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WEDNESDAY 23
Stefani Byrd's “Like It Was Carved in Stone” is part of the Adventures in Mysticism exhibition at Athica through
June 1.
EVENTS
UGA Tate Center
Anna Bearden, ambearden@gmail.
com FREE! 10 a.m.
EARTH DAY 2008 CAPTAIN
PLANET CARNIVAL Live music,
games, guest appearances, lips on
living a green lifestyle, food, prizes
and more More Earth Day celebra
tions with entertainment and info on
the Myers Quad Open to the public
Various Locations
wwvathensark.org
EATING OUT FOR A CAUSE Local
restaurants and Entree of Hope will
donate 10 percent of *he day's gross
sales to The Ark; United Ministry
Outreach Center and the Athens
Emergency Food Bank List ot par
ticipating restaurants online
LIVE MUSIC
283 Bar .
706-208-1283 FREE'9pm
PASTOR OF MUPPETS Metailica
cover band Part of the 283 Bar's
"Reasonable Hour Music Hour.'
interspersed with toasters, guest vo
calists and instrumentalists to spice
it up Hosted every Tuesday night
by AZ-IZ. Dubconscious frontman
Adrian Zelski.
Tasty World
wwyv.tastyworld net $5 10 pm
NATHAN ANGELO Blue-eyed soul
(technically green-eyed in this case)
from Atlanta with a sprinkle of piano
pop The result sounds a bit like Ben
Folds fronting Maroon 5.
JON BLACK Birmingham singer/
songer whose charismatic, warm
vocals would feel at home tucked in
your record collection between Ryan
Adams and Wilco
MICAH DALTON Alternative soul
singer from Atlanta whose vocal
style was influenced by Marvin Gaye
and Paul Simon
UGA Hodgson Hall
8 p m FREE 1 www music uga q0u
UGA PHILHARMONIA. CONCERT
BAND III Presented by the Hugh
Hodgson School of Music
UGA Ramsey Concert
Hall
FREE 1 www music uga edu
UGA RECITALS Heather Noyes
Richter, tuba (3 30 p.m.) Robert
Watson, tlute (6 p m).
Wild Wing Cafe
10 pm. FREE! www wildwingcafe com.
KARAOKE Every Tuesday night at the
downtown wing chains upstairs
space
LECTURES & LIT.
ACC Library
12:15 p m FREE! 706-613-3650
“BENJAMIN FRANKLIN: 13
VIRTUES FOR THE 21 ST
CENTURY” Examine Franklin's
13 virtues during four upcoming
lunchtime programs Up next Adele
Gross, a professional organizer, will •
delve into order, cleanliness and
resolution as she discusses ways
to keep yourself organized at home
and at the office Feel free to bring a
lunch to this 45-minute program
UGA Student Learning
Center
7 30 p m FREE’ www uga edu/sos.
GENE BAUR (Room 248) Author and
farm animal protection activist will
speak about his new book Farm
Sanctuary: Changing Hearts and
Minds about Animals and Fooa
Book-signing follows www farm-
sanctuary org
WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK
NEW DEADLINE: Deadline for getting listed in the calendar is every FRIDAY at 5 p.m.
for the issue that comes out the following Wednesday. Email calendar@flagpole.com.
TUESDAY 22
Farm 255
wwwfarm255 com Call for time and
price.
SIX STRINGS A string sextet featur
ing Maryn Vance (Divided Like a
Saint’s). Part of the 30 Days of Vance
music series
Georgia Theatre
www.georgiatheatre.com. $15.9 p.m.
THE LEE BOYS The dynamic gospel
sounds of Florida's Lee Boys fall
squarely in the sacred steel tradition
of the 1930s. The sextet updates the
sound with a little funk and R&B
(and even hip-hop and country),
creating a frenzied spiritual mix.
SUSAN TEDESCHI Fiery guitarist and
soulful singer Susan Tedeschi brings
together the most powerlul elements
of Gospel and the blues.
The Melting Point
www meltingpointathens com $3.
7-10 pm
NORTH GEORGIA BLUEGRASS
BAND An eclectic blend ol tradi
tional and contemporary acoustic
music.
No Where Bar
706-546-4742. Call for price. 10 p.m.
FREE LUNCH Dynamic jazz band with
lots of funky slap bass and fun sing-
along melodies.
Rye Bar
9 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/
ryebarathens.
DUB REGGAE Soulful reggae, hyp- .
notic riddims. heavy dub selections
DJs & DANCING
Buffalo’s Southwest
Cafe
10 pm-12 am. $3 cover
706-354-6655.
SWING DANCING Learn, practice or
observe swing dancing. Soft drinks
included. Free lessons. 9 p m. Every
Tuesday.
Level 131
www.level131.com
SALSA NIGHT Lessons at 9 p m
Open dance at 11 p m.
KARAOKE, ETC.
Alibi
Every Tuesday and Thursday. 9 p m.-1
am. FREE! 706-549-1010.
“STAN’S ALMOST FAMOUS
KARAOKE” Karaoke ladies Lynn
and Vickie are your energetic hosts
for the night.
Flicker Theatre & Bar
830 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/
flickerbar.
MCBRAYER'S OPEN MIC STAND-
UP COMEDY EXPLOSION The
name says it all. Come laugh along
with local comedy!
Walker’s Coffee & Pub
10 p.m. FREE! 706-543-1433.
KARAOKE In the cafe/bar's downstairs
room, every Tuesday and Thursday
night.
EVENTS
Alibi
9pm FREE' 706-549-1010
STAN’S FAMOUS TRIVIA NITE Get
a team together and test your knowl
edge of the trivial.
Georgia Museum of Art
7 pm. FREE! 706-542-GM0A
SOUTHERN CIRCUIT: TOUR OF
INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS
Next Up: Jim Haverkamp. Professor
at Duke University's Center for
Documentary Studies, will present
his film Willow Garden and other
short films Haverkamp will join a
discussion of his work following the
screening. See Movie Dope.
Lamar Dodd School of
Art
8 a.m.-5 p.m www art.uga edu
ANNUAL POTTERY SALE The
Ceramic Student Organization hosts
its spring pottery sale
PERFORMANCE
Diverse Universe
9-11 p.m. S3 undergroundalhens2@
yahoo.com.
POETIC CONFESSIONZ Student
and community forum presented by
The Dreaded Mindz Family. Share
through poetry, emceeing, singing,
acting or any talent. Or just come
to watch. Last Wednesday of the
month is taped for YouTube Every
Wednesday
LIVE MUSIC
40 Watt Club
8 p m. $15 www 40watt com
BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE
CLUB Although Howl was highly
acclaimed, it left some old B R M C
fans asking "what ever happened to
our rock n roll?' The band's latest
release. Baby 81. takes us back to
B R.M.C.’s gritty, hard rocking roots
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THE DUKE SPIRIT The striking
voice of singer Liela Moss howls
above layers of bluesy guitars and
dminc's drone with all the power
of Grace Slick and the modern edge
of Karen 0.
Farm 255
8 p.m. FREE! www farm255.com.
CHARLES HARVEY No information
available.
PALEFACE Palelace is a veteran
musician with 12 records under his
belt. He was schooled personalty by
Daniel Johnston and has since be
come something of a neo-folk icon.
He's appeared on a couple Avert
Brothers records as well.
Flicker Theatre & Bar
www myspace com/flickerbar $5.
8 30 p.m.
TIN CUP PROPHETTE Local artist
Amanda Kapousouz blends genres
as she switches instruments and
loops her airy vocals and violin
around guitar and drums, backed by
percussionist Jeremy Wheatley
VENICE IS SINKING With boy/girl
vocals, a cinematic jangle and a
sweeping, emotional punch courtesy
of a viola, Venice Is Sinking's piano-
based torch songs burn bright
Performing every Wednesday at
Flicker through April,
Georgia Theatre
www georgiatheatre com $20 9pm
LUKE BRYAN Capitol Records
Nashville recording artist Luke Bryan
is a down-home country boy with
straightforward, honest songs deliv
ered with authentic Southern twang
ASHLEY RAY With a mischievous
. gleam in her eye. Ashley Ray's sweet
country vocals share disarmingly
candid stories with a good dose of
Southern sass
Little Kings
Party Party Partners Out-Music
Jamboree 10 p m. www myspace
com/littlekingsshuffleclub
COURTESAN Thomas Dodd and Trey
McManus combine loud psychedelic
guitars with ambient soundscapes.
For fans of My Bloody Valentine,
Growing and Sonic Youth.
OIVIDED LIKE A SAINT’S This en
velope-pushing rock band has been
retooling its sound and lineup Most
recently. Mercer West (Mouser) and
Kelsey Brooks (Sea of Dogs) have
hopped on board,
THE EGRET GIRL AT SECRET
SQUIRREL Johnathan Vance
(Divided Like a Saint s) plays beats
while Maryn Vance interprets them
through performance art Part of the
30 Days of Vance music series
NECKLACES // WANDERING DEAD
WOMEN Kate Schoenke solo per
formance.
OWLBEAR Solo acoustic singer/
songwriter based here in Athens
whose plaintive voice is reminiscent
of Jeff Mangum A new Owlbear
cassette tape-only EP titled And All
My Friends Have Died is currently in
the works
PONY BONES Experimental folk art
ist Pony Bones wails and screams
over de-tuned guitars and modified
banjos
SMOKEOOG Local guys Thom
Strickland (vocals, guitar) and Jason
Jones (drums) play a noisy motorik
pulse with treated guitar. Says Jones,
'noisy lo-fi boogie smeared over
. mechanical back-pocket beats'
TREYVERB Trey McManus of King
of Prussia plays experimental guitar
with world beats
The Melting Point
8-11 p m. $5. www meltingpointa
thens com
BLUE RHYTHM BAND Blue Rhythm
Band is a dynamic mixture of blues,
rock and funk that's different every
time you see it. Still, you can always
expect superb slide guitar and pow
erful vocal performances Part of the
weekly blues series.
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