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Here’s what’s going on today around Athens, March 28:

EVENTS

Book Launch Party for “Stories Wanting Only to Be Heard: Selected Fiction from Six Decades of The Georgia Review”: 7 p.m., Cine, 234 W. Hancock Ave.; readings by authors Mary Hood and George Singleton followed by a catered reception; free and open to the public; (706) 542-3481.

PROGRAMS AND CLASSES

Full Bloom Center, 220 N. Milledge Ave.; (706) 353-3373 or www.fullbloomparent.com:

• Crawlers Group: 10 a.m.-noon; informal group for parents and their growing babies that are not “new” but are not toddlers either; sitters, scooters and early crawlers welcome.

• Mama Baby Yoga: 10:30-11:30 a.m.; for moms and babies ages 6 weeks to “too wiggly”; $14.

• Story Time: 4-4:30 p.m.; open to all ages; free for Full Bloom members, $3 for nonmembers.

Kidsercize: 10:30 a.m., Commerce Public Library, 1344 S. Broad St., Commerce; educational program for toddlers and preschoolers with song, movement, puppetry and story telling; (706) 335-5946.

The letter “U” story time: 10:30 a.m., Madison County Library, 1315 Hwy. 98 W., Danielsville; (706) 795-5597.

Wildcard Wednesday: Game Day: 4 p.m., Athens-Clarke County Library, 2025 Baxter St.; bring games from home or use the library’s; free and open to teens ages 11-18; (706) 613-3650 or www.clarke.public.lib.ga.us.

Teen Club: 4:30-5:30 p.m., East Athens Community Center, 400 McKinley Drive; for girls ages 10-18 years old; encourages cooperation, teamwork, good behavior, and self esteem in young women; free; (706) 613-3593 or www.athensclarkecounty.com/eastathens.

Emotional Abuse Support Group: 6:30-8 p.m.; call Project Safe’s hot line for locations; held every Wednesday; childcare provided; (706) 543-3331 or (706) 613-3357, ext. 771.

Community Book Group: 7 p.m., Piccolo’s restaurant, Bell’s shopping center, 2061 Hog Mountain Road, Watkinsville; group will discuss the Pulitzer Prize-winning book about evolution by Jonathan Weiner titled “The Beak of the Finch”; newcomers welcome; email patricia.priest@yahoo.com.

SHOWS

Kenosha Kid: 8 p.m., Hendershot’s Coffee, 1560 Oglethorpe Drive; www.hendershotscoffee.com.

Blues with Caleb Darnell: 8 p.m., Farm 255, 255 W. Washington St.; (706) 549-4660 or www.farm255.com.

Leo Kottke: 8:30 p.m., The Melting Point, 295 E. Dougherty St.; $35; (706) 254-6909 or www.meltingpointathens.com.

Cicada Rhythm, The Corduroy Road, Greensky Bluegrass: 9 p.m., Georgia Theatre, 215 N. Lumpkin St.; $10; www.georgiatheatre.com.

Water Liars, Groove Tangent, Dan Miraldi & the Albino Winos, Clean Break: 9:30 p.m., Caledonia Lounge, 256 W. Clayton St.; $5; $7 for ages 18-20; www.caledonialounge.com.

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