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THE BEST OF ATHENS FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 12, 1998
OUT THERE!
WEONESQAV, AUGUST 12 SATURDAY, AUGUST 15
Downtown Health Fair.
At Irumps at the Georgian. 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. $12 per person.
Here's a chance for all you hypochondriacs out there
to find out if your gnawing suspicions of a slow and
painful demise have any basis in reality. Athens Regiona 1
Medical Center’s downtown health fair is offering screen
ings of cholesterol and blood sugar levels, blood pres
sure analysis and counseling on the results of your
screening. The entire process takes about 30 minutes.
Call 357-9230 for more information.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13
Charlotte's Web.
Oconee Cultuial Arts Foundation's Summer
Children's Production at the Oconee County Civic
Center. 10 a.m. matinees on August 13
614. 8 p.m. performances on August 14
615. Tickets: $4 kids, seniors, and stu
dents; $6 adults.
Who hasn’t read E.B.
White’s classic kid’s novel
about the cute little piggy
Wilber and Charlotte, the
selfless spider who saves
him from becoming break
fast bacon? OCAPs produc
tion of the story features
over 30 locai kids, ages 3 to
14. Director Tracey Roberts
guarantees “the kids will surprise
you every night.” Tickets are avail
able at Art Masters Gallery and
Framing and Elizabeth Ann Florist
and Gift Shop in downtown Watkinsville. For
more information, call OCAF at 769-4565.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 14
Once Upon a Mattress.
Athens Creative Theater's production at the Morton Theotre continues August 14
and 15.7:30 p.m. Tickets: $8-$l 3.
ACT continues with a second weekend of the musical
fairy tale about a delicate princess, her Prince Charming
and his hard-to-please momma. The final performance is
Saturday night. Call 613-3628 for ticket info.
Cat Show.
At the Classic Center, Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tickets: $5 adults,
$4 seniors and students, $3 kids.
The Classic Center will be teeming with kittykats this
weekend for the International Cat Associations’ Second
Annual Championship and Household Pet Cat Show. In a
shameless display of man’s inexhaustible quest to con
trol nature, a parade of pedigree breeds will be on display
including the controversial Bengal cat — a crossing of a
domestic cat with one of several subspecies of Asian
Leopard Cat that is currently illegal to own in the state of
Georgia. Other events include a Genetic Seminar, a Pets
and People Workshop, judging rings on each day, and
plenty of booths featuring lots of cat necessities. There is
even a competition for our lowly non-pedigree
household kitties. Call 353-0195 for more
information.
The O'Kaysions.
At Chateau Elan. Dance lessons at 7:30
o.m. Concert at 8:30 p.m. Tickets:
$25.
North Carolina natives
The O’Kaysions are per
haps best known for
their 1968 hit “I’m a Girl
Watcher,” and are still
performing throughout
the country. Saturday’s
concert is yet another
opportunity to enjoy the
posh environment of Chateau
Clan and a concert in the open
air. Call 1-800 WINE for more info.
TUESDAY,
AUGUST 18
Landfill Alternatives.
Program at Sandy Creek Nature Center. 7 p.m. FREE!
As America becomes increasingly choked by moun
tains of trash, it’s high time to make some serious consid
erations regarding the inevitable overflow of our landfills.
Waste management expert John March presents this pro
gram addressing alternatives including ideas for waste
reduction, solid waste management and recycling. Call
Sandy Creek at 613-3615 for more info.
OUT THERE! is edited by Melissa Link, with contributions by the Flagpole staff.
Submit information by the Wednesday prior to the next issue's publication date to: P.0. Box 1027, Athens, GA 30603
PERFORMANCE
Song Swap. Athens Brewing
Company hosts a song swap on
Sunday, August 16, at 9 p.m.
Choral Concert. Athens Choral
Society presents ‘Songs for a
Midsummer^ Night* August 20-22 at
8 p.m. in the Seney-Stovall Chapel.
Call 543-9984 lor more ink).
EVENTS
Reading Club. The Adult Summer
Reading Club holds its End of
Summer Social on Sunday. August
16. al 3 p.m. at the ACC Library. Call
613-3650 for more info.
Petwash. Mars Hill Animal Hospital
sponsors a petwash to benelii Athens
Canine Rescue on Saturday, August
15, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more
info call (770) 725-8387. Gold Kist
Farm & Garden also sponsors a pet
wash from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Call
546-9103.
Health Fair. Firs! A.M.E. Episcopal
Church sponsors a health lair featur
ing health screenings lor blood pres
sure, visiorVhearing, diabetes, cho
lesterol. weight, HIV and information
on drug/alcohol abuse, dental
hygiene, cancer, hea t disease, exer
cise/nutrition, women's health, STDs,
and more. Other progiams include
fire safety, a visit from the D.A.R.E.
car, ID fingerprinting for kids, and a
last will and teslamenl workshop for
older adults. Call 548-1454.
Christmas. The Athens Convention
and Visitors Bureau is compiling
information for inclusion in the
Christmas in Athens brochure. To
have your event listed, call 357-
4430.
LECTURES
Safe Supper? D oultry researcher
Richard Gast will speak on food, bac
teria and diseases on Saturday,
August 15, at 2 p.m. at the Oconee
County Library. Call 769-3959.
CLASSES
Swimming Lessons. The Athens
YMCA offers swimming lessons lor
adults. Call 543-6596 lor class
details.
Brain Disorders. The Northeast
Georgia CSB sponsors classes on
Educating Families About Brain
Disorders throughout July. Call 542-
9734 for details.
Athens Regional Medical
Center offers classes and programs
on a variety of health-related issues
including cancer, quitting smoking,
grief support, k : ds’ safety, diabetes,
and pregnancy and family issues.
Call 354-3426 for more info.
SPORT
Swimming. Memorial Park. East
Athens, Lay Park, Rocksprings, and
Bishop Park pools are open.
Admission is 50 cents ter kids under
12 and $1 for everyone else.
Cwimming lessons are also offered
for infants, kids and teens. Call 613-
3580 or 613-3589 for details.
KIPSTUFF
Creatures of the Night. On Friday,
August 14 at 6:30 p.m. kids over 5
are invited to bring a picnic supper to
Sandy Creek Nature Center to study
beavers, bats, owls and flying squir
rels. Call 613-3615 for info.
Kid’s Music. Kindermusik is an
introduction to music for young chil
dren at the ACC Library on August 18
and 25. Call 613-3650 for more
information.
Sweet Pea Club. ‘Little Richard
Pitcher Plant sings the Blues' is (or
kids ages 3-6 and their parents at the
State Botanical Gardens on
Wednesday. August 19 a* 9 a.m. Call
542-1244 for info.
Teens. The ACC Library invites
teens to help decorate on Thursday,
August 13 from 2-3:3C p.m.
Pre-K. The Clarke County School
District has a few Pre-Kindergarten
slots open for the ‘98-’99 school year.
Call 357-5239 tor more info.»
Swimming Lessons. The Athens
YMCA offers swimming lessons for
kids 6 months old and up. Call 543-
6596 for details on classes.
Dance Classes for kids 6-15 are
ottered by the East Athens
Educational Dance Center. Gall 613-
3524 ior details.
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other local events of note
MEETINGS. ETC.
UNITY. Unity of Athens will hear
Cindy Harrington sing and speak at
7:30 p.m. on Sunday. August 16. Call
369-8765 for more info.
Unitarians. Paul Gurian, political
scientist at UGA, will speak at the 11
a.m. service on Sunday, August 16.
Call 546-7914 for more information.
Quakers. Athens Religious Society
ot Friends meets every Sunday at
9:30 p.m. in the Poplar Street par
sonage of Oconee Street United
Methodist Church. Call 353-2856.
Confidential Peer Support
Group is for women who have been
or are in abusive relationships.
Involvement is free of charge, and
free child care is available. Children^
support groups also available. Call
the 24-hour hotline at 543-3331.
Alcoholics Anonymous meetings
are held in Athens-Ciarke, Barrow
and Jackson Counties. Call 543-
0436.
Book Report
By Judy Long
• Elvis Sighting: A hunka hunka Elvis books
have been published this year The King is still
dead, but the royalties made from the sale of
Elvis books will live forever. No matter the
price, wouldn’t you rather put that money into a
book than into one ol Elvis Presley Enterprises’
key chains, mugs, watches, toilet seats, or
clocks? Okay, well, those pendulum Elvis
clocks are hard to resist, but Ernst
Jorgensen’s Elvis Presley: A Life in
Music is the quintessential reference guide to
Elvis, the musician The majority of books on
the King focus on his dysfunctional pill pop
ping. peanut-butter and banana sandwich eat
ing life-style, and have ottered little to under
stand the music behind the man. Jorgensen’s
book puts the music of Elvis into historical
perspective and is structured around his
recording sessions, starting with the earliest
SUN acetates in 1953 and ending with the
painful, drugged fat Elvis CBS recordings in
1977. If you need instruction to make a peanui
butter and banana sandwich, Fit for a King:
The Elvis Presley Cookbook is now avail
able in hardback. Elvis' cook, Alvena Roy,
shares over 300 recipes and numerous memo
ries, including that of a meal she prepared
when The Beatles visited Graceland.
Everything Elvis, by Joni Mabe, born-
again archivist, is now available in paperback,
but unfortunately Thunders Mouth Press chose
a lackluster jacket for this edition. If you want a
collector’s item, buy a copy of the hardback,
featuring a razzle-dazzle jacket evocative of
Mabe’s glitter paintings. If you want to hear a
true publishing horror story, find Mabe at the
next David Allen Coe concert, and ask her to
tel! you “the rest ot the story" behind this book.
• Travel Writer Sighting: John T. Edge,
food aficionado and co-author ol the Lonely
Planet Guide to the Deep South, was
recently in Athens compiling information lor
the forthcoming Georgia: Fodors
Compass American Guide. He intends to
include a walking tour of all o! the different
40 Watt Club locations, as well as the site of
the best pimento-cheese burger in the state
ot Georgia Curious? You will have to wait tor
the book, due in 1999. II you have a Georgia
site you think should be included, you can e-
mail Edge at johnt@dixie-net.com.
• New York Agent Sighting: Agent Sheree
Bykovsky, author of The Complete
Idiot’s Guide to Getting Published.
recently visited Athens to attend the
Harriette Austin Writers Conference
and see one of her clients, Ken Morris,
author of Jimmy Carter: American
Moralist. She has put out the word for
Athenians to ‘do whatever it takes" to con
vince Morris to turn loose of his biography
of Tammy Wynette (“We're not the jet set,
we’re the old Chevrolet jet...") and allow her
to sell, sell, sell it. Tip: He is usually at the
Globe on Wednesday evenings... or Tasty
World. Bykovsky also reports that she tasted
her first decent “grit" at the Five Star Day
Caf6, served to her by chef and writer Mary
Long
□ FLAGPOLE AUGUST 12, 1998