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Celebrate Wellness!
The Samaritan Center for Counseling and Wellness has grown
over the years from a couple of good people offering counsel
ing to a fall-spectrum emphasis on wellness. On Saturday, Apr.
14 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. downtown around City Hall they're
going to share with the community a tot of different ways to
stay welL No matter your age or physical condition they can
show you how to get better and stay there: yoga, Tai Chi, acu
puncture, zumba, massage therapy, along with mini-exercise
sessions. This is a great opportunity on a spring Saturday to
find out more about these ways of staying welL The day is
also a fundraiser that helps the Samaritan Center extend its
mental health and wellness services to people who are unable
to afford them. Come support these efforts and learn more
about the Center's counseling, behavioral therapy, workshops,
retreats, yoga and other stress-reduction techniques. For more
info go to www.celebratewellnessathens.org/
Earth Day Among the Blossoms
Natasha Tretbewey, winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for
poetry and a graduate of the University of Georgia, will read
poems and prose at the fourth annual Georgia Review Earth
Day program at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Apr. 18. in the Day Chapel
of the State Botanical Garden at 2450 S. Milledge Ave. A patio
reception follows, featuring music by the Athens duo Hawk
Proof Rooster—aka Charlie and Nancy Hartness ("old-time"
music featuring fiddle, ukulele, guitar, banjo and vocals).
Tretbewey's latest book is a. prose work, Beyond Katrina:
A Meditation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, published by the
University of Georgia Press in 2010. She will read from this
personal study of the environmental devastation brought to her
home state by Hurricane Katrina, and she will read a selection .
of poems as welL The Georgia Review has earned an increas
ingly strong reputation for its periodic environmental writings.
The event is free and open to the public. For further infor
mation, call The Georgia Review at 706-542-3481 or go to www.
thegeorgiareview.com.
Word!
If there is a topic tailor-made for Athens, it's "The Heritage
Imperative: Old Buildings, Social Justice and the Challenge of
Change." That's the title of the expert testimony to be deliv
ered here by Natalie Bull, executive director of the Heritage
Canada Foundation. She speaks at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday
(today) Apr. 11, in the UGA Chapel. Her speech is sponsored
by the UGA College of Environment and Design. It is free and
open to the public, as is the reception that follows in the
nearby Founders Memorial Garden. This yearlong lecture series
has been outstanding. For more information: reinberg@uga.
edu or 706-542-4706.
Real Scavengers
Hey, let's go out to the landfill and count vultures. For
reaL The ACC Recycling Division is leading a scavenger hunt
at the landfill at 9 a.m. on Sunday, Apr. 15. If that sounds
like an odd way to spend a Sunday morning, the purpose is to
learn more about vultures, nature's scavengers (and recyclers).
The outing is jointly sponsored by the Oconee kiver Audubon
Society and is free, though canceled if it rains. For more info:
www.athensdarkecounty.com/recycling or 706-613-3512.
The Next Homer?
The Iliad Literary-Art Magazine—Chit perennial winner of
awards—is gearing up for another season of fine writing and
photography at Clarke Central High School It takes money to
produce such a good magazine, though, and you may have
heard that money for education is in short supply. The Iliad
can use some help, and they have a track record of accom
plishment that demonstrates what a sound investment you'll
be making. Mail a check by May 2 to their capable advisor at
Clarke Central Iliad— David Ragsdale, 350 S. Milledge Ave.,
Athens, GA 30605.
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