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So, it worked. Athens-Clarke County voters, in a low turnout, made the difference in electing Regina Quick over Doug McKillip in the House District 117 race. And within that ACC vote, Democratic voters were the deciding factor in Quick’s win. When the Republicans in the legislature were drawing up a safe Republican district to reward McKillip for switching parties, they naturally discounted Democrats in the district, and in fact, they must have discounted Athens-Clarke County altogether, even though our county makes up 60 percent of the voting population of District 117.

What initially looked like a slam dunk for McKillip—a tailormade district, a quarter-million-dollar war chest, incumbency— turned out to be a horse race down to the wire, with Athens voters, Republicans and Democrats, making the difference.

On paper, in Atlanta, the district looked perfect for McKillip.

No Democrat would run in it; no viable Republican would challenge a Republican incumbent; there’s a solid Republican majority throughout the four counties cobbled together to create 117. Doug couldn’t lose. If he had any weakness, it was the possibility that some voters might not trust his overnight conversion from liberal Democrat to conservative Republican. As it turned out, that proved to be his Achilles heel—that and the fact that a viable Republican candidate did run against him, a cantankerous fighter of a candidate who has paid her dues in the ACC Will Democrats Republican party.

The possibility of Quick’s entrance get along with into the race put McKillip on the Regina? horns of a dilemma. He had to prove without a doubt that he was no longer the Obama Democrat that he was in 2010. Here’s where it became damned if you do, damned if you don’t for McKillip.

In firing up the base in the boondocks, McKillip began to rub salt into the wounds he had inflicted on Athens Democrats. If Quick had been, say, a Jackson County commissioner, McKillip could have left Athens alone and gone for the rural vote. But Quick is an Athens Republican, and Athens has the lion’s share of the vote. McKillip also had to prove himself to the Speaker and the other legislators in Atlanta, who could raise the big money for his campaign.

So, McKillip set out to teach liberal Athens a lesson. He injected himself into our local commission-redistricting process, ultimately using the power of the Legislature to override our local committees, our mayor and commission and our charter. In the same session, he got a signature abortion bill passed, clearly aimed to please abortion fanatics while needlessly interfering with the decisions of doctors and mothers.

The more McKillip tried to prove his conservative bona fides, the angrier Athenians got; not just Democrats, but Republicans, too, resented his meddling in our local government and didn’t trust his “more Republican than thou� stance.

In the end, many Democrats in District 117 did the unthinkable and voted in the Republican primary, made easier because there were no contested Democratic races in that district.

They were the difference in a race made close by Athens Republicans’ overall rejection of McKillip.

The scene at Regina Quick’s after-party at Buffalo’s that began as a vigil, almost became a wake and ended up as a celebration was eclectically diverse: hard-core Republicans, liberal Democrats, black, white, Hispanic—all united in pulling for Regina while squinting at the almost unintelligible new reporting system devised by Secretary of State Brian Kemp. (Give us back our great homegrown vote-reporting system, or even John Elliott at the blackboard.)

In the end, McKillip graciously conceded instead of demanding the recount to which he was entitled, knowing that it wouldn’t change anything. Is this the beginning of a new era of cooperation between the parties? Probably not, but it is a demonstration that there are issues that transcend party.

The Republicans in the vast majority in the Legislature are not through trying to dilute the Athens Democratic vote, but they’ve got the message that there may be consequences.

Will Democrats get along with Regina? Nah. She is very conservative politically and economically. She’s the real thing, but at least she doesn’t have to go out of her way to bash liberals just to prove she’s conservative. The best we can hope for is that she’s fair and smart enough to know who elected her.

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city dope lied on the radio about 39 liens filed against him in Athens and Atlanta. Attacking Frye for working as the paid director of a popular nonprofit, Habitat for Humanity, backfired.

Results revealed a racial, cultural and class divide in the district. In affluent, white, liberal parts of the district like Cobbham and Boulevard, Frye won by huge margins. Heard won big in poorer, majority-black East Athens, but only in one other precinct. With the addition of the Eastside, which tilted heavily for Frye, the challenger rang up a 10-point victory.

How It Happened: Once upon a time—until post-census redistricting in 2011, to be exact—Athens had two state House seats all to itself. One was designed to elect a black Democrat from East Athens and the other a What Now?: When the legislature convenes white Democrat from Five Points. The outskirts in January, Athens’ delegation will be weaker of the county, more conservative than the than ever before. Heard, McKillip and Smith rest, were lumped into a Republican district all served on the Appropriations Committee, with Oconee and Oglethorpe counties. which decides how tax money is spent and Future state labor commissioner Mike had more than 40 years of experience in state Thurmond and then Heard represented one government combined. Now, the delegation Athens district, Louise McBee and Jane Kidd has a grand total of one year under its belt, the other, and Bob Smith held the Oconee and those three posts on Appropriations are seat. Most people were happy with that arrangement. But in their zest to win a two-thirds majority that would allow them to override vetoes and put constitutional amendments on the ballot, Republicans re-engineered the lines last year. McKillip, who saw the writing on the wall and switched parties in 2010, was given parts of Barrow, Jackson and Oconee counties, GOP strongholds. Because its population grew slowly, Heard’s district expanded to take in neighborhoods on the Eastside, while losing the Forest Heights, Rocksprings and Pauldoe neighborhoods. Newly elected Chuck A supporter congratulates Spencer Frye at his Georgia Theatre victory Williams of Watkinsville drew a party as campaign manager Brandon Shinholser looks on. larger portion of Clarke County.

Even if he’d stayed a Democrat, McKillip’s district would have been gone. Since Frye, who faces token November redrawn, and he’d have lost to a Republican. opposition, is a powerless Democrat and While his betrayal rubbed Democrats’ nerves Quick’s made no secret of her willingness to raw, in his defense, it was his only chance to buck House leadership, the burden will fall stay in power. He tried to appeal to Christian to Williams and Sen. Bill Cowsert to get conservatives by talking about being saved anything done for Athens. and pushing an anti-abortion bill through And two years from now, we may be in the legislature. He sought to paint Quick—a the same spot. Williams is unopposed this staunch fiscal conservative who committed year, but he’s vulnerable in his new district the unpardonable sin of counting Democrats to a challenge by a Clarke County resident. among her friends—as secretly liberal. She Depending on how cooperative Quick is cast McKillip as an opportunist and a turnwith Speaker David Ralston, she could face coat. On the Internet and over drinks at bars, a Democrat or an establishment-backed people whispered horrible rumors about their Republican or both in 2014. Now that Heard, personal lives. an African American, is gone, removing any Republicans who’ve known and respected protection under the Voting Rights Act, the Quick for years joined with about 1,000 GOP could very well slice and dice Athens spurned Democrats who pulled GOP ballots once again, splitting up Frye’s district among to give her almost two-thirds of the vote surrounding Republican ones and ensuring our in Athens. It was enough, by 63 votes, to liberal community has no Democratic repreovercome McKillip’s edge in other counties, sentation at all. where voters were meeting both candidates for the first time and were more susceptible Welcome Aboard: Two new Flagpole writers to McKillip’s quarter-million-dollar, Atlantamake their debut this week—Rashaun Ellis funded barrage of ads. and Kellan Lyman. Rashaun, a blogger at In Heard’s case, the 10-termer was unpreMsBehaved.com, will write an occasional colpared for such a tough challenge and the umn about current events from a feminist perchanging demographics of his district. Frye spective. Kellan, who recently graduated from had more success than McKillip in questionthe University of Georgia and wrapped up an ing his opponent’s partisan bona fides. He internship at the Sierra Club, is covering the successfully painted Heard as too cozy with impact of development on the environment. the GOP, hanging him with his own bipartisan We’re excited to see what they do. Check it rope. Heard came off as out of touch, trying to out and let us know what you think. explain the legislative process as voters’ eyes glazed over, rather than defend his record. He Blake Aued

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UGA plans to demolish Legion Pool and spend $2.6 million on a new pool near Lake Herrick rather than spend $490,000 renovating the existing pool. Documents submitted to the state Historic Preservation Division and the University System Board of Regents agenda for Aug. 8, when the board will take a preliminary vote, don’t include any operating or maintenance figures that would justify spending five times the cost of renovations on a new pool.

“The University has concluded that Legion Pool’s physical obsolescence, including compromised structural conditions that contribute to significant daily water loss, warrants the demolition of this recreational facility,” UGA Director of Design and Construction Paul Cassilly wrote in a June 26 letter to the HPD. “… Renovations have occurred periodically over the pool’s nearly eight decade life span to update drains, filters and other equipment.

The last renovation approximately six years ago re-patched and refinished plaster sections along expansion joints.”

It’s unclear, though, whether UGA would save any money in the long run by opening a new pool, as opposed to renovating the old one. Several administrators were unable to provide specific figures by press time.

Legion Pool is well past its 50-year lifespan, and officials have talked about replacing it for a decade, Associate Vice President for Facilities Planning Danny Sniff says. The leaky pool ran up a $25,000 deficit in 2011, and the water bill alone is $10,000 a year, spokesman Tom Jackson says. But UGA hasn’t justified the project in terms of cost or its master plan for growth, Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer David Crass said in a July 31 response the pool plans.

“The photographs provided do not demonstrate conditions of severe deterioration or existing repair needs,” Crass wrote. “The narrative indicates renovation costs of $490,000 but provides no context, including why it has been determined to be a not cost-effective candidate for repair, and considering reference to future construction of a pool elsewhere on campus, how repair costs compare to the cost of the replacement facility. No context has also been provided regarding why demolition of a historic resource is consistent with the campus physical master plan and the postdemolition use of the site as green space has been determined its ‘highest and best use.’

Additionally, no information has been provided regarding alternatives considered to retain Legion Pool and why demolition was considered the preferred alternative or other alternatives were considered not feasible.”

Crass offered to help find an alternative to demolishing it, but the HPD’s findings are nonbinding, so UGA is under no obligation to take him up on the offer, says Amy Kissane, director of the Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation.

Athens residents are organizing to oppose the demolition, citing Legion Pool’s historic status as one of the few remaining Works Progress Administration-funded pools in the country and its role as a community gathering place. “It’s a beloved community institution,” says Sara Baker. “Generations of Athenians learned to swim there.” Baker and others have set up a Friends of Legion Pool Facebook page to share memories and an online petition signed by more 700 people. Opponents are also consulting with lawyers.

UGA is open to input on the fate of Legion Pool, Sniff says. “It will require a discussion to address not only the [concerns of the] state historic preservation office, but also the local community,” he says. The institution will listen as it did with Rutherford Hall, the old dormitory that was torn down last year, he says.

The decision caught the community by surprise, perhaps because the pool is shown on the university’s future development map.

Another issue for preservationists is UGA’s lack of a legally-required plan for historic preservation. Administrators believe they’re such good stewards that they’re in compliance with the law without such a plan, Sniff says. Because the UGA campus is on state-owned property, Athens-Clarke County historic preservation laws don’t apply. “With this, my personal opinion is I don’t know if there’s a position at the table for our county government, other than as individuals,” says Commissioner Kathy Hoard, who represents part of Five Points.

A final Board of Regents vote could come in September but is more likely at an October meeting in Athens, university planner Lara Mathes says. Before the final vote, university officials will do a cost-benefit analysis.

If demolition proceeds, UGA plans to build a new pool that’s half the size at 6,000 square

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It will be designed to attract more students who aren’t using Legion Pool; most swimmers there are faculty and staff, Sniff says. Total attendance fell from 22,306 in 2007 to 16,067 in 2011, and students dropped by more than half, from 2,769 four years ago to 1,173 last year, according to Jackson.

University officials did clear up one rumor: The new pool would be open to the public.

UGA will continue its Friends of Student Life program that allows the general public to buy pool passes, Vice President for Student Affairs Rodney Bennett says. “Once the proposed pool has achieved all necessary approvals, the University will be able to offer additional details about new pool operations,” he says.

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T-SPLOST lost by lopsided margins in nine of the 12 regions that voted on the one percent sales tax for transportation projects.

In the Metro Atlanta region, where business groups raised $6.5 million to campaign for its passage, the sales tax increase was defeated by 62-38 percent.

Tax opponents estimated that they raised less than $25,000 to campaign against T-SPLOST, but their grassroots efforts, combined with the traditional anti-tax sentiment of conservative Republicans, was more than enough to sink it.

Critics of the tax told pollsters they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t trust state and local government officials to use the tax proceeds honestly; they also didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe the tax would be terminated after 10 years, as specified in the T-SPLOST legislation.

An example cited frequently by tax opponents was the move by Sonny Perdue in 2010 to extend the tolls on Georgia 400, even though state officials had promised for 20 years the tolls would be eliminated when the bonds issued to build the tollway were retired.

Late in the campaign, Gov. Nathan Deal said the Georgia 400 tolls would be taken down at the end of 2013. Deal acknowledged he was doing this in part to restore peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trust in government, but the gesture failed to turn around voter sentiment.

T-SPLOST critics also argued that the tax was designed to take money from low-income and working-class families for the benefit of politically connected businesses that would profit from the highway construction projects.

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feeling was reinforced in April when Deal replaced Todd Long as planning director of the state Department of Transportation with Toby Carr. Long had more than 20 years experience as a traffic engineer and planner, while Carr was a political operative who had worked as executive director of the Georgia Republican Party. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That hurt the T-SPLOST, when Gov. Deal appointed Toby Carr,â&#x20AC;? Dooley said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That fed into, and legitimized, everything we were saying about how political cronies will control the process.â&#x20AC;?

The straw vote on the lobbyist spending limitation was more one-sided than the votes against T-SPLOST. This again reflected a voter mistrust that was stoked by media accounts of the large amounts of money lobbyists spend to influence legislative votes.

In the Republican primary, the vote was 87-13 in favor of â&#x20AC;&#x153;ending the current practice of unlimited gifts from lobbyists to state legislators by imposing a $100 cap on such gifts.â&#x20AC;? In the Democratic primary, voters approved a similar ballot question by a 73-27 margin.

Those votes were a rebuke of House Speaker David Ralston, who took a $17,000 lobbyist-paid trip to Europe with his family in 2010. Ralston has blocked legislation that would limit lobbyist spending and says the current state law requiring disclosure of expenditures is sufficient. When he spoke to the Republican Partyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s state convention in May, Ralston contended that â&#x20AC;&#x153;liberalsâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;media elitesâ&#x20AC;? were the only ones pushing for ethics reformâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;an argument that lost much of its credibility when 87 percent of Republican voters supported the lobbyist spending cap.

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athens rising What’s Up in New Development Living in the Carr’s Hill neighborhood just off Little Oconee Street, I couldn’t help but notice the latest development of—you guessed it—more student housing. A fivestory building will include some commercial space and 316 bedrooms, as if there’s a shortage of student housing.

As yet another plot is clear cut and dozed, I can’t help but worry that, if this haphazard building continues, there will soon be no natural unmediated environment within the city. Until now, the land was like a buffer separating Carr’s Hill from the shadow of the University of Georgia. Walking through, one would become immersed in nature: the splashing water, the indigenous vegetation, the (previously) happy animals.

had call for it. Better yet, another trick is to minimize construction erosion is by leaving some natural vegetation in place, as opposed to clearcutting the once-picturesque wooded area. Not only would this decrease erosion, but keeping some trees around would also enhance the aesthetic quality of the newly erected apartment complex. For a community trying to promote its reputation as green and sustainable, this would have been a better option. Who doesn’t enjoy some natural scenery from the back porch?

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Construction on a new student apartment complex on Carr’s Hill could be polluting the North Oconee River. specific plants and animals. While these outcroppings are characteristic of the Piedmont region and prominent in Georgia, sadly, they do not receive special conservation status.

It’s hard to top Mother Nature in terms of looks, but a developer can at least try. And a stack of large, gray cinderblocks ain’t cutting it. It will only enhance one’s experience on the new Greenway extension by serving as an unattractive comparison. Hopefully, some vegetative cover will soon remedy this blot on the landscape.

Athens-Clarke County plans to install a traffic light on Oconee Street. On the plus side, maybe the building will reduce congestion overall in the city and the air pollution that comes with it. More than 300 students who would otherwise be driving will live a short stroll from class or downtown.

This plot marks the foundation of Athens where one of its earliest buildings was constructed: the Easley Mill, a flour and grist mill.

Daniel Easley and John Milledge met there for the land deal that started UGA, the nation’s first land-grant university, in 1801 and founded the City of Athens. Perhaps a marker could be installed to commemorate “The Flats at Easley Mill.” While the demand for newer buildings with more amenities closer to campus is ever increasing, we should require a responsible approach to protecting water quality. The natural environment of Athens is something we all treasure and should strive to protect.

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Developer Roger Kennedy plans to extend the North Oconee River Greenway along the site, which is good for taking longer walks on the trail and making the area accessible to others. If more students get outside, perhaps it will increase their likelihood of supporting environmental protection measures in Athens.

Typically, construction projects are bad news for nearby water resources, the main problem being sedimentation. If enough freshly turned soil finds its way into the creek, thanks to our frequent summer showers, sedimentation can alter water temperatures and plant growth, not to mention animal habitats.

Murkier water reduces the amount of sunlight available to aquatic plants for photosynthesis.

Silt clogs fishes’ gills and fills spawning areas.

Not to worry, though, modern technology provides us with a wholly effective means to combat this problem: a woven synthetic fabric held in the ground by some wooden stakes, otherwise known as a silt fence. These fences are not very effective, but what’s worse is when this simple device is poorly installed, which is what I saw on my walk between the construction site and creek. The fence was present, but in many places the bottom of the fence didn’t even touch the ground, allowing dirt to run down to the water. After installation, these fences need to be maintained and routinely monitored, especially after the many heavy rains we’ve had lately.

Some communities require a double fence, and our city could be more vigilant about monitoring the installation and maintenance of these types of fences. The heavy rains we’ve

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A Way to Get on Your Feet

Thousands of Athenians Living in Poverty Struggle to Find Housing

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yle Dvorak sees it as a stepping stone.

The 34-year-old mother of two— Jeremy, 5, and Eden, 8—has lived in Nellie B Homes in East Athens for a year and eight months. She’s looking for a job and says living in an apartment owned by the Athens Housing Authority is one way she and her kids can make ends meet until she can find something better.

“It’s a way to get on your feet,” she says while watching her kids play with neighbors in the cul-de-sac. “Some people take it as a permanent thing… [but] I wouldn’t mind having a nice house for the kids, and a yard.”

and work, Hill says she feels more secure with the new apartment, one of 1,255 managed by the AHA in neighborhoods across the city.

Low-income housing doesn’t create poverty; rather, it goes along with simply having low-income families living in Athens, says Kim Skobba, a UGA College of Family and Consumer Sciences professor.

“People living in poverty need housing that’s affordable, so they go together. I think the idea that housing holds people down, or creates poverty, is a misguided notion,” says Skobba, who specializes in migration patterns of low-income populations. When families

vouchers and about 350 apartments are subsidized by tax credits that offer cheap rents to tenants who make less than 60 percent of the Athens median income, or about $36,000 for a family of four. (The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development defines a low-income family as one that earns less than 80 percent of the median income for the area.)

Those affordable units are in more demand as families continue to struggle with a down economy. Middle-class families, after one wage earner loses a job, find themselves falling below the poverty level and struggling to pay their rent or their mortgage, says Winston

the economy’s role in the local poverty rate, which, at about 37 percent, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, is among the highest in the nation for a county the size of Clarke. For example, the number of public housing units hasn’t changed since 1990, but poverty has nearly doubled in that time.

“This is deeper and wider than we thought, and you need to hold on just to keep the doors open,” Heard says. “There are some good stories. People are holding on. Because the government can’t do everything and shouldn’t.”

Kristen Morales

Options Exist

Shanita Hall sits with her sons Kemarie, 4, and De’juan Elliott, 3, outside their apartment in the Broadacres neighborhood off Broad Street near downtown Athens.

Dvorak is one of thousands of Athens residents whose incomes are so low that they qualify for subsidized housing. With a rental market that caters to students—University of Georgia students are one-third of the Athens population, and 23,688 are renters—competition is fierce to find safe and affordable housing, according to the Athens-Clarke Human and Economic Development Department.

Subsidized apartment complexes create pockets of concentrated poverty and crime throughout the county. But many residents already in subsidized housing, along with experts interviewed by Flagpole, say the low rents, mainly at AHA properties, create a sense of stability among families who are typically less than a paycheck away from being homeless.

“If I get fired, my rent will go down like $50. But in regular apartments, you pay the same amount,” says Shanita Hill, who lives in Broadacres Homes with her two boys, Kenmarie, 4, and De’juan, 3. The family moved in almost two years ago after living in a trailer park outside of town. Now closer to schools

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don’t have access to subsidized housing they move, on average, once every 10 months.

“There are many more poor people here than we have in subsidized housing, and I can say that without even looking at the numbers,” she says. “Nationally, one in every four households that is eligible for housing assistance has access to it. There are long waiting lists for public housing. The housing safety net is, in general, decreasing.”

A Growing Problem More than 11,000 families can’t find affordable housing in Athens, according to HED. The poorest of the poor—the 2,475 Athens households who bring home less than $7,500 a year—have the hardest time finding decent, affordable places to live, with nearly threequarters of the families living in rental units that lack a complete kitchen or plumbing, or are more expensive than what they can afford.

In addition to public housing, HED estimates about 500 residents receive Section 8

Heard, executive director of the nonprofit East Athens Development Corp. He often sees five homeowners a day in his office, where he counsels residents to help them stay in their homes, and he says this newly impoverished population adds a new dimension to the lowincome housing market.

“Now, what used to be the middle income is falling down to lower income because one [earner] lost his or her job,” he says. “And now, that safety net is being stretched to include a lot more people, and it’s also including a lot more qualified people. They have job training. They are sophisticated enough to come in here and look for help… These are the people who are coming in through the door now, and it’s also pushing those other people down.”

And in today’s job market, if you recently lost your job, Heard says, it’s easier to pull yourself back up and get back into the game.

But young parents who never graduated from high school first have to prove to an employer that they’re viable employees. That’s tough in this economy, he says. Skobba also notes

For low-income families in Athens, there are three main routes for finding affordable housing, other than simply looking for a cheap place on the open market. The AHA offers city-owned apartments of various sizes with rents based on income level. The majority of tenants—75 percent—are retired or work a low-paying job, says spokeswoman Marilyn Appleby, and the average tenant stays for about five years. The Housing Authority pays for all its operating expenses from tenants’ rents and federal HUD subsidies, and pays the city about $95,000 a year in lieu of property taxes.

With a waiting list for public housing of about 900 families, another option is to apply for a Section 8 federal housing voucher.

This program is run through the Georgia Department of Community Affairs and pays a portion of the rent based on an applicant’s income. Vouchers can be used anywhere, as long as the landlord agrees to work with the state, and the apartment passes an inspection.

A third low-rent option comes from apartment complexes that accept tax credits in exchange for lowering their rents. Fenice Taylor, tax credit program manager for the Department of Community affairs, which administers the program, says rents at these apartments cannot exceed a percentage of the area’s median income, typically 60 percent.

Unlike a Section 8 voucher, which pays for rent that’s more than 30 percent of a person’s income, tax credits stay with the property.

Eight properties in Athens take advantage of this tax credit, according to the state, including Bethel Midtown Village in downtown Athens. Applicants for any of these programs must pass a criminal background check and meet various other requirements before they are approved.

Yet even with these options, subsidized housing programs are difficult to get into and often involve a waiting list, experts say.

And with about 2,000 low-income apartments available to families in Athens, that still leaves thousands of families without an affordable place to live, according to HED. One problem with Section 8 and tax credit housing is it’s often more dangerous than public housing. Crime is more common in privately owned complexes than in those run by AHA, Athens-Clarke Assistant Police Chief Alan Brown says. “The housing authority is a professionally run organization,” he says. “They have staff members who stay there, sometimes for decades, and they know the residents.

Whereas Section 8 [housing] is owned by an individual or an out-of-state company, managed by a shifting variety of management

Breaking the Cycle Public housing tenants have access to an array of programs in community centers.

Outside groups hold GED classes and workshops geared toward women, and the AHA also works with other agencies, such as the Clarke County School District and AthensClarke Leisure Services, to coordinate events like summer camps. Another public-private partnership with the Athens Land Trust built Fourth Street Village in East Athens, where programs such as couponing or understanding your credit report help keep residents on a positive financial track.

One of HED’s next goals is to work on eliminating concentrated pockets of poverty and educating residents on their options, HED administrator Rob Trevena says. “We’re trying to provide some fair housing education here in the community to let folks know what their rights are regarding housing opportunities,” he says. The department is in the process of pulling together ideas for reaching out to the low-income population.

Sam Hemphill, 16 and a sophomore at Cedar Shoals High School, is one resident who could benefit from such an education. A five-year resident of the Nellie B neighborhood owned by the Athens Housing Authority, Hemphill was stumped when asked where in Athens he might want to live if money were no object. While he couldn’t name a more desirable neighborhood, he did have an opinion on his dream house: “One with a swimming pool and a golf course.” No matter where you live, Skobba says, all families have a greater vision for where they would like to live. Even if that traditional white picket fence in front of a house isn’t in a specific place, she says, it doesn’t mean a low-income family doesn’t have the same desire for it as any middle-class family.

“People don’t make moves for housing; they lose their jobs and they move closer to family and their support network,” she says.

“Low-income families are no different from any families. “ Appleby agrees. Many AHA tenants earn low wages at UGA, a local hospital or as a home health aide. Just because they make a low wage doesn’t mean they don’t want a house with a yard.

“I think some people believe that families with less income don’t have the same hopes and desires that the rest of us do,” Appleby says. Hopefully, Trevena said, some education about housing choices can help widen the circles for low-income residents.

“One of the things I’ve always been concerned about is concentrating low-income families in one area,” he adds, noting the difference between the Model Cities approach of the 1960s—where entire blocks of small homes were demolished for apartment complexes—and the trend in recent decades of mixing families of various incomes. In the 1960s, blocks of small shotgun shacks were demolished and replaced by AHA apartments and Bethel Midtown Village. Trevena noted the construction that’s taken place in the area, though, in recent years. Along College Avenue near the railroad trestle, in an area where, 50 years ago, single-family homes once stood, today stand new single-family homes.

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History of Public Housing From Poor and Segregated to Mixed Income and Race

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earing down the Athens Housing Authority’s Jack R. Wells I look at Athens public housing, I think it’s been placed in a way that neighborhood, commonly known as Pauldoe, and replacing it I think sets low-income families up to meet their basic needs. I think with mixed-income tenants in a newly designed space is the the flip side of that is it’s very visible in Athens. I mean, it’s a reminder next logical step for much-needed affordable housing. of the poverty here.”

The AHA, which is working with private developer Columbia Rocksprings Homes, at Baxter and Rocksprings, was built in 1955, Residential on the project, is still waiting on approval of tax credits to Appleby says. Parkview Extension was built in 1959, and small neighhelp fund construction costs. Mixed-income, public-private developborhoods called “scattered sites” were constructed in neighborhoods ments that aim to decentralize poverty are the latest effort to find a around the downtown business district in the early 1960s. The larger solution to low-income housing shortages in the past 70 years. Public neighborhoods of Pauldoe, off Hawthorne Avenue, and Nellie B, near housing has always been woven among issues of race and poverty that the Iron Triangle in East Athens, were built between 1967 and 1974. go back generations.

Towne View Place, off Oconee Street on Carr’s Hill, opened in 1990.

The local chamber of commerce started the AHA, according to Dwain Chambers, a city councilman when Pauldoe was built and spokeswoman Marilyn Appleby. The AHA is federally funded and is now later mayor, says the community supported the AHA projects because of governed by a board appointed by the mayor of Athens-Clarke County. the need for affordable housing at the time.

Athens’ first public housing complex, Parkview Homes near down“There was a decided need for it, as far as poverty was concerned,” town, opened in 1941 where, according to a 1951 city publication, it he says. “The mayor at the time was authorized to apply for the projhoused 154 white families. Broadacres Homes, located just inside what ects. It was also at the beginning of (President Lyndon Johnson’s) war were then the city limits at West Broad and Rocksprings streets, opened on poverty. The federal government had authorized units such as Jack up less than a year later, housing 126 black families. Rent ranged from R. Wells in an attempt to alleviate a need.” $8 to $16 per month.

While Athens avoided the large-scale warehousing of low-income “What’s important to remember is its original intent was to provide families found in high-rises in major cities, some residents have still temporary housing for what were then called ‘the worthy poor,’” says been shunted off to the side, Holloway says. The bypass around Athens Steven Holloway, a University of Georgia geography professor who spehemmed in Nellie B., and while Pauldoe is within walking distance of cializes in race and urban housing. “So, the first generation of housing two grocery stores, access to public transit is limited along Hawthorne projects were constructed and managed by local housing authorities…

Avenue.

The idea was to provide temporary relief for public workers, so the residents could never have expected to stay there for any length of time.”

When Congress passed the 1949 Housing Act, Athens adopted plans for 170 more low-rent units at a cost of $235,000.

“This money is to be used for clearing slum areas, preparing them for re-use and offering them to private enterprise for needed urban redevelopment,” according to the city newsletter.

Cities, bursting at the seams with World War II veterans, ethnic tenements and African Americans who moved from the rural South, were at a crossroads, Holloway says. They needed affordable housing, but at the same time, shoppers were starting to turn from downtowns to new suburbs.

Thus began several decades of “urban renewal” projects in large cities across the country, Holloway says. Cities would designate entire blocks as “blighted,” then, with the help of federal dollars, used eminent domain powers to tear down entire neighborhoods of cheap, tenementEden Dvorak, 8, blows bubbles for a young neighbor outside her home in the Nellie B apartment complex in East style housing and offer it to developers or Athens. replace it with public housing.

Most cities have a wing of a hospital, a sports stadium, a convention center or an urban university with In the 1990s, the federal government and major cities recognized new buildings from the 1950s and 60s, Holloway says. Fulton County changes in urban areas. As white families fled to the suburbs, middleStadium in Atlanta, for example, was built atop a historically black class black families moved to formerly white urban neighborhoods, neighborhood. “But you’re taking out neighborhoods where you have leaving greater concentrations of low-income minorities. The U.S. very high-density housing; now you’ve created this whole juggernaut Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Hope VI program process that’s tearing them out, replacing them with institutions. So, aimed to decentralize poverty and end stigmas in such neighborhoods. what happens to the people?” he says.

“The idea is, you tear down the old stuff and what you put in place In Athens, the footprint of urban renewal can be seen around the is designed to be attractive to middle-income folks,” Holloway says. city.

“It’s part of the way to bring middle-income folks back into the city.

A working-class black neighborhood called The Bottom was torn You combine subsidized housing for a smallish group of people with down to make way for Bethel Midtown Village off College Avenue in the market-rate, attractive housing. The idea is that by breaking up these late 1960s, so was the white Lickskillet neighborhood near the Lyndon concentrations of poor people, you’re going to instill in them the social House Arts Center. A 1926 map identifies the Tin Top Alley neighbornetworks that will help them get out of poverty.” hood at the corner of Broad and Rocksprings, where Broadacres is now.

The Pauldoe redevelopment is Athens’ first such project. AHA has Along Baxter Street—where today stand 1960s-era UGA dorms and submitted an application to the Georgia Department of Community the AHA’s Parkview Extension neighborhood—once stood a vocational Affairs, Appleby says. “They generally take about six months to decide school, a black-only Baptist school and shotgun houses for both black who is getting a tax credit, and so hopefully we’ll hear something by and white families, according to historic maps of the area. the end of the year,” she says. Columbia Residential, the AHA and the UGA and downtown have expanded, so those public housing neighAthens-Clarke government will also pick up part of the tab. Unlike most borhoods provide easy access to jobs, transportation and schools, says Hope VI projects, which end up with fewer subsidized units than the UGA professor Kim Skobba, who studies patterns of low-income famioriginal complex, Pauldoe’s 125 families won’t be displaced. They’ll lies for the College of Family and Consumer Sciences. “When I look at receive vouchers to rent housing on the private market during construcwhere it’s located, it’s centrally located and it provides good access to tion and have the right to move back to the new development. transportation, jobs and schools,” she says. “So, you if you don’t have money, it’s good to live in places that are close to those things… When Kristen Morales

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companies. They don’t know the people and they don’t know the problems.” As a result, some properties successfully manage crime among tenants and visitors, but others end up being places where police patrol a lot.

“Those places use a disproportionate amount of our resources,” Brown says. “They run the gamut of being helpful to not being helpful at all.”

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men agree to reach an accord and end the war. In their own version of Occupy Athens, the women take over the Acropolis and set a guard of formidable harridans (this playâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chorus, led by Audey Lee) to guard the entrance against the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s elderly veterans (the Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chorus, led by Nathan Altman).

Rather than simply narrate the action, these choruses throw down against each other with words and fists.

As the men rotate out for their furloughs at home, eager for love, they find themselves blocked, literally and figuratively, and frustrated by the dilemma of being unwilling to concede to the demands of women while the blood in their brains makes a seemingly oneway trip down South. The effects of this torture become visibly apparent as suddenly all the males in the cast begin to carry brightly colored and Freudian-as-hell bedrolls in front of them, bedrolls that the men just canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem to put down.

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Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing on. Six hundred cable channels, satellite radio and the nigh-infinite expanse of the Internet spread out before us like an electronic smorgasbord, and thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing on. We flip, switch, click, blink (cybernetic remote control chips implanted in our corneasâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;believe me, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coming) back and forth among our vast array of entertainment and information options, and we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t find a thing to engage us. And if we find something that will hold our attention, chances are good that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the familiar and comforting to which we flock, which is why there are â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everybody Loves Raymondâ&#x20AC;? marathons nightly consisting of the same 10 episodes.

Given all of this, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s become awfully hard to program wars. Despite the fact that we star in so many of them, wars donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t capture the attention they used to. There was a time when the fact that our nation was at war would have been the top story in every news outlet

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The Town and Gown Players production of Lysistrata runs through Aug. 12. See trailer at flagpole.com. and the number-one topic on everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lips.

Now, unless we have family members on the hump in Afghanistan, our reaction is â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wow. Is that still on?â&#x20AC;? Wars take too long, guerrilla wars especially, and winning the hearts and minds of the populace is a lot less interesting than it sounds. Wars drag on.

This is nothing new, of course, and nobody understood that war is slow, interminable hell like the ancient Greeks, for whom a decade of conflict was considered a skirmish. This was especially true of the Peloponnesian Wars, an age of strife between the various city-states of the Aegean that resulted in many tragedies, not the least of which was Zack Snyderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 300.

As the able-bodied men of the cities flocked to the call of war, their children grew up fatherless and their wives and sweethearts were left to lives of celibacy and uncertainty.

This untenable situation is the basis for Aristophanesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; immortal comedy Lysistrata, currently running on the Town & Gown Playersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; stage. In this broad and racy farce, the women of the various states band together to end the war using the best weapon at their disposal: sex.

Lysistrata of Athens (Terrell Austin) calls a meeting of female representatives from the warring city-states (Kris Schultz, Kat Marie Mitchell, Rebekah Williams, Virginia Simmons, Rachel Steffens) to propose a bold plan that they withhold sex from their men until the

Needless to say, this is a bawdy play rendered even racier by director Rick Rose. The language has been tweaked to include some gleefully unabashed swear words, there is some simulated nudityâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;leave the kids at homeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and the set is a purposefully garish palate of bright colors and odd angles. The effect is cartoonish, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how Rose has staged this play, as an adult cartoon. The gestures are over the top, and the actors ham it up with abandon. Any thoughts the audience may have about stultifying classical theater will be dispelled by the playâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s introductory voiceover and kept at bay by what can only be described as antics and hijinks.

The play is meant to be a suggestive romp, and the actors romp for all theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re worth.

These choices donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always work, however, and there are moments during which it might have served Rose better to reel his cast in a bit, if only to accentuate the playâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s truest notes more, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clear that Rose prefers to leave the tap wide open, and the fun his actors are having is certainly infectious.

Lysistrata is a one-act, with no intermission. It runs Thursday through Saturday, Aug. 9â&#x20AC;&#x201C;11, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Aug. 12, at 2 p.m. Tickets are $15 ($12 for students and seniors and $8 for students on Thursday.

Reserve seats by calling (706) 208-8696.

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wth? athens Car Wash Curry Who among us, after spending a sweaty hour at the selfservice car wash vacuuming and scrubbing the family roadster, does not look forward to cracking open a cool bag of fenugreek leaves and settling down to a steaming plate of Palak Paneer?

It’s a cherished summer ritual we all enjoy. But frustratingly, our options for accessing the flavors of Southeast Asia while washing our own cars were woefully limited in Athens. Until now.

Mushtaq Pasha Mushtaq Pasha, an enterprising, friendly man hailing from Bangalore, India, knows an under-served market when he sees one, and so a year ago he purchased the Laser Car Wash on Milledge Avenue, turning the small retail space attached to the building into a remarkably well stocked international grocery store.

“First Class Groceries” features items from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and the Middle East. Shoppers can find a wide selection of interesting spices, beans and boxed meals, as well as fresh vegetables, yogurt and fruit drinks and frozen foods.

The store is a great addition to the other international groceries that have sprung up on South Milledge, such as Fooks Foods and the creatively named “Oriental Market.” It’s also just the first stage of Mr. Pasha’s grand plan.

“I actually did not buy this place to run a car wash,” admits Pasha when I visit him at the store. “You see the sign on the grocery store says ‘First Class Groceries,’ but the sign near the road reads ‘Desi Bazaar.’ That is because I plan to turn this property into a proper bazaar someday, with an expanded retail market selling clothing and other international goods, and a restaurant at the end, where the laser car wash used to be.”

“You mean the laser car wash is gone?” This is unwelcome news to me. I’m so enthusiastic about anything involving lasers that I’d seriously considered having my daughter’s sixth birthday party at the laser car wash. I gaze outside at the forlorn concrete bunker where once so much magic had happened.

“I’m afraid so,” says Pasha. “This property was foreclosed, and the bays did not work. I fixed the self-serve areas but closed the laser car wash. When I get the permit to open the restaurant, I am going to close the bays as well and expand the retail space.”

No amount of pleading would convince him to continue running a self-serve car wash in between an Indian restaurant

and an international grocery store, but he’s the businessman.

“The customer base for the car wash is completely different than that of the store,” says Pasha. “You see, there is a mosque right across the street where 300 people worship. Everything we sell is Halal, appropriate for Muslims to eat. And many, many international students live in the nearby apartments and in family housing. They come here, because we are close to their homes and sell food they recognize from their countries.

They don’t care about washing their cars. They don’t have cars.”

And the customers who come here to wash their cars?

“They don’t care about international foods.”

Brilliant!

I run outside to see if this is true. Sure enough, the one car wash customer, a sunburned blonde smoking a cigarette and wearing a very unHalal tank top, has never even been in the store.

“I just come here to wash my car,” she says in a thick Southern accent.

“Would you ever go in the store?” I ask her.

“Well, maybe if I needed a drink or something.

But my friend went in there and he said it was all Indian food.”

“Are you surprised that it’s all Indian food?”

“No,” she says breezily, gesturing with the hand holding the cigarette, “There’s Indians everywhere.”

I return to the store and resume my conversation with Mr. Pasha. “What do you do besides run this store?”

“I am a trustee at the mosque. Additionally, I am employed by EITS (Enterprise Information Technology Services) at the University of Georgia, where I am the administrator in charge of managing the university’s core databases, such as finance and payroll.”

Mr. Pasha is wise to have something to fall back on when EITS finally implodes, but he can’t do it alone, people. Car wash customers, consider visiting the market the next time your vehicle needs a scrub, and you’ll be delighted by the vast array of exotic spices and Mr. Pasha’s helpful recipe suggestions (see handy sidebar). International students, on your next visit to the grocery, why not drive there in a very dirty rental car? If we all pull together, South Milledge Avenue will continue to develop a unique international flavor, and I won’t have to drive all the way downtown to get Indian food.

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He considers for a moment and then leads me over to a bag of small dried beans. “The chana (chickpea),” he declares. “It is represented in every country! In the Middle East, you may make hummus. In India, there is chana massala. And in Georgia… in Georgia…”

“We put it on salads,” I suggest.

“Exactly! You see, the chickpea is versatile, healthy and cheap. Tell your readers to visit me, and I will help them find the ingredients they need to make any chickpea dish.”

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• indicates new review THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (PG-13) Where Christopher Nolan did us an outstanding service reinterpreting the world of The Dark Knight, (500) Days of Summer’s Marc Webb and his trio of scripters rely on lazy, convenient plotting to rehash Spidey’s origins with a few mysterious cosmetic changes. No longer a simple orphan, Peter Parker’s parents abandoned him as a result of papa Parker’s top secret genetic experiments, which produce the (no longer radioactive) spider that turns Pete into a superhero and Dr. Curt Connors (Rhys Ifans) into the film’s villainous Lizard. Ten years ago, mass audiences accepted the idea of a teenaged crime fighter with the powers of an arachnid. Too bad these filmmakers didn’t just jump straight into the webhead’s world. Their super-blockbuster excels once it gets the mythology revising out of the way and allows new Spidey Andrew Garfield, who nails the wall-crawler’s smart-alecky, costumed persona, to use those powers to patrol the streets of NYC as your friendly neighborhood web-slinger.

BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD (PG-13) The must-see movie of 2012 comes to Athens thanks to those wonderful people at Ciné. In an isolated bayou community called “the Bathtub,” a young girl named Hushpuppy (newcomer Quvenzhané Wallis) struggles to save her ailing father (Dwight Henry, another newcomer) and find her missing mother after changing weather unleashes prehistoric creatures called aurochs. Benh Zeitlan’s feature debut won four awards at Cannes and two at Sundance, including the Grand Jury Prize. Many more, possibly an Oscar or two, are sure to come.

THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (PG-13) No better Total Recall counterprogramming could exist than this British dramedy starring Oscar winner Dame Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Dev Patel, Oscar winner Maggie Smith and Oscar winner Tom Wilkinson and directed by Shakespeare in Love Oscar nominee John Madden. A bevy of Brits travel to the subcontinent to stay at the posh, newly renovated Marigold Hotel, but the adverts prove misleading.

Still, the hotel does begin to charm its English patrons. Based on the novel by Deborah Moggach.

THE BOURNE LEGACY (PG-13) The Bourne franchise continues without Matt Damon or director Paul Greengrass. Jeremy Renner replaces Damon as Robert Ludlum’s amnesiac spy, while longtime series scripter Tony Gilroy, who hit it big with his directorial debut, Michael Clayton, takes over directing duties. I can live with both of those replacements. Between this flick, The Avengers and his recent Mission: Impossible IV gig (he is also rumored to be replacing Tom Cruise in a fifth installment, fingers crossed), Renner is poised for superstardom. Also starring: Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton, and Joan Allen.

BRAVE (PG) A good, not great, Pixar film, Brave strays into traditional Disney territory after a tremendously magical first act. Headstrong Scottish Princess Merida (wonderfully voiced by the lovely Kelly Macdonald) wants to choose her own destiny. She does not want to marry the first-born of one

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of the clans allied with her father, the Bear King, Fergus (v. Billy Connolly), but her mother, Queen Elinor (v. Emma Thompson), will hear none of her complaints. In typical stubborn teenage fashion, Merida short-sightedly asks a wood-carving witch (v. Julie Walters) for a spell to change her mother. The aftermath of the spell leads to some heartwarming and charming derring-do, but the sitcom-ish mix-up is a bit stock for what we’ve come to expect from the studio that gave us Wall-E and Up. THE CAMPAIGN (R) Two South Carolina politicians (Will Ferrell and Zack Galifianakis) duke it out while nursing their presidential aspirations.

The comic prospects of a Ferrell v.

Galifianakis faceoff are limitless. Let’s hope Austin Powers/Meet the Parents director Jay Roach can make the most of these two comics’ prodigious strengths. A script from The Other Guys’ Chris Henchy and “Eastbound and Down”’s Shawn Harwell should help. With Jason Sudeikis, Brian Cox, Dylan McDermott, John Lithgow and Dan Ackroyd.

THE DARK KNIGHT RISES (PG-13) Fanboy expectations of all-time greatness aside, The Dark Knight Rises concludes filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy as satisfyingly as one can hope. Having taken the fall for the murder of Harvey Dent in The Dark Knight, Batman is no longer welcome in Gotham City, which is all right with shut-in Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale), the eccentric billionaire who continues to mourn the death of his love, Rachel.

(Interestingly, The Joker is never mentioned.) The Dark Knight Rises darkly comic-bookends the movie summer that blissfully began with Joss Whedon’s candy coated Avengers. I’m sad Nolan’s time in Gotham is already over.

• DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: DOG DAYS (PG) The formula still entertains but has grown increasingly worn in the third movie in the unlikely Wimpy Kid franchise, based on the bestselling books by Jeff Kinney. As the school year gives way to summer, Greg Heffley (Zachary Gordon) again proves a poor son—though not as bad as older bro, Rodrick (Devon Bostick)—and an even poorer friend to the series’ best character, Rowley (Robert Capron), who invites Greg on daily trips to the country club and his family’s big vacation.

The movie, as a whole, is not as good as its predecessors. After three movies (covering four books), Greg should have learned at least a rudimentary lesson about lying (a fake summer job?), and the humor, gags and performances remain as broad as ever. (However, any vehicle that delivers Steve Zahn on a regular basis starts with a leg up.)

Nevertheless, Greg’s adventures are infinitely more appealing than the average, uninspired kiddie movie. m HOPE SPRINGS (PG-13) Meryl Streep is like catnip for middle aged and up women, Tommy Lee Jones is always irascibly charming and Steve Carell smartly picks his film projects.

Still, this rom-dramedy about a couple trying to recharge their love life with the help of an intense marriage counselor does not look terribly appealing.

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it big with The Devil Wears Prada, but neither Marley & Me nor The Big Year proved he could do it again. With Elisabeth Shue.

THE HUNGER GAMES (PG-13) While a successful adaptation of a difficult book that near everyone has read, The Hunger Games has little cinematic spark. It’s a visual book report that merely summarizes the plot.

It’s well-written, but still a book report.

Seabiscuit director Gary Ross was not the most obvious choice to direct this dystopian adventure in which 24 teenagers are randomly selected for a contest in which only one will survive.

ICE AGE: CONTINENTAL DRIFT (PG) Manny (v. Ray Romano), Diego (v. Denis Leary) and Sid (v. John Leguizamo) return in a fourth adventure, which is good news for the millions not waiting for this fatigued franchise to go extinct. The trio get separated from the herd, which includes Manny’s wife, Ellie (v. Queen Latifah), and daughter, Peaches (v.

Keke Palmer), and meet a pirate crew

stars as Magic Mike, a nice guy with a rocking bod and killer dance moves who longs to make custom furniture.

After taking a new dancer, Adam (Alex Pettyfer), under his wing, Mike falls for Adam’s sister, Brooke (Cody Horn), who shows Mike what he looks like to the rank-and-file.

MEN IN BLACK III (PG-13) Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones reprise their roles as Agent J and Agent K. Apparently, Smith’s J time travels back to 1969 to stop an alien from assassinating his partner, whose younger version is played by Josh Brolin.

Director Barry Sonnenfeld returns and could really use a hit. With Alice Eve, Jemaine Clement, Emma Thompson and Bill Hader as Andy Warhol.

MOONRISE KINGDOM (PG-13) Wes Anderson provides summer 2012 with its charmer, a twee coming of age tale about Sam and Suzy (wonderful newcomers Jared Gilman and Kara Hayward), two tweens that learn about love after running away from their tiny island home. Any moviegoers

You’d know what to do if you were Julia Child. led by Captain Gutt (exceptionally voiced by “Games of Thrones” Emmy winner Peter Dinklage). Nothing unpredictable happens (Sid messes things up, no one cares), and the suspense is even less harrowing than your typical television cartoon.

THE INTOUCHABLES (R) 2011. The extremely popular French film is based on the book “You Changed My Life” by Abdel Sellou. A wealthy, wheelchairbound man hires a man from the slums to be his caretaker, eventually forming a lifelong bond between the two men as they share their cultures and viewpoints.

MADEA’S WITNESS PROTECTION (PG-13) Perhaps because Madea’s Witness Protection possesses the silliest plot of any previous entry in the franchise, Madea’s latest adventure is a bit less forcefully message-driven than previous movies. A New York family, headed by Eugene Levy and Denise Richards, move in with Madea (Tyler Perry) and her brother Joe (Perry again) to help Joe’s federal prosecutor son, Brian (Perry a third time). The fish out of water meets the South jokes are not as bad as one might imagine and the movie focuses on what has always been the series’ strength: Madea.

MAGIC MIKE (R) Acclaimed filmmaker Steven Soderbergh’s peek beneath the thong that barely covers the underworld of Florida’s male strippers is a thoroughly entertaining and humanistic slice of life flick; imagine a less polyester-clad Saturday Night Fever. Alabama native Channing Tatum

not already enchanted by Anderson’s previous whimsies will not be won over by his newest, extremely eccentric romance. Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Bruce Willis, Frances McDormand and Harvey Keitel are among the adults that inhabit Anderson’s isolated, stagy island. Murray is quixotic as ever and Norton is a perfect fit. Willis takes time to adjust to Anderson’s timezone, but the consummate pro rarely gets the credit he deserves (he’s leagues ahead of his former Planet Hollywood cronies).

PEOPLE LIKE US (PG-13) For most of People Like Us, I wondered “People Like who?” The movie’s as hard not to like as its stars, Chris Pine and Elizabeth Banks, who play the separated children of a recently deceased music producer, though neither ever acts like any person I know. Sharply, stylishly yet uncreatively shot, this drama marks the directorial debut of Transformers scribe Alex Kurtzman, who co-wrote the film with constant writing partner Roberto Orci. People Like Us is just another not terrible film you’ll probably never hear from again.

THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (NR) 1940. Katharine Hepburn stars as a Philadelphia socialite about to marry her second husband. Before she can get to the altar, a tabloid reporter (Jimmy Stewart) assigned to document the high society occasion and an appearance by her ex-husband (Cary Grant ) cause her to see triple. Part of Ciné’s Summer Classic Movie film series.

SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED (R) The producers of Little Miss Sunshine unleash another potential charmer.

Three magazine employees (Jake M. Johnson of Fox’s quirkfest “New Girl,” Aubrey Plaza of NBC’s sublime “Parks and Recreation” and Karan Soni) investigate a mysterious classified ad about time travel. The situation inevitably complicates when they meet Kenneth (Mark Duplass), the eccentric guy who placed the ad. Duplass, the writerdirector who stars on FX’s dirty, funny “The League” is having a great year so far; he could become a household name were this film to hit it Little Miss Sunshine big.

SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN (PG-13) 2012’s second Snow White movie (she was also a television star on ABC’s “Once Upon a Time”) tweaks the fairy tale with the pale beauty (Kristen Stewart, Twilight) and the huntsman (Chris Hemsworth, Thor), sent by Charlize Theron’s Evil Queen to kill her, instead teaming up to overthrow her majesty. Director Rupert Sanders is an unknown entity (all tabloid scandals aside); thankfully, the cast includes the familiar faces of Toby Jones, Ian McShane, Ray Winstone, Nick Frost and Bob Hoskins. Written by Drive’s Hossein Amini.

STEP UP 3D (PG-13) 2010. The third installment in this series of sorts plays while its recently-released fourth counterpart is showing in a theater across the hallway. Maybe they’re hoping for some marathoners? It’s your Saturday.

• STEP UP REVOLUTION (PG-13) Let’s go ahead and get the criticisms out of the way. The acting and story are crap. Emily (Kathryn McCormick from “So You Think You Can Dance”), a professional dancer comes to Miami and falls for Sean (Ryan Guzman, the series’ latest C-Tates knockoff), who leads a local dance crew. Too bad, Sean and his gang’s neighborhood are being threatened by a development planned by Emily’s father (the eyebrows of Peter Gallagher). Who cares, you say? Tell you about the dancing?

The dancing is fantastic. Massive flash mobs utilize laser lights, smoke bombs, costumes and more to stage some of the dance-chise’s most jaw dropping routines (which are often and unfortunately chopped up by too many reaction shots). The choreography is so creative and the 3D so well integrated that this overall subpar movie would be an Academy Award winner, were the Academy to dole out awards for such a thing as choreography.

TED (R) I’m not sure what it says about Ted, the funny feature debut of “Family Guy” creator Seth McFarlane, that I, an admitted “Family Guy” detractor, laughed more than anyone else in the theater. Despite the overflowing gay jokes and some poor setups (the introduction to Giovanni Ribisi’s antagonist was awkwardly random), the fairy tale of 35-year-old John (Mark Wahlberg) and Ted (v. McFarlane), the teddy bear he was given on Christmas Day 1985 that came to life via wish, hits the mark more than it misses so long as the talking teddy is involved.

TO ROME WITH LOVE (R) Woody Allen’s latest love letter to a classic European city is not as magical or well-written as his Oscar winning billet-doux to Paris, but the 76-yearold auteur still knows how to craft a lightweight summer charmer. Several

lives intersect in the titular Eternal City.

An American couple (Woody Allen and Judy Davis) meet their daughter’s (Alison Pill) new Italian beau (Flavio Parenti) and his parents; a newly married, provincial Italian couple (Alessandro Tiberi and Alessandra Mastronardi) are tempted by the sexy wiles of the city (quite literally and lustily embodied by Penelope Cruz in a painted on little red dress); a famous American architect (Alec Baldwin, ready and coiffed for an HBO Christopher Hitchens biopic) gives unheeded dating advice to a younger proxy (Jesse Eisenberg), torn between two women (Greta Gerwig and Ellen Page, likeable but ill-fitted to a role perfect for Woody’s most recent muse, ScarJo); and a middle class Italian nobody (Roberto Benigni) becomes bewilderingly famous for nothing. Overlong by about 15 minutes, this Roman holiday is a lively tour of benignly annoying plots that are saved by Allen’s dual abilities to attract big talents and write zingy dialogue.

• TOTAL RECALL (PG-13) The new Total Recall won’t satisfy anyone.

Fans of the original will wonder why anyone would choose to watch an ugly, uninspired action/sci-fi flick that’s one Dylan McDermott away from a Syfy special event; those unfortunates who have never seen the original will wonder why anyone would bother remaking it. When factory worker Doug Quaid (Colin Farrell) attempts to get some fake memories installed, he discovers he’s really a secret agent in the middle of a class-based struggle between working-class revolutionaries and the privileged upper class led by Chancellor Cohaagen (Bryan Cranston; again, if you’re not watching “Breaking Bad,” catch up immediately). The new Total Recall attempts to overcome its lack of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s bewildering charisma, Paul Verhoeven’s sharp satire and the original script

by Alien’s Dan O’Bannon and Ronald Shusett by incorporating two highprofile hotties (Jessica Biel and Kate Beckinsale) and director Len Wiseman’s love of lens flares. As much as I love videogames, their ascension has devastated the once vibrant action/ sci-fi subgenre. Filmmakers keep creating visually striking, narratively vacuous products inspired by games such as Halo and Half-Life that lack gaming’s key ingredient—interactivity.

I’d much rather have played Total Recall than bothered watching it.

• THE WATCH (R) When a murder rocks their Ohio burg, some suburbanites—Ben Stiller’s diet dictator, Vince Vaughn’s needy bromantic, Jonah Hill’s psycho and Richard Ayouade’s nebbish—form a neighborhood watch.

Little do they suspect that they’ll have to thwart an alien invasion. How much you enjoy this spottily raunchy sci-fi comedy from the combined minds of Seth Rogen/Evan Goldberg and one-third of Lonely Island (director Akiva Schaffer, whose feature debut, Hot Rod, is superior) depends on how funny you find its stars. Anyone that hasn’t enjoyed Stiller, Vaughn or Hill in their prior, better hits will find little appeal in them, as it’s not the script that generates the giggles, it’s the comic force of the stars’ well-known onscreen personas. Stiller’s straight man mode lets Vaughn get the bulk of the laughs. However, the typically laidback VV appears to be working harder than usual and has to, considering the comic infertility of the script.

Another weakness is how little the lesser-known, but more funny, Ayouade (check out “The IT Crowd” if you want proof) is given to do. The Watch isn’t as unfunny as you may have heard, but it does little to bolster summer 2012’s weak comedic slate.

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Paul Verhoevenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s muscular blockbuster Total Recall thundered into theaters in 1990 with star Arnold Schwarzenegger at the height of his inexplicable stardom. There Colin Farrell is plenty of humor in the movie and loads of ultraviolence, though itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not exactly faithful to the short story itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s based on. David Cronenberg was originally slated to direct it, and the mind reels dreaming about that missed opportunity. Steven Spielbergâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Minority Report, starring a manic Tom Cruise, and The Adjustment Bureau, with Matt Damon, arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t much better, though the Spielberg movie at least has some sublime moments before sputtering to a ridiculous final act. The most faithful adaptation is

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Colin Farrell plays factory worker Doug Quaid, who is plagued with strange dreams, has some false memories implanted and runs around a lot trying to figure out who he really is. Kate Beckinsale (Wisemanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wife) struts and chases him, while the plasticized Jessica Biel swoops in to save him. After the decent first hour, the movie settles into its witless, overbearing and boring second half.

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Once More Into the Blessed Dark: Since we’re beginning Eastwood, Justin Timberlake and Amy Adams and directed by another semester here in vibrant Collegetown, GA, I’m going Eastwood’s longtime producer and A.D., Robert Lorenz, took up to make my usual optimistic assumption that there are a few residence all over downtown for almost a week—movie stars, readers out there who are new to this column. I’ll also imaglighting booms, craft services trucks, lane closures and all. ine, because it pleases me, that said readers are with us today The makers of that film’s decision to come here had a lot to because this looks to them like a good place to find out what’s do with Georgia’s new film production tax credit, but Athens’ happening re: film culture in their new city, and that’s somerecent state designation as a “Camera Ready Community” thing they care deeply about. played a role, as well. The same is true for the movie that’s I hope at least some of that is actually true; if not, well, shooting here at this moment, The Spectacular Now, directed we’re still having fun, right? So, let’s proceed: this is the time

by Athens native James Ponsoldt. FilmAthens, the local nonof year when, real or imagined, our newcomer cinephiles are profit group whose primary goals include facilitating film prooffered a brief crash course in what we do when we do cinema duction here, also did a lot of work to make this shoot happen in Athens. This column is devoted to keeping you up-to-date (and is working hard to support it now that it has). on everything enthusiastic film fans need to know about what’s These two shoots are only the beginning of what the folks happening on the non-blockbuster side of the Classic City’s at FilmAthens hope can become a steady stream of significant screens, as well as events and developments in real life that productions in the area. To that end, FilmAthens is hosting might be of interest to same. a series of tours of Athens for location managers, producWell, mostly. This opening section is traditionally reserved ers and other decision makers, the first of which was in late for my reflections on a film I’ve recently seen, new or old, or July. It went incredibly well, according to Danielle Robarge of occasionally on some other film-related topic that’s been keep- FilmAthens, who seems confident these efforts are going to ing me up nights. In the interest of the order of the day I’ll keep it brief this time, but the idea is to help facilitate a local conversation on film by making this column a place where it’s engaged with seriously but accessibly on a regular basis.

Conveniently, the last film I saw in a theater happened to be Charlie Chaplin’s City Lights, projected from an exceedingly rare 35mm print at Ciné, our downtown arthouse cinema, as part of its ongoing Summer Comedy Classics series. Ciné (234 W. Hancock Ave., www.athenscine. com) is the hub of Athens’ film scene: a venue that’s dedicated to providing the kind of access to carefully curated cinema that a city must have if it wants to boast of a thriving cultural life—something worth more than just bragging rights. Ciné became a nonprofit last year and serves a dual purpose: to fulfill a major part of the theater’s mission by offering difficult-toKatherine Hepburn lights James Stewart up in The Philadelphia Story, screening in 35mm at Ciné replicate film-viewing experiences and to Aug. 9, 11 & 12. help raise the money it needs to operate through sponsorships and “special event” attendance drives. Ciné also thrives on memberships and donapay off. She says all of the location managers were impressed tions, something you should consider if you’re inclined to supand enthusiastic—one of them told her and other tour guides, port arts-based endeavors.

“This is going to work.” If it does, it’ll have big repercussions The next entry in the Comedy Classics series, George Cukor’s for Athens’ film scene and beyond.

1940 The Philadelphia Story, with Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn and James Stewart, is about as good a reason to visit Back to the Darkness: Athens has a few other important film a movie theater as you’re going to find. It’s not on the level of venues aside from Ciné and the multiplexes. The University Holiday, Cukor’s lovely, devastating 1938 masterpiece—which of Georgia Tate Center theater has a rich history of screenwas also written (or co-written) by Donald Ogden Stewart from ing repertory and non-mainstream films with low admission a Philip Barry play, and also starred Hepburn and Grant—but prices for students and non-students alike, but the selection it’s still one of the greatest romantic comedies of that genre’s there has slipped badly in the last decade or so. Brendan greatest era. The 7:30 p.m. screening Thursday, Aug. 9 will be Boyle, who last year took over chief programming duties at introduced by Fran Teague, the Town & Gown mainstay and UGA’s Cinematic Arts, which handles the Tate bookings, is tryan English professor at UGA. If you can’t make that, you can ing to bring back some of the theater’s former glory, and there catch a Saturday or Sunday matinee—check Ciné’s website for are hints of it on the fall schedule. Thursday nights are now showtimes. The series’ final installment next week is Monty reserved for repertory titles, and while not all of them are terPython’s The Life of Brian; check the website for those showribly imaginative, there are some definite gems, like 2001: A times, too.

Space Odyssey (Aug. 30), Kathryn Bigelow’s underrated Point The other side of Ciné’s programming is its regular bookings Break (Sept. 20) and, especially, Wong Kar-Wai’s exquisite In of the latest arthouse-circuit foreign and independent films the Mood for Love (Oct. 4). Boyle and his compatriots also like Benh Zeitlin’s Beasts of the Southern Wild, which finally strive to ensure that all these screenings are in 35mm, so opens in Athens this Friday, Aug. 10. The prime time screening that’s good, too—especially with the Tate’s truly enormous that night will be introduced by Freda Scott Giles, also of UGA’s screen. Check union.uga.edu/movies for the full schedule.

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Other on-campus entities—the Georgia Museum of Art and the Lamar Dodd School of Art, for instance—host screenings Athenswood Rising: The part of Athens’ film scene that has at various sites throughout the year, too, as well as other filmpicked up the most obvious steam over the past year is its related events. We’ll try to keep you informed of those in this production sector. Collectives and projects like TeenScreen, column and in the Flagpole Calendar. And the ACC Library’s Gonzoriffic, Soundies and VHS: Videographer’s Hella-Big Show weekly iFilms series should return early next year, in its new have made splashes of various sizes in recent years, but feature auditorium once the major construction over there is finished. filmmaking—Hadjii’s 2006 Somebodies, 2009’s Ashley EptingI’ll keep you posted on that and anything else I can think of, produced Not Since You and Ted Hafer’s ‘90s-spanning opus or that you tell me about. Happy viewing!

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threats & promises Music News And Gossip they told me, “Yeah, but they haven’t had an album since the early ‘70s!” Um, neither have The Beatles. (And actually, Sir Lord Baltimore released a new album in 2006.) All said, I bet this name change won’t last a year.

This admonition has zero to do with the band’s actual music, which showcases them as a tight, pretty well honed guitar-poprock outfit. But in the 21st century, there’s pretty much no excuse to not do a modicum of research when naming your band. The record-collecting community thanks you for your efforts on its behalf. Keep up with Lord Baltimore via twitter.com/lardbawltimore and facebook.com/lordbaltimoreathens.

Here Are the Young Men: There’s been a lineup change in popular “complicated-core” band Manray. Guitarist and vocalist Gene Wolfolk has left the group, and bright-eyed and

Livin’-n-Cryin’: The longtime Athens blues hounds in The Rick Fowler Band will release a just-recorded live album on Saturday, Aug. 25. Recorded approximately six weeks ago at the Melting Point, Live from Athens, GA will be available as a digital download that you’ll be able to purchase through any of the major online distributors. (You can pick up the CD version at your local record store.) Described by the band as a 47-minute album that is an “honest representation of the band’s live sound… purposely not polished with a lot of studio enhancements,” I’d say there’s no reason to doubt this. These guys know what they’re doing. Who are “the guys”? The band is composed of Fowler (guitar and vocals), Michael Doke (guitar and vocals), Greg Veale (bass and vocals), Deane Quinter (drums) and Tim “Drawbar” White (Hammond organ), and you can catch song samples and more info over at rickfowlerband.com.

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Down at the Farm: Erstwhile Athenian Enoch Bledsoe will bring his band, Ancient Whales, back to town for a show at Farm 255 on Friday, Aug. 10. Featuring members of Twin Tigers, Firework Child, Puddin’ Tang and others, Ancient Whales are a legit band in their own right, not just some side project pile-on.

Essentially, they play melodic garage-rock that seems to come from a time before that label implied something of a musical ghetto.

Also on the bill this night are The Milkstains, Timmy Tumble & The Tumblers and Kill Kill Buffalo. It’s a free show, too, but you probably expected that. For tunes, please see reverbnation.com/ancientwhales.

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Keep Them Doggies Rollin’: The Skate Park of Athens and the 40 Watt Club will host a benefit for the park on Friday, Aug. 10. The featured performers are Dead Confederate, Twin Tigers, SheHeHe and Brothers. This is part of an ongoing series of benefits for the popular facility, and these events have been pretty good for getting the word out about the skate park’s existence, too. Doors open at 8:30 p.m., and admission is $7. Keep up with all Skate Park of Athens news via facebook.com/ SkateParkOfAthens. l

Dead Confederate bushy-tailed—and fairly recent transplant to Athens—Nelson Velez has stepped in.

The band most recently played locally at the Caledonia Lounge last Thursday; so hopefully you went on down and welcomed Velez to town. Keep up with Manray over at facebook. com/Manray.band. Wolfolk has kept his feet to the fire since his exit, forming a new trio with Bubba McDonald and Aaron Sims, both of Pride Parade. He has described the new trio as “heavy detuned rock,” and the rumor on the street is that it’s louder than loud. It could force a discussion about structural integrity if a rumored gig at Flicker Theatre & Bar happens later this month. We shall see!

The Name Game: The Falcones have changed their name to Lord Baltimore. The name, taken from the film Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid, is a good one. The only problem is, it was already used by legendary proto-metal band Sir Lord Baltimore. I razzed the band kinda hardcore about this a couple weeks ago, and, in their defense,

We Miss You, Mikey: A tribute concert to Widespread Panic’s original lead guitarist, the late Michael Houser, is scheduled for Friday, Aug. 10 at the Georgia Theatre. The sold-out show will feature John Bell, John Keane and Friends, Outformation, The HEAP with Sunny Ortiz, Romper Stompers and Dangfly.

The show will conclude with a tribute jam. For those unable to procure tickets, Ramble West Productions will provide live audio and video streams on couch-tour.com, where donations to The Michael Houser Music Fund at Athens Academy are strongly encouraged. [Gabe Vodicka]

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Thayer Sarranoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mixtape 1. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Welcome to the Jungleâ&#x20AC;? by Guns Nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Roses Why Thayer Sarrano picked this track: The beginning of summers in the South is a scary time for me, due to my phobia of an insect not to be mentionedâ&#x20AC;Ś So, this one seemed like the most appropriate opener for my summer mixtape.

Javier Moralesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; reaction: Summer, safari-style.

Mosquito-net stockings under some ripped jeans.

2. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When the Levee Breaksâ&#x20AC;? by Led Zeppelin TS: Wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be summer without crazy storms, floods, hurricanes, Led Zeppelin, etc.

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Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s right around this time, the front end of August, when it starts to feel like summer is truly without end. The sweltering humidity, the swarms of vampiric insects and the 18-odd hours of blistering sunlight per dayâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;to get my Movie Dope on, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s as agonizing as Batman & Robin and as interminable as The English Patient.

Respite comes, as it often does, in the form of music. For local musicians Javier Moralesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;who plucks the bass in Grass Giraffes and also gets his kicks playing deconstructed pop with The Dream Sceneâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and Thayer Sarrano, whose warm, vaporous Lift Your Eyes to the Hills stands as one of the finest Athens rock records of the first half of 2012â&#x20AC;&#x201D;music is not only a way to deal with the heat, but a reason to embrace the season.

The songs these two artists chose for their respective mixtapes are shimmering and dilapidated, raucous and sweet.

Moralesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; predilection for busted synth melodies and anti-pop experimentation stands distinctly at odds with Sarranoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s classic-rock tendencies, yet somehow the two playlists work well together, two sides of the same heat-warped coin. Read, listen and melt away. Fall will be here before we know it.

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3. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Shooting Starâ&#x20AC;? by Bob Dylan TS: Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d listen to this song on a blanket in the yard on a nice summer night. Or doing anything, anytime, any season, actually.

JM: Shimmerinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Zimmerman. Bobby yearninâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; up on re-entry.

4. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Hundred and Ten in the Shadeâ&#x20AC;? by John Fogerty TS: Literal interpretation of theme.

JM: Sweaty shadows where the dobro grows.

5. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weightlessâ&#x20AC;? by Brian Eno TS: I love this whole record, and Daniel Lanoisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; pedal steel really shines on this track. Makes me want to take a long summer drive, or nap.

JM: Water wings as far as the eye can see.

6. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Home for the Summerâ&#x20AC;? by Eddie Hinton TS: This song makes me like summer. And itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also for you, Javier, because coincidentally, we share our first home of Jesup, GA. JM: Home for summer would be hotter, but flatter for my auto-less odysseys. Cherry Street struttinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

7. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Call Me the Breezeâ&#x20AC;? by Lynyrd Skynyrd TS: Yes! JM: Florida biker bar barometric tomfoolery.

8. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Under the Boardwalkâ&#x20AC;? by The Drifters TS: Obvious and awesome. This is also one that reminds me of summer nights as a kid with my parents and their friends: theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d let me call in requests to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oldies 98.3 Savannahâ&#x20AC;? on their portable phone that [worked] all the way out at their swimming pool.

JM: Leiber and Stoller before they went all Brecht and Weill.

Shemale mermaids on the castanets.

9. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some Summers They Drop Like Fliesâ&#x20AC;? by Dirty Three TS: I hear this one as a kinda nostalgic, end-of-summer song.

Also, I like the way Warren Ellisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; violin parts mimic the pesky flies that bombard us in summer.

JM: SĂŠance by citronella candlelight.

10. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Country Homeâ&#x20AC;? by Neil Young TS: Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been listening to this perfect record again this summer, and this has become my theme song. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m so grateful for where I live, and am fully enjoying summer out at my house this year.

JM: Thayerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got a real nice place out in the country. Frodostyle digs.

Javier Moralesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Mixtape 1. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lemme Take You to the Beachâ&#x20AC;? by Frank Zappa Why Javier Morales picked this track: Yes! Thayer Sarranoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reaction: A giant bird just smashed into my window while I was listening to this.

2. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sunrainâ&#x20AC;? by Ashra JM: K.I.T.T. rolling through a sunshower. No Michael. No voiceover.

TS: I like this hypnotic, afternoon-nap-with-sunshine, spaced-out-daytimedriving adventure.

3. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Summer Breezeâ&#x20AC;? by The Isley Brothers JM: Nosinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; on some screen door thinking about a Summerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Eve commercial.

Wishing for some sprinkler splash.

TS: I love this song.

I had it on my mix originally, as well.

Thayer Sarrano

4. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Firecrackerâ&#x20AC;? by Yellow Magic Orchestra JM: Fourth of July in Jasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s room.

TS: This is the song that plays every time Javier walks into a room.

5. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Refillâ&#x20AC;? by Elle Varner JM: C.I.G.A.R.? Diet Cherry Pepsi, please.

TS: I think this song has too many calories.

6. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Isiâ&#x20AC;? by Neu! JM: Hiding out in a darkened dorm room with endless air conditioning.

TS: I do not know what time it is, but we are going swimming.

7. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tug of Loveâ&#x20AC;? by Dennis Wilson JM: Venice Beach at sunset with some screwdriver stains on these white shorts.

TS: I can see that.

8. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Eighth Waveâ&#x20AC;? by Suzanne Ciani JM: Tripping out on all that blue blah blah blah.

TS: Hot yoga, electrolytes, the beach.

9. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Graceland Played All at Onceâ&#x20AC;? by Paul Simon JM: Riding through St. Simons in an invisible Jeep on an imaginary July morning.

TS: The humidity does this to me, too.

10. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Is the Summer Really Over?â&#x20AC;? by Chris Rainbow JM: No. TS: I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wait! I dream about fall. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s my favorite time of year, when summer is FINALLY over.

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good, but I might play some shakers or something, maybe do some handclaps.’ I said, ‘Do whatever you want.’ He sent it back, and there it was. He played guitar on it, sang on it, did some handclaps and one drum fill.”

Hubbard, now 65, started out as a folk singer in the Dallas scene in the late ’60s, though it was his outlaw country endeavors of the early ’70s that put him on the map.

After Jerry Jeff Walker recorded Hubbard’s song “Up Against the Wall (Redneck Mother)” for his 1973 album ¡Viva Terlingua!, Hubbard’s star began to shine. His 1980s output suffered due to personal struggles (he refers to this period as his “honky-tonk fog”), but he bounced back with renewed vigor and a clear head with 1992’s Lost Train of Thought.

“I learned that songwriting is pretty much inspiration and craft,” he says of his comeback. “You might be inspired by an idea and then put it to some music, but craft can trigger the inspiration, whether you get a groove or a lick or something like that.”

In the search for a proper spot to record The Grifter’s Hymnal, Hubbard’s bassist George Reiff had an inspired idea. “George knew of this old church out in Round Top that had been there since 1888,” Hubbard says. “It had been desanctified, so they let us in there…

Gettin’ Right with the Coochy Groove

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ay back during his boozy, rowdy outlaw country heyday in the 1970s, Texas songwriter Ray Wylie Hubbard never thought he’d be collaborating with one of The Beatles on a recording project based in a rural church. But that’s what happened with The Grifter’s Hymnal, a new 12-song collection of raw, raspy country, blues and rock and roll.

“I’d met Ringo Starr out in California a few years ago, and we got to talking about songwriting,” Hubbard says, speaking from his home in Wemberly, TX. “He told me he really liked my songs. I told him that I like really liked his songwriting, too. He said, ‘Really?

No one ever thinks of me as a songwriter.’ I told him that when he did Beaucoups of Blues, there was a bonus track with a one-chord groove called ‘Coochy Coochy’ that I wanted to record. He said, ‘Well I’d love to hear that.’”

Hubbard and his bandmates cut “Coochy Coochy” as a mandolin-accented, bass drum and tambourine-driven track, then sent it straight to Starr in England. Starr liked it so much, he added some embellishments and sent it back.

“Ringo actually called me and said, ‘I’m thinking I might play a little guitar on it and sing a little. The drums on it are already so

We wanted to get that feeling of a band living in a place and recording, much like the Stones did on Exile on Main Street. We wanted to get into the camaraderie and just play.”

When Hubbard and his band set up in the church, they stripped down their standard stage gear, bypassed their usual effects pedals and plugged directly into their vintage amps.

Hubbard collaborator and legendary Small Faces keyboardist Ian McLagan showed up with a basic piano-and-organ setup.

“We went out there to play simply, and the songs just fell into place,” Hubbard says. “The song ‘Ask God’ was actually the first one we recorded, because we wanted to get the spirits right and let them know [it was] OK to let us in there. It’s a pretty live take. I knew I was going to start it with the line, ‘Say my prayers to the old black gods.’ That’s what we did.”

Hubbard’s live shows tend to be even more spare and stripped-down. This summer, Hubbard is performing alongside drummer Kyle Schneider (Deadman) for a string of duo shows.

“I really enjoy it,” Hubbard says. “I enjoy getting a groove going with plenty of room.

I’d always just beat the hell out of guitars, but when I was 41, I actually started taking lessons from a guy in Dallas, because I wanted to learn how to finger-pick like Lightnin’ Hopkins and Mance Lipscomb. I wanted to get that old dead thumb like Lightin’ had, to keep that groove going while you play on top of it.”

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Our town is a veritable music mecca, and not just because of R.E.M. and The B-52s. Sure, those groups got the scene off the ground (and continue to support it in innumerable ways), but in the decades since, Athens has played host to literally thousands of mega-talented, genrespanning acts. Some of those have gone on to national success, while countless deserving others have remained, unheralded but unflappable, still doing their thing for one wildly appreciative hometown crowd after the next.

If you’re new to town, you’ll quickly figure out which bands are “your thing” and which ones, well, aren’t. The good news is that there’s something for everyone. Need proof? Here’s a list of Flagpole’s 10 favorite local albums from the first half of this year. If it’s any indication, 2012 should stand as one of the more diverse and exciting in recent memory. So, start a band, sillies: the year-end list is wide open!

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Reptar: Body Faucet The breakout heroes of 2012, Reptar’s debut LP was chock full of the dance party-inducing, world beat-inspired indiepop that has earned them a devoted following in Athens and beyond.

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of Montreal: Paralytic Stalks Kevin Barnes and company delivered an album that divided even their fiercely loyal fan base, a thick and uncompromising record that stands as one of the band’s most interesting to date.

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Thayer Sarrano: Lift Your Eyes to the Hills Dark, moody and featuring heavily spiritual themes, this songwriter’s second album could have collapsed under its own weight. But Hills managed to maintain a startling lightness of being.

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Mad Axes: Debut Smash Formerly Deaf Judges (now minus a member), Mad Axes delivered a knockout with this deliciously weird hip-hop debut that referenced cultural touchstones of yore while sounding firmly futuristic. collection of textural ambient music and visceral, ‘80s-inspired hardcore that worked beautifully in spite of itself.

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Motion Sickness of Time Travel: Motion Sickness of Time Travel Recent transplant Rachel Evans’ gorgeous, 90-minute double LP was a ferocious blend of bubbly synths and cavelike atmospherics that was ambitious without being oblique.

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Remembering Bill Doss

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first Elf Power album. It was a revelation to discover other four-track enthusiasts making albums at home, bypassing expensive and often sterile-sounding recording studios entirely. (This really was rare at the time.)

Olivia quickly became my favorite band, and Bill was always such an exciting and positive force to be around—hilarious and brilliant, with an incredible thirst for taking in and creating new music. It was so exciting to be around during the recording of Dusk at Cubist Castle. Bill would make me cassettes of the album in progress, updating me on their evolution as they went. It’s still strange to listen to the album; there were so many songs I got used to from listening to the cassettes that never made it onto the final version.

We toured and explored the world together over the years. I remember one time in Northampton, MA, when a sleazy promoter tried to tell us at the last minute that he’d be taking 30 percent of t-shirts and record sales. Bill was infuriated and refused to sell anything in the club, announcing to the audience that we’d be selling stuff in the parking lot after the show. During the most recent Elephant 6 Holiday Surprise shows, Bill and I were positioned side by side each night.

Many times, when I’d be trying to sing one of my songs, Bill would grab my ass or kiss me on the cheek to crack me up, often making me lose my place in the song, because I was laughing so hard.

I miss you so much already, my friend, and I’m so thankful I got to learn from you and share so much with you over the years we spent together.

Andrew Rieger are deeply saddened. Bill was We a great guy and a brilliant artist. Our love and sympathies go out to his family and so many close friends. It is a terrible loss to our music community. Athens is heartbroken.

Patterson Hood Bill Doss and Amy Hairston shortly Igot met after I’d moved to Athens in 1993, and to interview Bill when I started working as the arts reporter for the Athens BannerHerald in 1996. They lived, at the time, in the green house across from the Taco Stand on Milledge—the very house made famous in 1977 by The B-52s’ first show. While I had absolutely no idea what The Olivia Tremor Control or Elephant 6 would become, I did know that Bill was about the coolest, nicest

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world here to Athens, GA from Louisiana and began the Elephant 6 collective. The whole music scene re-blossomed, and we became an energy center again.

In my car, I have worn out a copy of Dusk at Cubist Castle. When I hear “Jumping Fences,” one of my all-time favorite songs, and “Holiday Surprise 1, 2, 3,” it is impossible to not sing along. I’m going to make a point of taking the time to waste a sunny day soon and listen to this record without interruption.

I encourage everyone to listen to whatever

was expecting a kid of my own—with his exgirlfriend. Instead of being like, “Screw this guy,” he warmly brought me into the fold and taught me so much about playing the bass.

Not only was he a great songwriter and musician, but a great teacher, as well.

Bill, Will, Lara Hetzler, Lucy and I shared a little house on First Street. Then, eventually, we moved over to Peter Street, and shared a house with Bill’s future wife, Amy. We worked various day jobs and spent tons of time together recording and practicing. The “Giant Day” 7-inch was the first OTC recording that I appeared on, and I remember us experimenting with all sorts of crazy recording techniques, like me running through the gravel on the driveway to lead in a song. After the first double album came out, we toured all over the place. A band of brothers criss-crossing the states with friends’ bands and going overseas and meeting new friends.

I feel weird saying it, but Bill was almost a father figure to me, because he was older than me and always had some words of wisdom. I will miss him terribly, and always keep him in my thoughts.

John Kiran Fernandes Bill Doss and I met each other in the din of Athens of the early ‘90s, when nobody outside of town cared about us. Cheap rent. Cheap Eric Harris

met Bill Doss and Will Hart at a party ITremorfirst in 1995. They gave me the first Olivia Control single, and I gave them the

guy I’d ever met. We remained friends over the years, and I loved and respected both Amy and Bill as amazing artists.

I remember the Team Clermont fifth anniversary party in 2002, when The Polyphonic Spree headlined. Bill, whose band The Sunshine Fix had played an absolutely awesome set earlier in the evening, was completely over the moon about the sound Tim DeLaughter was getting with that choir up onstage with him. Bill was smiling and dancing and jumping around. I just loved his Mike White · deadlydesigns.com

hen The Olivia Tremor Control’s Bill Doss passed away suddenly last week, it was not only devastating to his family and friends, though it undoubtedly was that. It was also a huge blow to the music community Bill helped to create and had been joyously participating in once again. Even folks who knew him only peripherally were inspired by the obvious passion with which he lived and created—a fact evidenced by the sheer number of tributes Flagpole received in the days following. Indeed, what you see here is only a small fraction of them.

Visit Flagpole.com to read the rest. (Some responses have been edited for space.)

enthusiasm—there was no sense of competition, just complete and utter joy in the music.

I’ll hold Bill forever in my memory that way.

Julie Phillips hen I was 17, my local band in New W Mexico opened for Chocolate USA, Julian Koster’s band with Bill Doss, Eric Harris and Pete Erchick. They completely blew my mind—not only Bill’s vocals, but also, his bass playing was incredible. I think that is something he deserves more credit for: not only was he a great songwriter and guitarist, he was also a lovely, melodic bass player.

We all stayed up that night talking, and Bill’s enthusiasm for and faith in music really moved me. He always knew that music was what he should do. He did it, and was willing to face poverty, sleeping on floors, working odd jobs and general sacrifice to do it.

Not only did he get through all those things, but he got through them with a smile on his face. He made shucking oysters seem fun. He made waking up at six after sleeping for four hours and facing a nine-hour drive through the Midwest seem enjoyable. Watching the Olivias on tour from ‘96 to ‘98 was one of the most enjoyable musical experiences of my life. There was always joy in their songs, joy in playful improvisation, joy in the magic of making music with friends.

Jeremy Barnes is always sad to hear of the death of a It friend. But when the friend is someone like Bill Doss, who was kind, talented and beautiful, and the death is totally unexpected, it is really hard to bear. I got to work with Bill on a few occasions, and I am so grateful that I did. Indeed, we are all grateful that he and his friends moved their wonderful musical

Bill Doss recording is their favorite in the coming days, and to give their emotional support to his family and friends. My heartfelt condolences go out to his wife Amy and family, close friends and bandmates.

Vanessa Briscoe Hay having a hard time holding back I’m the tears as I write this. What a beautiful and talented soul. I’ve known Bill since I was in high school and he was going to Louisiana Tech University, doing photography and great four-track recordings. I remember asking him for a copy of The Sunshine Fix cassette he had put out. Years later, he had moved to Athens, then Denver, then was moving back to Athens when he came through Louisiana. He saw me playing bass with Scott Spillane at a coffee shop, and asked if I wanted to play bass with The Olivia Tremor Control.

I can’t express how cool it was of him to do that, because I was a 19-year-old kid who

booze. Good times. Bill was always flanked by his childhood friends from Ruston, LA: Jeff Mangum and Will Hart. At that time, they were in a band called Synthetic Flying Machine that was always considered nothing other than weird, by Athens standards. Syd Barrett backed

by The Minutemen. That’s how I thought of them back then, and still think of them now.

Oddly enough, when I left Athens to actually make a living wage in Atlanta, Bill and I still were close. I continued to put on a number of shows with Bill, and we’d run into each other at out-of-town gigs. Always. ALWAYS. Always a great time. Smiling. Laughing. Bill.

He and his wife were very supportive of me during very difficult times, and would routinely check in on me during some particularly trying times in the late ‘90s. Bill was a bro.

And as you go through life, you get very few of those. I’ll always cherish that about Bill.

And I’ve not even mentioned Bill’s musical prowess because, well, it all speaks volumes for itself. Yes, Bill was good. Will was good.

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On a 100 acre private farm on the Hudson and Broad River Talented. But together? Forget it. They were a powerhouse. Unquestionably. Bill’s permanent legacy is his music. A wide swath of material that you wouldn’t imagine came from a kid from the flatlands of Northern Louisiana. Bill left an indelible impression. No doubt.

Henry Owings met Bill Doss in July 2004. It was at Ihadfirst AthFest, and his band The Sunshine Fix just played on the main stage. Impressed, I approached him and introduced myself.

Conversation ensued, and I found myself being drilled by a wealth of questions. Little did I know I was being interviewed for a position in his band. He gave me his number, and I gave him a business card I had that read, “Pete’s the drummer.”

This led to a wonderful friendship and musical collaboration. I joined The Sunshine Fix and toured that fall for a month. It was total bliss. A dream come true. I was as close to feeling like George Harrison as I’ll ever be.

Bill was always positive, caring and calm. He was nurturing, too. [Once] we were playing a show at Emo’s in Austin, TX. Onstage, as we were tuning our instruments, I went over to Bill and told him, “Man, I bet there are some badass guitar players here.” Bill’s response: “Too bad you blow them away.”

Those six words gave me a jolt. I had a different attitude. I started to believe in myself.

I started writing songs, making records. I put my own band together and played shows.

Bill recorded and performed on several of my songs. Bill’s genuine and beautiful songs also led me to the wonderful people that performed and collaborated with him. For that, I’m grateful.

My last brush with Bill was in July 2012. It was at AthFest, on the main stage. This time, I was performing, and he was the spectator.

After the show, he approached me and jokingly said, “Hey man, we should get together and play,” handing me a piece of paper that read, “Pete’s the drummer.”

Peter Alvanos ill is one of those characters you meet in B an epic adventure story. He comes into your life like an amazing freckled wizard, all smiles, positive vibes and magical musical mayhem. Next thing you know, you feel like a kid playing with your best friend—anything is possible, and Bill will probably find a way to get you all tangled up in it.

Being in The Sunshine Fix with Bill was like being in the The Fellowship of the Ring.

No matter what happened, you were in it together. Almost skidding off the side of the Rocky Mountains in a snowstorm. Getting snowed in at a crazy Alpine Lodge Best Western on top of another mountain the night after George Harrison died and playing Beatles

songs on the hotel piano all night. Almost getting killed in a cowboy bar in Montana (or was it Wyoming? We could never remember) for being “hippies.” Waking up in a hotel on tour on 9/11/2001, with our next shows in D.C. and NYC, and pressing on amidst the chaos because music was always the answer.

It was always crazy adventure shit with Bill.

It was always good times with Bill. I love you, Bill.

Ryan Lewis the first time I saw Bill. As a Iafterremember teenager in Ruston, I used to hang around school at Haymaker’s Guitar Store, which was pretty much the hub of the local scene.

I would loiter there every day and hit up the staff for guitar tips. One day, a junky yellow conversion van pulled up outside the shop, driven by this hip-looking redhead teenager a little older than me. I remember thinking to myself, “Who is this cool-looking guy?” I must have been about 13 at the time.

About a year later, I saw a notecard on the shop’s bulletin board, looking for musicians influenced by Van Halen and The Beatles. I had just started a band with some kids in my high school, and I called the number and invited the guy, Bill, to join as the lead singer. When he came over, I recognized that he was the cool kid with the yellow van and was instantly impressed.

We became really tight musical partners and played in a number of garage bands throughout our high school years, [including] a band called Fat Planet that played mostly covers. We began to record together regularly.

These experiences essentially mapped out the following decades of our life. This was the start of a deep friendship that continued throughout our teenage years and into our 20s, as we started Elephant 6 with our friends, then into our 30s, when Bill joined The Apples in Stereo as a keyboard player and collaborator, and up until just last month, when we sat and planned out the mixing schedule for the new Olivia Tremor Control album. We were scheduled to start mixing this week.

It breaks my heart that this partnership is now over. It breaks my heart that I won’t record his warm, friendly voice again. Even more devastating is the loss of laughter, rude jokes, brotherly hugs and affectionate glances that spanned decades as we grew up together and grew to know each other better and better.

There are too many good times—in private, in the studio, and touring around the world— for me to recount here, but I will never forget.

I am lucky to have these memories, and to have had thousands of beautiful life experiences with Bill Doss: one of the gentlest, sweetest, most talented people ever to exist.

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Flagpole staffer uttered those words years ago in the middle of the annual summer effort to produce the Flagpole Guide to Athens—a 64-page, glossy, full-color, comprehensive handbook for those who want to know their way around Athens—while at the same time and with the same staff continuing to get out the weekly Flagpole and the daily Flagpole online.

Now, we’ve done it again, and fear has once more changed to pride, as the 2012–2013 edition of the Guide takes its place at more than 300 locations—on newsstands, racks, restaurant counters, bars, retail outlets, apartment complexes and hotel lobbies all over Athens, the UGA campus and Oconee County.

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addresses, telephone numbers and websites that go into all the listings in the Guide. Alicia’s father on a visit once described her as the “Ad Editor.” We laughed at his lack of understanding of newspaper terminology, but he knew more than we thought he did.

Well, it’s like that all the way through. All the stalwarts who get Flagpole out and online every week double down on the Guide. Managing Editor Christina Cotter strawbosses the Guide along with the paper. Production Director Larry Tenner somehow squeezes in the time while designing and composing the weekly paper to glue himself to his computer to design and compose the whole Guide, while Kelly Hart and Cindy Jerrell design the ads. Then Kelly turns around and puts the Guide online, while making sure that the weekly Flagpole is up and

What’s in it for you? That depends on who you are. If you just drove your U-Haul into Athens with Dad riding shotgun, there’s a ton of stuff in the Guide that will help you get the lay of the land (after Daddy leaves), not to mention a place for Pop to stay and hundreds of options for where y’all can eat, hear music, find an apartment or see a movie—a cool one.

Or, you may just be visiting. In that case, the Guide is indispensable; you’ll find maps, local history, restaurants, travel options and information on neighborhoods, the campus and annual events. You will want to have one in your saddle bag at all times.

Of course, if you live here and already know your way around, you realize that the annual arrival of the new Guide is an opportunity to grab one, order a cup of coffee and luxuriate in yet another year’s worth of handy information about your hometown and reminders—all tightly packed into one enjoyable package—of just how much there is in Athens to do and hear and eat and drink.

Alien, But Not Alienating This year’s Guide has an alien but not alienating cover by Flagpole cartoonist Lee Gatlin that lets you know there’s a lot of fun in this fact-filled compendium. In the same way, Forrest Aguar’s photographs provide a visual reference to all the information.

We hope you’ll get the sense as you read through the Guide that it is put together by people who know what they’re talking about, because it is, and they do. Jessica Smith, who by day is Flagpole’s office manager and calendar editor and who directs our weekly Flagpole distribution and annual Guide distribution and on her own time is a musician and an artist, spends a good (bad?) part of her summer updating the bar and restaurant listings in the Guide. That’s an awful lot of detail work, coupled with lots and lots of writing, but she stays with it and produces it on time, and it forms the core of the Guide, the essential information about where to eat and drink in Athens and the surrounding area. Jessica’s workload is typical of how we produce the Guide while doing everything else involved with our weekly journalism.

Wait, There’s More Take the ad department, presided over by Advertising Director and Publisher Alicia Nickles. Ad reps Anita Aubrey, Jessica Pritchard and Melinda Edwards sell all the handsome advertisements that are the lifeblood of the Guide and Flagpole. (Thanks to all the local businesses who support our efforts by reaching out to bring your attention to what they do so well!) Alicia, Anita, Melinda and Jessica meticulously check the ads to make sure they’re accurate and error-free.

They’re so adept at catching those stubborn errors that creep in, they have evolved into our fact-checkers for all the names,

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also working on a redesign of the online Flagpole, using software developed by our web guru, Jeff Deroshia.

And More Meanwhile, our music editor also writes the music part of the Guide—this year was a collaboration between outgoing music editor Michelle Davis and the new guy, Gabe Vodicka.

Outgoing news editor Dave Marr got stuck with Guide duty before he could escape.

Our theatre and books writer John Nettles does that part of the Guide; our food writer, Hillary Brown helps out with food and also did the art venues section this year; our Kiddie Dope writer (among other things) Kristen Morales did the kids’ section; assistant office manager Sydney Slotkin checked facts and filled in information; freelancer Marilyn Estes pitched in; Greater Georgia Printers printed the Guide, as they do Flagpole, and our intrepid distribution crew will keep the Guide out there alongside Flagpole all year long: Charles Greenleaf, Jesse Mangum, Will Donaldson and Matt Shirley, aided and abetted

by Jessica Smith.

That’s how it all happens. Just like Flagpole, the Guide is a lot of work, but we think it is worth it, and we hope you agree.

Pick one up, and let us know what you think.

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Tuesday 7 ART: Opening Reception (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) For “Spirit of the Land 2012: Small Scale Images of the Georgia Landscape.” 5:30–8:30 p.m. FREE! www.botgarden.uga.edu CLASSES: Keyboard and Mouse Basics (Madison County Library) This tutorial is designed to help people who have never used a computer before. Aug. 7, 6:30–7:30 p.m. & Aug. 8, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 COMEDY: OpenTOAD Comedy Open Mic (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Voted by Flagpole’s readers as Athens’ “favorite comedy night” in 2011 and 2012, this comedy show allows locals to watch quality comedy or perform themselves. Email to perform. First and third Tuesday of every month! 9 p.m. FREE! (performers), $5. calebsynan@yahoo.com, www.flickertheatreandbar.com EVENTS: West Broad Market Garden Produce Stand (West Broad Market Garden, 1573 W. Broad St.) Seasonal and naturally grown produce. Cash paying neighbors of the West Broad Garden get a 30% discount on produce. EBT payments will be accepted in the future.

Tuesdays, 5–8 p.m. & Saturdays, 10 a.m.–1 p.m.

GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub ) All three Athens locations of Locos Grill and Pub (Westside, Eastside and Harris St.) feature trivia night every Tuesday. 8 p.m. FREE! www.locosgrill.com GAMES: Trivia with a Twist (Johnny’s New York Style Pizza) Throw a lime in your Coors Light and compete! Tuesdays & Thursdays, 7:30-9:30 p.m. 706354-1515 GAMES: Trivia (Fuzzy’s Taco Shop) Compete for prizes and giveaways.

Every Tuesday. 9–11 p.m. 706353-0305 GAMES: Trivia (Chango’s Asian Kitchen) Learn facts, eat noodles.

Every Tuesday. 7:30 p.m. FREE! 706546-0015 GAMES: Trivia (Shane’s Rib Shack) (College Station) Every Tuesday! 7 p.m. 706-543-0050 SPORTS: Street Hockey (YMCA) Street Hockey (on foot, no blades) for all skill levels. Every Tuesday and Thursday. 6:30 p.m. FREE! athensfloorhockey@gmail.com

Wednesday 8 ART: Tour at Two (Georgia Museum of Art) Meet docents in the lobby for a tour of highlights from the permanent collection. 2 p.m. FREE! www. georgiamuseum.org CLASSES: Computer Q&A (Oconee County Library) Non-technical answers to any questions about

computer programs. 3-4 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 CLASSES: Keyboard and Mouse Basics (Madison County Library) This tutorial is designed to help people who have never used a computer before. 11 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (City Hall/ College Avenue) An afternoon market featuring local and sustainable produce, meats, eggs, baked goods, prepared foods and crafts. Live music at every market.

Every Wednesday through the end of October. 4–7 p.m. FREE! www. athensfarmersmarket.net EVENTS: Life Church of Athens Block Party (Life Church of Athens) Organizers promise various community performers, food, games for kids and prizes. Live music from Block Party House Band, featuring members of New Sound of Numbers, Big C and the Velvet Delta, The Jesters and Tealvox. 3 p.m.

FREE! www.lifechurchofathens.com EVENTS: Open Mic Night (Ten Pins Tavern) Hip-hop, spoken word, rock, singer-songwriters, DJs, jugglers, bellydancers, comedy, poetry, ballet—if you can do it, we want to see it! Hosted by Amy Neese. 8 p.m.

FREE! 706-546-8090 EVENTS: Community HU Song (Lay Park) People of all faiths are invited to sing together with the Eckankar community. 7–7:30 p.m. FREE! 706-310-9499, www. eckankar-ga.org EVENTS: Farmers Market (790 Gaines School Rd.) Fresh produce, eggs, grass-fed beef, honey, homemade cakes and breads, cut flowers, herbs, jams and relishes. Every Wednesday and Friday. 4–7 p.m.

706-254-2248 EVENTS: Canine Cocktail Hour (Hotel Indigo) (Madison Bar & Bistro Courtyard) Drink and food specials for you and your (wellbehaved) dog! Every Wednesday.

5-7 p.m. www.indigoathens.com GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) Think you know it all? Test your knowledge every Wednesday night.

8 p.m. (Baldwin St. & Broad St. locations). 706-548-3442 GAMES: Trivia (Willy’s Mexicana Grill) Trivia with a DJ! Every Wednesday. 8–10 p.m. FREE! 706548-1920 GAMES: Trivia (Your Pie) (Five Points location) Open your piehole for a chance to win! Every Wednesday. 7:30 p.m. FREE! 706850-7424 GAMES: Trivia (Choo Choo Japanese Korean Grill Express) Jump on the trivia train! Every Wednesday. 7:30 p.m. www.choochoorestaurants.com GAMES: Trivia (Mellow Mushroom) Every Wednesday. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-0892 GAMES: Sports Trivia (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s) Test your sports knowledge.

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10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Knee-High Naturalists (Sandy Creek Nature Center) A program of age-appropriate nature exploration, animal encounters, hikes and crafts. For parents and children. Every other Wednesday.

3:30–4:30 p.m. $24. 706-613-3515, www.athensclarkecounty.com/sandycreeknaturecenter KIDSTUFF: Back to School Storytime (Madison County Library) Get read-y for the new year.

10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 LECTURES AND LIT: The People’s Law School (The Classic Center) (Willow Room) The People’s Law School takes the mystery out of everyday legal issues like divorce and child custody, products liability, criminal law, automobile insurance and more. Call to reserve seat. 6–8 p.m. FREE! 706-549-6111

Thursday 9 CLASSES: Keyboard and Mouse Basics (Oconee County Library) This tutorial is designed to help people who have never used a computer before. 3–4 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 EVENTS: Reiki Circle (Healing Arts Centre) A Japanese hands-on technique for stress reduction, relaxation and healing. Thursdays. 7–8 p.m.

Donations accepted. 706-338-6843 GAMES: Trivia (The Volstead) Every Thursday! 7:30-9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-354-5300 GAMES: Trivia with a Twist (Johnny’s New York Style Pizza) Throw a lime in your Coors Light and compete! Tuesdays & Thursdays, 7:30-9:30 p.m. 706354-1515 GAMES: Trivia (El Azteca) Every Thursday. Check the restaurant’s Facebook page for weekly updated categories. 7:30 p.m. FREE! www. tinyurl.com/d5dp2qq KIDSTUFF: Book Jammers (ACC Library) Children and their families are invited for stories, trivia and crafts. This month’s theme is Harry Potter trivia. Ages 8–11. 4:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Gallery Games (Georgia Museum of Art) Special interactive gallery tour. Learn about works in the museum’s permanent collection through activities

Country legend Willie Nelson plays the Classic Center on Friday, Aug. 10. designed just for kids ages 7–11.

4:15–5 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.com KIDSTUFF: GMOA Teen Studio (Georgia Museum of Art) Participate in a workshop and discussion about the exhibition “Southern Folk Art from the Permanent Collection,” then work with local artist Mary Engel to create multimedia work inspired by the exhibition. Pizza will be served.

Call to register. 5:30–8:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-542-4662 MEETINGS: EmpowerAthens (The Melting Point) Townhall event discussing issues facing public education with special guest Matt Jones, co-founder of EmpowerED Georgia, a non-partisan education advocacy group. 5–6:30 p.m. FREE! www. empoweredga.org/rsvp MEETINGS: Athens Area Newcomers Club (Central Presbyterian Church) Master gardeners and flower arrangers Lucretia Moore and Pam Snyder present a program about backyard flower arrangements. 9:30 a.m. FREE! 706850-7463 SPORTS: Street Hockey (YMCA) Street Hockey (on foot, no blades) for all skill levels. Every Tuesday and Thursday. 6:30 p.m. FREE! athensfloorhockey@gmail.com THEATRE: Lysistrata (Town and Gown Players) Aristophanes’ bawdy play tells the story of Athenian and Spartan women hoping to end the Peloponnesian War by withholding sex from the men until they stop fighting. Aug. 9–11, 8 p.m., and Aug. 12, 2 p.m. $8-$15. www. townandgownplayers.org

Friday 10 CLASSES: Genealogy 101: The Basics (Oconee County Library) Learn how to begin your family history research! Registration required.

12:30-2 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 EVENTS: Farmers Market (790 Gaines School Rd.) Fresh produce, eggs, grass-fed beef, honey, homemade cakes and breads, cut flowers, herbs, jams and relishes. Every Wednesday and Friday. 4–7 p.m.

706-254-2248 EVENTS: Linchpin Weekend (Aromas) Taste beers from two breweries. Five beers from Founders, four beers from Green Flash and the Linchpin (a Green Flash-Founders collaboration). Aug. 10–12. www. aromaswinebar.com LECTURES AND LIT: Poetry Reading (Avid Bookshop) Readings

by Kate Schapira and Caroline Young. 7 p.m. FREE 706-352-2060 OUTDOORS: Friday Night Paddles (Sandy Creek Park) Paddle the moonlit waters. Every other Friday night through summer. Participants may bring or rent a canoe or kayak.

For ages 12 & up. Call to pre-register. 9–11 p.m. $5–12/family. 706613-3631, www.athensclarkecounty. com/sandycreekpark PERFORMANCE: Burlesque Beta (Go Bar) What a tease! Open-mic variety show hosted by Miss Effie.

10 p.m. $3. 706-546-5609 THEATRE: Lysistrata (Town and Gown Players) Aristophanes’ bawdy play tells the story of Athenian and Spartan women hoping to end the

Peloponnesian War by withholding sex from the men until they stop fighting. Aug. 9–11, 8 p.m., and Aug. 12, 2 p.m. $8-$15. www. townandgownplayers.org THEATRE: Once Upon a Mattress (Winder Cultural Arts Center) The Winder-Barrow Community Theater presents a production of the 1959 musical comedy based on the story of The Princess and the Pea. Aug. 10 & 11 and 17 & 18, 7:30 p.m.

Aug. 12 & 19, 3 p.m. $10–$15. 770867-1679

Saturday 11 CLASSES: Soaker Hose and Drip Irrigation Workshop (UGA Horticulture Greenhouse Classroom) Drip irrigation and soaker hoses are exempt from ACC outdoor watering restrictions. Learn how to use them in a hands-on workshop. 9–11 a.m.FREE! 706-613-3500 EVENTS: Athens Canine Rescue Adopt-A-Pet Day (Pawtropolis) Meet ACR’s adorable, adoptable dogs in the flesh. Second Saturday of each month. 10:30 a.m.–12 p.m.

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THE CALENDAR! Smith Center for Cancer Support, a foundation program of ARMC that offers free supportive counseling and healing therapies to patients and families in a 17-county area.

8 a.m.-12 p.m. historicboulevardneighborhood@yahoogroups.com EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Bishop Park) Local and sustainable produce, meats, eggs, dairy, baked goods, prepared foods and crafts.

Live music at every market. Every Saturday through mid-December.

This week features Melon Madness, including melon tastings and a juicing demo. 8 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net EVENTS: West Broad Market Garden Produce Stand (West Broad Market Garden, 1573 W. Broad St.) Seasonal and naturally grown produce. Cash paying neighbors of the West Broad Garden get a 30% discount on produce. EBT payments will be accepted in the future.

Tuesdays, 5–8 p.m. & Saturdays, 10 a.m.–1 p.m.

EVENTS: Oconee Farmers Market (Oconee County Courthouse) Fresh produce, meats and other farm products. Every Saturday. 8 a.m.–1 p.m. www.oconeecountyobservations. blogspot.com KIDSTUFF: Second Saturday Storytime (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Hear a nature story and learn about the woods, butterflies, turtles and more. 2:30–3 p.m. FREE! 706613-3615 LECTURES AND LIT: Athens Area Democrats Breakfast (Brett’s Casual American Restaurant) Featuring Carolyn Rodriquez Monden, chair of the Latino caucus of the Democratic party of Georgia.

9 a.m. 706-247-3558, anitabarney@ charter.net THEATRE: Once Upon a Mattress (Winder Cultural Arts Center) The Winder-Barrow Community Theater presents the 1959 musical comedy based on the story of The Princess and the Pea. Aug. 10 & 11 and 17 & 18, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 12 & 19, 3 p.m. $10–$15. 770-867-1679 THEATRE: Lysistrata (Town and Gown Players) Aristophanes’ bawdy play tells the story of Athenian and Spartan women hoping to end the Peloponnesian War by withholding sex from the men until they stop fighting. Aug. 9–11, 8 p.m., and Aug. 12, 2 p.m. $8-$15. www. townandgownplayers.org

Sunday 12 ART: Spotlight Tour (Georgia Museum of Art) Meet docents in the lobby for a tour of highlights from the permanent collection. 3 p.m.

FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org ART: Art Opening and Poetry Performance (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) Charley Seagraves displays his original artwork and performs his poems about Athens. 3–5 p.m.

FREE! www.hendershotscoffee.com EVENTS: Linchpin Weekend (Aromas) Taste beers from two breweries. Five beers from Founders, four beers from Green Flash and the Linchpin (a Green Flash-Founders collaboration). Aug. 10–12. www. aromaswinebar.com GAMES: Trivia (Buffalo’s Southwest Café) “Brewer’s Inquisition,” trivia hosted by Chris Brewer every Sunday. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-3546655, www.buffaloscafe.com/athens GAMES: Trivia (The Capital Room) Every Sunday! Hosted by Evan Delany. First place wins $50 and second place wins $25. 8 p.m.

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GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Amici) Every Sunday. First place receives $50 and second place receives $25.

9 p.m. www.amici-cafe.com GAMES: Trivia Sundays (Blind Pig Tavern) At the West Broad location. 6 p.m. 706-208-7979 KIDSTUFF: Read to Rover (ACC Library) Readers in grades K–5 are invited to bring their favorite book and read aloud to a certified therapy dog. Trainer always present. First come, first served. 3–4 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Magnet Mania: Beyond the Fridge (Madison County Library) Make some organizers and magnetic objects for your locker or refrigerator door. For ages 7 & up. 4 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 LECTURES AND LIT: Book Talk with Julie Cannon (Oconee County Library) Local author Julie Cannon discusses her new book, Twang. Discuss how novels are born, hear excerpts from the book and meet the author. 4 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 THEATRE: Once Upon a Mattress (Winder Cultural Arts Center) The Winder-Barrow Community Theater presents a production of the 1959 musical comedy based on the story of The Princess and the Pea. Aug. 10 & 11 and 17 & 18, 7:30 p.m.

Aug. 12 & 19, 3 p.m. $10–$15. 770867-1679 THEATRE: Lysistrata (Town and Gown Players) Aristophanes’ bawdy play tells the story of Athenian and Spartan women hoping to end the Peloponnesian War by withholding sex from the men until they stop fighting. Aug. 9–11, 8 p.m., and Aug. 12, 2 p.m. $8-$15. www. townandgownplayers.org

Monday 13 EVENTS: Restaurant to the Rescue Benefit for Athens Canine Rescue (Menchie’s) Download a voucher from the ACR website and present it at both locations for 20% of your purchase to be donated. 5–9 p.m. www.athenscaninerescue.com FILM: Outdoor Movie: The Hunger Games (UGA Legion Field) Free popcorn, cotton candy, funnel cakes and more. Attendees are encouraged to bring blankets and lawn chairs.

8:30 p.m. FREE! (w/ student ID), $7.

706-542-6396 GAMES: Team Trivia (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s) Win house cash and prizes!

Every Monday night. 8:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-850-1916 GAMES: Trivia (Highwire Lounge) Every Monday. 8 p.m. FREE! 706543-8997 GAMES: Rock and Roll Trivia (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Get a team together and show off your extensive music knowledge every Monday! Hosted by Jonathan Thompson. 9 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub

Tuesday 14 CLASSES: Mead Making (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Taste mead, or “honeywine,” and learn how to make it from Dan Harris of Booger Hill Bee Company.

Registration required. 6–8 p.m. $27. www.botgarden.uga.edu CLASSES: Intermediate Excel Class (Oconee County Library) Learn to use Excel more effectively.

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3–4:30 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 COMEDY: Cristela Alonzo (UGA Tate Center) (Tate Theater) Comedian who has been featured on Live at Gotham, Last Comic Standing, Mind of Mencia and Sons of Anarchy. 7:30 p.m. FREE! (w/ student ID), $10.

706-542-6396 EVENTS: Drafts and Laughs (The Pub at Gameday) Local stand-up comedy. 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-3532831 EVENTS: Restaurant to the Rescue Benefit for Athens Canine Rescue (Menchie’s) Download a voucher from the ACR website and present it at both locations for 20% of your purchase to be donated. 5–9 p.m. www.athenscaninerescue.com EVENTS: West Broad Market Garden Produce Stand (West Broad Market Garden, 1573 W. Broad St.) Seasonal and naturally grown produce. Cash paying neighbors of the West Broad Garden get a 30% discount on produce. EBT payments will be accepted in the future.

Tuesdays, 5–8 p.m. & Saturdays, 10 a.m.–1 p.m.

GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub ) All three Athens locations of Locos Grill and Pub (Westside, Eastside and Harris St.) feature trivia night every Tuesday. 8 p.m. FREE! www.locosgrill.com GAMES: Trivia (Shane’s Rib Shack) (College Station) Every Tuesday! 7 p.m. 706-543-0050 GAMES: Trivia (Fuzzy’s Taco Shop) Compete for prizes and giveaways.

Every Tuesday. 9–11 p.m. 706353-0305 GAMES: Trivia (Chango’s Asian Kitchen) Learn facts, eat noodles.

Every Tuesday. 7:30 p.m. FREE! 706546-0015 GAMES: Trivia with a Twist (Johnny’s New York Style Pizza) Throw a lime in your Coors Light and compete! Tuesdays & Thursdays, 7:30-9:30 p.m. 706354-1515 SPORTS: Street Hockey (YMCA) Street Hockey (on foot, no blades) for all skill levels. Every Tuesday and Thursday. 6:30 p.m. FREE! athensfloorhockey@gmail.com

Wednesday 15 ART: Artful Conversation (Georgia Museum of Art) Join Carissa DiCindio, curator of education, in the galleries for an in-depth discussion of William Henry Johnson’s “High Peaks.” 2 p.m. FREE! www. georgiamuseum.org CLASSES: Computer Q&A (Oconee County Library) Non-technical answers to any questions about computer programs. 3-4 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 EVENTS: Canine Cocktail Hour (Hotel Indigo) (Madison Bar & Bistro Courtyard) Drink and food specials for you and your (well-behaved, non-aggressive, vaccinated) dog!

Every Wednesday. 5-7 p.m. www. indigoathens.com EVENTS: Farmers Market (790 Gaines School Rd.) Fresh produce, eggs, grass-fed beef, honey, homemade cakes and breads, cut flowers, herbs, jams and relishes. Every Wednesday and Friday. 4–7 p.m.

706-254-2248 EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (City Hall/ College Avenue) An afternoon market featuring local and sustainable produce, meats, eggs, baked goods, prepared foods and crafts. Live music at every market.

Every Wednesday through the end of October. 4–7 p.m. FREE! www. athensfarmersmarket.net

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Bill Mallonee, Olive Tree, Adam Klein Hendershot’s Coffee Bar Bill Mallonee first picked up a guitar at the age of 30, while living in Athens. It’s where he started his band, Vigilantes of Love, and set out on a 10-year folk-rock journey. He recorded hundreds of songs and became somewhat of a local music fixture. But after struggling to keep the music going in Athens, even after the Vigilantes’ seven-year hiatus ended in 2008, Mallonee recently relocated to Santa Fe, NM with his wife and performing partner Muriah Rose.

Amber Waves, which comes out Oct. 15, will be Bill Mallonee the latest of over 40 albums Mallonee has released during his 30-year career. Aside from his time spent living here, Mallonee’s dark-country guitar work is more than enough reason for Athens to count him proudly among its sons. In sound, the Vigilantes’ closest local kin are the Drive-By Truckers. But Mallonee’s chilling magic is in his words. He delivers raspy, tight-mouthed stanzas that can sound sarcastic, but are full of deep compassion and spirituality.

A handful of fortunate folks witnessed Mallonee and Rose play a local house show several years ago. Those previously unfamiliar were shocked and shaken to feel the living room overflow with the honesty and humility of Mallonee’s confrontational talk-singing.

His relationship with Rose, who sings and plays piano, was evident throughout the performance, her presence and harmonies rounding his rough edges.

At a steady rate of almost 50 new songs per year, it doesn’t seem like Mallonee will ever run out of things to say. For one who has spent so many years behind the guitar, every new song feels fresh with new articulations of his thoughts. Only two years have passed since he left Athens, but hey, that’s 100 new songs in Mallonee time. [Sydney Slotkin]

EVENTS: Open Mic Night (Ten Pins Tavern) Hip-hop, spoken word, rock, singer-songwriters, DJs, jugglers, whatever—if you can do it, we want to see it! Hosted by Amy Neese. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-546-8090 GAMES: Trivia (Copper Creek Brewing Company) Test your trivia chops for prizes! Every Wednesday.

9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-1102 GAMES: Trivia (Mellow Mushroom) Every Wednesday. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-0892 GAMES: Trivia (Your Pie) (Five Points location) Open your piehole for a chance to win! Every Wednesday. 7:30 p.m. FREE! 706850-7424 GAMES: Sports Trivia (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s) Test your sports knowledge every Wednesday night. 8:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-850-1916 GAMES: Trivia (Willy’s Mexicana Grill) Trivia with a DJ! Every Wednesday. 8–10 p.m. FREE! 706548-1920 GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) Think you know it all? Test your knowledge every Wednesday night.

8 p.m. (Baldwin St. & Broad St. locations). 706-548-3442 GAMES: Trivia (Choo Choo Japanese Korean Grill Express) Jump on the trivia train! Every Wednesday. 7:30 p.m. www.choochoorestaurants.com KIDSTUFF: Letter W Storytime (Madison County Library) Wacky, wonderful stories brought to you by waviest letter of the alphabet. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Preschool & Toddler Storytime (Madison County Library) Includes stories, fingerpuppet plays, songs and crafts for

literacy-based fun. For ages 2–5.

10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Anime Night (Oconee County Library) Teens are invited to find out what the sensation is all about. Includes art, games, free Manga, movies and more. T-shirts for the first 10 people. Ages 13–18.

6–8 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 LECTURES AND LIT: The People’s Law School (The Classic Center) (Willow Room) The People’s Law School takes the mystery out of everyday legal issues like divorce and child custody, products liability, criminal law, automobile insurance and more. Call to reserve seat. 6–8 p.m. FREE! 706-549-6111 LECTURES AND LIT: Talking About Books (ACC Library) Adult book discussion group. This month’s title is The Tiger’s Wife by Tea Obreht. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706613-3650, ext. 324 PERFORMANCE: Magic Show (UGA Tate Center) The UGA Student Union presents “Justin Willman’s Magic Meltdown.” 8 p.m. FREE! (w/ student ID), $10. 706-542-6396

LIVE MUSIC Tuesday 7 Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop! 11 p.m. $2. www.georgiatheatre.com KITE TO THE MOON Local band led by Timi Conley and featuring a stimulating live show with jubilant, rowdy pop music.

DJ MAHOGANY Freaky funk, sultry soul, righteous R&B and a whole lotta unexpected faves.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 DJ FOG JUICE Spinning Euro/Italo/ space-disco, new wave, old-school R&B and classic dance hits.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8:30 p.m. $5. www.hendershotscoffee. com IKE STUBBLEFIELD AND FRIENDS Soulful R&B artist Ike Stubblefield is a Hammond B3 virtuoso who cut his teeth backing Motown legends like the Four Tops.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. www.facebook.com/lkshuffleclub SCUM Uncompromising four-piece punk band from Detroit.

FOOD CLOTHES SHELTER No information available.

TRIANGLE FIRE Local crust-punk band.

DJ LOZO Spinning punk rock!

The Melting Point Terrapin Tuesday. 7:30 p.m. $5. www. meltingpointathens.com PARKER SMITH AND THE BANDWIDTH Roots-oriented outfit from Atlanta.

Mirko Pasta 6 p.m. FREE! 706-850-5641 (Gaines School Rd. location) LOUIS PHILLIP PELOT Local singer-songwriter performs solo folk and country. Every Tuesday in August.

New Earth Music Hall 9 p.m. www.newearthmusichall.com CHIEF ROCKA Trav Williams’/ ATHFactor Entertainment’s personal spin doctor. Party/network mixer the first Tuesday of every month!

The Volstead 9 p.m.–1:30 a.m. 706-354-5300 KARAOKE Every Tuesday!

Wednesday 8 Athens City Hall Athens Farmers Market. 5 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net LARRY FORTE Local artist and musician.

Farm 255 8–10 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com DIAL INDICATORS Jeremiah Roberts on guitar and George Davidson on tenor saxophone playing cool jazz.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar. com CRAIG LIESKE Local experimental musician curates a forward-thinking show at Flicker every Wednesday in August.

DEFLATABLE ORCHESTRA Craig Lieske and Jay Gonzalez.

JOHN FERNANDES Member of Olivia Tremor Control and Circulatory System.

JIM WILLINGHAM Of Ham1 and Old Smokey.

Georgia Theatre On the rooftop! 9 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com BETSY KINGSTON & THE CROWNS Local band balancing “heavy-hitting blues-rock and soulful country-folk.”

KALEIGH BAKER Jazzy, blues-rock powerhouse.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 WILL & TAYLOR Formerly Cannery Row, these guys play country-rock with pop and R&B influences.

KADE KAHL Lyrically focused acoustic tunes à la The Mountain Goats.

THE WOODWORKS Local band fronted by Jenny Woodward offers sweet, ethereal folk songs.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. $5. www.hendershotscoffee.com ONE TON TOMATO “Southern-fried salsa band” featuring Tony “Doc” McCutchen on drums.

Manor 9 p.m. FREE! (21+), $10 (18+). www. thebadmanor.com HEROES AND VILLAINS These two DJs mash up hip-hop with dubstep.

THE BLACK SIREN Atlanta-based electro DJ and producer.

MK ULTRA Dubstep and house DJ from Atlanta.

MONSDR No information available.

The Melting Point 7:30 p.m. $5. www.meltingpointathens. com INDIE SINGER-SONGWRITER SUMMIT A songwriter-in-the-round concert featuring Marie Davon (Powerkompany), Jay Gulley (Modern Skirts), Patrick Morales (The Viking Progress), Drew Beskin (The District Attorneys) and Nancy Kaye.

New Earth Music Hall 8 p.m. FREE! (18+), www.newearthmusichall.com D:RC The latest in global club sounds ranging from dubstep to electro.

DECEPTICRON Mixing today’s hottest house, electro and club hits.

XB Psy-breaks from here in town.

TROGDOR Local trance DJ named after the cartoon Burninator.

LITTLE GOLD Psych-country band that falls somewhere between Wilco and My Morning Jacket.

The Office Lounge 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-0840 KARAOKE With your host Lynn, the Queen of Karaoke!

The Melting Point 8:30 p.m. $6 (adv.), $8 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com LEVI LOWERY Story-teller and singer/songwriter from Dacula, GA. FESTER HAGOOD This local songwriter sings in a soft drawl that accents his simple country songs.

Porterhouse Grill 7 p.m. FREE! 706-369-0990 JAZZ NIGHT Pianist Steve Key is joined by other talented local musicians for an evening of standards and improvisations.

Ten Pins Tavern 8 p.m. FREE! 706-546-8090 OPEN MIC NIGHTHip-hop, spoken word, rock, singer-songwriters, DJs and more! Hosted by Amy Neese.

The Winery 7–11 p.m. FREE! 706-613-0095 LOUIS PHILLIP PELOT Local singer-songwriter performs solo folk and country.

Thursday 9 40 Watt Club 4 on the Floor! 10 p.m. $2. www.40watt.com TIA MADRE Local atmospheric rock band featuring members of Dead Confederate and Pilgrim.

THE BOHANNONS Driving rock band from Chattanooga.

MOTHS Featuring Jacob Morris of Ham1, Moths plays a mostly acoustic sort of ‘70s folk-rock with a pop sensibility and a psychedelic tinge.

BLUE BLOOD Moody, melodic rock from Hunter Morris, Bain Mattox, Jeremy Wheatley, Nick Robbins and John Watkins.

Amici 9 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0000 SCOTT BASTON AND JEREMY JOHNSON Saint Francis members perform a stripped-down dinner set.

Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www. caledonialounge.com TASTE LIKE GOOD Local band mixes alt- and classic rock into a loud and rhythmic soundscape.

CONNECTED HOUSES Local rock band with funky edges.

THE BARLETTAS Feel-good threepart harmonies with heavy guitar and a Beatles-esque pop sensibility.

Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com CALM WHITE NOISE Four-piece rock band from Atlanta that experiments with electronics.

Georgia Theatre Athens Area Cancer Auxiliary presents Toast of the Town! 8:30 p.m. $15. www.georgiatheatre.com YACHT ROCK REVUE Atlanta-based smooth-jam cover band society.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 KARAOKE Hosted by karaoke fanatic John “Dr. Fred” Bowers and featuring a large assortment of pop, rock, indie and more.

Highwire Lounge 9 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge.com THE WELFARE LINERS Bluegrass band complete with upright bass, banjo, mandolin, guitar and fiddle.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. www.facebook.com/lkshuffleclub THE LOVEY DOVIES Alternative punk band out of New Orleans.

DAFFODIL Reunited! This local trio plays hard-hitting, noisy rock.

New Earth Music Hall 9 p.m. www.newearthmusichall.com BETSY FRANCK Soulful, brassy Southern rock and country songs rooted in tradition, but with a modern sensibility.

BUFFALO CLOVER “Vintage rock ‘n’ rollers” from Nashville, TN. No Where Bar 10 p.m. FREE! 706-546-4742 THE LAKERS Jazz, funk and fusion.

The Office Lounge Blues Night. 8:30 p.m. 706-546-0840 THE SHADOW EXECUTIVES Get your fill of straight-up, authentic blues covers.

Your Pie 7 p.m. FREE! 706-850-5675 (Downtown location) LOUIS PHILLIP PELOT Local singer-songwriter performs solo folk and country.

MIGHT AS WELL No information available.

Friday 10 40 Watt Club Skatepark of Athens Benefit Show. 8:30 p.m. $7 (adv.) www.40watt.com DEAD CONFEDERATE With its moody, dark weaving of Southern rock and grunge.

TWIN TIGERS Loud and lush at the same time, this rock band combines jarring guitar riffs with sweeping melodies and heavy percussion.

BROTHERS Local trio plays swirling folky tunes that are rich with strings and haunting vocals.

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Amici 11 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0000 JUICE BOX Local band lays down some smooth, funky jams.

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TIMMY TUMBLE & THE TUMBLERS Tim Schreiber howls and spasms and literally tumbles over garage-rock anthems.

KILL KILL BUFFALO Grungy, hardrock duo based in Athens.

THE MILKSTAINS A dirty mix of surf and psychedelic rock.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar. com VELOCIRAPTURE Brash local rock duo that names Velvet Underground and Stooges among its influences.

NEW WIVES Local trio plays indieinfluenced rock.

ALEXANDER AND THE GRAPES The succulent flavor of pop, country and a twist of the psychedelic.

Georgia Theatre â&#x20AC;&#x153;We Miss You, Mikey!â&#x20AC;? 9 p.m. SOLD OUT! www.georgiatheatre.com A special evening of music in celebration of the life of Michael Houser, a founding member and original lead guitarist of Widespread Panic.

Featuring Romper Stompers, The HEAP, Outformation and John Bell, John Keane and Friends.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 CLUB BEASTS Live-mix dance party from the hosts of WUOGâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Beasts From the East.â&#x20AC;?

Hendershotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. $7. www.hendershotscoffee.com BILL MALLONEE The engine behind seminal Athens outfit Vigilantes of Love, Bill Mallonee takes his love of twangy, soulful pop to near-perfection. See Calendar Pick on p. 26.

Highwire Lounge â&#x20AC;&#x153;Friday Night Jazz.â&#x20AC;? 8â&#x20AC;&#x201C;11 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge.com RAND LINES Original jazz compositions of pianist Rand Lines, Ben Williams and Carl Lindberg.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ lkshuffleclub DJ MAHOGANY Freaky funk, sultry soul, righteous R&B and a whole lotta unexpected faves.

The Melting Point 9:30 p.m. $12 (adv.), $15 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com RAY WYLIE HUBBARD Singersongwriter from Texas whose Americana is steeped in the observational tradition. See story on p. 19.

MATT HUDGINS Local songwriter plays â&#x20AC;&#x153;songs about drinking, jail, love and death.â&#x20AC;?

No Where Bar 10 p.m. FREE! 706-546-4742 EFREN Local indie-folk band.

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Saturday 11 40 Watt Club 9 p.m. $5. www.40watt.com SAM SNIPER Post-alternative, country-fried twang with big, anthemic

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choruses, joyful harmonies and a strong pop sensibility.

GLOSSARY Southern indie rock that fuses elements of blues, country and folk with just enough pop.

TEDO STONE Alt-country/indie/psych rock with minimalist elements.

Amici 11 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0000 SOLAR BEARS Electronic shoegaze duo from Ireland playing ambient sounds.

Bishop Park Athens Farmers Market. 8 a.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net KATE MORRISSEY Best known for her dark velvet voice, Morrisseyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s songwriting is literate and sincere.

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DR. ARVIN SCOTT World-renowned percussionist Dr. Arvin Scott. (10 a.m.)

Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com TEALVOX Alternative rock band with a hint of classic British rock.

TO LIGHT A FIRE Indie-rock trio from Birmingham, AL. SLEEP DANCE A combination of acoustic rock, jazz and indie rock.

FUTURE APE TAPES Local group creating psychedelic music driven by loops, beats, guitars and synths.

Dickeyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Barbecue Pit 7 p.m. FREE! 706-850-7561 KARAOKE With â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Queen of Karaoke,â&#x20AC;? Lynn Carson.

ALL THE LOCALS Rock band from Atlanta.

DJ FOG JUICE Spinning Euro/Italo/ space-disco and old-school R&B.

Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com SAVE GRAND CANYON Emotional and dynamic, this local band plays what it calls â&#x20AC;&#x153;organic alt-rock.â&#x20AC;?

Hendershotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. $3. www.hendershotscoffee.com SCARLETT STITCH A blend of Southern rock and metal.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com OLD SMOKEY Spaghetti westernstyle numbers.

ONE MAN MACHINE Bernard Pearce brings his jazzy funk to Athens. See Calendar Pick on this page.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ lkshuffleclub DJ Z-DOG Loveable local DJ spins top-40 hits, old-school hip-hop, rock and other danceable favorites.

IMMUZIKATION Celebrated local DJ Alfredo Lapuz, Jr. hosts a dance party featuring high-energy electro.

DJ TWIN POWERS Glam rock, new wave, Top 40, punk and Britpop.

Front Porch Book Store 6 p.m. FREE! 706-372-1236 WELFARE LINERS Bluegrass band complete with upright bass, banjo, mandolin, guitar and fiddle.

Georgia Theatre 11 p.m. $8. www.georgiatheatre.com DANK SINATRA These dudes play improvisation-heavy electronica.

STOKESWOOD A mellow alt-rock band from Atlanta that experiments a bit with atmospheric sounds.

SUEX EFFECT Alternative/progressive rock featuring a fusion of funk, reggae, metal and blues.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 KICK THE ROBOT Power-pop trio from Atlanta with infectious energy.

New Earth Music Hall 9 p.m. www.newearthmusichall.com GROGUS Jazz and salsa with reggae, hip-hop and Afro-Cuban styles.

WILD INTELLIGENCE No information available.

No Where Bar 10 p.m. FREE! 706-546-4742 THE BARLETTAS Feel-good threepart harmonies with heavy guitar and a Beatles-esque pop sensibility.

The Office Lounge 9:30 p.m. 706-546-0840 OVERNIGHT SENSATION No information available.

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One Man Machine & The Powers That Be, Old Smokey Flicker Theatre & Bar Bernard Pearce once served as occasional manager, full-time driver and Vomit Laser (thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a horn player, for the uninitiated) in Athensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; rock and roll roman candle Dark Meat.

But who didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t? In fact, the Louisiana-based multiinstrumentalist and improvisational specialist, who brings his project One Man Machine & The Powers That Be to Flicker this Saturday, has maintained at least a part-time presence in our town for some years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Athens lacks nothing,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;New Orleans could use more bands from Athens coming to town. Oh yeah, Bernard Pearce and JB the Polish sausage manâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;we want him.â&#x20AC;?

Television portrays Louisiana as an untamed, swamp-filled wilderness populated by vampires and men that make their living trapping alligators all day long. Pearce confirms this to be trueâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;almost. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve harvested plenty of [gators] myself, and other exotic Louisiana gameâ&#x20AC;Ś [â&#x20AC;&#x153;True Bloodâ&#x20AC;? soundtrack contributor] C.C. Adcock, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve known him for about 20 years.â&#x20AC;?

Obviously, Pearce has absorbed the deep cultural and musical marinades, paranormal oddities and uncontested paradises offered to sports-loving (or just hungry) men in the mysterious bayous of his homeland. The music world is better off for it: One Man Machineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sound has been labeled â&#x20AC;&#x153;[a] narcotized haze of psychedelic textures, brass band exuberance and unbridled funk-rock fun.â&#x20AC;?

Unfortunately, Pearceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Athens connection is tinged with sadness the day Flagpole catches up with the mercurial performer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;God bless Bill Dossâ&#x20AC;Ś I loved that man,â&#x20AC;? he says, only a few hours after receiving the news of Dossâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; passing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was always super awesome. I had the pleasure of opening up for The Olivia Tremor Control last year in New Orleans, and I also put on the Elephant 6 Christmas Tour in Lafayette, so I got to hang with him quite a bitâ&#x20AC;Ś he was so amazing. Such a kind and warm person. He will be missed.â&#x20AC;? [David Eduardo]

Sunday 12 Locos Grill & Pub 5 p.m. FREE! 706-548-7803 (Harris St. location) THE YANKEE SLICKERS Southernrock/jam quartet from Jacksonville.

Ten Pins Tavern 7:30 p.m. FREE! 706-546-8090 SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE BOWLING ALLEY BLUES BAND Featuring Paul Scales, Randy Durham, John Straw, Dave Herndon and Scott Sanders.

Monday 13 Buffaloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Southwest CafĂŠ 7â&#x20AC;&#x201C;10 p.m. $5. 706-354-6655, www. buffaloscafe.com/athens LINE DANCING Learn to line dance in the Big Back Room!

Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www. caledonialounge.com CLOAK & DAGGER DATING SERVICE Loose straightahead rock with dueling male/female vocals.

BY THE SWORD Local group plays â&#x20AC;&#x153;fast, melodic groove death metal.â&#x20AC;?

PARTY TIME Thrash-metal from Tampa, FL. CONTROL THE DEVASTATOR Metal band from Snellville.

Georgia Theatre On the rooftop! 9 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com OLD SKOOL TRIO Jazz jams featuring Carl Lindberg, Seth Hendershot on drums and Jason Fuller on keys.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 JACK TOPHT & THE VEGETABLES Experimental folk music.

The Grotto 6 p.m. FREE! 140 E. Clayton St. THE SEGAR JAZZ AFFAIR Smooth jazz played by DJ Segar from WXAG. Hendershotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee. com OPEN MIC Songstress Kyshona Armstrong hosts open mic night.

The Melting Point The Hoot! 8-10 p.m. FREE! www.meltingpointathens.com LITTLE TYBEE Dreamy soundscapes with lush violin and tropical indiefolk melodies.

ADRON Late-â&#x20AC;&#x2122;60s Brazilian Tropicalia and charming satire.

MOIRA NELLIGAN AND THE DIXIE JIGS Steeped in Celtic, gypsy and Eastern European music, the band features Moira on fiddle.

Tuesday 14 Georgia Theatre Get Up Get Down. On the roof! 11 p.m. $2. www.georgiatheatre.com THE DISTRICT ATTORNEYS Breezy, beachy Americana.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 ASHER ARMSTRONG Local fourpiece Americana rock band.

Hendershotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coffee Bar 8:30 p.m. $5. www.hendershotscoffee. com IKE STUBBLEFIELD AND FRIENDS Soulful R&B artist Ike Stubblefield is a Hammond B3 virtuoso who cut his teeth backing Motown legends.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. www.facebook.com/lkshuffleclub WADE BOGGS Punk band featuring Ian McCord and catchy hooks.

KREAMY â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;LECTRIC SANTA Longrunning acid-punk band.

DJ LOZO Spinning punk rock!

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The Melting Point Terrapin Tuesday. 7 p.m. $5. www. meltingpointathens.com STRING THEORY High-energy acoustic fusion and funk-oriented progressive rock.

Mirko Pasta 6 p.m. FREE! 706-850-5641 (Gaines School Rd. location) LOUIS PHILLIP PELOT Local singer-songwriter performs solo folk.

The Volstead 9 p.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;1:30 a.m. 706-354-5300 KARAOKE Every Tuesday!

WUOG Live in the Lobby! 8 p.m. FREE! www. wuog.org EASTER ISLAND Lush, post-rockinfluenced shoegaze with sweet pop melodies and shimmering guitars.

Wednesday 15 Athens City Hall Athens Farmers Market. 5 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net RACHEL WARD Heartfelt acoustic music.

Farm 255 8 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com CALEB DARNELL Member of Bellyache sings the blues.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar. com CRAIG LIESKE Local experimental musician curates a forward-thinking show every Wednesday in August.

DIET ROCK STAR Improvised jazz featuring dub and tape loops.

MILES KARP Suex Effect bassist.

THE SUBLIMINATOR Combining poetry with experimental music.

Georgia Theatre 9 p.m. $10. www.georgiatheatre.com ZOSO This Led Zeppelin tribute band has played over 2,400 performances.

Hendershotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee. com BREATHLANES Athens musical collective playing atmospheric improv.

The Melting Point 6 p.m. $5 (adv or w/ UGA ID), $8 (door) LITTLE COUNTRY GIANTS Stellar old-time folk, country and blues from Rome, GA. Tonightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a CD release show!

THE KID CARSONS Traditionally minded group from New Orleans.

W.B. GIVENS Nashville-based songwriter combines country and bluegrass sounds.

The Office Lounge 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-0840 KARAOKE With your host Lynn, the Queen of Karaoke!

Porterhouse Grill 7 p.m. FREE! 706-369-0990 JAZZ NIGHT An evening of jazz standards and some improvisations.

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Email calendar@flagpole.com. Listings are printed based on available space; more listings are online.

ART Call for Artists (Ten Pins Tavern) Artists may submit artwork to be displayed. Call 706-546-8090

AUDITIONS Athens Master Chorale Auditions (Athens Master Chorale) Now accepting auditions for all voice parts. Contact Joseph Napoli for information and scheduling. 706-546-0023, evenings only.

The Wizard of Oz (Memorial Park) (Quinn Hall) Ages 15 & up are asked to bring a prepared 16-bar solo piece from a Broadway musical with sheet music. Auditions by appointment only. Aug. 13–14, 6–8 p.m. (ages 8–14) & 8–9 p.m. (ages 15 & up). 706-613-3628.

CLASSES Beginners Sewing Course (Community) A six-week beginner

class that covers how to thread and use sewing machines and make simple projects. Sewing machine required. Wednesdays, July 11–Aug. 18, 6:30–8:30 p.m. $120, 706316-2067 Buddha Book Study (Body, Mind & Spirit) On-going group that meets every Wednesday at 6 p.m.

Donations accepted. 706-351-6024 Clay Classes (Good Dirt) Weekly “Try Clay” classes ($20/person) introduce participants to the potter’s wheel every Friday from 7-9 p.m.

“Family Try Clay” classes show children and adults hand-building methods every Sunday from 2-4 p.m. $20. 706-355-3161, www.gooddirt.net Computer Tutorials (ACC Library) Choose from a list of topics for personalized, one-onone instruction. The library also offers online computer classes in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel and eBooks. Call for times and to register. 706-613-3650 Drawing Workshop (Georgia Museum of Art) Artist and educator Hope Hilton teaches a drawing

Athens Area Humane Society

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BRONZE: All of the kittens qualify for this award, and their adoption fees are reduced to $90. Even more special, because the little brother and sister below are so very attached to each other, you can adopt BOTH for that price!

Adoption fee include shots, spay/neuter, and more!

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AAHS is holding a “Paw-lympics” event in which award-winning cats (a few pictured below) have reduced adoption fees. Event ends August 12, 2012.

SILVER: Reba’s outgoing and affectionate personality have earned her the silver medal and a reduced adoption fee of $60.

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GOLD: Gorgeous Precious won the gold for her outstanding beauty and she has been awarded a reduced adoption fee of only $30!

PRECIOUS

ATHENS AREA HUMANE SOCIETY 5 Animals Received, 6 Animals Placed, 0 Healthy Adoptable Animals Euthanized more pets can be seen online at ACC ANIMAL CONTROL athenshumanesociety.org 25 Dogs Received, 27 Dogs Placed!

39 Cats Received! 7 Cats Placed

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workshop for adults in conjunction with the exhibition “The Epic and the Intimate: French Drawings from the John D. Reilly Collection at the Snite Museum of Art.” Learn basic drawing techniques using materials like carved sticks and ink, graphite and ink washes and #2 pencils. Materials provided. No experience required.

Call to register. Sep. 20, 5:30–8:30 p.m. 706-542-4662 Fall Classes (Good Dirt) Now registering for clay classes for all levels of wheel and hand-building. Check website for schedule. Classes begin Sep. 8. 706-355-3161, www.gooddirt.net Gentle Hatha Integral Yoga (St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church) All levels welcome. Tuesdays, 5:30-7 p.m. $9/class. 706-543-0162, mfhealy@bellsouth.net, www.mind fuliving.org Lori’s Boot Camp (Fitness at Five) Get in shape in time for summer. Thursdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m. & Saturdays, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. 706353-6030, www.fitnessatfive.com Monologues and More!

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Bob Davis’ painting “Floating” is on display at ATHICA through Sept. 9. program uses simple monologues, skits and improvisational scenarios to explore the benefits of drama, discover different emotional responses and build self-esteem. For teens and adults with cognitive disabilities and their caregivers. Call to register for six classes. Tuesdays, Aug.14–Sept.

18, 1–2 p.m. $30-40. 706-6133628, www.athensclarkecounty. com/act SALSAthens (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Cuban-style salsa dance classes. Every Wednesday, 6:307:30 p.m. (intermediate), 7:30-8:30 p.m. (beginners). $8 (incl. $3.50 drink). 706-338-6613 Sangha Yoga Classes (Healing Arts Centre) Several types of ongoing yoga classes are offered for various skill levels, including therapeutic yoga, beginner, and Movement into Stillness yoga. Visit website for details. www.healingarts centre.net Sangha Yoga Teacher Training (Healing Arts Centre) Rahasya Yogic Arts 200 hour yoga teacher training program. Sept.

14–Feb. 13. Apply online. www. rahasya.org/fr_1yogateachertraining. cfm Yoga Teacher Training (Athens, Ga) Yoga teacher and RYT200 certification course.

Saturdays, Aug. 11–Dec. 15, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. $1450. www.yogaful day.com Zumba (ALCES) Instructed by Maricela Delgado. Every Wednesday,

6–7 p.m. & 7:15–8:15 p.m. $5 (1 class), $8 (both classes). 706-5400591

HELP OUT Back to School Shoe Drive (Athens Area Humane Society) Give your old paws (a.k.a. shoes) a new life. Donate athletic shoes, sandals, heels, dress shoes, work boots and flats to be recycled and raise money for the dogs, cats and small animals awaiting adoption.

Both Athens and Watkinsville AAHS locations. Through Sept. 30. www.athenshumanesociety.org BikeAthens Bike Recycling Program (Chase Street Warehouses) BikeAthens Bike Recycling Program (BRP) needs bicycle repair help of all degrees.

Bicycles are donated to social service agencies for individuals in need of a safe ride to work and underserved by public transportation. Wednesdays, 6-8:30 p.m. (beginners), Mondays, 6-8:30 p.m. & Sundays, 2-4:30 p.m. bikeathens. com/brp Donate Blood (Red Cross Donor Center) Give the gift of blood! Check website for donor locations. 1-800RED CROSS, www.redcross.org Ink Recycling (Athens, Ga) Donate empty ink and toner cartridges to help the American Red Cross provide assistance to people in need.

Visit website for details. 706-353-

1645, jeffrey.taylor@redcross.org, www.inkrecycling.org Media Drive (Oconee County Library) Now accepting donations of gently used books, DVDs and CDs until Sept. 14. Books can be left in the lobby. All proceeds benefit the library.

Peace Place (Athens, Ga) Volunteer training in September to help victims of domestic abuse. Opportunities include babysitting, court escorting, donating goods or financial resources, working in a thrift store and more. Applications online. 706755-1100, sbruckner@peaceplace inc.org, www.peaceplaceinc.org/ volunteer_intern.html

KIDSTUFF Arts in the Afternoon (East Athens Community Center) Afterschool program teaches arts and crafts and allows children to create original artwork. Ages 6–15.

Mondays and Wednesdays, 3:30– 5:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3593 Athens Junior Shootout (The Georgia Club) For junior golfers ages 11–18. Register by Aug. 15.

Held on Aug. 25 & 26. $175. www. hjgt.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/hjgt12/ event/hjgt1229/index.htm Craft Club (Treehouse Kid and Craft) Wednesday (4 p.m.) craft club for ages 6–10, Thursday craft club (4 p.m.) for ages 3–5, Saturday Mama, Papa & Me classes (10 a.m.) for

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Sign up per month or call the day of to drop in. www.treehousekidand craft.com Park Scavenger Hunt (Athens, Ga) Athensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; public parks participate in a city-wide scavenger hunt. Visit the parksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Facebook and Twitter pages for clues and prizes through the month of August. FREE! www. tinyurl.com/7opdk5w, www.twitter. com/accleisure Pop-In Playtime (Pump It Up) Children ages 11 & under can bounce around and have a jumping good time. Wednesdays, 3:30-5:30 p.m. $3 (ages 2 & under), $6 (ages 2 & up). 706-613-5676 Tooth Fairy Day (Rocksprings Park) Celebrate all things fairies and elves love for national Tooth Fairy Day. Make magic fairy dust, build a fairy garden, sip Fairy Fizz and munch on elf cookies. For ages 5â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8.

Register by Aug. 8. Aug. 22, 10 a.m. $3. 706-613-3603, www.athens clarkecounty.com/rocksprings Youth Wheel (Good Dirt) An eightweek class teaching kids how to use the potterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wheel. Ages 8 & up.

Mondays, 4:15â&#x20AC;&#x201C;6:15 p.m. beginning Sept. 10. $160. 706-355-3161, www.gooddirt.net

ON THE STREET SUPPORT Friends of the Garden Flea Market (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Accepting donated items Aug. 13-17. No clothing. Sale Aug. 18, 8 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;1 p.m. 706-542-6138 OLLI Newbies Social (Riverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Crossing) (Rm. 112) Osher Lifelong Learning Institute welcomes anyone age 50 or older, or new members who have joined OLLI during the past year, to find out more about the organization. OLLI hosts classes and outings for the continued informal education of retirees. Email to RSVP. Aug. 9, 2â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4 p.m. FREE! ssinclairr@ gmail.com.

Open Table Tennis (Oconee Veterans Park) Equipment provided.

Wednesdays, 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;9 p.m. FREE! (Oconee Co. residents), $5.

706-769-3965 Primp Your Pit(bull) (The Athens Area Humane Society) The Athens Area Humane Society is offering a limited number of discounted spays to bully-breed dogs in August, including pit bulls, pit bull terriers or distinct pit bull mixes. Call to make an appointment. $20. 706-769-9155, www.athens humanesociety.org

ART AROUND TOWN A. LAFERA SALON (2440 W. Broad St.) New artwork

by Perry McCrackin. Through August.

AMICI ITALIAN CAFĂ&#x2030; (233 E. Clayton St.) Coastal landscape scenes in pastel by Rob Graham. Through August.

ANTIQUES & JEWELS ART GALLERY (290 N. Milledge Ave.) Paintings by Mary Porter, Christine Shockley, Dorthea Jacobson, Lana Mitchell, John Gholson, Greg Benson and Ainhoa Bilbao Canup. Art quilt by Elizabeth Barton and handmade jewelry by various artists.

ART ON THE SIDE GALLERY AND GIFTS (1011B Industrial Blvd., Watkinsville) A gallery featuring works by various artists in media including ceramics, paintings and fused glass.

ARTLAND LOFT GALLERY (2 S. Main St., Watkinsville) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Through the Red Door,â&#x20AC;? colorful narratives, self-portraits and imaginary worlds by Lisa Freeman. Through August.

ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART (ATHICA) (160 Tracy St.) In â&#x20AC;&#x153;ATHICA Emerges V: The Synthetic Mind,â&#x20AC;? nine artists explore how they perceive and experience the world around them.

Through Sept. 9.

THE BRANDED BUTCHER (225 N. Lumpkin St.) Paintings and drawings by Sanithna Phansavanh.

EARTH FARE (1689 S. Lumpkin St.) Artwork by Ainhoa Canup.

ETIENNE BRASSERIE (311 E. Broad St.) Paintings by Alan Campbell. Through August.

FARMINGTON DEPOT GALLERY (1011 Salem Rd., Farmington) Owned and staffed by 16 artists, the gallery exhibits paintings, sculpture, folk art, ceramics, fine furniture and more. Permanent collection artists include Michael Pierce, Nick Joslyn and more.

FIVE STAR DAY CAFĂ&#x2030; (229 E. Broad St.) Painted portraits of musicians by Lauren Dellaria.

FLICKER THEATRE & BAR (263 W. Washington St.) Works by Walker Howle. Through August.

GALLERY @ HOTEL INDIGO (500 College Ave.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Board Room,â&#x20AC;? part of the 2012 Summer of SPOA (Skatepark of Athens), includes skateboard decks designed by 56 artists. Through Sept. 9. â&#x20AC;˘ In The Glasscube, an installation by Deanna Kamal, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Collosphaera,â&#x20AC;? is a hybrid of interior design and marine biology. Through Sept. 9.

GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (90 Carlton St.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Victory Lap: Time-Based Winners of the Kress Project.â&#x20AC;? Through Sept. 7. â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Defiant Beauty: The Work of Chakaia Bookerâ&#x20AC;? consists of large-scale sculptures created from tires. Through Apr. 30. â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Durer and His Legacyâ&#x20AC;? highlights prints of Albrecht Durer, a Northern Renaissance artist and printmaker.

Through Aug. 12. â&#x20AC;˘ An exhibition of 41 prints and drawings by Gerald L. Brockhurst. Through Sept. 16.

GEORGIA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY (East Campus Rd.) A collection of mounted game animals featuring lynxes, African leopards, Alaskan bears,

Emotional Abuse Support Group (Athens, Ga) Demeaning behavior and hateful words can be just as harmful as punches and kicks. Childcare provided. Call for location. Every Wednesday. 6:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 p.m. FREE! 706-543-3331 (hotline), 706-613-3357, ext. 771.

Emotions Anonymous (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) A 12-step program open to anyone with a desire to become well emotionally. Sundays, 4â&#x20AC;&#x201C;5 p.m.

706-202-7463, www.emotions anonymous.org GRASP: Grief Recovery After a Substance Passing (Call for location) Lost a loved one to substance abuse? Free, peer grief support group. Call for location.

Aug. 12, 2â&#x20AC;&#x201C;3 p.m. 706-248-7715, www.grasphelp.org Survive and Revive (Athens, Ga) Support, healing and dinner for survivors of domestic violence. Second and fourth Tuesdays in Clarke County. First and Third Mondays in Madison County. Childcare provided. 6 p.m. (dinner), 6:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 p.m. (meeting). 706-543-3331 (hotline), 706-613-3357, ext. 771. f

water buffalo and elk, as well as live corn snakes, tarantulas and other live animals.

THE GRIT (199 Prince Ave.) Watercolors by Jamie Calkin and figure and still life paintings by Mary Joe Vandiver. Through Aug. 25.

HEIRLOOM CAFE AND FRESH MARKET (815 N. Chase St.) Large floral collage paintings and smaller works by Ally White. Through August.

HENDERSHOTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S COFFEE BAR (1560 Oglethorpe Ave.) Collages and paintings by Charley Seagraves.

Reception Aug. 12. Through August.

JITTERY JOEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S COFFEE ALPS (1480 Baxter St.) Artwork by Marisa Mustard.

JITTERY JOEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S COFFEE EASTSIDE (1860 Barnett Shoals Rd.) Photography and integrated media by Jillian Carnes and Jamie DeRevere.

JITTERY JOEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S COFFEE FIVE POINTS (1230 S. Milledge Ave.) Artwork using soil by Mary Charles Howard. Through August.

JUST PHOâ&#x20AC;ŚAND MORE (1063 Baxter St.) Photography by Robert Lowery.

KUMQUAT MAE CAFE (18 S. Barnett Shoals Rd., Watkinsvile) Sustainable art inspired by nature by Jul and Justin Sexton. Through August.

LAST RESORT GRILL (184 W. Clayton St.) Paintings

by Bob Davis.

MADISON MORGAN CULTURAL CENTER (434 S. Main St., Madison) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fibersâ&#x20AC;? is a group exhibition including fiber art by 15 artists. Through Oct. 20.

MAMAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BOY (197 Oak St.) Convergence Artist Productions presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;Love and Light: Paintings by Frank,â&#x20AC;? featuring Frank Registrato. Through August.

OCONEE COUNTY LIBRARY (1080 Experiment Station Rd.) Paintings by Manda McKay. SEWCIAL STUDIO (160 Tracy St.) Hand-dyed art quilts by Anita Heady and rust and over-dyed fabric on canvas by Bill Heady.

SIPS ESPRESSO CAFE (1390 Prince Ave.) Acrylic paintings by Johnny Gordon. Through August.

STATE BOTANICAL GARDENS (2450 S. Milledge Ave.) The Oconee River Land Trust and the Athens Land Trust present â&#x20AC;&#x153;Spirit of the Land,â&#x20AC;? an exhibit and sale that celebrates the beauty of land and supports its protection. Through Sept. 9.

STRAND HAIR SALON (1625 S. Lumpkin St.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;California Dreaminâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? features black and white photography by Blake Smith. Through August.

TECH STOP COMPUTERS (3690 Atlanta Hwy.) Abstract expressionist acrylic paintings with bright colors and strong architectural themes by Frances Jemini. Through October.

TOWN 220 (220 W. Washington St., Madison) The Madison Artists Guild presents its XLG show â&#x20AC;&#x153;Uncommon Threads: Four Fiber Artists,â&#x20AC;? featuring works by Jennifer Crenshaw, Margaret Agner, Tressa Linzy and Elizabeth Barton. Through Oct. 27.

TRANSMETROPOLITAN (145 E. Clayton St.) Prints

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WHITE TIGER GOURMET (217 Hiawassee Ave.) Rust-dyed fabric on canvas by Bill Heady. Through August.

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reality check Matters Of The Heart And Loins I’m a 29-year-old single mom. My daughter is four, and her dad is totally out of the picture by his own choice. I was young when I had her, the relationship was bad, and my parents did not approve of the guy. When I got pregnant, there was a lot of “I told you so” kind of attitude, but the nice thing is that they love my daughter so much and they know how hard things are for me, so they mostly quit that.

My mom doesn’t work, so she often watches my daughter while I am at work. My mom and I are very close and always have been, but when I was a kid my mom worked, so we didn’t spend a lot of time together. Well, I think my mom is trying to make up for it with my daughter. She takes her everywhere, all the time. She doesn’t spoil her with expensive toys and stuff, which I’m glad of because my friend’s parents do that with her kid and it’s driving her crazy.

Anyway, I am really happy that my mom is so great and helps me so much. I have a boyfriend, and the relationship is hard sometimes, but at least I get to have a life besides being a single, working mom. But the thing is, my mom sometimes takes my daughter on these big trips, or decides to take her overnight, without asking me first. I don’t want to seem crazy or like I am not happy to have her help, but I feel like they don’t ask me if stuff is OK before they do it. I trust them with her, but I still want them to treat me like I am her mom.

A couple of weeks ago, I called them when I was done working to say I was coming to get her, and they were in Tennessee. I didn’t know they were going and I was kind of mad because I was surprised. They had done some fun stuff all day and decided to stay at a hotel. I don’t think it’s right that they would take her that far away without asking me. My mom acted like I was being crazy when I told her I thought she should have asked me first. Another time they went to visit my aunt down south when I was only going to be gone for a couple of hours.

Not only did I have other plans for myself and my daughter for that day, but I would have wanted to go see my aunt if they would have asked.

I can’t afford daycare. I need my mom to help me, but I want her to respect me as a parent and ask before they do this stuff. She acts like it isn’t a big deal and she doesn’t understand why I get upset. Am I being crazy, or should she ask me first if she is going to take

my kid to another state? I know I’m her kid, but I am still the mom of my own daughter!

What can I say to her to make her understand that I am happy for their help but I need her to ask me first next time?

Her Kid, But Not a Kid Tell your mom that you are happy that she enjoys spending so much time with your daughter, that you really, really appreciate their help, and that you don’t mind their taking her to experience new things or visit old relatives out of town, but that you need her to ask you in advance. She obviously has no idea what you might be planning, and it is only fair for her to check with you first before they do these things; you are the parent.

It seems like asserting your authority in this situation is not working, especially since your parents did not respect your choice with regard to your ex and they seem to feel that they know better about how to raise your kid. Maybe you could try instead to make it an issue of planning and your own time with your daughter? Let your parents know that you mostly do not mind them doing whatever they feel like doing, but that you need them to check with you so that you aren’t missing out on things that you have planned with her. And maybe they can plan some of these trips to include you? Either way, try to be patient and remember that your parents mean well and they’re probably just excited to spend time with her that they didn’t get to spend with you at her age.

My girlfriend and I have been together for a couple of years. She has two kids from a previous marriage who are 10 and 12 years old. We all get along very well, and they treat me like a member of the family. I definitely feel like I could marry this woman, but neither of us is ready for that right now. We have been talking about me moving in with them. She owns her house, but she could definitely use the help with mortgage and bills. I spend so much time there anyway that it wouldn’t make much of a difference. I sleep there almost every night. The only problem is that I worry that if we break up it might be confusing for the kids. Should I worry about that or just try to give it a go? I don’t want to hurt them. Their dad is already a big enough mess.

Mr. Mom? I think it’s up to your girlfriend. If she thinks the kids will be OK, and she isn’t worried about the impact a potential breakup might have, then go for it. If you’re spending that much time there anyway, then I think they are already going to be affected if you leave. You might as well give the domestic partnership a full go. Good luck.

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2BR/2BA exceptional duplex for rent on lg. lot. Lg. kitchen w/ DW, stove & fridge. Lg. LR w/ study area. Front porch. 5 min. from Dwntn. & UGA campus. Located between Sandy Creek Nature Center & Sandy Creek Park. Dep. & references. Both sides avail. For questions or to see, call (706) 3086883.

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2BR/2BA apt. Avail. now! Spacious rooms, W/D incl., pool on site, $500/ mo. Eastside on busline. (706) 7690757 or (706) 207-3427.

Awesome apartment. Pre-leasing for Fall. Reduced rent! $600/ mo. 1BR/1BA, LR, study, modern kitchen, pool, gym, gated, ground floor corner unit. Stadium Village close to UGA. Ideal for single/ couple. Mary, (706) 540-2887, wimberlyme@bellsouth.net.

Country apt. $400 + $50 utility which covers water, electricity, garbage & internet. Call (706) 224-1708 Eastside quadraplex, 2BR/2BA, $500/mo. & 2BR/1BA, $475/mo.

Eastside duplex, 2BR/1BA & FP, $475/mo. 3BR/2BA & FP, $650/mo.

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Half off rent 1st 2 mos. when you mention this ad! 2BR/2BA apts. a few blocks from Dwntn. off North Ave. Pet friendly & no pet fee! Dep. only $150. Rent from $625-675/mo. incl. trash. (706) 548-2522, www. dovetailmanagement.com.

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Next to campus. 189 Talmadge St. Remodeled 2BR apt. HWflrs., all appls., large porch. $700/mo.

Avail. Aug. 4. Call Owner/Broker Herbert Bond Realty, (706) 2248002.

Just reduced! Investor’s West-side condo. 2BR/2BA, FP, 1500 sf., great investment, lease 12 mos. at $575/ mo. Price in $40s. For more info, call McWaters Realty at (706) 353-2700 or (706) 540-1529.

3 –4 B R /3 .5 B A to wn h o u se . 2 8 5 Highland Park Dr. 3K sf. Large basement. Excellent condition. Must see! Avail. Aug. Great price, $835/ mo. Eastside busline. (706) 3388372 or email sjbc33@aol.com.

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5 Pts. duplex. 2BR/1BA. Renovated, HWflrs., CHAC, W/D provided. Across street from Memorial Park. Extremely quiet. No pets. 9–12 mo. lease. 253 Marion Dr. $650/ mo. Graduate students & professionals preferred. www. rentalsathens.com. Reference quad. (706) 202-9805.

3 B R / 1 B A . Cool old house in awesome Chicopee-Dudley n’hood.

HWflrs., CHAC, W/D hookups, ceiling fans. Great neighbors!

Walk to campus, Dwntn., park & Greenway. Recent renovations.

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August rent free! $850/mo., $850 dep. (706) 254-8103.

Chase Park Paint Artist Studios.

Historic Blvd. artist community. 160 Tracy St. Rent 300 sf., $150 mo.

400 sf., $200/mo. (706) 546-1615 or www.athenstownproper ties. com.

Eastside offices, 1060 Gaines School Rd. Rent 500 sf. $650/mo., 400 sf. $600/mo. (706) 546-1615 or athenstownproperties.com.

Prime retail space Downtown. Located at 142 E. Clayton St. Please call Staci at (706) 296-1863 or (706) 425-4048 for further details.

Prince Ave. near Daily Grocery, 2 n d f l o o r, 4 h u g e o ff i c e s w / lobby & kitchen. Super nice. $1600/mo. Call Cole, (706) 2 0 2 - 2 7 3 3 . w w w. b o u l e v a r d propertymanagement.com.

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All elec., CHAC, new appls., W/D, DW, HWflrs. Water & garbage paid. $650-680/mo. www.boulevard propertymanagement.com, (706) 548-9797.

2BR/2BA condo at Baxter/ Milledge Courtyard condos. Walk to campus, city bus, or university bus. Newly redecorated, new carpet, pergo kitchen. Available 8/10. Can see in advance, pool on site. W/D in condo. $850/mo. Call (706) 401-1259.

120 Park Ave. Perfect house for 2 people @ $1000 or 3 people @ $1250. HWflrs., private yard, full basement, in Boulevard, walking distance to ever ything. (706) 548-9797.w w w. b o u l e v a r d propertymanagement.com.

2BRs across from campus for Fall semester. Also, 4BR at Urban Lofts.

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Houses for Rent $950/mo. 3BR/2BA house in country. 9 mi. from Dwntn. W/D hookup, DW, FP. Call (706) 5408461.

1 B R / 1 B A , L R , k i t c h e n , s t u d y, gated, pool, exercise facility, 1/2 mi. from campus & Dwntn. $600/ mo. (678) 414-3887, cougar04@ yahoo.com.

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Brick duplex, 2BR/2BA, very clean.

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3BR/2BA in Normaltown. Avail. immediately! HWflrs., CHAC, quiet street. Grad students pref’d. Rent negotiable. (706) 372-1505.

3BR/2BA, 2077 S. Lumpkin, $1200/ mo. W/D., DW, sec. sys. & ceiling fans. 3BR/2BA, 2071 Lumpkin, $1000/mo. incl. water, lawn maint. & garbage. W/D, DW. (706) 546-0300.

3BR/1.5BA family house. Living room, den, W/D, CHAC, driveway.

106 Vine Circle. 4 or 5 blocks to Dwntn. & campus. $900/mo. Avail. now! (706) 546-6426 or (706) 2020735.

5 Pts. 3BR/1.5BA. Fenced backyard, pets welcome w/ dep. 115 Annes Court. $975/mo. Avail. now! (706) 548-3313.

5 Pts. 1 block off Milledge.

2BR/1BA brick cottage. W/D, HWflrs., large yard, screened porch. Not a party house. No pets. $1000/mo. Call (706) 5495413.

Cedar Creek: 4BR/2BA, partially fenced yd., $950/mo. 5 Pts.: Off Baxter St., 4BR/2BA, $1000/mo.

Ea s ts id e: 5 BR /2 BA , la rg e l ot , $1000/mo. Call McWaters Realty, (706) 353-2700, (706) 540-1529.

Fully furnished! Charleston cottage, n’hood near Prince Ave. King bed, W/D, stainless steel kit appls., 2BR/2BA. Upper screened porch & lower patio w/ outdoor furniture, 1.5 car garage, + 600 sf rec room w/ bar. $1400/mo. Lawn maint. incl. Call (706) 498-3500 for photos.

Half house to share. $500/mo., 1 mo. dep., 1/2 utils. Fully furnished, W/D, carport, deck, private BA, no pets, smoker OK. Near Ga. Square Mall. (706) 870-9281.

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comment Ick-fil-A and Tosh.No Chick-fil-A and comedian Daniel Tosh conis most certainly an inflammatory one, as it tracted a bad case of foot-in-mouth disease shows how stifling and small Cathy’s worldand attracted plenty of public outrage. Tosh view must be. He can’t acknowledge that marthreatened gang rape on comedy club patrons, riage is older than his religion, and therefore and Chick-fil-A COO Dan Cathy insisted that his church doesn’t own it. And besides, nothhis god is the only one that can define maring’s sacred about an institution that fails riage. Tosh’s halfhearted apology tweet has about 40 percent of the time. People are upset instigated calls to have his Comedy Central with Cathy, not because he said something clip show cancelled, and he must be feeling they don’t like, but because a statement like the pressure since he had all the rape jokes that does not acknowledge the existence of edited out of the series premiere of his new the whiny minorities to whom this issue is adult cartoon. Now we have calls for boycotts important. and old-school lunch counter sit-ins of every Hate speech like Tosh’s is dangerous Chick-fil-A location in America. because it’s designed to do nothing but hurt, I’ve noticed a very sharp division of opinand speaking out against it seems to inspire ion on Tosh’s controversial joke and Cathy’s a certain defensiveness from those who supopposition to same-sex marriage. For their port it. I’ve encountered comments from men supporters, the issue seems to be free speech. who have daughters and claim not to give two People defend Tosh’s right as a comedian and craps about sexual violence and rape culture social commentator to speak his mind and in America, saying that these are made-up Cathy’s right to speak about his religion at issues and that rape doesn’t happen much will. Supporters find the boycotts and public anyway—it actually happens to 1 out of every protests to be overkill, a soap opera response 5 women in America—so why are we comto hearing something they don’t like. They feel plaining anyway? Been raped? Get a therapist that those who are angry at these two are tryand shut up! Don’t take my speech away! ing to take free speech away from them.

Tosh is one of the most popular comediAmerican activist groups—in this case, ans among young America today, and some feminists and the GLBTQ—are suddenly comyoung people really are stupid enough to ing under fire for doing emulate attitudes that what they’ve been doing they encounter in the “No one wants to take for over a century: speakmass media. Rape culTosh’s speech away or put ture is our tendency to ing up. It’s become a war of Us Against Them, and sexualize Chick-fil-A out of business. normalize fodder for the next violence against women, Also, no one is interested Rush Limbaugh broadand that’s what we parcast. It’s getting to the ticipate in when men in Chick-fil-A catering point now that people let their friends harass their leather convention are openly referring to women on the street or activist groups and their when we immediately or Tosh sponsoring free demographics as “whiny think of anyone making minorities” who are never mammograms.” an accusation of rape or happy with anything. Old sexual assault as a liar. high school friends flood my newsfeed with Rape culture is systemic in America, much like pictures of Ron Paul and poorly Photoshopped racism, and we can dismantle it by responsibly macros related to the Federal Reserve. I addressing attempts to perpetuate it. recently defriended someone for all-caps yellCathy’s comments are just as dangerous ing at me about how it will eventually be illebecause—and I hate to use an argument so gal to be a white male in America. Suddenly clichéd, but it works—they literally go against minorities are being accused of trying to two of the main principles on which America silence the masses, and it’s the silliest thing was founded: diversity and inclusion. Naïve or I’ve ever heard. not, the American “melting pot” ideal is someNo one wants to take Tosh’s speech away or thing that our country has strived for since put Chick-fil-A out of business. Also, no one is the first Americans realized that deceiving and interested in Chick-fil-A catering their leather murdering the natives was bad, and the hardconvention or Tosh sponsoring free mammoest part of that strife is often just the simple grams. The public outcry has nothing to do demand it puts on the status quo—to listen to with wanting people to be silenced or put out the whiny minorities and drop one’s defenses of work. Speaking for myself and others who long enough to make a positive change. take issue with Tosh and Cathy, the biggest To those who prefer the status quo: I know problem is that these two are public figures it’s hard. You feel like everyone’s picking who are using dangerous and (in the case of on you, as if you’re wrong just for existing.

Tosh) downright hateful speech in forums that You can’t even tell a chick she’s hot without make them all too visible to the masses. being called sexist, and you can’t even use “Wouldn’t it be funny if that girl got raped the r-word without your little sister crying for by, like, five guys right now?” Tosh said when some reason. Seriously, all “we” want is to be a woman in the audience objected to a rape heard and to feel safe, OK? As a female, I’d joke. “Like right now? What if a bunch of guys love to stop worrying when I’m walking alone just raped her?” This was not a joke for the at night. As a queer person, I’d love to be woman, who had to leave the show for her able to visit my partner in the hospital or be own sense of safety, but a taunt meant to eligible for benefits upon their death. As an hit her where it hurts, to shut her up and put assault survivor, I’d like to be able to share her in her place. That is what hate speech is my story with others without worrying about designed to do, making Tosh’s words fit the hearing, “Well, that’s what YOU say, and you definition perfectly. shouldn’t have stayed over at his house any“I pray God’s mercy on our generation that way.” Those are totally fair requests that do has such a prideful, arrogant attitude to think not take your rights away. All you have to do that we have the audacity to define what mar- is listen. riage is about,” Cathy said on Ken Coleman’s show. That isn’t a hateful statement, but it Rashaun Ellis

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everyday people Annie Mathews, Retiree Annie Mathews loves a challenge. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what got her involved in her most recent project: restoring an historic oneroom schoolhouse for black children at Chestnut Grove Baptist Church on Epps Bridge Pkwy.

Flagpole: You live in Athens. How long have you lived here?

Annie Mathews: I have lived here 62 years. I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t born here.

FP: Where were you born?

AM: I was born in Covington, Georgia, and I came here when I was five.

FP: So, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been here for most of your life. What have you done for work around here?

AM: I was head supervisor for a Foamax plant. Most of my life I was supervisor at a plant, or I was a trainer. OK, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what I did, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m retired right now. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m doing a lot of work Melissa Hovanes

for the church. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got an old, one-room black schoolhouse, Chestnut Grove. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s over a hundred years old, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re redoing it to the 1800s, early 1900s. So, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re redoing it as it was when they went to school. So, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m doing right now.

FP: What church is that?

AM: Chestnut Grove on Epps Bridge Parkway, and that schoolhouse is a one-room black schoolhouse, built in 1884.

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re redoing it, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re restoring it, just like it was, classroom and all.

FP: OK, so you have a pretty major role now in these restorations. So, what have you done to preserve the schoolhouse?

AM: What we have done, the Watson Foundationâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;we won a grant from the Watson[-Brown] Foundation Junior Board, and the grant was that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to repaint it, we going to do the old desks just like they were, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be beautiful. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s put it like that, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be beautiful, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;cause a lot of things weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to doâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the outhouseâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to get the outhouse done in the back. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not going to be to use, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just to show. And then the water pump. And, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to invite the city, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to have an open house when we finish. We really, mainly want our children, all the childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; black, white, green, purpleâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t care, all the children, we want all the children, not only there to see it, but we asked the teachers, we want the teachers to prepare the students, to help them feel how it felt to be in a one-room school all day.

Just to let them see what the kids had to go through.

FP: How did this project get started?

AM: Well, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know, with the school we were just sitting there after we had it dedicated, and we saidâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a bunch of, we call the Chestnut Grove School House Committee, I was in charge of itâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and we just decided, why not put it back just like it was? You know, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how we didâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;we just got started, about two years ago. Once we seen that Junior Board given

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history a place foundationâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;why not apply for it? So, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what we did. The first time we got turned down. Then they told us what to do; then we got the grant.

FP: So, that was a difficult process.

AM: Yeah, it was a difficult process, but it was well worth the process. And youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll see it coming out in Zebra Magazine next month. And we got the money up to have the schoolhouse marker, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s up there now. So, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got the schoolhouse marker. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mostly what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been doing.

FP: Obviously, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s taken up a lot of your time recently. Do you have any other things you are involved in or hobbies?

AM: Not right now. Because, as of right now, you know, that takes up most of my time. Really, it does. So, when I finish with that I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to do. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll put it like that.

FP: Any ideas?

AM: Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll probably just take up a part-time job, go back to work.

FP: Going back to your job as a supervisor, what was your daily work like?

AM: Oh, OK, the job wasâ&#x20AC;Ś Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s went out of business; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been out of business for a while now. It used to be called Foamax. And we do foam rubberâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;you bring a design of any foam and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d design it. My job was to teach people how to run this computer. And not only that, but to oversee the orders, to take out the orders, to have the transfer truck to deliver, to other states and other thingsâ&#x20AC;Ś that was my job. Once weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d get it done, we had to do it specifically by the customer order because it was very specific orders. And weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re the ones who first made the tomahawks, the Braves tomahawksâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;we made them first, we made them first.

So, we had the order to do that when they first went to the playoffsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;wait not the playoffs, whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d theyâ&#x20AC;Ś yeah, they went to the playoffsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when we first made the tomahawks.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d do, any kind of foam, just give us the design and the type of foam and we can make it. We had to run computers, bigger than about half the size of this [points to the red meat case at Kroger], so I had to teach them how to run the computer.

FP: Just a broader question about Athens. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been here a long time and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve obviously seen it change.

AM: I have seen it change. In a sense of a wayâ&#x20AC;Ś itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s better. Because, um, now remember now, when I was coming up we had, you know, I had to go toâ&#x20AC;Ś it was Athens High and Industrial School. But then it changed. So, you know it was just like black here, and Athens High for whites. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when I went. But then, when I got out, then they were merged. It was Burney Harrisâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what it is nowâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but it was Burney Harris, that was the Athens High and Industrial School. So, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen that change, and I have seen the race relationship getting much better. I really have. But, as I remember, it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t too bad when I was going, it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t outrageous, it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t too badâ&#x20AC;Ś FP: But it was more segregated?

AM: Yeah, it was more segregated. And then now, to see the kids donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t understand how it was then. And so what we want to teach them is that in order to go to the future, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to build on the past. And thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what I want them to understand. I want them to understand that. It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always like this, and it will never be always like that. As a matter of fact, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to change when you grow up, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to change a lot more, and then you can look back and say, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what we did; thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what we did.â&#x20AC;?

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