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flagpole Five Points Bottle Shop ^BEER_ WINE "" LIQUOg___ciGARS I COME SEE WHY WE WERE VOTED ..V.; ,>7' ATHENS’ FAVORITE PLACE TO BUY BEER and Wine Seminars • Full Bar • Desserts Craft Beers On Draft Cheese Plates Coffee & Cocktails THANK YOU FOR VOTING US ATHENS’ FAVORITE WINE SELECTION (RESTAURANT / BAR) 1235 S. MlLLEDGE AVE • 706-208-0059 WWW.AROMASWINEBAR.COM 1655 S. LUMPKIN ST. 706-543-6989 Don't Forget to visit our 6rowler & Home Brow St ATHENS’ FAVORITE PLACE TO BUY WINE! 3685 ATL. HWY. -316-2337 3687 Atlanta Highway • 706-316-2369 Located Behind Five Points Bottle Westside GET YOUR ATH TOGETHER Help Japan from Afar: Wednesday, Apr. 20, several restaurants and at least 50 bars have agreed to donate 10 percent of their receipts to the Save the Children Fund, which benefits victims of the recent disaster in Japan. RPM owner and event organizer Shawn Marsh says, "We did a lot of research and concluded that this charity was efficient, and children are affected tremendously by events such as this." Ask your server or bar tender if his or her establishment is partici pating, or look up the Facebook group "Athens United For Japan" for many more details and 2 list of participants. Unity in the Community: Global Youth Service Day is the largest service day in the world, with over 100 countries and six continents participating, and HandsOn Northeast Georgia is making sure Athens doesn't get left out. HandsOn has set up a host of opportuni ties for Athens' locals to take part in volunteer activities Friday, Apr. 15 through Sunday, Apr. 17. The weekend's theme is "Grow Unity in the Community: Go Green for Global Youth Service Day!" Over 400 of Athens' young people will participate, ages five to 25, in activi ties that have been identified by local high school students as com munity needs. Students planned service projects fol lowing environmental themes such as school clean-ups, protecting local watersheds, plant ing flowers and working in community gardens. Plus, there will be youth performances, com munity art projects, and a Books for Keeps book drive soliciting donations of new and used kids' books that will be given to chil dren before school lets out so that they can continue to exercise their minds in the sum mertime. The weekend wraps up with a com munity celebration Sunday from 4-5:30 p.m. at Lay Park Community Center. HandsOn also encourages parents, guardians and mentors to get involved in this weekend of community service. For more information about projects and to register, go to www.handsonnortheast georgia.org or call (706) 353-1313, ext. 230. Just for the Record: Saturday, Apr. 16 is offi cially (and internationally!) Record Store Day. In a digital world, this is a hallmark day to purchase tangible vinyl records from our bad-Ath local stores. Wuxtry Records is celebrating, as previously mentioned in Threats and Promises Feb. 2, by putting out a vinyl-gnly compilation LP with songs from R.E.M., Elf Power, David Barbe and Hug Abuse, among many others and by having Madeline, Michael Guthire Band (etc., see Calendar) play in-store. Schoolkids Records will be offering limited-edition vinyl for sale. And Low Yo Yo Stuff has put together a series of events on the west end of Washington Street that Includes live music at Flicker all afternoon beginning at 2 p.m., plus music trivia and giveaways of records, CDs and stick ers. They will continue celebrating into the night at MAX with one-dollar Terrapins and performances by Already Taken (Atlanta teen agers—-including two of B-52 Cindy Wilson's children), Mr. Falcon, The HEAP and the Lefty Hathaway Band. Record Store Day even has its own website: www.recordstoreday.com. Fashion Bug in Athens: If your appetite for style wasn't satisfied by the Athens Fashion Collective's Apr. 9 show, next week is perfect for you: the first Athens Fashion Week is taking place Apr. 20-22. A $25 all-access day pass gets you into the main event at the Classic Center Wednesday, Apr. 20. The men's fashion show will include local design ers Bacon Handmade Neckwear and Otter Bay Company, in addition to several national brands. Local designer Judith March will debut her never-before-seen fall line of gameday attire, according to Fashion Week P.R. Chair Nicole McClellan, and there's also a Victoria's Secret show featuring the company's spring 2011 swimsuit collection. If Bravo TV's "Real Housewives of Atlanta" is your thing, you'll have a chance to meet a couple of those ladies at two special events. Phaedra Parks will host "Sip & See," a high-tea brunch at 11 a.m. Wednesday; then at 7 p.m. Thursday, you can head on over to Foundry Park Inn, where Kim Zolciax will make an appearance as hostess of "Cocktails and Couture for a Cause," which will feature a silent auction. Friday's event at Foundry is a dinner called "8ling Out Breast Cancer," fol lowed by another silent auction. Proceeds from the Fashion Week events benefit the Georgia 4-H Foundation, Bikers Battling Breast Cancer and Bundles of Joy, a nonprofit that assists premature infants and their families. For a complete schedule and to purchase tickets, go to www.athensfashion week.com. A Funnies Fest!: The Fluke Comics Festival folks are excited to be putting on their 10th anniversary show 11 a.m.-6 p.m Saturday, Apr. 23 at the 40 Watt Club. For $2, you can enter the mini-comics festival and receive a free Fluke Comics Anthology, and for $8 you can have your own exhibition table, available on a first-come-first-served basis. Expected to draw at least 250 people, the festival is a place for convention attendees to talk about ideas for mini-comics, 'zines and other independent publications. For more information, go to www.flukeathens.com. Nicole Cashin misc@flagpole.com Attendees at last year’s Fluke Comics Festival browse display tables. The festi val returns Saturday, Apr. 23 at the 40 Watt. 20 FLAGPOLE.COM APRIL 13,2011 ROBERT NEWSOME
