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pub notes School’s Out The close of another school year takes me back in memory to the end of fourth grade, when my teacher, “Miss” Eloise (all teachers were “Miss” except the coaches and the principal), who was married to my third cousin once-removed John Willie Cawthon, drafted me to come back the day after school let out to help her get the room cleaned up and shut down for the summer.

My appointment was one of those honors you really think you’d rather do without, because it meant foregoing the first morning of sleeping late, baseball, swimming, reading the comic books at the drug store—whatever my peers were doing with their newly minted summer vacation time. There was no question of declining the honor, though, so, just as I would have if school were still in session, I showed up at my room ready for work.

I had never been in that space at that time of day when it wasn’t crowded with my friends. The empty classroom in the morning light had that same feel as the Methodist Church sanctuary when your mama sent you down there during the week to retrieve a flower vase: a kind of brooding silence echoing the absence of others.

And that empty classroom had a certain smell, compounded of floor oil, book glue, bubble gum, coal dust and the rose fragrance wafting in through the open window. It was as if, without classmates, my whole attention was focused on that interior, comfortably familiar after nine I suppose I remember months, yet already sliding toward the that morning because it past tense. was out of the ordinary…

Miss Eloise was changing, too, from teacher to friend and treated me more like a colleague than a pupil, as if we were two adults with a job to do. And there was a lot to do. There was something satisfying about taking all the erasers outside and banging them against the brick wall to get out the chalk dust. Less satisfying was scraping the bubble gum off the underside of the desks. Our classroom still had the old desks, bolted in place, with the seat of one attached to the front of the desk behind, where my girlfriend sat during that year. Our desks were so old they still had holes at the right front corner of the top for ink bottles. We were told that in some far-off day students dipped pens in ink to write their lessons. Cleaning the desks gave me the opportunity to see what messages my classmates had left in heavy pencil or ballpoint or in notes dropped through the ink holes. Not only that, I found my Uncle Owen’s initials carved into his desk a generation before, heightening the history hanging around that room.

The blackboards were a snap: wiping them down with a wet cloth made them look new and ready for those former third graders who would enhance them with their equations come autumn. The heavy cleaning fell to the janitor, so my work, though a definite help to Miss Eloise, was as much a privileged visit with a favorite teacher as it was a chore. And at the end, I got a real payoff. She had a treasure trove of castoff pencils, sharpeners, erasers, pens, skate keys, pocket knives, rulers, rubber bands and marbles—all mine for the picking through.

I left my old schoolroom that day with the feeling of a half-day’s work well done and still time to catch up with my comrades, my pockets full of bounty to show them. Fourth grade, taught by our beloved teacher and surrounded by our friends, had been a great time. As I left the building, I passed the fifth-grade room on the other hall. The desks were larger, the subjects harder, the teacher stricter, the future looming, unknown. But all that was three months off, separated by summer.

I suppose I remember that morning because it was out of the ordinary, a departure from all the other time I spent there in that classroom. Are all those other days also stored in our minds but lacking some mental tab by which to find them?

Does Eloise Cawthon remember that particular morning from all those end-of-school days when she cleaned up her classroom for summer? Does she recall other fourth-grade moments I’ve forgotten? Friends help friends remember, and that late-spring morning, a farewell and a foreshadowing, lives on in my mind as a going-away gift from Eloise to me. Perhaps I can now give it back to her.

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Comment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Domestic Violence and the Zinkhan Case

Rather than viewing it as a random act, what can we learn as a community?

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of Appropriateness in the downtown historic district will only come later, assuming things go well for the applicant at this stage. It should be an interesting, high-profile project, though, and will surely make for plenty to talk about.

Across the Creek: Tuesday, May 19 was the date for the next Oconee County Commission work session on the topic of how that county’s government organizes itself. The question, in a nutshell, is “Does the Chairman have too much power?” The answer from most folks is, “Pretty much, yeah.” That’s an oversimplification, of course, but whatever solution is found, it will likely have a profound impact on the Oconee County of the future. It will probably also be another step away from Oconee’s good-old-boy-run, rural-county char-

Do With This What You Will: Meanwhile, City Dope will just sit and wish that Paul Broun, Jr. might happen to come back to town this weekend so that he could witness the anarchist/ socialist 5K “run on the banks” planned for Saturday, May 23 at noon. Yes, this is for real. (And don’t worry: the “run on the banks” part is not for real—just a silly name. We think.) The idea is to meet up at Five Points and “run, bike or skate or whatever” to the Arch “while chanting antiSeen around town. capitalist slogans,” according to Michael Dranove, who sent an email Flagpole’s way about the 5K last week. acter of years past, for whatever that’s worth.

In addition to showing “the people’s oppoIf interested, you can find lots of detail on sition to capitalism,” he says, “the idea is UGA prof Lee Becker’s blog, Oconee County mainly to have fun and bring anti-capitalists Observations. together in Athens.” So there you go.

They Never Quit: Project Safe is already lookNewspaper Notes: Just to try to keep current ing ahead to next year’s “Dancing with the with the story, City Dope notes that, at press Athens Stars” competition, and is asking time, Morris Publishing Group—the parent of for nominations for contestants to fill the the Athens Banner-Herald—was facing a May People’s Choice slot in the show. “Nominees 28 deadline on an almost $10 million interest should reside in Athens or the surrounding payment it missed in February. The deadline area,” organizers say. “Submissions should had already been extended five times, so include a rousing rationale for why the person there’s no telling just what will or won’t hapwould make a great addition to the line-up; a pen this month. But eventually, maybe later phone and email address for both the nominee this year, Morris’s creditors may want finally and the person or group making the nominato see something happen with its nearly $420 tion should also be provided.” Nominations million debt. Is a fire sale of some of the are due May 29 and may be mailed to P.O. Box Morris papers in the offing? Stay tuned.

7532, Athens, GA 30604 or emailed to Project Safe’s Executive Director, Joan Prittie, at jpritUptown Downtown: The ACC Historic tie@project-safe.org.

Preservation Commission on Wednesday, May 20 will give a “conceptual preliminary design Growin’ Strong: It’s safe to say the Athens review” to a new building proposed for 141 Farmers Market, Saturday mornings at Bishop E. Broad St., the small parking lot in the Park, is off to a strong start this month in the middle of the block between College Avenue second season of its young life. If you haven’t and Lumpkin Street, immediately east of the been, there are more farmers than last year, University Towers highrise. Local architect meaning there’s plenty of produce to meet the Bob Segrest is bringing the application forhigh demand. Most incredible about the marward (there was brief discussion of this same ket’s success is the high attendance it draws lot several months ago), and for those who despite taking place, as stated, on Saturday don’t know, “conceptual preliminary design mornings. Are we still in Athens? review” is a relatively new procedure at the HPC. The official application for a Certificate Ben Emanuel ben@flagpole.com

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Dr. No: Every bad politician needs a good nickname. The behavior of our own U.S. Rep. Paul Broun, Jr. ever since President Obama took office suggests a handle that just might do the job for Dr. Broun. After all, he’s tried to be at the forefront of all the obstructionist politicking by congressional Republicans which has become their strategy as Obama and the Democrats try to set the country aright. It’s just been “No, No, No, No”—except, of course, for a couple of weeks ago when Broun’s people sent out a press release touting $2.25 million in research grants going to UGA (probably from stimulus money, right?)…

At any rate, he is a perfect candidate to be next in line among politicians to earn the title borrowed from Bond, Dr. No. He even said no to two of Athens’ favorite things in a press release last week: “As unemployment continues to rise and the GDP continues to decline, hardworking Americans deserve answers about stimulus funds going towards a deserted airport, office furniture for DC bureaucrats, skate parks, and bike racks.” At the very least on the bike racks, Dr. No, we say yes!

city pages Gov’t Takes Hard Look at a Tight Budget As next year’s county budget moves days. But other franchise fees, from Georgia toward a June vote, talks continue between Power and other utilities, will make up for it: Athens-Clarke County Commissioners and the county will be paid over $8 million next staffers—while only three citizens have spoyear. Other big income sources (besides $48 ken (taking advantage of the public comment million in property taxes) are insurance preopportunities provided by the “Taxpayers’ Bill mium taxes (nearly $6 million), excise taxes of Rights”), concerned about higher bus fares on alcohol ($3 million), and court and parking and shorter hours at a county park. fines ($3 million). Business taxes, downtown “These are extraordinary times,” ACC parking fees, leisure services fees and proManager Alan Reddish told commissioners at bation fees will also contribute significant a budget work session May 14; the county is amounts to county revenues. dipping into its reserve funds, and for the In recent years, the county has raised first time in recent years, county employees various “user fees” to better reflect costs; will be getting no cost-of-living raise in FY10 and property taxes for Athens-Clarke’s unified (the fiscal year that begins this July). The government are lower than in comparable next budget—for FY11—could be the tightest Georgia cities, where residents most often yet, he said, and may require a tax increase, pay both city and county taxes, according because most of the “sustainable” reductions to the county finance department. License in spending will already have been made. fees will go up by 9 percent for Athens’ 4,800 This year’s budget includes only a 2 percent businesses (the legal ones anyway—commisincrease in the millage rate, which—along sioners have never discussed a local petition with property values—helps determine propdrive underway by the UGA student chapter erty tax rates. of the National Organization for the Reform This year’s biggest cuts, dollar-wise, could of Marijuana Laws, or NORML, which seeks to mean less mowing along streets and roads decriminalize marijuana possession in Athens). owned by the state, which the county has Nor, under Georgia law, can Athens-Clarke been cutting for free. That includes Prince and County tax cigarettes, as suggested by District Milledge avenues, where “we would hope that 6 Commissioner Ed Robinson. But Robinson the folks on the property adjacent would cut had other ideas too: start charging businesses it,” Reddish said; some commissioners were for fire-safety inspections? (The county does skeptical. Other likely cuts to the budget: 2,500 such inspections each year.) Raise fees reduced maintenance on police cars and traffic at the dog pound? License pet owners? Raise lights; elimination of some Leisure Services copy fees for police reports to $5? “For the Department programs most part,” Robinson (with cost cuts to some “You cut, you cut. But we’ve said of the police report others); $10,000 less in fees, “those fees are training money for the been busy, and we’ve been going to be borne by county’s environmental insurance companies.” doing a heck of a job.” coordinator; scaling County government back on the mosquitodepartment heads were control program (which treats standing water asked to submit two different budgets this on county land); ending newspaper ads for year: one slightly larger than last year’s, and county job openings (“we’re getting most another that’s 5 percent smaller. “There were of our responses from things other than trasome ugly things that came forward” from the ditional print publications,” Reddish said); latter requirement, Reddish told commissionand eliminating Athens Transit’s little-used ers. Rejected proposals included eliminating on-demand van service, “The Link.” A plan to a Fire Department rescue squad and a ladcharge five dollars extra to tag-office customder company; reducing traffic enforcement ers who pay with credit cards is on hold: the and other police positions; cutting indigent credit-card companies don’t like such charges, defense; and shorter hours at public pools although the county does have to pay the and at the dog pound. Only about a quarter companies processing fees. of the proposed cuts actually made it into the Sales-tax collections are expected to be budget—and some (like slightly shorter hours down by 6 percent this year with shoppers at Holland Park ballfields, or ending the mowspending less, and taxable property—which ing along state-owned streets and roads)—are typically increases by around 5 percent a yet to be decided. Department heads asked year with rising property values and new for 13 new staff positions (court clerks, bus development—rose only 2 percent this year. drivers and police detectives to focus specifiSuch slowed growth could continue next year, cally on property crimes, which have remained Reddish said, especially for commercial prophigh over a period of months), but Mayor erty values, which tend to lag home values.

Davison’s proposed budget recommends fillRevenues from red-light cameras are down ing none of them. (In fact, six county jobs too—“for the right reasons,” Reddish said: will be eliminated.) One department head— people aren’t running red lights as much. “It’s Western Judicial Circuit District Attorney Ken just been amazing,” he said, especially at the Mauldin—submitted no budget at all this year.

Lexington Road/ Gaines School Road intersecA reduction of $20,000 in his office’s budget tion. In fact, the cameras are so successful, has been proposed. “You cut, you cut,” he another camera could be added at a third told commissioners in a recent meeting. “But location (but Reddish wouldn’t say where). we’ve been busy, and we’ve been doing a heck Also down: franchise fees paid by AT&T for of a job.” running its phone lines along county streets, because fewer people use land lines these John Huie jphuie@athens.net

Fares for The Bus to Rise, Commission Decides Among the cuts to Athens-Clarke County services likely in Fiscal Year 2010 will be the end of the “Link” van service, ACC Commissioners agreed last week; and standard bus fares will go up 25 cents (to $1.50), but transfers will still be free. That caps commissioners’ discussion of a bus-fare increase intended to better cover operating costs: fares now cover 28 percent of costs, but that figure should be more like one-third, Athens Transit Director Butch McDuffie has said.

African Americans from in-town neighborhoods displaced by Urban Renewal and UGA dormitory building projects relocated “out to the county line,” so providing transit service there would be only appropriate.

But the van service costs the county around $150,000 a year—and to extend regular bus service further out Atlanta Highway four times a day (as Robinson suggested) would cost about $33,000. That money could better be applied to other routes, Commissioner David Lynn argued.

Several riders have spoken in favor of the fare hike, provided service doesn’t get cut. Aside from the Link vans, only one such cut is likely: Route 6A could be combined with Route 6, reducing service along Hancock Avenue to once an hour. “It’s not dense enough to support a bus once every 30 minutes,” McDuffie told commissioners, and riders can also catch buses along nearby Broad Street. Low ridership means perpassenger costs for the route run over $7 (the system average is around $3).

The money saved could increase Saturday service, commissioners said; that’s one of the recommendations of the 2005 “transit development plan” study. That study will soon be updated; but most of the original recommendations haven’t been implemented “because of funding constraints,” according to McDuffie. (One that has: evening hours on some City bus fares will go up to $1.50 this year, but it appears that routes.) The study recommended transfers will remain free. extending the North Avenue route farther out Danielsville Road, and The on-demand “Link” service—intended to extending the East Athens and Athens Tech connect users to the regular bus system from routes to industrial employers around Olympic two outlying areas—is so little-used that it Drive. About 70 percent of city bus riders are costs the county around $20 per passenger to UGA-affiliated (students, faculty and staff can operate, ACC Manager Alan Reddish has said. ride city buses free with a UGA ID; UGA pays “You can send a cab out cheaper,” he told the county a discount fare for those riders). commissioners in March. Efforts to publicize About a fourth of riders are seniors, lowthe service have failed to increase its riderincome or disabled; that leaves just a small ship. But while only around 12 people a day percentage of non-UGA “choice” riders using use the Link service to neighborhoods along the system. Bus passes are also bought (and Atlanta Highway, “I get phone calls from those distributed free to clients) by a number of 12 people,” Commissioner Ed Robinson said at local agencies and nonprofits. last week’s budget session. Robinson has also made the case that, in the 1960s and ’70s, John Huie jphuie@athens.net

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Sonny Perdue has been an easy target for the media during the years he has headed state government. Some pundits have written him off as a do-nothing governor who spends his time holding photo-ops when he should be tackling serious issues like the state’s crumbling highway infrastructure or its poorly regarded school systems.

But there are times when he has risen to the occasion, as he did with his decision to veto legislation—HB 481—that would have enacted a huge cut in the state’s capital gains tax rate. This bill was one of the most ill-conceived measures I’ve ever seen rushed through to a vote in the Legislature. You’d almost have to go back to the time of the Yazoo Land Fraud to find a more haphazard piece of legislation.

As it was originally introduced, HB 481 would have eliminated the corporate income tax in Georgia. The House and Senate debated it extensively before passing two different versions of the bill. On the last night of the session, barely three hours before final adjournment, House and Senate negotiators produced an entirely different version of the bill. This one made no reference to corporate income taxes and instead featured a 50 percent reduction in capital gains taxes, which are paid on the sales of stocks, bonds and real estate assets.

The proposal to cut capital gains came out of nowhere. It had not been part of the original legislation, it was not reviewed or analyzed in any committee, and it only came up for a vote with the clock running down.

A quick analysis of the bill showed that 77 percent of the benefits from the capital gains cut would go to the wealthiest 1 percent of Georgians (in terms of income); 92 percent of the benefits would flow to the top 5 percent of income earners. The bottom 80 percent of Georgians—most middle-class workers and families—would receive about 1 percent of the total benefits from the tax cut.

This jerry-rigged bill was hastily passed by both the House and Senate before the session adjourned for the year. The bill was not only slanted to benefit Georgia’s most affluent citizens, it also would have wrecked the state budget for years to come. By the time the tax cut kicked in fully during fiscal year 2012, it would have reduced annual state revenues by nearly a billion dollars.

Perdue did the right thing in vetoing this junk legislation. He noted that the tax cut for the wealthy would have made it virtually impossible for his successor as governor to develop a balanced budget.

“During a period of growth in our economy, the budget may be able to absorb tax cuts that result in short-term revenue reductions but provide long-term economic benefits,” he said in his veto message. “We are not, however, experiencing a growing economy at this point.” He added: “It has to be affordable or it’s not possible.”

When he describes his relationship with the Legislature, Perdue sometimes compares himself to an exasperated parent who’s trying to keep unruly teenagers from fighting with each other. That comparison is especially relevant in this situation. You had a bunch of lawmakers dropping in a radical tax proposal on the last night of the session that would have crippled any attempts to pass a balanced budget for years. Somebody had to be the adult who stepped in and kept the kids from tearing apart the house. Perdue may leave office in 2011 without a lot of accomplishments or much of a legacy to show for his two terms as governor. In vetoing this bill, however, he has performed a commendable service for Georgia and its citizens.

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

comment Domestic Violence and the Zinkhan Case As I scan articles obsessively from the tragedies of Apr. 25 and grieve for the families, children and loved ones of all of the victims, I find that a big part of this story has not been discussed. Many in our community are trying to make sense of what happened and looking for the reasons behind such senseless bloodshed.

This was not a random act. When a man kills his wife and innocent bystanders, it is about domestic violence. And domestic violence is ultimately about power and control.

Intimate partners in this country murder approximately three women every day. Just as it did here, it is a crime that produces shock, horror and finally tremendous grief and anger.

If these killings were perpetrated by a single group with a name, Al-Qaeda for instance, or a street gang, the motivation behind the violence would be clear, and we would be up in arms as a nation.

Don’t make the mistake of thinking that domestic homicides are any different. True, there is no master list of members to which abusers belong, but they do, as a group, have similar motives and profiles. They may look, talk and act just like us; hence our horror that this person we thought we knew is capable of murdering their one-time soul-mate. However, abusers’ intimate relationships are very different than those they have with their friends, neighbors and colleagues.

The vast majority of domestic violence murderers are male. Fatality review studies in Georgia found that between 2004 and 2008, 97 percent of the domestic violence homicides studied were perpetrated by males.

Domestic violence that ends in a homicide is rarely a case of the perpetrator “snapping.” Typically, he has used many different tactics to control his partner. When that power over her is in danger of being lost, usually through her desire to leave the relationship, taking her life is the ultimate control.

While I didn’t know George Zinkhan, there were red flags that this situation existed. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported on Apr. 30 that the lead investigator for the FBI, Gregory Jones, indicated there was “significant information about marital discord within the relationship,” and that Marie Bruce may have been about to file papers seeking a divorce. He also indicated that Zinkhan exhibited “controlling-type behavior” around his wife.

Many Types of Abuse Normally, when most people think of domestic violence, they think only of physical abuse. But abusers manifest power and control in many different ways. Mary Ann Dutton, a professor of psychiatry at Georgetown University and a clinical psychologist, defines domestic violence as “a pattern of behavior in which one intimate partner uses physical violence, coercion, threats, intimidation, isolation and emotional, sexual or economic abuse to control and change the behavior of the other partner.”

Although abusers don’t train as a group, they all use similar methods to exert control over their partners—techniques that one would find in a torture manual: • Physical Abuse: hitting, slapping, punching, pushing, shoving, pinching, biting and pulling hair. Can include physical restraint, strangulation and assault with a deadly weapon.

• Sexual Abuse: forcing a partner to have sex without their consent. Making them perform sexually in a way that the partner doesn’t want to, either with the abuser or others.

It is not uncommon for abusers to rape their partner after a physical beating or emotional abuse.

• Emotional Abuse: undermining their partner’s self-worth, including name-calling, threats, belittling, criticizing in front of others, and blaming, particularly blaming the intimate partner of having an affair when that is not the case.

• Coercive Control: jealousy, possessiveness and rule-making.

Can include preventing the intimate partner from sleeping, as well as threats to harm the children, other family members or pets.

• Isolation: restricting a partner’s access to family members or friends, financial data, medication, even food.

Abusers do whatever they think is necessary to gain and maintain control over their partner. Physical abuse is often not necessary when other means, such as threats, work just as well.

So, the intimate partner of an abusive person doesn’t need to have visible bruises or injuries to be in grave danger.

Blaming Our inclination is to place the burden on the victim and to question why she doesn’t leave. But it is not always easy to leave an abusive relationship—or any relationship, for that matter. How many of us have stayed too long in a bad relationship? When you build a home, a life, a family, it can be hard to break away. There are emotional and financial reasons for staying. But clearly the most compelling reason to stay, when one’s partner is violent or controlling, is that 75 percent of women killed or severely assaulted by their partners were in the act of leaving that relationship when the assault occurred.

What is very evident here is that the burden and the blame need to be placed on the abuser. Domestic violence is purposeful and calculated. The non-violent partner is not at fault.

Domestic violence is pervasive. One in every four women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime. But domestic violence does not just impact women. It affects children, family members, friends and innocent bystanders. Domestic violence knows no human bounds. It does not discriminate by race, age, gender, sexual orientation, religion, socioeconomic status, nationality or culture. It can happen to anyone, anywhere. It happened here.

What Can We Do? Let’s not say that this was a lover’s “quarrel” or a domestic “dispute.” Let’s not say that this is a private matter; George Zinkhan made this very public and very personal. He shattered our community’s sense of peace. He exposed an ugly reality that we didn’t want to believe could exist here in our beloved town. Let’s not relegate this tragedy to random violence or yesterday’s news.

Instead, let’s educate ourselves about intimate partner violence and take a stand that it will not be tolerated. Once we recognize the warning signs of a controlling relationship, let’s help our loved ones and friends and coworkers know that they have options. And because we have all been reminded that our life here is precious and fragile, hold your loved ones close.

I didn’t know George Zinkhan. Then again, maybe I did.

Nancy Hunter Nancy Hunter is the President of SafeSolutions, Inc. and manager of the Georgia Domestic Violence Benchbook, a free, comprehensive resource on all aspects of domestic violence in Georgia.

Local Domestic Violence Resources • 911 • Project Safe: 706-543-3331 • Statewide 24-hour hotline: 1-800-33-HAVEN (334-2836) • Georgia Legal Services Program’s Athens office: 706-227-5362 • The Cottage (for incidents of sexual abuse and children witnessing violence): 706-353-1912 • UGA Office for Violence Prevention: 706-542-7233 • UGA Police: 706-542-2200 • Georgia Domestic Violence Benchbook: www.uga.edu/icje/DVBenchbook.html. For specific information on abuser traits and indicators of lethality, read Appendices A and B.

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the reader Patriotic-Er Than Thou Perhaps the greatest impediment to having The Big Discussion between liberals and neoconservatives over the future of the republic is that we all tend to view it as a massive game of Capture the Flag. Some time back the neocons grabbed the flag and declared themselves the sole proprietors of patriotism and national identity. Liberals have been scrabbling around ever since to prove that they have just as much claim to America, but without success.

We let them paint us as boutique intellectuals who want to abolish God and marriage and the Grand Ole Opry, and if neoconservatism is currently out of favor, it’s because of the failure of their policies, not the strength of our positions.

The main reason neocons get to wear the title of Real Americans and do their Superior Dance is because while we dithered and debated and emphasized the complexity of the problems our nation faces, they cornered the market on symbolism—cowboy presidents battling Axes of Evil to protect the 9/11 widows from terrorists and gay flag-burners while the majestic eagle soars and Toby Keith and the ghost of John Wayne team up to kick lefty ass.

We’ve never been able to compete with that kind of imagery and we’ve been foolish to try.

The best we’ve managed is subversion and satire à la Colbert, but that’s really just our guys playing with their tools.

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are many neocons who feel there’s still not enough of it, that dissent and pacifism and other un-American ideas persist because we haven’t been bombarded quite enough with stock images of American gloryness. If there are people out there railing against a substandard minimum wage and the blood-price of American hegemony, it’s only because they’ve forgotten that we live in the greatest country in the world. Here’s Mount Rushmore, now shut the hell up.

Georgia painter Steve Penley is here to fill that gap with his touring exhibit of jingoistic motel art The Reconstruction of America, currently showing at the Cobb Museum of Art in Marietta through June 13, and its companion volume of the same name (Mercer University Press, 2008). The book has a foreward by Fox News’ Neil Cavuto and glowing cover blurbs by Newt Gingrich, Neal Boortz, Saxby Chambliss and Sonny Perdue, all men with a lot to say about art, to be sure. This would be like shooting fish in a barrel, if I didn’t believe in gun control.

Penley’s series consists of interpretations of portraits of iconic figures in American history (Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Franklin, both Roosevelts, Reagan on horseback) and popular culture (Marilyn, John Wayne, Warhol, Elvis, Satchmo, Bear Bryant, The Ramones pre-“Bonzo Goes to Bitburg”), along with some of the products that made America great (Coca-Cola, Wall Street and the Big Mac). Commentary linking each image to

Penley’s larger point about the greatness of our nation and the triumph of our culture over the nay-sayers of the rest of the world runs throughout the book. Subtle it’s not: “The intellectuals of Europe could not be so vocal without us to defend them against dictators.

They should realize that a weak America is the world’s worst nightmare. The rest of the world owes America a debt of gratitude for whatever freedoms they have.” Nor deep: “Baseball, Football, Hot dogs and Hamburgers, Pickup trucks and Coke bottles are all objects that symbolize America.

These objects are Icons of American culture which give us a distinct character. These things evoke feelings of good times which we can remember even through the hard times.

They are comforting.”

But then, subtlety and depth are not Penley’s intent here.

He felt moved to do an homage to patriotic iconography, and to be honest, the paintings themselves aren’t that bad. Penley is an able renderer of images, certainly more so than I am, and he has a keen sense of composition and an eye for the visually dramatic, so the issue is not Penley’s qualities as a painter. What is bothersome, however, is Penley’s choice as an artist to merely recreate earlier images and compile them in a primer format, a monosyllabic sermon to the choir, crib notes for Patriotism 101. It’s art designed to go down easy, to inspire us rather than make us think, and

that’s its problem. Good art, like good ideas, never goes down easy. It disturbs and questions and demands active participation from the viewer. Good art picks a fight; Penley’s art wants to buy you a Coke.

Other Notes: Meanwhile, in the real world, America lost one of its true patriots. On Apr. 11 Judith Krug, longtime director of the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom and the founder of Banned Books Week, passed away after a lengthy illness at the age of 69. A tireless defender of the First Amendment, she was at the forefront of every challenge to our right of access to books in our public and school libraries, sometimes all the way to the Supreme Court. Whenever Real Americans (doing their Superior Dance) sought to take Mark Twain and John Steinbeck and J.D. Salinger and half the freaking Newbery Award winners out of our children’s hands, Krug and her people stepped in to stop them. Whether you were a fan of Judy Blume or J.K. Rowling (and somehow miraculously didn’t become a sex maniac or a Satanist), we all owe a heap of thanks to Krug, whose commitment to our freedoms reflects the spirit of our Founding Fathers far more than any painting of Ben Franklin could—and Franklin would agree.

John G. Nettles

Not Looking Back Cutting the Cord with Big-Box Stores and Buying Totally Local

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antithesis of a bustling, vibrant farmer’s market, but the prodbe fair, Sandi Turner and her husband Chris Wyrick ucts that line the shelves there often come from the factories had already started weaning themselves off of of large multinational corporations. In response to this obserbig-box stores (think Wal-Mart, Target, etc.) long before Jan. 1 of this year. Sandi, the Athens-Clarke vation, Sandi cites a 2004 study by the group Civic Economics which found that, on average, 68 out of every 100 dollars County government’s public information officer by day, often spent in locally owned businesses stays in town (the figure was went gift shopping at Toula’s. Chris, a painter and occasional only $43 for chain stores). “That’s what we care about,” she golf caddy, frequented the White Tiger Gourmet. And two years says. Sandi adds that “it would be naïve of us to think that we ago, the couple discovered Woodland Gardens—an organic could get every single solitary product we need to live our life farm in Winterville—and have bought produce from there ever from here.” since.

Not that shopping at Bell’s has been a painful experience.

But Sandi and Chris also spend much of their time running In fact, Chris is quick to go to bat for the store: “I can see Mercury Art Works, their gallery. Part of the job involves makover the aisles [there]… whereas you get in the canyon of ing the art-viewing experience as comfortable as possible, so Kroger, you feel like you’re they would still make regular being swamped by all this trips to big-box stores to buy stuff,” he says. Chris then tells drinks and hors d’oeuvres for a story about a Bell’s cashier the gallery. It was in one of who felt that the price of a these stores that the spark product the couple was buying occurred: an incident that was may have been too high, and the catalyst for couple’s deciwent to check if it was correct. sion to cut the cord for good.

And Sandi, who recorded localSandi and an intern for the to-chain price comparisons for gallery were at the checkout a period of time, also points to counter, hoping to purchase Bell’s as evidence that shop(among other items) some botping locally isn’t necessarily tles of wine to be served later more expensive. that night. The cashier asked So food and toiletries are to see both of their IDs; the taken care of. What about gas? intern—who was over 21—had The Golden Pantry, headquarforgotten hers. Although Sandi tered in Bogart. Coffee? Jittery had her own ID and payment Joe’s, opened in 1994 next in hand, the cashier refused to to the 40 Watt. Shoes, socks, sell her the wine. “If that had T-shirts? Bulldog Sporting been a locally owned store, Goods. And the couple gives or a store where I had a relaplenty of credit to Athens for tionship with the owner, they being, well, Athens. “I have would have known my buying had many experiences with history, they would have known people from out of town marme… it would have been a veling that our downtown has totally different circumstance,” so many independent shops,” Sandi says.

Sandi says.

Not long after the incident, the couple sat down and disike any discipline, this one cussed a plan of action for the included relatively minor “experiment” that had already parting pains and temptaSandi Turner picks up her weekly Woodland Gardens produce box from been gestating in their minds. tions for Sandi and Chris, but Alex White earlier this month.

They fleshed out the details of a more genuine drawback was staying loyal to the local: Does the loss of the convenience factor: they could no longer get a fast food chain owned by somebody from Athens count as whatever they wanted whenever they wanted. In retrospect, local? (No.) Does a local supermarket that sells mostly corpohowever, the couple welcomes the idea of limitations. “There is rate products still count? (Yes.) What is local? (Chris gives a something really liberating from a creative perspective about radius of “30 to 50 miles,” while Sandi answers with a rhetorihaving a constraint like this… it draws your focus to a certain cal question: “Where am I at that moment?”) Like millions of place,” says Sandi. And although the idea of planning meals other self-directed promises, the couple’s pledge to try to buy only local products was born on the first day of 2009. Unlike so may sound a bit dull for some, it certainly has grown on Sandi and Chris, who both frequently return to the word “mindful” many of those other promises, this one has yet to be broken. when discussing their experiment. lthough Sandi and Chris had already converted to local The two, though uniformly satisfied with their decision, produce before the experiment officially began, the subeach point to different sources of fulfillment. To Sandi, the ject of food still dominates their story. After all, nowhere creation of new friendships and strengthening of existing is the difference between the corporate product and the local bonds is key. “Changing our buying habits in this way is creatproduct more glaring, more accessible to all of the senses, than ing all these crazy, fun relationships with all these really nice in food. Of the decision to eat locally grown, organic produce, people,” she says. To Chris, it’s the health factor—not only do Sandi says, “It changed our life, hands down.” they eat better, but they eat less. In other words, the local fare But as Sandi admits, the food aspect of buying local was doesn’t leave you wanting more. the easy part. What about those non-edible essentials like Perhaps most importantly, Sandi and Chris aren’t going toilet paper? Luckily for Sandi and Chris, Bell’s Supermarket, a anywhere. They’re busy remodeling their living space in the store with local roots dating back to 1925, is right around the Chase Street warehouse complex, and Sandi envisions planting corner. Russ Bell, the vice president, went to high school with a green roof in a couple years. “I think a sustainable economy Sandi. is naturally going to have more chance for success when the Bell’s Supermarket is probably not the first image that people invested in it live in it,” she says. comes to an Athenian’s mind when envisioning stops on the Buy Local campaign trail. Not only does the store look like the Jeff Gore

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movie dope Some releases may not be showing locally this week.

12 (PG-13) 2007. Writer-director Nikita Mikhalkov loosely translates 12 Angry Men into Russian. A Chechen teen (Apti Magamayev) allegedly kills his adoptive Russian father. Twelve men with varying backgrounds—a racist taxi-driver, a distrustful doctor, a dithering television producer, a Holocaust survivor, a showy musician, a cemetery manager, and others—are charged with determining the guilt or innocence of this young war victim.

Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, 12 was also nominated for the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.

17 AGAIN (PG-13) Mike O’Donnell (Matthew Perry) is an unhappy 37-year-old on the verge of divorce.

So, when a mystical janitor (Brian Doyle-Murray) offers Mike a chance to return to his hotshot days as a teenage basketball star who looked like Zac Efron, he says yes. Now that Mike looks like the High School Musical star, his wife, Scarlett (Leslie Mann), shows her cougar-ish side and his daughter, Maggie (Michelle Trachtenberg), goes all Lorraine McFly. The unimaginative casting and several giant, unnavigable plotholes hide a charming performance from the young lead. Efron may still be too lightweight for heavier fare, but he proves he’s more than Disney’s song-and-dance man. Alas, 17 Again has nothing new to offer the body-switching canon but Efron. Make your ticket-buying decisions accordingly.

ANGELS & DEMONS (PG-13) How hard is it to turn pop fiction into an engrossing feature film? (Ask any adaptor of a John Grisham pageturner.) Angels & Demons, the Da Vinci Code predecessor turned cinematic sequel, offers the same lukewarm thrills

as the 2006 blockbuster. Symbologist Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks with a better hairdo) is tasked by the Vatican with solving a mystery involving a dead pope, four kidnapped cardinals and the Illuminati, a legendary cabal supposedly wiped out by the Catholic church centuries ago. Apparently, Langdon’s brainy brand of non-action reads better than it watches. Decoding symbols comes off as coincidental luck rather than brilliant detecting. Another issue is the hero, an implied atheist (gasp!). I couldn’t care less about his religious affiliation, or lack thereof. I do care tremendously about his lack of personality. Hanks is a likable actor, but he again fails to imbue Langdon with anything approaching the magnetism of an Indiana Jones or that Gates guy Nic Cage played in National Treasure. I’d rather have spent the afternoon plowing through Dan Brown’s compelling plotting and disposable prose than snoozing through its plodding movie twin.

THE BIG LEBOWSKI (R) 1998. The Dude (Jeff Bridges) abides, while seeking recompense for a pissed-on rug from a millionaire with whom he shares a name in a Coen Brothers’ comedy that keeps getting funnier every single time I see it.

CHE (R) See Movie Pick.

DANCE FLICK (PG-13) The humongous Wayans clan returns with another genre parody. A street dancer from the wrong side of the tracks, Thomas Uncles (Damon Wayans, Jr.), teams up with the gorgeous Megan White (Shoshana Bush) in order to win the big dance competition. I’m a little ashamed to admit how much I laughed at the trailer the first time I saw it.

EARTH (G) Films don’t come much more beautiful than DisneyNature’s first release, Earth. Breathtaking natural

vistas of deserts—sand and ice—and oceans and rainforests trump exploding explosions and computer-generated armies any day. Also, monkeys, as we all know, are hilarious. Stay through the credits to get a glimpse into the incredible means by which this impossible footage was obtained. I’m already excited about next Earth Day’s release, Oceans.

EVERLASTING MOMENTS (NR) Maria (Maria Heiskanen), a young working-class woman wins a camera in a lottery. Suddenly, her view of life in early 1900s Sweden is drastically altered. Nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film, Everlasting Moments won six Guldbagges (including Best Film, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress), Sweden’s version of the Academy Award. Directed by two-time Oscarnominee Jan Troell (Utvandrarna).

With Jesper Christensen (Mr. White in Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace).

GHOSTS OF GIRLFRIENDS PAST (PG-13) Fashion photographer Connor Mead (Matthew McConaughey) is the definition of a lady-killer. The most beautiful supermodels in the world swoon and fight over this caddish hunk of beefcake. But Connor gets his comeuppance at his younger brother’s (Breckin Meyer) wedding when he’s visited by the ghost of dead Uncle Wayne (Michael Douglas). Uncle Wayne taught Connor everything he knows about seducing women, but being a non-corporeal, eternal bachelor isn’t what’s advertised in Bachelor Pad Quarterly. Wayne leads a trio of ghost girls (dominated by the usually funny Emma Stone) giving Connor the whole Christmas Carol shock treatment.

Without humor, all Ghosts has left is drama built around whether or not an

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insensitive man-whore actually has a heart of gold. Frankly, not even McC’s charm could make me give a damn.

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.

HANNAH MONTANA: THE MOVIE (G) It’s highly doubtful any Hannah Montana fans will leave this supersized, big screen episode of the hit Disney series unsatisfied. As hard as it might be to believe, Hannah Montana: The Movie is a charmer.

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. The not-as-badlycoiffed-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.

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 Woman 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.

MAN ON WIRE (PG-13) 2008. On August 7, 1974, Philippe Petit spent 45 minutes 1,350 feet in the air, crossing back and forth between the twin towers of the World Trade Center. Director James Marsh (The King) uses archival footage, dramatic reenactments, interviews and photos to recommit what has been called “the artistic crime of the century.” The film has been met with almost universal acclaim and won both the Sundance Film Festival’s Grand Jury Prize and its Audience Award for World Cinema Documentary.

METROPOLITAN OPERA: LA CENERENTOLA (NR) Elina Garanca portrays the title character of Rossini’s bel canto Cinderella story, and Lawrence Brownlee is her Prince Charming.

MONSTERS VS. ALIENS (PG) Rather than tying the knot with selfinvolved local TV weatherman, Derek Dietl (Paul Rudd), Susan becomes the 49 foot, 11 inch (get it?) Ginormica.

Captured by General W.R. Monger (v.

Kiefer Sutherland), Susan/Ginormica meets her fellow monsters. Meanwhile, the earth is being threatened by foureyed squidling, Gallaxhar (v. Rainn

Wilson). Unsure of what to do, the namby-pamby president (v. Stephen Colbert) takes General Monger up on his offer of unleashing the monsters on the aliens. The ensuing battle over San Francisco is the film’s visual watermark. The wonderfully animated MvA may be remarkable for its major action set pieces but lacks the charm and wit of more memorable family films.

NEXT DAY AIR (R) Whoever ordered Next Day Air got exactly what they wanted, but the crime comedy (it’s not very funny) is no special delivery. Leo (Donald Faison, “Scrubs”), a stoner who works as a delivery man, leaves a package at the wrong apartment. The cocaine he delivers to two-bit thugs, Guch (Wood Harris, “The Wire”’s Avon Barksdale) and Brody (Mike Epps), really belong to a scary Mexican drug lord, Bodega (Emilio Rivera). Now Bodega wants his product, but Guch and Brody have a deal brewing with Brody’s cousin, a dealer named Shavoo (Omari Hardwick). Eventually the supposedly comedic mix-up leads to a bloody shootout.

NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: BATTLE OF THE SMITHSONIAN (PG) The previews for Battle of the Smithsonian have me laughing again, but I remember how much the first movie hurt.

Joining Larry Daily (Stiller), Teddy Roosevelt (Robin Williams), Jedediah (Owen Wilson)and Ocatavius (Steve Coogan) are Amelia Earhart (Amy Adams), Kah Mun Rah (Hank Azaria), General George Armstrong Custer (Bill Hader, looking like the flick’s scene stealer), and many more hysterical, historical figures.

OBSESSED (PG-13) It’s great to see how far women have come. In Obsessed, a flick that would’ve felt more comfortable in the early ‘90s, Sharon Charles (Beyoncé Knowles) and temporary office temptress Lisa (Ali Larter, “Heroes”) duke it out like true feminists over successful V.P. Derek Charles (Idris Elba, “The Wire”’s Stringer Bell), who’s also Sharon’s hubby. At least Fatal Attraction had the decency to implicate the dude.

PARIS 36 (PG-13) In 1936 Paris three out-of-work friends try to revitalize the closed music hall where they used to work by staging a show on their own. Directed by César- and BAFTAnominee Christophe Barratier.

PAUL BLART: MALL COP (PG) Paul Blart: Mall Cop delivers mild, unobjectionable humor. The movie is as likable and funny (more the former than the latter) as its star.

THE SOLOIST (PG-13) Two great actors, a hot director and an Oscarwinning screenwriter don’t guarantee a great film. Robert Downey, Jr. brings all his powers to L.A. Times reporter Steve Lopez, who befriends homeless, schizophrenic musician Nathaniel Anthony Ayers, Jr. (Jamie Foxx). An emotional connection runs throughout the picture. Lopez, wishing to help Nathaniel while always keeping him at arm’s length, makes a perfect stand-in for an audience similarly conflicted about the homeless. Wright hammers his message home with hundreds of homeless extras and location shooting on L.A.’s Skid Row. The problem, especially its roots in mental illness, is hard to ignore when they’re staring back at you from the big screen.

Nonetheless, admirability only goes so far at the movies; at some point, craft

and/or entertainment should take over.

The Soloist is a little pitchy where both are concerned.

STAR TREK (PG-13) Director J.J. Abrams brings Gene Roddenberry’s idyllic, stodgy creation to warp speed.

Abrams and writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman revive the franchise with a breezy, action-packed matinee abandon never before seen in this often sober universe. Abrams, Orci and Kurtzman make the Enterprise’s tricky, high-profile refitting—not to mention the successful construction of a summer blockbuster—look easy.

Amazingly, an entirely new, unknown Star Trek universe lies uncharted, to be mapped, one hopes, by Captain Abrams and his creative crew. Space may be the final frontier, but Star Trek should just be the first of many missions for this particular talented team.

STATE OF PLAY (PG-13) State of Play may not be the best film of the year, but it is a well-made political thriller starring actual actors, some of whom own Oscars. Newspaper reporter Cal McAffrey (Russell Crowe) is a dinosaur on the verge of extinction. But when a sex scandal rocks the political/ personal boat of his college roommate, Congressman Stephen Collins (Ben Affleck), Cal gets another shot at glory.

With the help of his paper’s political blogger, Della Frye (Rachel McAdams), Cal uncovers a deeper conspiracy, one full of twists and turns too juicy to spoil here.

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). Shortly after turning 17, Kim asks her dad for permission to travel to Paris. 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 has been kidnapped by human traffickers. 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.

TERMINATOR SALVATION (PG-13) John Connor (Christian Bale) continues to fight Skynet and humanity’s impending apocalypse. In the fourth entry in the franchise begun and now abandoned by James Cameron, Connor is joined by Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington), a cyborg that thinks it’s human. The initial teaser underwhelmed, but later, more story-oriented trailers have gotten my hopes up.

Does director McG have what it takes to deliver a good Terminator movie?

With Anton Yelchin, Bryce Dallas Howard, Moon Bloodgood, Common, Jane Alexander, Jadagrace and Helena Bonham Carter.

WATCHMEN (R) Watchmen is not the greatest comic book movie of all time, yet considering the height of its twin measuring sticks (its own source material and The Dark Knight), 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 has been brought to beautiful, ambitious, artistic, flawed and extremely watchable life.

X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE (PG-13) In a post-Iron Man/Dark Knight/Watchmen world, X-Men Origins: Wolverine is an unevolved comic caveman. The X-Men trilogy has been going downhill since X2, and since 20th Century Fox’s rights predate Marvel’s new and improved property handling, no one should expect great things from subsequent Origins pics.

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movie pick More Than Just a T-Shirt CHE: PART ONE (R) How did an Argentinean doctor come to join Castro’s 1956 revolution?

Che: Part One, alternately titled The Argentine, doesn’t provide much insight into the “whys” behind Ernesto “Che” Guevara’s transformation. Academy Award-winning director Steven Soderbergh and writer Peter Buchman instead provide a detailed account from the frontlines of the Cuban revolution. For two hours, Che (Benicio Del Toro) trudges through the jungle battling Fulgencio Batista’s army at the behest of Fidel Castro (Demián Bichir). He morphs from a coughing, asthmatic foot soldier into a rebel-bearded, hardened guerrilla warrior.

As admirable and ambitious as Soderbergh’s film is, it needs more ideological meat. Soderbergh is a brave enough filmmaker to Benicio Del Toro risk alienating the heartland with a serious discussion of Communism, its idealism, successes and failings. Yet Che never digs that deeply into the motivations behind the revolution. One would expect a biopic about Che to include several lengthy, dogmatic lectures from either the title subject or Castro. Instead, Che is never uninteresting but it strays toward uneventful.

Although flawed, the film is more success than failure, and its greatest triumph is Oscar-winner Del Toro’s performance. Not once did I actively think about Del Toro’s power or perfection. He was simply Che. Fortunately, the voters at Cannes saw past the natural ease with which Del Toro slipped into the revolutionary’s body, mind and soul and awarded him the Best Actor trophy. Too often, incomparable work is overlooked when the actor makes his job seem so effortless, a laudatory accusation Del Toro has not deserved in the past.

Soderbergh never overdirects Che. Stylistic conventions are used sparingly and at the dictate of the plot, not the filmmaker.

I could only see the first half of the two-parter.

(Che: Part Two is screening only once a day, at 9:45, so plan accordingly.) Nonetheless, the Siamese films were separated with surgical precision so as to exist apart. Che: Part One stands alone. I don’t feel as if I only saw half of a film; I just sense I only know half of the story—although it may have been the better half.

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film notebook News of Athens’ Cinema Scene Munchies: After a weekend fraught with momentous events, including the birthday that forever seals the middle-age deal, I find myself sifting through my accumulation of glittering cultural artifacts for the intellectual equivalent of comfort food on which to gorge while splayed out on the metaphorical couch of post-graduate ennui in my figurative underpants. Let me just say that 12-pound omnibus of Jack Kirby, Fantastic Four, is looking mighty appetizing right now. Likewise are the late-’50s Budd Boetticher-Randolph Scott westerns that got their long-awaited DVD release late last year, and one of which, Ride Lonesome, had been gathering dust in the deep recesses of my DVR since January.

It’s a late entry in the series (1959), and

major American filmmaker that really should have the same profile (and release pattern) as at least, say, something like Good Night and Good Luck. (Yes, I know its subject’s politics are radical, but we’re all adults here, right?)

Let’s hope it sticks around for a second week. …I’m excited about the arrival of Ramin Bahrani’s Goodbye Solo, currently scheduled for June 5. It’s gotten enthusiastic raves from the likes of Roger Ebert and A.O. Scott (who called it “nearly perfect” [!]), and the director’s last film, Chop Shop, was one of the best American films I saw last year. Maybe I’ll get a screener in time to review it in a couple of weeks. Ciné’s classic film series is set to begin with Annie Hall and Chinatown, slated for the weeks of June 5 and June 12, respectively.

Ciné’s classic film series will bring Annie Hall to the big screen. watching it, I couldn’t help trying to grasp its relationship to Anthony Mann’s Man of the West, released the same year and occupying a similar position in the two directors’ nearly parallel cycles of somber, morally complex westerns. Ride Lonesome is plot-wise more reminiscent of Mann’s 1953 film The Naked Spur, with Scott escorting a gleefully psychotic murderer (James Best) through dangerous territory to collect a bounty, accompanied by two untrustworthy “allies” and a beautiful woman. But its final showdown, pitting Scott against a malevolent figure from his past in a pre-determined, symbolically charged location, is similar in set-up and fatalistic tone to Mann’s later film, with Scott, like Gary Cooper in Man of the West, left to a frighteningly uncertain psychological fate even after vanquishing his human enemy. The final, monumental image of Ride Lonesome leaves its tormented hero face-to-face with an angry, devouring past.

Now and Later at Ciné: Already underway by the time you read this is the Athens theatrical premiere of Steven Soderbergh’s mammoth, two-part biopic Che at Ciné. I’ve seen the first half and found it terrifically entertaining and impressive in its near-mythological, epic sweep, though my friend Todd Kelly, who knows far more than I do about the real Che Guevara and his diaries (Soderbergh’s main source for the film), found some of the director’s historical omissions frustrating. Go see for yourself, as this is a major work by a

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Maybe I’m just an old softie, but I absolutely love the idea of getting to see those films projected from 35mm prints in a theater with an audience. Can’t wait to see how this series develops. …For more info, check out the Ciné website: www.athenscine.com.

Just for Kids: I’m pretty sure FILM::ATHENS is still accepting submissions for this year’s Teenscreen Filmfest, to be held in conjunction with AthFest 2009 in late June. Entrants must be under the age of 18; for more details and guidelines, go to www.filmathens.net. …Speaking of such things, according to its website, the Athens-Clarke County Library is holding a free movie-making workshop for kids between 11 and 18, from Tuesday, May 26 to Friday, May 29. Go to www.clarke.public.lib. ga.us for details.

Also at the Library: The iFilms series at the ACC Main Library at 2025 Baxter St. continues on May 21 with Man on Wire, director James Marsh’s 2008 feature about Philippe Petit’s daring, illegal tightrope walk between the twin towers of the World Trade Center, which won last year’s Oscar for Best Documentary.

Showing May 28 is Asghar Farhadi’s 2006 Fireworks Wednesday, an acclaimed drama focusing on the marital conflicts of a wealthy young couple in modern Iran.

Nothing More to See Here: Enjoy the spring.

Dave Marr film@flagpole.com

threats & promises Music News And Gossip Yes, it’s here! Summer in Athens. Yeah, OK, look, I know I’ve been going on about this each week for the past few weeks, but those of you who know need no explanation.

For those who will experience their first summer here this year, all I can say is live a little freer. A rough field guide to a few diversions is available below…

I Saw You Dancing with Roxanne: Both sessions of Camp Amped at Nuçi’s Space for 2009 are filled, so no more applications will be accepted for this year. Camp Amped is a two-week summer camp for middle and high school students ages 11 to 18 who receive musical instruction and mentoring by Athens–based musicians. At the end of each session, the students perform a grand finale show. This year’s shows will happen June 20 and July 18 at Nuçi’s Space. This year’s Camp Amped instructors are Dan Nettles (Kenosha Kid), Carl Lindberg (Grogus, Squat), Claire Campbell (Hope for Agoldensummer), Betsy Franck (Betsy Franck and the Bareknuckle Band), Joel Byron (Wrong Way, Grogus), Ben Mize (ex-Counting Crows, Ben Mize Band), Thayer Sarrano (Thayer Sarrano Experience)

away at ATHICA for lack of funds. Still, if you’ve got it, cough it up. For more information, please see www.athica.org.

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Silence Means Security: Athens-based entrepreneur, inventor and producer Ryan Dowd is the man behind Silent Events. The most famous of these happenings is the Silent Disco at Bonnaroo where late night revelers slip on wireless headsets to hear the music being spun live by DJs. Dowd recently tried this same concept with a live band on the Jam Cruise with much success, and the silent live band concert will make its debut on dry land at Perpetual Groove’s annual Amberland concert on May 22 in Lafayette, GA. The way it works is all the musicians run directly into the soundboard and the mix is broadcast locally to the headphones. It seems the potential for such technology is endless, not to mention an incredibly inventive way to stay on the safe side of any noise ordinances that might impede a late-night event. Although at Bonnaroo Dowd must use headphones made by a certain manufacturer under contract with the festival, he has designed his own headphones for use at other events that include a mute button, a right channel button, a left channel button and volume control. Dowd got his start here in Athens working for the Georgia Theatre, Drive-By Truckers and Widespread Panic. For more information on all of this, please see www.silentevents.com. For information on Amberland, please see www. myspace.com/pgamberland.

Freak Out Hard on Me: After almost eight years to the day, Circulatory System will release a new album. Titled Signal Morning, the album was constructed from several hours of recorded material and assembled at several different studios. I can attest firmly, having heard it, that it’s a stunner. Containing some of the most singularly gorgeous harmonies I’ve ever heard the players perform, along with uncharacteristically muscular jams, the album hits high at every imaginable level. Signal Morning features the membership of band leader Will Cullen Hart’s older outfit Olivia Tremor Control as well as Jeff Mangum (Neutral Milk Hotel) and Julian Koster (The Music Tapes). The band plans to tour in support of the 17-track album, which will be released by local label Cloud Recordings on LP, CD and digital formats on Aug. 4. Circulatory System’s last full-length release was its self-titled debut, which came out in August of 2001. Please see www.cloudrecordings.com for more information.

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Women in the Evening: Athens art gallery ATHICA (Athens Institute for Contemporary Art) will present “Wine, Women and Song” on Saturday, May 23 from 8–9:30 p.m. The performance will feature Charlotte Lee, Jana Michelson, Mandy Jane and the Jaws of Life and to-be-announced guests. The event is affiliated with ATHICA’s current spring exhibition titled “Crafting Romance.” ATHICA describes the current show thusly: “Taking on the age-old theme of love, this show addresses how love is expressed, focusing especially on how it is part of the domestic and decorative arts—realms traditionally thought of as separate and lesser enterprises than the fine arts despite the legacy of over 30 years of feminist art practice.” The suggested donation for the performance is $9–$13, but no one is turned

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Voting Still Open: Just a reminder that voting is still open for the 2009 Flagpole Music Awards. Head to www.flagpole.com/awards to cast your ballot! Remember, you can write in any artist for their appropriate category if you don’t favor any of the nominees. What you cannot do is attempt to get your bluegrass band the award for Best Jazz Artist.

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record reviews AKRON/FAMILY Set ‘Em Wild, Set ‘Em Free Dead Oceans As if Akron/Family wasn’t already difficult enough to peg, this new album demonstrates even more stylistic splintering for the freaky Brooklyn collective. On the self-produced effort, the psychedelic folk act defies taxonomy so completely as to shatter human logic. It’s a disorienting collection that’s almost maddening in its diversity, invoking combinations of jazz, classical, rock, punk, country, gospel and even Afrobeat.

The powerfully percussive “Everyone Is Guilty” is a turgid bundle of egg-headed angularity, mathematic movements and massive, off-kilter choruses. Though touched with jazz, the rhythmic “Creatures” rides the bounce of abstract futurism while the noise-punk oddity “MBF” pounds away like a damaged brute. “Sun Will Shine” finally offers a glimpse of a simple and perfect melody only to let it be overtaken by the random ether that dominates the album. After an interminable three and a half minutes of intro, “They Will Appear” finds some familiar ground in a finale that culminates in an eccentric folk stomp complete with madcap ensemble choruses that spire wildly toward transcendence.

It’s difficult to call anything so unchained in its sprawl cohesive. It’s an album that’s certain to be met with way more chin strokes and furrowed brows than boners. But one thing’s for sure, it’s incredibly original, fearless even. This one’s a grower, not a shower, and those who have both the intellect and patience to appreciate challenging art will be rewarded.

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MELINDA DOOLITTLE Coming Back to You HiFi Recordings The 31-year-old Tennessee singer Melinda Doolittle is often held up as one of “American Idol”’s more gifted rejects; in 2007 she finished in third place, booted before Blake Lewis and Jordin Sparks, the ultimate winner, would battle it out for the public’s love.

And it’s not just jilted fans crying for Doolittle’s crown—prickly judge Simon Cowell said in a subsequent “Good Morning America” interview he thought Doolittle should’ve taken the top spot.

On “Idol,” Doolittle established her R&B and soul bonafides, delivering

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renditions of Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Tina Turner and Shirley Bassey numbers that won kudos from both audience and judges alike.

It’s no surprise, then, that her debut album Coming Back to You dips into the same pool, drawing on classic sounds rather than trying to shoehorn Doolittle’s oversized vocals into contemporary trends. Despite the presence of the Hammond organ and punchy brass section, the album doesn’t fully recapture that Stax or Motown sound.

Doolittle and producer Mike Mangini plow through a selection of covers and, surprisingly, most are lesser-known songs rather than the type of standards she deftly handled on “Idol.” Bobby Johnson’s blues number “Dust My Broom” guts a sultry rephrasing, while “Fundamental Things” takes Bonnie Raitt’s countrypop into soul territory. Doolittle’s choice to focus on lesser-knowns works in her favor, as she’s not up against canonic performances. So far, Doolittle can interpret Tina, Whitney and Aretha, and though she’s not at their level, she’s closer than most of today’s “retro” revivalists.

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BONNIE PRINCE BILLY Beware Drag City I’m by no means a Will Oldham obsessive, but I do dig him lots; thus it’s easy for me to avoid sweeping statements about him and his oeuvre and what Beware means in regards to both. I will say that my fave Oldham songs are those early crazy-raw underdeveloped missives of pure pathos and longing. Oldham’s no mere bucktoothed diarist, though; he’s a true artiste who’s developed through the years differing musical techniques, all of which are worth reveling in on some level, at least.

It is a testament, then, to his timetested abilities that, despite the smooth production, I’m psyched by Beware.

There’s esoteric instrumentation dropped all over Oldham’s characteristically sturdy folk-rock, and the desired whole works beautifully: it’s neither bare-bones boring nor smarmy in its rich lifelessness. Instead, there’s the lush stoned-on-a-Sunday atmosphere of his family band Anomoanon, Neil Young’s Harvest, or that Dead record with the Death-Raven on the cover.

And you know Will Oldham’s gonna bring the pain lyrically—he still shines in that realm, and that’s what is at the heart of this and all his records: “Time has come to lay childish things/ To the dirt, see what a-age brings/ If I follow what song I hear/ Will another come near?” Here, he’s gracefully presented a predominant anxiety of his. He has also summed me up, and most everyone I know; that he does it over a Nashvillian gleam leavens the heaviness, makes it more palatable, and therefore, believable, like that bolt

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of darkness in your recent memory that purloins a pleasant breakfast.

Jim McHugh Bonnie Prince Billy plays Variety Playhouse in Atlanta Friday, May 29.

Truth is most of the songs serve well as the soft and safe soundtrack to nothingness.

Bean counters can count beans in comfort as Vanderslice’s multitracked warm tenor floats over fuzzy synth lines and crisp succinct beats on the curiously titled stand-out “D.I.A.L.O.” Oddly enough, the title track, in its sparse simplicity and organic expedience, seems out of place on the album—but this version of Vanderslice, voice paired only with acoustic guitar, singing about an eastern European gymnast, is especially intriguing.

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CHIN CHIN The Flashing, The Fancing Def Jux The Brooklyn trio of Jeremy Wilms (an Atlanta native), Wilder Zoby and Torbitt Schwartz, who also spend time as rapper El-P’s backing band, have little to offer on The Flashing, The Fancing, the band’s third full-length of atmospheric euro-disco and jazzy, polite funk. It’s palatable enough, but it clearly aspires to be more than background music and, too frequently, it doesn’t succeed.

The hazy, soft-focus disco on a track like “Stay” puts The Flashing, The Fancing more on the level of a cut-rate Jamiroquai than Stevie Wonder. The vibe of songs like “That’s Where I’ll Be” or “It’s OK” is more flaccid than relaxed, a forgettable mish-mash of late-’70s fusion. Jazzy, skronky solos on “Kings” at least lend the album a little bit of unpredictable pep, but just when those horn bleats hint that a moment of ecstasy might be just around the corner, the track cuts out and leads into the tepid “Peterdactyl,” a spaced-out instrumental that isn’t so much a buzzkill as it is a mood neutralizer. It’s not a splash of cold water to shock you out of your frenzy; it’s hours-old bathwater.

Chin Chin’s fiery live show can be a thing unto itself, and the trio’s core lineup can expand up into the teens to round out its performances. Its shows can be hypercharged, sweaty celebrations sustained by an hypnotizingly locked-in groove. They can be exciting, interesting and fun; they can be everything this album isn’t.

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Berlin for some time) is the Master of Ceremonies, leading an audience of salivating outcasts through a world of leather, three-ways and melancholy.

With his acrobatic vocals and flair for showmanship, Corner is a captivating lead character, but if you’ve heard the prior two IAMX albums, then this is merely a repeat showing. Musically, it’s the same hedonistic bump and grind of synth, soaring falsetto and whispers of seduction IAMX fans have come to expect. Highlights include the hook-laden single “Think of England,” the fist-pumping “The Great Shipwreck of Life” and the pleasant “Love Cats”esque bounce of “Tear Garden.”

Thematically, Kingdom has been billed as the more “sensitive side” of IAMX, but what really could be more personal than the fantasies he’s already shared? Perhaps this time around Corner is a bit more sympathetic to the disillusionment, the loneliness and the fear that lies beneath all the extravagance, but it’s a dark underbelly that’s long been exposed.

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CARLON Johari Window Ropeadope Its authors may lack name recognition, but this lovely, sweeping record radiates enough unmistakable majesty to be one of this year’s biggest sleepers. Blending the splendor and panorama of The War on Drugs with the genre-bending ambition and emotionality of Portugal. The Man, the latest album by this New Jersey band shimmers with spacious indie folk that spans the horizon.

Southernisms like the churning bluesy rumble of “Mixed Messages” and the haunting atmosphere of “Red Rover” showcase Carlon’s muscle and evocative power. However, Johari Window’s prettiest moments are also its finest. The best exemplars include the dreamy, graceful twang of “Where the Driveway Ends” and the breezy psychedelic soul of “Rosie.” But no other selection on the album is as arresting as the widescreen “Cantaloupe,” a celestial, banjo-kissed meditation that could melt a mountain mist.

The key to Johari Window’s success is in its balance. For one, the sonic tapestry is heavily layered but never lumbering. Moreover, the instrumental detailing is intricate and dynamic but never compromises the record’s impressively large scale. It’s clear that this outing was crafted with intellect, but intuition for the overall song is always paramount throughout.

The sterling result is a triumph of listenability, depth and wingspan.

Bao Le-Huu

I Blame You Sub Pop You know you’re dealing with some pretty serious advance buzz when a band is invited to play Sub Pop’s big 20th anniversary party in the summer of ’08, before they were even signed.

The good news is that the full-length debut by the Brooklyn indie rockers actually delivers on the promise, a small miracle in today’s gun-jumping blogosphere.

By the admission of its own members, Obits is not about innovation.

Its rumble-tumble sound is a notably cohesive quilt of surf (“I Blame You”), rockabilly (“Two-Headed Coin”) and straight-up, red-blooded rock and roll.

A sonorous, rootsy echo reverberates throughout the album, giving it style, warmth and dimension.

The best moments include the tightly coiled hypnotic suspension of “Widow of My Dreams,” the ‘60s stomp of “Back and Forth,” the relentless punk advance of “Milk Cow Blues,” and particularly the surf-drenched garage punk of “Pine On.” The punk-and-roll of I Blame You takes some of rock and roll’s most classic and enduring traditions, harnesses their rich textures, and otherwise re-contextualizes them in a fresh, persuasive way. Touched with just enough vintage-store patina, this is some of the most atmospheric, rollicking and mature punk rock being made today.

Bao Le-Huu

TELEKINESIS

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IAMX Kingdom of Welcome Addiction Metropolis Records The seedy characters and genderbending flamboyance found on an IAMX record always remind me of the club scenes in Cabaret. Former Sneaker Pimp and band leader Chris Corner (who, by the way, has been living in

The album’s wings are in soaring, euphoric drives like “Look to the East,” “All of a Sudden” and “Tokyo.” The nostalgic ‘60s romance of “Awkward Kisser” also charms. But the choice cut here is the lean, high-octane “Coast of Carolina,” which doesn’t just kick in after its intro, it bursts into full, blazing color.

There’s a modest perfection about this record. Gloriously free of fuss or complication, it’s an airy, tuneful and blissed-out romp. And it’s almost supernatural how consistently Telekinesis hits the melodic bull’s-eye here. There just isn’t any simpler way to put it: I love this record.

Bao Le-Huu

OBITS

John Vanderslice Romanian Names, the latest effort from this San Francisco-based troubadour, has been flowing from my personal computer’s six watt speakers all week, inspiring neither all-cap email complaints nor cold glares at the copy machine. For better or worse, the 12 harmless, easy-listening pop tracks have been appreciated (read: ignored) like Muzak.

Superchunk and Spoon rock out with the enthusiasm of Matthew Sweet and get dizzy with the scale and texture of Rogue Wave in its tallest moments. The Chris Walla-produced record simply beams with spontaneity and intuition.

With a pop instinct that provides an endless barrage of uplifting hooks, these songs are immediate but lasting.

Telekinesis is the musical vision of Michael Benjamin Lerner, who wrote, sang and played nearly every instrument on this album. On his full-length debut, he’s only managed to craft one of this year’s most incandescent records. With it, Telekinesis is poised to become the hot new flagship for the great Merge Records tradition of melodic indie rock. Echoes of

THE ETTES Danger Is EP Take Root On the surface, The Ettes seem packaged to sell—cutesy name, girl singer, girl drummer. But take these superficial things at anything beyond face value and you’re in for a blindsiding. Instead of polishing its image, the trio’s been busy sharpening its knives, and this EP is proof positive that it’s getting harder and dirtier by the minute. This little cannonball packs the melodic hooks of garage and beat bands with the raw power of punk and rock and roll, all washed in lusciously polluted sonics. More brass than sass, The Ettes come armed with a walloping rhythm section beastly enough to credibly challenge even The Dirtbombs.

Of the three new studio tracks, the two standouts—the elephantine stomp of “No Home” and the blared-out bop of “Lo and Behold”—were produced

by The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach, who brings out the nasty like no other and is rapidly becoming one of the most definitive producers of our time. The couple unreleased live tracks—the blistering harmonica-jacked burnout of “The Rules” and the unrelenting primal bash of “I Heard Tell”—are far less controlled but translate well. Rounding out the package are three music videos.

All told, the EP hits fast and hits hard in a high-impact, room-trashing, fun ride.

Reinterpreting vintage underground traditions with modern thunder has rapidly, deservedly made The Ettes a garage sensation. Detroit Cobras, meet your mongoose.

Bao Le-Huu

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Joe Preston

Holds Court with Thrones

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a guy whose name is uttered in hushed tones in the underground metal community, Joe Preston is a pretty affable guy. Speaking via telephone, he sounded quietly enthused about coming back to Athens while on tour with his band Thrones; he’s looking forward to seeing friends who live here and is well aware that shows in Atlanta “aren’t that great.” True.

When conversation veered to the topic of summer blockbusters (“the last X-Men movie sucked”— also true), we here at Flagpole informed him of the existence of our arthouse theater, but there would be no time for movies on Thrones’ tour.

He would be coming from somewhere in North Carolina and then moving on to Arkansas. “I have to drive all the time,” he says laconically. “I’m the only person in the band… only person in the band, only person in the van.”

Joe Preston hatched Thrones on New Year’s Day in 1994, and he’s been the only one in the van, so to speak, ever since.

And it’s hard to imagine it any other way, because music this idiosyncratic rarely occurs as a product of democracy. Rather, this is one man calling all the shots, and with little compromise in mind—not for bandmates and not for listeners. You get the heavy metal bass guitar that Preston is known for (which you may have seen him play onstage as a member of High on Fire) and liberal doses of horror-flick ambience (which have always been a color of choice for the Melvins, another band Preston has played with).

And then there are the vocals—before there was Dan Deacon singing about (from the perspective of?) a “crystal cat,” Joe Preston was abusing vocoders, placing his pitchshifted vocals into bizarre juxtaposition alongside loud-as-balls guitars and a deadpan drum machine. Yet, his attitude toward the whole strange thing is really very casual. “It’s sort of what I do for a living,” he says of Thrones. “It gets referred to as a side project a lot, which is kind of ridiculous because it’s something I’ve been doing for 15 years.”

The mischaracterization is probably due to the continuing number of high-profile contributions Preston lends to many of America’s finest metal bands, including the genre-inventing drone group Earth and Athens’ own Harvey Milk.

But at the moment, it’s Thrones’ time. This tour is not in support of a current release, but there’s plenty of the ridiculous on the horizon. “I’m working on a split with Agoraphobic Nosebleed,” Preston says. “I tend to not get things done a lot, but I know that Relapse [Records] will be on my ass about finishing.” With his stint with Harvey Milk apparently completed, Flagpole couldn’t help but inquire about any current collaborations he’s been up to. “I play with a 13-year-old girl that I’m friends with—we don’t have a band name—and I’m also in this power metal band in Portland, Last Empire.” Pretty weird.

Sounds about right.

Jeff Tobias

WHO: Thrones, Chrissakes WHERE: Caledonia Lounge WHEN: Tuesday, May 26 HOW MUCH: $7 (21+), $9 (18+)

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oxsly doesn’t intend to save rock music.

The band’s ambitions have a slightly broader scope. “With my bike, I’m going to save the world,” sings frontman Cody Ground on the opening track off of upcoming release Tomorrow’s Fossils. It’s the ultimate testament to the underdog. In fact, Ground jokingly requests in an interview that we make him sound “more interesting.” I promise to do my best, listen to the album in its entirety, and then decide that ego-inflating won’t be necessary. The album speaks for itself, and to itself in its own self-referential way.

Tomorrow’s Fossils is today’s indie-pop gem, existing in its own vague place and time for future discovery.

Melancholy without being despondent, cute but not sentimental, simultaneously hi-fi and lo-fi—Loxsly has managed to balance seemingly opposing aesthetics to create an odyssey of experimental pop without sounding compromised, creating retro-futuristic songs underneath Ground’s naïve melodies—it’s as though vocals were recorded by a Teddy Ruxpin whose batteries are dying, mixed on a Commodore PET 2001 and bounced down to floppy disk before being distributed to the indie masses.

It’s the music you wish you heard coming out of the busted old TV and outdated VHS tapes they used to show in PE class.

“We like imperfections,” Ground says confidently about Tomorrow’s Fossils. Two years in the making, the band approached the album more like a science experiment, using the studio itself as an instrument in much the same way that Wilco labored away at Yankee Hotel Foxtrot through a process of construction, deconstruction and reassembly.

It’s not hard to imagine Loxsly’s music being played on laboratory equipment rather than musical instruments—vocal melodies poured into flasks and heated on Bunsen burners until they evaporate into blue-glowing gases while keyboards are transmogrified through analog circuits. All experimental data is then recorded on the track “Pet Results”: “They could clearly channel every tiny thought they had into its own reality,” Ground sings.

Perhaps it’s more a statement about the group’s creative process than the recurring lab rats Ground is so enamored of.

Though Ground describes Loxsly’s sound as “cinematic,” we decided that this half-assed journalistic descriptor needed desperate clarification (would a movie critic describe a director’s cinematography as “musical?”). Together, we reached the conclusion that if Loxsly were a movie, it could only be Wes Anderson’s Life Aquatic—dry, redemptive, with a late-’60s/ early-’70s aesthetic. Along these lines, Loxsly’s sound is under-pretentious, dreamlike and never overly grand or existential. “You & I Were Working” blips and beeps until bursting into a Flaming Lips-sized vocal anthem (“Every fear and thought within/ Do we really want to notice them?”). “Battalions” is a Bowie-worthy track that fluctuates between disco and guitar minimalism until sinking into a gorgeous cascade of Pink-Floyd-like piano chords on “Pet Results.” Meanwhile, someone somewhere tinkers on a toy piano on “Sunk Alone,” while the Grandaddy-inspired titletrack sounds like a Morse-code-arpeggiated keyboard amplified through a submarine vessel.

All this has to leave us wondering whether Loxsly will be bringing the mechanical teddy bear or the submarine vessel to its upcoming performance at Flicker. With production being such a valuable asset to Tomorrow’s Fossils, it’s hard to imagine how each song will be pulled off live. As with other albums inspired by ‘70s synth-rock, Fossils sounds even wider and allembracing on a pair of headphones. Yet, even underneath the production sheen, each song has well-crafted, piano-driven songwriting at its core. Until then, it remains unknown how these variables will interact with audience members—the experimenters and the experimentees—either participants or lab rats in Loxsly’s grand sonic venture.

Ryan Monahan

WHO: Loxsly, Mass Solo Revolt, The Matt Kurz One WHERE: Flicker Theatre & Bar WHEN: Thursday, May 21, 8:30 p.m.

HOW MUCH: $5

RockFest

Skate Shop O F AT H E N S

Free, All-Ages Event Makes Its Debut in Danielsville

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rowing up in Comer, GA, James Murray didn’t get to see any rock concerts until the age of 18. Prior to that he was either too young or too far away, limited to Christian or country bands that would come to nearby fairs. But now at age 27, he is the rock star, fronting aggressive alternative group Against All Odds and packing venues in his new home town of Danielsville.

“I realized how many teenagers want to see some of their favorite bands, local acts and national acts, but they can’t get into these places in Athens because they can’t drink or they’re not—according to U.S. standards— adults,” says Murray. “It was always our belief as a band that we need to Against All find a way to give back to our fans. Whether it be some B.S., free littlebitty American Legion show or, if we had the opportunity, something bigger.”

The timing seemed right for that something bigger to come along.

AAO, as the band is known, has built an impressive hometown following, having singlehandedly resurrected local venue The Legion.

“If you ask any kid in Madison County or Danielsville, ‘What goes on at The Legion?’ They will tell you that’s where AAO plays,” says Murray.

The last AAO show was so packed there was a line around the block of kids just hoping to get in. “When we had to turn people away, that was the last straw.”

Murray got to work planning a bigger and better all-ages show for his hometown. He had no idea what headaches, red tape and financial woes awaited him, but Murray is filled with fire and passion—the kind of dedication that makes up for a lack of experience in spades. Although festivals are new to him, he has been booking his own band over the past three years, and

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Misfortune 500 Against All Odds

Directions to RockFest from Athens: Take the loop to US-29 North. Danielsville is about 16 miles down US-29. Memorial Park is located in the heart of downtown Danielsville on your right, across the street from the post office.

even that was a skill he had to learn by trial and error. In the early days of his band, he used to take trips with his brother to the 40 Watt and Tasty World just to observe the inner workings of the rock club. He is a learn-bydoing kind of guy, and he got RockFest rocking quickly.

Murray scouted around Madison County for a venue, finally landing on Memorial Park in Danielsville. Murray was particularly drawn to the oversized gazebo which could serve as a perfect staging area. “We went through the proper channels to find out who [was in charge of that property], and they told us it

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was only going to be like $20 to turn on the power. I was like, wow, this is definitely going to be a free festival! …We started making phone calls and within 15 minutes we already had eight bands that wanted to come on.”

Three days later he had worked up over $800 in sponsorship money to go towards radio promotion and everything seemed to be going smoothly. But, of course, these kinds of things always have their hitches.

Just three weeks before the festival, Murray had to deal with the City Council who decided suddenly that this park was now under its jurisdiction and not that of the Recreation Department as he was originally told. “I got a call a week and a half ago from City Council saying, ‘You’re going have to fill out this permit for a parade.’ And I said, ‘Well, I’m not putting on a fucking parade. I am putting on festival. Don’t give me no shit.’ And they said, ‘Well, a parade in Madison County or Danielsville is essentially a public gathering whereto you have to fill out a parade permit.’

They said it’s a $500 deposit for the park, and you’re going to have to put down an application fee of $150 and an insurance deposit… It would cost about $2,000 to cover everything.”

Murray briefly considered charging festival attendees a nominal entrance fee, but that idea was quickly dismissed.

“What kind of justice would it be for our fans if we label this thing as free and then say, oh, by the way, we need $1?”

So, Murray never yielded, negotiating between bureaucratic departments until all fees were waived under the minor stipulation that Porta-Potties and security were on hand.

Done.

In the past two months he has even managed to secure a few food sponsors who will be catering the event. Festival-goers will be able to enjoy gourmet pizza from Fox’s Pizza Den and chicken and ribs from J’s BBQ out of Royston, GA. Looking ahead to RockFest 2010, Murray has also arranged for a number of raffles to help raise money for the fest, with prizes that include free food, piercings and tattoos.

AAO will of course be the headlining band, joined by an eclectic lineup of alternative and rock acts that Murray has met on the road over the past three years.

Perhaps breaking the alt-rock mold the most are Southern rockers Soul Shaker and country duo Hannah Thomas and Joey Snead. “Hannah is only 17, but she has a set of pipes on her that is unbelievable!” Murray says enthusiastically.

Athens’ own Misfortune 500 are also a diversion from the grungier acts, adding some new wave and post-punk textures into the mix. “Misfortune 500 are just a little bit different, but just enough different that it attracts attention. That’s what we were looking for with this festival.

We weren’t looking for something that you can find on the radio… You’re going to hear so many different types of music, and they are all there for the one cause.”

Since the event is free, there are no ticket sales to help predict attendance, but Murray is more than optimistic.

“I expect traffic to be clogged for three hours,” he says. “The only reason I say that is because… I got a call on Monday from somebody from Valdosta, another call from somebody in Savannah, and another call from some people in Memphis. All these people are coming to this festival. How the hell they know about it, I have no idea. The way I’m thinking is, if people that far out are hearing about this thing, then it’s going to be such a tremendous success that it’s going to happen next year.”

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Michelle Gilzenrat

WHAT: RockFest WHERE: Memorial Park in Danielsville, GA WHEN: Saturday, May 23, 1 p.m.

HOW MUCH: FREE!

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the calendar!

WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK

Memorial Day DeadlinE: The deadline for getting listed in the Calendar will be WEDNESDAY, May 20 at 5 p.m. for the issue that comes out the following Wednesday. Email calendar@flagpole.com.

Tuesday 19 EVENTS: Global Day of Action for Troy Davis (UGA Arch) Sponsored by the Women in Black and Georgians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty. 6–7 p.m. FREE! www. amnestyusa.org/troydavis KIDSTUFF: Chapter Book Review (Madison County Library) Every Tuesday and Thursday elementary school-aged children meet in the lobby to read aloud and share thoughts about books. 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 MEETINGS: Athens Rock and Gem Club (Friendship Christian Church) Chester and Gail Karwoski present “Trees of Stone: Visiting the Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park.” They’ll show a video and bring pieces of petrified wood from various locations. Visitors can bring their rocks to be identified. 7:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-549-8082 MEETINGS: Great Decisions Discussion Group (ACC Library) Group meets every Tuesday through June 9 to discuss U.S. foreign policy and global issues. Space is limited.

Contact Jeff Tate to sign up. 7 p.m.

FREE! 706-613-3650, jtate@athenslibrary.org GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) All three Athens locations of Locos Grill and Pub (Westside, Eastside and Harris St.) feature trivia night every Tuesday. 8:30 p.m.

FREE! www.locosgrill.com

Wednesday 20 KIDSTUFF: Storytime (ACC Library) For ages 18 months to 5 years. 9:30 & 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Young Adult Book Discussion (Madison County Library) This month’s book is Abduction by Peg Kehret. 4:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-795-5597 LECTURES & LIT.: Talking about Books (ACC Library—Small Conference Room) Adult book discussion group. This month: A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

by Ishmael Beah. Newcomers welcome. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706613-3650 MEETINGS: Library Sewing Group (Madison County Library) This month the craft group works on knitting with skewers and toothpicks.

Newcomers welcome. 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: Rock Star Game Night (Wild Wing Café) Try your luck as a virtual musician! Every Wednesday.

9 p.m. www.wildwingcafe.com

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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 21 EVENTS: Charity Dinner: Soul Food Celebration (Earth Fare) Charity dinner featuring southern soul food classics, a wine tasting and live music. Proceeds benefit GA River Network. Space is limited; call to reserve a spot. 7 p.m. $20 suggested donation. 706-227-1717 EVENTS: Thursday Night Throwdown (Red Eye Coffee) Friendly competition to bring together and create coffee community.

Anybody, whether a coffee professional or home barista, is welcome to participate in the coffee competition. Limited to 30 competitors. 7:30 p.m. $5. 706-369-6850 ART: Thursday Painters (Lyndon House Arts Center) Join members of the Athens Art Association for an afternoon of painting. Bring your own paints and supplies. 12:30–3:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3623 PERFORMANCE: Classic City Kings (Blur) Athens’ first and only drag king troupe performs live.

10 p.m. $3. www.myspace.com/ blurathens KIDSTUFF: Chapter Book Review (Madison County Library) Every Tuesday and Thursday elementary school-aged children meet in the lobby to read aloud and share thoughts about books. 4:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Read to Rover (ACC Library) Beginning readers in grades 1–4 read aloud to an aid dog. Trainer always present. 3:30–4:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Read to Rover (Oconee County Library) Beginning readers in grades 1–4 read aloud to an aid dog. Trainer always present.

Children should choose and supply their reading material for “Rover.”

3:30–4:30 p.m. FREE! 706-7693950 GAMES: Trivia (WOW Café & Wingery) Every Thursday. 706-5435510

Friday 22 EVENTS: The Center for Development in Central America (Covenant Presbyterian Church) Sarah Junkin Woodard gives a presentation on the Center’s

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activities in Nicaragua to help poor villagers. A selection of fair trade crafts will also be for sale. Presented by the Athens Religious Society of Friends. 7–9 p.m. FREE! 706-4242898 PERFORMANCE: Drag Night (Blur) Every Friday featuring music by DJ Shine[y] before and after the show.

9 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/ blurathens PERFORMANCE: “Intersections” (Floorspace—160 Tracy St.) A collaboration in dance, music and poetry featuring Denise Posnak, Kate Corby, Laura Glenn and Amanda Martin (choreographers and dancers), John Fernandes, Page Campbell, Seth Hendershot and Leralynn (live music) and Andrew Zawacki (poetry). 8 p.m. Suggested donation $5–$8. www.floorspaceathens.com KIDSTUFF: Beach Party (Sandy Creek Park) Annual beach party to celebrate the start of summer.

Activities include swimming, a sand castle contest (judging at 6 p.m.), and live music by Pam Blanchard and the Sunny Side Up Band.

Bring a picnic dinner. 5:30 p.m. $2.

706-613-3631 KIDSTUFF: Books & Bites (ACC Library) Read without interruptions.

Bring four books or come in early to look through the library’s selection. Comfy chairs, chips, chocolate and pizza provided. Ages 11–18.

Registration requested. 5:30–10 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Preschool & Toddler Storytime (Madison County Library) Includes stories, fingerpuppet plays, songs and crafts for literacy-based fun. This month’s themes include Mexico, Mother’s Day, elephants and author/illustrator Jan Brett. Ages 2–5. 10:30 a.m.

FREE! 706-795-5597 GAMES: Friendly Friday Night Checkmate (Red Eye Coffee) Bring a board and make a friend. Chess players of all ages, backgrounds and skill levels welcome. Game play lasts until closing. 5 p.m. Minimum purchase of $5. 706-369-6850

Saturday 23 EVENTS: Athens Farmers’ Market (Bishop Park) Buy fresh, locally grown organic produce, locally crafted goods and freshly baked breads. Live music, cooking demos and educational classes, too. Every Saturday. 8 a.m.–12 p.m. athensfarmersmarket.net EVENTS: Bongo’s Yardfest (302 Oak Bend Drive—Hull) Annual yard and folk art sale that includes vintage and antique pottery, textiles, glass, furniture and more. Folk artists Peter Loose, Eric Legge and the Flinn family potters will also be selling a variety of wares. 8:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m. 706-548-6596

Detail of “The National Tapestry: America the Beautiful” by the Dogwood Chapter of the Embroiders Guild of America on display at the Lyndon House through July 18.

EVENTS: Run on the Banks (Five Points) 5K to demonstrate opposition to capitalism. All are welcome to walk, run, bike or skate. 12 p.m.

FREE! drannenator@gmail.com ART: Opening Reception (Lyndon House Arts Center) For exhibit of needlework presented by the Dogwood chapter of the Embroiders’ Guild of America. 2–4 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3623 KIDSTUFF: Family Day: Sunny Sunflowers (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Make paintings of sunflowers with the Georgia Museum of Art and view the flowers in the garden for inspiration. 10 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! 706-542-1244 KIDSTUFF: Pool Open House (Green Acres Pool) All are invited to swim at the pool for free. Swim team also available (contact tyfulghum13@yahoo for info). May 23, 10 a.m.–7 p.m. May 24, 1–7 p.m.

FREE! www.greenacrespool.org KIDSTUFF: Splash-tastic Swim Day (Bishop Park) Giveaways, contests, prizes and more. 12–5:30 p.m. $1. 706-613-3589 GAMES: Dungeons and Dragons Monster Manual 2 Worldwide Games Day (Tyche’s Games) Everything needed to play is provided. Space is limited. Noon. FREE! 706-354-4500, www.tychesgames. com

Sunday 24 KIDSTUFF: Pool Open House (Green Acres Pool) All are invited to swim at the pool for free. Swim team also available (contact tyfulghum13@yahoo for info). May 23, 10 a.m.–7 p.m. May 24, 1–7 p.m.

FREE! www.greenacrespool.org LECTURES & LIT.: Dac Crossley (Madison County Library) Meet the local author and hear his stories and inspirations. He’ll be signing copies of Return of the Texas Ranger. 3 p.m.

FREE! 706-795-5597 MEETINGS: Circus Banquet (Rubber Soul Yoga Revolution Studio) Practice circus skills, per-

form and jam with musicians. Every Sunday. 7 p.m. FREE! www.rubbersoulyoga.com 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: Team Trivia (Wild Wing Café) Every Sunday at Wild Wing!

FREE! www.wildwingcafe.com

Monday 25 EVENTS: Memorial Day in Memorial Park (Memorial Park) An afternoon of music, crafts and activities to celebrate Memorial weekend. Noon. FREE! 706-613-3580 EVENTS: Running with the Dawgs 5K (The Classic Center) Course winds past the bulldog statues in the downtown area. Sponsored by the Athens-Oconee Junior Woman’s Club. Proceeds benefit the various community projects that the club supports. 8 a.m. $15 (before May 23), $20 (after May 23). 706-7698712, www.active.com KIDSTUFF: Storytime (ACC Library) Bedtime stories. 7 p.m. FREE! 706613-3650 GAMES: APA Pool (Alibi) Pool league events every Monday. 8 p.m.

FREE! 706-549-1010 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: Texas Hold ‘Em (Fat Daddy’s) Every Monday. 6 & 9 p.m.

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GAMES: Trivia (Taco Stand) Every Monday night at the downtown location. 9 p.m. www.thetacostand.com GAMES: Trivia (Transmetropolitan) New! Every Monday at the downtown location. Prizes include house money and passes to Terrapin Brewery.

9–11 p.m. 706-613-8773

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 26 KIDSTUFF: Chapter Book Review (Madison County Library) Every Tuesday and Thursday elementary school-aged children meet in the lobby to read aloud and share thoughts about books. 4:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-795-5597 KIDSTUFF: “Giddy-Up Go!” (ACC Library) Kick off Summer Reading Program with Calvin Sims, storyteller of the American Frontier. 2:30 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 LECTURES & LIT.: “Upcoming Election Changes” (ACC Library) Presented by the Athens-Clarke County Board of Elections and Voter Registration. Feel free to bring a lunch to this 45-minute program.

12:15 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 MEETINGS: Great Decisions Discussion Group (ACC Library) 7 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650, jtate@ athenslibrary.org GAMES: Flicker Poker Night (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Last Tuesday of every month! 8:30 p.m. www. myspace.com/flickerbar GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) All three Athens locations of Locos Grill and Pub (Westside, Eastside and Harris St.) feature trivia night every Tuesday. 8:30 p.m.

FREE! www.locosgrill.com

Wednesday 27 EVENTS: An Evening of Good Taste (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Tasting, hors d’oeuvres and live music by the Rand Lines Jazz Trio. Sponsored by the UGA Alumni Association. 6–8 p.m. $20.

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KIDSTUFF: Eatin’ with the Critters (Sandy Creek Nature Center—ENSAT) Bring a sack lunch for an hour of learning about “Past to Present.” For ages 3–5 with an adult. Call to register. 12:30 p.m. $0–$16 (scholarships available).

706-613-3615 KIDSTUFF: Storytime (ACC Library) For ages 18 months to 5 years. 9:30 & 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Summer Reading Program Kick-Off (Oconee County Library) Pick up your reading logs and celebrate with magician Chad Crews. 2 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 KIDSTUFF: Summer Reading Program Kick-Off (Madison County Library) Kick-off party with magician David Ginn. 2 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 LECTURES & LIT.: Oconee Dems Book Group (Five Points Deli & More—Epps Bridge) Communitywide book group hosted by the Oconee County Democrats. This month: Adam Hochschild’s awardwinning Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire’s Slaves. Newcomers from any county and of any political affiliation are welcome. 6 p.m.

FREE! ppriest@charter.net, www. oconeedemocrats.org MEETINGS: Mindfulness Sitting Group (Mind Body Institute) Silent meditation every Wednesday. 12:30– 1 p.m. FREE! 706-475-7329 GAMES: Rock Star 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 * Advance Tickets Available

Down the Line LECTURES & LIT.: James Kibler 5/28 (Borders Books & Music) The UGA English professor discusses and signs copies of his new novel, The Education of Chauncey Doolittle, the third book in his Clay Bank County Series. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-583-8647 OUTDOORS: Starwatch: Shoot the Moon 5/29 (Sandy Creek Park) Take photos of the moon through telescopes with the Athens Astronomical Association. The Starlab planetarium will also be set up inside. 9 p.m. $5.

706-613-3631 THEATRE: The Spell of Sleeping Beauty (Seney-Stovall Chapel) Presented by the Athens Little Playhouse and directed by Gloria Kibbe Sams. May 29–30, 7:30 p.m.

May 30–31, 2 p.m. $10, $8 (students/seniors). 706-208-1036, www. athenslittleplayhouse.org* KIDSTUFF: Family Canoe Day 5/30 (Sandy Creek Park) View Lake Chapman from a canoe. Basic instruction and guidance provided.

Ages 8 & up. Pre-registration required by May 29. 10 a.m. $5. 706613-3631 EVENTS: The Art of: Flowers 6/4 (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Curator-led tours of the Flower and Heritage Gardens. Reception to follow. Part of GMOA’s “The Art of” Series. Call to RSVP. 6–8 p.m. $10. 706-542-0830, www.uga.edu/ gamuseum

EVENTS: Heritage Day 6/6 (William Harris Homestead—Monroe) Featuring tours of the homestead’s log cabin and grounds, a Civil War reenactment, hayrides, exhibits, music, workshops and demonstrations of 19th-century living. 10 a.m.–5 p.m. $8 (adults), $6 (seniors & children). www.harrishomestead.com LECTURES & LIT.: “Abraham Lincoln: A Journey through Historiography” 6/14 (ACC Library) Steve Schaefer conducts a breakneck tour of the Lincoln literature from the past 144 years. 3 p.m.

FREE! 706-613-3650 * Advance Tickets Available

Live Music Tuesday 19 Alibi 8 p.m.–12 a.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 DJ JOHN Country Rock DJ spins every Tuesday for Bike Nite.

Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com IT’S ELEPHANT’S Big, soulful, blues vocals screech over edgy and erratic rock from this Atlanta group.

MICE IN CARS Loud post-rock band from Atlanta inspired by Shellac, Mogwai and The Pixies.

THE WINTER SOUNDS Local band that infuses elements of new wave, punk and synth-pop into its carefully crafted and lyrically inspiring songs.

Amorphous Strums plays quirky, fun, pop-oriented, kid-friendly, acoustic numbers.

Rye Bar 10 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ ryebarathens KEN WILL MORTON Athens’ own Ken Will Morton hosts a singersongwriter night tonight. Morton himself is an engaging songwriter and performer. His soulful rasp captures the rough and tumble rock edge of Springsteen and the keen lyricism of Dylan.

Tasty World 10 p.m. $5. www.tastyworld.net CIRCLE IN FLIGHT New metal trio influenced by Isis and Neurosis.

KILL THE SCHOOL New, local metal four-piece.

STRANDED Southern metal five-piece from Commerce, GA. Tasty Bar. 9 p.m.–2 a.m. FREE! www. tastyworld.net TASTY TUESDAY Now a weekly event hosted by Athens’ “HipHop Ambassador” Mon2, the third Tuesday of every month features DJ DJ blending and blasting the Southern Top 40 and his own exclusives, and a Beat War for producers to show off their original beats for a cash prize.

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

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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.

Alibi 8 p.m.–12 a.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 OPEN MIC JAM A call to any musicians out there—groups or solo performers—bring your instruments, gear and voices for an open jam!

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

Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com LITTLE FRANCIS Steven Grubbs plays songs backed by Jesse Thompson, Jordan Noel and Brian Connell, sounding like rowdy, anthemic folk music mixed with early’50s rock and roll.

LIVING ROOMS Atlanta band that pushes buttons and turns knobs to create spacey, ethereal rock that calls to mind a particularly subdued Animal Collective.

MR. FALCON High energy, indie garage rock influenced equally by The Kinks and The Pixies.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8:30 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/ flickerbar GUITAR BOMB One-man blues punk band with gravelly Tom Waits vocals, the urgency of The Stooges and a drum machine to keep things barreling forward.

RANCH Laura Morgan’s (Furlined Records) new rock project featuring Jim Willingham (Ham1) on guitar.

THE SWEET ONES Garage rock shouted in unison by all members of this Brooklyn band. The Sweet Ones sometimes veers towards post-punk with angular guitars and thrashy rhythms—like The Modern Lovers meets Black Flag.

JIM WILLINGHAM Ham1 guitarist/ songwriter performs a solo set of his folksy, quirky pop.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ littlekingshuffleclub AMERICAN IN FRANCE The punk band from Chapel Hill, NC performs before the punk rock DJ. PUNK ROCK DANCE PARTY Every Tuesday! Hosted by Randy Smyre.

The Melting Point 7 p.m. $3. www.meltingpointathens. com* THE MUDFLAPJACKS This local band performs old-time country and bluegrass jams.

The Office Lounge 6 p.m. FREE! 706-549-0840 SAM MIXON Local singer-songwriter and member of Sunshine Fix and

Fat Daddy’s 10 p.m.–1 a.m. FREE! 706-353-0241 OPEN MIC Every Wednesday.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8:30 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/ flickerbar FIRE ZUAVE The lead singer of this Athens-by-way-of-West-Palm-Beach trio is the cousin of Of Montreal’s Kevin Barnes, but he sings a scratchier pop that veers toward Americana. His voice can channel Conor Oberst and Jeff Tweedy, and the bassist and drummer buoy his melodies with clean backing vocals.

MOONLIGHT BRIDE Danceable electro indie rock from Chattanooga that’s a little Stellstarr and a little Arcade Fire.

Harry Bissett’s Bayou Grill 6 p.m. FREE! 706-552-1193 THE R.I.B.S. With energetic Southern and classic rock originals and covers, this band hopes to “inspire redneck behavior.”

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* BILL LUPKIN Singer-songwriter performs as part of John Straw’s Wednesday Blues series. Lupkin is a seasoned blues pro and master harpist who has played with Jimmy Rogers and Howlin’ Wolf.

Stephanie Weaver

The Office Lounge 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-0840 KARAOKE Every Wednesday with Stan.

Rye Bar 10 p.m. $2. www.myspace.com/ryebarathens ALL THESE KINGS This Boston power-pop outfit churns out bluesinspired music ranging from energetic, jangly guitar numbers to slow, keyboard and guitar-driven tunes.

Thursday 21 40 Watt Club 10 p.m. $2 (21+), $4 (18+). www.40watt.com BLUE FLASHING LIGHT In its EP The Mayor of Five Points, local band Blue Flashing Light integrates some dancier, Killers-esque rhythms behind its always emotional, alt-pop vocals and supremely polished aesthetic. Tonight BFL will debut new songs off its upcoming release, Imaginary Times.

SAVE GRAND CANYON Emotional and dynamic, this tenderfoot local band plays what it calls “organic alt-rock.”

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.

Every Thursday.

Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com DODD FERRELLE After breaking from The Tinfoil Stars, singersongwriter Dodd got together with Hope for Agoldensummer’s Claire Campbell and the esteemed folk artist Jim Whitem among others to create a noticeably darker sound.

STARLITE DEVILLES New local band featuring Eric Gregory and Bear from Twain.

THE HELP Local band The Help has recently parted from its countrytinged sound in favor of more pop-oriented rock with a three-guitar attack.

Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com CLARKE COUNTY LINE Local band plays classic country covers. Also playing tomorrow night at Allen’s!

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8:30 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/ flickerbar LOXSLY Experimental, elegant indiepop gems from Austin.

MASS SOLO REVOLT Noisy, angular post-punk based here in town and influenced by acts like Pavement and Built to Spill.

THE MATT KURZ ONE One-man rock machine Matt Kurz literally plays drums, keyboard, guitar and bass, by himself, all at the same time. Expect a mix of garage rock stomps and bluesy croons.

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THE CALENDAR! Girasoles 6–9 p.m. FREE! 706-310-0410 SONNY GOT BLUE Local jazz group featuring James Goodhand (bass), George Davidson (tenor sax), Andrew Murdison (trumpet) and Karl Friday (drums) plays swing and Latin jazz standards for the dinner crowd every Thursday.

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

wednesdays

rock star game night

thursdays

justin brogdon friday night rocks

josh ray

saturday live music with

burning nova sunday

team trivia! mondays

food & bev night 312 E. Washington Street 706-227-WING (9464) wildwingcafe.com

The Melting Point 7 p.m. SOLD OUT! www.meltingpointathens.com BRANDI CARLILE Melodic folk-pop charmer Brandi Carlile recently released her second major-label album, The Story.

GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV Breezy riffs and contemplative lyrics comprise this South African-born singer-songwriter’s music. Isakov’s inclination toward chamber and organ music adds a quaint, human touch to his otherwise distant folk sound.

No Where Bar 11 p.m. 706-546-4742 JOSH PERKINS EXPERIMENT Perkins’ brand of rock and roll is inspired by bands like Tool and At the Drive-In. SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY No info available.

The Office Lounge 8 p.m. FREE! 706-549-0840 THE HEATHENS Check out this y’allternative rock from seasoned local folk musicians: singer-songwriter Michael Eudy (ex-One Big Eye), drummer Bob Fernandez (The Plague, ex-Star Room Boys), and bassist-vocalist Robert Kelleher (Dime Bag).

RPM 9 p.m. FREE! 706-543-0428 DUKE FAME Guided-by-Voicesinspired power pop dominates this Atlanta band’s sound.

Tasty World 10 p.m. $5. www.tastyworld.net COLEMAN FOX & THE FUNKY BROADWAYS Coleman Fox’s band finds the happy medium between low-fi, gritty rock and roll and the gleam of infectious pop.

DEATH ON TWO WHEELS Blistering classic rock from Atlanta with fierce lead guitar, gravelly soulful vocals and catchy choruses.

THE EXPLORERS CLUB This melodic pop band is compared to the Beach Boys in every single review— and with good reason.

Terrapin Beer Co. 5:30 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com VINYL STRANGERS Timelessly charming classic-sounding pop rock reminiscent of early Beatles and Byrds.

Wild Wing Café 9 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).

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Friday 22 40 Watt Club 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.40watt.com BURNING NOVA Alternative-leaning rock with vocals somewhere between Incubus and Pearl Jam and guitars that can be soft and acoustic in a Matchbox 20 sort of way, or electrified with a grunge attack.

LULLWATER This local rock band offers high energy and solid melodies that pull from both alternative music and acoustic folk.

SEQUOYAH PREP SCHOOL Southern rock from Florence, SC with subtle twang and a heavy coat of pop gloss.

Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 JOHN MARTIN AND SOUTHERN DRIVE Athens-based country band that blends in a bit of bluegrass and Southern rock. For fans of Waylon Jennings, George Jones or Trace Adkins. Frontman John Martin has been performing since he was 10 years old.

Allen’s Bar & Grill 9:30 p.m. FREE! www.allensbarandgrill. com CLARKE COUNTY LINE Local band plays classic country covers.

Blur 9 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/blurathens DJ SHINE[Y] Spinning dance music before and after Drag Night.

Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com BETSY FRANCK AND THE BAREKNUCKLE BAND Soulful, brassy Southern rock and country songs rooted in tradition, but with a modern sensibility.

CLAY LEVERETT & THE TALL BOYZ One of this town’s finest country frontmen, Leverett has led both The Chasers and Lona. He will perform with collaborators from those projects and others tonight.

DANIEL MACK & THE PICK’N COOP Four-piece country band featuring Mike Jarrard on drums and chicken coop, Jeremy Sellers on bass, Johnny Evans on electric guitar and Daniel Mack on guitar and vocals. “It’s butt-shakin’ country and some sad songs, too!” says Mack.

Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com PUDDIN’ TANG Upbeat, quirky and stripped-down, Puddin’ Tang plays rootsy garage rock.

DAN SARTAIN Birmingham, AL native Dan Sartain experiments with a mix of minimalist beats and psychedelic garage rock.

TWO TEARS This one-woman arthouse rock outfit mixes lo-fi riot grrl

with bubblegum lyrics to create a genuine proto-punk sound.

Fat Daddy’s 9 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0241 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.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8:30 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/ flickerbar DUST CONGRESS Nick Foreman started Dust Congress as a solo act, playing the drum with his feet while playing banjo and guitar simultaneously. He’s now got a backing band to fill out his indie-folk sound, complete with bassoon and marimba.

THE VISITATIONS Electronic folk featuring a rotating cast of local musicians and a heavy touring schedule.

Highwire Lounge 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-583-8510 MARY SIGALAS Talented local jazz vocalist Mary Sigalas performs with her new classic jazz, swing and blues band.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub JENNIE AND THE SURE SHOTS This Detroit acoustic trio echoes country, Western swing and old-

Thursday, May 21

Dodd Ferrelle, The Help, Starlite DeVilles Caledonia Lounge Following up the March release of his latest album, Lonely Parades, Dodd Ferrelle will perform at the Caledonia Lounge on Thursday, May 21 joined by openers The Help and Starlite DeVilles (featuring members of Twain).

Ferrelle’s Americana sound, which many know and love from his previous release, The Murder of Love, has been updated by a pop sensibility that is sure to bring more depth and energy to the stage. Ferrelle officially celebrated the release of his album a few weeks Dodd Ferrelle back at Little Kings, but this is a more “proper” release party, featuring the exciting addition of a new backing band.

“The songs are a lot of fun to play live,” Ferrelle says, adding that mellotron, xylophone and glockenspiel will be part of his more complex and impressive live instrumentation. Ferrelle also invited some well-known names to contribute to his latest record, including Claire Campbell of Hope for Agoldensummer and acclaimed folk musician Jim White.

The set list primarily will feature songs off Lonely Parades, but he’ll also include a couple of brand-new numbers that have been written since the release. This show will be one of a few warm-up dates for Ferrelle and his band as they prepare for a national tour.

If you are out of town this week, don’t fret. Ferrelle will return to Athens on June 26 for AthFest. The full tour, facilitated by Team Clermont, will include national radio promotion and coast-to-coast tour dates. Ferrelle awaits Thursday’s show as “a great opportunity to be reintroduced to Athens and to see old friends.” Music will start at 10 p.m., and the cover will be $5 at the door or $7 for those under 21. Lonely Parades is available now from Two Sheds Music. [Ashley Buzzy]

timey music for a very authentic Appalachian sound. Playing earlier this evening at White Tiger Gourmet as well.

JUMPIN’ JESUS CHRISTERS Lively local Appalachian-style string band performing as part of the weekly bluegrass series.

REBECCA JEAN SMITH Bluesy folk from Atlanta.

The Melting Point 8:30 p.m. $8 (adv.), $10 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com* THE HIGHBALLS Put on your bangle bracelets and tuck in those shoulder pads! Athens music vets The Highballs will perform a totally awesome set of ‘80s dance hits.

The Office Lounge 11 p.m. FREE! 706-549-0840 KIP JONES AND JAY RING DUO Resident bartender Jay Ring is joined by local country folk artist Kip Jones. The duo plays covers of contemporary and classic hits.

Rye Bar 10 p.m. $2. www.myspace.com/ryebarathens TEN TOES UP This funk-infused rock quartet from South Carolina plays a jazzy mix of Allman Brothers and Widespread Panic-style Southern rock.

TENT CITY This local four-piece fuses elements of jazz, funk, blues and world music. The band says, “Come prepared to boogie!”

Terrapin Beer Co. 5:30 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com DEAD STICK LANDING Eclectic local “technically minded power trio” Dead Stick Landing claims influences such as Frank Zappa, 311, Soundgarden, Umphrey’s McGee and Ween.

White Tiger Gourmet Food & Chocolates 6–9 p.m. FREE! 706-353-6847 JENNIE AND THE SURE SHOTS This Detroit acoustic trio echoes country, western swing and oldtimey music for a very authentic Appalachian sound. Playing later this evening at Little Kings Shuffle Club.

Wild Wing Café 9 p.m. FREE! www.wildwingcafe.com JOSH RAY Atlanta-based singersongwriter plays funk and reggaeinfused rock backed by friends.

WUGA 91.7 FM 4 p.m. FREE! www.wuga.org “IT’S FRIDAY!” High Cotton and The Jersey Barrier will perform on the local radio station’s weekly program. University Cable Channel 15 will also broadcast the show.

Saturday 23 40 Watt Club Girls’ Rock Camp Benefit. 9 p.m. $5. www.40watt.com EMMIE BERETTA Vocalist from local pop band Goodbye Donovan.

BIRDS+WIRE This local group plays a moody kind of alternative country, incorporating sweet vocal harmonies and steel sounds as well as a rhythm section fluent in jazz.

HOPE FOR AGOLDENSUMMER This local neo-folk band has spent the winter “baking pumpkin cookies, making art and catching babies in Peru.” They return to us all the wiser, with a few new songs.

Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 CARLA LEFEVER AND THE RAYS LeFever and her band play dance

tunes, sweet pop, classic rock and originals.

ATHICA “Wine, Women and Song.”8 p.m. $9–$13 suggested donation. www. athica.org CHARLOTTE LEE Local visual artist and singer-songwriter plays originals and covers the most woeful country music laments, gutwrenching Leonard Cohen ballads and whatever else suits her fancy.

MANDY JANE AND THE JAWS OF LIFE The original uranium miner’s daughter Amanda Crouse heads up this tongue-in-whiskey-soakedcheek country ‘n’ western-inspired act. Ken Manring works the guitar as the duo swings through tunes influenced by Gram Parsons and Loretta Lynn.

JANA MICHAELSON This local folk musician who has been singing all her life hitches her wagon to traditional folk, bluegrass and country musicians, including George Jones, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash and Hank Williams.

Blur 9 p.m. www.myspace.com/blurathens DJ ISAAC M Longtime Boneshakers/ Kultur Lounge deejay Isaac McCalla mixes electro dance house tunes.

Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com DUSTY LIGHTSWITCH Described as “one of the most exciting and satisfying live bands in town” by our own Gordon Lamb, this revolving cast of local eccentrics delivers rock and roll with epic possibilites.

MATT HUDGINS Former member of The Visitations, Matt Hudgins plays his own brand of electronic folk.

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.

SUPER COBRA Brand new power trio recording its debut album. Tonight is Super Cobra’s first show!

Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com KYSHONA ARMSTRONG Local songstress Kyshona sings soulful ballads over acoustic guitar. She has been compared to Tracy Chapman, Diana Krall and Dionne Farris.

THE DOLL DAZE Atlanta solo artist with an edgy rock sound seasoned with hip-hop.

Fat Daddy’s 9 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0241 HONKYTONK DAREDEVILS Southern rock delivered with outlaw country style.

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. Dance party begins after the live music. Every Saturday.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub BLACKHOLICUS A shredding modern interpretation of classic metal influenced by Iron Maiden, Yngwie Malmsteen and Judas Priest.

MARRIAGE Truly unclassifiable local Christian sludge-rock trio experiments with every heavy and bizarre sound it can muster.

THE MATT KURZ ONE One-man rock machine Matt Kurz literally plays drums, keyboard, guitar and

bass, by himself, all at the same time. Expect a mix of garage rock stomps and bluesy croons.

The Melting Point 8:30 p.m. $8 (adv.), $10 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com* THE RICK FOWLER BAND Local act led by guitarist Rick Fowler (Lonely White Boys, Ralph Roddenbery, etc.) specializes in a classic sort of British blues rock.

Monsignor Donovan Catholic High School 5–9 p.m. $5. www.mdchs.org RAM JAM BATTLE OF THE BANDS (Athletic Field) Local middle and high school bands compete. Bring lawn chairs and blankets. All proceeds benefit Bethlehem Ministry’s Haiti Project.

Rye Bar 10 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/ryebarathens THE JOMPSON BROTHERS Big, classic rock licks from Nashville with even bigger, powerful Southern pipes for a sound that lands between Skynyrd and AC/DC. SOLSHAKR Brand new rock powertrio from Atlanta.

Tasty World 10 p.m. $5. www.tastyworld.net A DARKER VISION This Gainesville/ Dahlonega band plays hard alt-rock with a guitar virtuosity that sets off their instrumental numbers.

CHAOS FRAME This quintet from Griffin, GA plays mainstream ‘90ssounding alt rock with some metalinspired licks.

SGT. KICKASS North Georgia band Sgt. Kickass performs nostalgic, classic metal-inspired numbers with influences from Dio, Danzig and the like.

Terrapin Beer Co. 5:30 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com HARP UNSTRUNG This local act gives melodic alternative rock a bluesy, Southern twist.

Wild Wing Café 9 p.m. FREE! www.wildwingcafe.com BURNING NOVA Alternative-leaning rock with vocals somewhere between Incubus and Pearl Jam and guitars that can be soft and acoustic in a Matchbox 20 sort of way, or electrified with a grunge attack.

Sunday 24 Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com INVISIBLE BOYFRIEND No info available.

MIXEL PIXEL Spooky, lo-fi art-pop trio from Brooklyn.

The Melting Point 8:30 p.m. $5 (adv.), $7 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com* TEALVOX All ages show! Local teen indie-rock band Tealvox draws inspiration from acts like Coldplay, U2 and The Beatles.

Monday 25 Ashford Manor 6 p.m. $15. www.ambedandbreakfast. com PACKWAY HANDLE BAND Packway’s “gather around the mic” approach to bluegrass provides sly, hearty original songs and renditions of classic tunes. The band’s close four-part harmonies are backed by high energy, and the contemporary lyrics are delivered with an engaging sense of humor. k continued on next page

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 20 John Straw’s Monthly Blues Showcase featuring

BILL LUPKIN

Blues music from 8-11pm Tickets $5 adv. • $5 at the door

THURSDAY, MAY 21

BRANDI CARLILE

SOLD OUT!

with GREGORY ISAKOV SOLD OUT

FRIDAY, MAY 22

Totally 80’s Party with

THE HIGHBALLS Tickets $8 adv. • $10 at the door

SATURDAY, MAY 23

Evening with

THE RICK FOWLER BAND Tickets $8 adv. • $10 at the door

SUNDAY, MAY 24

ALL AGES SHOW with

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Tickets $5 adv. • $7 at the door

WEDNESDAY, MAY 27

THE INCREDIBLE SANDWICH with LINGO

Tickets $5 adv. • $5 at the door

THURSDAY, MAY 28 Taping with

DEAD CONFEDERATE

with opening set from PARKER GISPERT (of THE WHIGS) Tickets $5 adv. • $7 at the door • Taping starts promptly @ 8pm

FRIDAY, MAY 29

An evening with

THE STRAWBERRY FLATS Tickets $10 adv. • $12 at the door

SATURDAY, MAY 30

The return of

JIM WHITE

Tickets $12 adv. • $15 at the door

TUESDAY, JUNE 2

Tickets $30 adv. • $35 at the door

LITTLE FEAT

includes free admission to Mayhem String Band show on the patio from 6–8:30pm

6/6 - A night of blues featuring DELTA MOON with EG KIGHT 6/8 - Annual ATHFEST HOOT SAMPLER 6/12 - FICTION FAMILY featuring JON FOREMAN of Switchfoot & SEAN WATKINS of Nickel Creek 6/13 - LITTLE MALCOLM & THE HOUSEROCKERS

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THE CALENDAR! 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, from Dylan and Neil Young to Van Morrison.

Go Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar COCO RICO No info available.

FRONTIER RUCKUS Michigan’s Frontier Ruckus features toned-down bluegrass banjo and resonator accompanied by traditional folk vocals and the singing saw.

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

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

SUNSET This Austin band’s laidback and distant sound borrows as much from the Magnetic Fields’ minimalism as they do from Spoon’s indierock feel.

Tasty World 10 p.m. $5. www.tastyworld.net MISSION MAN Ohio native Mission Man raps over keyboard MIDI samples.

SUNSET SOUNDTRACK Poppy vocals overlay this local indie band’s trance synth and guitar-driven math rock sound.

TRUE WIDOW Shoegaze meets garage rock via this Dallas band’s noisy guitar, grungy vocals and minimalist drums.

VIOLENCE GANG Local trip-hop group that names Gnarls Barkley and The Roots as key influences.

Tuesday 26 Alibi 8 p.m.–12 a.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 DJ JOHN Country Rock DJ spins every Tuesday for Bike Nite.

Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com CHRISSAKES Local hardcore band with haunting, brooding guitar riffs and explosive, screaming vocals.

THRONES Solo project of Joe Preston (Harvey Milk, Earth, Melvins) on Southern Lord.

Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com DAN NETTLES Celebrated local jazz musician known for his work fronting Kenosha Kid.

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

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* THE DROVERS OLD TIME MEDICINE SHOW This South Carolina bluegrass band has been around for over two decades, getting its start as a back porch honky tonk act. The Old Time Medicine show still delivers its bluegrass with a good dose of humor.

Tasty World 10 p.m. $5. www.tastyworld.net 13 DAY MISSION Atlanta duo that plays propulsive, dynamic instrumental rock inspired by The Mars Volta and Trans Am. BEATRIX KIDDO Athens’ own Beatrix Kiddo offers post-rock that will appeal to fans of Sonic Youth, Mission of Burma and the like.

JACOB’S LADDER Prog rock finds a funky and weird home with this Raleigh-based Rush cover band.

KID:NAP:KIN Haphazard and abrasive, Boston’s Kid:Nap:Kin pounds out odd-meter rhythms and jazzinfused melodies that are replete with distorted guitar and dissonant harmonizations.

MILES FROM PANGAEA Marietta band aiming for Floyd-styled psychedelia, but mixed with a heavy amount of modern emo-rock sounds and jam-band proclivities (and a bit of dated post-rock guitar epicness).

THE VINYL STRANGERS Timelessly charming classic-sounding pop rock reminiscent of early Beatles and Byrds.

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

Wednesday 27 40 Watt Club 10 p.m. $3. www.40watt.com A POSTWAR DRAMA Cowboy soul from North Country featuring help from local musicians and tunes for the dusty trail.

DEAD DOG Local band delivers frenetic, spunky lo-fi punk delivered with a pop smile.

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WITCHES Local rock band featuring Cara Beth Satalino on lead vocals backed by a drummer and bassist.

Influences include The Breeders and Neil Young.

Alibi 8 p.m.–12 a.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 OPEN MIC JAM A call to any musicians out there—groups or solo performers—bring your instruments, gear and voices for an open jam!

Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com THE PLAGUE One of the original Athens punk bands formed in ‘80s, The Plague was revitalized in 2005 and continues to tear it up with dark, angular rock.

VIETNAM One of the original postpunk/hard new wave bands of the early ‘80s Atlanta scene. VieTNam reformed just a few years ago, playing PopFest in 2007.

Fat Daddy’s 10 p.m.–1 a.m. FREE! 706-353-0241 OPEN MIC Every Wednesday.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8:30 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/ flickerbar MOTHS Featuring Jacob Morris (Ham1).

SWEETBOX New local band plays swampy, lumbering psychedelic blues with wailing sax. Features members of Mother Jackson plus Jacob Morris, Kate Mikulka, Jef Whatley and other guests.

TOMMY TELEVISION No info available.

Harry Bissett’s Bayou Grill 6 p.m. FREE! 706-552-1193 KIP JONES TRIO Many of Jones’ tunes split between the reflective acoustic territory of Harvest-era Neil Young and the country-infused rock of ‘80s-era Steve Earle.

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

The Max Canada 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-254-3392* THE DUMPS With four veterans of the local punk scene at the helm, The Dumps deliver angular metal licks with lots of dual screaming over sludgy grooves, making for one intense rock performance.

HOT BREATH Thrash trio featuring members of Garbage Island and S.V.A.

Saturday, May 23

Girls’ Rock Camp Athens Benefit: Hope for Agoldensummer, Birds & Wire, Emmie Beretta 40 Watt Club In a heavily male-dominated music scene, three local acts with a strong female presence perform this weekend at a benefit for a rock and roll summer camp for girls. Inspired by the original New York Rock ‘n’ Roll Camp for Girls Birds & Wire (documented in the 2007 doc Girls Rock!), the Athens camp is raising money for its inaugural session this summer. Campers ages nine through 15 will learn instruments, participate in workshops and form bands in which they write their own songs and perform in a live showcase.

The organization’s goal “is to build female youth empowerment through music education and creation,” says executive director Calley Payne via email. “By providing a safe environment in which adolescent girls can express themselves, we are aiding the girls in their development as freethinking individuals.” Payne became involved with the organization last year, volunteering at the Atlanta Girls’ Rock Camp.

“It’s our hope that the campers will grasp onto music as a means of self-expression and see the potential they have in reaching their goals in life,” says Payne. More information about the original Rock ‘n’ Roll Camp for Girls is available at www.girlsrockcamp.org, and the local camp—a pending non-profit organization and member of the national alliance—has a website at www.girlsrockathens.org. Registration for this summer’s session is limited to 25 campers; tuition costs $250 and financial aid may be available to some. The benefit concert costs $5 and starts at 9 p.m. It features Hope for Agoldensummer, Birds & Wire and Goodbye Donovan front-woman Emmie Beretta. [Chris Hassiotis]

MUSIC HATES YOU High-energy and higher volume, Music Hates You plays a dirty kind of punk metal.

There’s red clay under the fingernails of this fist raised against authority.

The Melting Point 7 p.m. $8 (adv.), 10 (door). www.meltingpointathens.com* THE INCREDIBLE SANDWICH Athens-based instrumental jam band with some tropical leanings.

LINGO Funky, soulful jam band from Marietta that recently recorded its debut album with John Keane (R.E.M., Widespread Panic) here in town.

The Office Lounge 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-0840 KARAOKE Every Wednesday with Stan.

Tasty World 10 p.m. $5. www.tastyworld.net LOW END HONEY Local six-piece Southern rock band.

UNCLE LUCIUS Austin band with a bluesy swagger that trots through

Southern rock, Stax Records soul and outlaw country. * Advance Tickets Available

Down the Line 5/28 All City Cannon Ballers / Lona (40 Watt Club) 5/28 Chip McKenzie (Farm 255) 5/28 The HEAP / Vinyl Strangers (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 5/28 3 Foot Swagger (Georgia Theatre) 5/28 Sonny Got Blue (Girasoles) 5/28 Up with the Jones (Rye Bar) 5/28 The Chris Demarco Band / Leaving Araby (Tasty World) 5/28 JazzChronic (Terrapin Beer Co.) 5/28 Dead Confederate / Parker Gispert (The Melting Point)* 5/28 Napoleon Solo (Wild Wing Café) 5/29 The Corduroy / Mama’s Love (40 Watt Club) 5/29 The Classic Bastards / Gaylord / Lazer/Wülf (Caledonia Lounge)

5/29 Scarlet Snow (Crossroads Community Church) 5/29 Brian Connell / Romanenko (Farm 255) 5/29 Impulse Ride (Fat Daddy’s) 5/29 Patrick Carey / Thayer Sarrano (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 5/29 The Arcs / Gift Horse / Ham1 (Georgia Theatre) 5/29 Grogus / Kevin Hyde Trio (Harry Bissett’s Bayou Grill) 5/29 Pat Shields and the Georgia Mudcats (Madison County Library) 5/29 Founder and The Invisibles (Rye Bar) 5/29 Dusty Lightswitch (Terrapin Beer Co.) 5/29 Strawberry Flats (The Melting Point)* 5/29 Mr. Fernando (Wild Wing Café) 5/30 Collective Efforts / Entropy (40 Watt Club) 5/30 Bearfoot Hookers (Alibi) 5/30 Casper & the Cookies / The Lolligags / Marshmallow Coast (Caledonia Lounge) 5/30 Hola Halo (Farm 255) 5/30 Don Chambers / Clay Leverett (Flicker Theatre & Bar)

5/30 Kinchafoonee Cowboys (Georgia Theatre)* 5/30 Avery Dylan Project / Clarence “Big C” Cameron / The Healers (Harry Bissett’s Bayou Grill) 5/30 LeraLynn / Wilma (Little Kings Shuffle Club) 5/30 Eddie & the Public Speakers (Rye Bar) 5/30 Bohdi Zaffa / Burden / DJ DJ / Utah (Tasty World) 5/30 Dead Stick Landing (Terrapin Beer Co.) 5/30 Jim White (The Melting Point)* 5/31 Moth Vamana (Farm 255) 5/31 Kip Jones (Jot ‘Em Down Country Store & BBQ) 5/31 Secret Agent 23 Skidoo (The Globe) 6/1 A Storm of Light / Room / Wolves in the Throne (Caledonia Lounge) 6/2 Little Feat / Mayhem String Band (The Melting Point)* 6/3 The English Beat / Outlaw Nation (40 Watt Club) 6/3 Luke Bryan (Georgia Theatre)* 6/4 Zach Deputy (Georgia Theatre)* 6/5 The Empties / Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars (Georgia Theatre) 6/5 The Incredible Sandwich (Tasty World) 6/5 Grant Haze/RareBree (Terrapin Beer Co.) 6/6 Rollin’ Home (40 Watt Club) 6/6 Holman Autry Band (Georgia Theatre) 6/6 The Bridges (Tasty World) 6/6 Delta Moon / EG Kight (The Melting Point)* 6/8 Sons of Sailors (Ashford Manor) 6/8 AthFest Sampler Hoot (The Melting Point) 6/9 Jessica Lea Mayfield (Caledonia Lounge) 6/9 Redline Express (The Melting Point)* 6/11 All the Saints / Ted Leo & the Pharmacists / Titus Andronicus (40 Watt Club) 6/12 Steve Soto and the Twisted Hearts / X (40 Watt Club) 6/12 Abbey Road LIVE! (Georgia Theatre)* 6/12 Fiction Family (The Melting Point) 6/13 Pattern is Movement / St. Vincent (40 Watt Club) 6/13 Abbey Road LIVE! / Wrong Way (Georgia Theatre)* 6/13 Blue Flashing Light / Cornerstone (Rye Bar) 6/13 Brue Crue (Terrapin Beer Co.) 6/13 Little Malcolm and the Houserockers (The Melting Point) 6/19 Perpetual Groove (Georgia Theatre) 6/19 Dusty Lightswitch (Terrapin Beer Co.) 6/20 Hold Cell / The Rattlers (40 Watt Club) 6/20 Scarlet Snow (Terrapin Beer Co.) 6/22 The Highballs (Ashford Manor) 6/24 The Extraordinaires (Go Bar) 6/24 The Constellations (Rye Bar) 6/25 Garbage Island / Holy Liars / Retric / Still, Small Voice and the Joyful Noise (The Max Canada) 6/26 Excali Brah / Tealvox / Those Darlins (AthFest Hull Street Stage) 6/26 The Black Lips / Dead Confederate / The Empties / Monsignor Donovan Ram Jam Winner / Twin Tigers (AthFest Main Stage) 6/26 3 Foot Swagger / Grant Mitchell (Rye Bar) 6/26 Bearfoot Hookers / Ibilisi Takedown / Up To Here (Tasty World) 6/26 Cachaça / The Donner Party / One L (The Globe) 6/26 Curley Maple / Little Country Giants / William Tonks (The Melting Point)

6/27 Bloodkin / Dancer Vs. Politician / Don Chambers + GOAT / Pam Blanchard & the Sunny-Side Up Band / Patterson Hood & The Screwtopians / The Corduroy Road / The Ginger Envelope / Venice is Sinking (AthFest Main Stage) 6/27 Gift Horse / Immuzikation / Kuroma / Puddin Tang / Velveteen Pink (Georgia Theatre) 6/27 Brock Butler / Junkyard Angel / Turtle Folk / Wormsloew (Rye Bar) 6/27 Futurebirds / The Interns / Part Bear (Tasty World) 6/27 The Premonitions / Rand Lines Trio / Sailor Dawn (The Globe) 6/27 Five Eight / Flash to Bangtime / Love Tractor / Time Toy (The Melting Point) 6/28 Dave Barbe and the Quick Hooks / Heavy Feather / Bob Livingston / Marty Winkler & Michael C. Steele (AthFest Hull Street Stage) 6/28 Betsy Franck & the Bareknuckle Band / Dreams So Real / Grogus / Holman Autry Band / JazzChronic / Randall Bramblett Band (AthFest Main Stage) 7/1 Heartless Bastards / Jenny Lewis (Georgia Theatre)* 7/2 The Additives / Colorful Quiet / Phillip Mitchell (Rye Bar) 7/4 Greg Hester (Ashford Manor) 7/4 Red White and Brewgrass Festival (The Melting Point)* 7/9 Marcia Ball (The Melting Point) 7/13 Lazy B and the Recliners (Ashford Manor) 7/21 Dusty Lightswitch (Caledonia Lounge) 7/27 M.Ward (40 Watt Club) 7/27 Grogus (Ashford Manor) 8/10 Randall Bramblett (Ashford Manor) 8/21 Brett Dennen (Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre) 8/24 Mama’s Love (Ashford Manor)

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bulletin board DO SOMETHING; GET INVOLVED! Memorial Day Deadline: Deadline for getting listed in Bulletin Board will be Wednesday, May 20 at 5 p.m.

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

ART Call for Entries (The Classic Center) The Classic Center Cultural Foundation is accepting submissions through July 19 for free-form bicycle racks designed by artists.

Winning racks will be installed on Hancock and Foundry streets. 706357-4417, www.classiccenter.com Call for Entries (ATHICA) Seeking work that addresses the embattled news media industry for upcoming “Free Press in Free Fall” exhibit (Sept. 19–Nov. 8). Deadline is July 6. See site for instructions. www.athica.org/callforentries.php

CLASSES Acting for Film Workshop (106 West Performing Arts Venue— Winder) Next six-week session led

by Dick Mays begins May 26. Open to ages 16 & up. No acting experience necessary. Tuesdays, 6:45 p.m. $95 (adults), $65 (students). 770868-1977, beckytollerson@106west. com Art Classes (Lyndon House Arts Center) Now registering for summer classes, including a Portrait Painting Workshop with Leah Mantini, Painting with Charles, Low-Relief Casting and Feltmaking. 706-6133623, www.accleisureservices.com “Beyond Memoir” (Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation) Poet and essayist Dana Wildsmith provides instruction on how to focus on the facts of your life in your writing without merely recording family stories.

All levels are welcome. July 11, 18 & 25, 9 a.m.–noon. $150. 706-7694565, info@ocaf.com Canopy Summer Session (Canopy Studio) Now registering for

12-week summer session classes, including a new beginner trapeze class. Full schedule online. 706549-8501, www.canopystudio.com Clay Classes (Good Dirt) Weekly “Try Clay” class every Friday from 7–9 p.m. and “Family Try Clay” every Sunday from 2–4 p.m. ($20/ person). Also now registering for 8-week summer classes. 706-3553161, www.gooddirt.net Computer Classes (ACC Library) “Intro to Powerpoint” (May 21, 7 p.m.) and “Intro to Excel” (May 28, 10 a.m.). In the Educational Technology Center. Call to register.

FREE! 706-613-3650 Cooking Class: Spring (Earth Fare) Cooking class dedicated to the foods of spring. Space is limited; call to reserve a spot. May 27, 6 p.m. FREE! 706-227-1717 Cooking in the Garden: Lite in Spring (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Create light, delicate springtime dishes. Pre-registration required. May 21, 6:30 p.m. $27.

706-542-6156, www.uga.edu/ botgarden Cool-Season Grasses (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Students will learn to recognize grass parts that are useful in field identification. May 30, 8:30 a.m.– 12:30 p.m. $45. 706-542-6156, www.uga.edu/botgarden Craft Classes (Main Street Yarns—Watkinsville) Offering instruction in knitting, crocheting, wheel spinning and more. Full schedule online. 706-769-5531, www.mainstreetyarns.com Earthen Building Intensive Workshop Series (Earthsong) Three-week course covering natural building philosophy, ecological design, cob construction, natural plasters and earthen floor construction.

Focus will be placed on hands-on

experience. Camping provided, vegetarian meals included. July 10–31. $2000. will@redclaynb.org, www. redclaynb.org, www.earthsong.cc Encaustics Workshop (Blue Tin Studio—393 N. Finley Street) Learn step-by-step techniques for painting with beeswax. Registration ends June 10. June 27 & July 11, 9:30 a.m.–3 p.m. $65. 404-5566884, www.bluetinstudio.com Fitness Boot Camps (St. Mary’s Wellness Center) Now registering for high-intensity fitness boot camps.

Program will feature strength training, agility and balance, plyometrics and calisthenics. Camps start June 1 and meet for two months on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

Adult Boot Camp meets from 8–9 a.m. ($100/month). Teen Boot Camp meets from 2–3 p.m. ($30/week).

Registration ends May 29. 706-3893355, cwoodall@stmarysathens.org Getting Started with Genealogy (ACC Library) Monthly informal class to walk you through the basics of researching family history. Bring a pencil and paper. In Heritage Room. May 21, 6–8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 Hand Drumming (Young Harris United Methodist Church) Drumming class led by Dr. Arvin Scott. Space is limited. Registration required. June 11, 7 p.m. 706-5496001, charlotte.house@youngharris umc.org Hatha Yoga (Full Bloom Center) All levels welcome. Tuesdays, 5:30 p.m. $14/drop-in, $60/5-class card. melkitch@gmail.com Hoopdance Workshops (Canopy Studio) Locally made hoops available to borrow and buy. Space is limited. Registration required. May 24 & 31, 1 p.m. $25.

706-549-8504, info@canopystudio. com

Andy Cherewick’s paintings are at Brick House Studio through summer.

Interviewing Seminar (Earth Fare) Seminar will focus on questions that job applicants might face in an interview. May 25, 8 p.m.

FREE! 706-202-2224 Invasive Plants of the Southeast (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) An introduction to the problem of invasive, nonnative plants in GA. Pre-registration required. June 13, 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. $45. 706-542-6156, www.uga. edu/botgarden Laugh-a-Yoga (Mind Body Institute) Laugh your stress away.

Helps produce changes in mood, confidence and health. May 29, 5:30–6:30 p.m. $5. 706-475-7329, www.armc.org/mbi Master Swim (Bishop Park) A program designed to provide acquatic training and exercise for adults. May 26–July 24. $55. 706-613-3589 Photo Story 3 (Oconee County Library) Three-part computer class taught by Blair Weaver that will cover the basics of the Microsoft program.

June 1, 8 & 15, 7 p.m. FREE! 706769-3950 Swing Dancing (Rubber Soul Yoga Revolution Studio) Beginners welcome, no partner necessary. Lesson starts at 9 p.m. Social dancing continues until midnight. Tuesdays. $3. www.rubbersoulyoga.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 Yoga Classes (Om Town Yoga— 190 Park Avenue) Ongoing classes with detailed asana instruction.

Multi-class discounts. Mondays, 6:15 p.m. Wednesdays, 5:45 p.m. $10/drop-in. www.athensomtown yoga.com

HELP OUT! Pasta Donations (Various Locations) Help respond to the increased demand for temporary food assistance. Donate two boxes or

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bags of dried pasta at Domino’s by May 22 and get a coupon for a free BreadBowl Pasta. All collected food will be donated to the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia.

Volunteer ESL Teachers (Goodwill Career Center) Catholic Charities seeks volunteers to teach English as a Second Language to adults in the community on Monday and Wednesday evenings. Ongoing training provided. Eight-week commitment. Valerie Pflug, 706-2541371, vpflug@archatl.com Volunteers Needed (Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic) Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic is seeking volunteers interested in reading and recording textbooks for 90 minutes per week. 706-5491313, kstanley@rfbd.org Volunteers Needed (Athens Community Council on Aging) The Meals on Wheels Program seeks dedicated volunteers to deliver hot meals to homebound seniors in Clarke County. Training is provided.

Volunteers must use own vehicles and are asked to commit to one day a week between 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. 706-549-4850, meals@ accaging.org

KIDSTUFF Be Creative @ Your Library (ACC Library) Calling all young authors and illustrators. Seeking short stories to include in a book that will be added to the library’s collection.

Submit one story up to four pages long. Participants will be invited to a book release party at the end of the summer. Ages 10 & under. May 21–July 30. FREE! 706-613-3650 Canopy Summer Camp (Canopy Studio) Activities include trapeze, dance, gymnastics, art and more.

Starts June 6. $150 (one week), $250 (two weeks). 706-549-8501, info@canopystudio.com Creative Movement (Floorspace) Ongoing class for ages 3–5.

Thursdays, 4:15 p.m. $40/4 classes.

706-850-5557, lisayaconelli@ yahoo.com

Cyber Camp (Rocksprings Neighborhood Center) Learn basic computer skills, typing skills, Internet safety, the history of computers and take a trip to UGA to see on of the state’s largest CPUs in action. Guest speakers throughout the week. Register by July 24. July 27–31, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. $11. 706613-3603 EcoCamp (Georgia Nature Center— Watkinsville) Summer day camp for ages 4–16. Kids learn about solar power, organic farming, carnivorous plants and green building while exploring over 100 acres of fern grottos, springs, creeks and waterfalls.

Upcoming sessions: June 8–12, June 22–26, July 13–17 & July 27–31. $49–$199. 706-769-1000, www.ecocamp.org Garden Earth Nature Camp (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) In Garden Earth I (June 8–12 & 15–19) campers explore pollinators, soil critters and food chains. In Garden Earth II (July 6–10 & 13–17) they investigate water, insects and trees. Ages 5–8. Registration forms online. 9 a.m.–12 p.m. $95. www. uga.edu/botgarden Karate Summer Camp (American Black Belt Academy) Offering three week-long sessions in June and July. No experience necessary. Ages 5–11. Space is limited, register early. 706-549-1671 Kids’ Art Camps (Good Dirt) Now registering for summer art camps.

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

706-355-3161 Movie-Making Workshop (ACC Library) Learn the basics of scripting, costuming, acting, production and editing. Everything you need to know to show your movie at library’s upcoming Teen Film Festival will be covered. May 26, 1:30–5:30 p.m. & May 27–29, 2–5:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 New Moon Summer Adventure Camps (Various Locations) Now accepting registration for summer camp that travels to different state parks and natural areas daily. Activities include hik-

ing, swimming, boating and more.

Fee includes all activities and travel expenses. June 15–19, June 22–26, July 13–17 & July 20–24, 8:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. $150/week. 706338-2892, newmoonpreschool@ gmail.com Ninja Scout Adventure Camp (State Botanical Garden) Curriculum blends ancient Asian arts, NativeAmerican wisdom and African musical traditions. Ages 9–12. July 1–2, 9 a.m.–3 p.m. $85. 706-542-6156, www.uga.edu/botgarden Summer Academy at UGA (UGA Campus) UGA Center for Continuing Education is now registering for its week-long summer programs for ages 11–17. This year’s offerings include Comic Book and Cartoon Art, Website Design, Secret Agent Camp, Film School and more. First camps begin June 1. $149–$349.

706-542-3537, www.georgiacenter. uga.edu/summeracademy Summer Art Camps (Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation) Now registering for three June/July sessions.

Each two-week session is from 9 a.m.–12 p.m. with a break in the middle for snack time. Ages 4–8 and 9–12. Schedule online. $240/session. 706-769-4565, www.ocaf.com.

Summer Art Camps (Blue Tin Studio—Studio C, 393 N. Finley Street) Teen Art Studio (June 15–19 & July 27–31), “Right Brain Rigor” for ages 5–7 (June 22–26 & July 13–17) and “Art Around the World” for ages 8–12 (July 6–10 & 20–24). Registration ends June 10. $25 tuition discount for enrolling more than one child per family. $85 (includes supplies). 404-556-6884, www.bluetinstudio.com Summer Camp Junior Counselor Positions (State Botanical Garden of Georgia)

Positions allow adolescents ages 13–17 to build confidence, serve as a role model for younger children and learn new skills. Contact Cora Keber to apply. 706-542-6156 Summer Reading Program (ACC Library) Stop by to pick up your reading log and a list of summer events. Ages 11–18. FREE! 706-613-3650 Sweet Pea Club Camp (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Camp developed specially for young nature lovers. Programs involve puppet shows, storytelling, learning games, nature crafts and garden explorations. Ages 3–4. June 22–26, 9–11 a.m. $110. www.uga.edu/botgarden Swim School (Bishop Park) Now registering for lessons for levels I�V taught by an American Red Cross Certified Water Safety Instructor. Pre-school and parent/tot classes also offered. Three sessions: May 26–June 11, June 16–July 2 & July 7–23. $33. 706-613-3589 Teen Art Contest (ACC Library) Any size and media (except sculpture) are accepted. Enter your three best pieces to be voted on by other teens. Prizes will be awarded to the top three. May 20–July 24. 706613-3650 Theatre Camp (Athens Creative Theatre) Learn theatre basics. Space very limited. Two sessions: June 15–26 & July 6–17. 9 a.m.–3 p.m. $0–$173 (dependent on scholarship eligibility). 706-613-3628 Yoga Sprouts Summer Stretch Camp (Full Bloom Center) Now registering for summer camp featuring children’s yoga, arts, gardening and more. One week sessions (Monday–Thursday, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.) throughout June and July. Ages 3–12. $120/week. summerstretch@gmail.com

ART AROUND TOWN ACC Library Paintings by North Carolina artist Shanta Hauser. Through May. Exhibit of artwork created by the seniors of the ACC Senior Center.

Through May 31. Paintings by Keith L. Thurman.

Through May. Antiques and Jewels “Athens Fine Art Gallery,” an exhibit featuring works by Mary Porter, Elizabeth Barton, Brandon Zinninger, Greg Benson, Jim StipeMaas, Taylor DuBeau, Judy Dudley O’Donnell and Susan Elizabeth. Through September.

Art Gallery La Place (Washington) “Fragile Balance,” featuring work by Athens artists Bob Hart and Will Eskridge. Through May 30. www.artgallerylaplace.com ATHICA “Crafting Romance” explores how love is expressed through the domestic and decorative arts.

Featuring pieces crafted in a variety of media: jewelry, reconfigured telephones, drawing, photography, video and more. Through May 31. www.athica.org Brick House Studio Exhibit featuring new work

by Tim Adams, Andy Cherewick, Doug Makemson, Michael Pierce and Lamar Wood. By appointment only all summer. www.lamarwood.com Ciné Barcafé Exhibit featuring work by recent MFA graduates Stacy Isenbarger and Erin McIntosh. May 21–June 20. Reception May 29.

Elements Hair Salon Abstract paintings by Meg McConnell. Through August.

Five Star Day Cafe—Eastside Paintings by Ruth Allen.

The Georgia Club “Two Waters Two Lights,” featuring watercolors by Juan Carlos Camacho. By appointment through May. 706-248-2537 The Grit “NERDS!” featuring works by Lauren Gregg.

Through May. www.laurengregg.com Hampton Fine Art Gallery (Greensboro) “The Blue Green Earth Exhibition,” featuring works

by Lamar Wood, Melin Miller, Lisa Hampton-Pepe, RainDance and Cameron Hampton. Through May 30. www.artistcameronhampton.com Hawthorne House Antiques and Interiors New works by Margie Spalding.

Through May 24.

Healing Arts Centre “Reflections of

SUPPORT Emotions Anonymous (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) Informal and supportive 12-step program open to anyone with a strong desire to become well emotionally. Sundays only, 4–5 p.m.

706-227-2354, www.emotions anonymous.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 a walk at the Botanical Gardens. Tuesdays.

706-549-7888, www.fightthestigma. com Mental Health Support Group (St. Mary’s Hospital) Meets in the hospital’s lobby conference room. Thursdays, 6:30 p.m. 706783-5706, www.athensmentalhealth. org

Do Something New — Online!

Hundreds of courses starting at $129!

706-542-3537 www.georgiacenter.uga.edu/is/onlineclasses

ON THE STREET Choreographer Needed (Athens Creative Theatre) Athens Creative Theatre looking for a choreographer. Contact Terry or Cindy to schedule an appointment. Fee commensurate with experience. 706613-3628 Classic City Rollergirls Skater Boot Camp (Skate-ARound USA) Now recruiting new skaters. At the boot camp sessions you’ll learn derby basics and will later have the opportunity to try out. Sessions on May 27 and June 1. Try-outs will be held June 15.

Contact recruitment@classiccityrollergirls.com to register. www.classic cityrollergirls.com f

Meditation,” featuring paintings by Scott Pridgen of DubConscious. Through May. Reception May 29.

Lyndon House Arts Center A selection of needlework and a five-panel tapestry depicting flora, fauna and natural wonders of the U.S. that was created over a period of 6 years by over 1,000 artists.

Presented by the Dogwood chapter of the Embroiders’ Guild of America. May 23–July 18. Reception May 23. “Mama Had One of Those,” an exhibit of selected pottery from the collection of Bill and Dorothy Paul.

Through May 30.

Madison-Morgan Cultural Center “The Houses of Madison: Pen and Ink Drawings,” featuring original works by Atlanta architect and artist Kemp Mooney. Through June 30. “The Many Faces of Madison: A History of Portrait Painting in the Piedmont” features 35 portraits dating from the late-18th century through 1985. Exhibit curated by Spalding Nix. Through June 30.

Marigold Cafe (Winterville) Abstract paintings by Meg McConnell. Through August.

Monroe Art Guild “Project 365” featuring photography by Stephanie Roberts. Through June 25.

Oconee County Library “Home and Away: Fine Art Photography from the Athens/Oconee Area and the World,” an exhibition of photographic prints

by Sally Ross. Through May 29. Acrylic cubes by Murrell Tyson. Through May. The Point of Art Gallery (Union Point) “Rite of Passage,” featuring selected works by owner Anne Jenkins and eight local artists. Through May 23. www.thepointofart.net Red Eye Coffee Monsterrific paintings by Dan Smith. Through May. www.seedanpaint.com State Botanical Garden of Georgia “Fleeting Moment: Intimate Images of Flowers,” an exhibition of photographs by Ted Mikalsen. Through May. 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.

Washington Historical Museum (Washington) Premiere showing of Herb Bridges’ collection of hand-painted movie poster boards from the ‘30s and ‘40s. Through May.

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reality check Matters Of The Heart And Loins 1580

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Junkman's Daughter's Brother 458 E. Clayton St. 706.543.4454

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So, here’s the deal: I’ve been “seeing” the same guy for a few months now. At first, I was convinced he was friend-zone material. I tried to gently (and not so gently) hint that I wasn’t interested. He didn’t get the memo (or just ignored it). Turns out the more time I spend with him, the more I like him. Go figure, right? So, I’m sure you’re wondering, what’s the problem? Well, now that I like him, I have NO clue where to begin. I haven’t dated in a long time. (If you’re wondering why… classic commitment-phobe. I’m horribly skittish when it comes to relationships.) But I really, really like this guy. After a lot of consideration, I’ve decided I’m ready to take the plunge, so to speak. How do I make a move? We haven’t been physical AT ALL yet. How do I know if he is still interested? I know how to get men. I have no idea how to get a boyfriend, and I think that might be what I want this time around. Help, please!

Awkward Turtle

(706) 850

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My first question: Are they paying their bills/rent? Where in the hell are they getting all of the money if neither of them has a job?

Man, I wish I had their problems. Look, CQ, you need to sit this girl down and talk to her before she leaves on her ill-advised vacation.

Leave him out of it because he isn’t (or at least shouldn’t be) your problem. Tell this girl that he was not part of the deal and that you have been patient, but that they are taking advantage of the situation. Explain to her that she is putting you in a bad position with the other roommates because you are the one who invited her in the first place. Tell her that if she insists on going on vacation despite not having any job prospects that you expect him out by a particular date (a couple of weeks max). It isn’t hard to find a cheap sublet in a college town in the summer.

Also explain to her that while she and her freeloading boyfriend continue to complain about money while doing next to nothing to change their circumstances, they are probably fostering resentment among the other more responsible members of the household. Plus, could they please not spend all of their time in the living room? You should tell her that your roommates are being cool right now, but that they are wearing out their welcome and need to get their shit together. Say all of this as gently as possible, but stand firm. It is obvious that she is aware of the awkwardness

of the situation and feels badly about it, but not badly enough to actually change her circumstances. Tell her you don’t have to talk about it again, but that you expect things to turn around when she gets back. Then, when they leave on the vacation they can’t afford, explain to your roommates that you have set some rules and thank them for their patience.

Good luck.

HE GREAT :T

One of my close friends from out of town finally moved in with me. Unfortunately, she also has a boyfriend who decided to follow her and crash at our place. No one gave him permission; he just bought a plane ticket. She apologized and said it was a miscommunication on her part, but I still think it was incredibly pushy. I also have two other roommates who had no say in the matter, and since she’s my friend, I feel responsible. Still we are all pretty laid back, and he seems like a nice guy who makes her happy, so I decided to let it go.

Now, both of them are looking for jobs with not much luck and freaking out about money.

I can’t sympathize that much when she was an hour late for an interview, or that he quit a job on the third day because he didn’t like it.

They go out to eat all of the time and have taken over the living room watching TV. It’s already been a month, but she approached me drunk and crying asking if he could stay longer. What should I do? My roommates seem fine now, but each of us has a “plus one” that will occasionally spend the night (potentially 10 people and one bathroom). I think after one too many cold showers things might get ugly. Another headache is that they are leaving for a vacation soon (nonrefundable tickets bought months ago), which will only delay the job hunt/move out date… I am tempted to throw their shit out and change the locks, but I’m not that evil.

Crowded Quarters

What the hell do you mean by “seeing?”

If you had him in the Friend Zone the whole time, then there is no “seeing.” He is your friend. And how is it possible that he didn’t get the message after a few months of no obvious interest from you in anything but friendship? I am almost as confused as you are, AT. The only thing you can do is go for it. Start by being more affectionate. Hug him hello when you see him. Sit closer to him.

Touch his arm. Hold his hand while you’re walking down the street. Kiss him goodnight.

Even if he has trouble getting messages, that one should be loud and clear. You should know pretty quickly if you missed the bus, but somehow I doubt you did.

This is an important message, by the way, for people who are frustrated by the whole Friend Zone issue. You should never assume the Friend Zone is either a bad or a permanent place to be. Remember that, people, when you are complaining about the lack of a significant other in your life. Some of the most significant people in your life are your friends and have been there for a long time. They already love you for who you are, and there is no reason to rule them out. (Please note that this is not an endorsement for sleeping with all of your friends. I’m just saying that sometimes the obvious answer is hiding in plain sight).

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 $485/mo. Quiet 1BR basement apt. in 5 Pts. Priv. entrance, off– street parking, W/D access, full kitchen. 1 block from the Waffle House in 5 Pts. Shared utils. & cable. Available immediately.

On Morton Ave. between Pinecrest Dr. & Milledge Ave. (706) 3546039, if no answer call David (706) 254-2526.

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Contact kaceyprice@hotmail.com, (706) 540-2829.

1BR/1BA. All elec., water furnished, nice! On bus line. Single pref. Avail. now! (706) 543-4271.

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Preleasing has begun! Pet friendly, on busline. $150 dep. Call us today (706) 549-6254. Restrictions apply.

2BR duplexes starting at $475/mo.

(706) 549-6070.

2BR/1BA + study. Lg. kitchen, shady yard w/ creek. Quiet, safe n’hood. CHAC, DW, W/D, HWflrs.

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Call (706) 548-5869.

2BR/1BA Eastside on Cedar Shoals Dr. All electric, remodeled, W/D hookup. $550/mo. (706) 202-2466.

2BR/1BA Riverbend Rd. Triplex.

Incl. CHAC, DW, W/D hookups. $675/mo. Flexible move-in dates.

Call (706) 546-6900 or go to www.ValerioProperties.com.

2BR/1BA renovated apts., perfect for grad students, nice & quiet, close to campus & Dwntn. 225 China St. 1 avail. now! Also preleasing for fall, $500/mo. Incl. water & trash, no dogs, laundry onsite. Chris (706) 202-5156.

2BR/2.5BA Condo near scenic park & river. Avail. 8/1. HWflrs, W/D, DW, ceiling fans, deck, amenities galore, convenient to everything.

Call Matt at (706) 248-9088.

2BR/2.5BA partially furnished condo. Milledge Next to Family Housing at James Town. 1400 sq. ft. W/D, FP, Wireless, UGA Bus. Avail. Aug 1. $850/mo.

2BR/2.5BA w/ W/D for $700/mo.

Lg. townhouse condo w/ pool view located less than 1 mi. from UGA & Dwntn. Pets welcome. (706) 839-8762.

2BR/2BA, Harris Place A p a r t m e n t s . 1 block from Varsity! Incl. CHAC, DW, W/D. $695/mo. Flexible move–in dates.

Call (706) 546-6900 or go to www.ValerioProperties.com.

3BR/3 private BA. $1275/mo. The Woodlands. Great amenities. Avail.

Fall 09. Owner/Agent. Call Mike (706) 207-7400.

2BR/2BA. BR’s w/ full priv. BA. Walk–in closets. W/D hookups.

Rent starting at $525/mo. Water & trash incl. Sm. pets allowed. (706) 245-8435 or cell (706) 498-6013.

2BR/2BA on College Station.

Huge apt., FP, deck, lots of closets, DW, W/D, CHAC. Avail. 8/1. Pre– leasing. Pets OK. $575/mo.

(706) 369-2908.

Avail. 6/1. 1BR apt. Walking distance to campus. In great n’hood. All appls., CHAC, HWflrs. $630/mo. Call (706) 340-7531.

Best property in town! Woodlands of Athens. 3BR/3BA full of amenities. Gated community, great specials. Call Pete (706) 372-3319.

Fall Special! Best deal at The Lodge. 2BR/2BA. Incl. basic cable & Internet, clubhouse w/ pool, fitness center, & much more! Sign up now for $695/mo. Athens Realty (706) 353-0708.

Free month’s rent. Stadium Village 2 B R / 1 B A g a t e d c o m m u n i t y, close to campus. Water, trash, lawn incl. Pool, gym. $575/mo.

(706) 549-6070.

Garage apt. in heart of 5 Pts. 1BR/1BA. Lv. rm., & kitchen incl.

No pets. HWflrs. $500/mo. Call (706) 548-4358.

Hill St. 2BR/1BA. All electric apt.

W/D, water, trash, lawn incl. $575/ mo. Call (706) 549-6070.

Cedar Shoals Dr. area. 4 or 5BR/4BA. Lg. rms., quiet n’hood, W/D incl. $1K/mo. + dep. req’d.

(706) 742-8555.

Large apartment in Boulevard. Avail. early June.

2–3BR, W/D, DW, $900/mo. (706) 742-2757.

Clean, quiet 1BR basement apt.

Kitchen, lv. rm, BR, BA, private entrance. Eastside family n’hood. 5 min. to UGA S. campus. No W/D. NS. $450/mo. incl. utils. & $300 sec. dep. Pet negotiable (706) 296-0273.

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.

Close to Dwntn. 2BR/1BA apt. in house. HWflrs, DW, W/D, CHAC. $600/mo. Avail. 8/1. (706) 769-4779 or (706) 207-2001.

Cobbham historic district. 1BR apt.

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

College Station 2BR/2BA. All appls + W/D, FP, xtra closet space, water/garbage incl. $575/mo.

Owner/Agent (706) 340-2450.

College Station 2BR/2BA. All appls + W/D, FP, xtra closet space, water/garbage incl. $575/mo.

Owner/Agent (706) 340-2450.

DGH Proper ties Inc. 112 Foundry St. Now leasing for Aug. Dwntn. Close to everything but out of bar scene. 1 & 2 BR avail. Enjoy living in the ambiance of a historic bldg. Call George at (706) 340-0987.

Duplex 2BR/1BA w/ all extras. Very clean. 2 mi. north of Dwntn., just off Danielsville Rd. $500/mo. Grad students & professionals welcome.

(706) 254-0478.

Overlook Village at China & Little St. 2BR/1BA. $440/mo. Pls. call Dave (706) 207-2908.

Remodeled townhome.

2BR/2.5BA. $650/mo. Barnett Shoals Rd. Private patio, W/D, DW, CHAC, HWflrs. No pets.

NS. Across from bus stop. (714) 270-8281.

South Milledge Area. Newly renovated. 4BR/2BA, W/D, DW, private fenced backyd. $1050/ mo. Pamela, Property Manager (706) 247-1805. Go to www. azevedoproperties.com to see listings. Bruce Azevedo, Inc. Studio apts. Great location. 5 min. to Dwntn. & North campus. $400$500/mo. + utils. Avail. 6/1. (706) 548-1532.

Ver y cool layout!

2–3BR/1.5BA apt. in quadraplex.

2 blocks from campus. 5 Pts. area. W/D, CHAC, nice patio. $950–$1050/mo. Pre–leasing.

Avail. 8/1. Pets OK. Call (706) 369-2908.

Westside condos. 2BR/2BA, $600/mo. 3BR/2BA, $700/ mo. Converted clubhouse into a huge open flr. plan. 4BR/2.5BA, $1200/mo. Eastside quadraplex 2BR/2BA, $525/mo.2BR/1BA, $490/mo. Call M c Wa t e r s Realty, (706) 549-3222, (706) 353-2700.

Apartments for Sale $104,000. 2BR/2BA Scarborough Place Condo For Sale. FP, pool, lawn maint., trash, water incl. in dues. Ground Floor. Kitchen appl. & W/D incl. Call Laurie at (706) 540-7501. $119,000. 3BR/2.5BA Scarborough Place Condo For Sale. FP, pool, lawn maint., trash, water incl. in dues. 2nd Flr. Kitchen Appl. & W/D incl. Call Laurie (706) 540-7501. $159,811. 3BR/2.5BA condo conveniently located on the Eastside. Priv. & less than 5 mi. to Dwntn. Athens. Close by 6/1 & receive 6 mo. paid HOA dues! See it online at ReignSold.com or Call Reign at Coldwell Banker Upchurch Realty. (706) 3724166, (706) 543-4000.

1305 Cedar Shoals. $121,900.

2BR/2BA condo. Call Reign (706) 372- 4166.

Commercial Property 8849 Macon Hwy, Athens. 2700 sq. ft. New HVAC. $1500/mo. Ken (706) 614-8295.

Amazing Office Spaces for lease above Dwntn Five Guys restaurant.

No better location! Call Reign at Coldwell Banker Upchurch Realty (706) 372-4166, or (706) 543-4000.

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.

Eastside offices for lease. 1060 Gaines School Rd. 1200 sq. ft., $1200/mo. 500 sq. ft. $625/mo., 150 sq. ft. $300/mo. (706) 5461615 or athenstownproperties.com.

Prince Ave. Office. 2 level suite. 1K sq. ft. $800/mo. Joiner Management (706) 353-6868.

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 2BR/1BA duplex, off Beaverdam Rd. On the Eastside. All electric W/D hookups, DW, lg. wooded lot. $500/mo. 1 mo. dep. Call D.D. (770) 868-7198. $1000/mo. Wonderful 3BR/2BA, mins. to campus off North Ave. W/D incl., formal din. rm., FP in liv. rm., split BR plan, CHAC. NS. Some dogs OK. $500 dep. Avail.

6/1. 131 Burgundy Court. Call Allison (770) 605-3160. $1200/mo. 3-4BR/2BA, near 5 Pts., Beechwood. 2400 sq. ft., lg. great rm., HWflrs, W/D, CHAC, FPs, porches, fenced yard, private lot, kids & pets welcome. Avail. 6/1.

650 West Lake. (706) 669-2241. $500 lease–signing bonus!

4BR/4BA. New construction, all appls. incl. $450/BR. A view of Dwntn. Off North Ave. Avail. July.

(706) 202-4648.

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$1250/mo. 4–5BR/2BA w/ office. Great house, big fenced yard. 2 full kitchens, 2 lv. rms, laundry rm. W/D incl., deck, fenced yard, carport, completely updated.

Big house, lots of storage. Close to Dwntn. & campus. Avail. July 1.

Bobby (404) 849-6572. $300–$400/BR. 3–5BR townhome on Eastside. Double porches, HWflrs., ceiling fans, DW, W/D, trash incl., & new pool. Now leasing! (706) 543-1910 or email becky@landmarkathens.com. $395–$1800/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 fast!

Email for list: luckydawg96@ yahoo.com. $700/mo. 2BR/2BA in country w/ horse farm. Min. from Athens/ UGA. CHAC, safe, quiet, private.

Behaved pet OK. No smoking!

Consider price incl. horse board?

Lease/dep./ref. Avail. June. (706) 783-3564. $900/mo. 3BR/2BA house for rent 4 mi. from Dwntn. W/D, lawn maint. & trash pickup incl. in rent. Call Rich at (706) 372-6426 or email hambowman2003@yahoo.com.

Agent# 318245 $990/mo. 3BR/2.5BA Eastside house for rent. W/D & lawn maint. incl. in rent. Call Rich at (706) 372-6426 or email hambowman2003@yahoo.com.

Agent# 318245 145 Mell St. 5 Pts. Sm. garage efficiency apt. HWflrs., W/D. $400/mo. incl. utils. 1 block from UGA. Avail. 6/1. Email hathawayproperties@gmail.com, call (706) 714-4486.

175 Glen Haven. 3BR/1.5BA. Pre–leasing. Total electric. Oak flrs., CHAC, W/D, DW. Fenced yd. w/ deck. Close to Dwntn. Email hathawayproperties@gmail.com, call (706) 714-4486.

180 O’Farrell. 2–3BR.5 P t s . h o u s e . G re a t l o c a t i o n , near UGA Baseball Field, lg. rambling house. $1300/mo. Go to www.boulevard​p roperty​ management.com. Call today (706) 548-9797.

1 B R C o t t a g e i n B l v d a re a .

Fully remodeled. Incl. DW & W/D hookups. $695/mo.

Call (706) 546-6900 or go to www.ValerioProperties.com.

1BR/1BA cottage. Westside, quiet n’hood, huge porch, fenced yd., all kitchen appl. + W/D. $600/ mo. incl. all utils. (706) 353-0196 or (706) 247-3500. Avail. May. Owner/agent.

1BR huge apt. in historic Blvd house, Incl. W/D hookups, DW, HWflrs, pet friendly. 2 to c h o o s e f ro m ! $ 6 7 5 - 7 9 5 / m o .

Call (706) 546-6900 or go to www.ValerioProperties.com.

1st mo. rent free. Avail. Aug. 1st.

3BR/3BA, huge kit., lg. yd., back deck, pets welcome. $850/mo. Call Teresa (706) 714-4000.

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2 country houses. 3BR/2BA. Avail. now. 10 & 15 min. from Dwntn.

Athens. CHAC, all appls., 40 ac. fenced pasture for horses in absolute privacy. $900/mo. & $1K/ mo. Call (706) 340-7531.

2BR/1BA. Boulevard District o n Vi r g i n i a Av e . G o r g e o u s , spacious house. HWflrs, porch, A/C, W/D. $1040/mo. Avail. 8/1, possibly sooner. Valerio Properties (706) 546-6900, or (706) 425-0122.

2, 3, 4, 5BR units starting at $550/ mo. w/ $250 dep. Units incl. W/D, DW, FP. Call for locations & avail.

Email tappproperties@aol.com, (706) 224-3098.

2BR/1BA. HWflrs., CHAC, W/D, fenced yd. Pets ok w/ dep. Avail.

6/1. 136 Sylvia Circle. $680/mo. Sec. dep. req’d. Dorian (706) 340-7136.

226 Johnson Dr. Behind Carmike.

Stellar rental! Bamboo & tile flrs., all new appls, W/D. 2BR/1BA. $850/mo. Avail. 6/1. Pets OK. Call (706) 340-5054.

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) 740-1514 toll free.

2BR/1BA & 1BR/1BA apts. Great in-town n’hood. Walk everywhere.

Water & garbage paid. $490$695/mo. Check out boulevard​ property​management.com or call (706) 548-9797.

2BR/1BA Woody Drive. Newly renovated duplexes, beautifully landscaped, quiet dead–in street, per fect for ever yone.

Timothy school zone & close to every shopping need. (706) 5489797 or boulevard​p roperty​ management.com.

2BR/1BA Blvd. area duplex. Energy efficient, total electric, recently renovated, W/D, DW, HVAC, shared fenced yd, some pets OK. Avail. as early as 6/1 or as late as 8/1.

Lease, dep., ref. req’d. $650/mo.

Call (706) 227-6000.

2BR/2.5BA. 256 Appleby Mews.

Poolside, W/D, DW, porch, lg. BRs, on Oconee Hill close to Mama’s Boy & the Greenway! Lots of room for little money. $675/mo. (706) 548-9797.

2BR/2BA house in town. $850/mo.

Forest Heights n’hood. Deck, fenced backyd, pet OK w/ dep. W/D, DW. Enclosed garage/shop. Avail. 8/1, possibly earlier. (770) 725-5657.

2BR/2BA. 1.5 mi. from UGA. Kitchen, din. rm., liv. rm., laundry rm., fenced backyd. w/ deck. W/D & fridge incl. $800/mo. (706) 3422788, (706) 461-5541.

2–3BR/1BA. 1/2 mile to campus. Fenced backyd., HWflrs., DW, W/D, CHAC. Pets OK. Pre–leasing. Avail. 8/1. $850–$975/mo. Won’t last! (706) 369-2908.

3 or 4BR new historic–style cottages. Avail. 8/1. $1350–$1800/ mo. Unique sustainable concept community. Raised–bed gardens, walking trails & greenspace. Walk to Dwntn/UGA. Go to www. fullcircleathens.com for info.

(706) 255-9235.

2BR/1BA duplex on Willow Run near ARMC. Incl. W/D hook u p s , D W, C H A C . $ 6 7 5 / mo. Call (706) 546-6900 or go to www.ValerioProperties.com.

3 or 4BR/3BA. 136 Grove St. W/D, DW, HWflrs, lg. covered front porch, big yd. Inside the loop & close to UGA, Mama’s Boy, Waffle House & the Greenway! $1000/ m o . b o u l e v a r d ​p r o p e r t y​ management.com, (706) 548-9797.

2BR/1BA house in Blvd area, H W f l r s , s c re e n p o rc h , W / D hookups, flexible move–in. $925/ mo. Call (706) 546-6900 or go to www.ValerioProperties.com.

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.

2BR/1BA house on King Ave. $800/ mo. W/D, CHAC, DW HWflrs. Close to campus, ARMC, & Dwntn. Sm. pets OK. Great roommate floor plan.

Avail. 6/1. Wes (678) 770-0127.

3BR/1BA. 1 mi. from Arch. Fenced yd. HWflrs. W/D incl. All appls. $900/mo. (706) 202-9507.

2BR/1BA in Five Points. HWflrs, tile BA, W/D. Great locations, 417 Morton Ave., 230 O’Farrell, 12 & 14 Milledge Ct. $625/mo. (706) 548-9797 or boulevard​property​ management.com.

2BR/1BA renovated mill 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.

2BR/1BA w/ study, sunrm., priv. garden, shed, CHAC, W/D, new IKEA kit. 735 Little Oconee St. Walk to campus, Dwntn., Greenway. $825/ mo. Avail. 1 yr. in Aug. or 15 mo. in May. Call Patrick (404) 295-8305.

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

3BR/1BA. Pets OK. $800/mo. 220 Habersham Dr. (706) 613-2317.

3BR/1BA. Non–smoking home. 5 min. from UGA. CHAC, W/D. $900/mo. No pets. Great location. Avail. 8/1. (706) 338-1859, email bro@athens.net.

3BR/2BA Eastside. CHAV, front & backyd, liv. rm., din. rm., den. $800/mo. + $1000 dep. (706) 2065344, lv. msg.

3BR/2BA brick home in Forest Heights n’hood. HWflrs, granite counters, lg. rms. New appls. Formal din. rm. Lg. flat yd. $1075/mo. (479) 879-1541 or (706) 850-0177.

3BR/2BA house. Cedar creek subdivision. Fenced backyd., gas grill attached to sundeck, FP, wooded lot. Quiet family n’hood.

S w i m m i n g c o m m u n i t y. 3 6 0 Sandstone Dr. Avail. 7/1. $1025/ mo + dep. (706) 319-1846, or (706) 548-4819. GA. R, E, lic. 300830.

3BR/2BA remodeled home w/ bonus rm. $1200/mo. 1 mi. from Dwntn Athens. 3BR/1BA home. $750/mo. 3 mi. from Dwntn Athens (706) 613-7242.

3–4BRs. 3 4 0 B a r b e r, 2 5 5 B o u l e v a rd H e i g h t s , 3 9 0 Pound Street, 180 O’Farrell, 1 3 5 G a rd e n C o u r t , 1 6 0 Gilmer, 135 Glencrest, 1321 Dowdy Road. Check out these great houses online at boulevard​ property​management.com or call (706) 548-9797.

4BR/2BA renovated victorian home. 1/2 mi. from campus. W/D, DW, fenced yd., HWflrs, $1450/mo.

Huge rooms! Lots of character.

Pre–leasing. Avail. 8/1. Pets OK. (706) 369-2908.

All Around Athens & near Campus! 322 Whitehall Rd., 4BR/2BA, $750/mo. 267 Atlanta Ave. 3BR/1BA, $675/mo. 335 N. Pope St., 2BR/1BA, $675/mo.

739 Beaverdam Rd. 3BR/ 2BA, $850/mo. 276 Oak Meadows, 3BR/2BA, $995/mo. 129 Oak Park Ct., 2BR/1.5BA $550/mo.

597 Dearing St. off Milledge.

4BR/2BA, $1495/mo. (706) 5467946, Flowersnancy@bellsouth. net. See virtual tours www. nancyflowers.com.

Avail. Aug. 2BR/1BA. Wood flrs., CHAC, DW, W/D. Water & trash incl. $750/mo. 1365 E Broad St. (706) 255-2493.

Avail. Aug. Eastside 3BR/1.5BA, lv. rm., dining area, sunrm., garage, lg. fenced yd. Ansley Dr. Lawncare provided. $1K/mo. (706) 338-6716.

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.

4BR/4BA brick home. Spacious BR w/ full BA. HVAC. Full kit., deck, lawn/pest control. W/D incl. $860/ mo. (404) 274-0948.

Avail. 8/1. 9–10 month lease available. 2BR duplex on quiet wooded lot. Eastside. CHAC. Pets upon approval. $445/mo. Tom (404) 314-1177.

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.

Available Now. Eastside 3BR/2BA, lar ge bedrooms, deck. Recently fully renovated.

120 Woody Lane. $825/mo.

(706) 207-4243 or (229) 263-2300.

4BR/4BA house. On UGA busline.

Community pool. $1900/mo. Also avail. 2BR/1BA apt. Walk to campus. $595-$695/mo. Both have W/D, & appls. Water & trash incl. Pets OK w/ dep. Call (706) 207-9295.

Best rentals in Athens! 1–5BR houses, apts., condos. In the heart of UGA/Dwntn/5 Pts. Pre–leasing for Aug! Call (706) 369-2908 for more info.

Boulevard area, 686 1/2 Barber St.4BR/3BA, DW, W/D HWflrs., screened porch, lg. rms., renovated old church. Some pets OK. Avail.

8/1. $1395/mo. Lease, dep., ref’s.

(706) 227-6000.

Duplex for rent. 2BR/1.5BA. Jolly Ln. in Sleepy Hollow Subdivision near UGA, Memorial Park & Birchmore Tr. W/D, DW, CHAC. Avail Aug. $715/ mo. Call April w/ Athens Condo Sales (706) 549-5006.

Brand new 4BR/3BA homes.

On Barber St., less than 1 mi. from UGA/Dwntn. 10 ft. ceilings.

Bamboo HWflrs. & custom tile throughout, granite countertops, stainless appls, Internet/phone in every BR. Lg. flr. plan. $1600/mo. lease/dep. (706) 207-9906.

East Athens. Remodeled 2BR/1BA house on cul–de–sac. CHAC, extra insulation, ceiling fans. Deck. Pet OK. Avail. 6/1. $675/mo. Free water & garbage. Owner/Broker (706) 340-4619.

Bring horses. 3BR/2BA modular home on 5 ac., 5 mi. NW of loop.

Incl. 2–stall barn in paddock. Avail.

6/1. $750/mo. Owner/Broker (706) 340-4619.

Close to Dwntn. Apt. in house.

3BR/1BA w/ alarm sys. Nice side yd. HWflrs, DW, W/D, CHAC. $800/ mo. Avail. 8/1. (706) 769-4779 or cell (706) 207-2001.

Close to Dwntn. New 4BR/3.5BA houses. New appls. Pets welcome. $1300/mo. Call (706) 540-1257.

Cute house FSBO. 3BR/1BA. 1 ac. private wooded lot. Wood flrs. in entire house, HVAC & wood stove.

Shop w/ electricity. Double french doors. Lg. wrap around porch, open flr. plan. 858 Johnson Mill Road.

Jefferson, GA 30549. For info call Billy & Mary Hayden. (706) 338-0265. $109K. Also avail. for rent. $950/mo.

Duplex for rent. 2BR/1.5BA. Fenced yd. Sleepy Creek Dr. near UGA, Memorial Park & Birchmore Tr. W/D, DW, CHAC. Avail. Aug. $725/mo.

Call April w/ Athens Condo Sales (706) 549-5006.

Excellent renovated 4BR/3BA. 1/2 mi. to campus. Lots of character! Big rms. DW, W/D, CHAC. Pets OK. Pre–leasing, Avail. 8/1. $1500/mo. Call (706) 369-2908.

Extra lg. 1BR duplexes on Oglethorpe Ave. Quiet living w/ FP, HWflrs, CHAC, W/D hookups, pet friendly. Call (706) 546-6900 or go to www.ValerioProperties.com.

Five Points Duplexes. 2BR/1BA & 4BR/3BA. Close to campus/ bus stops, incl. W/D! $900–1325/ mo. Call (706) 546-6900 or go to www.ValerioProperties.com.

Great 4BR/4BA houses. Live next to your buddies! 1/2 mi. from campus. Front porch, back deck, nice yd., DW, W/D, CHAC. Pets OK. Pre–leasing Avail. 8/1. $1200/mo. (706) 369-2908.

Heart of 5 Pts. 3BR/2.5BA house.

Avail. 6/1. Total electric, HWflrs., tile BA’s, stainless steel appls, W/D, DW. Completely remodeled. Walk to Earth Fare. $1550/mo. Call Paul for details (706) 714-9607.

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. $2000/mo. Chris (706) 202-5156.

5BR/3BA Cottage + study.

CHAC, HWflrs, front porch & back deck, DW, W/D, micro, & alarm system. 1 mi. to downtown! Avail.

Aug. (706) 543-1910 or becky@ landmarkathens.com. $370$400/BR. Call about our rent specials!

Adorable 3BR/2.5BA house w/ fenced yard, 1–car garage, 1700 sq. ft. on .5 ac. Lawn care incl. Lots of storage, nice deck. W/D, DW, CHAC. 6 mi. from UGA in quaint Winterville on Twin Lane. Avail. now or for fall move in. $1100/mo. Call April w/ Athens Condo Sales (706) 549-5006.

Avail. Aug! 3 & 4 Bedroom Cottages. Close to campus!

Features incl. DW, W/D, private BAs, pool! $450–$485/BR. Call (706) 543-1910 or email becky@ landmarkathens.com.

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

Unfurnished. $1450/mo. Call (706) 548-4358.

House for Rent, Oconee County. Off Jimmie Daniel Rd. behind Sam’s Club. 3BR/2.5BA, pool & tennis courts. $1500/mo.

Lawn maintenance & HOA dues incl. (706) 308-5334.

Next to UGA. 836 Church St. 2BR brick duplex. All appls. Avail. 8/1. $650/mo. Owner/Broker Herbert Bond at (706) 224-8002.

Normaltown/ARMC. 180 Willow Run. Very nice, 3BR/1BA. HWflrs, DW, W/D, CHAC. Lg. fenced backyd. Pets OK w/ dep. Avail. now. $900/mo. (404) 210-7145.

Nor thside 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.

Pre-leasing for Fall! 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.

Prime location. 5 min. from Dwntn. & North campus. 1, 2 & 3BR houses. $800-$1050/mo. + utils.

Avail. 6/1 or 8/1. (706) 548-1532.

Westside off Whitehead. 3BR/2BA. 2 car garage, formal dining rm. $147K. Purchase or $1100/mo. lease. (706) 354-3212 or (757) 576-1706.

Winterville. $900/mo + utils.

3BR/1.5BA fenced yd. Covered deck, private. 10 min to UGA. Dep. req’d.

No pets. (706) 255-3144. Lv. msg.

Houses for Sale $68K. 3BR/1BA house w/ garage.

CHAC, lg. wooded lot. Owner financing, or rent to own. $595/mo.

(706) 549-4580. $82,900. 2BR/1BA house. Close to UGA & shopping on Baxter.

Fenced yard, CHAC, HWflrs., bonus rm. 405 Benning St. Photos at http://www.athenshome.com/ whats_new_1.html. Daniel (706) 296-2941. $89,900. Studio 40. 1BR/1BA. Tile & HWflrs., DW, courtyds, w/in walking distance to Ramsey Center!

Call Reign at Coldwell Banker Upchurch Realty. (706) 3724166, (706) 543-4000.

185 Poplar. $224,936. 3BR/1.5BA In town classic Artisan home Call Reign (706) 372-4166.

2-story condo in Drayton Square.

Mins. to Dwntn/Campus & off of Loop. 2BR/2.5BA w/ upgraded kitchen & BAs. FSBO. Call (706) 461-1840, (706) 613-0932.

3BR/2BA house. Beechwood, 5 Pts. area. HWflrs, new appls. $335K. (706) 254-4343.

Cool 3BR/2BA home on largest lot in best part of Newtown. Fenced, CHAC, appls, HWflrs. 1/2 mi. from Dwntn. 166 Athens Ave. $159K. (706) 248-9095. Lv. msg.

Adorable 3BR/2.5BA in Comer. One owner, gorgeous landscaping, .67 ac., 1807 sq. ft. Fridge, W/D, DW, microwave, range w/ warranties.

Built in 2005. Open flrplan. $139,900. (706) 202-6119.

Cute house for sale by owner.

3BR/1BA. 1 ac. private wooded lot. Wood flrs. in entire house, HVAC & wood stove. Shop w/ electricity. Double french doors.

Lg. wrap around porch, open flr. plan. 858 Johnson Mill Road.

Jefferson, GA 30549. For info call Billy & Mary Hayden. (706) 338-0265. $109K. Also avail. for rent. $950/mo.

FSBO. 1BR studio condo. Main St. Athens. Private & secure. $94,900.

(706) 474-1101.

Loft Condo on River. 1BR/1BA. Open flrplan. All appls. Close to campus. $109,900. Call Dawn at Keller Williams Realty (706) 207-0857.

New Construction Underway.

3BR/2BA. 1600 sq. ft. Frame house on Hebel block foundation. All the goods: Tile, HWflrs, IKEA Kitchen, energy efficient, metal roof, lots of storage rm. & more! Pulaski Heights near Downtown. Builder will customize for buyer! $209,900.

Call Drew at (706) 202-2712 or Christy at CJ&L at (706) 559-4520.

Land for Sale Residential multi-family building lot. Meigs St., 1 block off of Milledge. $75K. (706) 714-4486, hphelpwanted@gmail.com.

Roommates $300–$340/BR. 2 UGA students seek 2 new roommates to share 4BR townhome on Eastside. Double porches, ceiling fans, DW, W/D, trash incl., tennis courts & pool. On UGA busline. Avail. now or fall for 2009–2010 school yr. (678) 4676127 or shallowg@comcast.net.

1 or 2 roommates needed to share nice apt. in Appleby Mews.

Near campus. $375/mo. per person. (678) 887-4599 or email markabuzzotta@comcast.net.

2 roommates needed 3BR/2.5BA condo at Milledge Place. UGA Athens busline. $300/mo. + 1/3 power bill. 3–5 min drive to campus. Swimming pool. (909) 957-7058.

Awesome house! 1 or 2 M/F needed for 3BR/2BA. W/D, DW, FP, deck, fenced yds., garage. Rooms open 6/1. $310/mo.+ utils. 10 min drive to Dwntn. (352) 215-0056.

M/F for spacious rm. in great house. Lg. closet, HWflrs, CHAC, WiFi, W/D, DW. $340/mo. + 1/3 utils. Avail. 6/1. (706) 254-2991.

M/F roommate needed. 3BR/1BA off Prince Ave. HWflrs, fenced yard, W/D, CHAC. $480/mo. incl. all utils. + cable & high speed wi–fi. (706) 247-6003.

May to end of July. Huge BR for rent in 2BR/1BA house on Nantahala.

Lg. kitchen, big backyd., covered porches. $450/mo. + utils. Cool F already living here in other BR. (706) 461-0042.

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!

Roommate needed now for 4BR/2.5BA townhouse on Lumpkin between 5 Pts. & the Loop. 3 stories w/ nice back porch, pool, W/D, DW. $265/mo. + 1/3 utils.

Chris (678) 570-8124.

Summit 4BR/4BA cottage. Need 2 F tenants to join 2 current F tenants. W/D, clubhouse, pool. $475/mo. ea. (770) 429-8542 or email scproperties@bellsouth.net

Rooms for Rent 1 mature student to share luxury condo at The Woodlands.

Beautiful grounds, sports mecca, pets fine. Indulgent land lady. $450/mo. (706) 714-7600, madelienevandyck@gmail.com.

1 or 2BRs for rent in 4BR/2BA house. Lots of space, porches, HWflrs., tall ceilings, clawfoot tub.

Dubose Ave. Not too messy, not too uptight. W/D, DW, CHAC, pets OK. Love this house, sad to leave. $400/mo. ea. (404) 625-6951.

M, NS 1BR w/ BA at the Lodge of Athens. Lots of perks. $450/mo. + $400 dep. Pls. call for details at (706) 424-0029 or (706) 534-7000 if no answer lv. msg.

Sub-lease 1BR/1BA avail. in 4BR in Farmer’s Exchange Dwntn. DW, CHAC, HWflrs., $410/mo. OBO! Avail. mid May thru end of July. Call (843) 813-0627.

1BR/1BA avail. in a 3BR house in Cobbham district. Walk to campus & Dwntn. Fully furnished! Avail. 6/1– 7/31. $466/mo. Call (404) 384-1309.

Avail. now thru end of July.

4BR/1.5BA. Walk to campus funky 2–story apt. in triplex. Great location. Historic n’hood. Pulaski near Prince. Remodeled tile, antique heartpine accents, W/D, CHAC. $500/mo. (706) 215-4496.

Blvd area. 2BR/2BA sublease for June/July. W/D, Front/back porches. Meows OK. $850/mo.

(904) 994-4764 or kespilman@ gmail.com asap. Love you.

For Sale Antiques Antique french & english furniture, fine estate jewelry, oriental rugs, stain glass windows, original oil paintings, watercolors, fabulous quilts, sterling silver, designer clothing. (706) 340-3717.

Businesses Dwntn Clothing Store for Sale. $50K OBO! Owner financing avail.

Very well known business. (770) 634-8241.

Reasonable priced Athens bar for sale. Located Dwntn. Bar has been established for 8.5 yrs. Serious inquiries only. (706) 340-6992 or email btbowman007@gmail.com & make us an offer.

Computers Get a new computer now! Brand name. Bad or no credit, no problem!

Smallest wkly payments avail. Call now. Call (800) 816-2232 (AAN CAN).

Get a new computer! Brand name laptops & desktops. Bad or no credit, no problem! Smallest weekly payments avail. It’s yours now! Call (800) 803-8819 (AAN CAN).

Furniture Gently Used Furniture. Sofas $100, sofa chairs $50, coffee tables $20, side tables $15, dining chairs $15, bedside tables, bar stools, etc. www.AthensGaFurniture.com or (706) 340-3969.

Spring into Mom’s Garage for amazing deals! Gently used f u r n i t u re f o r f r u g a l p e o p l e .

Appointments & Sat. noon–5pm.

Chase Park Warehouses (706) 207-7855.

Tables, chairs, sofas, antiques, clothes, records & players, retro goods, & more! Cool, affordable f u r n i t u r e e v e r y d a y. G o t o Agora! Your favorite everything store! 260 W. Clayton St., (706) 316-0130.

Miscellaneous 2 Bonnaroo Tickets for sale.

Only $250 ea.! Pay no extra fees or shipping. $60 cheaper than website. RV pass avail. too for $125. Call (706) 372-3758 or (706) 296-4212.

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.

Yard Sales Bongo’s 2009 Yardfest. Sat. 5/23, 8am–2:30pm. Huge sale & folk art. Peter Loose w/ artist Eric Legge & Flinn Family Folk Pottery.

302 Oak Bend Dr. Hull, GA, off the Charlie Bolton Rd. Multi Family Yard Sale: fine art by local artist, vintage books, antique furniture, CDs, clothes, kitchenware. Sat. May 23. 9am – 5pm. No earlies pls.

Music Equipment Alvarez Stage Acoustic Rosewood fretboard. Mahogany back w/ case. $500. (706) 351-9391.

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. 18 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.

Musicians Wanted Wa n t e d : d e d i c a t e d b a s s i s t for original touring rock band.

Dates already booked in Atlanta, Louisville, St. Louis, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Boston, NYC, etc. Call Carey (803) 292-8387.

Services Classical Guitar, DJ Services.

Entertainment for weddings, parties & other various social occasions.

Over 20 yrs. experience throughout the Southeast. Contact Neal (770) 560-6277.

Fret Shop. Professional guitar repairs & modifications, setups, electronics, precision fretwork.

Previous clients incl. R.E.M., Widespread Panic, Cracker, Bob Mould, John Berry, Abbey Road Live!, Squat. (706) 549-1567.

Guitar Repair, setups, electronics & fretwork by 20 yr. pro. Thousands of previous clients.

Proceeds help benefit Nuçi’s Space. Contact Jeff, (404) 6439772 or www.AthensGuitar.com for details.

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W e d d i n g B a n d s . Q u a l i t y, professional bands. Weddings, parties. Rock, Jazz, etc. Call Classic City Entertainment. (706) 549-1567. www.classiccityentertainment. com. Featuring The Magictones— Athens’ premiere wedding & party band. www.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 Backyard Solutions. Make your neighbors jealous! Waterfalls, ponds, fences, decks, gazebos, porches, & more! Call Robin for free estimate! (706) 340-4492.

Protect your family. Get a free GE alarm system w/ no installation fee & no equipment cost. Most homeowners will receive an insurance discount as well.

Mention this ad & get 2 free keychain remotes! Promotional code: A02087. Call (888) 961-7754 (AAN CAN).

Silver Lining Home Services.

Maintenance, repair, installation, custom design & more. Jobs sm. & lg. Call Stephen (706) 410-8222.

Misc. Services For unsecured debts of $7,500 or more, call the Debt Relief Group, an Attorney Listing Service, today.

Understand your options. Free, no obligation consultation. Call (888) 648-8546 (AAN CAN).

Tutors Prof. writer/instructor avail. for tutoring, or editing high school, undergrad, graduate students & non-students. All genres. Fiction, non-fiction, dramatic writing. (706) 543-9330.

Your Personal Tutor/Editor. PhD candidate (ABD) will help you w/ English skills: class papers, applications, proposals, resumes.

Bring ‘em on! Excellent rates. gradams2@hotmail.com or (706) 614-1035.

Jobs Full-time Blind Pig is now hiring experienced line cooks. Apply in person 485 Baldwin St. 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.

Farm 255 seeks experienced line cook to join our kitchen. Must be committed, hard-working, & thrive in a team environment. Resumes to matt@farm255.com. No calls.

Hardcore Sales Reps Needed. Hrly + comm. I need the best & forget the rest! Call Chris (770) 560-5653.

Marketing Communication 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.

Mexicali Grille now hiring wait staff positions. Day or night, FT/PT. Pls. call (706) 546-9200 or inquire at Eastside location from 10:30–12:00 or 2:00–5:00.

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).

Account Representative needed to work on behalf of our company.

Accounting exp. is not necessary to carry out the job, you must be computer literate & above 18 y.o.a. to do it. You will earn up to $3K/ mo. Email me at reece.berg1970@ hotmail.com if interested.

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

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.

Post Office now hiring. Avg. pay $21/hr. or $54K annually incl. federal benefits & OT. Paid training, vacations. PT, FT. (866) 945-0295 (AAN CAN).

Part-time Entry-level position avail. in Athens.

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everyday people Bill & Karla O’Grady burden…. [And] once you’re sure you’re gonna bird, go for a really good pair of binoculars, because it’s the only pair you’re gonna need for a long, long time.

THURSDAY, MAY 28th

FP: What were you two doing before you retired?

KO: Well, I was really just a housewife.

BO: “Just” a housewife. She didn’t do anything but raise three kids.

KO: …And when we lived in Cincinnati, I was involved in a lot of volunteer activity, mostly involving Krohn Conservatory and Mt. Airy Forest…

BO: And she was involved politically, too.

KO: Yeah, I knew Jerry Springer. [laughs] BO: Jerry Springer was a former mayor of Cincinnati… he was a brilliant politician.

KO: …And [Bill] was with U.S. Shoe, which nobody’s ever heard of…

FRIDAY, MAY 29th

SATURDAY, MAY 30th

Ben Mostyn

When I step into Bill and Karla O’Grady’s house, the first thing I notice, through two large windows, is the unusually active backyard. Birds are everywhere. Cardinals hop in the grass, finches flit around trees and woodpeckers eat from the feeders strategically placed about the yard. We then move into the guest room, in which a shelf full of books, most of them about birdwatching, claims the entirety of one wall. It’s obvious that Bill and Karla like birds.

What isn’t obvious is the hard work that they put into protecting Athens’ bird population. For three years they walked the trails of the State Botanical Garden and Whitehall Forest, painstakingly and exhaustively documenting their sightings and sound identifications of the birds that they believed should be protected. In May of last year, the hard work paid off: the patch of land they had become so familiar with was designated an Important Bird Area by the National Audubon Society.

The couple aren’t afraid of a challenge, nor are birds their only passion. During their time in the Midwest, the O’Gradys joined a grassroots movement that raised an unprecedented amount of money to save kindergarten classes from the budgetary axe of the Cincinnati Board of Education.

Drawn to Athens in 1994 by low taxes and high temperatures (and it didn’t hurt that their daughter lives here), Bill and Karla took well to the area’s mix of civilization and wilderness. I sat down with them one warm weekend afternoon to discuss what life is like for a couple of retired birders.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3rd

Flagpole: So, did you just drift into birding, or was there that one gripping moment that made you want to dive into it?

Bill O’Grady: I think that the turning point for you was the day that you saw the Blackburnian Warbler* in the garden…

Karla O’Grady: That was a turning point, but also when I got to Connecticut and we were right on the water. I started seeing these amazing ducks; I remember the first duck that I saw was a Red-breasted Merganser… their feathers stick up like this [gestures above her head]… and I said, “Oh, my gosh, do you think it’s ’cause we’re so close to Greenwich Village that there’s a duck out here with a punk hairdo?”

THURSDAY, JUNE 4th

FRIDAY, JUNE 5th

FP: How many bird songs would you say you have catalogued in your head?

KO: He’s really much better than I am.

BO: A couple hundred, probably… but we’ve got some people that we bird with that make me look like a pauper.

FP: Well, what makes someone a skilled birder?

KO: They do it all the time, and they have really good hearing…

BO: And they started when they were very young.

FP: What do you think is the allure of birding? In other words, why do you do it?

BO: …I think the allure is the combination of the beauty of the songs and the beauty of the bird.

KO: And the hunt.

FP: That’s interesting you say that, because I was going to see what you thought of this quote: “Birding is the sublimated expression of the ancient hunting instinct.”

BO: I would agree with that. After all, it’s not that far removed… ornithologists in the early 1900s went out and shot the birds. That’s how they studied them.

KO: …A lot of them were with the Army, and they would preserve the bodies [of the birds] in alcohol. And the soldiers would drink the alcohol [laughs] and would ruin the specimen.

BO: Soldiers would drink anything that had alcohol in it— they couldn’t care less—and then the birds would dry up.

FP: What would one need to start birding?

KO: A good pair of walking shoes, binoculars and a field guide. So, it’s pretty cheap to get into it.

BO: You want a field guide that separates the Eastern birds from the Western birds. So many of the field guides are “birds of North America.” Well, for beginning birders, that’s a terrible

SATURDAY, JUNE 6th BO: It was the largest manufacturer of branded women’s shoes in the world…nobody’d ever heard of it… somewhat understandable; it was like what General Motors is to Chevrolet, Pontiac and so on… I traveled a lot, both domestically and overseas. I was sort of responsible for setting up our factory situations in Spain and Italy, and later in Brazil.

FP: I know you both love to watch birds, but surely you have some other hobbies?

KO: Our daughter owns a little business called Studio on Pulaski… it’s a little tiny exercise studio and we take classes there. [laughs] BO: We start laughing about it, and then we say but— because it’s expensive, first of all… but we’ll go to the drugstore—we take very few medications—we’ll be filling a prescription and we see people carrying out bags of drugs.

We’re spending our money on Pilates and yoga and Yamuna body rolling, and because we’re doing that, we don’t have to spend our money on drugs.

WED. JUNE 17 & WED. JUNE 24

COMING SOON

Jeff Gore * After a quick Google Image search for “Blackburnian Warbler,” this writer readily agrees with Bill’s assessment of the bird as “very hard to look at and not get excited about.”

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