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COMMUNITY ESSAYS SOUGHT Got a community con
cern or human interest story? All it takes is three
minutes of utter brilliance and your voice might be
heard on "From All Sides." featured on National
Public Radio (NPR) on Fridays at 4:25 p.m. Call Mary
Kay at 542-1939.
BLOOD DRIVES You can be 99 percent sure where
this is going, so help out while it's in critical
need. Try the Red Cross's
new donor center, 3525
Atlanta Highway (next to
Target) weekday afternoons.
Call 546-0681 for appoint
ment or information on local
blood drives. 1-800-GIVE-
LIFE.
HUMANE SOCIETY YARD
SALE Donations sought for
the Athens Area Humane
Society Yard Sale on Nov. 3.
Donate all of your "why the
hell do I still have this"
goods so they can be recycled
into "I can't believe someone
got rid of this" finds.
Donations accepted at Eckerd
on the Eastside on Saturday,
Oct. 20 from 10 a.m. to 2
p.m., Sunday, Oct. 21 from 1
p.m. to 4 p.m. and weekday
evenings starting Oct. 22 from
6 p.m. to 8 p.m. 353-2287.
YWCO VENDORS Wish to peddle
your wares at the 3rd annual YWCO Sell-A-Bration?
$15 is all it takes, and a quick finger dance upon
your telephone contraption (the numbers 354-7880
should suffice). Deadline: October 26.
LITERARY EVENTS
SU'JLNNA WALTERS Georgetown University associate
professor Suzanna Walters discusses her new book All
the Rage: The Story of Gay Visibility in America. Word
on the street in that it was chosen by Brill's Content
as one of the Fall's most interesting titles. UGA Tate
Student Center, Room 140 on Wednesday, Oct. 17 at
12:20 p.m. FREE! kmsmith@arches.uga.edu.
AUTHORS ON CAMPUS No. not the wildly drunk yet
sophisticatingly funny millionaire lovingly played by
Dudley Moore. UGA graduate Sam Hill lectures about
his book Radical Marketing: From Harvard to Harley,
Lessons from Ten that Broke the Rules and Made it
Big. Tate Student Center Reception Hall on Thursday,
Oct. 18 at 3 p.m. FREE! Debbie, 542-2700.
WRITER'S HARVEST BENEFIT Best-selling novelist
and Oprah Book Club selection sensation Bret Lott
{Jewel, The Man Who Owned Vermont) and Georgia
Review editor and poet T.R. Hummer give readings for
charity. See Box. Trump’s Catering on Thursday, Oct.
18 at 7:30 p.m. Cost: $5 suggested donation for stu
dents. $10 suggested donation for non-students.
542-3481.
MICHAEL THURMOND Author and Georgia's Labor
Commissioner Michael Thurmond does double duty for
publicity this week. First, he discusses his latest book
Freedom: An African American History of Georgia.
1733-1865 at the ACC Library on Sunday, Oct. 21 at 3
p.m. 613-3650. Then, the re-publication of
Thurmond's book, A Story Untold: Black Men and
Women in Athens History, is the occasion for a signing
and reception at the Historic Firehall #2, on Prince
Ave. on Tuesday, Oct. 23 from 5
p.m. to 7 p.m. FREE! long@hill-
streetpress.com.
AL DIXON Think you know all
there is to know about
Southern quotations? Athens
author Al Dixon discusses his
latest opus The Quotable
South. Hear what Southerners
past and present have said.
Barnes & Noble on Thursday,
Oct. 25 at 7 p.m. FREE!—and
you can quote Out There! on
that. 354-1195.
ATHENS READS: POETRY
Join local poets as they wax
intellectual with crafty
wordplay. David Oates,
Kodac Harrison, Rebecca
Bagget, Tara Rebele and
Keith Badowski at the ACC
Library on Sunday, Oct. 28
at 3 p.m. FREE! 613-3650.
AUGUSTA TROBAUGH World
premiere of local author
Augusta Trobaugh's Sophie and the Rising Sun. Quell
your curiosity and join the mob at Barnes & Noble on
Monday, Oct. 29 at 7 p.m. FREE! 354-1195.
LECTURES
LUNCH-IN-THEORY Brian Henry of the UGA English
Department presents "North Star Crossing: A Verse
Novel." UGA Journalism Building, Room 411 on
Wednesday, Oct. 17 at 12:20 p.m. FREE! 542-3966.
THE BENEFIT OF BACH FLOWER ESSENCES We'll just
let the bold face do the talking. Earth Fare on
Thursday, Oct. 18 from 7 p.m. FREE! Pre-registration
helpful. 227-1717.
RABBIS TALK BACK Panel discussion features Rabbi
Ronald Gerson and three Atlanta rabbis discussing
such issues as abortion, homosexuality, intermar
riage, evolution and organ donation. UGA Tate
Student Center, Room 137 on Thursday, Oct. 18 at
7:30 p.m. FREE! 543-6393.
NOON SPEAKER SERIES "Women and Career
Development," presented by Dr. Laura Bierema,
/ .sistant Professor of Adult Education at UGA.
Sponsored by the Women's Studies Program. UGA Tate
Student Center. Room 140 on Friday, Oct. 19 at 12:20
p.m. FREE! 542-2846.
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HARVEST TURNS
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Ready for some contemporary g
poetry and prose? This year's Writer's °
Harvest features readings by novelist o
Bret Lott Y (author of the Oprah s
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T.R. Hummer > {Walt Whitman in ^
Hell, Useless Virtues). Half of this
year's proceeds will be donated to $
the American Red Cross to support
their national relief efforts. The other half will be given to the Northeast Georgia Food Bank, in
order to help those closer to home.
Those who attend the Harvest stand a good chance of getting
something, too. This year's event features a raffle with donations
from Wuxtry, Blue Sky Coffee, Jittery Joe's, Jackson Street Books,
Hill Street Press, Speakeasy, R.E.M. and The Basil Press (among
others). Tickets for the raffle cost one dollar and can be purchased
at the door or in advance at The Georgia Review offices in UGA
Gilbert Hall.
The Tenth Annual Writer's Harvest is Thursday, October 18 at 7:30
p.m. at Trumps (247 E. Washington Street). Suggested donations are
$5 for students, $10 for non-students, but any amount is welcome.
Those who cannot attend, but would like to contribute to the chari
ties, please call (706) 542-3481 or e-mail The Georgia Review at
garev@uga.edu. Word. [Heidi Gillis]
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