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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 Sunday. Apr. 17 continued from p. 31 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. > continued on next page White Tiger Gourmet BII.IIRCERS. VEGETARIAN Outdoor Seating *BY0B Open Tucs-Sat liam-3pm. G-8pm 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. %] www.DavidWGriffeth.com ffpl FULL MOON STUDIO m an ink* tor voting ftTHEIW FAVORITE! Come check out our legendary recording studio! Past clients include REM, Drivin N Cryin, Pride Parade, Betsy Franck, Soul Miner’s Daughter, Dave Schools,“ • Five-Eight and many more! 10 School Street in Downtown Watkinsville 706.769.4100 APRIL 13,2011 FLAGPOLE.COM 33
