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THE BEST OF^ATHENS FOR THE WEEK OF JANUARY 20, 1999
WEONESOAY,JANUARY 20
Drums and flutes.
The Georgia Wind Quintet and friends. Ramsey Concert Holl, UGA campus. 8 p.m
FREE!
Percussionists Thomas McCutchen and Todd Mueller
accompany the Wind Quintet for this performance entitled
“American Chamber Music for Woodwinds and Percussion."
The program is made up entirely of contemporary pieces
composed no earlier than 1970 and serves as a preview per
formance for a concert this weekend at the National
Symposium of the National Association of College W'ind and
Percussion Instructors at Ball State University in Indiana, for
which the Quintet was chosen to perform through a national
competition. Call 542*2805 for more info.
UGA Wind Symphony.
Hodgson Holl, UGAcompus. 8 p.m. FREE!
“This performance serves as the School of Music's show
case concert for high school students." explains director
John Culvahouse. This weekend is the 49th annual High
School Music Festival at UGA; the best high school students
from throughout the state and the region will be in town to
participate Friday night’s concert features Culvahouse and
Dr. Dwight Satterwhite conducting the UGA Wind Symphony
as well as guest conductor Jerry Junkins from University of
Texas at Austin. Athens native Andrew Harwood, a UGA
School of Music grad who is currently a member of the U S.
Army Band, makes an appearance as guest solo clarinetist.
The program includes selections from Rossini. Michael
Dougherty. Hindemith. Godfrey. Schmitt, and Karl King. Call
542-2005.
SUNDAY. JANUARY 24
Shout Because You're Free!
A book discussion by Art and Margo Rosenbaum ACC Library. 3 p.m. FREE!
UGA art professor Art Rosenbaum and his wife, pho
tographer Margo Rosenbaum, have been documenting
the performances and culture of the Ring Shouters of
McIntosh County. Ga.. for nearly two decades. Their
book. Shout Because You're Free The African American
King Shout Tradition in Coastal Georgia (University of
Georgia Press. 1998), offers readers detailed insight into
the origins and continuing practice of a musical and spiri
tual tradition that reaches all the way back to Africa. This
discussion will include audio and video recordings of the
shouters in action. Call 623-3650 for more info.
TUESDAY. JANUARY 26
Guatemala's future.
An Amnesty International meeting to discuss human rights struggles in
Guatemala UGA Catholic Center 7.30 p.m.
Over the course of the 36 year civil war in Guatemala,
more than 150.000 people have lost their lives, and another
50.000 have disappeared. Since the signing of a peace treaty
in 1996. hundreds of representatives have been sent to
Guatemala in an operation known as the United Nations
Mission for tlie Verification of Human Rights in Guatemala
(MINUGUA) This evening’s meeting of the local chapter of
Amnesty International features a video entitled “Approach of
Dawn." a story of Mayan women and their struggies for
peace in Guatemala Participants can aid in composing a
letter to the Guatemalan government encouraging human
rights protection. For more info call Terry Salguero at 769-
4214 or Phyllis Durham at 742-7803
Athena Wind Quintet.
At the Georgia Museum of Art. UGA compos 7.30 p.m. FREE!
As part of the GM(5A’s “Minstrels in the Gallery” perfor
mance series, the Athena Wind Quintet plans to perform a
program of “mostly American music" to complement the
exhibit “American Paintings from Georgia Collections 1850-
1950." The program includes pieces by Irving Fine and Franz
Danzik as well as some "lighter stuff, like rags, dances, and
more traditional pieces.” according to flutist Pam Moseley.
The Quintet formed just over a year ago and features Paige
Burns on oboe, Mary Carla Whitaker on bassoon. Denise
F.dwards Wilson on clarinet, and Barbara Hawman on French
horn. Call 542-GMOA for more info.
Preservation Hall Jazz Band.
Hodgson Hall, UGA compus 8 p m. Tickets ore $12-$l 5 ($5$7 students)
Dixieland is one of those musical
styles whose essence is easily lost
when it’s taken out of its element,
mass produced and blandified. The
Preservation Hall players are the
antidote to such transgressions, the
true bearers of the torch In the
hands of these masters, New
Orleans-style jazz is rendered both
universally understandable and
deeply weird, the starting point for
everyone from Count Basie to
Captain Beefheart. This particular
group, one of three the Hall sends
out on tour, is headed up by
trumpet player John Brunious,
whose father was a New Orleans
trumpet legend in his own right
from the ‘30s to the ‘50s. Do not
miss this show!
PERFORMANCE
Family Folk Dance. Continuing
the celebration of their 20th anniver
sary. the Athens Montessori School
is holding a Family Folk Dance fea
turing music by the Stitch Rippers
from 6:30-10:30 p.m. on Saturday.
Jan. 23 at the OCAF Center in
Watkmsviile Tickets are $5 each or
S20 lor a family of four or more. Call
549-8490 for reservations
Comedy and Theater. ‘Duty &
Daisies’ a 10-minute performance
from newly-formed alternative the
atrical group Article 19, will be per
formed as part of the Mortimer
Comic Show at 10 p m. on Jan 27 at
Washington Street Tavern Admission
is $2
Poetr;«. Open mic poetry nights are
held list and third Mondays of each
month at The Globe from 8-10 p m.
Call Shelly Kauffman at 613-7941.
EVENTS
Taste of Athens. Community
Connection's annual tundraiser. ’A
Taste of Athens.’ takes place on
Sunday. Feb 7 at the Classic Center
Tickets are S35. Call 353-2834
Exhibit. USA's Museum of Natural
History hosts the traveling exhibition
‘Fort Mose Colonial America's Black
Fortress ot Freedom’ through March
1 Call 542-1663 lor more info
LECTURES. ETC.
Amistad. As part ot the Martin
Luther King Jr Week celebration, the
Georgia Museum of Art hosts a
roundtable discussion. *Amistad and
the Truth.’ addressing the film's
accuracy and its relation to the his
tory of human rights at 4 p.m. on
Thursday. Jan 21. Call 542-GMOA
lor details A screening of the film
takes place the day before. Jan. 20. at
3pm..6pm and9pm. atthe Tate
Center Theatre
Greenhouse Ramble. Get a back
stage peek at the Greenhouse opera
tions ot the State Botamcai Gardens
at 9 a m on Saturday. Jan 23 FREE'
Cali 542-6156 to register.
Ellis Island. UGA's School of
Environmenta! Design presents
Richard Wells, a landscape architect
wilh the National Parks Service, lec
turing on “Ellis Island and the Lamp
Bes.de the Golden Door* a! 3:30 p m
on Friday, Jan 22 in the Law School
Auditorium
Herbs. Registered Pharmacist
Celme Chi Akoh will speak on “Self-
use of Natural Products: The taels
about herbs and other natural healing
products’ at 9:30 a m. on Sunday.
Jan 24 at the Unitarian Universalist
Fellowship Call 546-7914.
Neo-Nazi Crimes. Yaron Svoray. a
lormer Israeli commando and son of
Holocaust survivors whe went under
cover to expose criminal activities of
the neo-Nazi movement, speaks at
7:30 p m on Monday. Jan. 25 in
Georgia Hall. Tickets are tree tor stu
dents. $2 non Call 542-3961.
Black Poetry. Acclaimed African-
American poel Ethelbert Miller,
author ol Where Ate The Love Poems
For Dictators?, will hold a discussion
at 12 30 p.m. in room 144 of UGA's
Park Hall, and give a reading at 4:30
p.m that day in room 116 ot the
Visual Arts building
CLASSES
Computers. Get out ot the tech
nology time warp The Library hosts
a series of tree classes locusing on
the Internet led by Rebecca Yates
Pre-registration is necessary; call
613-3650. ext. 356.
Acting. Film, stage, and screen
actress Stephanie Astalos-Jones
teaches ’Acting Lessons for the
Stage and Screen’ at the Georgia
Center tor Continuing Education
beginning Jan. 27 through March 17.
Call 542-3537 to register.
Wildflowers. The State Botanical
Gardens ol Georgia holds its third
annual Wildllower Symposium 9:30
a m to 3:30 p.m on Wednesday.
Jan. 27. Cost is $14 members, $16
non. Call 542-6156 to register
Self-Defense. The Sexual Assault
Center and the UGA Women's Law
Students Association sponsor self-
defense classes at 6 p.m on Jan. 27.
Feb 3 and Feb 10 at the ACC Police
Department Training Room at 3035
Lexington Rd Call 353-1912
KIPSTUFF
Bluebirds. Kids 9 and up can build
bluebird boxes at 10:30 a m on
Saturday. Jan. 23 at Sandy Creek
Park Call 613-3631 to pre-register.
Family Day. The Georgia Museum
ol Art hosts ’Puppet Factory,’ a
puppet-making assembly line tor
(amities at 10 a m. Saturday, Jan 23
at the GM0A Refreshments will be
provided Call 542-GMOA lor info.
Gourdcraft. Kids and their parents
can !earn how to make crafts with
boHIc gourds at 2 p.m on Saturday,
Jan. 23 at the State Botanical
Gardens. Cost is $5 per child (par
ents are free!). Call 542-6156.
Owl Prowl. Kids 12 and up can
learn about owls during an evening
hike along Cooks Trail at 6:30 p m.
on Saturday. Jan. 23 at Sandy Creek
Nature Center Call 613-3615 to pre-
register.
Poetry Contest. The ACC Library
is sponsoring a Kudzu Poetry
Contest tor kids and young adults
Poems must be original and unpub
lished and must center on kudzu
vines as the central topic Deadline is
Feb. 1. Call 613-3650 lor details.
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other local events of note
MEETINGS. ETC.
SHARE. The next meeting of
S H A R E takes place al 6 45 p m
on Tuesday. Jan 26 in room 213 ot
Memorial Hall The meeting will fea
ture a demonstration ol vegetarian
cuisine Call 227-0184
Human Rights. The 21st Annual
Athens Human Rights Festival will
lake place April 24-25. 1999
Planning meetings are held every
Tuesday at 7 30 p m upstairs at Tasty
World. Festival organizers are
looking tor a local charity to be the
beneficiary lor this year’s event Call
Maddy Claire at 613-7882 or
Michael Collins at 548-3648. or e-
mail AlhensHRFestivalOhotmail com
Books. The Adult Book Discussion
group discusses Don DeLillo's
Underworld, at 10 30 a m. on
Wednesday. Jan 20 at the ACC
Library
HELP OUT!
Youth Shelter. The Athens
Regional Attention Home holds its
annual Open House at 6 p m on Jan
26 at 490 Pulaski SI Call 548-5893
□ FLAGPOLE JANUARY 20, 1999
