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Posted: 6/24/08

- A Midsummer Night's Dream. Sponsored by the Rose of Athens Theatre. $15 adults and $10 for ages 25 and younger. Dinner at the Georgia Center's Savannah Room Restaurant and the Theatre together is $37 adults and $32 for ages 25 and younger. Shows daily at 8 p.m. with matinees Sunday at 1 p.m. and
June 29 at 5:30 p.m. Mahler Auditorium, Georgia Center.Contact: lisacesnik@gmail.com.

Friday

- Midpoint Withdrawal Deadline for Extended Summer Session.

- Dance: Ballroom Beach Bash. Sponsored by the Ballroom Performance Group and the Ballroom Dance Club. There will be a free East Coast Swing lesson at 7 p.m. taught by a veteran ballroom dancer. Open dancing will be from 7 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. New Dance Theater at the Dance Building. Additional information at www.ugaballroom.com. Contact: bdcuga@gmail.com.

Monday

- Summer Movie: Drillbit Taylor. Sponsored by the University Union Student Programming Board. Tickets are free for students and $3 for non-students. 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. Tate Student Center Theater. Additional information at www.uga.edu/union. Contact: 706-542-6396.

- Family and Consumer Sciences Summer College. Sponsored by the FACS Alumni Association. FACS Education teacher participants who complete ten hours of planned program activities receive one PLU credit. Event begins Monday at 12:30 p.m. and continues through Tuesday at 2 p.m. Overnight accommodations are available at the downtown Holiday Inn and packets will be mailed mid-April. Dawson Hall and Barrow Hall. Contact: 706-542-4111, cwilliams@fcs.uga.edu.

Tuesday

- Sunflower Music Series. Sponsored by Athens Coca-Cola, Northeast Sales and Distributing, Musicians Warehouse, Flagpole Magazine, WUGA, AthensMusic.net and Cafe Trumps at the Garden. A performance by Scott Miller, Sugar Hill Records Recording Artist with The Wydelles. Members $10, all others $15. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. State Botanical Garden, International Garden lawn. Contact: 706-542-1244, garden@uga.edu.

Wednesday

- Blood Drive. Sponsored by the American Red Cross. 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Oglethorpe House basement. Contact: 678-227-4650

- Brown Bag Discussion: The Use of Social Networking Tools/The Media By Adolescents. Sponsored by UGA Child and Family Policy Initiative. Professors Alison Alexander and Karen Miller of the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, and Professor Jolie Daigle of the College of Education will lead a discussion on the potential benefits and dangers of social networking/media tools when used by adolescents, as well as implications for policy and practice. Noon to 1:15 p.m. 153 Student Learning Center. Contact: 706-542-1108, allison@cviog.uga.edu

Thursday

- Gwinnett County Chapter Kick-Off. Sponsored by the UGA Alumni Association. Meet fellow alumni in the area as the chapter announces its presence, purpose and goals for 2008. Hors d'oeuvres will be served.
6:30 p.m. Marriott Gwinnett Place, 1775 Pleasant Hill Road, Duluth. Contact: 706-542-2251, tgardner@uga.edu

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