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agriculture and arts and crafts from days gone by.
See demonstrations of old-time trades, folk dancing,
antique toys and more. Mule drawn carriage rides.
Lyndon House Arts Center and Athens Community
Council on Aging on Friday. Oct. 19. 9:30 a.m.-2
p.m. FREE! 706 613-3625. Also, volunteers needed
for the festival, call Toni Cartucci at 706-613-3623.
HARVEST JAM The Skate Park of Athens hosts the
inaugural Harvest Jam with bike demos (open
to anyone who wants to rep their skills, helmet
required and pads strongly encouraged). Giveaways,
prizes and live music at Southeast Clarke Park
on Saturday, Oct. 20 starting at 12 p.m. FREE!
706-613-3671, www.accleisureservKes.com.
HOWL 0' WEEN CONTEST The second annual
Costume Contest & Customer Appreciation Day fea
tures pet/owner costume contests, silent auction,
refreshments and prizes. Donations accepted for
the D.R.A.R. feral cat program and the Athens Area
Humane Society. Pet Supplies Plus (Alps Shopping
Center) on Oct. 20. 1-3 p.m. 706-353-0650.
JACK-O-LANTERN JOG Four-mile race, one-mile
Goblin Fun Run, costume contest (ages 10 and
under), lots of goodies for entrants, and awards for
winners. Sandy Creek Nature Center on Sunday. Oct.
28. Cost: $10-$20. family rate before Oct. 20: S50.
Register online at www.active.com. For more info,
call 706-613-3615.
JUNIOR LEAGUE MARKETPLACE The Junior League
of Athens holds its annual Marketplace at the ClassK
Center, Oct. 19-21. The festivities kick off on Friday,
Oct. 19 with a public preview, 4-6 p.m. (FREE!),
followed by the official Preview Party, 7-10 p.m.,
with live music, silent auction and catered dinner
(tickets: S25). The Marketplace is open Saturday,
Oct. 20, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday. Oct. 21, 12-4
p.m. Photos with Santa, silhouette artist, the new
Jr. League cookbook Between the Hedges: From Tea
Parties to Tailgates and more. A portion of the prof
its will directly benefit the Athens Area Homeless
Shelter. Tickets: J3-S5. kids under age 12 are FREE!
706-357-4444, www.classiccenter.com.
LGBT HISTORY MONTH Lambda Alliance and UGA's
LGBT Resource Center host public events in October:
“Q&A With Queers' is an event offering the opportu
nity to get some answers to questions about LGBTQ
issues you may have. Don’t want to ask your ques
tions out loud? Anonymous questions are accepted,
too! UGA Student Learning Center Room 213 on
Wednesday, Oct. 17, 6:30-8:30 p.m. FREE! and open
to the public, www.uga.edu/lambda.
MUTT STRUTT Athens Canine Rescues' annual Mutt
Strutt features a walk, and ontests for people and
the canine buddues: Best kisser. Best Lap Dog,
Grand Champion Mutt and more. Southeast Clarke
Park on Sunday, Oct. 21. On-site registration at 1:30
p.m. Mutt Stutt Walk at 2 p.m. Contests start at
2:30 p.m. $2 per dog per contest. Registration for
the walk: S8-S10. under 12 are FREE! See more at
www. atnensca n i neresc ue. com.
REALLY REALLY FREE MARKET Come to the Really
Really Free Market for skiU-shanng. free merchandise
and more. Bring anything you don't need or a skill
you'd like to share with others. Free food from Food
Not Bombs. Last Sunday of every month at Reese/
Pope Park, 1-4 p.m. For more information, contact
autonomous.athens@gmail.com.
STONEWALL DEMOCRATS OF UGA FUNDRAISER
Come out to 'Jock Night' in your finest athletic
attire. Detour on Wednesday, Oct. 17. S3 cover,
dnnk ticket provided. 18 to party, 21 to drink, www.
myspace.com/detourathens.
SUPPORT RABIES AWARENESS Hosted by the UGA
vet school's student organization in support of
rabies awareness and prevention. 'Spooktacular
Benefit," bellydancing show with a Halloween
theme, at the 40 Watt Club on Saturday, Oct. 20 at
7:30 p.m. Prizes for best costumes. All proceeds go
to the Alliance for Rabies Control.
TWILIGHT TOASTS IN THE GARDEN The next
Twilight Toast event features wine tasting, light hors
d'oeuvres and a focus on winter annuals. Live music.
Botanical Garden on Oct. 25 at 6:30 p.m. Cost: S15.
Preregistration required. 706-542-6014.
TYCHE'S GAMES Star Wars Miniatures Tournament on
Saturday. Oct. 20 starting at 12 p.m. SI entrance
fee. Halloween Horror Game Demo Night on Friday,
Oct. 26 at 6 p.m. FREE! 1056 S. Lumpkin St.,
706-354-4500, www tychesgames.com.
UGA OBSERVATORY The UGA Observatory hosts its
monthly open house viewing at the UGA Physics
Building on Thursday, Oct. 18 at 8 p.m., Nov. 8 at 7 .
p.m., Dec. 14 at 7 p.m. FREE! 706-542-STAR.
WALK FOR PAWS/ HOWLOWEEN COSTUME EVENT
Annual 5K walk to support PAWS of Athens, Inc.
Clarke Central High School on Saturday, Oct. 20.
Registration at 9:30 a.m., walk starts at 10 a.m.
Registration: S12-S15. Don't forget your costume!
Walk with or without your pooch. 706-202-6412.
WASHINGTON FARMERS MARKET The Washington
Farmers Market, 111 N. Allison St.. Washington,
is held year-round on Wednesdays. Saturdays and
Sundays, 7 a.m.-l p.m. Free live local musk every
Thursday at 7 p.m. 706-678-4335, www.washmgton-
georgia.net.
WATKINSVILLE FALL FESTIVAL More than 170 arts
& crafts exhibitors and food vendors, kids' activi
ties. live musK and The Scarecrow 5K race and Fun
Run. Downtown Watkmsvitle on Saturday. Oct. 20,
9 a.m.-4 p.m. FREE! admission and off-site park
ing and tractor rides to and from the festival, www.
oconeechamber.org
WINE FCST The 8th Annual Fall Wine Fest features
wines and catered gourmet food. Silent auction.
AU proceeds benefit the Oconee Cultural Arts
Foundation. Ashford Manor, WatkmsviUe. on Sunday,
Oct. 21, 3-6 p.m. Ages 21 & up. Tkfcets: $30
advance. $35 at the door. 706-769-4565. www.ocaf.
com.
YOGATHON Participants find sponsors to donate $1
for each sun salutation they complete. Event is in
conjunction with "In Their Shoes Breast Cancer Walk"
to benefit the loran Smith Center for Cancer Support.
Located on the grounds of the Healing Arts Centre .
on Saturday, Oct. 20 at 11 a.m. All ages welcome.
Contact the Healing Aits Centre for registration infor
mation, 706-613-1143 or www.healingartscentre.net.
LITERARY EVENTS
FLAGPOLE HALLOWEEN SHORT-SHORT STORY
CONTTST Write a scary story (or comk) about water!
1000 words or less. Deadline: Wednesday, Oct. 24
at S p.m. First Place. $100; Second Place: $50;
Third Place: $25; Honorable Mention: Priceless.
Submission: Preferably by email to editor@ftagpole.
com or by mail or hand delivery to 112 S. Foundry
St., Athens, 6A 30601. Winners will be published in
the Oct. 31 Flagpole. See details and comics specs
in the ad published in this issue.
GEORGIA REVIEW ISSUE RELEASE PARTY The
Georgia Review will celebrate the release of its Fall
2007 issue with a reading and reception featur
ing Jeremy Collins, whose essay "Shadow Boxing"
appears in the issue. Staff will be on hand to dis
cuss the magazine and copies will be for sale. ACC
Library on Monday. Oct. 22 at 7 p.m. Reading is fol
lowed by a dessert reception. FREE! and open to the
public. 706-613-3650.
MANDALA SUBMISSIONS UGA's Mondala Journal is
seeking the following submissions: poetry, short
story, essay, and art. Deadline: Feb. 1, 2008. Email
mandala.journal@gmail.com.
STEPHEN DUNN Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Stephen
Dunn will read from his work and take questions
from the audience. UGA Park Hall Room 265 on
Thursday, Oct. 18 at 4 p.m. FREE! and open to the
public. Contact The Georgia Review 706-542-3481 or
www. ug a. edu/ga rev.
TALKING ABOUT BOOKS Adult book group discusses
Walden by Henry David Thoreau. Newcomers wel
come. ACC Library on Wednesday, Oct. 17 at 10:30
a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650.
LECTURES & FORUMS
EASTERN RELIGIONS The Oconee County Library
continues its senes on Eastern Religions with a
screening of a portion of The Mohcbhc'ato, Peter
Brook's 1990 adaptation of this major epK of
ancient India. Tuesday, Oct. 23 at 7 p.m. FREE!
706-769- 3950.
FREDERICK SNOW ForensK Anthropologist for
the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Dr. Frederick
Snow, will be speaking on "The Tri-State Crematory
Incident: a Mass Disaster of Negligence." UGA
Sanford Hall on Thursday, Oct. 18. 7 p.m. FREE! and
open to the public. 706-410-5050.
GOSPEL PILGRIM CEMETERY Dr. Al Hester will show
a film highlighting the cemetery's history and its
reconstruction. ACC Library on Sunday, Oct. 21 at 3
p.m FREE! 706-613 3650.
"HIP HOP FOR SOCIAL CHANGE* Scholars and the
members of the community meet to discuss socially
committed hip-hop, led by Or. Dernck Alndge,
director of the UGA Institute for African American
Studies, and the Dreaded Mmdz Collective. UGA
Student Learning Center Room 348 on Thursday.
Nov. 1 at 7 p.m. FREE! and open to the pubtic.
Email: dalhdge@uga.edu.
JAY HAKES The director of the Jimmy Carter
Presidential Library and Museum in Atlanta will
give a lecture on "Energy, Climate Change and
International Cooperation" at the UGA Student
Learning Center Room 101 on Monday, Oct. 22 at
4:30 p.m. FREE! and open to the publk.
"LOOKING AT: JAZZ, AMERICA'S ART FORM' A
Viewing and Discussion Program featuring screen
ings of award-winning documentaries, supported
by scholar-led discussions and extensive reading
lists at the Athens-Clarke County Library. "Jazz
Vocalists" on Tuesday, Oct. 23 at 7 p.m. "The Swing
Era" on Tuesday, Oct. 30 at 7 p.m. "Jazz Innovators:
From Bebop, to Hard Bop, to Cool and More" on
Tuesday, Ncv. 6 at 7 p.m. ‘Meet the Author: Jazz-
Mystery Writer David Fulmer" on Sunday, Nov. 11
at 3 p.m. "Latin Jazz and Jazz as International
Music" on Tuesday, Nov. 13 at 7 p.m. All are FREE!
706-613-3650.
MUSIC INDUSTRY PANELS UGA Music Business
Program and AthFest host free music ndustry
panels with prominent industry professionals.
Keynote Speaker: Jeff Hoffman, one of the founders
of Pnceline.com/ Chairman and CEO of Black Sky
Entertainment. Panel topics: "Musk And Money-
How to Make It and What To Do With It When You
Do." "Deal oi No Deal—Major, Indie, or DIY?" and
"Monetizing Your Web Presence." Read more in
Threats & Promises. UGA Student Learning Center
Room 101 on Saturday. Oct. 20. 12:30-5 p.m. FREE!
and open to the publk. 706-542-7668.
PAUL BEGALA Political contributor on CNN's "The
Situation Room" and Sanders Scholar at the UGA
School of Law, Paul Begala, will be commenting on
the 2008 political race in a speech titled "Politics
2008: Serious Business or Show Business for Ugly
People?" UGA Chapel on Monday, Oct. 22 at 7 p.m.
FREE! and open to the public, www.law.uga.edu.
"R.I.M. IN PERSPECTIVE: AN ATHENS HISTORY"
The Athens Historical Society presents rare R.E.M.
videos and discussions of R.f .M.'s social, civk,
political, economic and preservation impact on
Athens and beyond Scheduled panelists include
R.E.M. biographer Tony Fletcher. Jim Herbert
John Keane. Frank White, Dan Wall, former Athens
mayor Gwen Clooney, Tim Johnson and histone
preservation advocate Smith Wilson. See Threats &
Premises. Seney-Stovall Chapel on Sunday, Oct. 21
at 2 p.m. FREE! but rickets are required, just email
athens _ historical _ sooety@yahoo. com.
REESE STREET W HANCOCK NEIGHBORHOODS
Meeting to update neighborhood residents and
property owners on iocat histone district nomina
tions for the neighborhoods, sponsored by the Reese
Street-W Hancock Neighborhood Association and
the Athens-Clarke Hentage Foundation Hitt 1st
Baptist Church on Wednesday. Oct. 24 at 7 p.m.
706-353-1801.
WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN The Water Council
hosts a hearing to gather public input on a revised
draft of the Comprehensive Statewide Water
Management Plan. Georgia Center for Continuing
Education Masters Hall on Thursday, Oct. IB at 6
p.m. sharp. FREE! 888-373-5947.
WORD ON THE STREET
AIDS ATHENS BENEFIT Patronize select restaurants
and bars on Wednesday, Oct. 17 and a portion of
receipts go to AIDS Athens. See ad in this issue
for a full list of parricipatmg businesses or call
706-542 2437.
BAGS FOR BEARS Recycle used plastK grocery bags
at the ACC Recycling Center on Hancock Industrial
Way, the ACC Solid Waste Dept, on College Ave.,
Bishop Park, Bear Hollow and Sandy Creek Nature
Center. If the goal of 6,500 pounds is reached by
Dec. 31, Trex, Inc. will donate composite plastK
lumber for building playscapes for the bears, bob
cats and otters at Bear Hollow. 706-613-3616,
70S 613-3512.
BIRO SEED SALE Sandy Creek Nature Center's annual
fundraiser. Orders accepted through Oct. 23. Pick-up
orders on fnday, Nov. 2, 3:30-5:30 p.m. or Saturday,
Nov. 3. 9 a.m.-12 p.m. FREE! home delivery for
senior citizens and orders over $50. 706-613-3615.
DIRECTOR NEEOEO A director is needed for The
Vagina Monologues, to be performed Feb. 7-9. 2008
benefiting Project Safe Email statement of experi
ence and interest to organizers. Joan, ugaorga-
nizer@yahoo.com.
HEARING & SPEECH SCREENINGS The UGA Speech
and Hearing Clink is providing free screenings
for adults and children ages 3 and up. 593 UGA
Aderhold Hall on Fnday, Nov. 2, 9 a.m.-l ^.m. Call
706-542-4598 to make an appointment.
IRAQ WAR MORATORIUM This event occurs every
third Friday, demanding an end to the Iraq War. UGA
Arch on Friday, Oct. 19, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. www.
iraqmoratonum.org.
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. AU are
welcome. 706-546-5237.
JUICE FASTING RETREAT Six-day detox program
with fresh organic jukes, massage therapy, colon
hydrotherapy, self-healing classes, walking and
yoga. Red Leaf Acres in Crawford. Oct. 29-Nov. 3.
Residential or day program available. For more info,
contact Jill Schneider 561-638-8873 or email circle
oflife@bellsouth.net.
SHOP EARTH FARE & SUPPORT BIKEATHENS!
Throughout October, BikeAthens is Earth Fare's
"Fnend of the Month." Any time you shop at Earth
Fare and use your own bbg. BikeAthens receives a
donation, www.bikeathens.com.
VOTER'S SELF-DEFENSE SYSTEM Project Vote Smart
delivers the nation's "1st Voter's Self-Defense
System" to Athens in a 45' red- and blue-stnped
motor coach. Interactive roadshow includes com
puter workstations to demonstrate candidate data
bases, voter registration, and more. Project Vote
Smart is a non-partisan, non-profit voter education
organization. UGA at the intersection of Carlton
Street and DW Brooks Drive on Wednesday. Oct. 17,
10-3 p.m. 406-859-8683, www.votesmart.org.
KIDSTUFF
"ATHLETIC DREAM DAY" PHILANTHROPY The Omni
Club, in partnership with the University of Georgia
Athletk Association (UGAA). is offering an "Athletic
Dream Day" Program for needy children (ages
5-12) living in the Athens region (Clarke. Oconee.
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