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WHAT'S HAPPENING THIS WEEK 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 15 EVENTS: One Lucky Elephant (UGA Mi!ler*Learnirig Cenler) The slory of a 9-year odyssey to find a good home lor a retired circus ele phant explores our complex relation ships with animals and the impact ol captivity Part ot the Animal Voices Film Festival. 7 30 p m FREE' www uga edu/sos/filmtest EVENTS: Bad Movie Night: Miami Collection (Cine BarCaf6) Bikers, ninjas, pizza parties, cocaine and a new wave band all come togther to create this neariy unwatchable movie 8pm FREE! facebook.com/ badmoviemght PERFORMANCE: Rubber and Glue Comedy Tour (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Performances by Katie Hughes. Michael Robinette and Chris Weathers 8:30 p.m. $5 www myspace.com/flickerbar PERFORMANCE: University Philharmonia Concert (UGA School of Music) Presented by the Hugh Hodgson School of Music. 8 p m. 706-542-3737. www music. uga.edu THEATRE: Ruined (UGA Fine Arts Building) This Pulitzer Prize, Obie and Critic's Choice winning play by Lynn Nottage is set in a brothel in war-torn Congo. Feb 15-19.8 p.m Feb. 20.2 30 p m & 8 p.m $7 (stu dents). $10. 706-542-4400. www. drama.uga edu/events/boxoffice LECTURES & LIT.: Communication Studies Colloquium (UGA Miller Learning Center) Bethany Keeley-Jonker discusses “Jesus, The Founder of Modern Business: Christianity and American Capitalism in the 1920s." LECTURES & LIT.: Ecology Seminar (UGA Ecology Building) Caz Taylor of Tulane University presents “Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Spill on Population Dynamics of Btue Crabs.’ 4 p.m. FREE! www.ecology.uga.edu LECTURES & LIT.: ICE Lecture (UGA Miller Learning Center. Room 171) Ideas tor Creative Exploration presents “From the Space Race to the Telematic Embrace and Beyond: A Research Trajectory.’ Speaker Edward Shanken is Professor of Media Art History at the University of Amsterdam. 4 p.m. FREE! 706-542- 7270. markcall@uga.edu MEETINGS: Athens Rock and Gem Club (Friendship Christian Church) Members and visitors are asked to bring in their treasures and stories about how they were acquired. Unidentified rocks or materials can be brought for identification. 7:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-8082 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 Wednesday 16 EVENTS: 12th Annual BioResearch Product Faire (Georgia Center) Tabletop trade show showcasing the latest life sci ence laboratory equipment, products and services. Researchers of all lev els welcome. 10a.m.-2 30p.m. EVENTS: Canine Cocktail Hour (Hotel Indigo. Madison 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 www.indigoathens com EVENTS: GSPHE Vigil and Rally (UGA Arch) Join concerned students and community members m support of better funding for K-12 and high er education in Georgia 4:30-5 30 p m FREE 1 www georgiastudents org EVENTS: “Telling the Story: Education and Equality Through the Peabody Lens" (Cm6 BarCafG) Busing: Some Voices Irom the South is a 1972 look at busing for school integration in the South. The film will be followed by a dis cussion with former Athens mayor Doc Eldridge and former state Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond 5 pm. 706-542-8484, kmsmith® uga.edu PERFORMANCE: Spread the Love (40 Watt Club) Dancefx Athens pres ents “Spread the Love,’ a hip-hop snow featuring Sweet Dreams and The Modern Pin-Ups. a performance ensemble spun off from the strip aerobics class at DanceFX in Little Five Points. Also featuring perfor mances by some of Athens' and Atlanta's hottest hip-hop dancers. 7 p.m. $5. www.40watt.com THEATRE: / Have A Dream (Morton Theatre) Dramatization chronicling the impact of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 9:30 & 11:30 a.m. $7.50-10. 800-275-5005. www.theatreiv.org THEATRE: Ruined (UGA Fine Arts Building) This Pulitzer Prize. Obie and Critic’s Choice winning play by Lynn Nottage is set in a brothel in war-torn Congo. Feb. 15-19,8 p.m. Feb. 20.2:30 p.m. & 8 p.m. $7 (stu dents). $10.706-542-4400, www drama.uga.edu/events/boxoffice OUTDOORS: Native Tree & Birds of the Garden: Ramble (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Informal walk through the Garden to identify trees and birds native to the Southereastern U S. 10 a m. FREE! 706-542-6156. www.uga edu/ botgarden KIDSTUFF: Children’s Storytime (ACC Library) For children ages 18 months to 5 years Tuesdays & Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Cyber Kids (Broadacres Community Center) Learn about Internet safety, educational websi!**, danger signs online and trouble shooting computer problems. 4 p m $2 wwwathensclarkecountycom/ leisure KIDSTUFF: Wildcard Wednesday for Teens (ACC Library) Up next: Game Day 1 It's a free-for-all so bring whatever it is you want to play! For ages 11—18 4 p m FREE! 706- 613-3650 LECTURES & LIT.: APERO Africana Brown Bag Lecture (UGA Tate Center. Room 481) Ronald E Butchart presents “Teaching. Learning and Emancipation: Constructing a New History “ 12:15 p m FREE! fsgiles® uga.edu LECTURES & LIT.: Gene Brody Prevention Science Research Colloquium (UGA Tate Center) “Framinn. Development. Prevention and Policy in Youth Violence." pre sented by Kenneth Dodge. 2:30-4 p.m FREE' 706-542-6100, sgary® ugaedu LECTURES & LIT.: Genetics Seminar (UGA Life Sciences Building) Marty Cohn of University of Florida speaks on ‘Sexual Differentiation ol Vertebrate Appendages" 4 p m FREE 1 whites® ugaedu LECTURES & LIT.: Talking about Books (ACC Liorary. Small Conference Room) This month's title is Rooftops ot Tehran by Mahbod Seraji Newcomers welcome 10 30 a m. FREE! 706-613-3650 LECTURES & LIT.: Willson Center Lecture (UGA Miller Learning Center. Room 148) “The Art and Science of William Barlram,' presented by Dorinda Dallmeyer. Director of the Environmental Ethics Certificate Program. 4 p.m. FREE! 706-542-3966. jdingus@uga.edu MEETINGS: American Sign Language Study Group (Two Story Coffeehouse) All skill levels welcome. Come once or come weekly 7 p.m. FREE! www.myspace. com/aslstudygroup MEETINGS: Daughters for Change Interest Meeting (UGA Tate Center, Room 482) Come to learn about the creation ol Daughters for Change and meet the founders. 7:30-8:30 p.m. FREE! 404-751- 6838 MEETINGS: Foster Care and Adoption (Clarke County DFCS) Information session providing basic facts about the foster care and adoption process. Third Wednesday of each month. 6 p.m. FREE! 706- 227-7040 MEETINGS: GSPHE Meeting (UGA Miller Learning Center, Room 247) Georgia Students for Public Higher Eduction is a coalition of students who believe that affordable, quality education is a right. 8 p.m. FREE! georgiastudents.org MEETINGS: Whatever It Takes Community Conversation (Clarke Middle School) Meeting for parents, children and concerned res The Punch Brothers will perform at the UGA Performing Arts Center on Saturday. Feb. 19. idents in the Alps Road attendance zone Transportation and child care available. 6-8 p m 706-255-7996. terristhornas@witathens.org GAMES: Dart League and Pool Tournament (Alibi) Meet up with other sharp-shooters FREE! 706- 549-1010 GAMES: Sports Trivia (Beef 0’ Brady's) Every Wednesday. Win house cash and prizes! 8 30 p m FREE' 706-850-1916 GAMES: Texas Hold Em (Buffalo's Southwest Caf6) Poker night every Wednesday 18 and up. Sign in at 6 30 p.m. Dealing begins at 7 30 p m FREE! www interstatepokerclub com GAMES: Trivia (Harry's Pig Shop) Nerd wars at Classic City Trivia's “most challenging trivia night in Athens ” Every Wednesday 7:30 p.m FREE' 706-612-9219 Thursday 17 EVENTS: Gala Dinner (UGA Center for Continuing Education) Honoring Tom Camp and the Samaritan Counseling Center of Northeast Georgia. 6:30 p.m. $37.50. 706- 369-7911. www.samaritannega.org EVENTS: iFilms: What Are Dreams? (ACC Library) The lead ing dream researchers invoke a variety of neurological and psycho logical experiments to investigate the world of sleep and dreams in attempt to answer the question: “What are dreams?’ 7 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 EVENTS: Pink Drink Day (Various Locations) Over 20 local bars are getting on board to help promote and benefit Breastfest with pink drink specials. 5 p.m. www.facebook.com/ breastfestathens ART: Gallery Talk (Circle Gallery, UGA College of Environmental Design) Mary Edna Fraser discusses “Our Expanding Oceans.’ a collec tion of batiks depicting shorelines around the globe as they are affected by rising sea levels. 4:30 p.m. FREE! 706-542-8292 PERFORMANCE: The American Liszt Society Bicentennial Festival (UGA Hodgson Hall) Featuring over 60 performers and scholars. Visit website for schedule. Feb. 17-19,9:30 a.m.-8 p.m. 706- 542-3737. www.uga edu/music/ Iisztfest2010 PERFORMANCE: Black Roses (UGA Tate Center, Grand Hall) The Black Theatrical Ensemble presents a night of poetry, music and spoken word about love (or lack thereof) in the spirit of Valentine's Day 7:30 p.m. 770-883-0281, Iauren329@ gmail.com PERFORMANCE: Comedy Night (40 Watt Ciub) TJ Young. Trey Toler and Collin Moullon team up for a night of laughs 8 p m $18 (adv) www40walt.com PERFORMANCE: UGA Symphony Orchestra Concert (UGA Hodgson Hall) Sponsored by the Hugh Hodgson School of Music. 8 p m. 706-542-3737. www music uga edu THEATRE: Ruined (UGA Fine Arts Building) This Pulitzer Prize. Obie and Critic's Choice winning play by Lynn Nottage is set in a brothel in war-torn Congo. Feb 15-19,8 p m Feb 20.2:30 p m. & 8 p m. $7 (stu dents). $10. 706-542-4400, www. drama uga edu/events/boxoffice THEATRE: Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (The Classic Center) Nine- year-old Peter Hatcher struggles with an end-of-the-school-year assignment to write about the most important thing that happened to him during the fourth grade 9:30 & 11:30 a.m. 706-208-0900, www classiccenter.com THEATRE: The Vagina Monologues (UGA Chapel) Project Safe, the Women's Studies Student Organization and UGA Performing Arts present Eve Ensler's award winning play. Tickets available at Frontier. Urban Sanctuary Day Spa and Project Safe Thrift Store. 8 p.m. $15 www.project-safe.org THEATRE: Dancing at Lughnasa (Athens Community Theatre) This haunting play tells the story of five unmarried sisters living in Ireland during the festival of Lughnasa. a celebration for the pagan god of harvest. Feb. 17-20,8 p.m. (Thurs.— Sat), 2 p.m. (Sun.). $12-15. 706-208-8696. www.townandgown- players.org KIDSTUFF: Grossology (ACC Library) Think you can handle a dose of supergross trivia and totally gross hands-on activities? Warning: program not for the faint of heart. 4:30 p.m. 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 Thursday. 2 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Open Craft Hour (Treehouse Kid and Craft) For ages 2-8. Past projects have included puppets, wreaths, mittens and snow flakes. 4 p.m. $10. 706-850-8226 KIDSTUFF: Open Playtirr.a (ACC Library) For children ages 1-3 with their caregivers 10:30 a.m FREE' 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Pajama Rama (Oconee County Library) Evening storytime program Read books, sing songs and enjoy a bedtime snack 7pm FREE' 706-769-3950 KIDSTUFF: Spanish for Kids (Treehouse Kid and Craft) Vocabulary mixed with dance, song, theater, games and other activities. 10am.$10. 706-850-8226 LECTURES & LIT.: Desegregation Lecture (Georgia Museum of Art) Lee Anne Belle of Barnard College presenls "Story Telling tor Social Justice: Connecting Narrative and the Arts in Antiracisl Teaching “ 3 30 p m FREE! 7C5-542-5064. gpow- ell@ugaedu LECTURES & LIT.: University Lecture (Georgia Museum of Art) “Fifty Years Later: Calling Forth Our Ancestors' Courage and Determination to Continue the Quest for Racial Justice,’ pre sented by Frances Kendall, author of Understanding White Privilege. 11a m. FREE! 706-542-2842. jpo® ugaedu MEETINGS: Linux Users Group meeting (UGA Educational Technology Center) Chugalug hosts its monthly meeting. Tonight's pre sentation will be by Doug Heiimann on “An Introduction to the Zen of Python.’ 7 p.m. FREE! www uga.edu/ chugalug GAMES: Beer Pong (Alibi) The clas sic tournament-style game. 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 EVENTS: Screening: Fresh (Cite BarCaf6) Film reflecting a rising movement of communities across America that are re-inventing food systems. A panel will dis cuss “The Social, Economic, and Environmental Benefits of Local Food Systems and the Consumer- citizen’ between screenings of the film. 5 & 7 p.m. $10. alhens.slow- food@gmail com, www.athenscine. com EVENTS: Southern Garden Heritage Conference (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Topics to include historic cemeteries, the Natural landscape Movement before A.J. Downing, plants of the Cherokee and historic trees. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $110. 706-542-1244. www.uga edu/botgarden 18 FLAGPOLE.COM-FEBRUARY 16,2011
