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The films’ the thing at Tele Arts

Playing tonight at 7:30 at the Tate Auditorium will be the Tele Arts Film Festival. Students will be debuting their various student movies. For information, contact Denise Matthews at 542-7532. Dancey Pants Borders will be host to the Athens Dance Academy tonight at 7 as they perform a special holiday performance. Admission is free. For [...]

New paintings on exhibit by prof at Broad Street

An exhibition of new paintings by artist and University Emeritus professor John D. Kehoe has been installed at the Broad Street Gallery. The exhibition, sponsored by the Lamar Dodd School of Art, will continue through Dec. 20. Kehoe was a professor of sculpture at the University from 1970 to 1990. He also was the director [...]

The touch, the feel, ‘The Soundtrack Of Our Lives’

The Soundtrack of Our Lives “Behind the Music” Grade: A The Soundtrack of Our Lives has got it all. The Swedish, post-most-everything rock group will make you want to grab an early Beatles haircut and a mod suit and get MTV permanently blocked from your cable. In their first American release, “Behind the Music,” T.S.O.O.L. [...]

Variety acts hit Athens holidays

What do bagpipers, jugglers and plate spinners have in common? They are all variety acts in this year’s Masters Hall Christmas performance at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education from Sunday to Thursday. This year’s title is “The Amateur Hour Christmas Caravan,” and it is based on “Ted Mack’s Original Amateur Hour,” a popular radio [...]

Love, tragedy blend in youths’ play

“Once On This Island,” a dramatic production with a Caribbean slant, is a story of tragedy and love. The play is part of the The Young Performer Series of Athens Creative Theatre and features a youthful, talented cast. “The kids have worked so hard on it,” said Amy Wright, the assistant director. “They’ve been practicing [...]

Poor little ‘Lad’ not impressive

Arc the Lad CollectionRating: C Apparently not realizing that everyone and his mother has moved on to the next generation game consoles, Working Designs recently released the “Arc the Lad Collection” on the original Sony Playstation. The collection is a packaged boxed set that includes four games (Arc The Lad I, II, III, and ‘Monster [...]

December is merriest month for movies

Once upon a time in Hollywood, summer movies shimmered. When July heated up so did the box office — and a slew of Oscar hopeful flicks. But today’s film industry is more marketable and profitablethan ever before. In what has become a slugfest for cash, quality films have all but fled the summer for the [...]

Swing from the skies at Canopy Studio

A holiday benefit for Canopy Studio will feature a diverse range of activities and performances at Tasty World Thursday at 8 p.m. Canopy Studio is a newly founded non-profit community arts center that focuses on movement education and performance arts. CANOPY STUDIO BENEFIT When & Where: Thursday at 8 p.m. at Tasty World Admission: $5 [...]

Women and Sugar: Oh Yeah

Let me tell you a story. I was sitting in a bar the other night and this beautiful coed –think Ashley Judd or Halle Berry — walked up and started talking to me. I was thinking to myself, “No way did this just happen.” Then we had a few drinks. Then she told me to [...]

Lady Dogs compete during break before SEC play

While the winter break allows most students to either relax, vacation or get a job, players on the women’s basketball team will get no such opportunity. In fact, the winter break will be the Lady Dogs’ last chance to try different strategies before they hit the heart of their schedule — the SEC. Following a [...]

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