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THE CALENDAR!
Apr 17.3pm $10(students),$15
706-542-8579
PERFORMANCE: Stations ol the
Cross (Friendship Presbyterian
Church) A cantana by Kevin Kelly
based on early American shape-note
hymns 4 pm. FREE' 706-542-2712
THEATRE: Hamlet (UGA Fine Arts
Building) Shakespeare's tragedy.
Hamlet, explores treason, incest,
murder and revenge Apr 14-16 &
20-22,8 p.m., Apr 17 & 23.2:30
p m $12 (students). $15 www
drama uga/edu
THEATRE: Honk! (Oconee County
Civic Center) Honk! i s based on
Hans Christian Anoersen's story.
“The Ugly Duckling * Presented by
Oconee Youth Playhouse. Friday
& Saturday, 7 p.m. & Sunday, 2
pm. $12-16. www oypoysp.com/
playhouse
THEATRE: Little Shop ol 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,
3 p m. & Sunday. 2 p.m. $15-18
706-208-8696. www.townandgown-
ptayers org
OUTDOORS: Community Garden
Network Workday (Various
Locations) Community gardens
are springing up all over Athens!
Volunteers are needed for various
gardening projects. All ages and
experience levels welcome. 2-5
p.m 706-613-0122. kaleOathen-
slandtrust.org. www athensgreenfesl.
com
LECTURES & LIT.: Writers
Meetup (Hendershot's Coffee Bar)
Informal amateur writers meetup for
poetry and prose help and critques.
Bring some written work to share.
2.30—3:30 p.m. FREE! kvwphoto®
gmail.com
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GAMES: Trivia (Buffalos Southwest
Caf6) Weekly Trivia! 7 p.m. FREE!
706-354-6655
Monday 18
EVENTS: Cafe Apollinaire (Cine
BarCate) Presented by the Georgia
Fine Arts Academy. The Frank
Ruzicka and Frederick Bornhauser
awards wHI be presented. Readings
from works by Blaise Cendrars, KiKi
and Gertrude Stein will follow. 7
p.m. FREE' 706-353-7377
EVENTS: Home Runs for
Hometown Rivals (UGA Foley
Field) A baseball game to raise
money tor the Clarke County Special
Olympics program 6 pm. 404-403-
2071. shookar@comcast.net
EVENTS: Shag Night (The Rialto
Room) Free dance lessons from
Carolina Shag expert Bonnie Hicks
Every Monday. 6-7 p m. (lessons).
7-10 pm. (open dance). FREE!
PERFORMANCE: Recital (UGA
Ramsey Concert Hall) Adam Smith,
oboe, at 3 35 p.m and the Faculty
Brass Quintet at 8 p m. 706-542-
3737. www music uga.edu
PERFORMANCE: Recitals (Edge
Recital Hall) Adri’anna Woiaver
(harp) and Jonathan Taylor Beeland
(bass) at 3.35 p m. Layla Edwards
(voice), Christina Choi (flute) and
Kate Ritchie (piano) at 5 p.m.,
Andrew Horrigam (trumpet) at 6:30
p.m. and Joseph Brent (double
bass) at 8 pm. 706-542-3737, www
music.ugaedu
KIDSTUFF: Bedtime Stories (ACC
Library) Snuggle in your jammies
and listen to stories. Every Monday.
7 pm. FREE! 706-613-3650
KIDSTUFF: Book Babies (Oconee
County Library) Special storytime
for young readers up to 23 months.
Stories, songs. nurse r y rhymes,
bouncing, cuddling and playtime.
1030 am. FREE' 706-769-3950
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 reg
istration required 8 30 a m -12 p m.
FREE! 706-542-4077. www uga edu/
safespace
GAMES: Team Trivia (Beef O'
Brady's) Every Monday night Win
house cash and prizes! 8 30 p m.
FREE! 706-850-1916
GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern)
Think you know it all? 8 p m 706-
548-3442
GAMES: Trivia (Highwire) Every
Monday! 8-10 p m www.highwire-
lounge.com
Tuesday 19
EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market
(Little Kings Shuffle Club) Check out
the afternoon market in its conve
nient downtown location! Buy fresh,
locally grown organic produce,
locally crafted goods and freshly
baked breads. Now accepting EBT
cards 4-7 p m. FREE' wwwathens-
farmersmarket.net
EVENTS: Documentary Film
Screening (Flicker Theatre & Bar)
Independent America: The Two Lane
Search lor Mom & Pop follows
the journey of two filmmakers as
they travel 13,000 miles through
32 states in search of independent
businesses. Introduction by Chris
Blackmon of We Are Athens &
ATLAS Real Estate Advisors. 7-9
p.m. athensbuylocal@gmail.com
PERFORMANCE: Performance
(UGA Ramsey Concert Hall) UGA
Contemporary Chamber Ensemble.
8 p.m. 706-542-3737. www music,
uga edu
Friday, April 15
Ween
40 Watt Club
Dearrand Gene Ween
formed their pseudo-
eponymous duo nearly
three decades ago in
their hometown of New
Hope, PA. Owing an
obvious debt to Sparks,
and a less obvious debt
to just about everyone
else in the history of
pop music, their wild,
unpredictable genre
hopping—not just from album to album, but from song to song—makes them virtually
impossible to pigeonhole. From Beatles-esque psych-pop to prog rock to metal to coun
try to funk to R&B to mariachi to Afro-Cuban to... well, you get the idea; they've tossed
nearly every possible permutation of popular music into their personal musical centri
fuge, added dollops of bitingly smart satire and gleefully dumb toilet humor in equal
measure and come out the other side with several polished gems of albums.
Transcending parody to legitimate pastiche. Ween has become beloved in a wide range
of musical circles by virtue of the band's ability to skewer them all with equal integrity
(or lack thereof). The group's notoriously scatterbrained early albums like The Pod, Pure
Guava and Chocolate and Cheese lack even a semblance of direction and were at least
partially inspired by the band's penchant for inhaling Scotchgard.
Even more focused later efforts—like 12 Golden Country Greats and nautically themed
record The Mollusk— showcase a variety of styles within Ween's vague frameworks, and
the band's most recent album, Cucaracha, only proves that its commitment to being non
committal is still a viable genre unto itself.
By the time one works through Ween's full catalogue, it becomes apparent that noth
ing's sacred and that a less talented act could never get away with this many songs
about poop and child molestation and still be taken seriously.
Where Ween truly succeeds is in its innate ability to let its rabid fanbase in on the
joke. The group pushes the boundaries of taste to remind us that music, no matter how
inappropriate, can't really hurt anyone, and thus the joke is only at the expense of those
who fell to get it. [David Fitzgerald] \
PERFORMANCE: Recital (Edge
Recital Hall) Kelsey Fredriksen,
voice, and Daniel Forknre, piano,
at 3 30 p.m.. Jack Walker on saxo
phone at 5 p.m, Trombone Studio
at 6:30 p.m. and Meghan Louise
Taylor, voice, at 8 p m. 706-542-
3737. www music uga edu
KIDSTUFF: Kids’ Beginning Art
(Whole. Mind. Body. Art.) Children
are exposed to basic techiniques
and encouraged to explore their own
creative ideas Materials provided.
Tuesdays. 5-6 p.m. $10 (adv.) $12
(drop-in). 706-410-0283
KIDSTUFF: Preschool & Toddler
Storytime (Madison County
Library) Includes stories. Imger-
puppet plays, songs and crafts for
literacy-based tun. 9 30 & 10:30
a m. FREE! 706-795-5597
KIDSTUFF: Storylime (Oconee
County Library) Enjoy a morning of
stories, songs and crafts For kids
ages 2-5 and their caregivers. 10 &
11 am. FREE! 706-769-3950 •
LECTURES & LIT.: “Dire Forecast:
The Impact of Climate Change
on Crime" (UGA Miller Learning
Center, Room 481) Robert Agnew,
Emory, will draw on crime theories
and research to discuss the potential
impact of climate change on crime.
2 pm. FREE! 706-542-7079. mari-
ana@uga.edu
LECTURES & LIT.: Earth Day
Celebration: “The Writer and
Social Responsibility” (State
Botanical Garden of Georgia) Barry
Lopez, National Book Award-winning
author, gives a lecture. 7 p m. $4
(students), $8.706-542-3481. www
thegeorgiareview.com
LECTURES & LIT.: Ecology
Seminar (UGA Ecology Building)
Tom Near. Yale University, presents
“Patterns of Diversification in
Continental Distributed Freshwate»
Fishes.’ 4 pm. FREE! ecology.
uga.edu
LECTURES & LIT.: Educational
Workshop (Athens Community
Council on Aging) Do you want to
contact your legislators but don’t
know where to start? 12-1 p m. 706-
549-4850. wwwaecaging org
LECTURES & LIT.: PLACE
Book Club (Dog Ear Books) A
discussion about Deeply Rooted:
Unconventional Farmers in the
Age ol Agribusiness by Lisa M.
Hamilton 7pm FREE!706-818-
0976
MEETINGS: Athens Rock and Gem
Club (Friendship Christian Church)
After a short business meeting. Dan
Williams of the Wamell School of
Forestry will present “Rocks of the
Piedmont * 7:30 p m.f REE 1 706-
549-8082
GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill
& Pub) All three Athens locations
ol Locos Grill and Pub (Westside,
Eastside and Harris St.) feature
trivia night every Tuesday. 8:30 p m.
FREE'www locosgrill com
* Advance Tickets Available
LIVE MUSIC
Tuesday 12
The Bad Manor
9 p.m. FREE! www thebadmanor com
GUITARTENDER Singer/songwriters
play acoustic jams.
Caledonia Lounge
9:30 p.m $5 (2h). $7(18+). www
caledonialounge.com
DIERZ EVE Pre-heat your bass drum
to 160 bpm and turn up the distor
tion pedals for this local three-piece
metal act.
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217 Hiawassee Ave. • 706-353-G847
DAVID W. GRIFFETHfl
Attorney
announces the relocation of his law office
to Downtown in the Fred Building
220 College Ave. Ste. 612,
Athens, Georgia
(706) 353-1360
(former location 957 Baxter St)
Admitted to the Bar of the United States
Supreme Court since 1976*
•And lesser courts
Specializing in
Criminal: DUI. Drug Cases, Under-Age Possession and more.
Civil: Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Ctiminal Defense,
Credit Card/Debt Relief and more.
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