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Alabama Symphony performs tonight as part of the OnStage season.
Published: Thursday, September 17, 2009 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 at 3:57 p.m.
Music
OnStage 2009-10 season includes a performance by the Alabama Symphony Orchestra at 7:30 tonight in Norton Auditorium on the University of North Alabama campus, Florence. Composer Paul Lansky leads a pre-concert discussion. Tickets available at the Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts, 217 E. Tuscaloosa St., Florence; shoalsonstage.org; or 766-4222. Season subscriptions also available.
Kerry Gilbert and Shane Goodson, of the KGB, will perform 6-8 p.m. today at Good Springs Fish and More Restaurant, U.S. 43, Russellville. Travis Wammack and Butch “Big Arms” Ledford perform 6-8 p.m. Friday. Details: 331-0059 Maxwell Russell performs 5-7 tonight and Friday at Swamper’s Lounge, Marriott Hotel and Spa, Florence. Randy Roberson performs tonight at Miss Annie’s, U.S. 43, St. Joseph, Tenn. Performing Saturday will be Stone Nickel and Fat Momma. Stone Nickel performs Friday night at Bumper’s, Tennessee 13, Iron City, Tenn. Performing Sunday will be Matt Roy. Entertainment at Old Town Tavern, 304 N. Montgomery Ave., Sheffield, this week includes Shake It Like a Caveman on Friday night, and Darkend on Saturday. Performing at La Fonda Mexicana, Florence Boulevard, Florence, will be Saucy Jack with Barry Billings on Friday and Iguana Party on Saturday. The Gary Nichols Band performs Friday at Side Pocket in Florence. Performing Saturday will be The Factory. Nichols also performs Wednesday night. Joseph Baldwin performs as the opening act 7:15-7:45 p.m. Saturday for Paul Thorn and Zac Hacker at the Scope 310 Concert in Muscle Shoals; and on Monday at Jonathan’s Steakhouse, Russellville. Details: myspace.com/josephbaldwincountry. Karen Gruber is the featured musical artist 5-7 p.m. Tuesday at Swampers at Marriott Shoals Hotel and Spa, Florence. She will be accompanied by Joseph Stallworth on the piano.Film
The free film series “The Screening Room: Classics, Crowd-Pleasers, Cult Favorites and Neglected Gems” showcases Woody Allen’s Oscar-nominated 2005 drama “Match Point” at 7 tonight at the Florence-Lauderdale Public Library, 350 N. Wood Ave., Florence. Allen’s neo-noir thriller stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Scarlett Johansson. The film — which is rated R for sexual content, suggested violence and some adult language — also features Matthew Goode, Brian Cox and Emily Mortimer. An ongoing retrospective of “Claude Rains Classics” continues at 2 p.m. Sunday, with the Academy Award-winning wartime love story “Casablanca.” The 1943 favorite stars Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman and features character actor Rains. The “Casablanca” screening will be preceded by animation legend Friz Freleng’s 1943 Looney Tunes cartoon, “Fifth-Column Mouse.” The mini-series of “Claude Rains Classics” will continue through November in advance of a visit to the Shoals by Rains’ daughter, actress Jessica Rains and film historian David J. Skal. The Screening Room is co-sponsored by the library and Pillar of Fire. Details: library, 764-6564; Pillar of Fire, 366-4512; pillaroffire@bellsouth.net; or flpl.lib.al.us/screeningroom.htm. Special event
The 16th annual Trail of Tears Commemorative Motorcycle Ride is Saturday. The ride begins at the Alabama/Tennessee line on U.S. 72, Bridgeport, with riders departing at 8 a.m. and arriving in Waterloo at approximately 2 p.m. The town of Waterloo will host a Pow Wow beginning Friday and continuing through Sunday, featuring music, storytelling, displays and crafts. A commemorative walk will be at 10 a.m. Saturday. Details: al-tn-trailoftears.net.Deadline for items to be submitted to Best Bets is noon Monday for publication Thursday. E-mail items teri.thornton@timesdaily.com.
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