Culture Briefs
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Eleanor Davis Creates Google's Spring Equinox Doodle
In celebration of today's vernal equinox, Google's homepage features a charming animated Google Doodle by local illustrator Eleanor Davis. In the piece, a boldly-outlined, smiling figure uses his watering can to help flowers grow into the shape of Google's letters. Way to go, Eleanor!
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Classic City Rollergirls, UGA Ice Dogs Tickets on Sale
Classic City Rollergirls season tickets are on sale now at the Classic Center.
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Photos: Southern Fried Championship Wrestling
The Southern Fried Championship Wrestling series returns to Monroe this Saturday for an event that's being dubbed "Valentine's Vendetta." (Read our feature story.) After the jump, check out a selection of photos from last month's event courtesy of Ali Phillips Photography.
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Reddit Founder Alexis Ohanian Highlights Georgia Web Entrepreneurs
Thinc. at UGA, University Union, the Department of Computer Science and FourAthens brought reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian to campus to discuss his book Without Their Permission. The book tour lacked a reading by the author but focused on its main points: entrepreneurship and the internet.
Ohanian took the audience through his failures and successes with reddit and involved Georgia web-based entreprenuers, such as Humans of New York founder Brandon Stanton, throughout the event.
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Tinariwen, Kishi Bashi, Washed Out, Doug Benson to Headline Slingshot 2014
The organizers of Athens Slingshot, the upstart art, music and tech festival, have announced the initial lineup of featured performers for their second annual happening, which takes place Mar. 19–22.
In music, West African world-rock rebels Tinariwen will play the Georgia Theatre on Slingshot's opening day. Local pop heavyweight Kishi Bashi will also perform during the fest, as will Washed Out's Ernest Greene, who will spin a DJ set.
More info after the jump.
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What's Up With the Lyndon House? Find Out Tonight
You may have heard that there are a lot of vague concerns floating around about the future of the Lyndon House Arts Center.
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Tania León Lecture Postponed
Composer and conductor Tania León's talk at the University of Georgia, scheduled for today, has been postponed due to travel delays caused by inclement weather. The Willson Center for Humanities and Arts hopes to reschedule, spokesman Dave Marr said.
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Comedian Myq Kaplan Performs at Green Room Tonight
If you've got a hankering for some early-week laffs, head over to Green Room tonight to catch a set from Myq Kaplan. The comedian, who is fresh off his Friday appearance on "The Late Show with David Letterman" (watch the clip after the jump), was a finalist on "Last Comic Standing" in 2010 and has released two albums of stand-up: Vegan Mind Meld and Please Be Seated.
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