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6 Tuesday, November 30, aoio | The Red Black - * CcmTt Giu. Gun ▲ Many art types, including blown glass (above) and handmade soap, wHI be available starting Tuesday. Art show features variety of works By KELLY CORBETT The Red & Black Forget last-minute gift shopping amongst sales racks at the mall. Finding a one-of a-kind gift this holiday season will be a breeze at the “Deck the Walls” holiday market, which will feature about 80 local artists. “It started out just as something to do during the holidays,” gallery assistant Celia Brooks said. “People associated a holiday market with artists being there, so that’s why we changed the name.” Although the event is more low-key than in the past, art ists now volunteer at the gal lery shop, which is operated by the Visual Arts Guild of Athens. Craig Gill, a fused glass art ist, will have an array of pieces featured in the market. Gill and his wife, Kathleen, were potters but fell in love with glass fusing after attending a class five years ago. They have a kiln on their sun porch where they create everything from light switch covers and Christmas ornaments to plates and candle holders. “We make a variety of both functional and nonfunctional art,” Gill said. “We love being able to make so many differ ent kinds of artwork." Many of the artists fea tured either taught at or attended the University, Get the most CASH FOR BOOKS ■ , • .s % *"V ■ ..-. * _!f': ttb > 1, 1r :..;1..-r--. ■■ £• V,. \ 1 4. T 1 ABBS . - ■ * jlfr mubsßSMm ffli- m //v sjBKK&EL w& ■ * 5BB=• .v Visit www.ugabookstore.com for buyback hours and locations. If you rented your books from the FTX Bookstore you can check them in at the UGA Bookstore M/ttlWiilO DECK THE WALLS When: Every Tuesday through Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. until Jan. 5 Where: Lyndon House Arts Center More Information: (706) 613-3623 including as alumni Mary Padgelek, Leslie Lawson and Suzanne Reeve. Visual art is the most rep resented at the sale, though performing artists and fine crafts will also be available. Jewelry, tree ornaments, hats and scarves are among some of the items for sale in addition to paintings and photographs. “It’s amazing what people have created,” Brooks said. Prices of the artwork range anywhere from $6 for a bar of handmade soap to $2,000 for a high-end painting. “You can get a nice gift for under $25,” Brooks said. Brooks said she will even open the market early in the morning or late at night if she sees people wandering around the building. There will also be a Holiday Open House at the arts center Nov. 11 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with hands-on crafts and musical and theatrical perfor mances. “I’m looking forward to a good year this year,” Brooks said. “I think this year will be better than last year.” We helped University of Georgia students save more than $205,000 this fall through Rent-A-Textl VARIETY Trivia spots increase difficulty for competitors By PATRICK HOOPER The Red & Black We’ve all heard the phrase “put your money where your mouth is,” but with downtown’s growing trivia trend, putting your mouth to work could earn you some money. Locations such as Harry’s Pig Shop, Your Pie and Alibi all offer patrons the chance to match wits in the name of rewards that range from gift certificates to the sweet est of bragging rights. However, with so many differ ent locations vying for attention, some stores have gone out of their way to step out of the crowd. Alibi Bar’s entertainment man ager Ken Mobley resorted to Visual Audio Trivia, propping up questions with music clips and movie stills, while Amici’s owner Ryan Myers hired trivia master and University alumnus Bobby Nettles. Nettles is the founder and owner of FAM Productions, which juggles trivia nights and disc jockeying wedding receptions and corporate events, though Nettles estimated 85 percent of FAM’s revenue comes from trivia. Nettles said he makes a living out of rewarding intelligence, say ing if he isn’t writing smart trivia, he’s not doing a good job. Alumnus Michael Santos, another trivia-maker who made the rounds in Athens until a few months ago, takes a similar stance to his material. “If I got college students, it was usually the junior-senior crowd,” Santos said. “Trivia’s a little more stimulating than power hour at a bar." Santos has lead trivia at Doc Chey’s Noodle House, Your Pie and Harry’s Pig Shop, reputedly the most difficult trivia game in town. Nettles hosts Fill-Contact Trivia at Amici’s Italian Cafe on Sunday nights, although it’s not his only time or location. The unique brand of trivia, which Nettles shares with his two employees, got its name from Nettles’ no-holds-barred attitude. University of f TTT \ Georgia Bookstore V 111 J Nert to Tit* Center • 706-542-3171 17 8 5 w ww-MS a i H> °kstore.com “ITS WHERE DAWGS SHOP" jit .'"3^W? .j FILE | Tr* Red a Buck ▲ With prizes such as S3O gift certificates alongside complementary orders of sweet potato fries, students can put their trivia wit to the test at a variety of locations. cracking politically incorrect jokes left and right, reading aloud particularly bad answers and doing everything he can to rile up the audience as jocularly as possi ble. “If you can hold up a mirror to the audience, and show them what’s funny, they’ll laugh,” he said. “I write the trivia to try and serve as a conduit for humor.” Fortunately, Nettles takes as good as he gets. He said a game doesn’t really begin until a team has submitted an answer of “Your mother.” With many places offering cash prizes, such as Harry’s Pig Shop offering gift certificates worth up to S3O for first through third place, the competition can grow fierce. However, Harry’s Pig Shop softens the blow by giving its worst competitors a consolatory order of sweet potato fries, according to sous chef William Smith. “People usually like it because they actually won something,” he said. Smith said touches like these have turned Wednesday into the shop's busiest week night. Santos said the trick to avoid ing the fries is balance. “It’s more important to be able to talk things out than to be spe cialized in one area,” he said. “Trivia isn’t so much about infor mation as the conversation at the table.” Your Pie is unique in that the competition exists not only between teams, but stores. Its three locations East Broad, Alps and Five Points lock horns with each other by keeping tabs on each store’s scores, according to East Broad location general manager Ben Allen. He said a winning team at one location may not win anything if three good teams are lighting up the scoreboard at another. Barret Kirbo, a political sci ence msyor from Bainbridge, and John Perkerson, an agricultural education major from Molena, have made Monday nights at Blind Pig a tradition. “It’s something fun to do on a school night,” Perkerson said. “You always leam something new.” Kirbo and Perkerson said the questions can be a lot of fun, pointing out a recurring Blind Pig question where the trivia master makes up the titles for three por nographic films and slips in an actual title as the right answer. “We’ve never gotten that ques tion before,” Kirbo said, proud of the accomplishment. “I think we’re zero for 15.” CHECK IN By: December 15