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Local trapeze dance studio performs homage to water

Water, or the lack thereof, has been in the news and on TV – now it’s in the air. Canopy Studio, the local dance studio known for its aerial dance and trapeze work, will perform “Water Body” this weekend. The performance includes not only aerial dances performed by the Canopy Repertory Company, but also a video montage designed by show co-director Michelle Dodson and spoken word written by ecological writer and naturalist Janisse Ray.

Nuci’s film, music promote awareness

Depression hurts, but Nu�i’s Space is letting students know it’s not something they must suffer alone.

Nu�i’s Space, the local nonprofit music and health help center, is hosting a MovieFest tonight at Ciné and an in-house fundraising concert as part of its third annual Depression and Suicide Awareness Week.

Singer aids drought efforts

Recent rain showers are no reason to stop thinking about ways to save water and protecting local water resources is a cause Jeff Black can get behind. Alternative folk-rock singer/songwriter Jeff Black plays at Little Kings tonight at 10 with local band Catawba as part of a benefit show for the Upper Oconee Watershed Network.

Service sorority solicits singers

Attention lonely shower singers: Unite and let the world know how talented you truly are – at least for one night. Tonight at Wild Wing Café downtown, teams or individuals can belt their favorite tunes and make the crowd cheer or cringe in the charity event Karaoke for Kids, organized by Gamma Sigma Sigma, a national community service sorority.

Lecture to give ‘truth’ about U.S. torture policies

The subject of torture is not exactly bus stop small talk, but the Athens Campus Green Party plans to try to change that. Students can learn the “Truth About Torture” in a lecture sponsored by the Athens Campus Green Party and UGA Progressives. Marita Gronnvoll, who is working toward a Ph.

Local celebrities to shine in dance event

Over a glass of wine with her friend Pat Priest last summer, a light bulb appeared over the head of Joan Prittie, executive director of Project Safe. Priest, a fellow Project Safe supporter, suggested that Prittie put on a dance show to benefit the organization.

Russian ballet visits Classic City

Russian ballet company the Hermitage Ballet has an energetic advocate in Michael Donnelly. He has been to Russia 195 times. Donnelly, who owns the tour company responsible for bringing the Hermitage to the U.S., M&M Art Travel, received his master’s degree and Ph.

Grady professor to debut, autograph novel

Anandam Kavoori has produced scads of academic writings within the realms of international communication, broadcast news, new media and South Asian cinema.He has added one more work to that roster: the novel. Kavoori, associate professor of telecommunications in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, is having a book signing Thursday at Borders for his first novel, “The Children of Shahida.

Burlesque troupe heats night up with chili, dance

The marriage of chili and stripping was a lucrative enterprise for Athens’ burlesque troupe last year. Therefore, Effie’s Club Follies Vaudeville Burlesque Revue will host its second annual chili cook-off Saturday at Little Kings. After contestants’ chili undergoes professional survey by a panel of judges, chili-tasting and voting opens to the public at 7.

Univ. presents ‘Wild’ comedy documentary

Vince Vaughn has come to town and comedy ain’t never gonna be the same. In 2005, Vaughn assembled four comedians – Bret Ernst, Brian Caparulo, Ahmed Ahmed and Sebastian Maniscalco – and took them on a road trip across the U.S. “Vince Vaughn’s Wild West Comedy Tour: 30 Days and 30 Nights – Hollywood to the Heartland,” documents the journey that took the comedians to 30 cities.

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