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GET YOUR ATH TOGETHER
Athens Is a Dancing Machine: Almost every
night of the week in Athens, you can find
someplace different to wear your dancing
shoes—and there are enough DJs to play
something for everyone in town. Show off
your moves to '80s music at 8e's and '90s hits
at 9d's, or break it down at the Athens 2 Ibiza
party every Tuesday at The Loft. One of my
favorite DJs is Feral Youth, AKA Chris Howe,
who frequents Bad Manor and The Loft and
plays electronic house, dub and his own mash-
ups and remixes of top-40 hits. His dance
parties will make you feel like you're out at
a European night club. Feral Youth has been
working on a music video, so if you go on the
right night, maybe you'll get a cameo.
Then, there's the popular DJ Mahogany,
AKA Mark Weathersby, who's always showing
the love around town. Over the next couple
of weeks, Mahogany will be spinning tracks
Saturday, Aug. 13 at Little Kings and Saturday,
Aug. 20 at Go Bar. Mahogany is an Athens
staple who takes us back in time and describes
the tunes he spins as "songs
that can make people feel
good and have a good time.
Tunes that no matter how
old you are or what walk of
life you're from, just make
you wanna dance and feel
good. I usually use CDs,
45s and cassingles." Don't
forget to tune in to his new
radio show on WUOG 90.5
FM, "Flowers in the Attic,"
Saturday evenings from 6-8
p.m., when he spins tunes
from his personal collection.
It is the perfect show to put
you in a fabulous mood for
Saturday night.
Gourmet, Vintage, Rock:
The 40 Watt club is kicking
off the school year with a
blow-out Rock Block Party
Saturday, Aug. 13, a free
day-long event that will
feature all kinds of Athens
goodness. Starting at 1 p.m.,
there will be an extravaganza
of gourmet food trucks:
King of Pops popsicles, 1000
Faces coffee, Farm Cart and
LaFonda Dogs. While munch
ing on deliciousness, you can
also do your back-to-school
wardrobe shopping at the vintage tables set
up inside the 40 Watt from local businesses:
Agora, Community, Dynamite, Southern Vision,
Low Yo Yo Stuff, Cillies and Ohh Boy! And if
that's not enough to prepare you for the influx
of students and back-to-coolness, then you
can round out the day with a free show at 9
p.m. with Sunny 100, Twin Tigers, Tedo Stone
and Monahan.
Turtle School: Now that school's back in ses
sion, our favorite philanthropic, turtle-touting
Terrapin Brewery has quite a few happen
ings—and if you haven't been to the brewery
yet, this would be a great time to go. You
can take a break from the Rock Block Party
Saturday, Aug. 13 to go to Terrapin's Back to
School Bash from 5:30-8:30 p.m., presented
by Pig Pen Studio and featuring the Eric Dodd
Band, Crane and Southside of the Tracks.
The following Saturday, Aug. 20, AthFest
and UGA's Music Business Program have put
together the AthFest Turtle Jam, with local
bands Bodega Roja, Chromazone and Juice
Box. The tour starts at 5:30 p.m., and live
music begins at 6 p.m. For $12, you will be
supporting AthFest's music education programs
in our schools and receive a Terrapin pint
glass—and White Tiger will have a food cart
set up, featuring its famous BBQ, hot dogs
and tofu dogs for the vegetarians.
At both events, you'll receive eight tickets
to try eight pours of the classic and seasonal
beers Terrapin offers. For more on Terrapin,
check out the brewery for yourself or go to
www.terrapinbeer.com.
Buzz at the Bee, Help Athens Literacy: The
non-profit Athens-Clarke Literacy Council
is holding its sixth Spirited Spelling
Spectacular, a grown-up spelling bee, at
Hotel Indigo's Rialto Room on Sunday, Aug.
21 from 3-5 p.m. Tickets are available for $5
in advance at www.athensliteracy.org or $10
at the door. In addition to the spelling bee,
over 100 items will be up for sale in a silent
auction, including artwork, UGA parapherna
lia and gift certificates to various spas and
salons. Plus, the event will have a cash bar
and hors d'ouevres donated from local restau
rants. Doc Eldridge will be the "pronouncer" of
words—and the judges are the Athens judicial
system's actual judges.
Fifteen teams are signed up to spell; go
online to check out the competitors, and
donate money to your favorite. The bee's pro
ceeds will aid the ACLC, whose mission is to
promote and support adult literacy and learn
ing opportunities in Athens. Among its many
services, it provides community volunteer
training for working with adult students to
prepare for the GRE and offers GED and post
secondary scholarships to adults. For more
info, call (706) 254-9877 or email info@ath-
ensliteracy.org.
Nicole Cashin miscellany@flagpole.com
DJ Mahogany spins at Little Kings Aug. 13 and Go Bar Aug. 20.
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