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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.
MEETINGS: Safe Space Training
(UGA Memorial Hall. Room 238)
Interactive workshop to raise aware
ness and knowledge of LGBT issues
and to suggest ways to serve as an
ally to LGBT individuals. Online
registration required. 8:30 a.m-12
p m FREE! 706-542-4077. safe@
Awake My Soul, a documentary that explores the traditions of Sacred Harp singing, is at Cine on Thursday, Feb. 24.
Tuesday 22
EVENTS: Athens Jewish Film
Festival (Cin6 BarCafG) Featuring
a lineup ol critically acclaimed films
that explore the Jewish identity, cul
ture and experience. Special guests
include filmmakers and academics.
Feb. 22 & 23 $9. wwwathensjff.org
EVENTS: Big One Challenge (Fox’s
Pizza Den) Eating competition to
benefit UGA Relay for Life. The
first 48 contestants to register from
Twitter with “foxspizzaoconee’ will
get a 30' pizza for their team. 6:30
pm. $5 (suggested donation), www.
BigOneChallenge.com
EVENTS: “Glory Bound: A Voyage
Through the Underground
Railroad” (UGA Reed Quad) A
guided interactive tour of a mock-
up of the Underground Railroad
Attendees will experience the voyage
as if they were slaves in search ol
freedom. 6-S p.m. FREE! 706-542-
3753
EVENTS: Screening: Donald L.
Hollowell: Foot Soldier for
Equal Justice (Georgia Center)
Film about Hollowell’s service as
lead counsel in the Holmes case, his
legal victory that won the release ol
Rev Martin Luther King, Jr., from
prison and his effective defense of a
15-year-old black youth sentenced
to Georgia's electric chair. 7 p.m.
706-542-1222, emwi@uga.edu
EVENTS: Screening: The Whale
Warrior (UGA Miller Learning
Center) Film exploring the career of
militant marine conservationist Paul
Watson and his attempts to stop
hunters from slaughtering whales.
Part of the Animal Voices Film
Festival. 7:30 p.m. FREE! www.uga.
edu/sos/filmfest
EVENTS: Dmilry Trakovsky (UGA
Park Hall) The Germanic and Slavic
Studies Department hosts docu
mentary filmmaker Trakovsky and
screens his award-winning film.
Meeting Andrei Tarkovsky. 7 p.m.
FREE! www.trakovskyfilm.com
PERFORMANCE: Bawling Comedy
Showcase (Bailey's American
Tavern) A stellar stand-up comedy
open mic featuring some ol the best
up-and-coming comdians from all
over. 9 p.m. $3. 706-543-7170,
www. bawl ingcomedy.com
PERFORMANCE: UGA Wind
Symphony (UGA Hodgson Hall)
Presented by the Hugh Hodgson
School of Music. 8 p.m. 706-542-
3737, www.music.uga.edu
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: Exploring Craft
(Treehouse Kid and Craft) For chil
dren 6 & under. Accompanied by a
story or puppet show 10 a.m. $10
706-850-8226, www.treehouseki-
dandcraft.com
KIDSTUFF: Kids' Beginning Art
(Whole: Mind Body Art) Children
are exposed to basic techiniques and
encouraged to be creative. Materials
orovided. Tuesdays. 5-6 p.m. $10
(adv.) $12 (drop-in). 706-410-0283
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: Read to Rover (Oconee
County Library) Readers in grades
1-4 are invited to bring their favorite
book and read aloud to a certified
therapy dog Trainer always present
First come, first served. 3:30-4:30
p m FREE! 706-613-3650
KIDSTUFF: Recycled Arts (Whole
Mind. Body. Art.) Kids are invited
to explore thier creativity through
art projects where found objects
are transformed into art pieces.
Tuesdays. 3:45-4:45 p.m. $10 (adv.)
$12 (drop-in).
LECTURES & LIT.: Brown Bag
Lunch (ACC Library) Martha
Phillips, retired from the UGA
School of Law, will discuss the
basics for writing your first novel.
Feel free lo bring a lunch to this
45-minute program 12:15 p.m.
FREE! 706-613-3650
LECTURES & LIT.: “Building
an Effective Climate Change
Coalition for Athens” (UGA
Ecology Building) Panel discussion
with local environmental activ
ists. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-202-7802.
richrusk@charter.net
LECTURES & LIT.: Ecology
Seminar (UGA Ecology Building)
Kristen L. Navara discusses
“Hormone-mediated Sex Ratio
Adjustment in Birds: Physiological
Mechanisms and Adaptive
Implications." 4 p.m. FREE! www.
ecology.uga.edu
LECTURES & UT.:."Global
Diseases: Voices from the
Vanguard Lecture" (UGA
Chapel) “Parasite vs. Mosquito in
the Jungles ol Papua New Guinea."
presented by parasitologist Bruce
Christensen. 5:30 p.m. 706-542-
5038, murrayd@uga.edu
LECTURES & LIT.: Don Moseley
(Borders Books & Music) Original
founder of Habitat for Humanity
and co-founder of Jubilee Partners,
Moseley will discuss his new book,
Faith Beyond Borders: Doing Justice
in a Dangerous World, focusing on
the current crisis in North Korea. 7
p.m. FREE! 706-583-8647
LECTURES & LIT.: Eileen Myles
(UGA Park Hall) Professor Emeritus
of Writing at UC San Diego and
Shelley Prize winner Myles speaks
at a coffee hour and Q&A session.
10:30 a.m. www.eileenmyles.com
LECTURES & LIT.: Visiting Artist
and Scholar Series Lecture
(UGA Lamar Dodd School of Art
Galleries. S151) David Humphrey,
Spring Lamar Dodd Prolessorial
Chair. 5:30 p.m. 706-542-0116
ugaedu
GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill
& Pub) All three Athens locations
ol Locos Grill and Pub (Westside,
Eastside. nd 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 pm. www myspace.
com/llickerbar
Wednesday 23
EVENTS: Athens Jewish Film
Festival (Cin6 BarCate) Featuring
a lineup of critically acclaimed films
that explore the Jewish identity, cul
ture and experience Special guests
include filmmakers and academics.
Feb. 22 & 23. $9. www athensjff.org
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: Friends of the Library
Winter Book Sale (Perimeter
Square) Annual book sale with thou
sands of titles available. Feb. 23,
6-8 p.m., Feb. 24 & 25,11 a.m-8
p.m.. Feb. 26,10 a.m.-2 pm. FREE!
706-613-3650 ext. 344
EVENTS: Georgia Theatre
Session Beer Dinner (The
Melting Point) A four-course meal
paired with Terrapin's Georgia
Theatre Session beers. A portion ol
the proceeds benefit the Theatre. 6
p.m. $50. www.meltingpointathens.
com
EVENTS: GSPHE Vigil and Rally
(UGA Arch) Join concerned students
and community members in support
of better funding for K-12 and high
er education in Georgia. 4:30-5:30
p.m. FREE! www.georgiasludents.org
PERFORMANCE: Faculty Solo
Recital Series (UGA Ramsey
Conceit Hall) Harpist Monica
Hargrave performs. 8 p.m. FREE!
(students). $5. 706-542-3737.
mouiharp2@aol.com
PERFORMANCE: Recital (UGA
Ramsey Concert Hall) Bart Walters,
saxophone. 6 p.m. FREE! 706-542-
3737, www music.uga.edu
KIDSTUFF: Children’s Storytime
(ACC Library) For children ages
18 months to 5 years. Tuesdays &
Wednesdays, 9:30 am. & 10:30 am.
FREE! 706-513-3650
LECTURES & LIT.: "Breaking the
Gender Barrier" (UGA Miller
Learning Center, Room 213) A look
at the 30-year struggle for women to
be admitted to UGA. 3:35 p.m. FREE!
706-542-4849
LECTURES & LIT.: Exit Seminar
(UGA Life Sciences Building)
“RNase Activity in Escherichia Coli
and the Role of RNA Processing in
Gene Expression," sponsored by
the Department of Genetics. 4 p.m.
FREE! whites@uga.edu
LECTURES & LIT.: Oconee
Democrats Book Group (Taco
Stand) Discussing Incidents in
the Lite of a Slave Girl by Harriet
Jacobs. 7 p.m. FREE! patricia.
pr'est@yahoo.com
LECTURES & LIT.: Tolstoy’s Three
Deaths: Fact, Fiction and Film
(UGA Miller Learning Center. Room
248) A discussion of Tolstoy's short
story ‘Three Deaths" (1859). William
Nickell's book The Death of Tolstoy
and the film The Last Station. 4
p.m. FREE! 706-542-3663, pettik@
ugaedu
LECTURES & LIT.: “Western
Greeks and Their Neighbors”
(UGA Miller Learning Center. Room
248) Discussion on the various
aspects of Western Greek art with a
particular focus on their sources ol
influence and artistic exchange. 7:30
p.m. FREE! jcook@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) Learn about the
creation of Daughters for Change
and meet the founders. 7:30-8:30
p.m. FREE! 404-751-6838
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.rr. FREE!
yeorgiastudents.org
GAMES: Dart League and Pool
Tournament (Alibi) Meet up with
other sharp-shooters. FREE! 706-
549-1010
GAMES: Sports Trivia (Beet O'
Brady's) Every Wednesday. Win
house cash and prizes! 8:30 p.m.
FREE! 706-850-1916
GAMES: Texas Hold 'Em (Buffalo's
Southwest Cafe) Poker night every
Wednesday. 18 and up. Sign in at
6:30 p.m. Dealing begins at 7:30
pm. 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 24
EVENTS: Friends of the Library
Winter Book Sale (Perimeter
Square) Annual book sale with thou
sands of titles available. Feb. 23.
6-8 p.m.. Feb. 24 & 25,11 a.m.-8
p m.. Feb. 26,10a.m.-2 p.m. FREE!
706-613-3650 ext. 344
EVENTS: iFilms: The Wind
Journeys (ACC Library) The story
of Ignacio Carrillo, an accordion
player, and a spirited teenaged
named Firmin who traverse the vast
terrain of Colombia and discover the
musical diversity of Caribbean cul
ture. 6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650
EVENTS: “Screening: Awake,
My Soul: The Story of the
Sacred Harp " (Cini BarCafe) A
documentary film presented by the
Athens Area Shape-note Singers.
The screening will be followed by a
Q&A with filmmakers Matt and Erica
Hinton and an introductory lesson
on shape-note singing with area
singers. 7 p.m. $5 (suggested dona
tion). www awakemysoul.com
EVENTS: Wine Tasting (Aromas) A
casual blind tasting event. You taste
and rate, then 5 Points Bottle Shop
will tally, score and feature the top
favorite bottles in their shop. 6-8
p.m. $10 (8 wines). 706-543-6989
EVENTS: Wine Tasting (La Dolce
Vita) French and Italian selections
with light appetizers in conjunction
with ABC Package & Northeast Sales
Distributing. 6-8 p.m. $20.706-
353-3911
ART: Drawing in the Galleries
(Georgia Museum ol Art) Open
hours for visitors to sketch in the
galleries using graphite or colored
pencils. 5-8 p.m. FREE! collardj®
uga.edu
PERFORMANCE: Charlie Albright
(Performing Arts Center) This
21-year-old pianist has performed
with such legends as cellist Yo-Yo
Ma. He is the Artist in Residence for
Harvard University's Leverett House.
8 p.m. $25, FREE! (UGA students
with a valid UGA ID). 706-542-4400
PERFORMANCE: Comedy Night
(New Earth Music Hall) Local co
median Matt Gilbert teams up with
Doug Stanhope, a comedian known
for his vulgar and honest storytell
ing. 8 p.m $15. www.newearthmu-
sichall.com
PERFORMANCE: Inspired to Be
Free (Morton Theatre) Students ol
the East Athens Educational Dance
Center perform tap. ballet, jazz,
modern and hip-hop dance selec
tions. Feb. 24.9:30 & 11:30a m,
Feb. 25 & Feb. 26,7 p m.. Feb 27.
3 p.m $10 (adv). $12 www.mor-
tontheatre.com
PERFORMANCE: Music Therapy
Musicale (Edge Recital Hall)
Sponsored by the Hugh Hodgson
School of Music. 8 p.m 706-542-
3737, www music uga.fcu'i
KIDSTUFF: Homeschoolers
Chapter Book Review (Madison
County Library) Elementary schoci-
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: Spanish for Kids
(Treehouse Kid and Craft)
Vocabulary mixed with dance, song,
theater, es and other activities
10 a.m. $10. 706-850-8226
LECTURES & LIT.: Georgia
Colloquium in 18th and 19th
Century Literature (UGA Park
Hall. Room 265) Discussion on
Foucault's work on sexuality and
madness in 18th-century Britain.
4:30 p.m. FREE! www.cencl.uga edu
LECTURES & LIT.: Lecture and
Book Signing (GMOA) Peter
Wood, author of Near Andersonville:
Winslow Homer's Civil War. 5 p.m.
FREE! collardj@uga.edu
LECTURES & LIT.: “Natural Law,
God and Human Dignity” (UGA
Chapel) Robert George of Princeton
University discusses law, politics
and bioethics. 4 p.m. FREE! mus-
tard@1erry.uga.edu
MEETINGS: Clarke County
Democ:atic Meeting (Clarke
County Courthouse, Grand Jury
Room) Elections for Democratic
Party of Georgia State Committee
members to represent Clarke
County. 6 p.m. FREE! 706-202-7515
Friday 25
EVENTS: Friends of the Library
Winter Book Sale (Perimeter
Square) Annual book sale with thou
sands of titles available. Feb. 23,
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