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r-oit* UAUNDR Y **!£$*/ay s ^ LET US DO YOUR LAUNDRY WHILE AT YOU'RE AT WORK OR PLAY. Schedule your service with Frank 770-891-6437 FREE PICK-UP AND DELIVERY IS AVAILABLE. 85 cents per pound / Quilts $10 each / Ironing $1 each With 9 Remote surveillance cameras & Up to 801b washers! Wednesday Special - From 12am-12pm (ALL WASHERS 50 CENTS LESS) Monday & Thursday Special - From 12am-6pm (ALL WASHERS 50 CENTS LESS) OPEN 24 HOURS & WIRELESS INTERNET AVAILABLE m 2026 S. Milledge Ave. Athens, GA 30651 770-891-6437 (Next to Bulldawgs Pizza) 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. 8 FLAGPOLE.COM-AUGUST 10,2011
