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THE CALENDAR!
KIDSTUFF: Storytime (Oconee
County Library) Enjoy a morning ot
stories, songs and crafts. For kids
ages 2-5 and their caregivers. 10:30
a.m. FREE! 706-769-3950
LECTURES & LIT.: Brown Bag
Lunch (ACC Library) Interior de
signer Thea Ellenberg explains how
to make your house more appealing
to buyers through simple staging
techniques. Feel free to bring a
lunch to this 45-minute program
12:15 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650
LECTURES & LIT.: Hot Dogs
and Cool Cats (Madison County
Library) Take the time to learn some
pet care tips from the professionals.
For ages 18 & up. 6:30-7:30 p.m.
FREE! 706-769-3950
GAMES: Dart Tournament (The
Pub at Gameday) Compete against
other bar game extraordinaires. 706
353-2831
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: Poker Night (Flicker
Theatre & Bar) Last Tuesday of every
month. 8:30 p.m. www.myspace.
com/flickerbar *
GAMES: Trivia (Doc Chey's Noodle
House) Every Tuesday. 7:30 p.m.
706-546-0015
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EVENTS: Canine Cocktail Hour
(Hotel Indigo. Phi Bar & Bistro
Courtyard) Drink and food specials
for you and your (well-behaved,
non-aggressive, vaccinated) dog!
This week: salty dogs and grey
hounds. Every Wednesday. 5-7 p.m.
wwwathensdowntownhotel com
EVENTS: Plotluck Night (Cin6
Barcafe) Come with a true short
story from your life to share at this
monthly event. Ten names will be
drawn from a hat and those chosen
get five minutes and a microphone.
The audience votes for the best
story and prize recipient. 7-9 p.m.
FREE! (donations welcome), www.
athenscine.com
PERFORMANCE: Bawling Comedy
Showcase (Last Call) Local comics
will have you laughing and crying.
Atlanta comic Joe Pettis headlines.
8:30—10:30 p.m. FREE! www.lastcal-
lathens.com
KIDSTUFF: Children’s Storytime
(ACC Library) For children ages 18
months to 5 years. 10:30 am. FREE!
706-613-3650
KIDSTUFF: Homeschoolers
Chapter Book Review (Madison
County Library) Elementary school-
age homeschoolers gather at the
library to read a book together and
talk about it. Every Wednesday. 2
p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597
KIDSTUFF: Lap Puppet Show
(Oconee County Library) Kim James
and her posse of puppets perform
“Frog and Hen," a humorous
Nigerian folktale. All ages. 10:30
am. FREE! 706-769-3950
KIDSTUFF: Music Jams (ACC
Library) Make your own soundtrack
to summer with your friends! Bring
an instrument or borrow one from
the library. Ages 11-18.2-3:30 p.m.
FREE! 706-613-3650
MEETINGS: Library Sewing Group
(Madison County Library) Currently
crocheting with double-ended cro
chet needles. Newcomers welcome.
1-3 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597
MEETINGS: Sitting Meditation
Group (Mind Body institute) Silent
meditation every Wednesday. 1 p.m.
FREE! 706-475-7329
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GAMES: Bocce Ball (DePalma's
Italian Cafe) Join the league on the
lawn every Wednesday. 6:30 p.m.
FREE! 706-552-1237
GAMES: Game Night (Alibi)
Develop coordination, tolerance
and grace through beer pong. Every
Wednesday with Corey. FREE! 706
549-1010
GAMES: Poker Night (Buffalos
Southwest Cate) Texas Hold ‘Em
every Wednesday. 18 and up. Sign
in at 6:30 p.m. Begins at 7:30 p.m.
FREE! www.interstatepokerclub.com
GAMES: Quiz Show (Flicker Theatre
& Bar) Chris Creech hosts. Sign up
at 8 p.m. Trivia starts at 8:30 p.m.
FREE! www.myspace.com/llickerbar
GAMES: Sports Trivia (Beef O'
Bradyls) Every Wednesday. Win
house cash and prizes! 8:30 p.m.
FREE! 706-850-1916
GAMES: Team Trivia (Lucky
Dawg Billiards) Team Trivia every
Wednesday night (2 rounds). First
round at 9 p.m. Second round at 11
p.m. 9 p.m. REE! 706-354-7829
GAMES: Trivia (Your Pie. Five Points
and Alps Rd.) Calling all know-il-
alls! Every Wednesday. 7:30 p.m.
REE! www.yourpie.com
GAMES: Trivia (Copper Creek
Brewing Company) Test your trivia
chops for prizes! Every Wednesday.
9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-1102
* Advance Tickets Available
LIVE MUSK
Tuesday 22
Alibi
9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010
KARAOKE Every Monday. Tuesday,
Wednesday and Saturday with the
Singing Cowboy!
Barnette’s
9 p.m. REE! 706546-0966
OPEN MIC Bring your guitar and
some tunes!
Caledonia Lounge
9:30 p.m. $5(21+). $7(18+). www.
caledonialouoge.com
JET W LEE Nineties-influenced alter
native rock with jangly guitars and
earnest vocals.
THE NICE MACHINE Local spastic
surf-punk trio.
THIEVES MARKET Local alternative
rock band.
Doc McGee's
8 p.m. REE! (musicians.) $5 (non
musicians). www.docmcgees.com
MUSICIAN ALL JAM Grab fid in
strument and come on down!
El Centro
11p.m. FREE! 706-548-5700
TREEDOM Funky, local four-piece
with some psychedelic tendencies.
Flicker Theatre & Bar
8:30 p.m. $3 (suggested donation).
www.myspace.corn/flickerbar
JEREMY WHEATLEY You may have
seen Jeremy perform as a member
of Tin Cup Prophette and Je Suis
France. Solo shows feature endear
ing ballads accompanied by guitar.
TESS WILEY Singer-songwriter, for
merly of Sixpence None the Richer,
currently living In Germany.
Little Kings Shuffle Club
Athens Farmers Market 4-7 p.m.
REE! wwwathenslarmersmarket.net
LARA STUDIO SKY Singer-
songwriter Lara OshonS current
project.
WHISPER KISS Local acoustic
project featuring multi-instru
mentalist Michael Wegner (Abbey
Road LIVE!, Fuzzy Sprouts. Sunny-
Side Up Band) and Shelley Olin
(DubConscious. Grrgus).
The Loft
10 p.m. FREE! www.lof1ofathens.com
DJ DECEPTICRON Mixing today s
hottest house, electro, and club hits.
The Melting Point
7 p.m. $3. www.meltingpointathens.
com
BORDERHOP TRIO This bluegrass
trio sums up its sound in two words:
“high* and ’lonesome.'
New Earth Music Hall
9 p.m. $6. ’Summer Soulstioe.’ www
newearthmusichall.com
THE DEAD KENNY G’S Jazz punk
act that names the Art Ensemble
of Chicago and John Cottrane as
influences.
State Botanical Garden
of Georgia
10th Annual Sunflower-Concert Series.
7-9 p.m. $15, $10 (Friends ol the
Garden), $5 (children ages 6-12).
www.uga.edu/botgarden
RANDALL BRAMBLETT Longtime
Athenian Randall Bramblett will
perform his blend ol funky, soulful
Southern Americana highlighting
the piano-based ballads on his new
record, The Meantime. The concert
takes place in the new flower garden
between the Day Chapel and the
Visitors' Center. Blankets and picnic
supplies recommended!
RICK FOWLER Local guitarist Rick.
Fowler (of Lonely White Boys. Ralph
Roddenbery. etc.) specializes in a
classic sort of British blues rock.
The latest record is Back on My
Good Foot.
WUOG 90.5FM
8 p.m. REE! www.wuog.org
LIVE IN THE LOBBY Lefty
Hathaway will perform on the
college radio stations twice weekly
program. Listen over the air or drop
by the station to watch!
Wednesday 23
Alibi
9 p.m. REE! 706-549-1010
KARAOKE Every Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday and Saturday with the
Singing Cowboy!
ATHICA
8 p.m. $10 (suggested donation), www.
athica.org
POCKETFUL OF CLAPTONITE
Pulling the power trio into a wide
open stream of consciousness, this
new local group features Darrin
Cook on bass, Jamie DeRevere on
drums (the same rhythm section as
Breathianes) and acclaimed experi
mental artist Kiilick on guitar. No. it
is not an Eric Clapton tribute.
TIE THING AND JOE MCPHEE
Hard-blowing Scandinavian jazz trio
fronted by saxophonist and Sonic
Youth collaborator Mats Gustafsson.
•The band boldly takes on unconve-
tional rock covers, with composi
tions by Frank Lowe, PJ Harvey.
White Stripes and more filling out
the set. Joined by American free jazz
legend Joe McPhee on reeds and
pocket trumpet.
Barnette's
9 p.m. REE! 706-546-0966
OPEN MfC Bring your guitar and
some tunes!
Boar's Head
FREE! 706369-3040
KARAOKE Make new friends
Wednesday, June 23
New Earth Music
The Athens stand-up comedy
scene'finally get: its spotlight
this year as AthFest 2010 kicks off
with the first-ever AthFest Comedy
Showcase at the New Earth Music p
Hall on Wednesday. That such a
show finds a spot on the AthFest
calendar—or for that matter, that
a vibrant Athens comedy scene
exists at ait—is largely attributable
to Athens comedy godfather (and
showcase host) TJ. Young. Whether
he's hitting the road on his own
"Beards of Comedy" tour, opening for
national acts like Patton Oswalt and
Aziz Ansari, or hosting open nrics f?;
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Caledonia Lounge
10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.cale-
doniaiounge.com
THE GOONS New indie-pop-
rock featuring members of The
Glands, Casper & the Cookies and
Marshmallow Coast.
PIPES YOU SEE, PIPES YOU
DONT The delightfully warped
psychedelic pop project headed by
Peter Erchick (Olivia Tremor Control,
Circulatory oystem) and featuring
other Elephant 6 members.
THE POISON CONTROL CENTER
Iowa-based outfit weaving between
lo-fi fuzz pop and'60s garage rock.
El Centro
11p.m. RE! 7065465700
44 LOVE ‘Mountain rock and roil'
quartet that plays a mix of folk, rock
country and blues.
Farm 255
9 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com
DAVID AND NOEL BLACKMON
The husband and wife team from the
band Curley Maple perform old-time
music—from bluegrass to tradi
tional Celtic tunes—on mandolin
and more.
Go Bar
10 pm www.myspace.com/gobar
DUSTY LIGHTS WITCH Quirky,
high-energy local band featuring
blues-influenced rock punctuated by
dueling trumpets.
HYENA Upbeat pop rock with a neo
folk tendency.
MANS TRASH Mercer West fronts
* this new project featuring improvisa
tion and a muted pop spirit
STEVEN TRIMMER Local musicians
plays acoustic psych-folk.
Last Call
9 p.m.-1 a.m. FRSI For more info ~
contactdg2003@yahoo.com ‘
SPICY SALSA DANCING Lessons
begin ai 9 pm and dancing starts
at 10 pm No partner or experience
required.
Little Kings Shuffle Club
www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffie-
dub
DANIEL AARON Frontman for local
Americana band Timber performs a
solo set.
KAITUN JONES Local folk guitarist/
vocalist Kaitlin Jones (Fine Line,
Porch to the People) performs a set
of Americana-tinged tunes.
The Melting Point
‘Stay and Play Summer Concert
Series.’ 6-8 pm FREE! www.melt-
ingpointathens.com
THE BIG DA9DYS BAND Covering
rock legends like Eric Clapton and
The Allman Brothers.
The Office Lounge
9:30 pm FREE! 7065460840
KARAOKE Wednesdays with Lynn!
two-piece that play heavy, rapid-fire
electronic dance beats.
Terrapin Beer Co.
5 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com
PADDY DOVER Rootsy acoustic gui
tar from Columbia. SC.
Thirty 24
Alibi
9 pm FREE 7065461010
OPEN MIC Hosted by Wes of Dixie
Mafia every Thursday
Bad Manor
9 pm FREE! www.thebadmanor.com
DJ ANTHONY 0 Tonights theme is
totally 80s, so dress up In your best
retro outfit and get ready to dance!
Barnette's
10 pm FRE! 706546Q966
KARAOKE Every Thursday.
Roadhouse
11 pm FREE 706813-2324
EDDIE AND THE PUBLIC
SPEAKERS Local blues-funk trio
led by frontman Eddie Speaker.
Tasty World Uptown
9 pm www.myspace.com/tasty-
woriduptown
T1MI CONLEY The current Kite to the
Moon frontmar. and ex-Fuzzy Sprout
will play new tunes off his solo
record, Nerd Sexy.
THE EXTRAORDINARY
CONTRAPTIONS Atfanfa band that
combines a rock and roll aesthetic
and a steampunk DIY ethic to pro
duce its own quirky, guitar-driven
vision of the retro-future.
KRISTI MCCORD The -Rocker with
the Knockers* is a local
tion and shell be
out the evening,
WITNESS THE
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Caledonia Lounge
10 pm $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.cate-
donialounge.com
ICE CREAM MEN Van Halen covers.
PASTOR OF MOPPETS Local
MeiaHka cover band.
SUPERNAUT This Black Sabbath
cover band features members of
guitar-reverent local acts Maserati,
Cinemechanica, Producto and 300
Cobras.
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DePalma's Italian Cafe
6-830 pm FRE! 706552-1237
(UmoBiyRoad) * :
THE JAKE MOWRER TRIO Guitarist
Jake Mower (of Brazilian-styfe band
Cachaca) teams up wffi* a couple of
buddies on this new side project
El Centro
11 pm FRE! 7065465700
SCARY GARCIA Local groove-rock
trio. - '
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