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WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK
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following Wednesday. Online listings are updated daily. Email calendar@flagpole.com.
©indicates Halloween-themed events
Tuesday 22
CLASSES: Swing Dance Night
(Dancefx) A casual evening of social
swing dancing. No experience or
partner necessary. 7-8 p.m. (les
son), 8-10 p.m. $3-5. www.athens-
swingnight.com
CLASSES: Knot Pearl Jewelry
Classes (DOC Building, Suite
D) Learn how to knot pearls with
local business The Pearl Girls.
Registration required. 6:30-8:30
p.m. $25. www.thepearlgirls.com
COMEDY: Law School Comedy
Night (Dirty Birds) Proceeds benefit
the Equal Justice Foundation, a
student-run organization devoted to
the promotion of public interest law.
This event will help raise money to
fund UGA law students who choose
to work in unpaid, public interest
jobs over the summer. 7:30-9 p.m.
$5. dirtybirdsathens@gmail.com
EVENTS: Roaster Tour and Coffee
Sampling (1000 Faces Coffee)
Taste single origin coffees from
around the globe and learn about
artisan roasting. 9-10 a.m. FREE!
706-534-8860
EVENTS: Tuesday Farmers Market
(West Broad Market Garden)
Fresh produce, cooked foods and
children’s activities. Offers double
dollars for EBT shoppers. Field every
Tuesday. 4-7 p.m. 706-613-0122,
www.athenslandtrust.org
EVENTS: Special Tour (Lyndon
House Arts Center) View the center’s
art galleries, historic house museum,
resource library gallery shop and
studios. The program is part of
Community Snapshots, and the tour
will be recorded and archived online.
3 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650, www.
boomersinathens.org
EVENTS: Oconee Farmers
Market (First Christian Church,
Watkinsville) Locally grown produce,
meats, grains, flowers, soaps, bird-
houses, gourds and more. 4-7 p.m.
www.oconeefarmersmarket.org
FILM: The Peabody Decades:
Requiem lor a Heavyweight
(Richard B. Russell Building Special
Collections Libraries, Room 271)
This film, from the Peabody Award
winning “Playhouse 90” series on
CBS, stars Jack Palance as a boxer
on the ropes. Rod Sterling won a
special 1956 Peabody Award for the
script. Followed by a discussion.
7-9 p.m. 706-542-4789
GAMES: Trivia (Fuzzy's Taco Shop)
Compete for prizes and giveaways.
Every Tuesday. 8-10 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, 7:30 p.m. &
Thursdays, 8 p.m. 706-354-1515
GAMES: Senior Bingo (East Athens
Community Center) Bingo for ages
55 & up. Fourth Tuesday of every
month. 10 a.m.-12 p.m. $4. 706-
613-3593
GAMES: Movie Quotes Trivia
(Max) With host Cora Jane every
Tuesday Everyone’s a winner. 9:30
p.m. FREE! 706-254-3392
GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill
& Pub) Westside and Eastside loca
tions of Locos Grill and Pub feature
trivia night every Tuesday. 8 p.m.
FREE! www.locosgrill.com
© KIDSTUFF: Breakfast with the
Great Pumpkin (Rocksprings
Community Center) Celebrate the
holiday by watching the Peanuts
classic It's the Great Pumpkin :
Charlie Brown. Enjoy an autumn
breakfast and a Peanuts holiday
craft. Wear a costume for a contest.
Register by Oct. 11.10 a.m. $3-5.
706-613-3602
©KIDSTUFF: Haunted House
Teen Volunteer Nights (Oconee
County Library) The Young Adult
staff is looking for volunteers ages
11-18. Watch scary movies while
you work on various haunted house
projects. Oct. 22-24, 4-9 p.m.
FREE! 706-769-3950
©KIDSTUFF: Storytime and
Pumpkin Carving (East Athens
Community Center) A scary story
followed by pumpkin carving. For
children in Kindergarten through 5th
grade. 5:30 p.m. $1. www.athen-
sclarkecounty.com/halloween
MEETINGS: Common Ground (The
Coffee Shop of Athens) Experienced
board members are needed to help
establish a LGBT community center.
6:30-7:30 p.m. FREE! www.face-
book.com/commongroundathga
PERFORMANCE: UGA Hugh
Hodgson Singers & UGA
Chorus Fall Concert (UGA
Performing Arts Center) Under the
direction Dr. Daniel Bara, the group
will perform a wide variety of classi
cal and contemporary works. 8 p.m.
$5 (w/ student ID), $10. www.pac.
uga.edu
PERFORMANCE: UGA Bulldog
Brass Society Recital (UGA
Robert G. Edge Recital Hall) The
brass quintet is made up of Hugh
Hodgson School of Music graduate
students. 5 p.m. FREE! www.music.
uga.edu
Wednesday 23
ART: Tour at Two (Georgia Museum
of Art) Meet docents in the lobby
for a tour of highlights from the
museum’s collection. 2 p.m. FREE!
www.georgiamuseum.org
CLASSES: Cooking 101 (Mama
Bird’s Granola) How to cook a
simple dinner from the fridge. 5:30
p.m. $10. www.facebook.com/
mamabirdsgranola
CLASSES: Basics of Digital Photo
Editing (Oconee County Library)
Learn how to access and upload
digital photos, how to resize, crop,
take out red-eye, combine photos
and more. Explore options for sav
ing or archiving your digital photos.
Hands-on class. Registration
required. 3-4:30 p.m. FREE! 706-
769-3950
CLASSES: SALSAthens (Little Kings
Shuffle Club) Cuban-style salsa
dance classes with SALSAthens. No
partner necessary Every Wednesday.
6:30-7:30 p.m. (intermediate),
7:30-8:30 p.m. (beginners). $8
(incl. drink), www.facebook.com/
salsaathens
CLASSES: Laugh-A-Yoga Class
(Athens YWCO) Laughter is the
best medicine. 12 p.m. FREE! 706-
354-7880
COMEDY: Comedy Bouncy Castle
(Max) Max’s new monthly comedy
showcase with Rob Haze and five
other regional comedians. Hosted by
Andrew Michael. 10 p.m. $5. com-
edybouncycastle@gmail.com
EVENTS: Wednesday Walkers
(Rocksprings Community Center)
Get fit before the holiday season
throw low impact walking. For ages
50 & up. 9-10 a.m. $1,706-613-
3602
EVENTS: TEDxUGA Student
Presenter Competition (UGA
Chapel) Students will share their
moving stories and innovative ideas
for a chance to present at TEDxUGA
2014 in March. 6 p.m. www.tedxuga.
com
EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market
(Athens City Hall) Local and sustain
able produce, meats, eggs, dairy
baked goods, prepared foods and
crafts. Live music at every market.
4-7 p.m. www.athensfarmersmarket.
net
GAMES: Trivia (Copper Creek
Brewing Company) Test your trivia
chops for prizes! Every Wednesday.
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: Full Contact Trivia
(Blind Pig Tavern) Think you know
it all? Test your knowledge every
Wednesday night. 8 p.m. Both loca
tions. 706-548-3442
GAMES: Dirty Nerds Trivia (Crow’s
Nest) Trivia in the Crow’s Nest. Every
Wednesday. 10 p.m. FREE! www.
facebook.com/dirtybirdsath
GAMES: Trivia with a DJ (Your Pie,
Eastside location) Open your pie
hole for a chance to win cash prizes.
7 p.m. FREE! www.yourpie.com
GAMES: Trivia (Choo Choo Japanese
Korean Grill Express) Jump on
the trivia train! Win house cash
prizes with host Todd Kelly Every
Wednesday. 7:30 p.m. www.choo-
choorestaurants.com
GAMES: Trivia (Willy’s Mexicana
Grill) Trivia with a DJ! Every
“Dead By Dawn” by Mike Groves is featured in the "Fiendish Five! Art Show” currently on display at Flicker
Theatre & Bar. A reception will be held Friday, Oct. 25, 5-8 p.m.
Wednesday. 8-10 p.m. FREE! 706-
548-1920
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
©KIDSTUFF: Haunted House
Teen Volunteer Nights (Oconee
County Library) See Tuesday listing
for full description Oct. 22-24, 4-9
p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950
LECTURES & LIT: UGA School
of Law Sibley Lecture (UGA
School of Law) Robin L. West of
Georgetown University presents
“Toward a Jurisprudence of the Civil
Rights Acts.” 3:30 p.m. FREE! www.
Iaw.uga.edu/news/19218
LECTURES & LIT: Edward, Adam
and John (The World Famous)
Edward Mullany, John Dermont
Woods and Adam Robinson cel
ebrate the launch of two new books
from Publishing Genius: Woods’
Activities and Mullany's Figures for
an Apocalpyse. Their 40-minute
multimedia show intertwines poetry,
fiction, comics, video and music. 8
p.m. www.theworldfamousathens.
com
LECTURES & LIT: “24 Hours of
Reality: The Cost of Carbon”
(UGA Ecology Building) The Georgia
Climate Change Coalition hosts
Al Gore’s multimedia presentation
which features commentors from
each time zone across the globe
discussing their experiences with
extreme climate events. 6:30 p.m.
(social) 8 p.m. (screening). FREE!
www.georgiaclimatecoalition.org
PERFORMANCE: UGA Student
Composers Association Fall
Recital (Dancz Center for New
Music) This performance features
original works by Hodgson School
composition students performed by
their classmates. 6 p.m. FREE! www.
music.uga.edu
PERFORMANCE: Ran Dank and
Soyeon Kate Lee (UGA Ramsey
Concert Hall) Husband and wife
classical pianists perform piano ver
sions of Stravinsky’s breakthrough
ballets, The Firebird, Petrushka and
The Rite of Spring. 8 p.m. $28. www.
pac.uga.edu
SPORTS: Rollergirl Bootcamp
(Fun Galaxy) Brush up on your
skating skills and learn what it
takes to be a Classic City Rollergirl.
Bootcamp culminates with assess
ments on Oct. 27. Oct. 23, 6:30-9
p.m. Oct. 27, 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m.
www.classiccityrollergirls.com
Thursday 24
ART: Opening Reception (UGA
Lamar Dodd School of Art Galleries)
For “Miniature Monumental,” a col
lection of new drawings and models
by The Lamar Dodd Distinguished
Professorial Chair Kendall Buster.
6-8 p.m. FREE! www.art.uga.edu
ART: Gallery Talk (Georgia Museum
of Art) Dr. Asen Kirin leads a discus
sion on the objects in “Exuberance
of Meaning: The Art Patronage of
Catherine the Great (1762-1796).”
5:30 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamu-
seum.org
CLASSES: Genealogy 102:
Census Records Online (Oconee
County Library) Learn how to
navigate the genealogy databases
Ancestry Library Edition and
HeritageQuest Online to access
census records. 12:30-2 p.m. FREE!
706-769-3950
CLASSES: Scottish Country Dance
Classes (Unitarian Universalist
Fellowship of Athens) Easy-to-learn
Scottish country dancing. Wear
comfortable clothing and shoes
(flats, no heels). Every Thursday
7-9 p.m. $36/semester, $3/class.
deborahmillier@yahoo.com
© EVENTS: 39th Annual Harvest
Festival (Lyndon House Arts
Center) Celebrate Georgia’s history
and see dozens of exhibitors demon
strating skills such as beekeeping,
soap making, quilting, woodworking
and more. 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
FREE! www.athensclarkecounty.com/
lyndonhouse
EVENTS: Roaster Tour and Coffee
Sampling (1000 Faces Coffee) See
Tuesday listing for full description
9-10 a.m. FREE! 706-534-8860
© FILM: RiffTrax Live: Night of
the Living Dead (Beechwood 11
Cinemas) Join the RiffTrax crew,
best known for the groundbreaking
“Mystery Science Theatre 3000," for
a hilarious, never-before-seen take
on the classic horror film screened
live. 8 p.m. www.fathomevents.com
GAMES: Trivia with a Twist
(Johnny’s New York Style Pizza)
Throw a lime in your Coors Light
and compete! Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m. &
Thursdays, 8 p.m. 706-354-1515
GAMES: Trivia (The Volstead) Every
Thursday! 7:30-9:30 p.m. FREE!
706-354-5300
KIDSTUFF: Pajama Storytime
(Madison County Library,
Danielsville) Bring your pajama-
clad kids in for a set of stories and
a bedtime snack. 7-8 p.m. FREE!
706-795-5597
KIDSTUFF: Teen Studio (Georgia
Museum of Art) View “Cercle et
Carre and the International Spirit of
Abstract Art” and create minimalist
works with artist Hope Hilton. Pizza
included. Email to reserve spot. 5:30
p.m. FREE! callan@uga.edu, www.
georgiamuseum.org
KIDSTUFF: Thursday Storytime
(Avid Bookshop) Join Avid for books
and games. 1:30 p.m. FREE! www.
avidbookshop.com
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