The University of North Alabama Department of Entertainment Industry will host a benefit concert by three student bands at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 11.

The event will take place in the Mane Room at the department’s new downtown instructional facility at 310 N. Pine St. Tickets for the show – a fund-raiser for the department’s scholarship fund – will be $5 at the door.

The concert will feature local talent from SCM Electrix, The Local Saints and Floater. SCM Electrix and The Local Saints recently participated in events related to the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas.

Entertainment industry students are responsible for all aspects of Thursday night’s production, from sound and lighting to marketing and public relations.

The UNA Department of Entertainment Industry offers undergraduate degrees in entertainment business and technology. The Mane Room is part of the department’s new classroom, studio and performance facility.

Florence, AL (WAFF) - Young artists from northwest Alabama are putting their work on display this spring.

Artistic Renderings of Youth, a juried exhibit of work by 7th through 12th grade artists from Colbert, Franklin and Lauderdale counties, will be on display at Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts in Florence from March 5 through April 17. It's all part of a celebration of Youth Art Month.

Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts is located at 217 East Tuscaloosa Street in Florence and is open, free of charge, from 9:00a.m. to 4:00p.m., Monday through Friday. Museum programs are made possible, in part, by a grant from the Alabama State Council on the Arts.

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