​Delayed season dates on select WMAs

​​Spring turkey season will open March 16, 2019, and close April 30 for most Alabama counties. In 2018, the Conservation Advisory Board passed a motion that set the start date for turkey season as the third Saturday in March each year.

The decision was made to allow...

​Each year, K-12 students from across the country can enter their artwork in the Wildlife Forever State-Fish Art Contest. The contest requires student artists to depict a state fish. Prizes are awarded at the state and national levels in four categories: K-3, 4-6, 7-9 and 10-12, with students in grades 4-12 writing a one-page essay about the fish, its natural habitat and the importance of that habitat in addition to the artwork. Complete contest rules and the entry form can be found on the Wildlife Forever website, www.wildlifeforever.org.
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Artists can choose to depict either...

​Keep Athens-Limestone Beautiful (KALB) in cooperation with TVA, United Pest & Turf Control, Lowe’s, Keep Alabama Beautiful, and ALDOT will hold the Limestone County-Wide Trash Attack this Saturday, March 9th as scheduled with a few changes to the master plan.

The event will go on as planned on Saturday for...

​Athens, AL – The Athenian Players invite you to experience the marvelously creative tale of Hamlet through the eyes of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, two hapless minor characters in Shakespeare’s iconic play.
Acclaimed as a modern dramatic masterpiece, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead tells their version of the story as the pair stumble their way in and out of the action of Hamlet.

In Tom Stoppard’s best-known work, this Shakespearean Laurel and Hardy finally get a chance to...

Decatur, AL -- Calhoun Community College today announced that the college will host its 13th Annual Writers’ Conference, Thursday, March 7, 2019.   Featured writer for this year’s event is Kevin Young, New Yorker Magazine poetry editor, author and poet.  Young also currently serves as director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and is widely regarded as one of the leading poets of his generation.

An editor, essayist, and curator, Young’s books of poetry include:

​Athens, AL – Andy Leftwich & Friends will be coming to Athens State University as part of the Tennessee Valley Old Time Fiddlers Concert Series. The concert will be the second of the four-part series that leads up to the 2019 Fiddlers Convention in October, allowing bluegrass lovers to enjoy the sounds of old-time music throughout the year. The event will be held on Thursday, April 11 at 7:00 PM in McCandless Hall.
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Andy, a four-time Grammy winning instrumentalist, brings with him...

​Athens, AL – Eight years ago, Athens State University Art Professor Gail Bergeron challenged her art sculpture students to help bring Mardi Gras to Downtown Athens.
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The New Orleans native created a block party where students, dubbed the Athens State University ARTHEADS, created head pieces based on a parade theme and encouraged...

​AL – Athens State University will be hosting its annual Arbor Day Festival on Saturday, April 13 from 1:00 – 5:00 pm on Founders Hall Lawn. The festival will offer something fun for the whole family including inflatable attractions for kids, historic tree tours on Athens State’s campus, arts and crafts, face painting, and free food.

Athens State is quickly approaching...

​The 2019 Alabama Waterfowl Stamp Art Contest will take place at Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge in Decatur, Ala., on Saturday, March 16. All eligible entries will be on display at the Wheeler Visitors Center beginning at 12 p.m. The contest judging will begin at 1 p.m. Three experts from the fields of art, ornithology and wildlife conservation will select the winning waterfowl art to be featured on the 2020-21 Alabama waterfowl stamp. The media and public are invited to attend.  
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The competition is open to...