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WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK
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PERFORMANCE
BERLIN PHILHARMONIC WIND QUINTET The Berlin
Philharmonic Wind Quintet performs a program
of music by Jacques Ibert, Daius Milnaud, Paul
Taffanel. Samuel Barber and Jean Francaix. UGA
Hodgson Hall on Saturday, Mar. 4 at 8 p.m. FREF! No
tickets required. 542-4400.
with the choreography of company director Moses
Pendelton to create a world of "surrealistic images
using props, light, shadow, humor and the human
body." Classic Center Theater on Apr. 1 at 8 p.m.
Tickets: $30-560. 357-4444, www.classiccenter.com.
UGA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The UGA Symphony
Orchestra performs. UGA Hodgson Hall on Thursday.
Mar. 2 at 8 p.m. FREE! 542-3737.
THEATRE
V ANNE OF GREEN GABLES Athens Little Playhouse
The Estonian Philharmonic Choir performs at UGA Hodgson Hall. Mar. 3 at 8 p.m.
CORE DANCE COMPANY UGA's CORE Concert Dance
Company presents its Spring Collection 2006 which
features Jance, music, film and aerial arts. UGA New
Dance Theatre, Thursday, Mar. 2-Saturday, Mar. 4 at
8 p.m. Tickets: $12. $8 UGA students. 542-8074.
ESTONIAN PHILHARMONIC CHOIR The
Estonian Philharmonic Choir, recognized
as one of the best choirs in the world,
performs a concert of Estonian religious
folk songs, "Hymn to St. Cecilia" and
"Hymn to the Virgin" by Benjamin Britten.
"Magnificat" and "Nunc Dimittis" by Arvo
Part and "Mass in G Minor" by Franis
Poulenc. UGA Hodgson Hall on Friday, Mar.
3 at 8 p.m. Tickets: $23-528, half-price
for UGA students. 542-4400. FREE! pre
concert lecture at 7:15 p.m.
GARY OWEN & LaVELL CRAWFORD
"Comedy Night" features Gary Owen
(BTE's 1998 Comedian of the Year and
star of such films as Held Up and Daddy
Day Care) and LaVell Crawford (Comedy
Central's "Laugh Riot" finalist, headliner of
Laffapalooza) performing stand-up come
dy. Tate Center Georgia Hall on Wednesday,
Mar. 1 at 8 p.m. Tickets: $4-$8. 542-6396.
"GIMME SHELTER" Fundraising concert to kick off
the Gimme Shelter fund drive for the Athens Area
homeless Shelter. See ABC and p. 29 for details.
40 Watt Club on Thursday. Mar. 2. Tickets: $8.
kkirbo@hotmail.com.
MOMIX The Classic Center's Entertainment Series
continues with "Passion" by Momix, one of the most
innovative dance and performance troupes in the
world. "Passion" combines the music of Peter Gabriel
presents its production of Anne of Green Gables.
the story of a young girl growing up in 1890s rural
Canada. Seney-Stovall Chapel on Friday, Mar. 3 at
7:30 p.m., Saturday, Mar. 4 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.,
Sunday. Mar. 5 at 2 p.m. Tickets: $8-510. 208-1036.
COLORED PEOPLES TIME The UGA Black Theatrical
Ensemble presents Colored People's Time, a play by
award-winning African-American playwright Leslie
Lee. The play is series of vignettes depicting events
from the times of slavery through the Montgomery
Bus boycott in 1955, all told through the eyes
of the ordinary people who made history. Morton
Theatre. Friday. Mar. 3-Sunday, Mar. 5. Tickets:
$2-$3. 542-8468.
THE LAST FIVE YEARS Athens Creative Theatre hosts
dinner and a show, featuring Jason Robert Brown's
The Last Five Years, a contemporary song-cycle musi
cal that chronicles five years in the relationship of a
writer and an actress. Memorial Park Quinn
Hall. Thursdays. Fridays and Saturdays
through Mar. 25. Matinees offered on se
lect dates. Cost: $10-515, dinner theater
tickets are an additional $14.95. 613-
3628 for reservations.
ONCE ON THIS ISLAND This modern
American musical tells the tale of a simple
peasant girl who falls in love with a man
from a high social class, inspired by the
original story of The Little Mermaid, but
with a distinctly Caribbean flavor. Cedar
Shoals High School. Mar. 2-4 at 7:30
p.m.; Mar. 5 at 3:30 p.m. Tickets: $5-57.
546-5375, ext. 5320.
AIDA Oconee Youth Playhouse presents
Elton John's and Tim Rice's rock musical
Aida. Oconee County Civic Center, Mar.
30-Apr. 2 Tickets: $12-516. 769-2677.
EVENTS
28TH ANNUAL HUMAN RACE 5K AND FAMILY FUN
RUN Annual race benefiting Camp St. Francis. St.
Mary's Hospice and Homeless Day Center on Mar. 4 at
9 a.m. Registration info avail, at www.uga.edu/cc.
BAR LIGHT CAMPAIGN 2006 The Sexual Assault
Center of Northeast Georgia is hosting the 3rd annu
al Bar Light event at the 40 Watt Club on Saturday.
Mar. 4, featuring performances by Heidi Hensley,
Iron Hero and Hope ForAGoldenSummer. Before the
show: catered. VIP pre-party at the Arch Bar at 6
p.m. Tickets: $10 advance. $15 at the door, $20 for
show and VIP party. This event is one of two major
fundraisers for the Sexual Assault Center held each
year. 546-1133.
OSCAR NIGHT FOR AIDS ATHENS Celebrate the
78h Annual Academy Awards with the fine folks at
AIDS Athens. Red carpet arrivals, food, games and
prizes and the live broadcast of the Awards from
Hollywood. Classic Center on Sunday, Mar. 5 from 8
p.m. to 12 a.m. Tickets: $21.50. For tickets: 357-
4444, www.classiccenter.com. For more info on the
event: 542-2437, oscarnight@aidsathens.org.
DAWGS AFTER DARK Pajama Party! Lots of late-
night activities like make your own DVD, build-a-
bear, tie-dye shirts, massages therapy, caricature
drawing and more. Comedian Lowell Sanders per
forms at 11:30 p.m. UGA Tate Center on Friday, Mar.
3 from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Admission: $5. FREE! for
UGA students. 542-6396.
EMPTY BOWL LUNCHEON Help the hungry of
Northeast Georg a at the Empty Bowl Luncheon.
Enjoy a delicious meal (take-out avail.) and take
home a handmade pottery bowl made by local arti
sans. Presentation on Hunger and the Renewing Our
Hope awards at noon. First United Methodist Church
on Tuesday. Mar. 7 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Tickets: $15. or $25 with bowl. 354-8191.
FIVE POINTS AFTER HOURS Shop the stores of Five
Points after hours and stop by Earth Fare for some
hot Chocolate. Thursday, Mar. 2 from 5 p.m. to 7
p.m. FREE! 227-1717.
Oscar Night in Athens
Viewing Party
presented b\ Charter Communic ations
An Academy Awards Viewing Party
featuring a casino niglu, desserts,
contests, prizes and more.
Tickers >20 plus rax available at
the Classic C enter box oil ice.
All proceeds benefit AI PS Athens.
Cail 706-542-24 for mure information.
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