TUSK CALENDAR: Who's playing and what's happening
MUSIC
THURSDAY
The Cadillac Three: 8 p.m., $18, Druid City Music Hall, 1307 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa. www.druidcitymusichall.com.
FRIDAY
The Cadillac Three: 8 p.m., $18, Druid City Music Hall, 1307 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa. www.druidcitymusichall.com.
Brandon Malone and the Whiskey Over Ice Band: 9 p.m., Big Al's Backstreet Lounge, 2108 14th Ave., Tuscaloosa.
Justin Moore, Priscilla Block, Jake McVey: 7 p.m., Alabama Theatre, 1817 Third Ave N., Birmingham. Tickets, $36.50 and up, through www.ticketmaster.com. www.alabamatheatre.com.
Black Jacket Symphony playing Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours": 8 p.m., BJCC Concert Hall, Birmingham. Tickets, $24.50 and up, through www.ticketmaster.com. www.bjcc.org.
SATURDAY
New Orleans Slim No. 4 (Benji Kozuch): 8 p.m., Druid City Brewing Company, Parkview Plaza. Release event for the EP "Wince."
Raheem DeVaughn, Calvin Richardson, Sunshine Anderson: 8 p.m., BJCC Concert Hall, Birmingham. Tickets, $69 and up, through www.ticketmaster.com. www.bjcc.org.
LOCAL EVENTS
FRIDAY-SUNDAY
Kami-Con 2023: BJCC Exhibition Halls, Birmingham. Three-day weekend passes are $65, through www.eventeny.com/events/ticket/?id=3275. The convention celebrating Japanese culture through gaming, geek culture, anime and manga, comics, TV shows, movies, and more runs noon-midnight Friday, 10 a.m.-1 a.m. Saturday-Sunday, and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday. www.kamicon.net.
SATURDAY
The 15th annual Chili Cook Off: 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Bryant Conference Center, $10 general, children 6 and under free, hosted by the Exchange Club. More than 30 teams will present a minimum of three gallons of chili. Each team will be judged on best taste, best costume, and team with the most enthusiasm. www.tuscexchange.wordpress.com/cookoff-info.
Terry Barkley book-signing and talk: 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Ernest and Hadley Booksellers, 1928 Seventh St., downtown Tuscaloosa. Barkley will be discussing and signing his latest book, "Twilight of the Confederacy: The Alabama Corps of Cadets and the Burning of The University of Alabama." Find a full description of the book here: bit.ly/3R4NSNs. www.ernestandhadleybooks.com.
Mystic Krewe of the Druids' "The '90s" Bal Masque: 7:30 p.m., Bama Theatre. For tickets, sponsorships and more information, see www.kreweofthedruids.org.
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
"The Eternal Daughter" (2022), rated PG-13, one hour and 36 minutes: 7 p.m., Bama Theatre, as part of the winter 2023 Bama Art House film series. It's a ghost story written and directed by Joanna Hogg, and starring Tilda Swinton. Julie Hart (Swinton) a filmmaker, brings her elderly mother (in a spoiler already revealed in reviews and trailers, also played by Swinton) to their old family home, now a mysteriously near-deserted hotel. For more, including trailers, visit www.tuscarts.org/bama/bama-art-house. The Bama box office, doors and bar will open at 6. Single tickets are $10 general, $9 for seniors and students, and $8 for Arts Council members. Punch cards for $70 will be available for sale, good for any 10 Bama Art House films, with no expiration date.
"Casablanca" (1942): 7 p.m., $10, Alabama Theatre, 1817 Third Ave. N., Birmingham. Presented with open-movie captioning on-screen. Singalong with the Mighty Wurlitzer at 7, film immediately following. Two ex-lovers' problems don't amount to a hill of beans in a Nazi-fied world, as various parties scrabble over letters of transit, which would allow a French resistance fighter and his wife to leave Morocco. Starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Paul Henreid, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Dooley Wilson. www.alabamatheatre.com.
UPCOMING
FEB. 17-26: "Best of Enemies," performed by Theatre Tuscaloosa, Bean-Brown Theatre, Shelton State Community College Martin campus. www.theatretusc.com.
APRIL 13: Lauren Daigle, Andrew Ripp, 7 p.m., Tuscaloosa Amphitheater. Tickets through www.ticketmaster.com, or at the Amp box office, for $129.50, $89.50, $59.50, $49.50 and $29.50, plus fees. For more, see www.tuscaloosaamphitheater.com.
APRIL 30: 2023 West Alabama Food and Wine Festival, 4:30-7:30 p.m., moving to downtown Northport this year, at 403 Main Avenue. Early-bird tickets before April 15, $60 general, $85 VIP. From April 15-30, tickets will be $75 general, $100 VIP. Tickets will include tastings from more than 30 area restaurants, and a keepsake wine glass. VIP tickets add early entrance at 3:30 and private lounge seating. See more at www.westalabamafoodandwine.org.
MAY 12: Hank Williams Jr., Old Crow Medicine Show, 7 p.m., Tuscaloosa Amphitheater. Tickets through www.ticketmaster.com, and at the Amp box office, 2710 Jack Warner Parkway, for $99.75, $79.75, $59.75, and $35, plus fees. For more, see www.tuscaloosaamphitheater.com.
MAY 28: Flashback Funk Fest, featuring Morris Day and The Time, Zapp Band, Con Funk Shun, and Atlantic Starr, 6 p.m., Tuscaloosa Amphitheater. Tickets through www.ticketmaster.com, or at the Amp box office, for $79.50, $59.50, $49.50 and $29.50, plus fees. For more, see www.tuscaloosaamphitheater.com.
JUNE 28: Barenaked Ladies, Five for Fighting, Del Amitri, 7 p.m., Tuscaloosa Amphitheater. Tickets through www.ticketmaster.com, or at the Amp box office, for $89.50, $79.50, $59.50, $49.50 and $29.50, plus fees. For more, see www.tuscaloosaamphitheater.com.
SEPT. 8: Parker McCollum, Jackson Dean, 7:30 p.m., Tuscaloosa Amphitheater. Tickets through www.ticketmaster.com, or the Amp box office at 2710 Jack Warner Parkway, for $84.50 (general admission pit), or $69.50, $54.50, $34.50 or $24.50 for reserved seats. For more, see www.tuscaloosaamphitheater.com.
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