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Monarchs in Mexico, Gainesville. 12:30-2 p.m. Jan. 24. Elachee Nature Science Center, 2125 Elachee Drive, Gainesville. Land Protection Branch Environmental Outreach Coordinator Kim Bailey will discuss monarchs in Mexico. Bring lunch; $10 donation requested. 770-535-1976, www. elachee.org. 2nd annual Tacky Prom, Cornelia. 7-11 p.m. Jan. 25. 601 Wyly St., Cornelia. $10, $15 per couple. 706-778-8585 ext. 280, www. explorecornelia.com or bht@ corneliageorgia.org. “Winter Birds, Their Song, and Trees They Love,” Gainesville. Jan. 26. Brenau University Public Radio WBCX 89.1-FM. Featuring experts Henry Monroe and John Paget.

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Diving Bell Dedication, Dahlonega. 5:30 p.m. Feb. 5. Dahlonega Gold Museum State Historic Site, 1 Public Sq., Dahlonega. $3.50-$6. 706-8642257, www.gastateparks.org. “Justice on Hold” authors Joyce Oscar and Donald Reichardt, Gainesville.

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Advanced Land Navigation Course at Buck Shoals, Helen. 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Feb. 2. Smithgall Woods State Park, 61 Tsalaki Trail, Helen. This sixhour course is part two in the Survival Series and will start with a refresher on the use of the compass and maps, and the establishment of individual pace counts. Students will be sent to find a specific location with a teammate in heavily wooded flat to hilly terrain so should be physically fit. $30-$95, $5 parking. 706-878-3087. Falconry Experience at Buck Shoals, Helen. 2-5 p.m. Feb. 3. Smithgall Woods State Park, 61 Tsalaki Trail, Helen. Learn about the art of falconry with Buster Brown, co-director of the Georgia Falconry Association. A short presentation will be followed by

1-3 p.m. Feb. 6. Peach State Bank, 325 Washington St., Gainesville. Free. Hosted by the Northeast Georgia Writers, www.negawriters.org. Mardi Gras, Clarkesville. 6-11 p.m. Feb. 9. Clarkesville Mill, 583 Grant St., Clarkesville. 706-754-2220. Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce Arbor Day celebration, Gainesville. 10 a.m. Feb. 15. Frances Meadows Aquatic Center, 1545 Community Way, Gainesville. Winter Birding in Georgia, Gainesville. 12:30 p.m. Feb. 21. Elachee Nature Science Center, 2125 Elachee Drive, Gainesville. Ornithologist Georgann Schmalz will discuss winter birding in Georgia. Bring lunch; $10 donation requested. 770-535-1976, www. elachee.org. Author luncheon, Demorest. Noon. March 16. Piedmont College, 165 Central Ave., Demorest. A fundraiser for the Friends of the Clarkesville Library. Folk artist Linda Anderson will speak following a catered lunch. Her book, “Flashes of Memory: An Appalachian Self-Portrait” will be available for purchase. Deadline is March 13. $25, includes lunch. 706754-4413. Farmers market, Suwanee. Applications due by March 18, on which date the Suwanee Farmers

a live hunt. Proceeds purchase food for Smithgall’s captive hawk. Register by Jan. 25. $40 adult or $45 if paid after Jan. 25, 12 and younger free, $5 parking. 706-878-3087. Sustainable Living Day, Gainesville. 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Feb. 9 Cedar Hill Enrichment Center, 5735 Dawsonville Hwy., Gainesville. Learn practical ways to become self-sufficient. $30$50. Registration required. Lunch provided or bring your own. 770887-0051. Hemlock Update and Winter Botany, Helen. Noon to 4 p.m. Feb. 9. Smithgall Woods State Park, 61 Tsalaki Trail, Helen. A report on the progress of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid treatment of Eastern Hemlock trees will be followed by botanist Jim Sullivan demonstrating how to identify plants using clues available in the winter. Winter Botany will include a short hike to identify nearby flora. Register in advance. $10 if paid by February 1, $15 after, $5 parking. 706-8783087.

Market annual meeting will be held at 7 p.m. at Suwanee City Hall, 330 Town Center Avenue. Guidelines and applications are available at www. suwanee.com. Organic Farming in Georgia, Gainesville. 12:30 p.m. March 21. Elachee Nature Science Center, 2125 Elachee Drive, Gainesville. Series of three talks by guest speakers sharing knowledge in natural history and environmental policy. Bring lunch; $10 donation requested. 770-5351976, www.elachee.org. Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ Festival, Cornelia. April 19-20. KCBS sanctioned BBQ competitions. 17th annual Bear on the Square Mountain Festival, Dahlonega. April 1921. 244 Wild Turkey Trail, Dahlonega. Celebrates Southern Appalachian music, art and culture. Free. 706-8649007, www.bearonthesquare.org.

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Friendship Woman’s Club, Flowery Branch. Meets every fourth Thursday. Flowery Branch Depot, Flowery Branch. 404-394-9865 or SallyWeatherbee8@aol.com. Lanier Women’s Club, Gainesville. 10 a.m. Every second Thursday. First Presbyterian Church, S. Enota St., Gainesville. $15. 678-960-4172.

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Growing Up Wild, Helen. Jan. 24 and 31. Unicoi State Park and Lodge, Helen. An early childhood education program for children ages 3-7 aimed at getting children interested in nature. $5 plus $5 parking. 706-878-2201 ext. 305.

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“The Adventures of Mighty Bug,” Atlanta. TuesdaysFridays 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m., Saturdays noon and 2 p.m., Sundays 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Jan. 31 to March 17. Mainstage Theater, Center for Puppetry Arts, 1404 Spring St. NW at 18th, Atlanta. Tickets include museum admission and Create-A-Puppet Workshop where kids can make their own puppet. $9.25 members, $16.50 non-members. 404873-3391, www.puppet.org. Dancing Through The Decades,

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Helen. 5:30-7 p.m. Feb. 1 and 8. Unicoi State Park and Lodge, 1788 Hwy. 356, Helen. Led by professional dancer Carrie Elrod. 4-week series will include steps to social dances from a specific decade. $7 prepaid, $10 walk-in, $5 parking. 706-878-2201 ext. 305. An Evening of Stories, Sautee. 7:30 p.m. Feb. 1. Sautee Nacoochee Community Center, 283 Ga. 255 N, Sautee Nacoochee. National Storyteller Elizabeth Ellis, and regional storytellers Rosann Kent, Hannah From and Debbie Weston From will read stories for all ages. $10 adults, $5 children. 706-878-3300, www. snca.org. Learn to Play the Dulcimer, Helen. 1-4 p.m. Feb. 2. Smithgall Woods State Park, 61 Tsalaki Trail, Helen. Music teacher Gwen Aumann will help you tune, strum and learn easy, beginner songs for the dulcimer. $35 plus $5 parking. 706-878-3087.

Princess Tea Party, Flowery Branch. 2-4 p.m. Feb. 2. Spout Springs Library, 6488 Spout Springs Road, Flowery Branch. Meet your favorite princess, face painting princess style and princess crafts. $15 children, $10 adults. 770-532-3311 ext. 134. Kiwanis Club of North Gwinnett 5th annual Father-Daughter Dance, Buford. 6–8 p.m.; 9–11 p.m. Feb. 2, Lake Lanier Islands Resort, 7000 Holiday Road, Buford. Sunday Attire. $40 per couple/$10 for each additional daughter. 404 386-4782, www. northgwinnettkiwanis.com. Father-Daughter Valentine’s Day Dance, Gainesville. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Feb. 9. Mulberry Creek Community Center, Gainesville. Children ages 4-12 $15 per couple $5 for additional daughter. Space limited and reservations required. A minimum registration number is required by the registration deadline of Feb. 2 or this event may be cancelled. 770-9657140.

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From staff reports In a behind-thescenes look at theatrical productions, Brenau University presents a special exhibition titled “The Art of Theatre.” The exhibit will run through Sunday, March 31 in the President’s Gallery of the Simmons Visual Arts Center on the historic Gainesville campus. A reception for the event is set for 5:30-7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31 in the gallery. Both the exhibition and the reception are free and open to the public. The show focuses on the work of costume, lighting, scene and sound designers whose work gives audiences a sense of place and a sensory experience in the theater. The Brenau University Theatre Department, Gainesville Theatre Alliance and other professionals have donated pieces for the exhibit, including costume sketches, lighting and scene renderings. “We do so many productions here on campus with our joint program and the audience is aware of the scenery and atmosphere, but they don’t know what goes on to get us to that point,” said Fred Lloyd, professor of technical theater at Brenau and co-curator of the exhibit. “This exhibit is all about the hard work done by the designers and technicians to get us to the magical point where the curtain goes up and

The work of costume, lighting, scene and sound designers will be on display at Brenau’s “Art of Theatre” exhibit until March 31.

the show begins.” Lori Gann-Smith, the fashion design program director at Brenau who also has experience in theater as a costume designer, is also a cocurator of the show. “The Art of the Theatre,” she said, provides a glimpse into places audience members seldom go. “The exhibit focuses on the hard work and collaboration of the designers responsible for bringing the director and playwright’s vision to life,” she said. Brenau’s theater program has strong bachelor of fine arts in Design and Technology for Theatre, Lloyd said. A number of graduates from the program currently work at many theaters across the country, he said. Although not a graduate of the program, Janie Bryant, the Emmy Award-winning costume designer for the HBO series “Deadwood” and

a perennial nominee for her work on the top AMC show “Mad Men,” graduated from Brenau Academy and studied briefly as an undergraduate at Brenau Women’s College. Some of the work in the show was created by Brenau students like Emily Fauscett, a 2012 alumna whose wardrobe design for the Gainesville Theatre Alliance’s production of “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” last spring will be on display. “Each of the designers create work that are incredible pieces of art in their own right, that leads to the final piece of theater,” Lloyd said. “We want to showcase the art that we do in the dark, bring some of it to light and let the world experience it.” Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays. Call 770-534-6263 for more details.

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“Brigadoon” open auditions, Dahlonega. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Jan. 26-27. Free. Reserve an audition time. Historic Holly Theater, 69 W. Main St., Dahlonega. 706344-2138, brucepilgrim@ hotmail.com or www. hollytheater.com. “Petite Rouge,” Lawrenceville. 10 a.m. Jan. 26. Aurora Theatre, 128 East Pike St., Lawrenceville. $7. 678-226-6222, www. auroratheatre.com.

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“Romeo and Juliet,” Atlanta. 7:30 p.m. Jan. 31 and Feb. 1. The New American Shakespeare Tavern, 499 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta. $15. 404874-5299 ext. 41 “The Adventures of the Gingerbread Man,” Lawrenceville. 10 a.m. Feb. 2. Aurora Theatre, 128 East Pike St., Lawrenceville. $7. 678-226-6222, www. auroratheatre.com. “Butterfly Ballad/ Balada de las Mariposas,” 10 a.m. Feb. 9. Aurora Theatre, 128 East Pike St., Lawrenceville. $7. 678-226-6222, www. auroratheatre.com. “Tales of Edgar Allan Poe,” Atlanta. 11 a.m. Tuesdays to Fridays, 8 p.m. Thursdays to Saturdays, 5 p.m. Sundays. Feb. 12 through March 3. Center for Puppetry Arts’ Downstairs Theater, 1404 Spring St. NW, Atlanta. $15 members, $25 nonmembers. 404-8733391, www.puppet.org. “She Loves Me,” Gainesville. 7:30 p.m. Feb. 12-16 and 19-23; 2:30 p.m. Feb. 17 and 23. Hosch Theatre, Brenau University, 429 Academy

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“Petite Rouge,” Lawrenceville. 10 a.m. Jan. 26. Aurora Theatre, 128 East Pike St., Lawrenceville. $7. 678-2266222, www.auroratheatre.com. St., Gainesville. Free stage tour 6 p.m. Jan. 29. $16-18 for adults, $14-16 for seniors and $10-12 for students. 678-7173624, www.gainesville theatrealliance.org. Alvin Ailey Dance Theater, Atlanta. 8 p.m. Feb. 14-15, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Feb. 16, 3 p.m. Feb 17. Fox Theater, 660 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta. $25. 1-855-ATL-TIXX, www.foxtheatre.org. “A Raisin in the Sun,” Oakwood. 7:30 p.m. Feb. 15, 17, 19-23; 2:30 p.m. Feb. 16 and 23. Ed Cabell Theatre, University of North Georgia Gainesville campus, 3850 Mundy Mill Road, Oakwood. $16-18 for adults, $14-16 for seniors and $10-12 for students. 678-7173624, www.gainesville theatrealliance.org. “Little Mermaid,”

Dahlonega. 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 3 p.m. Sundays. Feb. 22-24 and March 1-3. Holly Children’s Theater, 69 West Main St., Dahlonega. Adults $14, children and students $10. www.hollytheater. com. “Driving Miss Daisy,” Dahlonega. 8 p.m. March 8-9, 2 p.m. March 10. The Historic Holly Theater, 69 West Main St., Dahlonega. Adult $18, children and students $12. www.hollytheater. com. “The Secret Agent,” Atlanta. March 15-17. Conant Performing Arts Center at Oglethorpe University, Atlanta. Opera with music by local Atlanta composer Curtis Bryant and libretto by Allan Reichman. www. ccityopera.org.

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arts events More than 50 regional and national artists have already committed to donating pieces for the Humane Society’s Art with Heart 2013. Shown is a sample of the art donated for the 2013 event, an original oil painting entitled “Sea Change” by local artist Dona Price.

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Painting for pups Humane Society art sale fundraiser benefits pets From staff reports Great art being auctioned to help save homeless animals — what’s not to like? The Humane Society of Northeast Georgia’s fourth annual benefit art auction, Art with Heart, is set for 7-10 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15 at the Elks Club, 1547 Riverside Drive, Gainesville. The auction will feature fine art, folk art, pottery, woodworking, sculpture and other types of artwork donated by national and regional artists including Amanda Carder Lovett, Travis Massey and S.D. Meadows. All artwork will be available for silent auction. “We have been so grateful for the local and regional art community’s generous support of Art with Heart,” say Julie Edwards, Humane Society director of development and marketing. “Every year, we’ve added new artists. We already have 70-plus committed donations for 2013 and expect it to be our best year yet.” The Humane Society is accepting donations of new and pre-owned artwork for Art with Heart through Friday, Feb. 1. All types of artwork can be donated

Art with Heart Humane Society of Northeast Georgia fundraiser When: 7-10 p.m. Feb. 15 Where: Elks Club, 1547 Riverside Drive, Gainesville How much: $40 More info: 770-532-6617, www. HSNEGA.org

including originals and prints of paintings, etchings, photography and other framed or farmable art as well as pottery, jewelry, textile work, wood work, sculpture and mixed media. Art with Heart also will feature small art items for sell and non-art items for auction, including a Humane Society birthday party and a luxury houseboat cruise. Handcrafted jewelry pieces by Atlanta-based designer Ann Finley and Habersham potter Kris London also will be available for purchase. All proceeds will support the agency’s animal rescue and adoption programs and the shelter’s work to end companion animal overpopulation and suffering. Tickets are $40 per person, and includes heavy hor d’oeuvres and a complimentary wine bar. A limited number are available, with a requested RSVP date of Feb. 8. Tickets can be purchased by calling 770-532-6617 or at www.hsnega.org.

Robert Johnson “Still Life” Oil Painting Workshop, Gainesville. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 21-25. Quinlan Visual Arts Center, 514 Green St. NE, Gainesville. $650. 770536-2575. “Understanding Oil Painting Materials,” Gainesville. 5:30-7 p.m. Jan. 24. Quinlan Visual Arts Center, 514 Green St. NE, Gainesville. An oil painting demonstration with instructor Nancy Speilman. RSVP is required. Free. 770536-2575. Ruth Laxson: “Hip Young Owl,” Atlanta. Jan. 26 through March 30. Marcia Wood Gallery, 263 Walker St., Atlanta. Opening Reception 6:30-8:30 p.m. Jan. 25. 404-827-0030.

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Art Gallery Celebration, Sandy Springs. Through February. Reception 4-8 p.m. Feb. 7. Northwest Unitarian Univeralist Congregation, 1025 Mount Vernon Highway NW, Sandy Springs. Featuring work by African-American artist Bruce Johnson and members of the Ebony Stitcher’s Quilt Guild. Free. Mardi Gras fundraiser, Dawsonville. 7 p.m. Feb. 9. Bowen Center for the Arts, 334 Hwy. 9 N, Dawsonville. Live jazz combo and dancing, buffet and king cake. Reservations, masks/costumes are required. $25 Dawson Arts Council members, $35 nonmembers. 706-2162787, dawsonarts.org. 38th annual Fireside Craft/ Art Show, Helen. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 16-17. Unicoi State Park and Lodge, 1788 Highway 356, Helen. $5 parking. 800-573-9659 ext. 305. Casino Night fundraiser, Gainesville. 6:30 p.m. Feb. 23. Smithgall Arts Center, 331 Spring St. SE, Gainesville. Vegas casino games, live music, hors

d’ouevres, silent auction and cash bar. Black tie optional. Benefits The Arts Council. $75, $125 couple. RSVP by Feb. 11. 770-5342787, www.theartscouncil. net. Quinlan Visual Arts Center 35th Annual Gala Art Auction, Gainesville. Feb. 28-March 2. Quinlan Visual Arts Center, 514 Green St. NE, Gainesville. Original art work by local, regional and national talents juried by acclaimed art appraiser Robert Morring of Atlanta. $125. 770-536-2575, www. quinlanartscenter.org. 2013 Kiwanis Visual Arts Showcase, Gainesville. Through March. Quinlan Visual Arts Center, 514 Green St. NE, Gainesville. Hall County and Gainesville City middle and high school students are invited to participate. Cash scholarships will be awarded for Best of Show for 10th, 11th and 12th grade artists. 770-5362575. 2013 Youth Art Competition and Pottery Studio Exhibit, Helen. March 3-16. Helen Arts and Heritage Center, 25 Chattahoochee St., Helen. Opening reception March 3. Free. 706-878-3933, www.helenarts.org or info@ helenarts.org. “Mountain Matters,” Helen. Opening reception 5-7 p.m. March 21. Helen Arts and Heritage Center, 25 Chattahoochee St., Helen. 706-878-3933, www.helenarts.org or info@ helenarts.org. “Dreamwork,” Helen. Opening reception 5-7 p.m. May 23. Helen Arts and Heritage Center, 25 Chattahoochee St., Helen. 706-878-3933, www. helenarts.org or info@ helenarts.org.

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Kareem Harris and Dustin Morris art exhibit, Gainesville. 6:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Through January. Inman Perk Bistro, Historic Gainesville Square. Creative calligraphy and original images of drawing

and painting. Free. 770572-1908. Dreamers/Soñadores exhibit, Oakwood. Through Feb. 13. Roy C. Moore Art Gallery, University of North Georgia Gainesville campus, 3820 Mundy Mill Road, Oakwood. Free. 678717-3707, ung.edu. The Six, Gainesville. Through Feb. 16. Quinlan Visual Arts Center, 514 Green St. NE, Gainesville. Artists Douglas Fromm, Yasharel Manzy, Kelly Morgenstern, Alan Stecker, David Wendel and Marc West. 770-536-2575, www. quinlanartscenter.org. Solo Art Exhibit, Sautee. Through March 3. Sautee Nacoochee Center Gallery, 283 Ga. 255 N., Sautee Nacochee. Featuring Sandra Landergott’s original oil landscape paintings. 706-878-3300, www. SandraLandergott.com.

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The musical lineup has been set for the 17th annual Bear on the Square Mountain Festival set for April 20-21 in Dahlonega. Admission is free to the festival’s Mainstage concert tent. The lineup includes groups and individuals playing bluegrass and old-time music from the Southern Appalachian region, as well as other musical genres. Among the performers are: ■ Bluebilly Grit, winner of the 2012 Telluride Bluegrass Band Competition. ■ Tennessee-based Randy Waller & The Country Gentlemen, led by the son of Charlie Waller, co-founder, lead singer and guitarist of the classic bluegrass group The Country Gentlemen. ■ Dahlonega bands The Neel Pender Project, Curtis Jones & Mountain Gypsy Project, Gold Rush and the Pick & Bow All Stars from the Georgia Pick & Bow Traditional Music School. ■ Atlanta-based The Georgia Crackers. ■ Athens-based acts Kenney-Blackmon String Band and The Solstice Sisters. ■ From out of state, John Lilly from Charleston, W. Va., Sons of Bluegrass from East Tennessee State University and Locust Honey from Swannanoa,

The UGA Performing Arts Center brings Igudesman and Joo to town Jan. 29 for a night of musical mayhem. Violinist Aleksey Igudesman and pianist Hyung-ki Joo combine humor with classical music and popular culture. The duo will perform their show, “A Little Nightmare Music,” at 8 p.m. in Hodgson Concert Hall. Igudesman and Joo have picked up the mantle of legendary humorists Victor Borge and P.D.Q. Bach and given it a third millennium makeover. Like their predecessors, they are serious musicians who enjoy knocking the stuffy out of staid classical performances. As a result, Igudesman and Joo have become an Internet sensation, with more than 28 million YouTube viewers. The duo’s “A Little Nightmare Music” has

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Tennessee-based Randy Waller & The Country Gentlemen are set to perform during the 17th annual Bear on the Square Mountain Festival in April.

N.C. Sons of Bluegrass, made of majors from the bluegrass music program at East Tennessee State University, will also be the featured band at the Live Country Auction prefestival event Friday night. Glenda Pender, festival co-founder and current president, will again lead the Sunday morning Gospel Jam on the MainStage. An Acoustic Open Mic session is set for 3-4:30 p.m. Saturday. Anyone interested in performing can sign up for 15minute slots at www. bearonthesquare.org or at the festival. Neel Pender will serve as emcee. “This is a chance for all

those musicians jamming on the square all weekend to get up and show off their talent on a Bear festival stage,” Pender said. Pre-festival events begin Friday with the jamming on the square, followed by Master Classes in the afternoon and an evening auction. Saturday and Sunday schedules include Mainstage performances, the juried Mountain Marketplace, more jamming and workshops, an old-time Mountain Dance and children’s activities. More details, including a full list of performers, activities, sponsors and updates, can be found at the website.

‘This is a chance for all those musicians jamming on the square ... to get up and show off their talent on a Bear festival stage.’ Glenda Pender, festival co-founder and current president

played to packed houses around the world. Monty Python alum Terry Jones raved that the show “brings surrealism to the concert hall and takes its trousers down.” Aleksey Igudesman, born in Russia, and Hyung-ki Joo, a British-Korean, met as preteens when they studied at England’s Yehudi Menuhin School. Both are musical virtuosi, and while their comedic spin may be irreverent, they always treat the music with the utmost respect. On New Year’s Eve 2011 at the Vienna Konzerthaus, Igudesman and Joo set the world record for the most dancing violinists performing together on stage, with the help of 100 violinists. The world record was conceived and produced by the duo to aid UNICEF. Tickets are $39 with discounts for UGA students. They can be purchased online at pac.uga.edu or by calling 706-542-4400.

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“Waters of Time: The Chicopee Woods Story,” Gainesville. Learn about previous eras and inhabitants of Chicopee Woods. Elachee Nature Science Center, 2125 Elachee Drive, Gainesville. $5 adults, $3 children age 2-12; age 1 and younger and members free. 770-535-1976.

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Jonathan Byrd Concert, Dahlonega. 8 p.m. Jan. 26. The Crimson Moon Cafe, 24 North Park St., Dahlonega. www. thecrimsonmoon. com.

Venice Baroque Orchestra, Athens. 3 p.m. Jan. 27. Hodgson Concert Hall, University of Georgia, 210 South Jackson St., Athens. Andrea Marcon will conduct the orchestra in a program of concertos by composers including Antonio Vivaldi, George Frideric Handel, Francesco Geminiani and Georg Philipp Telemann. $20$39, discounts for UGA students and groups of 10 or more. 706-542-4400 or 888-289-8497.

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“Brigadoon” open auditions, Dahlonega. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Jan. 26-27. Free. Reserve an audition time. Historic Holly Theater, 69 W. Main St., Dahlonega. 706-344-2138, brucepilgrim@ hotmail.com or www.hollytheater.com.

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The Humane Society is accepting donations of new and pre-owned artwork for Art with Heart through Friday, Feb. 1. All types of artwork can be donated including originals and prints of paintings, etchings, photography and other framed or farmable art as well as pottery, jewelry, textile work, wood work, sculpture and mixed media.

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In a behind-the-scenes look at theatrical productions, Brenau University presents a special exhibition Jan. 17 through March 31 in the President’s Gallery of the Simmons Visual Arts Center on the historic Gainesville campus.

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“Six Appeal,” Demorest. 8 p.m. Jan. 31. Jenkins Auditorium, Piedmont College, 165 Central Ave., Demorest. $3, Piedmont faculty, staff and students are free. 706-7788500 ext. 1050, ncrawford@ piedmont. edu.

Mardi Gras fundraiser, Dawsonville. 7 p.m. Feb. 9. Bowen Center for the Arts, 334 Hwy. 9 N, Dawsonville. Live jazz combo and dancing, buffet and king cake. Reservations, masks/costumes are required. $25 Dawson Arts Council members, $35 nonmembers. 706-216-2787, dawsonarts.org.

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“Justice on Hold” authors Joyce Oscar and Donald Reichardt, Gainesville. 1-3 p.m. Feb. 6. Peach State Bank, 325 Washington St., Gainesville. Free. Hosted by the Northeast Georgia Writers, www.negawriters.org.

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Dancing Through The Decades, Helen. 5:307 p.m. Feb. 1 and 8. Unicoi State Park and Lodge, 1788 Hwy. 356, Helen. Led by professional dancer Carrie Elrod. 4-week series will include steps to social dances from a specific decade. $7 prepaid, $10 walk-in, $5 parking. 706-878-2201 ext 305.

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“The Waffle Palace,” Atlanta. Through March 17. Horizon Theatre Company, 1083 Austin Ave., Atlanta. $20. 404-584-7450, horizontheatre.com.

Lingo Lounge, Dahlonega. 8 p.m. Every fourth Thursday. Holly Underground, 69 West Main St., Dahlonega. All genres welcome to listen, speak, mingle and enjoy. www.hollytheater.com

Duo Virtuosi Concert, Gainesville. 7:30 p.m. Jan. 29. Gainesville First United Methodist Church, 2780 Thompson Bridge Road NE, Gainesville. A concert by Duo Virtuosi showcases the talents of world renowned Bulgarian/Viennese violinist Bojidara Kouzmanova and Spanish classical, flamenco guitarist Virginia Luque. $20, Free admission to students. 770-9672768, www.promusicaconcertseries.com

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Film Review This being the last column in which I will mention the 2012 year in movies, it’s time to make some observations. We said at the beginning of last year that Hollywood saw 2012 as a litmus test of its future. The slate of movies was strong enough in all categories that most agreed: If these movies don’t attract bigger audiences than in years past, then nothing would. Which meant the future of movie theaters themselves was at stake. Well, 2012 was an unmitigated success. For the first time since 2009, domestic theatrical ticket sales rose, resulting in record Associated Press high grosses of $10.8 billion. Look for these two films to be among the top contenders for best picture: Above, Daniel Day-Lewis in “Lincoln.” At That trend held throughout the world, with numerous countries right, Ben Affleck, right, and Bryan Cranston in “Argo.” reporting record ticket sales between “Lincoln” and “Silver looks highly unlikely either will most coveted prize, the Best figures. And all of this while the Linings Playbook.” win. Picture Oscar. home video market expanded, I enjoyed “Silver Linings History is also working against It’s a bit hard to predict this thanks to more streaming Playbook” very much, but “Amour,” only the ninth nonyear since the movies getting options. on second viewing I noticed English language film to be the most buzz are attracting that It wasn’t just dumbed-down numerous technical flaws nominated for Best Picture. buzz for the wrong reasons. blockbusters that brought in and story inconsistencies No film with all foreign “Django Unchained” and audiences, either. Most critics that passed me by initially, so dialogue has ever won Best “Zero Dark Thirty” are the most agree that 2012 offered more caught up was I in the movie’s Picture, and the only partly discussed films of the year, but high quality films than we’ve infectious emotional swings. foreign-language films to win are half of that chatter is negative. seen in years. That put “Lincoln” solidly in “The Godfather, Part II” (1974), And tellingly, neither film’s The question is, will the lead in my book. (For the “The Last Emperor” (1987) and director, Quentin Tarantino and Hollywood producers record, I don’t actually keep a “Slumdog Millionaire” (2008), all Kathryn Bigelow, respectively, recognize that it was better book of that kind, which would of which feature more English was nominated for Best Director. films and changing audience be illegal.) dialogue than “Amour.” The only films ever to win Best demographics that produced But then “Argo” won Best Neither “Life of Pi,” “Les Picture without their directors success, and not 3-D or bad Drama and Best Director for Misérables,” nor “Beasts of the being nominated are “Wings” movies dressed up with special Ben Affleck at the Golden Southern Wild” is garnering (1927), “Grand Hotel” (1931), effects? Let’s check back on Globes, just as the controversy much buzz. Almost no one and “Driving Miss Daisy” (1989). that in about a year. surrounding “Django” and expects any of them to win. Add to those historical For now, let’s close the book “Zero” heated up and talk about Before the Golden Globes, precedents all of the controversy on 2012 with a look at the films “Lincoln” and “Playbook” began it looked like a two-way race surrounding both films, and it most likely to win Hollywood’s

to wane. It’s a three-way race at this point, and “Argo” has all the momentum. I would feel fine if it won. I rate “Argo” as the second best film of the year, behind “Zero Dark Thirty,” and Affleck’s story is one we can all embrace. He and Matt Damon made a legendary splash in 1997, sharing a Best Screenplay Oscar for “Good Will Hunting.” But thanks to a series of either mediocre or notoriously bad films and a personal life that kept him constantly in the tabloids, Affleck was a punchline for years. He kept working, though, and found his greatest talents as a director. “Argo” showcases those talents brilliantly and will likely restore Affleck’s status as a Hollywood elite Feb. 24, the night of the Oscar ceremony. Jeff Marker is head of the Communication, Media & Journalism Department at the University of North Georgia. His reviews appear weekly in Get Out and on gainesvilletimes.com/getout.

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Film Review If Dustin Hoffman ever decides to quit acting, he could have a fine second career as a director. “Quartet” is Hoffman’s official directorial debut, and it is a joyous film. I say “official” because Hoffman was the initial director of 1978’s “Straight Time,” but after a few days of filming he handed the directing duties over to Ulu Grosbard. With “Quartet,” Hoffman foregoes an acting role to focus on helming the project, yet the movie unmistakably bears his fingerprints. “Quartet” is built around the oldest premise in the musical KERRY BROWN | The Weinstein Co./AP genre. The characters must put From left, Billy Connolly, Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay and Pauline Collins star in a scene from “Quartet.” on a show to raise money to save the (fill in the blank). The aging. only thing that changes from film any moment, and they are up the central theme perfectly: It helps that the home to film is what’s at stake. constantly aware of it, every day. “You better have some fun / You happens to be populated by a That’s exactly what sets this Yet they continue to create and ain’t gonna live forever / Before who’s who of British theater and to perform. movie apart from others like it. you’re old and gray, feel OK / music. They want what all of us The characters here live in a Have your little fun, son!” The principals are played by want — to spend our final years home for retired musicians. It’s a The characters in “Quartet” Maggie Smith, Billy Connolly, among people we love and don’t exactly rage against lovely stone manor in the English Tom Courtenay and Pauline to be able to do what we love the dying of the light; instead countryside, an idyllic setting Collins, each of whom is most. It’s just lucky for us, the they perform to keep that light in which musicians and singers wonderful. And they are audience, that what they love shining. can live out their days. surrounded by seemingly an most is to entertain. At one point, Reg (Courtenay) However, such posh entire generation of legendary At one point, two secondary is trying to convince Jean accommodations are incredibly performers. characters, played by the great (Smith) to seize the day and sing expensive, and the existence of Seriously, make sure you character actors David Ryall and in the gala. Jean asks, “Are you the home depends on an annual watch the end credits, which Trevor Peacock, rehearse the old telling me to smell the roses?” gala at which the residents remind us of each of the actors’ standard, “Are You Havin’ Any Reg replies, “No, I’m telling you perform. The ticket sales are most famous roles. The sheer Fun?” The scene lasts a couple to sing.” crucial to the home’s funding. volume of talent and experience of minutes and doesn’t further That’s the message of That “let’s put on a show” represented on screen in the story at all. It’s merely a fun “Quartet” in a nutshell, and it premise is imbued with peculiar “Quartet” is astonishing. little performance that transitions doesn’t apply only to those in gravity when dozens of lovable, “Quartet” is a profoundly from one act to another. their golden years. enormously talented people inspiring movie. Death is an Technically, the scene could The movie is also hilarious. may lose their home — people inevitability for these characters. be taken out of the film and The house is full of divas and who are already dealing with Each of them could pass at not missed. But the lyrics sum divos. The women preen the usual fears and anxieties of

‘Quartet’ Starring: Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, Billy Connolly, Pauline Collins, Sheridan Smith Rated: PG-13, for brief strong language and suggestive humor Runtime: 1 hour, 37 minutes Bottom line: Must see, heartwarming comedy

competitively, and the men jab playfully at each other. A running joke has them comparing how many curtain calls they used to take when they performed their signature roles. Hoffman directs with an actor’s eye, giving his actors the freedom to play and the time to develop their characters. “Quartet” is a little film with huge heart, timeless message and a generation of talent. Jeff Marker is head of the Communication, Media & Journalism Department at the University of North Georgia. His reviews appear weekly in Get Out and on gainesvilletimes.com/getout.

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The Best of RiffTrax Live: Manos, the Hands of Fate (Not Rated) Thu. 7:30 Broken City (R) Thu. 4:157:00-9:45 Fri.-Sun. 1:304:15-7:00-9:45 Django Unchained (R) Thu. 5:30-9:00 Fri.-Sun. 2:005:30-9:00 Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (R) Fri.-Sun. 1:003:15-5:30-7:00-7:45-10:00 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (PG-13) Thu. 5:008:30 Fri.-Sun. 7:30 Hyde Park on Hudson (R) Thu. 5:00-7:15-10:00 Fri.Sun. 1:00-3:00-5:00-7:1510:00 Jack Reacher (PG-13) Thu. 6:45-9:30 Fri.-Sun. 1:154:15 The Last Stand (R) Thu. 4:30-7:00-9:45 Fri.-Sun. 1:45-4:30 Life of Pi (PG) Thu. 4:30 Fri.Sun. 9:30 Lincoln (PG-13) Thu. 4:308:00 Fri.-Sun. 1:15-4:308:00 Mama (PG-13) Thu. 4:157:00-9:30 Fri.-Sun. 1:454:15-7:00-9:30 Les Misérables (PG-13) Thu. 4:30-8:00 Fri.-Sun. 1:004:30-8:00 Movie 43 (R) Fri.-Sun. 1:454:30-7:15-10:00 Parental Guidance (PG) Thu. 4:00-7:15-9:45 Fri.-Sun. 1:30-4:00-7:15-9:45 Parker (R) Fri.-Sun. 1:004:00-7:00-9:45 Promised Land (R) Thu. 4:00-7:00-9:45 Fri.-Sun. 1:15-4:00-6:45-9:30 Silver Linings Playbook (R) Thu. 4:00-6:45-9:30 Fri.Sun. 1:15-4:00-6:45-9:30 Texas Chainsaw (R) Thu. 5:30 Texas Chainsaw 3D (R) Thu. 7:45-10:00 Wreck-It Ralph (PG) Thu. 4:15

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Argo (R) Thu. 4:15 Broken City (R) Thu. 11:451:10-2:20-3:45-4:557:05-7:30-9:40 Fri.-Sat. 10:30-11:00-1:10-3:454:15-7:05-9:40-10:1012:10 Sun. 11:00-1:103:45-4:15-7:05-9:40-10:10 Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away 3D (PG) Thu. 5:15 Django Unchained (R) Thu.Sun. 12:05-3:30-7:0510:35 Gangster Squad (R) Thu. 12:00-1:05-2:35-3:50-6:307:50-9:10 Fri.-Sat. 10:251:05-3:50-6:30-9:10-11:45 Sun. 10:25-1:05-3:50-6:309:10 Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (R) Thu. 10:15 Fri.Sun. 11:10-1:20-3:35-5:508:05-10:20 Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters -- An IMAX 3D Experience (R) Fri.-Sat. 12:15-2:30-4:45-7:00-9:1511:30 Sun. 12:15-2:304:45-7:00-9:15 Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters 3D (R) Thu. 10:00 Fri.-Sat. 10:30-12:40-2:555:15-7:30-9:45-12:01 Sun. 12:40-2:55-5:15-7:30-9:45 A Haunted House (R) Thu. 12:10-2:25-4:50-5:30-7:409:55 Fri.-Sat. 10:00-12:102:25-4:50-7:40-9:55-12:05 Sun. 10:00-12:10-2:254:50-7:40-9:55 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (PG-13) Thu.-Sun. 1:00-4:35-8:10 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 3D (PG-13) Thu. 11:40-3:20 The Impossible (PG-13) Thu. 1:20-4:00-6:40-9:20 Fri.Sat. 10:10-1:20-4:00-6:409:20-12:05 Sun. 10:101:20-4:00-6:40-9:20 Jack Reacher (PG-13) Thu. 1:50-4:45-7:45-10:40 Fri.Sun. 10:35-1:50-4:45-7:45-

10:40 The Last Stand (R) Thu.-Sat. 11:45-2:20-5:05-7:4010:15 Sun. 2:20-5:05-7:4010:15 Life of Pi (PG) Thu. 10:05 Lincoln (PG-13) Thu.-Sun. 12:25-3:50-7:15-10:30 Mama (PG-13) Thu. 12:351:45-3:05-4:15-5:35-6:458:00-9:15-10:25 Fri.-Sat. 10:10-11:15-12:35-1:453:05-4:15-5:35-6:45-8:009:15-10:25-11:35 Sun. 10:10-11:15-12:35-1:453:05-4:15-5:35-6:45-8:009:15-10:25 Les Misérables (PG-13) Thu.-Sun. 11:50-3:10-6:4510:10 Movie 43 (R) Fri.-Sat. 10:2012:35-2:50-5:05-7:25-9:4011:55 Sun. 10:20-12:352:50-5:05-7:25-9:40 Parental Guidance (PG) Thu.Sun. 1:40-7:20 Parker (R) Fri.-Sun. 12:002:40-5:20-8:00-10:40 Silver Linings Playbook (R) Thu. 1:30-4:25-7:30 Fri.-Sat. 10:45-1:30-4:257:30-10:15 Sun. 1:30-4:257:30-10:15 Skyfall (PG-13) Thu. 9:50 Texas Chainsaw 3D (R) Thu. 12:20-2:55-7:35 Wreck-It Ralph (PG) Thu. 1:45-7:20 Fri.-Sun. 11:001:45-4:30 Wreck-It Ralph 3D (PG) Thu. 4:30 Zero Dark Thirty (R) Thu. 11:40-1:35-3:25-5:007:00-8:25-10:30 Fri.-Sun. 11:40-3:25-7:00-7:2010:30-10:45

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Broken City (R) Thu.-Sun. (1:30-4:10) 7:15-10:00 Gangster Squad (R) Thu. (1:10-4:15) 7:20 Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters 3D (R) Thu. 10:15 Fri.-Sun. (12:25-2:50-5:15) 7:40-10:05 A Haunted House (R) Thu. (12:30-2:50-5:10) 7:30 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (PG-13) Thu.-Sun. (12:45-4:25) 8:05 Jack Reacher (PG-13) Thu.

(12:45-3:50) 7:00-10:05 Fri.-Sun. (3:20) 9:45 The Last Stand (R) Thu.Sun. (1:15-4:15) 7:25-10:05 Lincoln (PG-13) Thu. (1:505:10) 8:45 Fri.-Sun. (12:00) 6:25 Mama (PG-13) Thu.-Sun. (12:00-2:30-5:00) 7:3010:00 Les Misérables (PG-13) Thu.Sun. (1:00-5:00) 8:30 Movie 43 (R) Fri.-Sun. (12:20-2:50-5:20) 7:5010:20 Parental Guidance (PG) Thu. (12:15-2:45-5:15) 7:45 Fri.-Sun. (12:15-2:45-5:15) 7:45-10:15 Parker (R) Thu. 10:05 Fri.Sun. (1:05-4:00) 7:10-10:05 Silver Linings Playbook (R) Thu.-Sun. (12:35-3:45) 7:00-9:50 Zero Dark Thirty (R) Thu.Sun. (2:00-5:30) 9:00

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Gangster Squad (R) Thu. 4:15-7:00-9:30 A Haunted House (R) Thu. 5:30-7:30-10:00 The Last Stand (R) Thu. 4:45-7:15-9:45 Mama (PG-13) Thu. 4:307:15-9:45 Parental Guidance (PG) Thu. 4:30-7:00-9:30 Zero Dark Thirty (R) Thu. 4:45-8:00

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Broken City (R) Thu. 4:107:15-9:40 Fri.-Sun. 1:404:10-7:05-9:35 Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (R) Fri.-Sun. 12:102:20-4:30-7:00-7:10-9:10 Hyde Park on Hudson (R) Thu. 4:25-7:10-10:00 Jack Reacher (PG-13) Thu. 4:05-7:10-9:40 Fri.-Sun. 1:30-4:05-9:20 The Last Stand (R) Thu.

‘Mama’ tops box office with $32.1M The horror film “Mama” surpassed expectations with a chart-topping $32.1 million opening weekend. The top 10 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, compiled by Hollywood. com: 1. “Mama,” Universal, $32,147,815 gross, $32,147,815 total gross, one week. 2. “Zero Dark Thirty,” Sony, $18,600,381, $56,945,138, five weeks. 3. “Silver Linings Playbook,” Weinstein Co., $12,740,379, $56,699,649, 10 weeks. 4. “Gangster Squad,” Warner Bros., $10,128,178, $33,238,238, two weeks.

5. “A Haunted House,” Open Road Films, $9,472,030, $31,085,207, two weeks. 6. “Broken City,” Fox, $9,459,459, $9,459,459, one week. 7. “Django Unchained,” Weinstein Co., $9,216,113, $139,334,848, four weeks. 8. “Les Miserables,” Universal, $9,013,605, $131,571,625, four weeks. 9. “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” Warner Bros., $7,623,310, $288,613,051, six weeks. 10. “The Last Stand,” Lionsgate, $7,213,327, $7,213,327, one week. Associated Press

4:00-7:00-9:30 Fri.-Sun. 1:20-7:00 Mama (PG-13) Thu. 4:407:05-10:00 Fri.-Sun. 12:002:20-4:40-7:05-9:35 Les Misérables (PG-13) Thu. 4:00-8:00 Movie 43 (R) Fri.-Sun. 12:05-2:25-4:45-7:05-9:40 Parental Guidance (PG) Thu. 4:10-7:00-9:25 Fri.-Sun. 4:10-9:25

Parker (R) Fri.-Sun. 1:254:00-7:00-9:25 Promised Land (R) Thu. 4:15-7:00-9:35 Fri.-Sun. 1:30-4:15-7:00-9:30 Silver Linings Playbook (R) Thu. 4:20-7:05-9:25 Fri.Sun. 1:35-4:20-7:00-9:20 Zero Dark Thirty (R) Thu. 4:30-8:00 Fri.-Sun. 1:004:30-8:00

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share of the profits to help finance the next job. Like any sensible individual who hears those words, Parker is skeptical. So he refuses and gets shot, robbed and dumped at the side of the road for his trouble. The rest of the movie follows what happens when Parker recovers and decides to get his money back from — and revenge on — the guys who left him for dead. The road to payback leads him to Palm Beach County, Fla., where the movie was partially filmed, and into the orbit of Leslie (Jennifer Lopez), a real estate agent dying for her first commission. Directed by Taylor Hackford (“Ray,” “Proof of Life”), Parker is not without its absurdities. But Statham, not always the most charismatic of actors, turns out to be a good choice to play the taciturn thief. He looks like the sort of guy who stands a good chance of getting out of any tight corner, even if his assailant is armed and he’s not. Even the people who griped about Tom Cruise cast as the towering Jack Reacher will have to admit Statham fits nicely in Parker’s shoes.

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‘Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters’ H ½ (R, for strong fantasy horror violence and gore, brief sexuality/nudity and language). An R-rated horror action comedy fairytale — how’s that for genre bending? “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters” is more Gatling guns and grenades than The Brothers Grimm. It takes the kidnapped kiddies into adulthood, where they’ve parlayed their fame at cooking a witch’s goose into a business. Got a witch problem? Call H & G — the extermination experts. High concept pitch or no, the movie doesn’t really work. They were shooting for sort of a witchhunting “Zombieland,” an f-bomb-riddled “Van Helsing” packed with comical anachronisms — a Bavarian forest past with witch trials, pump shotguns and primitive tasers, where bottles of milk have woodcut pictures of “missing children” on the labels. Hansel (Jeremy Renner) and Gretel (Gemma Arterton) show up just as the village of Augsburg is about to burn a redhead. “Gingers” were a favorite target of witch hunters. Hansel shrugs this barbaric crime off, but Gretel insists that the locals need “evidence.” That puts them in conflict with the sheriff (Peter Stormare), who can’t get a handle on their “witch plague” and the missing children who come with it. H & G have been hired to do what he cannot. It isn’t long after Hansel mutters “Anyplace we can get a drink in this hell hole?” that the siblings are on the job, chasing

‘Parker’ HHH (R for strong violence, language throughout, brief sexual content/ nudity.) “Parker” roars into a dull January and enlivens the movie landscape, and thank the action-movie gods because we needed a little something to wake us from our winter slumber. Based on a novel in a series by Richard Stark, the alter ego of the late, great Donald E. Westlake, the film is basically a heistand-payback movie. But it’s made with such skill and smarts that it stands above other eye-rolling blow-’em-up fare at the box office. As played by the ever-stoic Jason Statham (the “Transporter” and “Expendables” films), Parker is more antihero than hero: He operates on the wrong side of the law, but he’s got a complicated code of ethics. In the opening scenes, a crew carries out a daring robbery at the Ohio State Fair. The heist does not run smoothly, and after their escape, the second in command, the menacing Melander (Michael Chiklis of “The Shield” and “Vegas”), demands that Parker turn over his

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lesser witches in pursuit of the Great Witch, played by Famke Janssen as if the makeup is going to do all the acting for her. Writerdirector Tommy Wirkola focuses on the fights and flings all manner of viscera at the 3-D camera as limbs are whacked off and heads and torsos explode. Less attention was paid to the story, and the dialogue is a tad over-reliant on the random f-word to land a laugh.

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‘The Last Stand’ H ½ (R for strong bloody violence throughout, and language). In “The Last Stand,” Ahhh-nuld parties like it’s 1989. Or tries to. This is retro “Raw Deal”-era Arnold Schwarzenegger, a modern-day Western with the aging action hero as a sheriff dead set on stopping the army of an escaped drug lord (Eduardo Noriega) from helping the a dapper Latin psychopath racing a souped-up Corvette get across the border. Sleepy little Sommerton Junction, on the Arizona-

Mexico border, is where the Austrian-accented exnarcotics cop Ray Owens (Schwarzenegger) is sheriff, presiding over a trio of inept deputies (Luis Guzman, Jaimie Alexander and Zach Gilford), keeping the peace among the locals. A suspicious character (Peter Stormare) tips Ray that something is up long before a local farmer’s murder confirms it. Meanwhile, the drug lord Cortez and his minions have staged an elaborate escape from Federal custody in Las Vegas, and that has FBI agent Bannister (Forest Whitaker) in a tizzy. The bland bad guy is racing for the border. Better deputize, oh, the ex-Marine with the soccer star’s accent (Rodrigo Santoro) and maybe the local gun nut (Johnny Knoxville), who lends the good guys an illegal arsenal — “That’s between us and Jesus. Ain’t nothing Uncle Sam needs to know about.” At least he brings along a “Jackass” stunt in the bargain. It’s a junky, crowdpleasing movie of sidekicks

— Guzman and Knoxville — and catch phrases. All for a formulaic genre movie designed to reintroduce Arnold to a new generation of action audiences. He gets to show that his years as California governor didn’t improve his acting, that he’s an “old man” still able to hold his own in the one fist fight “The Last Stand” demands of him. He has his moments, though.

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‘Gangster Squad’

HHH (R for strong violence and language.) “Gangster Squad” is a gang-war drama built on Western conventions, a rootin’ tootin’, Camel-smokin’, whiskey swillin’ shoot‘em-up about a lawless period in L.A.’s history when a small cadre of cops, working outside the law, took on mob boss Mickey Cohen in a fight for “the soul of Los Angeles.” Josh Brolin ably handles the John Wayne role, the paragon of virtue, an incorruptible police sergeant tasked by the only honest police chief (Nick Nolte) to chase out mob boss Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn, pugnacious, ferocious). Ryan Gosling is Jerry Waters, the cynical detective/gunslinger who will have to take sides, but is going to take some convincing. Anthony Mackie’s the knife-throwing street cop from the black side of town. Robert Patrick is the aged pistolero and holdover from the “real Wild West.” Michael Pena represents the city’s Hispanic underclass, a kid who needs to prove himself. And Giovanni Ribisi is “the brains,” the cop with the glasses and the Army-based knowledge of wiretaps. They’re a regular “Magnificent Six.” “Who’s the tomato?” That would be Emma Stone, playing the “dance-hall girl,” the mobster’s young moll “poached” by the handsome Jerry. ‘Broken City’

HHH (R for strong language, some sexual content, violence.) The reality is that, while “Broken City” is hardly revolutionary, it’s a slyly entertaining cop saga that leans more heavily on acting and dialogue than gunplay and chases. Mark Wahlberg is Billy Taggart,

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Mark Wahlberg is seen in a scene from “Broken City.”

a New York City detective who left the force under a cloud seven years ago after a high-profile shooting. Now, he’s a lowrent private eye who has been reduced to taking incriminating photos of wayward spouses. To add financial insult to career injury, he then has to hound his loutish clients to get paid. So when the pugnacious mayor (Russell Crowe) summons Billy to his office, says he thinks the city’s first lady (Catherine Zeta-Jones) has been playing around, and offers him $50,000 to come up with the goods, he’s is more than happy to take the job. But the payday soon turns into a nightmare as Billy realizes that what seemed like a simple love triangle is really a complex web of political corruption and civic chicanery. ‘Promised Land’

HH (R for language.) An experience that’s alternately amusing and frustrating, full of impassioned earnestness

don’t always ring true. “Promised Land” has its heart on its sleeve and makes its pro-environment message quite clear, but it’s in the looser and more ambiguous places that the film actually works. Damon stars as Steve Butler, a salesman traveling the country on behalf of a bland behemoth of an energy corporation. Having grown up on an Iowa farm himself and seeing how an economic downturn can devastate a small town, Butler seems to be a true believer in what he’s selling. But he’s also a pragmatist, as evidenced by the playfully cynical give-and-take he enjoys with his partner, Sue (a sharp Frances McDormand). Famously for his efficiency in persuading rural residents to sell their land for the drilling rights, Steve runs into a major challenge when he and Sue arrive in depressed McKinley, Pa., where an outspoken old-timer (Hal Holbrook) and a flashy, charismatic environmental crusader (Krasinski) dare to question the company’s methods. ‘Texas Chainsaw 3D’

H (R for strong grisly violence and language throughout.) “Chainsaw 3D” — they no longer use “Massacre” in the title. It’s either implied or — well, they don’t want to give

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Emma Stone as Grace Faraday in “Gangster Squad.”

and saggy sections. Director Gus Van Sant has the challenge of taking the topic of fracking and trying to make it cinematic. Working from a script by co-stars Matt Damon and John Krasinski, based on a story by Dave Eggers,

he succeeds in fits and starts. The impoverished small town that’s the tale’s setting, a place in need of the kind of economic rejuvenation fracking could provide, is full of folksy folks whose interactions with the main characters

the movie away — picks up the “story” where other recent massacres have left off. “Chainsaw 3D” makes some effort to find a reason for Heather, played by a stunning specimen of bare-midriffed beauty, Alexandra Daddario, to drag three of her 20something friends to Newt, Texas. She’s a surviving member of the slaying Sawyer clan, the inbreds who gave birth to and protected the hulking monster Leatherface. A brief opening sums up the “end” of the Sawyers, the lynch mob that rightfully burnt them all to a Texas barbecue crisp. Heather inherits Granny’s estate and is urged to “READ Verna’s letter” to her by character actor Richard Riehle, playing the old woman’s lawyer. Heather doesn’t, and everybody pays the price. “Chainsaw” then gets down to the bloody business at hand — chainsawing. It’s all about that farm implement, the menacing sound of it as Leatherface chases these fit and trim young folk (Tania Raymonde, Trey Songz, Keram MalickiSánchez and Shaun Sipos as “the handsome hitchhiker”), who always find something to trip over. A local Halloween carnival (when this movie was originally slated to come out) plays up the town’s chainsawing past, but not much is made of that.

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Hey, Chick it out! Jazz great Corea to perform at Tech’s Ferst Center From staff reports Georgia Tech’s Ferst Center Presents series welcomes Chick Corea and Gary Burton with the Harlem String Quartet at 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26. Audience members are invited to “Jazz Connect,” a free pre-show jazz talk led by Jay Edwards, host of WCLK 91.9-FM’s “Jazz Tones” at 7 p.m. Corea is one of the most prolific composers of the second half of the 20th century. Since beginning a solo career in 1966 with his critically acclaimed debut, “Tones for Joan’s Bones,” Corea has been at the forefront of jazz, both as a pianist forging new ground with his acoustic jazz bands and as an electric keyboardist experimenting with the sound of fusion with his groups Return to Forever and the Chick Corea Elektric Band. His career resume includes more than 50 Grammy nominations and 14 Grammy Awards. In 2005, Corea was honored with the prestigious Award for the Piano Festival Ruhr in Germany, the first time the honor was granted to a jazz pianist. In 2006, he became an NEA Jazz Master, the highest honor the U.S. bestows on jazz musicians. Burton taught himself to play the vibraphone and at the age of 17 made his

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recording debut in Nashville with guitarists Hank Garland and Chet Atkins. Two years later, he joined George Shearing and subsequently Stan Getz, with whom he worked from 1964-1966. Burton’s 1971 album, “Alone at Last,” a solo vibraphone concert recorded at the 1971 Montreux Jazz Festival, was honored with his first Grammy Award. In recent years Burton has focused his recording and performing efforts on collaborations, including tours and recordings with Corea, Pat Metheny, Makoto Ozone, Spanish pianist/ composer Polo Orti and French accordionist Richard Galliano. The double disc live concert recording with Chick Corea, “The New Crystal Silence,” was released in 2008, resulting in his sixth Grammy. Corea and Burton toured full-time from September 2006 through spring 2008. The Harlem String Quartet

Jazz concert Chick Corea, Gary Burton, Harlem String Quartet When: 8 p.m. Jan. 26 Where: Ferst Center for the Arts at Georgia Tech, 349 Ferst Drive, Atlanta How much: $40-$65 More info: 404-8949600, www.ferstcenter. org

members include Ilmar Gavilán (violin), Melissa White (violin), Juan-Miguel Hernandez (viola) and Paul Wiancko (cello). They made an acclaimed Carnegie Hall debut in fall 2006 at the Sphinx Organization’s 10th anniversary gala concert. Tickets are $40, $50 and club seating for $65. For information, call 404-894-9600 or visit www. ferstcenter.org.

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Jan. 29. Gainesville First United Methodist Church, 2780 Thompson Bridge Road NE, Gainesville. A concert by Duo Virtuosi showcases the talents of world renowned Bulgarian/Viennese violinist, Bojidara Kouzmanova and Spanish classical and flamenco guitarist, Virginia Luque. $20, free admission to students any age. 770967-2768, www.promusicaconcertseries. com. “Igudesman and Joo,” Athens. 8 p.m. Jan. 29. Hodgson Concert Hall, University of Georgia, 210 South Jackson St., Athens. Violinist Aleksey Igudesman and pianist Hyung-ki Joo combine humor with classical music and popular culture. $39. 706-542-4400 or 888-289-8497.

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Chase Thomas, Clarkesville. 8:30 p.m. Jan. 26. Old Clarkesville Mill, 583 Grant St., Clarkesville. Free. 706-839-7467. Jonathan Byrd Concert, Dahlonega. 8 p.m. Jan. 26. The Crimson Moon Cafe, 24 North Park St., Dahlonega. www. thecrimsonmoon.com. Kurt Thomas, Dahlonega. 8:30 p.m. Jan. 26. Shenanigans, 87 North Chestatee St., Dahlonega. 706-482-0114. Jazz Jam Session, Dahlonega. 7 p.m. Jan. 27. The Crimson Moon Cafe, 24 N. Park St., Dahlonega. $5, free for performers. 706-864-3982, www.thecrimsonmoon. com. Venice Baroque Orchestra, Athens. 3 p.m. Jan. 27. Hodgson Concert Hall, University of Georgia, 210 South Jackson St., Athens. Andrea Marcon will conduct a program of concertos by composers Antonio Vivaldi, George Frideric Handel, Francesco Geminiani and Georg Philipp Telemann. $20-$39.706-542-4400 or 888289-8497. Duo Virtuosi Concert, Gainesville. 7:30 p.m.

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Luther College Nordic Choir, Athens. 8 p.m. Jan. 31. University of Georgia Performing Arts Center, 230 River Road, Athens. $15, $5 students. 706-542-4400, www.pac.uga.edu “Six Appeal,” Demorest. 8 p.m. Jan. 31. Jenkins Auditorium, Piedmont College, 165 Central Ave., Demorest. $3, Piedmont faculty, staff and students are free. 706-778-8500 ext. 1050, ncrawford@piedmont.edu.

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