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WHAT'S HAPPENING THIS WE Deadlines for submissions to Out There! are every Wednesday at 5 p.m., one week prior to issue date. Listings are not guaranteed and are subject to space considerations. Email information to outthere@flag* pole.com or call 549-9523. PERFORMANCE BLUE SKY CONCERTS This series features a variety of musical groups and bands for lunchtime listening pleasure downtown. The Cedar Shoals Band performs on College Square Wednesday, Oct. 4 from 12 noon to 1 p.m. Next week: UGA Trombone Choir. 353-1421. EVGENY RIVKIN UGA professor and world-class pianist Evgeny Rivkin is the featured performer at the next "2nd Thursday Concert" sponsored by the UGA School of Music. Rivkin has recently returned from a series of recitals and master classes in Europe. UGA Hodgson Concert Hall on Thursday, Oct. 12 at 8 p.m. Tickets: Call 542-3737. FOLK FEST PREVIEW The Athens Folk Music & Dance Society presents its monthly "Hoot!" This month's event is a "North Georgia Folk Festival Preview" to showcase performers from the upcoming North Georgia Folk Festival scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 21 at Sandy Creek Park. Performers include Maggie Hunter and Katie Ford, of the Warblers; Vaudeville frontman Don Chambers playing traditional and orig inal songs on banjo and guitar; Tommy Jordan and Friends playing traditional old-time music; and Horsefeathers, a folk trio with William Tonks, George Norman (of Calliope Fair) and Edward Hunter (fiddler for Blueground Undergrass). Susan Staley will open and host the evening. Bring lawn chairs and blankets for this outdoor show. All ages. Locos on Harris St. (off Baxter St.) on Monday, Oct. 9 from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. FREE! 208-0985. HIV/AIDS BENEFIT The AIDS Coalition of Northeast Georgia presents a benefit concert as part of HIV/ AIDS Awareness Month. Performers for the event are local folk trio the Priestie Boys, Dr. Arvin Scott and his Drumming for Success Youth Ensemble and Katie Ford and Company. Tickets: $2 (or donate more!). Available at Morton Box Office or call ACNG, 542- AIDS. Don Chambers performs at the North Georgia Folk Festival Preview at Locos on October 10 at 8 p.m. by Bach, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Tchaicovsky, Rachmaninoff and Liszt. UGA Hodgson Concert Hall on Friday, Oct. 6 at 8 p.m. Tickets: J21-S25. half price for UGA students w/valid I.D. Free pre-concert lecture at 7:15 p.m. 542-4400. PAMOJA DANCE PERFORMANCE The PAMOJA Dance Company Fall Performance. Sponsored by the African American Cultural Center. Morton Theatre downtown on Thursday, Oct 12 and Friday, Oct. 13 at 7 p.m. Tickets: $6, $4 UGA students. 542-8648. TOM DELUCA Famed hypnotist and entertainer Tom DeLuca returns to Athens. DeLuca, who has a Master's degree in psychology, presents a lighthearted evening of fun and frolL for the audience and his hypnotized volunteers. His "Theatre of the Imagination" has earned him Entertainer of the Year honors three years in a row. UGA Ramsey Center Volleyball Arena on Monday, Oct. 9 at 8 p.m. Tickets: of the sentimental drama. Written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, one of the most frequently produced play wrights in the English language. Directed by Carolyn Blackintdn. Seney Stovall Chapel on Milledge Ave. (next to the Varsity) on Oct. 4-8. Tickets: $12, $10 UGA students/senior citizens. 542-2838. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Town & Gown Players opens its 48th season with the classic Southern drama, To Kill A Mockingbird. Based on the novel by Harper Lee and dramatized by Christopher Sergei, the play cen ters around the trial of a black man accused of attacking a white girl in a small Southern town. The honorable and fair-minded lawyer Atticus Finch defends him, and Finch's two children, Jem and Scout, learn some valuable lessons about growing up. A coming-of-age drama that provides both gentle poignancy and riveting, nail-biting suspense. Athens Creative Theatre behind Taylor-Grady House (off Prince Ave.) on Oct. 5-8. Tickets: S10 adults, S8 stu dents/seniors. Thursday and Sunday shows are S5 all seats. 208-TOWN. EVENTS GEORGIA COMPOSERS The UGA School of Music pre sents a concert of works by three contemporary Georgia composers. Gerald Farmer, Larry Frazier and Carol Gingrich will peiform selected works by Daniel Taddie, Tommy Joe Anderson, Brent Weaver and Roger Vogel. All composers will be in attendance and each will speak briefly about his individual works. UGA Ramsey Concert Hall on Wednesday, OcL 4 at 8 p.m. FREE! 542-3737. A KATIA SKANAVI One of the world's top concert pianists, Katia Skanavi has won the prestigious Van Cliburn International Competition and numerous other awards. Don't miss one of the brightest young stars of classical music. The program includes music $5, $3 UGA students. 542-6396. UGA WIND SYMPHONY The School of Music presents the UGA Wind Symphony in concert. Conducted by Dwight Satterwhite and John Culvahouse. UGA Hodgson Concert Hall on Tuesday, Oct. 10 at 8 p.m. 542-3737. THEATRE THE RIVALS The University Mainstage Season kicks off with a rollicking 18th Century comedy. The Rivals presents the outrageous Mrs. Malaprop, her niece Lydia id their suitors in a play that combines Restoration-era "laughing comedy" with the elements ADOPT-A-PET Athens Canine Rescue is holding an Adopt-A-Pet event featuring many lovable dogs looking for good homes. Big City Bread, 393 N. Finley St. on Saturday, Oct. 7 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. 549- 4883. BIKE RACE Captain Barnett's Harvest Race Weekend brings top class mountain bikers to the Athens area. The "omnium'' consists of three events—an off-road time trial, a dirt criterium and a cross-country race. Men's, women's and junior divisions. Hawkes Creek Farm in Winterville on Saturday, Oct. 7 and Sunday, Oct. 8, all day. For directions and registration infor mation go to www.gobikel.com. BOYBUTANTE BINGO Come play bingo and help raise money for the Boybutante AIDS Foundation. Win fabulous prizes donated by local businesses. Boybutante is a non-profit organization that pro vides funding for support and education programs dealing with HIV/AIDS. Tasty World upstairs, 312 E. Broad St. on Tuesday, Oct. 10 at 8 p.m. Cost: $5 for 4 cards for each of 6 games; SI each for extra cards. 227-3530. COFFEE HOUR The International Student Life Office at UGA invites the community to share coffee and refreshments with the university's international stu dents. UGA Memorial Hall on Fridays from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. 542-5867. DIABETES FUND-RAISER The American Diabetes Association presents its annual America's Walk for Diabetes. Money raised will go to fund research to find a cure and for programs to improve the quality of life for people with diabetes. Sandy Creek Park on Sunday, Oct. 8 at 2 p.m. Registration begins at 1 p.m.. To sign up as a walker, sponsor or volunteer or to make a donation, call (800) 254-WALK or go to diabetes.org/walk. DIVAS ON WHEELS Athens' favorite divas (AKA drag queens) take a bar-hopping performance tour of downtown Athens on Friday, Oct. 6. Manhattan Cafe at 8:30 p.m.; Tasty World at 9:30 p.m.; 283 Bar at 10:15 p.m.. Go For a Drink at 12 midnight. 227-3530 or boybutante.org. EAST ATHENS FEST Come help celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the East Athens Community Center and the East Athens Triangle Plaza with a whole day of family fun! Vendors, parade participants and enter tainment acts are currently being sought, deadline is Oct. 6. Festival scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 21 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. 208-0048. HERITAGE ROOM Reception to kick off Georgia Archives Week 2000 and honor all those who have donated historical materials. Everyone is welcome. Athens-Clarke County Library on Sunday, Oct. 8 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. 613-3650. HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies celebrates UGA's first official Hispanic Heritage Month with a series of spe cial events. The Latin American Film Festival con tinues on Wednesday, Oct. 4.; Poetry in the Garden at the Founders Memorial Garden on Thursday, Oct. 5 from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. A Salsa Dance instruc tion and performance at the UGA Memorial Hall Ballroom on Friday, Oct. 6 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. For a complete listing of events call 542-9079 or got to www.uga.edu/clacs. KUDZU FILM FESTIVAL The 2000 Kudzu Film Festival is a four-day competitive festival that showcases fea ture films and short films in all genres. Daytime events include panels, speakers and morning coffee sessions with festival judges. Late-night events include "Midnight Madness" screenings and "The Green Lantern Showcase" with music from local bands. Downtown Athens on October 18 through October 22. Look in upcoming issues of Flagpole for more ^formation cr go to prometheus-x.com. PAWS FUND-RAISER The Clarke Central High School Fall Festival features The Humane Society Club's fund raiser for PAWS (Pets Assistance and Welfare Society). There will be a giant yard sale and "Walk4PAWS," a three-mile walk through Five Points for people and their dogs (must be leashed). Prizes for humans and dogs. PAWS also sponsors an adopt-a-thon with lots of lovable puppies, dogs, kittens and cats. Dog wash behind the school runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Cost: S5. Clarke Central High School on Saturday, Oct. 7 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. 353-2411. Donations for the yard sale may be dropped off at either Super Pet in town by Thursday, Oct. 5. REGISTER TO VOTE WUOG FM, the UGA student-run radio station, piesents a voter registration show. Bands performing include Five-Eight and Exit 86. Speaker's include members of various campus political FLAGPOLE OCTOBER 4, 2000
