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Upcoming events for the region as of Oct. 19. Do you have an event to share? Send the information to events@mainstreetnews.com or call 706-206-3055.
The Thursday Night Sketch Club at the Quinlan Visual Arts Center
in Gainesville gives artists of all skill levels a dedicated place to
practice.
FARMERS MARKETS
Athens Farmers Market. 8 a.m.-noon Saturdays at Bishop Park, 705
Sunset Drive, Athens; or 4-7 p.m. Tuesdays at Little Kings Shuffle
Club, 223 W. Hancock Ave., Athens. May-November. Cash, checks,
debit cards and food stamps accepted, www.athensfarmersmarket.net.
Commerce Farmers Market. 8 a.m.-sellout Saturdays through
October, downtown Commerce.
Downtown Gainesville Market On The Square. 2:30-6:30 p.m.
Fridays on the square in Gainesville. 678-943-4442 or
www.hallfarmers.org.
GHA Farmers Market. 1-5 p.m. Sundays, Gilliland's Heritage
Alpacas, 1587 Dee Kennedy Road, Hoschton. 706-949-2426 or
770-601-7376.
Hall County Farmers Market. 6 a.m.-sellout Tuesdays
and 7 a.m.-sellout Saturdays, East Crescent Drive, Gaines
ville. Cash and check only. 770-531-6988. May-October.
Spout Springs Farmers Market, Flowery Branch. 4-7 p.m.
Thursdays through October at the Spout Springs Branch Library
on Spout Springs Road.
ARTS
Thursday Night Sketch Club.
Bring your own supplies; model
provided. $5 per session. 7-8:30
p.m. Thursdays, Quinlan Vi
sual Arts Center, 514 Green St.
NE, Gainesville; www.quinla-
nartscenter.org or 770-536-2575.
Opening reception. Greg Benson
presents 24 paintings and Noah
Saunders presents wire sculptures.
Free. 6-8 p.m. Oct. 20, Aurum Stu
dios, 125 E. Clayton St., Athens.
Opening reception. Paintings
by Rebecca Stuckey. Free. 1:30-
3 p.m. Oct. 20, Inman Perk, 102
Washington St. NW, Gainesville.
Pieces on display through Oct. 31.
Art Lecture. Susan Neill speaks
on “The Texture of Ideas: Dynam
ic Symmetry in the Handwoven
Textiles of Mary Crovatt Hamo-
bridge.” Free. 5 p.m. Oct. 20,
room S150, Lamar Dodd School
of Art, 270 River Road, Athens.
Soap making workshop. Learn
to make vegetable-based soap.
$70. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Oct. 20,
Whole: Mind. Body. Art., 127
N. Jackson St., Athens; info@
wholemindbodyart.com.
Suwanee Plein Air. Paint the town
as it's covered with fall color; art
work will be juried and awards will
be given. Registration required.
9 a.m.-6 p.m. Oct. 22, Suwanee;
www.suwaneepleinair.com.
Photography Family Day.
Guided tours and family activi
ties. Free. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct.
22, The Hudgens Center for the
Arts, 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway,
Duluth; www.thehudgens.org.
Opening reception. “Penumbra
Halloween Art Show,” a collec
tion of Halloween-themed pieces
by local artists. Free. 7 p.m. Oct.
22, Fringe Collective Artistic Stu
dios, 159 N. Jackson St., Athens.
Give Art a Good Home second
hand art sale. $15 per person,
$25 per couple. 1-4 p.m. Oct. 22,
Quinlan Visual Arts Center, 514
Green St. NE, Gainesville; tail-
gating starts at 12:30 p.m. featur
ing barbecue, live music and door
prizes. Tax-deductible art will be
accepted through Oct. 21; RSVP
by Oct. 20 to 770-536-2575.
Lickskillet Artists Market. Fea
turing more than 50 local artists,
with musicians and demonstra
tions. Free. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct.
22, Lyndon House Arts Cen
ter, 293 Hoyt St., Athens.
FAMILY
Howl-oween Pumpkin Carv
ing Party. Bring a pumpkin to
carve and join in on the cake
walk. Leashed, well-behaved
dogs are welcome to come in cos
tume. $5, $10 including pump
kin. Noon-6 p.m. Oct. 21, Ath
ens Area Humane Society, 1781
Mars Hill Road, Watkinsville;
www.athenshumanesociety.org.
Japanese Storytime. Free.
5 p.m. Oct. 21, Athens-Clarke
County Library, 2025 Baxter
St., Athens; 706-613-3650.
Sweet Pea Club story hour. Sto
ries and crafts for children ages
3-5 and their caregivers. $22 for
a series of Friday morning ac
tivities. 9:30-10:30 a.m. Fridays,
State Botanical Garden of Geor
gia, 2450 S. Milledge Ave., Ath
ens; www.uga.edu/botgarden.
Family Campfire and Storytell
ing. Includes primitive fire-making
demonstration and storytelling. $10,
$40 per family. 6-8 p.m. Oct. 21,
State Botanical Garden of Geor
gia, 2450 S. Milledge Ave., Ath
ens; www.uga.edu/botgarden.
LatinoFest. Food, danc
ing and art. Free. Noon-6 p.m.
Oct. 22, Athens Latino Center,
165 Dougherty St., Athens.
Mountain Moonshine Festi
val. Race car drivers, live music
and cruise-in and tractor show
at the Georgia Racing Hall of
Fame. Oct. 21-23, downtown
Dawsonville; 706-216-KARE.
Parenting Workshop: Love Be
yond Limits, Parenting as a Spir
itual Practice. Featuring Karen
Maezen Miller. $40 per person,
$70/couple. 1-4 p.m. Oct. 22, Uni
tarian Universalist Fellowship of
Athens, 780 Timothy Road, Ath
ens; acp-kmm.eventbrite.com.
YMCA Fall Festival. Bounce
house, magic show, costume con
test and other family activities.
Free admission, tickets sold for
games. Noon to 4 p.m. Oct. 22,
Gainesville YMCA, 2455 Howard
Road, Gainesville; 770-297-9622.
Fall Fling festival. Crafts, games,
inflatable toys, silent auction, cake
walk and live music. Free. 10 a.m.-
3 p.m. Oct. 22, Hamilton Mill Unit
ed Methodist Church, 1450 Pine
Road, Dacula; www.hmumc.org.
Third Annual Car/Bike show
and Children’s Carnival. Fea
turing face painting, trunk-or-
treating and costume contests.
Free. 5-8 p.m. Oct. 22, The Var
sity, 1000 W. Broad St., Athens.
Antique & Holiday Festival. Lo
cal arts and crafts for sale, fall-
themed decor and antiques.
Free admission. Oct. 22-23,
Braselton Park, 126 Harrison
St., Braselton; 706-654-3915.
Fall family activities. 9 a.m.-6
p.m. daily, Kinsey Family Farm,
7170 Jot-em down Road, Gaines
ville; www.kinseyfamilyfarm.com.
Upcoming
Ghost Walk 2011. 6 p.m. Oct.
28-29. Hear legends and ghost
stories told over a five-block
area near Brenau and down
town Gainesville. $10. North
east Georgia History Center, 322
Academy St, Gainesville; 770-
297-5900 orwww.negahc.org.
Elachee’s Family Fall Festi
val. Live animal program, games,
crafts and hikes. $5 adults, $3
children 2-12. 2-5 p.m. Oct. 29,
Elachee Nature Science Cen
ter, 2125 Elachee Drive, Gaines
ville; www.elachee.org.
Trick or Treat on the Trail.
Trick-or-treating, petting zoo, in
flatable toys and food. Free;
canned food donations encour
aged. 5-7 p.m Oct. 29, rock
Creek Park, Gainesville.
Family Fun Festival. Featur
ing a hayride, games and gos
pel music. Free. 4-8 p.m.
Oct. 29. Christian Life Cen
ter, 8383 Ga. 53, Braselton.
First Baptist Church of Winder
Fall Festival. Hay rides, inflata-
bles, trunk-or-treat and games.
Free. 5-7 p.m. Oct. 30, First Bap
tist Church of Winder, 625 Jef
ferson Highway, Winder.
Halloween Walk. A “haunted”
walk featuring tales of Jefferson’s
past. Oct. 31, downtown Jefferson;
www.mainstreetjefferson.com.
Ongoing
Living in Space exhibit. A trav
eling exhibit inspired by the In
ternational Space Station.
Through Dec. 31, Gwinnett En
vironmental & Heritage Center,
2020 Clean Water Drive, Bu
ford; www.gwinnettehc.org.
Storytime & Craft. Make a
craft inspired by the book, for
ages 2-5. $10. 10-11 a.m. Sat
urdays, Treehouse Kid and
Craft, 815 W. Broad St., Ath
ens; treehousekidandcraft.com.
Yoga & Craft. For ages 3-6.
$10. Sundays, Treehouse Kid
and Craft, 815 W. Broad St., Ath
ens; treehousekidandcraft.com.
MUSIC
UGA Hodgson Singers. $10. 8
p.m. Oct. 20, Hodgson Concert
Hall, 230 River Road, University
of Georgia campus, Athens; www.
uga.edu/pac/mastercalendar.html.
Devilneck Fest. Featuring Cal
trop from Chapel Hill, N.C., Grim
Reefer from British Columbia, and
local hardcore bands Hot Breath,
Maximum Boy Muscle and Utah.
$7 (ages 21+), $9 (ages 18-20);
$20 for three-day pass. 8 p.m. Oct.
20-21, 3 p.m. Oct. 22, Caledonia
Lounge, 256 W. Clayton St., Ath
ens; www.caledonialounge.com.
Mandolin and Guitar Duo. Classi
cal mandolin and guitar by interna
tionally acclaimed artists from Italy
and Cuba. Free. 7:30 p.m. Oct. 20,
Cine BarCafe, 234 W. Hancock
Ave., Athens; www.athenscine.com.
Nuci’s Space MBUS Halloween
Bash. Live music from The Fal-
cones, New Madrid, Sam Sniper
and The Woodgrains. $5, $3 with
costume. 5 p.m. Oct. 21, Nuci’s
Space, 396 Oconee St., Athens.
Gold City. Award-winning gos
pel musicians. Free. 7 p.m.
Oct. 21. Lakewood Bap
tist Church, 2235 Thompson
Bridge Road, Gainesville.
Live jazz music at Jazz on the
Square Cajun Dining. Noon-3
p.m. Saturdays starting Oct. 22,
82 N. Public Square, Jefferson.
Monahan, Cicada Rhythm and
BJ Wilkins. Free. 11 p.m. Oct.
22, Farm 255, 255 W. Washington
St., Athens; www.farm255.com.
Dead Confederate, Fur
Coats and Sunny 100. $10.
8 p.m. Oct. 22, Georgia The
atre, 215 N. Lumpkin St., Ath
ens; www.georgiatheatre.com.
Preservation Hall Jazz Band and
the Del McCoury Band. Part of
the Traditions Series. $20-$49. 8
p.m. Oct. 22, Hodgson Concert
Hall, 230 River Road, University
of Georgia campus, Athens; www.
uga.edu/pac/mastercalendar.html.
Upcoming
Of Montreal Halloween Party.
Featuring the B-53's (B-52’s cover
band). $13 (advance). 9 p.m. Oct.
29, 40 Watt, 285 W. Washington
St., Athens; www.40watt.com.
106 West Halloween Open Mic.
Featuring original or public do
main acoustic music, songs, po
ems and theatrical acts by local
artists. Halloween-themed pieces
are encouraged. $5, $20 per fam
ily; performers admitted free; free
drinks for those in costume. 7:30
p.m. Oct. 29, 106 West, 106 W.
Athens St., Winder; 770-868-1977
or beckytollerson@106west.com.
Halloween 1977. Featuring trib
utes to The Ramones, The Stoog
es, X and Suicide. 1977 costumes
are encouraged. 9 p.m. Oct. 31,
40 Watt, 285 W. Washington
St., Athens; www.40watt.com.
Hemlock Festival. Three-day mu
sic event benefiting the effort to
save hemlock trees. Music by Col.
Bruce Hampton, Saint Francis and
the Lefty Williams Band. $10-$25.
Nov. 4-6, 396 Starbridge Road,
Murrayville; www.hemlockfest.org.
OUTDOORS
Scary, Oozy, Slimy Day. Spend an
afternoon learning about slippery,
slimy and misunderstood creatures,
plus games and other interactive
activities. $3 (Clarke County resi
dents), $5 others. 4-7 p.m. Oct. 22,
Sandy Creek Nature Center, 205
Old Commerce Road, Athens.
Athens, Ga. Half Marathon, a
fundraiser for the nonprofit festi
val’s after-school music education
program. Course goes through
downtown Athens neighborhoods
and the University of Georgia
campus. Spectators welcome. 7
a.m. Oct. 23; athensgahalf.com.
Upcoming
“Bringin’ Home The Bacon” 5K
run. $20 preregistration through
Oct. 28, $25 late registration
through race day. Registration at
7 a.m. and race at 9 a.m. Nov.
5. 770-561-1051. TLC5K.blog-
spot.com or www.active.com.
Free to Breathe Athens 5K
Run/Walk. $15 online, $18 by
mail, $20 on day of race. 8 a.m.
Nov. 12, Sandy Creek Park, 400
Bob Holman Road, Athens; par-
ticipate.freetobreathe.org.
Ongoing
Circle of Hikers. Nature hikes
and readings from nature-inspired
hikes and readings. Free. 8:30
a.m. Thursdays, State Botani
cal Garden of Georgia, 2450 S.
Milledge Ave., Athens; www.uga.
edu/botgarden or 706-542-6156.
Tai Chi. Free outdoor class spon
sored by Athens Regional Medical
Center’s Mind Body Institute. 9:30-
10:30 a.m. Saturdays in the park on
Talmadge Drive, Athens. 706-475-
7329 or mbiprograms@armc.org.
State Botanical Garden of Geor
gia’s 313 acres of trails, themed
gardens and a conservatory.
Special events take place year
round and parking is free, with do
nations accepted for entry. Grounds
are open daily 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Oc-
tober-March, and 8 a.m.-8 p.m.
April-September, except Univer
sity of Georgia holidays. State Bo
tanical Garden of Georgia, 2450
S. Milledge Ave., Athens; 706-542-
1244; www.uga.edu/botgarden.
Birchmore Trail, a mile-long
trail at Athens’ Memorial Park
through an urban forest. Main
feature is the Great Wall of Ath
ens, built single-handedly by Ath
ens resident Fred Birchmore while
he was in his 70s (he bicycled
around the world in the 1930s and
his bicycle is in the Smithsonian
Institution in Washington, D.C.)
Free. Memorial Park, 293 Gran El
len Drive, Athens; 706-613-3616.
Triathlon Club. No experi
ence necessary. Meetings at 7
p.m. on the second Tuesdays,
Fit 2 Tri Store, 1292 Thompson
Bridge Road, Gainesville; 770-
712-9129 orfit2tri@gmail.com.
Chicken City Cyclists ride. 6
p.m. Wednesdays. Leaves from
the parking lot at Frances Mead
ows Aquatic and Community
Center, 1545 Community Way,
Gainesville; 770-534-7075 or un-
noldl@charter.net. (Arrive ear
ly; leaves promptly at 6 p.m.)
Kilgore’s Mill covered Bridge:
Constructed in 1894, the bridge
is a lattice truss bridge used
by a nearby family and their
mill. Free. Located on Carl Davis
Road, Monroe. 770-267-6594.
ETC.
Poetry reading with Ida Stew
art. 7:30 p.m. Oct. 20, Avid Book
shop, 293 Prince Ave., Athens.
Gainesville State College and
The Arts Council’s annual Inde
pendent Film Festival. $15 adults,
$13 students and seniors, $28
for six-film series. Oct. 20: “Loud
er Than a Bomb.” Other films in
the series: “Ahead of Time” (Nov.
10), “Barbershop Park” (Feb. 9),
“A Gift for the Village” (March 23)
and “You Don’t Know What i’ve
Got” (April 12). All films start at
7:30 p.m., and include a meet-
the-filmmaker reception. Films
are shown alternately at The Arts
Council’s Smithgall Arts Center and
Gainesville State College, www.
theartscouncil.net or 770-534-2787.
Grand opening for Avid Book
shop. Free. Official party 7-9 p.m.
Oct. 21; kid-themed party with un
veiling of special community sculp
ture 2-5 p.m. Oct. 22, Avid Book
shop, 493 Prince Ave., Athens.
Wake-n-Bake Tour. Celebrat
ing the tapping of the new Wake-
n-Bake Coffee Oatmeal Imperial
Stout; tour included. $10. 5:30-
7:30 p.m. Oct. 21, Terrapin Brew
ery, 265 Newton Bridge Road,
Athens; www.terrapinbeer.com.
Chili Cook-Off and Business
Expo. $5 general admission, $25-
$50 for vendors. Noon-4 p.m. Oct.
22, Chestnut Mountain Church,
4903 Chestnut Mountain Circle,
Flowery Branch; 678-617-1334.
Antique & Holiday Festi
val. Oct. 22-23, Braselton
Park, downtown Braselton.
Watkinsville Ghost Tours. Shar
ing ghoulish tales past and pres
ent. $12. 8 p.m. through Nov. 5,
Eagle Tavern, downtown Watkins-
vile; www.northgeorgiatours.net.
Upcoming
Black Pot Cookin’. See cook
ing the way it used to be, featur
ing chicken and dumplings, beans,
collards, sweet potatoes and a va
riety of fruit cobblers. $5 children,
$10 adults and includes entry into
the farm. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Oct. 29,
Shields-Ethridge Heritage Farm,
2355 Ethridge Heritage Road, Jef
ferson; shieldsethridgefarminc.com.
David Sedaris. Best-selling au
thor will read from his new book,
“Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk.” $25-
$45. 7:30 p.m. Oct. 31, Clas
sic Center, 300 Thomas St., Ath
ens; www.classiccenter.com.
Ongoing
Shakers Car Club Show. 5-9
p.m. every fourth Saturday, in the
parking lot across from Spencer
Park, Little Street, Commerce.
Low Dough Comedy Show:
Thursday evenings featur
ing local and national com
ics. Buford Variety Theater,
170 W. Main St., Buford; www.
bufordvarietytheater.com.
Braselton Library Yarners.
Friends of the Library-sponsored
knitting group. Free. Noon-2 p.m.
Tuesdays, New Liberty UMC, 26
Charlie Smith Road, Braselton.
Mindfulness Practice Group.
Free. 5:30 p.m. on the second Fri
day of each month, Athens Re
gional Medical Center’s Mind
Body Institute, Prince Avenue, Ath
ens; mbiprograms@armc.org.
Banks County Sew What! quil-
ters club. Free. 1-2 p.m. Tues
days, Banks County Library, 226
Ga. 51 S., Homer. 706-677-3164.
Terrapin Brewery tours. See
how award-winning beer is made.
Tours are for all ages and a tast
ing glass is available for $8 for visi
tors 21 and older. 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Thursday-Saturday; live music of
ten included. Parking is free. Ter
rapin Brewery, 265 Newton Bridge
Road, Athens; 706-549-3377.
East Georgia Genealogy Soci
ety Meeting. 7 p.m. on the sec
ond Tuesday of each month at the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints, 36 Sims Road, Wind
er; www.rootsweb.com/~gaeggs
or www.eastgagenealogy.com.
Square dancing lessons. $5
per person; family pricing avail
able. 7 p.m. Tuesdays, First
United Methodist Church of
Commerce. 706-336-8700.
American Red Cross blood do
nation center. Ongoing blood do
nations; center open noon-7 p.m.
Monday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Tuesday,
1 p.m.-7 p.m. Wednesday, 8 a.m.-
3 p.m. Thursday-Saturday. Ath
ens Donor Center, 3525 Atlanta
Highway, Athens; 706-546-0681.
THEATER
“The Complete Works of William
Shakespeare (Abridged).” Pre
sented by Circle Ensemble The
atre. $15, $10 students. 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 20-22, Quinn Hall, Memorial
Park, Athens; www.circleensemble-
theatre.com or 706-362-2175.
“Metamorphoses.” Performed
by students at Athens Acade
my. $2 students, $5 adults. 7:30
p.m. Oct. 20-22, Athens Acad
emy, 1281 Spartan Lane, Ath
ens; www.athensacademy.org.
DanceATHENS 2011. Celebrat
ing a diversity of dance; students
from the Commerce School of
Dance perform at 4 p.m. show.
$13 students, $16 adults. 4 and
7:30 p.m. Oct. 22, Morton The
atre, 195 W. Washington St., Ath
ens; www.mortontheatre.com.
“What Flies Beneath.” Family-
friendly performance using fire,
aerial skills, flying cubes, a tight-
wire, trapeze and more. $6 (8
and younger), $10 (students),
$15 adults. 8 p.m. Oct. 21,4 and
8 p.m. Oct. 22, 6 p.m. Oct. 23,
Canopy Studio, 160 Tracy St., Ath
ens; www.canopystudio.com.
“The Party Bomb.” A comedy
featuring many local comedic tal
ents, written and directed by Ath
ens resident Stephanie Reavis.
$5. 8 p.m. Oct. 21-22, 2 p.m.
Oct. 23, town & Gown Players,
136 Grady Ave., Athens; www.
townandgownplayers.org.
Ongoing
Theater classes. Fifth Row Cen
ter is registering for theater classes
from ages 6 months (baby sign
language) to auditioning and act
ing classes. $5-$20. Fifth Row
Center, 5509 Main St., Flowery
Branch; www.fifthrowcenter.com.