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pub notes Flagpole Turns 22 After 22 years of weekly publishing in Athens—beginning on Oct. 26, 1987—Flagpole is an integral part of the town we love. And what a great town to cover! Athens endlessly renews itself, and Flagpole does, too. Every day that we come to work brings new surprises and new people reinventing music, art, movies, politics and all the other endeavors that enrich our community. What a joy to make it our business to discover all this energy and tell other people about it. A newspaper is a special kind of business, because it is open to the people it chronicles and is a part of the scene it examines. We partner with local businesses. We help local businesses succeed, and local businesses help us succeed. We get their message out to the community, and the community gets the message, because the community gets Flagpole. We have got to fling wide our windows and see what’s going on. We’re out there in the action, and we can’t help being entertained by what we do. That’s not to say there’s not a lot of drudgery, as in most jobs. We’ve got to dot our i’s and cross our t’s and then check several times that we didn’t do it the other way around. Putting out the paper is like assembling a Putting out the giant, constantly moving crosspaper is like word puzzle, trying to make the pieces fit even as they are assembling a giant, changing shape. An incredconstantly moving ible amount of detailed work goes into getting Flagpole on crossword puzzle… the street and online. They say both God and the devil are in the details, and you feel like both have ahold of you at the same time when you pick up the paper and find a blatant error staring up at you that you should have caught long before it went into print. But, by God, it happens, and the devil take it! That’s why we all proofread Flagpole every Monday. It’s never perfect, but it’s not for lack of trying. The most essential element in making Flagpole special is the people who work here. We have a small staff of multi-tasking experts who polish Flagpole until it shines. When one of our essential staff moves on, we feel that there’s no way we can replace him or her. Our City Editor Ben Emanuel is just such a part of Flagpole. Outside our office he has been constantly in touch with people, and inside he has turned his contacts into knowledgeable reports on what’s up in Athens. He has also tended to many of the details essential to running the newspaper as if it were his own home, which to a large extent it has been, at least his second home. Ben is one of those wonderful Flagpole people who has always done everything he could to get the paper out on time and online in good shape, no matter how late or how far into the weekend he had to work. In the process of doing all this for several years, he has learned a lot about our community and the people who make it work. Ben is irreplaceable, and yet we have had to replace him, as he moves on to pursue his goals of working to protect our river. Enter Dave Marr. Dave became Flagpole’s new City Editor by a roundabout route that turned out to be perfect preparation for the job. He has played in and managed a popular band; he has tended bar at a popular joint; he’s a videographer of UGA sports; he’s intensely interested in politics and government, and he knows most everybody in town. Meanwhile he went back to the university at an alternative age and got a degree in journalism with highest honors. He also happens to be a fine writer, as he has shown in his regular “Film Notebook” column in these pages, and he’s an excellent editor. So, as we pass Flagpole’s 22nd year to heaven, we will miss Ben but will at least have him around Athens, and we’re delighted that Dave is here to bring his own perceptions and personality to bear on the job. Throughout our 22 years, people like Ben and Dave have shown up when we need them. It all kind of goes together. Flagpole supports the community, and the community supports Flagpole and makes this a good place to work. Because it’s a good place to work, folks like Ben and Dave join us and make Flagpole an even better place to work and an even better supporter of the community. That’s what Athens is all about, and that’s why we’ve been here these 22 years and are planning for at least 22 more. Pete McCommons editor@flagpole.com
THIS WEEK’S ISSUE: News & Features City Dope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Athens News and Views
And so the City Dope torch passes from one news nerd to the next. Meanwhile, one last column on water…
Comment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Raw Milk Revisited
Opening up the debate to larger issues of production and consumption.
Arts & Events Theatre Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 George Contini Is on the Fringe
Put It in the Scrapbook dramatizes the career of famed female-impersonator Julian Eltinge with sympathy and depth.
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Brandon Shinholser, who had shown up at the courthouse. Anyway, does the question that lingered after that meeting (and after ’06) still remain? Has Maddox found a message yet? Urban Naturalist’s Notebook: For all you hip birdwatchers, an interesting fall migration season is just coming to an end here in town. Back in September City Dope saw his firstever Philadelphia Vireo gulping down a big bug in a little oak tree out in the middle of the Kroger parking lot at Alps shopping center, and around that time his pal Clark Jones reported a Palm Warbler in one of the maples out front of Copper Creek Brewing Company. (Clark reported a few ale sightings that night, too.) That sweet, high whistling song you hear in your yards all of a sudden comes from our winter-resident White-Throated Sparrows, newly arrived from their Canadian breeding grounds. There: four years at Flagpole and finally a birdy nerd-out in print!
Campus and Community: The folks at UGA’s Institute for African American Studies are to be commended in advance of the event for putting together this week’s symposium titled “Beyond the Movement: Global What Else? Water: and Contemporary Here’s a belated note Freedom Struggles.” on a news item that The whole schedule hit the New York Times from Saturday, Nov. and some other out7 through Monday, lets in early October, Nov. 9 looks interestbut it’s very important ing—find it at www. around here, nonetheuga.edu/iaas or on less. The Times story, Facebook—and the about a research symposium wraps up paper out of Columbia on Monday evening University, is headat Ciné (7 p.m.), lined “Southeast when local elementary Drought Study Ties school writers share Water Shortage to the stage with nationPopulation, Not ally known poets and Global Warming.” writers from the UGA (Boldface mine.) faculty and beyond. That’s pretty much Forging productive the gist of it, too. relationships between It may be the case gown and town is still The Georgia Theatre was declared “safe for the that weather affected media” last week, so the Dope was allowed to view a big task in Athens, some areas more than its impressively cleared-out innards. The large steel and events like this others in ’07 and all, beam in the foreground is one of two that will remain but the lesson herein one can’t help but in place—for decorative and commemorative purmove things forward. on population growth poses only—when the building is restored. is undeniably crucial. Okay, Here’s Some Looking ahead, then, Politics: Sort of. City Dope is just curious why it’s ever more clear that the South is playing Rep. Paul Broun, Jr.’s press secretary, Pepper catch-up. That’s fortunately not the end of the Pennington, would choose to extend the world, but while thoughts of “more populaalliteration theme from her name (no beef tion” may bring “more reservoirs” to mind, it’s here with the name—honestly) to her press not difficult to learn that the quickest, cheaprelease on the House Democrats’ health care est, longest lasting solutions are those that bill, titled “Pelosi Presents a Partisan Public are rooted in improving water efficiency. If Option.” Maybe Pennington let Paul produce only the water-war-embattled governor and this particular piece of propaganda? The his people would get real about efficiency in congressman’s criticisms of the bill are rather infrastructure and plumbing, we as a state thin—“government takeover,” “behind closed might be getting somewhere. doors,” etc.—so is he up there just concentrating his efforts on the poesy of it all? Final Disclosure: The above passage admittedly blurs the lines heavily between the Politics Is Local, Too: Permanent mayoral canjob I’m leaving and the job(s) I’m starting, didate Charlie Maddox came by the office last but get over it—it’s the last time you’ll hear week to invite us to his 2010 campaign kickoff from me in City Dope anyway. I’m staying in Tuesday, Nov. 3 from 5:30 to 7:30 at the town, though, and am now working for the Lyndon House. That’s a little weird, not just Altamaha Riverkeeper organization on probecause Maddox has basically been running moting water efficiency in Athens along with since the day he lost the ’06 race, but also other efforts in the Oconee River basin, plus because City Dope recalls a courthouse-steps working part-time for Georgia River Network announcement back in May of this year for the here in town. I’ll be in touch, and all y’all 2010 race. Oh, yeah—almost no one showed should keep in touch with Dave Marr, the new up, so that one morphed into a nice chat over City Editor here at Flagpole, okay? It’s news@ coffee, actually, between Maddox, his man Jeff flagpole.com. Peace out. It’s been fun. Snowden, City Dope, the ABH’s Blake Aued and the young outsider mayoral candidate Ben Emanuel ben@flagpole.com
city pages Even given the financial reprieve offered by the rider (which will likely be retroactive to the beginning of the school year), Camastra’s views toward her insurance provider don’t seem like they’ll change much. “You’ve got to be really vigilant to make sure you’re not overpaying,” she said, adding that making sure her On Oct. 16, the University of Georgia’s insurance payments come through is “like a Graduate Student Association (GSA) claimed a full-time job.” Camastra notes that a surgery victory. On that day came news that the Board she underwent on June 11 was just paid for in of Regents gave UGA—as well as 34 other uni- October. “Once the bills start getting to the tens and hundreds of thousands, then, yeah, versities under its jurisdiction—a green light to implement a health insurance “rider” for the insurance company’s going to look for a graduate students. (Generally, a rider is like way not to pay it,” she said. Graduate student employees can “hard an amendment to an insurance policy; in this case, it is an added fee for more services.) If waiver” out of the plan if they are insured in a group plan elsewhere, but otherwise are the university chooses to implement the GSA’s proposed rider, it could mark the end of what a “captive audience,” as Camastra said. She has been a relatively brief and civil skirmish, mentioned that many of her married colconsidering the dramatic saga surrounding leagues choose to opt out in favor of their spouses’ plans and have fewer problems getgraduate student health benefits that dates ting reimbursed, especially back to 1993 and includes, in one of its more riveting Students found out their for pregnancy-related chapters, student picketing expenses. in the streets. In another change out-of-pocket maximum quietly implemented by In August, over had been quietly raised the university over the 2,800 graduate teaching summer, spouses of grad assistants and research fourfold. assistants who were manstudents on the plan now datorily enrolled in the have a maximum benefit university-sponsored Pearce & Pearce insurof only $50,000, markedly less than last year’s ance policy found out that their out-of-pocket cap of $300,000. The GSA has not challenged maximum had been quietly raised fourfold, this change in the policy—yet. “The rider [is] to $10,000. The university said that this was a short-term solution,” said Will Rooks, who done to avoid raising premiums an additional is also trying to create a standing student 6 percent, on top of a 6 percent hike that advisory committee on the Board of Regents. it had already imposed. The news was dev“It’s part of a longer-term, comprehensive astating to the few students with expensive strategy.” ailments, not to mention foreboding for any student prone to falling down a flight of Jeff Gore stairs. After learning of the policy change, the GSA, headed by president Will Rooks, swiftly moved into action and formulated the rider that the university is now free to implement. The GSA’s version of the rider would tack an extra $86 onto students’ yearly premiums in order to bring the out-of-pocket maximum back down to $2,500. The university also has Expansion of a local business—Athens an option to implement a $57 rider which Research and Technology, which sells human would lower the maximum to $5,000, but proteins and antibodies to corporate researchRooks says that grad students who were surers and others—will be partly funded by a veyed overwhelmingly favor the first option. local grant and will help “make this city a true In a news conference in September, university center of biotechnology,” said commissioner President Michael Adams signaled that he Ed Robinson at the Oct. 22 Athens-Clarke may use money donated by the UGA Athletic County Commission meeting. The expansion Association to share the cost of the rider to will be funded mostly by local bank loans the tune of 40 percent. and by the companies involved, but will also In an interview with Flagpole before the include $100,000 from a county “gap financRegents’ decision, Rooks, a public policy stuing” fund that encourages the creation of dent, found parallels to the larger problems of low- and middle-income jobs. The new facility modern health insurance, such as efficiency will be built on Olympic Drive (near existing being valued over equity. “I think the very biotech manufacturers Merial and Noramco); basis of insurance is that you come together Robinson said it will include additional “wet and create a risk pool under the assumption that no one is going to be held out in the rain lab” space that can be leased by a related company (ARTBIO) to other biotech startups. if they ever have to use this insurance policy. “We’ve needed something like this for a And by raising that maximum out-of-pocket so long time,” he said. “This, I think, really is the high, you’re making an inequitable policy in first step [toward] developing a whole new that the people who actually use it bear the avenue to Athens industry: high-paying jobs, heaviest burden,” Rooks said, adding: “That’s large revenue streams and young companies the trade-off we’re unwilling to make.” growing into big international businesses.” The implementation of the rider would Local biotech leaders told the Athens Bannerbe especially good news to Nicole Camastra, Herald last year that UGA has spun off 16 new a PhD student in English literature who has biotech startups, and that Athens’ quality of breast cancer and racked up $140,000 in life makes it easy for companies to attract medical bills last year. 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capitol impact Foxes in the Henhouse Politicians are often accused of “putting the fox in charge of the henhouse”—of giving someone with a vested interest in an issue control over how that issue is resolved. A good example is a president (such as Barack Obama) who appoints people from Wall Street to enforce federal regulations intended to crack down on illegal behavior by Wall Street’s investment community. Needless to say, you’re not likely to get vigorous enforcement in that situation. We have a similar example with Gov. Sonny Perdue and environmental regulations in Georgia. Over the past month, the professional who was in charge of enforcing those rules has quit, and Perdue has put people in charge who could benefit from the relaxation of environmental laws. The governor has put a whole pack of foxes in the henhouse, and before long there may not be any hens left. Just over two weeks ago, Carol Couch very abruptly resigned as director of the Environmental Protection Division (EPD), giving one week’s notice that she was vacating her office. Perdue moved quickly in announcing that Couch’s replacement would be Allen Barnes, an Atlanta attorney. Couch was a scientist with years of experience in water quality and related environmental issues. Although Barnes did work for a couple of years as a bureaucrat with the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) during the George W. Bush administration, his education and primary work experience are in the legal profession. Barnes isn’t just any lawyer, either. He was a partner with King & Spalding, a top-dollar firm that represents clients whose bottom line depends on getting favorable decisions on environmental permits. These clients include some of the interests who want to operate a controversial coal-fired power plant in Washington County. King & Spalding also
provides services for clients involved in the tri-state proceedings over the allocation of water from Lake Lanier. Perdue made sure Barnes has some support when these sensitive environmental permits come to his attention. Three weeks before installing Barnes as EPD director, Perdue appointed another King & Spalding partner, Dwight Davis, to the state Board of Natural Resources. It’s part of a pattern for the governor. Over the past few years, environmental activists such as Pierre Howard and Jim Butler have been removed from the Board of Natural Resources while developers and resource extractors have assumed more control. “To have balance you have to have other voices, and those voices just aren’t there,” said an attorney involved in the court battles over air quality permits. “There’s no way in hell coal plant permits are going to be denied.” After the natural resources board confirmed his appointment as EPD director, I asked Barnes if he saw any potential conflicts of interest stemming from the connections between his old law firm and its clients who will ask Barnes’ agency for pollution permits. “I really don’t,” he replied. Just to be sure, I asked, will you abstain from any decisions involving environmental permits for King & Spalding clients? He said he would “go through a very thoughtful and deliberative process” with the agency’s attorney about that. Maybe Perdue is correct in assuming that an Atlanta law firm representing some of the state’s biggest corporate interests can resolve Georgia’s pressing environmental issues. But if you want to have clean air to breathe and clean water to drink, you have reason to be worried. Tom Crawford
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injected into downtown could be enough to sustain its growth until the economy picks back up. Downtown’s Future: The big question is what happens next for downtown, and what the next round of SPLOST might do for our central business district. The number of county-owned decks will rise to four after this new one (with the College Avenue, courthouse and Classic Center decks). These are spaced fairly evenly across downtown, and should cover our needs pretty well for a while. In the meantime, the city should sell off its other surface lots along Dougherty Street on the north side of downtown and let them turn over for redevelopment; there are acres of city-owned land just sitting there, and the spaces those lots provide can be absorbed by the decks. The requirements for MRY Architects (James Mary O’Connor, Principal-in-Charge)/ Photo: John Linden
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It won’t be the tallest building, either; it’s about the same size as most new construction in town. To put this in perspective, in the Midtown and Buckhead districts of Atlanta, there are 30-story buildings backed up to single-family neighborhoods. The deck-to-be and the restored Georgia Theatre, as proposed, are two mid-sized buildings which don’t have too much conflict in terms of scale. The view from the Theatre’s proposed rooftop garden may be a little limited by the building wrapping around it, but it will be an urban space, and it will still work just fine. Athens is quickly taking on a Parisian feel, with buildings limited to six to nine stories in height. That is larger than the smaller warehouses and storefronts of Athens’ youth, but appropriate for a small city that’s developing and growing into something more mature. It would be nice to see something bold, perhaps on the scale of Savannah’s Ellis Square redevelopment, which buries a parking deck under two blocks, re-creating an historic square with new mixed-use buildings adjacent. There’s also a pedestrian mall that thrives and bustles nearby (but don’t tell anyone around here). It’s probably too late for something like Ellis Square here, but a façade that’s more like the LEED deck built in Santa Monica, CA could be cool, and still doable at this stage in the game. Just replace brick with more interesting materials. What’s important to remember is that regardless of the angle of the drawings posted on Clayton and Lumpkin streets, we see the city from about five feet up, and our eyes will be on what’s happening primarily on the first floor. We ought to build the deck because it will do a lot to bridge the two ends of downtown by filling in a big hole in the street-level retail. That improved vitality and walking climate will add a lot to the vitality of Athens. One of the reasons for downtown’s parking issues is the perceived distance from parking to retail destinations. Downtown is surrounded by fields of parking, and that’s what makes the walk feel so oppressive. Filling in the majority of this block will remedy some of that. This little bit of energy
residential parking downtown also need to go away. Anyone who needs a parking space for their apartment downtown can rent it in a deck. That might encourage more walkable urban residential development downtown. True urban parks and plazas might be a good use for that space as well, and an opportunity for something bold. Regardless of commissioners’ desire to create a great legacy for downtown, we may only get something satisfactory this time around. Maybe the next round of SPLOST is the place for something more. Meanwhile: Don’t forget the addition to the Classic Center that’s being proposed for the next round of SPLOST. If it’s picked as a project, it would be the biggest expense on the list after the jail. It would also likely bring with it a new privately developed hotel that’s waiting in the wings. When that new SPLOST list is created, the criteria which have defined the deck should define these new exhibition halls for the Classic Center as well as any other public projects downtown. Street-level retail is a must, if we want to keep Foundry Street from becoming a dead zone which acts only as a service drive for the Classic Center. The current pieces of the Classic Center aren’t that bad, but they certainly don’t do much in terms of their built form to enliven downtown, regardless of the patrons they bring in. Athens needs to keep moving forward, and the shortterm view that folks are taking on this deck—and the tennis center—may unduly color the discussion over potential new SPLOST projects for downtown. Also worth remembering is that this deck is the manifestation of a countywide planning process which calls for a dense core surrounded by rural land. Building up is part of the deal. Let’s keep evaluating what we’re doing downtown, because we’re asking all the right questions, but let’s also recognize when the answer doesn’t warrant such a huge fuss. Kevan Williams athensrising@flagpole.com
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When government agents ordered the costs and lower demand due to the global dumping of 110 gallons of raw milk at Eric recession have sent the dairy industry into Wagoner’s home on Oct. 19, they unwittingly a crisis. According to the USDA’s Economic sparked a local debate that had been gaining Research Service, feed costs rose due to higher momentum nationally for years. How could ethanol use and “strong grain exports encourmilk, with all its wholesome connotations, be aged by a weak U.S. dollar,” and a previous illegal? How could Wagoner, coordinator of ERS projection predicts “average net dairy Athens Locally Grown food network, violate farm income down 94 percent in 2009, to a federal crime for carrying milk from South $9,200 from $152,000 in 2008.” Carolina to individual Locally Grown members The federal government isn’t just sitting who had purchased it online? More fundamenon its hands. In addition to farm purchases tally, how could anyone have the right to say by the USDA under the Dairy Product Price what we can and cannot eat? Support Program in the 2009 fiscal year, the Wade cautiously into the subject of pasagency has made more than “$700 million teurization, and you’re in an impossible in direct payments to dairy producers” under quagmire of competing sciences and seeththe auspices of the Milk Income Loss Contract ing vitriol. The FDA aggressively regulates Program. On Aug. 1, the U.S. Senate allocated against raw milk being delivered across state $350 million more to the USDA to mitigate the lines, it says, in order to protect the health crisis. of citizens. Proponents of raw milk think of The economics, it seems, also begs themselves as victims of an intrusive state, unavoidable questions of the state’s crusading on behalf of corporate interests and Department of Agriculture with regard to raw giddily enforcing rules with prejudice against milk: Why not open up another market to a responsible, informed minority. Georgia’s dairy farmers? Why not codify uniIn such a charged environment, facts shake form labeling so that buyers are aware of the out begrudgingly. Does pasteurization make dangers involved, like raw beef? Why not tax milk safe for conit and pay for mandasumption? Absolutely. tory microbial tests Are the pathogens with that money? The killed by pasteurizapayoffs are unequivotion the result of cal. More competition poor production would invigorate an techniques? Possibly. increasingly conHave people drunk, solidated industry. and do they continue Farmers could market to drink, unpasteurraw milk as a “preized milk without ill mium” product with effects? Yes (though a higher retail price not universally), for than pasteurized milk. tens of thousands of Money would stay years. Does pasteuriinside the state, and zation disturb the local food systems composition of benmight be re-enereficial enzymes, fats, gized and farmland proteins, minerals and protected. probiotics? It seems A cursory look at plausible. the issue reveals that Yet there’s no there’s a vigorous Eric Wagoner pours out raw milk on Oct. 19. indisputable analysis movement underfoot of the trade-off either in Georgia and the way. The discussion leads almost immediately nation. Locally Grown members and local to philosophical questions about progress, raw milk advocates are already talking about nature versus culture and the proper limitamotivating their legislators to modify the tions of a modern technological society. As laws. Wagoner has even mentioned becomthe public discourse about technological ing a plaintiff in a federal suit to reinterpret applications to the food supply—like genetic FDA rules in favor of “direct-to-consumer modification, bovine growth hormone and purchases.” In short, the demand is not going irradiation—evolves, pasteurization inevitably away. comes up for referendum. Consequently, it’s time for our Department It’s not as though legislation to mandate of Agriculture to start exercising its adaptthe pasteurization of milk is illogical. If a ability. Busting a relatively small group of single process can spare people from sickinformed buyers of raw milk is a waste of time ness or worse, why shouldn’t it be done? and resources—and outrageous in the same But Wagoner maintains that “South Carolina calendar year that salmonella from a Blakely has established a strict testing regimen that peanut-processing plant killed nine and ensures milk being sold raw has bacterial levmade more than 600 people sick nationwide. els below that required of pasteurized milk.” Instead, for the benefit of Georgia consumers Consumers’ inability to purchase raw milk and farmers alike, Tommy Irvin’s office must responsibly shows the cracks of one-size-fitsunderstand the new food models already thrivall regulation. ing inside the state. Pasteurization has completely transformed Hopefully, the authorities who arrived at the way the country buys milk. Without the Wagoner’s farm in October were harbingers of extended shelf-life that it provides, the only their own irrelevance. Raw milk is no longer supplier of milk could be local dairy farms. But about past laws or present infractions but with pasteurization and relatively cheap gas, about future opportunities. As frustrating as it local farmers can’t compete against larger pro- is for a Georgian to say, perhaps we can look ducers outside the region. to South Carolina for a model. Lost in all of the racket about consumer freedom are the farmers themselves. High feed Donn Cooper
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Trying to Understand the Dynamics of Downtown
ast week, I described at length my return to town and so very handy.” Dekle agrees that “a grocery store would really services students enjoy on campus. Newspapers are free on my fresh impressions of Athens; almost all were framed campus; the Zell B. Miller Learning Center has more space, validate downtown living.” as questions, the broadest of which referred to the heart “There are plenty of models of supermarkets that can go improved amenities, and its own Jittery Joe’s; and the Ramsey of the Classic City—not football, but downtown—and to into an urban setting,” Clark says, but Athens Downtown Center, which provides fitness facilities for students and facits evolution in recent years. This question was manifold, and ulty, “just went through significant renovation and expansion.” Development Authority Executive Director Kathryn Lookofsky I feared, as I awaited publication, that it risked heresy. To the explains that state liquor laws, which restrict sales near contrary, conversations with various community members have churches and day-cares, threaten supermarkets. suggested that downtown is venerated but not sanctified, that Everyone, it seems, grieves Barnett’s News Stand, which concerns for its future lie prominent in the discourse of public closed last year—“a devastating loss,” Clark calls it. planning, and that proposals for its advancement are wide“It’s weird to watch it as a creature—the university—pull “I feel this has left us in an unfortunate position,” Janet spread and disparate, if not irreconcilable. in,” Chris Wyrick says. The story of Mercury Art Works, in many Geddis says. “A town this well-read and artsy can’t stand to I may have underestimated our unanimous appreciation ways, epitomizes a frustratingly familiar pattern. In Athens, lose such downtown shops.” Referring back to the closing of for this hilly haven, but it seems I sense rightly that the curall too often, the pieces do not quite come together. But the locally owned book store The Old Black Dog in Five Points rent moment is a pivotal one for downtown—a moment that Mercury’s trajectory is uncommon, if telling. Wyrick opened in 1996, she says, “Until a couple of years ago, I’d assumed begs big questions. If we have grown complacent, seduced by Mercury with Val Paluck in 2001. “There was never a dedicated the literary scene in Athens was dying… More careful scanning a perception of downtown based on memory or gallery here, and we’d always talked about that,” mythology more so than reality, this may be the he says. They renovated a space (now Toula’s, on precise moment to look to the horizon, to turn Clayton Street) and arranged a “big group show” off autopilot and to notice the quiet rumblings for all the artists they knew in town. “The first of change already at work in the ground beneath time we met all the artists at the space just was us. Of two things I feel confident: downtown is this amazing moment,” he remembers. “We got on the move, and we must move with it or get Weaver D’s barbecue, and we had this big party. out of the way. It ended up being September 15. It was right Here’s how Athens works: I meet contractor after the bombing, and it was just really emoDrew Dekle through his impossibly chic daughtional and raw, but it was just really inspiring ter. On a nippy evening, I am sharing a glass of that this gallery was about to open, and so we champagne with my mother at The National. We had all this energy.” The gallery was “really well are reminiscing about our own cozy restaurant, received,” he says. But downtown could not, or long gone, and rehearsing our “when we open would not, support its only gallery. another” routine, when we are distracted by the “There’s plenty of art being made here,” entrance of a father and daughter. After my own Wyrick says, but “it’s tricky. It’s really weird… parent date, I fall in with theirs; joining me It’s like more of a kind of symbiotic, get along, at the bar, the lovely blonde, dressed in black, barter type existence, where there’s not a lot of informs me that her mother will be performing at money, necessarily.” Hotel Indigo that evening; she then orders wine Drew Dekle puts it this way: “This is a town for her father and a cheese plate for herself. She to make art, but not a town to sell it. People is two-and-half. who really like and appreciate art in Athens for After the Dekles head off, their seats are the most part can’t afford it, and/or they know This June, 1992 photograph shows Barnett’s News Stand on College Square, going strong as the epicenter filled by a lovely couple with whom I chat about the artist” (whom they contact directly). of downtown Athens. publishing and independent bookstores. They “Downtown is definitely one of the best happen to be Chris Wyrick’s parents, in town things about Athens, obviously, because of the from Charleston for the same event at Indigo: the opening of architecture of it,” Wyrick says. But he says downtown’s proxof the Flagpole, as well as keeping my ears peeled over the last Chris’ gallery in its new space. An hour later, at the unveilimity to the university can be problematic. “I’ve watched so many months, has taught me that we have far more literary ing of Mercury Art Works’ debut exhibit, a buzzing crowd fills goings-on than I’d ever suspected… there’s a niche that needs many businesses come and go, and if you don’t appeal to stuIndigo’s equally impressive lobby. A swinging trapeze perfordents, if you’re downtown, you’re in a tough spot.” He is quick to be filled, as it doesn’t make sense that a creative town like mance by the Canopy Studio Repertory Company (including Athens doesn’t have its own neighborhood bookstore.” Geddis to place greater blame on “the subdivision and the big-box Rabun Dekle) adds to a slight sense of the surreal. is planning to open her own independent Avid Bookshop down- and the sprawl development,” but he adds, “Part of the reason town next year. we moved out of downtown, I will definitely say, was a lot of our older clientele were struggling to feel comfortable coming downtown. It was always seniors who would want to come to our events; they would want to park close by and then circle Drew Dekle’s great-grandfather ran a tailoring shop on and then leave and say, ’I wanted to come by, but, you know, College Avenue. The tailor’s first son, Bud Minder, born in “We’re always going to be insulated, to a large extent, as there were kids, and it was crazy.’” 1902, ran a food machinery company that, as Dekle says, a university town,” Clark says. “It’s the driving force of this The Mercury tried to schedule events for quieter nights. invented the technology to “put peanut butter and other community. It’s our raison d’être.” Dekle puts it another way: Wyrick says they also tried to arrange “art walks, like First things between two crackers” and operated in what was “Athens is flying on their coattails, and if you don’t admit Friday type of things,” but they “never worked, because no one then the Leathers Building, on west Washington Street. The that, then you’re sort of kidding yourself. Even though I don’t was close enough to anything else… We’d try to juggle it to Leathers business long since moved to Pulaski Street, where work for the university and my wife doesn’t work for the unimake it fit, but ultimately, downtown was not the ideal situathe building is now divided into shops and studios, and Dekle’s versity, our clients, or at least our clients’ clients, ultimately tion for us as a gallery.” family has continued to manage the Quality Foods Machinery are university people. And if it’s not our clients’ clients, it’s Mercury moved to the Chase Street Park Warehouse district Building. In the 1970s, they rented the space to a large-scale their clients.” in 2006. “There are definitely people who really do care about screen-printing company whose clients included the Atlanta With the flocking of middle-class shoppers to the malls, preserving a downtown that is healthy for downtown—for peoBraves and Duckhead. “Then they moved to some factory some- downtown has become especially reliant on its university cliple who live here, not just for students,” Wyrick says, mentionwhere,” Dekle says. entele. “If you’re downtown, your target market is going to be ing Lookofsky and Clark, “but when I was operating a business So, too, did the other manufacturers. Meanwhile, the the university,” asserts Teri Evans, Program Coordinator in the downtown, I was so busy, I didn’t really have time to engage development of Georgia Square Mall in 1981 drew westward UGA Small Business Development Center. Lookofsky, too, sees with them very much. I don’t know what else could be done.” downtown’s department stores—Davison’s, J. C. Penney, Belk’s, downtown and UGA as “inextricably connected.” Downtown “We love this downtown,” Wyrick says, and Mercury, which and Sears (which had already jumped to Beechwood Shopping is a “great recruiting tool for UGA,” she says, adding that the Wyrick now owns with his wife, Sandi Turner, has moved back Center)—and then later came the mega-stores. Almost all local university contributes “youth and vitality here, and a great to the edge of downtown, to a new and vibrant space in the businesses resisted the migration, but as sprawl began to satappreciation for creative thought.” Hotel Indigo. “I lived downtown for three years, right on isfy everyday shopping needs, downtown catered increasingly Now, though, the university is pulling away from downtown, Broad, so it’s very important to me. It’s the main reason I to niche markets: college students, gift buyers and tourists, rather than to it. For instance, moving the art school to East stay in this town, honestly: downtown is really key to me. But among them. Campus Road from Jackson Street removed a large chunk of again, it’s just, like [retired UGA art professor] Jim Herbert “You can get almost everything that you need in downfaculty and students from the downtown environs. said, ’Architecture is destiny,’ and there are great things about town,” says Amy Clark, Leisure Travel Marketing Director for the UGA demographer Douglas Bachtel has seen an “increasing the way the downtown architecture of Athens works, and then Athens Convention and Visitors Bureau, but “there are a few trend towards campus-centric types of activities that would there are limitations.” things that you really, literally cannot get in downtown.” Clark try to keep the students on campus,” and UGA’s Director of would welcome a florist and a supermarket, which “would be Administrative Services, Doug Ross, talks about the sweeping Elaine Ely
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George Contini Is on the Fringe Fringe might just be theatre’s punk scene. In 1947 in Edinburgh, Scotland, the pioneers of fringe broke off to create their own allinclusive subset of the performing arts—the more alternative, the better. Like other artists and groups of people relegated from the mainstream for ideas and presentation too radical for the masses, fringe was a response to exclusion by larger theatre festivals. Today fringe festivals are held all over the world as havens for small companies, avant-garde artists and all things weird and freaky. No matter how many times Kiss Me, Kate plays at the opera house, fringe remains a place for the risky, queer, innovative and experiential theatre that revitalizes the art form over and over again.
dressing room before the final performance of his career in October, 1941 at The Rendezvous, an L.A. club for “undesirables,” the term for homosexuals. We witness, in a half-guided and half-voyeuristic manner, a recounting of one of the most influential careers in American theatre history, from whimsical start to piteous finish. Of the play, Contini says: “[It] traces Eltinge’s career from his first performance impersonating a young girl for the Boston Cadet Academy in 1898 through his years of international fame during the 1920s to his eventual decline by 1940.” Inside the dressing room, the audience meets a variety of characters: the aged Dalton, with a coarse voice and slumped posture, Eltinge the performer, plus those currently in his life and ghosts from his memories. We never see Eltinge “onstage.” Instead, we watch him in the mechanical and vulnerable state of preparing for a show. This is precisely what gives Put It in the Scrapbook such depth. Dalton is both unfocused and completely on point. We see him at his best, performing songs from his repertoire, and his worst, ripping dresses off the racks and throwing them on the floor. Juxtaposing George Contini’s original one-man show Put It in the Scrapbook will play at fame and disgust, resilthe UGA Fine Arts Building in room 115 on Nov. 8. ience and hopelessness, Contini captures the But fringe isn’t about ghettoizing the nonincredulous state of Dalton’s public favor like mainstream. Diversity is key in performer and it’s a broken promise. How could it be that he audience. The spirit of openness, acceptance once dazzled audiences with song and dance and exploration of fringe theatre is what and, now, can’t wear a dress in public? makes it an avenue for identity expression “The title Put It in the Scrapbook refers to and a powerful tool for conversation. Gaining a number of things; it is the name of a song its name because it suitably refers to art on from one of Eltinge’s very first appearances the outskirts of pedestrian creativity, it pretty in youthful drag. Also, most of what we know much guarantees audiences an unusual theabout Eltinge is from various scrapbooks atre experience. This November, local actor, housed in archives throughout the country. playwright and associate professor of theatre And, finally, a scrapbook serves as the entry to at UGA, George Contini, will be transportJulian’s memories in the play,” says Contini. ing his original one-man show, Put It in the Put It in the Scrapbook could also be viewed Scrapbook, about the life and career of famed as a dramaturgical opus. Contini further female-impersonator Julian Eltinge, to the explains that the songs heard in …Scrapbook New Orleans Fringe Festival. have not been performed for an audience He first conceived the script in 2004, since Eltinge did so nearly 100 years ago. and Contini has spent years molding it with “Every piece of music you hear is a song that the help of director and fellow professor of Julian used in an act, many of them written theatre, Kristin Kundert-Gibbs. Put It in the by him, and nearly all the words Julian speaks Scrapbook is a fascinating, heart-breaking and are direct quotes from interviews he gave or heroic personal account of an artist’s profesarticles he wrote.” sional demise, as well as a case study of earlyPut It in the Scrapbook is a celebration of 20th-century gender politics. Born William one man’s rise and fall against the backdrop Julian Dalton, Eltinge became a beloved star of an ongoing struggle. It’s also a reminder of Vaudeville, Broadway and silent film, earnthat the personal really is political. In Dalton’s ing him the highest salary of any performer in words, “I go through a performance with all the United States. After years of celebration the keen relish of a man moving a piano on a and success, a shift in the cultural perception hot day. The most satisfying part of my work of female impersonation chipped away at his is when the show’s over and I take the corsets reputation, distilling his celebrity and talent off. I can get a full, deep breath.” down to mere perversion. Catch Contini’s final dress rehearsal of When we first meet Dalton, he seems worn Put It in the Scrapbook before the festival on down and tired, while at the same time still Nov. 8 at 7 p.m. in room 115 of the Fine Arts reeling from having everything yanked out Building or, if you can make the trip, see his from under his feet. The show begins with a performance at the New Orleans Fringe Festival news bulletin: The Eltinge Theatre, erected on on Nov. 12 at 7 p.m., Nov. 14 at 9 p.m. and Broadway in 1918, has been renovated into a Nov. 15 at 5 p.m. Visit www.drama.uga.edu or new AMC movie theater. Who is Julian Eltinge? www.nofringe.org for more information. Just some drag queen, apparently. Contini then invites us into Dalton’s ornate, musty Amy Whisenhunt
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movie dope Some releases may not be showing locally this week. 12:08 EAST OF BUCHAREST (NR) 2006. Director Corneliu Porumboiu’s Cannes Golden Camera winner cleverly tweaks the December 1989 Romanian revolution that overthrew Nicolae Ceaucescu. Part of Wendekino: Cinema of Political Transformation: The Fall of the Berlin Wall & the Revolutions of 1989 in German and Eastern European Film, a film festival presented by Ciné and the Department of Germanic & Slavic Studies to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Films will be introduced by Germanic & Slavic and Theater & Film Studies faculty. AMELIA (PG) I have found myself surprisingly moved and excited by the trailers for The Namesake director Mira Nair’s biopic of legendary aviatrix Amelia Earhart, who disappeared in 1937 while attempting a record-breaking flight around the world. As Earhart, Hilary Swank is nearly guaranteed her third Oscar nomination; can she extend her winning streak? ASTRO BOY (PG) Osamu Tezuka’s groundbreaking manga series becomes a beautifully animated, not terribly memorable feature film. Astro Boy (v. Freddie Highmore, Finding Neverland) was built by his “father,” Dr. Tenma (v. Nicolas Cage), after Tenma lost his son. Unable to replace Tenma’s human child as he was built to, Astro runs off in search of acceptance. He finds it after using his incredible powers to save the world, or at least the floating conurbation called Metro City. BERLIN IS IN GERMANY (NR) 2001. After 11 years in prison, Martin Schulz is released to a post-Wall Berlin he barely recognizes. Part of Wendekino: Cinema of Political Transformation: The Fall of the Berlin
Wall & the Revolutions of 1989 in German and Eastern European Film. BETWEEN THE FOLDS (NR) 2008. Writer-director Vanessa Gould examines the artists and scientists (from MIT and NASA) who have devoted their lives to modern origami. Winner of the Documentary Audience Award at the Brooklyn International Film Festival. BLACK DYNAMITE (R) Another homage to blaxploitation, Black Dynamite stars co-writer Michael Jai White (Spawn) as the titular hero who must avenge his brother’s murder and right neighborhood wrongs all the way to the White House (James McManus plays Richard Nixon himself). I kind of hope this movie actually makes it to Athens. Winner of the Seattle International Film Festival’s Golden Space Needle Award for Best Film. With Arsenio Hall and “In Living Color”’s Tommy Davidson. THE BOONDOCK SAINTS II: ALL SAINTS DAY (R) Writer-director Troy Duffy mines his only successful film, a box office bust turned cult fave, for its inevitable sequel. The Brothers MacManus, Connor (former “Young Indiana Jones” Sean Patrick Flanery) and Murphy (Norman Reedus), leave their idyllic life on the family farm in Ireland and return to Boston to take revenge on the mob that killed their favorite priest. With Julie Benz (“Angel” and “Dexter”), Clifton Collins Jr., Billy Connolly, Judd Nelson and Peter Fonda. THE BOX (PG-13) Donnie Darko writer-director Richard Kelly attempts to recover from his sophomore bust, Southland Tales, with this scary “Twilight Zone”-esque chiller adapted from a short story by Richard Matheson (I Am Legend, among many others). Cameron Diaz and James Marsden star
as Norma and Arthur Lewis, a young couple offered a mysterious box that promises financial security for a deadly price. Frank Langella plays the creepy stranger who offers the couple their moral dilemma. BRIGHT STAR (PG) See Movie Pick. CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY (R) A bit drier than firebrand filmmaker Michael Moore’s usual polemics, Capitalism: A Love Story is scary and depressing. Moore compellingly connects the dots between our elected representatives and the greedy bastards on Wall Street without forgetting us the little people who keep losing our houses. Love him or hate him, Moore is a hell of a documentarian, whose brilliant sense of humor and irony save him from his own self-serving sermonizing. After the refreshingly bipartisan Sicko, Capitalism reverts to the Bushbashing for which Fahrenheit 9/11 was demonized. A CHRISTMAS CAROL (PG) Charles Dickens’ seasonal classic, A Christmas Carol, gets its umpteenth cinematic retelling. Jim Carrey stars as an animated Ebenezer Scrooge (and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come) in Back to the Future director Robert Zemeckis’s third foray into ultra-lifelike animation. Of course, the family film is also in 3D (and IMAX), but what isn’t nowadays? Featuring the voices of Gary Oldman, Colin Firth and Bob Hoskins. CIRQUE DU FREAK: THE VAMPIRE’S ASSISTANT (PG-13) High schooler Darren (a dreadfully boring Chris Massoglia) becomes a vampire after attending a freak show. Despite a great cast—the movie, directed by Paul Weitz from a script he co-wrote with Oscar-winner Brian Helgeland, has one thing going for it, Reilly’s laid-back vamp, Larten
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Crepsley. But he is not reason enough to shell out the money and two hours it takes to watch this predictable monster mash. Rent The Monster Squad instead. CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS (PG) When inventor Flint Lockwood (v. Bill Hader) devises a machine that delivers food, on order, from the heavens, the town of Chewandswallow rejoices. Kids will too, as Judi and Ron Barrett’s 1978 children’s classic comes to life on the screen. COCO BEFORE CHANEL (PG-13) Before Coco Chanel was Coco Chanel, she was Gabrielle Chanel. Amelie star Audrey Tautou is drawing raves and Oscar buzz for this biopic of the famous French designer, who started out in an orphanage. Coco Before Chanel is writer-director Anne Fontaine’s second buzzy release of the year. (The Girl from Monaco garnered some nice pub back in July.) With Benoit Poelvoorde (Man Bites Dog), Alessandro Nivola (Junebug), Marie Gillain, and Emmanuelle Devos (A Christmas Tale). COUPLES RETREAT (PG-13) Writers Vince Vaughn, Jon Favreau and Dana Fox also star in this lazily glued-together sitcom collage of misunderstandings about sex, massages, et cetera and platitudes about the hard work it takes to maintain the two-way street of a relationship. THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA (PG13) Devil is a fashionista fairy tale of ugly duckling-turned-“glamazon” Andy Sachs (Anne Hathaway), the second assistant to fashion maven Miranda Priestley (Meryl Streep). Streep positively glows, relishing every moment of comic devilry in a performance many call an early award contender. AN EDUCATION (PG-13) Teenaged Jenny (Carey Mulligan) comes of age in the 1960s suburban London upon the arrival of David (Peter Sarsgaard), a playboy nearly twice her age. Mulligan is winning raves and positioning herself on the shortlist of potential Oscar dark horses. Director Lone Scherfig also helmed Italian for Beginners and bestselling novelist Nick Hornby (High Fidelity and About a Boy) adapted the memoir by Lynn Barber. Winner of the Dramatic World Cinema Audience Award, Cinematography Award, as well as a Grand Jury Prize nomination from the Sundance Film Festival. THE FINAL DESTINATION 3D (R) The Final Destination 3D is too silly to be scary. After another bland, pretty teen (Bobby Campo, the poor man’s James Franco) saves his pals from Death’s masterplan, said bland, pretty teens must figure out a way to stop the unstoppable, unseen Grim Reaper. The 3D performs as advertised. THE FOURTH KIND (PG-13) Dr. Abigail Tyler (Milla Jovovich) travels to Nome, AK to solve the frigid region’s 40-year-long history of mysterious disappearances. Writer-director Olatunde Osunsanmi does Steven Spielberg one better, recounting a close encounter of the fourth kind, abduction. The Fourth Kind will either live or die by the similarity of its appearance to the low-budget phenom, Paranormal Activity. Both movies attempt to milk the caught-on-tape, vérité scare. With Elias Koteas and Will Patton. GAMER (R) Neveldine/Taylor, the love ‘em or hate ‘em auteurs behind Crank and Crank: High Voltage, take
online gaming to the next level in this Running Man/Death Race wannabe. Gerard Butler stars as Kable, a death row inmate and popular “Slayer” looking to overthrow the game’s mastermind, the inexplicably old Southern Ken Castle (Michael C. Hall, “Dexter”). GENTLEMEN BRONCOS (PG13) Science-fiction author Ronald Chevalier (the excellent, Emmynominated Jemaine Clement from Flight of the Conchords, the band and the TV program) battles plagiarism charges leveled by a teenage writer, Benjamin Purvis (The Forbidden Kingdom’s Michael Angarano), homeschooled by his eccentric mother (Jennifer Coolidge). Napoleon Dynamite director Jared Hess tries to recover from his poorly received sophomore effort, Nacho Libre. G-FORCE (PG) G-Force is being touted as über-producer Jerry Bruckheimer’s first 3-D and family film. The heroes may be furry, well-animated guinea pigs voiced by Sam Rockwell, Penelope Cruz, Tracy Morgan and Nicolas Cage, but the loud, busy action movie definitely hails from Bruckheimer’s gated Hollywood neighborhood. It’s as good—or as bad—as any old Bruckheimer production. THE HANGOVER (R) When three buddies—married schoolteacher Phil (Bradley Cooper), emasculated dentist Stu (Ed Helms), and strange Alan (Zack Galifianakis)—take their pal, Doug (Justin Bartha), to Las Vegas for his bachelor party, all hell breaks loose. The fifth feature from Todd Phillips, The Hangover is a perfect comedic convergence that’s funnier than it deserves to be. THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL (R) The House of the Devil sounds like my kind of movie. College coed Samantha (Jocelin Donahue) takes a lucrative babysitting job at a Victorian mansion in the middle of nowhere. Lo and behold, it coincides with a full lunar eclipse needed to complete a satanic ritual. Writer-director Ti West also helmed a seemingly DOA sequel to Eli Roth’s Cabin Fever and is in pre-production on a flick titled The Haunting in Georgia. ICE AGE: DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS (PG) Don’t expect any surprises in the third installment of the mammoth animated franchise that isn’t Shrek or produced by Pixar. Ice Age: DotD is just for the kiddies. IT MIGHT GET LOUD (PG) An Inconvenient Truth Oscar winner Davis Guggenheim’s new documentary tackles the electric guitar through the points of view of three pretty big names in rock and roll: Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page, U2’s The Edge (né Dave Evans), and The White Stripes’ Jack White. Any self-respecting rock doc fan is drooling at the thought, whether or not they like any or all of these guitar gods. JULIE & JULIA (PG-13) Julie & Julia is the twin culinary tales of Julia Child and Julie Powell (Amy Adams), a lowly government employee who finds meaning—and a book deal—in cooking all 524 of the recipes in Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking in 365 days and blogging about it. Julie & Julia isn’t a fancy French delicacy; it’s Hollywood comfort food prepared with love and laughter. KOLYA (NR) 1996. The winner of the 1997 Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film,
Kolya is the story of a middle-aged man left to care for the five-year-old Russian son of his runaway, new bride. Part of Wendekino: Cinema of Political Transformation: The Fall of the Berlin Wall & the Revolutions of 1989 in German and Eastern European Film. LAW ABIDING CITIZEN (R) Despite a couple of spurts of over-the-top violence, Law Abiding Citizen should please those moviegoers looking for the latest generic thriller that puts a couple of big name stars (Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler) through the predictable paces. Butler works too hard as Clyde Shelton, a mild-mannered guy who goes all Death Wish meets Jigsaw after the justice system fails to adequately punish the guys who killed his wife and daughter. Clyde’s elaborate revenge scheme, which crosses from movie farfetched to patently unbelievable by the big reveal, targets the entire municipal government of Philadelphia. THE LEGEND OF RITA (NR) 2000. Director Volker Schlöndorff’s Blue Angel-winner follows Ria (Bibiana Beglau) as she transitions from West German terrorist to East German proletariat. Part of Wendekino: Cinema of Political Transformation: The Fall of the Berlin Wall & the Revolutions of 1989 in German and Eastern European Film. THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS (R) Reporter Bob Wilton (Ewan McGregor) goes on a grand adventure with Lyn Cassady (George Clooney), who claims to have been a member of the U.S. Army’s First Earth Battalion, a special unit trained to use paranormal powers to complete their objectives. Jeff Bridges and Kevin Spacey add to the lunacy. Two-time Oscar-nominee and close Clooney pal/producing partner, Grant Heslov, directs. NEW YORK, I LOVE YOU (R) Shia LeBeouf, Natalie Portman, The Hangover’s breakout star Bradley Cooper, Blake Lively, Orlando Bloom, Robin Wright Penn, Hayden Christensen, Drea de Matteo, Christina Ricci, John Hurt, Ethan Hawke, James Caan, Justin Bartha, Chris Cooper, Andy Garcia, Julie Christie, Eli Wallach, Cloris Leachman, Irrfan Khan and many, many more star in an anthology of love stories set in New York City directed by the likes of Fatih Akin (The Edge of Heaven), Shekhar Kapur, Mira Nair, Brett Ratner and star Portman. ONG BAK 2 (R) I don’t really remember the first Ong Bak, though I know I saw it. (Rereading my own review of 2005’s The Protector reminded me that I preferred its 2003 predecessor, if that means anything to you.) Tien (Tony Jaa) must use his fighting skills to get revenge on the man who killed his parents. Director and star Jaa reportedly took a two month sabbatical before returning to finish shooting the movie with the help of writer Panna Rittikrai. PAPER HEART (PG-13) Star-cowriter Charlyne Yi (the funny stoned girlfriend in Knocked Up) and director-cowriter Nicholas Jasenovec ponder what love means to different people. Also, Yi’s more famous friends/former costars— Michael Cera, Martin Starr, Seth Rogen—show up. PARANORMAL ACTIVITY (R) Micah and Katie (Micah Sloat and Katie Featherston) think their new house is haunted. Micah buys a fancy new camera to record the unusual things that go bump in the night. After a tedious 10 minutes or so, the movie reels you in like a marathon of “Ghost Hunters.” Paranormal Activity updates Robert Wise’s psychological The Haunting with a modern technological savvy. PRECIOUS (R) Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire tells the story of an overweight illiterate teen mother (Gabourey “Gabby” Sidibe), who is pregnant with her second child when she gets a chance to turn her life around at an alternative school. I never
thought I would write that Mo’Nique is generating serious Oscar buzz with her portrayal of Precious’ abusive mother. Can the Sundance favorite score with the larger moviegoing audience? Public plugs from mega-producers and tastemakers Oprah and Tyler Perry should help. Written and directed by Lee Daniels. With Mariah Carey. RACHEL CORRIE (NR) Rachel Corrie: An American Conscience documents the life and death of International Solidarity Movement member Rachel Corrie and other international peace keepers trying to protect Palestinians. Corrie was killed by an Israel Defense Forces bulldozer in 2003. Amanda Adams will perform a segment of the play, My Name Is Rachel Corrie. Half of the proceeds will go to Palestinian aid, and you can purchase Zatoun Olive Oil, made by Palestinian farmers, at the screening. SAW VI (R) Jigsaw AKA John Kramer (Tobin Bell) continues teaching moral lessons from beyond the grave thanks to Detective Hoffman (Costas Mandylor). The ethically corrective premise of Jigsaw’s games is undermined by the innocence of many of Saw VI’s victims. You’re really going to crush a janitor in a man-size vise for smoking, Jiggy? A gory, didactic polemic against the insurance biz, Saw VI is intensely dull. A SERIOUS MAN (R) The Oscarwinning Coen Brothers, Joel and Ethan, return with a black comedy set in the late 1960s. Midwestern prof Larry Gopnik’s (Michael Stuhlbarg) life starts to fall apart after his brother (Richard Kind) takes up semi-permanent residence in his home. His wife, Judith (Sari Lennick), is preparing to leave
him; his son is stealing his money for pot; and his daughter is stealing to finance a nose job. THE STEPFATHER (PG-13) The Stepfather stars Dylan Walsh as a man willing to kill for the perfect family. Walsh’s five-season body of work on “Nip/Tuck” was a perfect audition reel to replace the original stepfather, Terry O’Quinn (“Lost”). The biggest problem with the new Stepfather is liking it feels like I’m cheating on the old (1987) one, a tense little thriller that didn’t need to be redone. ST. TRINIAN’S (PG-13) A smash hit in its native Britain, St. Trinian’s stars Gemma Arterton (Quantum of Solace’s Strawberry Fields) as the ringleader of a gang of private school girls who plan a heist to save their rundown institution. THIRST (R) Another beautiful, graphic film from Park Chan-wook, Thirst is a lot more fun than one would imagine, judging on Park’s previous work and the larger body of Asian horror. Though I hesitate at calling it a comedy, it is funnier than it is scary, yet it never shies away from the wanton, violent abandon of vampirism. Thirst slaked my own bloody hunger better than any film since Let the Right One In. THIS IS IT (PG) The King of Pop’s big comeback tour has now become his farewell sendoff. A sort of cinematic wake for Michael Jackson, This Is It compiles interviews, rehearsals and backstage footage as MJ prepared for his series of sold-out London shows. THE TIME TRAVELER’S WIFE (PG13) I won’t speak for fans of Aubrey Niffenegger’s beloved bestseller; I have no clue as to whether or not it’s a good (i.e., faithful) adaptation of
the love story of Henry (Eric Bana), a regular guy with a genetic predisposition for time travel, and Claire (Rachel McAdams), the lovely lady who falls in love with him at the age of six. TRUCKER (R) A carefree trucker, Diane Ford (Michelle Monaghan), looks to settle down after taking in her 11-year-old son (Jimmy Bennett, Star Trek). Then again, Trucker does have Nathan Fillion in it, so it can’t be all bad. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE (PG) It is quite impressive what director Spike Jonze and cowriter Dave Eggers do with Maurice Sendak’s beloved 339 words. They expand upon his wild world, populated by giant-headed monsters and a boy in a wolfsuit named Max, with the same imaginative recklessness as Sendak. WINTER ADÉ (NR) 1987. Filmmaker Helke Misselwitz filmed her documentary about East German women during the final year of the GDR. Part of Wendekino: Cinema of Political Transformation: The Fall of the Berlin Wall & the Revolutions of 1989 in German and Eastern European Film. ZOMBIELAND (R) Zombieland is funny, surprising, violent, gross; if horror-comedy fans can name it, Zombieland’s got it. Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg), Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson), Wichita (Emma Stone, Superbad), and her little sister, Little Rock (Abigail Breslin) are trekking across zombie-ravaged country in search of a safe place. Zombieland’s destination may strike one as rote, but the road leading there is as entertaining as any since Shaun of the Dead. Drew Wheeler
movie pick Wish Upon Keats’ Bright Star BRIGHT STAR (PG) Now considered the last Charles Armitage Brown (Paul Schneider), and—arguably—the greatest Romantic poet, and sharper eye for fashion, Fanny has the John Keats experienced little triumph, critical cut of Elizabeth Bennet. Cornish looks like a or financial, while alive. Due to his weakened somewhat subtler Scarlett Johannson, but she pecuniary state, Keats was unable to marry the disappears into her roles more like an actress love of his life, Fanny Brawne. Their doomed, than a sex symbol. three-year love affair comes to torridly chaste While the awards buzz has been generlife in Academy Award-winner Jane Campion’s ated by Cornish, the film’s male leads, Ben newest film, her best since 1993’s The Piano, Whishaw (I’m Not There) and Schneider (“The and the most tragically romantic film I have Office”), are equally impressive as the bromanseen in ages. tic Keats and Brown. Campion, who wrote Whishaw, so thin as and directed, opens to appear breakable, the doors to air out the implies a believable musty, staid Victorian poetic disposition. You costume drama. Bright can feel the pain of Star feels fresh and Keats’ hopeless longvibrant, not stuffy and ing for success, critical dull. Campion’s camera esteem and, mostly, captures the intense Fanny. Schneider has emotions bottled by been creeping up my rigid Victorian norms, favorite actors list. He and her script, one of even adopts a delicate the year’s best, weds Scottish brogue to play the romantic social Fanny’s chief rival for drama of a Jane Austen Keats. The less discrimnovel with the reality inate bachelor conveys of Mr. Keats and Miss a vexed bemusement Brawne’s brief, passionwrapped in outright ate relations. Abbie Cornish and Ben Whishaw hostility at Keats and Every performance Fanny’s love. in Bright Star is superb, from Abbie Cornish’s The film is as lovely an ode as one of Oscar-bait Fanny down to Fanny’s little sisKeats’ own. Campion’s film has already been ter, Toots, played by a ginger-haired young nominated for Cannes’s prestigious Palme d’Or. performer named Edie Martin. All the talk has I hope and believe that will not be its last rightly been of Cornish, who revives Fanny cinematic honor. as a fiery 18-year-old Austenian heroine. With her sharp tongue, mostly used to check Drew Wheeler
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News of Athens’ Cinema Scene Stick With Me on This: I’ve probably mentioned it before, but we all need to be reading Dave Kehr’s authoritative DVDs column in The New York Times, which runs every Sunday. Kehr profiles one to several important DVD releases each week with curatorial insight, focusing on classic, foreign and relatively out-of-the-way titles that can be as seminal as Disney’s Blu-ray edition of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, or as cultish as a recent spate of obscure horror films released to coincide with Halloween. (Kehr also wrote the text for Chronicle Books’ gorgeous, massive Art of the Modern Movie Poster, a full-color compendium of post-World War II film posters from around the world—starting with the jaw-dropping modernist designs of the Poles and Czechs.) The Times enlisted Kehr to write up MOMA’s current “To Save and Protect” film festival, which annually showcases recently restored films. Among this year’s offerings is Kim Ki-young’s 1960 Korean melodrama/
of The Tin Drum; and Silent Country (1992), by Andreas Dresen, the filmmaker from the former East Germany who was the subject of his own retrospective festival at Ciné in early 2008. Speakers will include Dr. Christine Haase of Germanic and Slavic Studies and Dr. Antje Ascheid of UGA Film Studies. Yeah, We Got Festivals: More good news: the lineup of films has been announced for the 2009 Robert Osborne Classic Film Festival, and it’s pretty exciting (full disclosure: I’m on the festival board). Here it is: The Wizard of Oz; The Godfather: Part II; Double Indemnity; To Catch a Thief; Stand by Me; Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid; All About Eve; Steamboat Bill, Jr., featuring live musical accompaniment by local combo Kenosha Kid; and a first-ever midnight feature: The Shining. This strikes me as, overall, the strongest slate of films ever for the festival, now in its sixth year. Also welcome is the news that Osborne
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The Czech film Kolya will screen at Ciné as part of the Wendekino German and Eastern European Film Festival. thriller The Housemaid, which is currently available to watch for free from the “online cinematheque” website The Auteurs (www. theauteurs.com). It’s a completely over-thetop, hellish fantasy of destructive female sexuality (yes, that again) that digests Hitchcock and spits it out in weird, reanimated chunks. The climactic sequence is a wild perversion of Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant’s iconic stairway descent in Notorious, and it’s followed by a tame, tacky denouement that is, in its way, even more garish and preposterous. Check it out online, and while you’re there, take a peek at what else The Auteurs has to offer. We Have Festivals, Too: Ciné will host a festival, co-sponsored by the UGA Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies, entitled (take a breath) Wendekino: Cinema of Political Transformation—The Fall of the Berlin Wall and the Revolutions of 1989 in German and Eastern European Film. The festival, which begins Friday, Nov. 6 (just a few days before the 20th anniversary of the wall’s fall on Nov. 9), will feature six German, Czech and Romanian films that all pertain to… well, read the name of the festival again. Highlights include Jan Sverák’s 1996 Best Foreign Film Academy Award winner Kolya (1996) from the Czech Republic; The Legend of Rita (2000) by Volker Schlöndorff, the German director
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himself will be on hand for all but one screening, on opening night. Not that Fred Willard was a let-down in his guest-hosting role last year, but it’s tough to top Osborne’s thoroughly informed introductions and interviews. See you all at the Classic Center in March. And Free Stuff, Too: The November schedule for ICE-Vision looks pretty excellent, too, beginning Nov. 5 with Walker, Alex Cox’s 1987 follow-up to his triad of instant cult classics, Repo Man, Sid and Nancy, and Straight to Hell. Next up, on Nov. 12, is Jean-Luc Godard’s 1966 pop-art detective story riff Made in U.S.A., which became available on DVD stateside for the first time with a highly touted Criterion release earlier this year. ICE-Vision screenings are Thursdays at 8 p.m. in Room S150 of UGA’s Lamar Dodd School of Art… The ACC Library’s iFilms series continues Nov. 5 with Between the Folds, Vanessa Gould’s doc about a cadre of artists and elite scientists who have dedicated their lives to creating highly complex modern origami. The Nov. 12 screening is Gigante, a quirky Uruguayan drama by Adrián Biniez about a nightwatchman infatuated with a cleaning woman whom he watches on his surveillance cameras. Go to www.clarke.public.lib.ga.us for more info. Dave Marr film@flagpole.com
art notes Houses of Culture examination of who and what makes the news. Over the course of 2007, Refi documented all geographic locations mentioned on NPR’s “All Things Considered.” Using a map as a rubric, she situated red dots onto a blank white piece of paper each time a city or landmark was mentioned. Cities like New York or Los Angeles are clearly demarked; expanses of South America, Asia and Africa are left blank. Similar in spirit is Melissa Ecklely’s “Children of War.” Compelling in its complexity, it is a piece that maps out the details of newspaper articles from all over the globe, written between 2003 and 2007, that mention the war in Iraq. Divided onto two separate walls that distinguish the Western and Eastern hemispheres, it literally connects the dots with a dense web of red string and tacks that meticulously marks the “who, what, when and where” of each article. All of the strings converge on a third wall where a single article, “The Children of War” from The San Antonio Express-News, stands alone. Disturbingly, out New at the Art School: Julian Cox, Curator of of the multitude of articles Eckley culled, it Photography at the High Museum of Art in is the single article in the AP archives that Atlanta, put together the First Annual Student addresses the effect of Juried Exhibition at the war on Iraqi chilthe Lamar Dodd School dren in particular. of Art. Cox’s selecMore local in their tions for three jurors’ scope are photographs and three honorable by Wayne Bellamy. mention awards aren’t His “An Echoing quite what I’d expect Emptiness” documents from a curator of phothe now empty spaces tography: Stephanie of the downsized Hammermiller’s Athens Banner-Herald. near-abstract mixedComposed into a commedia drawing “Figure puter text and photo Looking Back” and slide show (all digital, Elaine Dorsey’s more I feel compelled to traditional painting note) by curator Allie “Collapse” are both Goolrick, the images are expressive depictions laden with a sense of of female nudes who loss. This collaboration are, incidentally, headof artist and curator is less. As if to make up not the only instance for this fact, Jessica in which Goolrick has a Wohl’s beautifully strong, authorial voice rendered “Girl” is a porin the exhibition. The Melissa Eckley’s work “Children of War” is on trait of a young woman spectral projection of display at ATHICA through Nov. 8. whose face is repeated Franklynn Peterson’s many times. All three portrait “Energy (Marshall McLuhan)” using a of these seem loosely to suggest transformadated slide projector nicely reflects McLuhan’s tion and the instability of personal identity. famous adage “The medium is the message.” Sydney Nettles-Coats’ “Untitled” is a coffeeAlongside Bellamy, two other local figstained fabric wall sculpture whose soft, ures are included in the show. Fans of the organic shape suggests a seed pod. Catherine Banner-Herald’s Ed Tant can see samples of Bell’s “Untitled” digital print, an image of his photography printed especially for this a brick-walled interior space with a lambent exhibit. John English’s “Classic Babel” is a square of light, is perhaps the most poetically white column that simultaneously projects charged and mysterious award-winner. Similar the nine Athens radio stations. Of the nine is Liz Barclay’s winning untitled photograph of a studio space. But judge the work for your- stations, six are owned by Cox Enterprises in Atlanta, two by UGA and one by a religious self; the show is up until Nov. 10. group. With its apocalyptic title and annoying m All Good Things Must End: Sunday, Nov. din, English’s work points to the demise of 8 marks the end of ATHICA’s “Free Press locally owned media voices. While his message in Free Fall” exhibition. A “State of Print might overwhelm his medium, English’s point Panel Discussion” (with panelists including is disconcerting as the incessant clamor his Flagpole’s own Christina Cotter, journalist John piece emits. English and the AJC’s Jim Auchmutey) and an artists panel will be featured in Sunday afterStill Undead: Like Pain and Wonder Tattoo noon’s closing reception from 3–6 p.m. Studio, Walk the Line Tattoo Co. featured ATHICA’s fall show takes on a big theme. art of the less permanent variety in honor of While the advent of digital technology and its Halloween. You can still catch the so-called effect on mass media writ large seems to be Zombie glamour shots of “After Dinner… the biggest change in/ threat to mass media, Brains,” including work by Keith Rein and Joe the show does not focus on this topic singuHavasy, until November 15. larly. The featured work, Kathryn Refi’s “All Things Considered,” is the result of the artist’s Rebecca Brantley In the Public Eye of the Beholder: Friday, Nov. 6 at 6 p.m., White Tiger Gourmet on Hiawassee Avenue will host a closing reception and Day of the Dead celebration for “Casa de la Cultura,” a joint outreach project of the Lyndon House and the Northeast Georgia Presbytery. The showcase of brightly colored functional ceramic ware blends motifs of traditional Mexico with those of the contemporary South. Works are for sale and reasonably priced. There will also be traditional holiday snacks on hand and a live performance by Incatepec. On the edgier side, a temporary sculpture garden by Clarke County teacher and local artist Leonard Phia has been erected on the grounds of White Tiger. Phia’s work was described by a legally minded customer as an “attractive nuisance” because of its metallic, jagged edges. In terms of description, I don’t think I can do better. 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threats & promises Music News And Gossip I certainly hope everyone had a great time celebrating last week. Now, we begin the headlong slide into deep holiday land. It’s an easy time of year to get distracted and forget the bands in your own back yard. But, you know, these bands love you. Won’t you love them back? Get a little lovin’ below… That Ain’t No Lady: Even though founding member Gabe Vodicka has been absent for a year, Athens-ish band Long Legged Woman had been plowing right along. Now, they plow no more. The remaining members (Justin Flowers, Jeff Rahuba and Alex Cargile) have called it quits. Far from going dormant individually, though, Flowers and Rahuba will continue together as Busch League and plan to tour constantly. A few posthumous releases for Long legged Woman are planned via the band’s Pollen Season label. I always really liked Long Legged Woman and thought they really put the fun back into things. Anyway, keep up with their ashes via www.pollenseason.net. Gamelan On!: Longtime Athens musician Kai Riedl has launched www.javasounds.org, a website that showcases musicians from Java playing both traditional and contemporary
Books? Clothes? Dinner? Music? Jewelry? Shoes? You really CAN have it all.
The Dictatortots music. So far, 12 volumes of various styles (including one that’s entirely free) are available at the site. This site is the first launched by Sound Compass, a music-based non-profit that seeks to connect artists with listeners in a direct way based on minimum donations for the artists’ work. Riedl co-founded Sound Compass along with Athens-based engineer Suny Lyons (who handled pretty much all the technical work involved in the Indonesian Music Series), software developer Tim Hankins, musician Barrett Martin (Screaming Trees, Tuatara) and Dr. Jean Kidula of UGA’s African Studies Institute. Please check out this killer project and perhaps grab some new music in the process. This is really cool stuff. Eject! Eject! Eject!: Josh McKay is totally excited over the new, expanded lineup of his latest project. Abandon the Earth Mission has added guitarist Mason Brown (Jet by Day) and drummer Sam Fogarino (Interpol) to the lineup. The band’s sound isn’t exactly ambient and it’s not exactly “electronic,” although it certainly contains elements of each. The group will deubt as a five-piece at the 40 Watt on Wednesday, Nov. 4 opening for California noisemakers HEALTH and local rockers Chrissakes. Sample in advance over at www. myspace.com/abandontheearthmission.
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Ten Years Down the Drain: It’s hard to believe but, yes, The Dictatortots have spent a full decade together. What’s less hard to believe is that the band will celebrate this milestone with a party at the 40 Watt on Saturday, Nov. 7. Save Grand Canyon will open the show, but the night, really, belongs to The Dictatortots. The band’s brand of jokehewn rock and roll has maintained a steady audience in Athens and beyond. How long can they keep the joke running? Who knows? Ask them yourself over at www.myspace.com/ dictatortots.
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Here Are the Young Men: If you go by the Flicker Theatre & Bar on Friday, Nov. 6 you’ll glance up at the stage and think, “Hey, I know that dude.” Why? Because the faces of Gabe Vodicka, Corey Loomis, Robert Gunn and Roy Coughlin are pretty much synonymous with “party guest.” OK, so Vodicka, Gunn and Coughlin have each spent a healthy amount of time away from Athens recently, but dammit if Loomis hasn’t held down the fort for them. They’re also all fine songwriters in their own right and will perform together and separately. If you’ve ever seen or heard of Long Legged Woman, Some Animal, An Epic at Best or any of the other bands these guys have been known to populate, then you know I speak the truth. This show is presented by Expat Recordings, which is operated by Coughlin himself. Inquire over at www.myspace.com/ roycoughlin. Oh, Mother: Local rockers Mother Jackson are on the road right now doing some dates through the Southeast. This week they’ll hit Macon on Nov. 4 and Birmingham Nov. 5 and then head up to Chattanooga on Nov. 7. The band will play Greenville, SC on Nov. 11, Savannah on Nov. 12 and North Charleston, SC on Nov. 14. Why did I bother to tell you all the dates and cities? Because if you were to look at the band’s website, which hasn’t been updated since April, you’d never know. See for yourself over at www.motherjackson.com. Dublin, Take Two: Shame on me for not mentioning this earlier, but R.E.M. released its second official live record last week and the second album to be recorded entirely in Ireland. The 39-song set, Live at the Olympia, was recorded during the band’s live tour rehearsals at Dublin’s Olympia Theatre in the summer of 2007. The band’s 2007 album, R.E.M. Live, was recorded at Dublin’s Point Theatre in 2005. The new album features a killer mix of songs, and R.E.M.’s performance is stellar. The package is available now on CD, CD/DVD and vinyl. In other news, R.E.M. has joined up with artists such as Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails), Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine), Pearl Jam, Rise Against, and more in the National Campaign to Close Guantanamo (NCCG). For more info, please see www.remhq.com and www.closegitmo.com. Gordon Lamb threatsandpromises@flagpole.com
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t’s no longer enough to be a musician. Music is officially a cheaper commodity than water; first-world citizens generally have unlimited access to both, except we get a bill for water. Since all music is essentially free, and the glut of available digital ephemera is overwhelming, savvier creative types have been exploring new ways to jostle for the listening public’s hearts and minds. In the struggle to be known and relevant as a musician, you have to give far more of yourself than just the time and effort it takes to do something as frivolous as write or record songs. We’re talking blood sacrifice. Los Angeles’ color-coded quartet HEALTH knows this. To wit, the band has included actual golden tickets enclosed in copies of its latest album, Get Color. The prizes include anything from opportunities to conference crankcall “a prominent indie musician” with the band, a lock of a bandmember’s hair or, yes, autographs penned in the band’s blood. What sort of honor will be bestowed upon the big winner? Being flown out to the West Coast and taken to Six Flags by the band. “We have the golden ticket winner,” confirms bassist John Famiglietti, communicating from somewhere in Europe. “Once this tour is over, we’re flying him over to party and rollercoast. However, there are still a ton of Color Tickets out there!” Of all the various pungencies emanating from Los Angeles DIY space The Smell, HEALTH’s has the boldest complexity. Their furor of distortion, dissonance and disruptive rhythms is offset by disarmingly deadpan vocal delivery. The glassy-eyed influence of Italian disco somehow fits in perfectly with the band’s jarring mix of noise and pop. What one might think is an avalanche of digital synth blargh are, in actuality, highly processed guitars. How integral are the pedals? “Totally integral. Without our pedals we can’t play,” says Famiglietti. “For me, personally, Lightning Bolt was what got me extremely excited about running my bass through as many pedals as possible.” There will be no HEALTH UNPLUGGED, then. But it’s just as well, since HEALTH’s jarring volume and intensity are where its powers truly lie. The whole thing is bolstered by drummer-behemoth BJ Miller, whose Melvins-strength brute force keeps the ballast honest. In the post-Animal Collective landscape, it almost makes sense that a band inspired by Lightning Bolt could be playing to arenasized audiences. Almost. And, yet, it was so: Trent Reznor deemed HEALTH suitable to open a leg of one of Nine Inch Nails’ last tours in the band’s extended march towards retirement (a slot shared alternately by Atlanta’s own
Deerhunter). “The tour was awesome and a great experience,” says Famiglietti. “Totally made us re-examine our music and music in general when making the translation to hockey arenas. The best part was getting an amazing, gigantic LED screen lightshow behind us. The worst was the sometimes infuriated NIN fans (though that was pretty cool, too). And the strangest was mingling with insane superfans who were looking to Trent for guidance on how to protect their children in the coming sci-fi delusion future.” It’s fitting that HEALTH’s transition to playing to (and confusing) mainstream rock fans would be simultaneous with the end of Nine Inch Nails’ career—you could look at it as a passing of the torch, sure. After all, Reznor, in one of his numerous farewell missives to the world via his beloved Web 2.0, gave a little bit (okay, a lot) of parting advice to up-and-coming bands: “Offer a variety of premium packages for sale and make them limited editions/ scarce goods. Make the packages special—make them by hand, sign them, make them unique, make them something YOU would want to have as a fan.” (This advice is doubly interesting if you imagine it sung/screamed in Trent’s “angst” voice.) But HEALTH was up on the Prince of Darkness’ concept of hyper-accessorizing long before Reznor was tweeting his black little heart out. In 2007, in conjunction with its self-titled debut, the band issued the very successful HEALTH//DISCO album, a collection of remixes including a college-radio hit in collaboration with the notorious Crystal Castles. The group also considers its merch to be a brand unto itself, HEALTH//FASHION. This will continue in an ever-extrapolating mode, says Famiglietti: “There will be a DISCO2 in early 2010. Also, there might be a new category: HEALTH// DRONE [will come out] at the same time in 2010, featuring drone and ambient remixes. We are expanding HEALTH//FASHION as well. Expect our spring collection in early 2010, dresses, leggings, shorts, jewelry, human-hair bracelets (ours) and of course new t-shirts. Expanding everything is more work and more stress, but ultimately it’s fulfilling.” Jeff Tobias
WHO: HEALTH, Chrissakes, Abandon the Earth Mission WHERE: 40 Watt Club WHEN: Wednesday, Nov. 4 HOW MUCH: $10 (adv.)
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Introducing Athens’ Newest Talent THE BURNING ANGELS Americana/Folk/Rock Lineup: Mark Cunningham, Natalie Garcia, Josh Westbrook, Adam Poulin, Neal Canup. Shares members with: Helen, Dodge, Natalie & Matt, Lifehouse, Leaving Countries and more. Influences: Gram Parsons, Gillian Welch, Rolling Stones, Steve Earle, X, The Clash, Delaney & Bonnie. The Burning Formed in August this year, this group rolls all its influences up into its own brand of Americana soul. While the above lineup is mostly consistent, the group does bring on guest musicians from time to time, including Matt Dyson on dobro and banjo. Cunningham takes lead vocals with a distinctively raspy, gravelly tone that is sweetened by Garcia’s backing vocals. There is definitely a country feel, but there are elements of old folk and even pop there, too. The Burning Angels are currently working on their debut album, The Descent, which should be ready by the spring of 2010 with your help! The group is accepting donations at Kickstarter.com to put toward the recording, packaging and distribution of the album. Prior to that release, The Burning Angels are planning to hit the road hard in January, and there are plenty of times you can catch ‘em right here in Athens before that. Take a trip down that old dusty road at www.myspace.com/burningangels09. Next show: Thursday, Nov. 5th @ Caledonia Lounge BIG SPENDERS Hipster Rock International Lineup: Ashley Wills, Big Spenders Ben Wills, Rand Lines, Nick Robbins. Shares members with: Velveteen Pink, The Empties, Freezetag. “We started a band so that we wouldn’t have to pay to go to shows, and so we’d have a bar tab,” says singer Ashley Wills. That might be the first honest answer I’ve gotten from a band in a long time. In truth, Big Spenders is a poppy rock band that just wants to have fun. Although the group doesn’t have any songs recorded yet, Ashley says Big Spenders cover a Rilo Kiley song, and their sound could more broadly be compared to that style of music. The group lists no influences and says it “sounds like: Ashley, Ben, Rand, Nick music,” so pigeonholes, be damned. No website yet, either, but they do recommend a visit to one of their favorites, www.isitchristmas. com. At least we do know they have a sense of humor! You’ll have to check this band out live to see what it’s really about, with Ashley on vocals, Ben (The Empties) on bass, Robbins (Velveteen Pink) on drums and Rand Lines on guitar. Next show: Friday, Nov. 6 @ Go Bar DAVID KIRBY Industrial/Minimalist/Experimental Lineup: David Kirby, Kirby David. Influences: Military training films, Bob Moog, Ornette Coleman, Yatha Sidra, Tonto’s Expanding Headband, gamelan, The Keggs, Mort Garson, Kraftwerk, Psychic T.V., The Kingston Trio, Raymond Scott, Tangerine Dream, Cabaret Voltaire, company training films,
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Leonard Nimoy, mission control background noise, SPK, shortwave radio, William Shatner, Throbbing Gristle, The Residents, The Big Joe Polka Show. “David Kirby,” explains the band, “materialized two weeks ago from the psychic residue of two musicians: one from The
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Noisettes and one from Unus Mundus. But really David Kirby has always been with us, in our hearts and in our pineal glands. David Kirby creates sounds within the Supersphere of Multiphase Neo-altered Reality and spews said sounds forth like great Azathoth into the digital medium: in situ.” Sometimes you just have to let the artist speak for himself. “Kirby” has vague plans to play live in the near future, although nothing is confirmed yet as the duo has been busy writing and recording. In the meantime, frequent visits to the group’s regularly updated MySpace page are encouraged. “Absorb our energy,” the band invites, “at www.myspace. com/thedavidkirby, and let it empower you with the Truth Within and Without.” MAJOR LOVE EVENT Piano/Pop/Soul Lineup: Rebecca Van Damm and C.k. Koch. Shares members with: Electa Villain, Velveteen Pink. Influences: Joni Mitchell, Radiohead, Kings of Convenience, Jenny Lewis, Billy Joel, Eryka Badu, Björk. Rebecca Van Damm and C.k. Koch have been friends for over a decade, but just formed Major Love Event this summer upon Van Damm’s return to Athens, following several years of environmental activism across the country. Van Damm sings lovelorn, introspective songs with rich, sultry vocals that dance over piano and guitar—like Feist covering Ben Folds Five. The duo is currently recording its debut release and has plans to start a record label, too. You can preview the tunes at www.myspace.com/majorloveevent and, coming soon, www. majorloveevent.com. Next show: Friday, Nov. 27 @ New Earth Music Hall Michelle Gilzenrat
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legendary status. “No Idea has put out a slew of awesome thrash records, and we’re happy that they want to have anything to do with us,” says Armstrong. Along with a re-release of the band’s split with Chicago’s Canadian Rifle (sporting artwork from former Born Against leader Sam McPheeters), Cheeseburger is making the leap into digital media—nope, not a CD, but a full-blown digital video disc. American Cheeseburger: The First Three Years was produced by punk podcasters All Go No Slow! “The DVD is something that our good friend Mike Mann put out,” says Griffin. “Mike and his wife Sam have filmed tons of punk/hardcore and metal shows over the years, and they had a lot of footage of us. It covers the last three years of us playing in Athens and there are a few shows from Boston and Pennsylvania on it as well.” The DVD stretches back to include original bassist Jon Andrews, his replacement, Joe Dakin, and both Rapier and original vocalist James Grier. While simultaneously producing a seemingly inexhaustible stream of awesome, it should be noted that Cheeseburger plays locally and often, and is worth seeing not only for the band itself but also for the typically excellent touring acts the group tirelessly supports. “I have been putting on shows and playing shows in town for the last 13 years, and to me, it has always ruled,” says Griffin. “Shows here are always so much fun, and I have so many bands who come here tell me that Athens was their best show [on tour]. That makes you feel good, and when we go on tour, those people will go out of their way to help you have a great show in their town.” All part of the international struggle to keep things awesome in all possible places.
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an, it’s raining so much lately. Why even bother going outside? Why do anything in general? The usual reasons for doing things, you’d suppose: for money; because you want something; because it’s physically impossible to sleep for 36 hours. But wait, there’s another reason to do things, and here it is: a good reason to do something is because it’s an awesome thing to do. It doesn’t get you from A to B. It doesn’t achieve cost-effective goals. It’s just awesome. And awesome is the fuel and plasma that American Cheeseburger, undeniably Athens’ premier hardcore band, runs on. After the band had a lineup shake-up a few months ago, disconcerting rumors of the band’s demise circulated. But you can’t kill the boogeyman, and American Cheeseburger’s thrashing brand of awesome soldiers on in a modified form. The newest addition to the group is vocalist/all-around great guy Jeff Rapier, former bassist/growler for The Dumps. Rapier has eschewed his onetime guttural groans in favor of a high-pitched, high-intensity, high-yield scream. “I think Jeff knew exactly what to do,” affirms drummer Jason Griffin. “We didn’t give him any instruction at all, just the lyrics. I don’t think Jeff has ever been a lead singer in a band, but he is a rager, and what comes out of him when we play works great.” And it’s a good thing Rapier was ready to put said raging to use ASAP because Cheeseburger has beaucoup wax on the way. Guitarist Steve Armstrong reports: “We’ll be celebrating a split 12” with Religious as Fuck that No Idea Records will put out on Nov. 4. We have a split 7” [coming out] with the Bukkake Boys, who are a band from Atlanta that is awesome. That will be on Vinyl Rites Records. We are also working on a 6” that has been picked up by No Idea Records, and that will be out once we’re done writing. We’re about halfway done.” As of this writing, the band is preparing for its third annual trip down to Gainesville, FL for No Idea Records’ epic three-day weekend of punk and hardcore, simply known as The Fest. No Idea has made a name for itself as “doing it right” in the punk community in the face of co-option and compromise, and is rightfully growing into
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little over a year ago, Patterson Hood was doing his day job—playing three sold-out shows at the 40 Watt Club as co-frontman and guitarist of the Drive-By Truckers. Now, he’s playing three solo shows in a decidedly smaller venue. “[Caledonia owner] Kaya [Yamashita] has asked me from time to time when I’m going to play there again, and I’ve meant to, but my solo shows tend to be pretty few and far between… When I realized this was their 10th anniversary, I figured it was time to make good,” he says. For Hood, a quiet and intimate evening of music at the Caledonia was, in a lot of ways, too simple. Instead, the singer reached back to his days playing another tiny local venue for inspiration. “The idea of doing a semi-residency [at the Caledonia] appealed to me. I used to do that from time to time at Flicker, and it gave me a chance to spread it out and experiment with doing some themed shows,” says Hood. Over the course of three Wednesdays in November, Patterson Hood is going to show every part of the country crooner, punk rocker and weirdo folkie persona that has endeared him to fans all over the country. But the residency is about more than paying up on an old debt or even experimenting with themed performances. For Hood, his threenight stand gives him a chance to play music with some of his favorite local artists, making this trio of performances more like an office party of sorts for local musicians than just a promotional stunt for a new album. The musicians are drawn from a wishlist of players that are so many and so varied that Hood, the kingpin of the concert series, finds it difficult to succinctly list them all. “I’m so lucky that I get to play with great musicians who are also great friends. In addition to DBT, I also get to play with [David] Barbe, Will Johnson and Scott Danbom. I also get to play with Craig Lieske and Garbage Island whenever they ask me to. Don Chambers is always a blast to play with, also.”
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he residency kicks off on Nov. 4 with a show entitled “Onward out the Window (New and Used Songs—Stripped Down to Piano and Guitar)” which serves as a wish fulfilled for Hood and a sneak preview of some of the material on the Drive-By Truckers’ two new albums, which are still being recorded. “I’ve wanted to try a show with just piano and guitar for a long time, so we’re kicking it off with Jay Gonzalez, and I’m doing just that. [Gonzalez is] a big part of the two new albums we just recorded, so I’ll premiere a few of those songs in a very stripped-down form along with a bunch of other songs that I think would be good in that arrangement,” says Hood.
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days, Neff wasn’t in DBT so I tended to play a more country-tinged set. I haven’t done that in a while, so I thought this would be a good chance to do so again.”
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“I’m excited about all three nights. They should all be very different from each other. The first one is different from anything I’ve ever done. The second one will be like visiting an old friend, and the third one will rock balls, which is always a fun thing,” he says. For Hood, playing the Caledonia is a way of saying “thank you” to the venue for the last 10 years, in which the club not only served as a pillar of Athens’ music scene but also as a concrete reminder of the Truckers’ early years. His opinion of the place may read like a commercial, but his enthusiasm for the club is palpable. “I love the Caledonia and always have. DBT used to play there and recorded over half of our first live album (Alabama Ass Whuppin’) there… Any town with a scene needs a venue that size, and the Caledonia does that size better than about anywhere. It’s a perfect small room.” And with an endorsement like that, how could he just play there once and leave? Jason Bugg
WHO: Patterson Hood and friends WHERE: Caledonia Lounge WHEN: Nov. 4, 11 & 18 HOW MUCH: $10 (adv.), $12 (door)
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Tuesday 3 EVENTS: Athens’ Haunted History Walking Tour (Various Locations) Hear tales of spirits, hauntings, superstitions, mysteries and other legends of the Classic City on a twohour tour of downtown Athens and the UGA campus. 7 p.m. $15. 706353-1801, www.achfonline.org PERFORMANCE: Open TOAD Comedy (Flicker Theatre & Bar) A unique open mic experience. The audience gets to pelt the performers who go over their six-minute time limit with foam rocks. Performers get in free but must sign up by 8 p.m. 8:30 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/ flickerbar KIDSTUFF: Children’s Storytime (ACC Library) For children ages 18 months to 5 years. Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m., Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 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 LECTURES & LIT.: Visiting Artist Lecture (Lamar Dodd School of Art, Room S151) Artist James Casebere, a pioneer of constructed photography and three-time awardee of the National Endowment for the Arts, is this month’s speaker. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.art.uga.edu MEETINGS: Coffee Cupping (1000faces Coffee, 585 Barber Street) Taste and learn about coffees from around the world with coffee scholar Erin McCarthy. 10–11 a.m. FREE! 706-534-8860, www.1000facescoffee.com MEETINGS: French Group (1000faces Coffee, 588 Barber Street) All-level French conversation group. Informal, welcoming and très bon! Every Tuesday. 7–8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-534-8860, www.1000facescoffee.com 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 4 EVENTS: Canine Cocktail Hour (Hotel Indigo, Phi Bar & Bistro Courtyard) Drink and food specials for you and your (well-behaved, non-aggressive, vaccinated) dog! Every Wednesday. 5–7 p.m. www. athensdowntownhotel.com EVENTS: Yappy Hour (Jot ‘Em Down Country Store & BBQ) Bring your dogs out for happy hour! Drink specials for humans. 6:30–8:30, 706-549-2110 PERFORMANCE: Eliot Chang (UGA Tate Center) “Bad Role Model” comedian Eliot Chang performs
stand-up from his most recent comedy tour. 8 p.m. FREE! (UGA students) $5 (non-students). www. uga.edu/union KIDSTUFF: Children’s Storytime (ACC Library) For children ages 18 months to 5 years. Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m., Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 LECTURES & LIT.: Alfred Heber Holbrook Memorial Lecture (UGA Chapel) Author and gallery owner Francis M. Naumann presents the lecture: “Marcel Duchamp and Jeff Koons: An Exercise in Circular Reasoning.” Leature hosted by the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art. A reception will follow the lecture. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.uga.edu/ gamuseum MEETINGS: American Sign Language Study Group (Cups Coffee Café) All skill levels welcome. Come once or come weekly. Newcomers welcome! 7–8 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/aslstudygroup MEETINGS: Sitting Meditation Group (Mind Body Institute) Silent meditation group every Wednesday, starting at noon. FREE! 706-4757329 GAMES: 8-Ball Tournament (Shooters Cocktails & Dancing) Double elimination with cash prizes. Every Wednesday. 7:30 p.m. $10 (entry fee). 706-546-0003 GAMES: Dart League (Alibi) Every Wednesday! 8 p.m. FREE! 706-5491010 GAMES: Darts (Broad Street Bar and Grill) Blind draw darts tournament. Every Wednesday. 7 p.m. 706-5485187 GAMES: Movie Trivia Night (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Where movie trivia meets performance art. Hosted by “It Boy” Jeff Tobias and sponsored by Vision Video. Prizes! Sign up at 8 p.m. Trivia starts at 8:30 p.m. 8 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ flickerbar GAMES: Sports Trivia (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s) Every Wednesday. 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-1916 GAMES: Texas Hold ‘Em (Fat Daddy’s) Bring your poker face for a game of Hold ‘Em. Turbo game at 9 p.m. 6 p.m. 706-353-0241 GAMES: Trivia (Willy’s Mexicana Grill) Every Wednesday. 8–10 p.m. FREE! 706-548-1920 GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) Think you know it all? 9:30 p.m. 706-548-3442 GAMES: Trivia Wars (283 Bar) Chris Creech hosts general knowledge trivia with different themes each week. Check the Facebook group “Trivia Wars!” for weekly updates and online question of the week. 8:30 p.m. (sign up) 9 p.m. (game starts). FREE! 706-208-1283 GAMES: XBox 360 (Buffalo’s Southwest Café) Qualifying round for the upcoming tournament. 6 p.m. 706-354-6655
Thursday 5 EVENTS: Holiday Wine Tasting Party (Square One Fish Co.) Prestige Wines pairs a flight of wines with tasty hors d’oeuvres for this holiday event which includes chef demonstrations, gift ideas, recipes and expert kitchen tips to disaster-proof Turkey Day for you and your loved ones. Call to reserve your spot. 7–9 p.m. $25. 706-3538862. EVENTS: P.S. Too Grand Opening (Omni Shopping Center) Help support Project Safe with the opening of their new boutique! Fall fashion preview, ribbon cutting, music and refreshments. 4–6 p.m. www. project-safe.org ART: Opening Reception (Aurum Studio) For exhibit featuring sculpture by Noah Saunders and paintings by Lamar Wood. 6–9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-8826 PERFORMANCE: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (UGA Hodgson Hall) Conductor Robert Spano conducts Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6 and Stravinsky’s Nightingale. 8 p.m. $37–42. 706542-4400, www.uga.edu/pac* THEATRE: Eurydice (Cellar Theatre) The University Theatre presents Sarah Ruhl’s compelling play which invokes the Orpheus myth in its exploration of grief, death and memory. Nov. 5–6 & 10–13, 8 p.m. Nov. 8 & 15, 2:30 p.m. $15, $12 (students and seniors) 706-542-2838, www. drama.uga.edu LECTURES & LIT.: Joseph Gatins (Borders Books & Music) International transplant to Georgia, author Joseph Gatins chronicles his father’s escape from a German POW camp in World War II in his new memoir, We Were Dancing on a Volcano: Bloodlines and Fault Lines of a Star-Crossed Atlanta Family, 1849–1989. 7 p.m. FREE! 706583-8647 MEETINGS: Coffee Cupping (1000faces Coffee, 585 Barber Street) Join those seeking to move life from commodity to culinary. Taste and learn about coffees from around the world with Benjamin Myers, Presidente of 1000faces. 10–11 a.m. FREE! 706-534-8860, www.1000facescoffee.com MEETINGS: Oconee Rivers Audubon Society (Sandy Creek Nature Center, ENSAT) Shan Cammack of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources speaks on “Longleaf Pine: The Fire Forest That Shaped and Built the South.” 7 p.m. FREE! 706-613-9875 MEETINGS: Spanish Group (1000faces Coffee, 588 Barber Street) All-level Spanish conversation group. Informal, welcoming and fun! Every Thursday. 7–8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-534-8860, www.1000facescoffee.com
Acclaimed jam band moe. plays the Classic Center on Friday, Nov. 6.
Friday 6 EVENTS: Charity Plant Sale (Specialty Ornamentals, Watkinsville) Select rare collector plants, vibrant Japanese Maples and native trees and shrubs at this annual event. This year, a portion of the proceeds benefits Hope Through Science, an educational program for children’s hospitals. 9 a.m.–4 p.m. 706-310-0143, www.specialtyornamentalsretail.com, www.healingandhopethroughscience.org EVENTS: Dawgs After Dark Carnival (Legion Field) With carnival games, rides and funnel cake. Yes, funnel cake. 7–11 p.m. $5 (non-students), FREE! (UGA students). EVENTS: Lunch with the Dawgs (The Melting Point) Coach Dave Van Halanger helps kick off this Bulldog weekend. Ticket includes buffet lunch. 11:30 a.m. $8 (adv.) $10 (door) www.meltingpointathens. com* EVENTS: UGA Homecoming Parade (Various Locations) The Redcoat Band leads this year’s parade of floats, displays, gleeful ensembles and local dignitaries through dowtown Athens. 6 p.m. FREE! www.uga.edu/union EVENTS: Wendekino Film Festival Opening Night (Ciné Barcafé) A screening of Kolya, a 1996 film from the Czech Republic, kicks off this film festival commemorating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. 7 p.m. www. athenscine.com ART: Day of the Dead Celebration and Reception (White Tiger Gourmet Food & Chocolates) For an exhibition by local Latina pottery collective Casa de la Cultura. Expect
traditional holiday snacks, a live performance by Incatepec and an altar to the dead. 6 p.m. FREE! 706353-6847 ART: Opening Reception (Monroe Art Guild) For “Wood and Stone,” an exhibit featuring the work of Dan Thoman. 6:30–8:30 p.m. FREE! www.monroeartguild.com ART: Opening Reception (Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation) For “Cloudy with a Chance of Flowers,” an exhibit featuring recent paintings by Madeline Darnell. 6–9 p.m. FREE! 706-769-4565 PERFORMANCE: Last Comic Standing (New Earth Music Hall) Final Round! Three remaining comedians will compete for top honors. Live music from Aman Amun, T8R(tot) and Nautilus follows! 9 p.m. $5. www.newearthmusichall.com PERFORMANCE: “Pirates of the Airrrrr!!” (Canopy Studio) The Canopy Studio Repertory Company sets sail with their new familyfriendly trapeze performance. Pirate couture strongly encouraged. Nov. 6, 8 p.m. Nov. 7–8, 4 p.m. & 8 p.m. $15 (adults), $10 (students), $6 (ages 2–8). 706-549-8501, www. canopystudio.com THEATRE: Eurydice (Cellar Theatre) A University Theatre production. See Nov. 5 Theatre. Nov. 5–6 & 10–13, 8 p.m. Nov. 8 & 15, 2:30 p.m. $15, $12 (students and seniors) 706542-2838, www.drama.uga.edu LECTURES & LIT.: Book Launch (Ciné Barcafé) A celebration of the release of Sabrina Orah Mark’s Tsim Tsum and John Dermot Woods’ The Complete Collection of People, Places & Things. 7 p.m. FREE! www. athenscine.com MEETINGS: Drinking Liberally (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Informal, inclusive and progressive social
group that gives left-leaning individuals a chance to talk politics. First and third Friday of every month. 6:30 p.m. athens@drinkingliberally.org
Saturday 7 EVENTS: Adoption Day (Pet Supplies Plus) Local animal rescue organization brings their pups out for a chance at finding a forever home. Love connections made every Saturday! 11 a.m.–3 p.m. 706-3530650 EVENTS: Athens Farmers’ Market (Bishop Park) Buy fresh, locally grown organic produce, locally crafted goods and freshly baked breads. Every Saturday. 8 a.m.–12 p.m. athensfarmersmarket.net EVENTS: Charity Plant Sale (Specialty Ornamentals, Watkinsville) Select rare collector plants, vibrant Japanese Maples and native trees and shrubs at this annual event. 9 a.m.–4 p.m. 706310-0143, www.specialtyornamentalsretail.com, www.healingandhopethroughscience.org EVENTS: Classic City Rollergirls Bout (Skate-A-Round USA) The Classic City Rollergirls take on the Cape Fear Rollergirls from Wilmington, NC. 7 p.m. $10 (adults), $5 (ages 6–10), FREE! (ages 5 & under). www.classiccityrollergirls.com* EVENTS: Fall Festival (Athens Montessori School) Get disoriented on the Moonwalk, nosh on some baked goods and peruse the various handmade arts and crafts. Festivities include performances by musical guests Caleb Darnell, The Harvest Moon Trio and
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more. Be sure not to miss the magic show, courtesy of magician Rick Francheschini. 10 a.m.–4 p.m. FREE! 706-549-8490 EVENTS: Rock and Gem Show (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Annual event for all ages featuring gem and mineral collections from local enthusiasts. Watch demonstrations of flint knapping and learn about crystal geometry. Items for sale include handmade jewelry, books and some special local minerals. 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. FREE! 706-549-8082 EVENTS: Rollergirls After Bout Party (Fat Daddy’s) Stan hosts the party following the Classic City Rollergirls’ face-off with Wilmington’s Cape Fear Rollergirls. FREE! 706-353-0241 EVENTS: Tree Fair (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Athens tree-huggers won’t want to miss this event featuring drought management exhibits, a tree climbing demo, kids’ activities, tree care demos, a tree sale, refreshments and more. 10 a.m.–2 p.m. FREE! www.athenstrees.com EVENTS: Tree Talk and Walk (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Take a short pontoon boat ride to the back end of the Lakeside Trail, then hike for 2.5 miles and learn about native trees and their uses. Bring a full water bottle and a snack. Wear hiking shoes and be prepared for the weather. All ages. Pre-registration required. 10 a.m.–1 p.m. $6. 706613-3631 EVENTS: Veterans Appreciation Day (Pittard Park, Watkinsville) Veterans are encouraged to come out and share barbecue, peach cobbler and their stories. Students from local schools will be in attendance to express their gratitude. 10:30 a.m. FREE! EVENTS: Water Quality Program (Call for location) The ACC Stormwater Management, Greenways and Riverside Parks staff give a lesson on water quality testing. Learn the indicators of a healthy stream. Call to register. 10–11 a.m. $5, $2 (ACC resident). 706-613-3615 PERFORMANCE: “Pirates of the Airrrrr!!” (Canopy Studio) Presented by Canopy Studio. See Nov. 6 Performance. Nov. 6, 8 p.m. Nov. 7–8, 4 p.m. & 8 p.m. $15 (adults), $10 (students), $6 (ages 2–8). 706-549-8501, www.canopystudio.com LECTURES & LIT.: Lauretta Hannon (Barnes and Noble) NPR’s “All Things Considered” contributor visits to sign copies of The Cracker Queen: A Memoir of a Jagged, Joyful Life. 2 p.m. FREE! 706-3541195
Sunday 8 EVENTS: 5th Annual Night of the Living Lebowski (Kingpins Bowl & Brew) Movie trivia and costume contest follows a screening of the film! 7:30–midnight. 706-KINGPIN, www.kingpins.us. See Calendar Pick on p. 26. ART: Closing Reception and Panel Discussion (ATHICA) For “Free Press in Free Fall,” featuring the work of 13 artists addressing the current state of the American news media. 3–6 p.m. FREE! www. athica.org PERFORMANCE: “Pirates of the Airrrrr!!” (Canopy Studio) Presented by Canopy Studio. See Nov. 6 Performance. Nov. 6, 8 p.m. Nov. 7–8, 4 p.m. & 8 p.m. $15 (adults), $10 (students), $6 (ages 2–8). 706-549-8501, www.canopystudio.com
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THEATRE: Eurydice (Cellar Theatre) A University Theatre production. See Nov. 5 Theatre. Nov. 5–6 & 10–13, 8 p.m. Nov. 8 & 15, 2:30 p.m. $15, $12 (students and seniors) 706542-2838, www.drama.uga.edu THEATRE: Put It in the Scrapbook (UGA Fine Arts Building, Room 115) Don’t miss George Contini’s tribute to legendary female impersonater Julian Eltinge. This is his final performance before he takes the show to the New Orleans Fringe Festival later this month. 7 p.m. FREE! www. drama.uga.edu MEETINGS: Pugs in the Park (Sandy Creek Park, Dog Park #1) Doesn’t your pug deserve a park filled with others as special as she? Pug mixes also welcome. 2–4 p.m. $2. 706-340-2430 GAMES: Full-Contact Trivia (Allen’s Bar & Grill) Sports-themed rules with diverse categories. 9 p.m. FREE! www.allensbarandgrill.com GAMES: Team Trivia (Wild Wing Café) Every Sunday. 9 p.m. FREE! www.wildwingcafe.com
Monday 9 EVENTS: Beyond the Movement (Evergreen Pediatrics) Enjoy an evening of words and songs when elementary school writers share the stage with nationally known poets and writers. A performance by Kyshona Armstrong follows. 7 p.m. FREE! www.athenscine.com KIDSTUFF: Bedtime Stories (ACC Library) Every Monday. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Wildcard Wednesday for Teens (ACC Library) Up next: Munchkin Cthulu. Love Lovecraft? You’ll love this game. Ages 11–18. 4:00 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650
LECTURES & LIT.: Infinite Fall (1000faces Coffee, 585 Barber Street) Reading David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest this fall. Every Monday with author, educator and jester Spenser Simrill. 6–7 p.m. FREE! 706-534-8860, www.1000facescoffee.com LECTURES & LIT.: Japanese Culture and Literature (ACC Library) Director of the Asian Language Programs at UGA speaks about modern Japan. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 LECTURES & LIT.: Northeast Georgia Reading Council (Borders Books & Music) All are welcome to this month’s discussion. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-583-8647 MEETINGS: Zen Meditation and Book Discussion (Email for Location) The Key by Cheri Huber. Meets every Monday. 7:15 p.m. FREE! meditateathens@gmail.com GAMES: Pool Tournament (Alibi) Free food as you shoot pool during Monday Night Football. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 GAMES: Rock and Roll Trivia (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Show off your extensive music knowledge every Monday! 8 p.m. FREE! www. myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub GAMES: Team Trivia (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s) Get a team together and test your knowledge. Every Monday! 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-1916 GAMES: Texas Hold ‘Em (Fat Daddy’s) Every Monday. 6 & 9 p.m. 706-353-0241. GAMES: Trivia (Transmetropolitan) General knowledge trivia. Every Monday. 8–10 p.m. FREE! 706613-8773
Tuesday 10 EVENTS: Rachel Corrie: An American Conscience (Ciné Barcafé) A documentary explor-
ing the life and death of Rachel Corrie, an international peacekeeper who worked with the International Solidarity Movement in the Gaza Strip. Following the screening, Amanda Adams performs a scene from the play My Name Is Rachel Corrie. 7:30, $5. 706-353-7377 EVENTS: Tech Tips (Oconee County Library) Tweet yourself to a free class and learn how to use Twitter, a micro-blogging, social messaging business tool. 11–11:45 a.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 THEATRE: Eurydice (Cellar Theatre) A University Theatre production. See Nov. 5 Theatre. Nov. 5–6 & 10–13, 8 p.m. Nov. 8 & 15, 2:30 p.m. $15, $12 (students and seniors) 706542-2838, www.drama.uga.edu KIDSTUFF: Children’s Storytime (ACC Library) For children ages 18 months to 5 years. Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m., Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 LECTURES & LIT.: AfricanAmerican Authors Book Club (ACC Library, Small Conference Room) September’s title is Keeping Misery Company: A Novel by Michelle Larks. Newcomers are always welcome. 5 p.m. FREE! 706613-3650 LECTURES & LIT.: “Blank Spots on the Map” (UGA Student Learning Center, Room 248) Trevor Paglen, an artist, writer and experimental geographer, constructs unfamiliar yet meticulously researched ways to see and interpret the world around us in his work, often blurring the lines between social science, contemporary art and journalism. 5 p.m. FREE! partdu@uga.edu LECTURES & LIT.: VOX Reading Series (Ciné Barcafé) The UGA Creative Writing Program presents works by poet John Woods. 8 p.m. FREE! www.athenscine.com MEETINGS: Coffee Cupping (1000faces Coffee, 585 Barber
Thursday, November 5
Deaf Judges, Puddin’ Tang, Gemini Cricket, Showtime 40 Watt Club “Thank you for calling. Your call is important, so please leave a detailed message and I will return your phone call as soon as possible. Showtime Stay focused, and God bless.” After re-checking that we’d dialed the correct number, Elite the Showstoppa called Flagpole back after missing our call, confirming that this is indeed the voicemail message of the man behind “Liquor,” the infamous boozehound hip-hop jam that won Sprockets’ Audience Choice Award in 2007. The twin traits of Zen-like calm and focus remained constant in Elite’s tone throughout the interview—maybe due to a recent brush with mortality. “The day that it happened, I had a show at Fat Daddy’s, about an hour and a half show. I thought it was overexertion. I was under the impression that I just over-did it; but that’s when I first felt the pain,” says Elite. “I continued with the show. Later that night I had another appearance I had to make at the 40 Watt, and I went and did that as well.” The following weekend, Elite experienced further chest pains, and eventually wound up seeing a group of specialists at Athens Regional Hospital. It was there that he was informed that he’d suffered a heart attack 48 hours prior and was experiencing another one when he’d arrived at the hospital. That was this past July. In the aftermath, certain things about Elite’s life have changed, while others have not. “It’s given me an outlook on what’s important, a lot of things that I miss while I’m on this grind, a lot of family,” he says. Anyone familiar with Elite’s music knows that the aforementioned grind is one of his most consistent themes—staying focused on his journey as a musician staying proudly local. It’s obvious that rap music is Elite’s life, and he was not about to put his life on hold. Elite will be joined onstage by his funky new eight-piece band, Showtime, for a “pajama party” hosted by Deaf Judges. [Jeff Tobias]
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Street) Taste and learn about coffees from around the world with coffee scholar Erin McCarthy. 10–11 a.m. FREE! 706-534-8860, www.1000facescoffee.com MEETINGS: French Group (1000faces Coffee, 588 Barber Street) All-level French conversation group. Informal, welcoming and tres bon! Every Tuesday. 7–8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-534-8860, www.1000facescoffee.com 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 GAMES: Pool Tournament (Alibi) APA Pool League. 8 p.m. FREE! 706549-1010 * Advance Tickets Available
Live Music Tuesday 3 Alibi 8 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 KARAOKE CONTEST Sing karaoke and try your luck at winning the $200 grand prize plus other weekly prizes. Last chance to win! Buffalo’s Southwest Café 6–10 p.m. $5 (includes lessons). 706354-6655 DINE & DANCE NIGHT Beginners and advanced dance lessons every Tuesday from 6–7 p.m. followed by open dance until 10 p.m. Tonight features swing dancing hosted by Bugg. Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com DAN NETTLES Celebrated local jazz musician known for his work fronting Kenosha Kid. Fat Daddy’s 10 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0241 KARAOKE Huge karaoke dance party hosted by Lynn every Tuesday. 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. No Where Bar 10 p.m. $1. 706-546-4742 SUMILAN Local progressive jam rockers. Rye Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/ryebarathens STEPHANIE NILLES Jazz-inspired folk artist from NYC. Tasty World Uptown 10 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/tastyworlduptown JOSH PERKINS EXPERIMENT IN SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY Longtime local songwriter Josh Perkins leads his group through original country, folk and Americana sounds. LAMINATED CAT Local psychedelic pop band fluent in the absurd and eccentric. ALLISON WEISS Heartfelt singer/ songwriter with quirky charm, sharp pop sensibilities and an avid online following.
UGA Tate Center 8 p.m. FREE for students, $10 (adv) $15 (door) for general public. www. uga.edu AUGUSTANA California indie poppers play UGA’s Homecoming Concert. Wild Wing Café 10 p.m. FREE! www.wildwingcafe.com KARAOKE Every Tuesday night at the downtown wing chain’s upstairs space.
Wednesday 4 40 Watt Club 9 p.m. $10 (adv). www.40watt.com ABANDON THE EARTH MISSION Josh McKay (ex-Macha) taking over lead vocals backed by Winston Parker and Lawson Grice (Iron Hero). The band has gone in a more ambient and lush direction, driven by vibrapone, hammered dulcimer and heavier beats. CHRISSAKES Local hardcore band with haunting, brooding guitar riffs and explosive, screaming vocals. HEALTH Los Angeles noise rock band on tour in support of their brandnew album, Get Color.
“folks that grew up on the wrong side of tracks” with both an earnest conviction and a biting sense of humor. The Melting Point 10 p.m. $12 (adv), $15 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com MARCY PLAYGROUND Melodic modern rockers that exploded onto the scene in 1997 with the song “Sex and Candy.” THE ORKIDS Local electropop group guaranteed to get you dancing. New Earth Music Hall 9 p.m. $6. www.newearthmusichall. com ELECTA VILLIAN This local trio plays moody, dark indie rock with big, theatrical vocals a la Muse. ODIST This local three-piece weaves layers of dark, reverb-laden guitars for a sound that’s somewhere between prog and shoegaze. Odist names Mars Volta and At the DriveIn as key influences. TODAY THE MOON, TOMORROW THE SUN Endearing electro-rock from Atlanta featuring sweet and strong female vocals backed by fierce guitars.
Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $10 (21+), $12 (18+). www. caledonialounge.com JAY GONZALEZ Nutria keyboardistvocalist and traveling keyboardist for Drive-By Truckers. PATTERSON HOOD A shining star among the multi-talented DriveBy Truckers songwriter/guitarist/ vocalists, Patterson Hood has a way with a story, blending country and Southern rock styles with a direct approach. This is the first night of Hood’s month-long residency at Caledonia Lounge.
The Office Lounge 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-0840 KARAOKE Every Wednesday (and sometimes Friday!) with Stan.
Fat Daddy’s 10 p.m.–1 a.m. FREE! 706-353-0241 OPEN MIC Every Wednesday featuring Avery Dylan.
Tasty World Uptown 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.myspace.com/tastyworlduptown BLUESWATER BRIDGE Local rock outfit inspired by classic Southern rock and blues. 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. THE REGULARS BAND Funk rock from Atlanta.
Flicker Theatre & Bar 11:30 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/ flickerbar AMERICAN CHEESEBURGER Athens four-piece that boasts former members of No!, Divorce and Carrie Nations, delivering rapid-fire, loud and aggressive old-school thrash rock. Jeff Rapier (ex-The Dumps) recently joined as the new singer. Record release show! JIMMY KIND BUD Christopher Ingham’s new band, formerly Liverty, featuring Kate R. on bass and Sarah T. on drums. NECRO HIPPIES Punk band from New Orleans. Gnat’s Landing 6 p.m. FREE! 706-850-5858 DAVID PRINCE This Athens staple and one-time member of The Jesters plays your favorite soul, rock and R&B oldies. Harry Bissett’s Bayou Grill 8 p.m. FREE! www.harrybissetts.net THE COMMON PEOPLE BAND Local group pays tribute to Motown’s greatest hits. Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ littlekingsshuffleclub HOLLY BELLE Atlanta singersongwriter Holly Belle sings smoky, acoustic ballads accompanied by cello. Locos Grill & Pub 6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-7700 (Westside location) REDNECK GREECE Local artist sings swingin’ hillbilly honky tonk about
Rye Bar 8 p.m. $3. www.myspace.com/ryebarathens 3 FOOT SWAGGER Local band featuring musicians Dave Cardello, Scott Lerch,Tony Delgado, Scott “Boss” Hogg and Jeff Reusche. The Swagger plays dynamic, high-energy rock and roll with a lot of funk. THE WALES Brand-new local band.
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Thursday 5 40 Watt Club Pajama Party! 9 p.m. $6 (21+), $7 (18+). www.40watt.com DEAF JUDGES Consisting of three MCs and one DJ, the Deaf Judges focus on an energetic live show backed by beats that utilize elements of world music, old school funk and soul, and lyrics influenced by the modern underground as well as a classic New York hip-hop style. GEMINI CRICKET The current threepiece lineup of this local band has ditched its cutesy kazoo pop in favor of sleazy garage stomps that swagger through the reverb and jangle with ‘60s abandon. PUDDIN’ TANG Upbeat, quirky and stripped-down, Puddin’ Tang plays rock in the vein of Von Bondies. SHOWTIME Local rapper Elite tha Showstoppa and his new backing band venture through rap, rock and Parliament-style funk. See Calendar Pick on p. 22.
“Spooky”
“Imaginary Lover”
“So Into You”
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MARCY PLAYGROUND with THE ORKIDS
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El Paisano 8 p.m. 706-353-0346 KARAOKE Every Thursday with margarita specials.
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DONNA JEAN GODCHAUX BAND Tickets $10 adv • $13 at the door
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12
APRIL VERCH BAND with special guests STRING Tickets $12 adv • $15 at the door
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Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www. caledonialounge.com ADAM KLEIN AND THE THRASHERS This local singersongwriter’s latest release, Western Tales & Trails, features a blend of the finest elements of folk, Americana and country with poetic lyricism and striking imagery to create engaging, well-crafted songs. BETSY FRANCK AND FRIENDS Soulful, brassy Southern rock and country songs rooted in tradition, but with a modern sensibility. THE BURNING ANGELS New local act that plays Americana soul! Featuring Natalie Garcia on vocals and guitar, Mark Cunningham on vocals, guitar and dobro (Helen Dodge, Liberty Challenged, Pedro Weed), Josh Westbrook on percussion (Lifehouse, Evanston Street) and appearances by Adam Poulin on fiddle (Bros. Marler, Helen Dodge) and Matt Dyson on dobro & banjo (Natalie & Matt). See Upstart Roundup on p. 16. THE GEISHA HIT SQUAD Rootsy acoustic progressive tunes from Atlanta natives.
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New Earth Music Hall 9 p.m. www.newearthmusichall.com DJ DRIZNO Electronica, hip-hop and a jam band all rolled into one, Drizno is guaranteed to get your body moving. T8R(TOT) Local beatmaster mixes trippy electronic laptop creations featuring dubstep, drum ‘n’ bass and funk. TRIZ Locally based electronic and dub DJ performing songs from the upcoming EP Looming Illness. No Where Bar 10 p.m. $3. 706-546-4742 MAMA’S LOVE Young, funky jam band from right here in Athens. The band’s slogan says it all: “bringin’ it back to the roots while goin’ beyond the bounds.” The Office Lounge 9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-0840 SLAMMIN’ BETTY Straight-ahead Southern rock. Roadhouse 11 p.m. 706-613-2324 CARLA LE FEVER AND THE RAYS Local staple plays groovable dance tunes, sweet pop, classic rock and originals.
Saturday, November 7
Flicker Theatre & Bar 8:30 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/ flickerbar NANNY ISLAND Local band featuring SJ Ursrey (The Ones, Creepy) and Shauna Greeson (Hola Halo) playing dreamy, tropical melodies. PEARL AND THE BEARD Highly melodic modern folk trio with three distinct voices, cello, guitar, glockenspiel, melodica, accordion and more. JEREMY WHEATLEY You may have seen Jeremy Wheatley perform as a member of Tin Cup Prophette, The Low Lows and Je Suis France, but today is a special solo performance for him.
Tasty World Uptown
Gnat’s Landing 6 p.m. FREE! 706-850-5858 RACHEL O’NEIL This singer-songwriter plays an eclectic blend of jazz, indie rock and Americana. Go Bar 11:30 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ gobar “DR. FRED’S KARAOKE” Hosted by karaoke fanatic John “Dr. Fred” Bowers, every Thursday. Hotel Indigo 6–8 p.m. FREE! www.athensdowntownhotel.com A TRAIN Live jazz music at the Phi bar in the lobby.
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The Melting Point 8:30 p.m. $10 (adv), $12 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com DROMEDARY QUARTET Dromedary (Rob McMaken and Andrew Reissiger) have performed all over the world, released five critically acclaimed albums, and picked up two additional members: Chris Enghauser and Louis Romanos. Expect to hear music from West Africa, Eastern Europe, the Andes, and the Appalacians.
Fat Daddy’s 9 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0241 KARAOKE Belt ‘em out with Lynn.
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Magnolia’s at Tasty World Uptown 5 p.m. FREE! www.magnoliasbar.com JASON FULLER Local piano man plays blues, jazz and country.
Rye Bar 9 p.m. www.myspace.com/ryebarathens PATRICK ATWATER AND PATRICK GARRY Two local rock and jam musicians play a set of covers and originals as a duo. Terrapin Beer Co. 5:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-3377 LEFTY WILLIAMS Although this artist was born without a right hand, that didn’t stop him from playing guitar as early as age four. Williams later went on to graduate with honors from the Atlanta Institute of Music. His album Snake Oil was released in July and produced by John Keane. Wild Wing Café 9 p.m. 706-227-9464 CLAY COLEY Acoustic pop-rock in the style of Edwin McCain or Goo Goo Dolls, with an impressive arsenal of ‘90s covers including both.
Friday 6 Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 THE RATTLERS Athens’ own energetic Southern rockers with a guitardriven sound and an exciting show that often features special guests. Allen’s Bar & Grill 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-353-6244 GRANNY’S GIN Augusta jam band with funky psychedelic sounds. Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com CANDY MALDONADO New local band whose debut EP, Me to Your Right, Like Meteorite, features airy, mostly instrumental numbers punctuated by unpredictable rhythms and jangly guitars.
PONCHO MAGIC Bluegrass sensibilities with country-rock execution. The multi-part vocal harmonies are the real show, though. THE PREMONITIONS Local act featuring the luscious vocals of Maureen McGinnis. For fans of Celebration and Yeah Yeah Yeahs. The Classic Center 8:30 p.m. $25-30. www.classiccenter. com MOE. Proudly wearing the label of “jam band,” moe. plays shows full of extended improvisation sections and harmonies. Club Chrome 9 p.m. $5. 706-543-9009 SEVEN 7 This regional cover band plays ‘60s soul, ‘70s disco and ‘80s pop with a mix of contemporary and classic rock. Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com BLOOD WARRIOR Brand new project fronted by Greg Jamie, singer of the New York folk/metal band O’Death. FREON FIGHTERS Members of the Futurebirds change things up with this experimental side project. Fat Daddy’s 9 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0241 SLAMMIN’ BETTY Straightahead Southern rock from Covington, GA. Flicker Theatre & Bar 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ flickerbar SHRIMP PIMP Avant-garde multi-instrumentalist Athenian. It’s been said that if Craig Lieske is the godfather of experimental music in Athens, the Shrimp Pimp is the second coming. 9 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ flickerbar EXPAT RECORDINGS PRESENTS Gabe Vodicka, Robert Gunn,
Lullwater Local band Lullwater refuses to be loyal to any one genre, and frontman John Strickland admits that diversity can be as much of a hinderance as an advantage. While the bandmembers are given free rein to draw on their disparate influences—from ‘90s alternative to jam rock to reggae, depending who you ask—sometimes the schizophrenic song styles throw off fans and make it hard for the band to find its groove in the local scene. “If people came to the show expecting folk rock and hear ‘Alive’ they might hate us. And if they came expecting heavier, more intense rock, they wouldn’t like ‘Whatever Happened,’” says Strickland, naming tracks off the brand-new EP Forest for the Trees. Yet, despite the challenge of being endlessly eclectic, fans—in towns like Charleston, where Lullwater opened for Seven Mary Three, and a dedicated base in Milledgeville—have grown increasingly devoted to Lullwater’s passionate live performance. “We’ve gotten to the point where people are singing our music back to us,” says Strickland. Saturday is the official CD release party for Forest for the Trees. Tracks like “A Forgotten Name” and the emotionally charged “Alive” feature alt-rock guitar riffs and husky vocals that call to mind bands like 3 Doors Down. It does feel a bit like listening to radio station 99X about 10 or 15 years ago, especially when “Low” creeps in quietly, with a vocal melody that is strikingly similar to Bush’s ‘94 hit “Glycerine.” But, as promised, you also get the sunny Americana of “Whatever Happened” and pop sweetness of “One More Time.” If that range of flavors covers your taste, guitarist Brett Strickland (no relation to John) guarantees you’ll love the show. “Literally, if you come, you will not leave unhappy,” says Brett. “We have a lot of energy… we get into it. It’s a fun time, and alcohol goes well with our shows.” [Michelle Gilzenrat]
Corey Loomis and Roy Coughlin—members of Long Legged Woman, An Epic at Best, Brer Paladin and Some Animal, respectively—perform solo sets and collaborate for an eclectic evening of local rock. The Globe 10:30 p.m. $5. 706-353-4721 MELVIN MATHURIN JAZZ QUINTET Essential and original jazz compositions. Gnat’s Landing 7 p.m. FREE! 706-850-5858 TJ MIMBS This local acoustic singersongwriter plays melodramatic pop in the vein of Dave Matthews. Go Bar 9 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/gobar BIG SPENDERS Brand new local pop rock band featuring Ashley Willis on vocals, Ben Willis (The Empties) on bass, Nick Robbins (Velveteen Pink) on drums and Rand Lines on guitar. See Upstart Roundup on p. 16. BLACK LABS Brand-new local rock and roll duo featuring Ben Dupriest (drums) and Adam Saunders (guitar, vocals) formerly of local act The Pendeltons. DEATH ON TWO WHEELS Atlanta band that doesn’t restrict itself to a single genre; expect sounds ranging from indie pop to heavy alternative, delivered with a raspy, Southern drawl. DJ GRAVEROBBERS Winston Parker spins high-energy electronic, dance and rock music. Harry Bissett’s Bayou Grill 8 p.m. FREE! www.harrybissetts.net DAVID PRINCE This Athens staple and one-time member of The Jesters plays your favorite soul, rock and R&B oldies. Little Kings Shuffle Club 8 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3144 KARAOKE Dr. Fred’s famous karaoke returns. Locos Grill & Pub 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-7700 (Westside location) THE VIBRATONES Local scene vet perform an original take on swing and jump-style blues. The Melting Point 8:30 p.m. $8 (adv), $10 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com BLOODKIN The long-running Athens rock and roll quartet Bloodkin plays a bluesy style of roots-rock music with big guitars and sharply written lyrics for darkly countrified bar-room rock. JOSHUA JAMES Breathy and broken, 24-year-old Joshua James’ delicate vocals bring out the beauty of even life’s most somber moments. New Earth Music Hall 9 p.m. $5. www.newearthmusichall. com AMAN AMUN Local artist Brian McGraw combines elements of trip-hop, electronic and rock music into a truly unique live experience featuring interactive media. Music begins shortly after the stand-up comedy act. NAUTILUS Featuring James Feeney on drums, Andrew Haynes on bass and Chris Keesecker on keyboards/ synth, this band plays covers and originals inspired by hip-hop, jazz and electronic music. Music begins after the stand-up comedy. The Office Lounge 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-0840 KARAOKE Every Wednesday (and sometimes Friday!) with Stan.
The Rialto Room 9 p.m. $25. www.therialtoroom.com KIM CARNES Kim Carnes, Nashville singer/songwriter, has penned three number one country songs, including “The Heart Won’t Lie,” a smash duet for Reba McEntire and Vince Gill. She is most well known for performing “Betty Davis Eyes,” which spent nine non-consecutive weeks on top of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. Rye Bar 8 p.m. www.myspace.com/ryebarathens THE DESARIOS Local upbeat rock band with a singer who sounds a bit like Elvis Costello. For fans of Phantom Planet, Rooney or The Cars. DOCTOR SQUID Jangly, frenetic rock and roll, at its best when emphasizing its British Invasion sounds. SOAPBAR Local group plays shaggy, diverse alt-rock informed by its lo-fi and folk peers. Shooters Cocktails & Dancing 9 p.m. $5. 706-546-0003 SOUTHERN SOUL Lively rock, funk and new covers plus originals. Sideways 10 p.m. FREE! 706-319-1919 DJRX Brian Gonzalez delivers his own original mixes of current pop and dance with accents ranging from old-school to country to electronic. Tasty World Uptown 10 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/tastyworlduptown BEARFOOT HOOKERS This rowdy local band performs funky, goodhumored country. It’s beer-drinkin’ gospel. HAYSHAKER Americana in a classic whisky-soaked style. Terrapin Beer Co. 5:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-3377 SACRED HOLLOW Athens/Atlanta hard rock band naming Tool, Chevelle and Sevendust among its many influences. Top Dawg Activity Bar & Nightclub 10 p.m. www.athenstopdawg.com DJ OFD Dance night! White Tiger Gourmet Food & Chocolates 6 p.m. FREE! 706-353-6847 INCATEPEC A combination of traditional tunes from South America and Cuba with a unique jazz twist. Performing as part of a special Day of the Dead celebration. Wild Wing Café 9 p.m. FREE! 706-227-9464 SLIP TRIPMAN Party band out of Marietta that plays everything from rock to hip-hop to funk. WUGA 91.7 FM 4 p.m. FREE! www.uga.edu/wuga “IT’S FRIDAY!” Aman Amun and The Suex Effect will perform on the local radio station’s weekly program. University Cable Channel 15 will also broadcast the show.
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THE CALENDAR! SAVE GRAND CANYON Emotional and dynamic, this tenderfoot local band plays what it calls “organic alt-rock.” Alibi Eric Busbin Benefit! 9 p.m. 706-5491010 HAMMERSTRAT Blues-heavy Southern rock based in Statham. Formerly known as The Rustlers. WEISER ME Three brothers play classic Southern rock. Allen’s Bar & Grill 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-353-6244 KEN WILL MORTON AND ANDREW VICKERY Engaging, seasoned local songwriter Ken Will Morton performs his American stomps as part of a duo with Andrew Vickery on harmonies, dobro, mandolin and acoustic guitar. Athens Farmers’ Market 8 a.m. FREE! 706-296-8000 ARTIE BALL SWING BAND Local jazz bigwigs who play the traditional dance numbers with gusto. Original swing-style tunes sneak into the mix as well, and they stand up next to the classics. Playing second at 10 a.m. THE MUSICSMITHS Natalie Smith of Grogus and husband Brian Smith of the Georgia Guitar Quarter put together eerily beautiful flute/guitar compositions. Their version of “Ave Maria” is to die for. Playing at 8 a.m. Caledonia Lounge Wuxtry presents! 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com THE BASTARDS OF FATE This band from Roanoke, VA offers playful instrumentation and lyrics that tackle issues like dinosaur excavation and the struggle with isolation in the same song. THE HUMMS Local act plays what’s been described as “Happy Hippie Horror Rock.” Imagine the sunny side of ‘60s garage rock tainted lyrically by mischievousness and a quirky flirtation with evil. New album out now! LAMINATED CAT Local psychedelic pop band fluent in the absurd and eccentric. LOS MEESPHITS Salsa Misfits cover band featuring members of American Cheeseburger and Eric Hernandez. Club Chrome 9 p.m. $7, $5 (w/UGA student ID). 706-543-9009 HOLMAN AUTRY BAND Fans of Southern rock icons like Lynyrd Skynyrd and The Allman Brothers will love Holman Autry Band’s rowdy rock and roll. Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com DJ MAHOGANY Freaky funk, sultry soul, righteous R&B, and a whole lotta unexpected faves as DJ Mahogany dips into his bag of goodies from the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s. Flicker Theatre & Bar 8:30 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/ flickerbar ROMANENKO Local trio draws from ‘70s pop and folk with a modern rock edge, like Mary Timony fronting the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. STEREOFIDELICS This Asheville duo has “the energy of bluegrass, the seduction of Latin, the freedom of jazz and the raw passion of hard rock driven by instinctive virtuosity and musicianship.” Late Show! Midnight. FREE! www.myspace.com/flickerbar BANANAFISH Indie Western swing band from Orlando that sounds like
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the Fleet Foxes in a John Wayne movie. Gnat’s Landing 6 p.m. FREE! 706-850-5858 TONGUE & GROOVE The acoustic quartet of Henry Williams, Don Henderson, Jason Peckham and Amy Moon plays lively covers and originals. Go Bar 9 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar A POSTWAR DRAMA Local act plays folk-rock with an occasional Eastern European bent. Dramatic tales of loss and hardship are mixed with driving, upbeat stomps. BUBBLE ANATOMY New supergroup featuring employees of The Grit! PACIFIC MUSIC THEATER Stark ambience meets dark, dreamy rock with this Brooklyn band. 12:30 a.m. FREE! 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. FREE! www.myspace.com/ littlekingsshuffleclub DJRX Brian Gonzalez delivers his own original mixes of current pop and dance with accents ranging from old-school to country to electronic. The Melting Point 9 p.m. $5 (adv), $7 (door). www.meltingpointathens.com PART BEAR Local songwriter Gray Griggs fronts this classic-rock-leaning band featuring a fun, energetic live show.
TRANCES ARC Highly polished, tight alternative rock quartet currently based in Atlanta, but featuring several UGA alums. New Earth Music Hall 9 p.m. $5. www.newearthmusichall. com VICTORY LAP Hip-hop homecoming party with DJ Rich Rock and DJ Dark Knight. Expect a blend of electronic music with soulful R&B. The Office Lounge 9 p.m. 706-546-0840 HARP UNSTRUNG This local act gives melodic, alternative rock a bluesy, Southern twist. Rye Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/ryebarathens ACTUAL PROOF Funk/jazz fusion group from Charlotte, NC. Think Parliament and Herbie Hancock with a little Pink Floyd thrown in for fun. These dudes have been described as “the real deal” and even “a musical force!” JAZZCHRONIC Local five-piece band that explores freaky, funky, psychedelic fusion jazz while incorporating rock, R&B, heavy beats and more into the mix. Tasty World Uptown 10 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ tastyworlduptown EDDIE & THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS Local blues-funk trio led by frontman Eddie Speaker. LULLWATER This local rock band offers high energy and solid melodies that pull from both alternative music and acoustic folk. Celebrating the release of its new EP tonight! See Calendar Pick p. 24. Terrapin Beer Co. 5:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-3377 WIND FARMERS No info available.
Sunday 8 Buffalo’s Southwest Café 6:30 p.m. 706-354-6655 GOSPEL NIGHT Every Sunday at Buffalo’s in their big back room. This week features Theresa Hayes. Farm 255 10 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com HOLA HALO “’70s keys, dripping guitars and marching band drums” are the specialty of this local band featuring Will Eskridge on drums, Tim Ridgway on guitar, and Shauna Greeson on piano and vocals. ONE MAN MACHINE Soulful and a little psychedelic, Bernard Pearce brings his jazzy funk to us from New Orleans. One Man Machine also features Jason Trahan and Jason Robira on guitar and drums. Kingpins Bowl & Brew 7:30 p.m. FREE! 706-546-4746 NIGHT OF THE LIVING LEBOWSKI A live performance of music from the movie, a screening, a Big Lebowski costume contest, plus all the White Russians you can drink! See Calendar Pick on p. 26. The Melting Point 8:30 p.m. $10 (adv), $13 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com* DONNA JEAN GODCHAUX BAND Singer-songwriter who spent the ‘70s as a vocalist for The Grateful Dead. A can’t-miss for Deadheads! Special guest appearance by Jeff Mattson (Zen Tricksters). O.K. Coffee 5–7 p.m. FREE! Rooftop of OK Coffee/ Bizzaro Wuxtry downtown THE BACK POCKETS Gypsy punkfolk from Atlanta. COLBY CARTER Mouser frontman plays an acoustic set.
Sunday, November 8
Night of the Living Lebowski Kingpins Bowl and Brew We’ve had 11 years to ingest and dissect the The Big Lebowski. While relationships, trends and fads enter and exit our attention span with increasingly shorter cycles of relevance, nothing extends shelf-life like becoming a cult favorite. Why, after more than a decade, do we continue to quote the movie to the point where nearly the entire screenplay has been incorporated into our lexicon? And why is it impossible not to stop and check in with our favorite bowlers and nihilists when we stumble upon the film while flipping through channels? To what can we attribute the staying power of The Big Lebowski? “I think its broad appeal is the fact that it revolves around The Dude. You know, we all aspire to be one thing in life, but then you see The Dude and you’re like, ‘I would kinda like to be a little more like that guy,’” says Ed Connolly, Kingpins Bowl and Brew proprietor and host of this Sunday’s fifth annual Night of the Living Lebowski celebration. “I think you could use a little Dude in your life every day, because most people I know, at some point or another, get a little bit too stressed out—maybe like Walter—but The Dude always finds a way to handle it,” adds Connolly with a chuckle. The gala event features a screening of the movie, an appearance from The Little Lebowski Urban Achievers and, most importantly, live music. Seth Hendershot (Fuzzy Sprouts) will join Dan Nettles (Kenosha Kid) and a rotating cast of scene stalwarts who will perform the movie soundtrack and, of course, the Creedence. So, do those Fogertypenned tunes from the ‘60s and ‘70s hold a special place in Hendershot’s musical history? “Absolutely. I spent six months in Nome, AK playing in a cover band, a house band playing six nights a week, and I’d say 70 percent of the music we played was Creedence. For the record: the indigenous Alaskans—the Eskimo people—love fucking Creedence.” [David Eduardo]
HOWL YE An eclectic whirlwind of folk and screaming noise rock. Square One Fish Co. 1-4 p.m. FREE! www.squareonefishco. com SUNDAY JAZZ BRUNCH Rotating local jazz artists play Sunday afternoons on the patio.
Monday 9 Caledonia Lounge Early Show! 6 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com NUTRIA This rootsy local powerpop band which features former members of The Eskimos and The Possibilities plays a special happy hour set joined by guest Drive-By Trucker and former Nutria member Jay Gonzales 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www. caledonialounge.com ALOUD Boston band with a sound like a mixture of Neko Case and Arcade Fire. B-SIDE REVOLUTION Local piano pop-rock fronted by Kyle Rogers. GREAT SOCIETY This local quartet plays garage-y power pop songs about girls, sounding a little like Weezer and The Cars. Ciné Barcafé 6–8 p.m. FREE! www.athenscine.com OPEN JAZZ JAM Calling all jazz musicians. Now you can join local jazz group Sonny Got Blue every Monday for an open mic jam. Fat Daddy’s 9 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/athensfatdaddys CHRIS & RON Mostly acoustic with an electric feel, this duo adds a bluesy twist to covers and originals. Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/flickerbar CHARTREUSE Drew Smith, guitarist for Chrissakes, makes icy, ambient music under this moniker. CHRISTOPHER INGHAM AND LIZA KATE Local singer-songwriter Chris Ingham (Christopher’s Liver, ex-Heroic Livers) performs lo-fi acoustic rock accompanied by Viginia singer-songwriter Liza Kate. Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub LAMINATED CAT Local psychedelic pop band fluent in the absurd and eccentric. MICAH OLSEN No info available. The Melting Point 8–10 p.m. FREE! www.meltingpointathens.com THE HOOT A monthly event sponsored by the Athens Folk Music and Dance Society, and hosted by Susan Staley. This week features The Heathens, a y’all-ternative rock band with folk swagger, plus rock and roll from Normaltown Flyers and electronic roots music from Maps and Transit. New Earth Music Hall 9 p.m. www.newearthmusichall.com OPEN DJ NIGHT The dance party where you’re in control! Bring your laptop or turntables and take a turn spinning. Tasty World Uptown 10 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/tastyworlduptown DOCTOR SQUID Jangly, frenetic rock and roll at its best when emphasizing its British Invasion sounds. JACOB’S LADDER Prog rock finds a funky and weird home with this Raleigh-based Rush cover band.
SHALLOW PALACE Balls-out, backto-the-basics rock and roll fueled by raw punk energy. SOAPBAR Local group plays shaggy, diverse alt-rock informed by its lo-fi and folk peers.
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AUDITIONS Vagina Monologues (Family Protection Center) Your vagina has something to say about violence against women, or maybe it just has a really killer standup act. Call Project Safe for audition guidelines and information. Nov. 15, 2–5 p.m. Nov. 16, 6–8 p.m.
CLASSES Art Classes (Lyndon House) Now registering for instruction in drawing, painting, jewelry and printmaking. For adults, teens and children. Go online for list. 706-613-3623, www.accleisureservices.com Beginner Trapeze Workshops (Canopy Studio) Learn the basics of trapeze technique, work with a partner and swiiiiiiing! Nov. 21 & Dec. 5, 3–4:30 p.m. $25. info@canopystudio.com Bellydance Basics (Athens YMCA) Wednesday mornings. 10:45 a.m. www.athensymca.org Booty Camp (Sangha Yoga Studio) A low-impact core fitness course led by Mary Imes. Nov. 9–25, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 5:30–6:45 a.m. $75/session. 706-613-1143 Chen Style Taijiquan (Floorspace) Effortless power.
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bulbs and plant choices for sun or shade. Nov. 10, 5:30–7 p.m. $17. www.uga.edu/botgarden GEN Homeschool Program (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Garden Earth Naturalist program for homeschoolers. Topics include pollination, air and water purification, pest control, soil production and recycling. Nov. 23–Dec. 11, 9–11 a.m. (ages 6–8), 1–3 p.m. (ages 9–11). $22–$36. 706-542-6156 Gentle Yoga for Seniors (Council on Aging) Regain flexibility, stamina and muscle tone with gentle stretches and breathing techniques. Tuesdays, 8–9:15 a.m. Wednesdays, 3–4:15 p.m. Fridays, 10–11 a.m. FREE! 706-548-3910 Happy Hips & Strong Shoulders Yoga Workshop (Five Points Yoga) Encourage flexibility and strength in your ball-and-socket joints! Call to register. Nov. 15, 1:30–3:30 P.M. $20. 706-355-3114, www.athensfivepointsyoga.com Hatha Yoga (Sangha Yoga Studio) Candlelight traditional Hatha Yoga. Beginners welcome. 706-613-1143, www.healingartscentre.net Holiday Healthy Eating (Athens Community Council on Aging) Don’t let holiday pounds happen to you this year. Learn healthy alternatives to traditional holiday eating and easy exercises to prevent weight gain. Nov. 12, 1:30–3 p.m. FREE! 706-549-4850 Hoop Class (Canopy Studio) This guided hoop dance class helps develop fitness, balance, strength and flow. All skill levels welcome, but completion of basic hooping workshop encouraged. Fridays, 6:30–7:30 p.m. $15. www.canopystudio.com Intro to Computers (Madison County Library) Alisa Claytor,
Andrew Giannakakis’s oil painting “Picnic” is on display at the Lamar Dodd School of Art through Nov. 10. computer specialist, offers an Introduction to Computers series. Three weekly meetings, and you may attend one per week or all three. Preregistration required. 706-795-5597. Tuesdays, 2–3 p.m. or 7–8 p.m. Wednesdays, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. Introduction to Pilates (Sangha Yoga Studio) Mary Imes leads you through the five basic principles to exercising the core safely and thoroughly. Nov. 7, 10 a.m.–noon. $15. 706-613-1143 Jewelry and Metalsmithing (Lyndon House Arts Center) Learn how to create unique pieces of jewelry while learning about various metalsmithing techniques, including piercing, soldering, stone setting, appliqué and inlay. Call for more information! 706-613-3623, www. accleisureservices.com Life Drawing Sessions (Fringe Collective Artistic Studios, 159 Jackson St.) Bring any supplies/ equipment that you may require. Ages 18 and up. Call to reserve a space. Thursdays, 6–8:15 p.m. $7/ session, $20/month. 706-540-2727 Line Dancing for Seniors (Council on Aging, Harris Room) Keep your health in line and have fun at the same time! Tuesdays, 4–5 p.m. $5/class. 706-549-4850 Mama-Baby Yoga (Five Points Yoga) For babies 1–8 months old and their grown-ups. Fussy babies welcome. Every Monday. 11 a.m. $10. 706-355-3114, www.athensfivepointsyoga.com Mama-Baby Yoga (Mind Body Institute) For mamas and their babies. Six weeks old to crawlers. Every Wednesday. 10:30 a.m. $60/6 classes. 706-475-7329, mbiprograms@armc.org
Mama-Baby Yoga Bonding (Full Bloom Center) For babies 1 to 10 months old. Fridays, 10:30 a.m. $14/class, $60/6-weeks. 706353-3373 Managing Grief through the Holidays (Athens Community Council on Aging) Losing a loved one is painful, and the holiday season can often intensify that pain. Don’t endure it alone. Nov. 19, 2–3:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-4850, www.accaging.org Mind Your Muscles (Athens Community Council on Aging) Bring your muscles into focus with a combination of tai chi, yoga and Pilates! Fridays, 3–4 p.m. $5/class. 706-4850 Open Art Studio (Art School, Watkinsville) Led by Tracy Jefferies. Participants work at their own pace, and instruction is provided as requested. Reduced fee if you bring your own supplies. Open to all experience levels. Mondays, 12:30–2:30 p.m. $190 for 8 classes (includes supplies). artschoolstreet@gmail. com, www.artschoolwatkinsville.com Pilates Classes (Balance Pilates and Wellness Studio) Schedule and details online. Private lessons also available. 706-546-1061, www. balancepilatesathens.com Prenatal Yoga (Five Points Yoga) Get ready for birth and beyond with Jenni Derryberry Mann, RYT-200. Every Sunday. 10:30 a.m. $10. 706355-3114, www.athensfivepointsyoga.com Prenatal Yoga (Full Bloom Center) Get ready for birth and beyond. Every Thursday. 5:30 p.m. $14/class or $60/6 classes. 706353-3373, www.fullbloomparent. com
Scottish Country Dancing (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) Introductory classes. No partner necessary! Thursdays, 7–9 p.m. $25/12 weeks, $3/class. 706255-1010, info@thistleandkudzu.net Spanish Mommy or Daddy and Me Classes (Email for Location) Learn Spanish with your preschooler through songs, stories and games! New session starting soon. $75/6-week session. sehlers@uga.edu “Sustainability: Bring It Home!” (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Weekend workshop for people interested in learning about home energy alternatives, home orchards and forest gardens, natural building, raising animals at home and creative erosion control. Nov. 13–15. $155. www.uga.edu/ botgarden Tae Kwon Do & Jodo Classes (Live Oak Martial Arts, Chase Street Warehouses) For kids and adults, beginner through advanced. Mondays–Thursdays, 3:30-8:30 p.m. 706-548-0077, www.liveoakmartialarts.com Tai Chi for Seniors (Council on Aging) Increase strength and balance at your own pace! Every Tuesday. 2–3 p.m. $15/semester. 706-549-4850 Teen Painting Class (Lyndon House Arts Center) Students will focus on painting and its materials and methods, as well as its history. Supplies provided. Call for more information! Jan. 12–Feb. 16. 706613-3623, www.accleisureservices. com The Artist Within (Lyndon House Arts Center) Students learn to give visual expression to their emotions
through drawing and painting activities in a supportive and relaxing environment. Jan. 13–Feb. 17, Wednesdays, 10–11 a.m. 706-6133623, www.accleisureservices.com Yoga and Tai Chi (Mind Body Institute) New classes beginning now! Join through the week of Nov. 9. Visit online for complete listing. 706-475-7329, www.armc.org/mbi Yoga and Tai Chi Classes (Athens Wellness Cooperative) For beginners through experienced. See full calendar online. $14/drop-in, $60/6 classes, $108/12 classes. www.wellnesscooperative.com Yoga Classes (Om Town Yoga, 190 Park Avenue) Iyengar certified Yoga instruction for balance, strength, flexibility and stamina. Mondays, 6:15 p.m. Wednesdays, 5:45 p.m. $10/drop-in. www.athensomtownyoga.com Yoga Crawlers (Full Bloom Center) For active babies 8–18 months. Every Wednesday. 10:30 a.m. $14. 706-353-3373, www. fullbloomparent.com Yoga Teacher Training (Vastu School of Yoga, Railroad Art District) Learn to teach yoga in this 10-week workshop beginning in December! Register by Nov. 15th for tuition discount. 561-723-6172, vastuyoga@ hotmail.com Zen Seeing, Zen Drawing (Lyndon House) Drawing, painting and printmaking with lessons inspired by artist and author Frederick Franck. Instruction by Toni Carlucci. $90 (non-ACC resident), $78 (ACC resident). 706-613-3623, www.accleisureservices.com
HELP OUT! American Red Cross (Red Cross Donor Center, 3525 Atlanta Hwy.) Seeking donors for all blood types. 706-546-0681, www.redcrossblood. org AthFest Volunteer Opportunity (Email for Location) The AthFest Education Committee seeks year-round volunteers to assist them in their mission to connect local music to local schools. education@athfest.com Become a Mentor (Boys and Girls Clubs of Athens) Volunteer one hour per week to make a difference in the life of a child. Training provided. 706-546-4910, mentor@ athensbgca.com, www.fflife.net
Bike Recycling Program (Chase Street Warehouses) Join BikeAthens volunteers as they clean and repair donated bicycles of all kinds for local service agencies. Bike repair skills a plus, but not necessary. Sunday, 2–4:30 p.m. Monday & Wednesday, 6–8:30 p.m. www. bikeathens.com Rivers Alive (Call for location) Come out and give back to our rivers for Athens’ annual river cleanup. Nov. 8, 2–6 p.m. 706-613-3615, www.handsonnortheastgeorgia.org
KIDSTUFF Athens Language Schoolhouse (Athens Language Schoolhouse) Italian immersion classes for infants through Pre-K. Call to schedule free trial classes! www.athenslanguageschoolhouse. com Creative Movement (Floorspace) Ongoing class for ages 3–5. Call to register! Tuesdays, 10 a.m. and Saturdays, 9:30 a.m. (ages 3-4), Saturdays, 10:30 a.m. (age 5). 706247-4513, lisayaconelli@yahoo.com Family Yoga Sprouts (Full Bloom Center) Come enjoy yoga as a family! Third Sunday of every month. 1:30–2:30 p.m. Call for fees. 706-353-3373, www.yogasprouts. com Homeschoolers Chapter Book Review (Madison Baptist Church) Elementary school-age homeschoolers gather at the library to read a book together and talk about it. Every Thursday. 1 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 Kids Trapeze Open Studio (Canopy Studio) Bring a parent to assist you as you learn the art of trapeze. Sundays, noon–1 p.m. info@ canopystudio.com Mommy/Daddy and Me Trapeze (Canopy Studio) Parents will guide their children in a range of exercises on the floor and low trapezes. Each child must be accompanied by one parent. Sundays, 10–11 a.m. (ages 2–3) 11 a.m.–noon (ages 1–2) $10/class. 706-549-8501, info@canopystudio.com One-to-One Reading Program (East Athens Community Center) Read with the librarian and other volunteers. Get them all to yourself! For ages 6 and up. Monday–Thursday, 3:30–5:30 p.m., FREE! 706-613-3657
ART AROUND TOWN ACC Library (Top of the Stairs Gallery) Paintings by UGA alumna Christina Bray. Through November. Athens Academy (Myers Gallery) Paintings by Erin McIntosh and Jennifer Hartley. (Bertelsmann Gallery) Work by Didi Dunphy, Lou Kregel and Carol John. Through Dec. 14. ATHICA “Free Press in Free Fall” features the work of 13 artists addressing the current state of the American news media. Lectures and receptions on Nov. 8. Brick House Studio The fall 2009 exhibition features works by Tex Crawford, D.M. Kirwin and Brian Reade. Ongoing sculpture installation by Doug Makemson. Through Nov. 22 (by appointment only). Reception Nov. 22. Circle Gallery, UGA College of Environmental Design “Forming Content,” a collection of graphic media works by Cecile L. K. Martin. Through Dec. 11. Reception Nov. 11. The Grit Paintings by Mary Moses. Through Nov. 15. Hair Therapy Studio Work by Pain & Wonder’s Graham Bradford. Through Nov. 14. Healing Arts Centre “The Divine Beloved” features Charlie Gard’ner’s paintings and drawings of self-proclaimed “Avatar of the Age” Meher Baba. Through November. Just Pho…and More Work by William C. Pierson. Through Dec. 15.
SUPPORT Emotional Abuse Support Group (Call for location) Childcare is provided. Call Project Safe hotline at 706-543-3331 for location. Wednesdays, 6:30–8 p.m. Emotions Anonymous (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) Informal and supportive 12-step program. Sundays, 4–5 p.m. 706-202-7463, www.emotionsanonymous.org Mental Health Support Group (St. Mary’s Hospital) Meets in the lobby conference room. Thursdays, 6:30–8 p.m. 706-7835706, www.athensmentalhealth.org
ON THE STREET ACC Leisure Services Winter Programs (Various Locations) Registration for adult and youth art and dance classes, and many other programs. See complete program online. www.accleisureservices.com Band Together: Help Rebuild the Georgia Theatre (Georgia Theatre) The Georgia Theatre and the GA Trust for Historic Preservation have banded together to help fund the rebuilding of the Theatre. To make a donation or learn more, visit their website. www.georgiatrust.org/ preservation/georgiatheatre.php Downtown Parade of Lights (Downtown Athens) Now accepting entries for Athens’ annual parade. This year’s theme is “A Gift from the Heart.” Register by Nov. 13. 706613-3589, markmccoy@co.clarke. ga.us, www.accleisureservices.com Opening Act Contest (The Classic Center) Want to open for the Atlanta Rhythm Section when they perform in Athens? To be considered, submit a recorded performance of your band along with an entry form. www.classiccenter.com Seeking Social Drinkers (Call for location) Social drinkers between the ages of 21 and 35 may earn up to $60 to participate in a study about alcohol and reaction time. 706-5426519, hwemudua@uga.edu Speech and Hearing Screenings (UGA Aderhold) UGA’s Speech and Hearing Clinic offers free screenings for adults and children ages 3 and up. Schedule your appointment. Nov. 13, 9 a.m.–1 p.m. FREE! 706-542-4598 f
Lamar Dodd School of Art (Galleries 101 and 307) First Annual Juried Student Exhibition, featuring work by artists at the Lamar Dodd School of Art. Through Nov. 10. “Making Masters” features selected MFA works from the Lamar Dodd School of Art. Through Dec. 1. (270 River Road) “Tarred and Feathered,” an exhibit featuring raw, uncomfortable narratives on race and Goya-inspired reflections in copper by printmakers Janie Askew and David Carlton. Through Nov. 12. Reception also held on Nov. 12. Mercury Art Works “Terre Verte,” the debut exhibition for Mercury Art Works at Hotel Indigo, features photographs by Rinne Allen and work by various local artists, including Art Rosenbaum, Chris Bilheimer, Mary Engel, Scott Belville and Michael Stipe. Through Feb. 15. Monroe Art Guild “Wood and Stone” by Dan Thoman. Through December. Reception Nov. 6. Sangha Yoga Studio “Balancing Polarity: A Sacred Union,” featuring “original art for the free at heart” by Lara. Through Dec. 12. Reception Nov. 13. State Botanical Garden of Georgia “Southern Tableau,” featuring paintings of lush landscapes by Joe M. Ruiz. Reception Nov. 1. Walk the Line Tattoo Co. “After dinner… BRAINS!!!,” an exhibit featuring zombie glamour shots and more by Keith Rein, Joe Havasy, Radar, John Collins and other local artists. Through November 15.
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reality check Matters Of The Heart And Loins I’ve been reading your column religiously now for a few years. I generally like the advice you give and appreciate your “no bullshit” attitude. Here’s my dilemma: I am VERY involved in a student organization. One of our staff members is attractive, intelligent, sweet, etc. I am not currently working under him but, technically, he is in a position of authority over me. Next semester, I will no longer be working so closely with the organization and will return to “general member” status. I’m in my early 20s, graduating at the end of summer, hopefully leaving for grad school. This guy is in his late 20s and here for a while. I know there wouldn’t be a real future, but I’ve had a thing for him since he moved to Athens. So, the question: Is it unethical to pursue something with him, even though it wouldn’t have a chance of being permanent? I plan to wait until next semester to make a move. Also, how do I approach him? (No, he hasn’t expressed an interest in me— that would be highly inappropriate/ frowned upon by his boss.) I do think he might be interested, though. We exchange glances and have good conversations not related to the organization. I respect this guy a lot and value his friendship. I don’t want to get him in trouble, but I want to see where this could go. Lustfully His There is nothing unethical about wanting to pursue somebody even if you know you’re leaving. Is it smart? I don’t know. Are you certain that you won’t get him into trouble even if you wait until next semester? If so, then I say go for it. You may get attached and have a great time and then not want to leave, but so what? As long as you keep your word and wait until you lessen your involvement with the organization, then there should be no reason to stop yourself. In the meantime, why not try to get to know him better and see if you are still interested? That way you can also gauge his interest as well. Then, when the time is right, just ask him out. Take him for coffee or a drink and lay your cards on the table. “I have been waiting for a long time” blah, blah, blah. What have you got to lose? I wrote to you a while back about my neighbor [July 29, 2009]. She’s cute and young and single and had just moved in. I also suspected that she was an alcoholic. Remember that? Okay, so long story as short as possible: You told me not to date her. You were right. You said to stay friends instead. I did. We get along well, but she does drink way too much, but at least it’s mostly not my problem. She does text me (drunk) sometimes after I come home from being out. I am dating another girl who I really like, and she has met my neighbor. So, my neighbor invites me out with her friends on occasion, and I sometimes go and sometimes don’t. My girlfriend lives in another town, so I don’t always see her, but she is here often
enough that my neighbor knows that we are exclusive. They get along fine, but we don’t all hang out together or anything. My girlfriend is cool with me hanging out with the neighbor because she trusts me, and I would never break that trust—especially not with the crazy neighbor. So, anyway, I was out the other night with the crazy neighbor and some friends of hers that I had not met yet. We were all getting along very well. I like these friends a lot, and they seem like people I would hang out with even if the neighbor wasn’t there. So, all is well, and we are all drinking, and then Crazy Neighbor Girl tries to kiss me. I jumped away from her and asked her what the hell she was doing, and she told me that I had no balls. I was fuming mad and I left without saying goodbye to anybody. I came home and called my girlfriend and told her about it, and of course she is pissed and now she wants to punch my neighbor in the face. But all I want is for everything to go away. I have no intention of hanging out with Crazy Neighbor Girl again, which is a shame because I like her friends, but now I don’t know what to do. Should I say something to her about it or just give her the cold shoulder? And what is going to happen when my girlfriend comes here again? I just want this to go away, and no confrontation is necessary. Should I talk to my neighbor about it? My girlfriend? Should I just keep my mouth shut and hope for the best? The Ref Wow. Your neighbor sounds like a real prize. Too bad you didn’t date her, huh? You definitely need to talk to her. Try to catch her sober (if you can) and tell her that what she did was shitty and what she said was even worse. Hopefully, she will be embarrassed and apologize, in which case you can tell her that you have no desire to drink with her again, or be around her when she is drunk. This girl obviously has a problem, but there is no reason to make it your problem. If she reacts poorly, or stands by what she said, then you should probably just avoid talking to her at all from now on. As far as your girlfriend is concerned, wait and see how she feels once she has cooled down. By the time she comes to visit, there may be no need for a discussion at all. After all, you did the right thing and now she knows she can trust you, right? So, most likely she won’t feel the need to say anything to your neighbor. If she does, however, just let her say what she needs to say. If you try to protect your neighbor, you’re just going to end up looking like the bad guy. Hopefully, your girlfriend will realize how pathetic the girl next door is and just ignore her, even though she has every right to be mad. Either way, know that you did the right thing and avoid this girl and her drama as much as possible. Yuck. Jyl Inov Got a question for Jyl? Submit your anonymous inquiry via the Reality Check button at www.flagpole.com.
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2BR/1.5BA condo at Eaglewood, off Lumpkin. Pool, on lake, completely remodeled. $675/mo. Call (706) 353-7826 anytime. 2BR/1BA, Deville 1 3 6 Grady Ave. $695/mo. Great place to live, upstairs, HWflrs, pool, courtyard. Call for showing (706) 548-9797, www.boulevardp roper ty management.com. 2BR/1BA. ARMC area. CHAC, newly renovated, off-street parking. Excellent, quiet n’hood. Total electric. $550/mo. (706) 543-4556. 2 rm. apt. w/ full kit. & BA. W/D. incl. $400/mo. + $400/ sec dep. Avail. 11/1. Won’t last! (706) 254-2936. 3BR/2.5BA Eastside townhome. Spacious & convenient, on bus route. Pets allowed. Incl. W/D. Only $700/mo. Call Aaron (706) 207-2957. 3BR/2BR avail. immediately for rent/sale. $695/mo + $695/sec. dep. or $59K. Rivers Edge Condominiums. DW, micro, fridge, stove. New CHAC, carpet, HWflrs. On bus route. (706) 614-4827.
Best deal in town! El Dorado 2BR/1BA & studio apts. in Normaltown. Free water, gas, basic cable & wireless Internet. W/D in 2BR units. Dog runs. $420–$675/mo. Joiner & Associates (706) 549-7371.
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Best proper ty in town! Woodlands of Athens. 3BR/3BA full of amenities. Gated community, great specials. Reduced to only $1050/mo. Call Pete (706) 372-3319. College Station 2BR/2BA. All appls + W/D, FP, xtra closet space, water/ garbage incl. $575/ mo. Owner/Agent (706) 340-2450. FTX Apar tments. Campus & busline within half a block. Near Milledge Ave. 2BR units. Pre–lease for Fall 2010. These units are always 100% leased so act now for low rental rates. Call Stacy at (706) 425-4048 or (706) 296-1863. Overlook Village at China & Little St. 2BR/1BA. $480/mo. + sec. dep. Pls. call Dave (706) 207-2908. Pre–leasing for J a n u a r y. U n i t s o n Riverbend Pkwy starting at $575/mo. Roommate matching avail. $285/mo. On busline. Incl. W/D, DW. (706) 543-8505.
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Westside condos. 2BR/2BA, $600/mo. Hospital Area, garage apt., totally updated, 2BR/1BA, $525/mo. & $550/mo. E a s t s i d e quadraplex 2BR/2BA, $525/mo. 2BR/1BA, $490/mo. Eastside duplex 2BR/1BA, FP, $490/mo. 3BR/2BA, FP, $650/mo., corner lot. Call McWaters Realty, (706) 549-3222, (706) 353-2700 or cell (706) 540-1529.
Apartments for Sale Downtown Condo. 1BR/1BA in University Tower. Approx 720 sq. ft. Across Broad St. from nor th campus, great view. $94,000. Call (706) 255-3743.
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Athens Executive S u i t e s . Offices avail. in historic Dwntn bldg. w/ on–site parking. All utils., Internet, & janitorial incl. Single or multiple offices avail. Call Stacy (706) 4254048 or (706) 296-1863. Borders! Print section of the Classifieds. Pictures! Check them out on the Flagpole website. New Categories! And still the lowest rates in town!Place your ad today at www.flagpole.com. Charming 1880s cottage. 2 rooms, 2 FPs, B A , p a r k i n g , s e c u r i t y. Great for office, studio, therapist, massage. So many possibilities. Excellent condition. 290 N. Milledge Ave. $650/mo. Heat incl. Flexible terms. (706) 340-3717.
$100-$150 Studio spaces. Great location, cool spaces. 1 block from town. (706) 5 4 8 - 9 7 9 7 , b o u l e v a r d propertymanagement. com.
Eastside offices for lease. 1060 Gaines School Rd. 170 sq. ft., $375/mo., 500 sq. ft., $625/mo., 1200 sq. ft., $1200/mo. (706) 546-1615 or www. athenstownproperties.com.
195 Park Ave. $750/mo.3 lg. offices, common area w/ kitchen. Currently used as wellness center. Great location, great n’hood. Contact or call today (706) 5 4 8 - 9 7 9 7 , b o u l e v a r d propertymanagement. com.
Paint Ar tist Studio f o r re n t . 300 sq. ft., $150/mo. 400 sq. ft., $200/mo. 160 Tracy St. Historic Boulevard Area, Artist/Crafts Community. (706) 546-1615 or www. athenstownproperties.com.
Amazing Office Spaces for lease above Dwntn Five Guys restaurant. Sign a 1 Year Lease and Receive the 1st Month Free or 12% off!! Call Reign at Coldwell Banker Upchurch Realty (706) 372-4166, or (706) 543-4000.
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.
Duplexes For Rent $550/mo. 1BR duplex. ARMC/Navy School/ Sunset. W/D, Internet. Incl. private balcony, beautiful backyd. Avail. immediately. 1 mo. sec. dep. Close to shopping, food. (706) 540-7352.
Houses for Rent $750/mo. Blocks to Campus. 4BR/2BA. Tall ceilings, central air, DW, W/D conn., sunroom, pets allowed. 231 Elizabeth St. Owner/Agent. Call Mike (706) 207-7400.
$950/mo. First mo. free. 4BR/1.5BA, Eastside, lg. kitchen, W/D, workshop, fenced yard, safe n’hood. 1 1 7 C ro s s b o w C i rc l e . Owner/Agent. Call Mike (706) 207-7400. $875/mo. Big House. Blocks from campus. 3 very lg. BR/1.5BA. 12’ Ceilings, HWflrs., W/D Conn., CHAC. 127 Elizabeth St. Owner/Agent. Call Mike (706) 207-7400. $1050/mo. 3BR/2BA house in country. 9 mi. from Dwntn. W/D hookup, DW, FP. Call (706) 540-8461. $600/mo. 2BR/1BA home located at 640 Tallassee Rd. Working FP to warm the winter nights, big front porch, CHAC, W/D conn. Pet OK. Call Bill at Thornton Realty (706) 353-7700. 149 Eaglewood Way. 5 Pts. 4BR/2.5BA end–unit condo on busline. HVAC, DW, W/D, decks, pool. Awesome location, great deal! $800/ mo + dep. Avail. now. Jimmy (706) 338-7257. 1, 2, 3, & 4BR homes for lease starting at just $600/ mo. Flexible lease terms & well maintained properties. Looking for a home? Call us today. Dekle Realty Inc. (706) 548-0580. 2BR duplexes starting at $450/mo. 159 Gran Ellen, 3BR/3BA $1300/mo. 1BR/1BA $600/mo. 167 Tibbets, Normaltown house $650/mo. Pls. call (706) 549-6070. 3BR/1BA. $750/mo. Nice house in Winterville on 1 acre. 5 min. from Athens. Great, safe n’hood. Garden OK. Pets OK. Avail. now! Call Jason (706) 338-4669. 3BR/2BA house w/ FP & fenced yd. In a nice subdivision in West Athens. $900/mo. Call (706) 5497371. Joiner & Associates Realtors. 3 B R / 2 B A ren ovat ed Victorian. Price reduced. 1/2 mi. to UGA. Lg. rms., high ceilings, HWflrs, front porch, back deck, nice yd. lots of parking. W/D, DW, CHAC. Pets OK. $1000/mo. (706) 369-2908. 3BR/2BA renovated home. Priced like a 2BR! 1 street mi. from Dwntn. in Chicopee/Dudley area. $695/mo. Pest control, yard maint. incl. Photos & info www.1596eastbroad. blogspot.com, (706) 255-0659. 3BR/1.5BA near UGA. Avail. now. Fenced yd, DW, CHAC, W/D, basement, tile flrs. $600/mo. (706) 254-2936. 3BR/2BA house for rent. Forest Heights. $875/mo. 1 yr. lease. W/D, lg. wooded lot. Very nice. Avail. 12/1. Ron (828) 275-3447.
3BR/1BA home close to Dwntn. HWflrs., lv. rm., eat–in kitchen, laundry rm., screened–in porch, covered parking. Dekle Realty (706) 548-0580. 3BR/2.5BA. 1 mi. to UGA. $1200/mo. 1 yr. old house. Open floor plan, microwave, DW, W/D conn. Avail. now. (706) 410-6122. 440 Pine Needle Rd. Normaltown/ARMC n’hood. 3BR/1BA. Newly remodeled kitchen w/ DW. CHAC, lg. fenced backyd. Screened porch/ Carport. HWflrs. & carpet. $950/mo. Call (706) 202-5521. 4BR/2.5BA beautiful plantation house on 3 acres. High ceilings, HWflrs., lg. kitchen & rooms w/ a country setting. Front porch, screen porch & rear sunroom. Pets welcome. 3–sided fence. 990 Double Bridges Rd. Avail. now! $1200/mo. + dep. (706) 319-1846, or (706) 5484819. GA. R, E, lic. 300830. 4BR/2BA quaint house in country. 9 mi. from Dwntn Athens. Avail. now! $950/ mo. (706) 540-8461. 5 Pts. area. 3BR/2BA house. CHAC, DW, laundry rm. w/ W/D, back deck, carport. Call (706) 255-0066.
Avail. Dec. 1st. 3BR/2BA. Off Milledge. CHAC, W/D, HWflrs. $800/ mo. + dep. Pets OK. Call Mark (706) 202-5110. Commercial/Residential. Lg. house on North Ave. $1300/ mo. Approved for shelter, group home, or possibly even restaurant or office. Call David (706) 247-1398.
Cute 2BR/1BA. All electric, CHAC, W/D, nice yd. $550/mo. + dep. Call Mark (706) 202-5110. Country living in Athens! 3BR/1BA at East Meadow, near UGA. HWflrs, patio, central heat, window AC, DW, W/D, fenced backyd., yd. care incl. $750/mo. (706) 354-4663. Eastside Winterville 3BR/2 full BA & 2 half BA. Extra nice 3400 sq. ft. 2–car garage, LR/DR, office, bonus rm. FP, CHAC, W/D, back patio, gas grill, lg. fenced backyd. w/ dog pen. $1500/mo. + dep. (706) 247-1398. First month free! 2–3BRs in quiet setting, off the beaten path. Sec. sys. incl. W/D, DW, priv. deck. Mention this ad & pay no pet fee! ( 7 06 ) 5 4 8- 2 5 2 2 , w ww. dovetailmanagement.com. Navy School/ARMC area. Lg. 1BR/1BA. All appls. incl. W/D, HWflrs., nice side yd. Perfect for grad students/ professionals. $550/mo. Avail. 12/1. Call (706) 540-0472.
Northside 2BR/1BA, lg. lot, $600/mo. Hospital area 2BR/1BA, carport, fenced–in yard, $750/mo. Eastside 3BR/2BA. Lg. yd., on dead–end street. $950/mo. 4BR/2BA w/ lg. yd. $1200/mo. 2 or 3BR/1BA w/ screened front porch, $700/mo. Cedar Creek 4BR/2BA $950/mo. Oconee C o u n t y 3BR/2BA. Lv. rm. w/ FP, din. rm., double garage, $1000/mo. Call McWaters Realty, (706) 549-3222, (706) 353-2700, (706) 540-1529. Newly renovated 4BR/3BA for rent in ARMC area. W/D, DW, CHAC, screen porch, game rm, off–street parking. $1200/mo. Call Vicki at (706) 540-7113 to set up a tour.
Own your own rental property!139 & 143 Strickland Ave. 4BR/3BA on each side of duplex. Each side for rent at $1200/mo. Entire duplex for sale $359,800. Call Reign at Coldwell Banker Upchurch Realty (706) 372-4166, or (706) 543-4000. Place a Classified Ad at www.flagpole.com! Pre–leasing for Jan. 3BR/2BA house. $1K/ mo or furnished $1150/ mo. Eastside, Barnett near College Station/Milledge. 3 mi. from campus. W/D & fridge, covered porch, garage. (770) 310-5033. Unique small house. Clear story, open concept, 3–level cedar center post. W/D, AC, DW, huge yd. $650/mo. 769 Whitehall. Jason (706) 353-1750. White Columns Hall. 1BR/1BA, 1 block from Dwntn. Water, gas incl., laundry onsite. $465/mo. Call Joiner Management (706) 353-6868.
Houses for Sale Cutest house in Comer. 3BR/2.5BA. 1800 ft. 2.2/3 acre. Fully applianced. HWflrs., carpet. Beautifully landscaped yd. 6 ft. privacy fence. Alarm system. 100% financing. $135K. (706) 202-6119.
Roommates $900/mo house. Share residence w/ another professional. 20 min. 78–83 Hwy. from Athens campus. G re a t d e a l f o r s i n g l e graduate student, writer, or teacher. Furnished. Private BR, BA, backyd, sidewalks, streetlamps, nearby cheap gym & space for guest. Extras! Emailjudiethcarol@ rocketmail.com.
Roommate needed 12/1. Lg. rm., CHVAC, private entrance. W/D use, share kit/bath w/ 1 person, utils 5–way split. Walk to town. (706) 424-0901.
Rooms for Rent 1BR in 4BR/3BA on S. Milledge. Lg. BR, $275/mo. + 1/4 utils. + dep. Dogs OK. On City & UGA bus route. (770) 851-3701.
Sub-lease 1BR in 4BR/2BA avail. anytime through July 2010. $300/mo. 5 min. walk to campus/Dwntn. M or F. W/D, DW, safe area. Kelly (706) 410-0387, email kvwphoto@ gmail.com. 1BR sublet w/ full BA in 4BR apt. at Waterford Place. 3 female roommates. All UGA students. Avail. for Spring Semester 2010. $385/ mo. incl. utils. Walk to N. Campus & Dwntn. Contact: hthom77@uga.edu. 1BR apt. in 5 Pts. Walk to campus, near bus stops, great neighbors & location! $465/mo. Jan–May. (912) 856-4788. S. Milledge Jamestown condo. $675/mo. Lg. 2BR/2.5BA. Bath, W/D, DW, woodburning FP, CHAC, pool. (706) 549-3096, (706) 202-7437. Avail. immediately.
For Sale Antiques Lg. Victorian house full of French/English/American antique furniture, oriental rugs, stain glass windows, huge collection of local art, oil paintings, water colors, ar t quilts, fine estate jewelry. Antiques & Jewels. 290 N. Milledge Ave. Always open Tue–Sat, 12pm–5pm & chance/ appt. (706) 340-3717, www. antiques-jewels.com.
Appliances 24 cubic ft. Hotpoint refrigerator for sale. White, side–by–side doors. Only 4 yrs. old! $375 OBO. Call (706) 338-1661.
Pillowtop Queen Mattress set. Never used. Still in factory plastic. $260. Full size mattress set. Never used. Still in factory plastic. $160. (706) 769-1959. Delivery avail.
Miscellaneous Baby piano $8500. Pop-Up camper $3200. Canoe $350. NordicFlex $225. Gazelle $300. TotalGym $300. Ping Pong table $25. Van $2500. Convertible $5900. Call (706) 850-1909. Clothing Boutique. Designer Clothes, Jewelry, Handbags. All must go. Make offer. (706) 340-3717. Come to Betty for vintage quilted Chanel bags, just in for Fall! On the corner of Pulaski & Clayton, next to Agora. Open 1pm–4pm daily. (706) 424-0566.
TV and Video Get Dish. Free installation. $19.99/mo. HBO & Showtime free. Over 50 HD channels free. Lowest prices. No equip. to buy! Call now (877) 238-8413 (AAN CAN).
Music Equipment Ampeg Bass cabinet. 4 10” & 1 15” speakers. Beat all to hell & sounds great! Considering partial trade for smaller cabinet. $500. Call (706) 296-4034. Roland TD–10 V Drums. $1400, price negotiable. Comes w/ extras: sound proofing tiles, drumming DVDs, teaching workbooks. Contact (706) 202-7316 or email redhubcap@gmail.com.
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.
Place a Classified Ad at www.flagpole.com! It's so easy, you'll be like "wow, this is easy!" Love Guitar Hero? Quit playing the game & learn the real thing. Teachers w/ decades of experience. 1–on–1 affordable, fun lessons. All styles & skill levels welcome. Music Exchange (706) 549-6199.
Music Services Fret Shop. Professional guitar repairs & modifications, setups, electronics, precision fretwork. Previous clients incl. R.E.M., Widespread P a n i c , C r a c k e r, B o b 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. Looking for a fun, classy alternative to the typical wedding band? If you are looking for “YMCA” then Squatis not your band. If you want Duke Ellington, Ray Charles, & salsa, then v i s i t w w w. s q u a t m e . com/weddings. (706) 548-0457. Wedding Bands. Q u a l i t y, p r o f e s s i o n a l bands. Weddings, parties. Rock, Jazz, etc. Call Classic City Entertainment. ( 7 0 6 ) 5 4 9 - 1 5 6 7 . w w w. classiccityentertainment. com. Featuring The Magictones - Athens’ premiere wedding & p a r t y b a n d . w w w. themagictones.com. ➤ continued on next page
Furniture Ta b l e s , c h a i r s , s o f a s , antiques, clothes, records & players, retro goods, & more! Cool, affordable furniture every day. Go to Agora! Your favorite e v e r y t h i n g s t o re ! 2 6 0 W. C l a y t o n S t . , ( 7 0 6 ) 316-0130.
Female grad student or mature woman needed for 2BR condo. Quiet area. Private BA. W/D. Internet access. $350/mo. + 1/2 utils. (706) 201-9398.
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Musicians Wanted 24 yr. old male guitarist seeks to join/start a band. Just moved to Athens to pursue a music career. Been playing for 12 yrs. (678) 977-5850 or Benrasmussen11@ gmail.com.
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Pregnant? Considering adoption? Talk w/ caring agency specializing in matching birthmothers w/ families nationwide. Living expenses paid. Abby’s One True Gift Adoptions. (866) 413-6293 (AAN CAN).
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Advertise your seasonal business! Firewood, christmas trees, holiday decorating, etc.! Reach over 30,000 readers every week! Call (706) 549-0301.
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Backyard Solutions. Make your neighbors jealous! Waterfalls, ponds, fences, decks, gazebos, porches, & more! Call Robin for free estimate! (706) 340-4492.
Legal Services Have you won a judgement? Did you collect it? At Peachtree Judgment Recovery we specialize in locating debtors & their assets to collect civil judgments. Turn that worthless piece of paper into cash! Call (706) 621-3261 or visit us on the web at www. EnforceMyJudgment.com/ peachtree/.
Revolutionary Massage & Wellness. Intro 60 min. Massage: $40. Book Online! Go to www.revolutionary massage.com.
Sports Martial Arts. Ladies Kickboxing, Kenpo Karate, Kali, Silat, Muay Thai, Tue. & Thu., 6pm–8pm. 4th Degree Black Belt. Call Steve (706) 410-0951, or email steve@ karatefire.com.
Jobs Full-time Local t–shirt printer seeking experienced Graphic Artist. Must know Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop for Macs, also how to separate. Pls. email resume to jobs@ rubysuegraphics.com.
Custom Surveillance is looking for an i n s t a l l e r. K n o w l e d g e of surveillance equip., networking, & professional customer service a +. Email res. to sales@ customsurveillanceinc.com or call (706) 316-0210. Hardcore Sales Reps Needed. Hourly + commission. PT & FT positions avail. I need the best & forget the rest! Call Chris (770) 560-5653. Local catering company seeks experienced cooks. Must have at least 5 years experience. Please email resume to experienced kitchenhelp@gmail.com. M a r k e t i n g 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.
Opportunities Earn extra income assembling CD cases from home. No experience necessary. Call our live operators now. (800) 405-7619 ext. 2450. http:// www.easywork-greatpay.com (AAN CAN).
Thanks to all of our sponsors, volunteers and participants for helping to make our 6th Annual S.P.A.C.E. Race 5K Run/Walk a huge success! Please help us in thanking our sponsors by giving them your business.
With your help we raised $20,000 to support the programs and services of Nuçi’s Space.
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1991 Mazda Navajo. 4–wheel drive, 6 cyl., 5 spd., good tires, great engine. $1K. (706) 296-4034. Van for Band. 1997 Astro Cargo, 80,845 mi., safety cage, cruise, tilt wheel, cold air, automatic, new paint, uses gas or propane. $3200. John (706) 614-0306.
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Mystery shoppers earn up to $100/day. Undercover shoppers needed to j u d g e re t a i l & d i n i n g establishments. No exp. req’d. (800) 743-8535.
For Sale. 2007 250 Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle. Black w/ red flames. Like new, only 14 mi. $2700 OBO. Call (706) 788-3160.
Maintenance person needed w/ skill sets for carpentry, light electrical & plumbing, sheetrock repair, painting, roof repair, & everything else to maintain houses & apts. Pls. fax resume to (706) 316-2007.
Yamaha 650 V-Star Classic. 2001 cruiser. 8K miles, black, excellent condition. New windshield, luggage rack, & tires. Ridden daily. $2950 firm. (706) 254-6529.
PT Nurse Practitioner wanted immediately. 12–24 hrs/wk in local community free healthcare clinic. Salary competitive. Contact Deb Williams at (706) 613-6976 for more info.
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Before moving to Athens with her family in 2005, Cindy Han had already spent (in chronological order) five years in South Korea, 10 years in Russia and 10 months in California. Inspired by her parents, who are Christian missionaries, Cindy’s ultimate goal is to travel around the world as a dentist offering services to the poor. This dream remains intact, despite her largely tactical decision to major in chemistry and go to pharmacy school after graduating from UGA. Aside from going to school, she tutors people in Russian, waitresses at a country buffet in Jefferson, and one night a week, covers the register at downtown’s Eat Hibachi! restaurant. We met one afternoon on the UGA campus and seated ourselves not far from The Creamery, the university’s little-known ice cream shop which Cindy calls her favorite. Flagpole: Given that you’ve grown up in a bunch of different places, where do you consider “home?” Cindy Han: I feel that Russia is more of a home country to me than Korea… when I tell this to my Korean friends they look at me weird… but that’s how I feel.
Charles-Ryan Barber
FP: What was it like going to school in Moscow? CH: …I was the only Asian girl in the whole school when I went to first grade. Actually, I was the only foreigner there. All Russians, except me… it was difficult at first, I remembered how kids teased me—you know the stereotype of the wideeyes—I guess I ignored it… [but] later, they came up to me and apologized, and we became friends. I remember that very clearly. FP: Why did your parents move to Russia? CH: My parents are missionaries, first [of all]. And my mother’s grandfather’s side [of the family] is over there. ‘Cause there’s a theological academy and church: Moscow Presbyterian Theological Academy. FP: Would you consider yourself a Presbyterian? CH: Well, honestly… I don’t emphasize that. I just emphasize that I’m a Christian. FP: It seems like missionary work can be dangerous at times. Do you have any scary stories to share? CH: …I was like seven or eight when… these Russian teenagers attacked. They attacked our house. Just one night a gang just came and started banging on the door and smashed windows. I was holding the door… they eventually just left, but that night was dangerous because one of our Korean students got beaten bad, and he had to be hospitalized. It is still intense [in Russia] about how foreign students get attacked like that. It’s very common. FP: Do you think there’s a very nationalist kind of sentiment there? CH: Do you know skinheads? FP: Yeah. Lots of skinheads in Russia? CH: Yeah. Especially during April 20th, when it’s Hitler’s birthday. That’s the day when foreign students should stay inside. I’m not saying the other days are safe, but that day especially. FP: So, you speak Russian, Korean and English. That’s pretty impressive… CH: Well, my next target is French. [Laughs.] I want to learn as many languages [as I can] before I die, I mean, language is incredible. Really, people should never stop learning.
FP: But if you don’t ever use it, what’s the point? CH: Oh, no. Not just because you can use it, but just knowing—you think differently… ah, language, isn’t it fascinating? FP: Oh, definitely. Myself, I’d like to learn Arabic and Spanish. When did you learn English? CH: You know how in America you would learn Spanish as a second language? That’s how Russian schools are [with English]… my parents would make us read English books, watch English stuff. The Parent Trap, Mary Poppins, those are the movies I learned English with. FP: What do you enjoy about your Russian tutoring gig? CH: Tutoring helps me and them… it helps me to keep my language and it’s helping them to learn more. FP: What do you like to do with your free time? CH: Sports… I love [the] Ramsey [Center]. You would never think a tiny girl like me [would] know about basketball, but I love basketball… maybe next year [I’ll] join the intramural basketball [team] for girls. FP: What is your favorite pro basketball team? Or player? CH: My favorite team is the Lakers, because I lived in California for a year before moving to Georgia, so that’s where I fell in love with basketball, and so Kobe Bryant is my favorite player… and then second and third are Muggsy Bogues and Spud Webb. FP: Because they’re short? CH: Because they’re short! [Laughs.] It gives me hope, right? And they were good players, too. FP: What kind of music are you into? CH: I listen to all three actually. Russian pop, American pop and K-pop*… K-pop, I guess, is the majority of it. FP: Can you give me the name of one famous Russian pop band and one famous K-pop band? CH: Russian pop—everybody knows t.A.T.u. Korean—there’s so many… Big Bang. FP: What’s the craziest dream you’ve ever had? CH: …In Korean culture, if you dream [of] falling from high places, you grow in height. But oh, my God! How many times did I dream that? I’ve fallen off from everywhere: from towers, from our house, stairs, from the Empire State Building I even fell. But look at my height! [Laughs.] FP: What kind of food are you into? CH: Ice cream is a big part of me. You need to talk to my roommates; I eat a pint of ice cream a day, no lie. No lie! FP: What’s your pet peeve? You know, something that drives you crazy? CH: Melted ice cream… no, what I hate more is refreezing that melted ice cream, oh, my gosh.
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