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meet on a bench in Central Park—a treatise on
isolation and loneliness in modern society. UGA Fine
Arts Building Arena Theatre, Mar. 29-Apr. 1 at 8
p.m. Tickets: $5 at the door, www.drama.uga.edu.
EVENTS
5K DAWG RUN The UGA Pre-Vet Club is hosting a 5K
run. Well-behaved, leashed canine running partners
are welcome. Prizes, t-shirts. Stegeman Coliseum on
Sunday, Apr. 1 at 8 a.m. Arrive at 7:30 a.m. Cost:
S12-515. For more details and to register, visit
www.uga.edu/pre-vet.
BIKEATHENS COURTEOUS MASS An all-ages, five-
mile, casual-pace bike ride around the UGA Campus,
Bloomfield and Cobbham districts to demonstrate
support for better bike facilities and safer traf
fic conditions. Friday, Mar. 30 at 6 p.m. See www.
bikeathens.com for info.
BOWLING, BREWS & ROLLERDERBY The Classic
City Rollergirls Present: "Bowling, Brews and
Rollerderby," an evening of derby movies, bowl
ing, giveaways and fun to support the Rollergirls.
Kingpins Bowt & Brew on Thursday, Mar. 29, 8-11
p.m. Admission: S3 at the door, S8 to bowl. See
www.classiccityrollergirls.com.
CANOPY STUDIO BIRTHDAY Canopy Studio is host
ing its "5th Birthday Party/ Open House" where visi
tors can try out the trapezes, meet the teachers and
see student performances. Refreshments. 160 Tracy
St. on Sunday, Apr. 1, 3-5 p.m. FREE! 706-549-8501,
info@canopystudio.com, www.canopystudio.com.
CHICKEN GUMBO FUNDRAISER Chicken gumbo fund
raiser dinner to benefit the St. James France Mission
Team. Ill Westlake Dr. on Saturday, Mar. 31 at 6:30
p.m. Donations accepted. Trisha, 706-613-8843.
CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION WALK St. Mary's Health
Care System is sponsoring a two-mile walk to raise
awareness about child abuse in our community.
975 pinwheels at the event will commemorate the
number of reports of child maltreatment received
by authorities in Athens-Clarke County in 2006. St.
Mary's Hospital, 1230 Baxter St., on Saturday, Mar.
31 at 10 a.m. Registration at 9:30 a.m. Free park
ing, strollers welcome. Registration: $10, includes
t-shirt and snacks. 706-546-9713.
CHILI COOK-OFF The Women's Council of Realtors
Chili Cookoff with live music from the Packway
Handle Band. Benefits Athens Area Homeless
Shelter. Tailgate Station, 235 Oak St., on Thursday,
Mar. 29, 6-9 p.m. Tickets: $15, all you can eat chili.
706-206-5282.
DANCEJAM #1 Monthly evening of freestyle dancing
for singles, couples and families—all styles, from
new age to Latin to hip-hop. Smoke-, alcohol- and
drug-free event. Canopy Studio, 160 Tracy St., on
Saturday, Mar. 31, 8-11 p.m. Admission: $5 dona
tion, age 12 and under are FREE! http://dancejama-
thens.blogspot.com.
FOLKLIFE IN GEORGIA A festival celebrating the
traditional music, stories, art, dance and handiwork
of rural Georgia. Musical performances by Wampus
Cat Scanners, Gabriel Kelley, Marion Montgomery,
Streetlight Food and more, demonstrations of tra
ditional crafts. Old-fashioned cookie contest, enter
your special cookies—ribbons and prizes. Downtown
Danielsville, GA (Hwy. 29) on Saturday, Apr. 7, 1-5
p.m. Old Time Barn Dance featuring live calling by
Susan Davis and the music of String Theory, 6-9
p.m. Admission: S3-S5. 706-795-3223.
GARDEN CLUB OF AMERICA Portions of the Zone
VIII meeting, "Roots, Rocks and Clay," will be open
to the public, including speeches by conservationist
Bradford W. Wyche and horticulturist Jennifer Ceska
and the flower show. Classic Center on Apr. 16-18.
706-202-5653.
GARDEN TOUR OF ATHENS The 15th annual gar
den tour presented by the Piedmont Gardeners.
Self-guided tour of five distinctive area gardens.
Various locations on Saturday, Apr. 21, 10 a.m.-4
p.m. Tickets: $10-515, avail, at Cofe/s, Charmar,
Southern Comforts, Athens Seed, Lawn & Garden and
participating homes on the day of the tour. Linda
Ray, 706-353-1195.
GREENFEST 2007 A community-wide celebration
providing citizens with the opportunity to increase
their awareness of and interest in improving the
environment of their home, yard, business and com
munity. For the month of April: Adopt-a-Highway
Challenge and "Bin It and Win It." Green Bag Lunch
Series at Botanical Garden on Apr. 4, 11 & 18 at
12:15 p.m. Oconee Rivers Audubon Society meeting
at Sandy Creek Nature Center ENSAT Bldg, on Apr.
5 at 7 p.m. For more information about GreenFest,
watch Out There! for upcoming events or visit www.
athensgreenfest.org.
INSECT ZOO The UGA Entomology club presents the
22nd Annual Insect Zoo with interactive displays
and preserved specimens. UGA Biological Sciences
Bldg. 426 On Friday, Mar. 30 at 10 a.m. FREE! and
open to the public. 706-542-1238.
SPIRIT OF THE LAND The Oconee River Land Trust
and the Athens Land Trust present the third annual
"Spirit of the Land" benefit for land conserva
tion, an evening of art, wine and awareness about
land trusts and the .nvironment. "Spirit of the
Land Gala" takes place at the Botanical Garden
on Saturday, Mar. 31, 7-10 p.m. Wine tasting,
hors d'oeuvres, art sale, live music from Tin Cup
Prophette. Tickets: $35 advance, $40 door. Avail, at
Gosford Wine and Homeplace Gifts. 706-613-0122.
TWILIGHT TOASTS IN THE GARDEN The next Twilight
Toast event features wine tasting, light hors d'oeuvres
and a chance to meet Linda Chaffin and get a signed
copy of Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia.
Botanical Garden on Thursday, Apr. 5 at 6:30 p.m.
Cost: $15. Preregistration required, 706-542-6014.
UGA OBSERVATORY The UGA Observatory hosts its
monthly open house viewing at the UGA Physics
Bldg, on Apr. 12 at 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-542-STAR.
UPPER OCONEE RIVER RENDEZVOUS Annual eco
logical event celebrating protection of our water
shed. Water sampling by volunteers in the morning,
followed by educational and fun activities for the
whole family. Breakfast and lunch provided, live mu
sic. Sandy Creek Nature Center on Saturday, Apr. 14.
FREE! www.uown.org, 706-338-9052.
WATKINSVILLE "FIRST FRIDAY ON MAIN'' Spring
has sprung in Watkinsville and all the Main St. mer
chants will be bringing out their finest. Live music
from The Wildcats. Native American dancing demon
stration, giveaways, street performances and more.
Downtown Watkinsville on the evening of Friday,
Apr. 6. 706-769-5197.
WEEK OF SOUL The Committee for Black Cultural
Programs presents this annual week of film, show
cases and fun, much of it open to the community.
Week culminates with the Day of Soul Concert
featuring Ying Yang Twins on Mar. 30. For info on
this and other events, call 706-542-6396, www.uga.
edu/union.
VET SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE The UGA College of
Veterinary Medicine hosts activities such as Teddy
Bear surgery, dancing dog demos, tours, horse
shoeing, egg-hatching, dog show and more. Friday,
Apr. 6 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. FREE! Parking at UGA
softball complex on Milledge Avenue, with shuttles
running to and from the school all day. www.vet.
uga.edu/ERC/openhouse.
LITERARY EVENTS
DRUNKEN SPELLING BEE NO. 3 The third annual
Drunken Spelling Bee takes place at Go Bar on
Friday, Mar. 30 at 9 p.m. Registration at 8 p.m.
Dance party after the bee with DJ Mahogany. Cost:
$1 entry, plus $1 to spell!
MATT & TED LEE The authors of The Lee Bros.
Southern Cookbook will be present at a dinner to
benefit the Southern Foodways Alliance NOLA Fund
at Mercury Art Works on Apr. 13 at 8 p.m. Cocktails
at 7 p.m. Cost: 575 per person. 706-338-0548. The
Lee Bros, will sign cookbooks and offer samples
of their recipes at Earth Fare on Apr. 14, 12-2
p.m. 706-227-1717. Booksigning and reception at
Mercury Art Works on Apr. 14, 7-9 p.m.
RICHARD QUAN The Atlanta author will sign copies
of his new novel Siren's Silence. Borders on Friday,
Mar. 30, 2-6 p.m. 706-583-8647.
SCOTT CAIRNS Georgia Circuit Poetry Reading by
Scott Cairns. Hot Corner Cafe on Tuesday. Apr. 3 at
7:30 p.m. FREE! 706-542-0056.
VERSE POETRY FESTIVAL International poetry jour
nal Verse, in conjunction with UGA, presents the
Verse Poetry Festival. Readings by poets Peter Gizzi,
Andrew Joron and Elizabeth Willis at Mercury Art
Works on Thursday, Mar. 29 at 7:30 p.m. Readings by
Olena Kalytiak, Jena Osman and Sebastien Smirou at
Georgia Museum of Art Griffith Auditorium on Friday,
Mar. 30 at 3 p.m. Both events are FREE! and open to
the public. 706-542-3434.
VOX READING SERIES The VOX Reading Series
presents poets Bruce Covey and Peter Davis. Flicker
Theatre 8. Bar on Wednesday, Mar. 28 at 7 p.m.
"WORD FUNK" It's back! An evening of "open
stage" for poets, comedians, freestyle, acoustic
musicians, storytellers and improv. Hot Corner
Coffee on Tuesdays at 9 p.m. For more info, email:
untroddenl@yahoo.com.
LECTURES & FORUMS
CURO SYMPOSIUM More than 200 undergraduates
and their research mentors present research and
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Co-ed teams of 4 compete in events including
running, backpacking, canoeing, archery.
plant identification, biking (bike not provided)
and several surprise events.
For applications: visit Sandy Crook Nature Center or at
www.athensgreenwayLCQm/Bwy For more information: 706-613*3615 x227.
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