Friday, February 15
34 events
Performance
-
Go Bar
Burlesque Beta
What a tease! Open-mic variety show featuring singers, dancers, musicians and comics in the vaudeville tradition.
-
UGA Fine Arts Building
The Magic Flute
UGA Opera Theater and the UGA Symphony Orchestra perform Mozart's masterpiece, The Magic Flute, the 1791 opera about young Prince Tamino who uses his magical flute in a race to rescue his love, Pamina, from the evil Sarastro. See Calendar Pick on p. 18.
Live Music
-
Little Kings Shuffle Club
DJ MAHOGANY Popular local DJ spins freaky funk, sultry soul, righteous R&B and a whole lotta unexpected faves.
-
Highwire Lounge
FRIDAY NIGHT JAZZ A set of jazz tunes for your dinnertime pleasure, usually led by pianist Rand Lines and featuring various guests. Every Friday!
-
40 Watt Club
JONATHAN RICHMAN The former Modern Lovers frontman known for his playful, evocative lyricism returns to town. See story on p. 17.
-
Georgia Theatre
SISTER HAZEL Florida-based alt-rock band known for its radio staple "All For You."
-
Caledonia Lounge
BIT BRIGADE Local supergroup plays the soundtrack to various vintage video games while Noah McCarthy plays—and beats—the game onstage.
VELVETEEN PINK This quartet of funksters (including DJ Alfredo of Immuzikation) plays electro-based, groove-laden, upbeat stuff in the Prince, Stevie Wonder and Jamiroquai style.
-
The Rialto Room
SONGWRITERS IN THE ROUND Featuring Nashville songwriters Mike Dekle, Pat Alger, Byron Hill and Wayland Holyfield.
-
Amici
WATER SEED Soulful funk group out of New Orleans featuring layered vocal harmonies and a strong horn section.
-
The Office Lounge
CAROLINE AIKEN One of Atlanta's most talented and respected performing songwriters. Her bluesy voice and masterful technique guarantee a hypnotic performance.
-
Flicker Theatre & Bar
FOUR EYES Ukulele strummer Erin Lovett plays sweet poppy folk.
LOBO MARINA Originally from Richmond, VA, Jameson Price and Laney Sullivan make original music that reflects their travels.
BRANDON NELSON MCCOY Local folk songer-songwriter.
-
Nowhere Bar
THE GREAT BARRIER REEFS Steel pan-led funk/jazz group based in Nashville.
-
Terrapin Beer Co.
THE GREAT BARRIER REEFS Steel pan-led funk/jazz group based in Nashville.
-
Farm 255
LIL' CHARLES AND THE MUSTANGS Members of Common People Band perform as this "seasonal cover band."
-
Buffalo's Café
ELVIS Local musician Chris Shupe performs a tribute.
-
Crow's Nest
THE ELECTRIC SONS Indie/electronic duo from Atlanta.
Classes
-
Oconee County Library
Computer Classes
Advanced to beginner computer classes offered by appointment and in scheduled classes. Subjects include email for beginners, Google Earth, Windows and more. Call to register. 706-769-3950, watkinsville@athenslibrary.org
-
Good Dirt
Clay Classes
Weekly "Try Clay" classes ($20/person) introduce participants to the potter's wheel every Friday from 7–9 p.m. "Family Try Clay" classes show children and adults hand-building methods every Sunday from 2–4 p.m. $20. 706-355-3161, www.gooddirt.net
-
Casa de Amistad
Zumba(r) with Ingrid
A dance fitness class that incorporates Latin and international music. Fridays, 6–7 p.m. $5. zumbathens@gmail.com
-
Body, Mind & Spirit
Healing Fridays
A combination of reiki, chant and other forms of holistic and spiritual healing modalities to assist with healing the body/mind duality. Fridays, 6 p.m. $10 donation. 706-351-6024
Kidstuff
-
Bishop Park
Fantastic Fridays
(Gym) Various obstacle courses and activities for ages 10 months–4 years and their parents. Call to register. 10–11:30 a.m. $5. 706-613-3589
-
Sandy Creek Nature Center
Owl Prowl
Participants will learn about and search for owls who inhabit the woods during an evening hike. Call to pre-register by Feb. 13.
Theatre
-
UGA Chapel
The Vagina Monologues
The play featuring monologues from many different women raises funds for Project Safe. See Calendar Pick on p. 18.
-
Town and Gown Players
A Few Good Men
Aaron Sorkin's 1989 play tells the story of military lawyers at a court-martial who uncover a high-level conspiracy when a rookie Navy lawyer is assigned to defend two Marines on trial for the murder of one of their platoon members.
DJs
-
Manor
Huda Hudia
HUDA HUDIA Atlanta-based DJ "with an unbelievable ability to spin explosive sounds."
-
Go Bar
Twin Powers
TWIN POWERS DJ Dan Geller (The Gold Party, The Agenda) and friends spin late-night glam rock, new wave, Top 40, punk and Britpop.
Events
-
State Botanical Garden of Georgia
Southern Garden Heritage Conference: Heirloom Fruits and Vegetables
The 2013 Southern Garden Heritage Conference is a day-long learning experience for gardeners, cooks, landscape architects, preservationists and plant lovers of all levels of expertise who want to know more about finding, sharing and growing heirloom fruits and vegetables, as well as exploring the rich gardening traditions in the South. Call or visit website to register.
-
The Melting Point
7th Annual Valentine's Dinner
Led by executive chef Steve Vining, the Melting Point's culinary team presents a three-course meal for hopeless romantics. Live music by Francine Reed, who performs jazz standards such as Etta James, Ella Fitzgerald and Billy Holiday.
-
UGA Tate Student Center
UGA Vet Benefit Auction
Dinner, a live and silent auction and other activities raise funds for the student chapter of the American Veterinary Medical Association and veterinary students pursuing advanced degrees at the UGA College of Veterinary Medicine.
Outdoors
-
State Botanical Garden of Georgia
Arbor Day Celebration
(Shade Garden Arbor) In 1872, an industrious newspaper editor and political leader, J. Sterling Morton, began a campaign to plant trees on Nebraska's treeless prairie. The first Arbor Day observance was on Morton's birthday, Apr. 10, of that same year, and by 1894 every state and some foreign countries participated in Arbor Day celebrations. Join Linda Chafin to learn about and celebrate the trees at the Garden.
Lectures & Lit
-
UGA Geography and Geology
Geography Lecture
(Room 200C) "Constructing Non-Capitalism but Reproducing Capitalism? Colombian Lessons on Economic and Socio-Cultural Activism," Brian Burke, post-doctoral researcher for the Cowetta Listening Project in the geography department.
-
UGA Peabody Hall
Robert B. Brandom Philosophy Lecture
Professor Robert B. Brandom is one of the most prominent American philosophers of today, whose publications are regularly taught and contested in contemporary philosophical literature around the world.
Film
-
UGA Tate Student Center
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the affluent Count Vronsky in this bold and energetic adaptation of Tolstoy's classic romance.