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ART: AHA! Opening Reception (This-Way-Out (T-W-O)) AHA' (AthensHasArt!) presents artwork by Robert Sparrow Jones with music by loca! band Ranch and catering by Sugarbeet Pastry. &-8 p.m. $1 (requested donation), aha.athen- shasart@gmail.com ART: Opening Reception (Lamar Dodd School ot Art. Gallery 101) For June Yong Lee's “Torso Series.’ 7-9 p.m. FREE! wwwart.uga.edu PERFORMANCE: The American Liszt Society Bicentennial Festival (UGA Hodgson Hall) Featuring over 60 pertormers and scholars. Visit website tor schedule. Feb. 17-19,9:30 a.m.-8 p m. 706- 542-3737, www uga edu/music/ Iiszt1est2010 PERFORMANCE: Thomas Hampson (UGA Hodgson Hall) Internationally acclaimed baritone player Hampson has recorded more than 150 albums. His recital will leature the world premiere of a new work by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer William Bolcom. 8 p.m. $20-47. 706-542-4400, www.uga. edu/pac THEATRE: Ruined (UGA Fine Arts Building) This Pulitzer Prize, Obie and Critic's Choice winning play by Lynn Nottage is set in a brothel ip 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/boxottice THEATRE: The Vagina Monologues (UGA Chapel) Project Sale, the Women's Studies Student Organization and UGA Pertorming Arts present Eve Ensler's award winning play. 8 p.m $15. www project-safe org THEATRE: Dancing at Lughnasa (Athens Community Theatre) See Feb 17 Theatre. Feb. 17-20.8 p.m. (Thurs.-Sat.), 2 p.m. (Sun.) $12-15.706-208-8696. www. townandgownplayers.org THEATRE: Live Art: Sweethearts of the Stage (Memorial Park) A collection of classic theatre playbills including The Wedding Singer, Rent, Phantom ot the Opera and Spamalot. Feb. 11.12.18 & 19, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 20.3 pm. $12 (children). $15 (adults). 706-613-3628. www.athen- sclarkecounty.com/leisure OUTDOORS: Owl Prowl (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Learn about and search for owls during an eve ning hike at SCNC. 6:30 p.m. $6. 706-613-3615 KIDSTUFF: Afterhours @ The Library (ACC Library) Teen cof feehouse and open mic. Come sing, dance, play an instrument, read poetry or juggle. Helreshments pro vided. Aqes 11-18.7-9 p.m. FREE 1 706-613-3650 LECTURES & LIT.: IWS Friday Speaker Series (UGA Miller Learning Center. Room 245) The Institute for Women's Studies and Jacqueline Stocker present “How the New Feeling Bore Me Up!: Friendship in Austen.’ 12:20 p.m. FREE! 706-542-2846 LECTURES & LIT.: Open Lines (ATHICA) Readings of original works by local writers and UGA MFA Creative Writing candidates. 7-9 p.m. $3-5 (suggested donation). www.alhica.org LECTURES & LIT.: “Patients of the State: Ethnographic Snapshots of Poor People's Waiting" (UGA Baldwin Hall) Javier Auyero, sociologist and ethnographer from UT-Austin. will discuss his research on the waiting process that people endure when soliciting aid from the state and how this process produces patients, as opposed to citizens, of the Argentinian state. 3.30 p m. FREE! beccara606@gmail.com LECTURES & LIT.: Poetry Reading (Dog Ear Books) Lynn Xu and Michael Tod Edgerton share selections. 7 p.m FREE! www doge- arbooks.com LECTURES & LIT.: “Sacred Ground: Archeology at Camp Lawton" (UGA Miller Learning Center. Room 171) A discussion on recent investigations and new find ings at Camp Lawton, a relatively unknown and recently re-discovered Confederate prison camp operated in 1964.6 p.m. FREE! 706-542-8737 LECTURES & LIT.: Willson Center Cinema Roundtable Discussion (UGA Miller Learning Center. Room 148) Richard Neupert, Theatre and Film Studies at UGA. moderates a panel discussion on The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. 4 p.m. FREE! jdingus@uga edu, www.chauga.edu Saturday 19 EVENTS: African American Film Festival (Lay Park) Screening of The Princess and the Frog and Glory Road. Refreshments provided 1 pm. FREE! 706-613-3569. www. athensclarkecounty.com/leisure EVENTS: Athens Jewish Film Festival (Cine BarCate) Featuring a lineup ot critically acclaimed films that explore the Jewish identity, cul ture and experience. Special guests. Feb 19—23 $9 www athensjff.org EVENTS: Eddy Segars Family Benefit (Alibi) Raffles, door prizes, bands and $7 BBQ plates! 12 p.m. 706-549-1010 EVENTS: India Night (The Classic Center) UGA's Indian Cultural Exchange presents an evening of dance, theatre and performances showcasing Indian culture. 7 p.m. ugaindianight2011@gmail.com EVENTS: Peace. Love and Chocolate (Holy Cross Lutheran Church) The Meridian Women's Chorus performs hit songs from the '60s and 70s followed by a post- Valentine's chocolate dessert least. 4 p.m. 706-548-3329 EVENTS: Taste 10K (Athens City Hall) 10K race and 1-mile family walk/run event to benefit Community Connection of Northeast Georgia. Register online. Feb. 19,8 a.m. www.taste10k.org EVENTS: Total You 2011: Northeast GA Women's Expo (The Classic Center) The ultimate spa party for ’total’ women features relaxing massages and manicures, eye-opening fat analyses and skin care assessments, cutting-edge fashion shows, challenging new exercise and dance demos and more. 10 am.- 4 p.m. $5 (adults). FREE! (ages 12 & under), www. totalyouexpo.com EVENTS: ugaMiracle Dance Marathon (UGA Tate Center. Grand Hall) 24-hour-long marathon filled with concerts, games and food benefiting Children's Healthcare of Atlanta through Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. 10 a m. www. ugamiracle.org ART: 36th Annual “Fireside" Craft and Art Show (Unicoi State Park and Lodge) Shake off the winter chill with an indoor craft show! Traditional folk crafts such as baskets, pottery and woodcarvings will be balanced with contemporary arts such as oils, acrylic and watercolor paintings, jewelry and sculpture. 10 am-5 p.m. $5.800-573-9659. ext. 305. www.gastateparks.org ART: Gallery Show (Georgia Piedmont Arts Center) This month’s theme: “Radically Red.’ Feb. 19. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Feb. 20,12-5 p.m. FREE! www georgiapiedmontartscen- ter.com ► continued on next page mtaoSi SHOW YOUR SUPPORT BY WEARING 05) TO THE.,* www.athensbusinessrocksfcom ATHENS BCTESSjROGKS CHSft A mif=t latin cuisine • tapas bar EARLY WEEK LUNCH SPECIAL BUY ANY TWO LUNCH ENTREES FOR ONLY Valid Mon-Wed 11:30am-3pm Sunday Brunch 1 1:30am-3pm Sun-Thurs 1 1:30am-10pm • Fri & Sat 1 1:30am-1 1pm Downtown at the corner of Hull & Clayton Streets 706.227,4444 Check out our website for events & specials wwwcasamiatapqs.com Restaurant “The Food is Our Reputation" For a Limited Time Only Happy Hour Alt Oay Lony! 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