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WORD ON THE STREET
AGORA SATURDAY MARKET Outdoor Saturday market
at Agora, 260 W. Clayton St. on May 6, 10 a.m.-4
p.m. Portion of proceeds will go to Nuip's Space.
Local bands will be busking. 706-316-0130.
GEORGIA NATURE CENTER Clean Energy Earth
Day Tour of the 100-acre Georgia Nature Center in
Oconee County. Solar arrays, wind turbines, solar-
powered home, tour of organic farm and carnivorous
plants. Apr. 22 at 2 p.m. Admission: $10 adults,
$5 children. Reservations required, 706-769-1000,
www.naturecenter.com.
CONSIGNMENT SALE New consignors now being ac
cepted for the Classic City Kids Consignment Sale.
Melissa, 706-207-6640, or visit www.classiccitykids.
com.
DISCOUNT SPAY/NEUTER The Athens Area Humane
Society, in partnership with mobile spay/neuter
clinic Pet Mechanics, offers low-cost options for lo
cal cat owners. Next event is Apr. 23. 706-353-CATS.
ENTREE OF HOPE As part of the 13th Annual An
Entree of Hope, participating local restaurants will
donate 10 percent of their day's sales to benefit The
Ark and Emergency Food Bank on Apr. 24. Broad
St. Bar & Grill, Buffalo's, DePalma's (all), East-West
Bistro, Five & Ten, Five Pts. Deli, Fresh Air BBQ,
Gautreau's, Bissett's (both), Hibachi Express, Hilltop
Grille, Maison Bleu, Last Resort, Plantation Buffet,
Roly Poly, Speakeasy, Grit, Sultan, Zim's, La Fiesta
(Hawthorne). 706-548-8155.
HEARING & SPEECH SCREENINGS The UGA Speech
and Hearing Clinic is providing free screenings for
adults and children ages 3 and up. UGA Aderhold
Hall 593 on Apr. 20, 9 a.m.-l p.m. Call 706-542-
4598 to make an appointment.
IRAQ WAR PROTEST The Women in Black, an inter
national peace movement, holds a silent vigil for
peace at the UGA Arch on Tuesdays, 5-6 p.m. All are
welcome. 706-546-5237.
HOLE-IN-ONE FOR AAHS Million Dollar Hole-in-One
contest, hit balls into a kiddie pool to qualify, $1
donation to Athens Area Humane Society for each
shot. Qualifying rounds through Apr. 19 at the
Athens Driving Range. www.Golf4Animals.org.
MOTHER'S DAY CARDS The Jeanette Rankin
Foundation, which raises funds for scholarships for
low-income women 35 and older, will send a per
sonalized Mother's Day card to the recipient of your
choice before May 13. Donation amount per card is
up to the sender! www.rankinfoundation.org.
"PAPA'S BALD FOR A CAUSE" City Salon & Spa
and Relay for Life have almost reached their
goal of 20 people to shave their heads at two
Relay for Life events, Apr. 27, May 11. Each per
son will raise $1000. Goal is $20,000. Email:
citysalonevents@gmail.com.
ROOTS FARM CSA Now accepting members:
Community Supported Agriculture. Enjoy an afford
able weekly supply of farm-fresh, organic produce
and help support local, sustainable farming. Harvest
throughout May, June, July. Applications and
more details at www.rootsfarm.org, 706-742-0010,
rootsfa r m@hotmail.com.
SPROCKETS CALL FOR ENTRIES Submissions now
being accepted for the 4th Annual Sprockets Music
Video Competition to take place during this year's
AthFest in June. Late deadline: Apr. 30. www.filma-
thens.net/sprockets.
KIDSTUFF
BEAR HOLLOW FESTIVAL All-ages festival at
Memorial Park Bear Hollow Wildlife Trail with live
music from Kalen Nash and Gabriel Kelley, raffle,
kids' games and more. Apr. 21, 1-4 p.m. Sara Nagel,
nagelface@gmail.com.
BRAINABILITY Summer Kaleidoscope Camp, Little
Smarties, Movie Night, tutoring and much more. For
full schedule of activities, call 706-549-7448 or visit
www.brainabilityinc.com.
CHESS FOR TEENS Learn the basics of the game or
improve your strategy. ACC Library on Apr. 19 and
26 at 4 p.m. Grades 1-5. Begi n ners welcome. FREE!
706-613-3650.
CLASSIC TRY-ATHALON The inaugural Classic TRY-
athalon is open to youth ages 7-18. Competition
in swimming, biking, running and more. Teams
and individuals welcome. Participants get T-shirt,
goodie bag and more. Bishop Park on June 30. Cost:
$30 per person or $75 for a relay team. Register
now,706-613-3589.
FILM FESTIVAL In conjunction with AthFest in June,
Film::Athens is putting out a call to area teen film
makers for the 2007 Teenscreen Filmfest, must be
under 18 to enter. Deadline: Apr. 30. Entry forms
and more info at www.teenscreen.filmathens.net.
NATIONAL & GLOBAL YOUTH SERVICE DAY College
students and high-school youth join together for
community service projects for the 19th annual
National and Global Service Day on Apr. 21. For
more info on local events, or to get involved, call
Laura Stone, 706-466-0069.
SCHOOL STREET GYM Gymnastics, art, music and
Spanish classes for kids. Located in Watkinsville.
www.schoolstreetgymkids.com, 706-769-1239.
SUMMER ACADEMY AT UGA Academically-focused
summer camps for ages 10-17. Themes: DAWGWarts
(as in Hogwarts), video production, scuba and ma
rine sciences, comic book and cartooning and more.
Begins the week of June 4. Call for times and cost,
706-542-3537.
TEENS IN ACTION Registration now open for this
program that introduces 13-15-year-olds to their
community through volunteering, enrichment oppor
tunities and recreational activities. One-week pro
grams: June 11-15, 18-22, July 9-13, 16-20. Cost:
$50 per week, some scholarships available. 706-613-
3625, www.accleisureservices.com/camps.shtml.
Calhoun, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.
Through Apr. 30. Call for hours, directions and ad
mission: 706-678-2105, or email historical@washin
gtonwilkes.org.
ART ANNOUNCEMENTS
ATHICA NEEDS YOU Athica needs gallery sitters
through May 27. Email volunteers@athica.org.
DAVID KONTRA "My World," a special exhibit of
paintings by David Kontra, a legally blind artist
from Missouri, is on display at the UGA College
of Education Office of Information Technology
(Aderhold Hall Room 232) through May.
ART CLASSES
CAROL OWEN WORKSHOP Two-day workshop with
Carol Owen. Learn how to "enshrine memories of
family and home, thereby taking the shards of
our past which shape us in the present." Athens
Montessori School on Apr. 21-22. Cost: $200.
Barbara Odil, 706-546-5601 or 706-546-5255.
Tap dance virtuoso Heather Cornell performs at the UGA New Dance Theatre on Apr. 19 at 7 p.m.
YOGA SPROUTS Introduction to Yoga Sprouts at Red
Lotus Institute on Apr. 22 at 1:30 p.m. 706-549-
2913. Rachel Greb teaches ongoing yoga classes for
kids. Healing Arts Centre on Saturdays at 10 a.m.
(ages 3-6) and 11 a.m. (ages 7-11). Red Lotus
Institute on Mondays at 11 a.m. (ages 3-6). Cost:
$60 for six weeks or $14 per class. 706-613-1143.
Also, birthday parties and special events, call for
info: 706-372-7137.
ART EVENTS
BFA DRAWING & PAINTING Opening reception for
"Stitches, the BFA Drawing and Painting Exit Show,
Spring 2007." Lamar Dodd School of Art on Apr. 21,
7-9 p.m. 706-542-1511.
R. WOOD SALE Spring studio sale. R. Wood Studio,
450 Georgia Dr., on Apr. 21, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. 706-613-
8525, www.rwoodstudio.com.
"VOLUME" LAUNCHES "VOLUME" is a series of
five week-long solo exhibitions. "VOL.. 2" features
Katherine McGuire. Upcoming volumes include the
work of Euni Figi, McDavid Moore, Motoko Inoue.
The next event is an opening reception for McGuire's
work. Lamar Dodd School of Art Main Gallery on Apr.
19, 7-9 p.m.
WASHINGTON HISTORICAL MUSEUM Special exhibit
of personal belongings of Andrew Pickens, John C.
FABRIC PAINTING CLASS Margaret Agner teaches
painting with dye and pigments on silk and cottons
at her studio at 145 Yorkshire Rd., Bogart, on Apr.
21-22. Call to request info and supply list. Cost:
$95 includes materials. 706-353-7719. Maximum
five students.
GOOD DIRT Adult Maymester Classes include func
tional handbuilding, beginning wheel, clay musical
instruments, advanced throwing and more. See
schedule online. Now accepting registration for kids'
summer camps, May 21-Aug. 17. Ages 4-6, 7-10,
11-18. Out-of-School workshop for kids on Apr. 20,
9 a.m.-3 p.m. Cost: $55. Preregister at 706-355-
3161. Try Clay every Friday, 7-9 p.m. Cost: $20.
www.gooddirt.net.
ART AROUND TOWN
ACC LIBRARY Black and white photography by
Nathaniel Burkins. Mixed-media work by Flo
Applefield. Athens Tree Council display. Through
Apr. 30.
ATHICA "Ruburbs and Other Spaces In Between:
Land Use and Environmentalism," featuring "atta,"
an interactive multi-media installation by Carol
LaFayette, as well as painting, photography, video
and more by 12 national and international artists.
See Art Notes on p. 16. Through May. 27.
AURUM STUDIOS "Landscapes," new paintings by
June Ball. Through May 12.
BIG CITY CAFE "Haiku of the Sun," pottery from
ceramic artist Ahmad Qadri of Rainmaker Pottery.
Through Apr.
BOTANICAL GARDEN "Orchids and Irises," silk
paintings by Jamie Kirkell. See Art Notes on p. 16.
Through Apr. 30. '
CINE "Cine in the Works: A Documentation," pho
tographs by Rinne Allen. "Views of the Snow Tire
Recap Plants in the mid-1990s," photographs by Carl
Martin. Though May.
CLAYTON STREET GALLERY "Forty Nine Hundred,"
works by 14 Athens artists. Through Apr. 27.
ESPRESSO ROYALE CAFFE Paintings by Maggie
Smith. Through Apr.
FLICKER THEATRE & BAR "Portraits of a New South:
New Works by Will L. Eskridge (www.willeskridge.
com).
GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART "Wild Ride: Artistic
Lessons of Nature," 18 sculpture works on the
grounds by Eric Strauss. Through Apr. 22. "Masters
of Fine Arts Degree Candidates 2007 Exhibition."
Through May 6. "The Jackleg Treatment," a woodcut
film, with samples of the woodcuts and wood blocks
by Jay Bolotin. See Performances. Apr. 28-July 8.
THE GRIT Local tattoo artists showing their recre
ations of Star Wars images.
J. SCOTT SALON "Hair Show," oil paintings by DM
Kirwin. Through Apr. 30.
JITTERY JOE'S (Eastside) Paintings by Njambi
Okundaye. Through Apr. 19.
LA DOLCE VITA (323 E. Broad St.) "Romantic set
ting" photos and the "Curved" series—alt taken at
Canopy Studios by William Cary Whitley (www.world-
looksred.com). Through May 13.
LAMAR DODD SCHOOL OF ART "Ancestors and
Foundlings," photography by Mary Ruth Moore in
the Broad St. Gallery. Through Apr. 20. "VOLUME,"
five consecutive one-week solo shows, in the Main
Gallery. This week:.Katherine McGuire. "We Built This
City, " UGA photography students BFA exit show.
Through Apr. 18. "Stitches: the BFA Drawing and
Painting Exit Show. Spring 2007," work by 17 gradu
ating seniors. Apr. 20-26.
LYNDON HOUSE ARTS CENTER "The 32nd Juried
Exhibition," featuring art in all media from local
artists. Through May 12.
MADISON-MORGAN CULTURAL CENTER (Madison)
Sculpture park featuring two pieces by Athens artist
Didi Dunphy. Also, "Ladylike? Women Artists Working
in the South."
MAMA'S BOY Photography by Kyle Kuykendall (www.
myspace.com/athenshikerboy).
MERCURY ART WORKS (160 Tracy St.) Paintings by
Chris Wyrick and Margie Spalding. Through May 5.
MERCURY LOUNGE "Music and Dance." featuring
photos by Cary Whitley and Mike White of trapeze
artists, Don Chambers, Cinemechanica, We Versus
the Shark, Pegasuses-XL, I Am The World Trade
Center, Titans of Filth, Maserati, Music Hates You,
Dark Meat, Deerhoof and a cast of other locals.
Through Apr.
NUQI'S SPACE Art by UGA graduate student John
Stidham. Through Apr. 23.
OCAF ARTS CENTER (Watkinsville) "A New Day by
Two," works by Eric O'Dell and Gary Blackburn in the
Main Gallery. Works by Oconee high-school students
in the Members Gallery. Through Apr. 23.
PRINCE AVENUE GALLERY Oil pastels and paintings
by Leslie Moody, Rich Panico, Susan Pelham and Jim
StipeMaas. Through May 11.
SWEET RETREAT (Towncenter, Watkinsville) Quilts by
Catherine Hart. Through Apr. 30.
TRANSMETROPOLITAN "Driving Toward Ground
Zero," photography of urban landscapes and garage
rockers by Jacob Malovany. Through April.
UGA TATE CENTER GALLERY "Wrapped," a mixed-
media exhibit by Athens artist Robin Fay. Through
Apr. 20.
WALKER'S (College Square) The first installment of
"Live to Love," featuring art by Nick Helton and po
etry by Isai. Through May 2.
CLASSES
"A COURSE IN MIRACLES" New group now form
ing. Tuesday evenings at 7:30 p.m. 706-543-8111,
trishcahill@bellsouth.net.
"ANGELS OF ENLIGHTENMENT" Enlightenment class
with readings and printed materials to take home,
held outdoors with refreshments. Winterville on Apr.
21 at 6 p.m. Donation: $5. Call for more details.
706-254-7604.
BELLYDANCE CLASSES All skill levels welcome.
Athens YMCA on Tuesdays at 6 p.m. 706-614-6060.
BELLYDANCING WITH FINGER CYMBALS Mini
intensive workshop for beginners/ intermediates
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