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Community CPR & First Aid
National Safety Council basic First Aid.
Heartsaver adult, child and infant CPR with
choking rescue (not for healthcare providers).
Receive 3-year First Aid certification and
2-year CPR certification at end of course.
Community CPR
Tuesday, April 19 - 5:30 - 8:00 p.m. - $40’
FirstAid
Tuesday, April 26 ^ 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. - $25*
*scholarships offered
Call 706.473.1029 to register or for more information.
Register online at www.athenshealth.org/calendar.
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We extended our due date to April 15th without late penalty. We have a new
addition to the artist market which is ATH-U booths for our High School and
University students attending school within Athens-Clarke County. Don't pass up
the chance to have your work exposed to over 10,000 festival goers celebrating
AthFest's 20th anniversary.
Go to Athfest.com to submit your application.
Any questions, please contact Sophia: art@athfesteducates.org
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THE CALENDAR!
FILM: Shine On (Live Wire) Victor
Brian Smith’s documentary focuses
on Athens’ electronic dance music
scene. DJ performances by Robbie
Dude and Will Weber. 11 p.m. $5.
www.livewireathens.com
KIDSTUFF: Spanish Storytime
(Oconee County Library) Listen and
practice Spanish songs and stories.
Participants do not need to speak
Spanish. 4 p.m. FREE! www.athen-
slibrary.org/oconee
KIDSTUFF: Afterhours Anime
Mini-Con (Oconee County Library)
The Anime Club presents its second
annual anime convention with
games, crafts, cosplay, cooking
lessons and screenings of anime
shows. Ages 11-18. 6-9 p.m. FREE!
www.athenslibrary.org/oconee
KIDSTUFF: Music Club (ACC
Library) Hang out, eat snacks and
talk about music with local musician
Scott Creney. Forages 11-18. 4:30
p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/
athens
KIDSTUFF: Glow in the Dark
Easter Egg Hunt (Lay Park) For
ages 11-14. BYOB (Bring Your
Own Basket). 7:30 p.m. FREE! 706-
613-3596
LECTURES & LIT: Avid Poetry
Series (Avid Bookshop) Hear
poetry from Lydia Conklin and
Amber Dermont. 6:30 p.m. FREE!
www.avidbookshop.com
PERFORMANCE: UGA Steel
Band (UGA Ramsey Concert Flail)
A Caribbean-influenced ensemble
made up of students on steel drums,
a drumset and electric bass. 6 p.m.
FREE! www.music.uga.edu
THEATER: High School Musical
(Oconee County Civic Center) See
Thursday listing for full description 7
p.m. $5-10. www.oconeeschools.org
THEATER: New Play Festival (UGA
Fine Arts Building) See Wednesday
listing for full description Mar.
23-26, Mar. 30-31 & Apr. 1-2,8
p.m. Apr. 3, 2:30 p.m. $7-12. 706-
542-4400
Saturday 26
ART: Brunch and Learn (Lyndon
House Arts Center) Athens Area Arts
Council treasurer Eddie Brownstone
will share ways for artists to get
financial assistance. The council
offers quarterly grants, umbrella
sponsorships, and as compensa
tion for AAAC events. 10-11 a.m.
FREE! (AAAC members), $15 (non
members). www.athensarts.org
ART: WUGA’s Artists in Residence
Series (Contact for Location) Visit
the home of photographer Rinne
Allen. 3-5 p.m. SOLD OUT! 706-
542-9842, thaxtona@uga.edu, www.
wuga.org
CLASSES: Plants of the Desert:
Growing Cacti and Succulents
(State Botanical Garden of Georgia)
Professional horticulturist Kevin
Tarner gives an overview of how to
successfully cultivate and propagate
desert plants. Each participant will
create their own succulent dish gar
den to take home. Bring a container
for planting. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. $50.
www.botgarden.uga.edu
CLASSES: West African Dancing
(Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
of Athens) Christan Carter-Poret
teaches dance choreography to
live drumming. Register by email.
2 p.m. $15-30. musicdirector@
uuathensga.org
CLASSES: Argentine Tango
Workshop (UGA Memorial Hall)
The UGA Tango Club hosts three
workshops for beginner to interme
diate/advanced dancers. Tina Marie
Eaton of Tango Eco Argentine is the
Friday, Mar. 25 continued from p. 17
guest instructor. 12-5 p.m. $10/
workshop, $25/three. athenstango-
club@gmail.com
EVENTS: Kurt Wood’s Front Porch
Record Sale (1080 Oconee St.)
Find a cool record from one of
Athens’biggest collectors. Jill
Carnes will also host a pop art show.
Mar. 26, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. & Mar. 27,
12-6 p.m. 706-614-1867
EVENTS: Family Day: Tools of the
Trade (Georgia Museum of Art)
Learn about the rich traditions of
Cherokee basket making in the exhi
bition “Cherokee Basketry: Woven
Culture,” then head to the classroom
and try your hand at weaving a
basket. 10a.m.-12 p.m. FREE! www.
georgiamusuem.org
EVENTS: Bhagavad Gita (Body,
Mind & Spirit) A Vedanta monk
teaches from this ancient text. Every
Saturday. 3 p.m. $5 donation. 706-
351-6024
GAMES: Board Game
Demonstration (Tyche’s Games)
Try out some new games. 12 p.m.
FREE! www.tychesgames.com
GAMES: Netrunner Open Play
(Tyche’s Games) New players wel
come to this fantasy card game open
play. 12:30-4:30 p.m. FREE! www.
tychesgames.com
KIDSTUFF: Five Points Easter
Egg Hunt (Memorial Park) Get
those eggs! Kids will be divided into
age groups of 0-2, 3-4, 5-7 and
8- 10 years old. 11 a.m. FREE! www.
friendsoffivepoints.org
KIDSTUFF: Tough Princess (ACC
Library) Hear stories and make crafts
about tough princesses with Miss
Keir. Ages 3-10.11 a.m. FREE!
www.athenslibrary.org/athens
KIDSTUFF: Easter Egg-
stravaganza (Lay Park) A tradi
tional hunt for eggs with candy and
prizes inside. For toddlers through
fifth grade. 11 a.m. FREE! www.ath-
ensclarkecounty.com/leisure
KIDSTUFF: Easter Egg Hunt (East
Athens Community Center) A tra
ditional egg hunt with crafts and a
bounce house. For Kindergarten—5th
grade. 10 a.m. FREE! www.athen-
sclarkecounty.com/leisure
KIDSTUFF: Breakfast with the
Bunny (Memorial Park) Breakfast,
crafts, activities and photos with
the Easter Bunny. Call to register.
9- 9:45 a.m. or 10-10:45 a.m. $5-8.
706-613-3580, www.athensclarke-
county.com/leisure
LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Author
(Avid Bookshop) Meet author Philip
R. Wright in celebration of his novel
A Geechee Homecoming. 6:30 p.m.
FREE! www.avidbookshop.com
OUTDOORS: Spring Bird Ramble
(State Botanical Garden of Georgia)
Look and listen for spring migrant
birds on a walk with the Oconee
Audubon Society. 8 a.m. FREE! www.
oconeeriversaudubon.org
SPORTS: Athens Road Runners
(Meigs and Newton St.) Go on a
three or six mile group run. Coffee
afterwards. 8 a.m. FREE! athensrr.org
THEATER: New Play Festival (UGA
Fine Arts Building) See Wednesday
listing for full description Mar.
23-26, Mar. 30-31 & Apr. 1-2,8
p.m. Apr. 3, 2:30 p.m. $7-12. 706-
542-4400
THEATER: High School Musical
(Oconee County Civic Center) See
Thursday listing for full description
7 p.m. $5-10. www.oconeeschools.
org
Sunday 27
EVENTS: Kurt Wood’s Front Porch
Record Sale (1080 Oconee St.)
See Saturday listing for full descrip
tion Mar. 26, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. & Mar.
27,12-6 p.m. 706-614-1867
GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern,
2440 W. Broad St.) Every Sunday. 6
p.m. FREE! www.blindpigtavern.com
GAMES: Trivia (Brixx Wood Fired
Pizza) Test your skills. Every Sunday.
9 p.m. FREE! 706-395-1660
GAMES: Allen’s Challenge
(Buffalo’s Cafe) Trivia hosted by
Allen Holder. Every Sunday. 6:30
p.m. (sign-in), 7 p.m. FREE! www.
facebook.com/buffaloscafeathens
MEETINGS: Campaign Discussion
Group (Unitarian Universalist
Fellowship of Athens) UGA Political
Science professor Paul Gurian
facilitates a conversation on the
presidential campaign. 12:30 p.m.
FREE! www.uuathensga.org
Monday 28
CLASSES: Genealogy Next Step:
Online Census Records (Oconee
County Library) Learn the basics of
searching online census records. 6
p.m. FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/
oconee
COMEDY: Comic Strip Comedy
Show (Flicker Theatre & Bar)
Weekly “show up and go up”
comedy open mic hosted by Aha
Ghosheh and Veronica Darby. 7 p.m.
$5. ghoshehalia@gmail.com
EVENTS: Line Dancing with Ron
Putman (Buffalo’s Cafe) For all skill
levels. 6-8:30 p.m. $5. www.face-
book.com/buffaloscafeathens
FILM: Women’s History Month
Film Screening (Richard
B. Russell Building Special
Collections Libraries, Room 271)
Watch Mountains that Take Wing:
Angela Davis & Yuri Kochiyama,
A Conversation on Life, Struggles
& Liberation. 6:30 p.m. FREE! iws.
uga.edu
GAMES: Dirty South Trivia: Sex,
Drugs and Rock and Roll
(Grindhouse Killer Burgers) Team
trivia contests with house cash
prizes every Monday night. 8 p.m.
FREE! www.grindhouseburgers.com
GAMES: Rock and Roll Trivia
(Little Kings Shuffle Club) Get a team
together and show off your exten
sive music knowledge! Hosted by
Jonathan Thompson. 9 p.m. FREE!
www.facebook.com/lkshuffleclub
GAMES: Team Trivia (Beef 'O'
Brady’s) Win house cash and prizes!
Every Monday night. 8:30 p.m.
FREE! 706-850-1916
GAMES: Dirty South
Entertainment Trivia (Ovation
12) Hosted by Nic. Play for prizes. 8
p.m. FREE! www.dirtysouthtrivia.com
KIDSTUFF: Open Chess Play for
Kids and Teens (ACC Library)
Teen chess players of ah skill levels
can play matches and learn from
members of the local Chess and
Community Players, who will be
on hand to assist players and help
build skill levels. For ages 7-18.
Registration required. 4-5:30 p.m.
FREE! 706-613-3650, ext. 329
KIDSTUFF: Monday Fun-Days
(Bogart Library) Little ones ages
birth to three and their caregivers can
participate in songs, finger plays,
wiggles and giggles. 10:30 a.m.
FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/bogart
KIDSTUFF: Infant Storytime (ACC
Library) Parents can share plays,
songs and simple books with their
babies. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-
3650, www.athenslibrary.org
LECTURES & LIT: Last Monday
Book Group (ACC Library) This
month’s book is From Death to
Morning by Thomas Wolfe. 7 p.m.
FREE! www.athenslibrary.org/athens
LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Author
(Richard B. Russell Building Special
Collections Libraries) Local author
and international journalist Peter
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