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pub notes Busting Bethel Rev. Archibald Killian, whose radio show is temporarily on WXAG until WBKZ gets back on the air following a fire, dropped by to sound the alarm about Bethel Homes, which now goes by the upscaled name of Bethel Midtown Village. Rev. Killian says Police Chief Jack Lumpkin is trying to get Bethel condemned, so that the low-income black tenants can be moved out and the property can be developed for students.

Chief Lumkin says he is only trying, as usual, to address the problem of crime at Bethel. Lumpkin and County Attorney Bill Berryman met with Bethel board members, including Rev. Killian, recently to warn them that the Chief will pursue administrative remedies to get them to clean up Bethel Midtown.

“The goal is to try to get them to manage the property,” Lumpkin says. “I will proceed with as much administrative pressure as I can put.”

Bethel Midtown Village is a privately owned housing complex across College Avenue from the Hotel Indigo, now under construction. Drugs are a problem in the Village and sometimes lead to gunfire—recently involving an AK-47 assault rifle and a .44 magnum pistol, “two of the most powerful weapons in the arsenal,” according to the Chief.

Attorney Berryman, like Chief Lumpkin, denies that the meeting at Bethel Village had anything to do with the new hotel. “It was just a gen“The goal is to try to eral meeting between Chief Lumpkin and some board get them to manage members,” Berryman says, “to exchange ideas and discuss the property.” a police department letter to management in regard to repeated drugs, rape, theft and burglaries and try to get management to shape it up.”

Police Department records show 178 calls concerning locations in Bethel Midtown Village since the first of the year, with 51 of those calls resulting in case numbers being assigned.

Bethel Midtown Village is managed by H.J. Russell & Company, an Atlanta construction and property management company which owns and operates housing properties in several states and is one of the largest black-owned businesses in the country. When I called the H.J. Russell manager at Bethel, she referred me to the Atlanta office, where I was referred to legal counsel, who had not responded by press time.

Actual ownership of Bethel Midtown Village appears murky.

The complex is jointly owned by Bethel A.M.E. Church and H.J. Russell & Company, with the church owning 51 percent and the company 49 percent, according to local attorney Ken Dious, who serves on the Bethel Homes board of directors but is not its attorney. Dious says that because of additional investments made in the Village by Russell, the company may now own the controlling interest. Ownership is further complicated by the fact that bond investors legally hold ownership at this time, having bought bonds floated by the Athens Housing Authority for renovating the Village in 2002. Dious even suggests that the housing authority has the power to force crime cleanup in the Village, as it has done in its own properties, because it issued the bonds. Housing Authority Director Rick Parker says the Authority has no such power in Bethel Village.

Dious, for one, would like to see Bethel Midtown Village sold and dispersed in smaller units to other locations where there could be room for playgrounds, athletic fields, classrooms and other amenities. “You can’t manage that many people crammed in together like that,” he says.

Whether Bethel Midtown Village stays or goes, Chief Lumpkin is determined to force a cleanup of crime there, and Rev. Killian remains adamant that forces are at work to dispossess yet another intown African-American enclave. His fears are not without precedent, as ACC Commissioner Ed Robinson pointed out recently. The University of Georgia demolished an entire African-American community on Baxter Hill in the early 1960s to build high-rise dormitories, and in the 1950s Urban Renewal displaced a stable community of black homeowners on the northeast side of downtown.

H.J. Russell & Company seems to function as an absentee landlord. Maybe it’s time to figure out how to put Bethel under the control of the Athens Housing Authority, which has a good record of managing intown, low-income housing. Management, rather than location, may be the key to the solution.

Pete McCommons editor@flagpole.com

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Notes on a new book about the former Duke Parapsychology Laboratory. For real!

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city dope Athens News and Views What Times These Are: As a practicing journalist here in Athens, GA, City Dope extends his real sympathies to the folks at the Athens Banner-Herald who are taking pay cuts, as announced by parent company Morris Communications in that paper last week.

It may be, of course, that not unlike the HR strategies at UGA lately, this will allow Morris to at least avoid more layoffs in the near term. But meanwhile, those journalists who watch Morris more closely than does this one—at the Augusta Metro Spirit and the website of Editor & Publisher magazine, mainly—are basically expecting to see the company file for bankruptcy soon. As of press time, it has a debt payment of several million dollars due Apr. 6. There’s still no telling what bankruptcy might mean for Athens and the Banner-Herald, but at the least it’s now clear that the nationwide newspaper crisis is very real here in town. It’s part of the story of life in America, circa 2009, that’s for sure.

assurances at the Mar. 19 agenda-setting meeting that the park-and-ride project planned for Oconee Street at the Loop—or the QuikTrip gas station now planned adjacent— won’t interfere with the idea for the future rail-trail from downtown to continue on past the site toward, eventually, Winterville. The good news is that Girtz received those assurances, though earlier in the week he and colleagues on the Commission’s Government Operations Committee took a look at the potential tough spots at the other end of the future trail, nearer downtown. That’s where the trail will need to cross both Trail Creek and the North Oconee River at, one would hope, a level grade. The old Murmur trestle still crosses the creek, but engineers and county staff seem wary of its structural soundness.

The river bridge was demolished in 2000, and staffers told commissioners last week that the trail project is so expensive as to swallow up any spare alternative-transportation money tossed toward it. (Most of a half-million-dollar pot under discussion will probably be put towards a multi-use trail off South Milledge Avenue, which is not a bad idea.) But what is the plan for the railtrail? It’s scheduled to come to commissioners at a work session this spring—perhaps as soon as next month—so keep an eye out.

Frank Hamrick

Not Yet Parked: Not to brag or anything, but City Dope guessed this would happen.

The downtown vine was just too quiet prior to the Mayor and Commission’s approval of new parking fees, fines, meter lengths and more. Turns out, downtown business and property owners now say they were not consulted on the matter, and they In a Name: Okay, one disagree with the last City Hall item ordinance passed this from last week can’t month that would be neglected. Just as keep one-hour parkKelly Girtz deserves ing meters on Clayton credit for the items and Broad streets. above, so too do Commissioner Mike Commissioners Mike Hamby, who sits on Hamby and Andy the Athens Downtown Herod for their prinDevelopment cipled vote against Authority board, says naming a new county he’ll move to have the building on Barber Eight years after the demolition of the railroad item reconsidered and Street for ACC Deputy bridge between Dudley Park and downtown (above), tweaked at the Apr. Manager Bob Snipes. how will the rail-trail cross the river? This spring 7 Commission meetCity Dope agrees that may bring answers. ing, making two-hour the accolades which meters the blanket Snipes received at standard. Some downtowners also want the last week’s agenda-setting meeting are wellDavid Lynn-proposed $10 and $15 fees reexdeserved—and it’s worth watching the video, amined, but that appears unlikely. Just FYI. actually, for Commissioner Kathy Hoard’s “back in the day” stories about him—but as Hamby Light Ordinance Lite: It’s true, nothing’s ever said, it’s just plain bad policy to name stuff simple in the ACC government—see downtown for sitting officials. This is leaving aside the parking, above—and that suits City Dope question of naming things for people still fine, really. But if the vote on parking meter living—a case in which tradition was broken times is going to be reconsidered at the April long ago, apparently. But seriously, what’s Commission meeting, then there’s no reason next: the Bob Smith Special Collections why the scheduled vote on an outdoor lightLibrary on Hull Street? The Paul Broun, Jr. ing ordinance shouldn’t be tabled. That’s the Parking Deck, over by the Georgia Theatre? suggestion from Commissioner Kelly Girtz, The Mike Adams Frat House Park on River who’s joined by Ed Robinson, successor in Road? Shudder.

District 6 to Carl Jordan, who was the force behind the new ordinance and brought it back Coming Up: Readers are encouraged to check to the table before leaving the Commission this week’s Calendar for information on the at the end of last year. Considering that comevents planned for this Saturday, Mar. 28, by missioners are reportedly planning to revisit the Moore’s Ford Memorial Committee. The the mass grading ordinance only this year, day’s agenda in Monroe includes the premier wouldn’t it make sense to be more thorough of a documentary film about the infamous at the outset with a similarly progressive ordi- 1946 lynching on the banks of the Apalachee nance like lighting? A dope can hope.

River along the Oconee/ Walton county line.

Visit www.mooresford.org to learn more.

Trail Notes: Ah, but isn’t thoroughness the question du jour? The selfsame Girtz sought Ben Emanuel ben@flagpole.com

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city pages Stimulus Money in Athens: Catch as Catch Can Athens-Clarke County will be getting milhave a lot of information about these various lions of dollars through the federal stimulus programs,” Assistant Manager Richard White package, but just how much—and for what— told commissioners. White is the county’s will depend on complex federal and state point man for the stimulus bill; he unfurled bureaucracies, ACC managers told commissionfor commissioners the wall-sized chart he uses ers in the Government Operations Committee to track all the programs. “Announcements are Mar. 17. And those federal and state bureaubeing made daily, so we are having to monitor cracies, for once, seem to be in a hurry. Some this on a daily basis,” he said. money has already been promised under And when guidelines do become available the “American Recovery and Reinvestment for the grant programs, ACC Manager Alan Act:” about $1 million in Housing and Urban Reddish added, “we think you’re not going to Development (HUD) money, $2 million for new have a lot of time to respond.” He asked comcity buses (four or so buses that were schedmissioners to review a list of 57 local projects uled for replacement in 2012 and 2013 will that the county has tentatively submitted: probably be replaced a year or two earlier), maintenance and construction projects that and lesser amounts for were already planned, police and transportation And those federal and state like expansions of the projects. library and the Sandy The HUD money Creek Nature Center’s bureaucracies, for once, includes a “considermain building; purchasseem to be in a hurry. able increase” in the ing hybrid or electric Community Development police cars (or convertBlock Grant funds for affordable housing ing others to run on natural gas); constructing programs and local nonprofit groups, ACC sidewalks; building a “diversion center” for Human & Economic Development Director non-violent jail inmates; energy audits on Keith McNeely says. The rest—$604,000 for county buildings, adding solar panels, replacprograms to prevent people from becoming ing roofs… but few local road projects (here homeless—is “a huge amount for us,” he says. or anywhere else in Georgia) appear to be eliMoney will be available in other categories, gible, ACC Transportation Director David Clark too, although the county must specifically said. That’s because the Georgia Department apply for it. County managers handed out a of Transportation (which administers the fedlist of 82 different grant programs (mostly to eral transportation funds) “has set the bar so be administered by state agencies) that range incredibly high” for local projects to qualify, from energy-efficiency programs to transit, and will mostly apply the money to its own water-treatment and education projects. But projects. “They’re going to use the stimulus many county projects don’t qualify: because money to cover some of their state responsithey aren’t far enough along in planning, bilities,” he said. for example, or just don’t fit the guidelines.

And in many cases, “at this point, we don’t John Huie jphuie@athens.net

S. Milledge and Sidewalks Get Nod for Alt-Trans $$ opportunity” in Manager Alan Reddish’s In addition to stimulus funds, the ACC words—and the money might seem to vanCommission’s “Government Ops” Committee ish if it went into the expensive rail-trail, he also discussed last week what to do with $500,000 set aside for alternative-transporsaid. And while commissioners seemed eager tation projects: use it to help fund the railto expand the Bicycle Master Plan, “we get a stronger plan if we wait a little bit longer,” trail from downtown to Winterville Road, or a nearby “park-and-ride” lot for bus riders? Build suggested Commissioner Kelly Girtz. The current plan could just be sidewalks, bus shelters or bike racks? Update “…we get a stronger plan if updated, Commissioner the Bicycle Master Plan, Ed Robinson said—but we wait a little bit longer.” “what it’s going to miss or build off-road bike is the comprehensive paths? Build a trail for interconnectivity, the full vision of how we’re bicyclists and pedestrians along an unofficial going to cover all of Athens, out to neighborshortcut that connects South Milledge Avenue (near the Bypass) with Milledge Extension? ing counties.”

And while $500,000 won’t go far buildExtend the Greenway trail south along the ing sidewalks, “you’d be able to start filling river from Dudley Park to College Station in some gaps in places,” Commissioner Harry Road? All were discussed by the committee’s Sims suggested. “There’s more of a public need five commissioners; in the end, they decided to recommend the Milledge Extension shortcut for sidewalks,” agreed Commissioner Doug plus building some sidewalks.

Lowry.

Some commissioners wanted an identifiJohn Huie jphuie@athens.net able, finished project—a “ribbon-cutting

Committee Makes Progress Resolving Blighted Housing “This is a lot harder to resolve than I ever “most distressed neighborhoods” through the federal Community Reinvestment Act of 1977. imagined it would be,” said Commissioner Still, commissioners want to see the Kathy Hoard at a meeting of the ACC Commission’s Legislative Review Committee bureaucratic processes of dealing with abandoned housing happen faster. Augusta has “a (LRC) Mar. 17. The meeting’s sole topic was pretty impressive operation,” Berryman said, blighted and boarded-up housing, and that has already been the topic of several LRC and its government successfully deals with meetings in recent months. But this time—in many times more blighted housing units in a year than Athens does—but it also has a keeping with a Mayor and Commission goal to much larger problem at hand. And in Augusta, make progress this year on items assigned to Berryman said, the lots on which the houses committees—the group of five commissioners plus county staffers finally achieved concrete sit are cheaper—more like $2,000 per lot as advances on the matter. a floor, compared to $15,000 here—so owners and heirs may have less reason to try to They explored the idea of a “land bank” fix them up and sell them. That can make it to keep properties moving to the affordablehousing market in cases where the city decides easier for the city to demolish them, when it seeks to. that blighted, abandoned housing needs to be demolished. They also agreed to look into ACC staffers have set a “potential demolirevising the current ordinance on so-called tion benchmark” of 31 identified houses over the next five years. According to documents “secured structures,” which are abandoned distributed at the meeting, 48 out of 124 and boarded up but not deemed by building “nuisance structures” countyinspectors to be a threat to public safety. Included may “Every single property wide have been “classified” be tweaks to the rules on for demolition, “although building permit costs, assiseight to 13 of these may be has a complex and considered marginally repairtance loans, a maximum time tragic history to it.” able depending on the final frame for such structures value/ cost ratio.” Seventyto be boarded up, and even aesthetics—like painting the plywood used to six of the 124 have been tagged for securing board up windows, as is required in Augusta, and eventual repair.

But if it were as simple as having the numGA. Augusta has a complex ordinance on bers work out better for owners financially, it such housing, according to ACC Attorney Bill would be another story—hence the need for a Berryman—who’s been researching municipal approaches to the issue across the state—but “case manager” who can work one-on-one with parts of the Augusta ordinance might be useproperty owners and adjust the bureaucracy to their unique circumstances, financial and ful if borrowed piecemeal for any potential otherwise. “Every single property has a comrevisions to ACC code. plex and tragic history to it,” Berryman said.

Commissioners were most excited about possibly creating a “case manager”—perhaps McNeely told commissioners that some citizens through a partnership with a local agency in difficult situations, financial and otherwise, need help understanding the process more like the Athens Housing Authority, Athens often than not: there are “a lot of things Land Trust or East Athens Development going on,” he said, “that you have to work Corporation—to give special attention to through to get to the heart of the matter.” complicated cases, usually with confused titles or multiple heirs sharing ownership, Funds for the case manager and perhaps that tend to move slowly through the city’s other initiatives will come out of unspent reserves from previous Commission attempts pertinent bureaucracy: especially those in which owners don’t know of the financial help at dealing with blighted, abandoned and boarded-up housing. Nearly $200,000 is availavailable to them for rehabilitation work, or (on the other hand) don’t know at what point able, and county staff suggested spending the city can legally decide that the house they $30,000–$40,000 towards the case manager own should be demolished. And Human and position at the outset. Next on the committee’s agenda: “discussion of codes/ordinances Economic Development Director Keith McNeely said he’s exploring with local banks their abilrelated to demolition of historic structures.” ity to help the city financially with demolition costs to spur redevelopment in the county’s Ben Emanuel ben@flagpole.com

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Georgia’s lawmakers have always been willing to approve tax breaks for the state’s business leaders and special interests, but they have really stepped on the gas since Republicans took control of the House and Senate four years ago. In that first year of Republican control, legislators passed a huge break for corporations: a bill that would give them tax reductions totaling nearly $1 billion over a 10-year period.

Since 2005 the General Assembly has routinely approved tax breaks for Delta Air Lines worth $15 million a year or more, along with tax gifts to such beneficiaries as the Georgia Aquarium, Gulfstream, Aflac and insurance companies that market high-deductible health plans. It is estimated that the tax breaks handed out by lawmakers over the years are worth more than $1 billion annually.

And that doesn’t count the huge giveaways from this year’s session. The two chambers have already passed, and Gov. Sonny Perdue has indicated he will sign, a bill that allows Georgia Power to charge ratepayers early for nuclear power plants that won’t be operational until nearly a decade from now—a $1.6 billion financial gift for the giant utility.

Both chambers are also considering another package of tax breaks for businesses that could include elimination of the corporate income tax. Allowing businesses to avoid paying state income taxes will save them an estimated $700 million a year. That would be one of the biggest financial jackpots ever won by the corporate lobbyists who crowd the capitol’s marble-floored halls.

Every time these tax gifts are debated, the bills’ supporters make the same argument for their passage: business tax cuts will create jobs. When the billion-dollar tax break for corporations was being debated in the Senate in 2005, Casey Cagle, then a senator from Gainesville, averred, “It’s pro-jobs legislation.

It will ensure we have jobs for the future.”

“It’s about jobs, jobs and jobs,” said Rep. Ron Stephens (R-Savannah). Funny thing. All the new jobs that were supposedly going to be created from this gusher of business tax breaks don’t seem to have materialized.

We have continued to suffer higher than average unemployment since 2005, culminating last month when the jobless rate hit the highest level ever in Georgia at 9.3 percent.

How could that be happening if all of those business tax cuts were creating so many jobs?

If you look at data available from the state Labor Department, you’ll see that in the 50 months since January 2005, which was when Republicans assumed control of the Legislature, Georgia’s unemployment rate has been higher than the national rate for 28 of those months.

Obviously, most of the current job losses can be attributed to the worst economic recession since the 1930s. Every state is losing jobs, and Georgia is no exception. But our unemployment rate has been higher than the national rate, sometimes by a substantial margin, for the last 16 consecutive months. That dates back to before the current downturn began. If all those business tax cuts are going to create new jobs, shouldn’t Georgia at least be undercutting the national average?

Don’t get me wrong. For the entities who get them, tax cuts are a wonderful thing. I’d love to get a business tax break myself, but I can’t afford to hire lobbyists to demand one from the Legislature. Let’s be honest, however, about what these tax cuts are: a financial gift to whoever happens to receive them. Business tax breaks are not going to create jobs, and it’s time that legislators quit using that as an excuse for passing them.

Tom Crawford Tom Crawford is the editor of Capitol Impact’s Georgia Report, an Internet news service at www.gareport.com.

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Back Off, Man—I’m a Scientist

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Fans of rock dinosaur trivia will no doubt be aware that, prior to joining Queen, guitarist Brian May was a doctoral candidate in astrophysics at Imperial College, London.

Most fans will be aware of this, but not the bartender with whom I spent two hours of my life I’ll never get back arguing over whether May studied astronomy or astrology. Try as I might to make the point that outside of the ads in the back pages of High Times no university in the world offers postgraduate degrees in Zodiac Studies, this particular barjock would not be moved. I came away from that exchange depressingly sober and berating myself for ignoring two fundamental maxims: 1) never argue with the man pouring your drinks, and 2) sometimes even the most seemingly obvious points of logic will merely slap like wavelets against the walls of stubborn belief.

One of the effects of our species learning to utilize tools and outthinking the other animals to the top of the food chain is that once we got there we found ourselves with the capacity and luxury to believe in things unseen, to have faith in powers greater than ourselves—gods, God, the Devil, angels, demons, ghosts, aliens, monsters, gravity, magic, philosophy and psychology, just to name a few. And while we divide ourselves into camps based upon which almighty powers trip our triggers best and frequently go to war over them, the fact is that given an infinite universe—or, according to quantum theory, an infinite number of universes—there is room at the table for all, Jesus and Buddha, L. Ron Hubbard and the Loch Ness Monster, ancient astronauts and Dr. Phil. Unfortunately, for every believer out there, there is a skeptic who stamps his foot and demands proof, and as we all know, believing in something is a helluva lot easier than proving it.

From 1930 to 1980, on the bucolic campus of Duke University, there was an enclave of scientists dedicated to the daunting task of securing empirical evidence of the unprovable, a remarkable story that is the subject of NPR correspondent Stacy Horn’s new book Unbelievable: Investigations into Ghosts, Poltergeists, Telepathy, and Other Unseen Phenomena, from the Duke Parapsychology Laboratory (HarperCollins, 2009). Though the college hoops fan in me hesitates to give Duke props for anything, the Parapsychology Lab was a bold and laudable attempt to expand the frontiers of scientific inquiry.

Among the many fads and fancies of the Jazz Age was an international mania for Spiritualism, the belief in life after death, and mediums and clairvoyants were doing a brisk business in seances and table-tapping (two of Houdini’s biographers referred to this cottage industry as the Psychic Mafia). Many of these seers were exposed as charlatans and con artists by a vigorous handful of skeptics and debunkers, and a debate raged over whether such phenomena existed or were even

possible. Enter a pair of psychologists, J.P. and Louisa Rhine, who were certain that the mind had potential abilities far beyond what we know and were determined to prove it, but only through the scientific method and the accumulation of hard data. The Rhines designed a series of tests intended to identify and catalogue ESP, telepathy and psychokinesis and express them statistically, with the dual aims of finding ways to apply their findings practically and gaining acceptance of parapsychology as a legitimate field of study.

Just like any new science, however, from alchemy to quantum physics, parapsychological research had to endure an army of nay-sayers who questioned the Rhines’ credibility, their methods (including the use of the now-famous Zener cards, with their wavy lines, circles and stars—Zener himself asked that people stop calling them that), and their lack of conclusive results. Still the Rhines pressed on, testing hundreds of subjects on their ability to read, communicate and influence objects remotely and gathering impressive data.

The lab’s work was significant enough to draw the attention of luminaries like Albert Einstein, Carl Jung, Aldous Huxley and later, Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert, who attempted to apply their work with psilocybin and LSD to the Rhines’ ESP research, with mixed results. Also very interested were the U.S. military, who saw the potential of psychic spies and soldiers and wanted to counter an identical program of the Soviets’.

One area the Rhines did not want to broach was ghosts, for the simple reason that hauntings and poltergeist phenomena are impossible to test in the laboratory. As many of the lab’s backers had donated money specifically to fund life-after-death research, however, the Rhines had no choice but to comb the mountain of letters and requests they received daily for potential ghosts, theorizing that poltergeists were actually manifestations of psychokinesis. Thus while celebrated figures like Hans Holzer and Peter Hurkos wowed crowds with psychic revelations, the Duke team were the original Ghost Hunters, making the first attempts to crack ghost cases using the methods and gear of science.

Horn’s book is a interesting look at an early example of edge science, and while she is often a bit more credulous than she should be, she also makes a solid case for the wealth of unexplained phenomena out there and for the continually emerging theories that may yet bear out what the Rhines and their colleagues worked so hard to nail down. As we continue to be fascinated by the adventures of Ghost Hunters, Whisperers and Busters in movies and TV, it’s clear that we want very badly to believe that there’s more out there than we can see, and we want very badly for someone to to prove it.

John G. Nettles

Sound and Fury Signifying Something: them from forming relationships with anyone Mounting one of Shakespeare’s tragedies or and restricts them from doing pretty much histories is always a formidable undertaking. anything else. MFA performance candidate Theatrical companies tend to turn to his comShana Youngblood plays the matriarchal edies with far more frequency. It makes sense. tyrant, a personification of Franco fasIf you’re going to go through the rigors of cism, as her thesis. The all-female cast also attempting to master Shakespeare’s language, includes Elea Soler, Stephanie Davis, Kelly it’s nice to have physical comedy and relaNielson, Kristen Gillies and Robyn Reynolds tively easy-to-land jokes as a release. With the as the five daughters. Original music from tragedies, on the other hand, the linguistic local singer/songwriter Marisa Solky adds intricacy is punctuated by death and lots of to the play’s emotional texture. The House weighty emotional conflicts rather than bawdy of Bernarda Alba opens Mar. 25 at 8 p.m. at puns and pratfalls. Plus, it’s easier to keep the UGA Chapel and continues with evening the audience engaged with the more compact, performances the rest of the week before briskly paced comedies. Rapt attention from concluding with a 2:30 matinee on Sunday. the audience, whether full of Shakespeare Admission is $7 for UGA students and $10 for neophytes or connoisseurs, is always tough everyone else. Tickets are available at the box to maintain. How do you make Shakespeare office (706-542-2838). accessible to the newbie and keep it fresh for those encountering a play for the umpteenth Fun with Nuns: Athens Creative Theatre lighttime? Rose of Athens Theatre (with direcens the mood with a production of the musical tor Joelle Re Arp-Dunham at the helm) is Nunsense, a touchstone of the silly-nun genre. tackling these formidable challenges this week Its lineage can be traced to the nuns with with a limited-run engagement of Macbeth. wacky vocabularies who sing of flibbertigibOf Shakespeare’s tragedies, Macbeth is bets in The Sound of Music, and the musical by far the fastest moving; the plot is tightly can name the Sister Act franchise among its compressed and jamdescendants. Many packed with murders, have attempted to beheadings and gripmine the habit for yuks ping hand-wringing. (see also: “The Singing As Macbeth and Lady Nun,” The Flying Nun, Macbeth, characters all five (!) Nunsense ensnared by a comsequels). Apparently plex mix of ambition there’s a sizable audiand guilt, Ben Reed ence out there for nuns and Kathleen Hogan behaving kookily. It’s portray the central certainly the formula players (or puppets?) on which Nunsense driving the action. relies. The musical folThe task of delivering lows a band of sisters the witches’ word-rich who puts on a variety riddles, equivocations show to raise funds and head-scratching for the convent. June paradoxes falls to Mazur, Sara Norris, Becca Woolbright, Rhonda Tye, Suzanne Carole Kaboya, Richardson-White and Danielle Bailey Leia Berry star. The The University Theatre presents The House of Miller and youth show plays at Memorial Bernarda Alba at the UGA Chapel Mar. 25–29. apprentices Aloma Park’s Quinn Hall Dunham and Jenna Theatre Mar. 26–28, Lancaster. Rounding out the cast are for7:30 p.m. & Mar. 29, 3 p.m. Tickets are $15 mer ACC Commissioner Elton Dodson, Rose for adults and $12 for seniors, students and of Athens core member Lisa Mende, Keith children. Call 706-613-3628 for reservations.

Delaplane, Mitch Rothstein and Jeremy Miller. Rose of Athens fleshes out its take on Fables and Fairy Tales: The family-friendly the tragedy via production design provided by shows playing this week also avoid superJennie Alvernaz (costumes), Rich Dunham intense drama. Phillip Baumgarner directs (lighting) and Dillon Nelson (sets). Live A Bag Full of Fables, a stage adaptation music composed and performed by drummer of Aesop’s greatest hits, for Athens Little Patrick Ferguson (Five Eight and Music Hates Playhouse. Five of Aesop’s wisdom-dispensing You, among others) will set the foreboding fables come to life in the play: “The Fox and mood during the trio of public performances the Crow,” “The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing,” (Mar. 27, 8 p.m. & Mar. 28, 2 & 8 p.m.) at the “The Fox and the Grapes,” “The Tortoise and Morton Theatre. Call the box office (706-613the Hare” and “The Wind and the Sun.” ALP 3771) to secure tickets, priced at just $15 for intends to keep the design sparse in order adults and $10 for ages 25 and under. to spotlight the stories and young actors.

A Bag Full of Fables plays at the Seneym Claustrophobic Confinement: University Stovall Chapel Mar. 27–29. Show times are Theatre tackles similarly heavy themes this 9 a.m & 7:30 p.m on Friday, 2 p.m. & 7:30 week in a production of Federico Garcia Lorca’s p.m. on Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday. Call The House of Bernarda Alba directed by 706-208-1036 to reserve tickets ($10 for Kristin Kundert-Gibbs. The play, written at adults; $8 for kids, students and seniors). The the outset of the Spanish Civil War and comlocal youth talent will also be on display in pleted just weeks before Lorca’s execution by Clarke Central High School’s spring musical, one of Franco’s firing squads, features one of Cinderella, Mar. 26–28, 7:30 p.m. & Mar. 29, the most ruthlessly authoritative characters 2:30 p.m. $7 tickets for adults and $5 tickets ever to grace the stage. Following the death for students are available at the door. of her husband, Bernarda Alba sequesters her five daughters in the house. She prohibits Jennifer Bryant

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12 ROUNDS (PG-13) According to IMDb, in this action flick Detective Danny Fisher (John Cena) discovers his girlfriend (Ashley Scott) has been kidnapped by a ex-con tied to Baxter’s past, and he’ll have to successfully complete 12 challenges in order to secure her safe release.

BEDTIME STORIES (PG) Adam Sandler stars as a guy living through the bedtime stories he’s telling his niece and nephew. Director Adam Shankman scored big, critically and commercially with Hairspray; Bedtime Stories looks more like his awful crowd-pleasers Bringing Down the House, The Pacifier, and Cheaper by the Dozen 2. The presence of Sandler’s personal scribe, Tim Herlihy (Bedtime stories marks the eighth movie he’s written for the likable star), doesn’t breed confidence. With Keri Russell, Guy Pearce, Courtney Cox, Russell Brand, Lucy Lawless, Jonathan Pryce, Aisha Tyler and Richard Griffiths.

BOLT (PG) The sharply animated, directed and written flick is the closest Disney has gotten to achieving Pixarlike quality, possibly due to the presence of Pixar founder John Lasseter as executive producer and Cars writer Dan Fogelman.

CORALINE (PG) Coraline may just be next year’s Best Animated Feature Oscar. The filmed adaptation of the young adult novel by Neil Gaiman (Sandman, Stardust) virtually adds a third sense to the moviegoing experience. A visual, sonic marvel, Coraline, brought to life from real stuff (puppets and miniature trees and toy trains), has a tactile dimension. Every object, every surface has a texture of which CG can

only dream. Wonderful new 3D technology reinforces the actual existence of the denizens of Coraline’s fantastical adventure. The 3D ably amps up the film’s more startling moments, but it’s nothing a tough youngster can’t handle and enjoy.

DUPLICITY (PG-13) See Movie Pick. k THE EDUCATION OF CHARLIE BANKS (R) 2007. At 16, socially responsible upper west-sider Charlie Banks (Jesse Eisenberg) witnesses charismatic blue collar sociopath Mick Leary (Jason Ritter), 18, brutally beat two unwitting suburban jocks at a high school party and reports Mick to the police. Three years later, during his freshman year in college, Mick shows up for a visit…

ELEVATOR TO THE GALLOWS (NR) 1958. Louis Malle melds French cinematography and American music in this romantic noir thriller, his directorial debut. A businessman unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events when he murders his employer. Part of Ciné’s Anniversary Film Festival. With an introduction by Dr. Richard Neupert, a Josiah Meigs Distinguished Professor of Film Studies at UGA, at the 7:00 screening.

FRESH LOOK INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL (NR) The second edition of this film festival for kids of all ages includes screenings of Mozart in China, A Girl Thirteen, King Siri and a short film program.

GRAN TORINO (R) A retired Ford employee and Korean War vet, Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood) still lives in the same Michigan neighborhood in which he and his now deceased wife, Dorothy, raised two ungrateful sons.

But the old neighborhood has changed.

Immigrants have invaded Walt’s shores.

The film paints a poignant portrait of entrenched racial hatred overcome by human kindness and interaction. Walt’s transformation proves you can teach an old dog new tricks. Gran Torino proves Eastwood is already a master of them all.

What comes after “Brat Pack”?

THE HAUNTING IN CONNECTICUT (PG-13) Supposedly based on a true story, this horror film charts one family’s “encounter with the dark forces of the supernatural.” When the Campbell family moves to their Victorian home in upstate Connecticut, they soon discover the house’s disturbing history.

HE’S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU (PG-13) Based on the self-help/ chicklit bestseller by Greg Behrendt (a “Sex and the City” story editor) and Liz Tucillo, He’s Just Not That Into You is too long, cinematographically desolate, and fashioned solely out of genderdefined traits and hang-ups. A bunch

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Altered Courses (NR) 4:00, 7:00 (W. 3/25–Th. 3/26) Bad for Business (NR) 7:00, 9:00 (W. 3/25–Th. 3/26) Coraline 3-D (PG) 1:30, 4:30 Duplicity (PG-13) 1:05, 4:15, 7:05, 9:55 I Love You, Man (R) 1:40, 4:30, 7:10, 9:50 Knowing (PG-13) 1:15, 4:00, 7:20, 10:00 The Last House on the Left (R) 1:30, 4:20, 7:15, 9:45 Madea Goes to Jail (PG-13) 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:30 Miss March (R) 1:00, 9:45 Monsters vs. Aliens 3-D (PG) 12:30, 2:45, 5:00, 7:15, 9:30 (starts F. 3/27) Race to Witch Mountain (PG) 12:30, 1:00, 2:50, 3:20, 5:10, 5:40, 7:30, 8:00, 9:50 Slumdog Millionaire (R) 1:20, 4:20, 7:00, 9:35

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I LOVE YOU, MAN (R) An Apatow film in spirit if not in name, I Love You, Man stars the always entertaining Paul Rudd as Peter Klaven, an LA realtor who realizes he has no male friends after popping the question to his girlfriend, Zooey (Rashida Jones, “The Office”). In search of a best man while selling Lou Ferrigno’s mansion, he meets Sydney Fife (Jason Segel), a carefree slacker. Rudd sacrifices none of his superior timing or wit playing the pleasant guy, and it’s nice to see Segel being someone other than the lovelorn softie. This bromance is real.

INKHEART (PG) Inkheart can claim kinship to 1980s kid-venture, The Neverending Story. Mortimer “Mo” Folchart (Brendan Fraser, likable as usual but miscast), a Silvertongue (whatever he reads comes to life), spends his days searching for a rare copy of Inkheart, the novel into which his wife was sucked in exchange for the selfish hero Dustfinger (Paul Bettany) and the evil Capricorn (Andy Serkis, The Lord of the Rings’ Gollum) and his henchmen. Bettany and Serkis ably provide the heroic yin/dastardly yang missing from other kid-lit adaptations.

Yet a sad irony lies in Inkheart’s vigilant defense of reading, the very necessity of which the movie erases. Hopefully, viewers will be inspired to read the sequel, Inkspell, before they see it.

JONAS BROTHERS: THE 3D CONCERT EXPERIENCE (G) If you’re not already a Jo Bro fan (or the parent of one), the movie, 3D or not, won’t hold your interest for very long. The songs are catchy but instantly forgettable. The behind-the-scenes footage is very staged and unrevealing.

KNOWING (PG-13) You might believe Nic Cage if he accosted you on the street with a numerological theory about the end of the world before you believe Knowing is a tremendously entertaining flick. I, Robot director Alex Proyas deserves mad respect for creepily gift-wrapping this silly, overwrought, religio-sci-fi disaster movie starring Cage as MIT astrophysicist John Koestler. When John’s son, Caleb (the very appealing Chandler Canterbury), receives a 50-year-old piece of paper from a time capsule,

John discovers a pattern in the numbers. Meanwhile, eerie, silent, blackclad refugees from Proyas’s Dark City are stalking Caleb. The not as badly coiffed as usual star takes Knowing very seriously, giving one of his best, least stylized performances in years.

Combine Cage’s unexpected hard work with Marco Beltrami’s over-the-top, Bernard Herrmann-esque score and Proyas’s sinister B-movie setups, and before you know it, Knowing becomes the best M. Night Shyamalan movie M. Night didn’t get the chance to ruin.

LAST CHANCE HARVEY (PG-13) An aging, divorced New Yorker, Harvey Shine (two-time Oscar-winner Dustin Hoffman), travels to London for the marriage of his daughter. While in England, he discovers just how lonely he is. Concurrently, single, 40-something Kate Walker (fellow two-time Oscar winner Emma Thompson) is marching through life, flashing that stiff upper lip for which the British are famous. Meeting in an airplane bar, Harvey and Kate get one more (last?) chance at love and happiness. Writer-director Joel Hopkins charmingly invites us into Harvey and Kate’s burgeoning romance, and the incredibly sweet story never lowers itself to cloying. The two pros generate wondrous chemistry, a worn-out idiom reinvigorated by the film.

THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT (R) The Last House on the Left is an easy movie to hate, but the remake of Wes Craven’s first film is far too wellcrafted to just write off as exploitative trash. Two teens, Mari Collingwood (Sara Paxton) and her small town friend, Paige (Martha MacIsaac, Superbad), are kidnapped, raped and killed by a family of psychos led by Krug (Garret Dillahunt, Deadwood).

Later that night, Krug and his gang seek refuge with a nice, unassuming doctor, John (Tony Goldwyn), and his wife, Emma (Monica Potter), whose last name happens to be Collingwood.

When Mari’s parents realize they are sheltering the animals who brutalized their daughter, they decide to take violent revenge via guns, butcher knives, claw hammers, garbage disposals and microwaves (yeah, the last is a tad much). Exploitation, new and old, has its connoisseurs, and this well-made, new House will justify their continued faith in the genre.

MADEA GOES TO JAIL (PG-13) The rewards of a Tyler Perry movie decrease with every formulaic play-to-film since his cinematic highwater mark, Why Did I Get Married? Diary of a Mad Black Women pretty much laid out his neverchanging Madea manifesto. Hook them with the hilariously broad hijinks of the mad matriarch (Tyler Perry in drag) before force-feeding faith-based plots best left to Billy Graham’s movie ministry. In Madea Goes to Jail, Madea doesn’t actually go to jail until the film’s final 30 minutes. I’m beginning to fear Perry the filmmaker peaked well before his films’ popularity.

MARLEY & ME (PG) Two newlyweds, John and Jennifer (Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston), learn a lot about life, love and loss from their lovable, boisterous, uncontrollable Yellow Lab, Marley. Based on John Grogan’s autobiographical novel, Marley & Me boasts the purebred screenwriting pedigree of Oscar-nominee Scott Frank (Get Shorty, Out of Sight, The Lookout)

and Don Roos (The Opposite of Sex, Happy Endings). With Haley Bennett (Music & Lyrics, College), “Grey’s Anatomy”’s Eric Dane, and Academy Award-winner Alan Arkin.

MISS MARCH (R) Fans of dumb comedies will enjoy Miss March, the feature writing, directing and starring debut of two of “The Whitest Kids U’Know,” Zach Cregger and Trevor Moore. People who enjoy well-made movies without running jokes about explosively loose bowels should steer well clear. The almost actually offensive, naughty for the sake of naughty Miss March isn’t good by any stretch of the imagination, but I’d be lying if I said it were laughless.

THE MONASTERY (NR) 2006.

Danish filmmaker Pernille Rose Grønkjær’s documentary is about a crotchety recluse, Mr. Vig, who joins forces with Sister Amvrosija, a young nun, to rework his rundown castle into a Russian Orthodox monastery. Part of the ACC Library’s iFilms series.

MONSTERS VS. ALIENS (PG) In this new sci-fi animated feature, a meteorite from outer space hits a young California girl named Susan Murphy (v. Reese Whitherspoon) and turns her into a giant monster. Taken to a secret government compound where she meets a ragtag group of monsters also rounded up over the years, Susan and her new friends are called into action to combat aliens and save the world from imminent destruction!

OUR CITY DREAMS (NR) 2008.

Chiara Clemente’s film documents the struggles and success of five female artists living in New York City. Part of Ciné’s Anniversary Film Festival. With an introduction by Judith McWillie, Professor of Art, Drawing and Painting at UGA, at the 7:00 screening.

RACE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN (PG) I loved Escape to Witch Mountain and its sequel, Return from Witch Mountain, when I was a kid. Watching Disney’s franchise reboot didn’t exactly conjure up wispy nostalgia like I’d hoped. The filmmakers were kidding themselves if they thought they could replace the 1975 cast. Plus, the super-generic third act—a firefight and eventual aerial escape from a secret government-run laboratory—was so excruciatingly boring that I was more engaged in my struggle with a fierce catnap. Besides the stunt driving and the charmer formerly known as the Rock, Race to Witch Mountain possesses few other noticeable traits. I’d recommend parents rent the original and its sequel if your kid can stomach special effects circa 1975.

REVOLUTIONARY ROAD (R) Frank and April Wheeler (Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet) feel destined for something better, more fulfilling than their hopeless, empty suburban existence. But two kids and a mortgage later, and these former idealists are at each other’s throats, their love burned away by the constant heat of angry disappointment. Those who hated American Beauty won’t warm to it; neither will the modern suburbanites Mendes vilifies by proxy. Nevertheless, mature filmgoers will revel in the craft and wince at the pain.

THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (R) Interactive midnight screening of the 1975 cult classic.

Sex, rock and roll, transvestism and murder all come together in this campy romp—the longest running release in film history.

SILENT LIGHT (NR) 2007. Mexico’s official submission for the 80th Academy Awards, Carlos Reygadas’ film tells the story of a husband, father and farmer in Mexico’s Mennonite community whose faith in God is tested when he falls in love with another woman. Part of Ciné’s Anniversary Film Festival. With an introduction by Dr. Diego Del Pozo, Lecturer at UGA’s

Department of Romance Languages, at the 7:00 screening.

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (R) If Charles Dickens had set any of his littlest-orphan-makes-good epics in the slums of Mumbai and on the uncomfortable future-chic stage of the Indian TV show “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?,” Slumdog Millionaire, winner of the Golden Globe for Best Drama, would be a near perfect adaptation of that unwritten classic from one of literature’s most popular mack daddies. Given the circumstances, Oscar winners director Danny Boyle and screenwriter Simon Beaufoy (The Full Monty) have merely adapted Indian author Vikas Swarup’s Q & A into an uncommon feel-good movie that accomplishes its uplifting objective without resorting to clingy clichés that leave the emotions sugar-sticky from their manipulative fumblings.

TAKEN (PG-13) Recently retired “preventer,” Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson), has given up his dangerous, globetrotting profession to be closer to his teenaged daughter, Kim (Maggie Grace, “Lost”). Shortly after turning 17 , Kim asks her dad for permission to travel to Paris for the summer. Well aware of the dangers lurking in the shadows of the City of Lights, Bryan reticently agrees. As soon as you can translate “I told you so” into French, Kim and her pal have been kidnapped by human traffickers from Albania. Bryan goes all commando on Paris, threatening to tear down the Eiffel Tower if he has to. You can easily imagine how this vengeful mission goes, but director Morel makes the trip feel fresh and new. It’s a quick, tough movie that your parents might even enjoy thanks to the toneddown, PG-13 violence.

THEATER OF WAR (NR) 2008. John Walter’s documentary examines the life and ideas of playwright Bertolt Brecht as it goes behind the scenes

of The Public Theater’s 2006 production of Mother Courage that starred Meryl Streep in the title role. Part of Ciné’s Anniversary Film Festival.

Co-sponsored by the German and Slavic Studies Department at UGA, with an introduction by Dr. Martin Kagel, Professor of German and Department Head of the Germanic and Slavic Studies Department at UGA. TWILIGHT (PG-13) Fortunately, Twilight isn’t the unmitigated disaster I anticipated. Thanks to a writer and director who took the Romeo and Juliet courtship of a vampire and a human seriously, the film rises above giggleinducing dialogue, groan-inducing vampire super-speed and strength, and a simplistic makeup-and-snarl depiction of its central monsters.

TWO LOVERS (R) See Movie Pick.

UNDERWORLD: RISE OF THE LYCANS (R) Probably the best entry in this underwhelming franchise, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans won’t win any new fans but should please those already in like with the eternal war between vampire and werewolf.

THE UNINVITED (PG-13) The ghost of Anna Rydell’s (Lemony Snicket’s Emily Browning) dead mother warns her that her father’s new girlfriend, Rachel (Elizabeth Banks), isn’t what she seems to be. I won’t hold The Uninvited’s being a remake of A Tale of Two Sisters against it considering the connection is pretty tenuous. The British Guard brothers (Thomas and Charles) make their feature directing debut with this PG-13 horror flick. With David Strathairn and Arielle Kebbel (The Grudge 2).

UNNATURAL CAUSES (NR) The 2009 Unnatural Causes Film and Discussion Series addresses the inequities and discrimination that exist in American healthcare. The second episode of the series, “When the Bough Breaks,” examines the substantially

higher infant mortality rates for African Americans.

WATCHMEN (R) My inner-fan of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ landmark, Hugo Award-winning graphic novel adored what director Zack Snyder fashioned from the script by David Hayter and Alex Tse. My outer critic noted several flaws. Thankfully, none of them threaten the film’s structural stability.

Watchmen is not the greatest comic book movie of all time, yet considering the height of its twin measuring sticks, such expectations may have been too great to begin with. A vicious hard R-rating and a deep philosophical cynicism practically ensure its failure as a box office juggernaut and award contender. Yet Snyder has pulled off the impossible. Watchmen—a perfect capstone for the present superhero renaissance—has been brought to beautiful, ambitious, artistic, flawed and extremely watchable life.

WHERE GOD LEFT HIS SHOES (NR) 2007. Writer-director Salvatore Stabile’s film follows Frank Diaz’s struggles to find a job and a place to live after he and his family are evicted from their New York City apartment.

Winner of the Humanitas Prize for Best Feature Film at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.

THE WRESTLER (R) Academy Award-nominee Mickey Rourke may be the best thing in The Wrestler, but he’s also the worst. His performance, the best of last year and one of the strongest in recent memory, is so brilliant that it eclipses the overall excellence of acclaimed filmmaker Darren Aronofsky’s fourth feature. The Wrestler leaves 2008’s squared circle with the championship belt held high in the air as blood streams down its face.

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DUPLICITY (PG-13) After months of awardwinning heavy overcoats, who isn’t ready to Claire and Ray both work for Equikrom and strip down to a sundress and a seersucker Duke, but they’re really working for themselves. They met again three years earlier in suit? Duplicity is a perfect movie for spring.

Constructed from lightweight yet stylish mate- Rome and worked out a scheme to make millions. The B and R/Equikrom gig is merely the rial, the spy comedy fits perfectly, hugging all fruition of the couple’s years of planning. Or the right curves yet loose where it should be.

Oscar-nominated writer-director Tony Gilroy is it? leaves the frigid, corporate climes of BestDuplicity is so full of double crosses and triple crosses that the audience will learn the Picture-nominee Michael Clayton for the tropismart play is to be as cal heat of mod affairs, distrusting as Claire tossing in a dash of and Ray are of each rapid-fire repartee à la The Thin Man. Rather other. Roberts shines after her self-imposed, than embarrassing its cinematic exile. After stylistic predecessors, the underwhelming Duplicity works on International, Owen is every level. back on point again.

CIA agent Claire The chemistry between Stenwick (Julia the two stars is treRoberts) and MI-6 mendous, and both operative Ray Koval perform at the top of (Clive Owen) first met their game. in Dubai in 2003. He Julia Roberts and Clive Owen Gilroy suffers no liked her. She seduced, sophomore slump; drugged and robbed him of government secrets. Cut to five years he follows up his highly acclaimed directorial debut with a film exponentially more fun later, Claire and Ray meet again in New York but just as sophisticated. No one will recall while working for rival corporations, Burkett and Randle and Equikrom, run by two spitting, Duplicity come awards season, but for old Hollywood entertainment clad in bespoke hissing CEOs, Howard Tully (Tom Wilkinson) modern clothing, it is worth much more than and Dick Garsik (Paul Giamatti). its light weight in gold.

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And Now, the News: I just finally saw Milk, making me officially the last person in the developed world to do so. Another milestone: watching giggly, naked man-on-man smooching with my mom. It was fun… then it was sad and made me angry. But we all knew that before we saw the film; a friend recently remarked on the superfluity of any film that attempts to tell the same story as The Times of Harvey Milk, Rob Epstein’s riveting 1984 documentary, which I now have to watch again.

My friend (who is now REALLY the official last person not to have seen Milk) was right, in a way: as remarkable as the story and the performances are, director Gus Van Sant is really just getting the word out there, and in something like full-Hollywood mode. It’s far beyond competent and effective, but after his increasingly complex and confident experimentation with quasi-documentary forms in Elephant, Last Days and Paranoid Park, I have to admit I was hoping for something a little more interesting. Maybe I need to see it again.

Ciné Turns Two: As I mentioned two weeks ago, Ciné will celebrate its second anniversary of making Athens film fans’ lives worth living with a four-day series of special screenings.

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that should be seen on a big screen in a theater. Let me repeat myself: we want to have Ciné. It’s not enough just to know that and talk about it; you have to go there and spend your money. Think about eliminating one of the useless “tiers” from your cable package and using the savings to buy a membership.

Kids Rock: Fresh Look ‘09—the second annual Athens International Film Festival for Children and Youth—comes to Ciné the weekend of Mar. 28 & 29. The festival’s aim is to stimulate intellectual curiosity and awareness of multicultural perspectives in young people by introducing them to age-appropriate films from countries outside the U.S. I can’t tell you how much I applaud that goal: it does my heart good to see people shrugging off the pervasive assumption that American kids are just hopelessly unreceptive to stuff like watching a movie that hasn’t been promoted with a Happy Meal tie-in. Screenings are at 2 and 4 in the afternoon both days; looks like there will be a shorts program Saturday at 2 p.m. geared to anyone older than five, then three features that are recommended for slightly bigger kids. Full details are available at www.athenschildrenfilmfestival.org.

movie pick What Became of the Brokenhearted?

TWO LOVERS (R) Life has not been kind to Director James Gray, who cowrote the screenLeonard Kraditor. His body’s chemical makeup play with Ric Menello, plays his cards very and a nasty breakup have conspired to turn close to the vest. Is Two Lovers a thoughthim into a suicidal, bipolar 30-something who ful character study or is Leonard’s obsession lives with his parents. Even when life tries to bound for darker territory? Gray keeps the make it up to Leonard, it does so with a mani- scenes taut, not betraying his dramatic ends. acal twist. Sandra (Vinessa Shaw), the daughPhoenix’s farcical rap career better be ter of his father’s potential business partner, a joke. His tender, believable portrayal of is actively, shyly pursuLeonard makes good ing the dry cleaner’s on the Oscar nominee’s son. She’s constant and promise to be one of safe, two traits Leonard his generation’s finest needs in a girlfriend. actors. It’s also nice to But Leonard has fallen see the Oscar-winning for Michelle (Gwyneth Paltrow in a serious role Paltrow), his beautiful, again. She asks for and volatile neighbor. Needy receives our sympathy and selfish, she’s the for the awful Michelle. worst kind of woman In her own way, she’s as for a broken man like broken as Leonard.

Leonard. Michelle is A love triangle unwilling to acknowlbetween three broken edge the hurt she’s people, Two Lovers causing him because Joaquin Phoenix and Vinessa Shaw never succumbs to its she’s unwilling to give own pessimism. As sad up his unqualified devotion, something lackas these people are, the film doesn’t bring ing in her married lover, Ronald (Elias Koteas). the audience down with it. Maybe that lack of The entire film unfolds like a bomb—delibempathy should be considered a fault, but I erate and messy. When will Leonard explode was grateful for the emotional distance that and who will he take with him? Will only allowed me to watch the film without joining Leonard pay for Michelle’s thoughtlessness? its downward spiral.

What about his devoted parents, Rueben and Ruth (Moni Moshonov and Isabella Rossellini)?

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Elevator to the Gallows will screen at Ciné Monday, Mar. 30.

The festivities begin Monday, Mar. 30 with Louis Malle’s 1958 proto-New Wave thriller Elevator to the Gallows, featuring a dangerously sexy Jeanne Moreau and shot by the brilliant Henri Decaë (look him up on IMDB).

Tuesday, Mar. 31 marks the Athens premiere of Carlos Reygadas’ Silent Light, which showed up on dozens of 10-best lists for 2008. The film is a lyrical tale of love and longing in a Mexican Mennonite community, with gorgeous widescreen cinematography. I can’t wait—hopefully this will warrant an extended booking at some point. The Wednesday, Apr. 1 screening is of Our City Dreams, a documentary

by Chiara Clemente about five women artists working in New York City, which each has adopted as her home. The film explores the artists’ connections to the city and the passion and diversity of their work and inspirations. The anniversary celebration concludes Thursday, Apr. 2 with a very welcome screening of Wong Kar-Wai’s sumptuous, achingly beautiful 2000 masterpiece In the Mood for Love. With powerful, movie-star lead performances by Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung Chiu-Wai and exquisite production design and cinematography by longtime Wong collaborators William Chang and Christopher Doyle, respectively, this film is the epitome of one

One More Thing at Ciné: Thursday, Mar. 26 Athens’ only arthouse will host two screenings of the feature film Where God Left His Shoes to benefit the Athens Area Homeless Shelter.

Writer/director Salvatore Stabile’s 2007 film stars John Leguizamo as the father of a New York City family struggling to end a period of homelessness. With the edge of financial solvency so clearly in view for many American families, this is a timely subject. Also timely is the crucial need for organizations like AAHS to remain viable; you can help a little just by going out to see a good film.

This Is Going to Be Rushed Again: Dr. Karim Traore’s Monday evening African film screenings at 7 p.m. in Room 201 of the UGA Miller Learning Center: Dani Kouyate’s Sia Mar. 30 and Cheick Oumar Sissoko’s Finzan Apr. 6.

The screenings are free, open to the public, and highly recommended. The same goes for the ACC Library’s iFilms series, Thursday nights at 7 p.m. in the Main Library auditorium: Pernille Rose Grønkjær’s The Monastery Mar. 26 and Crips and Bloods: Made in America

by Stacy Peralta Apr. 2. Go to www.clarke. public.lib.ga.us for more details.

Dave Marr film@flagpole.com

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Coffee-Shop Art to the MFA Show Artist Who Makes Music: Bordered by scalloped wooden frames and seemingly inspired by a grandmother’s wallpaper featuring cats, knitting needles and doilies, Talia Bromstad’s prints on display at Red Eye Coffee are emblematic of a twee-inflected aesthetic that seems related to the artist’s musical endeavors. Her blend of lithography, letterpress and relief prints are both nostalgically vintage and Urban-Outfitters hip. An image of a series of leaping blue deer bounding out of the open mouth of a girl with short curly hair (the artist herself?) in front of a faded red and gold wooded landscape in “Untitled (Woods)” is as cute as it is strange. And a couple—a man in horn-rimmed glasses and an older woman in a frumpy, floral dress—are juxtaposed with an up-close detail of yarn being knitted in the intriguing blackand-white print titled “Mustang Sweater.”

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out among the nine Merit Awards is work by a painter I’ve been aware of but haven’t seen a lot of around town. With the subtle gloss, smooth veneer and subdued palette of an Old Master panel, Jonathan Jacquet’s large painting, “September 2008” is a portrait of a family (perhaps his own) imbued with a gloom that seems to belong to the Great Depression.

Given the vantage point of a person seated around a wooden table, the viewer seems to be a part of the decidedly disconnected group that includes a solemn-faced woman and two somber children. Though the viewer seems to take his place, the husband-father figure’s absence—countered by what looks to be his self-portrait in a frame on a sideboard—is echoed by the almost empty dinner plates sitting in front of each disinterested member of

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Artist Who Makes Art About Music: “Holy shit, it’s all Bonnaroo.” Or, that’s one comment concerning Austen Mikulka’s photographs of the yearly music festival on view this month at Flicker Theatre & Bar from a customer who would prefer to remain anonymous.

Seeming to embody Talia Bromstad’s work is on display at Red Eye Coffee through March. the “holy” is a photograph of Wayne Coyne bathed in a golden aura and captured the family. Finally, Jacquet seems to be paying in an intimate shot. Maybe representing the homage to Velazquez’s icon of the Spanish other end of the spectrum are the photos of baroque, “Las Meninas,” as suggested in a ecstatically screaming Metallica fans crowded variety of details, none more convincing than up close to the stage, or dirt-covered girls the direct gaze of the young, toeheaded girl wrestling in the inevitable pits of mud that at the picture’s center. accumulate at the festival. Documenting the Drawing my attention among the Honorable mix of people at Bonnaroo, from its biggest Mention awards were Michael Lachowski’s stars to its dirtiest hippies, the photographs weird “Charleston Historical Art Dude: seem detached and journalistic, but that Sergeant William Jasper,” Adrian Cox’s doesn’t mean they don’t generate a homey large-scale, Rubensesque “I Have Heard the aura in the bar. “Well, honestly,” another beer- Mermaids Singing,” Karl F. Michel’s sculpture drinking patron told me, “I walked in here and “Questions” and Hal Schwarze’s Philip Gustonthought, it looks nicer in here!” like “Tea at the Lighthouse.”

Youth Art Month: Up through the end of March at White Tiger Gourmet is a wall-to-wall installation of portraits from Chase Street Elementary School students. Ranging from self-portraits with disarming, handwritten descriptions such as the confession accompanying one cubistic self-portrait—the artist is sad no one came to his birthday party—to cut-paper and noodle collages of parents and friends, the construction paper portraits coincide with Youth Art Month. An exhibition of Jill Carnes’ newest work is also scheduled for April. Rumor has it that it may be work created especially for the space and that a nighttime musical performance will accompany the show.

34th Juried Exhibition at the Lyndon House: As usual, the annual Lyndon House exhibition offers a mix of familiar and new local art.

Guest juror Karen Shaw selected 157 works from the 703 submitted, and as with the juried exhibitions of the past, a handful of works were selected to receive awards. Standing

The MFAs Are Coming: Athens’ other major annual event, UGA’s MFA Exhibition includes work by all of its graduating MFA candidates, with works spanning the earthy (Tiffany Whitfield’s ceramic sculptures), the saccharine (Samantha Mosby’s pastel, heart-shaped “I Love You Deer”) and the strange (Maury Gortemiller’s disconcerting “Breathing Machine”). Since the Georgia Museum of Art is temporarily closed, this year’s will take place in the new Lamar Dodd art building. Opening with a reception on Apr. 3, the show will be up through Apr. 17.

Also the product of a UGA grad-student initiative, the next installment of a series of oneperson shows featuring painters from other institutions hosted by the Georgia Society of Contemporary Painters Gallery will feature University of Florida MFA candidate Anna Kell’s “Hothouse Paintings” (as always, room S365 of the art school). The show will open with a reception and lecture on Mar. 31.

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And What They Sound Like Is Anyone’s Guess: You’ve seen him at the door of the 40 Watt and soon you’ll get to hear him recorded.

Ryan Hetrick plays guitar and handles lead vocals on the new recording of his project named Rhetric. He’s joined on the record

by Colin Carey (The Ginger Envelope, Still, Small Voice and the Joyful Noise) on drums, Jeff Reiter (The HEAP, Diet Rockstar) on bass, Mikey Dwyer (Starter Kits, Lona) on guitar, Craig Lieske (Garbage Island, Diet Rockstar) on guitar and Charlie Estes (Dark Meat) on trumpet. That’s like a goldarned 40 Watt all-star band! Word is that a few other Athenians make appearances, too. Asa Leffer is handling the recording over at DARC studios. Hetrick reports that the tracks should be finished by May and will be ready for the public by June. Since there’s no clue as to what this all sounds like, I say maybe go see the band at the Caledonia Lounge on Tuesday, Apr. 7 or at the Max Canada on Thursday, Apr. 16 between 6 and 8 p.m., when they’ll rock happy hour.

What Oil Crisis?: Local post-punk/goth rockers Entertainment will re-release their debut album, Gender, on 180-gram vinyl in a limited run of 500, courtesy of New York label Duchess Archive.

The album was origiThe Swank nally released in CD format by Atlanta label Stickfigure in April of 2008. No word yet on a release date for the vinyl. In other news, Entertainment contributed a track to the iTunes-only benefit album for Portland, OR band The Prids which is facing heavy medical expenses following a terrible van accident last fall. The album is called Connect the Dots, and its compilation was coordinated by New Yorkbased Five03 Records. The next local show is Apr. 15 at Go Bar. For sounds, etc., please see www.myspace.com/entertainment.

Free Ad for a Great Cause: Jeff Montgomery over at Athensmusic.net wants everyone to know they’ve got a limited batch of t-shirts available from the last few R.E.M.-related events they’ve hosted. Specifically, the listening parties for Accelerate and Live as well as the tribute shows “Finest Worksongs” and the Murmur 25th anniversary show. The proceeds benefit Community Connection of Northeast Georgia and Family Connection/ Communities in Schools. Local folks can even pick them up at the Athensmusic.net office and save on shipping costs. To order one, or a bunch, please see www.athensmusic.net/ remfans.

Sometimes Things Need a Woman’s Touch: Frank Williams has, for years, performed by himself as Mad Whiskey Grin but has recently partnered with vocalist Nancy Byron who

will handle the singing. Williams says this development will likely lead to his shows being, you know, actual shows instead of him scowling, drinking and stopping and starting when he wants. His words, folks, not mine.

The pair has played out a few times so far, and you can catch them next at Flicker Theatre & Bar on Apr. 9 along with Stereofidelics and Romanenko. More info is available at www. myspace.com/madwhiskeygrin.

Two New Records Two Months Apart: Athensbased quartet The Corduroy Road has two new releases planned for the near future. Both were done with engineer John Keane. The first is an EP titled Just One Drop, and the band will celebrate this release with a show at the Melting Point on Thursday, Apr. 9. The next is a full-length album, to be released in June, titled Love Is a War, and it comes courtesy of local label Mule Train Records. Joining the band on the album are Keane, Bill Mallonee (Vigilantes of Love), Tim White (Randall Bramblett), Andy Carlson (Cowboy Junkies, Vigilantes of Love) and vocalist Rachel O’Neal. The Corduroy Road plays a pretty great blend of folk, early-20th-century country and bluegrass.

For more info and sounds, you can check out www.myspace. com/thecorduroyroad.

The Name Game: From now until future notice, the artists formerly known as Son 1 and the Insurgents are to be known collectively as The Swank. This move is to signify the entire project identifying itself as one band, rather than an MC with a backing band. And that’s that. To hear what we’re talking about, head to www.myspace.com/curtisonjones. l

Crazylegs: If you missed Dancing with the Athens Stars, you’ve got to go to YouTube and see why John Keane and his partner/ teacher Genie Wiggins won best in show. You won’t believe what you see. Go to http://tiny. cc/j3muB [Pete McCommons] A Public Endorsement: Although its name is seemingly forgettable and its current recording does the group no justice, I want to go on record saying that Athens band Dusty Lightswitch is, as of right now, one of the most exciting and satisfying live bands in town. Make no mistake, if you were to listen to the songs available on the band’s MySpace page you’d say I was crazy. All of them, save “Only a Kid Pt. 1,” sound like they were recorded in an oil drum at the bottom of the ocean. But after seeing them live a couple of weeks ago, I can attest that these guys are the real article. It’s always refreshing to see rock and roll played through the hands of folks with some genuine originality and utterly no pretension. Currently the band has no live dates, but you can petition for some via www. myspace.com/dustylightswitch.

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en about town Hunter Hoskins and Daniel Peiken are unapologetic Athens music homers—champions of the cause; and our local record label landscape (and artistic community-at-large) is better for it. Hoskins is a college instructor and Georgia Theatre sound engineer, and Peiken is a real-estate agent and television star. What would possess these established community pillars living a comfortable existence to complicate their lives with the responsibilities associated with heading a label?

“I remember one late night as a little boy hearing Ronnie Milsap’s ‘Smokey Mountain Rain’ on the radio and it taking me to a place of such loneliness, such melancholy—maybe the first time I’d really felt that,” shares Hoskins. Some might suggest that our economic climate and the state of the music industry itself may inspire a similar emotional response in Hoskins in the future, but an optimistic Flagpole doubts it.

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So far, there are less than six minutes of music on the Analogue Records catalog. With the fledgling label’s conscientious philosophy, expect that number (as well as the units used to measure) to change. The Analogue paradigm? To be sustainably local, artist-friendly and fierce advocates of said artists.

Perhaps roles in local public office earned through platforms pledging the same await the chief executive officers.

Analogue will “provide great value to the public by putting out kick-ass records by kick-ass local artists… and you’ll be supporting the local community. The Arcs’ 7” [the label’s inaugural release], for example, was produced and mastered here.

New World Graphics helped us out with the art. We keep the money circulating in town as much as possible,” says Hoskins.

As for the artist-friendly and fiercely supportive mantras, Hoskins declares, “We’re not out to screw anybody over [and] we will do everything we can to provide the widest possible audience for our artists. Our goal is to grow our artists’ audience.” Peiken agrees, adding, “To me it’s all about the musicians and the music. I want to do my part to help get their music out to more people… I want to show the world that Athens, GA isn’t just a sleepy little college town with a unique music scene that had its heyday in the 1980s.”

It doesn’t hurt that Peiken and Hoskins are getting their feet wet working with some of the finest and most humble power-pop rock professionals the town has ever known. Ben Spraker, Dave Gerow, Kevin Lane and Brandon Reynolds are scene fixtures, popular enough that Flagpole doesn’t feel compelled to follow their names with parentheses bookending names of bands they used to be (or are) in.

The limited-edition vinyl pressing (500 copies) of The Arcs’ “Living the Dream” and “Eddie” comes with a digital download card and will be available for the first time at Analogue’s gala event Friday, Mar. 27. So, how will The Arcs determine if their relationship with Analogue is a successful one? “I feel I speak for the other guys in the band. I think holding the finished product, a record with sleeves, in my hand is all it’s gonna take,” says Gerow.

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Atlanta band The Coathangers released its self-titled debut album last year, and though there was an alluring energy running through the heavybooted punk brevity and screechy call-and-response vocals, the shadow of ‘90s riot grrrl bands loomed large over the recordings. But if Pearl Jam must have its Creed, The Beatles their Monkees, then sure, why not let The Coathangers serve that role for Bratmobile or The Slits? (Why not?

Because sometimes we want more than adequacy in the form of pale imitation, or because it’s boring when bands cop the style but sacrifice the substance.)

The ramshackle, amateurish sound of Scramble, the band’s follow-up out in April, is nothing more than it is unpleasant, and that’s nothing against lo-fi, crappy recordings—shit, it’s not like Athens bands are paragons of professionalism or slickness, and those that reach in that direction anyway usually get pilloried for it. But there’s something to making a rougharound-the-edges album charming, and The Coathangers don’t have that.

Credit, though, goes to the band— Julia Kugel (guitar/vocals), Stephanie Luke (drums/vocals), Candice Jones (keyboard/vocals) and Meredith Franco (bass/vocals)—for experimenting with melody (using some) and song structure (using more than one).

Things do get a little more pointedly dissonant on Scramble, a little more sonically abrasive and interesting than on The Coathangers, so give the band credit for not ripping itself off and making the exact same album twice, but that doesn’t mean this is anything but aping what’s come before. The Coathangers still haven’t done enough with their own songs to merit calling them their own.

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THE GOURDS Haymaker Yep Roc Austin’s unpredictable Gourds continue to add new layers and molt a few older ones with latest release Haymaker. Genre specificity has never been one of The Gourds’ strong suits and, for those who recognize that rock itself was born from a mutant blend of country, blues, swing and hillbilly danger, that’s a good thing.

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One of the band’s calling cards, its trio of rotating vocalists, is somewhat downplayed here. Kevin Russell, with his Boomerhauer-esque mumbling holler, is at the mic more often than not with an occasional step to the plate by multi-instumentalist Claude Bernard, and too few tracks sung by livewire bassist Jimmy Smith. A good many traveling songs make the cut this time around and The Gourds, like Chuck Berry and Doug Sahm before them, are second to none when it comes to being turned on by a Rand McNally road atlas. The mischievous “Tex Mex Trip” hijacks the rhythm from Dave Dudley’s hardcore truckin’ anthem “Six Days on the Road” and takes it on a tour of south Austin’s red-light district.

“Fuck a bunch of hairdo boys and their spandex britches,” declares Russell on “Shreveport,” an overview of the “heavy-metal rednecks” and assorted characters he encountered while living in the metro Louisiana river town during the ‘80s.

Nothing here rocks as hard and loose as Blood on the Ram or comes across as life-affirming as some of Noble Creatures’ slower, more contemplative tracks did. Still, Haymaker is a joyous melting pot rife with notso-bashful Gulf Coast accents, fiddles, carny organs/accordions, giddy vocal harmonies and a few cuss words. If you’re already a Gourdite, Haymaker will be another day-maker. If they haven’t been your thing before, it will only further the confounding process. If that’s the case, then it’s really your loss.

Michael Andrews The Gourds celebrate their CD release on Saturday, Mar. 28 at the Melting Point.

BLOODKIN Baby, They Told Us We Would Rise Again SCI Fidelity Few bands say “We don’t give a fuck” the way Bloodkin does. Exhibit A: “The Viper,” the lead-off track on the Athens duo’s new album; the song is an ambling country-rock jam comprised of three chords and seven-plus minutes of unabashed electric guitar noodlery. Given the band’s 20-plus years as one of Athens’ best almostfamous rock acts (with eight albums to its credit), there is no reason to start caring about impressing the masses with a predictable pop hit. On Baby…

Bloodkin sounds more comfortable and confident than ever, turning out slowly building hooks (such as the absolutely stellar “Rhododendron”) as if singer Daniel Hutchens and guitarist Eric Carter were raised on a diet of Allman Brothers and Warren Zevon records. This is not to label Baby… as a lighthearted outing. Hutchens’ world is filled with ne’er-do-wells, addicts and cynics, the stories of which are as powerful as the blaze of guitars that are always present on this album.

There are some unexpected qualities that serve Bloodkin well

on Baby… For starters, there are hints of psychedelia on “A Place to Crash,” a song that gives indications of Bloodkin’s abilities as a live act.

There is also a mix-up of styles on this record—an odd, albeit welcome, nod to The Replacements is evident on “Little Margarita,” for example. Lastly, there is Hutchens’ voice, with its defiantly Southern drawl and a growl that makes everything he sings sound like a vital, life-or-death message. He is good at what he does, and, with any luck, the world outside of Athens will soon become acquainted with Hutchens’ voice and the many other joys of this phenomenal album.

Mark Sanders

BLACK LIPS 200 Million Thousand Vice I’m troubled by this new Black Lips record, potentially, for a multitude of reasons that aren’t all entirely negative.

Unpacking this record and the dire circumstances surrounding its release could hold a novella’s worth of pith for me. But as I sit here experiencing its half-assed cynical drool and sloth, I’m at a loss, which obviously proves torturous for a longwinded motherfucker like me.

Just bringing up the idea of potential—yours, mine, theirs, this record’s—lies seriously delinquent of this flaccid album’s over-evident mission, as stated by the portentous manifesto inside, the needless explanations of the lame lyrics, and the lack of conviction in the performances themselves.

I’ll thereby leave it spare-ish: potent, this ain’t. And I can’t tell if it’s on purpose, because as you’re told so thoroughly within, this record celebrates privileged intransigence, shitting where you eat, flashing your zit-bleared butt crack to your beige, moneyed patrimony. So, is it an act of ingenious zen-like mimesis that this record sounds like nothing at all?

Seriously, it’s neither here nor there: production value isn’t at all raw nor particularly sparkly; songwriting amounts to repetitive piles of rock and roll clichés old enough at this point to vote Republican logically; the mix is just plain milquetoast, with all guitar-and-tape noise moved politely to the back of the bus. They even rip off themselves a few times, and to little effect! Talk about nothing worth talking about!

This album is missing the spazz factor that makes older Lips records worthwhile. That’s right—they’ve slowed the tempos and tried some thoughtful ballads. This leaves me with some important questions, like all art should. Does this mean they’re maturing? If so, then how will Vice market their impending adulthood without compromising their old (highly salable) image as boner-driven teenaged drug addicts? Can you be pensive with a mouthful of piss?

Jim McHugh

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here’s a certain groan that most people who write about music make when Butch Walker’s name is mentioned.

Editors and publicists alike will readily admit that Walker’s brand of tuneful power pop is worth the praise that is foisted upon it and more, but the mention of Walker the person elicits a different set of adjectives.

“I was definitely a smart ass and a punkass bitch for years,” says Walker, owning up to some of the more colorful titles mentioned alongside his name. But now, Walker has returned with his latest album, Sycamore Meadows, which displays his trademark sound and sneer while also debuting a new wrinkle in the singer’s repertoire.

“I think I’ve always been a fun guy, but this record is definitely a lot more emotional than the other records that I’ve done,” says Walker. “It’s got a few more somber moments.

It’s not a party record.”

Part of the reason for the somber affair and the not-quite-grown-up attitude Walker displays on Sycamore Meadows is rooted in a recent personal tragedy in his life. In 2007 Walker lost his home and all of his possessions in one of the wildfires that engulfed much of Southern California. The fallout from losing everything caused him to reassess his career and the choices he’d made to that point. It sounds like a cliché, but for Walker the aftershocks are all too real.

“I think I’m less cynical now. It took having a fire come in and wreck my life and take everything that I’d worked my ass off to get, coming from nothing, along with family heirlooms and all of those things that don’t matter.”

But the one thing that the fire didn’t take was his creative spirit. That spirit—along with some of his notorious attitude—helped lay the foundations for Sycamore Meadows.

“After a few months of grieving, the songs started pouring out of me. I didn’t have anything to say before the fire; I was kind of numb. The first thing I wrote when I came home was ‘the difference between going back and going home,’ which was a line that turned into a song [“Going Back, Going Home”]. I

think it summed up my weird little life in three minutes, which is what I was trying to do,” says Walker.

With the fires behind him, and his life starting to resemble what it was before, Walker seems at last comfortable with his past. It’s a history that began in 1969 in Cartersville, GA and has seen him rise from hotshot lead guitarist in hair-metal band Southgang to Marvelous 3 frontman to the ace producer for Avril Lavigne and Fall Out Boy and all points in between. To Walker, those twists and turns are what helped him become the smart-assed, reflective and productive person he is today.

“I’m really lucky; I’ve got a fan-base that spans from people in their 40s to younger people. The younger people don’t care that I played in a band that did this or that a few years ago. I was in a bad hair-metal band when I was 18, and I’m proud of it. But to act like what I do now isn’t valid or credible because of that is just stupid. I love what I do, and I really don’t care.”

With his past behind him and the years ahead looking bright, Walker seems optimistic about his future and a bit more pragmatic about his past. Gone is the “numbness” he felt after he lost everything, and it has been replaced with a sense of gratitude.

“After [the fire] it was like, ‘Well, I’ve got a suitcase, and that’s it.’ I came back from New York and thought ‘It could be worse; I could be dead or hurt.’ I had to focus on the quality of life and not the quantity of things in my life.”

You can hear Walker’s newfound focus on his latest record as he achieves that new quality of life—three minutes at a time.

Jason Bugg

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Red eyes, sore muscles, deafened ears and empty wallets: all telling signs of last week’s live music binge. Imagine traversing the distance between the 40 Watt Club and Tasty World about 100 times on a game day, in the The Dumps summer, hitting up every bar and club in between from about noon to 2 a.m. That’s almost what like SXSW is like.

It’s an absolute music industry bonanza with sponsorshipheavy day parties and eclectic evening showcases.

This year featured “secret” shows from Kanye West and Metallica, a hefty ‘80s resurgence with Primal Scream, Echo and the Bunnymen and Devo at the forefront, ‘60s pioneer rockers Silver Apples and The Sonics plus hoards of buzz-worthy indie bands. The Athens scene was again

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and Maserati both packed every room they played throughout the week. I never felt too far from my Classic City comrades thanks to frequent messages sent via Twitter and Facebook. How did we ever navigate this festival before? Text messages kept me privy to long lines and free tacos and helped facilitate reunions with old friends. We kept a record of the madness on our blog Homedrone at flagpole.com featuring tweets, streaming video and lots more photos! [Michelle Gilzenrat]

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the calendar!

WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK

Deadline for getting listed in the calendar is every FRIDAY at 5 p.m. for the issue that comes out the following Wednesday. Email calendar@flagpole.com.

Tuesday 24 EVENTS: Book Sale (Madison County Library) All hardback books are $1 and paperbacks are $0.50. All proceeds benefit the library. Regular library hours. 706-795-5597 PERFORMANCE: NOVO: A Benefit Dance Concert (Morton Theatre) Dance benefit to raise funds and awareness for the Benin Education Fund, an organization that provides scholarships for students in western Africa. 8 p.m. $10. 404-518-0002 PERFORMANCE: Brent Weinbach (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Weird standup comedy that is both characterdriven and physical. For fans of the absurdly brilliant. Weinbach names Harpo Marx, Rowan Atkinson and Joe Frank as influences. 8 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/flickerbar LECTURES & LIT.: Kristy Meeler (Borders Books & Music) Meeler discusses investments for GA educators. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-583-8647 GAMES: 8-Ball Tournament (Fat Daddy’s) Tuesdays. 7 p.m. 706353-0241 GAMES: Beginner’s Pool School (Lucky Dawg Billiards) Learn the basics, every Tuesday! 7 p.m. 706354-7829 GAMES: Cornhole League (Lucky Dawg Billiards) Every Tuesday! 7 p.m. 706-354-7829 GAMES: Drunken Bingo (283 Bar) Great prizes and fun all night long.

10 p.m. FREE! 706-208-1283 GAMES: Texas Hold ‘Em (Alibi) Every Tuesday. 8 p.m. 706-549-1010

Wednesday 25 EVENTS: The Rescue (UGA Student Learning Center—Room 101) Screening of short documentary that chronicles the longest running war in Africa, a conflict that began in the rural areas of northern Uganda.

Q&A with Invisible Children representatives follows. 6 p.m. FREE! icuatuga@gmail.com EVENTS: Book Sale (Madison County Library) All hardback books are $1 and paperbacks are $0.50. All proceeds benefit the library. Regular library hours. 706-795-5597 EVENTS: UGA India Week Film Screening (UGA Student Learning Center—Room 248) Screening of Sholay, the biggest hit in the history of Bollywood. Sponsored by the Indian Student Association. 6 p.m.

FREE! pujac@uga.edu ART: Reception (Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation) For exhibit in celebration of Youth Art Month featuring over 150 works of art from 12 Oconee County schools. 4–6 p.m.

FREE! 706-769-4565, www.ocaf.com THEATRE: The House of Bernarda Alba (UGA Chapel) University Theatre presents Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca’s play about

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a mother who shuts herself and her grown daughters into their house during a period of mourning. Mar. 25–28, 8 p.m. Mar. 29, 2:30 p.m. $10, $7 (students). 706-542-2838 KIDSTUFF: Spanish Storytime (ACC Library) Led by UGA student volunteers from the Department of Language and Literacy Education. 5 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Storytime (ACC Library) For ages 18 months to 5 years. 9:30 & 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Wildcard Wednesday for Teens (ACC Library) Up next: Copycat Art. Learn about Pablo Picasso and draw your own Cubist portrait. Ages 11–18. Space is limited. 4 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Young Adult Book Discussion (Madison County Library) This month’s book is Dovey Coe by Frances O’Roark Dowell.

4:30 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 LECTURES & LIT.: Carrie Olivia Adams (UGA Park Hall—Room 265) Adams, the author of Intervening Absence (forthcoming from Ahsahta in 2009) and A Useless Window, reads from her work. Reception follows. 4 p.m.

FREE! jerich@uga.edu LECTURES & LIT.: Bulldog Book Club (UGA Student Learning Center—Jittery Joe’s) Discussion of Allen Moore’s Watchmen. UGA students, faculty, staff and local residents are welcome. 4 p.m. FREE! fteague@uga.edu LECTURES & LIT.: Dac Crossley (Borders Books & Music) The retired UGA ecology professor signs copies of Return of the Texas Ranger, his sequel to Guns Across the Rio. Following the signing, Crossley performs with his band, Fresh Water Mussels, in the café. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-583-8647 LECTURES & LIT.: “Social Determinants of Inequalities in Health” (UGA Coverdell Center) Two-day symposium. See Mar. 24 Lectures. Mar. 24–25, 9 a.m.–6 p.m. $15. www.globalhealth.uga.edu LECTURES & LIT.: UGA Educational Forum on Global Security and Development (Georgia Center) Faculty members and students discuss efforts to enrich our cross-cultural understanding and participation in global environments. Register online. Mar. 25–26. FREE! www.coe.uga.edu/ cuspa/conference LECTURES & LIT.: UGA School of Law’s Sibley Lecture (UGA Hirsch Hall) Stanford Law School’s Mark Kelman speaks on “Saving Lives, Saving from Death, Saving from Dying.” The talk will explore the appropriate understanding of the “valuation” of statistical deaths. 3:30 p.m. FREE! cindyh@uga.edu LECTURES & LIT.: Women’s Issues Roundtable (UGA Student Learning Center—Room 150) Panel discussion of issues affecting

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7 p.m. FREE! kspence@uga.edu MEETINGS: Library Sewing Group (Madison County Library) The group works on a wide variety of both unusual and traditional handcrafts.

Every Wednesday. 1–3 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 MEETINGS: Mindfulness Sitting Group (Mind Body Institute) Silent meditation every Wednesday. 12:30– 1 p.m. FREE! 706-475-7329 GAMES: Athens Dart League (Lucky Dawg Billiards) Every Wednesday! 8 p.m. 706-354-7829 GAMES: Rock Band Game Night (Wild Wing Café) Try your luck as a virtual musician! Every Wednesday.

9 p.m. www.wildwingcafe.com GAMES: Sports Trivia (Beef O’ Brady’s) Test your sports knowledge every Wednesday night. 8:30 p.m.

706-850-1916 GAMES: Stan’s Famous Trivia Nite (Alibi) Get a team together and test your knowledge of the trivial.

Every Wednesday. 8–10 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 GAMES: Trivia (Willy’s Mexicana Grill) Play for prizes every Wednesday. 8–10 p.m. FREE! 706548-1920

Thursday 26 EVENTS: Athens Area Homeless Shelter Benefit Screening (Ciné Barcafé) The AAHS presents Where God Left His Shoes, the winner of the Humanities Prize for Best Feature Film at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. The film follows a family after they are evicted from their NYC apartment and forced to move into a homeless shelter. Reception from 5–7 p.m. catered by The National.

4:30 & 7 p.m. $8 (matinee), $10 (evening). www.athenscine.com* EVENTS: Book Sale (Madison County Library) All hardback books are $1 and paperbacks are $0.50. All proceeds benefit the library. Regular library hours. 706-795-5597 EVENTS: Soldier: Hip Hop for Peace in Uganda (Tasty World) Featuring breakdancing from UGA’s Junkyard Dawgz, an open mic and live music from local rap artists.

Hosted by DJ Tune and Montu. All proceeds benefit Invisible Children.

8 p.m. $3. www.uga.edu/icu EVENTS: TOMS Vagabond Tour (Ciné Barcafé) Screening of the documentary For Tomorrow: The TOMS Shoe Story followed by a “Style Your Sole Party” where attendees can purchase and style their own pair of TOMS shoes. 6:30 p.m. $1. www. athenscine.com PERFORMANCE: Paula Poundstone (The Classic Center) Comedian known for her razor-sharp wit. Poundstone has starred in several HBO specials and appeared on “Saturday Night Live.” 9 p.m. $20–$40. www.classiccenter.com*

Rose of Athens Theatre will present Macbeth at the Morton Theatre Mar. 27 & 28 with live musical accompaniment.

THEATRE: Cinderella (Clarke Central High) Mar. 26–28, 7:30 p.m.

Mar. 29, 2:30 p.m. $7 (adults), $5 (students). 706-227-0143 THEATRE: Nunsense (Memorial Park Quinn Hall) Athens Creative Theatre presents Dan Goggin’s musical comedy about a group of nuns who put on a variety show. Mar. 26–28, 7:30 p.m. Mar. 29, 3 p.m. $15 (adults), $12 (seniors, students & children). 706-613-3628 THEATRE: The House of Bernarda Alba (UGA Chapel) University Theatre presents Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca’s play. See Mar. 25 Theatre. Mar. 25–28, 8 p.m.

Mar. 29, 2:30 p.m. $10, $7 (students). 706-542-2838 KIDSTUFF: Chapter Book Review (Madison County Library) Every Tuesday and Thursday a chapter is read aloud from a young adult book.

4:30 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Read to Rover (ACC Library) Beginning readers (grades 1-4) read aloud to an aid dog in training. Handlers always present.

3:30–4:30. FREE! 706-613-3650 LECTURES & LIT.: “Heritage Management and the US Army” (UGA Caldwell Hall—Room 301) Christopher McDaid discusses a program the U.S. Army has developed to for the identification and treatment of historic properties. 4 p.m. FREE! 706-542-3996 LECTURES & LIT.: “Myth and Mythologies: Many Dimensions, Many Methods” (UGA Caldwell Hall—Room 304) Jeppe Jensen of the University of

Aarhus in Denmark gives the talk.

Sponsored by the Institute of Native American Studies. 4 p.m. FREE! 706-542-3716 LECTURES & LIT.: UGA Educational Forum on Global Security and Development (Georgia Center) Presentations by UGA faculty and students. See Mar. 25 Events. Mar. 25–26. FREE! www. coe.uga.edu/cuspa/conference MEETINGS: Clarke County Democratic Committee (Clarke County Courthouse—Grand Jury Room) Monthly meeting of the CCDC. Open to all area Democrats.

6 p.m. FREE! 706-202-7515 MEETINGS: Meditation Circle (Revolutionary Massage & Wellness) Non-dogmatic group meditation every Thursday. 6:30–7:30 p.m. FREE! 706-255-4443 MEETINGS: Spanish Conversation Group (1000faces Coffee—585 Barber Street) Practice Spanish conversational skills every Thursday.

6–8 p.m. FREE! 706-534-8860 GAMES: Texas Hold ‘Em Poker (Lucky Dawg Billiards) Free every Thursday and Friday! 7 p.m. & 10 p.m. 706-354-7829 GAMES: Trivia (WOW Wingery) Every Thursday. 706-543-5510

Friday 27 EVENTS: Book Sale (Madison County Library) All hardback books are $1 and paperbacks are $0.50. All proceeds benefit the library. Regular library hours. 706-795-5597

EVENTS: Brazilian Carnival (The Library) Featuring a costume contest. First 100 people get a FREE! mask. Hosted by the Brazilian Student Association and the Hispanic Student Association.

9 p.m. $5 (students), $7 (nonstudents). www.uga.edu/bsa EVENTS: Charity Reception and Auction (Buffalo’s Southwest Café) All God’s Children, a non-profit special needs adoption agency, holds its annual reception featuring bingo, a full buffet and silent auction. 6 p.m. $20. 706-316-2421 EVENTS: Dawgs After Dark: “Recess” (UGA Tate Center) Featuring arcade games, build-abear, big-glove boxing, a magician, face painters, balloon artists and “Entanglement,” a giant inflatable game based on Twister. 10 p.m.–2 a.m. FREE! (UGA students), $5 (nonstudents). www.uga.edu/union EVENTS: Spiritual Cinema Circle (Revolutionary Massage & Wellness) This month’s screening: Living Luminaries. Refreshments provided

by Creative Cookies & Creamery.

7:30 p.m. $5. 706-255-4443 PERFORMANCE: The Best of Andrew Lloyd Webber (UGA Hodgson Hall) Broadway veterans sing Webber’s musical hits, including “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina,” “Memory,” “I Don’t Know How to Love Him” and “Music of the Night.”

Half-price for UGA students. 8 p.m. $23–$28. www.uga.edu/pac* PERFORMANCE: James Gregory (Historic Elbert Theatre) The Atlantabased comedian performs stand-up

in the spirit of Jeff Foxworthy and Bill Engvall. 8 p.m. $26.50 (adults), $23.50 (seniors). 706-283-1049* PERFORMANCE: Sharkwing Comedy Show (Ciné Barcafé) Featuring live sketches, short film, live music and stand-up from the local comedy troupe. 8 p.m. $2. www. sharkwingtheatre.com THEATRE: Cinderella (Clarke Central High School) Clarke Central presents its spring musical. Mar. 26–28, 7:30 p.m. Mar. 29, 2:30 p.m. $7 (adults), $5 (students). 706227-0143 THEATRE: Macbeth (Morton Theatre) Presented by Rose of Athens Theatre. Featuring live music composed and performed by Patrick Ferguson. Mar. 27, 8 p.m. Mar. 28, 2 & 8 p.m. $15 (adults), $10 (ages 25 & under). 706-613-3771, www. roseofathens.org THEATRE: Nunsense (Memorial Park Quinn Hall) Athens Creative Theatre presents Dan Goggin’s musical comedy. See Mar. 26 Theatre.

Mar. 26–28, 7:30 p.m. Mar. 29, 3 p.m. $15 (adults), $12 (seniors, students & children). 706-613-3628 THEATRE: The House of Bernarda Alba (UGA Chapel) University Theatre presents Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca’s play. See Mar. 25 Theatre. Mar. 25–28, 8 p.m.

Mar. 29, 2:30 p.m. $10, $7 (students). 706-542-2838 KIDSTUFF: A Bag Full of Fables (Athens Little Playhouse) ALP presents an interactive play based on several of Aesop’s fables. Mar. 27, 9 a.m. & 7:30 p.m. Mar. 28, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. Mar. 29, 2 p.m. $10 (adults), $8 (students, children, seniors). 706-208-1036 KIDSTUFF: Preschool & Toddler Storytime (Madison County Library) Includes stories, fingerpuppet plays, songs and crafts for literacy-based fun. This month’s themes are race cars and the letter Z. Ages 2–5. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706795-5597 LECTURES & LIT.: Slumdog Millionaire Discussion (UGA Memorial Hall—Adinkra Hall) Discuss Vikas Swarup’s Q&A, the book that inspired the Oscar-winning film. Part of UGA’s India Week. 6:30 p.m. FREE! pujac@uga.edu LECTURES & LIT.: Business/ Law Symposium (UGA Student Learning Center—Room 148) Featuring presentations and panel discussions on the economic meltdown of 2008. Sponsored by the Terry Finance & Investment Club and the Business Law Society.

Contact Tracy Townsend to register.

11 a.m.–3 p.m. $10 (includes lunch). 706-542-5333, ttownsen@ terry.uga.edu LECTURES & LIT.: “Princesses of Pyre: Globalization and Its Impact on Women in Developing Countries” (UGA Student Learning Center—Room 348) Deborah Gonzalez, International Public Service & Outreach, gives the talk. Sponsored by the Institute for Women’s Studies. 12:20 p.m. FREE! 706-542-2846 MEETINGS: Coffee Education Group (1000faces Coffee) Cupping, espresso, education and experimentation. Every Friday. 2–5 p.m. FREE! 706-534-8860, 1000facesmail@ gmail.com GAMES: Tailgater Games (UGA Tate Center) Games will include a beanbag toss, a football throw, a ladder golf toss and a miniature putting green. Part of the NAPC’s “Tailgate for Preservation” week. Mar. 27 & 30. FREE! www.uga.edu/napc GAMES: Texas Hold ‘Em Poker (Lucky Dawg Billiards) Free every Thursday and Friday! 7 p.m. & 10 p.m. 706-354-7829

Saturday 28 EVENTS: 12th Annual River Rendezvous (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Help to address water quality issues in streams and rivers in the Upper Oconee Watershed and learn about water quality monitoring. Light breakfast provided. Wear waterproof shoes. 9 a.m. FREE! www.uown.org EVENTS: Book Sale (Madison County Library) All hardback books are $1 and paperbacks are $0.50. All proceeds benefit the library. Regular library hours. 706-795-5597 EVENTS: Fresh Look International Film Festival (Ciné Barcafé) Screenings of short and feature films aimed at children, youth and families followed by Q&As with filmmakers and guest speakers. Mar. 28, 2 p.m. (ages 5 & up), 4 p.m. (ages 12 & up). Mar. 29, 2 p.m. (ages 8 & up), 4 p.m. (ages 10 & up). $6 (general admission), FREE! (ages 5 & under). www.athenschildrenfilmfestival.org EVENTS: Indian Festival (Bishop Park) Sponsored by the Indian Association of Greater Athens. Part of UGA’s India Week. 10 a.m.–6 p.m.

FREE! pujac@uga.edu EVENTS: Public Forum (Monroe Community Center—602 East Church Street) The Moore’s Ford Memorial Committee hosts senior Justice Department and FBI officials for a public forum on current efforts to prosecute the Moore’s Ford lynching of 1946. Event also includes the premiere of Keith Beauchamp’s documentary, Murder in Black and White. 2 p.m. FREE! 706-354-0321, www.mooresford.org EVENTS: RPM Challenge Listening Party (283 Bar) Congratulations to all the local bands who met the challenge of recording an album in the month of February! We’ll be spinning all the completed records tonight to celebrate the achievement. The event is open to everyone, so drop in and hear some brand-new music. 8–10 p.m. FREE! www.rpmchallenge.com EVENTS: Scholarship Soirée (Complex Carbohydrate Research Center) The University Woman’s Club hosts its annual event to benefit UGA women scholars. This year’s theme, “Frontier Daze,” features western decor, wines, gourmet appetizers and a silent auction.

6:30–9:30 p.m. $15. 706-543-0729 EVENTS: Walk MS (Oconee Veterans Memorial) Charity walk featuring music by Wild Dawgs Band.

Proceeds help 8,500 Georgians living with MS. Register online.

9 a.m.–12:30 p.m. FREE! www. walkmsgeorgia.org PERFORMANCE: Academy of Ancient Music (UGA Hodgson Hall) Music director Richard Egarr leads the orchestra in a program of the six Brandenburg Concertos

by J.S. Bach. Half-price for UGA students. FREE! pre-concert lecture begins at 7:15 p.m. 8 p.m. $34–$39. www.uga.edu/pac* THEATRE: Cinderella (Clarke Central High School) Clarke Central presents its spring musical. Mar. 26–28, 7:30 p.m. Mar. 29, 2:30 p.m. $7 (adults), $5 (students). 706227-0143 THEATRE: Family Mess (The Classic Center) Touring stage comedy that deals with the complications of marriage, divorce and alternative relationships. 8 p.m. $10–$35. www. classiccenter.com* THEATRE: Macbeth (Morton Theatre) Presented by Rose of Athens Theatre. See Mar. 27 Theatre.

Mar. 27, 8 p.m. Mar. 28, 2 & 8 p.m. $15 (adults), $10 (ages 25 & under).

706-613-3771, www.roseofathens. org*

THEATRE: Nunsense (Memorial Park Quinn Hall) Athens Creative Theatre presents Dan Goggin’s musical comedy. See Mar. 26 Theatre.

Mar. 26–28, 7:30 p.m. Mar. 29, 3 p.m. $15 (adults), $12 (seniors, students & children). 706-613-3628 THEATRE: The House of Bernarda Alba (UGA Chapel) University Theatre presents Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca’s play. See Mar. 25 Theatre. Mar. 25–28, 8 p.m.

Mar. 29, 2:30 p.m. $10, $7 (students). 706-542-2838 OUTDOORS: Spring Bird Hike (Sandy Creek Park) Join the Oconee Rivers Audubon Society for a morning bird walk. All birding levels are welcome. Meet at the last lot on Campsite Drive across dam. 8 a.m.

FREE! fieldtrip@oconeeriversaudubon.org KIDSTUFF: A Bag Full of Fables (Athens Little Playhouse) ALP presents an interactive play based on several of Aesop’s fables. Mar. 27, 9 a.m. & 7:30 p.m. Mar. 28, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. Mar. 29, 2 p.m. $10 (adults), $8 (students, children, seniors). 706-208-1036 GAMES: APA Jr. Billiard Leagues (Lucky Dawg Billiards) Welcoming young billiard players aged 7-17 years old every Saturday! 11 a.m.

706-354-7829 GAMES: Roleplaying Games Demo (Tyche’s Games) Dogs in the Vineyard demonstration. Space is limited. 1 p.m. FREE! 706-3544500, www.tychesgames.com GAMES: Texas Hold ‘Em Poker (Lucky Dawg Billiards) Free every Saturday! 5 p.m. & 8 p.m. 706354-7829

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Sunday 29 EVENTS: Unnatural Causes (ACC Library) Film and discussion series that focuses on the social and economic factors that shape disease continues with second episode, “When the Bough Breaks,” which examines infant mortality. 3–5:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-542-5788, jlevinso@ uga.edu EVENTS: The Cottage 5K and Family Fun Run (Sandy Creek Park) Register for race online. Part of The Cottage’s Sexual Assault Awareness Week. 2:30 p.m. $20. www.thecottage5k.com EVENTS: Fresh Look International Film Festival (Ciné Barcafé) Screenings of short and feature films aimed at children, youth and families. See Mar. 28 Events. Mar. 28, 2 p.m. (ages 5 & up), 4 p.m. (ages 12 & up). Mar. 29, 2 p.m. (ages 8 & up), 4 p.m. (ages 10 & up). $6 (general admission), FREE! (ages 5 & under). www.athenschildrenfilmfestival.org* EVENTS: Movie Night (Angelo’s Italian Restaurant) Screening of Roman Holiday. 7 p.m. FREE! 706549-2228 ART: Reception (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Opening reception for exhibit featuring watercolor paintings by Athens Academy art teacher Leigh Ellis. 1:30–3:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-542-1244 ART: Reception (Athens Academy—Bertelsmann Gallery) For “Reflections,” an exhibit featuring abstract photography by Lee Reed.

3–5 p.m. FREE! 706-549-9225 PERFORMANCE: Charles Wadsworth and Friends (UGA Hodgson Hall) Program hosted by Wadsworth, a UGA alumnus and the founder of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. 7:30 p.m.

FREE! www.music.uga.edu THEATRE: Cinderella (Clarke Central High School) Clarke Central

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THE CALENDAR! presents its spring musical. Mar. 26–28, 7:30 p.m. Mar. 29, 2:30 p.m. $7 (adults), $5 (students). 706227-0143 THEATRE: Nunsense (Memorial Park Quinn Hall) Athens Creative Theatre presents Dan Goggin’s musical comedy. See Mar. 26 Theatre and Theatre Notes. Mar. 26–28, 7:30 p.m. Mar. 29, 3 p.m. $15 (adults), $12 (seniors, students & children).

706-613-3628 THEATRE: The House of Bernarda Alba (UGA Chapel) University Theatre presents Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca’s play. See Mar. 25 Theatre and Theatre Notes.

Mar. 25–28, 8 p.m. Mar. 29, 2:30 p.m. $10, $7 (students). 706-5422838* KIDSTUFF: A Bag Full of Fables (Athens Little Playhouse) ALP presents an interactive play based on several of Aesop’s fables. Mar. 27, 9 a.m. & 7:30 p.m. Mar. 28, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. Mar. 29, 2 p.m. $10 (adults), $8 (students, children, seniors). 706-208-1036 GAMES: APA Pool Leagues (Lucky Dawg Billiards) Join anytime, any skill level! 1 p.m. 706-354-7829 GAMES: Full-Contact Trivia (Allen’s Bar & Grill) “The lord of all that is trivia,” Bobby Nettles, commutes from Duluth, GA to pick your brain. Sports-themed rules with diverse categories. 9 p.m. FREE! www. allensbarandgrill.com GAMES: Full-Contact Trivia (Amici Italian Café) Nettles starts out the evening with a round of trivia here before heading over to Allen’s. 6 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0000 GAMES: Team Trivia (Wild Wing Café) Every Sunday at Wild Wing!

FREE! www.wildwingcafe.com GAMES: Texas Hold ‘Em Poker (Lucky Dawg Billiards) Free every Sunday! 2, 4, & 8 p.m. 706-3547829

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Monday 30 EVENTS: How We Got Over (UGA Student Learning Center—Room 102) Former U.N. Ambassador and Atlanta mayor Andrew Young presents the premiere of his new featurelength civil rights documentary. Q&A with Young follows screening. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-542-4757 EVENTS: Women’s History Month Film Festival (UGA Student Learning Center—Room 213) Festival concludes with screenings of Ladies of the Land and Fast Food Women. Sponsored by the Institute for Women’s Studies. 7–9 p.m.

FREE! 706-542-2846 PERFORMANCE: Adam Newman (The Loft Dance Lounge) The former guitarist of eccentric math-sludge outfit Coulier and current cast member of MTV’s “The College Humor Show” returns to Athens with a new setlist of stand-up comedy. 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $8 (18+). www.theloftathens.com PERFORMANCE: Barry Sobel (The Loft Dance Lounge) The legendary comedian and screenwriter brings his stand-up to Athens in support of his upcoming Comedy Central program, “The Barry Sobel Show.”

10 p.m. $5 (21+), $8 (18+). www. theloftathens.com KIDSTUFF: Bedtime Stories (ACC Library) Every Monday. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 LECTURES & LIT.: Last Monday Book Group (ACC Library—Small Conference Room) This month: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers. Newcomers welcome. 6 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 LECTURES & LIT.: “President Obama and the Lure of Secret Foreign Policy” (UGA School of Law—Hatton Lovejoy Courtroom) Loch K. Johnson, Regents Professor

of Public and International Affairs at UGA, gives the talk. Reception to follow. 4:30 p.m. FREE! 706-542-0054 GAMES: APA Billiards Leagues (Lucky Dawg Billiards) Join anytime, any skill level! 7 p.m. 706-354-7829 GAMES: General Trivia (Little Kings) Get a team together and show off your extensive trivia knowledge every Monday! 8 p.m. www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub GAMES: Ping Pong (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Get your paddle ready for a game of table tennis! 8:30 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/flickerbar GAMES: Sports Trivia (WOW Café & Wingery) Every Monday. 706543-5510.

GAMES: Tailgater Games (UGA Tate Center) Part of the NAPC’s “Tailgate for Preservation” week. See Mar. 27 Games. Mar. 27 & 30. FREE! www.uga.edu/napc GAMES: Texas Hold ‘Em (Fat Daddy’s) Every Monday and Wednesday. Mondays, 6 & 9 p.m.

Wednesdays, 7 & 10 p.m. 706353-0241 GAMES: Trivia (Taco Stand) Every Monday night at the downtown location. 9 p.m. www.thetacostand.com GAMES: Trivia (Beef O’ Brady’s) Get a team together, order some burgers and test your knowledge of the trivial. Every Monday! 8:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-850-1916

Tuesday 31 KIDSTUFF: Chapter Book Review (Madison County Library) Every Tuesday and Thursday a chapter is read aloud from a young adult book.

For elementary ages. 4:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Storytime (ACC Library) For ages 18 months to 5 years. 9:30 & 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 LECTURES & LIT.: “America’s Economic Meltdown” (ACC Library) William Lastrapes, professor of Economics at UGA, explains

Wednesday, March 25

Gene Ween Band, Timmy Tumble 40 Watt Club An appropriate show for a shit-kickin’ Wednesday night, this bill promises more than its fair share of the 40 Watt’s garage-bandmade-good weirdness for the week (a tall order, yes, but the potential is undeniable). Though newly formed and relatively obscure, “Gener’s” Gene Ween band features some of the finest musicians in their fields, all of whom play with at least one other “well known” band. The formidable line-up boasts Dave Dreiwitz (Ween, Crescent Moon) on bass, Scott Metzger (RANA, Particle [live]) on guitar and Joe Russo (Benevento Russo Duo, American Babies) on drums. And in fact, these three gentlemen also back Ween label-mate and friend Chris Harford when his Band of Changes hits the road, so they’ve got plenty of experience.

If knowledge of Ween still hovers a bit off your radar, that’s just part of its oddly appropriate, albeit paradoxical, status as the most under-appreciated band around; but a Ween show this will not necessarily resemble. Sure, there will probably be a lot of juvenile rebelliousness and Sabbath-interpreted-by-weirdos-style bar mitzvah punk, but there will not likely be the depth of genre-spanning versatility that Ween has cultivated over its 20-year career to temper out the set. It seems Gener is meeting hard times head-on and intends to sing his demons out. So, assuming he’s in good health, his troubles will become our pleasure, because when he’s on, he is the show.

Athens’ Timmy Tumble would be hard-pressed to find an audience more predisposed to embracing outrageous pop songs in the vein of his own, were the show’s headliner anyone other than the beloved creepy uncle of a large family of CHUDs. Bring your secrets, buy ‘em a drink, then ditch ‘em for a googly-eyed lover. [Tony Floyd]

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how the current U.S. economic crisis developed. Feel free to bring a lunch to this 45-minute program. 12:15 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 LECTURES & LIT.: Bulldog Book Club (UGA Student Learning Center—Jittery Joe’s) Discussion of Allen Moore’s Watchmen. 4 p.m.

FREE! fteague@uga.edu LECTURES & LIT.: “Food Is a Feminist Issue: Gardens, Farms and Local Markets” (UGA Student Learning Center— Room 148) Panel discussion.

Sponsored by the Institute for Women’s Studies. 7 p.m. FREE! 706542-2846 LECTURES & LIT.: Go Green Business Loan Presentation (Department of Labor) Presentation covers green business opportunities for new entrepreneurs and how “going green” can save money. Space is limited; call to RSVP. 1–2 p.m.

FREE! 706-613-3748 LECTURES & LIT.: Transformational Book Club (Revolutionary Massage & Wellness) This month’s book: The Seeker’s Guide: Making Your Life a Spiritual Adventure. Refreshments provided.

6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-255-4443 MEETINGS: Theology on Tap (Trappeze Pub) This month’s topic: the spiritual traditions of the Navajo people. Contact Chris McCreight for reading material. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1915, cmccreight@fccathens.org GAMES: 8-Ball Tournament (Fat Daddy’s) Tuesdays. 7 p.m. 706353-0241 GAMES: Beginner’s Pool School (Lucky Dawg Billiards) Learn the basics, every Tuesday! 7 p.m. 706354-7829 GAMES: Cornhole League (Lucky Dawg Billiards) Every Tuesday! 7 p.m. 706-354-7829 GAMES: Drunken Bingo (283 Bar) Great prizes and fun all night long.

10 p.m. FREE! 706-208-1283 GAMES: Flicker Poker Night (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Last Tuesday of every month! 8:30 p.m. www. myspace.com/flickerbar GAMES: Indian Game Day (UGA Myers Quad) Play outdoor games such as Kho-Kho as well as indoor games. Part of UGA’s India Week.

Sponsored by Asha for Education.

5:30–7:30 p.m. FREE! pujac@uga. edu GAMES: Texas Hold ‘Em (Alibi) Every Tuesday. 8 p.m. 706-549-1010 * Advance Tickets Available

Live Music Tuesday 24 40 Watt Club 9 p.m. $10. www.40watt.com* LARKIN GRIMM Although often grouped with freak-folk musicians, Grimm was inspired most by hardcore, noise rock and shaman mystics.

VETIVER San Fran songwriter Andy Cabic’s music has been described as “dreamy, gentle songs that George Harrison would have written in some sunny country garden.”

Borders Books & Music 7:30 p.m. FREE! 706-583-8647 JAZZ STRING DUO Bryan Williamson and Kyle Winchester play subtle, fluent improv jazz.

Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $6 (21+), $8 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com CINEMECHANICA This intensely voluminous local quartet is the aggro

math-rock indie outfit that doesn’t know it’s a metal band. Or perhaps vice versa.

EDIE SEDGWICK Justin Moyer (exAntelope, El Guapo) fuses musical performance art, ironic pop culture worship and electro sounds.

MEDICATIONS Dischord Records act featuring former members of Faraquet. The tunes are progressive rocks songs featuring serious guitar acrobatics and melodies that veer from ethereal to erratic.

Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com CARL LINDBERG Jazz bassist Carl Lindberg (Grogus, Squat, Kenosha Kid, etc.) performs standards, originals and some surprising tunes from divergent styles.

Fat Daddy’s 10 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0241 KARAOKE Every Tuesday, hosted by Lynn.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8:30 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/ flickerbar JOE CHALMERS Local musician who fronts Animals That Will Kill Your Ass performs solo.

ANDREW GRAHAM Up and coming folk and acoustic artist who sometimes goes by “The One Called Ocho.”

OWLBEAR Solo acoustic singer/ songwriter based here in Athens whose plaintive voice is reminiscent of Jeff Mangum’s.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ littlekingshuffleclub PUNK ROCK DANCE PARTY Every Tuesday! Hosted by Randy Smyre.

9 p.m. www.myspace.com/littlekingshuffleclub THE ALBERTANS This Canadian pop collective’s latest EP, Sex with an Angel, offers light, progressive, multi-instrumental pop with a vintage feel. Punk rock dance party follows the band.

The Melting Point 7 p.m. $3. www.meltingpointathens. com THE SUGGINS BROTHERS Performing as part of the weekly Tuesday bluegrass series, the Suggins Brothers are a hard-charging bluegrass quartet out of Macon.

No Where Bar 11 p.m. $2. 706-546-4742 ANOTHER FIASCO The reconvened Fiasco comprises members of the Charlie Mars Band, Lionz and Soul Kitchen coming together to explore more traditional rock territory and resurrect the Fiasco name, claiming The Police and Led Zeppelin as influences.

Rye Bar 10 p.m. $3-$5. www.myspace.com/ ryebarathens COY KING Local songwriter Coy King often performs his poetic countrytinged ballads under the moniker Nightingale News. You can also catch him playing upright bass and piano for Americana band Timber.

Tasty World 10 p.m. $5. www.tastyworld.net BLACK WINGS Leather-clad rock and roll that’ll steal your car, date your girlfriend and crush your head like a can of beer.

KILL THE SCHOOL New, local metal four-piece.

REEKS OF FAILURE Three-piece punk band that takes its cues from bands like Bad Religion, Jawbreaker, Minor Threat, The Descendants and Face to Face.

Tasty Bar Downstairs. 10 p.m. FREE! www.tastyworld.net HIP-HOP DJs spin your favorite hiphop tracks all night.

Wild Wing Café 10 p.m. FREE! www.wildwingcafe.com KARAOKE Every Tuesday night at the downtown chain’s upstairs space.

Wednesday 25 40 Watt Club 9 p.m. $15. www.40watt.com* GENE WEEN BAND Performing Ween songs, cover songs and more!

TIMMY TUMBLE Tim Schreiber from Dark Meat and The Lickity-Splits.

DM bandmate Jim McHugh promises “a one-man bander Princechanneling dirtbag wail.”

Borders Books & Music 8 p.m. FREE! 706-583-8647 FRESH WATER MUSSELS Dac Crossley’s bluegrass band performs in the café. Book signing with Crossley before the music.

Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $7 (21+), $9 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com THESE ARE POWERS Former Liars bassist Pat Noecker leads this experimental, rhythm-driven electronic threesome from Brooklyn. See Calendar Pick on p.21.

UNTIED STATES Distortion-heavy and disharmonious in an oddly pleasant way, Atlanta’s Untied States charts moody, sinister rock and roll waters.

Ciné Barcafé 8 p.m. $6. www.athenscine.com PHYSICS OF MEANING Chamberrock band from Durham, NC, led by multi-instrumentalist Daniel Hart, contributor to records from The Polyphonic Spree, The Rosebuds and Pattern in Movement.

Fat Daddy’s 9 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0241 THE BROS. MARLER Brothers Drew and Daniel Marler are currently concentrating on bringing their brand of Neil Young/Elliot Smith/ Allman Bros.-influenced music to the people as an acoustic duo.

Tonight the group will be joined by Avery Dylan.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8:30 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/ flickerbar WILL ESKRIDGE Member of The Ones and Hola Halo, Eskridge plays a solo set tonight, although he may join bandmate Shauna Greeson for a song or two.

SHAUNA GREESON Also currently a member of The Ones and Hola Halo, Greeson performs solo on acoustic guitar and piano.

ANDREW VICKERY A fresh young gem in the folk scene, Vickery plays acoustic songs on guitar and harmonica in the vein of Dylan.

Harry Bissett’s Bayou Grill 6 p.m. FREE! 706-552-1193 THE BACUPS ‘60s tunes from The Beatles to The Temptations.

Kingpins Bowl & Brew 8 p.m.–Midnight. www.kingpinsbowlandbrew.com NORMALTOWN KARAOKE Every Wednesday night in the Terrapin Grill and Tap Room.

The Melting Point 8 p.m. $5. www.meltingpointathens. com ROCKIN’ JAKE One of the premier harmonica players in the country,

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These Are Powers, Untied States Caledonia Lounge The denouement of the 2004 no wave documentary Kill Your Idols followed up crusty footage of the truly challenging, oft-depraved music produced by various NYC art-dregs in the late ‘70s with a sort of “here’s the new school” look at that city’s millennial wunderkinds. The band Liars These Are Powers appears in this section and, most ably, captures a credibly “out” take on the music the film set out to elucidate. Now, former bassist Pat Noecker’s new project These Are Powers is working even harder to nail that sound to the cross—and I mean that in a good way. Setting their creative stage in both Brooklyn and the admirably active Chicago (boasting such varied and great acts as Maps & Atlases and Bird Names as of late), the trio of Noecker, Anna Barie and Bill Salas has flushed its guitars and keyboards through a sewer of gross atmospheres and sound-gutters and has come back with something increasingly… pulsating. Electronic drums take a greater role in the band’s sound these days, and alongside Barie’s psyche-zone creep-wail, it all sounds awesome, but disarming: Are these noises produced by humans? The whole future-meets-flesh take on art-rock is sort of like a companion piece to the throbbing physiological discomfort of David Cronenberg’s Videodrome. Those seeking proof that the band enjoys an odd fascination with the human body need look no further than the illustrated ass on the cover of their latest, All Aboard Future. So, These Are Powers, what’s up with the butt? “We liked the way it looked,” says Noecker. “Also, the butt is not exactly what you think of when you think ‘future,’ it’s what follows on your way forward. It’s in line with the album’s creative framework that hopefully keeps you guessing as you listen.” You know, I wasn’t sold before, but now I’m into it. Go see this band! [Jeff Tobias]

Jake’s sound is a hybrid of swamp funk, blues and zydeco.

Rye Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/ryebarathens PATRICK CAREY Ginger Envelope frontman plays slow-rolling countryish pop marked by breezy, melodic sounds with chiming acoustic and electric sounds and vocal melodies.

PAUL MCHUGH Longtime musician who spends most of his time onstage fronting Mother Jackson, the hard-charging, ‘70s-sounding rock and roll band rattling around town for several years.

Tasty World 10 p.m. $5. www.tastyworld.net CLOROKS Albany, GA rapper whose beats are imported from Ludacris and B.O.B.’s ATL producer, Ole-E. Recently self-released his new LP, Your Pale Homie, featuring the catchphrase, “I wanna Buttaball girl!”

HOLLOW LEG Down-tempo metal minimalism from Jacksonville, FL. HULL Thunderous NYC groove-metal crowned by its harmonizing vocals, like Torche or the Sword.

RORSHAK Member of local hip-hop group Deaf Judges.

SUBRIG DESTROYER Heavy bass and drum two-piece that sounds like a mix of Floor and Om. Tasty Bar. 10:30 p.m. FREE! www. tastyworld.net DJ KAOS House music every Wednesday!

Thursday 26 40 Watt Club 9 p.m. $7 (21+), $9 (18+). www.40watt. com APPOMATTOX Triple Down Records artist Appomattox takes notes from the melodic layers and punk edge of its Brooklyn neighbors Les Savy Fav and stirs in a good measure of The Pixies.

DEAD CONFEDERATE With its moody, dark weaving of Southern rock and grunge, Dead Confederate is quickly ascending in popularity.

THE INTERNS New local band featuring dreamy indie tunes.

Alibi 9 p.m.–1 a.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 “STAN’S ALMOST FAMOUS KARAOKE” Karaoke lady Lynn is your energetic host for the night.

Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com CONSULT THE BONES New punk outfit featuring John Edwards of local act Community Chaos.

INCENDIARIES Local indie-prog outfit featuring ex-Cinemechanica bassist and Shitty Candy member Erica Strout.

LAUTREC Illinois post-punk quartet passing through Athens on their way to Miami.

THE SUNGLASSES Altanta postpunk with distant psychedelia, thick atmosphere, and a debut release called Tropical Brain Forest.

Farm 255 10 p.m. www.farm255.com JACOB MORRIS Local musician Morris was nominated for a Flagpole Music Award in 2008 for best solo performer.

Fat Daddy’s 9 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0241 LEAVING COUNTRIES Warm, inviting folk rock from here in Athens.

The trio features tender violin, aching harmonica and acoustic guitars.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8:30 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/ flickerbar BLACK BALLOON Somber, experimental folk from local transient Christopher Rabbit.

DREW DANBURRY Ubiquitous touring musician offering folk

somewhere between Nick Drake and Bon Iver.

Georgia Theatre 9 p.m. $10. www.georgiatheatre.com THE HEAP Local indie-soul band covering P-Funk!

SNARKY PUPPY Denton, TX group that jams on soulful nu-jazz sounds.

Go Bar 10 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ gobar “DR. FRED’S KARAOKE” Hosted by karaoke fanatic John “Dr. Fred” Bowers, every Thursday, following the live music.

9 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/gobar CREATION Local one-man electronic/ industrial act.

WITNESS THE APOTHEOSIS Three-man new wave-industrial band based here in town. Depeche Mode-esque vocals backed by rapid-fire dance beats.

Hilltop Grille 6–9 p.m. FREE! 706-353-7667 TONGUE AND GROOVE The acoustic quartet plays lively covers and originals. Performing live on the patio.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub ROMANTEEK Dance rock from Olympia, WA. The Melting Point 8 p.m. $6 (adv), $8 (door), $5 (w/ UGA ID). www.meltingpointathens.com VIGILANTES OF LOVE Bill Mallonee formed this newly-reformed Athens staple back in 1990 with bluesy, folk roots infused with gospel and Southern rock.

WHISPER KISS New acoustic project featuring multi-instrumentalist Michael Wegner (Abbey Road LIVE!, Fuzzy Sprouts, Sunnyside Up Band).

Tonight’s performance will include

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THE CALENDAR! vocalist Shelley Olin (Dubconscious, Grogus), percussionist Kane Stanley (Moyuba, Cosmic Charlie) and cellist Eunice Kang.

No Where Bar 11 p.m. $2. 706-546-4742 3 FOOT SWAGGER Local band featuring musicians Dave Cardello, Jake Cohen, Scott Lerch, Charlie McCoy and Jeff Reusche. The Swagger plays dynamic high energy rock and roll with a lot of funk.

Rye Bar 10 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ ryebarathens DJ GREGORY Spinning R&B and psych-rock.

Sandbar 11 p.m. FREE! 706-548-1988 WILD DAWGS BAND Local guitar/ vocals duo that offers alternativeinfluenced mellow blues with Southern attitude.

Tasty World 10 p.m. $5. www.tastyworld.net CASSIM AND BARBARIA Angular throwback psych-pop from Brazil, like Os Mutantes Funkadelic.

MIDNIGHT PEACOCKS Hardcore rock trio from Tel Aviv, Israel. They define their music as “circus-core, a crossover between hard-core, oriental and cabaret.”

PONCHO MAGIC Bluegrass sensibilities with country-rock execution.

The multi-part vocal harmonies are the real show, though.

THE HUMMS Local act plays what’s been described as “Happy Hippie Horror Rock.” Imagine the sunny side of ‘60s garage rock tainted lyrically by mischievousness and a quirky flirtation with evil.

Terrapin Beer Co. 5:30 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com DAVE HOWARD Singer-songwriter performing mellow folk music.

UGA Hodgson Hall 7:30 p.m. $20 (rear balcony), $25 (orchestra/front balcony), half-price with UGA ID. www.uga.edu/pac PUNCH BROTHERS Chris Thile of Nickel Creek combines jazz, bluegrass and classical music.

Wild Wing Café 10 p.m. FREE! www.wildwingcafe.com JUSTIN BROGDON Rock vet Justin Brogdon puts a lot of Southern soul into his epic songs—drawing from artists like The Black Crowes and Tom Petty. His all-American sound owes a lot to his all-star backing band: drummer Carlton Owens (Squat); bassist Stephen Spivey (Tishamingo); keyboardist/guitarist Jess Franklin (Tishamingo); and lead guitarist Benji Shanks (Last Waltz Ensemble).

Friday 27 40 Watt Club 9 p.m. $10. www.40watt.com ACRYLICS Groovy Brooklyn pop informed by folk.

CHAIRLIFT Brooklyn trio offers syrupy, synthy retro romance that never puts “Baby in the corner.” See Calendar Pick on p. 22.

YACHT Particularly blippy trip-hop/ synth-pop from Portland.

Alibi 9 p.m. $5. 706-549-1010 LIVE WELL Southern acoustic duo fueled by Jack Daniel’s whiskey and taking cues from artists like Waylon Jennings and Son Volt.

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Allen’s Bar & Grill 9:30 p.m. FREE! www.allensbarandgrill. com THE INCREDIBLE SANDWICH Athens-based instrumental jam band with some tropical leanings.

Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com THE ARCS Local act featuring former members of Athens cream-of-thecrop pop rock acts The Possibilities and Ceiling Fan. THE JACK BURTON Local punk band featuring former members of departed Athens faves like Hunter-Gatherer, Let’s Surf! and Exit 86.

VINCAS New project from Chris McNeal (ex-Paper Lions, Teenage Meth Lab, Maserati).

Farm 255 11 p.m. www.farm255.com BALLERS’ BALL DANCE PARTY Local hip-hop and dance party collective features DJs from Atlanta and Athens, “where ballers convene.”

Fat Daddy’s 9 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0241 DIXIE MAFIA Local rock cover band.

Georgia Theatre 9 p.m. $10 (adv), $12 (door). www. georgiatheatre.com BOOMBOX Alabama duo Zion Godchaux (guitar, vocals) and Russ Randolph (turntables, samples) form the duo BoomBox, creating atmospheric and polite light-rock influenced by hip-hop and electronic music.

Go Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar FEEDING FINGERS Songwriter Justin Curfman and his band perform dark, goth-influenced tunes over new wave rhythms and synth.

MISFORTUNE 500 Hook-heavy, mid-tempo local rock with a strong melodic backing and an enthusiastic stage show.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub HALF DOZEN BRASS BAND Highly praised local ensemble, and Athens’ only New Orleans-style brass band, claims Rebirth, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band and Youngblood Brass Band as influences.

STEPHANIE NILLES Popular NYC jazz and folk musician whose influences include God, “and by God, I mean Ella Fitzgerald.”

The Melting Point 9 p.m. $8 (adv), $10 (door). www.meltingpointathens.com* VAL EMMICH The latest “Ugly Betty” hearthrob is also a musician who seductively croons introspective poprock over mostly acoustic guitar.

SONS OF WILLIAM The Stark brothers (sons of dad William Stark) along with Jen Janet sing melodic pop ballads with a rootsy, organic feel. Think of Tom Petty in a duet with Shania Twain.

Mercury Lounge 8 p.m. FREE! www.mercuryathens.com LIVE JAZZ Jazz Fridays feature a new jazz band every week. Call for this week’s lineup.

Rye Bar 10 p.m. $3. www.myspace.com/ryebarathens DOS TORNADOES No info available.

HOT NEW MEXICANS Vocalistguitarist Patrick Jennings, drummer Joe Dakin and bassist Ian McCord

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create catchy, punk-influenced and boozy power pop.

REALLY WRONG No info available.

Tasty World Nothing But Nets Benefit. 10 p.m. $5. www.tastyworld.net CHARLIE BERRY No info available.

GET SMALL Atlanta indie-pop quintet with over a decade of experience.

ROYAL BLUE AND THE STONE GRIFTERS Local blues quartet with a rock twist and a folk perspective.

TODAY THE MOON, TOMORROW THE SUN Dark, explosive Atlanta indie rock with a serrated synth edge, featuring sweet and arresting female vocals.

Terrapin Beer Co. 5:30 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com ROYAL BLUE AND THE STONE GRIFTERS Local blues quartet with a rock twist and a folk perspective. Also at Tasty World later this evening.

Wild Wing Café 10 p.m. FREE! www.wildwingcafe.com DEEPSTEP Country rock band out of Dublin, GA, equally adept at both old-school country sounds and newer pop-rock Nashville tunes.

WUGA 91.7 FM 4 p.m. FREE! www.wuga.org “IT’S FRIDAY!” Feeding Fingers and Stephen Norwood will perform on the local radio station’s weekly program.

Saturday 28 40 Watt Club 8 p.m. $20. www.40watt.com PONDEROSA Local quartet fronted

by Kalen Nash (ex-Gabriel Young) blasts through fiery classic rock, working some pedal steel into the mix and drawing heavily from bluesinfluenced Texas rock.

BUTCH WALKER The former Marvelous 3 frontman and current big-name producer reveals his softer side on his latest record, Sycamore Meadows. See feature on p. 15.

Alibi 9 p.m. $5. 706-549-1010 JAMES HUNTER No info available.

Allen’s Bar & Grill 9:30 p.m. FREE! www.allensbarandgrill. com GRAINS OF SAND Performing classic Motown hits.

Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com JEFFREY BÜTZER Garden of Scissors CD release! Jeffrey Bützer, of Atlanta band Midwives, performs solo tonight. Midwives infuse Eastern European melodies and eclectic arrangements on piano to create an inspired, unique sound.

Bützer’s performance will likely showcase this affinity for bright, cheery instrumentation—from toy pianos to a glockenspiel.

DANCER VS. POLITICIAN Band/ recording project (formerly known as Panda) fronted by Sanni Baumgaertner; the songs, sung in both German and English, are gentler and more pop-oriented than the cabaret of Baumgaertner’s former band Audition with Max Reinhardt.

NATE NELSON Young local singersongwriter whose songs offer both mainstream accessibility and more indie-oriented idiosyncrasy.

Farm 255 9 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com RAND LINES TRIO Jazz standards and originals from this trio led by

Friday, March 27

Chairlift, Yacht, Acrylics 40 Watt Club Somewhere, away from the day-to-day toil and struggle of this world, there is a giant roller rink in the sky. And as a disco ball spins Chairlift above the sparsely lit space, the band playing during couples-only skate is Chairlift.

Chairlift’s music, which is built around the vocals of Caroline Polachek and Aaron Pfenning, channels the synth-laden New Romantic period of the ‘80s perfectly, without becoming a nostalgia-driven novelty act. But while the electronic music of the ‘80s often tapped into the harsh and cold sound that only machines could create, Chairlift’s brand of electro-pop seems to showcase a more playful, organic tone: this is the sound of people playing machines, not the other way around.

Chairlift’s debut, last year’s Does You Inspire You (Kanine Records), distills the group’s synth and pristine ‘60s-pop influences together into one sonic stew that is both challenging and familiar. From the slow build of “Garbage,” the album’s opener, to the closing drones of “Ceiling Wax,” the album reminds music fans just how fun those retro sounds can be.

Live, Chairlift is a kinetic ball waiting to erupt. Pfenning and Polachek trade off vocals while multi-instrumentalist Patrick Wimberly is the unsung hero of the trio, switching from guitar to bass, drums or keyboards depending on the song. Although some of the music is preprogrammed, this is hardly a prepackaged group of pop tarts. All of the album’s highlights seem to stream together onstage, the electronic noises flowing seamlessly with the human voices made all the more stunning by Chairlift’s willingness to expand upon those sounds in a live setting. So, tie up those laces, steady yourself in the arms of your partner and join Chairlift on the rink. [Jason Bugg]

Rand Lines, who also played in nowdefunct pop group Freeze Tag. He’s backed by bassist Jason Cheek and drummer Dennis Baraw.

Fat Daddy’s 8 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0241 LIONZ Southern jam-rock from Athens.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8:30 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/ flickerbar GOLDEN GHOST New York singersongwriter Laura Suzanne plays subtle, soulful folk-rock like a hug at a funeral.

PICTISH TRAIL A revolving cast of UK digital folk, a marriage between live instruments and electro-pop.

ROZI PLAIN Playful, vocal-driven minimalist folk from the UK. VIKING MOSES Experimental Missouri soul/rock act with folk influence.

Georgia Theatre 9 p.m. $20 (adv), $25 (door). www. georgiatheatre.com* GHOSTLAND OBSERVATORY Electro-dance duo from Austin, TX, influenced by The Clash.

Go Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar “LATE NITE DISCO” The house deejay and occasional special guests spin a cool mix of disco, New Wave and modern dance tunes for a sweaty and energetic closing-time crowd. Every Saturday.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 11 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ littlekingsshuffleclub DJ BABY PANDAS Chris Hassiotis is back after several months in Argentina! He’ll spin his usual set of classic funk, searing soul, vintage garage rock and more. Weather permitting, it’ll be a Little Kings outdoor dance party to start spring off right!

The Melting Point 8 p.m. $15 (adv), $17 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com* THE GOURDS Austin’s Roger Millerlovin’ The Gourds have a penchant for quirkiness, twang and unexpected covers. Tonight is the CD Release party for Haymaker.

Wild Wing Café 10 p.m. FREE! www.wildwingcafe.com BIG DON BAND Real Southern rock featuring vocals with lots of soulful drawl backed by smooth, bluesy guitars. The new lineup features Big Don Spurlin, Brian Daniel, Jeff Hargens and Jason Crowe.

Nuçi’s Space Sigma Alpha Iota Benefit for Nuçi’s Space. 8:30 p.m. $5. 706-227-1515.

JIMI CRAVITY Frontman Maurice Willis and his six-piece band of Atlanta romancers offer darling altpop and popular covers.

JOHNNY ROCKBRIDGE AND THE HIGH CHAIRS Atlanta soul quartet with upbeat vibes and James Brown highkicks.

Sunday 29

Rye Bar 10 p.m. $3-$5. www.myspace.com/ ryebarathens MASS SOLO REVOLT Noisy, angular post-punk based here in town and influenced by acts like Pavement and Built to Spill.

SOAPBOX No info available.

Tasty World 2 p.m.—2 a.m. $12. www.tastyworld. net MARCH METAL MADNESS FEST Twelve hours of the best underground local metal on the verge of discovery, headlined by Flagpole Band of the Year Lazer/ Wülf. Performers include All That March, Kill Lebaron, Stygian Apothegm, McClane, Dead to the World and six others!

Downstiars Tasty Bar. 10 p.m. www. tastyworld.net LIVE SALSA ORCHESTRA Cut a rug with live salsa music and dancing!

Terrapin Beer Co. 5:30 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com HIGH STRUNG Ramblin’, upbeat, bluesy folk on acoustic guitar and mandolin.

Farm 255 8 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com SNARKY PUPPY Denton, TX group that jams on soulful nu-jazz sounds.

Jittery Joe’s Roasting Company 4 p.m. FREE! 706-227-4291 BILL MALLONEE The first of Dan Nettles’ “Pickin’ on the Porch” series. The engine behind seminal Athens outfit Vigilantes of Love, Bill Mallonee takes his love of twangy, soulful pop to near-perfection on his numerous recent releases.

Jot ‘Em Down Country Store & BBQ 3 p.m. FREE! 706-549-2110 BETSY FRANCK AND THE BARE KNUCKLE BAND Soulful, brassy Southern rock and country songs rooted in tradition, but with a modern sensibility.

Lucky Dawg Billiards 8 p.m. 706-354-7829 LUCKY DAWG KARAOKE Every Sunday!

The Melting Point 8 p.m. $8 (adv), $10 (door). www.meltingpointathens.com* TIM BRANTLEY Atlanta folk-rock musician.

ARI HEST Brooklyn singer-songwriter offers fun, acoustic pop songs with a deep, introspective croon.

DAVID KOON Local acoustic-pop singer-songwriter.

Monday 30 283 Bar 9 p.m.–2 a.m. FREE! 706-208-1283 “HEAVY METAL MONDAY” Bring your iPod with a 15 minute playlist of your favorite metal tunes for your chance to DJ a set!

Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com JERKAGRAM Eccentric rock duo from Brooklyn featuring a lead vocalist who cues everything from guitar loops to synth dubs to a Speak & Spell while backed by a powerful doom-on-the-horizon drummer.

TALIBAM! NYC duo somewhere between indie-synth noise-rock and improv stand-up.

Fat Daddy’s 9 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0241 NATHAN SHEPPARD The local acoustic guitarist-harmonicist is known for his emotive singing style and his modern reworkings of classic tunes.

Tasty World 10 p.m. $5. www.tastyworld.net COCO RICO No info available.

GREEN GERRY Particularly dreamlike and subtly electronic local trio, like a lullaby from a distance.

NERO AND THE BURNING VIOLINS Athens band that borrows from Neil Young, Pavement and a little Velvet Underground.

Tuesday 31 Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com BRANDON CLARK BAND Oklahoma country-rock influenced by Johnny Cash and ZZ Top. THE DESARIOS Local upbeat rock band with a singer who sounds a bit like Elvis Costello.

LOW END HONEY Local six-piece Southern rock band.

Farm 255 10 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com DAN NETTLES The guitarist in local jazz band Kenosha Kid. Fat Daddy’s 10 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0241 KARAOKE Hosted by Lynn.

Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. $12 (adv), $15 (door). www. georgiatheatre.com* EMMIT-NERSHI BAND Featuring Drew Emmitt of Leftover Salmon and Billy Nershi of String Cheese Incident.

TOWN MOUNTAIN Drawing heavily from two classic American styles, this Asheville band packs its original repertoire with tunes touching on classic country and bluegrass.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ littlekingshuffleclub PUNK ROCK DANCE PARTY Every Tuesday! Hosted by Randy Smyre.

The Melting Point 7 p.m. $3. www.meltingpointathens. com KORT MCCUMBER & MCCUMBERLAND GAP Energetic, original bluegrass and Appalachian stylings from Orlando.

No Where Bar 11 p.m. $2. 706-546-4742 BIG C AND THE RINGERS Local bluesman and UGA grad Clarence Cameron takes inspiration from aritsts like B.B. King.

Rye Bar 10 p.m. $3-$5. www.myspace.com/ ryebarathens HOPE FOR AGOLDENSUMMER Charming local neo-folk band delivers the thriftstore gospel.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1

MATT & KIM

Wild Wing Café 10 p.m. FREE! www.wildwingcafe.com KARAOKE Every Tuesday night.

Wednesday 1 40 Watt Club 9 p.m. $10. www.40watt.com* CHRISSAKES Local hardcore band with haunting, brooding guitar riffs and explosive, screaming vocals.

MATT & KIM Glittery dance/punk duo from Brooklyn featuring Matt Johnson (keys, vocals) and Kim Schifino (drums, vocals).

Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com THE PLAGUE In the 1980s, this punk band formed as one of the first of its kind in Athens.

SOLAR Heavy metal purism from a new local trio.

City Bar 11 p.m. FREE! 706-546-7612 WILD DAWGS BAND Local guitar/ vocals duo that offers alternativeinfluenced mellow blues with Southern attitude.

Georgia Theatre 9 p.m. $20 (adv), $25 (door). www. georgiatheatre.com REBELUTION Popular Cali dub and reggae quartet infused with jam band and ska influence.

SLIGHTLY STOOPID Dope smoking, skateboard riding, general chillaxin’: that’s the vibe Cali band Slightly Stoopid goes for.

Harry Bissett’s Bayou Grill 6 p.m. FREE! 706-552-1193 NATHAN SHEPPARD DUO The local acoustic guitarist-harmonicist is known for his emotive singing style and his modern reworkings of classic tunes, from Dylan and Young to Van Morrison.

CHRISSAKES doors open at 9pm • ten dollars adv. ** 285 W. Washington St. Athens, GA • Call 706-549-7871 for Show Updates

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25 “Push the little daisies and make em com up”

GENE WEEN BAND

(Playing Ween songs, covers and originals)

TIMMY TUMBLE doors open at 9pm • fifteen dollars adv. *

Rye Bar 10 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ ryebarathens DJ GREGORY Spinning R&B and psych-rock.

Tasty World 10 p.m. FREE! www.tastyworld.net ANUS FULL OF WASABI These local dudes like to create chaos by dressing in costume, making a lot of noise and destorying things onstage.

CACTUS PETE AND HIS HIP HAPPENIN’ HOPPERS No information available.

SHITTY CANDY AND THE CIRCUS PEANUTS Local femme punk crew Shitty Candy “throws some bitch punk in your face.” The Circus Peanuts are costumed in quirky burlesque-like attire.

Tasty Bar. 10:30 p.m. FREE! www. tastyworld.net DJ KAOS House music. * Advance Tickets Available

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SATURDAY, MARCH 28

Kingpins Bowl & Brew 8 p.m.–Midnight. www.kingpinsbowlandbrew.com NORMALTOWN KARAOKE Every Wednesday night.

The Melting Point 8 p.m. $5. www.meltingpointathens. com THE RIBS Energetic Southern and classic rock originals and covers.

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bulletin board DO SOMETHING; GET INVOLVED! Deadline for getting listed in Bulletin Board and Art Around Town is every THURSDAY at 12 p.m.

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

ART Athens Indie Craftstravaganzaa (Downtown Athens) Now accepting applications for upcoming artists’ market. Deadline is Apr. 5. Also seeking musicians and volunteers for the event, especially crafters interested in manning demo stations. www.athensindiecraftstravaganzaa.com Call for Entries (ATHICA) Seeking submissions for upcoming “Emerges III” (June 20–July 19).

Deadline is Apr. 30. See site for instructions. www.athica.org/callforentries.php Call for Submissions (Gallery RFD) Gallery RFD in Swainsboro seeks submissions for two upcoming exhibitions: “Seeking Solitude: Isolation in Art” (Mar. 26 deadline) and “Staged: The Constructed Photograph” (Apr. 23 deadline). www.galleryrfd@gmail.com, www. galleryrfd.org Seeking Artists (Village Herb Shop) Seeking local artists inter-

ested in displaying their work in the shop. Email slides to villageherbshop@gmail.com.

Student Art Competition (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) All entrants must attend school in Athens-Clarke County or an adjoining county and be in 10th grade or higher. Selected artwork is used to create items for sale at the gift shop (e.g., note cards, mugs, mouse pads). $1,000 prize for first place.

Deadline is Apr. 2. 706-542-6014, www.uga.edu/botgarden

AUDITIONS Sleeping Beauty (Athens Little Playhouse) ALP is holding auditions for an upcoming May production of Sleeping Beauty. Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script and prepared monologues.

Roles available for both beginning and experienced actors. Auditions slated for Mar. 30–31, 6:30–8 p.m.

706-208-1036, www.athenslittleplayhouse.org

ART AROUND TOWN ACC Library (Reference Area) Watercolor and Prismacolor pencil landscapes by Elizabeth BishopMartin featuring scenes from Alaska and beyond.

Through March. (Young Adult/Browsing) “Cartoons, Comic Books & Graphic Novels: The History of an American Art Form.” Through March.

Athens Academy (Bertelsmann Gallery) “Reflections,” featuring abstract photography by Lee Reed. Through Apr. 3. Reception Mar. 29.

Aurum Studio “Lost Athens and Beyond,” a photographic essay by Jim McGregor. Apr. 2–30. Reception Apr. 2.

Circle Gallery, UGA College of Environmental Design “Orr2: Interpreting the Legacy,” an artistic interpretation of Fred J. Orr’s revivalist architecture through the medium of handpainted silk by textile artist René D. Shoemaker.

Apr. 1–30. Reception Apr. 3. “A Pleasant Territory: Grasslands in the Southeast,” featuring paintings by Philip Juras. Through Mar. 27.

City Salon + Spa “A Series of Jars,” an exhibition

by Lauren Harrell. Through April.

Flaunt Photography by Heather Fletcher. Through March.

Flicker Theatre & Bar Photographs from the Bonnaroo Music Festival by Austen Mikulka. Through March.

Hampton Fine Art Gallery (Greensboro) “New Works Around the Corner,” featuring new pieces by local artists. Through March. www.artistcameronhampton.com Just Pho and More Oil paintings by Melody Croft.

Through April.

Krimson Kafe Mosaic artwork by J. Elizabeth Wright. Through March.

Lamar Dodd School of Art (Gallery 307) “At the Beginning: Early Paintings by Lamar Dodd,” featuring paintings from the collection of C.L. Morehead.

Through Mar. 28. (Gallery 101) “Point A to Point B,” an exhibition of Zachary Lieberman’s work, which explores the nature of communication and the delicate boundary between the visible and the invisible.

Through Mar. 28. (3rd Floor Plaza & Suite Exhibition Space) Scientific & Medical Illustration Judged Exhibition featuring work from UGA’s Scientific Illustration Program and The Medical College of GA’s Graduate Program in Medical Illustration. Through

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CLASSES Archery for Beginners (Sandy Creek Park) Basic archery instructions for beginners with a strong emphasis on safety. Ages 10 & up.

Pre-registration required. Apr. 18, 1 p.m. $6. 706-613-3631 Art Classes (Ciné Barcafé) Now registering for six-week drawing and painting classes that meet Sunday afternoons starting Mar. 29. bhstrauch@yahoo.com, www. athenscine.com AWC Classes (Athens Wellness Cooperative) Offering community acupuncture sessions Wednesdays– Fridays from 1–5 p.m. ($25). Also, Yoga, Pilates, tai chi and salsa classes for adults and older teens.

Full schedule online. $14 drop-in, $60/6 classes, $108/12 classes.

706-369-8855, www.wellnesscooperative.com Casual Earthenware Workshop (Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation) George McCauley demonstrates narrative sculpture us-

March 26. (Art Education Gallery & 3rd Floor North Bar Corridor) Youth Art Month Exhibition featuring work by students in the Clarke County School District. Through Mar. 28.

Lyndon House Arts Center 34th Annual Juried Exhibition, featuring work by area artists in a variety of media. Through May 9. Selections from the second round of proposals for the Athens Area Arts Council’s “You, Me and the Bus” program of artist-designed bus shelters. Through May 9.

Madison County Library Cross-stitch and crochet creations by Melinda Horne. Through March.

Monroe Art Guild Annual Walton County student show. Through Apr. 30.

Oconee County Library Photography by Susan M. Clopper. Through March.

Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation To celebrate Youth Art Month, an exhibit featuring over 150 works of art from 12 Oconee County schools.

Through Mar. 25. Reception Mar. 25.

Red Eye Coffee Work by UGA student Talia Bromstad. Media include lithography, letterpress and relief printing. Through March.

State Botanical Garden of Georgia “Seasons,” featuring watercolor paintings by Leigh Ellis. Mar. 29–Apr. 26. Reception Mar. 29. www.studiointhewood.com The Grit Youth Art Month exhibit featuring work by students from Barrow Elementary School. Through Mar. 29.

UGA Aderhold Local artist and UGA faculty member Jamie Calkin helps the College of Education recognize its centennial year with “Celebration,” a rotating exhibit of original watercolors of the UGA campus and downtown Athens. Through Aug. 30.

UGA Lamar Dodd School of Art Galleries (Gallery 301) “Garments Pleasing to God,” featuring Coptic textiles (ca. 300–700 C.E.). Curated by Dr. Asen Kirin. Through March 28.

Washington Historical Museum (Washington) Premiere showing of Herb Bridges’ collection of hand-painted movie poster boards from the ‘30s and ‘40s. Through May. White Tiger Gourmet Food & Chocolates “Chase Street Portraits,” an exhibition of artwork created by students at Chase Street Elementary School.

Through March.

Wild Child Arts (Monroe) “Crosses/Rebirth,” featuring work by local artists. March through April. www.wildchildarts.net

Jonathan Jacquet’s painting “September 2008” is at the Lyndon House Arts Center through May 9. See Art Notes. ing thrown and handbuilt methods.

Learn about his casual approach to working with clay. Space is limited. Call to register. Apr. 18–19, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. $60. 706-769-4565, info@ocaf.com Centering Prayer Seminar (Samaritan Counseling Center) Four-week seminar in meditative prayer designed to lessen physical and mental tension. Mondays, Apr. 20–May 11, 7–8:30 p.m. $50. www. samaritannega.org Clay Classes (Good Dirt) Weekly “Try Clay” class every Friday from 7–9 p.m. “Family Try Clay” every Sunday from 2–4 p.m. $20/person.

706-355-3161, www.gooddirt.net Computer Class (ACC Library) “RSS: The Basics.” In the Educational Technology Center. Call to register. Mar. 26, 10–11:30 a.m.

FREE! 706-613-3650 Cooking Class (Earth Fare Café) “Confit: Classic French Technique, Modern Flair,” led by Chef Michael Perkins. Call to reserve a spot. Mar. 25, 6 p.m. FREE! 706-227-1717 The Couples Guide to Massage (Revolutionary Massage & Wellness) Learn proper massage strokes and basic anatomy.

Refreshments provided. Register online. Apr. 4, 2–5 p.m. $150/couple.

706-255-4443, www.revolutionarymassage.com Dance Club (Village Herb Shop) Learn a new dance from around the world each week. Thursdays, 7:15 p.m. Donations. 706-540-1689 Didgeridoo Sessions (Healing Arts Centre) Three-week series that begins with learning how to create a basic drone and culminates in learning upper harmonies and rhythm building. Call to register. Mar. 28, Apr. 4 & Apr. 11. $30. 706-6131142, www.didgeridoohowto.com Drumming for Fun and Well-Being (Mind Body Institute) Led by Dr. Arvin Scott. Every 2nd and 4th Saturday. 2–3:30 p.m. $10/ class. 706-475-7329, www.armc. org/mbi Encaustic Wax Exploration (Wild Child Arts—Monroe) Experiment using one of the oldest forms of painting. All supplies included in price. Apr. 4, 1–3:30 p.m. $50. 770-266-7437, www. wildchildarts.net Gentle Yoga (St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church) Bring your own mat or towel and wear loose

clothing. Julie Horne, instructor.

Tuesdays, 5:30–7 p.m. $9/class.

706-354-1996 Hoopdance Workshop (Athens YMCA) Learn basic hoopdance moves in this introductory workshop. Mar. 28, 1–2:30 p.m. $20. www.athenshoopdance.wordpress. com Intro Sailing Class (Sandy Creek Park) Learn basic sailing principles. Ages 13 & up. Preregistration required. Mar. 29, 1–5 p.m. $46. 706-613-3631 “Intro to Beading” (Native America Gallery) Learn the basics of making a simple necklace. Mar. 27, 6–8 p.m. $30 (plus cost of beads).

706-543-8425 Laugh-a-Yoga (Mind Body Institute) Helps produce changes in mood, confidence and health. Fourth Friday of every month. 5:30–6:30 p.m. $5. 706-475-7329, www.armc. org/mbi MBI Classes (Mind Body Institute) Offerings include Beginner Yoga, Gentle Yoga, Chair Yoga, Prenatal Yoga and Tai Chi Chih. Also, Meditation Intensive with Dr. Rich Panico that consists of two meditation courses and a silent retreat in

the GA mountains. 706-475-7329, www.armc.org/mbi Mindfulness Meditation Group (Healing Arts Centre) Meditation instruction for beginners.

First Monday of every month. 7:10– 8:40 p.m. FREE! 706-546-7238 Pilates Classes (Balance Pilates and Wellness Studio) Schedule and details online. Private lessons also available. 706-546-1061, www. balancepilatesathens.com Tae Kwon Do & Jodo Classes (Live Oak Martial Arts) For kids and adults, beginner–advanced. Chase St. Warehouses, next to Canopy and ATHICA. Mondays–Thursdays, 3:30-8:30 p.m. 706-548-0077, www. liveoakmartialarts.com Tech Tips: Twitter (ACC Library) Learn the basics of this new social networking tool. Apr. 14, 12:20–1 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 Visiting Artist Workshop (Good Dirt) Led by Farmington potter Geoff Pickett. Mar. 28, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. $60 (includes lunch).

706-355-3161 Yoga (Village Herb Shop) Drop-in yoga ($5–10 donation) meets Wednesdays (7:15 p.m.) and Thursdays (8:30 a.m.). 706-5401689

HELP OUT! American Red Cross (Red Cross Center—3525 Atlanta Hwy.) This month donors will be entered for a chance to win two Delta Airlines domestic round-trip tickets. 706-5460681, www.redcrossblood.org Blood Drive (Athens First United Methodist Church) Call the church to make an appointment. Apr. 6, 2–7 p.m. 706-543-1442 Foster Homes Needed (Athens Area Humane Society) AAHS is looking for dependable foster homes for dogs and cats. Download an application at www.athenshumanesociety.org or contact the Foster Care Coordinator at foster@ athenshumanesociety.org or 706424-4900.

Hands on Athens Seeks Volunteers (Various Locations) Volunteers needed to help repair and maintain historic homes this spring. Weekend registration at the Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation at 489 Prince Ave, or sign-up online.

Morning and afternoon shifts available. Apr. 3–5. 706-353-1801, www. achfonline.org/handsonathens

KIDSTUFF Camp Amped (Nuçi’s Space) Nuçi’s Space now accepting applications for summer music camps open to middle and high school students ages 11 & up. Applications and scholarship info online. June 8–20 & July 6–8. 706-227-1515, www. nuci.org Drawing Class (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Artist Toni Carlucci teaches the secrets to drawing plants, flowers and other natural objects using fun and easy techniques. Ages 8 & up. Preregistration required. Apr. 14, 4–6 p.m. FREE! 706-542-4662 Kids’ Art Camps (Good Dirt) Now registering for summer art camps.

Complete schedule info and registration forms at www.gooddirt.net.

706-355-3161 Summer Camp (Canopy Studio) Now registering for three two-week sessions in June and July for grades K–5. Activities include trapeze, dance, art, drumming and gymnastics. Email to reserve spot. $150/ week, $250/two weeks. ashowah@ gmail.com, www.canopystudio.com

Youth Sailing Class (Sandy Creek Park) Learn basic sailing principles. Ages 7–12. Pre-registration required. Apr. 4, 1–4 p.m. $35. 706613-3631

SUPPORT Al-Anon Family Group (Young Harris United Methodist Church) 12-step program for families and friends of alcoholics. Mondays, Wednesdays & Saturdays, 12:10– 1:10 p.m. www.al-anon.alateen.org Athens Transgender Advocacy Coalition (Email for Location) New group to serve the needs of local transgender people.

ATAC strives to provide resources and confidential support while building the local community. All are welcome. transgenderathens@ gmail.com Emotions Anonymous (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) Informal and supportive 12step program open to anyone with a desire to become well emotionally.

Sundays, 4–5 p.m. 706-227-2354, www.emotionsanonymous.org Mental Health America of Northeast Georgia (Various Locations) Weekly social group for those with mental illness and their family members. This month’s events include a movie and bingo.

Tuesdays. 706-549-7888, www. fightthestigma.com Mental Health Support Group (St. Mary’s Hospital) Meets in the lobby conference room.

Thursdays, 6:30 p.m. 706-7835706, www.athensmentalhealth.org

ON THE STREET 18th Annual Silver & Archibald Run/Walk for Home (The Classic Center) Now registering for 5K that benefits Athens Area Habitat for Humanity and the Athens Area Homeless Shelter. Registration: $15 before Mar. 31, $20 after Mar. 31. www.active.com, 706-769-6593 31st Annual 5K Human Race (UGA Catholic Center) Now registering for Apr. 18 race sponsored by the UGA Catholic Center and benefiting the Franciscan Helping Hands Outreach, the Athens Area Food Bank and the Catholic Center’s Summer Art & Music Camp. Entry forms online. Before Apr. 13: $15/ individual, $55/family of 4. After Apr. 13: $18/individual, $65/family of 4. www.uga.edu/cc Eco-Adventure: Survival of the Fittest (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Compete against 25 co-ed teams in a nature-based challenge course that includes running, hiking, canoeing, plant identification, orienteering and archery. Pre-registration required. Applications available at SCNC and www.athensgreenway. com. Apr. 19, 12–5 p.m. $85/team of four. 706-613-3615 FREE! Tax Assistance (Various Locations) Offered by AARP Tax Aide. For taxpayers with low to moderate income, with special attention to those 60+ years old. Mondays 1–5 p.m. at Oconee County Library.

Tuesdays 1–4:30 p.m. at Oglethorpe County Library. Wednesdays– Saturdays 9 a.m.–1 p.m. at Kroger on Epps Bridge Rd. Thursdays 9 a.m.–1 p.m. at Athens Council on Aging. 706-543-9511 Volunteer in Peru Learn Spanish and stay with a host family while working in a school, orphanage, medical clinic, animal shelter or organic farm. Open to anyone over the age of 18. 404-906-0569, www. venperu.org f

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reality check Matters Of The Heart And Loins I need to know if alcoholic, unambitious and worthless men ever think about the hurtful things they do to people. I was married to one of these people and he just “up and left” the marriage. Our friends say he will never call or write me because “he just doesn’t have it in him.” They say he thinks he’s the grandest of grand and he knows more than anyone. I was married to the man for two years. I was upset the whole time because of the drinking.

It seems that I wonder all of the time when he will “see the light.” He was my first love ever, and I would like to know your thoughts on someone of this stature. I never thought of him as worthless. Others think of him as worthless and the wrong one for anyone to be married to. I am a heartbroken woman who doesn’t understand what her friends are telling her.

I would like a stranger’s input to help me in the healing process, so if you could please think about this and let me know!!!

Arrrghhhhhhhhhhhhhh So, your friends are telling you that he’s great and he really loves you? Or that he’s worthless? I’m confused. Honestly, it doesn’t matter what they are telling you.

You don’t have to think ill of the man to know that he is not husband material. Is he ever going to see what an asshole he was? Who knows? If you haven’t had any indication yet that he has seen the error of his ways, you shouldn’t hold your breath. Just be thankful you only wasted a couple years and hold out for somebody who doesn’t make you unhappy all the time. Even if you are heartbroken and having a hard time being alone, you are much more likely to find somebody to be happy with if you aren’t stuck in a relationship that isn’t working.

I am in my 40s and I have been divorced for 15 years. My son is 21 and lives with me but is fairly self-sufficient.

I have a good job, good friends and I am close to my family. I have dated men here and there, but have yet to find a guy I really want to spend time with. Mostly, I’m fine. I would rather be in a good relationship, but since I haven’t had one in forever it isn’t like I’m falling apart without a man.

The other day I was eating a quick lunch alone at a local deli. It was a beautiful day, and I was sitting outside, and a couple walked up, exchanged a few words that I never heard, and she took off. The guy walked up and started chatting me up. I asked him why he would do that since he was obviously with the woman who had just walked away, and he claimed that they were just friends. He said that he wanted to go out with me and that she was “Swear to God, like my sister.” I was

dubious. I continued to eat my lunch and kind of laughed it off. He said he was completely serious, ran in and got a salad, and came back out to sit with me. He pretty much talked at me for about 10 minutes.

He was very funny, I admit, but it was like he was trying to sell himself—very weird. He asked for my number, and I said no. He told me that he wanted me to call him and gave me his number. You have to understand that the whole time this was going on I did not take him seriously at all. I thought he was nice, and he was handsome enough, but the situation was so weird that I thought surely one of my friends would pop around the corner with a camera at any minute. It didn’t happen.

He told me that he is my age, educated, has a good job and doesn’t really get out much. He also said he hasn’t dated anyone in a long time but he was immediately interested in me when he saw me. Now, I am not by any means ugly, but this is not a thing that I am used to, so I am at a bit of a loss. Is this guy crazy? Full of it?

Should I call him? If I do, do you think he’s going to be one of those guys who calls every five minutes? Because that would make me crazy. I don’t know. He wasn’t creepy at all, but the situation was so unusual that I don’t really know how to respond. I was not put off by him, but I was having a hard time taking it seriously, too. Am I too cynical?

The woman did eventually come back, and she was very nice and kind of laughing at him and just said “hello” to me before asking him if he was ready to go. Clearly she was cool with it. I am at a loss. Help?

Call him. Block your number so he doesn’t bug you to death, but call him. Get to know him a bit and see what you think. If you think you have good instincts, and this guy didn’t seem in any way creepy, then maybe he really is just socially awkward and didn’t know how to approach you. The fact that he has a very close female friend is probably a good sign, since most super-creepy guys don’t have a normallooking woman on their arm at the local deli. It seems like you have very little to lose. Don’t let him know where you live or anything at the beginning, but take it slow and give him a chance and see what happens. It sounds like a John Cusack movie in real life, and most girls dream of living in one of those. Go rent Say Anything, watch it by yourself when your son isn’t home so he doesn’t roll his eyes at you, and then call the guy for coffee or something. And for the love of god, PLEASE keep me posted. I am so intrigued.

Jyl Inov Got a question for Jyl? Submit your anonymous inquiry via the Reality Check button at www.flagpole.com.

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Real Estate Apartments for Rent $ 3 0 0 – $ 4 0 0 / B R . 3–5BR townhome on Eastside.

Double porches, HWflrs., ceiling fans, DW, W/D, trash incl., & a new pool. Now leasing! (706) 543-1910. Go to www.landmarkathens.com. $440/mo. Location, Location, Location! Taking reservations for Aug. move-in. 291 S. Finley Bluffs Apt.’s 1BR. 550 sq. ft.

2 blocks from UGA campus.

(678) 613-5600. Email bluffs. apts@yahoo.com. $825/mo. 4BR/3BA. Close to campus. Avail. 4/1/09. 273 Westchester Circle. Owner/ Agent, call Mike (706) 207-7400.

1BR apt. Safe & quiet! 255.5 Hillcrest Ave. No dogs, cats OK, W/D, $525/mo. incl. water & trash. Avail. 8/1. Chris (706) 202-5156.

1BR/1BA. All elec., water furnished, nice! On bus line.

Single pref. Avail. now! (706) 543-4271.

2BR duplexes starting at $475/mo. (706) 549-6070.

2BR/1BA Eastside on Cedar S h o a l s D r. A l l e l e c t r i c , remodeled, W/D hookup. $550/mo. (706) 202-2466.

1BR/1BA. Next to UGA. Walk to campus & Dwntn.

HWflrs., A/C, some utils. incl.

Free parking for residents.

Cats OK, no dogs. $475– $500/mo. Call (706) 354-4261, 10am–2pm. Get a roommate & live w/ us!

2BR/1BA renovated apts., perfect for grad students, safe & quiet, close to campus & Dwntn. 225 China St. 2 avail. now! Also preleasing for fall, $400–$550/mo. Incl. water & trash, no dogs, laundry onsite.

Chris (706) 202-5156.

2BR/1BA. $495/mo. FP, DW, CHAC. 418 Lexington Heights.

Dogs OK. (706) 749-9141.

2BR/1BA. Spacious. Quiet & safe n’hood. CHAC, HWflrs., W/D. $750/mo. Call (706) 548-5869.

2BR/2.5BA townhouse avail.

8/1. Near UGA & Dwntn.

Historic Art/Mill district. Priv. porches. Gated courtyd. On Greenway. Bamboo woods.

Pets OK. $700/mo. (706) 7147600, (706) 340-4282.

2BR/2BA Urban loft condo. Approx. 1500 sq. ft.

W/D incl. Walking distance to Dwntn. $900/mo. + dep. (757) 897-6766.

2BR/2BA on College Station.

Huge apt., FP, deck, lots of closets, DW, W/D, CHAC. Avail. 8/1. Pets OK. $575/ mo. (706) 369-2908.

3BR/2.5BA townhouse on Milledge. Unique flrplan, W/D, pool, sand volleyball, on busline. Great location, great value! Call Paul (678) 462-0824.

4BR/1.5BA. Walk to campus funky 2–story apt. in triplex.

G re a t l o c a t i o n . H i s t o r i c n’hood. Pulaski near Prince.

Remodeled tile, antique hear tpine accents, W/D, CHAC. Avail. now! $750/mo.

(706) 215-4496.

5 Pts. 2BR/1BA. Great location. Great for Grad student. Walk to campus.

W/D, CHAC, nice patio. Pets OK. $650-$700/mo. Avail.

8/1. Call (706) 369-2908.

Alexi Apartments. 1 lg.

BR/1BA w/ lg. lv. rm. New laundry facilities. 18 unit complex, 1 block off Milledge w/ bus stop. Pre-leasing for June. $450/mo. (706) 2079902, (706) 835-8401.

Best apts. in Athens! Move in March and get the 1st mo. free & the 2nd mo.

1/2 off. Or prorate it. 1BRs starting at $450 & 2BRs starting at $520! 3BRs $705/ mo. & 1st mo. free! Pet friendly, busline. Pre–leasing for fall. (706) 549-6254.

Restrictions Apply.

Blvd area. Lg. 1BR upstairs apt. in historic house.

Huge porches, W/D, lots of character. H2O incl. Avail. now. $525/mo. (706) 3539893, lv. msg.

Brick duplex. 2BR/2BA w/ all extras, very clean. Just off Mitchell’s Bridge Rd. 2 mi. from Publix. $500/mo. Grad students & professionals welcome. (706) 254-0478.

Cobbham historic district. 1BR apt. Heart pine flrs. + ceil. fans. CHAC, W/D, garage w/ auto opener. NS. No pets. Call (706) 340-1283.

Fall Special! Best deal at The Lodge. 2BR/2BA. Incl. basic cable & Internet, clubhouse w/ pool, fitness center, & much more! Sign up now for $750/mo. Athens Realty (706) 353-0708.

For Rent. 2BR/2BA apt.

Windsor Place condo. Busline within 1 mi. of UGA. Lg. BRs, FP, W/D, & DW. Some pets allowed. Avail 8/1. 1 yr. lease.

Sec. dep. req’d. $750/mo.

(706) 540-0857.

Free month’s rent. Stadium Vi l l a g e 2 B R / 1 B A g a t e d community, close to campus.

Water, trash, lawn incl. Pool, gym. $575/mo. (706) 549-6070.

Garage apts. in heart of 5 Pts. 1BR/1BA, 2BR/1BA. Lv. rm., & kitchen incl. No pets. HWflrs. $550/mo. Call (706) 548-4358.

Hill St. 2BR/1BA. All electric apt. W/D, water, trash, lawn incl. $575/mo. Call (706) 549-6070.

Lynn Rock Apts. 1BR/1BA $490/mo. On Bloomfield St. off Baxter, Near campus. DW, water, trash incl. Mention this ad & receive $100 off your sec. dep.!! (706) 353-6868 or www.joinermanagement.com.

Must see. Month free with 12 month signed lease.

Loft for rent. Walking distance to Dwntn. Chicopee Commons Poplar & E. Broad. $1400/mo.

2BR/1.5BA. DW, W/D, furnished avail. Lg. unit. HWflrs. Lv. msg.

(706) 714-2767.

New 2BR/2BA apt. Close to Dwntn. ARMC area. Lv. rm., study, all appls. incl. $800/mo.

Avail. now! Call Michelle (706) 433-2712.

Ve r y c o o l l a y o u t !

3BR/1.5BA apt. in quadraplex.

2 blocks from campus. 5 Pts. area. W/D, CHAC, nice patio. $1125/mo. Avail. 8/1. Pets OK. Call (706) 369-2908.

Normaltown/ Navy School area.

Willow Run. Brick townhouse duplex. Upstairs unit apt.

Private, quiet 2BR/1BA, HWflrs., lg. fenced yd. Pets OK. $600/ mo. lease/dep. (706) 207-4636.

Studio 51 Condos!! 1BR luxury on-campus studios. No sec. dep.! Rent incl. water, gas, pest & trash. Built-ins, HWflrs., tile & laundry facility.

City & UGA bus stop. Pets OK. $550/mo. kaceyprice@ hotmail.com, (706) 540-2829.

Westside condos. 2BR/2BA, $600/mo. 3BR/2BA, $700/ mo. Converted clubhouse into a huge open flr. plan.

4 B R / 2 . 5 B A , $1200/mo.

Eastside quadraplex 2BR/2BA, $525/mo.2BR/1BA, $490/mo.

Call McWaters Realty, (706) 549-3222, (706) 353-2700.

Apartments for Sale $105,000. 2BR/2BA Scarborough Place ground level condo for sale. FP, pool privileges. Appls incl., lawn maint., trash, water incl. in COA dues. (706) 540-7501. $119,000. 3BR/2.5BA Scarborough Place upstairs condo for sale. Appls Incl., FP, pool privileges.

Lawn maint., trash, water incl. in COA dues. (706) 540-7501.Eastside offices for lease. 1060 Gaines School Rd. 1200 sq. ft., $1200/mo.

500 sq. ft. $625/mo., 150 sq. ft. $300/mo. (706) 546-1615 or athenstownproperties.com.

Retail Suites for lease at Homewood Village.

1K–12,500 sq. ft. avail. For more info. Call Bryan Austin at (706) 353-1039 or visit www. sumnerproperties.net.

Houses for Rent $350–$1950/mo. 1BR, 2BR, 3BR, 4BR, & 5BR. Prices reduced! Awesome walk & bike to campus & town!

Pre–leasing for Fall! Many historical houses w/ lg. rms, high ceilings, big windows, HWflrs., old–world charm, modern amenities. Porches, & yds. Pet friendly. These go f ast ! Em ai l f or l i st : luckydawg96@yahoo.com.

$1075/mo., 3BR/2BA, lg. house, only 5 min. to campus.

Popular Eastside, safe n’hood, exc. cond., no pets.

475 Crestwood Dr. Call Mike at (706) 207-7400 or email mikejoyner@charter.net. $660/mo. 2BR/2BA. 115 E. Carver Dr. 1.5 mi. from UGA Arch. Fenced–in yd. HW & tile flrs., CHAC, W/D hookups, DW, garbage disposal. Pets welcome. (706) 614-8335. $875/mo., blocks from town & campus, 3 huge BRs, 1.5BA, 12’ ceilings, HWflrs., tall windows, no traffic, big yd., pets. 127 Elizabeth St., Avail.

4/1. Agent/Owner. Call Mike at (706) 207-7400 or email mikejoyner@charter.net.

1, 2, 3BR houses. Pre–leasing for fall. Close to UGA & Dwntn. Call (706) 255-0066.

1/2 mi. from Downtown.

1, 2, 3, 4BR houses & apts. located in the historic Blvd. n’hood. Please check out b o u l e v a r d ​p r o p e r t y​ management.com or call (706) 548-9797.

1/2 mi. to UGA. Nice 2BR/1BA. HWflrs., CHAC, W/D, fenced yd., pets OK. 1284 E. Broad, across from Chicopee apts. $700/mo. Avail. 8/1. Rose (706) 540-5979.

1BR house in 5 Pts.! $500/ mo., big fenced yd. Dogs OK! No DW or hookups for W/D. 120.5 Fortson Dr. Avail. 8/1.

Chris (706) 202-5156.

1BR up to 4BR houses. Preleasing for next school yr.

Close to UGA & Dwntn. Call (706) 714-4486 or email at hathawayrichard@hotmail.com.

1BR/1BA carriage house.

Pre–leasing for 6/1. CHAC, W/D, oak flrs. Screened porch. $500/mo. Email hathawayproperties@gmail. com, call (706) 714-4486.

1BR/1BA, p re - l e a s i n g .

High ceilings, wood flrs., CHAC, DW, W/D, fenced yd.

Pets OK. $500/mo. Email hathawayproperties@gmail. com, call (706) 714-4486.

2BR/1.5BA East Athens Duplex for rent. Fresh paint, new carpet, W/D, DW, range, fridge, trash & yard service incl. Pets OK. Avail. now! $550/mo. Call Mike (877) 7401514 toll free.

2BR/1BA close to Dwntn/ UGA. HWflrs, sunny, CHAC, W/D, sec. sys., fenced yd.

Great for pets. 236 N. Peter. $625/mo. Avail. 8/1 or earlier.

Rose (706) 540-5979.

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2BR/1BA cool, old shared house! $800/mo. 0.5 mi. from Dwntn. All appls. 340 Ruth St. Apt. B. Avail. 8/1. (706) 713-0626.

3BR/2BA house across from Navy/Med school main gate.

425 Oglethorpe. $950/mo.

Call (770) 725-1555 or email dec@dahlco.org.

2 B R / 1 B A re n o v a t e d m i l l house on 1st St. High ceilings, HWflrs, chef’s kit. w/ all appls.

Big priv. yd., front porch, rear deck, storage buildling. $850/ mo. (706) 202-9507.

3BR/2BA on Camelot Dr. $800/mo. Wooded lot in quiet n’hood. CHAC, all appls, FP, deck, ceil. fans. Pets OK w/ dep. Trash incl. Avail Aug. Email bradleygaydos@ gmail.com.

2BR/1BA, p re - l e a s i n g .

CHAC, W/D, DW, sec. sys., fenced. Pets OK. Close to Dwntn. & UGA. $325/BR. Email hathawayproperties@gmail. com, call (706) 714-4486.

2BR/1BA. 1/2 mi. to Arch. All appls., HWflrs, lg. wood deck overlooks priv. fenced yd. $700/mo. (706) 202-9507.

2BR/2BA mobile home. Only 4 yrs. old! Close to UGA on Inglewood Ave. All appls. incl. W/D. $575/mo. No pets, new carpet. Avail. now! (706) 540-0472.

2–3BR/2BA. 2 decks & front porch, country setting, high ceilings, HWflrs., lg. rms, Good dog is OK! Avail. now or May! $800/mo. (706) 2022733 or (706) 548-9797.

3BR/2BA w/ lg. fenced–in yd. $800/mo. All appls. Eastside, close to Dwntn. Sec. sys. optional. Avail. 3/1. 150 Binion Rd. (706) 713-0626.

3BR/2BA, p re – l e a s i n g .

Chase St., on busline, lg. house, oak flrs., fenced. Close to Dwntn. & UGA. Pets OK. $1050/mo. $350/BR. Email hathawayproperties@gmail. com, call (706) 714-4486.

3BR/3BA Eastside. Quiet n’hood. $1100/mo. All appls.

213 Springtree St. Avail. 8/1.

(706) 713-0626.

3BR/3BA. Huge house on Greenway! $1400/mo. All appls. 978 MLK Pkwy. Avail.

8/1. (706) 713-0626.

3BR/1.5BA, pre–leasing.

5 Pts., 1 block to UGA & M i l l e d g e Av e . B e a u t i f u l home. $1500/mo. $500/BR. Includes utilities. Email hathawayproperties@gmail. com, call (706) 714-4486.

3 B R – 4 B R / 2 B A i n F o re s t Heights. $960/mo. Unique layout. Quiet n’hood. CHAC, garage, laundry rm., doggy door & fenced backyd. Pets OK w/ dep. Avail. mid–April.

Email michele.tamisin@gmail. com or call (706) 614-0821.

3BR/1.5BA. 288 4th St. Pre– leasing for 8/1/09. Fenced yd. DW, CHAC, big yd. W/D, FP, garbage disposal, HWflrs.

Pecan trees. $800/mo. + $800/sec. (706) 254-2936.

4BR/2BA victorian home 1/2 mi. from campus. W/D, DW, fenced yd., HWflrs, $1695/ mo. Huge rooms! Lots of character. Avail. 8/1. Pets OK. (706) 369-2908.

3BR/1BA ARMC area. W/D, HWflrs., tiled kitchen, fenced backyd., carport. $750/mo.

Credit check. Call Andy (215) 284-2503.

4BR/2BA house on Eastside for rent. HWflrs., carport, lg. yard. $1K/mo. www.infotube. net/152273. Call (706) 369-9679, cell (706) 207-0935, or call Pam (706) 540-3809 lv. msg.

3BR/1BA, p re - l e a s i n g .

4 blocks to Dwntn. & UGA. High ceilings, wood flrs., DW, W/D, sec. sys. Pets OK. $780/mo. $260/BR. Email hathawayproperties@gmail. com, call (706) 714-4486.

3BR/1BA. 1 mi. to Arch.

Renovated mill house.

Hancock historic district.

Multi–family, pet friendly.

Each rm. w/ priv. porch. All appls. incl. $1100/mo. (706) 202-9507.

3BR/1BA. Close to campus.

Fenced backyd., HWflrs., DW, W/D, CHAC. Pets OK. Avail.

8/1. $1K/mo. Won’t last! (706) 369-2908.

3BR/1BA. Pets OK. $800/mo.

220 Habersham Dr. (706) 613-2317.

3BR/2.5BA houses. Brand new! $1275/mo. Avail. now!

Near Prince Ave. Call Kelly (706) 254-3250.

3BR/2BA Eastside duplex. $700/mo. Pest control, lawn maint., garbage incl. W/D conn.

Avail. 4/1! (706) 410-6122.

4BR/2BA lg. historical home 1/4 mi. from campus. HWflrs, high ceilings, FP, all appls incl. Front/back porch. $1600/ mo. No pets. Avail 8/1. Call (770) 995-6788.

4BR/2BA, pre-leasing. Blvd area. High ceilings, wood flrs, CHAC, W/D, DW. Close to Dwntn. $1500/mo. $375/BR. Email hathawayproperties@ gmail.com, call (706) 714-4486.

4BR/2BA. Blvd. area. Pre– leasing for 6/1. Historic lg. home. High ceilings, wood flrs. $375/BR. Email hathawayproperties@gmail. com, call (706) 714-4486.

4BR/4BA condo w/ decks! UGA bus, pool/tennis, lv. rm. & din. rm. furniture, W/D, gorgeous wooded area. Off of Riverbend (near UGA golf course). $1340/ mo. (678) 467-6127.

Awesome 1BR/1BA old shared house! $650/mo.

Recently remodeled. Lg., 800 sq. ft., HWflrs., all appls. 340 Ruth St. Apt. A. Avail. 8/1.

(706) 713-0626.

Great 4 B R / 4 B A . C l o se to campus! Front porch, back deck, nice yd., DW, W/D, CHAC. Pets OK. Avail. 8/1. $1550/mo. (706) 369-2908.

4BR/4BA house. $900 special! W/D, sec. sys., 24 hr. maint. service, pets welcome, lawn & pest incl.

(706) 552-3500. Go to www. hancockpropertiesinc.com.

Best rentals in Athens!

1–5BR houses, apts., condos.

In the heart of UGA/Dwntn/5 Pts. Avail. Aug! Call (706) 369-2908 for more info.

Grad student/young professionals. 3BR/1BA. Quiet family n’hood. HWflrs.

Separate garage/workshop.

Huge fenced dog pen. Avail.

8/1. $750/mo. Call (706) 369-2908.

5BR/2BA built around 1900, in Blvd, huge open spaces, 14 ft. ceilings, custom kitchen & BAs, DW, & W/D, HWflrs, huge windows. Full renovation to be completed by 8/1. No dogs. $2250/mo. Chris (706) 202-5156.

All Around Athens!

2BR/2BA, 625B Whitehall Rd., $675/mo. 4BR/2BA, 322 Whitehall Rd., $750/mo.

3BR/1BA, 606 Whitehall Rd., $750/mo. 3BR/2BA, 739 Beaverdam Rd. $850/ mo. 3BR/2BA, 276 Oak Meadows, $995/mo.

3BR/2BA, 1060 Macon Hwy., $850/mo. 5BR/2BA, 2045 Robert Hardeman $995/mo.

3BR/1BA, 131 Rose St., $685/ mo. 3BR/2BA, 104 Puritan Lane $850/mo. 3BR/2BA, 4930 Mars Hill Rd. $850/mo.

(706) 714-7000, (706) 5467946. FlowersRentals@ bellsouth.net. See virtual tours www.nancyflowers.com.

Amazing 5BR/3BA. 1/2 mi. from campus. 2 lv. rms., 2 kitchens, big BRs, huge deck, plenty of parking. DW, W/D, CHAC. Pets OK. Avail. 8/1. $2200/mo. (706) 369-2908.

Avail. 8/1. 2BR duplex on quiet wooded lot. Eastside. CHAC. Free garbage p/u. Pets upon approval. (404) 314-1177.

Avail. Aug. Eastside 3BR/1.5BA, lv. rm., dining area, sunrm., garage, lg. fenced yd.

Ansley Dr. Lawncare provided. $1K/mo. (706) 338-6716.

Blvd, Dwntn, & Riverwalk locations! All houses, all sizes, all price ranges! All Hart Realty. Ask for Tiffany (706) 476-3262.

Cleveland Road.

3BR/2.5BA on 150 ac.

FP, DW, garbage disposal, CHAC, yd. maint., garbage p/u. No pets. $875/mo. (706) 372-3896.

Country house. Avail. now.

15 min. from Dwntn. Athens.

3BR/2BA. CHAC, all appls., 40 ac. fenced pasture for horses in absolute privacy. $1000/mo.

Call (706) 340-7531.

Dwntn. Athens area. Huge 3BR/3BA. 2 lv. rms., FP, HWflrs., big BRs. Tons of space. Great entertaining area w/ lg. deck/patio. $1300/ mo. Michelle (706) 433-2712.

Excellent 4BR/3BA. 1/2 mi. to campus. Lots of character! Big rms. DW, W/D, CHAC. Pets OK. Avail.

8/1. $1775/mo. Call (706) 369-2908.

First mo.’s rent free! 3BR/2BA all-brick near Athens CC. New paint, flrs., HVAC. $800/ mo. Call Geoff for more (706) 206-3560. Owner licensed RE agent in GA, lic. #302489.

Heart of 5 Pts. 3BR/2BA. Lv. rm., din. rm., & kitchen. No pets. Unfurnished. $1450/mo.

Call (706) 548-4358.

New construction!

4BR/4BA. All appls. incl. $450/BR. A view of Dwntn. Off North Ave. Avail. July. (706) 202-4648.

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Normaltown/ARMC. 180 W i l l o w R u n . Ve r y n i c e , 3BR/1BA, HWflrs, DW, W/D, CHAC. Lg. fenced backyd.

Pets OK w/ dep. Avail. 5/1. $900/mo. (404) 210-7145.

Northside 2BR/1BA, lg. lot, $600/mo. Hospital area, Fenced–in yd. Avail. June. $800/mo. Eastside 3BR/2BA. Lg. yd., on dead–end street. $1100/mo. Cedar Creek 4BR/2BA $1100/mo. Call McWaters Realty, (706) 549-3222, (706) 353-2700.

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Walk to campus! 2 & 3BRs from $625/mo. W/D, DW, priv. deck, pets welcome.

Mention this ad & pay no pet fee! (706) 548-2522, www. dovetailmanagement.com.

Preleasing for Fall!

Awesome 3BR/2BA Victorian. Close to campus. High ceilings, HWflrs., big yd., DW, W/D, C H A C . P e t s O K . Av a i l .

8/1. $1295/mo. Call (706) 369-2908.

Houses for Sale $129,900. 3BR/2BA. CHAC, W/D, DW. Front porch. 4 blocks to Dwntn & UGA. Email hathawayproperties@gmail. com, call (706) 714-4486. $163,487. 3BR/2.5BA condo conveniently located on the Eastside. Priv. & less than 5 mi. to Dwntn. Athens. See it online at ReignSold.com or Call Reign at Coldwell Banker Upchurch Realty.

(706) 372-4166, (706) 543-4000. $94,900. Studio 40.

1BR/1BA. Tile & HWflrs., DW, courtyds, w/in walking distance to Ramsey Center! Call Reign at Coldwell Banker Upchurch Realty. (706) 372-4166, (706) 543-4000.

Artistic Renovation of 1BR/1BA cottage w/ artist’s studio. 14ft. ceilings, reclaimed metal, reclaimed flrs., artistic metalwork throughout $129,900. Sarah Ellis w/ CJ&L (706) 559-4520, (706) 338-6265.

Boulevard Historic District. 230 Nacoochee Av e . 2 B R / 1 B A . C H VA C , renovated, high ceilings, HWflrs., lg. screened porch, appls. incl., partially fenced yd., detached studio building, great cond. $183,000. Call (706) 546-0775.

Commercial Property 1K–2K sq. ft. of dividable warehouse/studio space available Dwntn. On Broad St. Multi-use, great price, 24 hr. access. Call for info. (706) 546-7814. ➤ continued on next page

Avail. Aug. Spacious 3BR/2BA, lg. kit., lv. rm. area, HWflrs., W/D, close to Dwntn. & campus. Cleveland Ave. Lawncare provided. $1200/ mo. (706) 338-6716.

Avail. now & fall! 4BR/2BA property in 5 Pts next to memorial park. Very close to campus. $1100/mo. W/D, HVAC, DW. (706) 296-9546, (706) 296-9547, on www. cityblock.biz.

4BR/4BA brand new houses Dwntn & 5 Pts. Awesome locations! W/D incl. Now preleasing for Fall 09. $1900/mo.

Call Aaron (706) 207-2957.

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200-400 sq. ft. studios/offices.

Natural light, CVAC, BRs, common area w/ kit. $250450/mo. Call (706) 338-0548.

Athens Executive Suites.

Offices avail. in historic Dwntn bldg. w/ on–site parking. All utils., Internet, & janitorial incl.

Single or multiple offices avail.

Call Stacy (706) 425-4048 or (706) 296-1863.

Roommates 1BR in 2BR/1BA duplex on Eastside. W/D, DW, CHAC. Nice, cheap & quiet. $275/mo. + 1/2 utils. Avail. now! (706) 254-1534. Call after 9pm.

Avail. 5/1. 30–ish F student looking for same to share quiet 2BR/1BA off Milledge. $375/mo., utils incl. $100 dep.

Call (706) 207-5166.

Bike Downtown! Quiet housemate to share 2BR/1BA house w/ eco–friendly F professional. Lg. BR w/ high ceilings. Near Dwntn, Greenway, busline. 1700 sq. ft., HWflrs, tiled FP, W/D, CHAC, DW, lg. screen porch, backyd., off–street parking. $400/mo + 1/2 utils. (706) 202-5432.

Bike Downtown Graduate/ Professional F roommate needed for 2BR/1BA apt. on Grady Ave. Blvd Historic District. $375/mo. Call (678) 988-7003.

F roommate needed. Priv. suite of rms. BR, BA, & den.

Completely furnished. Incl. utils. $450/mo., $200/dep.

Avail. now! Eastside Athens.

Call (706) 369-9083.

Roommate needed ASAP for house off Pulaski St. Screened porch, W/D. Only a 10 min. walk from Dwntn.

Only $250/mo. Call (706) 548-9744 today!

Summit 4BR/4BA cottage.

Need 2 F tenants to join to current F tenants. W/D, clubhouse, pool. $475/mo. each. (770) 429-8542 or email scproperties@bellsouth.net.

Rooms for Rent $580/mo. + 1/2 utils. Getaway in 1900 sq. ft. beautiful home w/ woods & fields.

Commerce, GA. 2 private BR & BA for roommate. Great shared huge main, kitchen, & din. rm. Garage/attic storage.

Dogs OK. (706) 372-9010.

Sub-lease 1BR/1BA rm. for sublease.

Clean house w/ priv. yd. 2 friendly M roommates, 5 Pts. location. $400/mo. W/D, DW, CHAC. Call (404) 310-0876.

Avail. immediately. 1BR/1BA. Close walk to Dwntn. On Pulaski St. Best front porch in Athens! CHAC, W/D, pets OK. $660/mo + utils. Rent negotiable. (706) 461-4119.

For Sale Antiques Antique french & english furniture, fine estate jewelry, oriental rugs, stain glass windows, original oil paintings, watercolors, fabulous quilts, s t e r l i n g s i l v e r, d e s i g n e r clothing. (706) 340-3717.

Businesses We l l e s t a b l i s h e d D w n t n business for sale. Name recognition! Best offer! (770) 634-8241.

Furniture Gently Used Furniture. sofas: $100, sofa chairs: $50, coffee tables: $20, side tables: $15, dining chairs: $20, bedside tables, b a r s t o o l s , e t c . w w w.

AthensGaFurniture.com or (706) 340-3969.

Mom’s Garage. Gently used furniture for frugal people, will be open by appt. only thru March. Call (706) 207-7855.

Tables, chairs, sofas, antiques, clothes, records & players, retro goods, & more! Cool, affordable furniture every day.

Go to Agora! Your favorite everything store! 260 W. Clayton St., (706) 316-0130.

Miscellaneous Come to Betty for vintage quilted Chanel bags, just in for Spring! On the corner of Pulaski & Clayton, next to Agora. Open 1–4 daily. (706) 424-0566.

Fender Twin silver tweed/ black knobs. Perfect cond. $600. Bridgeport foot bellows organ. Works great!

Gorgeous. $600. Fender Stage Lead II amp.

Excellent cond. $200. Brian (706) 372-4897.

We buy used gear! (770) 931-9190. Music–Go–Round buys hundreds of cool used instruments/equipment each wk.

Open every day. Bring trades!

Instruction Athens School of Music.

Instruction in Guitar, Bass, Drums, Piano, Voice, Brass, Woodwinds, Strings, Banjo, Mandolin, Fiddle, & more.

From beginner to expert.

Instrument repairs avail. (706) 543-5800.

Guitar lessons taught by college guitar instructor. All styles. 16 yrs. exp. Students have won several guitar competitions. 1st lesson free.

Composition/theory & bass lessons too. David Mitchell, (706) 546-7082 or www. mitchellmusicguitar.com.

Love Guitar Hero? Quit playing the game & learn the real thing. Teachers w/ decades of experience. 1–on–1 affordable, fun lessons. All styles & skill levels welcome. Music Exchange (706) 549-6199.

Piano Lessons: University Graduate w/ Honors in piano.

Lessons taught on large 8 foot concert grand piano.

Excellent teacher. All ages & levels of skill welcome. (706) 549-0707.

Musicians Wanted Gigging 3PC needs dynamicminded bass & lead guitarist/ keys/multi-inst. to round out sound. Hear Wilco, Ween, Pearl Jam, GBV, Pavement, Elliot Smith, U2, etc. Go to myspace.com/elitruett. (706) 254-3450 for more info.

Music

Singer/songwriter in search of musicians to play & perform w/. A variety of instruments welcome. Call Matt (706) 6144802 or email matthewcrw@ gmail.com.

Equipment

Services

Chords-4-Kids is seeking guitar donations to teach free lessons at the Boys & Girls Club. Be part of a child’s music education! (770) 5036173 for info. Will p/u.

Classical Guitar, DJ Services.

Entertainment for weddings, parties & other various social occasions. Over 20 yrs. experience throughout the Southeast. Contact Neal (770) 560-6277.

Guitar Repair, setups, electronics & fretwork by 20 yr. pro. Thousands of previous clients. Proceeds help benefit Nuçi’s Space. Contact Jeff, (404) 643-9772 or www.

AthensGuitar.com for details.

Looking for a fun, classy alternative to the typical wedding band? If you are looking for “YMCA” than Squat is not your band. If you want Duke Ellington, Ray Charles, & salsa, then visit www.squatme.com/ weddings. (706) 548-0457.

Wedding Bands. Quality, professional bands. Weddings, parties. Rock, Jazz, etc. Call Classic City Entertainment. ( 7 0 6 ) 5 4 9 - 1 5 6 7 . w w w. classiccityentertainment.com.

Featuring The Magictones— Athens’ premiere wedding & p a r t y b a n d . w w w. themagictones.com.

Services Health Online Pharmacy. Buy Soma, Ultram, Fioricet, Prozac, Buspar. $71.99/90, $107/180 quantities. Price incl. prescription! Over 200 meds. $25 coupon meition offer: #71A31. (888) 661-4957. tripharmacy.net (AAN CAN).

Home and Garden B a c k y a rd S o l u t i o n s .

Make your neighbors jealous!

Waterfalls, ponds, fences, decks, gazebos, porches, & more! Call Robin for free estimate! (706) 340-4492.

Garden tractor–till lawns installed (pulverized, amended, seeded, etc.).

Suburban Tractor Service.

(706) 769-8697.

Massage Revolutionary Massage & Wellness special: $40 intro 60 min. massage. Call (706) 255-4443 or visit www. revolutionarymassage. com for more info.

Jobs Full-time Client Coordinator needed at Rage Hair Studio. Looking for friendly outgoing w/ person w/ customer service experience.

Come by & apply (706) 548-8178.

Cozy salon in artist community seeks stylists for booth rent positions. Sense of environmentalism a must! Paul Mitchell Focus Salon. Email res. to jo@honeyssalon.com.

Drivers, CDL. 1 yr. OTR exp.

23yoa. Hiring for dedicated account. Home wkends!

Guaranteed 2300 mi. paid, $.33 each add’l mi. Insurance, 401k, paid vacation, wkly pay.

Call (800) 621-4306 ext. 133.

Hardcore Sales Reps Needed. Hrly + comm. I need the best & forget the rest!

Call Chris (770) 560-5653.

Experienced pizza cook & line cook. Apply in person at 1550 Oglethorpe Ave. Immediate opening for FT paralegal/legal secretary.

Position involves typing, handling mail, & standard paralegal duties. To apply, please submit resume (incl. salary/wage requirements) to Law Office of James W. Smith, 260 College Ave., Athens, Georgia, 30601, or by email to jrd.jwslaw@gmail. com. This position shall remain open until filled.

M a r k e t i n g C o m m u n i c a t i o n Specialist. Join an est.

Athens company calling CEO’s & CFO’s of major corporations generating sales leads for technology companies. $9/hr.

BOS Staffing www.bostemps. com, (706) 353-3030.

Sexy Suz Adult Emporium is looking for fun, energetic, professional people to fill FT & PT positions! Come by & Apply! (706) 850-6919.

Opportunities $600 wk. potential. Helping the gov’t. PT. No exp., no selling. Call (888) 213-5225 AD code L-5. Void in MD & SD. (AAN CAN).

Career Coaching. Discover your best future & how to get it. MyFutureMyself Workshops beginning 3/28/09 in Athens, starting at $129. Go to www. myfuturemyself.com.

Data Entr y Processors needed! Earn $3500–$5K/ wk. working from home.

Guaranteed paychecks. No exp. necessary. Positions avail. today. Register online now. http://www.DataPositions. com (AAN CAN).

NEED A JOB? Opportunities are listed weekly in the Flagpole Classifieds.

Earn extra income assembling CD cases from home. Call Our Live Operators Now! (800) 405-7619 ext. 150 http:// www.easywork-greatpay.com (AAN CAN).

High School diploma! Fast, affordable & accredited. Free brochure. Call now! (800) 5326546. Ext. 97. Go to http:// www.continentalacademy. com (AAN CAN).

Instructors needed for summer youth programs at UGA. Need experts in Photography, Illustration, Wr i t i n g , Av i a t i o n , Vi d e o Production, Web Design, Graphic Design & Computer Animation. Call (706) 5423537 or email questions.ppd@ georgiacenter.uga.edu.

Now hiring! Companies desperately need employees to assemble products at home.

No selling, any hours. $500/ wk. potential. Info at (985) 646-1700 dept. GA–3058.

Wa n t e d : S e l f – m o t i v a t e d & willing to work. Great opportunity, small investment, zero risk. Email contact info to ians464@gmail.com.

Part-time Experienced pizza cook & line cook. Apply in person at 1550 Oglethorpe Ave. Kingpin’s Bowl & Brew is seeking front of house team members & cooks. Pls. apply in person Mon.–Thu. at 2451 Jefferson Rd. in Homewood Village Plaza.

Make FT money for PT work. We are currently looking for females age 18–40 for modeling work.

Everything from supermodels to the girl next door. You must be in good shape & open minded.

If interested, pls. call (678) 896-2246.

Mystery shoppers earn up to $100/day. Undercover shoppers needed to judge retail & dining establishments.

No exp. req’d. (800) 743-8535.

Phoenix natural skin care & vitamins are looking for certified massage therapist.

Beautiful treatment rm. Great rent (based on %), nice environment. (706) 548-1780 for interview.

Wireless company needing reps & managers. Great job for college kids.Great pay & compensation plan. Call Dusty at (678) 386-3381 or b_skeezy@yahoo.com.

Vehicles Autos BMW Z3 Convertible.

2000 has approx. 87K mi. 5 spd. 2.3 litre. Great condition, runs awesome. Newer top & tires. Black & tan interior. $12,500 (706) 202-8424.

Notices Organizations Advertise your business in 111 alternative newspapers like this one. Over 6 million circulation ever y wk. for $1200. No adult ads. Call Rick at (202) 289-8484 (AAN CAN).

Messages 30th Athens Twilight wants you! Volunteers are needed April 24th-25th. Opportunities incl. registration, set-up, tear down, course marshal, event production. Perks incl! Call/ email Casey (706) 549-6632, casey@swagger.us.

Earn $40! UGA researchers are looking for females age 18 & above who purge at least twice per mo. to participate in a 1 visit research study.

Contact bnstudy@uga.edu.

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Wa n t e d s o m e o n e t o d o basic sewing & someone to teach me to sew. Call Sandy (706) 614-6078 or (706) 548-3421.

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