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The third annual Blues in the Park will begin at 4 p.m. Saturday at Strand Park in downtown Alexander City.
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The Downtown Jubilee held Saturday tied Military Appreciation Day, Junque Jubilee and Benton’s Beauty Supply’s 30th anniversary into one event.
Adelia M. Russell Library will host author Casey Cep for a question-and-answer session on her new novel at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.
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Author Casey Cep will host a question-and-answer session on her new novel “Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee” about the 1976 Coosa County murders and Lee’s involvement trying to write about it at Adelia M. Russell Library on Wednesday.
The River Bottom Blues Band performed at Thursday's Strand Sessions concert in Strand Park in downtown Alexander City.
The widow of a Coosa County murder victim from 1976 is speaking out with her new memoir.
Classic car songs from the 1960s livened the crowd and vehicles ranging from a purple 1934 Ford to a 1954 Pontiac that once had trees growing through it were displayed Saturday at a car and truck show in New Site.
A broken guitar pickup and rain did not stop area residents from enjoying the first Strand Sessions of the year Thursday.
The history of Frohsin’s Department Store and the annual Jazz Fest will be explained at the Living History Cemetery Tour on April 13.
The Sarah Carlisle Towery Alabama Art Colony will get highlighted as a part of the Living History Cemetery Tour on April 13.
Strand Sessions starts tonight with Nashville, Tennessee, artist Lily Rose performing from 6 to 9 p.m. at Strand Park.
Visitors will get to meet one of the settlers of Alexander City at the Living History Cemetery Tour on April 13.
Brotherly competition and knowledge of the contest for the 2020-21 Alabama Waterfowl Stamp encouraged Alexander City native Jim Denney to enter for a fourth time in the contest’s 40 years.
Tourism is Alexander City’s main asset to bring about a return to prosperity, according to chamber of commerce president and CEO Ed Collari, who said his organization is developing a strategy to fully tap into Lake Martin and those who enjoy its waters.
By AMALIA KORTRIGHT
By TRAVIS HERRMANN
Wind Creek is hosting its first ever Great Outdoors Day to kick off the Fourth of July Weekend.
Saturday night marked the culmination of the 28th annual Jazz Fest celebration in Alexander City, along with the 6th annual Sun Festival. With this year’s Sun Festival providing a week full of events leading into Jazz Fest, there was plenty of excitement in the air around town as locals got …
Everyone thinks of music and good times when Jazz Fest is brought up, but not for Marty and Derra Sims.
Grab chairs, blankets, coolers and friends and head out to the 28th Annual Jazz Fest event kicking off tonight at 6 p.m. and continuing Saturday night. This is a concert series with musical acts you won’t want to miss.
The 6th Annual Sun Festival kicks off this weekend with events for the next week all across town celebrating with music and dancing, kids’ activities, animals in costume, good times with friends and an opportunity to win some prizes.
There is plenty to see, do and hear this Memorial Day weekend.
The lineup is set for the 28th annual Alexander City Jazz Fest which is hosted on Friday, June 8th in downtown Alexander City’s Strand Park and on Saturday, June 9th at The AMP on Lake Martin. Kicking off Jazz Fest on Friday night at Strand Park is the New Devils. They will be followed by J…
With April just around the corner, the Lake Martin Young Professionals organization is gearing up for the annual Strand Sessions series of concerts, making Strand Park in downtown Alexander City the place to be on the first Thursday night of the month in late spring and into the summer months.
The Lake Martin Area United Way will be holding its annual quail fry fundraiser Saturday, April 7 at The Stables at Russell Crossroads beginning at 5 p.m. The 2017 fundraiser raked in more than $15,000 for the United Way as over 300 people attended the event, and local United Way officials a…
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Three big events that mean a lot to the city will come before the Alexander City City Council Monday night.
Even though the 2018 Alexander City Jazz Fest is still six months away, the Jazz Fest committee has already started planning for the event, including spreading the word about the annual art contest to select a design for the 28th annual Jazz Fest posters and t-shirts.
JazzFest, an event in its 28th year, and Sun Festival will become into one massive week-long celebration in 2018.
People driving through downtown Alexander City lately have most likely noticed several murals on the sides of a handful of buildings getting repainted and brought back to life. Old ads for Chero-Cola, Coca-Cola, Radney Brothers Furniture and Barton’s Wholesale and Retail are just as new look…
If your Labor Day weekend celebration needs music to make it complete, you are in luck this weekend.
The Lake Martin Young Professionals will host its fourth Strand Sessions event of the season tonight from 6-9 p.m. in downtown Alexander City’s Strand Park.
The Lake Martin community will be hopping all weekend long with celebrations, events and fireworks.
Many music festivals have gone by the wayside but to look out over the estimated 5,000 in Strand Park Friday night and it’s obvious that Alexander City’s Jazz Fest is still going strong after 27 years.
Get jazzed up. One of the top music festivals in the state is almost here.
Local music group The Bank Walkers will provide members of the public with live entertainment during tonight’s monthly installment of Strand Sessions. Put on by the Lake Martin Young Professionals, the Strand Sessions are scheduled to run from April to August this year.
Money was approved to do an architectural study on the former Russell Main Office building and to complete a deal that will make the familiar checkerboard water tower and the property it sits on belong to the city at Monday’s meeting of the Alexander City City Council.
Five of the six acts for this year’s Jazz Fest are set Friday and Saturday June 9 and 10. Friday night at Strand Park will be headlined by American Folk Rock group Delta Rae and Saturday night at The Amp will be headlined by Southern Rock artist Paul Thorn.
For the second year, the Lake Martin Young Professionals are hosting Strand Sessions. This year, Downtown after Dark will be joining them in an effort to bring people to downtown Alexander City.
Do you have a knack for creating eye-catching designs that standout and create a buzz?
By DONALD CAMPBELL / Special to the Outlook
The Alexander City Chamber of Commerce has announced that Moon Taxi, an American indie-progressive rock band, will headline the Fifth Annual Sun Festival concert on Saturday, July 22 at Strand Park in downtown Alexander City.
The adult ghouls and goblins in the area looking to get in on the Halloween fun and help a good cause need to look no further than the Second Annual Lake Martin Young Professional Halloween Party.
If you are looking for something to do this weekend, there is no need to travel as the Alexander City Parks and Recreation Department is hosting its 36th Annual Oktoberfest.
Alexander City Parks and Recreation Department’s Oktoberfest has yet to begin, and it already looks to be promising with a lineup of food and fun for everyone.
Alexander City gets an encore.
Back by popular demand – Strand Sessions.
With summer winding down, it’s time for one last celebration.
Tennessee-born singer-songwriter B. Snipes will perform tonight at the Lake Martin Young Professionals’ Strand Sessions at Alexander City’s Strand Park from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
By Mitch Sneed / Editor
Are you still finalizing your holiday weekend plans?
