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THE CALENDAR!
EVENTS: Open House and Pet
Adoption Day (Petzone) Nonprofit,
no-kill dog rescue shelter Petzone
hosts a family-friendly open house
and adoption day. Dogs will be
available for play and adoption.
Bake sale, drinks and dog treats for
sale, as well as specials on adoption
fees, giveaways and more. 2-4 p.m.
FREE! 706-546-8006
EVENTS: Elegant Salute XIII:
Black to White (Georgia Museum
of Art) The Friends of the Georgia
Museum of Art host their biennial
gala featuring a catered dinner and
dancing with Krush Girls. Black
and white formal attire required.
See story on p. 7. 6:30 p.m. $300,
$65 (dessert & dancing only). 706-
542-0830
EVENTS: Contra Dance (Memorial
Park) Presented by the Athens Folk
Music & Dance Society. Live music
and calling. Free 30-minute lesson
beginning at 7:30 p.m. No experi
ence or partner needed. 8-11 p.m.
FREE! (under 18), $7 (adults), www.
athensfolk.org
FILM: Found Footage Festival
(Cine Barcafe) Nick Prueher (???The
Colbert Report") and Joe Pickett
(The Onion) showcase odd and
hilarious videos salvaged from thrift
stores across America. See Calendar
Pick on p. 20. 8 p.m. $10. www.
foundfootagefest.com
KIDSTUFF: Popcorn Party (Oconee
Co. Library) Celebrate National
Popcorn Day with popcorn games,
crafts and taste-testing. All ages.
Registration required. 11 a.m. FREE!
706-769-3950
KIDSTUFF: Introduction to
Scrapbooking (Lay Park) Turn
your collection of photos into a
work of art. For ages 8-17. Call to
register. 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. FREE!
706-613-3596
KIDSTUFF: Barnes & Noble
Storytime (Barnes & Noble)
Storytime for all ages. Children
receive a free treat from the cafe. 11
a.m. FREE! 706-354-1195
OUTDOORS: Naturalist Walk
(Sandy Creek Nature Center) Join
the SCNC staff for a walk around the
property. Bring a camera or binocu
lars. All ages. Call to register. 10-11
a.m. FREE! 706-613-3615
THEATRE: Thoroughly Modern
Millie (Oconee Youth Playhouse)
See Jan. 18 Theatre listing. Jan.
18 & 19, 7 p.m. & Jan. 20, 2 p.m.
$12-16. www.oypoysp.com
Sunday 20
EVENTS: MLK Sunday Community
Celebration (Lyndon House Arts
Center) Performances by local poets,
who have been paired with graphic
designers to illustrate their works.
2-4:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3623
GAMES: Trivia (Buffalo???s Cafe)
???Brewer???s Inquisition,??? trivia hosted
by Chris Brewer every Sunday. 7
p.m. FREE! 706-354-6655, www.
buffaloscafe.com/athens
GAMES: Trivia Sundays (Blind Pig
Tavern) At the West Broad location. 6
p.m. 706-208-7979
GAMES: Trivia (The Capital Room)
Every Sunday! Hosted by Evan
Delany. First place wins $50 and
second place wins $25. 8 p.m.
FREE! www.thecapitalroom.com
KIDSTUFF: Volcano Making
(Madison County Library) Stop by
to paint and decorate a giant volcano
model! 4 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597
THEATRE: No Shame (Hendershot???s
Coffee Bar) Part of the Staged
Reading Series hosted by UGA
Professor and Rose of Athens
Theatre Associate Artist, John
Saturday, Jan. 19 continued from p. 17
Patrick Bray. 8 p.m. FREE! www.
hendershotscoffee.com
THEATRE: Thoroughly Modern
Millie (Oconee Youth Playhouse)
Thoroughly Modem Millie is a
high-spirited musical that takes
place in the jazz-infused 1920s
and focuses on the story of young
Millie Dillmount, fresh from Kansas
in search of a new life in NYC. Jan.
18 & 19, 7 p.m. & Jan. 20, 2 p.m.
$12-16. www.oypoysp.com
Monday 21
CLASSES: Homebrew Class (Five
Points Bottle Shop) Learn howto
brew extract beer. 4-7 p.m. www.
fivepointsbottleshop.com
EVENTS: A Night of Music for
Medicine (The Melting Point) The
Athens Nurses Clinic presents a
night of live music with Caroline
Aiken, MrJordanMrTonks and
The Wildcats. Proceeds benefit the
Athens Nurses Clinic. 7-9 p.m. $10.
www.athensnursesclinic.org
EVENTS: MLK Jr. Day of Service
(Athens, GA) Annual day of service
with nearly three dozen volunteer
projects to register for. Visit web
site for descriptions of volunteer
opportunities. 9 a.m.-12 p.m. FREE!
www.handsonnortheastgeorgia.com/
athensmlk
EVENTS: Grand Opening (Athens
Bagel Co.) A celebration of the grand
opening of Always Baked cookie
shop. All proceeds go to local
charities. 4:20 p.m. FREE! www.
athenscookies.com
GAMES: Trivia (Highwire Lounge)
Athens??? toughest trivia. $100 grand
prize every week! All ages. 8 p.m.
FREE! 706-543-8997
GAMES: Rock and Roll Trivia
(Little Kings Shuffle Club) Get a
team together and show off your
extensive music knowledge every
Monday! Hosted by Jonathan
Thompson. 9 p.m. FREE! www.mys-
pace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub
GAMES: Team Trivia (Beef 0???
Brady???s) Win house cash and prizes!
Every Monday night. 8:30 p.m.
FREE! 706-850-1916
Tuesday 22
ART: Art Lecture: Steven J.
Tepper (Georgia Museum of Art) A
lecture on arts advocacy, democracy
and the role of creativity in the new
economy. Co-sponsored by UGA???s
Ideas for Creative Exploration (ICE).
4 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.
org
CLASSES: Athens Swing Night
(Dancefx) The UGA Swing Dance
Club presents a casual evening of
social swing dancing. No experience
or partner necessary. Advanced les
son at 7 p.m., and beginner lesson
at 7:30 p.m. 7-10 p.m. $3-5. www.
athensswingnight.com
EVENTS: Harvest Wine Dinner
(Heirloom Cafe and Fresh Market)
Come out and enjoy four courses
and five wines. 5:30-9 p.m. $65.
706-354-7901
GAMES: Trivia (Fuzzy???s Taco Shop)
Compete for prizes and giveaways.
Every Tuesday. 9-11 p.m. 706-
353- 0305
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
GAMES: Pool Tournament (The
Office Lounge) Double elimination
round. 7:30 p.m. $5. www.facebook.
com/officeathens
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!
www.locosgrill.com
KIDSTUFF: MLK Garden Project
(Rocksprings Community Center)
Learn the basics of working with
wood, measuring, following instruc
tions and building raised beds.
For kids/teens ages 6-13. 4 p.m.
FREE! www.athensclarkecounty.com/
rocksprings
LECTURES & LIT: Steven Tepper
(Georgia Museum of Art) Tepper, an
expert in the arts and cultural policy,
gives a talk in partnership with
UGA???s Ideas for Creative Exploration
(ICE). 4 p.m. FREE! www.georgia
museum.org
PERFORMANCE: Faculty Concert
Series (UGA Ramsey Concert Hall)
Damon Denton performs on piano. 8
p.m. $10. www.pac.uga.edu
Wednesday 23
CLASSES: Small Business
Publicity Workshop (Treehouse
Kid and Craft) Amy Flurry leads a
class on how to get your business
featured in magazines and blogs.
5:30-7:30 p.m. $40. www.tree-
housekidandcraft.com
CLASSES: Editing Digital Pictures
(Oconee Co. Library) Learn the
basics of photo editing like how
to resize, crop, remove red eye,
combine photos and more. 3-5 p.m.
FREE! 706-769-3950
FILM: The Greenhorns (UGA Tate
Student Center) A documentary film
exploring the lives of young farmers
across America. Presented by Real
Food UGA and Slow Food Greater
Athens. 6:30 p.m. $1 (students), $5.
www.facebook.com/realfooduga
GAMES: Trivia (Willy???s Mexicans
Grill) Trivia with a DJ! Every
Wednesday. 8-10 p.m. FREE! 706-
548-1920
GAMES: Trivia (Mellow Mushroom)
Every Wednesday. 8 p.m. FREE!
706-613-0892
GAMES: Trivia (Your Pie, Five Points
location) Open your pie-hole for a
chance to win! Every Wednesday.
7:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-7424
GAMES: Trivia (Choo Choo Japanese
Korean Grill Express) Jump on the
trivia train! Every Wednesday. 7:30
p.m. www.choochoorestaurants.com
GAMES: Trivia (Copper Creek
Brewing Company) Test your
trivia chops for fun prizes! Every
Wednesday night. 9 p.m. FREE! 706-
546-1102
GAMES: Sports Trivia (Beef 0???
Brady???s) Test your sports knowledge
every Wednesday night. 8:30 p.m.
FREE! 706-850-1916
GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern)
Think you know it all? Test your
knowledge every Wednesday. 8 p.m.
Broad St. location. 706-548-3442
KIDSTUFF: Barnes & Noble
Storytime (Barnes & Noble)
Storytime for all ages. Children
receive a free treat from the cafe. 11
a.m. FREE! 706-354-1195
KIDSTUFF: Preschool & Toddler
Storytime (Madison County
Library) Includes stories, finger-
puppet plays, songs and crafts for
literacy-based fun. For ages 2-5.
Every Wednesday. 10:30 a.m. FREE!
706-795-5597
LECTURES & LIT: Origin of the
Universe (UGA Chapel) Loris
Magnani describes how Einstein
laid the foundations for the Big Bang
Theory with his Theory of General
Relativity and what ideas were used
to understand the expansion of the
universe in the 1930s. Part of UGA???s
Origins Lecture Series. 7 p.m. FREE!
www.originslectures.uga.edu
Wednesday, January 16
The Soft Moon,
Majical Cloudz,
Twin Tigers
Caledonia Lounge
On record, The Soft
Moon serves as Luis
Vasquez's solo outlet,
wherein he clinically
fuses Joy Division's frozen
sonics with austere goth
visions. The grimly claus
trophobic atmosphere
is punctuated by urgent
synths and drum machines seemingly hijacked from Martin Rev himself.
Released only a couple years ago, The Soft Moon's self-titled debut featured bare-
bones production that evoked the haunted corners of pitch-black rooms. The debut
bolstered the '80s-veined renaissance the still-young Captured Tracks was spearhead
ing, while also cementing The Soft Moon as a vicious force to be reckoned with. While
Vasquez's labelmates Beach Fossils and Wild Nothing reveled in gleeful-bummer pop that
you can dance and sing along to, his was inward-facing music that found beauty in dark
ness: songs for loners.
Vasquez recently returned with Zeros, a logical step that refines the starkly gorgeous
aura of the band's debut. At 10 songs, and barely more than 30 minutes long, Zeros
leaves no room for filler; the result is pure, gothic joy. Songs like "Insides" and "Crush"
channel The Cure's holy trilogy, balancing introverted tendencies with raucous post-new
wave.
Fleshed out as a live entity, The Soft Moon's ghastly transmissions are taken deeper
into the anxious territory once charted by Chrome and The Units. Vasquez's songs bleed
into one another in an overlapping squall of noise and feedback rivaled only by A Place
to Bury Strangers.
The unrelenting pummel that is the rhythm section for tracks like "Die Life" and
"Machines" serves up a mechanical beat that obliterates as much as it grooves. These
songs are destined to be experienced in a dark, packed, basement-like space like the
Caledonia Lounge. [Bobby Power]
LIVE MUSIC
Tuesday 15
40 Watt Club
9 p.m. $8 (21+), $10(18+).
www.40watt.com
THE GROWLERS California-based
garage rock outfit.
THE VACANT LOTS Psych-rock band
from Vermont.
THE HUMMS Local three-piece
known for its loud and bizarre shows
and a raunchy, grooving blend of
psychedelic garage rock.
Caledonia Lounge
9:30 p.m. $5 (21+) $7 (18-20). www.
caledonialounge.com
MR. MUSTACHE Five-piece folk-rock
group from McDonough.
JUNIOR ASTRONOMERS Indie-rock
band from Charlotte, NC.
ARGONAUTS Local band plays
moody, alternative-inspired rock.
PATRICK Solo project from a member
of Futo.
Green Room
6 p.m. FREE! www.greenroomathens.
com
KENOSHA KID Centered around the
instru-improv jazz compositions of
guitarist Dan Nettles, Kenosha Kid is
packed with music, mischief, general
mayhem, and offers a sound far
from the middle of the road, serving
noise-rock fans and jam band listen
ers equally.
Max
SheHeHe Album Listening Party! 10
p.m. FREE! 706-254-3392
TRIANGLE FIRE Local crust-punk
band.
THE VG MINUS ???70s-styled power-
pop/punk.
FOOD CLOTHES SHELTER Local
punk band.
The Melting Point
Terrapin Tuesday! 7:30 p.m. $5. www.
meltingpointathens.com
YARN Brooklyn -based group with a
deep Americana sound.
Nowhere Bar
Tuesday Night Confessional. 9 p.m.
FREE! 706-546-4742
FESTER HAGOOD This local song
writer sings in a soft drawl that
accents his simple, plucked country
songs.
EMILY JACKSON Self-taught folk
singer-songwriter on the rise.
THE LAW BAND Country-rock band
from Atlanta.
ISAAC BRAMBLETT Local country,
folk and Southern rock singer-
songwriter.
The Volstead
9 p.m.-1:30 a.m. 706-354-5300
KARAOKE Every Tuesday!
16
Boar???s F-lead Lounge
11 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040
OPEN MIC NIGHT Showcase your
talent. Every Wednesday!
Caledonia Lounge
9 p.m. $6 (21+), $8 (18+). www.cale-
donialounge.com
THE SOFT MOON Luis Vasques
plays dark, moody, synth-driven
music that is experimental in nature.
See Calendar Pick on this page.
MAJICAL CLOUDZ Montreal-based
experimental band.
TWIN TIGERS Loud and lush at the
same time, this local rock band
combines jarring guitar riffs with
sweeping melodies.
Farm 255
8 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com
CALEB DARNELL Member of The
Darnell Boys and Bellyache sings
the blues.
Flicker Theatre & Bar
9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com
ECHO CANYON Experimental music
that is playful yet demanding with
an other-worldly, delicate feel that
evolves into metal power.
THE LANES Project featuring brothers
Kevin and Matt Lane playing power-
pop in the vein of The Possibilities.
DJ FORD EXPLODER Matt Patton
(Dexateens, Drive-By Truckers) spin
ning old soul records.
Georgia Theatre
8 p.m. $11. www.georgiatheatre.com
TOUBAB KREWE Instrumental band
that uses unique African instrumen
tation and blends Southern, classic
rock with the rich musical textures
of Mali.
DANGERMUFFIN South Carolina trio
that shifts between Southern rock,
beach grooves and Americana.
Go Bar
10 p.m. 706-546-5609
THE SEDIMENT CLUB Post-punk/no
wave tunes from Providence, Rl.
WITCH WOLF Massachusetts-based
noise band.
MOUSER Exuberant garage-pop that
experiments with noise jams.
HALF ACID Greg O???Connell (Bubbly
Mommy Gun) experiments with
synths and talk boxes.
BUBBLY MOMMY GUN Local
experimental pop band that plays
idiosyncratic, psychedelic tunes.
Green Room
7 p.m. www.greenroomathens.com
CARL LINDBERG & FRIENDS
Beloved local latin-jazz bassist
performs a mix of standards and
originals.
Green Room
10 p.m. $5. www.greenroomathens.
com
THE CORDUROY ROAD Although
rooted in classic Americana, with
lots of foot-stomping, banjo-pluck-
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