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

LOCAL MUSIC

THURSDAY

The Unlikely Candidates, Nox Holloway: 8 p.m., $17.50 plus fees, Druid City Music Hall, 1307 University Blvd., on the Strip. www.druidcitymusichall.com.

FRIDAY

Turnpike Troubadours, Muscadine Bloodline, Them Dirty Roses: 7 p.m., Tuscaloosa Amphitheater. Tickets through www.ticketmaster.com, or at the Amp box office on Jack Warner Parkway, $89.50 for the general admission pit, with reserved seats at $89.50, $75, $65 and $45. www.tuscaloosaamphitheater.com.

Bow Wow, Mario, Keri Hilson, Lloyd, Pleasure P, Bobby V, Sammie, Ying Yang Twins, Dem Franchize Boyz, Lil Scrappy, Travis Porter, Crime Mob, Trillville, and the reunion of Day26: 8 p.m., BJCC Arena, Birmingham. Tickets, $59.50 and up, through www.ticketmaster.com. www.bjcc.org.

SATURDAY

Bonnie Raitt: 7:30 p.m. BJCC Concert Hall, Birmingham. Tickets, $40.50 and up, through www.ticketmaster.com. www.bjcc.org.

LOCAL EVENTS

THURSDAY

Kentuck Art Night: 5-8 p.m., free and family friendly, Kentuck Art Center, 503 Main Ave., Northport. Exhibits include "Story Girl and Whirly Boy" by Jeanie Holland and T.R. Reed, in the Museum Gallery; "Food for Thoughts" by selected artists, in the Community Teer Gallery; live music by Jameson Hubbard; Bean Me up Scottie Organic Eatery food truck; pop-up shops from local vendors including Hart and Hind, Rogue Ephemera; open artists' studios; and cob oven pizza. www.kentuck.org/art-nights.

Evening with Sonny Brewer: 5:30-7 p.m., Ernest and Hadley Booksellers, 1928 Seventh St., Tuscaloosa. Brewer, author of novels including "The Poet of Tolstoy Park," has a new book "Syllables Go By: Sixteen Hundred Eighty-Three, Three Lines at a Time," with prose and poetry paired on facing pages. Sonny Brewer turns his hand to a unique book of prose and poetry, side-by-side, with a narrative raison d'etre on one page, and a haiku on the facing page. www.ernestandhadleybooks.com.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY

Artist talk/exhibit opening by Cedric Smith: 4:30 p.m., Camellia Room, second floor of Gorgas Library. Smith will be visiting the UA campus as part of the Paul R. Jones lecture series. His talk will provide an overview of his artwork and career to date, with discussion and refreshments to follow. The artist will also attend the First Friday reception for his exhibit "Horsepower" at the Paul R. Jones Museum, 2308 Sixth St., downtown Tuscaloosa, beginning at 5 p.m. Friday. For more, see www.cedricsmithstudio.com.

FRIDAY

Artist talk and reception for "Popclectic" by Tim Spanjer: First Friday event, free, 6-7:30 p.m. at Kentuck's Gallery in Hotel Indigo, 111 Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa. Artist talk at 6:30, with light hors d'oeuvres provided by Hotel Indigo. For more about First Friday, see www.firstfridaytuscaloosa.com.

Black Warrior audience-choice comedy special: 7:30-10:30, Black Warrior Brewing Co., 2216 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa. Performers this month include Keith Thresh, Austin Church, Ken in Black, Cody Church, Joe Odom, and Nate Wagener. Tickets $10. Doors at 7:30, show at 8. Tickets through www.eventbrite.com/e/black-warrior-audience-choice-comedy-showcase-ticket.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY

Christmas Open House: 9:30-4 p.m. Saturday, noon-4 p.m. Sunday, Kentuck's Gallery Shop, 503 Main Ave., Northport. Work by local artists on sale 10% off, 20% for Kentuck members (www.kentuck.org/become-a-member), with hot cider, make and take activity, sidewalk chalk, and play on the Giant Drum Cart. Held in conjunction with Saturday Art Market (SAM purchases not included in Gallery Shop discounts). www.kentuck.org/saturday-art-markets.

ACTFest: Theatre Tuscaloosa and Shelton State Community College are for the fourth time partnering with the Alabama Conference of Theatre (ACT) to host the Alabama Community Theatre Festival (ACTFest), in the Bean-Brown Theatre. Every other year, this festival is part of the national American Association of Community Theatre Festival (AACTFest). This is a nationals year, and Theatre Tuscaloosa will be entering "Launch Day," the third original play it has entered.

Tickets to individual shows are $10 each. An annual membership in the ACT costs $25, which gives admission to all ACTFest activities. Tickets may be purchased online through www.theatretusc.com/actfest-2022-23, by phone at 205-391-2277, or at the door starting one hour before each performance. The schedule:

SATURDAY

2:25 p.m. : The Actor's Charitable Theatre, "Holy Ghosts"

3:55: Spark Theatre Company, "I and You"

5:25: Self Express Productions, "Fools"

SUNDAY

1:30 p.m.: Theatre Tuscaloosa, "Launch Day"

3: Wetumpka Depot Players, "A Storm Came Up"

For this first time, ACTFest will include four categories of Individual Events: Solo Acting, Solo Musical Theatre, Group Acting, and Group Musical. Solo events will be held 9:45-11:25 a.m. Saturday, in the Alabama Power Recital Hall. IEs will be adjudicated by the same panel of judges who will adjudicate the festival show performances and participants will receive written feedback from each adjudicator. Honorees will be selected in each category. Those who purchase an annual membership with ACT will be granted access to silently observe the individual performances. For more details, visit the ACTFest webpage: www.alabamaconferenceoftheatre.com/community-theatre/about-2-2.

SATURDAY

Tony's Boudin Blowout: 2-10 p.m., Druid City Brewing Company, 607 14th St., Parkview Plaza. Free boudin cooked by a south Louisiana chef, with music by Diablo Sandwich and the Dr. Peppers playing before the Bama game, 4-6 p.m. druidcitybrewing.com.

Alabama's No. 6 Crimson Tide plays No. 18 LSU: 6 p.m. in Baton Rouge. ESPN will broadcast.

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.

UPCOMING

NOV. 21: Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra's "Autumn Leaves," 7 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, Tuscaloosa. www.tsoonline.org.

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