Pat Ammons
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Alabama Youth Ballet performs a family-friendly 'Snow White'
The ballet will be performed April 4 through 6 at the Von Braun Center Playhouse. → Read More
Monte Sano Writers Conference provides advice to aspiring authors
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - Current and aspiring writers are invited to attend the 2nd annual Monte Sano Writers Conference, which will take place at Monte Sano United Methodist Church on April 5 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The day-long conference... → Read More
Cool Spaces: Huntsville's historic Quietdale mansion lives on
The house, built in 1854, and grounds are on the market. → Read More
Joyce Carol Oates on Twitter, her talk at the Huntsville Museum of Art
In addition to her talk, Oates will hold a book signing on March 29 at 7 p.m. → Read More
Too sweet to vote? Talk looks at women's rights movement in Alabama
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - In celebration of Women's History Month, author and local historian Nancy Rohr will give a talk about Alabama's role in the women's suffrage movement. The talk, "They Are Too Sweet and Angelic to Reason; Or, How Women... → Read More
Note to student: Don't climb on ancient statues to take a selfie
A student in Milan, Italy, reportedly broke the leg off a statue when he climbed on it to take a selfie. → Read More
Bach goes to Tahiti with the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra at Lowe Mill
The “Bach in Tahiti” concert will take place at the Flying Monkey Theatre at Lowe Mill Arts & Entertainment on March 30 at 3:30 p.m. → Read More
Doesn't fit? Toss it out. Stylist shows clients what and what not to wear
“Most people get in a rut and don’t know how to mix and match and put things together,” said Lisa Berger, who was trained by Stacy London of “What Not to Wear” fame to represent her company “Style for Hire.” Berger also owns her own company, Tallula Tate Life & Style. → Read More
'It was an honest mistake': Owner of dog dragged by truck haunted by incident
A witness called the Madison County Sheriff's Department to report seeing the dog being dragged behind was a navy blue Dodge or Chevy pickup truck on Charity Lane around 8:30 a.m. → Read More
Man charged with murder in deaths of two women in Lauderdale County
The women have been identified as Joanne Strickland Butler and Clo Ann Taylor Stoner. → Read More
Exhibit showcases talents of Huntsville photographers
The Huntsville Photographic Society: 2014 Members’ Showcase will be on view at the Huntsville Museum of Art through Aug. 3. → Read More
'Forget-Me-Not' play examines life with Alzheimer's disease
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -The Mid-South Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association is hosting a performance of the “Forget-Me-Not Project” play by playwright Garrett Davis on March 23 at 5 p.m., at the Von Braun Center Playhouse. Davis, who lost his grandmother, “Goodness,”... → Read More
Artists to create over-sized sand sculpture at Huntsville Botanical Garden
Carving will begin March 22 and will finish March 29. → Read More
Huntsville Museum of Art offers spring art classes for ages 3 to adult
Classes begin the week of March 17. → Read More
If these walls could talk, what stories would this Huntsville house tell? (Cool Spaces) (Photos, Video)
David and Nancy Hanning's collection of faces in paintings, sculpture and clay that makes their home such a conversation piece and one cool space to be in. → Read More
Artist Edwina Sandys, granddaughter of Winston Churchill, to speak at Huntsville Museum of Art
Sandys is the first in the third annual Voices of Our Times series, which includes author Joyce Carol Oates on March 29, and Louise Hirschfeld, the widow of famed caricature artist Al Hirschfeld, on May 29. → Read More
'Jersey Boys' set to rock Huntsville's VBC stage for eight shows
Broadway Theatre League is bringing the show, which won the 2006 Tony Award for best musical, for eight shows at the Von Braun Center Mark C. Smith Concert Hall March 19 through 23. → Read More
Huntsville public radio hosts national StoryCorps recording project
The recording sessions offered by StoryCorps are a "chance to save the voices and stories of people who are important to you," Brett Tannehill the general manager of WLRH. → Read More
2 toddlers pulled from swimming pool in Morgan County, taken to hospital
The children were believed to have climbed under a fence surrounding the pool and had been in the water about 20 minutes before they were discovered. → Read More
18-wheeler rams into church in Center Star, driver injured
The 18-wheeler crashed into the Center Star Baptist Church on U.S. 72. → Read More