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HARLEM AMBASSADORS BASKETBALL The Athens
Rotary club presents the Harlem Ambassadors
Basketball Show with dazzling basketball tricks,
slam-dunks and family-friendly comedy (think
Harlem Globetotters), as the Ambassadors take on
Athens area 'all-stars.' All proceeds benefit the
Athens YMCA, YWCO, Boys & Girls Club and ACC
Leisure Services. Cedar Shoals High School Gym on
Monday, Mar. 6 at 7 p.m. Tickets: S5 advance (avail,
at YMCA) or 58 at the door. 543-6596.
JITTERY JOE'S CYCUNG TEAM Jittery Joe's Pro
Cycling Team Launch Party. Hang out with members
of this year's “Bean feam." Food, Terrapin beer, door
prizes; emceed by stand-up comic (ex-Athenian)
Bill Davis, music by Betsy Franck & the Bare Knuckle
Band. Jittery Joe's Roasting Company, 710 E. Broad
St. on Saturday, Mar. 4 at 7:30 p.m. Suggested do
nation 520 (515 students); tickets available at @
the Hub Bicycles, any Jittery Joe's location, and at
the door.
MONTESSORI SCHOOL CARNIVAL Annual fundrais
ing event for the Athens Montessori School features
auctions of seven vacation packages, local art, sign
R.E.M. poster and several varieties of trees for sale.
Live music. The "Caribbean Carnivale" tales place at
St. Gregory the Great Episcopal Church on Saturday,
Mar. 4 at 4 p.m. Tickets: 520. including Caribbean
feast. 770-207-4942. 770-725-1391.
MS WALK 2006 Sign up now to walk in this year's
MS Walk 2006 to raise money for the National
Multiple Sclerosis Society, Georgia Chapter. St.
James Methodist Church on Apr. 1 at 9 a.m. 1-800-
FIGHTMS, www.nationalmssociety.org/gaa.
SPECIAL NEEDS LIBRARY OPEN HOUSE The Special
Needs Library of Northeast Georgia is hosting an
open house. Come enjoy refreshments and learn
more about the library's services. ACC Library on
Friday, Mar. 3 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. 613-3655.
TYCHE'S GAMES Anachronism Tournament and Demo.
Saturday, Mar. 4 at 12 p.m. Heroclix DC Collateral
Damage Marquee Tournament. Monday, Mar. 6 at
1 p.m. Star Wars Miniature Game Tournament and
Demo. Entrance fee. Mar. 11 at 12 p.m. Shadowfist
Tournament on Mar. 18 at 12 p.m. SI entrance fee.
Legends of the Five Rings CCG Tournament on Mar.
26 at 2 p.m. 51 entrance fee. New and exp. play
ers welcome. 1056 S. Lumpkin St.. 354-4500, www.
tychesgames.com.
WINE TASTING AND BENEFIT With Tom Berkemer
of Raymond Vineyards. Benefit for Nu^i’s Space on
Saturday, Mar, 4 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Art Opening
for Anne Hurne and Ian Morris with live music from
Chip McKenzie at 7 p.m. Mercury Lounge, 583-8510.
CLASSIC FILM FESTIVAL Join Turner Classic Movie
Channel's host Robert Osborne for a series of classic
films at the Classic Center. State of the art projec
tion brings Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Gone With the
Wind, On the Waterfront, The Tnird Man, Raiders
of the Lost Ark, Best in Show, North By Northwest
to life on the big screen. Classic Center Theater,
Mar. 23-26. See complete schedule at www.grady.
uga.edu/osbornefest. Tickets: 560 for all films;
Individual films 510. 357-4444.
LITERARY EVENTS
LIBRARY BOOK SALE Browse through your favorite
fiction, nonfiction, hardbacks, paperbacks, children's
books and more at the Friends of the Library Book
Sale. All proceeds benefit the library. Athens West
Shopping Center (in the former Pet Store), Mar. 1-4
from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. 613-3650 x307. •
JAMES CANTRELL Book discussion and signing of
How Celtic Culture Invented Southern Literature, lit
erary criticism that "challenges the common percep
tion that the culture of white Southerners springs
from English roots." Borders on Wednesday, Mar. 1
at 7 p.m.
SCOTT WALKER The author of Hell's Broke Loose in
Georgia, which focuses on local Georgia troops in
the Civil War, will read from and sign copies of the
book. Barnes & Noble on Saturday. Mar. 11 from 2
p.m. to 4 p.m. 354-1185.
SUBMISSIONS SOUGHT Staccato Literary Magazine
now accepting micro fiction (under 500 words).
Deadline; May 15. Staccatomag@yahoo.com.
LECTURES & FORUMS
AGING GRACEFULLY Bill Warner, director of the
Cosmos Institute of Holistic Science, discusses
"Aging Gracefully Nature's Way." Healthy snacks
provided. Earth Fare on Saturday, Mar. 4 at 12 p.m.
FREE! Please sign up, 227-1717.
DEBORAH ROBERTS "20/20'"s news reporter
Deborah Roberts delivers the annual Holmes-Hunter
Lecture. Roberts, who graduated from UGA in 1982,
KIDSTUFF
BRAINABILITY Toddler programs, pre-school prep,
homework helpers, spring break camps, birthday par
ties. private tutoring and more. Summer camps listed
on website. 559-7448. www.brainabilityinc.com.
WILDCARD WEDNESDAYS After school program
for ages 11-18 with games, trivia and more. ACC
Library. Wednesdays, Mar. 1. 8 and 22 from 4 p.m. to
5 p.m. FREE! Preregister. 613-3650.
YOUTH SOCCER Registration for ACC Leisure Services
youth soccer, ages 4-16. Season: March-May. Cost:
510-550. Bishop Park, Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. 613-3589. www.accleisureservices.com.
ART EVENTS
ATHICA CLOSING DAY PANEL In conjunction with
the closing day of the "Neither Here Nor there:
Perspectives on Homelessness' exhibit, ATHICA
presents a panel discussion on homelessness moder-
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has traveled the world reporting for NBC, the 1992
Olympics (for which she won an Emmy) and recently
won the Clarion Award. UGA Chapel on Tuesday. Mar.
7 at 2 p.m. FREE! and open to the public. 542-9167.
ELIZABETH MARTINEZ Latina author and activist
Elizabeth Martinez gives the Women's History Month
keynote address titled "Building Coalitions Between
Peoples of Color: An Essential Tool in the Struggle
for Justice." Tate Center Reception Hall on Thursday,
Mar. 2 at 7 p.m. FREE! www.uga.edu/wsp.
FEDERATION OF NEIGHBORHOODS Panel discussion
on "Sexual Assault and Safety in Clarke County."
Panelists include Mo Wiltshire (Solicitor's Office),
Keith Sims (Safe Campuses Now), CarolAnn Schmitt
(Project Safe), a rep. from the ACC PO and Mosi
Bayo (Sexual Assault Center). All are welcome.
Presbyterian Student Center. 1250 S. Lumpkin on
Monday, Mar. 6 at 7:30 p.m. FREE!
FRENCH-AMERICAN RELATIONS Guillaume
Parmentier of the French Center on the United States
at the French Institute of Internationale Relations
presents "Transatlantic (and French-American)
Relations: Time for thinking Big and Bold.” UGA
Chapel on Mar. 9 at 3:30 p.m. FREE! 542-2985.
INTELLIGENCE IN THE MODERN WORLD Program on
modern U.S intelligence gathering and congressional
oversight titled "Oversight or Overlook? Intelligence
in the Modern World." Speakers: Loch Johnson,
David Barrett and Michael Speckhard. UGA Chapel on
Wednesday. Mar. 8 at 3 p.m. FREE! and open to the
public. Reception in Demosthenian Hall follows the
event. 542-5766.
STANLEY FISH Literary theorist and legal scholar
Stanley Fish will deliver a lecture titled "There is
No Textualist Position." Fish has authored a dozen
books and hundreds of articles on literature and law
and is considered a leading scholar on Poet John
Milton. UGA Law School on Wednesday, Mar. 8 at
4:30 p.m. FREE! and open to the public. 542-5172.
WORD ON THE STREET
2006 BATTLE OF THE BANDS High School and Adult
bands sought for the 2006 Battle of the Bands
to benefit the 28th Annual Athens Human Rights
Festival. Tasty World on Apr. 1. Winner plays May 6-7
at the Fest. 770-725-2652, ahrf_bob@yahoo.com.
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:
58000 per shelter. Prizes: 53000 for each design.
Entry fee: 540. www.athensarts.org.
CASA BATTLE OF THE BANDS Athens-Oconee CASA
(Court Appointed Advocates) seeks bands for its
Battle of the Bands contest. Winning band receives
free entry in the John Lennon Songwriting con
test, a professional recording on the John Lennon
Educational Tour Bus and more. Submit MP3s to
www.athensoconeecasa.org by Apr. 1. Contest is at
UGA Hodgson Hall on Apr. 27 at 8 p.m. 613-1922. ,
FILM FESTIVAL In conjunction with AthFest in June.
Film::Athens is putting out a call to area filmmakers
for the 2006 Sprockets Music A Video Competition,
which features music videos from Athens area art
ists and bands. Also, call for entries for the 2006
Sprockets Teenscreen Filrr.fest. must be under 18 to
enter. Deadline: Apr. 30. Entry forms and more info
at www.sprockets.filmathens.net.
FREE TAX HELP The AARP offers free tax return as
sistance to area residents, especial those with low
to middle income and those over 60. Sites in Clarke,
Oconee and Oglethorpe County, through Apr. 11.
543-9511.
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