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Find real-world skills in unexpected places

I've always been a good liar – I mean, actor. I pretended to be a school teacher in kindergarten, an ice cream cone in second grade, Saturn as a third grader and a triceratops in community theater as a child. I took a few years off, but the acting bug bit me again in high [...]

Be proud of your ability to mulitask

I’m a multitasker. In fact, I came up with the idea for this article Wednesday while in the shower and listening to Sufjan Stevens’ “Michigan” CD, becoming familiar with the artist for an upcoming Out & About article. This shower came right after I was drinking my morning coffee and reading the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Katrina [...]

Ode to my UGACard

Last Sunday at Interstate 75 exit 212 in Locust Grove, between Macon and Atlanta, I stopped for lunch at a Dairy Queen attached to a gas station. When I pulled out my wallet to pay for my foot-long hot dog and small M&M Blizzard, the girl behind the counter saw my UGACard poking out. “You [...]

Find your nich� here

Joining large organizations in the hopes of making tons of friends has always failed me miserably. Instead, I have been much more successful when I’ve found my niché among a small group of people who share my interests. For now, that place is here at The Red & Black. At one time, it was the [...]

Athens offers variety of events

Spend just a couple of months outside of Athens, and you will quickly realize what an awesome town the Classic City is. I lived in Macon for the majority of the summer, interning in the Communications Office at Wesleyan College and working for The Eleventh Hour, Macon’s version of Athens’ Flagpole. With its newly revamped [...]

‘Spalon’ owner creates chuckles for charity

For one Athens businesswoman, raising money for kids through comedy and beauty is a top priority. Annie Holdrich, owner of Euphoria Spalon on Baxter Street, is opening for Mike Speanburg in back-to-back comedy shows Thursday night at the 40 Watt Club. Speanburg is a full-time comic who tours 42 weeks a year. He has opened [...]

‘Suitors’ brings slapstick to the stage

The Town and Gown Players are poking fun at the legal profession in their production of “The Suitors,” opening tonight. Athens police officer Andy Garrison and local attorney Hue Henry star in this “short, fast and funny” slapstick comedy for the whole family, said W. Steven Carroll, director of the play. “This cast is really [...]

Auditions for Drama stage open to all Univ. rising stars

Joshua Lee Jones, a junior drama major, said each fall there are spaces in University drama productions that open up for new, recognizable talent. “The window is open and you just have to get through,” he said. But students must first get past a virtual spider web over that “window.” That web is called an [...]

Theatre puts on a show to die for

Athens Creative Theatre is kicking off its season Friday night with a three-course meal and a murder mystery in “Who Wants to Kill a Millionaire?”. The play, written by Lee H. Adams, invites the audience into a dinner party hosted by Lily Laplighter of “The Society.” Each year’s “Society” dinner party has a game where [...]

MTV newsman talks on war

MTV news correspondent Gideon Yago will be visiting the University Monday night to deliver a lecture on his experiences covering conflicts in the Middle East. GIDEON YAGO When: 8 p.m. Where: Georgia Hall. Admission: Free for students, $2 for non-students Yago became the first MTV news correspondent to travel to Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan. He [...]