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ENJOY ATHENS!
Getting ready for what turned out to be a thrilling perfor
mance of the Athens Master Chorale in the atrium at the Classic
Center last Sunday, I reflected again on just how much really
good cultural entertainment is available to us here in Athens.
Much of it is free, too, like the chorale and like the upcom
ing Athens Symphony Christmas Concert with local author
Terry Kay as narrator and with the Athens Symphony Chorus,
this Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 14 and 15. For details on the
symphony and everything else that's going on, make it a habit
to check the Fiagpole weekly calendar in the paper and at flag-
pole.com. You'll be surprised how much there is to do and what
a wide variety is included every week.
We all know about the music scene here, whether we take
advantage of it or not, and if we don't, we may not know
what we're missing. It's a lot more than rock and roll: classi
cal, country, bluegrass, jazz, blues, folk???national acts and
first-time performances, in fine concert halls and crowded
bars. If you and I will just make the effort, we'll find out or be
reminded just how much we enjoy live music.
Or take art. Athens is a music town, but it is also an art
town. Art is everywhere we go, and the enjoyment of it is free.
We see it in restaurants as well as in galleries and museums.
We have the Georgia Museum of Art right here on campus, not
to mention The Lyndon House and other galleries scattered
around town. For instance, right now, in the Circle Gallery of
the College of Environment and Design, you can walk in and
Ouida Williams flies over landscapes and uses color to tell what she sees,
see the work of two of Athens' finest artists: the paintings of
Ouida Williams and the metalwork of Barbara Mann. What
Ouida does with color and what Barbara does with metal will
make you stand in awe. And all you have to do in order to see
their joint show, "Landscapes Near and Far," is walk over to
what used to be the art building on Jackson St. and go right
into the gallery. The show will be up through Dec. 19 and
should not be missed.
The same must be said for Rene Shoemaker's new show
at Hendershot's: 20 linoleum prints on paper, drawn from her
on-site sketches and photographs of cafe life in France. And
all you have to do is walk right into Hendershot's and feast
your eyes, perhaps enhancing the experience with a coffee or a
glass of wine, while enjoying our own cafe life. Rene's work is
at Hendershot's through December. Also, the pottery and craft
sales continue all over Athens and beyond.
Theater: This weekend Town and Gown has director Eric
Kumsomboone's very well done drag version of Romeo and
Juliet (which I located in Padua, rather than Verona, on last
week's Flagpole cover). Rose of Athens has The Santaland
Diaries at The Melting Point Tues., Dec. 10-Thursday, Dec. 12
and The Circle Ensemble is doing A Tuna Christmas at New
Earth Athens this Friday and Saturday and next.
These are just a few of the reasons, free and paid, for get
ting out and enjoying what our town has to offer. You've got
nothing to lose, and you can't go wrong.
Pete McCommons editor@flagpole.com
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