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PERFORMANCE
ARGENTINE TANGO Couples will dance the Argentine
Tango throughout the restaurant while patrons enjoy
dinner. Casa Mia Tapas Bar and Latin Cuisine on Apr.
19, 8-10 p.m. 706-227-4444.
ATHENS MASTER CHORALE The Athens Master
Chorale presents Haydn's "Mass in D Minor" and
Mendelssohn's "Hymn of Praise." Conducted by
Joseph Napoli with a 23-piece orchestra. UGA
Hodgson Hall on Apr. 27 at 8 p.m. Tickets: $7.50-
$10. 706-542-4400 or www.athensmasterchorale.org.
BENEFIT POPS CONCERT UGA School of Music pres
ents "An Evening of Rodgers and Hammerstein,"
featuring the UGA Symphony Orchestra, chorus and
soloists. UGA Hodgson Hall on Apr. 21 at 8 p.m.
Tickets: $35, half-price for UGA students. For more
information, call 706-542-4400.
"BLOOM" DANCING AT THE GARDEN Site-specific
dance in which dancers interact with their natural
surroundings and the audience can choose their own
viewing point. Directed by visiting lecturer Denise
Posnak, with students from the Dept, of Dance and
the community. UGA Founders Memorial Garden on
Apr. 26-27 at 6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-542-4415.
CANOPY CABARET: GALA ROUGE Canopy Studio's
1st Annual Cabaret features aerial works from the
Canopy Repertory Company. Mercury Art Works on
Apr. 20-21 at 7 p.m., Apr. 22 at 6 p.m. Tickets:
$35, includes performance, drinks and tapas from
Speakeasy. 706-549-8501, www.canopystudio.com.
COMEDY SHOW "The Best of Both Worlds: Where
Comedy and Music Collide," featuring comedians
Tanner Inman, Mia Jackson, Tre Black and Reggie
Reg. Hosted by Byron Bowers. M^sic from Stone
Mecca. Diverse Universe Ultra Lounge (Tallassee
Road near the by-pass) on Apr. 21. Tickets: $8-$10.
706-613-8332.
DANCE FUSION EVENT Asha for Education—Athens
presents "Nrityanjali: An Offering of Dances from
the Cultures of the East and West." See traditional
Indian dancing along with Western dances—modern
and ballet. All proceeds go to a school for diffcr-
ently-abled, underprivileged kids. Oconee County
Civic Center on Apr. 22 at 4 p.m. Tickets: $10-$30.
706-340-4943, 706-769-3902.
DISNEY DISCOVER THEATER Musical theater for
kids that s fun and educational: "Discover Theater!
Featuring Disney's Cinderella KIDS and The Jungle
book KIDS." Part of the Children's Series. Classic
Center on Apr. 21 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tickets:
$5-$20. 706-357-4444, www.dassiccenter.com.
EFFIE'S CLUB FOLLIES "Fun-filled vaudeville-in
spired extravaganza of music and burlesque" fea
turing NYC band The Lisps, Shitty Candy and local
troupe Effie's Club Follies. Detour, 227 W. Dougherty
St., on Apr. 20 at 8 p.m. Ages 18 8. up. www.
myspace.com/effiesclubfollies.
FOOD BANK BENEFIT Spirituals concert by tenor
Gregory Broughton, soprano Stephanie Tingler and
pianist George Darden titled "Food for the Spirit,
Food for the Hungry." Includes the work of Athens
composer Hall Johnson. UGA Hodgson Hall on May 3
at 7:30 p.m. Admission: two cans or non-perishable
food items. 706-542-4400.
FRED GARBO INFLATABLE THEATER CO. Fred Garbo
brings his one-of-a-kind comedy performance to
Athens. Physical comedy, dance, juggling and amaz
ing inflatable inventions. Fun for all ages. UGA Fine
Arts Theatre on Apr. 28 at 3 p.m. First-ever Saturday
matinee! Tickets: $18-523, half-price for UGA stu
dents. 706*542-4400, www.uga.edu/pac.
HEATHER CORNELL Internationally acclaimed tap
dance virtuoso Heather Cornell performs with jazz
bassist Chris Enghauser at the UGA New Dance
Theatre on Apr. 19 at 7 p.m. FREE! and open to
the public, no tickets required, www.franklin.uga.
edu/dance.
HILLARY LINDSEY The 2006 Grammy winner gives
a concert to benefit the Washington Wilkes Arts
Foundation. Hear her hit songs such as "Wasted,"
"Jesus Take the Wheel" and "Blessed." Washington
Wilkes Country Club on Apr. 28. Tickets: $6-$20. For
more info: Debbie Wells, 706-318-8190.
JAY BOLOTIN The artist will perform a concert of
his original music in conjunction with "The Jackleg
Treatment," a woodcut motion picture that is his
version of the Book of Genesis. Georgia Museum of
Art on Apr. 25 at 6 p m. FREE! RSVP by Apr. 18 to
706-542-GM0A.
ROBIN HUW BOWEN Welsh triple harpist Robin Huw
Bowen performs. Bowen is considered the top pro
fessional triple harpist in the world. UGA Hodgson
Hall on Apr. 20 at 8 p.m. Tickets: $15-$20, half-
price for UGA students. 706-542-4400.
THE TERROR TWINS Based out of Atlanta, this
performance art duo (Beth and Ruby) specialize in
angle-grinding and fetish performances involving
metal bikinis and literal crotch-grinding. Repent
downtown on Apr. 21. See www.myspace.com/
terrortwinsgrind.
TERRY TUNES Spring concerts outdoors at UGA Herty
Field. UGA Salsa Band on Apr. 20 at 12 p.m. FREE!.
Trey Wright on Apr. 27. Canceled if the weather is
inclement, www.terry.uga.edu/musicbusiness.
TWILIGHT SERENADE The Upper School Jazz Band
performs a "Twilight Serenade" in the Athens
Academy Bertelsmann amphitheater on Apr. 23 at 7
p.m. FREE! 706-433-2410.
UGAPALOOZA The UGA Accidentals present
"UGApalooza," college a cappella groups from UGA
and around the Southeast. Also, high-school groups
at 2 p.m. Morton Theatre on Apr. 21 at 7 p.m.
Admission: $8-$10. 706-613-3771.
THEATRE
BYE BYE BIRDIE The award-winning musical about
a popular rock singer who is inducted into the U.S.
Army features "Put on a Happy Face," "Spanish
Rose" and more. Presented by the Oconee and N.
Oconee High School Fine Arts Dept, at the Oconee
County Civic Center on Apr. 27-28 at 7 p.m. and
Apr. 29 at 2 p.m. Tickets: $7. 706-769-3902.
CHICAGO See the hit Broadway musical that became
an Oscar-winning film about murder, greed, fame
and "All That Jazz." See www.flagpole.com/Arts/
TheatreNotes/2007-04-11. Classic Center Theater
on Wednesday, Apr. 18 at 8 p.m. Tickets: $10-$65.
706-357-4444, www.classiccenter.com.
DANCE & DRAMA BENEFIT The Cedar Shoals
National Honor Society presents an evening of dance
and two short plays: "Roomers" and "All in the
Timing." All proceeds go to Relay for Life. CSHS on
Apr. 19 at 7 p.m. Tickets: $3-$5.
GODSPELL Athens Academy presents an updated
production of Godspell. The spiritual counter-culture
musical that spawned the hit song "Day By Day" has
been adapted to a contemporary setting with char
acters that are street kids and runaways. Academy
Presentation Hall on Apr. 26-28 at 7:30 p.m. All
donations benefit Project Pallam. 706-433-2484.
JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE University Theatre
presents August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and
Gone. The children of freed slaves come north
in the second part of the Pulitzer Prize-winning
"Pittsburgh Cycle." See www.flagpole.com/Arts/
TheatreNotes/2007-04-11. UGA Fine Arts Building
on Apr. 18-22. Tickets: $10-512, avail Mar. 29. For
more information, call 706-542-2838.
PLAY IT AGAIN, SAM Town and Gown Players present
Woody Allen's Play It Again, Sam. In this comedy,
a nebishy film critic is dumped by his wife and the
ghost of Humphrey Bogart gives him dating advice.
Athens Community Theatre, Apr. 19-22. Tickets: 55-
515. 706-208-T0WN, www.townandgownplayers.org.
"PUT IT IN THE SCRAPBOOK* UGA Professor George
Contini stars in his original one-man show about the
life and work of Julian Eltinge, vaudeville performer,
Broadway star, silent film actor and famed female
Town and Gown Players present Woody Allen's Play It Again, Sam Athens Community Theatre, Apr. 19-22.
impersonator in the early part of the 20th century.
UGA Cellar Theatre on Apr. 28 at 8 p.m. and Apr. 29
at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. FREE! $5 donation to the Dept,
of Theatre and Film Studies suggested, www.drama.
uga.edu
THE VELVETEEN RABBIT Athens Creativ# Theatre’s
workshop classes for young thespians presents
Margery Williams' The Velveteen Rabbit. The story of
a simple toy and the boy whose love breathes life
into it. ACT'S Quinn Hall in Me'morial Park on Apr.
20-22. Tickets: $4-$6. 706-613-3628.
EVENTS
18TH ANNUAL BOYBUTANTE BALL The Boybutante
AIDS Foundation presents the 18th Annual
Boybutante Ball. This year's theme: "Saturday Night
Divas." It's the ultimate gender-bending party! The
Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert screen
ing ot Cin6 on Apr. 18 at 8 p.m. Admission: $8.
The Boybutante Ball at the 40 Watt Club on Apr.
21 at 10 p.m. Advance tickets: $20, available at
Junkman's. SchoolKids and Urban Sanctuary Spa.
Boybutante Brunch at Casa Mia on Apr. 22 at 12
p.m. Tickets: $10 at the door. For more details, visit
www.boybutante.org or call 706-227-3530.
ANTI-WAR MARCH Join a coalition of students and
community members for a demonstration and peace
ful march against the Iraq War in the spirit of Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. UGA Tate Center on Apr. 20
at 10 a.m. March at 12 p.m. Email: grwiley@uga.
edu.
ATHENS HUMAN RIGHTS FESTIVAL The 29th Annual
Athens Human Rights Festival features live music
(Art Rosenbaum, T. Nebula, Time Toy, Music Hates
You, Breathlanes, Bearfoot Hookers, Squat and
more), speakers (Habitat for Humanity, Food Not
Bombs, Women in Black, Jubilee Partners and more,
including Matt Rothschild, editor of The Progressive
and poet/ scholar Coleman Barks), children's area.
refreshments and information/ souvenir booths.
Downtown Athens on May 5, 10 a.m.-12 a.m., and
May 6, 2-10 p.m. FREE! 706-208-8674 or visit ath-
enshumanrightsfest.org.
BIRCHMORE TRAIL DAY Discover the "hidden
treasure" of the Birchmore Trail at Memorial Park
with games, educational activities, refreshments, a
scavenger hunt and more. The trail's namesake, Fred
Birchmore, will be there. A Greenfest event. May 6,
2-4 p.m. All ages welcome. 706-613-3512, www.ac-
cleisureservices.com.
CONTRA DANCE Old-time contra dance presented
by the Athens Folk Music & Dance Society with live
music and calling. No exp. necessary and no partner
needed! 1902 OCAF Center, Watkinsville, on Apr. 21,
8-11 p.m. Free lessons at 7:30 p.m. Cost: $6, under
18 are FREE! www.afmds.info.
EARTH DAY CELEBRATION UGA's Students for
Environmental Awareness presents the annual Earth
Day Celebration. Numerous organizations will be
there promoting environmental awareness. Biodiesel
magic show, games and activities live music from
Carl Lindberg, free pizza. A Greenfest event. UGA
Herty Field on Apr. 20, 11:30 a.m.-4 p.m. All are
welcome. Email: jhoehn@uga.edu.
EARTH DAY AT EARTH FARE Representatives from
Georgia River Network, Athens Community Tree
Council and others will be on hand to teach patrons
about their organizations. FREE! canvas shopping
bag to first 100 customers. Earth Fare on Apr. 22,
12-4 p.m. FREE! 706-227-1717.
EARTHDANCE ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL The
EarthDance Environmental Film Festival includes a
reception followed by a program of award-winning
short films. EarthDance Director Zakary Zide will
introduce the films and lead a discussion after the
screening. A Greenfest event. Cin6 on Apr. 26, re
ception at 6 p.m., films at 7:15 p.m. Encore screen
ing on Apr. 29 at 1 p.m. Tickets: 58. 706-353-7377.
ECO-ADVENTURE RACE The 2007 Eco-Adventure race
features 25 co-ed teams competing for prizes in
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