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Wednesday, April 16
Valerie Plame Wilson
UGA Chapel
Here's the new cocktail
game: connect Roger Clemens
to Valerie Plame Wilson in 10
seconds or less. Go.
Okay, if the Feds convict
Clemens for lying under oath
about steroid use, he'll prob
ably be pardoned by George
W. Bush. Bush is also going
to pardon the Vice President's
former Chief of Staff, Scooter
Libby, for lying under oath
about leaking Wilson's name
to the press. Libby and
Clemens are both Bush's
boys: one's a member of the
heinous apparatchiks who
shepherded the war in Iraq,
the other is from Texas—
which everyone knows you
shouldn't mess with. Did I
win? Eleven seconds? Damn.
Hear Wilson explain
the details of her story-
minus the meathead baseball nonsense—on Wednesday, Apr. 16 at 7:30 p.m. in the
UGA Chapel. The comeliest spy this side of Barbara Bach will be discussing her book,
Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House. In 2003, Plame's career as
a CIA operative ended after the aforementioned powers (minus Clemens) outed her in
retaliation for her husband's anti-war op-ed piece in the New York Times. Former ambas
sador Joseph Wilson's "What I Didn't Find in Africa" discredited a major prop in the Bush
Administration's case that Iraq was developing weapons of mass destruction.
If CIA lawyers aren't standing ready onstage with redacting pens, ask her what the
life of a spy is really like. William F. Buckley wanted to scratch his skin off, he was so
bored. Also, has she ever met Dick Cheney, and is he really as white and reptilian as he
seems on TV?
Tickets pre free for students with valid UGA Cards and $5 for non-students. They're
available at the Tate Student Center cashier's window, Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
For more information, call (706) 542-6396 or visit www.uga.edu/union. [Donn Cooper]
and the Athens Bend Track Club
Featuring BBQ dinner, entertain
ment by Ash Raymond and a silent
auction,
Lyndon House Arts
Center
706-613-3501.5:30-7:30 p.m.
GREENFEST AWARD CEREMONY
Reception and awards ceremony
honoring the individuals, organiza
tions and businesses that made a
positive impact on the environment
in Athens over the past year.
UGA Aderhotd
706-542-4598 FREE? 9 a m—1 p m
FREE! SPEECH AND HEARING
SCREENINGS UGA Speech and
Hearing Clinic will provide screen
ings for adults and children ages 3
& up. In recognition ot May as Better
Hearing and Speech Month Call for
an appointment.
UGA Campus
706-542-7273. FREE! 1-3 p m
CAR SEAT CHECK Certified child
passenger safety technicians will
verify that child car seats are safe
and installed correctly Call to make
an appointment. In the S10 park
ing lot.
UGA Livestock Teaching
Area
706-542-9374, www.uga.edu/bandb/
gssr. $15 Gates 6 p.m., show 8 p.m.
GREAT SOUTHLAND STAMPEDE
RODEO The 34th Annual Great
Southland Stampede Rodeo is back
in Athens. Off South Milledge Ave.
Unitarian Universalist
Fellowship of Athens
2-5 p.m.
MEMORIAL SERVICE George Kuria
Mwaura passed on Mar. 31 There
will be a memorial service in his
honor.
PERFORMANCE
Canopy Studio
706-549-8501, www.canopystudio.
com $15 Apr 16-19 & 25-26,8
p.m. Apr. 20 & 27,5 p.m.
“WATER BODY” The Canopy Studio
Repertory Company presents “Water
Body,' works of aerial dance with
spoken word written by renowned
author and naturalist Janisse Ray.
Tickets for pre-show reception and
priority seating are $75. Discounted
tickets: $10/students, $6/children
ages 12 & under
Cine Barcafe
www athenscine com $5-$10 Apr
18. 7:30 pm Apr 19.4 30 p.m. &
7:30 p.m.
“THE SHOW WITH NO NAME"
UGAs improvisational comedy
group. Laugh Out Loud Industries,
will provide performances similar
to the TV show “Whose Line Is It
Anyway?"
UGA Hodgson Hall
706-542-4400. $23-$28 8 p m.
CHANTICLEER Grammy Award
winning male, vocal ensemble per
forms everything from Renaissance
to jazz, from gospel to contemporary.
Pre-concert lecture at 7:15 p.m.
Winder Cultural Arts
Center
678-425-6884. $18 7 p m.
ATWATER-DONNELLY The award
winning hundband-wile duo blends
traditional American and Celtic folk
music and dance, along with original
songs and poetry www atwater-
donnelly.com.
THEATRE
Athens Community
Theatre
wwwtownandgownplayers org. $18.
Apr. 17-19,8 p.m. Apr. 20.2 p m.
BEYOND THERAPY?resented by
Town and Gown Players. See Apr.
17 Theatre.
Oconee County Civic
Center
706-769-2677, oconeeyouthplay-
house@gmail.com. $18. Apr 18.
7:30 p.m Apr 20.3 p m.
HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL Oconee
Youth Playhouse production of
Disney's High School Musical.
Discount tickets: $15/studenls &
seniors. $12/kids
UGA Fine Arts Theatre
www drama uga edu $15. Apr 16-19,
8 p m. Apr 20,2:30 p.m.
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT S DREAM
The University Theatre presents
Shakespeare's whimsical comedy,
www drama uga edu See Apr. 16
Theatre.
LIVE MUSIC
283 Bar
706-208-1283. FREE! 10 p.m.
VELVETEEN PINK Velveteen Pink
plays electro-based, groove-laden,
upbeat pop stuff in the Prince, Stevie
Wonder and Jamiroquai style. Catch
the show on 283s brand new stage!
40 Watt Club
www 40watt com. $8 9:30 p m
DALLAS AUSTIN EXPERIENCE
Grammy award winning producer
Dallas Austin will be pined by
friends Novel Colin Munroe and
Sy Scott for a “musical purney
that is both visually stimulating and
aurally appealing' The live concert
will fuse together music, film and
lively audience interaction
Alibi
706-549-1010 FREE' 9pm
ELECTRIK EELZ Veteran Athens mu
sicians Wade Hester. Chris Hampton
and Matt Donaldson play party rock,
pop, funk and blue-eyed soul clas
sics with a lot of surprises thrown in
Allen's Bar & Grill
wwwallensbarandgrillcom FREE'
9pm
THE REVIVAL The Revival plays
smooth neo-soul somewhere be
tween Curtis Mayfield and D Angelo,
weaving in a little bit of jazz and rap
and a healthy amount of acoustic
pop-rock guitar as well
Amici Italian Cafe
www myspace com/amici_music.
FREE'9 p.m
J0ANIE MUSSELMAN & JACOB
BELTZ Jacob Beltz plays in Atlanta
acoustic rock band Whosehouse and
Joanie Musselman is a singer/song-
wnter who performs moody folk with
traditional and Celtic influences.
HUNTER MORRIS Vocalist and key
boardist for Athens' brooding rock
band Gift Horse
MARSHALL RUFFIN Roots and
blues singer/songwriter from
Columbus, GA
Caledonia Lounge
Double Phantom Records Showcase
$6(2L). $7 (18*). 10:30 pm
CHAINESTEREO This North Georgia
trio plays light, unassuming garage
pop that conjures thoughts of The
Kinks.
FUTURE APE TAPES Innovative local
psychedelic hip-hop with layers,
loops and samples from another
planet.
JOHNNY BUFFALO AND THE
MUTINOUS NOISE Eclectic rock
from Atlanta with little regard for tra
ditional song structure. The low. bit
ing vocals and guttural delivery are
reminiscent at times of Nick Cave
THE NEC Blankets of warm reverb and
slightly droning psychedelic garage
inspired by 13th Floor Elevators.
Syd Barrett and Spacemen 3.
Farm 255
www farm255 com FREE! 11 p.m
PART BEAR Local songwriter Gray
Griggs fronts this classic-rock
leaning band
TRANCES ARC Once based in
Athens, this highly-polished, light
alternative rock quartet is currently
out of Atlanta
Flic'^r Theatre & Bar
www myspace com/flickerbar. $5.
8:30 p.m.
KAITLIN JONES AND THE
COUNTY FAIR Rustic Americana
with wimpering steel guitar and
hearbroken melodies.
SWEET-TOOTH SIMPLETON Local
lour-piece band playing folk-country
with a tongue-in-cheek, quirky take
on things Working in banjo, piano,
stand-up bass and lap steel, among
other instruments.
Georgia Theatre
www georgiatheatre com. $22 (ad
vance). $25 (doors). 9 pm.
DISCO BISCUITS This innovative )am
band integrates electronics into its
progressive sound See p. 33.
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