2015 May 14-17 Events including UNA Front Porch Storytelling Festival

May 16 & 17 - Arts Alive Festival
Stroll through beautiful Wilson Park and enjoy this juried fine arts and crafts festival featuring artists from across the country.
Location: Wilson Park and Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts, Florence
Hours: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Admission: Free
Contact: 256-766-1445
May 16- June 19 - Arts Alive Gallery Exhibition
Part of the Arts Alive Festival, this juried gallery exhibit features works in a variety of media. Location: Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts, Florence
Hours: Mon. - Fri. 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., also open same hours as Arts Alive Festival
Admission: Free
Contact: 256-760-6379

May 14, 15 &16 2015 Harvey Robbins RODEO
Longhorn Rodeo
Arena Tuscumbia 
Rodeo Events 
fireworks May 14 after Rodeo 
Gates open at 4PM-6:30 each night little buckaroo
cost Adults $15.00
9-18 cost $12.00

Parade May 16th, 11AM downtown Tuscumbia 

Thursday, May 14, 2015  Storytelling events not at UNA

10:00am at Tennessee Valley Museum of Art

511 N. Water Street Tuscumbia, AL 35674

Dolores Hydock

"Fools For Love: A Closer Look into Lover's Eyes"

11:30am
Greater St. Paul AME Church

129 S. Cherokee Street

Florence, AL 35630

Rev. Robert B. Jones

1:00pm
Florence/ Lauderdale Public Library

350 N. Wood Avenue

Florence, AL 35630

Dolores Hydock

"Putting Down New Roots"

1:30pm
Alabama Music Hall of Fame

617 Highway 72 W.

Tuscumbia, AL 35674

Walt Aldridge

3:00pm
Muscle Shoals Public Library

1918 Avalon Avenue

Muscle Shoals, AL 35661

Dolores Hydock

"Footprint on the Sky: Memories of a Chandler Mountain Spring"

UNA STORYTELLING SCHEDULE (each day $10 or $15 for 2 days

Friday, May 15, 2015

8:45am - 9:00am Welcome- Melissa Foster
9:00am - 9:25am Spencer Bohren
9:30am - 9:55am Rev. Robert B. Jones
10:00am - 10:25am Bil Lepp
10:30am - 10:55am Donald Davis
10:55am - 11:05am Break
11:05am - 11:30am Kevin Kling
11:35am - 12:00pm Geraldine Buckley
12:00pm - 1:30pm Lunch Break
1:30pm- 1:55pm Donald Davis
2:00pm - 2:25pm Kevin Kling
2:30pm - 2:55pm Bil Lepp
3:00pm - 3:25pm Spencer Bohren
3:25pm - 3:35pm Break
3:35pm - 4:00pm Geraldine Buckley
4:05pm - 4:30pm Rev. Robert B. Jones
4:35pm - 5:00pm Walt Aldridge
5:00pm - 6:00pm Dinner Break (Boxed lunches will be available in the GUC Atrium for those who purchase meal tickets on site)
6:00pm - 7:15pm Dolores Hydock accompanied by Bobby Horton
7:20pm - 7:55pm OLIO (Featuring: Donald Davis, Kevin Kling, Bil Lepp, Spencer Bohren, Geraldine Buckley, Rev. Robert B. Jones, & Walt Aldridge)
8:00pm - 8:10pm Story Slam Student Competition winners announced
8:10pm - 9:00pm Three on a String

Saturday, May 16, 2015
8:45am - 9:00am Welcome - Melissa Foster
9:00am - 9:25am Spencer Bohren
9:30am - 9:55am Rev. Robert B. Jones
10:00am - 10:25am Bil Lepp
10:30am - 10:55am Donald Davis
10:55am - 11:05am Break
11:05am - 11:30am Kevin Kling
11:35am - 12:00pm Geraldine Buckley
12:00pm- 1:30pm Lunch Break
1:30pm - 1:55pm Donald Davis
2:00pm - 2:25pm Kevin Kling
2:30pm - 2:55pm Bil Lepp
3:00pm - 3:25pm Spencer Bohren
3:25pm - 3:35pm Break
3:35pm - 4:00pm Geraldine Buckley
4:05pm - 4:30pm Rev. Robert B. Jones
4:35pm - 5:00pm Walt Aldridge
5:00pm - 6:00pm Dinner Break (Boxed lunches will be available in the GUC Atrium for those who purchase meal tickets on site)
6:00pm - 7:15pm Dolores Hydock accompanied by PanHarmonium
7:15pm - 7:30pm Break
7:30pm - 8:05pm OLIO (Featuring: Donald Davis, Kevin Kling, Bil Lepp, Spencer Bohren, Geraldine Buckley, Rev. Robert B. Jones, & Walt Aldridge)
8:05pm - 9:00pm Three on a String

Sunday, May 17, 2015
Time Venue Speaker
10:30am
First Baptist Church of Florence

Sanctuary at the corner of Wood Avenue & Tombigbee Street

Florence, Al 35630

Bil Lepp
10:45am
Greater St. Paul AME Church

129 S. Cherokee Street

Florence, AL 35630

Rev. Robert B. Jones
11:00am
Grace Episcopal Church

103 Darby Avenue

Sheffield, AL 35660

Geraldine Buckley
11:00am
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Shoals

1332 N. Pine Street

Florence, AL 35630

Dolores Hydock
2:00pm
Books A Million

318 Cox Creek Pkwy

Florence, AL 35630

Bil Lepp
*All community events on Thursday and Sunday are free and open to the public.

Music in the Pak Wilson Park Wednesdays -11:30 -1:30PM

May 6 Joseph Balwind country various hits

May 13 Shannon Knight Gospel pop rock

May 20 The Cadillacs 50s, 60s, country

May 27 The Browns various hits

June 3 Mike Curtis & Garrett Miles country, gospel 70s

June 10, The Nutone's country

June 17 Jeff Hornbuckle pop rock

June 24 Gary Nichols country southern rock

June 26 Dorthy Cole aka Tina Turner-McFarland Park 6-8PM

Friday, May 15, 2015

The KGB will be playing at FloBama Music Hall in downtown Florence this Friday, from 6:30-9:30pm. Reservations recommended. 

Saturday, May 16 Zoey Belles 

The 5th Annual Sheffield Street Party May 16, 2015, Featuring Earl Thomas Conley, Shenandoah, KGB

General Admission $25.00 

Vip $75.00

Gates open 5:pm