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iICKY FITZPATRICK This area sing
er-songwriter plays solo acoustic
numbers in the James Taylor vein,
working in several country, pop and
classic rock covers at the restaurant
in Comer. 706-783-4337. FREE!
7:30 p.m.
Tasty World Upstairs
BAILEY’S BROWN No specific in
formation available, but don’t show
up expecting American Idol Bailey
Brown.
PAPA MAU Fronted by the ef
fervescent Malcolm Welbourne,
seven-piece Austin-based Papa Mali
& the Instigators blend bluesy jams
with fiery funk, www.tastyworld.net.
Admission: $5. 10 p.m.
Wild Wing Cafe
SABO & THE SCORCHERS Hailing
from Augusta, Jayson Sabo (vocals,
guitar) Michael Baideme (guitar),
Brooks Andrews (bass) and Russell
Jarrett (drums) play bluesy, ‘70s-
influenced hard rock drawing on the
Allmans, the Doors and Stevie Ray.
www.wildwingcate.com/athens.html.
FREE! 10 p.m.
DEEJAYS
8e’s Bar
DJ MARK BELL Local deejay Mark
Bell focuses on the dancier sounds
of 20 years ago. Every Friday and
Saturday. 11p.m.
Go Bar
“LATE NITE DISCO” The house dee-
jay spins a cool mix of disco, New
Wave and modern dance tunes for a
sweaty and energetic crowd. Every
Saturday 10 p.m.
The Loft Dance Lounge
DJ BOBBY C Hits from the '80s, ‘90s
and today, all night long. Every
Saturday.
Mercury Lounge
IMMUZIKATION Alfredo Lapuz
handles electronics and backing
vocals for the local party funk band
Velveteen Pink, but he also deejays
as Immuzikation, featuring his own
grooving remixes www.mercurya-
thens.com. FREE! 11p.m.
Rumor
DJ RX The local deejay plays party
tracks. See Nov. 9 DJs. Every Friday
and Saturday. FREE!
KARAOKE, ETC.
Alibi
“KARAOKE WITH LYNN & VICKIE”
The two karaoke la dies are your
energdic hosts for the night. 9
p.m - 1 am
Eastwood Pub
“KARAOKE WITH THE CHARRED
GIRLS” Hosted by Jamie and
Jessie Lee. Every Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday, 10p.m.
Sunday,
November 11
EVENTS'
ACC Library
“LOOKING AT: JAZZ, AMERICA'S
ART FORM" A Viewing and
Discussion Program featuring
screenings of award-winning docu
mentaries, supported by scholar-led
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discussions and extensive reading
lists. Today: ‘Meet the Author:
Jazz-Mystery Writer David Fulmer."
706-613-3650. FREE!3 p.m.
Athens Institute for
Contemporary Art
(ATHICA)
ATHICA “ANIMAL INSTINCTS”
CLOSING WEEKEND EVENTS
Closing Weekend events continue.
See Nov. 9 Events for details, www.
athica.org, 706-208-1613. FREE!
Through Nov. 11.
Georgia Piedmont Arts
Center
FALL GALLERY SHOW Part
of 10th annual Harvest of Art
Festival, work by 30 area art- -
ists. See Nov. 10 Events, www
GeorgiaPiedmontArtsCenter. com,
404-202-3044.
HARVEST OF ART The 10th an
nual Harvest of Art two-day indoor
art festival. See Nov. 10 Events.
404-202-3044, www.georgiapied-
montartscenter.com.
Madison-Morgan Cultural
Center
HERBERT CREECY Herbert Creecy:
Selected Works’ contains over
40 pieces, including paintings on
canvas, sculptures and sketchbooks.
Many have never been exhibited.
Screening ot a documentary about
the artist, and an informal talk by
friends of Creecy wwwmadison-
morgancultural.org, 706-342-4743.
FREE! 2 p.m.
Oconee County Library
KAREN ABBOT Meet Karen Abbott,
author of the New York Times
Bestseller Sin in the Second City:
Madams. Ministers. Playboys
and the Battle for America's Soul.
706-769-3950. FREE!3p.m.
Oglethorpe County
Library
OGLETHORPE COUNTY LIBRARY
BOOK SALE Annual Friends
Book Sale. See Nov. 8 Events.
706-743-8817. Through Nov. 11.
Skate-A-Round USA
“RINK OF FIRE” The Classic City
Rollergirls close out their first
season with a match between the
Dames of Maim and Hittin' Misses
rollerderby teams. Local pop band
Kite to the Moon, the latest from
Timi Conley, plays between bouts.
Afterparty follows at Kingpins Bowl
& Brew www.classiccityrollergirls.
Tickets: $8 advance, $10 door, $5
(kids 6-12). FREE! (kids under 6).
6p.m.
UGA Campus
HUNGER & HOMELESSNESS
AWARENESS WEEK AT UGA
UGA Habitat for Humanity leads an
initiative of several UGA organiza
tions to educate the community on
issues of poverty, specifically in
Athens. Events include: 8th Annual
. Turkey Trot 5K Run/Walk at
Stegeman Coliseum Parking Lot,
Sunday, Nov. 11. registration at
7:30 a m., race at 9 a m. Register
online at www.active.com; UGA
Habitat Pancake Dinner with all-
you-can-eat pancakes for $5 at
Mye's Residential Hall on Sunday,
Nov. 11,6-9 p.m, www.uga.edu/
habitat; Sicko screening and launch
of Stand Up Magazine at UGA
Student Learning Center Room 102
on Monday Nov. 12,6:30-9 p.m.
www.standupuga.org.; Providing
Housing for People with AIDS: AIDS
Walk’s Letter Writing Campaign &
AIDS Walk/Run Athens at UGA Tate
Plaza and the Arch on Wednesday.
Nov. 14,10 a.m.-2 p.m.; America
Recycles Day with group activities,
live music and games on Myers
Quad on Wednesday, Nov. 14,12-4
p.m., www.uga.edu/sea; Israel for
Housing Darfur with guest speaker
Valerie Blum, Q&A session and
reception at Tate Gallery on Nov. 14,
6 p.m.; Broken Bread Poverty Meal
at the Presbyterian Student Center
on Sunday, Nov. 18 at 6 p.m. www.
uga.edu/habitat. All events are open
to the public.
UGA Student Learning
Center
THE STATE OF HOPE TOUR The
Georgia Peace & Justice Coalition
sponsors a nine-city tour featuring
performances by indie-folk musi
cian Witt Wisebram & other local
artists. The State of Hope Tour also
features American Friends Service
Committee’s “Georgia Eyes Wide
Open Exhibit,’ illustrating the human
cost of the war with a pair ot boots
for each fallen soldier and a visual
representation of the Iraqi civilian
casualties. The tour concludes at
the annual School of the Americas
Watch vigil in Columbus. Room 148.
FREE! 5-8 p.m.
THEATRE
Historic Elbert Theatre
ARSENIC AND OLD LACE An
encore production of the classic
dark comedy. See Nov. 8 Theatre.
706-283-1049. Show only: $8-$10:
Dinner and show: $25.
UGA Fine Arts Theatre
URINETOWN University Theatre pres
ents Urinetown. See Nov. 8 Theatre.
706-542-2838. Tickets: $12-$15.
LIVE MUSIC
Borders Books & Music
THE BROS. MARLER Twin guitar
siblings Daniel and Drew Marler
perform new compositions and
rock, R&B and blues standards as
an acoustic duo, although tonight
they've brought in guests John
Wayne (guitar) and Adam Funk
(drums) for the full-band eflect.
Debut full-length Songs for Pluto
available now. www.bordersstores
com FREE! 3p.m
TONY LOW Time Across the Page is
the newest release from Carolina
singer Tony Low (ex-Cheepskates),
and it’s a further exploration of his
electrified power pop ballads and
rockers. 706-583-8647. FREE!
6p.m.
The Classic Center
ATHENS SYMPHONY WINTER
CONCERT Movements from major
symphonies and suites by Mozart,
Beethoven, Brahms and Dvorak.
706-357-4444. FREE! Tickets
required for entry. Limit four per
person. 3p.m. .
Fartn 255
BILUE HOLIDAY TRIBUTE Local
songlady Leslie Helped performs
/ an authentic-sounding set of Billie
Holiday tunes, with backing from
Kevin Hyde on piano and trombone
and Chris Enghauser on upright
bass, www.farm255.com. FREE!
8p.m.
Monday,
November 12
EVENTS
UGA Campus
HUNGER & HOMELESSNESS
AWARENESS WEEK AT UGA
Various events associated with UGA
Habitat for Humanity's Hunger &
Homelessness Awareness Week.
See Nov. 11 Events, www.uga.edu/
habitat.
UGA Student Learning
Center
“DANCING BEARS OF INDIA”
Kartick Satyanarayan and Geeta
Seshamani of Wildlife SOS, an
Indian nonprofit organization, visit
UGA to speak about efforts to save
India's rapidly-vanishing wildlife
including the ’dancing bears’ which
are sloth bear cubs stolen from their
mothers. Sponsored by UGA's Speak
Out for Species. Room 214. www
uga.edu/sos. FREE! 7:30p.m.
PARK SHIN-YANG Talk by Award
winning Korean Actor Park Shin-
yang. He appeared in films such as
The Big Swindle, Indian Summer,
Hi, Dharma! and more. He also
acted in popular Korean television
series: “Lovers in Paris’ and "War of
Money." Room 101. 706-542-7517.
FREE! 7 p.m.
THEATRE
UGA Balcony Theatre
MADAME JOHN S LEGACY
Reading of Madame John's Legacy,
a three-act play by PEN Award-
winning-playwright Cheryldee
Huddleston (Children of an Idol
Moon). The setting is a New Orleans
brothel circa 1906. Read by faculty
and MFA graduate actors from the
Department of Theatre and Film
Studies. Discussion afterward.
Adult language and situations.
706-543-9330. FREE! 7-10 p.m.
Various Locations
THE LINE IN THE SAND Athens
theatre group La CompaRia presents
The Line in the Sand: Stories from
the US/Mexican Border, dramatic
readings written by actors and writ
ers from Catholic Relief Services
who visited areas on both sides of
the Mexico/ Arizona border in 2005
They interviewed citizens from both
countries, immigrants and non-im
migrants, and turned the interviews
into a play. 706-425-3990. UGA
Chapel on Nov. 12: St. Gregory 's
Church on Nov. 16: Saint Joseph's
Church on Nov. 20. All are FREE! All
performances: 7p.m.
LIVE MUSIC
Flicker Theatre & Bar
THE PECULIAR PRETZELMAN
Gruff-voiced, tent-revival blues, tolk
and Gothic American sounds
ZOE VERMILLION California gui-
tarist-accordionist-singer-kazooist
Zoe Vermillion just released her
first album, and it features swanky
jazz-ish tunes in a retro ‘30s kinda
way, like a radio broadcast of Billie
or Ella hamming it up in a vaudeville
show. Mw.myspace.com/tlickerbar
9:30p.m.
Georgia Theatre
BROCK BUTLER The frontman of
the local group Perpetual Groove
presents that band’s energetic jams
off albums like All This Everything
or Sweet Oblivious Antidote or
LiveLoveDie in an intimate acoustic
format and ads a number of crowd-
friendly covers. 10 pm.
DELTA NOVE California five-piece
Delta Nove grooves along heavily
in funkster mode, but what sets this
band apart is its liberal use of world
music traditions like funk, Brazilian
samba, afro-beat, world, jazz, rock,
ska and reggae, www.georgiatheatre.
com. Tickets: $7 advance, $10
doors. 11 p.m.
Little Kings
DOUBLE DYNAMITE Athens Nate
Mitchell (Cars Can Be Blue) is be
hind the drum kit while Atlantan Matt
Kiesner (ex-Thee Crucials) brutalizes
a vintage combo organ, kicking out
fiery garage rock in a ‘60s vein.
FIERCE PERM Fierce Perm—the
Olympia, WA trio of Nadia, Steve and
Greg—taps into its city’s long tradi
tion of excitable, poppy, lady-fronted
punk bands.
HOT NEW MEXICANS Vocalist-
guitarist Patrick Jennings and drum
mer Joe Dakin moved to Athens and
recruited Carrie Nations' Ian McCord
to play bass, creating catchy, punk-
influenced, boozy power pop The
band’s new vinyl 7" is called Wah...
www. my space com/littlekingsshuf-
fleclub. 8p.m.
Tasty World
AKIL An emcee in L.A. hip-hop group
Jurassic 5. Akil now lives in Lithia
Springs. GA, and spends time spit
ting progressive, community-minded
rhymes Portland’s DJ Metronome
provides accompaniment
DEAF JUDGES Collaborative project
features Athens' nontraditional hip-
hop duo Old White Women, as well
as emcees Rorshak and Produce
Man, trading verses and spitting
provocative, kinetic rhymes; several
of the individual contributors also
have their own new records out
ISHUES N THE MOVEMENT In early
2004, versatile and progressive-
minded emcee Ishues released
Reality Flow, and he’s followed it up
with the new album Civil Unrest. The
disc features powerful rhymes with a
paranoid political slant, and a hard-
edged lyrical style reminiscent ot
Talib Kweli. The Movement is Ishues'
full backing band.
QUANSTAR As a member of Atlanta's
First Team crew, Quanstar has been
a constant force in the recent crop
of progressive ATL rhymers. He
released his latest solo album 2:
The Alias and Eardrumz Saga about
a year ago.
TRAVIS WILLIAMS Local emcee and
spoken-word artist Travis Williams
takes the route of untempered po
litical outrage on Reparations: The
Rape Tape, a mixtape released back
in February and Lean on Me is the
new one.
Tuesday,
November 13
EVENTS
ACC Library
“LOOKING AT: JAZZ, AMERICA'S
ART FORM" A Viewing and
Discussion Program. See Nov.
11 Events. Today: ’Latin Jazz
and Jazz as International Music."
706-613-3650 FREE! 7p.m.
UGA Arch
IRAQ WAR PROTEST The Women in
Black, an international peace move
ment, holds a silent vigil for peace
All are welcome 706-546-5237.
Tuesdays. 5-6 p m
UGA Student Learning
Center
BUZZ SPECTOR Talk by the artist.
This lecture is part ot the Visiting
The Pendletons are playing at the Caledonia Lounge on Thursday, November 8.
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