Halloween

Have a frightfully good time with the remaining Halloween programs scheduled for this week:

• Halloween Costume Party Therapeutic Program at Howard Park (Oct 30, 2025)
• Halloween Week at Bear Hollow Zoo - Crafts (October 31, 2025)
  
  For more information, please call 706-613-3800 or visit www.accgov.com/halloween 

"Nerf Wars" at Lay Park

When it comes to Nerf Wars, anything goes! Bring your best game face, your personal (single shot/non-auto) Nerf gun, and the whole family for a night of battling, challenge, and fun! 

Bring your best game face and your personal (single shot/non-auto) Nerf gun. Price is per shooter.

"Nerf Wars" Session 1 is for ages 5-8 years and will take place Thursday, November 6 from 6:00 - 6:45 p.m. at Lay Park The fee is $5 for ACC residents and $7.50 for non-residents. Online registration is underway.

"Nerf Wars" Session 2 is for ages 9-12 years and will take place Thursday, November 6 from 7;00 - 7:45 p.m.at Lay Park. The fee is $5 for ACC residents and $7.50 for non-residents. Online registration is underway.

For more information, please call 706-613-3596.

2026 MLK Day of Service - Call for Project Site

Each year, people across the United States come together on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday to observe the only federal holiday that is designated as a National Day of Service. Each year, hundreds of volunteers make Martin Luther King, Jr. Day “A Day On and Not a Day Off” at a variety of community project sites. This year, the Athens MLK Day of Service Steering Committee is looking for project sites as well as local funds to make those projects more meaningful and sustainable.

Local organizations that would like to be considered as a 2026 MLK Day of Service volunteer project site are encouraged to submit an application. The online application will be open through Sunday, November 16 at www.accgov.com/mlkday Further instructions and eligibility requirements are included on the application.

We hope you will join us in this celebration of service throughout the Athens-Clarke County community. For more information, please email athensgamlkday@gmail.com

"Carving out Liminal Pathways Towards Fragmentation" at the Lyndon House

This two-person exhibition features the abstract sculptural paintings of Sebastian Garcia Huidobro alongside the brutalist architecture-inspired sculptures of Rachel Lea Seburn. Both artists explore concepts of balance, co-dependency, growth, and weight. Forms stack and lean, fit snuggly together like puzzle pieces, referencing the building blocks of structures minute and grand.  

Huidobro’s work, combining soft and hard materials, mimics the forms of microorganisms. He envisions molecules of paint magnified to reveal hidden movements and arrangements. Manipulating foam and fabric, Huidobro creates meticulously upholstered wall-based sculptures. The use of vibrant colors brings a pop sensibility to the organic forms, creating seductive candy pillows that focus the viewer’s attention on shape, line, and surface.  

In comparison, Seburn’s sculptures are inspired by Northern Alberta’s sturdy brutalist architecture of resilience. Her sculptures embody angular, jagged, and curved forms crafted from concrete, plexiglass, plaster, wood, and silicone. The neutral hues of solid, opaque building materials are contrasted with vivid transparencies. Seburn’s artistic approach mirrors the principles of autoconstruction, a method rooted in self-reliance, in which individuals build their dwellings using available materials. This framework allows spontaneity and resourcefulness during the design and building process.  

All exhibitions at Lyndon House Arts Center are free of charge and open to the public.  Exhibitions are on view during regular gallery hours Tuesday and Thursday 10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, Friday and Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.  Children must be accompanied by an adult.  The Lyndon House Arts Center is closed on Saturdays when there is a University of Georgia home football game.

For more information, please call 706-613-3623.