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Active Climbing
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Indoor rock and boulder climbing
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Athens Area Arts Council
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Non-profit arts organization. Check their website for current projects, exhibits, and arts calendar.
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Athens Clarke County Leisure Services
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Recreation department
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Athens Clarke Heritage Foundation
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ACHF sponsors regular heritage events and programs, and operates the Athens Welcome Center.
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Athens Convention & Visitors Bureau
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One-stop resource for official visitor information, event planning, meetings and conventions.
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Athens Creative Theatre
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Part of Athens' vibrant local arts scene.
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Athens Food Tours
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Three-hour walking tours include food, drink and entertainment at six to eight local restaurants and shops, plus local history and culture.
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Athens GA Bicycling
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Check the website for a schedule of upcoming bicycling rides for the entire family and other valuable resources.
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Athens Master Chorale
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Non-profit select 50+ member volunteer concert choir.
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Athens Pirates Summer Baseball
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Get to know tomorrow's Major League players today, as the Athens Pirates and 11 other teams from the Great South League play take the field each June and July.
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Athens Symphony
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Drawing capacity crowds to their complimentary Winter, Christmas, Spring, and Pops concerts at The Classic Center.
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Athens Welcome Center and Classic City Tours
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Your first stop for brochures, maps, expert advice; plus guided, self-guided, or audio tours of Athens.
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Athens YMCA
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Broad range of fitness and recreational programming.
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Athens Youth Symphony
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Musical education and performance opportunities for young musicians.
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ATHICA: Athens Institute for Contemporary Art
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Innovative and challenging contemporary art in all visual and performing mediums.
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Aurum Jewelry, Art, & Gallery
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Jewelry designed on-site by prize-winning artists, plus monthly exhibitions of regional artworks and crafts.
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Big Dogs on the River
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Big Dogs on the River is Athens' ONLY river trip.
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Brush Creek Sporting Club
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Sporting Clays and Upland Bird Hunting.
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Butts-Mehre Heritage Hall Sports Museum
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Relive the greatest moments in Georgia sports history and keep abreast of current happenings in Bulldog athletics.
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Canopy Studio
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Community arts center offers exhibits, performances, and classes in flying dance trapeze, movement education and performance arts.
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Carter-Coile Country Doctor's Museum (19th c)
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Authentic 19th century medical office complete with physician's instruments from the era.
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Church-Waddel-Brumby House/Athens Welcome Center
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Federal-style house, ca. 1820, is believed to be the city's oldest surviving residence.
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Ciné
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Downtown Athens' only art house cinema screens the latest independent and international films, as well as documentaries, festival discoveries, and classic movies.
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Civil War Heartland Leaders Trails
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Two-dozen of the trail's 45 sites are in Athens.
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Classic Center Theatre
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This 2,053- seat grand showplace hosts touring Broadway productions, headliner entertainers, and is home to the Athens Symphony and Robert Osborne's Classic Film Festival.
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Classic City Rollergirls
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Athens' new all-female flat track roller derby leage includes the Screamin' Demons, Dames of Maim, and a travel team.
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Clayton Street Gallery
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The Clayton Street Gallery is located above Frameworks.
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Eagle Greens Sandy Creek Golf Course
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North Georgia's premiere daily-rate golf courses.
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Elements Art Supply
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Fine paintings, sculptures, and American crafts for the discerning at collector.
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Film::Athens
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Community of local filmmakers actively involved in independent projects with an active calendar of film screenings and related events.
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Founders Memorial Garden
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A living memorial to America's first Garden Club, founded in Athens in 1891.
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Gabrielsen Natatorium, UGA Swimming and Diving
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The Gabrielsen Natatorium, inside the Ramsey Center, is home to UGA's championship Swimming and Diving program.
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Garden Club of Georgia Headquarters
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The stately neoclassic building with museum-quality furnishings overlooks the Heritage Garden on the grounds of the State Botanical Garden of Georgia.
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Georgia 511 Free Travel & Traffic System
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Dial 5-1-1 from any land line or cell phone to hear Georgia tourism information, report an incident, hear up-to-date traffic reports, request HERO assistance, connect to transit partners (MARTA, Amtrack, Greyhound, etc.), or connect to airports in Atlanta and Savannah.
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Georgia Department of Economic Development
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Official travel information for the state of Georgia.
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Georgia Museum of Art
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The GMOA's modern and elegant facility houses a permanent collection of more than 9,000 works of art as well as a variety of traveling exhibitions. A two-year expansion project was just completed.
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Georgia Museum of Natural History
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The Discovery Room displays samples from more than four million objects in the Museum's collection.
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Georgia's Antebellum Trail
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Athens is the northern gateway to the Antebellum Trail, a 100-mile trek through seven communities that virtually escaped Yankee General Sherman's burning march through Georgia.
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Georgia's Outdoor Recreation and Adventure Guide
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Things to do and see in North Georgia.
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Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
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The Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery, founded in 1882, was once a very prominent burial site for African Americans in Athens, Georgia. The National Park Service has officially listed it in the National Register of Historic Places.
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Hargrett Rare Book & Manuscript Library
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The Hargrett Library, a leading repository on Georgia history and culture, holds 200,000 volumes in its rare book and Georgiana collections, 6 million pages of historical manuscripts and photographs, along with maps, broadsides, and UGA archives and records.
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Healing Arts Centre
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The Healing Arts Centre offers a wide spectrum of services, including yoga, many types of therapeutic massage therapies, counseling, and more for mind, body, and spirit.
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Heartland of the Confederacy Civil War Trails
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Regional self-guided heritage trail.
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Hugh Hodgson School of Music
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During the academic year, the Hugh Hodgson School of Music provides several performances weekly from students, faculty, and guest artists.
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Jackson Street Cemetery - Old Athens Cemetery
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The cemetery, on Jackson Street on the University of Georgia's North Campus, was used primarily between 1810 and 1856. The cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.
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Jittery Joe's Coffee Roasting Co
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The Athens coffee roasting company specializes in fine Arabica coffees from around the world. Stop by for a tour and education on coffee roasting.
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Lamar Dodd School of Art Galleries
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The galleries at UGA's art school host revolving shows of student, faculty, and professional work.
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Lane Creek Golf Club
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Lane Creek Golf Club
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Lyndon House Arts Center
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Community visual arts complex includes large airy galleries, a children's wing, artists' workshops, and a gift shop.
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Memorial Park and Bear Hollow Wildlife Trail
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Features 80 acres of rolling hills, a lake, picnic shelters, and playground area, plus Bear Hollow Wildlife Trail.
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Mercury Art Works - at Hotel Indigo
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Full service fine art gallery representing local and national artists who work in a variety of media.
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Morton Theatre
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One of the first vaudeville theatres in the U.S. built, owned, and operated by an African-American, the Morton opened in 1910 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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North Oconee River Greenway
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Walk, jog, bike, or roller blade along this 3.5 mile linear park along the North Oconee River open for all types of non-motorized uses, including dogs on leashes.
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Northeast Georgia Mountains
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Take a day trip from Athens to the Northeast Georgia mountains, less than an hour up the road!
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Oconee Forest Park
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60-acre natural area with walking trails, bike trails, and lake.
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Oconee Hill Cemetery
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Nestled behind Sanford Stadium on the UGA campus lies Oconee Hill Cemetery, 100 acres of one of the more scenic landscapes in North Georgia.
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Original Fine Art Gallery
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Beautiful selection of fine art, sculptures, paintings, and prints from local, regional and international artists.
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Piccadilly Farm LLC
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Developed over the past 25 years, featuring hostas, hellebores, perennials, native flowers, camellias, unusual shrubs and dwarf conifers.
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Pinebush Farm & Nurseries, Inc.
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Containerized and field-grown balled and burlapped, large and small. Gardening library.
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Prince Avenue Gallery
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Custom framing for all your art, photographs, and showcasing local artists' work.
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R. Wood Studio Ceramics Studio & Shoppe
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Handmade dinnerware inspired by the southern seasons made at the studio.
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Railroad Arts District
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A collective of artists and businesses centered around the CSX railroad tracks that run through the north end of town.
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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Focuses on collections and programs that explore the dynamic relationship of politics, policy, and culture.
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Rose of Athens Theatre
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Non-profit theatre company, producing vibrant professional works of theatre.
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Sandy Creek Nature Center and ENSAT Center
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Miles of trails and nature center.
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Sandy Creek Park
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This park surrounds Lake Chapman and features a variety of activies and facilities.
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Seney-Stovall Chapel
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Built in 1882 as the chapel for the Lucy Cobb Institute, a boarding school for girls that opened in 1859. Victorian interior has been restored in a way that allows for its use by a wide variety of University and community groups.
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Skate a Round USA Family Skate Center
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Let the good times roll!
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Skate Park of Athens
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State-of-the-art facility for skateboards, BMX bikes and in-line skates.
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State Botanical Garden of Georgia
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A 313-acre preserve with numerous themed gardens, winding trails, and stunning three-story tropical conservatory, visitors center, gift shop and cafe.
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Sunrise Golf Club
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Sunrise Golf Club is a public course.
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T.R.R. Cobb House
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This 1852 home of T.R.R. Cobb, with its distinctive color and octagonal wings, opened for public tour in August 2007 after extensive restoration.
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Tate Student Center Gallery
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Gallery at UGA's student center displays artwork by students and local artists as well as international exhibits.
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Taylor-Grady House
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One of Athens' four house museums open for public tour. Greek Revival style, ca. 1844.
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Terrapin Brewery
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Award winning brewery.
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The Double-Barreled Cannon
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Local landmark and unusual Civil War relic.
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The Gallery @ Good Dirt
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Work by local professional potters.
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The Georgia Club
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A 27-hole golfing experience.
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The Tree that Owns Itself
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Athens' most unusual property owner is this white oak.
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Top Dog Scooters
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Sells, services and rents motor scooters.
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Town and Gown Players
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More than 50 years of quality community theatre, with 12 shows a year.
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UGA Athletics
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UGA division I-A teams have won 35 national championships and 128 SEC championships!
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UGA Baseball, at Foley Field
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UGA Baseball is one of the best springtime activities Athens has to offer, and a real deal at just $5 general admission.
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UGA Basketball
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The UGA Men's and Women's Basketball teams heat up Stegeman Coliseum each season.
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UGA Department of Dance
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Several dance companies within the UGA Department of Dance perform in a wide variety of genres.
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UGA Department of Theatre and Film Studies
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Everything from Shakespeare and Chekov to the most cutting-edge modern productions.
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UGA Equestrian
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The Bulldogs have won four national championships, captured five Southern Equestrian titles, and have never lost a dual meet at home.
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UGA Fine Arts Theatre
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Fully renovated in 2010, the 675-seat Fine Arts Theatre was the last of the Works Progress Administration projects to be constructed on the UGA campus.
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UGA Football
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Bulldog football games are arguably the best-known events that happen in Athens, with more than 90,000 fans flooding into Sanford Stadium to watch the Dawgs play "Between the Hedges."
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UGA Gymnastics
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The UGA Gym Dawgs hold 10 national titles, including a streak of five back-to-back titles starting with 2005.
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UGA Horticulture Trial Garden
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The Garden trials the newest varieties of annuals from all over the world and puts perennials to the test to find those that stand up to Southeastern heat and humidity
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UGA Observatory
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The 24-inch telescope at the University of Georgia's Observatory is open for public viewing once a month.
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UGA Soccer
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The UGA Bulldogs soccer program is coming off consecutive years of SEC and NCAA tournament success.
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UGA Softball
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The Top-10 ranked Bulldog softball team’s regular season games have free admission and often provide extra activities for children.
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UGA Tennis, at Dan Magill Tennis Complex
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UGA's tennis tradition is strong, with a record-breaking number of championships and All Americans and one of the best facilities in the country.
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UGA Track & Field, at Spec Towns Track
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UGA Track & Field meets take place at Spec Towns Track, on the UGA Campus. Admission is free.
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UGA Visitors Center
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Free campus tours are conducted daily by student guides; reservations are strongly suggested.
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UGA Volleyball
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Georgia's home volleyball matches feature the Redcoat Pep Band, UGA Cheerleaders and Georgia mascot Spike.
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University of Georgia Golf Course
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Athens' only in-town public golf course.
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University of Georgia Performing Arts Center
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The world's best come to Athens!
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University of Georgia's Historic North Campus
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The oldest portion of UGA's immense campus dates back to the first days of classes in 1806.
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Ware-Lyndon House
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One of Athens' four house museums open for public tour, this is one of the few antebellum homes with Italianate elements remaining in the Athens area.
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We Are Athens
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The mission of We Are Athens is to promote local business in the Athens area through the education and promotion of the benefits of buying locally, local business advocacy and the importance of preserving what makes the Athens area unique.
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We Let the Dawgs Out Public Art Exhibit
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Three-dozen larger-than-life bulldogs painted by prominent local artists are on permanent display throughout Athens.
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World of Wonder Community Playground
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Almost two-acres of playground equipment!
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You, Me and the Bus Public Art Installation
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An ever-expanding list of stops around town boast winning designs paying tribute to the Athens music scene.
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