Memorial Day Weekend
Closing Event Schedule:

5:00 p.m.
Heidi Hensley Solo
Join us for an unusual performance by this well-known Athens' area musician

With warm-up by the new group: Bluewing
a vocal trio who sing three part harmonies, accompanied by guitar
(Bluewing is Jenny deRevere, Amber Fetner and Jean Spencer)

6:00 p.m.
BBQ on the porch:
with donations from Trumps, Earthfare, and the Daily Co-op

Saturday, May 19
7:00-9:00 p.m.
Screening of Cabin Field (39 min)
a film by Laura Kissel

and two shorts, Big Twig by Jay Critchley (9 min) and Urban Life by Marco Villani of Italy (7 min)

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Laura Kissel's experimental, non-fiction film explores the site of Cabin Field, a mile-long stretch of agricultural land in Crisp County, Georgia. Through the memories of land owners, farmers, residents and agricultural laborers past and present, "Cabin Field" examines evidence both visible and submerged, material and ephemeral. It will be preceded by two shorts: Big Twig, by Jay Critchley takes a provocative look at Boston’s decade-old mega-highway project, known to residents as 'The Big Dig.' Villani's Urban Life is a visually sumptuous and poetic piece featuring stunning contemporary Italian architecture. In the artist's words it "focuses on urban life as an organic unit in which elements of architecture, urban politics, human aggregates and psychic elements converge." (More on these fascinating films can be found on the artists' websites, just click on their names above.)

Sunday, May 13
7:00 – 9:00 pm
In a Maze/On a Farm:
Readings, Reflections, and Questions

Have you heard it said that we are all just like "ants in a maze"? Created specifically in response to the current ATHICA exhibit, this work-in-progress by a philosopher, a dancer, a vegan musicologist, and a chorus of commentators will explore the meanings of that fear, and its many implications.
As featured Ruburbs installation artist Carol LaFayette's work atta illustrates, the lives of ants on a farm are more interesting, autonomous, and varied than our stereotypes indicate. Tunnels lead to various chambers filled with other bodies, challenges, and goodies. Squirming through our own path can be a good way to create more pleasant spaces, or to weaken the integrity of structures that ought to cave. You may leave this evening's event feeling a bit more informed, and perhaps even a bit more optimistic, about life in your maze.
Chris Cuomo is a performance artist, activist, and Professor of Philosophy who has published in the field of ethics and the environment. She is also Director of the UGA Institute for Women’s Studies.
Denise Posnak is a choreographer, performer, and teacher who is currently a visiting lecturer in the UGA department of dance. She has performed and worked in California, the Midwest, and Hungary.
Stephanie Allen is a vocalist and a graduate student in UGA's Hugh Hodgson School of Music who has carved a niche for herself as a Bjork scholar.
Suggested donation: $6.00 - $12.00