About Flagpole. (Athens, Ga.) 1987-current | View Entire Issue (April 13, 2011)
Tuesday 12 EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market {Little Kings Shuttle Club) Check out the altemoon market in its conve nient downtown location* Buy fresh, locally grown organic produce, locally crafted goods and freshly baked breads. 4-7 p.m. FREE* www athensfarmersmarket net EVENTS: AthFeast (Various Locations) Oine at selected restau rants and a portion of the proceeds will support AthFest Educates. Breakfast Mama's Boy. Lunch: Mama's Boy. DePalma's Downtown, Buffalo's Southwest Cafe Dinner: DePalma's Downtown. Speakeasy. Cine & The National dinner and movie combo. Buffalo's Southwest Cafe wwwathfest com/education ** EVENTS: Boybutante Drag Search and Karaoke (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Come out and lip-sync your way to drag stardom! 8 p m. $5. www boybutante org EVENTS: Drafts & Laughs (The Pub at Gameday) Five beers, live comics, five bucks 9 p m. 706-353-2831 EVENTS: Sustainability Film Series: FueliCzH for location. UGA Creswell Hall) A film about the connections between the auto indus try, oil industry and the government as well as alternative energies such as solar, wind, electricity and non food-based biofuels 7 p.m. FREE! jeizenst@uga.edu LECTURES & LIT.: Solar Power Pcnel Discussion (UGA Ecology Building) Topics include homegrown electricity, jobs from solar power and renewable energy solutions. Mayor Nancy Denson will open (he discus sion. 7 p.m. FREE! ecologyuga.edu LECTURES & LIT.: VOX Reading Series (Cine BarCate) Presented by the UGA Creative Writing Program, featuring the works of poels Stacey Lynn Brown and Jennifer Denrow 8 p.m. FREE! www athenscine.com MEETINGS: Great Decisions Group Discussion (ACC Library) Great Decisions is a national civic education program that informs par ticipants about U S. foreign policy and global issues. Meets every Tuesday 7 p.m. FREE! 706-613- 3650. ext. 340 GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) All three Athens locations of Locos Grill and Pub (Weslside. Eastside and Karris SI.) feature trivia night every Tuesday. 8 30 p m. FREE! www.locosgrill.com Wednesday 13 EVENTS: Boybutante Bingo (The Melting Point) Sophia LoRent hosts a lively evening of fun and prizes as part of the Boybutante week celebration. All proceeds benefit AIDS Athens. 8 p.m. $5-10. www boybutante.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: Dance Dance Party Party (Rubber Soul Yoga Revolution Studio) A ladies-only freestyle dance session. 9-10 p m. Donation based athensddpp@gmail.com, www dancedancepartyparty.com EVENTS: Gender Neutral Ballroom Dancing (UGA Memorial Hall) Learn ballroom dancing with your friends from instructor Emily Ferrari. Sponsored by the LGBT Resource Center. 6 p m FREE! tstevens.r3ndb@gmail.com ART: Tour at Two (Georgia Museum of Art) Highlights from the perma nent collection. 2-3 p.m FREE! www georgiamuseum.org PERFORMANCE: Doctoral Recital (UGA Ramsey Concert Hal!) Bart Walter, saxophone. C pm. 706- 542-3737, www music.uga edu PERFORMANCE: Recital (Edge Recital Hall) Michael Davis and Scotty Allen on violin. 5 p.m. 706- 542-3737, www.music uga edu THEATRE: Improv Athens (UGA Fine Arts Building. Balcony Theatre) Troupe performs sketch improv for a live audience. 8 p m. FREE! 706- 583-0045 KIDSTUFF: Preschool & Toddler Storytime (Madison County Library) Includes stories, finger- puppet plays, songs and crafts for literacy-based fun. 9:30 & 10:30 a m FREE! 706-795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Read to Rover (ACC Library) Beginning readers in grades 1-4 read aloud to an aid dog Trainer always present. 3 30-4:30 p m. FREE* 706-769-3950 KIDSTUFF: Storytime (Oconee County Library) Enjoy a morning of stories, songs and crafts. For kids ages 2-5 and their caregivers. 10 & 11am. FREE! 706-769-3950 KIDSTUFF: Wildcard Wednesday for Teens (ACC Library) Make a bohemian bracelet or anklet for spring.Forages 11-18 4p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 LECTURES & LIT.: APERO Africans Brown Bag Lecture (UGA Tate Center. Room 481) Christopher Sieving presents '1973 and the Future of Black Hollywood.* 12:15 p.m. FREE! fsgiles@uga.edu LECTURES & LIT.: “The Human Continuum: Determining the Value ol Human Life (UGA Tate Center. Room 480) Antionetle Duck, an attorney and pro-life speaker, will discuss the point at which we be come human and how we determine the value ol human life. 6 p.m. FREE! sfluga@gmail.com LECTURES & LIT.: Lecture (UGA Aderbold. Room G23) ‘Examining How Sporting Practices in Trinidad- Tobago Informed a Visitng Professor on Issues of Power, Colonialism and the Maintenance ol Western Hegemony.* 12 p m FREE! wil- lardl@uga.edu LECTURES & LIT.: “What Isn't Religion" (UGA Caldwell Hall. 204 or 304) Presented by Kevin Scbilbrack of Western Carolina University. 3:30 p.m. FREE* reli- gior@ugaedu GAMES: Sports Trivia (Beef O' Brady's) Every Wednesday. Win house cash and prizes! 8 30 p.m FREE! 706-850-1916 GAMES: Texas Hold ‘Em (Buffalols Southwest Cate) Poker night every Wednesday. 18 and up. Sign in at 6 30 p m. Begins a! 7:30 p.m. FREE! www interstafepokerclub com GAMES: Trivia (Copper Creek Brewing Company) Tfest your trivia chops for prizes' Evjry Wednesday. 9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-1102 Thursday 14 EVENTS: Guitar Art Show & Memorabilia Auction (The Rialto Room) An evening of hors d’oeuvres. drinks and live music from Kyshona Armstrong and The Artie Ball Swing Band. Items up for auction include a range of amazing, painted guitars by artists Jeff Hannan, Wilma. Wes Freed, Lou Kregel. John Gholson, Jamie Calkin and more, plus items autographed by Colt Ford, Kenny Rogers. Kris Kristofferson and more. Proceeds benefit Nuci's Space 6 p.m. $20 (VIP), 7 p.m. $10. www.nuci.org EVENTS: Hee Haw Concert on the Lawn (Ashford Manor) Lots of line dancing, good ole' country music. BBQ and two-stepping. 6 p.m. $10. www boy jutante org EVENTS: (Films: Pretty Bird[ACC Library) When three eccentric. ' wotrfd-be inventors get together to launch a rockel belt company, they put everything on the line in a crazy quest to reach the heights of suc cess. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 EVENTS: Mr. and Ms. Latin UGA Pageant (UGA Chapel) Contestants compete for the title through three rounds consisting of a cultural, tal ent ard questioniare round. 7 p.m, $5 (students), $7. ita delta alpha© gmail.com ART: “Dali and the Surrealists: An Introduction" (Georgia Museum ol Art) Lynn Boland will provide a brief history of (he Surrealist movement and an over view ol Dali's art. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org PERFORMANCE: Masters Recital (UGA Ramsay Concert Hall) Vincent Adkins, percussion. 6 p.m. 706- 542-3737, www music.uga.edu PERFORMANCE: Masters Recital (Edge Recital Hall) Asher Payne, voice. 6 30pm 706-542-3737. www.music.uga.edu 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. John O’Connor's work ‘Lottery Grid" is on display at ATHICA through May 29. PERFORMANCE: Recitals (UGA Hodgson Hall) Clarrissa Duncan and Christopher Altinger on saxophone at 3 p.m. and Serena Lai and Kaitlyn Davidson on piano at 5 p.m 706- 542-3737. www music uga.edu PERFORMANCE: Spring Oance Concert (UGA Dance Building) Premiering staged work by Jacques Heim, artistic director ol Diavolo Dance Theatre. Apr. 14-16,8 p m. & Apr. 17.3 p.m. $10 (students). $15 706-542-8579 PERFORMANCE: UGA Wind Ensemble (UGA Hodgson Hall) 'Looking Bach" features J.S Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor and Leonard Bernstein's Dances from Wes/ Side Story 8 p.m. $7 (stu dents). $15. 706-542-3737, www. music uga edu THEATRE: Hamlet (UGA Fine Aits Building) Shakespeare's tragedy. Hamlet, explores treason, incest, murder and revenge. Apr. 14-16 & 20-22,8 p.m, Apr 17 & 23.230 pm. $12 (students). $15 www drama, uga/edu THEATRE: Little Shop of Horrors (Town and Gown Players) A floral assistant becomes an overnight sen sation when he discovers an exotic plant with a mysterious craving for fresh blood. Thursday-Saturday. 8 p.m. & Sunday, 2 p.m. $15-18. 706-208-8696. www townandgown- players.org KIDSTUFF: Anime Night (Oconee County Library) Teens ages 11-17 are invited to enjoy popcorn, bever ages and an anime movie! 6-8 o m. FREE! 706-769-3950 KIDSTUFF: OCAF Summer Art Camp Preview (Oconee County Library) Get a sample ol OCAFS summer programs full of artistic activities. For ages 5-12.4 30 p.m. 706-769-3950 LECTURES & LIT.: Book Signing (UGA Miller Learning Center. Room 348) Dr Wit! Tuttle, author ot The World Peace Diet, explores the profound cultural and spiritual ramifications ol our food choices along with impacts on our health and environment. 7 p m FREE* www ugaedu/sos LECTURES & LIT.: Comparative Literature Lecture (UGA Joe Brown Hall, Room 220)’*Fellowship. Trust and Knowledge: Poetic Performances of Friendship in Late Medieval China.* presented by Anna Shields 4pm FREE! 706-542-2140 MEETINGS: On-site Stormwater Management Class (Georgia Center) Learn to update and upgrade the applied skills ol landscape architects and other related profes sionals in stormwater management 8a m.-4 p.m. www athensgreenfest com Friday 15 EVENTS: Free Speech and Hearing Screenings (Call for lo cation. UGA) A screening of speech, language, voice, resonance, fluency and hearing is available for adults and children 3 & older. Call for an appointment. 9 am-12:30 p m. FREE! 706-542-4559 EVENTS: GreenFest Awards Ceremony (UGA Ecology Building) Reception and awards ceremony honoring everyone who has made a positive impact on the environment of Athens-Clarke County. 5:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3512 EVENTS: Ladies Zumba Night (Whole: Mind. Body. Art.) Dinner, then door prizes, then dancing, oh my! Space is limited; call lo register 7-10 p.m. $20 (adv.) $25 (drop-in). 706-410*0283. www.wholemind- bodyartcom EVENTS: National Day ot Silence (UGA Arch) Students across the nation take some form of a vow of silence lo call attention to the silencing effect of anti-LGBT harass ment. Rally and march followed by a vigil on North Campus 7:30 p m sam610@uga.edu EVENTS: Relay tor Life (UGA Intramural Fields) More than 2.000 ■participants walk to remember loved ones lost to cancer, celebrate survivors and light back against the disease 7 p.m. $10. FREE* (ages 12 & under) www uga edu/relay EVENTS: Under the Rainbow (Diverse Universe) Drag show and d3nce party, 10 p.m. $5. facebook. com/undertherainbow706 ART: Opening Reception (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) For 'Open Spaces,* a senes of landscapes by Greg Benson. Benson's aft-folk band Between Naybor* and songwriter Sean Arington will perform 8-10 pm. FREE! ART: Opening Reception (Trace Gallery) For “The Beast Within.’ a collection ol ceramics by Ron Meyers and pastels by Rich Panico. 7-9 p m. FREE! 706-549-6877 ART: Opening Reception (Madison* Morgan Cultural Center) For Ten,’ a collection of mixed-media works by 10 contemporary Georgia artists ART: Opening Reception (Circle Gallery, UGA College of Environmental Design) For "Windows to Charlie’s World,* a collection of works by landscape architect Charlie Godfrey 3-4 p m. FREE! www.ced.uga edu ART: Opening Reception (This- Way-Out (T-W-0)) For site-specific installations by Audra Rich and ► continued on next page APRIL 13,2011 FLAGPOLE.COM 29
