PICK OF THE WEEK: Modern Skirts

Known for their punchy, uplifting performances involving face paint and oversized drums, the Modern Skirts have created a cult-like following in the Classic City ever since their inception in 2004.
However, fans of the Skirts should keep an open mind. With two LP’s already under their belt, the band has decided to go in a fresh direction, commenting their new music “might as well be considered a first album.”

Who: Modern Skirts, with Gift Horse and Nate Nelson
When: Friday, Aug. 27 at 9:30 p.m.
Where: 40 Watt Club
Price: $8 advance (+ $2 at the door for those under 21)

THURSDAY
Events & Opportunities
What: Intramural Sports Cornhole Tournament
Where: Recreational Sports Complex
When: 6 p.m.
Price: $5 per student team, $7 per faculty team
Contact: jamesja@uga.edu

What: Debate: Should the President be Required to Have Served the Military?
Who: Sponsored by Phi Kappa Literary Society
Where: Phi Kappa Hall
When: 7 p.m.
Price: Free
Contact: schweg@uga.edu

What: UGA Muslim Student Association Fall Kick Off Meeting
Where: 213 Miller Learning Center
When: 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Contact: 678-231-6150, Athar@uga.edu

What: Yappy Hour for (Well-Behaved) Dogs
Where: 283 Bar
When: 5-8 p.m.
Contact: 706-208-1283

What: Blood into Wine: Screening & Tasting
Where: Ciné BarCafé
When: 6 p.m. (wine tasting), 7:30 & 9:30 p.m. (film screenings)
Price: $20
Contact: www.athenscine.com

What: Zoo Volunteers Ice Cream Social
Where: Memorial Park
When: 6:30 p.m.
Contact: 706-613-3615, leslieboby@co.clarke.ga.us

What: Book Signing
Who: DK Bhaskar
Where: Borders Books & Music
When: 7 p.m.
Price: Free
Contact: 706-583-8647

Music
Who: Sam Bush
Where: The Melting Point
When: 9 p.m.
Price: $27.50 (adv.), $32
Contact: www.meltingpointathens.com

Who: Justin Brogdon
Where: The Rialto Room
When: 8 p.m.
Price: Free
Contact: www.therialtoclub.com

What: WUOG 90.5FM Live in the Lobby
Who: Ham 1
Where: WUOG 90.5FM
When: 8 p.m.
Price: Free
Contact: www.wuog.org

Who: The Scotty Cram Band
Where: The Bad Manor
When: 9 p.m.
Price: Free
Contact:  www.thebadmanor.com

Who: Los Meesfits, Manger, Wolfcharge
Where: Caledonia Lounge
When: 10 p.m.
Price: $5 (21+), $7 (18+)
Contact: www.caledonialounge.com

Who:  Brian Connell, Sweet Knievel
Where: Farm 255
When: 9:30 p.m.
Price: Free
Contact: www.farm255.com

Who: Cloudeaters, Manray, Bill Mallonee (Happy Hour)
Where: Flicker Theatre & Bar
When: 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.
Price: Free at Happy Hour, $5 at 8:30 p.m.
Contact: www.myspace.com/flickerbar

What: Dr. Fred’s Karaoke
Where: Go Bar
When: 10 p.m.
Price: N/A
Contact: www.myspace.com/gobar

Who: Kate Morrissey
Where: Hotel Indigo
When: 6 p.m.
Price: Free
Contact: www.indigoathens.com

Who: The Border Lions, The Vinyl Stangers, Dave Howard
Where: Little Kings Shuffle Club
When: 11 p.m.
Price: Free
Contact: www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub

Who: Aman Amun, Serkatree, Up Until Now
Where: New Earth Music Hall
When: 10:30 p.m.
Price: $5
Contact: www.newearthmusichall.com

Who: The Hypsys, JUNK
Where: Rye Bar
When: 10:30 p.m.
Price: N/A
Contact: www.myspace.com/ryebarathens

Who: Brad Downs & the Poor Bastard Souls
Where: No Where Bar
When: 10 p.m.
Price: $2
Contact: 706–546–4742

Who: Gimme Hendrix
Where: Terrapin Beer Co.
When: 5 p.m.
Price: $8
Contact: www.terrapinbeer.com

FRIDAY
Events & Opportunities
What: Coffee Hour
Who: Sponsored by International Student Life
Where: Memorial Hall Ballroom
When: 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Contact: 706-542-5867

What: Friday Speaker Series. Sponsored by Women’s Studies. “Early Modern Marriage as a Relationship and Controversies Regarding Marriage as a Relationship and Institution”
Who: Dana Bultman, Romance Language
Where: 213 Miller Learning Center
When: 12:20 p.m. – 1:10 p.m.
Contact: 706-542-0066

What: Lecture: “Approaches to Latin American Cyberculture”. Sponsored by the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts and the department of Romance Languages
Who: Claire Taylor, University of Liverpool and expert in cyberculture, cyberliterature, feminist theory and writing in Latin America
Where: 148 Miller Learning Center
When: 1:30 p.m.
Contact: 706-542-3966, jdingus@uga.edu

What: Informal Forum: “A Nice Place to Live—Creating Communities, Fighting Sprawl”. Sponsored by the Russell Forum for Civic Life in Georgia
Where: Russell Library Auditorium
When: 3-4:30 p.m.
Price: Free
Contact: 706-542-5788, www.libs.uga.edu/russell/rfclg

What: Southern Graduate Music Research Symposium, Keynote: “Personality Crisis: Punk Rock and the 1970s Revolution of Self”
Who: Montgomery Wolf, history
Where: Edge Recital Hall, School of Music
When: 5:30 p.m.
Contact: www.music.uga.edu/

What: Choral ensemble
Who: Colors
Where: Seney-Stovall Chapel
When: 7:30–9:30 p.m.
Price: $8 (adv.), $10.
Contact: www.lyricleague.org

What: The Big Bad Musical
Where: Athens Little Playhouse
When: 7:30 p.m.
Price: $10 (adults) $8 (seniors & students) $5 (children)
Contact: 706-208-1036, www.athenslittleplayhouse.org

Music
Who: Gift Horse, Modern Skirts, Nate Nelson
Where: 40 Watt Club
When: 9:30 p.m.
Price: $8 (advance)
Contact: www.40watt.com

Who: Nic Cowan
Where: The Bad Manor
When: 9 p.m.
Price: Free
Contact: 706-850-8500, www.thebadmanor.com

Who: Mr. Falcon
Where: Farm 255
When: 10 p.m.
Price: Free
Contact: ww.farm255.com

Who: John Fernandes, New Sound of Numbers; The Stereofidelics and Mad Whiskey Grin (6 p.m.)
Where: Flicker Theatre & Bar
When: 6 p.m. and 10 p.m.
Price: $5 (10 p.m.)
Contact: www.myspace.com/flickerbar

What: GNAThfest
Who: Athens, Beatles for Sale, Kip Jones
Where: Gnat’s Landing
When: 4 p.m.
Price: N/A
Contact: 706–850–5858

Who: The Bearfoot Hookers, Dangfly, Shitty Candy and the Circus Peanuts
Where: Caledonia Lounge
When: 10 p.m.
Price: $5 (21+), $7 (18+)
Contact: www.caledonialounge.com

What: The Goons, Ham 1, Pinche Gringo
Where: Go Bar
When: 10 p.m.
Price: N/A
Contact: www.myspace.com/gobar

Who: Bill Mallonee
Where: Hendershot’s Coffee Bar
When: 7-9 p.m.
Price: Free

What: 1 Year Anniversary
Who: Carl Lindberg and Friends
Where: Hotel Indigo
When: 7-9 p.m.
Price: N/A
Contact: www.indigoathens.com

Who: Pat Green,  Stewart and Winfield
Where: Legion Field
When: 7 p.m.
Price: $17 (adv.), $20 (door)
Contact: 770–851–5118

Who: DJ Mahogany
Where: Little Kings Shuffle Club
When: 10 p.m.
Price: Free
Contact: www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub

Who: The Premonitions, The Caste, The Orkids, Venice is Sinking
Where: New Earth Music Hall
When: 9 p.m.
Price: $5
Contact: www.newearthmusichall.com

Who: Bros. Marler,  Doc Brown & the Deloreans
Where: Rye Bar
When: 10:30 p.m.
Price: N/A
Contact: www.myspace.com/ryebarathens

Who: JUNK
Where: Terrapin Beer Co.
When: 5 p.m.
Price: $8
Contact: www.terrapinbeer.com

Who: Mad Whiskey Grin and The Stereofidelics
Where: WUGA 91.7 FM
When: 4 p.m.
Price: Free
Contact: www.wuga.org

SPORTS
What:  Nike Invitational
Who: UGA soccer vs. Utah
Where: Women’s Sports Complex, Milledge Avenue
When: 7 p.m.
Price: Free for UGA students
Contact: www.georgiadogs.com

SATURDAY
Events & Opportunities
What: One-man, multi-character stage play: Faggot
Where: Balcony Theatre, Fine Arts Building
When: 7 p.m.
Price: $5
Contact: lynwoodtj@yahoo.com

What: The Big Bad Musical
Where: Athens Little Playhouse
When: 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Price: $10 (adults) $8 (seniors & students) $5 (children)
Contact: 706-208-1036, www.athenslittleplayhouse.org

What: Psychic Fair
Where: Body, Mind & Spirit Ministries
When: 11 a.m.–3 p.m.
Price: Free
Contact: 706-351-6024

Who: Dr. Joye J. Pugh
Where: Borders Books & Music
When: 1 p.m.
Price: Free
Contact: www.drjoye.com

What: Dancefx Open House
Where: Dancefx
When: 10 a.m–3 p.m.
Price: Free
Contact: www.dancefx.com

What: Groovy Nights Benefit for Project Safe
Where: The Classic Center
When: 7-11 p.m.
Price: $50
Contact:www.projectsafe.com

What: Athens Farmers Market
Where: Bishop Park
When:  8 a.m.–Noon.
Price: Free
Contact: www.athensfarmersmarket.net
More info: Steve Abercrombie and Catherine Kimbro & The No Name Band

Music
Who: Dreamdogs, Immuzikation
Where: 40 Watt Club
When: 10:30 p.m.
Price: $3
Contact: 706-549-7871, www.40watt.com

Who: Bros. Marler, Normaltown Flyers, Rachel O’Neal
Where: Gnat’s Landing
When: 3 p.m.
Price: Free
Contact: www.gnatslanding.net, 706-850-5858

Who:  Adam Klein, Gabriel Mintz, William Tonks; The McMaken Bros. (Free, 7 p.m.)
Where: Flicker Theatre & Bar
When: 10 p.m.
Price: $5 (10 p.m.)
Contact: www.myspace.com/flickerbar

Who: Wrong Way
Where: The Bad Manor
When: 9 p.m.
Price: Free
Contact:  www.thebadmanor.com

Who: Magic Missile, Spirit Hair, The Shut-Ups
Where: Caledonia Lounge
When: 10 p.m.
Price: $5 (21+), $7 (18+)
Contact: www.caledonialounge.com

Who: Turbine
Where: Farm 255
When: 11 p.m.
Price: Free
Contact: www.farm255.com

Who: The Back Row Baptists, Moses Gunn, Possum Jenkins
Where: Little Kings Shuffle Club
When: 10 p.m.
Price: $5
Contact: www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub

What:  DJ Mahogany & DJ Klaus
Where: Go Bar
When: 10 p.m.
Price: Free
Contact: www.myspace.com/gobar

Who: Orquesta MaCuba
Where: New Earth Music Hall
When: 9 p.m.
Price: N/A
Contact: www.newearthmusichall.com

Who: Brotherland
Where: Terrapin Beer Co.
When: 5 p.m.
Price: $8
Contact: www.terrapinbeer.com

Who: Kate Morrissey
Where: The Globe
When:  9–11 p.m
Price: $5 (suggested donation)
Contact: 706-353-4721

Who: Guff, KarBomb, Michael Guthrie Band
Where: RPM
When: 10 p.m.
Price: N/A
Contact:  706-543-0428

Who: Justin Evans, The Starter Kits, Timber
Where: The Max Canada
When: 10 p.m.
Price: Free
Contact: 706-254-3392

SPORTS

What: Nike Invitational
Who: UGA vs. Kansas
Where: Women’s Sports Complex
When: 1:30 p.m.
Price: Free to UGA students
Contact: 706-542-1621

SUNDAY
Events & Opportunities
What: One-man, multi-character stage play: Faggot
Where: Balcony Theatre, Fine Arts Building
When: 2:30 p.m.
Price: $5
Contact: lynwoodtj@yahoo.com

What: The Big Bad Musical
Where: Athens Little Playhouse
When: 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Price: $10 (adults) $8 (seniors & students) $5 (children)
Contact: 706-208-1036, www.athenslittleplayhouse.org

What: Brewhaha
Where: Aromas
When: 4 p.m.
Price: N/A
Contact:  706-208-0059, www.aromaswinebar.com

What: Blood into Wine: Screening & Tasting
Where: Ciné BarCafé
When: 6 p.m. (wine tasting), 7:30 p.m. (film screening)
Price: $20
Contact: www.athenscine.com

What: Wild Intelligence Nature Programs Open House
Where: Orange Twin Conservation Community
When: 5–7 p.m.
Contact: 706-614-2612, evan@wildintelligence.org

What: Gospel Variety Show
Where: Seney-Stovall Chapel
When: 6 p.m.
Price: $10 (adv.) $12 (door) $7 (kids 12 & under)

What: Book Signing
Who: Atlanta author Violette L. Reid
Where: Borders Books & Music
When: 1 p.m.
Price: Free
Contact: 706-583-8647

Music
Who: Lokshen Kugel Klezmer Band
Where: Farm 255
When: 10 p.m.
Price: Free
Contact: www.farm255.com

Who: Kinky Waikiki, Nathan Sheppard, Truce
Where: Gnat’s Landing
When: 4 p.m.
Price: N/A
Contact: 706–850–5858

Who: Evan Barber, Zach Broocke, Shane Tutmarc
Where: Rye Bar
When: 10:30 p.m.
Price: Free
Contact: www.myspace.com/ryebarathens

MONDAY
Events & Opportunities
What:  $1 Body Composition Test
Who: Sponsored by UGA Recreational Sports
Where: 245C Ramsey Student Center
When: 5-7 p.m.
Price: $1
Contact: sconnell@uga.edu

What: Romance Languages Colloquium. “From Macondo to Macon.doc: Latin American Hypermedia Narrative”
Who: Claire Taylor, University of Liverpool
Where: 115 Gilbert Hall
When: 5:30 p.m.
Price: Free
Contact: dbultman@uga.edu

What: People’s Perennial Peace Garden
Where: Ben’s Bikes
When: 7–8:30 p.m.
Price: Free
Contact: athenspermaculture@gmail.com

Music
Who: Goatwhore, Graves of Valor, Guzik, Strong Intention
Where: Caledonia Lounge
When: 9:30 p.m.
Price: $5 (21+), $7 (18+)
Contact: $5 (21+), $7 (18+)

Who: Hans Darkbolt, Paleo, Vinyl Vanilla,
Where: Go Bar
When: 10 p.m.
Price: Free
Contact: www.myspace.com/gobar

Who: Evan Barber
Where: Rye Bar
When: 10 p.m.
Price: Free
Contact: www.myspace.com/ryebarathens

Tuesday
Events & Opportunities
What: Dean of Students Candidate Visit.
Who: Shay Davis Little, director of residence hall administrative services and communications at UGA
Where: Tate Student Center Reception Hall
When: Faculty/Staff forum at 2 p.m. Student forum at 3:30 p.m.
Price: Free
Contact: www.uga.edu/studentaffairs/dox/index.htm

What: Lecture: “Superbug—The Fatal Menace of MRSA”
Who: Science journalist Maryn McKenna
Where: 175 Coverdell Center
When: 4 p.m.
Price: Free
Contact: 706-542-5038, murrayd@uga.edu

What: Coming Out Discussion
Who: Dr. Kelly Case-Simonson, from the University Health Center
Where: LGBT Resource Center, 221 Memorial Hall
When: 6:30-8 p.m.
Price: Free
Contact: 706-542-4077, vernon85@uga.edu

What: Spanish Wine Tasting
Where: Flight Tapas and Bar
When: 6–8 p.m.
Price: $15
Contact: 706–549–0200

What: Athens Farmers Market
Who: The Dusters will perform
Where: Little Kings Shuffle Club
When: 4-7 p.m.
Price: Free
Contact: www.athensfarmersmarket.net

What: Poetic Soul
Where: New Earth Music Hall
When: 9 p.m.
Price: Free
Contact: www.newearthmusichall.com

Music
Who: Dis-taste-r, The Subliminator, Unus Mundus
Where: Caledonia Lounge
When: 10 p.m.
Price: $5 (21+), $7 (18+)
Contact:  www.caledonialounge.com

Who: Chris Cundari, Sumilan
Where: Rye Bar
When: 10:30 p.m.
Price: Free
Contact: www.myspace.com/ryebarathens

What: Live in the Lobby
Who: Tumbleweed Stampede
Where: WUOG 90.5FM
When: 8 p.m.
Price: Free
Contact: www.wuog.org

Wednesday
Events & Opportunities
What: College of Education 2010 Fall Address “The Role of Colleges of Education in Research Universities,”
Who: Deborah L. Ball, Dean of the University of Michigan School of Education
Where: Masters Hall, Georgia Center
When: 9-10:45 a.m.
Price: Free
Contact: 706-542-5889, mdchilds@uga.edu

What: Student Organizations Fall Activities Fair
Where: Tate Student Center Plaza and Lawn
When: 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Price: Free
Contact: 706-542-8584, www.uga.edu/stuorgs, stuorgs@uga.edu

What: Staff Council Meeting
Where: 101 Pharmacy South
When: 2:30 p.m.
Contact: www.uga.edu/ugasc/

What: Zumba At The Garden.
Where: Visitor Center, Great Room, State Botanical Garden
When: 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Price: $72, $54 members or $10, $8 members per class at the door
Contact: 706-542-6156, ckeber@uga.edu

What: Canine Cocktail Hour
Where: Hotel Indigo
When:  5–7 p.m.
Contact: www.athensdowntownhotel.com

Music
Who: Heavy Pets, The Incredible Sandwich, Stockholm Syndrome
Where: 40 Watt Club
When: 8 p.m.
Price:  $15 (adv.).
Contact: www.40watt.com

Who: Battlehooch, The Caste, Geisterkatzen
Where: Caledonia Lounge
When: 10 p.m.
Price: $5 (21+), $7 (18+)
Contact:  www.caledonialounge.com

Who: Blood Feathers, Hunter Morris, Aaron Gentry and Patrick Morales
Where: Farm 255
When: 9 p.m. and 11 p.m.
Price: Free
Contact: www.farm255.com

Who: Chrissakes, Yukon
Where: Go Bar
When: 10 p.m.
Price: N/A
Contact: www.myspace.com/gobar

Who: Bare Wires, The Humms, Trashcans
Where: Little Kings Shuffle Club
When: 10 p.m.
Price: Free
Contact: www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub

Who: Coco Rico, Qurious, Tumbleweed Stampede, Woodfangs
Where: New Earth Music Hall
When: 9 p.m.
Price: Free
Contact: www.newearthmusichall.com

Who: The Welfare Liners Bluegrass Band
Where: Terrapin Beer Co.
When: 5 p.m.
Price: $8
Contact:  www.terrapinbeer.com
Terrapin Beer Co.

Who: Emmitt-Nershi Band
Where: The Melting Point
When: 9 p.m.
Price: $15
Contact: www.meltingpointathens.com