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The Tehalkovsky Ballet Theatre performs Romeo and Juliet at UGA’s Fine Arts Theatre on Tuesday, Jan. 17 &
Wednesday, Jan 18.
Itestay 17
ART: Art Lecture (Lyndon House Arts
Center) Art Rosenbaum presents an
evening of story and song detail
ing The Role of Jewish Americans
in American Folk Music and Folk
Music Revival." 7 p.m. FREE! www.
clarke.public.lib.ga. us
PERFORMANCE: Open TOAD
Comedy (Flicker Theatre & 8ar) 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/
fiickerbar
OUTDOORS: Street Hockey (No
Location Specified) Pick-up games.
All levels welcome. No equipment
necessary. 6:30 p.m. athensfloor-
hockey@gmail.com
LECTURES & LIT.: Sotting to
Know Your iPad (PeachMac)
Learn how to maximize iPad ca
pabilities. 5-6 p.m. FREE! www.
peachmac.com
MEETINGS: Alzheimer's
Caregiver Luncheon Program
(Bentley Center) The Athens Area
Alzheimer's Support Group meets
the third Tuesday of every month
for educational programs and a
free lunch. RSVP required. 12 p.m.
FREE! 706*549-4850, eanfhony©
accaging.org
MEETINGS: Athens Rock and
Gem Club (Friendship Christian
Church) After a short business meet
ing, a "Show and Tell." 7:30 p.m.
FREE! 706-549-8082
GASHES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill
& Pub) All three Athens locations
of Locos Grill and Pub (Westside,
Eastside and Harris St) feature trivia
night every Tuesday. 8 pm FREE!
www.locosgrill.com
GAMES: Trivia (Shane's Rib Shack,
College Station) Every Tuesday! 7
p.m 796-543-0050
GAMES: Trivia (Change's Asian
Kitchen) Learn facts, eat noodles.
Every Tuesday. 7:30 p.m REE! 706-
546-0015
GAMES: Trivia with a TWist
(JohnnyS New York Style Pizza)
Throw a lime in your Coors
Light and compete! Tuesdays &
Thursdays, 7:30-9:30 p.]n. 706-
354-1515
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EVENTS: Wine Tasting (Hilltop
Grille) ABC Package and Atlanta
Wholesale Wine present wine selec
tions from Chile, Argentina and
California. 6-7:30 p.m $10.706-
353-7667
ART: Ufa Drawing Open S&dio
(Lamar Dodd School of Art, Rrns.
S370 and S380) Ages 18 and up.
5:30-8:30 p.m. scienlificiliustra-
. tionclub@gmail.com
ART: Tear at Two (Georgia Museum
of Art) Meet docents in the lobby for
a tour of highlights from the perma
nent collection. 2 p.m. REE! www.
georgiamuseum.org
KiDSTUFF: Crawlers’ Playgroup
(Full Bloom Center) For sitting and
scooting babies and their parents.
10 am. $3.706^353-3373, www.
fullbloomparent.com
KiDSTUFF: Full Bloom Storytime
(Full Bloom Center) Interactive sto
rytime led by local storytellers who
love reading to children. Open to all
ages. 4 p.m. $3 suggested dontfion.
706-353-3373, www.fullbloompar-
ent.com
KiDSTUFF: Karate Demo Class
(Oconee County Library) For ages
3 & up. 3:30 p.m. REE! 706-769-
3950
KIDSTUFF: Preschool & Toddler
Stcrytlme (Madison County
Library) Includes stories, finger-
puppet plays, songs and crafts tor
literacy-based fun for the kiddies.
For ages 2-5.10:30 am FREE*
KIDSTUFF: Storytime (Oconee
County Library) Enjoy a morning of
stories, songs and crafts. For kids
ages 2-5 and their caregivers. 10 &
11a.m. REE! 706-769-3950
KiDSTUFF: Toddler Storytime
(ACC Library) For children ages
18 months to 5 years. Tuesdays &
Wednesdays, 9:30 & 10:30 am.
FREE! 706-613-3650
KIDSTUFF: Wildcard Wednesday
lor Teens (ACC Library) Up Next
Game Day! Play one of file library's
or bring your favorite from home to
share. Ages 11-48.4 pm FREE!
706-813-3650
LECTURES 4 LIT.: Climate
Change Lecture (UGA Miller
Learning Center, Room 214) UGA
Ecology Professor James Porter
presents "The Effects of Climate
Change on Georgia: Past Trends and
Future Scenarios." 12:15 pm REE!
706-354-0321. See Calendar Pick
on p. 21.
GAMES: Sports Trivia (Beef O'
Bradyls) Test your sports knowledge
with the other armchair jocks every
Wednesday night. 8:30 pm REB
706-850-1916
GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern)
Know it all? Wednesdays, 8 p.m.
(Baldwin St. location), 8:30 p.m.
(Broad St location). 706-548-3442
GAMES: Trivia (Copper Creek
Brewing Company) Test your trivia
chops for prizes! Every Wednesday.
9 p.m. REB 706-546-1102
GAMES: Trivia (Mellow Mushroom)
Every Wednesday. 8 p.m. FREE!
706-613-0892
GAMES: Trivia (Willy’s Mexicans
Grill) Trivia with a DJ! Every
Wednesday. 8-10 pm REB 706-
548-1920
GAMES: Trivia (Your Pie, 5 Points)
Open your pie-hole tor a chance to
win! Every Wednesday. 7:30 p.m.
FREB www.yourple.com
Series: The Agony and the
Ecstasy (Georgia Museum of Art)
The life of the artist Michelangelo
Buonarotti and his tenuous relation
ship with his patron, Pope Julius II.
7 pm. REB www.georgiamuseum.
com
EVENTS: New Student Karate
Bonanza (Athens Yoshukai Karate)
Demonstrations and orientation for
new students at Athens Yoshukai
Karate. 7:30 p.m. FREB www.ath-
ensy.com
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! www.geor-
giamus8um.org
ART: Opening Reception (Hotel
Indigo) For "Drawn: from Athens,"
a collection of drawings by 11 local
artists, and Michael Olivers "Look
for Light* in the hotel's glasscube.
6:30-8:30 p.m. FREE! www.ho-
telindigo '
OUTDOORS: Street Hockey (No
Location Specified) Pick-up games.
Ail levels welcome. No equipment
necessary. 6:30 p.m. athensfloor-
hockey@gmail.cwn •
KiDSTUFF: Baby Music Jam (ACC
library) Children ages 1-3 and their
caregivers play instruments, sing
and danc8 together! 10:30 a.m.
FREE! 706-613-3650
KIDSTUFF: Homeschooiere
Chapter Book Review (Madison
County Library) Elementary school-
age homeschoolers gather at the
library to read and discuss a book
together. Every Thursday. 2 p.m.
REB 706-795-5597
KIDSTUFF: Information Session
(First Baptist Church of Athens)
Meet the teachers and experience a
typical day for a preschooler. 7 p.m.
REB 706-248-3526
LECTURES & UT.: Avid Poetry
Series (Avid Bookshop) Joshua
Ware and Jeff Alessandrelli share
excerpts from recent works. 6:30-8
pm FREE! avid.athens@gmail.com
LECTURES & UT.: Four Athens
Talk (Four Athens) Four Athens, a
tech incubator that supports local
tech entrepreneurs, hosts a discus
sion about intellectual property and
the pending SOPA legislation in
Congress. 6:30 pm FREE! www.
f3cebook.com/fourathens-
MEETINGS: Preschool Parents
Information Session (First
Baptist Church of Athens) Live Oak
Morning School presents "Allowing
Your Child to Experience the
Preschool Years." Meet die teachers
and team about a typical day for a
child in preschool 7 pm FRE!
706-248-3526
GAMES: Trivia (The Volstead) Every
Thursday! 7:30 pm RE! 706-
354-5300
GAMES: Trivia with a TWist
(Johnny's New York Style Pizza)
Throw a lime in your Coors
Light and compete! Tuesdays &
Thursdays, 7:30-9:30 p.m. 706-
354-1515
My 20
EVENTS: Rope a Dream
Foundation Benefit (Buffalo's
Southwest Gate) Live music and
an auction to raise money for a
scholarship fund. 7 p.m. $10. www.
buflaloscafe.com/athens
PERFORMANCE: Athens Cabaret
Showgirls (Little Kings Shuttle
Club) A unique drag show featuring
performances by local drag artists.
10 pm $5.706-369-3144
OUTDOORS: U6/f Observatory
Open House (UGA Observatory)
The 24-Inch telescope is open for
public viewing and discussionon the
roof of the UGA physics building.
7-8:30 pm REB 706-542-2485
KTOSTUFF: Writers' Circle (ACC
Library) Read excerpts from original
written work and get feedback from
peers. Light refreshments served,
ages 11-18.7-9 pm FRE! 706-
613-3650
LECTURES 4 UT.: 18th Annual
Ecology Graduate Student
Symposium (UGA Ecology
Building) Presentations by Ecology
graduate students and posters
by undergraduates showcasing
their current research. Keynote
speaker Dr. Matt Whiles will present
‘Assessing the Consequences of
Declining Freshwater Biodiversity:
Impacts of Catastrophic Amphibian
Declines on Central American
Streams" Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.,
Saturday, 9 am-3:30 p.m. Keynote
address, Saturday, 3:30 pm FREE!
www.ecology.uga.edu
May 21
EVENTS: Bulidawg Brawl (Georgia
Theatre) Student boxers represent
their fraternity or organization by
duking it out in an all-day event
sanctioned by USA Boxing and ben-
efitting UGA HEROs. 11:30 am $25.
www.georgiatheatre.com
EVENTS: Contra Dance and
Acoustic Jam (Memorial Park)
Old-time contra dance with live
music and calling, presented by the
Athens Folk Music & Dance Society.
Free lesson at 7:30 pm No partner
needed. 8-11 p.m. $7, FRE! (under
18). www.athensfolk.org
EVENTS: West African Drum and
Danca Workshop with Samba
Oiailo (Unitarian Universal^
Fellowship of Athens) A drum
and dance workshop with Samba
Diallo, drummer and dancer from
Cote d'Ivoire. 2-3:30 p.m. (drum
class), 3:36-5 pm (dance class).
$15 (drumming), $15 (dancing),
$25 (both). 706-546-7914, www.
uuathensga.org
ART: Opening Reception (Athens
institute for Contemporary Art
(ATHICA)) For "Southern," featur
ing work by Rodrecas Davis, Hope
Hilton, Michael Lachowski. Stanley
Bermudez. James Perry Walker
and more. 7-9 p.m. FREE! www.
athica.org
OUTDOORS: Naturalist Walk
(Sandy Creek Nature Center) Join
SCNC staff for a walk around the
property'. Bring a camera or binocu
lars. A!I ages. Call to register. 10-11
am FREB 706-613-3615
KIDSTUFF: Family Day: Let's
Move! (Georgia Museum of Art)
The GMOA joins Michelle Obama's
‘Let’s Move!" initiative with kids'
yoga, a tour ol the permanent col
lection focusing on imagery in art,
a taste test of locally grown produce
and animal-themed art projects. 10
a.m.-12 p.m. REE! 706-542-4662,
www.georgiamuseum.org
KIDSTUFF: Nature Trading Post
(Sandy Creek Nature Center) Trade
one or two objects found in nature
for points or other nature objects in
the center's collection. 11 a rn -12
p.m. FREE! 706-613-3615
KIDSTUFF: Storytime & Craft
(Treehouse Kid and Craft) Make a
craft inspired by the book. For ages
2-5. Saturdays, 10-11 am. $10
706-850-8226 www.treehouseki-
dandcraft.com
LECTURES 4 LIT.: 18th Annual
Ecology Graduate Student
Symposium (UGA Ecology
Building) See Jan. 20. Lectures
and Lit Friday, 8:30 am.-5 p.m.,
Saturday. 9 am.-3:30 p.m. Keynote
address, Saturday. 3:30 p.m. FREE!
www.ecology.uga.edu
18 FLAGPOLE.COM • JANUARY 18,2012
MICHAEL O’NEILL