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Japanese-inspired snacks will be
provided. 7-8 p.m. FREB 708-769- Darrell Scott plays the Melting Point on Sunday, Apr. 22.
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ART: Torrance Lecture (Lamar
Dodd School of Art) (Room S151)
“The Creativity Crisis,’ presented
■ by KyungHee Kim, a researcher at
* the College of William & Mary. Kim
addresses thedaim that creativity is
declining in America. 5:30-7 p.m.
FREB ssomnefsCIHjga.edu
CLASSES: Garden Weed
Identification (State Botanical
Garden of Georgia) team how to
identify and control different weeds
as well as gain information about
their life cycles. Feel free to bring
unidentifiable weeds for classifica
tion. 0-5 p.m. $12-15. www.botgar-
den.uga.edu
CLASSES: Emailing and
Receiving Attachments
(Madison County Library) Learn bow
to attach pictures, documents and
other items on your computer. Apr.
17,2-3 p.m. & 7-8 p.m., Apr. 18,11
a.m.-12 p.m. FRED *706-795-5597 .
CLASSES: Nature Photography
Clinic (Ramsey Student Center for
Physical Activities) (Room 114)
Information and instruction session
to prepare for a Saturday trip to
the State Botanical Garden. Bring
camera equipment. 6-9 p.m. $26-30.
claire.frost3@gmail.com
EVENTS: Benefit for Dee’s Parrot
Haven (Midnight iguana Tattoo)
BBQ, door prizes and $20 tattoos all
day. 12-6 p.m. 706-549-0190
EVENTS: Lambda Alliance Spring
' Dance (UGA Demosfhenian Half)
For LGBTQIA-identified people
and allies. 7—9:30 p.m. $3-5. uga.
tambda@gmail.com
EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market
(Little Kings Shuffle Club) An
afternoon market featuringjocal and
sustainable produce, meats, eggs,
baked goods, prepared foods and
crafts. Live music at every market
Every Wednesi y through the end
of October. 4-7 p.m. FREE! www.
athenstarmersmarketnet
EVENTS: Canine Cocktefi Hour
(Hotel Indigo) (Madison Bar & Bistro
Courtyard) Drink and food specials
for you and your (well-behaved,
non-aggressive, vaccinated) dog!
Every Wednesday. 5-7 p.m www.
indigoathens.com
EVENTS: Clean Commuter Day
(UGA Memorial Hall) Go car tree and
use alternative transportation like
biking, walking, carpooling or taking
the bus. Stop by for free food and
drinks and chances to win prizes.
7:30-10:30 a.m. FREB wwwathens-
greenfest.com *.
EVENTS: Healthy Dawg Feat (UGA.
Tate Center) Games, music, food and
giveaways from local businesses. 11
a.m.-2 p.m. FREE! Irachun@uhs.
uga.edu
FILM: ClnaCUtb Panel Discussion
(Cind) A discussion on the ins and V
outs of the art and business of ani
mation and CGI in today* entertain
ment industry. The panel inclodes
moderator Dr. Richard Neupert,
3D computer animation professor
Mike Hussey, and Cameron Bogue,
comic artist behind Flagpole “High
School for Girts.* 7 p.m. FREB
www.athenscine.com
GAMES: Tttvia (Copper Creek
Brewing Company) Test your trivia
chops for prizes! Every Wednesday.
9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-1102
GAMES: Sports Ttfvla (Beef '0‘
Brady's) Test your sports knowledge
every Wednesday night 8:30 p.m.
RED 706-850-1916
GAMES: Trivia (Willy's Mexicans
Grill) Trivia with a DJ! Every
Wednesday. 8-10 p.m. FREE! 706-
543-1920
GAMES: Trivia (Your Pie) (Five
Points location) Open your pie-
hole tor a chance to win! Every
Wednesday. 7:30 p.m. FREB 706-
850-7424
GAMES: Trivia (Mellow Mushroom)
Every Wednesday. 8 p.m. FREB
706-613-0892
GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern)
^ Think you know it all? Test your
knowledge every Wednesday night
8 p.m. (Baldwin St & Broad SI
locations). 706-548-3442
GAMES: Trivia (Treppenhaus) Trivia
every Wednesday with host Irish
D?ve. 9 p.m. FREB 706-355-3060
K1D3TUFF: Full Bloom Storytime
(Full Bloom Center) Interactive
storytime led by local storytellers
who love reading to children. Open
to ail ages. 4 p.m. $3 (suggested *
donation). 706-353-3373, www.
‘ fullbloomparwit.com
KIDSTUFF: Knee-High Naturalists
(Sandy Creek Nature Center) A
program of age-appropriate nature
exploration, animal encounters,
hikes and crafts. For parents and
children. Every other Wednesday.
3:30—4:30 p.m. $24.706-613-3515.
www.athensclarkecounty.com/sandy-
creeknaturecenter
KIDSTUFF: Toddler Storytime
(ACC Library) For children ages
18 months to 5 years. Tuesdays &'
Wednesdays, 9:30 & 10:30 am.
FREB 706-613-3650
KIDSTUFF: Cowboys and.
Cowgirls StorytL.ie (Madison
County Library) Listen to stories
ol home on the range. Cowgir!/boy
hats encouraged. 10:30-11 a.m.
FREB 706-795-5597
KIDSTUFF: Wildcard Wednesday
(ACC Library) Up next Athens
Library Lego Club! Bring your own
Legos or play with the library* col
lection. Ages 11-18.4 p.m. FREB
KIDSTUFF: Storytime (Oconee
County Library) Enjoy a morning ol
stories, songs and crafts. For kids
ages 2-5 and their caregivers. Every
Tuesday and Wednesday. 10 & 11
a.m. FREE! 706-769-3950
KIDSTUFF: Origami Might (Oconee
County Library) Teens will learn
several types of paper crafts and
. 3950
LECTURES AND LIT: Talking
About Books (ACC Library) An
adult book discussion group. This
month is poetry month. Choose
a favorite poem to share with the
group. 10:30 am. FREE! 706-613-
3650, ext. 324
LECTURES AND UT: Poetry Month
Celebration (Avid Bookshop)
Local Athens celebrities share dra
matic readings from The Anthology
of Really Important Modem Poetry:
Timeless Poems by Snooki, John
Boehner, Kayne West, and Other
Well-Versed Celebrities. 6:30 p.m.
FRE! 706-352-2060
LECTURES AND UT. Violence
Work Group Seminar (UGA Tate
Center) (Room 481) "Sexual Assault
Resistance: Cognitive and Affective
Influences,* presented by Jeanette
Norris, University of Washington.
3:30-5 p.m. FREB sgary@uga.edu
LECTURES AND UT: The Georgia
Review Earth Day (State Botanical
Garden of Georgia) (Day Chapel)
Natasha Trethewey, winner of the
2007 Pulitzer Prize for poetry, will
read poems and prose. Followed
by a reception featuring music by
Hawk Proof Rooster. 7 p.m.
FREB www.thegeorgiarevftw.com
MEETINGS: Info Session for
Foster and Adoptive Parents
(Clarke County DECS) (Conference
Room A) Held the third Wednesday
of every month. 6-8 p.m. FREi-
706-227-7904
OUTDOORS: Garden Bed Building
Days (UGArden) Help build 20
raised beds out of reclaimed wood
to be installed at local schools on
the Green Day of Service, Apr. 21.
Construction experience required.
Register online. 1 p.m.-dark. FRE!
www.athensgreenfest.com
THEATRE: Chicago (UGA Fine Arts
Building) University Theatre presents
the steamy, saucy, award-winning
musical about two murderesses on
death row in 1920s Chicago fighting
for fame, fortune and ail that jazz.
Apr. 18-21,8:00 p.m. & Apr. 22.
2:30 p.m. $12 (students), $15. www.
drama.uga.edu
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ART: New Moon Dream Board
Workshop (Over the Moon Creative
Possibilities) Create a vision board
collage with Moon Mama. Apr. 19,
7-9 p.m. & Apr. 21,10 a.m.-12 p.m.
$10.706-540-2712
ART: Annua! GMOA/Wliison
Center Lecture (Georgia Museum
of Art) Sujata Iyengar, UGA
English department, presents 'Pop
Goes Shakespeare: illustration,
. Adaptation, and Appropriation in the
Arden Shakespeare Covers, Second
Series.* Reception follows. 4-6 p.m.
FREB www.georgiamuseum.com
ART Gallery Talk (Georgia Museum
of Art) Join Mary Koon and Clay
McLaurin for a discussion of
‘Pattern and Palette in Print: Gentry
Magazine and a New Generation of
Trendsetters.’ 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.
georgiamuseum.org
4 CLASSES: Primitive Survival
Clinic (Ramsey Student Center for
Physical Activities) Learn primitive
fire-building and natural fiber rope-
making. 7-10 p.m. $10-15. claire.
frost3@gmail.com
EVENTS: Amadeus Dinner
(Heirloom Cafe and Fresh Market)
A pre-theater three-course prix-fixe
menu for Town & Gown* Amadeus.
Price includes a pass to the play.
Apr. 19-21,5:30 p.m. & 6:30 p.m.
$35-38 706-354-7901, www.
townandgownplayers.org
EVENTS: Exercise Workshop
(UGA Tate Center) Learn preventa
tive measures and a small exercise
to decrease the breaking down of
bones. An osteoporosis education
event 7:30-9 p.m. FREI stepha-
niephan28@gmail.com
EVENTS: The Greet Southland
Stampede Rodeo (2598 S.
Milledge Ave.) The UGA Block and
Bridle Club presents a good old
fashioned rodeo with bull riding,
steer wrestling, barrel racing, calf
roping and more. Apr. 19-21,6 p.m.
$10-15.706-542-9374
EVENTS: Recycling Happy Hour
(UGA Intramural Fields) WUGA
partners with toe ACC Recycling
Division and UGA Office of
Sustainability to host an easy way to
recycle electronics such as comput
ers, TVs, phones, cords, cables, bat
teries, fluorescent light bulbs, spent
cooking grease and styrofoam. 5-7
p.m. FREE! www.wuga.org
FILM: Fashion in Movies and
Magazines Film Series (Georgia
Museum of Art) Funny Face, starring
Fred Astaire and Audrey Hepburn, is
a stylish musical about Paris. Held
in conjunction with the exhibition
“Pattern and Palette in Print: Gentry
Magazine and a New Generation of
Trendsetters.’ 7-9 p.m. FREEI www.
georgiamuseum.com
GAMES: Trivia (Gnat* Landing)
Every Thursday. 7-9 p.m. www.
gnatslanding.net
GAMES: Special Olympics
Bowling (Showtime Bowl) For indi
viduals with cognitive disabilities
ages 21 & up. Call to register and to
obtain a medical form. Thursdays,
4:30-6 p.m. $3.75/game. 706-548-
1028
GAMES: Trivia (The Volstead) Every
Thursday! 7:30-9:30 p.m. FRE!
706-354-5300
GAMES: Trivia with a Twist
(Johnny* New York Style Pizza)
Throw a lime in your Coors
Light and compete! Tuesdays &
Thursdays, 7:30-9:30 p.m. 706-
354-1515
KIDSTUFF: Story Time (Avid
Bookshop) Come .listen to children*
stories read aloud. Thursdays, 10:30
a.m. & Saturdays, 1 p.m. FRE! 706-
352-2060
KIDSTUFF: Baby Music Jam (ACC
Library) Children ages 1-3 and their
caregivers play instruments, sing
and dance together! 10:30 a.m.
FREB 706^613-3650
LECTURES AND LIT: University
Cooperative Energy Forum
(UGA Chapel) A discussion between
UGA facuty, sh dents and the com
munity to help to create a model for
the future University Energy Action
Team. Part of Earth Week. 7 p.m.
FREB sustain@uga.edu
LECTURES AND LIT: Mtogledortl-
Lorfmer Lecture in Print Media
(UGA Russell Library) (Room 271)
‘Magazines from Now On: What
Works (and What Doesn't) in the Age
of Twitter and Facebook,’ Glamour
Magazine Editor Cindi Leive.
Reception to follow. 4 p.m. FREE!
!nessel@uga.edu
LECTURES AND LIT: Mandate
Journal Launch Party (Avid
Bookshop) UGA* multicultural liter
ary journal releases its 2011-2012
issue entitled Exodus. 6:30-8 p.m.
FREE! www.avidbookshop.com
MEETINGS: Transportation
Policy Committee (Athens, Ga)
Participate in a monthly committee
of BikeAthens that researches and
advocates for a more complete street
network for all road users using
both motorized and human-powered
transportation. Email for location.
Third Thursday of every month, 6
p.m. policy@bikeathens.com
OUTDOORS: Circle of Hikers (State
Botanical Garden of Georgia) The
garden offers a hike through the gar
den* trails. Hikers are encouraged
to bring nature writings or favorite
poems and essays to share. 8:30
a.m. FREE! www.uga.edu/botgarden
PERFORMANCE: An Evening of
SEC Comedy (The Melting Point)
Karen Morgan, a UGA alumna, was
voted one of the ’Funniest Moms in
America* in 2005. and Vic Henley
can be seen on Comedy Central and
co-wrote the movie Bruno. TJ Young
hosts. 8 p.m. $12. www.melting-
pointathens.com
PERFORMANCE: Saxton's Comet
Band (UGA Ramsey Concert Hall) A
recreation of the sounds, appearance
and conduct of brass bands during
the antebellum and Civil War eras,
complete with dramatic readings and
period humor. 8 p.m. $32. www.pac.
uga.edu
THEATRE: Chicago (UGA Fine Arts
Building) University Theatre presents
the steamy, saucy, award-winning
musical about two murderesses on
death row in 1920s Chicago fighting
for fame, fortune and all that jazz.
Apr. 18-21,8:00 p.m. & Apr. 22,
2:30 p.m. $12 (students), $15. www.
drama.uga.edu
THEATRE: Amadeus (Town and
Gown Players) Peter Shaffer weaves
a tale of the relationship between
IKh-century composers Antonio
Salieri and Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart. Apr. 19-21,8 p.m. & Apr.
22,2 p.m. $12-15.706-208-86%,
www.townandgown.org
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ART: Opening Reception (Aurum
Studios) For the juried show of
works by master’s students from
Lamar Dodd School of Ari. 6-8:30
p.m. FREE! www.aurumstudios.com
EVENTS: The Great Southland
Stampede Rodeo (2598 S.
Milledge Ave.) See Apr. 19 Events.
Apr. 19-21,6 p.m. $10-15. 706-
542-9374
EVENTS: Greenfest Awards
Ceremony (UGA Ecology Building)
A reception and awards ceremony
honoring individuals, organizations
and businesses that have made a
positive impact on the environment
of Athens-Clarke County over the
past year. 5:45 p.m. FREE! www.
athathensgreenfest.com
EVENTS: Record Store Day
Midnight Sale (Wuxtry Records)
Celebrate Record Store Day at this
special event. Wuxtry will be open
at midnight until 2 a.m. with live
music, giveaways and special offers,
including the Patterson Hood and
the Downtown 13 7-inch vinyl single
“After It’s Gone,’ the Futurebirds’
new 12-inch vinyl Seney-Stovalland
many more RSD treasures. Regular
store hours on Saturday, Apr. 21.12
a.m., 706-369-9428
EVENTS: AianFest 2012
Pub Crawl (The Roadhouse)
ALANFEST 2012 KICKOFF
Honoring the memory ol Alan
Lewis, AianFest gets started at the
Roadhouse with a pub crawl with
live music at various venues all over
downtown Athens. See story on p.
15.9 p.m. 706-613-2324
EVENTS: UGA Observatory Open
House (UGA Observatory) The
24-inch telescope is open for public
viewing and discussion on the root
of the UGA physics building. Saturn,
Venus and Mars will be visible if the
sky is clear. Final open house of the
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