Mark Hughes Cobb

Though health, safety and comfort measures being taken by the University of Alabama for the Sept. 5 sold-out season-opening gridiron match between the Crimson Tide and East Carolina Pirates follow successful recent-year procedures, a few tweaks have been added to improve experiences, according to Nick Frenz, associate director of event management within UA's transportation services.

The University of Alabama is one of six U.S. institutions joining a prestigious academic competition with French and UK universities. Student teams will research and propose solutions to global challenges, with the current theme being "Artificial Intelligence, Power and Ethics."

Nineteen-year-old singer Ty Myers discusses his rapid rise to fame and his upcoming show in Tuscaloosa.

Many musicians' origin stories include a struggle to make families understand dreams. But Ty Myers, the singer-songwriter-guitarist who is headlining the Mercedes-Benz Amphitheater on Sept. 10, has it slightly different.

This week in West Alabama, Sept. 10-16, the Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra's season opener "We The People," Ty Myers in concert at the Mercedes-Benz Amphitheater and more.

As the late summer doldrums wane and autumn hints at arrival through nights below 85 degrees, the concert season at the Mercedes-Benz Amphitheater rolls on through the bulk of October.

Producer-writer Damon Lindelof has helped create outstanding TV, including "Lost," "The Leftovers," "Watchmen" (the electric, racially-charged limited-series HBO show, not the limp-toast film), and the hard-to-categorize, but hilarious, bizarre, and riveting "Mrs. Davis."

HBO's 'Lanterns' features great casting but struggles with weak writing and questionable character portrayals.

Producer-writer Damon Lindelof has helped create outstanding TV, including "Lost," "The Leftovers," "Watchmen" (the electric, racially-charged

Season ticket packages are available for two of the area's largest performing arts groups, who will come to an intersection in January, marking the biggest collaboration between them since 2000's "Amahl and the Night Visitors."