COLBERT COUNTY-The Colbert County Tourism has released a calendar of event s for the rest of April and into may. Check out what’s happening:
March 19-April 30, 2022 – Darshan: Visions of India, featuring art exhibitions, an outdoor festival, performances, discussions, and workshops at the Tennessee Valley Museum of Art in Tuscumbia and the Ritz Theatre in Sheffield. Full schedule/ Info: www.tennesseevalleyarts.org
March 19-April 30, 2022 – Moments of Radiance, TVMA, 511 N Water St, Tuscumbia. Chitrasutra, a 5th or 6th-century Sanskrit text about art, says “Art is not for worldly pleasure; it is to take one on the path of spiritual experience, to Divinity.” This tenet will be on full display in Moments of Radiance, an upcoming exhibition by India-born artist Amita Bhakta, who says that her time creating art in her studio is “a profound experience for me.” Gallery talk: Thursday, April 14, 6pm. Info: tennesseevalleyarts.org
April 2, 9, 16, 23, & 30, 2022 – Historic Sheffield Saturday Walking Tours, Downtown Sheffield/ City Hall, 600 N. Montgomery Ave. Step into spring with our guided walking tours of Sheffield! Guided tours include the history of the people and homes of North Montgomery Avenue and the proprietors of the downtown commercial district from historian Jimmy Austin. Tours will begin at 10am outside the Municipal Building/City Hall. Tours are free to the public and sponsored by Historic Sheffield Commission & Colbert County Tourism.
April 2, 9, 16, 23, & 30, 2022 – Historic Tuscumbia Saturday Walking Tours, Downtown Tuscumbia/ The Palace 100 S Main St. Free guided tours will focus on the history of Tuscumbia and its people.
Sponsored by Colbert County Historic Landmarks Foundation. Info: 256-383-0783
April 8, 15, & 23, 2022 – Books. Camera. Action, Ritz Theatre, 111 W 3rd St, Sheffield. Join us at the historic Ritz Theatre in Sheffield, Alabama to enjoy some of your favorite film adaptations of classic novels. Tickets for each film are $10 (plus tax), or you can get a pass for all three films for $25. Concessions will be available! Doors @6:30pm, Show @7pm.•Friday, April 8: Pride & Prejudice •Friday, April 15: Little Women •Saturday, April 23: The Great Gatsby Tickets: tennesseevalleyarts.org
April 9 & 10, 2022 – Gloria and the Fifth, Norton Auditorium, UNA Campus, Florence. Guest conductor
Dr. Ian Loeppky and combined UNA/Guest Choirs perform John Rutter’s Gloria with the Shoals Symphony Orchestra. The piece described by many as exalted, devotional, and jubilant will be preceded by a powerful performance of Beethoven’s timeless, classic: Symphony No. 5, Op. 67.
Saturday show @7pm, Sunday show @3pm. Tickets & Info: www.shoalssymphony.org or 256-710-1623
April 9, 2022 – Introduction to Indian Cuisine, UNA East Campus, 1640 Tune Ave, Florence. Learn how to cook your own delicious Indian food with this demonstration and tasting with Prema Monteiro, Professor of the Jeff Eubanks Culinary Arts Management Program at UNA.
Info: tennesseevalleyarts.org
April 16, 2022 – Remembering a Legend: A Tribute to Roger Hawkins, Shoals Theatre, 123 N Seminary St, Florence. Concert, featuring Muscle Shoals legends on stage, sharing stories and admiration of the late Roger Hawkins. Special guests include drummers and musicians from across the country. Doors Open 6pm, Show 7pm. Tickets available on etix.com. Info: theshoalstheatre.org
April 21, 2022 – Muscle Shoals Music: Songwriters in the Round, Champy’s, 120 E 2nd St, Muscle Shoals. Colbert County Tourism will sponsor a monthly music event each third Thursday of 2022. Local songwriter and Wishbone Studio owner Billy Lawson will host and emcee the show each month. Come hear the music and stories from the original artists. This free event will be held 7-9pm each month. Sponsored by Colbert County Tourism & Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area. Info: 256-383-0783 or ColbertTourism@comcast.net
April 30, 2022 – 18th Annual Swampers 5K & 1 Mile Fun Run, Muscle Shoals Middle School, 100 Trojan Dr, Muscle Shoals. Benefits the Shoals Civic League. 2022 RRCA Southern Region 5K Championship.
In Person Event. Infor: www.swampers5k.com , 256-320-7490, or runnerdude413@aol.com
April 30, 2022 – The Little Mermaid & the Shoals Symphony, Norton Auditorium, UNA Campus, Florence. As The Little Mermaid plays on a large movie screen, Maestro Stevens will lead the Shoals Symphony Orchestra performing the award-winning score. Show begins at 7pm. Tickets & info: shoalssymphony.org or 256-710-1623
Mark Your Calendars
May 7, 2022 – Recall LaGrange, LaGrange College Site Park, 1461LaGrange College Rd, Leighton. 34th annual Recall LaGrange will be 10am-4pm. FREE event will feature vendors, arts & crafts demonstrations, wagon rides to historic cemetery, tours of log cabins, musical entertainment. Living history event of a Prohibition Era raid of a still will be at 2pm. Nearby Dawson Distillery will be open for tours 9am-6pm. Info: contact Louise Lenz at 256-446-9324 or louiselenz9324@gmail.com
May 14, 2022 – Belle Mont Celtic Fest, Belle Mont, 1569 Cook Lane, Tuscumbia. The day will include chamber music and discussions of Celtic music held at intervals indoors at the mansion, with performances on the outdoor stage by well-know Celtic music headliners Ed Miller, the Piper Jones Band, and Chambless & Muse. Food vendors and demonstrators will be on site to round out a full day of the music of Scotland and Ireland. Seating will be on the lawn. Bring blankets and chairs. Gates open at 9am.Ticket sales TBA. Info: 256-381-5052 or bellemontmsansion@gmail.com
May 19-21, 2022 – 11th Annual Shoals Storytelling Festival, Shoals Theater, 123 N Seminary St, Florence. This year’s lineup includes Dolores Hydock, Bobby Horton, Donald Davis, Bil Lepp, and Elizabeth Ellis. It concludes on Saturday night with music by Mac McAnally, Walt Aldridge, and Lenny
Leblanc. Tickets ($25-90) and info: shoalssymphony.org
Media Release/Colbert County Tourism
