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June 22-24, June 28—July 1
The Trip to Bountiful
Athens Community Theater
The Town and Gown Players
present The Trip To Bountiful at
the Athens Community Theater
behind the Taytor-Grady House on
Prince Avenue. The play, written
by Horton Foote (Tender Mercies
and the screenplay for To Kill A
Mockingbird), is directed by Marie
Bruce, with Terrell Austin as
Assistant Director. The play con
cerns Carrie Watts, an old woman
in 1950s Houston living with her
son and his controlling wife. Gay Griggs McCommons
Carrie's constant wish is to re
turn for a final visit to Bountiful, TX, the small town where she grew up, which remains beau
tiful in her memory. Touching, humorous and poignant, the script showcases Foote's trademark
loving grasp of the human nature bedeviling and enriching the trips we all take through life.
Gay Griggs McCommons stars as the old woman, Carrie Watts. Tom Tanner is her son, Ludie;
Amy Miller is her daughter-in-law, Jessie Mae, and Bonnie Romaine is Thelma. The support
ing cast includes Donald Harris, Carole Kaboya, Cord Sibilsky, Katie Dotson, Anna Marie Crews,
Justin Riddick, Rick Bedell and Steve Marcotte.
The set which is very much a character in the play, was designed by Marie Bruce and built
by Ben Teague, with a lot of help from various cast and crew members and other Town & Gown
regulars.
The Trip to Bountiful opens with an 8 p.m. performance on Friday, June 22 and plays
Saturday, June 23 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, June 24 at 2 p.m. The next week, there are 8 p.m.
shows Thursday, June 28-Saturday, June 30, and a final matinee at 2 p.m. on Sunday, July 1.
Tickets are $15 ($12 seniors) for the Friday and Saturday performances and $5 for everybody
at the Thursday and Sunday shows. Call 706-208-T0WN for more info.
Full disclosure: that old woman is my old lady. (Pete McCommons)
calendar! Entries are $15 each. Deadline: July 31.
All proceeds benefit AAHS programs, www.athenshu-
manesociety.org.
ATHENS MEMORY WALK Help raise awareness and
money by attending or participating in the Athens
Memory Walk 2007. Proceeds benefit the Alzheimer's
Association. Walk will be at Sandy Creek Park on
Oct. 20. 706-613-2224.
HEART WALK The St. Mary's Wellness Center is rais
ing funds for its Aug. 25 Clarke-Oconee Heart Walk.
On Wednesdays, nonmembers who come to exercise
can donate their S5 guest pass fee to the Heart
Walk Fund. 706-389-3897.
HIV TESTING In honor of National HIV Testing Day
on June 27, AIDS Athens is offering free HIV tests.
Walk-ins welcome, 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Call for directions,
706-542-2437.
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.
TEACHER REUSE STORE The third annual Regional
Teacher Reuse Store at the ACC Recycling Facility
on Hancock Industrial Way will be open Aug. 18 for
area teachers to get materials for their classrooms
for free. Currently, donations of gereral office sup
plies, unusual industry byproducts that might be
used as art supplies and more (no electronics) are
being sought from area businesses. Call the ACC
Recycling Division at 706-613-3512 For more info.
www.acc-recycle.org.
SUMMER LUNCH PROGRAM Free lunches for ACC
kids through July 20. All children who are residents
of Clarke County are eligible. Call Athens Housing
Authority at 706-425-5354 for times and sites.
LITERARY EVENTS
JUDGE PATRICIA BARRON Learn about the Athens
court systems through the eyes of a child in Judge
Barron’s picture book. Borders on Saturday, June 23
at 2 p.m. 706-583-8647.
LORAN SMITH & VINCE DOOLEY Smith and Dooley
will team up to sign copies of The University
of Georgia Football Vault. UGA Bookstore on
Wednesday, June 20, 1-3 p.m.
LIBRARY SUMMER BOOK SALE Summer Book Sale at
the Library features 1000s of books to choose from
at cheap prices: fiction, non-fiction, hardbacks and
paperbacks. All proceeds benefit Library programs.
ACC Library on Saturday. June 30, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
706-613-3650, ext. 307.
KIDSTUFF
BODY SMART: JUGGLING FOR TFENS Make your
own juggling balls, then learn to improve hand-eye
coordination. Ages 11-18. ACC Library on Thursday,
8 p.m.
June 28 at 2 p.m. Preregistration required, 706-613-
3650, ext. 329.
BOOKS & BITES FOR TEENS Bring four books for un
interrupted reading (or choose from the library col
lections). Pizza, chips, chocolate and lots of comfy
chairs. Ages 11-18. ACC Library on Friday, June 29,
5:30-10 p.m. FREE! Preregistration required, 706-
613-3650, ext 329.
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. Volunteers
needed for the event! 706-613-3589.
FAMILY FUN FEST Kickball tournament, inflatables,
performances, free festival food and more. Part of
National Recreation and Parks Month. Sandy Creek
Park on July 29, 2-5 p.m. FREE!, includes park ad
mission. 706-613-3625.
PAINTING FOR TEENS Taught by local artist Jim
StipeMaas at the Lyndon House Arts Center, June
25-29. Preregistration required, 706-613-3623.
SUMMER THEATRE CAMPS Summer theatre camp
sponsored by Athens Creative Theatre, July 9-21,
9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. For 3rd-10th graders. Camps cul
minate in productions of Hi Ho Robin Hood and Hans
Christian Andersen. Cost: $150. 706-613-3628.
SUMMER DRAMA CAMPS Hosted by Athens Little
Playhouse. Theatre games, improv, skits, weekly
presentation, moviemaking and much more. Alps
V ; ’lage Shopping Center, July 23-27, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Cost: $125 per week. Discount for siblings, www.
athenslittleplayhouse.org.
ART EVENTS
. CHER SHAFFER Storyteller doll workshop on
Saturday, June 30 at 3 p.m. Cost: $45, includes
materials. Children welcome if accompanied by a
parent. Preregistration required, space limited, 706-
552-0750. Rat Penny Folk Art Gallery, www.flatpen-
nyfolk.com.
GUIDED TOURS Guided Tour of “Cut Along the
Grain" on Thursday, June 21 at 2 p.m. Guided Tour
of "Selections from the Permanent Collection" on
Thursday, June 28 at 2 p.m. All are FREE! 706-542-
4662.
SELF MADE ATHICA hosts a visit from three tour
ing visual artists as part of AthFest. Brice Bischoff,
Kevin Parks Hauser and Jamie Spinello will create
installations, photography and wall-based construc
tions all day on Thursday, June 21. Summer solstice
reception with the artists, 5-7:30 p.m. Hauser will
perform a set of acoustic "hopelessly sad songs" at
6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-208-1613, www.athica.org. See
AthFest Program inserted in this issue and Art Notes
on p. 15.
ART ANNOUNCEMENTS
"ANIMAL INSTINCTS" "Animal Instincts: Allegory
& Anthropomorphism"—ATHICA seeks work on
individual and societal tendency to imbue other
species with purely human physical and psychologi
cal characteristics. Curated by Melissa Link and Mark
Watkins. Submission deadline: Aug. 3. Show is Sept.
16-Nov. 4. See details at www.athica.org.
ARTISTS SOUGHT Local interior designer currently
developing "show houses" in the Athens area to
showcase area artists and designers. Interested par
ties, emailjbfertig@earthlink.net.
ATHICA SEEKING PROPOSALS The Athens Institute
for Contemporary Art invites proposals from cura
tors, collectives and artists with challenging,
progressive or innovative projects for our Annual
Season. Deadline: July 19. www.athica.org/call-
forentries.php.
EXHIBIT YOURSELF The Tate Student Center Art
Gallery at the University of Georgia is currently
accepting exhibition applications from local and
student artists for display during Fall 2007. Deadline
is Friday, June 22. 706-542-6396, www.uga.edu/
campuslife.
GYPSY ART/ PICASSO'S ATTIC SALE The Gypsy Art
Sate gives local artists an opportunity to display
and sell their art. Picasso’s Attic will feature sec
ondhand art and craft supplies. All proceeds benefit
Lyndon House Arts Center. LHAC on July 28. To
donate goods for the sale, call 706-247-5601. For
more info on Lyndon, call 706-613-3623.
SANDY CREEK CALENDAR Submit your nature pho
tos taken at Sandy Creek for the the 2007 Sandy
Creek Nature Center Photography Contest. Deadline
for entries is July 31. Edith Hollander at 706-613-
3615 x 235 or EdithHollander@co.clarke.ga.us.
ART CLASSES
CLASSES AT MICHAELS New classes in oil and wa-
tercolor painting, and pastel drawing, taught by
Bettie Miller. Bead weaving class with Shanna Futch.
Kids' Craft Camps through July 27. Cost: $10 per
day. Michaels Arts & Crafts Store (next to Target).
Call Tina Harris, 706-543-2868.
"THE ENTREPRENEURIAL ARTIST" One-day work
shop for artists wanting to turn their art into a
business. Point of Art Gallery, Union Point, on
Saturday, June 30, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 706-486-6808,
www.thepointofart.net.
GOOD DIRT Adult summer classes begin this week:
beginning wheel, tile-making, relief techniques,
colored clay and more. See schedule online. Now
accepting registration for kids' summer camps,
through Aug. 17. Ages 4-6, 7-10, 11-18. Try Clay
every Friday, 7-9 p.m. Cost: $20. www.gooddirt.net.
OPEN STUDIO: LIFE DRAWING Refine your drawing
skills with live models, no instruction, provide your
own supplies. Ages 18 & up. Georgia Museum of Art
on Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m. Cost: $3 per session.
706-542-4662, www.uga.edu/gamuseum.
ART AROUND TOWN
A. La FERA SALON Paintings by Emma. Through
June.
ACC LIBRARY Photography by Victor Paul. Through
June. "From Sea to Shining Sea: 200 Years Charting
America's Coasts." June 21-July 20.
BIG CITY CAFE Work by Athens artist Mike Jones in
3-D. Outsider art featuring found objects.
CIRCLE GALLERY (UGA College of Environment
and Design) "Sculpture, Landscape & Waterscape:
Photography & Photo Etchings 1974-2006," by
Stuart McCall Libby. Through July 31.
CLASSIC HAIR AND SPA Photos, drawings and blue
donkey paintings by Edwyna Arey through July.
ESPRESSO ROYALE CAFFE Paintings by Matt Blanks.
Through June.
GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART "The Jackleg Testament."
a woodcut film, with samples of the woodcuts
and wood blocks by Jay Bolotin; "Cut Along the
Grain: Woodcut Prints in the Permanent Collection."
Through July 8. "Suitcase Paintings: Small-Scale
Work by Abstract Expressionists." Through July 22.
HEALING ARTS CENTRE "Avoiding Capture: A
Multimedia Collage Journey through the Dissertation
Process at UGA" by Maria Inez Winfield, Ph.D.
Through June 22.
HOT CORNER COFFEE Photography by Cary Whitley
showcasing Athens, with live band shots, trapeze
performances, scenery and still lifes.
LYNDON HOUSE ARTS CENTER "Chenille Exhibition"
features a variety of chenille items from the col
lection of Peter and Sandy Loose. Through Aug. 4.
"Four Mexican Artists in Georgia," featuring paint
ings, photographs and mixed-media works by Jorge
Arcos of Decatur, Claudia Padilla of Norcross, Angel
Ros of Cumming and Hijo de la Luna of Atlanta.
Curated by art historian Dr. Evan Firestone, professor
at UGA Lamat Dodd School of Art. Through Aug. 11.
See Art Notes on p. 15.
MADISON-MORGAN CULTURAL CENTER (Madison)
Sculpture park featuring two pieces by Athens art
ist Didi Dunphy. "Blacksmithing with a Southern
Accent: Metalwork from the Southeast."
MAMA'S BOY Fifty years of sports, news and celeb
rity photographs by Dozier Mobley.
MONROE ART GUILD "Daughters of Mother Earth:
Selected Works" by Cameron Hampton, Lisa
Hampton-Pepe and RainDance. Through June 30.
TRANSMETROPOLITAN "Hiding in Plain Sight," na
ture photography by Matt King. Through June.
UGA BROAD ST. GALLERY (257 W. Broad St.) "Young
and Hungry: Contemporary Prints." See Art Notes on
p. 15. Through June 27.
WASHINGTON HISTORICAL MUSEUM Special exhibit
of "Museum Melt Down: The Allure of Georgia Coin
Silver" featuring some of the earliest examples of
Georgia Coin Silver from Savannah, Macon, Augusta
and Athens. Through Sept. 1. Call for hours, di
rections and admission: 706-678-2105, or email
historical@washirgtonwilkes.org.
CLASSES
"A COURSE IN MIRACLES" Open to all denomina
tions, emphasizing "positive living through love and
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Teenscreen showcases films by local youth as part of AthFest 2007. Redeemer Presbyterian Church on Saturday. June 23 at
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