Chelsea Retherford

Thirty years after “Rent” first challenges audiences to rethink love, loss and identity, its message still resonates. At Cypress Moon Studios, a new cast is discovering just how personal that message can become.

One Saturday afternoon in 1976, Michael Wright watched as his father, Leroy, knocked on the door of Muscle Shoals Sound Studio. They were welcomed inside by bassist David Hood, and

For Janet and Max Todd, history isn't something confined to books or preserved behind glass. It's something meant to be lived in, and when possible, brought back to life.

Thirteen years after she first stepped onto the Shoals Community Theatre stage as a wide-eyed 18-year-old, Hannah Ross is returning to “Camp Rock,” this time from the other side of the music stand.

For Janet and Max Todd, history isn’t something confined to books or preserved behind glass. It’s something meant to be lived in, and when possible, brought back to life.

For Janet and Max Todd, history isn’t something confined to books or preserved behind glass. It’s something meant to be lived in, and when possible, brough

When Faizon Love first stepped onto a comedy stage, he wasn't old enough to be inside the club.

By Chelsea Retherford Staff Writer For performers chasing the spotlight, the stage is more like a calling. Recommended for you

In a forgotten patch of woods on a farm near Cloverdale, history had lain hidden for generations. It took a determined group of local historians, genealogists and members of the Daughters of the American revolution to bring one woman's story back into the light.

Patricia Hartley has always felt a strong sense of patriotism and duty to community and family. It was only recently that she discovered those were family traits passed down at least seven generations.