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on the web www.reefbase.org

Free and easy access to data and information on the location, status, threats, monitoring and management of coral reef resources in over 100 countries and territories. View maps and photos of coral reefs.

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Take a tour of several area wineries in Dahlonega during the Wine Trail Weekend.

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Touch-A-Truck brings kids and parents up close with some of the biggest wheels on the road.

PAGE 6 Bikers and classic car enthusiasts can get together this weekend to help the family of Griffin and Jake Prince.

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Known for their smash hit “Best I Ever Had (Grey Sky Morning),” Vertical Horizon will headline a free concert in Suwanee.

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Professional anglers and their fans will be lining the shores of Lake Lanier this weekend as fishermen battle it out for a $500,000 purse.

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The votes are in and it is unanimous: “The Campaign” is a winner. Satire and hilarity takes this slightly The Associated Press truthful comedy to Washington and rubs their faces in it.

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etc. events This week

Griffin and Jake Prince Classic Car & Motorcycle Memorial Ride. 9-11 a.m. Aug. 11. Lumpkin County Courthouse. $40 per bike/$20 per classic car. Proceeds go to the Griffin & Jake Prince Memorial Fund. Music provided by the Brian Jarrett Band.

Sponsored by Dawson, Lumpkin, Forsyth and Hall County Sheriff’s Offices. 770-324-1015, boyle@ dawsoncountysheriff.org.

Preserving the heritage of seeds, Gainesville. 10 a.m. to noon, Aug. 11.

Bring an heirloom (non-hybrid) veggie for seed sharing. Learn how to save your own for next year’s garden. $25 in advance; $30 after Aug. 4.

Cedar Hill Enrichment Center, 5735 Dawsonville Hwy, Gainesville. 770887-0051, www.discovercedarhill. org.

WomenSource Summer Health Series, Gainesville. 5:30-7 p.m. Aug. 13. Walters Auditorium at Northeast

Georgia Medical Center, 743 Spring St. NE, Gainesville. Sponsored by the Junior League of GainesvilleHall County and Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Attendees are invited to enjoy a light dinner beginning at 5:30 p.m. The programs will begin at 6 p.m. Free. Reservations are required. 770-503-9060, www.

WomenSource.info.

East Georgia Genealogy Society, Winder. 7 p.m. Aug. 14. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 36 Sims Road, Winder. www. eastgageneology.com.

History forum, Helen. 5:30 p.m. Aug. 14. Emory Jones, author of “Distant Voices,” will discuss the Nacoochee Indian Mound. Helen Arts and Heritage Center, 25 Chattahoochee St., Helen. 706-878-3933, www. helenarts.org.

History Forum, Gainesville. 7 p.m.

Aug. 14. Topic: Historic Buildings and Favorite Personal Building Designs from the Perspective of Two Local Architects. Presented by Jack Bailey and Steve Hill, with assistance

outdoors events This week

Boating safety course, Flowery Branch. 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Aug. 11. Flotilla 29 of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, Lake Lanier. One-day, seven-lesson ”About Boating Safely” course. Coast Guard Auxiliary Operations Center, 6595 Lights Ferry Road, Flowery Branch, just before the entrance to Aqualand Marina. $40, discounts for additional family members. 770271-4059, lakelanier.ga@aol.com.

Wilderness Survival Weekend, Dawsonville. 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 11-12. 75th anniversary of the Appalachian Trail weekend will be sprinkled with basic skills classes such as fire building, orienteering and natural-cordage making. Programs are a blend of lecture and hands-on activities suitable for families. $5 parking. Amicalola Falls State Park and Lodge. 706265-1969.

Botanical Preparations ll, Helen. 9 a.m. to noon Aug. 11. Encapsulate, poultice, and juice plants for common ailments. This class will include demonstration and hands-on preparation by students. Take home herbal pills and a syrup. $30 or $35 if paid after July 28. $5 parking. Smithgall Woods State Park. 706-878-3087.

Upcoming

Amphibian Monitoring Workshop, Helen. 7:30-10 p.m. Aug. 17. Georgia Adopt-a-Stream staff will review the natural history of amphibians. The intent of this program is to develop “citizen scientists” to help monitor numbers and diversity of frogs and salamander species. Register by August 14. $5 plus $5 parking. Smithgall Woods State Park. 706-878-3087.

from Hall County Librarian Ronda Sanders. Free for members, $3 for nonmembers. Northeast Georgia History Center, 322 Academy St., NE, Gainesville. 770-297-5900, www. negahc.org.

Rain barrel workshop, Clarkesville.

Noon to 2 p.m. Aug. 16. North Georgia Technical College Visual Technology Building. Free and open to the public. The workshop will also make fully-fitted 60 gallon barrels available to all participants for $35.

706-754-9382, soque@windstream. net.

Forgotten Past: Keeping Traditions Alive, Gainesville. 10 a.m. Aug. 18.

Learn and practice several methods of starting a fire other than using matches. Make a bowl from tulip wood. Participation fee is $40 for members and $45 for nonmembers.

Advance registration appreciated.

Class size limited to 12. Instructed by folk naturalist Dean Smith.

Northeast Georgia History Center, 322 Academy St., NE, Gainesville.

770-297-5900, www.negahc.org.

FAMILY events THIS WEEK

Friendship Craft Week, Gainesville. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 9-10. Make friendship crafts for your best friends. $1 with paid admission to museum, members free. Interactive Neighborhood for Kids, 999 Chestnut St., Gainesville.

770-536-1900, inkfun.org.

Summer Movies Under the Stars, Dahlonega. Dusk.

Second Fridays through September, Hancock Park. Aug. 10 “The Lorax.”

Presented by Chestatee Regional Hospital. Bring your own blanket or low-back lawn chair.

Concessions available.

Proceeds from concessions benefit the Lumpkin Youth Leadership Program. www.

Dahlonega.org.

Claws & Paws Weekend, Atlanta. Aug. 11-12. A variety of unique family activities and events related to animals including games and a live wildlife show.

Fernbank Museum of Natural History, 767 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta. 404-2926400, fernbankmuseum. org.

13th annual Touch A Truck, Gainesville. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Aug. 11. City Park.

Free. Concessions on sale. www.gainesville.org.

Friday Night Flicks, Clarkesville. Film at dusk.

Aug. 11. “The Lorax.” Ruby

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Free. 706-754-2220.

Kids and Kritters, Hall County. 3-4 p.m. Aug. 13.

All ages of youth are invited

to hear stories and meet animals from the Humane Society of Northeast Georgia at libraries in the Hall County Library System.

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Forrest Wood Cup matches angling’s best for $500K From staff reports This weekend, it’s all about the bass.

Teams of 46 professional anglers and their partners will compete for a top prize of $500,000 in the Forrest Wood Cup, the championship event for the Walmart FLW Tour, held at Lake Lanier for the second time in three years.

The winner in the Pro Division will be awarded $500,000 from a total purse of more than $1 million.

The co-angler division winner gets $50,000.

The event runs Thursday through Sunday, with daily weigh-ins at 5 p.m. at the Gwinnett Center Area.

Anglers depart at 7 each morning from Laurel Park.

Among the top contenders are three-time Angler of the Year David Dudley of Lynchburg,

Va., and defending cup champion Scott Martin of Clewiston, Fla. The event will be broadcast Sept. 16 on NBC Sports.

A catch-and-release program, FLW regulations call for each competitor to take special care handling their fish, and points are deducted for fish that are not alive at weigh-in.

The last day of competition, the final 10 anglers’ weigh in will be broadcast online at FLW Live, www.flwoutdoors. com. Prizes are awarded for each team that places.

While the pros do their thing, bass angling fans can find plenty to keep them busy at the FLW Expo. It runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday at the Gwinnett Convention Center.

Hundreds of exhibits

FLW Tournament Takeoff ceremonies

When: 7 a.m. Thursday through Sunday, Aug. 9-12 Where: Laurel Park, 3100 Old Cleveland Highway, Gainesville

Weigh-ins When: 5 p.m. Thursday-Sunday Where: Gwinnett Center Arena

FLW Expo file | The Times

Angler Scott Martin, left, of Clewiston, Fla., fishes alongside co-angler Mike Iloski of Escondido, Calif., during the first day of last year’s Forrest Wood Cup.

showcasing the latest in fishing equipment and technology, boats and boating gear, outdoor sports seminars, fishing tips and talks from wellknown professionals, family fun, interactive kids’ displays and $100,000 in fishing gear and sponsor

samples to be given away.

Big screens will broadcast the latest updates from six cameras out on Lake Lanier, and the final day’s weigh-in will take place Sunday.

Lake Lanier was last host to the event in 2010, when some 60 anglers took part

When: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday Where: Gwinnett Convention Center, 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth More info: 770-813-7500, www.gwinnettcenter.com

and and almost 60,000 fans attended the Expo, generating more than $23.2 million for the local economy.

For more information, contact the Lake Lanier Convention & Visitors Bureau at 678-943-3477 or visit www.lakelaniercvb. com.

Wine Trail Weekend showcases vineyards From staff reports If you’re eager for a taste of the grape this weekend, the Dahlonega Wine Trail may be for you.

The event will be held at six Northeast Georgia wineries and runs from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 11, and 12:30-5 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 12.

Dahlonega Wine Trail passports are $25 per person, which includes a souvenir glass. Passports can be purchased at the Dahlonega-Lumpkin County Visitors Center, 13 S. Park St. in downtown

Dahlonega, along with maps, visitor guides and other information.

Participating vineyards include BlackStock

Vineyards & Winery, Cavender Creek Vineyards & Winery, Frogtown Cellars Vineyards & Winery, Montaluce Winery

& Estates, Three Sisters Vineyards & Winery and Wolf Mountain Vineyards & Winery.

For more information,

contact the DahlonegaLumpkin County Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Center at 706-864-3513 or visit dahlonega.org.

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Ride for Princes Big wheels and Tonka dreams Fundraiser aims to aid family of boating accident victims From staff reports The recent tragedy on Lake Lanier will bring together four counties this weekend.

The Dawson County Sheriff’s Office, along with the Hall, Lumpkin, and Forsyth sheriff’s offices, will host the Griffin and Jake Prince Memorial Ride and Classic Car Cruise-In on Saturday, Aug. 11.

Thirteen-year-old Griffin Prince and his 9-year-old brother Jake were killed in a boating accident June 18 on Lake Lanier.

All proceeds from the event will benefit the Griffin and Jake Prince Memorial Fund to help the family with funeral costs, according to event organizer Doug Boyle, a lieutenant with the Dawson County Sheriff’s Office.

“After reading ( about it) in the news, I just felt so bad for this family and I really wanted to reach out and do something to help them,” Boyle said. “So what better way to help them than by taking my passion of riding my Harley and raising some money?”

The ride is a 70-mile police-escorted ride around Lake Lanier, starting at the Lumpkin County Courthouse, located at 325 Riley Road in Dahlonega.

The route will travel into Gainesville over the Buford Dam, into Cumming and end in Dawsonville at the City Hall/Racing Hall of Fame Museum at 415 Ga. 53 East.

“There has been a huge response to this event from many people and with the weather expected to be nice Saturday, I do believe this will be a great event with a

huge turnout,” Boyle said.

Boyle got the idea after doing a similar fundraiser for the annual Dawson County “Shop with a Cop” event.

Registration for the event is 9-11 a.m. and cost $40 per bike. The ride will leave at 11:15 a.m. following a pre-ride safety briefing and prayer.

There will be vendors set up at the end location, along with a kids’ jump house, face painting and food from The World Famous Pool Room.

The Brian Jarrett Band will take the stage at 1 p.m. to provide for entertainment during the Classic Car Cruise-In. The cost for the Cruise-In is a $20 minimum donation.

Boyle encourages everyone to come out and show support to the Prince family.

“If you are out and about and the ride passes by you, let us know your support and wave at the procession,” he said.

Parking for the end location in Dawsonville will be at the Dawson County Middle School. A rain date is set for Sept. 1. For more information, contact Boyle at 770-324-1015 or boyle@ dawsoncountysheriff.org.

Annual Touch-A-Truck is set for this weekend From staff reports

It would probably be impossible to pinpoint what it is about big trucks that fascinates small children. Whether it’s the sirens, shiny paint or sheer size — children love them.

On Saturday, kids of all ages will have a chance to have a close encounter with the objects of their fascinations during the 13th annual Touch-ATruck event organized by the City of Gainesville.

The free event will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at City Park, 898 Longstreet Circle in Gainesville.

Touch-A-Truck has been a popular event for families since it started.

About 1,500 people turned out for last year’s event.

It is also a great teaching opportunity for parents who want their kids to learn about the roles transportation plays in our daily lives.

According to event coordinator Brent Sexton, attendees are in for a treat because there will be nearly two dozens trucks and other super-sized

Touch-A-Truck When: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday Where: City Park, 898 Longstreet Circle, Gainesville How much: Free admission Contact: 770-5312680

vehicles and machines just waiting to be caressed by little digits.

Among other things, participants can expect to see: a 24-foot Mack truck, a police patrol car, a fire truck and a tractor.

Although participants will be able to touch and tour the wheeled exhibits, jumping is discouraged — Unless it’s inside the monster truck bounce house that will be set up throughout the event.

Snow cones and other refreshments will be available for purchase.

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Jamie Dearth, left, points out features of a fire truck, from the Gainesville Fire Department, to son Cooper, 3, during last year’s Touch-A-Truck event in Gainesville.

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Vertical Horizon to headline summer event From staff reports Alternative rock band Vertical Horizon will be the featured performer in Suwanee’s free annual summer concert Saturday, Aug. 11.

The band, which will take the Town Center stage at about 8 p.m., is best known for its hits, “Everything You Want,” “You’re a God,” and “Best I Ever Had (Grey Sky Morning).”

Formed in 1991 by Georgetown University undergrads Matthew Scannell and Keith Kane, Vertical Horizon experienced meteoric success with its 1999 “Everything You Want” album, which eventually went double platinum, selling more than 2 million copies.

The band’s most recent album is 2009’s “Burning

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Music will begin at 6 p.m. with performances by other bands.

Visitors may bring chairs, blankets, picnics and friends. No alcohol may be brought into Town Center Park, but beer and wine may be purchased on site and from licensed merchants. Food may be purchased from on-site

vendors and Town Center businesses.

Limited parking is available at Town Center and along Main Street.

Off-site parking and a free shuttle service will be available beginning at 7 p.m. from Shawnee North Business Center, 305 Shawnee North Drive (at Lawrenceville-Suwanee Road).

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Open Jam, Dahlonega. 7 p.m. Aug. 9.

Free. Hosted by Adam Kadmon and Jason Spencer. The Crimson Moon Cafe, 24 N Park St., Dahlonega. 706864-3982, www.thecrimsonmoon.com.

Willie Nelson, Athens. 8 p.m. Aug. 10.

UGA Performing Arts Classic Center Theatre. 888 289-8497, pac.uga.edu.

Longstreet Station, Gainesville. 9 p.m.

Aug. 10. Free. Locos Deli and Pub. Vertical Horizon, Suwanee. 8 p.m. Aug. 11. Suwanee’s Town Center stage. Free.

Jennifer Daniels, Dahlonega. 8 p.m. Aug. 11, $14/$16. The Crimson Moon Cafe, 24 N Park St., Dahlonega. 706-8643982, www.thecrimsonmoon.com.

Old Time Jam, Dahlonega. 2-5 p.m. Aug. 12. Free. The Crimson Moon Cafe, 24 N Park St., Dahlonega. 706-864-3982, www.thecrimsonmoon.com.

Upcoming

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. 8 p.m. Aug. 17. Delta Classic Chastain Park Amphitheater. www.deltaclassicchastain. com.

Sunset Jazz: Will Downing, Lalah Hathaway, David Sanborn, Brian Culbertson, Gerald Albright and Norman Brown. Aug. 18. www.deltaclassicchastain.com.

Linkin Park and Incubus with MuteMath.

6:30 p.m. Aug. 19. Verizon Wireless

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Aug. 10, $10/$12. The Crimson Moon Cafe, 24 N Park St., Dahlonega. 706864-3982, www.thecrimsonmoon.com.

Amphitheatre at Encore Park, 2200 Encore Parkway, Alpharetta. www. vzwamp.com Sugarland with David Stewart and Canaan Smith. Aug. 23. Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park, 2200 Encore Parkway, Alpharetta. www. vzwamp.com.

Toby Keith’s Live In Overdrive tour with special guest Brantley Gilbert. Aug. 24.

Aaron’s Amphitheater, Atlanta. www. livenation.com. 404-443-5000.

My Morning Jacket with Band of Horses.

Aug. 24. Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park, 2200 Encore Parkway, Alpharetta. www.vzwamp.com Foreigner with Night Ranger. Aug. 31. www.deltaclassicchastain.com.

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Teams of 46 professional anglers and their partners will compete for a top prize of $500,000 in the Forrest Wood Cup, the championship event for the Walmart FLW Tour, held at Lake Lanier for the second time in three years. The event runs Thursday through Sunday, with daily weighins at 5 p.m. at the Gwinnett Center Area.

Anglers depart at 7 each morning from Laurel Park.

While the pros do their thing, bass angling fans can find plenty to keep them busy at the FLW Expo. It runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday at the Gwinnett Convention Center.

FLW Tournament.

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On Saturday, kids of all ages will have a chance to have a close encounter with the objects of their fascinations during the 13th annual Touch-A-Truck event organized by the city of Gainesville. The free event will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at City Park, 898 Longstreet Circle in Gainesville.

Touch-A-Truck.

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The Dawson County Sheriff’s Office, along with the Hall, Lumpkin and Forsyth sheriff’s offices, will host the Griffin and Jake Prince Memorial Ride and Classic Car Cruise-In on Saturday, Aug. 11. Registration for the event is 9-11 a.m. and cost $40 per bike. The ride will leave at 11:15 a.m. following a pre-ride safety briefing and prayer.

Griffin and Jake Prince Memorial Ride and Classic Car Cruise-In.

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Alternative rock band Vertical Horizon will be the featured performer in Suwanee’s free annual summer concert Saturday, Aug. 11. The band, which will take the Town Center stage at about 8 p.m.

Vertical Horizon.

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Movies on the Green, Gainesville.

Gates open at 7:30 p.m., film at dusk.

Aug. 24. “The Lorax.” $5 adults (non members), $3 members, students. $3 optional chair rental.

Smithgall Arts Center lawn, 331 Spring St. SW, Gainesville.

770-5342787, www. thearts council.net.

Warner Bros.

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Now in its 20th year of production, the popular show will continue to entertain and endear young and old. “Smoke on the Mountain” opens Thursday at the Georgia Mountains Center theater, 301 Main St. SW in Gainesville. The musical comedy, set in 1930s North Carolina, takes place in a little Baptist Church. The congregation has a new preacher who has invited a gospel-singing family to perform. But a group of elder matriarchs are unimpressed with the new preacher, who enlists the family’s help to win over the elders.

Harvest Festival, Clarkesville. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 8, John Kollock’s watercolor print release, “Pickin’ on the Porch,” Nathaniel Samsel’s dulcimer and banjo music, Sarah Samsel’s pressed-flower art and cornhusk dolls, Kathleen Kollock’s watercolors.

The Saturday Shop, 450 Bybrook Trail, Clarkesville — saturdayshop@yahoo.

SepT. 8:

Jaemor Farms 8th Annual Cornfield Maze Adventure, Alto. Sept. 12-Nov. 4, Jaemor Farms, 5340 Cornelia Highway, Alto. 770-869-3999, www.JaemorFarms.com

SepT. 12-NOv. 4:

Lucky Dog Casino Night, Dawsonville.

6-10 p.m. Aug. 25. Georgia Racing Hall of Fame, 415 Ga. 53 E, Dawsonville.

Blackjack, craps, poker, roulette, Texas Hold ’em, 3-Card Poker and slots. Benefits Dawson County Humane Society. $50 per person. 706-265-6360, www. dawsoncounty humanesociety.org

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From the opening scene until the closing credits end, “The Campaign” relentlessly, giddily nails hypocritical politicians and their career wives, shady campaign financiers, a news media hungry for any sensational story, and yes, us voters whose passions and short memory spans make us gullible enough to buy into all of it. “The Campaign” is a riotous piece of populist satire.

It’s often silly but occasionally surprisingly smart, and it works so well largely because of how disgusting real American politics has become.

Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis each turn in what are possibly the best comedic roles of their careers.

‘The Campaign’

‘Smoke on the Mountain.’

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‘Campaign’ is funny political satire JEFF MARKER jmarker@gsc.edu

Film Review The opening scene of “The Campaign” effectively sums up the strategy taken by all modern American political campaigns.

Cam Brady (Will Ferrell), a fourterm congressman from North Carolina, is waiting in the wings for a campaign event to begin, when his longtime campaign manager, Mitch (Jason Sudeikis), asks him, “What’s it all about?”

Cam: “America. Jesus. And freedom.”

Mitch: “And what does that mean?”

Cam: “(Bleep), I don’t know.

But people love it when I say those things.”

When American political campaigns aren’t slinging bile at Warner Bros. the opponent, they are usually Will Ferrell, as Cam Brady, and Zach Galifianakis, as Marty Huggins, shake hands in a scene from “The Campaign.” reducing themselves to a series of empty platitudes that present the candidate as patriotic but to an official campaign, American politics has become. and Kya Haywood). mean nothing beyond the candidates’ young lives are now In a different election year, many Marty struggles to maintain his surface. fodder for smear tactics, and things in this movie might have ideals while Brady struggles to If you think that’s a cynical campaigns don’t even hide the seemed too over-the-top. But in find some ideals as the campaign position, consider whether it’s fact that every move, right down 2012, remarkably, even the most grows nastier each day, which possible to get elected in 2012 to the breed of the family dog, ridiculous gags and jabs carry calls many elements of our without repeating the themes is guided by focus groups and the ring of truth. electoral process into question.

“America, Jesus and freedom” polls.

Congressmen Brady is a But for as much as it satirizes ad nauseum. Then consider how From the opening scene until swaggering, vain, unscrupulous American politics, “The many elected officials actually the closing credits end, “The adulterer who has enjoyed four Campaign” never pretends to behave as if what are most Campaign” relentlessly, giddily unopposed elections, a streak be anything except a comedy. important are America as an idea, nails hypocritical politicians that ends when the billionaire And it happens to be one of the Jesus as a moral touchstone and and their career wives, shady Motch brothers (Dan Aykroyd funniest of the year. freedom as the country’s bedrock campaign financiers, a news and John Lithgow) decide Ferrell and Galifianakis each principle. media hungry for any sensational they need a new straw man to turn in what are possibly the best We’re living through an election story, and yes, us voters whose represent Brady’s district. comedic roles of their careers. cycle in which each presidential passions and short memory They choose Marty Huggins The movie also offers two candidate is backed by a shady spans make us gullible enough to (Zach Galifianakis), the wimpy breakout performances. billionaire, corporate and foreign buy into all of it. but kind-hearted outcast of an Katherine LaNasa steals scenes monies are a bigger factor than “The Campaign” is a riotous old political family, and bring in a as a political wife who is even ever, SuperPACs can say any piece of populist satire. It’s often cold-hearted killer of a campaign less moral than her husband. slanderous thing they want silly but occasionally surprisingly manager (Dylan McDermott) to Karen Maruyama plays the because they are supposedly not smart, and it works so well largely make over Marty, his wife (Sarah Huggins family’s maid, whom (but so obviously are) connected because of how disgusting real Baker), and kids (Grant Goodman Marty’s father (Brian Cox) forces

‘The Campaign’ Starring: Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis, Jason Sudeikis, Katherine LaNasa, Dylan McDermott Rated: R, for crude sexual content, language and brief nudity Runtime: 1 hour, 37 minutes Bottom line: Side-splitting political satire

to — on second thought, I won’t tell you that part because I don’t want to spoil one of the best surprises of the movie.

Maruyama’s performance is brilliant, let’s leave it at that.

“The Campaign” doesn’t aspire to be like “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” or any other earnest, faith-restoring movie classic. Its best quality is that it’s merely trying to inspire us to take politics less seriously.

If it also leads people to think a little more critically about this year’s election, then who knows?

Maybe we will start calling it a classic.

Jeff Marker teaches film and literature at Gainesville State College. His reviews appear weekly in Get Out and on gainesvilletimes.com/getout.

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Hollywood Stadium Cinemas 770-539-9200 120 Green Hill Circle, Gainesville

Regal Mall of Georgia Stadium 20 678-482-5858

3333 Buford Drive, Suite 3000, Buford

The Amazing Spider-Man (PG-13) Thu.Sun. 1:30-7:30 The Amazing Spider-Man 3D (PG-13) Thu.Sun. 4:30-10:35 The Bourne Legacy (PG-13) Thu. 12:01 Fri.-Sat. 12:20-1:00-2:00-3:15-4:105:00-6:10-7:20-7:50-9:05-10:15-10:4512:05 Sun. 12:20-1:00-2:00-3:15-4:105:00-6:10-7:20-7:50-9:05-10:15-10:45 Brave (PG) Thu.-Sun. 2:30-7:30 Brave 3D (PG) Thu.-Sun. 12:00-5:0010:00 The Campaign (R) Thu. 12:01 Fri.-Sat. 12:45-1:15-2:50-3:20-4:55-5:25-7:107:40-9:15-9:45-11:20-11:55 Sun. 12:45-

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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (PG) Thu. (12:00-2:35-5:10) 7:45 Hope Springs (PG-13) Thu. (12:45-3:25) 6:30-9:10 Ice Age: Continental Drift (PG) Thu. (12:002:30-5:00) 7:30 Magic Mike (R) Thu. 7:30-10:10 Megamind (PG) Thu. (10:00) Step Up Revolution (PG-13) Thu. (2:30) 10:00 Step Up Revolution 3D (PG-13) Thu. (12:005:00) 7:30 Total Recall (PG-13) Thu. (1:00-4:00) 7:0010:00 The Watch (R) Thu. (12:00-2:35-5:10) 7:4510:20

Bargain shows denoted by parenthesis ( ).

The Amazing Spider-Man (PG-13) Thu. 12:30-3:45-6:45-9:45 The Bourne Legacy (PG-13) Fri.-Sun. 12:45-2:00-4:00-5:00-7:00-8:00-9:30 Brave (PG) Thu. 12:00-2:30-5:00-7:159:30 The Campaign (R) Fri.-Sun. 1:00-2:003:00-4:15-5:00-6:15-7:00-8:30-10:00 The Dark Knight Rises (PG-13) Thu. 12:001:00-2:00-3:30-4:30-5:30-7:00-8:009:30 Fri.-Sun. 12:45-1:30-4:15-5:008:00-9:00 DCI 2012: Big, Loud & Live 9 (Not Rated) Thu. 6:30 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (PG) Thu. 12:15-2:30-4:45-7:00-9:15 Fri.-Sun. 12:45-3:00-5:15-7:30-9:45 Hope Springs (PG-13) Thu. 12:00-2:154:45-7:15-9:30 Fri.-Sun. 1:00-3:15-5:307:45-10:00 Ice Age: Continental Drift (PG) Thu. 12:002:15-4:30-7:00-9:15 Fri.-Sun. 12:453:00-5:15-7:30-9:45 Magic Mike (R) Thu. 1:45 Step Up Revolution (PG-13) Thu. 12:152:30-4:45 Fri.-Sun. 1:45-4:30-7:00-9:30 Step Up Revolution 3D (PG-13) Thu. 7:009:30 Ted (R) Thu.-Sun. 1:45-4:30-7:15-9:45 Total Recall (PG-13) Thu. 1:00-2:00-4:005:00-7:00-8:00-10:00 Fri.-Sun. 1:002:00-4:00-5:00-7:00-8:00-9:45 Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Witness Protection (PG-13) Thu. 1:00-4:00-7:30-10:00 Fri.Sun. 1:00-4:00-7:15-9:45 The Watch (R) Thu. 12:15-2:30-4:45-7:1510:00 Fri.-Sun. 1:15-4:30-7:15-10:00

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1:15-2:50-3:20-4:55-5:25-7:10-7:409:15-9:45 The Dark Knight Rises (PG-13) Thu. 11:352:10-3:10-5:50-6:45-9:25-10:30 Fri.Sun. 12:00-3:25-7:15-10:40 The Dark Knight Rises: The IMAX Experience (PG-13) Thu.-Sun. 12:20-3:40-7:00-10:20 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (PG) Thu. 12:15-1:15-2:30-3:30-4:455:45-7:00-8:05-9:15-10:25 Fri.-Sat. 12:15-1:15-2:30-3:30-4:45-5:45-7:008:05-9:15-10:25-11:30 Sun. 12:15-1:152:30-3:30-4:45-5:45-7:00-8:05-9:1510:25 Hope Springs (PG-13) Thu. 12:1512:45-2:35-3:05-4:55-5:25-7:157:45-9:35-10:05-12:05 Fri.-Sat. 12:15-12:50-2:35-3:10-4:55-5:30-7:157:45-9:35-10:05-11:55 Sun. 12:1512:50-2:35-3:10-4:55-5:30-7:15-7:459:35-10:05 Ice Age: Continental Drift (PG) Thu. 11:502:10-4:25-6:50-9:10-11:30 Fri.-Sat. 3:05-7:35-12:05 Sun. 3:05-7:35 Ice Age: Continental Drift 3D (PG) Thu. 12:45-3:05-5:20-7:35-9:45 Fri.-Sun. 12:45-5:20-9:50 Katy Perry: Part of Me 3D (PG) Thu. 12:052:25 Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (PG) Thu.-Sun. 12:30-2:45-5:10 Nitro Circus: The Movie 3D (PG-13) Thu. 12:30-2:40-4:50-7:00-9:10-11:25 Fri.-

Sat. 12:30-2:40-4:50-7:00-9:10-11:20 Sun. 12:30-2:40-4:50-7:00-9:10 Savages (R) Thu. 7:35-10:35 Step Up Revolution (PG-13) Thu.-Sun. 12:40-5:30-10:10 Step Up Revolution 3D (PG-13) Thu.-Sun. 3:05-7:50 Ted (R) Thu. 2:00-4:40-7:10-9:40-12:05 Fri.-Sun. 12:25-2:55-5:20-7:55-10:25 Total Recall (PG-13) Thu. 11:35-12:351:30-2:25-3:30-4:20-5:05-6:20-7:057:50-9:05-9:50-10:35-11:50 Fri.-Sun. 12:05-1:40-2:45-4:20-5:25-7:05-7:258:05-9:45-10:05-10:45 Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Witness Protection (PG-13) Thu. 4:50-7:40-10:20 The Watch (R) Thu. 11:45-1:05-2:15-3:254:40-5:45-7:00-8:10-9:20-10:30-11:45 Fri.-Sun. 1:05-3:25-5:45-8:10-10:30

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The Amazing Spider-Man (PG-13) Thu. (12:00-3:15) 6:40-9:55 The Bourne Legacy (PG-13) Thu. 12:01 Brave (PG) Thu. (12:05-2:30-4:55) The Campaign (R) Thu. 12:01 The Dark Knight Rises (PG-13) Thu. (12:0012:30-1:00-1:45-3:45-4:15-4:45-5:25) 7:30-8:00-8:30-9:30

The Dark Knight Rises (PG-13) Thu. 2:406:35 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (PG) Thu. 2:00-4:30-7:15 Ice Age: Continental Drift (PG) Thu. 2:004:20-7:00 Step Up Revolution (PG-13) Thu. 3:30-5:508:05 Total Recall (PG-13) Thu. 2:15-4:50-7:40 The Watch (R) Thu. 3:15-5:30-7:50

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The Amazing Spider-Man (PG-13) Thu.-Sun. 6:55-9:05 The Bourne Legacy (PG-13) Fri.-Sun. 1:004:00-7:00-9:00 Brave (PG) Thu. 12:00-2:20-4:40 Fri.-Sun. 2:20-4:40 The Campaign (R) Fri.-Sun. 2:10-4:156:50-9:55 The Dark Knight Rises (PG-13) Thu. 12:002:00-3:30-5:30-7:00-9:00 Fri.-Sun. 1:004:30-8:00 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (PG) Thu. 12:10-2:25-4:40-7:10-9:15 Fri.-Sun. 2:254:40-7:10-9:15 Hope Springs (PG-13) Thu. 12:10-2:304:50-7:10-9:30 Fri.-Sun. 2:30-4:50-7:109:30 Ice Age: Continental Drift (PG) Thu. 12:002:15-4:30-6:50-9:55 Fri.-Sun. 2:15-4:306:50-9:55 Step Up Revolution (PG-13) Thu. 12:154:55-9:35 Step Up Revolution 3D (PG-13) Thu. 2:357:15 Ted (R) Thu. 12:05-2:30-4:55-7:20-9:45 Fri.-Sun. 2:30-4:55-7:10-9:30 Total Recall (PG-13) Thu. 1:05-4:05-7:109:45 Fri.-Sun. 4:05-6:50-9:30 The Watch (R) Thu. 12:20-2:40-5:00-7:209:40 Fri.-Sun. 2:40-5:00-7:20-9:40

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from David Frankel, which includes some painfully literal musical selections and a few hokey comic situations. Their characters, Kay and Arnold, live a sexless life in a comfortable suburb of Omaha, Neb. When Kay finally decides she’s sick of their complacent routine, she insists Arnold join her for a week of intensive couples therapy with a renowned psychologist (Steve Carell).

Movie reviews from Associated Press and McClatchy Newspapers.

Stars out of four.

openING ‘The Campaign’ ■ Review, 10

‘The Bourne Legacy’

HH½ (PG-13 for violence

and action sequences.)

This fourth film in the Bourne franchise may seem heady and intentionally disorienting and hard to follow at first — until you realize it’s really about drug addiction, and the lengths to which a junkie will go to get his fix. A new leading man, Jeremy Renner, now plays the highly trained bad ass at the center of the film’s intrigue. Renner stars as Aaron Cross, who’s alone in the Alaskan wilds on a training exercise at the film’s start. But he finds he’s the target of a legitimate threat when the supersecret government spy program he’s a part of hastily gets shut down. Turns out, Jason Bourne was not the only person who was given a whole new identity and transformed into a killing machine — he was one of many, and the new models are even biggerbetter-stronger-faster thanks to a combination of little blue and green pills. Rachel Weisz plays a research scientist at a pharmaceutical giant who

continuING ‘The Dark Knight Rises’

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Meryl Streep as Kay Soames, left, and Tommy Lee Jones as Arnold Soames lay in bed in a scene from “Hope Springs.” becomes his reluctant partner on the run.

‘Hope Springs’

HHH (PG-13 for mature thematic content involving sexuality.) It will make you want to go home and have sex with your spouse afterward. Or at least share a longer hug or a more passionate kiss. You don’t have to be married for 31

years like the stuck-in-arut couple Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones play to feel inspired by the film’s message about the importance of keeping your relationship alive.

Despite television ads that look alternately wacky and mawkish and suggest pat, glossy superficiality, “Hope Springs” unearths some quiet and often uncomfortable truths.

The film explores the complicated dynamics that develop over a longterm relationship with great honesty and little judgment. What looks like a standard rom-com turns into something akin to a contemporary Ingmar Bergman film. The performances from Streep and Jones go a long way toward elevating the rather straightforward direction

HHHH (PG-13, vulgar language, violence, sexual situations, adult themes.)

With “The Dark Knight Rises,” Christopher Nolan swings for the moon.

He gives you something even grander and more fantastic than you expected. Opening eight years after the events of “The Dark Knight,” Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) has become a recluse, his body battered and creaky, his alter-ego of Batman no

longer needed in Gotham City, where Commissioner Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) has exploited a lie to wage a successful war on organized crime. Then Bane (Tom Hardy), a terrorist thug with the build of a wrestler and a life-sustaining mask clamped to his face, emerges from the city’s sewers with an army of followers and a sinister intent. Bane is a warrior for the disenfranchised, the forgotten and the ignored.

His methods are brutal and murderous, and his solution to social and economic disparity is of the scorchedearth variety. Wayne is a billionaire, which makes him a target for Selina Kyle (Anne Hathaway), a seductive cat burglar whose proclivity for crime is fueled by a sense of entitlement.

Except the hero’s finances are waning: Even he is not immune from an economic downturn. But when Bane starts wreaking havoc in Gotham, Batman must rise to the challenge.

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“Smoke on the Mountain,” Gainesville.

7:30 p.m. Aug. 9-11, 16-17, 23-24 and 2:30 p.m. Aug. 12, 18-19, 25-26.

Georgia Mountains Center Theater, 301 Main St. SW, Gainesville. Presented by the Georgia Mountain Players. $17 for adults, $13 for seniors older than 59, students and children. Tickets available at the box office, online or by calling 770-534-8420. Additional fees apply when ordering by phone or online.

Auditions for “The Foreigner,” Flowery Branch. 7-9 p.m. Aug. 15-16. One teen boy and 6 adult men and women needed. Cold readings from the script.

Fifth Row Center, 5509 Main St., Flowery Branch. fifthrowcenter.com, info@ fifthrowcenter.com.

Upcoming

Singing auditions for the musical “Narnia,” Flowery Branch. 7-9 p.m. Sept.

10 Ages 6-86 needed. Bring CD, mp3, iPod or sheet music. Mostly teens and adults needed for this show, with few children. Fifth Row Center’s studio, 5509 Main St., Flowery Branch. fifthrowcenter. com, info@fifthrowcenter.com.

Acting auditions for “Narnia,” Flowery Branch. 7-9 p.m. Sept. 11. Ages 6-18; 7-

9 p.m. Sept. 12. Ages 18-senior citizens.

Cold readings from the script. Fifth Row Center’s studio, 5509 Main St., Flowery Branch. fifthrowcenter.com, info@ fifthrowcenter.com.

GTA’s “The Frog Prince,” stage tour, Gainesville. 6 p.m. Sept. 18. Free.

Brenau University’s Historic Pearce Auditorium, 500 Centennial Circle, Gainesville. 678-717-3624, www. gainesvilletheatrealliance.org.

“Bye, Bye Birdie!,” Clarkesville. 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sept. 20-23, 27-30.

Habersham Community Theater, 1370 Washington St., Clarkesville. 706-8391315, www.habershamtheater.org.

“The Foreigner,” Flowery Branch. Sept.

28-30, Oct. 5-7. By playwright Larry Shue. Produced by Fifth Row Center and Live Arts Theatre at 5509 Main St., Flowery Branch. Tickets $12/adults, $10/ seniors and students. 678-357-7359, FifthRowCenter.com or liveartstheatre. org for tickets and times.

GTA’s “The Frog Prince,” Gainesville. 7:30 p.m. Sept. 28-30 and Oct. 5-6; 2:30 p.m.

Sept. 30 with school matinees at 9:30 and 11:30 a.m. Sept. 27-30 and Oct.25. Brenau University’s Historic Pearce Auditorium, 500 Centennial Circle, Gainesville. Meet-the-Actors reception Sept. 28; free ice-cream social Sept. 30. $10-12 for adults and seniors, $7-8 for students and children, depending on seat location. 678-717-3624,

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arts events This Week

Basic watercolor class, Gainesville. 9 a.m. to noon Aug. 17, 24 and 31.

Gainesville Watercolor Society, 895 Main St., Gainesville. Registration required. 786-208-4320.

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$130, nonmembers $150. Quinlan Visual Arts Center, 514 Green St. NE, Gainesville. 770-536-2575, www.quinlanartscenter.org.

Harvest Festival, Clarkesville. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 8, John Kollock’s watercolor print release, “Pickin’ on the Porch,” Nathaniel Samsel’s dulcimer and banjo music, Sarah Samsel’s pressedflower art and cornhusk dolls, Kathleen Kollock’s watercolors. The Saturday Shop, 450 Bybrook Trail, Clarkesville. 706-754-9200, saturdayshop@yahoo.com.

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Christopher Sherry Open Studio workshop, Gainesville.

10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Thursdays Aug. 9-Sept.

13. Quinlan members $100, nonmembers $120. Quinlan Visual Arts Center, 514 Green St. NE, Gainesville. 770-536-2575, www.quinlanartscenter.org.

Painting demonstration, Gainesville. 6:30 p.m.

Aug. 13. Free. Debra Nadelhoffer’s paintings can be seen at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center.

Quinlan Visual Arts Center, 514 Green St. NE, Gainesville. 770-536-2575, www.quinlanartscenter.org.

Upcoming

Landscape Workshop, Gainesville. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Aug. 17-18. $225. Quinlan Visual Arts Center, 514 Green St. NE, Gainesville.

770-536-2575, www. quinlanartscenter.org.

The 19th annual Folk Fest, Norcross. Aug. 17-19. 1700 Jeurgens Court, Norcross.

Self-taught art, Southern Folk pottery, outsider art and antique art. 770-5321115 www.slotinfolkart. com.

Mary Ann Klimek Pottery Classes, Gainesville. 7-9 p.m. Thursdays Sept. 6Oct. 25. Quinlan members

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Still Smokin’ after 20 years

The Georgia Mountain Players present their 20th year of “Smoke on the Mountain” at the Georgia Mountains Center Theater.

Georgia Mountain Players continue ‘ministry’ with popular production From staff reports There may have been different faces cast over the years, but for two decades members of the Georgia Mountain Players have performed “Smoke on the Mountain” to sold-out audiences.

Now in its 20th year of production, the popular show will continue to entertain and endear young and old. “Smoke on the Mountain” opens tonight at the Georgia Mountains Center theater, 301 Main St. SW in Gainesville.

“It’s hard to put into words what this play means to me and the rest of the Players,” said Mike Martin, the Players managing and artistic director.

Martin said when one of the actors wanted to quit because of obligations of family, church and his businesses, his father-inlaw told him that he had better think hard about his decision, and that “Smoke” was more than just a play — it is a ministry.

“So I guess that is the best way to describe it. It is a ministry.”

The musical comedy, set

‘Smoke on the Mountain’ When: 7:30 p.m. Aug. 9-11, 16-17, 23-24 and 2:30 p.m. Aug. 12, 18-19, 25-26.

Where: Georgia Mountains Center Theater, 301 Main St. SW, Gainesville.

Tickets: $17 for adults, $13 for seniors older than 59, students and children. Additional fees apply when ordering by phone or online.

More info: 770-534-8420.

in 1930s North Carolina, takes place in a little Baptist Church. The congregation has a new preacher who has invited a gospel-singing family to perform. But a group of elder matriarchs are unimpressed with the new preacher, who enlists the family’s help to win over the elders.

Through testimony, witnessing and hilarity, the family eventually brings the matriarchs around.

“The old gospel hymns and songs that we perform are familiar to anyone who grew up in the rural South,” Martin said.

The family friendly show is full of classic gospel numbers and characters many Southern churchgoers will recognize.

“Every preacher that has come to see ‘Smoke’

— and they are many — have said that they have seen these characters in every church that they have ever been in,” he said.

“We never make fun of anyone or become a caricature. It is just very real and most of all fun.”

A portion of the show even enlists help from children in the audience who get to join the cast on stage. Martin recalls a very touching story that happened during this part of the program.

“One year, a little Down syndrome boy came up and literally stole the show.

He had to touch every musical instrument and hug all the actors. Needless to say, the audience and actors loved it but his mother was embarrassed to tears. When he returned

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to his seat, the man sitting in front of him stood and gave him an ovation, followed by the rest of the audience and cast.”

During the show’s long run, there have been other very memorable occurrences, Martin said, including the time author and columnist Ronda Rich brought comedian Jeff Foxworthy to the performance.

He also said the cast has heard many stories from audience members about “how much they had needed this message of love and laughter in their lives at this particular time.”

Martin said after the first performance of “Smoke” in

1992, the group decided to do it one more year. Several years later, he said, the group decided “God and our audiences will let us know when it’s time to quit” “And here we are 20 years later, still going strong and we, the cast and crew, are having just as much fun as the first years.”

The Players even took the show on the road to Nova Scotia in 2002 for several rural church performances.

The original cast members still with the show are Jene Robocker, Linda Smith, Peggy Strickland, Stan Lee, Mike and Dianne Martin.

“We all know these characters so well that in some ways we have become these characters.

It is about a big singing family, and in many ways the cast and crew of “Smoke” a just a big family.”

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