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ART: Tour at TWo (Georgia Museum KIDSTUFF: Toddler Storytime
The St Lawrence String Quartet performs at UGA's Hodgson Concert Hall on Wednesday, Apr. 4.
Tuesday 27
EVENTS: March of Dimes
Fundraiser (Little Kings Shuffle
Club) The ARMC Pediatric Unit •
hosts a fundraiser featuring live
musk: from The Apostles of
Bfuegrass 6:30-9 p.m. Donations
accepted. 706-369*3144
FILM: Italian Film Series (Miller
Learning Center) (Room 148)
BenventoHalSud (Welcome to the
South) by director Luca Miniero. 7
p.m. FREE! pizzutH3uga.edu
FILM: EeoFocus Film Festival
(Miller Learning Center) (Room 171)
A screening of Blood in the Mobile,
followed by a discussion with pro
fessors from the UGA Departments
of Forestry and Natural Resources.
Anthropology and Geography. 7 p.m.
FREE! www.ecofocusfTtmfest.org
GAMES: Ricker Poker Night
(Ricker Theatre & Bar) Fourth
Tuesday of each month. 8:30 p.m. *
www.ffickertheatreandbar.com
GAMES: Irivlt with a TWist
(Johnny* New York Style Pizza)
Throw a lime in your Coots
Light and compete! Tuesdays &
Thursdays, 7.30-9.30 pm 706-
354-1515
GAMES. Trivia (Change* Aslan
Kitchen) Learn facts, eat noodles
Every Tuesday. 7:30 p m. FRffi 706-
546-0015
GAMES: 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 p.m. FREE!
wwn.locosgrilt.com
GAMES: Trivta (Shane* Rib Shack)
(College Station) Every Tuesday! 7
p.m. 706-543-0050
GAMES: lHvta (Fuzzy* Taco Shop)
Compete for prizes and giveaways.
Every Tuesday 8*11 p.m. 706-
353-0305
THEATRE: Dari A?/tor(UGA Fine Arts
Building) The University Theatre
presents an interactive performance
of a sideshow huckster who travels
with a mummy said to be John
Wilkes Booth, a sinister publisher,
a frenzied translator, a jeweler and
a thief, an of whom wind up at an
oculist* convention in Mexico. Mar.
27-Apr. 1,8 p.m. & Apr. 1, £30 p.m.
$7-10 706-542-4400, www.drama.
uga.edu
Netoesday 28
ART: Community Snapshot
(Lyndon House Arts Center) The
Boomers: Reflecting, Learning,
Sharing* visit the 37lh Juried
Exhibition with 'Finding Meaning
The Juried Show at Lyndon House
Arts Center.* Artists discuss foe
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rastory or to* exhibit and snare
thoughts on how to appreciate and
of Art) Meet docents in the lobby for ,
a tour of highlights from the perma
nent collection. 2 pm FREE! www.
georgiamuseum.org
CLASSBJ: Flower Arranging
(State Botanical Garden) Taught by a
National Garden Club Master Flower
Show judge. Focus will be on fruit
and vegetable design Bring a lunch.
Register. 9 a.m-3 p.m. $45:706-
542-6156, www.uga.edu/botgarden
CLASSES: Salsa Lessees (little
Kings Shuffle Club) Learn some
Latin moves. 6:30-8:30 p.m. $8.
www.facebook.com/lkshufffeclub
EVENTS: Canine Cocktail Hour
(Hotel Indigo) (Madison Bar & Bistro
Courtyard) Drink and food specials
tor you and your (well-behaved,
non-aggressive, vaccinated) dog)
Every Wednesday. 5-7 p.m. www.
indigoathens.com
FILM: EeoFocus Rim Festival
(UGA Russell Library) (Room 271)
A screening of Paradise Saved, a
Peabody award-winning documen
tary examining the issues related to
increased attendance at Cumberland
Island National Seashore. 7 p.m.
FREE! www.ecofocusfilmfest.org
GAMES: Sports IHvIt (Beef *0’
Brady*) Test your sports knowledge
every Wbdnesday night 830 pm
FREE! 706-850-1916
GAMES: Trivia (Willy* Mexicans
Grill) Trivia with a Wf Every
Wednesday. 8-10 pm. FREE! 706- .
548-1920
GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern)
Think you know it all? Test your
knowledge every Wednesday night.
8pm (Baldwin SI & Broad SI
locations). 706-548-3442
GAMES: Trivia (Mellow Mushroom)
Every Wednesday. 8 pm FRED
706-613-0892
GAMES: Trivta (Copper Creek
Brewing Company) Test your trivia
chops tor prizes! Every Wednesday.
9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-1102
GAMES: Trivia (Treppenhaus) Trivia
every Wednesday with host Irish
Dave. 9 pm FREE! 706-355-3060
GAMES: Trivia (Your Pie) (Five
Points location) Open your pte-
hote for a chance to win! Every
Wednesday. 7:30 pm FREE! 706-
850-7424
KJOSTUFF: Wildcard Wednesday
for Tama (ACC Library) Up Next
Game Day! Piay one of toe library*
or bring your favorite from home to
share. Ages 11-18.4 p.m. FREE!
706-613-3650
KtDSTUFF: Preschool i Toddler
Storytime (Madison County
Library) Includes stories, finger-
puppet plays, songs and crafts tor
literacy-based fun. For ages £5.
1030 am. FREE! 706-795-5597
KtDSTUFF: Storytime (Oconee
County Library) Enjoy a momtoQ of
stones, songs and crafts. For Idds
ages 2-5 and their caregtars. Every
Tuesday and Wednesday. 10 & 11
(ACC Library) For children ages
18 months to 5 years. Tuesdays &
Wednesdays, 930 & 10:30 am.
FREE! 706-613-3650
KtDSTUFF: Foil Bloom Storytime
(Full Bloom Center) Interactive
storytime led by locat storytellers
who love reading to children. Open
to ail ages. 4 pm $3 (suggested
donation). 706-353-3373, www.
fuilbtoomparentcom
LECTURES AND LIT: Book
Reading (Ckte) Autoors George
Singleton and Mary Hood of The
Georgia Review share readings from
Stories Wanting Only to be Heard,
a collection of the publication*
best fiction writing from toe past 65
years. Reception to follow. 7-8:30
pm FRffi www.athenscine.com
LECTURES AND LIT: Oconee
Democrats Book Group
(Piccolo* Italian Steak House)
Discussing The Beak of the Finch,
a Pulitzer Prize-winning book about
evolution by J. Weiner. 7 pm FREE!
pairicia.priestQyahoo.com
THEATRE: Dari Rida (UGA Fine Arts
Building) See Mar. 27 Theatre. Mar.
27-Apr. 1,8 pm & Apr. 1,230 pm
$7-10.706-542-4400, www.drana.
uga.edu
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EVENTS: Women In Bustauss
GALA (The Georgia Center) The
2nd annual gala and fashion show
featuring professional and business
casual attire. 6 pm amw.womenin-
businessuga.weebly.com
EVENTS: “Rally to Sava"
Volunteer Party (Ashford Manor)
Learn about volunteer opportunities
and how to help the animals at toe
Athens Humane Society* shelter.
6:30-8 30 pm FREE! www atoen-
shumanesoctety.org
EVENTS: 7th Annual Women**
Council of Realtors Chill Cook-
Off A Silent Auction (Echobrook
Farm) Featuring music from Todd
Cowart of toe Hush Puppies Band.
A portion of proceeds will benefit toe
Atoens Area Homeless Shelter. 6-9
p.m. $15. lhteggettQgmail.com
FILM: EeoFocus Rim Festival
(Georgia Museum of Art) Screenings
of Sushi; The Global Catch and fief,
Water, Rock. Man, followed by a dis
cussion with filmmaker Mark Hah,
local restaurateur Peter Date of The
National and fisheries biologist Dr.
Duncan Elkins. 6 pm FREE! www.
georgiamuseum.org
GAMES. Trivia with a TWist
' (Johnny* New York Style Pizza)
Throw a lime in your Coors
Light and compete! Tuesdays &
Thursdays, 7:30-930 pm 706-
354-1515
GAMES: Trivta (Gnat* Landing)
Drink white you think. Every
Thursday. 7-9 pm www.gnatsiand-
tog.net
GAMES: Trivia (The Volstead) Every
Thursday! 730-9:30 pm FREE!
706-354-5300
KHJSTUFF: Read to Rover (Oconee
County Library) Develop reading
skilis-and build confidence by telling
stories to Becca Van Schoik* golden
retriever, Krinflle. 3-4 pm FREE!
706-769-3950
KIDSTUFF: Pajama Storytime
(Madison County Library) Bring
your pajama-dad kids in for a set of
stories and a bedtime snack. 7 p.m.
FRffi 706-795-5597
LECTURES AND LIT. Meat the
Poate (Avid Bookshop) A poetry
reading with Rebecca Baggett and
Eric Nelson. 7 pm FRffi 706-
352-2060
LECTURES AND UT: The Power
of Reading (Georgia Museum of
Art) Dr. Stephen Krashenfrom USC
presents “The Power of Reading/
Followed by a reception. 3-4 p.m.
FRffi www.georQiamuseum.com
OUTDOORS: Circle of Hikers
(State Botanical Garden of Georgia) •
As part of Michelle Obama* let*
Get Moving* campaign. S8G offers
a hike through the garden* trails.
Hikers are encouraged to bring
nature writings or favorite poems
and essays to share. 8:30 am FREE!
www.uga.edu/botgarden
PERFORMANCE: UGAtywpItouy
Orchestra (Hugh Hodgson Hail) A
concert featuring selections by Verdi,
Bartok and Brahms. 8 pm $5 (UGA
students), $10.706-542-4400
THEATRE: Dari Rida (UGA Fine Arts
Building) See Mar. 27 Theatre. Mar
27-Apr. 1,8 pm A Apr. 1,230 pm
$7-10.706-542-4400, www.drama.
uga.edu
Friday 30
ART: Opening Reception (UGA
Caldwell Hall) For landscape paint
ings by Bob Hughes. 2:30-4 p.m.
FREE! www.ced.uga.edu
CLASSES: Tee Parly (Whole: Mind.
Body. Art) T-shirt cutting workshop.
7 p.m. www.wholemindbodyart.com
EVENTS: Roll Out the Barrel*
(Terrapin Beer Co.) View and bid on
rain barrels hand-painted by 20 local
artists during terrapin* nightly tour
and tasting. Proceeds benefit toe
Athens Green School Program. After
the silent auction, all barrets will
be transferred online to be bid on
through April. 530-7:30 pm $12.
www.roiiouttoebarreis.org
EVENTS: Baryaliiza (Athens Arena)
The Junior League of Athens
presents a giant thrift safe Mar. 30.
630-8:30 pm $5. Mar. 31.8:30
am.-12 p.m., $3. www.junior-
teagueofatoens.org
EVENTS: Auction for Adoption
(Buffalo* Southwest Cate) A silent
auction, reception and gourmet ap
petizer buffet. All proceeds benefit
All God* Children, a special needs
adoption agency. Live music with
Buttermilk Revival. 6 p.m. $20.
www.buffafoscafe.com
RLM: EeoFocus Film Festival
(Girte) Screenings of The Clean Bin
Project and Song of the Spindle (2
p.m. FREE!). Next, If a Tree Falls: A
Story of the Earth Litk'oft/i Front
and Journey to the Forest (Reise
zum Wald), followed by a discussion
with Dr. Chris Cuomo and Dr. Piers
Stephens of the UGA Philosophy
Department and Occupy Athens
activist Gretehen Eisner (7 n m., $5).
Wrapping up toe evening, Revenge
of the Electric Car and Second Hand
(9:30 pm, $5). www.ecofocusfilm-
festorg
KtDSTUFF: 27th Annual Insect
Zee (UGA Biological Sciences) ine
UGA Entomology Department hosts
a day ot bug-related arts and crafts,
face painting, buggy baked goods,
live specimens, cricket spitting,
roach racing and beetle tractor pulls.
10 a.m-3 pm FREE! www.insect-
zoo.uga.edu
KJOSTUFF: Barnett Stoats Spring
Rtog Carnival (Barnett Shoals
Elementary School) Attractions
include pony rides, a petting zoo,
inftabbtes, carnival games, live
entertainment and more. There will
also be a silent auction, vendor mar
ketplace, and concessions for safe.
5:30-8 p.m. $4-10.706-357-5334
KIDSTUFF: Japanese Storytime
(ACC Library) (Storyroom) Learn
about Japanese culture through
literacy-based fun. Led by volun
teers from UGA* Japan Outreach
Program. 5 pm FREE! 706-613-
3650
KIDSTUFF: Mythology Might for
Teens (Madison County Library)
Dress up as your favorite mytho
logical character from any historical
background. Game, prizes and
refreshments. 8 p.m. FRffi 706-
795-5597
KIDSTUFF: Fantastic Fridays
(Bishop Park) Obstacle courses and
other activities in an unstructured
environment. For ages 10 months to
4 years and their guardians. 9-10
am $5-15.706-613-3589
LECTURES AIN) LIT: Talking and
Writing Workshop (UGA Aderhoid
Hail) Dr. Stephen Krashen of USC
presents, The Common Core
Standards and National Tests: We
Are Backing toe Wrong Horse.’ 12-1
p.m. FREE! www.coe.uga.edu
LECTURES AND LIT: “Caf6 au
Llbrls" (Lyndon House Arts Center)
Local authors will talk about their
works and sign books. Featuring
authors Hugh Acheson, Judith Ortiz
Cofer, Phillip Juras and Terry Kay.
David Oates hosts, with music from
local harpist Mary Fortson Raymer. 7
pm FRffi 706-613-3650
LECTURES AND UT: IWS Friday
Speaker Series (Miller Learning
Center, Room 250) "Women in
’ Medicine: A Generation of Change,’
by Barbara Schuster. 12:20-1:10
p.m. FREE! 706-542-2846
MEETINGS: Friends of the Garden
Annual Meeting (State Botanical
Garden of Georgia) Speaker Felder
Rushing has authored or co
authored 16 gardening books and
is a retired Extension Service urban
horticulture specialist. 6:30-8:30
pm FREE! www. uga. edu/botgarden
PERFORMANCE: Joy of Singing
Festival (Hugh Hodgson Hall)
Clinics with guest high school
choirs from Clarke Central and
Jackson County High School, as
well as with the UGA Hodgson
Singers and toe combined choirs
with members of Oconee County
High School Choir, UGA* African
American Choral Ensemble and toe
University Chorus. 8 p.m. FREE!
708-542-2797
PERFORMANCE: Drag Show (Go
Bar) Performances by the Athens
Cabaret Showgirls and toe Classic
City Kings. 10 pm www.myspace.
com/gobar
THEATRE: Dari Rida (UGA Fine Arts
Building) See Mar. 27 Theatre. Mar.
27-Apr. 1,8 p.m. & Apr. 1,2:30 pm
$7-10. 706-542-4400, www drama.
uga.edu
THEATRE: Snoopy: The Musical
(Oconee County Civic Center)
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown,
featuring young actors from around
Athens Mar. 30-31,7 p.m. & Apr. 1,
2 p.m. $12-16. www.oypoysp.com/
playhouse
THEATRE: Raisin la the Sun (The
Morton Theatre) The Black Theatrical
Ensemble at UGA presents Lorraine
Hansberry* 1961 classic. Mar. 30
& 31,7:30 p.m. Apr.1,230 p.m. $5
(students), $7. www.mortontoeatre
com
THEATRE: Johnny Brooke:
A Ghost Story (Athens Little
Playhouse) The Mannings may have
wondered why the rent is so tow,
but they certainly never considered
that toe house is haunted. Mar. 30.
experience ad 12:30 pm. FREE!
www boonwslnatoens.org am FRffi 706-768-3960
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