Remaining safe and separate canceled mingling, especially where one might bump elbows with strangers. After taking 2020 off, as did most of the pandemic-ridden world, the Druid City Arts Festival returns this weekend, outdoors and open to the public, Friday and Saturday in Government Plaza.
From 2010 to 2019, DCAF grew from a sparsely-attended one-day show to a two-day festival that draws crowds estimated at 12,000 and up. Just by being outdoors, it really gives us the freedom to do some of the things that we d planned on doing in 2020, said Alexis Clark, venue operations manager for the city of Tuscaloosa. Tents will be spaced apart, but that s just by nature of having a few less participants, and not really by design.
Ann Rhoads, whose name graces the University of Alabama s softball stadium along with that of her husband, has died, according to a social media post from Patrick Murphy, the head softball coach.
The Rhoads family has supported hundreds of UA athletes through scholarships and gifts. John Rhoads, who passed away in 2001, was an accountant at Ernst & Ernst, and a posthumous inductee into the Alabama Business Hall of Fame.
Crimson Tide softball coach Patrick Murphy shared on Twitter an RIP message, saying Her love and generosity toward @UofAlabama will be her well-deserved legacy. We will miss her greatly at The Rhoads House.