount punch card tickets, for $70, will be for sale, and good for any 10 BAH films, with no expiration date. Patrons can also order tickets ahead of screenings by visiting The Arts Council’s ticketing page at ci.ovationtix.com/36768. To see more, visit www.tuscarts.org. The shorts collection includes live action, animated and documentary films recently announced as 2024 Oscar nominees. The final winter BAH showing will be the 2023 film "Anatomy of a Fall" ("Anatomie d'une chute") Feb. 27; a crime thriller, rated R, nominated for five Oscars, including best picture, director, actress, original screenplay and editing.

UPCOMING

MARCH 23: Drivin' n' Cryin', Jackson Chase, Southern Division, 6:30-11 p.m., The Venue Tuscaloosa, opposite Sokol Park, Northport. venuetuscaloosa.com.

APRIL 18: Riley Green, Tracy Lawrence and Ella Langley, 7:30 p.m. Mercedes-Benz Amphitheater, Tuscaloosa. Tickets through www.ticketmaster.com, and at the Amp box office, 2710 Jack Warner Parkway, for $89.50, $79.50, $59.50, $49.50, and $39.50, plus fees and taxes.

APRIL 26: Travis Tritt, Chase Matthew, Frank Foster, 7 p.m., Mercedes-Benz Amphitheater, Tuscaloosa. Tickets through www.ticketmaster.com, or at the amp's box office, 2710 Jack Warner Parkway in downtown Tuscaloosa, for $99.50, $79.50, $59.50 and $39.50.

MAY 17: Billy Currington, Kip Moore, Redferrin, Mercedes-Benz Amphitheater. Tickets through www.ticketmaster.com, or at the amphitheater box office, 2710 Jack Warner Parkway, Tuscaloosa, for $99.75, $89.75, $69.75, $49.75 and $29.75, plus taxes and fees. www.mercedesbenzamphitheater.com.

SEPT. 20: Cody Jinks, the Cadillac Three and Calder Allen, 7 p.m., Mercedes-Benz Amphitheater, Tuscaloosa. Tickets through www.ticketmaster.com, or at the venue's box office, 2710 Jack Warner Parkway, for $258, $158, $107.50, $87.50, $67.50, $47.50 and $33, plus taxes and fees. For more see www.mercedesbenzamphitheater.com.

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