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Rape, abuse, intolerance toward women and uplifting, peculiar questions such as "if your vagina got dressed, what would it wear" are just a few issues addressed in The Vagina Monologues. The show, which was created by Eve Ensler and premiered Off Broadway in 1996, will start at 8 tonight in the University Chapel and run through Sunday. … 1 Comment
Although Sweet Honey In The Rock doesn't refer to the tasty handiwork of a honey bee, the music this group produces is so rich that it could be eaten anyway. The soulful, swaying melodies and stomach-clenching harmonies of Sweet Honey In The Rock will be available to Athens residents for the first time Sunday when Hugh Hodgson Hall presents this Grammy Award-winning a cappella group. … 1 Comment
The Athens music scene continues to shine as the papercranes, a band from Gainesville, Fla., lights up the stage of Morton Theater Friday. Sponsored by several companies and campus programs of Athens, including WUGA-FM, Flagpole Magazine, Morton Theatre Corporation, Athensmusic. … 0 Comments
'BREACH' Genre: Thriller Rated: PG-13 Starring: Ryan Phillippe, Laura Linney Eric O'Neill (Phillippe) has just been given the opportunity of a lifetime: he's been promoted to a job inside the FBI headquarters working for Robert Hanssen (Chris Cooper), a highly respected agent. … 0 Comments
Bright colors, flowing skirts and traditional dances accompanied by the musical stylings of bagpipes, strings and gypsy music are what the audience will encounter when they attend the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble performance Saturday. The ensemble is a group organized around the principles of preserving traditional Hungarian costume, dance and music. … 0 Comments
On the heels of releasing its newest album, "Absolutely," Sister Hazel took off last October to begin promoting and connecting with fans all over the country. Jett Beres, bassist for the band, said it generally takes one year for the band to travel to each part of the country to promote, and Sister Hazel enjoys every minute of it. … 0 Comments
Rising Appalachia's show at the Melting Point Friday may pose a challenge to first-time listeners: Pinpointing the group's sound is a task not even its members can do easily. "We were actually just discussing this a second ago," said Leah Smith, who, along with sister Chloe Smith and percussionist Forrest Kelly, form Rising Appalachia. … 0 Comments
The Athens music scene is known worldwide for its diversity, but there's very little representation of the music of the downtrodden, the blues. One of the most popular artists in the blues genre today, Joe Bonamassa, will try to change that when he plays the Melting Point tonight. … 0 Comments
It really made sense what the Vagina Monologues' director Erin McGinley said about the performance: that people laughing together bond better than people crying together. Think about it - groups who are looking for higher representation won't get anywhere by sitting around crying about their problems. … 0 Comments
Online Exclusive In early November, Perpetual Groove expressed its affection for the Georgia Theatre by playing a benefit concert to help Friends of the Georgia Theatre kick off a series of repairs for the historic building. Friends of the Georgia Theater was founded in the fall of 2006 by the theater's owner, Wil Greene, in order to help cover the costs of building repairs. … 1 Comment
THURSDAY Sister Hazel, Justin Brodgen Georgia Theatre. 9 p.m. $18/adv, $20/door Lona, Bo Beddingfield and the Wydelles 40 Watt Club. 10 p.m. $5 Don Chambers, Eric Sales Flicker Theatre & Bar. 8:30 p.m. Fresh Drum Fingers, Hanoman, Shitty Candy & the Circus Peanuts Caledonia Lounge. … 0 Comments
The Tabernacle, Atlanta Look up the word "disgruntled" in a thesaurus, and you'll find the word "hinder" among the entries. That's what the platinum selling band did to determine the name for their music group years ago. Surely the members of Hinder aren't disgruntled anymore with its successful No. … 0 Comments
One paper fan can change everything. One fan can ruin a woman's reputation and send her into a world of trouble with a great risk being the tarnishing of her good name. In Oscar Wilde's play, "Lady Windermere's Fan," he pokes fun of high-class society by revealing its preoccupation with superficiality and trivial concerns. … 0 Comments
She lived in a tiny hole for years. Because of the darkness that incessantly surrounded her, she couldn't tell the difference between day and night. But she never gave up hope, for she knew that freedom would come - and it eventually did. Harriet Jacobs' story and similar ones about slavery reveal the tribulations that slaves endured and how they overcame them to achieve freedom. … 0 Comments
'GREEN BLUES' MV & EE with The Bummer Road No doubt about it, Matthew Valentine and Erika Elder love their music. I can picture them now - sitting around certain mind-inducing cocktails and talking the day away. "Green Blues" takes us into one of those conversations and inside the mind of two abstract artists with a dark and complicated vision - or at least, it attempts to. … 0 Comments
In response to a culture fascinated with the idea of outer space, English artist David Bowie released the space-themed glam-rock album "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars." … 3 Comments
This week we decided to check out one of Athens' more understated places to dine, The Globe, which is located downtown on the corner of Clayton and Lumpkin streets. The Globe is a very fun place to eat, mainly because of its atmosphere. It's a seat-yourself restaurant with large wooden tables and deep brick and stone walls that make for a cozy winter lunch or dinner. … 0 Comments
'QUILTS AND WATERCOLORS' This exhibit features Jean Gibson's watercolor works and the Cotton Patch Quilters Guild's quilts. When: through February Hours: 9 a.m to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday Where: Athens-Clarke County Library, Baxter St. … 0 Comments
In a small gallery on the second floor of the Georgia Museum of Art, there lies an exhibit of sketches by world renowned artists. Students currently have the opportunity to view pieces by artists such as Salvador Dalí and Pablo Picasso without venturing far from Athens at no cost. … 3 Comments
True southerners love a good shag - dance, that is. This type of shag, distinct from the one that Austin Powers made popular, is a Southern tradition that's been brought to Athens. The Athens YMCA offers beginning and intermediate level shag lessons for singles and couples interested in learning the official state dance of South Carolina. … 0 Comments
