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"WORD FUNK" An evening of "open stage' for
poets, musicians, storytellers and improv. Sign up
at 9 p.m., show starts at 9:30 p.m. Hot Comer on
Tuesdays. Email: untroddenl@yahoo.com.
WRITING GROUP Facilitator seeks writers of short
non-fiction for peer group. Will meet biweekly to
share markets, critique work and set goals.
227-2354.
ZINE WORKSHOP Ages 11-18 only. Bring poetry,
prose and/or art and learn to create your own zine.
ACC Library on Thursday, Feb. 9 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
FREE! 613-3650.
LECTURES & FORUMS
RICK PRELINGER Film collector, filmmaker, archivist
Rick Prelinger will give a lecture titled “Are the
Archives Doomed?' followed by a screening of his
compilation film Panorama Ephemero. UGA Student
Learning Center Room 150 on Wednesday, Feb. 8 at
4 p.m. 542-1971.
BUDDHISTS & LOVE Buddhist nun Kelsang Nyema
discusses the Buddhist perspective on love. ACC
Library on Tuesday, Feb. 14 at 12:15 p.m. Bring a
sack lunch if you like. FREE! 613-3650.
KIDSTUFF
BRAINABILITY Pre-school prep for ages 3-4 on
Friday mornings. 559-7448, www.brainabilityinc.com.
CHESS FOR TEENS Learn the basics of the game or
improve your strategy. ACC Library on Tuesdays, Feb.
14, 21, 28 at 4 p.m. Limit 10 teens ages 11-18.
Beginners welcome. Bring your own board if you
have one. FREE! 613-3650.
FAMILY DAY @ GMOA "CREATIVE COLLAGES”
Celebrate Black History Month. Create collages
based on the works currently on view, and after
wards, decorate an edible valentine at the cafe.
Georgia Museum of Art on Saturday, Feb. 11 from 10
a.m. to 12 noon. FREE! 542-4662.
WILDCARD WEDNESDAYS After school program
for ages 11-18 with games, trivia and more. ACC
Library, Wednesdays, Feb. 8 and 15 from 4 p.m. to 5
p.m. FREE! Preregister, 613-3650.
ART EVENTS
CELEBRATE THE ARTS The Athens Area Arts Council
presents the 2nd Annual Celebrate the Arts. The
evening includes Film::Athens* 'Trailerpark' program
with clips from new films by Athens filmmakers,
commedia dell'arte theatre troupe, dance from Short
Takes, and live music from Kenosha Kid, Modern
Skirts (acoustic) and Michael Coenen. Also, the First
Annual Art Awards. Heyward Allen Toyota on Atlanta
Hwy. on Feb. 16 at 5:30 p.m. FREE!
ERIN BURKE Opening reception for "73 Miles.’ work
by Erin Burke with UGA students and students from
Georgia State University. UGA Thompson Street
Sculpture Complex on Friday, Feb. 10 from 7 p.m.
to 9 p.m.
INIGO MANGLANO-OVALLE Visiting artist/scholar
Inigo Manglano-Ovalle will discuss his work. UGA
Student Learning Center Room 101 on Tuesday, Feb.
14 at 5:30 p.m. 542-0116.
LINDA DARTY Lecture by Linda Darty, professor of
art in the metal design program at East Carolina
University and author of The Art of Enameling. Lamar
Dodd School of Art Room 117 on Thursday, Feb. 9 at
7 p.m. 542-0116.
RINNE ALLEN Opening reception for "Color in
Winter.' photos by Rinne Allen. UGA College of
Environment and Design Circle Gallery on Friday,
Feb. 17 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. www.rinneallen.com.
LYNDON HOUSE ARTS CENTER Opening reception for
the 'Lyndon House Arts Center 31st Juried Exhibit"
on Sunday, Feb. 12 from 2 p.m. ».« ^ m. The show
was judged by William Fagaly, curator *’ the New
Orleans Museum of Art. 613-3623.
SOUP ART COLLECTIVE SOUP art collective will be
open at Little Kings on the first Saturday of every
month from 3 p.m. to approx. 10 p.m. jetkat@mac.
com.
WELCOME CENTER AUCTION The Church-Waddel-
Brumby House (which houses the Athens Welcome
Center) is seeking donations of period furnishings
and decor for its interior restoration to a c. 1820
Federal-style house. Donated items not chosen for
the project will be sold/ auctioned off to raise funds
to purchase needed items for the house. Sale takes
place at Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation, 489
Prince Ave., Feb. 18-22, with an auction on Feb. 26.
See items for rale at www.achfonline.org. 353-1820.
WILDIJFE POSTER EXHIBIT Artwork created for the
ACC Leisure Services 'Give Wildlife a Chance" poster
contest will be on display at the Memorial Park Bear
Hollow exhibit hall on Saturday, Feb. 11 from 12 p.m.
to 5 p.m. FREE! and open to the public. 613-3616.
FUTURAMA After Hours at the Georgia Museum
of Art on Saturday, Feb. 18 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Celebrating the close of the "American Streamlined"
exhibit. FREE! 542-4662.
AURUM Winter Artists Sale featuring the work of
John Ahee. Rinne Allen, June Ball, Greg Benson,
Jamie Calkin, Holly Golson, Mary Porter, Margie
Spalding, Ren£ Shoemaker and Chris Wyrick. Through
Feb. 28. 546-8826.
ART ANNOUNCEMENTS
BUS SHELTER COMPETITION "You. Me and the Bus,'
is a national bus shelter design competition for
four shelters in Athens. Deadline is Apr. 14. Budget:
S8000 per shelter. Prizes: $3000 for each design.
www.athensarts.org.
CLAYTON STREET GALLERY Seeking craft artists for
upcoming show "Creating Our Own Interior World,"
Apr. 14-May 27. Seeking fine-art furnishing and ac
cessories. Applications avail, at 351
E. Clayton St. and 553 Prince Ave.
Deadline: Mai. 17. wrww.athensart-
group.com
PHOTO CONTEST Open to all UGA
students, six categories. Prizes.
Oeadline: Feb. 24 at 4 p.m.
Applications avail, at Tate Center
Information Desk. 542-6396.
WASHINGTON MUSIC/ARTS
FESTIVAL Downtown Washington, GA
is hosting a a music and arts festival
Apr. 28-30. Seeking artists, musi
cians and craftspeople to partici
pate. Deadline: Mar. 30. Call Karen
Wheeler, 706-678-2349 or email
prosehag@washingtonwilkes.org.
ART CLASSES
ELEMENTS ART SUPPLY Adult art
classes: beginning and intermediate
oil painting, acrylic painting, wood
carving, stone carving, metalsmith-
ing/ jewelry, classical drawing.
Children's Classical Art Classes
begin in February. To register for all
classes, 546-1310.
GOOD DIRT For adults: handbuild-
inq and surface decoration work
shop with Ted Saupe. Saturday, Feb.
11 at 10 a.m. Cost: $65. For kids:
all day out of school workshops
on Feb. 20, 21, 24. Mask-making,
stamping and feltmaking. 9 a.m. to
3 p.m., $50 per day. Early registra
tion encouraged, 355-3161, www.
gooddirt.net.
LYNDON HOUSE ARTS CENTER
Friendship Feltmaking: bring a part
ner and learn how to make felt from
hand-dyed wool fleece. Adults and
children ages 6 and older with adult
partner. Feb. 11 at 10 a.m. Cost:
$20. Figure and Portrait Painting
for adults. Feb. 18 and 25 at 10
a.m. Taught by Jonathan Jacquet.
Cost: $90. Papermaking with plant fibers for adults.
Learn to make paper using native Georgia plant
fibers. Taught by Nancy Carter. Mar 4-5. Cost: $72.
Designing and Dying on cotton and Silk. Taught b^
Margaret Agner. Mar. 4-5. Cost: $90. 613-3623.
OPEN STUDIO: LIFE DRAWING Live models, no
instruction, provide your own supplies. Georgia
Museum of Art on Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m.. Cost:
$3 per session. 542-4662. %
PIEDMONT ARTS CENTER Winter art classes in pot
tery, jewelry, drawing, sculpture, oil and acrylic
painting and more, www.georgiapiedmontartscenter.
com.
ART AROUND TOWN
AMICI ITALIAN CAFE Photography by Caroline
Landry. Through Feb.
ATHENS ACADEMY Paintings by Christine Shockley
Gholson and Nena Allen in the Myers Gallery. See Art
Notes on p. 23. Upper school student show in the
Bertelsmann Gallery. E3 Sculptors' "330 ppm" show
on the grounds. Through Feb. 17.
ATHICA "Neither Here Nor There: Perspectives on
Homelessness,' paintings, graffiti, sculpture, digital
video, ceramics and more. Through Mar. 5.
BOB (SALON) (398 Foundry St) "Tales of the
Sasquatch" in mixed-media by Rizzie Gallego. See
Art Notes on p. 23. Through mid-Feb.
BORDERS Landscape photographs by Heather
Comeau.
BRATS BARGAIN BOOKS (Green Acres Shopping
Center) Works by UGA Professor Emeritus Dr. Paul
Edmonston. Through Feb.
CLASSIC HAIR & SPA Oils and watercolors by Perry
McCrackin. Through Mar.
CLAYTON STREET GALLERY "Salon des Refuses. '
featuring work rejected by the Lyndon House Arts
Center's Juried Exhibition. Feb. 9-Apr. 1.
ESPRESSO ROYALE CAFFE Paintings by Marlowe Hill.
Through Feb.
FARM 255 Paintings by Catherine Stinson.
FLICKER THEATRE & BAR Rock posters from the
last three years by Nick Canada. Chris Bilheimer and
Henry Owings.
GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART "From Sideboard
to Pulpit: Silver in Georgia." Through Mar. 26.
"American Streamlined Design: The World of
Tomorrow." Through Feb. 19. "Feeling the Familiar
Pull: Andrew T. Crawford. Through May 21. Focus
on the Permanent Collection: Romare Bearden and
Jacob Lawrence." Through Feb. 28. 'Franz Liszt:
Roots and Legacies.' Through Mar. 5.
THE GRIT Paintings by Matt Blanks. See Art Notes
on p. 23. Through Feb.
UMAR DODD SCHOOL OF ART 'In Transit." by Luis
Cruz Azaceta. Through Feb. 18. Printmaking Student
Association's annual Juried Print Show. Through
Feb. 16.
LYNDON HOUSE ARTS CENTER "Lyndon House Arts
Center 31st Juried Exhibit," Feb. 12-Apr. 22.
LAST RESORT Black & white photos by Paul
Chandler. Through Feb.
THE MELTING POINT (Foundry Park) Paintings by
Catherine Stinson.
OCONEE COUNTY LIBRARY "Side by Side." landscape
paintings by Margaret Agner and Michael Spronck.
Wheel-thrown and handbuilt ceramic works by Alice
Rossiter and Brooke Cassidy. Through Feb. 28.
ROOSTER'S BBQ 'Photographs of the Disappearing
South' by John Hayes. Through Feb.
UPDOWN GALLERY (159 N. Jackson St.) '2nd
Annual Juried Exhibition." Through Feb. 17.
WALKER'S (College Square) Oil paintings by Jacob
Wenzka. Feb. 12-28.
YELLOW KITCHEN CAFE (135 University Ct.)
Paintings by Karen Cleveland. Through Feb. 18.
CLASSES
AFRO-HAITIAN DANCE WORKSHOP Dance to tra
ditional Haitian rhythms with live percussion. All
levels, taught by Ellen Bleier at the Sangha Yoga
Studio on Saturday, Feb. 18 at 4 p.m. Cost: $15.
613-1143.
APHRODISIAC COCKING CLASS Cook a Valentine's
meal featuring roasted asparagus salad, oyster
chowder and garlic flank steak. FREE! Earth Fare on
Monday. Feb. 13 at 6:30 p.m. FREE! Please sign up,
227-1717.
CHAKRA BELLY DANCE Invoke the Goddess within.
For women only. All shapes, sizes and skill levels
welcome. Red Lotus Institute on Tuesdays at 7:30
p.m. 549-2913.
COMFORT MEDITATIVE YOGA Easy and relaxing for
everybody. Mondays at 12 p.m. & Wednesdays at
7:30 p.m. YWCO on the Eastside (nonmembers wel
come!). Join certified teacher Lisa Elizabeth Alder,
354-7880.
COOKING CUSS 'Cooking in the Garden: Winter
Squash." Botanical Garden on Friday, Feb. 10 at 6
p.m. Cost: $25. 542-6156.
COOKING CLASSES Free, no-reg
istration-required cooking classes
this week on sweet and sour cu
cumber with fresh dill, and the
Coffee Chocolate and Wine Festival
featuring raspberry truffles, choco
late fondue and more. Earth Fare.
227-1717.
DIGESTIVE PROBLEMS Dr. Jeff
Davenport leads a presentation on
natural solutions fo: acid reflux,
hernias, ulcers, IBS and more. Earth
Fare on Thursday, Feb. 9 at 6:30 p.m.
FREE! Please sign up. 227-1717.
DOG & PUPPY TRAINING Family
dog classes for obedience and man
ners. Puppy Preschool to establish
solid foundations for good behavior.
Private lessons for working toward
behavior problem resolution. Newly-
adopted shelter and rescue dog
discounts. East Athens—indoor
facility. Positive Pet People Dog
Training, 548-2508. www.positive-
petpeople.com.
DOUU TRAINING Athens Area
Labor Doula Training offered
Feb. 24-26. Sign up early, there
a prerequisites for the class.
www.athensbabyspace.com,
ginger@athensbabyspace.com.
FOOD ALLERGIES Dr. Elisabeth
Lundie leads a workshop on her
methods for eliminating food aller
gies. Earth Fare on Wednesday, Feb.
8 at 6:30 p.m. FREE! Please sign
up. 227-1717.
HEBREW CUSSES Learn to read
and write Hebrew. Beginner and
intermediate classes. Registration
required. Sunday evenings at
St. James UMC. FREE!! and open
to the public. 549-7625, www.
dancin4yeshua.org/learnhebrew.
dsp.
JIU-JITSU Classes in Brazilian and
Japanese Jiu-Jitsu taught by third-
degree black belt Randy McElwee. American Black
"Belt Academy, Perimeter Square. 549-1671, www.
americanblackbelt.org/ABBA.htmL
MAIN STREET YARNS Beginning Knitting, Saturday.
Feb. 11, 18 and 25 at 10:30 a.m. Cost: $40.
Advanced Beginning Knitting of Saturdays, Feb.
11, 18, 25 at 2 p.m. Cost: $45. Youth Knitting,
Saturday, Feb. 18. 1 p.m.-4 p.m. Cost: $40. Many
more classes offered, sweater support group, knit-
alongs and more. Main Street Yarns and Fibers in
downtown Watkinsville, 769-5531, www.main-
streetyarns.com.
MARTIAL ARTS CUSSES Tae Kwon Do classes for
kids and adults, beginner to advanced. Taught by
three-time AAU National Champion Jason Hughes.
Self-defense, Olympic-style sparring, more. Live Oak
Martial Arts, Chase St. Warehouses, Studio AB.
548-0077.
MEMOIR WORKSHOP "Writing About Your Life," a
memoir writing workshop with critique for Athens
seniors. Athens Community on Aging, Feb. 13-20.
Cost: $12. 549-4850.
MIND BCOY INSTITUTE The Zen of Paint on Mondays
beginning Feb. 20 at 7 p.m. Cost: $125 (includes all
materials). Also, free introductory orientation work
shop for Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction 8-week
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Photos by Amanda Palmer at the 16th Annual Mental Health Benefit Auction Null’s Space on Feb.
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