Alabama Newscenter — Get in the Groove With Can’t Miss Alabama for Spring Entertainment

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By Shirley Jackson

Alys Stephens Center
Join highly acclaimed jazz vibraphonist Stefon Harris and his band Blackout for a live stream concert Friday, April 9. Harris, an educator and composer, has been heralded as “one of the most important young artists in jazz” by The Los Angeles Times. The four-time Grammy nominee is also a seven-time Best Mallet Player by the Jazz Journalist Association, the recipient of Lincoln Center’s Martin Segal Award, Downbeat’s Critics Poll Winner for Vibraphone (2015, 2013) and 2014 Expanded Critic’s Poll for Vibes from Jazz Times. He won a 2014 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Jazz Album for “Wonder: The Songs of Stevie Wonder” as a member of the SF Jazz Collective. He tours worldwide with his bands Sonic Creed, Blackout and Ninety Miles. Harris teaches at New York University and is the artistic director of Jazz Education at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. He teaches at the Brubeck Institute through its distance learning program and at the Institute’s Summer Jazz Colony. Harris’ landmark TED Talk, “There Are No Mistakes On The Bandstand,” was the most-watched in its 2011 release and has more than 500,000 views. The livestream is free to the public.

Let’s Flamingle for Girls Night Out
It’s that time of year again for a night of fun at the annual Girls Night Out at The Wharf in Orange Beach this year on Thursday, April 15 from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. The evening includes shopping deals, giveaways and luau dancing. Donations will be accepted for Baldwin County Child Advocacy Center. Each registrant will be entered into a giveaway from The Wharf. For every $25 spent at a tenant’s location, there will be an extra entry into the giveaway. Admission is free. All attendees will get a free shopping bag at registration and 20 random registrants will receive a swag bag of goodies and giveaways. Onsite DJ Silky will be turning up the tunes.

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