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WHAT'S HAPPENING THIS WEEK
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PERFORMANCE
BR5-49 The Athens Folk Music and Dance Society and
WUGA FM present one of the hottest country music
bands in the nation, BR5-49. The band blends the
classic ‘40s and '50s country sounds of hank Williams,
Ray Price and Mel Tillis with its own retro-flavored
originals. Georgia Center Mahler Auditorium on
Saturday, Jan. 29 at 8 p.m. Tickets: S13-$14. i 12-
9842.
CHAMBER MUSIC The Berlin Philharmonic Piano
Quartet performs as part of the Franklin College
Chamber Musk Series. The quartet's distinguished
interpretations of standard classical and romantic
works have received enthusiastic critical acclaim.
U6A Performing Arts Center Hodgson Concert Hall on
Saturday, Jan. 29 at 8 p.m. Free! No tickets required.
542-4400.
FACULTY RECITAL Vocal concert by Stephanie Tingler,
soprano. Sponsored by the School of Music UGA
Ramsey Concert Hall on Tuesday, Jan. 25 at 8 p.m.
REE! 542-3737.
GARY MENZIES Award-winning concert pianist and
Georgia native Gary Menzies returns to Monroe to
perform pieces by Chopin, Gershwin and Beethoven.
Carver Middle School Auditorium, 1095 Good Hope
Rd., Monroe, on Saturday, Jari. 22 at 7 p.m. Tickets:
$15. (770) 266-6780.
GRADUATE RECITAL Horn player Anna Stephen per
forms. Sponsored by the UGA School of Musk. UGA
Edge Recital Hall on Wednesday, Jan. 19 at 6 p.m.
FREE! 542-3737.
JANFEST The UGA Wind Symphony performs as part of
the annual JanFest, a four-day musical event with
more than 800 regional high school musicians partk-
ipating. The performance program features
"Celebration Overture," by Paul Creston, "Jupiter"
from The Planets by Gustav Holst and much more.
UGA Performing Arts Center Hodgson Concert Hall on
Friday, Jan. 21 at 8 p.m. FREE! 542-3737.
LUTENIST CONCERT Internationally acclaimed
lutenist Paul O'Dette performs his unique style of
music. His CD The Echoing Air—Songs of Henry Purcell
recently won a Grammy Award. UGA Performing Arts
Center Ramsey Concert Hall on Saturday, Feb. 5 at 8
p.m. Tickets $18, half-price for UGA students. 542-
4400.
PARAKEET NELSON Local group playing soulful
funky tunes. In tne mu k section. Barnes & Noble on
Friday, Jan. 21 at 7 p.m. REE! 354-1195.
SAXOPHONE CONCERT Acclaimed saxophonist Lynn
Klock. UGA Performing Arts Center Ramsey Concert
Hall on Friday, Feb. 11 at 8 p.m. Tickets $i6, half-
price for UGA students. 542-4400.
VOCALIST CONCERT Bobby McFerrin, armed only with
his four-and-a-half-octave vocal range, his wit and
his creative energy is one of the world's most enter
taining performance artists. See story on p. 21. UGA
Performing Arts Center on Monday, Jan. 24 at 8 p.m.
Tickets: $16-$18, half-price for UGA students. 542-
6396.
EVENT!
ADOPTION Through an on-going series of adoption
videoconferences, Georgia's Dept of Human
Resources is linking adoptable children with prospec
tive adoptive families throughout the state. Hundreds
of children, mostly African-Americans between the
ages of 'even and 13, are waiting to be adopted. The
next videoconference, featuring children from the
middle Georgia area, takes piacs go Jan. 22. If you
are interested in finding out more about adopting .
older children or participating in the next videocon
ference, call (888) 460-2467.
COFFEE HOUR Join the university's international stu
dents for coffee and refreshments. Hosted this week
by the UGA Health Center. UGA Memorial HaU
Ballroom on Friday, Jan. 21 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30
p.m. REE! 542-5867.
COOKIES! The annual Girl Scout Cookie Sale is now
underway, with more than 3,000 area Girl Scouts
taking orders for those delectable once-a-year
goodies. Proceeds from the cookie sale go directly to
local troops to fund a variety of activities including
field trips, camping and community service projects.
Cost $2.75 per box. Call 548-7297 or 1-800-300-
4475 for the phone number of a troop near you.
GREENHOUSE TOUR Take of tour of the Garden's
greenhouse complex, for a behind-the-scenes peek at
the extensive indoor facilities. Botanical Garden on
Saturday, Jan. 22 at 9 a.m. REE! Span is limited,
pre-registration required. 542-1244.
MEET JOHN GRISHAM The UGA BasebaU Program pre
sents a dinner with John ■
Grisham, one of the
world's best-selling
authors. His novels
include The Firm, The
Runaway Jury, 4 Time To
Kill and many others. Mr.
Grisham will speak about
his writing career and his
passion for baseball and
introduce the UGA base
ball team. The Classic
Center on .uesday, Jan. 25 at 7 p.m. Tickets: $25
each, table for 10, $225. Advance only, no tickets
available at the door. 357-4444.
MLK MARCH Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority sponsors the
annual King Remembrance March and Commemorative
Service. The theme this year is improving involve
ment working in the community to improve the com
munity. Everyone is welcome. Rev. Bernice King, Dr.
King's daughter is the featured speaker at the chapel
service and the African-American Choral Ensemble
will perform. March begins at UGA Tate Center on
Wednesday, Jan. 26 at 2 p.m., proceeding down to
the Chapel on North Campus. Servke at 3 p.m.
Sleeping walk
One Eye Open
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Women Writers Forum at Barnes and Noble on
Thursday, January 20.
LITERARY EVENT!
BEVERLY CONNOR Spend "Sunday Afternoon at the
Library" with mystery writer Beverly Connor. Skeleton
Crew, the latest installment in the Lindsay
Chamberlain adventure series, finds the ardieolo-
gist/he-Trine trying to solve a 440-year-old murder
mystery complete with a hurricane, modem-day
pirates and sunken treasure. Athens-Garke County
Library on Sunday Jan. 23 at 3 p.m. REE! 613-3650:
CATHY SMITH BOWERS The award-winning poet will
read from he, work. She is the author of two collec
tions of poems: The Love That Ended Yesterday in
Texas and Traveling in Time of Danger end her poetry
has been published in the
Atlantic Monthly, The
Georgia Review, The
Southern Review and
many other prestigious
literary magazines.
Sponsored by the Creative
Writing Program. UGA
Park HaU on Tuesday,
Jan. 25 at 4:30 p.m.
REE! 542-2659.
HELEN ELLIS Alabama
native Helen EUis will
read from and sign copies
of her debut novel Eating
the Cheshire Cat, a
Southern Gothk satire
which follows the adven
tures of three social
climbing teenage girls
from Tuscaloosa. The
bock has received rave
reviews from the likes of
Publisher's Weekly and is
a Barnes & Noble
Discover Great New
Authors pick for Winter
2000. Barnes & Noble on
Friday, Jan. 28 at 7 p.m. REE! 354-1195.
LELXA KELLY The author, who hails from Atlanta, wiU
read from and sign copie< of her mystery novel False
Witness, the newest installment in the Laura Chastain
mvste-y series. Barnes & Noble on Saturday, Jan. 22
at 2 p.m. REE! 354-1195.
POETRY SLAM Come hear local poets read their stuff
or maybe even share your own work. Blue Sky Coffee
on Wednesday, Jan. 19 at 7 p.m. Suggested donation:
$2.50. 546-7797.
WRITERS' FORUM The UGA Creative Writing Program
and Writers' Bloc present an open forum for and
about women writers. Judith Ortiz Cofer, co-editor of
Sleeping With One Eye Open: Women Writers and the
Art of Survival. wiU read from and discuss the coUec-
tion, which addresses how women writers manage to
maintain motivation and overcome the obstacles they
encounter. She is joined by Julie Checkoway, director
of the Creztive Writing Program and a contributing
author. Rebecca Myers and Stephanie Gordon, grad
uate students in the program, will also read from
tneir works. Bames & Noble on Thursday, Jan. 20 at 7
p.m. REE! 354-1195.
Pontormo's Madonna with Child from the Masterworks from the San Carlos
Museum exhibit at the GMOA.
lighting the underlying unity of the world's religions.
The India Student Association hosts a reception fol
lowing the lecture. UGA Tate Center Reception Hall
on Thursday, Jan. 20 at 3:30 p.m. REE! 542-0626.
SPORTS
GYMNASTICS UGA versus Louisiana State University.
UGA Stegeman Coliseum on Sunday, Jan. 23 at 2:30
p.m. Tickets: $6 adults, $4 kids. 542-1231.
MEN'S BASKETBALL UGA Men versus South Carolina.
UGA Stegeman Coliseum on Saturday, Jan. 22 at 2
p.m. And versus Kentucky on Wednesday, Jan. 26 it 8
p.m. Tickets: $10. 542-1231.
WOMEN'S TENNIS The Georgia Invitational. UGA
Women versus Ga. Southern, Ga. State, Kentucky,
Princeton, Miss. State, Brenau, Armstrong Atlantic
and Boston College. This annual event features 48
individuals and 16 doubles teams. Matches take place
all day at the indoor facility, starting at around 9
a.m., through the weekend. UGA Magill Tennis
Complex on Friday, Jan. 21 through Monday, Jan. 24.
REt! No rickets required. 542-1170.
LECTURE!
KID!TUFF
BROWN BAG LUNCH "Coming Full Circle,” with Edwin
Poulin, who gives a "bird's eye" view on the values
and insights of the Native American world. ACC Library
on Tuesday, Jan. 25 at 12:15 p.m. REE! 613-3650.
CINEMA ROUNDTABLE Panel discussion on African
Americans and Hollywood in the year 2000. "How
Much Has Changed Since Blaxploitation?" {he panel
members include Richard Neupert, film studies/drama
dept, Freda Scott Giles, drama dept, Robert Pratt
history dept, and Kevin Young, English dept
Sponsored by the Center for Humanities and Arts.
UGA Park HaU Room 265 on Friday, Jan. 21 at 4 p.m.
REE! 542-3966.
LUNCH AND LEARN "Reaching Your FuU Potential
Through Self-Hypnosis." Sponsored by the Counseling
and Testing Center. UGA Tate Center Room 144 on
Wednesday, Jan. 26 at 12 rkx>n. REE! 542-3183.
LUNCH IN THEORY "The Queer Kaddishes of Allen
Ginsberg and Leonard Bernstein," by David Schiller.
UGA Journalism Building Room 408 on Wednesday,
Jan. 26 at 12:20 p.m. REE! 542-3966.
RESUME BUILDING "Using Your Involvement to Get
A Job* Students can learn how to turn their
extracurricular activities into an impressive resume.
Sponsored by the Leadership Resource Team. UGA
Tate Center on Thursday, Jan. 20 at 12:30 p.m. REE!
542-6097.
ROBERT ARNETT Georgia native and UGA graduate.
Robert Arnett winner of three national book awards
and author of India Unveiled, presents a lecture and
slide presentation on hi: five trips to India, higfi-
ACTING CLASSES Athens Creative Theatre offers a
variety of acting classes for children in grades 2-12.
Classes available for the spring semester, which
begins in February, include: Creative Adventure,
Creative Dramatics, Middle Theatre and Teen Theatre.
613-3628.
BUGGY BUGS Preschoolers and their parents can join
the staff of Bear Hollow for stories, rhymes and
puppet shows about bugs. Memorial Park Bear HoUow
Wildlife Trail Friday, Jan. 21 from 10 a.m. to 10:30
a.m. Cost: $1 per person per, pre-registration
required. 613-3616.
FEED THE ANIMALS Come leam about the zoo's ani
mals. Bear MoUow Wildlife Trait Memorial Park,
Sunday, Jan. 23 at 1 p.m. REE! 613-3580.
MILLENNIUM PROJECT The Athens-Clarke County
Library invites children of aU ages to share their
visions of the future. Children can write a poem, song
or story, write a play or create a picture using mate
rials available in the Children's Room. AU contribu
tions wiU be bound into a scrapbook and kept in the
library's collection. ACC Library through Jan. 31. 613-
3650.
NICE TREES Young children and their parents are
invited to hear <* reading of Janke May Udry's first
children's book, A Tree is Mice. Bames & Noble on
Saturday, Jan. 22 at 11 a.m. FREE! 354-1195.
STORYTIME Come hear a reading of the local favorite.
Bongo is a Happy Dog, by Peter and Sandy Loose-
Schrar.tz. Bames & Noble on Wednesday, Jan. 26 at -
11 a.m. 354-1195.
JANUARY 19, 2000
