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OUT THERE! continued from page 9 BASIC PILATES New Basic Pilates Class with Carol Bishop, Certified Pilates Instructor. Sangha Yoga Studio on Saturdays at 8:30 a.m. 706-613-1143. CHAKRA BELLY DANCE Invoke the Goddess within. For women only. All shapes, sizes and skill levels welcome. Red Lotus Institute on Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. 706-549-2913. EARTH FARE COOKING CLASSES Spanish and Thai cuisine, call for dates and times. FREE! Please sign up, 706-227-1717. EMOTIONAL FREEDOM TECHNIQUE Full-day cer tificate course on Saturday, Mar. 31. Cost: S150 advance. Si75 door. Preregistration: Laurie Hart, 706-546-1107. FLOORSPACE Intermediate Modern Dance and Improvisation, Contact Improvisation Jam, Taijiquan and Qigong. 160 Tracy St. 706-372-4830. JIU-JITSU Classes in Grade Brazilian and Japanese Jiu-Jitsu taught by third-degree black belt Randy McElwee. American Black Belt Academy, 706-549- 1671, www.americanblackbelt.org/ABBA.html. KENDO Classes in ancient Japanese sword martial art kendo, taught by 5th degree black belt Shigeru Koyama. Classic Martial Arts Club, 706-353-3616, www.classic-mac.com. LINE DANCING Line Dancing classes at Memorial Park on Fridays at 6 p.m. Cost: S5 per class. For more info, call 706-613-3580. MAIN STREET YARNS Beginning knitting, advanced beginning knitting, decorative finishes, beginning crochet, spinning and more. Main Street Yarns and Fibers, 706-769-5531, www.mainstreetyarns.com. ON-CAMERA ACTING INTENSIVE One-on-one coaching, audition prep, cold reading skills and more for those aspiring to work as professional ac tors. Six sessions on Saturdays beginning Mar. 24. Taught by Lisa Mende ("Seinfeld") and Caroline Rault (associate producer for Cellular). Email athenshollywood@yahoo.com for more info. PILATES Taught by Sarah Schmitt. Sangha Yoga Studio on Mondays and Wednesdays at 9 a.m. (Intermed./Advanced) and 10:15 a.m. (Beginner). 706-613-1143. PRANA DANCE WORKSHOP No exp. necessary. Red Lotus Institute on Sunday, Mar. 25, 12-1:30 p.m. Cost: $15. Prana Dance Class at Rubber Soul Yoga on Wednesdays at 5:15 p.m. Maggie, minervinizick@hotmail.com. RENT SMART & FINANCIAL FITNESS Learn how to find and keep decent rental housing. 400 McKinley Dr. on Saturday, Mar. 24, 1-3:30 p.m. FREE! Preregistration required, 706-208-0048. ROOTS FARM OPEN HOUSE Qigong taught by Carl Lindberg at 5 p.m. Farm tours and more. Potluck at 8 p.m. Roots Farm on Mar. 21. www.rootsfarm.org. SALSA CLASSES Beginners to Advanced, no partner needed. Tate Center on Mondays at 7 p.m. Cost: $5. SALSA DANCING Salsa classes taught at Transmetropolitan downtown on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Cost: $10. 706- 372-7056, 706-372-8197, www.bailarueda.com. SWING DANCE LESSONS Learn the basic of swing dancing. UGA Memorial Hall Ballroom on Mondays at 7 p.m. www.uga.edu/ugaswingclub. TAE KWOK DO & JODO CLASSES Tae Kwon Do classes for kids and adults, beginner to advanced. Also, Jodo (Jo-jitsu) classes, a 400-year-old Samurai martial art using the staff and sword. Taught by Jason Hughes. Live Oak Martial Arts, 706-548-0077, www.liveoakmartialarts.com. TAIJIQUAN The Hunyuantaiji Academy of Georgia offers classes in traditional Chen Style fundamen tals, forms, pushing hands, weapons and Hunyuan Qigong, www.hunyuantaijiacademy.com. Todd, 706- 614-3342. Carl, 706-546- 8422. TIBETAN BUDDHIST GROUP Chanting and silent meditation. Rubber Soul Yoga Revolution Studio, 675 Pulaski St. Suite 1400, on Sundays at 12 p.m. Email: xanandax@gmail.com. Gallery talk on “The Carter Collection Revisited " Georgia Museum of Art on Mar. 21 at 5:30 p.m. Pictured: work by Charlemagne Palestine. TURKISH TRIBAL BELLYDANCE Beginner and inter mediate technique. YWCO on Wednesdays at 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. troupe_sulukule@yahoo.com. VINYASA YOGA Vinyasa-Core Yoga taught by Leslie Helpert. Sangha Yoga Studio on Wednesdays starting Feb. 21 at 12 p.m. 706-613-1143. VINYASA YOGA Vinyasa Yoga class taught by Nicole Pontzer. Village Herb Shop (Eastside). Ongoing, all levels welcome. Cost: $54 for six classes or $11 drop-in. Email newtlitch@hotmail.com. YOGA & MEDITATION CLASSES All levels welcome. Kundalini Yoga, Kids Yoga, Restorative Yin Yoga, Pilates, Prana Dance, Tibetan chanting, Tai Chi and more. Rubber Soul Yoga Revolution studio, 675 Pulaski St. Ste. 1400. Suggested donation: $3-$5. www.rubbersoulyoga.com, calclements@yahoo.com. YOGA FOR WOMEN Multi-level Hatha Yoga with Amy Long, CMT, RYT. Red Lotus Institute on Tuesdays at 10 a.m., Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m. 706-549-2913. YOGA FOR WORLD PEACE Beginners to experienced. Join in the "energy of inner harmony, peace and world healing." Taught by Elizabeth Alder, NCMT, CCT, CYT. Unity, 1435 Oglethorpe Ave., on Sunday, Mai 25 at 2 p.m. Donations accepted and appreci ated. 706-613-8050, www.unityachens.com. AUDITIONS 2007 BATTLE OF THE BANDS Teen and adult bands sought for the 2006 Battle of the Bands to benefit the 29th Annual Athens Human Rights Festival. Tasty World on Mar. 24. Winner plays at the Fest in May. 770-725-2652, ahrf_bob@yahoo.com. BE IN A MOVIE! Extras needed: funeral mourners on Apr. 28; healthy runners and those willing to wear zombie makeup on May 5. Feature film to be shot in Crawfordville, GA, is called Pushin' Up Daises, writ ten and directed by Patrick Franklin. Email: Kathryn, kathrynk8@yahoo.com. OPEN CASTING CALL Thrillahill Productions is hold ing an open casting call for its original TV series titled "Darkness Falls." Shooting for the "pre-pilot" that will be used to pitch the show to networks takes place in early April. For more info, visit www. thrillahill.com. SINGERS NEEDED No experience or special talent necessary. Amateur choral performance of contem porary R&B (Beyonce, R. Kelly, Ron Isley) takes place on May 4. Email laurenamacdonald@gmail. com. TEEN SCENE Oconee County Library Teen Scene is looking for performers ages 11-18, musicians and singers, oconeelibrary@gmail.com, www.myspace. com/teensceneoconee. MEETINGS ATHENS SINGLE PARENT NETWORK New organiza tion for Athens-area single parents. For more info on the group and upcoming events, visit www.google. com/group/ASPN. GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE Organizational meet ing for the local "Focus on Global Climate Change Solutions" group. Non-students welcome. UGA Student Learning Center Room 348 on Thursday, Mar. 22 at 6 p.m. 706-542-7247. HUMAN RIGHTS FEST Come help organize the 29th Athens Human Rights Festival. Common Ground on Thursdays at 7 p.m. 770-725-2652, www.athenshu- manrightsfest.org. CLARKE COUNTY DEMOCRATS Following a short committee business meeting, Democratic candidates for the 10th Congressional district seat have been invited to attend: Terry Holley, James Marlow, Jeff Reynolds and Denise Freeman. Grand Jury Room on the 5th floor of the ACC Courthouse on Thursday, Mar. 22 at 6 p.m. For more info, call Jenny Penny Oliver at 706-369-1982. SUPPORT GROUPS ALZHEIMER'S GROUP The Athens Area Alzheimer's Support Group meets once a month at the Adult Day. Care Center, 1774 Old W. Broad St. 706-548-6476. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS Project Safe host: two weekly support groups. Call the hotline for info, 706-543-3331. MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT GROUP Support group meets at St. Mary's Hospital (lobby conference room) on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. Call Rick for info, 706-783-5706. NEUROMUSCULAR DISABILITIES MS/ MD/ CP sup port group meets at St. Gregory the Great Episcopal Church on the 2nd & 4th Monday of every month at 6:30 p.m. Dusty Johns, 706-783-3052. POST-PARTUM DEPRESSION PACE (PPD Acceptance through Compassion and Education) meetings are held on the second and fourth Tuesday of every month at Nu^i's Space, 7-9 p.m. Drop-ins are wel come. www.ppdacceptance.org. SHARE ATHENS Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support Group meets at Forest Heights Baptist Church on the 3rd Thursday of every month at 6:30 p.m. Open to all parents who have experienced a perinatal loss. Pat Nielsen, 706-475-5622. SUICIDE SURVIVORS Open to anyone who has lost a !oved one to suicide. Nuqi's Space, 396 Oconee St. on the second and last Wednesday of every month at 5:30 p.m. Email linda@nuci.org or call ahead for schedule changes. 706-227-1515. WOMEN IN TOXIC RELATIONSHIPS Therapeutic and supportive groups now forming. Lisa Anger, 706- 540-6249, lisaanger@charter.net. HELP OUT! FOSTER A KITTY Become a foster parent for cats at the Athens Area Humane Society. Keep kittens for four weeks until old enough to be spayed/neutered. AAHS pays all expenses. 706-353-2287. HANDS ON ATHENS Help assist low-income ACC homeowners in historic neighborhoods to maintain, repair and restore their properties. Mar. 30-Apr. 1. 706-353-1801, www.achfonline.org/handsonathens. HANDS ON NORTHEAST GEORGIA Volunteer oppor tunities for direct servir? in a variety of areas. Visit www.handsonnortheastgeorcjia.org. PANIC FANS FOR FOOD Ongoing food drive at the Georgia Theatre—every concert between Mar. 23 and the end of April. Bring two non-perishable food items (along with admission cost). Organized by Panic Fans for Food, which collects food and raises funds for Second Harvest at Widespread Panic shows all over America. 571-212-1607. VOLUNTEER IN PERU Learn Spanish! Two UGA graduates are organizing an affordable trip to Peru for 10-15 people to volunteer. Not UGA-affiliated. Call 404-906-0569. Email: kerrysteinberg@yahoo. com, giova@uga.edu. Margaret Moore Mm 0QB ! Wed. Mar 28 Wine Seminar @ 7pm I CALL TO RESERVE YOUR 1 SPOT 706.208.0059 ^ if.- ‘ • ' * ' | 1 • 1 Sat. Mar 31 Terrapin Firken TAPPING AT 4PM ■ ! Wine Liquor Beer L ' \ Wireless Internet 1235 S. 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