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PacKway Handle Band plays the Wild Rumpus III Halloween Bash at the Georgia Theatre on Saturday, Oct. 29.
GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern.
Broad SI.) Think you know it all?
Wednesdays. 8 30 p m 706-548-
3442
GAMES: Trivia (Copper Creek
Brewing Company) Test your trivia
chops for prizes' Every Wednesday.
9pm FREE'706-546-1102
GAMES: Trivia (Willy's Mexicana
Grill) Every Wednesday 8-10 p m
FREE' 706-548-1920
Thursday 27
EVENTS: ACCA Dance Fundraiser
(Buffalo’s Southwest Cate) Boogie
woogie for the Athens Clarke
Council on Aging at their annual
dance fundraiser 6-10 p.m. $10
(adv), $12 (door). 706-354-6655
9 EVENTS: The Monster Ball
(Little Kings Shuffle Club) Come
in your best Lady Gaga-inspired
Halloween costume for a high-
energy drag show with hosts Diego
and Extasy Great music and a raffle!
10 30 p m $5 www myspace com/
littlekingsshuffleclub
9 EVENTS: Zombie Hipster 3rd
Anniversary Party (RPM) Drink
specials for zombies Don't have a
costume’ They'll zombify you at the
bar Music provided by DJ Winston
Parker. 10 p m FREE'706-543-
0428
ART: Fiber Arts Group (Whole
Mind Body Art) Bring in your
own knitting, crochet or other fiber
arts protect for assistance Every
Thursday 6-8 p.m. Donations ac
cepted 706-424-0195, www whole
mindbodyart com
ART: Opening Reception
(Madison-Morgan Cultural Center)
For “Scapes,' an exhibition of land
scapes, cityscapes and seascapes
by Steffen Thomas 6-8 p m. FREE'
www mmcc-arts org
ART: Stretch a Canvas Workshop
(The Loft Art Supplies) Learn how to
stretch and prime your own canvas
Registration required 6-8 p.m. $10
706-548-5334
PERFORMANCE: Fall Band
Concert (Cedar Shoals High
School) In the Larry G McLure
Auditorium Donations welcome for
the Sugar Bowl trip 6 30 p m FREE 1
www clarke k12 ga us/CedarShoals
cfm
OUTDOORS: Circle of Hikers
(State Botanical Garden of Georgia)
Exercise your mind and body every
Thursday morning with nature hikes
and readings from nature-inspired
stories and poems 9 a m FREE'
706-542-6156, wwwuga.edu/
botgarden
9 KIDSTUFF: “Spooktacular"
Carnival (Lay Park) A costume
contest, Halloween-themed games
and more for ages 5-12 6-8 p.m.
$3 (ACC residents). $5 www athen-
sclarkecounty.com/lay
9 KIDSTUFF: Halloween
Carnival (Memorial Park) Take a
haunted trick-or-treat tour of Bear
Hollow Zoo. then stop by the festive
carnival for games, music, prizes,
lace painting, cupcake walks and
costume contests. For ages 2-12.
5-8 p m $4. wwwathensclarke-
county com/memorial
KIDSTUFF: Homeschoolers
Chapter Book Review (Madison
County Library) Elementary school-
age homeschoolers gather at the
library to read a book together and
talk about it. Every Thursday 2 p.m.
FREE! 706-795-5597
KIDSTUFF: Pajama Storytime
(Ma'dison County Library) Snuggle
in your jammies with your lavorite
stuffed animal and listen to bedtime
stories Light snack provided. All
ages 7 p.m FREE! 706-795-5597
KIDSTUFF: Read to Rover (Oconee
County Library) Readers in grades
K-5 are invited to bring their favorite
book and read aloud to a certified
therapy dog Trainer always present
First come, first served 3 30-4 30
p m FREE' 706-769-3950
KIDSTUFF: Teen Book Club (East
Athens Community Center) Ages
10-14 Every Thursday 4 30-5 30
p m FREE' www athensclarkecounty
com/leisure
9 KIDSTUFF: Teen Halloween
Party (East Athens Community
Center) includes refreshments. DJ
and dancing Ages 13-18 6-8 p m
S2 706-613-3593.
MEETINGS: Clarke County
Democratic Meeting (Clarke
County Courthouse) Meeting in the
Grand Jury Room 6 pm. FREE!
706-202-7515
GAMES: “Drink While You Think”
(Gnat's Landing) Trivia every
Thursday! 7-9 p m www gnatsland-
ing net
Friday 28
EVENTS: Free IT Athens (Athens
Institute for Contemporary Art
(ATHICA). 160 Tracy St.. #4) Free IT
Athens will be celebrating its sixth
year with an annual meeting open
to the public All those interested in
computer recycling and closing the
digital divide should attend 7 p m
FREE! www.freeitathens.org
9 EVENTS: Grotesque Burlesque
(Go Bar) Witness the most hor
ribly sexy acts by eldritch dancers
and dark variety acts 10 p m. $3
GoBurlesque@gmail com
9 EVENTS: Watkinsville Ghost
Tours (Eagle Tavern) Spooky tours
guided by host Melissa Piche. who
will share ghoulish tales from the
past and present. 8 p m. Through
Nov. 5. $12. www.northgeorgiatours.
net
9 ART: Opening Reception
(Flicker Theatre & Bar) For a
Halloween-themed art show featur
ing the works of Cindy Jerrell. Missy
Kulik, Patrick Dean, Ruth Allen.
Matty Goldstein, Peter Loose and
eight other local artists. 7-10 p.m.
FREE! 706-546-0039
9 PERFORMANCE: Magic Show
(Caledonia Lounge) Magicians
Kevin O'Neil and the Fabulous
Franceschini will wow you with
their Halloween-style trickery in be
tween bands. “Monsters. Magic and
Music.'10 p.m. $7 (21+). $9(18+).
www.caledonialounge.com
KIDSTUFF: Books & Bites
(Madison County Library) Eat pizza
and read! For teens only. No library
voice required. 8-10 p.m. FREE!
706-795-5597
9 KIDSTUFF: Family Halloween
Dance Party (Whole: Mind. Body.
Art.) Show off those costumes and
dance before the Wild Rumpus
Parade Crafts also available.
6 30-8:30 p.m. FREE! (Donations
accepted) www wholemindbodyart.
com
KIDSTUFF: Kids’ Radio Play
Project (Treehouse Kid and Craft)
Bring a noise maker or musical
instrument to compose a story line
and practice parts for a radio play
project to be performed live on
WUOG 90.5 FM on Nov. 18 3-4
p m FREE! egretion@gmail com
KIDSTUFF: Noise-Making and
Skit-Writing (Treehouse Kid and
Craft) UGA'sWUOG 90.5 FM is
teaming up with TreeHouse Kid
and Craft to produce a radio play
protect to be broadcast every Friday
from 3-4 p.m. Any interested kids
are invited to come and bring any
noise making/musical instruments.
Practices will be held on Nov. 4 &
11 Performance on Nov. 18.3-4
pm. FREE! egretion@gmail.com
KIDSTUFF: Preschool & Toddler
Storytime (Madison County
Library) Includes stories, finger-
puppet plays, songs and crafts for
9 indicates Halloween-themed events
pm $5(2cards).$10(5cards),
www boybutante org
EVENTS: Canine Cocktail Hour
(Hotel Indigo, Madison Bar & Bistro
Courtyard) Drink and food specials
for you and your (well-behaved,
non-aggressive, vaccinated) dog 1
This week salty dogs and grey
hounds. Every Wednesday 5-7 p m
www indigoathens com
EVENTS: CineClub Panel
Discussion (Cin6) UGA professors
and industry professionals speak
about how to acquire music rights
for film and the creative side of how
sound designers incorporate music
into their films Panel includes Nate
Kohn, Bertis Downs, Jennifer Smith
Dan Nettles and Mark Jordan 6pm
FREE 1 wwwathenscine.com
EVENTS: Mooseyard Farmers
Market (Locos Grill & Pub, Harris
St location) Buy fresh local veggies,
meals, honey, eggs, crafts, candles
and soaps 5-8 p m 706-548-7803
EVENTS: Sustainability Fair (UGA
Tate Center) Free bike tune-ups, dis
counts on sustainable items at the
UGA bookstore and live music from
Modern Skirts 11 am-130pm.
FREE' www sustainability uga edu
EVENTS: UGA Authors' Reception
(UGA Bookstore) A meet-and-greet
with faculty and staff authors Light
refreshments provided 3 p.m FREE'
706-542-6382
ART: Drawing in the Galleries
(Georgia Museum of Art) Open
hours lor visitors to sketch in the
galleries using graphite or colored
pencils 5-8 p m FREE' www geor-
giamuseum org
ART: Opening Reception (Lamar
Dodd School of Art) For the third
Annual Juried Student Show in art
galleries 101 and 307 7pm FREE'
www art uga edu
9 PERFORMANCE: Schtick or
Treat (Flicker Theatre) Local co
medians perform as their favorite
famous comedian Featuring Ed
Burmila as Bill Hicks. Luke Fields
as Zach Galitianakis. Paige Bowman
as Aziz Ansari. Jake Duvall as
Andrew Dice Clay. Nate Mitchell as
Emo Phillips, Matt Gilbert as Bob
Ducca and Craig Hoelzer as Louis
C K Hosted by Kathy Griffin (Gabe
Synan) FREE' www llickertheatre-
andbar com
THEATRE: The Game (UGA
Memorial Hall. Ballroom) A pro
duction by the Black Theatrical
Ensemble that comically explores
what it means to be a black male
athlete at UGA Pizza at 7 30 p.m 8
p m $3 $2 (students) morglyles@
gmailcom
9 KIDSTUFF: Children's
Halloween Carnival (East Athens
Community Center) Featuring
games, activities, face painting,
scary stories and a haunted house
Grades K-5 5-6:30 p m $3 706-
613-3593
KIDSTUFF: Storytime (Barnes and
Noble Cate) Every Wednesday and
Saturday. 11-11 30 a m FREE! 706-
354-1195
KIDSTUFF: Storytime (Oconee
County Library) Enjoy a morning of
stories, songs and crafts For kids
ages 2-5 and their caregivers 10 &
11 a m FREE' 706-769-3950
KIDSTUFF: Toddler Storytime
(ACC Library) For children ages
18 months to 5 years Tuesdays &
Wednesdays. 9 30 & 10 30 a m
FREE' 706-613-3650
9 KIDSTUFF: Wildcard
Wednesday for Teens (ACC
Library) Up next Troll Horns! Show
a bit ol your inner monster by paint
ing and wearing some troll horns
Ages 11-18 4-5 p m FREE' 706-
613-3650
KIDSTUFF: ZumbAtomic for Kids
(Whole Mind Body Art) Fast-
foward fusion of Zumba designed to
let kids max out on fun and fitness'
Mondays & Wednesdays, 6 30-7 30
p m $6 706-424-0195. www
wholemindbodyart.com
LECTURES & LIT.: 33rd Annual
McGill Lecture (UGA Miller
Learning Center. Rm 101) Speaker
Jan Schaffer, executive director of
J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive
Learning 4 p.m FREE! 706-542-
5038
LECTURES & LIT.: APERO Brown
Bag Lecture (UGA Memorial
Hall) Mark C Dawkins of fhe Terry
College of Business presents.
“Smart and Easy Investment for
Retirement—You Can Do lt!“ Feel
free to bring a lunch 12:15 p m
FREE! www uga edu/iws
LECTURES & LIT.: Environment
and Design Lecture (UGA Miller
Learning Center, Room 148) Speaker
Mary Means, founder of the national
Mam Street program Reception
to follow 5 p m FREE'www ced
uga edu
LECTURES & LIT.: Immigration
and Education Forum (UGA Tate
Center, Room 481) “Undocumented
and Unwelcome ” Stories of how
Georgia's immigration laws and
practuces are affecting undocu
mented immigrant students 5 30
p m FREE' ipio@uga.edu
LECTURES & LIT.: Sustainability
Forum (UGA Chapel) A keynote
address from conservationist
Rutherford Seydel followed by a
panel discussion titled “Where Do
We Go From Here?* 2-4 p m FREE'
www sustainabi'ity.uga edu
GAMES: Sports Trivia (Beel O'
Brady's) Every Wednesday Win
house cash and prizes! 8:30 p m
FREE' 706-850-1916
GAMES: Texas Hold ‘Em (Buffalo's
Southwest Cate) Poker night every
Wednesday 18 and up Sign in at
6.30 p m. Dealing begins at 7:30
p m FREE 1 www.interstatepokerclub
com
EVENTS: Bad Movie Night (Cine
Bar Cafe) A masked and wisecrack
ing vigilante seeks revenge on
backwoods morons in the no-budget
slasher Nail Gun Massacre. 8 p m
FREE! wwwathenscinecom
9 EVENTS: Boobutante Bingo
(The Melting Point) Great Bingo
called out by fantastically funny
drag queens Tons of insane prizes
Proceeds benefit AIDS Athens 8
Tuesday 25
EVENTS: Louder Than a Bomb
(Madison-Morgan Cultural Center)
Part ol the Southern Circuit of
Independent Filmmakers Includes
screening, a post-screening discus
sion with directors Greg Jacob and
“ Jon Siskel, and a reception 7pm
$5 www mmcc-arts org
EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market
(Little Kings Shuffle Club) Buy fresh,
locally grown organic produce,
locally crafted goods and freshly
baked breads 4-7 p m FREE' www
athensfarmersmarket net
EVENTS: Dance Dance Party
Party (Whole Mind Body Art) A
ladies-only freestyle dance session
Every Tuesday 7 30-8 30 p m $6
www wholemindbodyart com
PERFORMANCE: Berlin
Philharmonic Wind Quintet
(UGA Hodgson Hall) The world-
class classical ensemble performs
works by Anton Reicha. Gyorgy
Ligeti. Andre Jolivet and Claude-
Paul Tatfanel The concert will be re
corded for American Public Media's
“Performance Today “ 8 p m $37.
UGA student tickets discounted
706-542-4400
LECTURES & LIT.: VOXtravaganza
(Cine Bar Cafe) Poetry reading with
poets Dorothea Lasky, Travis Nichols
and Monica Fambrough 7 30 p m
FREE' www cineathens com
LECTURES & LIT.: Women
Writing Their Lives (Chase Street
Warehouses) Our Circle focuses on
narrative therapy and memoir Every
Tuesday through November 6-7 15
p m $60 (4 weeks), $100 (8 weeks)
thektp@gmail com. www holding-
womanspace com
GAMES: Flicker Poker Night
(Flicker Theatre & Bar) Last Tuesday
of every month' 8 30 p m www
myspace com/flickerbar
GAMES: Locos Trivia (Lccos Grill
& Pub) All three Athens locations
of Locos Grill and Pub (Westside.
Eastside and Harris St) leature
trivia night every Tuesday 8 30 p m
FREE' wwwlocosgrill com
GAMES: Trivia (Shanes Rib Shack
Eastside) Every Tuesday' 7 p rn
706-543-0050 College Station
location
Wednesday 26
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