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WHAT'S HAPPENING THIS WEEK
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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
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