| Florence, Ala. | Saturday, May 18, 2013 |
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Travis Wammack and Band — Jan and Donnie Gullett and Roger Clark — are guest performers 5:30-7:30 p.m. today at Wayne’s Catfish Haven, Russellville. The group also performs 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Wayne’s Catfish Haven II, Elgin.
Kerry Gilbert and Hugh Banks, of the KGB, will entertain guests 6-9 p.m. today at Frank’s Italian Restaurant, 500 N. Montgomery Ave., Sheffield.
A Shoals favorite Showdown makes a return appearance for a valentine show beginning at 7 p.m. Friday at CrossPoint Church of Christ, Cox Creek Parkway, Florence. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and admission is $10, with a portion of the proceeds benefitting the Alzheimer’s Association. Ages 5 and younger are admitted free. Band members are Mechele Bradford, Laura Whitten, vocals; Randy Fowler, guitar; Keith Davis, drums; Wayne Walker, keyboard; and Jim Grinnell, bass. Special guest will be Jake Walker. Ticket information: 256-415-0803, 256-335-9903 or 256-710-7332.
DP’s at 410 N. Montgomery Ave. in Sheffield has a full musical line-up this weekend. Performing Friday will be Doctors, Lawyers and Such, 7-10 p.m., and Kelvin Holly and N.C. Thurman, 10:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. On Saturday, Bryan Muse performs an Elvis Tribute, 8 p.m. to Midnight. Aaron Blades hosts an open musician night on Wednesday.
The featured band Friday night at PJ’s, 701 Davison Ave., Muscle Shoals, is Big Joe and the Catfish Junkies. Performing Saturday will be Chad Bradford.
The Hit Men — Jon Simpson, Allen Easterling, David Dotson, Larry Crowell and Tommy Beck — perform for a dance 7-11 p.m. Saturday at the Elk’s Lodge, 408 N. Nashville Ave., Sheffield. The dance is open to the public, and admission is $5 with proceeds benefiting Elks charities.
The free public film series, “The Screening Room: Classics, Crowd-Pleasers, Cult Favorites and Neglected Gems,” screens films throughout the year in the conference room of the Florence-Lauderdale Public Library, 350 N. Wood Ave., Florence. The February lineup begins at 2 p.m. Sunday with a Black History Month showing of Eddie “Rochester” Anderson, Ethel Waters, Lena Horne, Louis Armstrong, Rex Ingram, Mantan Moreland and Duke Ellington in Vincente Minnelli’s musical “Cabin in the Sky” (1943). The series celebrates the week of Valentine’s Day with Cher and Nicholas Cage in “Monstruck” (1985) at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12, and Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant and James Stewart in George Cukor’s “The Philadelphia Story” (1940) at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 14. The two-part Black History Month salute concludes at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, with Cuba Gooding Jr. and Terrence Howard in the World War II drama “Red Tails” (2012). The Screening Room is sponsored by the Florence- Lauderdale Public Library, the library’s Bookmarks Coffee Shop and Pillar of Fire. The series is organized and hosted by film historian and Pillar of Fire founder Terry Pace. For details, call the library, 256-764-6564, or Pillar of Fire, 256-366-4512.
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