This show is SOLD OUT.  

NOTE: On the night of the performance, an extremely limited number of unclaimed tickets might be made avaialble at 8:15 PM at a cost of $35.

SONGS @ CINÉ

Organized by the University of Georgia Jane and Harry Willson Center for Humanities and Arts and sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Research as part of its Thinc. at UGA Entrepreneurial Week, Songs @ Ciné will feature live musical performances by Athens songwriters--including a rare solo appearance by Mike Mills, formerly of the Grammy Award-winning rock band R.E.M.

The songwriter showcase will be a “song swap,” with five artists onstage simultaneously, playing and singing their songs in turn and sometimes together.

Mills will be joined by Don Chambers, veteran Athens singer-songwriter; Dave Marr, formerly of The Star Room Boys; Hardy Morris, lead singer of Dead Confederate; and Thayer Sarrano, Athens singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.

The concert begins at 8:30 PM.  The event is preceded by a 7:00 PM reception in the CinéLab. 

NOTE: Advance tickets are ONLY available via this site.  You cannot purchase them at the Ciné box office.

This show will sell out.  On the night of show, any unclaimed tickets will be released at 8:15 PM at a cost of $35.

Thinc. at UGA Entrepreneurial Week

 Thinc. at UGA promotes entrepreneurship and fosters economic development in the region, bringing together experts from industry and academia with faculty, alumni, students and members of the local community in Athens and across the state. Thinc. at UGA begins with Entrepreneurial Week, March 22–29, 2013. The week-long celebration includes lectures, workshops, panel discussions, competitions, and networking events intended to engage, inspire and build confidence to take business ideas from concepts to reality. Events will showcase entrepreneurial efforts by UGA faculty, students and alumni, and provide insights from nationally recognized entrepreneurship experts.

Willson Center for Humanities and Arts

 The Jane and Harry Willson Center for Humanities and Arts is a unit of the Office of the Vice President for Research at UGA. In the service of its mission to promote research and creativity in the humanities and arts, the Willson Center sponsors and participates in numerous public events on and off the UGA campus throughout the academic year. It supports faculty through research grants, lectures, symposia, publications, visiting scholars, visiting artists, collaborative instruction, public conferences, exhibitions, and performances. For more information, visit http://willson.uga.edu/.