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LECTURES A LIT.: Jim Fiscus
(Lamar Dodd School oi Art. Rm
S151) Award-winning advertising
and editorial photographer speaks
as part ot the Visiting Artist/Scholar
Series. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www art.
uga.edu
MEETINGS: Athens Health Care
Town Hall (Oconee County Civic
Center) U.S. Representative Paul
Broun hosts this community health
care discussion. 10 a m. FREE! 706-
549-9588
GAMES: Drunken Bingo (283 Bar)
Great prizes and fun all night long.
10 p.m. FREE! 706-208-1283
GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill
& Pub) All three Athens locations
of Locos Grill and Pub (Westside,
Eastside and Harris St.) feature
trivia night every Tuesday. 8:30 p.m.
FREE! www.locosgrill.com
GAMES: Pool Tournament (Alibi)
APA Pool League. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-
549-1010
Wednesday 9
EVENTS: PROBE College Fair (The
Classic Center) Over 75 institutions
attend this annual event to discuss
admissions, scholarships and
housing with parents and students.
6-8:30 pm. FREE! www.gaprobe.org
EVENTS: UGA Fall Activities Fair
(UGA Tate Center) Over 150 student
organizations will be represented at
the Department of Campus Life's an
nual event. Open to students, faculty
and staff and members of the Athens
community. 10:30 a m.-3 p.m.
FREE! 706-542-8584. www.uga edu/
stuorgs/
KIDSTUFF: Children’s Storytime
(ACC Library) For children ages 18
months to 5 years. Tuesdays. 9:30
a.m., Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. FREE!
706-613-3650
KIDSTUFF: Parent and Student
Orientation (ACC Library) Explore
the library’s various resources in this
hour-long tour. Call for times. FREE!
706-613-3650
KIDSTUFF: Wildcard Wednesday
for Teens (ACC Library) Up next:
Munchkin Cthulu. Love Lovecraft?
You’ll love this game. Ages 11-18.
4:00 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650
MEETINGS: American Sign
Language Study Group (Cups
Coffee Caf6) All skill levels welcome.
Come once or come weekly. 7-6
p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/
aslstudygroup
GAMES: Sports Trivia (Beef O'
Brady's) Every Wednesday. 8:30 p.m.
FREE! 706-850-1916
GAMES: Trivia (Willy's Mexicana
Grill) Every Wednesday. 8-10 p.m.
FREE! 706-548-1920
GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern)
9:30 p.m. 706-548-3442
GAMES: Trivia Wars (283 Bar) “If
you know your stuff you can win
great stuff." 9 p.m. FREE! 706-208-
1283
* Advance Tickets Available
Down the Line
ART: Gallery Talk 9/10 (Lyndon
House Arts Center) Paul
Manoguerra. curator of American
art. leads a public tour of "Lord Love
You: Works by R.A. Miller from the
Mullis Collection." 2 p.m. FREE!
706-613-3623
EVENTS: Volunteer Service Expo
9/10 (The Classic Center) Pick your
cause and volunteer with over 100
local nonprofits to choose from.
12-7 p.m. www.athensvolunteerser-
viceexpo.org
PERFORMANCE: UGA Symphony
Orchestra 9/10 (UGA Hodgson
Hall) Stravinsky and Brahms. 8
p.m. $15. 706-542-4400, www.uga.
edu/pac*
EVENTS: Tailgate Cookoff 9/11
(Wray-Nicholson House) The UGA
Alumni Association hosts this com
petition as a prelude to the football
season. WSB-TV meteorologist
David Chandley emcees with a panel
of guest judges. 5:30 p.m. $60/team,
$3/sample. www.uga.edu/alumni,
706-542-2251
THEATRE: A Celebration of
George Bernard Shaw &
Oscar Wilde 9/11 (Seney-Stovall
Chapel) JV Productions presents
scenes from The Importance of
Being Earnest, Pygmalion, Lady
Windermere's Fan and Arms & the
Man as well as the performance of
Shaw's short play Village Wooing.
Sept. 11,8 p.m. Sept. 13,2p.m
706-543-2012.
EVENTS: Classic City Rollergirls
Bout 9/12 (Skate-A-Round USA)
The Classic City Rollergirls take
on the Dixie Derby Girls from
Huntsville. AL. 7 p.m. $10 (adults),
$5 (ages 6-10), FREE! (ages 5 &
under), www.classiccityrollergirls.
com*
KIDSTUFF: Parent/Child
Workshop 9/17 (ACC Library,
Storyroom) For children ages 1-3
and their caregivers. Registration
begins Sept. 8.10-11 a.m. FREE 1
706-613-3650
ART: Gypsy Artist Market 9/19
(Lyndon House Arts Center) Unique
open air market featuring eclectic
wares by artists of all ages Local
artists demonstrating their craft:
wood turning, printmaking, pottery,
photography, floral design, painting,
quilting and more. 10 a.m.-4 p.m:
FREE! 706-613-3623
ART: Opening Reception 9/19
(ATHICA) For “Free Press in Free
Fall," featuring the work of 13 artists
addressing the current state of the
American news media. Sept. 19,7-9
p.m. www.athica.org
EVENTS: Grace’s Birthday Party
9/20 (Ashford Manor. Walkinsville)
Luau-themed benefit for UGA Vet
Hospital and local animal advocacy
groups. Featuring costumes, art.
games, picnic supper, adoptions
and more. Guests are encouraged
to donate an unopened bag of dog
food for rescue groups. 2-5 p.m. $5
(adults), FREE! (dogs), www.graces-
birthday.com
ART: Athens Artists Clearance
Sale 9/26 (Chase Street
Warehouses) Young, Foxy & Free
magazine and local artists team up
to sell their wares. Sep. 26.12-7
p.m. mattblanksart@gmail.com
LECTURES & LIT.: Pipo Nguyen-
duy 9/29 (Lamar Dodd School of
Art. Rm S151) Photographer Pipo
Nguyen-duy, whose recent work
explores “humanity in the context
of the post-apocalyptic landscape"
speaks as part of the Visiting Artist/
Scholar Series. 5:30 p.m. FREE!
www.art.uga.edu
LECTURES & LIT.: “How Does a
Shadow Shine?" 10/8 (Morton
Theatre) The Georgia Review \\os\s
a reading from Pulitzer Prize winner
and former U.S. poet laureate Rita
Dove. 7 p.m. FREE! www.thegeorgia-
review.com
PERFORMANCE: Robert Belinic
10/17 (UGA Hodgson Hall)
Renowned Croatian guitarist per
forms. 8 p.m. $18. www.uga.edu/
pac*
PERFORMANCE: Taikoza 10/18
(UGA Hodgson Hall) Internationally
acclaimed Japanese dance and drum
ensemble featuring a 6-foot long an
cestral Taiko drum. 3 p.m. $20-$25.
706-542-4400, www.uga.edu/pac*
EVENTS: The Art of: Muaic 10/20
(The Melting Point) The Georgia
Museum of Art presents Grammy
Award-winner Art Rosenbaum in
this old time and bluegrass music
performance. Part of GMOA's "The
Art of...’ series. Call to RSVP 6-8
p.m. $20.706-542-0830, www.uga.
edu/gamuseum
LECTURES & LIT.: Michael Fried
10/20 (Lamar Dodd School of Art.
Rm S151) The poet, art historian and
art and literary critic speaks as part
of the Visiting Artist/Scholar Series.
5:30 p.m. FREE! www.art.uga.edu
PERFORMANCE: Lynn Harrell
10/24 (UGA Hodgson Hall) Award
winning cellist performs as a part of
UGA Performing Arts Center's Music
Series II. 8 p.m. $23-$28.706-542-
4400, www.uga edu/pac*
PERFORMANCE: Atlanta
Symphony Orchestra 11/5 (UGA
Hodgson Hall) Conductor Robert
Spano conducts Tchaikovsky's
Symphony No. 6 and Stravinsky's
Nightingale. 8 p.m. $37-42.706-
542-4400. www.uga.edu/pac*
* Advance Tickets Available
LIVE MUSIC
Tuesday 1
Alibi
FREE! 706-549-1010
J TUNES KARAOKE DANCE PARTY
Every Tuesday
Buffalo’s Southwest
Cafe
6-10 p.m. $5 (includes lessons). 706-
354-6655
DINE & DANCE NIGHT Beginners
and advanced dance lessons every
Tuesday from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. fol
lowed by open dance until 10 p.m.
Tonight features swing dancing
hosted by Bugg
8 p.m. FREE! 706-354-6655
TIM ENGLISH Acoustic guitar perfor
mance in the front bar.
Caledonia Lounge
9:30 p.m. $5 (2U), $7 (18+). www.
caledonialounge.com
THE DESPISED This Atlanta outfit
plays straightforward, Tm-going-to-
punch-you-in-the-face’ hardcore.
THE SETTING Pop rock filled with
energetic melodies and catchy
hooks.
UTAH Head-banging three-piece fea
turing Wil "Mantooth" Smith on gui
tar. venturing through rapid tempo
changes and monster riffs.
Farm 255
10 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com
CARL LINDBERG Jazz bassist Carl
Lindberg (Grogus, Squat, Kenosha
Kid, etc.) performs standards, origi
nals and some surprising tunes from
divergent styles.
Fat Daddy’s
10 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0241
KARAOKE Huge karaoke dance party
hosted by Lynn every Tuesday.
Go Bar
10 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar
BANG-UTOT Members of
Stegosaurus. Nero + the Burning
Violins and Fashion Knee High mix
things up with this new, high energy
punk rock trio.
COLUMBOID New York “ghettotech*
group with plenty of lo-fi synth riffs
and bass drums to go around.
FLORIDA This Brooklyn psych band
provides sensible guitar background
over which they drone their dis-
chordant yel oddly pleasing vocal
harmonies.
MOTHS Featuring Jacob Morris
of Ham1, Moths plays a mostly
acoustic sort of '70s folk-rock with
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