Culture Briefs
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PHOTOS: Classic City Roller Girls Exhibition Bout
Almost 1,000 people—898 to be exact—came out to the Classic Center to support the Classic City Roller Girls' inaugural bout at their new home.
Here are some photo highlights:
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Georgia's New Defensive Coordinator, Jeremy Pruitt, Has Never Heard of Asparagus
Jeremy Pruitt is probably a very man smart man who knows many things. Hopefully, Georgia's new defensive coordinator is an expert on special teams and batting down Hail Mary passes.
One thing he's not overly familiar with, though, is vegetables.
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Zumba to Help Hungry Kids
Food 2 Kids, the Athens chapter of The Links, Inc. and the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia are hosting a Zumba-Thon from 4–7 p.m. The price of admission is a book bag with school supplies that will be filled with non-perishable food and distributed to local students in need.
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More on Chris Conley's Plans to Film an Epic Lightsaber Duel
Image credit: ducksizedhorses via reddit.com/r/uga
Like the Force, Flagpole's man-crush on University of Georgia wide receiver Chris Conley grows stronger every day.
The self-described nerd recently sat down with the Macon Telegraph's Seth Emerson to talk… and talk… and talk about his Star Wars fandom and plans to shoot an epic light saber duel on campus sometime next year.
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Driving Miss Daisy Author to Be Inducted into Georgia Writers Hall of Fame
Olive Ann Burns, Mary Hood and Alfred Uhry have been selected as the newest members of the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame, to be officially inducted in a ceremony this fall on UGA's campus.
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Go Ice Skating at the Classic Center
But please, leave your pipes at home.
The Classic Center's new ice skating rink opens Saturday for a week-long sneak preview. Here's the 411:
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Watch the Trailer for a New Documentary on Athens Poet and Activist LIFE
Athens poet, social worker and author Lemuel LaRoche, a.k.a. LIFE, has made it his, er, life's work to improve his community, using unconventional tools like art, chess and music to educate and connect local underserved African American youths.
Now comes a new documentary called LIFE the Griot, directed by local filmmaker Matt DeGennaro and produced by Grady Thrasher and Kathy Prescott. You can watch the trailer after the jump.
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Artist Brock Gordon Exhibits New Series at 'The R. Kelly House Party'
Right in time to hear the recent release of R. Kelly's 12th solo studio album, Black Panties, The World Famous is hosting "The R. Kelly House Party," an eclectic art exhibit and dance party combo, on Friday, Dec. 13, beginning at 10 p.m. Brock Gordon, a 2013 graduate of the MFA program at UGA's Lamar Dodd School of Art, will exhibit a series of paintings that recreate the R. Kelly mansion room by room. DJ Quincy (John Swint of Modern Skirts) will provide a special R. Kelly-themed set, and chapters of the infamous "Trapped in the Closet" rap opera will be screened throughout the night.
Read the artist statement below.
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