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WHAT'S HAPPENING THIS WEEK
Tuesdays, 5-6 p.m $10 (adv.) $12
(drop-in). 706-410-0283
MEETINGS: Great Decisions
Group Discussion (ACC Library)
Great Decisions is a national civic
education program that intorms par
ticipants about U.S, toreign policy
and global issues. Meets every
Tuesday. 7 p.m FREE' 706-613-
3650. ext. 340
Wednesday 4
EVENTS: Canine Cocktail Hour
(Hotel Indigo. Madison Bar & Bistro
Courtyard) Drink and lood specials
tor 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
ART: 6X6: “The Way Things Go”
(Cin6 BarCafG) Fast, lun and free!
This monthly series of curated video,
sound, performance, and multi-
media works presents six new media
art works, each no longer than six
minutes. This month’s show of video
artworks is co-curated by Lauren
Fancher and Dldi Dunphy. 7 p.m.
FREE! 706-353-3343
ART: Opening Reception
(Town 220) For “Two Women of
Substance,' artwork by Katie Bacon
and Maggie Mize. Live music by
Mark Maxwell. 6-8:30 p.m.
FREE! www.madisonartistsguild.org/
Exhibitions
ART: Tour at Two (Georgia Museum
of Art) Join docents for a tour of
highlights from the permanent col
lection. 2 p.m. FREE! www.georgia-
museum.org
KIDSTUFF: Children's Storytime
(ACC Library) For children ages
18 months to 5 years. Tuesdays &
Wednesdays, 9:30 am. & 10:30 am.
FREE! 706-613-3650
KIDSTUFF: Hooray tor Worms
Storytime (ACC Library) See May
3 Listing. May 4,9:30 & 10:30 am.,
May 5.4:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-
3650
KIDSTUFF: Wildcard Wednesday
for Teens (ACC Library) Up next:
steampunk watch fobs! Create a
decorative ornament to hang off your
pocket watch. For ages 11-18.4
p.m. FREE! 605-613-3650
MEETINGS: “Get Out the Dirt”
(Fire Hall No. 2) Learn the rules and
regulations on erosion and sedimen
tation at construction sites that help
keep dirt and mud out of our streams
and rivers. 7-9 p.m. FREE! oconee@
altamahariverkeeper.org
MEETINGS: GLOBES (UGA Center
for Continuing Education) Monthly
meeting for UGA LGBTQ employees
and allies. 6 p.m. cwjohns@uga.edu
Tuesday 3
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. 4-7 p.m FREE' www
athensfarmersmarket.net
EVENTS: Composting Basics and
Bin Sales (Little Kings Shuffle
Club) Staff from the ACC Recycling
Division. ACC Cooperative
Extension. Keep Athens-Clarke
County Beautiful and the State
Botanical Gardens will be on site to
answer questions. 4-7 p m. FREE!
athensfarmersmarket.net
EVENTS: Wine Dinner (Flight Tapas
and Bar) An Italian five-course meal
paired with wines. Call to reserve a
space. 6:30 p.m. $75.706-549-0200
ART: VCC Lecture (Lamar Dodd
School of Art) “On Rivalry and
Retribution: Sacrifice and Ritual
in the Art of Paul Pfeiffer.' pre
sented by Isabelle Loring Wallace,
is a look at The Four Horsemen
of the Apocalypse, Morning after
the Deluge and Fragment of a
Crucifixion. 5 p.m. FREE! 706-542-
1511
PERFORMANCE: Open TOAD
Comedy (Flicker Theatre & Bar) A
unique open mic experience. The
audience gets to pelt the performers
who go over their six-minute time
limit with foam rocks. Performers
get in FREE! but must sign up by 8
p.m. 8 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/
flickerbar
PERFORMANCE: “Rak the Watt"
(40 Watt Club) Bellydance show. 7
p.m. $5 (adv). www.40watt.com
PERFORMANCE: Spring Band
Concert (Cedar Shoals High
School) In the Larry G. McLure
Auditorium. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.
clarke.k12.ga.us/CedarShoals.cfm
OUTDOORS: Jogging Group for
Moms (St. Gregory the Great) Meet
new moms at this weekly jogging
session. Tuesdays, 9:30-11:30 a.m.
706-552-8554, athensmotherscen-
ter@gmail.com
KIDSTUFF: Children s Storytime
(ACC Library) For children ages
18 months to 5 years. Tuesdays &
Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. & 10:30 am.
FREE! 706-613-3650
KIDSTUFF: Hooray for Worms
Storytime (ACC Library) Celebrate
International Compost Awareness
Week! Storytime will include a
visit from some recycling worms,
a wormy craft and the movie The
Diary of a Worm. Ages 18 months
to 5 years old. May 3 & 4,9:30 &
10:30 a.m„ May 5.4:30 p.m. FREE!
706-613-3650
KIDSTUFF: Kids’ Beginning Art
(Whole: Mind. Body. Art.) Children
are exposed to basic techniques
and encouraged to explore their own
creative ideas. Materials provided
GAMES: Sports Trivia (Beef 0
Brady's) Every Wednesday. Win
house cash and prizes! 8:30 p.m.
FREE! 706-850-1916
GAMES: Texas Hold ‘Em (Buffalo's
Southwest Caf6) Poker night every
Wednesday. 18 and up. Sign in at
6:30 p.m. Dealing begins at 7:30
p.m FREE! www interstatepokerclub.
com
GAMES: Trivia (Copper Creek
Brewing Company) Test your trivia
chops for prizes! Every Wednesday.
9 p.m FREE' 706-546-1102
Thursday 5
EVENTS: Cinco de Mayo with the
Classic City Rollergirls (Fox's
Pizza Den) Come out and mingle
with your favorite ladies of derby. No
knee-pads required. Trivia begins at
7 p.m. 5-9 p.m. www.classiccityrol-
lergirls.com
EVENTS: Compost Tea Party
(State Botanical Garden of Georgia)
Construct a vermi-composting bin to
take home for recycling food scraps.
2- 4 p.m. $36 706-542-6156. www
uga.edu/botgarden
EVENTS: iFilms: Welcome
to Shelbyville (ACC Library)
Sheibyville is just a stone’s throw
away from the birthplace of the KKK,
and its residents must now integrate
a Latino population and Muslim
Somali refugees. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-
613-3650
EVENTS: Network Athens (Hotel
Indigo) A Cinco de Mayo party with
drink specials, networking oppor
tunities and live music provided by
Carl Lindberg Quartet. 6-9 p.m.
FREE! networkathens.com
EVENTS: Taste of the Americas
(Little Kings Shuffle Club) Celebrate
Cinco de Mayo with music, danc
ing and food from a!! over Latin
America. All proceeds support the
Athens Latino Center for Education
and Services. 5-9 p.m. $12-15.
beccara606@gmail.com
EVENTS: “True Cost of Coal"
fThis-Way-Out (T-W-0)) A bike-
in presentation of the Beehive
Collective's visual workshop on
coal power, climate change and
sustainability will be projected
tonight on the wall outside of Ben’s
Bikes. 8:30-10 p.m. FREE! aha
athenshasart@gmail.com. www.
beehivecollective.org
ART: Beehive Design Collective
(This-Way-Out (T-W-O))
AthensHasArt presents “True Cost
of Coal,’ a collaborative mural and
posters by the Beehive Collective.
3- 8 p.m. FREE! aha.athenshasart®
gmail.com, www.beehivecollective.
org
ART: Drawing in the Galleries
(Georgia Museum of Art) Open
hours for visitors to sketch in the
galleries using graphite or colored
pencils. 5-8 p.m. FREE! collardj®
uga.edu
Salvador Dali’s print “Paradiso” is
PERFORMANCE: 40 Acres and
a Stool (Flicker Theatre & Bar)
Comedy 8:30 p.m. www.fiickerthe-
atreandbar.com
PERFORMANCE: Athens Choral
Society 40th Anniversary
Concert (UGA Hodgson Hall)
Featuring Vaughn Williams’
“Serenade to Music," Aaron
Copland’s “Old American Songs."
and an arragement of “How Can I
Keep from Singing’ by Athens’ own
Kevin Kelly. 8 p.m. FREE!
PERFORMANCE: Kyle Kinane
Pre-show (Walker's Coflee & Pub)
A slew of local comedians (Natalie
Glaser. Craig Hoelzer, Robert Hayes.
Drew Dickerson and more) will
get you giggling early before Kyle
Kinane headlines over at Caledonia
Lounge. 7-9 p.m. FREE! 706-543-
1433
PERFORMANCE: Kyle Kinane
(Caledonia Lounge) Kinane. the
voice of Comedy Central, was once
Patton Oswalt's go-to opener until
Patton deemed him “too hard to
follow." Opening the show are Andy
Sandford (Beards of Comedy),
Gilbert Lawand (Comedy Gold). Karl
Hess, Ed Burmila, Mat Lewis and
Dave Stone (Beards of Comedy).
Hosted by Luke Fields. See story on
p. 18.9 p.m. $8(21+), $10(18-20).
www.caledonialounge.com
THEATRE: The Color Purple (The
Classic Center) A soul-stirring
musical based on the Pulitzer Prize
winning novel by Alice Walker and
film by Steven Spielberg. 7:30 p.m.
$15-70. www.classiccenter.com
OUTDOORS: “Butterflies' Their
Host Plants and Conservation”
(State Botanical Garden of Georgia)
Receive seeds and cuttings for na
tive butterfly-friendly plants and
learn techniques for propagating
on
display at the GMOA through June 19.
them. The class includes a field
search for butterflies and an indoor
lab session. 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
$45 706-542-6156, www uga.edu/
botgarden
KIDSTUFF: Babies and Beasties
Series (Sandy Creek Nature Center)
Discover nature through hands-on
activities, hikes and crafts. For
children 18 months to 2 years old
who are accompanied by adults.
Pre-registration required. 10—10:45
a.m. $7. 706-613-3615. www.
athensclarkecounty.com/sandycreek-
naturecenter
KIDSTUFF: Big Kids Only!
Storytime (ACC Library) Children
in 1st-4th grades are invited for sto
ries. 4:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650
KIDSTUFF: Cinco de Mayo
(Oconee County Library) Teens ages
11-17 are invited to enjoy traditional
Mexican food and games 6-8 p.m.
FREE! 706-769-3950
KIDSTUFF: Hooray for Worms
Storytime (ACC Library) See May
3 Listing 4:30 p.m. FREE! 706-
613-3650
Friday 6
EVENTS: Grand Opening (Bidder’s
Buy Auction) Live music with JD
Smith at 6 p.m. followed by an auc
tion of merchandise, new & used
items and collectibles at 7 p.m.
706-742-2205. www.biddersbuyauc-
tions.com
EVENTS: Survivors & Supporters
Cottage Celebration (Nugis
Space) Join The Cottage Sexual
Assualt & Children's Advocacy
Center for food, music, speakers, a
silent auction and raffle prizes. 7-10
p.m. $5. www.northgeorgiacottage.
org
EVENTS: Under the Rainbow
(Diverse Universe) Drag show and
dance party. 11 p.m. $5 facebook.
com/undertherainbow706
ART: BFA Exit Show (Lamar Dodd
School of Art) Closing reception for
the work of 13 emerging artists in
painting and drawing, art education,
ceramics and Art X. 7-9 p.m. FREE!
art.uga.edu
ART: Opening Reception (Flicker
Theatre & Bar) For “Spin the Bottle,’
a collection of works by Grace
Zuniga, Clinton Rickets. Andrew
Burkitt, Dana Peters. Phil Jasen,
Erin Simmons. Jessie Merriam. Jon
Swindler and Taylor Williams. 6-8
p.m. FREE! 706-546-0039
ART: Spring Tour Paint Out and
Auction (Madison-Morgan Cultural
Center) Plein air painters will paint
during the Tour of Homes, then sell
their works during a wine reception
and auction on the lawn. 6-7:30
p.m FREE! www.madisonartists-
guild.org
ART: “Tiny Treasures to Take
Home" (Madison-Morgan Cultural
Center) A “Madison in Miniature' art
show with paintings under 11“x14,’
pottery, jewelry and photography.
10 a.m.-5 p.m FREE! www.madi-
sonartistsguild.org
PERFORMANCE: Athens
Symphony (The Classic Center)
Featuring vibraphone soloist Tony
McCutchen, the program will include
selections by Offenbach, Glazunov.
Rossini. Lehar and Jarnefelt. Begins
at 8 p.m. FREE! www.athenssym-
phony.org
THEATRE: Alice in Wonderland
(Seney-Stovall Chapel) Join Rose
of Athens Theatre for Lewis Carrollls
classic tale, adapted by Ron
Anderson. May 6 & 7,7 p.m. & May
7,1p.m. $10-15.
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