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and secular music, spirituals and
sacred compositions spanning six
centuries.
Various Locations
5:30 p.m.-12 a m. $5 www pros-
peousathens org
“BAPFEST” ‘Battle Against Poverty'
Festival hosted by Young Partners
for a Prosperous Athens. At the
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Parking Lot and Cin6. There will be
a talent show, battle of the bands
with The Pool Boys Lis Carney
and The Connelly Crowe Band a
special perlormance oy Gus D.
Wild Wing Cafe
10 pm. FREE!www wildwingcafe.com
ELECTRIK EEL2 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
DJs & DANCING
Blur
10 p.m. www myspace com/blurathens
DJ JASON J Dance party at Blur'
Farm 255
11 p.m www Iarm255 com
STRIPED SOCKS New indie/electro-
pop/electronica dance party that ro
tates locations and DJs each month
Tonight DJ Kellen John Danger Kid
headlines You can lind his remix
of Vampire Weekends “Cape Cod
Kwassa Kwassa' all over the music
blogs.
Level 131
10 p m Price varies (2H), $5(18+)
10 pm. wwrwlevel131.com
DJ BLAZE DJ Blaze hosts tonight's
dance party, mixing contemporary
hip-hop with older favorites and
some unexpected forays into other
genres Every Friday and Saturday
The Loft Dance Lounge
10:30 pm. FREE' www theloftathens.
com
DJ JOHNNY D One of The Loft
Lounges rotating crew of house
deejays. Johnny D—whom you may
recognize from Atlanta's 95 5 The
Beat—lays down the new dance
sounds, heavy on the hip-hop
Rye Bar
10 p.m. FREE 1 www myspace com/
ryebarathens
DJ MAHOGANY Freaky funk,
sultry soul, righteous R&B, and
a whole lotta unexpected laves as
DJ Mahogany dips into his bag of
goodies from the '60s, 70s and '80s
SATURDAY 3
EVENTS
Crawford Depot
8 a.m -2 30 p m S8/BBQ ticket
706-743-3792, www oglethorpe-
democratsorg
DEMOCRAT BBQ & YARD SALE
Area Democrats are invited to reg
ister to vote, browse the yard sale,
listen to gospel music by Delbra
Favors and eat pork BBQ Oglethorpe
County Sheriff Mike Smith will
be among the guests. Proceeds
benefit the Democratic candidates
in Oglethorpe County BBQ will be
served starling at 11 a m.
Downtown Athens
May 3,10 a m.-11 pm., May 4.2-11
p.m. FREE! www.athenshuman-
rightsfest.org
30TH ANNUAL ATHENS HUMAN
RIGHTS FESTIVAL (College
Square) Featuring issue-oriented
speakers, Athens music, poetry,
info tables, street theater and kids’
activities See May 3 Live Music and
feature on p. 10.
Downtown Comer
9 a m -8 p m FREE! 706-372-8726.
faerybright©yahoo com
COMER FAERYFEST 2008 The of
ficial faery festival of the Southeast
features outdoor artists, vendors,
crafts, activities, an exotic petting
zoo, bouncy castles and more. Also
live music and entertainment.
Herman C. Michael Park
8:30 a m. $15-$20 wwwoconee-
countycom
DISC GOLF TOURNAMENT "May
Day Madness' is the first disc golf
tournament at HERM, an 18 hole
course at the Oconee County park
Beginners ages 6 & up, as well as
PRO players with a PDGA * are
welcome Lunch provided Register
online by May 2. or at the tourna
ment
Historic Scull Shoals Mill
Village
10 a m-4 p.m $5 parking fee Bob
Skarda. 770-846-1859 wwwsculls-
hoalsorg
SCULL SHOALS FESTIVAL AND
TOUR DAY (Greene County Ga)
Dozens ol crafters and entertainers
demonstrate life in the 19th century
in the ruins ol Georgias first paper
mill and a textile mill town
Homewood Village
Shopping Center
2-6 p m Donations accepted
706-354-1804
1ST ANNUAL BARK B-Q Hosted
by Z-Dog Bakery & Pet Supply and
Kingspins Featuring food, raffles,
games and more for dogs and their
owners Costume contest at 4 p m
$10 for a plate of BBQ Proceeds
benefit Athens Canine Rescue and
Helping Paws Rescue
Madison, GA
9 a m.-6 30 p m FREE' Karen
Strelecki. 706-752-0137
PLEIN AIR PAINT OUT IN
MADISON Sponsored by the
Madison Artists Guild Watch plem
air painters work Pick up a map of
the venues at the Madison Oaks Inn.
also the location of the awards re
ception Silent auction at 5:30 p m.
Madison-Morgan Cultural
Center
10am.-5pm $20/adv $25
706-342-4743, www madisonmor-
gancultural org
MADISON IN MAY TOUR OF
HOMES Tour of six historic homes
and one garden in Madison. GA See
May 2 Events
Sandy Creek Nature
Center
10 a m FREE! 706-613-3615
NATURALIST WALK Join the Nature
Center stall for a walk around the
property to see what can be discov
ered during the spring Bring a cam
era or binoculars All ages, children
under 13 must be accompanied by
an adult.
8 am. FREE! www oconeeriversaudu-
bonorg
SPRING BIRD HIKES Join Oconee
Rivers Audubon Society members
for their spring bird hike on Cooks
Trail. Bring binoculars Ages 13 &
up. Meet at the Allen House.
UGA Dean Rusk Center
2 p m FREE! www ugarepublicans com
10TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
REPUBLICAN PRIMARY
DEBATE Hosted by the UGA
Republicans. Congressman Paul
Broun and State Representative
Barry Fleming will face off in a
90-minute debate Open to the
public.
Various Locations
10 am-4 pm. S15-S20
706-353-1801. wwwachlonline.org
SPRING HOME TOUR The Athens-
Clarke Heritage Foundation presents
'Homes of Fred Orr: An Anchor
of Architecture in Athens * Noted
Athens architect Fred Orr designed
roughly 30 buildings, primarily resi
dences in the Five Points area
White Tiger Gourmet
Food & Chocolates
11 a m -1 p m. Midge Leventry.
706-549-8901
SLOW FOOD ATHENS PICNIC Join
Slow Food members at White Tiger
Gourmet's picnic tables for pecan
wood smoked pork BBQ Public is
invited to learn more about Slow
Food plans for the year.
Wild Child Arts
7-10 p m 770-855-3340. www wild-
child net
H A STUDY OF HORSES ”(120 N
Wayne St, Monroe GA) Opening
reception for ~A Study of Horses'
featuring wcrk by 6renda K
McDaniel. Charleen Romine. Terri
Alsobrook. Christina Sullo and Jim
Bell Live music by Athens band
Curley Maple
THEATRE
Morton Theatre
7 30 p.m FREE' 706-340-9181 www
roseofathens org
THE ATHENS HERITAGE
PROJECT Rose of Athens Theatre
‘Gets Historical' at Hot Corner
Celebration. The kickoff of an ongo
ing series of productions featuring
true stories of Athens. GA with
music and dance Presented in the
"readers theater style' with music
Irom local musicians, multimedia
elements ano performances by Rose
of Athens Theatre Donations ap
preciated.
Winder Cultural Arts
Center
May 2-3, 7:30 p m May 4.3 p m $17
www winderbarrowtheatre org
M'A *S (Colleen 0 Williams
Theatre) The Winder-Barrow
Community Theatre presents
M'A ‘S'H, a comedy in two acts by
Tim Kelly. See May 2 Theatre.
LECTURES & LIT.
Borders Books & Music
1pm. FREE! 706-583-8647
FRAN STEWART Meet Fran Stewart,
creator of the Biscuit McKee Mystery
Series Stewart's newest mystery
novel. Blue as Blue Jeans, deals with
the long-term effects ol childhood
abuse in a fictional Georgia town A
portion of the book sales benefits the
Athens Area Humane Society
LIVE MUSIC
40 Watt Club
EARLY 9 p.m. FREE' www 40watt com
HOT CORNER AFTERPARTY After
enjoying the free music outside tor
the Hot Corner celebration, the party
continues at the 40 Watt with hip-
hop. DJs and more.
LATE 11 p.m. FREE! www40watt com
LITTLE FRANCIS Steven Grubbs
(also of local band Dream Girls)
plays songs backed by Jordan Noel
and Brian Connell, sounding like
rowdy, anthemic folk music mixed
with early-’50s rock and roll.
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