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Dancing with the Athens Stars p. 8 · Words on Music p. 11 · Andy Carlson p. 18 · Werewolves p. 18

Books? Clothes? Dinner? Music? Jewelry? Shoes?

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pub notes DANCING FOOLS! One of the great things about Athens is the many creative ways people have devised to make it fun to give money to support a good cause. Dancing with the Athens Stars is one of these, and I just want to be sure you realize how much fun it is. You can read Devon Young’s story about the event on p. 8 in this issue, and I want to second what she says.

The first year they had Dancing with the Athens Stars, I was in it—not because I wanted to be, but because then-BannerHerald Executive Editor Jason Winders was in it, so I had to do it. And it was a lot of work and terrifying, and he beat me by tying for third place, but I wouldn’t take anything for having done it, nor would I ever do it again.

Last year, I could go myself and sit in the audience, and it was even better than the first year. Please take my word for it.

The setup is unbeatable: a more-or-less well known person who is not a dancer paired with an expert dancer, and they get out there and do a routine, and each one is different and enjoyable and exciting.

Please be sure to buy a ticket and go to the show. That helps Project Safe. Also go to the website and make a contribution to one of the dancing pairs. That helps them toward possibly winning a trophy, and it also helps Project Safe. Finally, cheer and holler and give more money at the show, and maybe your favorite will win a trophy awarded by the judges for best dancers. You are guaranteed a really good time, and you’ll be supporting a really good cause: Project Safe.

Space prohibits my doing more than listing the competing couples: they all deserve a page for what they have put into this. Here they are: Dylan Brooks and Christie Moody, Charlotte House and Heather Hogan, Jim Vanden Berg and Michelle Collin, Kelly Girtz and Tenisha Cole, Ira Edwards and Genie Wiggins, Laurie Jones and Dana Skelton, Hugh Acheson and Natalie Cox, Erin Thompson and Angelo Kalevela, Allan Armitage and Liza Pitts, Jorge Atiles and Addie Shue, Sherri Goggin and Ron Putnam, Kim Lisenbee and Derrek Walters.

Pete McCommons editor@flagpole.com

Poetic License!

Professor John Knox, in the tradition of Calvin Trillin’s “Deadline Poet” in The Nation, sent this ode to odious budgetary buffoonery, and I gladly yield the rest of this space to him.

Try To Remember Apologies to Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones, creators of The Fantasticks, as sung by El Gallows: Try to remember the kind of September When schools weren’t closed, classes were in session.

Try to remember the kind of September When teachers were paid, teaching was a profession.

Try to remember the kind of September When education wasn’t out for recess-ion.

Try to remember, and while you remember, You’re furloughed.

THIS WEEK’S ISSUE: News & Features City Dope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Athens News and Views

An update on the efforts to renovate the Georgia Theatre, and Paul Broun, Jr.’s Krazy Korner.

Stepping Up to the Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Athens Stars Dance for Project Safe

The third edition of Dancing with the Athens Stars gets a kick from the “Mad Steppers.”

Arts Book Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Words on Music

The skinny on all the latest music-related reads.

Art Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Adventures in the Skin Trade

Local tattoo artists Nash Hogan and Graham Bradford have concurrent art shows in town.

COVER DESIGN by Kelly Ruberto featuring artwork by Ben Goldman on display at the ACC Library

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Music The Newest Athens Music Collective . . . . . . 17 Featuring Over 30 Musicians from 11 Bands

The collective’s debut performance showcases shared bandmates.

Introducing The Superions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 The Latest Project from The B-52s’ Fred Schneider

The B’s distinctive vocalist finds inspiration with a lovebird in the bathroom.

CITY DOPE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 CITY PAGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 CAPITOL IMPACT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 ATHENS RISING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 LEED BUILDING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 DANCING WITH THE ATHENS STARS . . . . 8 PIGEONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 LETTER FROM ECUADOR . . . . . . . . . . . 10 BOOK REVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 GRUB NOTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 ART NOTES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 MOVIE DOPE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 MOVIE PICK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

THREATS & PROMISES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 ATHENS MUSIC COLLECTIVE. . . . . . . . . . 17 ANDY CARLSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 WEREWOLVES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 THE SUPPERIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 RECORD REVIEWS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 THE CALENDAR!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 BULLETIN BOARD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 ART AROUND TOWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 COMICS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 REALITY CHECK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

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out their Homedrone posts! We’ll also have a podcast highlighting the Athens bands playing Austin Ort finds an off-the-map post office and an off-theradar band in Kentucky World View asks if Nigeria can survive as a nation Having an art show and want some exposure? Submit your hi-res images to calendar@flagpole.com

Furlough, furlough, furlough, furlough, furlough, Furlough, furlough, furlough, furlough.

Try to remember when budgets weren’t so slender And no one wept except the Tebows.

Try to remember when life was so tender That nights were slept without placebos.

Try to remember when life was so tender That home was an asset and not yet repo’d.

Try to remember, and if you remember, Then you’re furloughed.

Deep in December, it’s nice to remember, Although you will not linger longer, Deep in December, it’s nice to remember, That what don’t kill us will make us stronger.

Deep in December, it’s wise to remember, The firings of September that made us yellow.

Deeply dismembered, we tremble and remember We’re furloughed.

—John Knox

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city dope Athens News and Views Theatre Update: The Dope spoke to Georgia the ring for Doug Lowry’s soon-to be vacated Theatre owner Wil Greene last week to check seat, which it’s easy to imagine falling into the progress of the renovation effort for the less, shall we say, friendly hands. landmark music hall, and it’s, well… coming along. The securing of donations, tax credits Sewer Lines Being Drawn: The infrastructure and financing has been more difficult and and capital improvements element of the ACC time-consuming than hoped for, which means Public Utilities Department’s 2010 Service the project will likely take longer and cost Delivery Plan, presented to the mayor and more than originally estimated. The plans are commission at their Mar. 2 work session, is done, the permitting is almost complete, and currently on the agenda for the M&C’s Apr. as soon as a construction loan is in place— 6 voting session, but it may not stay there a process that’s “well underway,” Greene says—he’ll embark on a fresh fund-raising initiative (the project has received about $150,000 in donations but probably needs $1 million). So the goal of reopening on New Year’s Eve was probably overly optimistic. Worst-case scenario? “Two years after the fire,” Greene says. That would be June 2011.

As for the highly visible endorsement of a certain unannounced mayoral candidate on his building’s marquee, Greene says his old friend Spencer Frye asked him for the favor, which, though he pleads ignorance of political matters, he was happy to grant. So let’s just say the coy Mr. Deciphering Spencer Frye’s cryptic hints at a possible candidacy is getting to be more fun than a Dan Brown novel.

Frye is “actively” considering a run.

District 1 Rolling: Speaking of presumptive candidates for local office, Sara Bickerton’s campaign manager says her candidacy for the District 1 seat on the ACC Commission is “going to be official” as soon as Bickerton files paperwork to enter the race. Said manager is Washington Street Liberation Army ringleader and liberal activist Ryan Lewis, so don’t take Bickerton’s clarification in an interview with Jonathan McGinty last week that she’s “not running as a WSLA candidate” as an attempt to distance herself from the group.

Fair enough—it’s just good to see an apparently committed, energetic, no-bones progressive throw her hat into

long. The plan’s inclusion of a Sandy Creek/ Noketchee Creek sewer line, which could have serious environmental and developmentrelated impacts, has given some commissioners pause. Kelly Girtz, who made it clear at the work session that he’d like to see the Sandy Creek/Noketchee Creek line removed from the plan, says he “would certainly hope” his fellow commissioners won’t move the plan forward until the controversial extension can be amply discussed. That probably won’t happen before the Mar. 18 agenda-setting session; expect the plan to be tabled for the moment.

Dave Marr news@flagpole.com

Paul Broun, Jr.’s Krazy Korner Congressman Broun, along with many of his GOP colleagues in Washington, has committed so strictly to opposing President Obama that when the president offers something the GOP would ordinarily propose they must still reject it, no matter what. Broun, especially, has so denounced Obama as a threat to America that to agree with the president has become tantamount to validating Obama’s wish to destroy the nation. And we wonder why things aren’t getting done.

Case in point: the president’s bipartisan debt commission. Broun, who recently introduced a bill to amend the Constitution to include a balanced budget requirement, should be thrilled that a “tax-and-spend” liberal would even consider the national debt. But Broun cannot interrupt the GOP narrative of Obama-as-Communisttyrant with even muted praise for the president’s proposal. He must pretend that even this conservative idea of Obama’s is only part of the president’s wicked scheme.

Broun leads with what he must feel is his best argument, that “a debt commission should not add one penny to the debt.” He contends that, unlike anything that’s happened in government since the Continental Congress, Obama’s debt commission must now somehow cost nothing to conduct. The anti-debt crusading Broun must now argue that if the commission doesn’t meet in a church fellowship hall with sack lunches prepared by its members’ mothers then it’s total bullshit.

Too bad Broun’s airtight logic is also debt-financed; that he receives up to $1,500,000 each year to run his office. Broun’s eagerness to spend the allowance like a sailor in port has been well documented. Where does he suppose that money comes from? Last I checked, there weren’t any bake sales taking place to offset Broun’s own massive annual addition to the national debt. I wonder if the Chinese accept irony as payment. [Matthew Pulver]

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city pages SPLOST Committee Set to Trim Project List Having heard hours of presentations by county staffers and community groups about some 60 projects being proposed for funding, the 22-member SPLOST citizens’ advisory committee began discussing which ones to recommend. Committee members went roundrobin last week to discuss the projects for the first time (although they had asked questions during the earlier presentations), and one concern appeared to be foremost: What will voters pass? “I think that’s on everybody’s mind,” said advisory committee chair Jim Gaudin.

The list of proposed projects totals $278 million; with input from county commissioners, the advisory committee members must trim it to the $84 million that will actually be available once costs of a new jail have been subtracted. Then ACC commissioners will approve a final list in July, and voters will say yea or nay on extending the one-cent tax on Nov. 2. A new jail is a given, commissioners have said, and funding it with sales-tax money could save tens of millions in interest costs over funding it with property taxes. Similarly, as some committee members pointed out, including various infrastructure and equipment costs could also save on property taxes, even forcing out-of-town shoppers to help foot the bill for ACC improvements.

But committee members also voiced concerns from that the county government has grown too dependent on SPLOST money, and that it shouldn’t be used for such routine costs. “We’re becoming addicted to it,” said Jerry NeSmith, and others agreed. “I always looked at SPLOST for getting us things we wouldn’t get otherwise,” added John Devine.

“This community has done a really poor job of funding infrastructure for walking and bicycling,” Devine said. Better facilities “will create a sea change of attitudes towards walking and bicycling,” he added. Former Mayor Gwen O’Looney defended past funding of greenway projects with the one-cent sales tax as “a money producer” that draws people to the county, and said that even developers have come around to liking it (10 miles of new trails are being proposed, costing $20 million). She also defended a proposed expansion of the Classic Center. “We have got to care

about economic development,” O’Looney said, and the convention center has always taken “the largest chunk” of SPLOST money. And it will again, aside from the jail project, if the advisory committee decides to include the $54 million expansion of the center’s exhibit hall.

But that money should come back to Athens in the larger conventions it can attract, consultants have said.

“My concern is about the Classic Center— it’s an awful big chunk of the money,” said Gaudin. Asking voters to approve the jail, Classic Center and just “a few others” could be a hard sell, worried NeSmith and others. The committee members are not only supposed to pick the list, they’re supposed to help “sell” it to the voters. (If voters disapprove, no subsequent SPLOST referendum could be offered for at least one year.) “I think all these projects can be scaled back,” suggested Grady Eberhart. “All of them are probably asking for more money than they need.” He favored a proposed “Bioscience Industrial Park” to attract industry: “We need to look at some proposal that’s going to bring some jobs… If you can put people to work, you’ve got a successful community.”

John Huie

Extension Cuts Would Have Broad Impact With 169 Cooperative Extension jobs possibly on the chopping block, local agent Amanda Tedrow waits nervously.

Her position at the Athens-Clarke County Extension office sits precariously in the hands of state legislators. And whether or not she’ll soon have to look for work depends upon their uncertain ability to balance the budget. Until then she’s in the dark.

“I don’t know,” says Tedrow, whose husband would lose his job at the State Botanical Garden if proposed cuts go through. She guesses she has “a 50 percent chance” of keeping her job.

Under the current proposal, half of the state’s extension offices would shut their doors, which those affected consider a draconian reaction to a recent call from the statehouse to cut an extra $300 million from the higher education budget.

Swearing he would not “dismantle a worldclass university system,” Governor Sonny Perdue lambasted legislators for requesting additional cuts on top of the $265 million reduction already being shouldered by the Board of Regents for the 2011 fiscal year. But even if his statements weren’t mere political grandstanding, the forecast for the current state of higher education is grim.

If the proposed cuts happen, Cooperative Extension would see a total reduction of 51.45 percent in its state budget since 2008.

According to a press release, the extension service (including the state’s 4H programs) would be “absorbing 20 percent of UGA’s budget cuts” when it comprises only 7.6 percent of UGA’s state budget.

Somehow, eliminating the 4H program and sacking half of Cooperative Extension’s personnel doesn’t register as a loss of intellectual capital. Yet the extension agents alone are the primary sources of sound, research-based information for agriculture in the state of Georgia. They provide technical expertise for home gardeners, backyard farmers and large commodity operators—not to mention educational programs for local students.

What kind of effect would the closure of 79 extension offices in the state have on agriculture and agribusiness, Georgia’s largest industry? Just as importantly, what kind of effect would removing these jobs have on the state’s rural counties, already struggling in this blistering economic climate?

By most accounts, 4H and the extension service are the most intensive and practical outreach that UGA provides. No other university employee—no provost or assistant dean—has the same personal and even financial impact on the lives of everyday Georgians, residents of Athens being no exception.

“There’s hardly anything in this community that you’re involved in, that you’ve attended… that hasn’t been somehow supported by that extension service,” says Pam Snyder, master gardener and regular volunteer at the Athens-Clarke County office. If Cooperative Extension is forced to scale back its programs severely, the ramifications are unimaginable. Of course, no one knows anything yet. Hopefully, the waiting will be the hardest part.

Donn Cooper

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capitol impact There are more needs than stadiums We have a government in Georgia that is on the verge of collapse because of gaping deficits in the budgets for this year and next.

It is highly likely you will see layoffs of thousands of state employees. We don’t have the money to do anything about our congested highways. Low-income families are going to be dropped from the Medicaid rolls.

That being the case, you may want to ask why legislators are voting for taxpayers to finance a new domed stadium for the Atlanta Falcons. You may also want to ask why Gov. Sonny Perdue wants to put $10 million in the state budget to pay for building the College Football Hall of Fame, which is relocating to Atlanta.

Let me make the necessary disclaimers up front. There are few things I enjoy more than watching a good football game. I can’t count the number of times I’ve sat in Bobby Dodd Stadium or Sanford Stadium on a fall afternoon for a college game, and I’ll cheer as loudly as anyone if the Falcons make the playoffs.

Football is a great game, but there are millions of Georgians who don’t much care for it. Why should they be forced to subsidize what is a very successful private enterprise?

The existing Georgia Dome is a $214 million facility that was financed through the issuance of bonds originally to have been paid off by 2020. It now looks as if the bonds will be retired by 2015 or 2017, which is a positive development.

The General Assembly is in the process of passing legislation, HB 903, that will impose a 7 percent hotel-motel tax in Atlanta for a 30-year period starting in 2021. The tax revenues would finance the construction of a new domed stadium. The current Georgia Dome opened less than 18 years ago. It is one of the best sports venues in the country—good enough to have attracted several Super Bowls and Final Four basketball tournaments. We haven’t even finished paying for it yet. Why

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the rush to replace what is still a top-quality facility?

Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank, along with Bernie Marcus, built a successful retail business called Home Depot that enabled Blank to become a very wealthy man. Why should Georgia’s taxpayers foot the bill to provide a new domed stadium for Arthur Blank?

If he feels that a new stadium is necessary to the Falcons’ continued success, why can’t he just pull out his checkbook and pay to have one built?

These same questions would apply to the College Football Hall of Fame. I am sure that thousands of fans like me will want to visit the facility when it opens in Atlanta in 2012. If enough people feel the way I do, it will be a financial success. If it turns out that there aren’t enough football fans to patronize it, it will fail.

Either way, why should Georgia taxpayers shell out $10 million to help build the Hall of Fame, as is proposed by Perdue in the state budget? The state has already squandered millions on other halls of fame in Macon and Augusta that did not succeed. Why take a chance on making that same mistake again?

I don’t intend for this column to be a diatribe against Arthur Blank. I’ve never had the pleasure of meeting him, but I’m sure he’s a good man and he’s done a commendable job as the Falcons owner. I just don’t see why Georgia’s taxpayers should foot the bill to construct a new domed stadium for him.

We are in a very difficult time when state workers will probably be laid off, when state troopers and GBI agents are being furloughed, when crime labs are being closed due to budget constraints. Is it really the best use of our scarce tax funds to pay for domed stadiums and football museums? I would think we’ve got more important priorities right now.

Tom Crawford tcrawford@capitolimpact.net

athens rising What’s Up in New Development The question of how we will acquire and manage our energy in the future is one with global implications, the answers to which should excite more than just ecologically minded folks. Even the most hardened climatechange skeptic should be able to appreciate that an America which is powered by homegrown, renewable sources is a nation that will last. So, how does this global question manifest itself locally? What are the steps that Athens could take to provide a more secure energy future?

Beyond Coal: On campus, a campaign led by the group Students for Environmental Action is calling for an end to burning coal on campus.

Coal is one of the dirtiest forms of energy from beginning to end, with environmentally devastating and controversial mining practices and polluting byproducts. Regardless of how you feel about coal, if we do leave that particular energy source behind, what are local, sustainable resources that we might turn to for a greener Athens?

Water, Water, Everywhere: Already we have two local hydroelectric plants: one at Barnett Shoals, just south of town, and one at Tallassee Shoals, just north of town, with capacities of 2,800 and 2,300 kilowatts,

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environmental impacts of their predecessors.

The Tallassee Shoals plant is certified by the Low Impact Hydropower Institute, covering issues including water quality, watershed protections and other factors related to the facility’s environmental impact.

We Have Gas: The recent plan to begin capturing methane from the ACC Landfill is another project that could help achieve a more sustainable energy system around here.

The plan calls for allowing a private company, Blue Source LLC, to drill wells into the landfill, capturing and burning gases to create enough power for 2000 homes. This system involves capturing methane that would have naturally escaped as part of the decomposition process, as opposed to the waste-to-energy plant that’s proposed for Elbert County, which involves actively burning the trash itself.

The Elbert County project has attracted nearunanimous opposition from area residents in light of its foreseen environmental and other impacts. Regardless of the methods involved, dealing with our waste is a difficult and messy proposition in the long-term.

KEVAN WILLIAMS

Catching Rays: We do live in the Sun Belt, and although it has been raining a lot lately, which is good for hydro-electricity, the majority of the time skies are clear all day long. Green Power EMC, the company behind Tallassee Shoals’ low-impact status, also has a program which places solar panels at schools, the nearest at Oconee County High School.

Most of these are small-scale demonstration projects, but the potential for harnessing our rooftops for energy production is certainly exciting. Imagine if every flat-roofed school building or big-box retailer were equipped with a large-scale system.

Looking Ahead: Of course, generation is only part of the battle, and becoming more efficient is a key piece of the strategy. ACC has embraced LEED certification for new building projects, producing an already impressive list of energy-efficient structures. And while UGA has for the most part eschewed certification, its recent projects have conformed to LEED guidelines. A White Dam near Flincham’s Phoenix in Whitehall Forest. potentially forthcoming local ordinance could extend green building standards respectively—enough to power a couple to private commercial development as well. thousand homes between them when the rivThat ordinance, if passed, would only apply to ers are flowing well. Historically, there have new construction, though, so it’s also excitbeen many more dams around town, servicing ing to see the formation of the “Sustainable local mills and streetcars. By my count, there Industry Roundtable,” a group aimed at greenwere at least seven other dam sites around ing local industry.

Clarke County itself, with others further afield, It would be exciting to see these strategies like the Watson Mill Dam on the Madisoncome together to produce a truly sustainable Oglethorpe county line. The Watson Mill Dam community. A few thousand homes here and is largely intact, as are dams at Flinchum’s there under these projects add up to serving a Phoenix in Whitehall Forest, and near the site significant percentage of the population with of the Princeton Mill. Others, such as the one local, sustainable energy. It doesn’t seem like at Ben Burton Park and the one just upstream that much of a stretch to imagine: consider from the Whitehall Mill, have almost comthat the two active dams and methane capture pletely vanished, with only overgrown remcould potentially represent energy for approxnants on either bank to hint at the former size imately 4000 homes combined. 2000 Census of the structures. data stated Athens had approximately 39,000 While it would certainly be a difficult road households, which means we could be achievto actually restoring those ruins to funcing 10 percent of residential energy usage tioning power plants, the idea is certainly from local, sustainable sources very shortly. an interesting one to consider. Modern-day How much further could we go? small-scale hydroelectric operations like these don’t necessarily have to have the negative Kevan Williams athensrising@flagpole.com

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As a 2010 U.S. News and World Report Silver Medalist, Clarke Central is one of the nation’s premier public high schools.

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Making It Grow Green

LEED-Certified Building in Athens For a decade now, the green building movement has been offering documentation that a structure is in fact “green.” Over five billion square feet of construction in the U.S. and 91 other nations have this certification, including 85 structures in Atlanta, nine in Savannah and seven in Athens. More are to come, for developers willing to pay for it.

The documentation is LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design; a certification awarded by the United States Green Building Council. It is awarded at four levels: certified, silver, gold and platinum, determined by the points a building project earns in a grading system designed to reduce pollution, health hazards and operating costs. The most recent system has categories including site selection, which focuses on pollution incurred by storm water or transportation issues, water efficiency, energy and material use, indoor environmental quality and innovation.

Christina Cotter

Ferretti said that Rialto spent more for a higher rating, she added that “you can probably do a LEED-certified building without really spending any extra money.”

David Fluck, Athens-Clarke Central Services Department Director, also characterized the cost of certification as “minimal, compared to the overall cost of the projects.”

Fluck reported cost savings after construction, including the Silver-rated Fire Station Number 9, where energy costs have been 10 to 20 percent below comparable uncertified fire stations.

However, cost has caused the University of Georgia generally not to pursue certification.

The university has for years built to LEED standards without it, said Danny Sniff, Associate Vice President for Facilities Planning.

“It doesn’t do anything for us to pay those hundreds of thousands of dollars in fees and register it and everything else when I could turn around and build more square footage,” he said.

He stressed that building standards are only a part of UGA’s sustainability initiative, which include water and energy recycling, a restoration of green space and an increase in on-campus student residence to reduce commuting.

Even though Sniff said that the LEED consulting business is “a racket,” the university has a certified building, the Tate Center expansion. Though money was prioritized toward proThanks to the wishes of private donors, the Georgia Museum of Art ducing the needed space for expansion project is now up for LEED certification. students, students funded it and wanted certificaOf the seven certified projects in Athenstion. University architecture designer Martha Clarke County, five are government buildings, Reynolds performed the record keeping for the due to a 2004 policy change requiring the project, and so even with the use of consultstandards in new ACC structures. ing firm SSRCx, the cost of certification was So far, Hotel Indigo is the only private kept to about $54,000, well below the original structure with the certification. It features $250,000 estimate. recycled material in, among other things, Even without certification, the goals of all flooring, doors and cast iron tree grates.

LEED may soon be more prevalent in Athens.

The paints and adhesives are low-emitting, The mayor and commission recently estabmeaning that they release less of the volatile lished the Commercial Green Build Committee organic compounds that can cause respiratory to create an ordinance determining sustainharm. The construction used concrete from ability standards for all business construction Athens and granite from 35 miles away in and renovation. The committee, which had its Elberton. first meeting on Feb. 10, is unlikely to adopt But what pushed the hotel to the rare gold LEED standards as law, according to chairperlevel of certification was the $1.2 million son Katrina Evans, owner of E+E Architecture, Mitsubishi CITY MULTI Variable Refrigerant Inc. As in other municipalities, the ordinance Flow Zoning System, according to Anna will likely not be as strict as certification Ferretti, the Director of Operations and requirements, said Evans.

Development of Rialto Property Partners, LLC. “LEED was created as a tool… not a buildThe system controls air quality and allows ing code,” she said. individual control of heating and cooling in For now, more projects are being registered. rooms. Also each room’s use of the system can Athens Tech has registered a building, and be monitored from the front desk, so that less the city has many more projects on the way. energy is used in empty rooms.

Because of the desires of private donors, more Rialto partnered with Melaver, Inc., a UGA projects are now up for certification, Savannah-based sustainable development firm including the Georgia Museum of Art expansion to develop the hotel. Energy Ace, Inc., an and the new Special Collections Library. But Atlanta consulting firm, was brought in during with only six years of project registration in the setting up of the HVAC system to ensure Athens, the trend’s longevity is uncertain. proper installation and that the engineering “I, personally, and many people in the staff was trained in its use. green-build movement, hope that all buildFerretti and another of Rialto’s four ings will be [eventually] built to a green-build employees took an exam to become LEED standard, and we won’t need certification,” Accredited Professionals, which enabled them said Sniff. to complete paperwork and oversee aspects of the certification process themselves. Though Russell Cox

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Stepping Up to the Plate

Athens Stars Dance for Project Safe I t’s that time again. Athens’ hit fundraiser, Dancing with the Athens Stars, is back and is “stepping” it up this year with a special performance to cap off the event, Mar. 21 at the Classic Center. Stomping, clapping and shouting, a group of ordinary middleaged men, dubbed the “Mad Steppers,” will use their bodies as percussive instruments to perform a complex, synchronized step routine that expresses their unified opposition to domestic abuse.

“Symbolically all these men are working together to stomp out domestic violence,” explains the show’s mastermind, Pat Priest.

Priest devised the event as a fundraiser to benefit Project Safe, an Athens domestic violence awareness and prevention organization.

She intends for the step-dance performance to add more diversity to an already multifarious competition. Her husband, Neil Priest, has taken an active role in organizing the act along with dance instructor Lamar Bryant, the advisor to the National Pan-Hellenic Council and Multicultural Greek Council at UGA. Bryant began step-dancing with his church at the age of 13 and says the dance has significant meaning to the African-American community.

“It’s a really big part of our tradition that has roots in our ancestry. Slaves used it to communicate with one another with different songs, and dances meaning different things.”

Bryant choreographed the routine which the Mad Steppers have now rehearsed for over two months. The practices are exhausting yet fun and invigorating, says participant John W. English. According to Bryant, the participants make up for their lack of experience with extreme dedication.

“I’m really excited about the level of commitment from these men. They have full-time jobs and families, and for them to dedicate their time to this shows a lot of character,” says Bryant, who will be performing with the group along with two students from university fraternities.

Though the idea of middle-aged white men performing a step routine may strike some as humorous, Priest expects the audience will be impressed by the intensity and seriousness of the performance. “It’s angry, it’s coordinated, it’s triumphant and it’s taking a stand.”

Priest initially had her doubts. “Looking at these guys I definitely thought, ‘Wow, this is going to be a stretch,’” she says. Even members of the troupe questioned their ability to perform the complicated routine. “I’m not sure that [Lamar] was prepared for just how bad some of us are at this,” says participant

Al Davison in an email. Yet, with the patient coaching of Bryant the group has transformed from comical to competent. While the “stars” take center stage, the Mad Steppers provide still another reason to attend.

This is the third year of Dancing with the Athens Stars, which features 12 local “celebrities” competing against one another with the assistance of experienced partners.

Most of the featured dancers were handselected by Project Safe volunteers. However, over the summer the organization invited Athenians to vote online for a final pair of contestants. The winners, Erin Thompson and Angelo Kalevela, will compete as the “People’s Choice” couple. Since the lineup was finalized—other “celebrity” contestants include local restaurateur Hugh Acheson and ACC Commissioner Kelly Girtz—the Project Safe website has been set up to allow members of the community to donate $1 per vote for their favorite couple. That voting will continue through the last intermission of the show, after which the winner will be crowned “Audience Favorite.” Another trophy will be awarded to the couple most favored by the panel of judges. This year’s panel consists of former UGA Gym Dawgs coach Suzanne Yoculan, Superior Court Judge Lawton Stephens and UGA Department of Dance legend Virginia Carver. While volunteers tally the votes, the audience will be entertained by three exhibitions: a performance featuring two runners-up from last year’s People’s Choice nominations, a sophisticated tango routine and the Mad Steppers’ intense closing act.

Dancing with the Athens Stars is a lighthearted competition with a serious agenda.

With its 24-hour hotline, support groups, transitional housing and other outreach services, Project Safe has launched a major campaign against domestic violence. Last year this fundraiser brought in over $90,000 in support of the cause. The show is co-produced by Project Safe executive director Joan Prittie. To buy tickets or to learn more about the organization and vote for your favorite “star,” visit www.project-safe.org.

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thens used to have droves of pigeons crowding around downtown park benches, strutting down Clayton Street sidewalks and squatting on building ledges. More recently, the sight of the mere handful of pigeons that sometimes flutter and alight on the cupola of City Hall’s clock tower raises a small mystery: Where have all the pigeons gone?

These adaptable urban birds are ubiquitous elsewhere, and pigeon feeding has been banned in parts of Venice and London and strongly considered in New York City. The streets of downtown Athens, however, are nearly devoid of these pests foraging, cooing and pooping. Pigeon spikes, deterrents to keep the birds from roosting in protected spaces, are applied haphazardly throughout the area. Walker’s Coffee & Pub, for example, has only installed spikes on the supports under one of its two awnings.

City Manager Alan Reddish, who has never taken action against pigeons in the nine years he has worked for AthensClarke County, could not come up with an easy explanation for their absence: “We’re just lucky, I guess,” he said. Landscape Management Administrator Roger Cauthen also expressed surprise at the question: “Everyone I’ve talked to just has a puzzled look on their face when I talk to them about it.”

After mulling over the issue, Cauthen developed some possible explanations. The first is the 2005 demolition of Clarke County Milling by the railroad tracks on East Broad Street, which was replaced by the Georgia Traditions Condos. The loss of the grain silos on the site took away a likely food supply for pigeons. A second factor, according to Cauthen, is that “the pattern of usage of space has evolved.”

The economic development experienced by downtown Athens in the last several decades may explain this. When downtown structures had unoccupied space on their second floors, any point of entry, like a broken window, would create considerable space for roosting. But, increasingly, downtown second floors are in use as commercial and residential space, leaving pigeons with less access to shelter.

Rusty Heery, the owner of Heery’s Clothes Closet, is a downtown businessman who hasn’t recently seen pigeons around his building, though he does have an occasional problem with sparrows nesting and clogging his gutters. He recalled that years ago, the office of R.E.M. on College Avenue had pigeon spikes on the ledge over the door, but the birds just filled the spikes with enough trash that they could roost on top of them.

“I don’t know where they’ve gone to,” Heery said.

Cauthen cautioned that his final factor was very speculative: red-tailed hawks are occasionally seen downtown. Though hawks typically feed on rodents, they will eat birds. Their dietary demands could possibly have cleared a large number of birds, said Cauthen, and scared even more away.

Mayor Heidi Davison is among the city employees who sometimes see hawks outside City Hall, often in the large metaseqoia tree behind the building. “I don’t see them regularly enough to think they have a substantial impact,” she said.

Athens has grappled with other avian pests. Cauthen reported that over 20 years ago migratory starlings would fill the skies and trees of Clayton Street every fall and cover the ground with their droppings.

“They would load up all those oak trees just as thick as the branches would support them,” he said.

On the evening of their arrival in 1989, city employees surrounded the large bamboo stand on the MLK Parkway where they roosted and drove them away with noise pistols. In subsequent years, the bamboo was cut down.

And at one time, when Athens did have more pigeons, the city did take robust action against them. During the 2006 renovation of City Hall’s clock tower, the large eagle weather vane was taken down for restoration. An Associated Press report counted 10 bullet holes in the statue—testament to efforts at local pigeon control from long ago.

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hile Ecuadorians scrounge to make a living, Americans can live like kings here. (That is, if you don’t make too many ATM withdrawals.) Ecuador has been using the American dollar since 2000, and almost all of the basics, namely food, are much cheaper here. A full lunch plate accompanied by a soup is usually around $2. I remember when I first arrived in Guayaquil and Daniel and Gloria took me out to a place around the corner from their house to have dinner. The three of us each had a respectably filling plate featuring rice, beans, plantains and a juicy steak—and the total, for all of us combined, came out to about $5.25. “Wow, that’s pretty cheap. Awesome,” I thought aloud, to which they answered: “Cheap for you, yes, but here, it’s about average.” Of course, this results in an awkward dynamic where the host insists on paying, per tradition, even though the American guest probably should be the one forking over the dough.

There is an exception to the cheapness rule, however—namely, imports. In an effort to develop the country’s economy and reduce the country’s dependence on the American juggernaut, President Correa has initiated the “Es mejor que es hecho en Ecuador” campaign, which encourages the growth of the local industry by, among other things, imposing steep taxes on imported items. I gritted my teeth as I spent $13 on a bottle of sunblock and winced at the $8 price tag for a tiny bottle of contact lens solution—I decided to stay bespectacled until I arrived in Peru. In an effort to chip away at my debt to Gloria and Daniel, I made them a batch of that (in) famous Midwestern treat, “monster cookies,” but in the process I had to buy a jar of peanut butter that was twice the price and half the size of the usual American fare. (Ecuadorians don’t really eat peanut butter—the closest thing to it is an orange-y peanut powder that goes well with plantains.)

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nfortunately, few Ecuadorian industries have sprouted up to take advantage of the new market that Correa has given them. I would have gladly bought a cheaper bottle of Ecuadorian sunblock or contact solution—if they existed. Perhaps four years is not enough time, or perhaps, as Pablo suggested, Ecuadorians don’t really trust Ecuadorian industry. And not all foreignbased companies have to deal with selling their product at an uncompetitive price. Take Coca-Cola, for instance. The company not only

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escapes the tariff, but dominates the market here, because it also has factories in Ecuador and employs Ecuadorians. Both Coke products and the Coke logo are ubiquitous here; in the smaller Ecuadorian town of Tumianuma, near Tina’s farm, houses that sold goods were demarcated by a Coca-Cola placard hanging from a pole outside.

Another reason for the failure of Ecuadorian brands is the incredible popularity of American brands. Even if America’s economic and political power is waning, its cultural power is still unparalleled. This power is evidently strong enough to draw Ecuadorians to spend nearly twice as much on American clothing brands.

At a mall in Guayaquil, I saw pair of Adidas soccer cleats marked at $240. In that same mall is a movie theater where I saw both Inglourious Basterds and Avatar. You’d be hard pressed to catch an Ecuadorian movie in an Ecuadorian movie theater—the lineup here resembles almost exactly what’d you’d find in the States. In a car on the way from Guayaquil to the beach town of Montañita, I heard about two or three Spanish-language songs out of about 40 American, English-language songs.

Despite the instantaneous nature of modern communication, there’s a bit of cultural lag, or perhaps Ecuadorians just like different parts of American culture more than Americans themselves do. Examples? A current commercial jingle features “Two Princes” by The Spin Doctors, the Backstreet Boys seem to be going strong, and among the kids, Barney still reigns supreme.

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yes, the picture. That’s yours truly at his first soccer match on any continent, at the cavernously huge Banco Pinchinca stadium in Guayaquil, watching the legendary “Barcelona” team play. Luckily, I was able to witness not one, but two goals by the home team and the ensuing apeshittery of the crowd, which included flying beer cups and airborne water bottles. Behind me, to my right, is the south end of the stadium, the legendary “sur oscura,” wherein lie the cheapest seats in the house and the craziest (or as my friend Ronald says, the most enferno) of Barcelona’s fans. I don’t think they stopped singing the entire 90 minutes, and huge swaths of them would charge up and down the bleachers as if they were warming up for the game themselves.

To be continued…

Jeff Gore

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Words on Music: From Talking Machines to Gangstas How to Wreck a Nice Beach: The Vocoder from World War II to Hip-Hop, The Machine Speaks (Melville House/Stop Smiling, 2010) is the debut book by David Tompkins, a contributor to The Wire, Vibe, The Village Voice, Wax Poetics and The Believer. Like some funkier cousin to such recent books as Salt: A World History and Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World, Tompkins uses the history of the vocoder to explore a bigger story—the strange love affair pop music has had with human voices that sound like machines.

Tompkins has amassed a truly impressive array of images, facts, stories and legends about vocoders, the machine-turned-instrument that made possible such hits as Michael Jackson’s “P.Y.T.,” Midnight Star’s “No Parking on the Dance Floor” and just about everything by T-Pain. The military first developed vocoders to break the human voice into undecipherable parts so Allied leaders could safely communicate overseas. Picture Roosevelt and Churchill planning in robot. It was a highly valued tool, but world leaders and CIA spooks were less than thrilled with the vocoder’s inability to convey human emotion and to enunciate.

One early test spoken as “How to recognize speech,” was flat, cold and understood as “How to wreck a nice beach.”

It took Hollywood and then, later, pop musicians to see the vocoder’s aesthetic possibilities.

Eccentrics seem drawn to the machine, and Tompkins spends quality time with the likes of Kraftwerk, Can, Afrika Bambataa, Sun Ra, ELO, Whodini, Manny Parrish, Rammellzee and Juan Atkins of Cybotron. The vocoder has been known to create confusion and even lawsuits. No one knew what to make of The Jonzun Crew’s “Pack Jam (Look Out for the OVC),” except that it had something to do with Pac Man. The vocoder’s sound connected with Neil Young, who was struggling to raise a disabled son who couldn’t speak. Trans was made, fans were upset, and Young’s label famously sued him for disguising his voice (the label lost).

Tompkins also covers other devices, some of which are mistaken for vocoders, like the Votrax and Sonovox. The chapter on the great Roger Troutman, master of the Talk Box, is alone worth the price of the book.

If you’re looking for a book that gets deep into the technical aspects of these machines, How to Wreck a Nice Beach is not necessarily it. Tompkins’ real concern is the cultural zeitgeist surrounding vocoders. He’s an obsessive in the best sense of the word. His writing style is a high-wire act that is very funny and entertaining, especially when he is writing about what seems to be closest to his heart— 1980s and early 1990s hip-hop.

In 2006 Mara Shalhoup, now editor-inchief at Creative Loafing, published a series of articles about the Black Mafia Family, the organization that had built a cocaine and hiphop empire in the heart of Atlanta. In BMF: The Rise and Fall of Big Meech and the Black Mafia Family (St. Martin’s Press, 2010), she tells the full story of Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory and his brother Terry, who moved

their Detroit operation to Atlanta in the ‘90s.

Big Meech quickly insinuated himself into a hip-hop scene about to break big nationally, moving in the same circles with such people as Damon Thomas of the production duo the Underdogs, the rapper Fabolous, P. Diddy, bling designer Jacob “the Jeweler” Arabo, and even more closely with Young Jeezy, then just an up-and-comer from Macon. Big Meech eventually launched BMF Entertainment and pinned his hopes for more legitimate success (or a good cover for his income) on being a music mogul, even erecting So So Def-like billboards in Atlanta stating “The World Is BMF’s,” a nod to the much-nodded-to Scarface. Bleu Davinci was their main project and the label never really panned out, but BMF’s real business ground on.

BMF members were implicated in a number of high-profile crimes that shocked Atlanta and brought local and federal heat on the group. Shalhoup makes a case for BMF involvement in the double homicide behind Buckhead nightclub Chaos in 2003; a gruesome stabbing at a party thrown by Bobby Brown; a homicide outside the Velvet Room in 2004; and the attack on rapper Gucci Mane (during his beef with Young Jeezy) that resulted in a fatal shooting of one of the attackers. Even more shocking to mainstream Atlanta is the story of Tremayne “Kiki” Graham, former son-in-law of then-mayor Shirley Franklin, who turned out to be a cocaine dealer with close ties to BMF. Shalhoup pulls no punches as she speculates how much Kiki’s wife, Kai, may have known about his whereabouts when he was a fugitive and how much money she may have illegally received from him when he was on the run.

Before joining Creative Loafing, Shalhoup was a crime reporter at the Macon Telegraph and her knowledge of that beat pays off. She weaves multiple, complex crime stories and investigations into a clear and engaging narrative. She offers a sobering portrayal of the lives of the dealers and street hustlers who are glorified in certain circles of hip-hop to this day. But Shalhoup offers much more than true crime well told—she reveals a fascinating

Atlanta story that held the attention of the national hip-hop scene for years.

Listed here are other notable books published from January through March. In Sells like Teen Spirit: Music, Youth Culture, and Social Crisis (New York University Press), Ryan Moore looks at how music culture has changed in the face of economic, political and larger cultural transformations. Terry Teachout pushes back on certain jazz purists and critics of Armstrong in Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong (Houghton Mifflin).

David Masciotra considers Springsteen as social commentator in Working on a Dream: The Progressive Political Vision of Bruce Springsteen (Continuum). Black Music

by Leroi Jones (Akashic) is a reissue of 1960s jazz writing by the poet now known as Amari Baraka.

In I Walked with Giants: The Autobiography of Jimmy Heath (Temple University Press), the jazz great looks back on his work with the likes of Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Gil Evans. Patti Smith tells the story of her relationship with Robert Mapplethorpe set to the backdrop of 1960s and 1970s New York in Just Kids (Ecco). Find out what it’s like to be Pakistan’s most popular rock musician in Rock & Roll Jihad: A Muslim Rock Star’s Revolution (Simon & Schuster) by Salman Ahmad. Marisa Meltzer takes a look back at the riot grrrl movement in Girl Power: The Nineties Revolution in Music (Faber & Faber). Memphis Boys: The Story of American Studios (University Press of Mississippi)

by Roben Jones tells the story of the important blues and R&B recording studio. Eric Schneider looks at toys that really play in Toy Instruments: Design, Nostalgia, Music (Mark Batty Publisher). The best of Steve Cushing’s longrunning radio show is collected in Blues Before Sunrise: The Radio Interviews (University of Illinois Press). Princess Noire: The Tumultuous Reign of Nina Simone (Pantheon) by Nadine Chodas—because you can always use some more Ms. Nina Simone.

Texas Tornado: The Times and Music of Doug Sahm (University of Texas Press) by Jan Reid with Shawn Sahm tells the story of the San Antonio rocker who was much admired by Bob Dylan. Richard Stamz remembers his long and storied career in radio and political activism in Give ‘Em Soul, Richard!: Race, Radio, and Rhythm and Blues in Chicago (University of Illinois Press). Karl Hagstrom Miller argues that the music industry and folklorists have created a false “musical color line” among Southern music listeners in Segregating Sound: Inventing Folk and Pop Music in the Age of Jim Crow (Duke University Press). Edited by Lincoln T. Beauchamp, Jr., BluesSpeak: The Best Original Chicago Blues Annual (University of Illinois Press) collects the best articles, fiction and more from the publication known for its black perspective.

Alice Echols adds to a growing body of work arguing that disco has been maligned and misunderstood with Hot Stuff: Disco and the Remaking of American Culture (W.W. Norton).

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grub notes Yet another Example of the Importance of Revisits: If I’d only gone once to El Patron (2455 West Broad St.), the brand-new Fayxican restaurant that has occupied what was previously La Cazuela, I might have almost nothing but good things to say.

As is, I went back and had a fairly different experience the second time, most likely due to the fact that the two managerial/ owner-y-looking guys in blue button-downs tucked into dress pants were no longer buzzing around. The reality is probably somewhere in the middle of the two, just as with any restaurant. The restaurant can feel like a well-run chain establishment, considering its huge menu and extensive selection of cheesecake, than something smaller like Taqueria La Parrilla. If your kids would prefer chicken fingers or you yourself happen not to like Mexican food and have been dragged along by others, you’ll have plenty of options. On the other hand, the presence of the word “draft,” screened in capital letters on every page of the menu, feels less like a design element and more like an error. The overall experience can be inconsistent even in the course of a single visit.

El Patron’s prices are a bit higher than the standard cheapo Mexican place, even the Americanized ones, but there are deals to be found at lunch. Its torta is on the pricey side, and it doesn’t exactly resemble the greasy sub sandwiches packed with al pastor or chicharrones one can get at, for example, Sr. Sol, which makes an exceptionally delicious one, but while the options are more like “steak or chicken” and it’ll run you $8 instead of $5, it does come with a side of lovely yuca fries, nearly indistinguishable from french fries but for their more floury texture. The refried beans that come on the side of a lot of plates are made with black beans rather than pintos, a healthier and tastier option of which I thoroughly approve. The salsa has a good kick to it. On the other hand, the fish tacos you can order at lunch, while a bargain ($3.50 for two tacos plus rice and beans on the side), are disappointing in execution, filled with lumps of bland fried fish and a bit of lettuce. No …a side of lovely sauce? I even asked the waiter, yuca fries… confident that this had to be some sort of mistake on the kitchen’s part, but he shook his head no. No sauce. Sigh. A bottle of Tabasco on a nearby table and the jalapenos that accompanied a passable pork tamale helped make things slightly more exciting but not exactly recommendable. The potato flautas likewise were supposed to come with a sauce, but it seemed the whole sauce equation was out of whack that day. Maybe it was some kind of Lent thing. At any rate, the fajita burrito made up for it, with zippy flavor and a good pressed, grilled composition, and the lunch fajitas are worth your time as well. El Patron is still working on its liquor license. It accepts credit cards and is open for lunch and dinner every day.

What You Can Do: Like many of you, I read the news about the potential shuttering of the State Botanical Garden of Georgia and gasped, but what could I do? Well, I bumped a visit to the Gardenside Café, the eatery on-premises, back up to the top of my list. The café changed hands in the late fall, but its menu continues to be small and similar to the previous one, with a focus on sandwiches and a hot entree and sides that change daily. It’s nothing fancy, but the atmosphere is pleasant (you have to walk through the greenhouse to get there, which can really brighten your mood on a gloomy winter day), the staff is sweet and helpful and the prices are darn inexpensive. A sandwich by itself, without pickle, chips and drink, is a mere $3.50, which seems like a more than fair amount to pay for a nice, simple chicken salad (no grapes or celery to be found here) on multi-grain bread. A homemade pimento cheese sandwich is even less ($2.50), and even the hot plates (catfish or chicken fingers plus a big baked potato with toppings and coleslaw, drink and dessert) are rather affordable at $8.

The dessert is eminently skippable, even if you could use the calories, as an apple cobbler could easily have been taken for a mushy bread pudding, but the no-frills sandwiches are plenty good. Is it worth the drive out Milledge Avenue? Not just for lunch, but if you’d like to show your support to this valuable and beautiful state institution, you could schedule your visit in the afternoon and contribute twice. The café is open Tuesday through Sunday for lunch and takes credit cards.

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art notes Adventures in the Skin Trade Tattoo You: An amazing coincidence: two Athens tattoo artists are showcasing their artwork in two different locales, simultaneously. One of Athens’ unique strengths is the large number of high-quality tattoo parlors given its relative small-town size. Considering the reality that the individuals running these shops permanently draw on other people’s skin for a living, it’s not hard to imagine the wealth of visual talent that’s housed here—and fortunately for Art Notes, many of these folks are engaged in other forms of image production as well. Nash Hogan, of newly established Anchor Tattoo, is showcasing a small series of medium-sized paintings this month at The Grit.

He brings his considerable chops to the genre of urban landscapes in his deftly executed paintings on canvas, all rendered with a sophisticated sense of specificity without becoming overburdened in detail. This lightness of touch is refreshing; several of his paintings almost feel as if they’re forming themselves in front of you. Hogan doesn’t have to look too far for his subject matter—most of the scenes depict the town of Athens itself, with some surprising results. In Hogan’s hands, the back of the Daily Grocery Co-op becomes a strong formal vertical that slowly segues into abstraction (see image below), and the Farmer’s Hardware building at Broad and Oconee streets takes on a life more fractious and striking than I’d ever given it in person. This is good stuff. I might just get one inked on my back.

Warehouse complex, right around the corner from ATHICA. The Trace Gallery, which will feature contemporary art and craft, is currently showcasing a group show of ceramics, sculpture and works on paper in various media. I slipped by this morning before sitting down to write this, and was pleasantly surprised when local ceramicist Andy Nassise emerged from his back studio to let me in to take a look around. This is, in fact, how the situation works: at this point, the gallery is open by appointment only, but being connected to Andy’s (and several other artists’) studios, someone will be around to let you in should you check it out—which I highly recommend you do.

Along with several of Andy’s sculptures is a grouping of Lauren Gallaspy’s delicate and detailed miniature drawings, works on paper by Chris Hocking, elegant vessels by Jorie Berman and Ted Saupe, and an arresting life-size figure by Christina West (whose solo show is coming in autumn).

I have to applaud these guys, not only for renovating the corner space at the warehouse beautifully, or for even undertaking such a venture given the current economic climate, but for creating a gorgeous exhibition space that will feature three-dimensional and sculptural work in an elegant manner.

Keep your eyes and ears peeled for future shows in the newly minted Trace Gallery. The current exhibition has set the bar pretty high, but have no doubts that great things are in store.

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Nash Hogan’s paintings are on display at The Grit through Mar. 21.

Equally impressive are the drawings of Pain and Wonder Tattoo Studio’s Graham Bradford, currently on display at the Espresso Royale Caffe on Broad Street. They stopped me in my tracks during my routine “Holy shit, I need coffee before I teach; I hope I don’t get a parking ticket” run into ERC. Initially, it was difficult to tell how the images had even been made—I had to do some investigating. Layers and layers of wood stain have been applied to the framed wood substraights, creating exquisitely drawn images in varying degrees of browns and glossiness. The line quality of the works is to die for— such confidence and control must lend itself well to the art of tattooing. Although some of the images themselves might seem more suitable as tattoos, Bradford’s unique approach to the process, as well as his skill as a draughtsman, make them all the more compelling. Apparently, I’m not the only one who thinks so—several of the modestly priced works have already found homes. All joking aside, I’m much too wimpy to ever get a tattoo, but I wouldn’t mind living with one of his pieces.

Around the Corner: A gorgeous new gallery and exhibition space quietly opened a couple of weeks ago in the Chase Park

Up and Coming: This Thursday the 18th, from 7–9 p.m., MFA candidates Charles A. Westfall and Layet Johnson will host a closing reception for their exhibition, Two Bros, at the Chase Park Warehouse, in Unit 4, as part of the ATHICA 4LEASE program. Both young men are dedicated painters, draftsmen, sculptors and conceptual artists who recently sailed across the Atlantic using Google Maps; expect the unexpected.

This coming Friday, Mar. 19 from 6–9 p.m., is the opening reception for the annual Lamar Dodd School of Art MFA Exhibition. Always an exciting event in Athens, this year promises to be no different, as the graduating class of students continues to push the limits of contemporary distinctions between art forms and ideas. Additionally, White Tiger Gourmet is catering. Need I say more?

Athens-based jack-of-all-trades Rusty Wallace will present an exhibition of new work in the Atlanta Gallery Twin Kittens.

Viewings are by appointment through Mar. 30, but Rusty will host an artist’s reception from 7–10 p.m. on Mar. 20. For more info, see www.twinkittens.com and rustywallaceart.com.

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ALICE IN WONDERLAND (PG) Auteur Tim Burton seems like a natural fit to add his artfully twisted spin to this always growing garden of Alices.

Shockingly, his might be the least creative, considering the vast amounts of imagination and money lavished upon the film. In Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll’s young heroine is now an adult. This nearing-20 Alice (Mia Wasikowska) seeks to escape an arranged engagement to the odious son of her late father’s business partner by again falling into a hole while chasing a tardy white rabbit (v. Michael Sheen). But Alice does not recall her first visit to Underland (referred to as Wonderland by her childish self). She is reintroduced to her former friends—Tweedledee and Tweedledum (Matt Lucas of “Little Britain”), the Blue Caterpillar (v. Alan Rickman), the Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp) and the Chesire Cat (v. Stephen Fry)—a band of rebels who have spent years searching for the right Alice to overthrow the bigheaded, heartless Red Queen (Helena Bonham Carter).

Sounds like an awesome time, does it not? Sadly, Burton’s Wonderland suffers from a distinct lack of wonder and magic. I can’t even say the family film looks wonderful, as the FX lack tangibility. What should be a colorful fantasy land is dulled and muddily gray, which might be an intended consequence of the Red Queen’s rule or an unintended side effect of conversion from 2D to 3D. Sadly, this Alice has, like the Hatter astutely announces, lost its muchness.

This return trip feels less like Tim Burton’s adventures in Wonderland than a Disney approximation of the auteur’s vision.

ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: THE SQUEAKQUEL (PG) More Alvin, Simon and Theodore as the Chipmunks go back to school and face off against the lovely Chipettes—Brittany, Eleanor and Jeannette. The famous voices of Justin Long, Jesse McCartney, Anna Faris, Christina Applegate and Amy Poehler are sped up until they are indistinguishable, which is more than you can say for Jason Lee, Zachary Levi (“Chuck”) and David Cross.

AVATAR (PG-13) On a remote planet, a paraplegic marine, Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), is promised the use of his legs if he helps the Corporation relocate a race of blue warriors, the Na’vi, whose home is located atop the planet’s richest supply of unobtanium.

Jake takes control of a Na’vi/ human hybrid, infiltrating the aliens to learn their ways, but falls in love with them, particularly the chief’s daughter, Neytiri (Zoe Saldana), instead. Now Sully must lead the Na’vi against the space marines led by General Miles Quaritch (Stephen Lang), a scarred hulk of a military man.

THE BLIND SIDE (PG-13) A rich white couple, Leigh Anne and Sean Touhy (Sandra Bullock and likable, easygoing Tim McGraw), take in Big Mike, an African-American giant given up on by most of Memphis. They turn his life around; he eventually earns a scholarship to Ole Miss. He doesn’t really do anything to change their lives, although the movie insists that he does.

THE BOUNTY HUNTER (PG-13) Milo Boyd (Gerard Butler), the titular bounty hunter, discovers his latest quarry is his ex-wife, Nicole Hurly (Jennifer Aniston), a reporter who

knows too much. Now the constantly arguing duo must run for their lives.

Wow, this high-concept action comedy reeks of the 1980s. Hitch director Andy Tennant did not show a talent for these sorts of flicks with 2008’s Fool’s Gold. With the usually entertaining Christine Baranski and Jason Sudeikis (“Saturday Night Live”).

BROOKLYN’S FINEST (R) How many cop clichés does it take to complete this paint-by-numbers crime drama from Training Day director Antoine Fuqua? One cop, Eddie (a miscast

But it’s my turn to wear the flowery blouse!

Richard Gere), is days away from a Connecticut retirement he wishes to share with his favorite, gold-hearted hooker; a narcotics officer, Sal (Ethan Hawke), plots to steal drug money to move his still-expanding family out of their mold-infested house; and an undercover officer going by the name Tango (Don Cheadle) has infiltrated a local drug outfit led by the guy who saved his life in prison (Wesley Snipes). Yet a compelling drama

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peaceful protests of a brutal military regime. Director Anders Østergaard’s film won over 40 international awards including the Robert and the Bodil for Best Documentary and was a Grand Jury Prize nominee at the Sundance Film Festival. Part of the Amnesty International Human Rights Film Festival.

COP OUT (R) The Master of Smutty Fun, writer-director Kevin Smith, has assembled a buddy cop movie that would have been a minor hit in the late ‘80s and spawned an unnecessary sequel that would have gone virtually ignored. Having released Cop Out, starring Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan as partners on the trail of a stolen baseball card, in 2010, the action comedy plays the genre too straight to be funny and too silly to be taken seriously.

Lacking an intelligent, exciting or funny script, Cop Out merely serves to remind us all why the buddy cop movie no longer rules the action roost.

THE CRAZIES (R) This remake of George A. Romero’s quasi-remake of/ prequel to his own Night of the Living Dead stars Timothy Olyphant (see him soon on FX’s new show, “Justified”) as a local lawman who must save his tiny Iowa town after a contaminated water supply turns everybody loony. Costar Radha Mitchell has become quite the genre vet; The Crazies is her fourth scary movie (Pitch Black, Silent Hill and Rogue). Parts of this flick were filmed in Cordele, Fort Valley, Macon, Montezuma and Perry, GA. CRAZY HEART (R) A sweet, slowcooked character study, Crazy Heart sings a familiar Country & Western song—divorce, alcoholism, pickup trucks—that is not quite as memorable as its troubled, charming main character and Jeff Bridges’ performance.

CREATION (PG-13) English naturalist Charles Darwin (Paul Bettany) struggles to reconcile his revolutionary evolutionary theories with his religious wife (Bettany’s real-life spouse, Oscar winner Jennifer Connelly), whose faith is in direct contradiction

to his findings. British director Jon Amiel won a BAFTA TV award for the acclaimed BBC miniseries “The Singing Detective,” but his movie career hasn’t been as sharp (Copycat?

Entrapment? The Core?!). With Jeremy Northam (“The Tudors”’s Sir Thomas More) and Toby Jones (the other Capote).

DEAR JOHN (PG-13) More Nicholas Sparks (The Notebook) and more Lasse Hallstrom (Chocolat) could mean saccharine overload with this tearjerker about a soldier, John Tyree (Channing Tatum), who falls in love with a gal, Savannah Lynn Curtis (the Amanda Seyfried), while home on leave. But the terrorist attacks of 9/11 cause him to reenlist, an act that puts long-distance strain on their relationship. Thank goodness for Richard Jenkins, whose reassuring presence as John’s distant dad just might be enough to make this drivel tolerable.

DIARY OF A WIMPY KID (PG) This potential new family franchise, based on the series of novels Jeff Kinney (Wimpy Kid actually started as a webcomic in 2004), stars Zachary Gordon as Greg Heffley. Forced to keep a diary by his mother (Rachael Harris), Greg recounts the daily embarrassments of being in seventh grade. Director Thor Freudenthal figured out how to please the kiddies with his last flick, Hotel for Dogs. I just hope Diary of a Wimpy Kid is better; it can’t be much worse. With Steve Zahn.

AN EDUCATION (PG-13) Intelligent and mature for her 16 years, Jenny Miller (Academy Award nominee Mulligan) dreams of little more than escaping her tiny life in a London suburb with her bourgeois parents (Alfred Molina and Cara Seymour). With her father pushing her toward Oxford, Jenny spends her days studying classic works of Brit lit and translating Latin in preparation for her A-levels. But then she meets David Goldman (Peter Sarsgaard), an exciting older man with a sports car and a seemingly endless disposable income. David charms the entire Miller family right up until the impending moment that his dream life proves too good to be true.

THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (NR) As popular as late author Stieg Larsson’s novel has proven, I am surprised Hollywood isn’t forgoing releasing the Swedish blockbuster adaptation in favor of their own English language remake, which Oscar winner Steven Zaillian is supposed to be currently scripting. Journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nykvist) and computer hacker Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) investigation of a young woman’s disappearance leads to a decades-old murder and a family’s dark history. Winner of the Guldbagge for Best Film.

GREEN ZONE (R) See Movie Pick.

THE LAST STATION (R) This historical drama depicts the struggle of Russian author Leo Tolstoy (first-time Academy Award nominee Christopher Plummer) to balance fame with his desire to live a life devoid of material possessions. Director Michael Hoffman’s filmography (including Soapdish and One Fine Day) does not quite excite. The film could be a big winner at the Independent Spirit Awards where it is nominated for five prizes including Best Feature, Best Director and Best Screenplay. With

James McAvoy, Best Supporting Actress Oscar nominee Helen Mirren and Paul Giamatti.

MOTHER (R) Filmmaker Bong Joon-ho hit it big a couple of years back with the monster movie The Host.

He returns with this crime drama about a mother attempting to clear the name of her mentally handicapped son after he is accused of raping and murdering a young woman. With good reviews and the awards it has already nabbed, Mother is one to watch. Granted, you can always catch the inevitable Hollywood remake starring Angelina Jolie or Ashley Judd (in other words, your typical sexy matron). Nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Foreign Film.

OLD DOGS (PG) A spiritual followup to Wild Hogs, Old Dogs shares star John Travolta, director Walt Becker (Van Wilder), and old-man hijinks. Ben (Robin Williams) is a successful businessman who discovers he fathered twins. Naturally, he enlists his bachelor pal (Travolta) when asked to care for the kids for an extended period of time.

Costar Seth Green looks to be funny.

With Kelly Preston, Lori Loughlin, Matt Dillon and the late Bernie Mac in his final role.

OUR FAMILY WEDDING (PG-13) As the nuptials of Lucia Ramirez (America Ferrera, “Ugly Betty”) and Marcus Boyd (Lance Gross, “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne”) approach, the young couple must deal with the pressures from their families, especially their feuding fathers, Bradford (Forest Whitaker) and Miguel (Carlos Mencia). Fox Searchlight Pictures’ intent to appeal to a more diverse audience seems to vie for Tyler Perry’s immense fanbase.

Director Rick Famuyiwa previously helmed Brown Sugar and The Wood.

With Regina King, Taye Diggs and Fred Armisen.

PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF (PG) Troubled teen Percy Jackson (Logan Lerman) discovers he is a demigod, the son of Greek god Poseidon (Kevin McKidd), and must recover his Uncle Zeus’ (Sean Bean) master bolt before an Olympian civil war rocks the entire world.

Accompanied by protective satyr Grover (Brandon T. Jackson) and Annabeth (Alexandra Daddario), the daughter of Athena, Percy crisscrosses the country for silly reasons only a screenwriter would devise.

REMEMBER ME (PG-13) This dramatic romance is Robert Pattinson’s cinematic excursion from The Twilight Saga. Two young lovers, Tyler (RPattz) and Ally (Emilie de Ravin, “Lost”), find each other in the wake of personal tragedy. Tyler’s brother just committed suicide, and Ally witnessed her mother’s murder. Director Allen Coulter is a TV vet (lots of HBO and a little FX) who directed the feature Hollywoodland. The seasoned cast includes Pierce Brosnan, Chris Cooper, Martha Plimpton and Lena Olin.

REMEMBER THE TITANS (PG) 2000. Directed by Boaz Yakin (Fresh, A Price Above Rubies), this sports-drama is a portrait of Alexandria, VA—a football-crazed town torn by the mandatory integration of the city’s formerly segregated high schools. Set in 1971, things get messy when the school board appoints an African American, Herman Boone (Denzel Washington), to replace the beloved Bill Yoast (Will Patton) as head coach of the T.C. Williams Titans.

Washington and Patton give commanding performances in what’s otherwise an inspiring, but naïve, fairy tale.

REPO MEN (R) Did you see Repo!

The Genetic Opera? You didn’t?

Well, here’s your second chance to essentially see the same story, minus the songs and plus Jude Law. In a future where artificial organs are plentiful, repo men are charged with

repossessing organs from persons who fail to pay off their new liver, lungs or heart. But when repo man Remy (Law) defaults on his own artificial heart, he must go on the run to keep it. With Forest Whitaker, Liev Schreiber, Alica Braga and Carice van Houten.

THE ROOM (R) The Room might be the “Mona Lisa” of bad movies; its greatness lies in its mysterious smile, which a laughing Tommy Wiseau, the baffling “auteur,” trots out at the oddest moments. The Room will leave you with so many questions that don’t need answering. Did Johnny and Lisa get married? What about Claudette’s cancer? Why do they want to throw the football so much? Why am I in a densely populated theater at one in the morning watching this strange, hysterical man vomit drama on the big screen? l THE RUNAWAYS (R) Twilight’s Kristen Stewart moonlights as Joan Jett, while her New Moon pal, Dakota Fanning, plays Cherie Currie in this musical biopic of the groundbreaking 1975 band, The Runaways. Also joining the band are Scout Taylor-Compton (Rob Zombie’s Halloween) as Lita Ford and Stella Maeve (Brooklyn’s Finest) as band cofounder Sandy West. The Runaways is the feature debut of music video director Floria Sigismondi. I can’t help but be a little excited. With Alia Shawkat (“Arrested Development”) and Tatum O’Neal.

SECOND SKIN (NR) 2008. Director Juan Carlos Pineiro-Escoriaza’s film looks at three sets of computer gamers, whose lives have been revolutionized by the availability of online virtual living offered by Massively Multiplayer Online games (MMOs). The consequences of playing these highly addictive games, the most famous of which is World of Warcraft, are far-reaching.

Two of the film’s subjects actually find love in the world of Everquest II.

SHE’S OUT OF MY LEAGUE (R) See Movie Pick.

SHUTTER ISLAND (R) In 1954, U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his new partner, Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo), are summoned to a remote island in Boston Harbor that houses some of the nation’s most dangerous, unstable prisoners, or patients, as head psychiatrist, Dr. Cawley (Ben Kingsley), prefers. A patient, Rachel Solando (Emily Mortimer), has mysteriously escaped, and the marshals have been tasked with finding her and returning her, a job at which Teddy excels. However, Teddy and Chuck soon realize something is amiss on Shutter Island.

SOUNDTRACK FOR A REVOLUTION (NR) 2009. Filmmakers Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman tell the familiar historical story of the American Civil Rights Movement through the powerful soundtrack it generated.

Witness these freedom songs reinterpreted by modern artists Wyclef Jean, John Legend, Joss Stone and The Roots. Winner of Most Popular Film at the Vancouver International Film Festival, a Gold Plaque for Directing at the Chicago International Film Festival and the Audience Award at the Morelia International Film Festival. Part of the Amnesty International Human Rights Film Festival.

THE STONING OF SORAYA M. (R) 2008. Set in 1986 Iran, this timely independent drama stars the always excellent Shohreh Aghdashloo (an Academy Award nominee for House of Sand and Fog) as Zahra, a brave woman with a dangerous story to tell, and Jim “Jesus” Caviezel as Sahebjam, the man to whom she tells it. Based on the international bestseller by Freidoune Sahebjam, The Stoning of Soraya M. was the runner-up for the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival. Part of the

Amnesty International Human Rights Film Festival.

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON (PG-13) All Twilight hating aside, the second cinematic installment of the four-part series bests the first film, even with less of Robert Pattinson’s Edward—a loss tempered by the promotion of the mostly shirtless Taylor Lautner. Twilight true believers will have no trouble loving the follow-up as much, if not more than, its predecessor. Those not inducted into the ever-expanding cult will wonder what all the fuss is about.

UP IN THE AIR (R) With its topicality, Up in the Air is definitely the movie of right now. Its tastefully shot exit interviews might hit too close to home for some recently downsized viewers; and pulling for the guy paid six figures to professionally sack people might be too much to swallow. Yet Reitman and his co-scripter Sheldon Turner rarely dwell on the ramifications of Ryan’s dirty job. Most of the people he fires may not be fiscally better off, but they have spouses, children and a home to go home to. Up in the Air is flawless— not a term I use frivolously.

WHO DOES SHE THINK SHE IS? (NR) 2008. Filmmaker Pamela Tanner Boll (co-executive producer of the Academy Award winning Born Into Brothels) and co-director Nancy Kennedy profile five female artists of varying race, creed and artistic medium who refused to choose when society offered the two options of motherhood and creativity. Winner of Best Documentary at the Savannah Film Festival and the Baltimore Women’s Film Festival. Sponsored by the Georgia Museum of Art as part of their celebration of Women’s History Month.

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GREEN ZONE (R) Green Zone encapsulates filmmaker Paul Greengrass even better than his superior Bourne Supremacy and Bourne Ultimatum. Using the shady political machinations that led to the Iraq War as a catalyst for an atypical action movie, Greengrass again manages to combine intellectual filmmaking and kinetic moviemaking. The resulting two-hour film retains its heady outrage while being much more exciting than the majority of Iraq War dramas.

Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller (Matt Damon) is scouring Baghdad for those elusive Weapons of Mass Destruction.

The administration, represented by a mealymouthed bureaucrat played by Greg Kinnear, needs the WMD found to convince the American Matt Damon people and the rest of the world that our intervention was justified.

Miller just wants to do the job right, and when the supposedly solid, vetted intel proves wrong time and again, the dedicated soldier looks into the sources. His brief investigation leads him to a frustrated CIA agent, Martin Brown (Brendan Gleeson), who specializes in the Middle East and believes the U.S. is going about the democratization of Iraq all wrong.

Miller’s time in the Green Zone (the common name for Baghdad’s International Zone) also uncovers the Wall Street Journal reporter,

Lawrie Dayne (Amy Ryan), who peddled the administration’s WMD B.S. But the more Miller uncovers, the less he likes what he finds. Hot on the trail of the “Jack of Clubs,” Saddam’s number-one general, Muhammad Al-Rawi (Igal Naor), Miller himself becomes the prey, hunted by his own country’s Special Forces.

Screenwriter Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential) adapted Rajiv Chandrasekaran’s book, Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq’s Green Zone, but the film feels as much a Bourne-ization of Charles Ferguson’s terrifyingly enlightening documentary No End in Sight.

Greengrass and Helgeland simply add water to that film’s talking points—lack of a provisional government, de-Ba’athification and the disbanding of the Iraqi military— and, after some vigorous stirring courtesy of Greengrass’ trademark shaky-cam cinematography, they have an intelligent action movie ready for easy audience consumption.

As Miller says, the “reasons [we go to war] matter to me.” When Green Zone ends, you will, hopefully, realize the reasons we went to war matter to you, too; you just didn’t notice until the kick-ass action movie was over.

Drew Wheeler

movie pick Amateurs SHE’S OUT OF MY LEAGUE (R) If a filmpyramid to upper middlebrow. Instead, it maker with a real talent for creating raunchy remains decidedly lowbrow, while a handful romantic comedies had made She’s Out of My of its actors aspire to more than this inferior League, the movie could have been somematerial provides. I did not realize “Fuck you” thing. It could have been a contender, under was such a versatile punch line; Anders and the guiding hand of Judd Apatow or the Morris certainly think it to be the wittiest, Farrelly Brothers. Instead, little-known British most witheringly hilarious comeback. comic Jim Field Smith makes an underwhelmWe also know Molly is nice because ing directorial debut with another script from she deigns to date Kirk (Jay Baruchel, the Sex Drive duo of Sean “Undeclared”), whose Anders and John Morris. biggest flaws are his Sadly, there’s not family and the lack of much about Molly (Alice self-esteem they have Eve) besides her bouncing nurtured in him. Baruchel blonde hair and boobs. could have done someWe know she is an event thing with Kirk, had planner. She usually dates the movie not been so hot tools like fighter pilot dogged about portraying Cam (Geoff Stults). Her him as the biggest loser parents want her to be possible. Kirk could have a lawyer. (Interestingly, convincingly won Molly’s Jay Baruchel and Alice Eve Molly’s mom and dad are heart if the movie had played by Eve’s real-life just let him. Instead, we parents, Trevor Eve and Sharon Maughan.) are left pulling for the guy who does not have She has a stereotypically bitchy best friend a shot at getting the girl.

(Krysten Ritter). Did I mention how pretty she Kirk’s entourage scores about 95 percent was? What about her breasts? Did I mention of the 50 percent of the movie that is made them? from real humor. They would probably find And that shallow paragraph sums up the this movie funny, but you guys are a “10.” failings of She’s Out of My League. Were Molly This comedy, a hard “5,” just cannot cover the an actual character—hell, were anyone a difference. character rather than a caricature—the movie might have slightly ascended up the genre Drew Wheeler

threats & promises The Newest Athens Music Collective Music News And Gossip

Brew Release: I don’t think I’ve ever mentioned a “release” party for a beer, but I’m about to. Regular readers will remember the mention of the four limited-edition craft beers that Terrapin Beer Co. is releasing as “Terrapin’s Georgia Theatre Sessions” and that will serve to benefit the rebuilding of the theatre. Well, the first of these, “The Iron Tankard” (whose name is meant to pay tribute to the Theatre’s origins as the Athens YMCA with its iron swimming pool) is out this month. A celebratory occasion, complete with a tasting of the new beverage, will happen at Photo: Curtis Goodin / Editing: Young Athenians

The Gold Party New Earth Music Hall on Friday, Mar. 19 featuring a performance by the talented Larry Keel, who has earned every scrap of the considerable amount of recognition he’s received. Check out Keel’s music over at www.larrykeel.com. The event costs $8 (adv.), $12 at the door.

Really? Really: The keyboard monsters in Ruby Isle have endeavored to cover the Guns N’ Roses 1987 album Appetite for Destruction in its entirety. The recording began as fairly faithful and then went off the tracks into something else entirely, and includes Har Mar Superstar singing “Sweet Child O’ Mine.”

I haven’t yet heard what they’ve done with it, so I can’t comment authoritatively but, casually, let’s just say this is a supreme case of messing with the primal forces of nature; so Ruby Isle had better nail it. The album is slated for release later this year, and the band will perform its version twice this week at SXSW in Austin: first at Lambert’s on Wednesday, Mar. 17 and then at the 40 Watt SXSW day party on Saturday, Mar. 20 at the Side Bar. Joe Says It’s So: Local dude and classic rock lover Joe Orr (ex-Critical Darlings) has a new track floating around that he recorded with engineer Joel Hatstat and drummer Mat Lewis (Grape Soda, The Agenda). It’s called “You Look Good in Those Jeans,” and it sounds exactly like a mash-up of Fleetwood Mac’s “Don’t Stop” and pretty much any song by Huey Lewis & the News. So, you know, your parents will probably love it. Orr has several other songs posted online, too, in case that doesn’t turn your crank. So visit www.myspace.com/joeorrplus or see him live at Flicker Theatre & Bar on Mar. 17.

Get You a Table: The annual experimental music and arts festival, AUX, is still several weeks away, but tables are being reserved now for its artists’ market. The casual event on the patio of Little Kings Shuffle Club is limited in space, so reservations are a must and will run you $18. Drop a line to market organizer Serra Ferguson via athensindiecraftstravaganzaa@gmail.com to get yours. For information on performing, screening films, etc., please contact festival organizer Heather McIntosh via info@auxfestival.com. This year’s festival, AUX 4, takes place Apr. 10 at the aforementioned Little Kings and Ciné.

Point; Click: The Gold Party has been recording its 21st-century new wave with Andy LeMaster, and we’re talking full-length recording, so that’s got my hopes up for a solid release in the coming months. The band (Benji Barton, Dan Geller, Seth Maleno and Brian Smith) has also launched its new website, located appropriately over at www.wearethegoldparty. com.

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A Little History: Everyone who watched the Academy Awards last week knows of the two Oscars that feature film Crazy Heart took home (Best Actor for Jeff Bridges and Best Original Song for Ryan Bingham and T-Bone Burnett), but you might not realize that the film’s production has a connection to Athens. Executive producer Michael A. Simpson was once an Athens hell-raiser and undeniable scene changer here in town. As the lead singer of Ravenstone, the early-1970s proto-punk rockers who shared a love for The MC5 and James Brown, Simpson and his band challenged the KKK (which still maintained an active presence in Athens at the time), played a spectacularly opposed benefit for gay rights on the UGA campus and shattered ears on Legion Field. I was fortunate enough to become friends with Simpson almost five years ago and just want to give him, along with his production partner and wife Judy Cairo, a shout out and congratulations from his old stomping ground. You can read up on Ravenstone’s current happenings over at www. ravenstoneband.com and read my 2005 feature on the group at www.flagpole.com/Weekly/ Features/HaveYouBeenRavenstoned.24Aug05.

Screen Genie: The 45-minute documentary Of Montreal: Family Nouveau, shot and directed

by Athens writer, Ph.D. and instructor at the UGA Cortona program Spenser Simrill, Jr., had its premier a couple of weeks ago in Chicago at the Chicago International Movies and Music Festival. The screening drew a large crowd who asked several questions about Athens, the music scene and the amount of artistic collaboration that happens here. The movie follows Of Montreal around on its 2009 tour of Europe, and the band is quite candid and open throughout. The whole film held my interest, and I’m happy for all involved and concerned. The next stops for the film are Tallahassee, Madison, WI and Minneapolis.

Undoubtedly it will eventually screen in Athens, and I’ll let you know when that happens. See the trailer over at www.vimeo. com/9279933.

Gordon Lamb threatsandpromises@flagpole.com

Lee CallAway

Hey gang, I’m in Austin this week at South

by Southwest, so be sure to check Flagpole. com for updates from there as we blog daily.

But don’t think for a second I wouldn’t keep you up to date on what’s happening here. To wit, the information below for which you’ve waited a whole week…

Featuring Over 30 Musicians from 11 Bands

In

an incestuous college music town like Athens, collaborations and collectives aren’t that hard to find. Someone can be playing piano in one band on Tuesday and then hop onstage to play guitar with a different band on Wednesday. It’s one of those little quirks that drives a sense of community in a scene and allows for new and interesting things to appear suddenly, as if they were just drawn from the ether. But most of these gatherings are informal get-togethers, often onenight/record/tour-only shots. So, what would happen if a collective sprung up with the specific purpose of connecting musicians and working to get an entire musical community involved? Enter the Athens Music Collective.

“It was started as a way to tie the knot between all these Athens musicians, artists and associates,” says Jefferson Taffet, lead singer of local jam band Lionz. “Essentially, we started connecting with all of the people who sat in with Lionz, then all the musicians that they had played with, and on and on. We’re just trying to bring together all these different people in town who are professional-minded and who are interested in doing something.”

Soon, word got out about the AMC, and people who hadn’t played with any of the musicians before expressed interest in joining forces. Anyone who’s become a fan of the AMC Facebook page saw the project grow larger by the day. Constant updates from the group have revealed a barrage of new music from the members of the Collective as well as various new partners joining in on a pretty regular basis. As more and more bands and artists began joining, the group decided that it needed some direction and formed a board of directors. From there, the group began forming some loose plans. First on the agenda: a benefit concert.

The AMC is taking over the 40 Watt for what is the first in a hopefully long line of Athens Music Collective showcases. There are enough shared bandmembers among the bands that the night will be presented in a “round robin” format. Once a group gets through with its set, a musician or two from that band will swap out with others to form the next band on the bill, creating a tapestry of interconnected artists.

The lineup is definitely a diverse one, ranging from the Americana sounds of the Bros.

Marler and The Burning Angels to the bluesy finger-picking of Mad Whiskey Grin. Throw in the hard-rockin’ and quirky Shitty Candy & the Circus Peanuts, add some soul courtesy of The

Lefty Hathaway Band, then grab some country attitude with Betsy Franck & the Bareknuckle Band. As if that weren’t enough, the showcase also features rock acts Thieves Market, Boo Ray & the Bad Beat Kings, the funk-tronic sursievision, and, of course, Lionz.

All these artists are performing as a means to give back to the music community, says Taffet. All proceeds from the benefit show go to GoARTS! and other local programs designed to bring art and music to underserved children in the community. Bringing people together through music is what the Athens Music Collective is all about. There will also be a drawing during the show for a chance to win a guitar signed by R.E.M. Taffet thinks that some future projects for the AMC might include an album featuring the Collective’s numerous bands and some more benefit showcases at the very least. Maybe even a festival one day, but that’s a ways off still. They are ambitious goals, but the members of the AMC are making sure that they don’t get ahead of themselves.

The Athens Music Collective is pretty open about letting people join, says Taffet, though the group does prefer that applicants try to be professionally minded when it comes to the work that needs to be done. The Collective just wants to bring people together for common purposes, though the size of the goals may change.

“A lot of it depends on who joins in and what they feel like doing,” says Taffet. “We’d love to get some record labels and lawyers and others on board, too.”

For now, though, the dream is being pieced together one day, and one band, at a time.

Taffet says, “It’s all still really new, but the possibilities are endless.”

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Werewolves In It for the People

Gets a Band of His Own

He

lives in Ohio now, but Andy Carlson has roots in Athens.

While he was born in Iowa City and spent most of his formative years in St. Louis, the seeds of Carlson’s life of music were sown when he moved to Athens as a teenager in 1985. At the age of 14 he began playing regularly around town, when he caught the ear of local producer John Keane, who brought him into the studio as a session musician.

“It started purely because I was in town and playing an awful lot,” Carlson says.

Impressed by Carlson’s versatility—he could play country fiddle on one song and then turn around and put together an ornate string arrangement on another—Keane began using the teenager on more and more records.

“You get a lot of classical players who can play really well, in tune, with great tone, and you get a lot of fiddle players that really know the language, but what’s really required in the studio is to bring both of those worlds together,” Carlson says.

After graduating from Clarke Central High School, Carlson remained in Athens to pursue his undergraduate and graduate studies at the University of Georgia, leaving in 1995 to pursue a doctorate at the University of Iowa.

Carlson recalls the decade he spent in Athens fondly.

“I couldn’t have been in a better, more nurturing place,” Carlson says of the way the town helped him cultivate his musical career.

Now, Carlson is an associate professor of music at Denison University in Granville, OH and continues to work as a session fiddler, appearing on albums by R.E.M., Nanci Griffith, Cowboy Junkies and Billy Bragg.

In 2001, looking to expand beyond always playing on someone else’s album or in someone else’s band, Carlson put together the Andy Carlson Band—featuring mandolin, banjo and bass players in addition to Carlson’s violin— to play the progressive instrumental music he was writing.

“These guys are as good of musicians as you’ll hear on traditional bluegrass instruments,” Carlson says of his band, adding that their live show incorporates “everything from old-time fiddle tunes that we’ve arranged to our own progressive bluegrass music.”

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While there’s always a piece of him in Athens, all of Andy Carlson—as well as the Andy Carlson Band—will be here this weekend to play a show celebrating the release of the quartet’s new record, Fiddlehead, which was recorded at Keane’s studio in Athens.

Carlson relishes any opportunity he gets to return to Athens, which come a few times each year. He has maintained close contact with musicians and friends who remain in Athens. His roots are here, and so are some of his family.

Likely in attendance at Friday’s show at the Melting Point will be Carlson’s parents and his 92-year-old grandfather, Earl, the man who taught him to play violin when he was a kid.

Grandpa might even join the band onstage.

In addition to his own band, Carlson wears many hats these days. At Denison, he teaches violin and music history and directs both the orchestra and the bluegrass ensemble. While he values his chances to perform, Carlson says his teaching job balances it well.

“I’m a performer and I love performing, but performance is very temporal,” he says.

“You perform, and then it’s over. And so I love teaching because you get to pass on the excitement and enthusiasm for music to other people, and then that kind of lives and continues on.”

And although he’s a few hundred miles away now, Carlson continues to contribute to projects at Keane’s studio. Keane will mail Carlson a CD of some songs, and Carlson will write and record some fiddle parts and mail back another CD. Beyond all of the musical realms to which Carlson plies his bow, it’s time in the studio he values most. “In the end, I love making music in the recording studio,” he says. “You really get to push yourself to the edge.”

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and artistic visions matched his own. It seems that patience has paid off, and the chemistry between Strother and guitarist Jay Henriques, bassist Jake Ward, drummer Marie Uhler and multi-instrumentalist Daniel Powell is readily apparent and engaging.

But when Strother began recording Someday…, the Werewolves lineup had not totally solidified, so he just kept his doors open to the many local musicians of whom he counted himself a fan. You’ll hear performances by members of Titans of Filth, Mouser, Quiet Hooves, Sea of Dogs and, most notably for Strother, a guest appearance by E6-er John Fernandes. “That’s probably my favorite thing about the album,” says Strother, who acknowledges The Elephant Six Collective has been a major influence on his songwriting.

You can certainly hear echoes of the E6 in Werewolves’ music: the unique instrumentation, the warbled vocals, the pop melodies.

But more importantly, you feel that sense of community.

support. “I feel like we are getting to the point where you don’t necessarily have to go through all the established channels to make yourself quote unquote successful. I feel like there are a lot of artists out there who don’t compromise on things if they don’t want to and still have a successful career.”

Of course, everyone defines success differently, and while Strother hopes to pursue music as a career path, his ambitions are not tied to financial gain. Rather, he says the band is “more interested in interacting with people and connecting with people on a personal level,” and his sincerity manifests itself on the debut record as well as onstage.

Werewolves have built a loyal following here in town, due in no small part to their open, self-effacing charm.

“People have told us they really like the banter we have onstage and our personality,” Strother says. He admits that he was rather particular about recruiting bandmates, taking time to find musicians whose personalities

It’s an ethos Strother embraces wholeheartedly, and to that end he has launched his own collective/record label called Horse Party.

This weekend Horse Party celebrates both the release of Someday We’ll Live in the Forest and Eureka California Is Dead. “It’s going to be handmade stuff on a really small scale,” he says of the label. “I’m excited to do what I can, and I feel very strongly in making it not about money. I never want to see myself becoming someone who is obsessed with the financial aspect of things.”

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Fiddlehead Andy Carlson Finally

“I

mean, I guess it’s kind of like arrogant to talk about ourselves, but…” Werewolves frontman Wyatt Strother sounds almost apologetic answering questions about the group’s debut release, Someday We’ll Live in the Forest. Arrogant he certainly is not, but self-promotion doesn’t come easily to him.

In fact, he’s sort of turned off by the entire music biz machine.

“We’re not the kind of band that is focused on getting its press kit out,” he says. “We never do promotional photos and stuff like that.” It’s not that Werewolves are trying to stay under the radar. The quirky Athens indie-rock band plays out regularly and just came back from a tour up the East Coast seeking more exposure, but Strother’s DIY aesthetic and humanistic vision just don’t gel with the mainstream channels that most career musicians utilize. Instead, he’s drawn to more grassroots methods, turning to social networks, DIY spaces and the community for

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only took about five years for The Superions to go from “the band that could” to “the band that did.” A couple of weeks ago Flagpole was able to nail down the story via an early morning phone call to Atlanta’s W Hotel.

The Superions formed in roughly 2006 and completely casually to boot. B-52s frontman Fred Schneider was staying with friends Dan Marshall and Noah Brodie at their Florida home and came up with the first Superions song in a matter of minutes.

“I had turned them on to lounge music and tiki music, and they had composed some stuff, and they asked if I would put some words to their music. So, I went into the bathroom— because the bathroom had the best acoustics,” says Schneider of the trio’s first recording.

“Besides, they had this lovebird that made so much noise, and I went in there to keep him quiet, too. I came up with [the lyrics for the song] ‘Totally Nude Island’ immediately.”

Although the project was fun, no one had delusions of grandeur and, anyway, Schneider still had a full schedule at the time playing with The B-52s and his own DJ sets. But they said, “What the hell?” and threw a song up on iTunes, and the reaction was such that The Superions decided to go whole hog and do a full EP release. Schneider immediately contacted his friend Mike Turner, who runs Athens’ HHBTM Records. After a little back and forth regarding packaging, print runs, etc., a deal was hatched, and the label released the band’s self-titled CD and 12” EP in February.

The record features three original tracks by The Superions (“Totally Nude Island,” “Those Sexy Saucer Gals” and the urban-legend-bearing “Who Threw That Ham at Me?”) matched with remixes by The Lolligags, Marshmallow Coast, Ursula 1000 and Casper & the Cookies.

Schneider couldn’t be happier with how it turned out. “Mike always finds the best people,” he says. “We’re really happy. We’re really excited. Everything’s really on a roll. I knew Mike Turner would do a good job, but it went beyond my expectations.”

The only time Schneider, who is effusively friendly and eminently generous with information, retreats into caginess is when asked about possible live performances. It makes sense that people will want to see The Superions up on the stage. With a short and

to-the-point answer, he simply says, “Well, we don’t have a [live] band, but you never know.”

The notion of pushing the point was dropped.

The Superions’ songs aren’t as instantaneously frenetic as those on Schneider’s 1984 album, Fred Schneider & the Shake Society. Nor are they alternately breezy and guitar-driven Southern dance tunes à la B-52s. And they’re not even closely related to his work on the 1996 album, Just Fred. What they are, though, are tightly wound, keyboard-supported, spaceage compositions that have caught the ear of everyone from the estimable A.V. Club section of The Onion to legendary shock-jock Howard Stern. His recent appearance on Stern’s show was a hit with audiences, and Schneider says he had a total blast.

“I was on there at least half an hour or more. Howard gets so many emails about his show from fans, and he read emails the next day,“ says Schneider. With a hearty chuckle he recalls, “They were all complimentary and supportive; except there was one email that said there wasn’t enough tits and ass!”

Schneider’s schedule with The B-52s has slowed a little since their touring a couple of years ago in support of Funplex, but The Superions are rolling at full speed. There’s already talk of, and recorded material for, some special holiday releases.

“Since I do all the writing of the lyrics, everything’s fine. Right now we have a live album we’re doing, a Christmas album and Halloween album. Not your typical stuff, either. Why should we choose typical topics for our songs?” he says. “And nobody seems to do Halloween stuff anymore. Well, except Elvira. And she said she’d guest-appear on ours.”

Schneider seems especially enthused for the Christmas album. In between mentions of “a sparkling Christmas chorus” he talks about the amount of material ready to be laid down.

“I have written about 20 things already. It’s interludes and spoken word and songs. Oh, the spoken word stuff, well, let’s just say it’s set in the winter.” When asked whether it was going to be material that harkened back to grandma’s day he said, “Oh, you’d have to throw grandma out of the room! Well, I don’t know, it is 2010…”

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record reviews THE WHIGS In the Dark ATO With In the Dark, The Whigs’ third full-length release, our hometown heroes have finally graduated into the big leagues. Mission Control got the band half-way there, showcasing more mature songwriting and a more polished aesthetic, but this album is The Whigs’ true potential finally reached.

You want a hit single? Close your eyes and pick a track. Seriously. From the bass-heavy groove of “Hundred/ Million” to the bouncy melody of “Automatic” to the rousing chorus of “Someone’s Daughter,” this is an instantly memorable, hook heavy record. Songs like “So Lonely” and “Kill Me Carolyne” are the most propulsive, with a guitar-driven attack that is very reminiscent of the Foo Fighters’ early catalog.

Front man Parker Gispert has grown as a songwriter as well, exploring new, diverse lyrical themes. The socially minded “I Am for Real,” for example, offers a somewhat political slant, with its chorus of “I don’t need to kill anyone to let them know I am for real/I don’t need to walk in your backyard, to let you just where I stand.”

What’s most impressive though, is that despite this record’s anthemic qualities, it’s full of intricacies and surprises, too. This is the moodiest Whigs record to date, and it offers previously unexplored dark twists and tones. Even Gispert’s signature rasp is cloaked at times in reverb or echo, like in the haunting, almost tribal sounding track “Dying.” There’s a slightly psychedelic, ‘60s vibe there which returns on the extended intro to album closer “Naked.” After a minute of noise, The Whigs gently lead into their sexiest song yet, with its seductive, breathy verses erupting into a climactic chorus.

In the Dark exposes a more vibrant, versatile Whigs than we have seen before, and it confirms their status as a quintessential power trio.

Michelle Gilzenrat

BETSY FRANCK & THE BAREKNUCKLE BAND Still Waiting Independent Release Locals Betsy Franck and the Bareknuckle Band straddle the line between barroom blues and altcountry on Still Waiting, the group’s

sophomore release. The centerpiece of the group is frontwoman Franck’s soulful Southern vocals, which are on par with those of veterans like twofisted country femme Shelby Lynne and former Little Feat vocalist Shaun Murphy. With her guitar slug across her shoulder, Franck is a powerhouse singer whose rough-edged, but nonetheless comforting, singing conveys the multitude of emotions rumbling ‘round in songs like the forlorn “City of Gold” and the swooning “Low Down,” a doo-wop influenced cut backed by the guest horn section of saxman Randall Bramblett, jazz trombonist Kevin Hyde, and J.R. Beckwith of the Athens Symphony Orchestra.

But this is a band, not a solo project, after all, and each member of Franck’s Bareknuckle crew is given plenty of room to shine on the album, as well. Keyboard man Lefty Hathaway keeps the group’s soul influence in check with his meaty organ fills, while the rhythm section of drummer Mike Strickland and bassist Clint Swords are side by side with Franck in switching from shuffling jazz to hip-shaking R&B to modern country styles. The band shows it can jam, too, but keeps things tight as it wisely avoids lengthy, extended solos and other repetitive time-fillers. Still Waiting is a brief but strong, proudly “unfancy” outing by a group capable of playing the blues and exerting positive energy within the same three-to-four-minute block.

Michael Andrews Betsy Franck and the Bareknuckle Band are playing with the Athens Music Collective at the 40 Watt Club on Friday, Mar. 19.

ATHENS Athens EP Independent Release In a place known for its music scene and the opportunity to be discovered, it only seems fitting that at least one band should be named after this wonderful city. However, the guys in Athens probably aren’t what you would expect. The bandmembers aren’t even old enough to vote or buy a pack of smokes.

Lead singer Chase Brown, 14, and guitarist Beau “Monkey” Anderson, 11, have been friends for about eight years, often jamming together when in the spring of 2008, they joined up with Zak Smith, 15, on drums and Walt Sorrow, 15, on bass, and the band Athens was born. Since then they have been playing numerous festivals, venues and parties in town.

Their recently released EP features good old-fashioned rock and roll in the vein of AC/DC, one of their stated influences. They have great guitar riffs, especially on the track, “She Don’t Even Know.” Athens has frequently captured the attention of musicians and fans alike, including Carl Jah of Dread Zeppelin who wrote the song “Roll On.” The five tracks prove that these are obviously tremendously talented

teenagers, but you can hear the youth in them as well. It will be interesting to hear the band in five or 10 years when their styles (and voices) have matured.

However, these fledgling musicians are off to a great start.

Nicole Edgeworth Athens will play an all-ages show Saturday, Mar. 20 at Nuçi’s Space.

BURNS LIKE FIRE Year of the Rat EP Party Hat With members including Josh Smith (guitar, vocals) and Parker Bradshaw (drums) of Celerity as well as Web Couch (guitar, vocals) of Karbomb, Burns Like Fire has undoubtedly already begun making its way into the hearts of local pop-punk supporters. As a derivative of punk bands such as Hot Water Music, Strike Anywhere and Alkaline Trio, Burns Like Fire’s first EP, Year of the Rat, preserves the speedy pop-punk abrasiveness of its influences but can’t avoid retaining a polished commercial sheen as well.

Year of the Rat begins with a crooning intro about the abandonment of a professional life daydream brought by the inevitable moment of optimistically, if not recklessly, choosing to accept and embrace the left-hand path of a presumably alternative lifestyle.

As the first full track, “Bringing the Haymaker,” forcefully crunches its way through steady chords and raspy heartfelt words. “We Aren’t the Kids We Used to Be” utilizes varying vocals to keep the momentum sustained. The EP’s closer, “Moziltoph Cocktail,” best exemplifies the band’s capacity for pop-punk melody construction through an effective three-part vocal harmony and a full-bodied fervor of a driving bass line, racing guitars and unrelenting drums.

Jessica Smith

DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS The Big To-Do ATO With the success of 2008’s Brighter Than Creation’s Dark (New West), the Drive-By Truckers showed that they had weathered a turbulent few years and come out a smarter and more mature band. Singer/guitarist Patterson Hood had found a balance between the rock and roll rave ups and country feeling acoustic ballads, while Mike Cooley showed that he was one of the more

criminally underappreciated songwriters around, and bassist Shonna Tucker proved that the big bad DBT wasn’t just a boys’ club with her solid songwriting contributions. The only real question was: What would the band do for a follow-up?

The Big To-Do is the Truckers’ answer to that question—a big, loud record that is a departure from the more intimate feeling Creation’s Dark.

Whether that’s a sign of a band that has a solid lineup for the first time in five years or of the previous album being merely a sidestep remains to be seen, but the fact of the matter is that The Big To-Do is a loud, electric album full of noisy guitars, fist-pumping drum beats and sing-along choruses. Guitarist John Neff shines on the album, as does new keyboardist Jay Gonzalez.

Highlights include “The Fourth Night of My Drinking,” “The Wig He Made Her Wear” (a great Patterson Hood-penned tale of murder) and Shonna Tucker’s “You Got Another,” which might be the best Stevie Nicks ballad that Stevie Nicks never wrote.

The Big To-Do is full of sour notes, big guitar solos, Southern twang and a dash of murderous intent. In short, it’s a great Drive-By Truckers album; and 10 albums into their career, that’s a hell of an achievement.

Jason Bugg

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JOHNNY CASH American VI: Ain’t No Grave American Besides being a true American great, perhaps no other modern artist has lived through his music as much as Cash. And the ship-righting, Rick Rubin-helmed American Recordings series has been visionary in its ability to render this legacy with such poignant realism. The final album from the sessions that defined the last mile of Cash’s life, American VI is filled with rare will and searing pathos. His ability to sing with such naked candor while God’s breath is on his eyelash is a testament to his power as both artist and man. His voice tells the whole story—its enormous presence, the deep patina of mileage and the taxing force of age, all locked in a wrenching dance. Each time his voice breaks, so goes the heart.

Like the series’ best moments, the fine-tuned VI uses simplicity to allow an infinity of meaning and perspective to emanate. Tenderness pours from numbers like “Can’t Help but Wonder Where I’m Bound,” “For the Good Times,” “I Corinthians 15:55” and parting song “Aloha Oe.” The monuments are the title track’s haunting chaingang blues and the gospel majesty of “Redemption Day,” whose chorus threatens to burst your chest on its rise toward heaven.

Fitting, bittersweet and landmark, VI is a solemnly stunning final word on a one-of-a-kind career. Most importantly, it’s something that’s so preciously rare in life: a proper goodbye.

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Tuesday 16 EVENTS: The Art of: Brew (Terrapin Beer Co.) Tour the Terrapin Beer Company and learn the art of awardwinning beer. Followed by a reception and live music by the Athens A-Train Band. Part of GMOA’s “The Art of” Series. RSVP. 6–8 p.m. $30.

706-542-0830 LECTURES & LIT.: VOX Reading Series (Ciné Barcafé) An evening of poetry featuring the works of G.C. Waldrep. Presented by the UGA Creative Writing Program. 8 p.m.

FREE! www.athenscine.com MEETINGS: Athens Rock and Gem Club (Friendship Christian Church) Fabulous specimens from the Diamond Hill Mine in Antreville, South Carolina will be on display.

All are welcome to attend. 7:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-549-8082 GAMES: Blind Draw Poker (Fat Daddy’s) Bring your poker face. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0241 GAMES: Dart Tournament (The Pub at Gameday) You can’t spell dart without the art. Compete against other bar game extraordinaires. 706353-2831 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: Poker Tour (Buffalo’s Southwest Café) Texas Hold ‘Em every Wednesday. 18 and up. Sign in at 6:30 p.m. Dealing begins at 7:30 p.m. FREE! www.interstatepokerclub. com GAMES: Trivia (Doc Chey’s Noodle House) Every Tuesday with drink and food specials! 8:30–10:30 p.m.

FREE! www.doccheys.com

Wednesday 17 EVENTS: 2010 Korean Contemporary Film Festival (UGA Tate Center) Enjoy a screening of Forever the Moment, a 2008 fictionalized account of the South Korea women’s handball team.

Korean snacks provided! 6:45–9 p.m. FREE! jongyun@uga.edu EVENTS: APERO Africana Brown Bag Lecture (UGA Memorial Hall, Room 407) William Kisaalita, a biological and agricultural engineer, speaks on “Guiding Axioms for Deploying Sustainable TechnologyDriven Solutions at the Bottom of the Economic Ladder.” 12:15 p.m. FREE! fsgiles@uga.edu EVENTS: Canine Cocktail Hour (Hotel Indigo, Phi Bar & Bistro Courtyard) Drink and food specials for you and your (well-behaved, non-aggressive, vaccinated) dog!

Musical guest Timi Conley. Every Wednesday. 5–7 p.m. www.athensdowntownhotel.com

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EVENTS: Empty Bowl Luncheon (The Classic Center) Benefit hosted by the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia to raise awareness about hunger. Tickets include soup, a sandwich and a bowl handcrafted by the potters at Good Dirt. Eleven showpiece bowls created by local artists will also be auctioned off during the drop-in lunch. 11:30 a.m. $15. www.foodbanknega.org, www. classiccenter.com EVENTS: St. Patty’s Day Bash (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s) Celebrate with traditional corned beef and cabbage, an appearance by the Coors Light Girls and giveaways followed by Sports Trivia at 9:30 p.m. 7 p.m.

706-850-1916 EVENTS: St. Patty’s Day Party (Alibi) Come celebrate with a corned beef and cabbage cook-off and raffles. See website for details. www. alibisaloon.com PERFORMANCE: Lowdown Comedy Open-Mic (New Earth Music Hall) Headlined by Atlanta comedian Steve Mills, who has performed across the country, sharing the stage with acts like Daniel Tosh, Taylor Williamson and Joe DeRosa, to name a few. The openmic portion give 12 comedians 6 minutes to deliver their best. If you’re interested in performing, email LowdownComedy@gmail. com. 9 p.m. $5. www.newearthmusichall.com 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: Cupcake Club (Rocksprings Neighborhood Center) Meet with your fellow cupcake compatriots and collaborate on the design for a different themed cupcake every Wednesday! 10–11:30 a.m. $1. 706-613-3603, www.accleisureservices.com KIDSTUFF: Homeschoolers Chapter Book Review (Madison County Library) Elementary schoolage homeschoolers gather at the library to read a book together and talk about it. Every Thursday. 2 p.m.

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

Mar. 3–May 12, Wednesdays, $13.

706-613-3515, www.sandycreeknaturecenter.com KIDSTUFF: Mother Goose Rocks (Rocksprings Neighborhood Center) Weekly storytime for toddlers and preschoolers. 10 a.m. $2. 706-6133603 KIDSTUFF: St. Patrick’s Day Snake Celebration (Memorial Park) St. Patrick may have driven all the snakes from Ireland, but, today, Bear Hollow’s staff will bring them back to visit! Learn cool facts along

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with some pervasive myths about your legless friends. 4–5 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3616 KIDSTUFF: Tikes, Trikes and Strollers: St. Patrick’s Day (Greenway) Bring in the spring and celebrate in green as you take a quick spin down the Greenway.

Enjoy crafts and refreshments following the ride. 10 a.m. $2. 706613-3615 KIDSTUFF: Wildcard Wednesday for Teens (ACC Library) Up next: M.C. Escher Tessellation. Escher’s tessellations fit people and animals together like long lost puzzle pieces.

Make your own in this two-part workshop. Ages 11–18. Space is limited. Mar. 17 & Mar. 24, 4 p.m.

FREE! 706-613-3650 LECTURES & LIT.: Talking about Books (ACC Library, Small Conference Room) This month, members will read and discuss The Maltese Falcon, by Dashiell Hammett. Newcomers welcome.

10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 LECTURES & LIT.: VOX Poetry Reading (UGA Park Hall, Room 265) John D’Agata, an author who caught the attention of both Annie Dillard and David Foster Wallace, reads from his work. 4 p.m. FREE! www.uga.edu 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: Athens Human Rights Festival (Nuçi’s Space) Committee planning meeting. Any volunteers who want to help organize this year’s festival are welcome. Parking is available across the street in the old Dial America lot. 7 p.m. 770-7252652, www.athenshumanrightsfest. org MEETINGS: Library Sewing Group (Madison County Library) Currently crocheting with double-ended crochet needles. Newcomers welcome.

1–3 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 GAMES: Dart League (Alibi) Meet up with other sharp-shooters. FREE! 706-549-1010 GAMES: Dart Night (Fat Daddy’s) Because you’re a different kind of athlete. FREE! 706-355-3030 GAMES: Game Night (Alibi) Develop coordination, tolerance and grace through beer pong and keno.

Every Wednesday with Corey. FREE! 706-549-1010 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.

FREE! www.myspace.com/flickerbar GAMES: Poker Tour (Buffalo’s Southwest Café) Texas Hold ‘Em every Wednesday. 18 and up. Sign in at 6:30 p.m. Dealing begins at 7:30

I Musici de Montréal will perform at the UGA Performing Arts Center on Saturday, Mar. 20. p.m. FREE! www.interstatepokerclub. com GAMES: Sports Trivia (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s) Every Wednesday. Win house cash and prizes! 8:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-850-1916 GAMES: Trivia (Harry’s Pig Shop) Nerd wars at Classic City Trivia’s “most challenging Trivia Night in Athens.” Every Wednesday. 7:30 p.m. FREE! 706-612-9219 GAMES: Trivia (Your Pie, Five Points) Calling all know-it-alls!

Every Wednesday. 7:30 p.m. FREE! www.yourpie.com GAMES: Trivia (Willy’s Mexicana Grill) Every Wednesday. 8–10 p.m.

FREE! 706-548-1920 GAMES: Trivia Wars (283 Bar) Check the Fan Page group “Trivia Wars!” for weekly updates and the online question of the week. Special St. Patty’s Day theme. 8:30 p.m. (sign up) 9 p.m. (game starts).

FREE! 706-208-1283

Thursday 18 EVENTS: Gubernatorial Debate (UGA Chapel) Moderated by Charles S. Bullock, Richard B. Russell Professor of Political Science. The Democratic candidates will debate from 6-7:30 p.m. and Republican candidates from 8-9:30 p.m. Q&A follows. 6 p.m. FREE! dougherk@ uga.edu EVENTS: Opening Reception (UGA Ecology Building) For “San Luis de Monteverde: Luminosity in Life and Decay,” an exhibit of photographs

by Richard Siegesmund. 5–7 p.m.

FREE! rsieg@uga.edu EVENTS: UGA Living Wage Vigil (UGA Arch) Come out and show your support for a living wage! Every Thursday. 5–6 p.m. FREE! www. livingwageaction.org ART: Reception (Chase Street Warehouses, 160 Tracy St., Unit 4) For “Two Bros,” an exhibit featuring paintings, drawings, sculpture and conceptual art by Charles Westfall and Layet Johnson. 7–9 p.m. FREE!

www.charlesawestfall.com, www. layetjohnson.com KIDSTUFF: Open Playtime (ACC Library) For children ages 1–3 with their caregivers. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 LECTURES & LIT.: “B-Girling: A History of Hip-Hop Dance and Culture” (UGA Dance Building) In celebration of Women’s History Month, a talk by Teena Marie Custer, from Slippery Rock University. 11 a.m.–12:15 p.m. FREE! tlhat@uga. edu MEETINGS: Athens Homebrewers Club (Terrapin Beer Co.) Club dedicated to the enjoyment of beers, meads and ciders as well as the advancement of brewing knowledge through education. New and experienced brewers welcome. Don’t forget to bring a glass! 6:30 p.m. www. athenshomebrewers.com MEETINGS: Buy Local Book Club (The Globe) Buy Local Athens is a newly formed initiative with the mission to nurture Athens’ independent, locally owned businesses. All are welcome to meet quarterly for discussions about books, localism, sustainability, culture and independence. Currently reading Jay Walljasper’s The Great Neighborhood Book. 6–9 p.m.

FREE! imanavidreader.blogspot.com/ MEETINGS: Oconee County Democrats (Oconee Governmental Annex Building) Georgia Democratic candidate for Secretary of State Michael Mills will be speaking to the Oconee County Dems during their regular monthly meeting.

MEETINGS: Photography Guild Meeting (Lyndon House Arts Center) Featuring a presentation by John Mariana on Photoshop tips and techniques. Open to the public.

7 p.m. FREE! fm2dev@hotmail.com MEETINGS: Spanish Group (1000faces Coffee, 585 Barber St.) All-level Spanish conversation group. Informal, welcoming and fun! Every Thursday. 7–8 p.m. FREE! 706-534-8860, www.1000facescoffee.com

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 (Your Pie, Downtown) Every Thursday. 7:30 p.m. FREE! www.yourpie.com

Friday 19 EVENTS: Amnesty International Human Rights Film Festival (Ciné Barcafé) This weekend, focus on human rights across the globe. Films include Burma VJ, The Stoning of Soraya M. and Soundtrack for a Revolution. Go online for full schedule. Mar. 19–21, FREE! www.athenscine.com EVENTS: Bargainza Preview (Old Farmers Hardware, 2555 Lexington Rd.) It’s that time again. Come check out the goods the night before the giant thrift sale! Presented by the Junior League of Athens. Proceeds benefit P.A.L.S. 6:30–9:30 p.m. $6. www.juniorleagueofathens.org EVENTS: Farmers’ Market (Flora Hydroponics, 195 Paradise Blvd.)

The Sacred Earth Growers Co-Op sets up their year-round farmers’ market. Organic meat and dairy vendors, produce vendors, local artisans and more help to make this an exciting new addition to your weekend. 2–6 p.m. FREE! 706-353-2223 EVENTS: Festival de Primavera (Boys & Girls Clubs of Athens, Garnett Ridge) Celebrate spring!

Fun activities for kids and families, including free food, inflatables and real ponies. Live music from Incatepec at 6 p.m.

EVENTS: Korea Night at the Museum (UGA Tate Center) Come celebrate Korean culture with performances, exhibitions and a taste of Korean cuisine. 7–9:30 p.m. $7, $5 (students). haejunyoon@gmail.com EVENTS: MFA Exhibition (Lamar Dodd School of Art) Opening reception for the 2010 Master of Fine Arts Degree Candidates Exhibition. 6–9 p.m. FREE! www.art.uga.edu

EVENTS: Spring Book Sale (Madison County Library) Money raised goes back into the library through book purchasing, program funding and special initiatives. Open during library hours. 706-795-5564.

EVENTS: UGA Observatory Open House (UGA Observatory) The 24-inch telescope is open for public viewing on the roof of the UGA physics building. 9 p.m. FREE! 706542-2860 THEATRE: The Jungle Book (Athens Little Playhouse) Athens Little Playhouse performs a play based on Rudyard Kipling’s beloved tale about Mowgli, a little boy raised by wolves in the jungle. Mar. 19 & 26, 7:30 p.m., Mar. 20, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Mar. 21 & 28, 2 p.m. $10, $8 (kids, seniors, students, members). www.athenslittleplayhouse.org KIDSTUFF: Afterhours @ The Library (ACC Library) Teen coffeehouse and open mic. Come sing, dance, play an instrument, read poetry or juggle. Refreshments provided. Ages 11–18. 7–9 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 LECTURES & LIT.: IWS Friday Speaker Series (UGA Student Learning Center, Room 214) The Institute for Women’s Studies’ Friday Speaker Series with Katy Janousek, from the University Health Center, speaks on “The Naked Truth: Safer Sex Marketing Schemes Revealed.”

12:20–1:10 p.m. FREE! tlhat@uga. edu LECTURES & LIT.: Women’s Studies Student Symposium (UGA Student Learning Center, Rooms 213, 214 & 348) IWS 17th Annual Student Symposium: “Feminist Research Across the Disciplines” with sessions including: “What Is Really on Television,” “Violence, Hate & Other NonAffirming Things” and more. 1:25– 6:40 p.m. FREE! tlhat@uga.edu 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 Fridays of every month. 6:30 p.m. athens@drinkingliberally.org

Saturday 20 EVENTS: Where the Wild Things Are (Daddi’s House) Come to Comer and catch the movie! 7 p.m.

FREE! 706-797-2035 EVENTS: Amnesty International Human Rights Film Festival (Ciné Barcafé) Focus on human rights across the globe. Full schedule online. See Mar. 19 Events. Mar. 19–21, FREE! www.athenscine.com EVENTS: Bargainza (Old Farmers Hardware, 2555 Lexington Rd.) It’s that time again. Come check out the giant thrift sale! Preview night on Friday, Mar. 19. Presented by the Junior League of Athens. Proceeds benefit P.A.L.S. 8:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. $3 www.juniorleagueofathens.org EVENTS: BreastFest 2010 (Terrapin Beer Co.) Fundraiser for breast cancer research and breast health that benefits St. Mary’s Women’s Diagnostic Center. Main event features live music, food, wine and beer, silent auction and raffle.

BreastFest Kids activities include face-painting, moon-bounce and dancing. See Calendar Pick on p.

27. 3–11 p.m. $20 (advance), $25 (door), FREE! (kids). 706-546-5008, www.breastfest.org EVENTS: Closing Reception (Highwire Lounge) For Christopher DeDe Giddens’ mixed media portraits. All unsold portraits will be auctioned off. 6–9 p.m. 706-5838510

EVENTS: Contra Dance (Memorial Park) Old-time contra dance with live music by The Eargasms and calling presented by the Athens Folk Music & Dance Society. No experience necessary, no partner needed.

Free lesson at 7:30 p.m. 8–11 p.m. $7 (18+), FREE! (ages 17 & under). www.athensfolk.org EVENTS: Deer Neighbors (Sandy Creek Park) Learn about living with suburban deer and how to deal with some of their less-than-neighborly behaviors. Lindsay Thomas, Jr. of Quality Deer Management Association leads this informative talk. Register by Mar. 19. 2 p.m. $2.

706-613-3631 EVENTS: Farmers’ Market (Flora Hydroponics, 195 Paradise Blvd.)

The Sacred Earth Growers Co-Op sets up their year-round farmesrs’ market. See Mar. 19 Events. 2–6 p.m. FREE! 706-353-2223 EVENTS: Spring Book Sale (Madison County Library) Money raised goes back into the library through book purchasing, program funding and special initiatives. Open during library hours. 706-795-5564.

ART: Spring Fling Pottery Sale (Happy Valley Pottery, Watkinsville) Pottery sale featuring studio demonstrations and raku firing. Mar. 21 & 22, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. FREE! 706769-5922 PERFORMANCE: I Musici de Montreal (UGA Hodgson Hall) The illustrious Canadian chamber orchestra performs works by Tchaikovsky and Mussorgsky. 8 p.m. $25–$35. 706-542-4400, www.uga. edu/pac THEATRE: The Jungle Book (Athens Little Playhouse) An Athens Little Playhouse production. See Mar. 19 Theatre. Mar. 19 & 26, 7:30 p.m., Mar. 20, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Mar. 21 & 28, 2 p.m. $10, $8 (kids, seniors, students, members). www. athenslittleplayhouse.org KIDSTUFF: Family Day: Spring Festival (Lamar Dodd School of Art) Come to the art education classrooms to learn about two of your favorite things: animals and art!

Create your own art-pet to take home with you. 10 a.m.–noon. FREE! 706542-4662 KIDSTUFF: “Mudpies” (Oconee County Library) Plant seeds, make delicious mud treats and listen to stories about spring in this fun workshop! For kids of all ages.

Registration required. 11 a.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 KIDSTUFF: Nature Trading Post (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Program intended to encourage personal nature exploration and raise awareness about ecological connections among young collectors. Participants earn points for their collected items (shells, rocks, animal bones, etc.). The points can be banked or used to trade for another object from the Nature Center’s Trading Post. Kids, bring an adult to participate! 11 a.m.–noon. FREE! 706-613-3615 GAMES: Game Night (Alibi) Come play beer pong! FREE! 706-5491010

Sunday 21 EVENTS: Amnesty International Human Rights Film Festival (Ciné Barcafé) Focus on human rights across the globe. Full schedule online. See Mar. 19 Events. Mar. 19–21, FREE! www.athenscine.com EVENTS: Bottlecap Truck’s 10th Birthday Bash (Email for Location) Local roving landmarks grow up so fast! This date marks 10 years that artist Jimmy Straehla has been motoring around town in his artcar,

a work truck bedazzled in bottlecaps.

Celebrate with an art show featuring the work of several local artists, live music from Michael Lachowski, Pam Blanchard, Jim White, Eric Johnson (f/stop), The WinterVillains and Curley Maple. Noon–7 p.m. FREE! 706-338-3097, www.bottlecapman. net EVENTS: Dancing with the Athens Stars (The Classic Center) Come see your favorite locals hoof it for a good cause. Proceeds from the night’s fun benefit Project Safe. See story on p. 8. 7 p.m. $15. www.

ClassicCenter.com EVENTS: Meditation and Kirtan (Vastu School of Yoga, Chase Park Warehouse) Lend your voice to this ancient form of devotional chanting performed in the traditional “call and response” form with live drumming and harmonium. 5 p.m. FREE! 561723-6172, vastuyoga@hotmail.com EVENTS: Spring Bike Sale (Chase Street Warehouses) Freshly refurbished bicycles for sale including road bikes, mountain bikes, touring bikes, hybrids, cruisers and kids’ bikes. All bikes have passed a 78 point inspection and are in excellent operating condition. Prices range from $50 to $500. Proceeds benefit BikeAthens. 2–4 p.m. http:// bikeathens.com/activities/bike_recycling/index.html EVENTS: Spring Book Sale (Madison County Library) Money raised goes back into the library through book purchasing, program funding and special initiatives. Open during library hours. 706-795-5564.

ART: Spring Fling Pottery Sale (Happy Valley Pottery, Watkinsville) Pottery sale featuring studio demonstrations and raku firing. Mar. 21 & 22, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. FREE! 706769-5922 THEATRE: The Jungle Book (Athens Little Playhouse) An Athens Little Playhouse production. See Mar. 19 Theatre. Mar. 19 & 26, 7:30 p.m., Mar. 20, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Mar. 21 & 28, 2 p.m. $10, $8 (kids, seniors, students, members). www. athenslittleplayhouse.org LECTURES & LIT.: “The Life and Legacy of Jeannette Rankin” (Oconee County Library) Historian and keynote speaker Joan Hoff speaks on the pacifistic principles which guided Rankin and discusses pacifism’s application to today’s global conflicts. 3 p.m. FREE! www. uga.edu GAMES: Full-Contact Trivia (Allen’s Bar & Grill) Sports-themed rules with diverse categories. 6 p.m.

FREE! www.allensbarandgrill.com GAMES: Trivia (Buffalo’s Southwest Café) Hosted by Chris in the atrium.

7 p.m. 706-353-6655

Monday 22 EVENTS: Spring Book Sale (Madison County Library) Money raised goes back into the library through book purchasing, program funding and special initiatives. Open during library hours. 706-795-5564.

KIDSTUFF: Bedtime Stories (ACC Library) Every Monday. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Infant Storytime (ACC Library) Nurture language skills.

10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 LECTURES & LIT.: “Writing Women Back into History” (UGA Chapel) Historian Joan Hoff delivers the keynote address for this year’s celebration of Women’s History Month. A reception and book signing follow. 3 p.m. FREE! www. uga.edu MEETINGS: Athens Permaculture (Ben’s Bikes) Meet up with others devoted to permaculture and

sustainable living. Talk led by Even McGowan. 6:30–8:30 p.m. FREE! athenspermaculture@gmail.com GAMES: “20 Questions at Transmet” (Transmetropolitan, Downtown) General trivia. Topics include sex, music, movies, science, history and much more. Check the Facebook Group “20 questions at Transmet” for weekly themes and the online question of the week. Every Monday. 8:30–10 p.m. FREE! 706613-8773 GAMES: Game Night (The Pub at Gameday) New games including Wii bowling! 706-353-2831 GAMES: Keno Night (The Office Lounge) Every Monday! 7 p.m.

FREE! 706-546-0840 GAMES: Pool Tournament (Fat Daddy’s) Sharks and minnows compete. 8 p.m. 706-353-0241 GAMES: Team Trivia (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s) Win house cash and prizes!

8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-1916 GAMES: Trivia and Karaoke and Pool (Alibi) Handsome Ken has his hands full hosting various bar games to keep you happy. 9 p.m.

FREE! 706-549-1010

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THURSDAY, MARCH 18

FRIDAY, MARCH 19

TUESDAY, MARCH 23 2 TERRAPIN PINTS ALL NIGHT!

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Tuesday 23 EVENTS: Annual Pottery Sale (Lamar Dodd School of Art) The Ceramic Student Organization hosts its spring pottery sale. 10 a.m.–5 p.m. www.art.uga.edu.

EVENTS: Athens Swing Night (Dancefx) No partner or experience necessary! Advanced lesson at 8 p.m. Beginners’ lesson at 8:30 p.m.

Dancing from 9–11 p.m. www.athensswingnight.com EVENTS: The Patient as Artist (Ciné Barcafé) Celebrate art’s healing power at this evening of film, art and poetry created by patients and participants in Seeing with the Wild Eye Workshops and Woven Dialogue Writing Worshops. Reception follows. 7 p.m. FREE! www.athenscine. com EVENTS: Spring Book Sale (Madison County Library) Money raised goes back into the library through book purchasing, program funding and special initiatives. Open during library hours. 706-795-5564.

EVENTS: Survivor Spring Social (Athens Regional Medical Center) American Cancer Society Leadership Board of Athens invites all cancer survivors +1 guest to attend. Enjoy live pianist Joanne Tidwell, food and celebration! 6–8 p.m. FREE! emma. holman@cancer.org 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) 3:30–4:30 p.m. FREE! 706613-3650 LECTURES & LIT.: Death Penalty Awareness Week Speaker (UGA Student Learning Center, Room 214) Amnesty International and Georgians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty sponsor a talk by Gary Drinkard, a man who was wrongly convicted and served time on death row in Alabama. 5 p.m. FREE! www.athensai.blogspot.com GAMES: Blind Draw Poker (Fat Daddy’s) Bring your poker face. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0241 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: Poker Tour (Buffalo’s Southwest Café) Texas Hold ‘Em every Wednesday. 18 and up. Sign in

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THURSDAY, MARCH 25

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SATURDAY, MARCH 27

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THE CALENDAR! at 6:30 p.m. Dealing begins at 7:30 p.m. FREE! www.interstatepokerclub. com GAMES: Trivia (Doc Chey’s Noodle House) Every Tuesday with drink and food specials! 8:30–10:30 p.m.

FREE! www.doccheys.com

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THURSDAY

FRIDAY, MAR. 19 fl

MONDAY TUESDAY COMING SOON

Third Annual

5K

and 1 Mile Treefrog Trot

March 27th, 2010

Treefrog Trot at 8:30 AM • 5K at 9:00 AM Walkers and strollers welcome! • Chase Street Elementary School COURSE: The course is within the Historic Boulevard Neighborhood and begins and ends at Chase Street Elementary School.

ENTRY FEE: $15 prior to Friday, 3/19; $20 after Friday, 3/20; $10 for Treefrog Trot; Family rate: $40 T-SHIRTS: Guaranteed to all pre-registered runners (by 3/19) and available after 3/19 while supplies last.

REGISTRATION: Make checks payable to Chase Street Elementary PTO and return to Classic City Race Services, 2351 College Station Road PMB 498 Athens, GA 30605-3663 DIRECTIONS: Parking at the intersection of N. Chase St. and Dubose Ave. in the Medical Center of Athens lot.

INFORMATION: Call Stacy Smith at 706-424-1310 or Classic City Race Services at 706-769-6593

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EVENTS: Annual Pottery Sale (Lamar Dodd School of Art) The Ceramic Student Organization hosts its spring pottery sale. 10 a.m.–5 p.m. www.art.uga.edu.

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: Spring Book Sale (Madison County Library) Money raised goes back into the library through book purchasing, program funding and special initiatives. Open during library hours. 706-795-5564.

ART: Who Does She Think She Is? (Lamar Dodd School of Art, Room 151) Celebrate five bold female artists from varying racial, religious and artistic backgrounds in this film by Pamela Tanner Boil. A discussion on women in art follows.

4 p.m. FREE! www.art.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 KIDSTUFF: Cupcake Club (Rocksprings Neighborhood Center) Meet with your fellow cupcake compatriots and collaborate on the design for a different themed cupcake every Wednesday! 10–11:30 a.m. $1. 706-613-3603, www.accleisureservices.com KIDSTUFF: Homeschoolers Chapter Book Review (Madison County Library) Elementary schoolage homeschoolers gather at the library to read a book together and talk about it. Every Thursday. 2 p.m.

FREE! 706-795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Knee-High Naturalists (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Mar. 3–May 12, Wednesdays, $13. 706613-3515, www.sandycreeknaturecenter.com KIDSTUFF: Mother Goose Rocks (Rocksprings Neighborhood Center) Weekly storytime for toddlers and preschoolers. 10 a.m. $2. 706-6133603 KIDSTUFF: Wildcard Wednesday for Teens (ACC Library) Up next: M.C. Escher Tessellation. Escher’s tessellations fit people and animals together like long lost puzzle pieces.

Make your own in this two-part workshop. Ages 11–18. Space is limited. Mar. 17 & Mar. 24, 4 p.m.

FREE! 706-613-3650 MEETINGS: American Sign Language Study Group (Cups Coffee Café) All skill levels welcome.

Come once or come weekly. 7–8 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ aslstudygroup MEETINGS: Athens Human Rights Festival (Nuçi’s Space) Committee planning meeting. Any volunteers who want to help organize this year’s festival are welcome. Parking is available across the street in the old Dial America lot. 7 p.m. 770-7252652, www.athenshumanrightsfest. org MEETINGS: Library Sewing Group (Madison County Library) Currently crocheting with double-ended crochet needles. Newcomers welcome.

1–3 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597

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GAMES: Dart League (Alibi) Meet up with other sharp-shooters. FREE! 706-549-1010 GAMES: Dart Night (Fat Daddy’s) Because you’re a different kind of athlete. FREE! 706-355-3030 GAMES: Game Night (Alibi) Develop coordination, tolerance and grace through beer pong and keno.

Every Wednesday with Corey. FREE! 706-549-1010 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.

FREE! www.myspace.com/flickerbar GAMES: Poker Tour (Buffalo’s Southwest Café) Texas Hold ‘Em every Wednesday. 18 and up. Sign in at 6:30 p.m. Begins at 7:30 p.m.

FREE! www.interstatepokerclub.com GAMES: Sports Trivia (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s) Every Wednesday. Win house cash and prizes! 8:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-850-1916 GAMES: Trivia (Harry’s Pig Shop) Nerd wars at Classic City Trivia’s “most challenging Trivia Night in Athens.” Every Wednesday. 7:30 p.m. FREE! 706-612-9219 GAMES: Trivia (Your Pie, Five Points) Calling all know-it-alls!

Every Wednesday. 7:30 p.m. FREE! www.yourpie.com GAMES: Trivia (Willy’s Mexicana Grill) Every Wednesday. 8–10 p.m.

FREE! 706-548-1920 GAMES: Trivia Wars (283 Bar) Choose your teammates wisely, and check the Fan Page group “Trivia Wars!” for weekly updates and the online question of the week. 8:30 p.m. (sign up) 9 p.m. (game starts).

FREE! 706-208-1283 * Advance Tickets Available

Live Music Tuesday 16 Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 THE DIVA KARAOKE CONTEST With the singing cowboy. Includes a booty shaking contest!

Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com THE BRIGHTSIDE SUICIDES Earnest indie rock throwing in the occasional violin or mandolin line.

CANDY MALDONADO Local band features airy, mostly instrumental numbers punctuated by unpredictable rhythms and jangly guitars.

DUSTY LIGHTSWITCH Described as “one of the most exciting and satisfying live bands in town,” this revolving cast of eccentrics delivers rock and roll with epic possibilites.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8:30 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/ flickerbar THE AWESOMELIES The awesome duo of Ian Rickert (bass) and Becky Lovell (keys) sing silly, irreverent pop songs. The band’s awesome debut release is available digitally at www.wedoallthebeststuff.com.

SEA CUBS Side project of Blake and Sara of Athens’ own Gemini Cricket!

Little Kings Shuffle Club Punk Rock Night. 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub GREY MILK This edgy folk rock outfit recently relocated to the Classic City from New England.

JESSIE MARSTON Singer/guitarist from local rock band Romanenko.

THE RON JONSONS Progressive rock band that incorporates unique Latin and jazz influences.

WORST CASE ONTARIO This NYC band plays loud, swooning rock in the vein of Dinosaur Jr., Swervedriver and My Bloody Valentine.

The Melting Point 7 p.m. $3. www.meltingpointathens. com BUTTERMILK REVIVAL Traditional bluegrass tribute, including songs by the Stanley Brothers, Bill Monroe and many others.

New Earth Music Hall 10 p.m. www.newearthmusichall.com P.O.S.I.T.I.V.E. “Putting Our Selves In The Immediate Vibration Earth” is New Earth’s organization designed to put on shows to benefit our local and global community with fundraising and awareness.

Rye Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/ryebarathens JEFF JONES This musician uses looping and percussion to emulate a full band as he covers acts like Phish, String Cheese Incident and ‘90s alternative acts.

Terrapin Beer Co. “The Art of: Brew.” 6–8 p.m. $30. 706542-0830 ATHENS A-TRAIN BAND Female vocals backed by a five-piece jazz band tackling swing, Latin, boogie and traditional standards. Part of GMOA’s “The Art of” Series. See our Events listing for more information.

WUOG 90.5FM 8 p.m. FREE! www.wuog.org “LIVE IN THE LOBBY” The Winter Sounds will perform on the college radio station’s twice weekly program.

Listen over the air or drop by the station to watch!

Wednesday 17 40 Watt Club 8 p.m. FREE! www.40watt.com UGA LAW REVUE TALENT SHOW Watch enterprising law students demonstrate their talents in areas other than the law. From singing, dancing and acting to any and every talent in between, for at least one night these students will drop the books and pick up the microphone, all for your entertainment… and if you’re not entertained, well, so sue them!

Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 HIP-HOP JAMBOREE A DJ spins all your favorite hip-hop jams every Wednesday.

Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com THIEVES & PASTORS Newly formed, local indie shoegaze with post-rock guitar and soaring vocals.

TODAY THE MOON, TOMORROW THE SUN Endearing electro-rock from Atlanta featuring sweet and strong female vocals backed by fierce guitar for a sound that’s equal parts Metric and Muse.

WEDGE Local, dramatic, electronic alt-pop akin to Mum, Sigur Ros, Bjork and other subtle, Icelandic things.

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

Devon Young

Saturday, March 20

BreastFest 2010 Terrapin Beer Company Five sisters. Ten ta-tas.

One mission: breast cancer prevention. The O’Brien sisters have organized BreastFests to bring attention to and raise money for breast cancer prevention since 1999, following the death of their mother, Tyanna O’Brien. The festival features local music and food, a silent auction and raffle, and kids’ activiSara O’Brien and Megan Lewis ties. As this year’s event is hosted by Terrapin Beer Company, brewery tours and Terrapin beer tasting will also be part of the fun. The music lineup includes Betsy Franck and the Bareknuckle Band, 16 Tons, 90 Acre Farm, Nathan Sheppard and John Keane, and the Sara O’Brien Band.

BreastFest stands as a testament to the O’Brien sisters’ belief that humor is the best way to spread awareness and bring the topic of breast cancer forward. “We use humor, music, beer and wine to deal with it—that’s all you really need, right?” says Sara.

However, not all Athenians were initially receptive of the name “BreastFest.”

“People were worried about offending cancer patients, but I’ve yet to meet someone that it actually offends,” Sara contends. “They’re like ‘Yay. Let’s actually do something about this.’”

The sisters describe the event as “a big party” in which attendees can expect everything from a round of “check the breasts” chants to the “We Are Family” dance. Proceeds benefit St. Mary’s Women’s Diagnostic Center, to support local women and families affected by breast cancer. Last year’s event raised over $10,000. The tickets cost $20 in advance and $25 at the door and include the Terrapin beer tasting, brewery tours, food and the silent auction and raffle—all happening between noon and 5 p.m. Kids are free.

Tickets are available at the St. Mary’s gift shop and online at http://breastfestathens. org. A BreastFest 5K run will also take place the next day, Mar. 21, at 8 a.m., starting at Stegeman Coliseum. [Devon Young]

El Centro 10 p.m. $1. 706-548-5700 ASHUTTO MIRRA This alternative rock quartet features members of alterna-soul group The Revival.

FUNKLEFINGER Local four-piece jam band.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 11:30 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ flickerbar SONGWRITER SHOWCASE This week features local musicians Luke Chase, Guppyfin, Joe Orr, Abracadaver and Ben Wills.

The Globe 8 p.m. FREE! 706-353-4721 THE DONNER PARTY All-Globeemployee band covering The Pogues and a smattering of other traditional Irish songs. This is their second annual St. Patrick’s Day performance.

Go Bar EARLY SHOW! 9–11 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar SQUALLS Early-’80s Athens dance gang featuring Bob Hay. Midnight. www.myspace.com/gobar DJ KOKO ONO Spinning house music all night.

Lansdowne Road Irish Pub 10 p.m. www.lansdowneroadpub.com HARP UNSTRUNG Alternative rock with a funky, jam-band twist. Lush harmony vocals and guitar-driven songs invite you to the dance floor.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 7–9 p.m. www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub REPENT AT LEISURE Traditional Celtic tunes in honor of St. Patrick’s Day! 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub DJ MAHOGANY AND THE KING 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. Tag-teaming tonight with DJ Brian King.

Locos Grill & Pub 6 p.m. FREE! www.locosgrill.com (Harris St.) RACHEL O’NEAL Local singer/ songwriter who plays a mix of soulful acoustic originals and an eclectic blend of indie rock, jazz and Southern-tinged Americana covers.

The Melting Point “St. Patrick’s Day Celebration.” 7:30 p.m. $5 (adv.), $8 (door). www.meltingpointathens.com GREEN FLAG Enjoy the Celtic sounds of Green Flag, featuring Julia McDermott on the hammered dulcimer, retired UGA professor Carl Rapp on the fiddle, Ken Ross on accordion and Antoon Speters on guitar and mandolin.

SHORT ROAD HOME Celtic music inspired by the music of Ireland, Scotland, Canada and Appalachia.

New Earth Music Hall 9 p.m. $5. www.newearthmusichall. com 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.”

MOON TAXI Progressive, psychedelic rock with a good dose of improvisational folk, jazz and jam.

No Where Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 THE INCREDIBLE SANDWICH Athens-based instrumental jam band with some tropical leanings.

The Office Lounge 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-0840 KARAOKE Wednesdays with Lynn!

Rye Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/ryebarathens DOPAPOD Over the past few years, this band has grown from an organand-drum duo to a five-piece funkjam sensation.

NEMO Young up-and-comers play originals and covers.

Sideways 11 p.m. FREE! 706-319-1919 DJRX St. Patty’s Day Rave! A rare opportunity to hear an entire night of “in your face” electronica from DJRX. Expect breakbeat, trance and hard house.

Tasty World Uptown 10 p.m. www.tastyworlduptown.com MILLER ANDREWS No info available.

THE FIGURES No info available.

Terrapin Beer Co. 5:30 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com REPENT AT LEISURE Traditional Celtic tunes in honor of St. Patrick’s Day! Walker’s Coffee & Pub Call for time. 706-543-1433 KARAOKE A special night of karaoke fun!

Thursday 18 40 Watt Club 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $6 (18+). www.40watt. com DR. SQUID Jangly, frenetic rock and roll at its best when emphasizing its British Invasion sounds.

LEAVING ARABY CD Release Show!

Pop-rock quartet with a style akin to yesteryear radio sweethearts Goo Goo Dolls, Gin Blossoms and the like.

MORELAND Melodic, piano-driven pop-rock band from Atlanta.

THE WARM FUZZIES Weezerinspired quirky local pop-rock outfit with adorably nerdy tunes.

Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 OPEN MIC Hosted by Wes of Dixie Mafia.

Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com GIANT LION This low-key experimental band from Atlanta strips the psychedelic aspects of Beat Happening and the Pixies down to somber vocals and sparse instrumentation.

NUCLEAR SPRING Local rock band that has found a happy medium between folk and glam with occasional Kinks-like tendencies.

Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com ODD TRIO Jazz ensemble featuring Marc Gilley (One Ton Tomato).

Fat Daddy’s 9 p.m. FREE! www.fatdaddys.com THOMAS WYNN & THE BELIEVERS This six-piece group from Orlando plays Americana rock infused with Southern soul.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8:30 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/ flickerbar CAROLINE AIKEN Renowned acoustic folk artist who shared the stage with The Indigo Girls for some time.

Her soulful voice purrs the blues over bright finger-picking.

MARK CUNNINGHAM Helen, Dodge main man performs acoustic Americana solo.

EFREN Heartfelt folk-rock influenced

by Iron and Wine and M. Ward.

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

MICHAEL JONES Frontman for local group Catawba, Michael Jones will play a set of his rootsy rock.

Go Bar 9–11 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar BELOVED BINGE Two-piece indie pop band with a garage aesthetic.

BLACK BALLOON Somber, experimental folk from local transient Christopher Rabbit.

11:00 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ gobar “DR. FRED’S KARAOKE” Hosted by karaoke fanatic John “Dr. Fred” Bowers, every Thursday.

Hotel Indigo “Live After Five.” 6–8 p.m. FREE! www. athensdowntownhotel.com TIMI CONLEY The current Kite to the Moon frontman and ex-Fuzzy Sprout will play new tunes off his solo record Nerd Sexy.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub KAITLIN JONES AND THE COUNTY FAIR Local folk guitarist/ vocalist Kaitlin Jones’ five-piece electric band performs a set of Americana-tinged tunes.

The Melting Point 8:30 p.m. $7 (adv), $10 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com COSMIC CHARLIE Covering Grateful Dead tunes for over a decade.

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THU. APR. 1

Zoogma

with Agobi WED. APR. 7

Project

Satori Social (Bluetech Live Band)

THU. APR. 8

Ana Sia

Female Dubstep!!

with Beat

and

FRI. APR. 9 WED. MAR. 17

LowDown Comedy with headliner

with Mama’s

THU. MAR. 18

Love

with Nasty

Nasty

Larry Keel Efren

Collective Efforts CD Release Party with

Dillon and Rich Rock

EOTO

SAT. MAR. 27

Tipper

OTT

THU. FRI. APR. APR. 22 23 SAT. APR. 24

Knox Five

New Earth Day Festival featuring

DubConscious, Elliot Lipp, Pigs on the Wing, Toro y Moi, DJ Spooky, Midnite & more TBA!

Beards of Comedy

SAT. MAY 1

Pnuma Trio

WED. MAR. 31

Shpongle

with Fort

THU. APR. 29

with Break

Live Band

WED. APR. 14

with

DJ Logic and Drizno FRI. MAR. 26

in the Hall

Bonobo

SAT. APR. 17

Terrapin Brewery Old Tankard” Cask Tapping & Beer Release Party!

THU. MAR. 25

SAT. APR. 10

with Prometheus and

Mimosa

with

SAT. MAR. 20

Dead Prez

with Kidz

Steve Mills 9pm Moon Taxi Late Night

FRI. MAR. 19

Baby, D:RC, SeaDub

Lotus Telepath 706.543.8283

227 W Dougherty St.

Science

Downtown Athens

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Open Mon-Sat 5pm-2am • All Shows 18+ • $2 for under 21

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THE CALENDAR! MIMOSA This 23-year-old producer makes crunk-step dub-hop for the soul.

NASTY NASTY San Francisco-based performer kicking it down with dark bass rumblings, synth blips and polyrhythmic intensity.

No Where Bar 10 p.m. $3. 706-546-4742 ADAM PAYNE BAND Payne’s impressively versatile tenor is somewhat reminiscent of Neil Young’s nasal delivery. Payne writes songs with a lot of heart–the kind that can either make you tear up or laugh out loud.

The Office Lounge 8 p.m. FREE! 706-546-0840 DIVA KARAOKE CONTEST Every Thursday with The Singing Cowboy!

Rye Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/ryebarathens PATRICK ATWATER Originals and cover tunes, all intertwined with live looping and drum & bass grooves.

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prison system and terminal hospital, Armstrong learned how to best express herself through music performance. Her music is soulful, passionate and honest.

Transmetropolitan 10–2 p.m. $15/team (plus $3 entry fee). service.gammasig@gmail.com KARAOKE FOR KIDS (145 E. Clayton St.) Gamma Sigma Sigma hosts this 11th annual event benefitting the March of Dimes. This year’s theme is “Don’t Stop Believin’.”

Children will not actually be performing the karaoke; they will be home in their jammies, safe from humiliation. Email to register.

WUOG 90.5FM 8 p.m. FREE! www.wuog.org “LIVE IN THE LOBBY” Tom Eisenbraun will perform on the college radio station’s twice weekly program. Listen over the air or drop by the station to watch!

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Square One Fish Co. 8 p.m. FREE! www.squareonefishco. com MARSHALL RUFFIN TRIO Hailing from Columbus, GA, this trio plays bluesy rock.

40 Watt Club 8 p.m. $5 (21+), $6 (18+). www.40watt. com ATHENS MUSIC COLLECTIVE SHOWCASE Featuring 11 bands and 30+ musicians including Betsy Franck & the Bareknuckle Band, Boo Ray & the Bad Beat Kings, Bros.

Marler, The Lefty Hathaway Band, Lionz, Mad Whiskey Grin and The Woodgrains. See our feature story on p. 17.

Terrapin Beer Co. 5 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com KYSHONA ARMSTRONG After working as a music therapist in a

Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 GRYPHON Alternative and classic rock covers.

Sky City Lounge & Bulldog Cafe 706-380-7699 KARAOKE (468 North Ave.) Join Lady B every Thursday night for karaoke.

Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com MON2 Local hip-hop promoter will be playing host for the evening.

DJ OTHER VOICES, OTHER ROOMS Tonight local DJ Wyatt Nicholson is showcasing his favorite hip-hop vinyl.

REDKLAY Southern rap in the vein of Scarface meets WuTang Clan.

TRAV WILLIAMS Local rapper.

Club Chrome 9 p.m. $5. www. myspace.com/clubchromeathens DIAMONDBACK South Georgia/North Florida band Diamondback has spent years touring the area, spreading its good-times-and-hard-rock Southern biker sound.

Farm 255 11 p.m. www.farm255.com CONSCIOUS ALLIANCE BENEFIT Benefit show promoting food donations to local food pantries and impoverished commmunities across the United States. Performance by Treedom.

Fat Daddy’s 10 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0241 KARAOKE Every Friday.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9:30 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ flickerbar EXPAT RECORDINGS PRESENTS Featuring rock, acoustic and jazzinspired collaborations by local musicians Gabe Vodicka, Roy Coughlin, Dan Nettles, Famous and Nameless Darnell.

Go Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar IMMUZIKATION Celebrated local DJ Alfredo Lapuz Jr. mashes up highenergy electro and rock.

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What is Wizard Smoke? Not marijuana: “There was a day when I was 20 and unemployed. My Wizard Smoke friend came over; we couldn’t get any weed, so we went to the head shop and bought some Wizard Smoke, and we smoked it, and it was fucking terrible. It did not get us high.”

James Halcrow’s word to the wise regarding fake drugs is both: A) inversely accurate in terms of describing his Atlanta-based doom metal band of the same name and B) telling of said band’s exogenesis. Ill-advised drug errands, working a day job, driving on 316: these are all the sorts of things that develop in a person the need to unwind.

Wizard Smoke is the chosen outlet for Halcrow, Matt Cherry (also of Maserati), David Eidson, Dug Dawyer, Dan Nadolny and Ben Arnold to accomplish this goal. Their musical vehicle of choice is low-BPM heavy metal.

“It was an excuse to get together and hang out and drink beer, not really having any serious aspirations or anything like that,” says Halcrow. Their debut release, Live Rock in Hell, is five extremely enjoyable, feedback-laden slabs of Roman-numerated sludge. The digital release is made freely available by the band, but the cassette/CD edition sweetens the pot. “The CD has all the tracks combined into one track played backwards in the back of it, as a sort of joke-bonus jam,” says Halcrow. “It was definitely weed-inspired.”

When faced with an inquiry about his lyrical content, Halcrow says, “I don’t really take it very seriously. It’s all just gibberish about Satan. If you looked at the lyrics, it would look like a five-year-old wrote it.” And while Flagpole is half concerned about what kind of five-year-olds Halcrow is hanging around and why they’d be writing about Satan, this is beside the point. Wizard Smoke accomplishes the dual goals of being both an unpretentious meeting of friends and a welcome addition to the Southern metal scene. Look for a follow-up album, tentatively titled either The Speed of Sleep or Wizard Smoke Plays “Cold Steel,” this summer. [Jeff Tobias]

YO SOY BEAN Nicholas Mallis and Ryan Sedwick sing melodic, emotional acoustic numbers influenced by acts like Bright Eyes.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub INCENDIARIES Local indie-prog outfit featuring ex-Cinemechanica bassist and Shitty Candy member Erica Strout.

THE JACK BURTON Local punk band featuring former members of departed Athens faves like Hunter-Gatherer, Let’s Surf! and Exit 86.

FRANGIPANI PAYO New local trio whose diverse influences include post-punk and Johnny Cash.

The Melting Point 8:30 p.m. $10 (adv.), $15 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com ANDY CARLSON BAND CD Release Show for the new album, Fiddlehead. The Andy Carlson Band will perform music ranging from old-time Appalachian bluegrass to contemporary acoustic. See story on p. 18.

New Earth Music Hall 9 p.m. $8 (adv.), $12. www.newearthmusichall.com EFREN This local group plays heartfelt folk-rock influenced by Iron and Wine and M. Ward.

LARRY KEEL AND NATURAL BRIDGE Two-time national flatpicking champion brings his blazing fingers and progressive mountain sound to Athens.

The Office Lounge 8 p.m. FREE! 706-546-0840 REDNECK GREECE Local artist sings swingin’ hillbilly honky tonk about “folks that grew up on the wrong side of tracks” with both an earnest conviction and a biting sense of humor.

Rye Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/ryebarathens SUMILAN Local progressive jam rockers.

Sideways 11 p.m. FREE! 706-319-1919 DJRX DJ Brian Gonzalez delivers original mixes of mainly current pop with forays into rock, old school, country and electronica.

Tasty World Uptown 10 p.m. www.tastyworlduptown.com DEFAUX Melodic rock band from Lawrenceville, GA with jam tendencies.

GREEDY WHITE CITIZENS This Atlanta band says it’s “a no bullshit, in-your-face and loud, hard-rock band with a bonecrushing songlist powered by the cutting-edge structure of guitar licks.”

SOUNDS OF SILENCE Local alternative rock band influenced by acts like Nickelback, Creed, Puddle of Mudd, etc.

Terrapin Beer Co. 5 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com SUEX EFFECT The trio of guitarist Ricky Barrett, drummer Jonathan Daniels and bassist Miles Karp plays psychedelicized funk-rock instrumentals.

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens 7 p.m. $10 (single), $15 (couple). 780 Timothy Road DAVE D’ANGELO JAZZ QUARTET Local sax man Dave D’Angelo has over 20 years of experience and an impressive resume that includes tours with Buddy Rich Big Band, dates in Japan with Glenn Miller Band plus over 60 Broadway shows.

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

Saturday 20 283 Bar 11 p.m. FREE! 706-208-1283 DJRX 283 bartender Rachel Barnes is celebrating her birthday with a prom!

In keeping with the prom theme, “Almost Paradise,” DJ/remixer Brian Gonzalez digs deeper into the DJRX vault, liberating vintage mixes to blend with his current productions.

40 Watt Club 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.40watt. com EUREKA CALIFORNIA CD Release Show! Local indie band influenced

by American indie that sounds like British indie.

GRAPE SODA Lewis brothers Ryan and Mat team up to create soulful, spaced-out pop songs buried in lush reverb.

TITANS OF FILTH This local band combines droll Southern voices with easy-rolling, efficient and uncomplicated indie-pop rock about the ups and downs of young love.

WEREWOLVES CD Release Show!

Local band featuring quirky lo-fi rock with bright, bouncy flourishes, unique instrumentation and emotive lyrics. See story on p. 18.

Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 KAMIKAZE KARAOKE New karaoke night at Alibi!

Allen’s Bar & Grill 9:30 p.m. FREE! www.allensbarandgrill. com THE BURNING ANGELS New local act that plays Americana soul.

Featuring Natalie Garcia on vocals and guitar Mark Cunningham on vocals, guitar and dobro, Josh Westbrook on drums and appearances by Adam Poulin on fiddle and Matt Dyson on dobro and banjo.

Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com GET SAD Local post-hardcore trio featuring members of Chrissakes and Pride Parade.

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

VINCAS Energetic, erratic garage punk with growling guitars, howling vocals and a bit of rockabilly blues swagger.

WIZARD SMOKE Atlanta metal band sharing members with Maserati, Attractive 80s Women, Cassavetes and Dust Rabbit. See Calendar Pick on p. 28.

Club Chrome 9 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/clubchromeathens SCARLET STITCH A solid blend of Southern, stadium, metal and grunge rock.

Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com DAVID DOWLESS Performing a lively blend of bluegrass.

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

TEALVOX Local teenage indie-rock band that draws inspiration from acts such as U2 and The Beatles.

Go Bar 9–11:30 p.m. www.myspace.com/ gobar LATIN MIX Playing the best salsa, cubmia, bachata and merenge tunes.

The Office Lounge 8 p.m. FREE! 706-546-0840 OLD SCHOOL OUTLAWS Southern rock with a country vibe.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub JAZZCHRONIC Local five-piece explores freaky, funky, psychedelic fusion jazz while incorporating rock, R&B, heavy beats and more into the stew.

URI From Tuscaloosa AL, Uri mixes hip-hop, funk and heavy beats from a full live band.

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New Earth Music Hall 9 p.m. $8 (adv.), $10. www.newearthmusichall.com COLLECTIVE EFFORTS Progressive hip-hop crew out of Atlanta. These talented emcees are eager to put on a show and their live performances are just as engaging as the records.

CD release show!

DILLON Well-rounded Atlanta rapper with a background in music, cooking and acting.

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Nuçi’s Space 8 p.m. $5. www.nuci.org ATHENS Young local rockers ranging in age from 11-15 with big, classic rock influences. Check out our review of their record in this issue.

SECOND SUNS New band featuring Camp Amped alumni.

Rye Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/ryebarathens DOC BROWN & THE DELOREANS Formerly Athens Groove Company, this band plays progressive psychrock inspired by everything from Kool & the Gang to Béla Fleck.

Terrapin Beer Co. “Athens BreastFest.” 12–5 p.m. $20 (adv.), $25. www.terrapinbeer.com 16 TONS Pulls from strong traditions in performing its mountain music, bluegrass, honky-tonk and classic country tunes.

90 ACRE FARM This acoustic trio from Watkinsville plays original Americana and covers.

BETSY FRANCK AND THE BAREKNUCKLE BAND Soulful, brassy Southern rock and country songs rooted in tradition, but with a modern sensibility.

JOHN KEANE AND NATHAN SHEPPARD The duo team up for a set of rock and roll and Americana numbers.

THE SARA O’BRIEN BAND Entertainer, teacher and activitist, O’Brien is the founder of Athens BreastFest and the Tyanna Foundation. Her music is comparable to artists like Shawn Colvin, Natalie Merchant and Lucinda Williams.

5 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com MELLOW DOWN EASY A soulful mixture of classic rock, country and blues.

Sunday 21 Ben’s Bikes Sunday Soul. 9 p.m. FREE! www.bensbikesathens.com DJ KURT WOOD Spinning danceable selections from his expansive vinyl collection featuring garage, psychedelia, soul, funk, R&B and surf.

DJ MAHOGANY Spinning your favorite soul, disco and funk songs!

THEE VICARS UK garage rockers.

See Calendar Pick on this page.

Canopy Studio 2:30 p.m. $5 (suggested donation). www.canopystudio.com THE GEORGIA GUITAR QUARTET High-energy blend of virtuosity borrowing from both past and present influences including classical masters, experimentalists and contemporary icons. This performance accompanies a trapeze act.

MAPS AND TRANSIT Local instrumental duo creates diverse soundscapes using a wide range of instrumentation.

THE ODD TRIO Local jazz/rock ensemble featuring Brian Smith (guitar), Marc Gilley (sax) and Todd Mueller (drums). Smith’s compositions also accompany the aerial artists at Canopy.

Jot ‘Em Down Country Store & BBQ 2–6 p.m. FREE! 706-549-2110 BETSY FRANCK Soulful, brassy Southern rock and country songs rooted in tradition, but with a modern sensibility.

TY MANNING The singer/guitarist from Athens’ The Bearfoot Hookers and host of Rye Bar’s open mic night plays a solo set.

KEN WILL MORTON With his gritty, soulful rasp, Morton trudges through Americana’s roots with rock and roll swagger and a folk singer’s heart.

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Thee Vicars Ben’s Bikes One look at the four well-dressed, mop-topped lads of Thee Vicars doesn’t suggest they’re “so garage you can park your car in them,” but British music magazine Kruger swears it’s true.

Stateside, Vice lends support by declaring them “the most authentic garage-punk band this side of The Mummies.”

Those are potent words, and Athenians will have a chance to judge for themselves whether the boys are worthy when they rock the Ben’s Bikes Soul Spectacular Mar. 21 after a four-party stint at SXSW. The Bury St. Edmunds-based foursome, consisting of the reverends Mike Whittaker, Chris Langeland, Marcus Volkert and Will Pattenden, play some mean ‘60s-inspired punk rock reminiscent of a lo-fi, less tuneful Zombies, replete with wild screams, bratty Cockney vocals and what sounds like ample opportunity for go-go dancing.

It all certainly made an impact on Cool Kid Booking’s Nate Mitchell, who contacted them when he found out they had a March date with Atlanta’s Fringe Factory vintage psych-rock soiree.

“This will be the first Ben’s Bikes dance party that I have added a live band to, so I wanted to make sure it was going to be someone special, who would leave quite a lasting impression on the folks that come out,” he says. “These youngsters (are) simply bursting with youthful, rock and roll energy and putting on absolutely manic performances, like an unholy alliance of Thee Headcoats and The Mummies.”

And adding a live act to Ben’s Bikes won’t upset the dynamic. Kurt Wood and DJ Mahogany will spin all night, the Eye Gate Crew will show off their psychedelic lightshow, and Sabrina Cuadra will debut new videos from Whistling School for Boys.

“A live set from Thee Vicars will just be an extra splash of gravy on the whole thing,” he says. [Jennifer Gibson]

of his new CD, True Grit, backed by his new band. Bring canned goods to donate to the Conscious Alliance and BYOB! Square One Fish Co. Noon-3 p.m. FREE! www.squareonefishco.com SUNDAY JAZZ BRUNCH Jazz artists play Sunday afternoons on the patio.

Monday 22 Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $6 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com CARS CAN BE BLUE Quirky and sometimes naughty local duo that sounds like “Sarah Silverman fronting Dressy Bessy: bubblegum pop with raunchy, satirical lyrics.”

LOS MEESFITS Cuban salsa Misfits cover band includes locals Geoff Terry and Selana.

RED PONY CLOCK Over the past six years, RPC has grown from being a one-man lo-fi recording project to an ever-shifting musical collective.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9–12 p.m. www.myspace.com/flickerbar KENOSHA KID Centered around the instru-improv jazz compositions of guitarist Dan Nettles, Kenosha Kid borrows freely from multiple sources.

New Earth Music Hall 9 p.m. FREE! www.newearthmusichall. com OPEN DJ NIGHT TRYOUTS Bring your computer or turntables to tryout or just come down to enjoy live DJs.

Tuesday 23 Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 THE DIVA KARAOKE CONTEST With the singing cowboy. Includes a booty shaking contest!

Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com THE LORD JEFF Psychedelic, threepiece hardcore garage band borrowing heavily from ‘50s blues rock and doo-wop.

TRUMAN PEYOTE Jamaica Plain duo that successfully melds samples and live instrumentation into cosmic psych-noise and pop.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/flickerbar LERA LYNN The tender, jazzy folk voice behind Birds & Wire.

NEWS ON THE MARCH ‘60s pop meets Western swing.

Go Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar DAN THE JUGGLER This band is known for getting crowds hyped with covers.

PETER PANCAKES Upbeat songs via acoustic guitar, upright bass and Rhodes piano.

TUMBLEWEED STAMPEDE The band names acts like Wilco, Pavement and the Avett Bros. as influences.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub 8 INCH BETSY This Chicago-based trio has drawn comparisons to such artists as the Pixies and Slint.

ATHENS BOYS CHOIR Focusing on gender issues, spoken-word and openly transgendered artist/musician Katz delivers musical rhymes.

PUNK ROCK NIGHT A mix of punk bands and DJ-led dance parties.

The Melting Point 7 p.m. $3. www.meltingpointathens. com THE SILVERBIRD DUO Expect a mix of classic country, rock, folk and singer-songwriter favorites.

No Where Bar 10 p.m. $2, ladies FREE! 706-5464742 TROLLS No info available.

Rye Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/ryebarathens JORDAN YOUNGQUIST Southern roots music from Oxford, MS. Tasty World Uptown 9 p.m. www.tastyworlduptown.com KYLE ANDREWS Hook-heavy indie pop armed with a guitar, Casio keyboard and drum loops.

FIRE ZUAVE Dreamy, fun psych-pop based here in town.

HEYPENNY Theatrical Nashville band puts on a lively show infused with poppy lo-fi indie rock.

JUPITER ONE Adorable, melodic synth-rock from New York City. Not unlike a pink cloud picking candy flowers; expect indie-pop bliss.

WUOG 90.5FM 8 p.m. FREE! www.wuog.org “LIVE IN THE LOBBY” James Husband will perform on the radio station’s twice weekly program.

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Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 HIP-HOP JAMBOREE A DJ spins all your favorite hip-hop jams.

Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. www.caledonialounge.com THE CHINESE STARS Noise-rock band featuring Craig Kureck and Eric Paul of Arab on Radar.

FANG ISLAND This band eloquently combines the luster of indie pop with progressive rock.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 11:30 p.m. www.myspace.com/ flickerbar SPOKEN WORD AND OPEN MIC Featuring local artists.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub HOLLY BELLE Atlanta singer-songwriter Belle sings smoky, acoustic ballads accompanied by cello.

EMILY WHITE Chicago songwriter with tunes that recall Lisa Loeb and Ani DiFranco.

The Melting Point $5 (adv.). www.meltingpointathens.com DREW DIXON Local musician who plays blues licks with a lot of soul.

The Office Lounge 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-0840 KARAOKE Wednesdays with Lynn!

Rye Bar 9 p.m. www.myspace.com/ryebarathens FUNKLEFINGER Local four-piece jam band.

Tasty World Uptown 10 p.m. www.tastyworlduptown.com SECOND WIVES A trio of brothers influenced by the Drive-By Truckers and Gram Parsons.

Terrapin Beer Co. 5 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com LOST CITY Rock songs influenced by Radiohead, Wilco and Tom Waits. * Advance Tickets Available

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

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

ART Call for Artists (Call for location) Seeking artists/musicians/ citizens to participate in Phoenix Rising, a commemorative art quilt celebrating the Georgia Theatre, to be auctioned off on behalf of the theatre. Deadline extended to Apr. 30. 706-540-2712, www.

MamaInTheMoon.blogspot.com Call for Artists Seeking submissions of digital video, film, performance and sound art of six minutes or less for “6X6,” a media arts event taking place at 7 p.m. on the first Wednesday of the month from March to August in the Ciné Lab. New theme and curator every month. http://hexadic.blogspot.com Call for Artists (Hoschton, GA) Now accepting entries for the Hoschton Arts and Folk Life Festival, a two-day celebration of history and the arts featuring live demonstrations, fine art and historical exhibits.

404-202-3044 Call for Artists Register for a space at the small, laid-back artists’ market alongside the AUX Experimental Arts & Music Festival on Apr. 10. Space is limited. $18/ vendor, info@auxfestival.com Call for Artists (ATHICA) Now seeking local artists with significant bodies of work for annual summer exhibit, “Emerges.” Go online for submission guidelines. Deadline: May 3. www.athica.org/callforentries.php Call for Artists and Musicians Athens Indie Craftstravaganzaa is currently accepting applications for vendor spaces and submissions for performers for the event in May. Deadline: Apr. 1. www.athensindiecraftstravaganzaa.com

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Call for Submissions (Athens Academy) Now accepting entries of postcard-sized artwork for inclusion in a “mail art show” which will be up through March. Both sides of the card will be on display as part of a permanent exhibit at the school. For more information, please contact lstueck@athensacademy.org. Mail entries to Lawrence Stueck, Athens Academy, P.O. Box 6548, Athens, GA, 30604 Georgia in Bloom Art Fest (Downtown Madison) This community-wide arts festival celebrating artists from Georgia’s Piedmont Region is ongoing through May 8. Swing by the Old Piggly Wiggly building, United Bank or Dog Ear Books for a chance to see one of the over 100 works of art exhibited throughout Madison. Learn more online at www. madisonartistsguild.org

CLASSES 12 Weeks to Total Wellness (St. Mary’s Wellness Center) A new health and wellness program with a focus on nutrition. Thursdays, 3–4 p.m. $100/program, $10/class. 706389-3355 “The ABCs of Writing for Young Readers” (Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation) Awardwinning children’s author Gail Langer Karwoski instructs a threepart writing workshop. Apr. 17 & 18, $110 (two sessions), $160 (three sessions). 706-769-4565, www. ocaf.com Acrylic Transfers Workshop (The Loft Art Supplies) Learn how to use acrylic media for making image transfers, collaging skins and printing digitally. Apr. 23 & 24, $150 (includes all materials). 706-548-5334

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Argentine Tango Essentials (Athens Elks Lodge, 3155 Atlanta Hwy.) Workshop taught by Clint Rauscher of Atlanta’s Tango Evolution. No experience or partner necessary. Mar. 23, 6–9:30 p.m. $5. 706-613-8178, cvunderwood@ charter.net Art Classes (Lyndon House Arts Center) Sign up for spring art classes! For adults, teens and children.

Go online for full list of programs.

Now registering! 706-613-3623, www.accleisureservices.com Art Marketing Workshop (ACC Library) Retired banker, finance and marketing man Lee Nelson wants to teach you how to market your work in any medium.

Apr. 17, 10–11:30 a.m. $20. 706486-6808, www.artbiz.biz Banking Basics (ACC Library) Money Matters coordinator Teri Hanna will tell you what you need to know about choosing a bank and managing your checking account.

No registration necessary. Mar. 25, 7 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 Basic Computer Skills and Introduction to Computers (Oconee County Library) Learn the basic components of your computer or master Microsoft Windows XP. Registration required. 706-769-3950, www. clarke.public.lib.ga.us/oconee.html Basics of Drawing (Fringe Collective Artistic Studios) Sign up for four weeks of drawing classes! Tuesdays, 10 a.m.–noon or Saturdays, 2–4 p.m. $20/session (plus a one-time supply fee of $20).

706-540-2712, moonmama61@ aol.com Beginning & Intermediate Wheel Throwing (Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation) Potter Maria Dondero instructs this class for beginning and advanced stu-

Stephanie Voegele’s artwork is part of the MFA thesis exhibition at the Lamar Dodd School of Art through Apr. 7. dents. Through Mar. 24, 6–8 p.m. $140. 706-769-4565, www.ocaf.com Beginning Bellydance for Fitness (YWCO) Have fun and exercise at the same time. Tuesdays, noon–1 p.m. Wednesdays, 6–7 p.m.

706-354-7880, natakiya@gmail.com Body, Mind & Spirit (Body, Mind & Spirit Ministries) Offering a wide range of self-improvement and spiritual classes and workshops.

Full schedule online. 706-351-6024, www.bodymindandspiritofathens. com Chen Style Taijiquan (Floorspace) Effortless power.

Authentic Chinese martial lineage.

Register for ongoing instruction.

Sundays and Mondays, 706-6143342, telihu@gmail.com Classical Pilates (StudiO) Private instruction and group classes offered daily! Schedule online. 678-596-2956, www.studioinathens.com Clean Water Workshop (ACC Solid Waste Department) GreenLaw and the Upper Oconee Watershed Network and Altamaha Riverkeeper sponsor an evening workshop entitled “A Citizen’s Guide to Using the Clean Water Act.” Mar. 25, 6:30–8 p.m. FREE! 706-549-4508, jesslyn@ garivers.org Computer Class (ACC Library, Educational Technology Center) Introduction to Excel. Call to register.

Mar. 25, 10–11:30 a.m. FREE! 706613-3650 Dance Classes (Floorspace) Now registering for adult and children’s dance classes, featuring Open Dancing, Creative Movement, Zumba and more! See full schedule online. www.floorspaceathens.com Ecstatic Dance (Vastu School of Yoga) The Athens Kirtan Collective

hosts an evening of meditation through dance and movement.

Fridays, 7–9 p.m. 561-723-6172, vastuyoga@hotmail.com Gentle Pilates/Yoga (Sangha Yoga Studio) A therapeutic mind/ body workout to help create balance and wellness. Mondays & Wednesdays, 706-613-1143 Gentle Yoga (St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church) Ease into your evening with stretching and breathing exercises. Tuesdays, 5:30–7 p.m. $9/class. 706-354-1996 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 Getting Started with Genealogy (ACC Library) Genealogy for beginners. In the Heritage Room. Mar. 18, 2–4:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 Intro to Excel (Oconee County Library) Two-part class covering the Microsoft spreadsheet program.

Registration is required. Mar. 18 & 19, 3–4:30 p.m. FREE! 706-7693950 Introduction to Life Drawing (Fringe Collective Artistic Studios) Instructed classes for artists 18 and up. Call to reserve a space. Sundays, 2–4 p.m. 706540-2727 Life Drawing Open Studio (Fringe Collective Artistic Studios) Bring any supplies/equipment that you may require. Ages 18 and up.

Call to reserve a space. Thursdays, 6–8:15 p.m. 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 Meditation (Vastu School of Yoga, Chase Park Warehouse) Begin every day with relaxing meditation. 6–7 a.m. FREE! 561-723-6172, vastuyoga@hotmail.com Meditation Classes (Bliss Yoga) Calm your heart, strengthen your thyroid, boost your immune system or overcome addictions, anxiety or depression. 706-310-0015, www. blissyoga.me Meditative Yoga (YWCO) Easy meditative yoga for every body.

Mondays and Thursdays, noon; Wednesdays, 7 p.m. $7 (nonmembers). 706-354-7880, www. iriseabove.com Mind Your Muscles (Council on Aging) Bring your muscles into focus with a combination of tai chi, yoga and Pilates! Fridays, 3–4 p.m. $5/class. 706-549-4850 Photography Classes (Fringe Collective Artistic Studios, 159 N. Jackson St.) Learn the basics of lighting, model interaction and more.

770-361-6080, www.trentchau.com/ classes.html Pilates Classes (Balance Pilates and Wellness Studio) Offering high-quality instruction in Pilates and overall health. Mat classes and apparatus classes available! Full schedule and information about private lessons online. 706-546-1061, www.balancepilatesathens.com Postpartum Yoga (Full Bloom Center) An 8-week class focusing on reconnecting with yourself following the transformation into motherhood.

Saturdays, 2–3:15 p.m. $90. 706353-3373, www.fullbloomparent. com Prenatal Yoga (Full Bloom Center) Get ready for birth and

beyond. Thursdays, 5:30 p.m., Saturdays, 12:30 p.m. $14/class or $60/6 classes. 706-353-3373, www. fullbloomparent.com Prenatal Yoga (Sangha Yoga Studio) Twice a week with instructor Alexa Shea. Tuesdays, noon–1 p.m.

Thursdays, 10:30–11:45 a.m. 706613-1143 Prenatal Yoga: Couples Workshop (Five Points Yoga) Call to register. Mar. 28, 1:45–3:45 p.m. $25/couple (adv.), $30/couple (after Mar. 21). 706-355-3114, info@5pointsyoga.com, www.athensfivepointsyoga.com/events Rain Barrel Workshop (ACC Water Resources Center) Bring a plastic barrel or trash can and ACC employees convert it into a rain barrel within 20 minutes. Space is limited, registration required. Mar. 27, 2–4 p.m. $10. 706-613-3440, www.accwatersheds.com Sivananda and Vinyasa (Bliss Yoga, Watkinsville) Now offering classes in Hatha Yoga and Flow Yoga. Monday–Friday, 8:15–10:15 a.m. $10. 706-310-0015, www.blissyoga.me Solar Water Heating Installer Certification (Power Partners, Newton Bridge Rd.) Full day of instruction on how to install the Power Partners Solar Water Heating System. Includes a handson mock system installation. Lunch provided. Mar. 25. $450. 706-3697938, www.completeresources.net Spring Clay and Glass Classes (Good Dirt) Now registering for classes in wheel-thrown pottery, fountain making, glass fusing and slumping. All levels for youth and adults. See complete schedule online. www.gooddirt.net 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 Tech Tips: iTunes (ACC Library) Learn how to play, sort and organize music and video files on your home computer. Mar. 30, 7 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 Tribal Bellydance (Floorspace) Now registering for intermediate and beginners’ classes. Thursdays, $60/6 classes, $12/session. 706372-1833, christyfricks@gmail.com Watercolor Classes (The Loft Art Supplies) Artist Jackie Slayton-Methe’s next session for both beginners and intermediate students begins Apr. 1. Thursdays, 10 a.m.–noon. $85/6-week session.

706-548-5334 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 (Five Points Yoga) Classes in Mama-Baby Yoga, Prenatal Yoga and Forrest Yoga. Full schedule online. $10–$14/class.

706-355-3114, www.athensfivepointsyoga.com Yoga Classes (Vastu School of Yoga) Choose from a vast assortment of classes including Kids Yoga, Teen Yoga, Yoga for Healthy Backs and Yoga XL for the Larger Body. 561-723-6172, vastuyoga@ hotmail.com Yoga Classes (Bliss Yoga, Watkinsville) Now offering classes and workshops in Kundalini Yoga, Integral Hatha Yoga, Nia Movement and more. See complete schedule

online. 706-310-0015, www.blissyoga.me Yoga for Moms (Bliss Yoga) Whether you’re prenatal, postnatal or looking to reconnect with your child, Bliss has you covered. Go online for full schedule. 706-310-0015, www. blissyoga.me Yoga, Tai Chi and Mindfulness Classes (Mind Body Institute) Experienced and

Free IT Athens (Free IT Athens, 594 Oconee St.) Donate your old laptop or desktop to be refurbished and supplied to low-income members of the community. Now accepting computers with Pentium III or better processors. Drop off on Sundays from 1–5 p.m. or Wednesdays from 6–8 p.m. at the Action, Inc. building. 706-621-6157, freeitathens@gmail.com

Tate Foley’s artwork is part of the MFA thesis exhibition at the Lamar Dodd School of Art through Apr. 7. highly educated instructors offer a wide variety of basic and specialty classes throughout the day. 706475-7329, www.armc.org/mbi Yoshukai Karate (AKF Itto Martial Arts) Learn Yoshukai Karate, a traditional hard Okinawan style. www. athensyk.com Zen Meditation (Email for Location) For both new and experienced meditators. Meets every Monday. 7:15 p.m. FREE! 706-7141202, meditateathens@gmail.com, thezencenter.livingcompassion.org Zen Seeing, Zen Drawing (Lyndon House Arts Center) Drawing, painting and printmaking with lessons inspired by artist and author Frederick Franck. Instruction

by Toni Carlucci. Now registering.

706-613-3623, www.accleisureservices.com Zumba (Lay Park) Program fusing Latin rhythms and simple steps.

Mondays, 6–7 p.m. $6. 706-6133596 Zumba (Dancefx) This calorie-burning workout combines interval training techniques with Latin rhythms.

Your first class is free! Wednesdays, 6:30–7:30 p.m. www.dancefx.org

HELP OUT! Become a Boybutante Sponsor The Boybutante AIDS Foundation, Inc., which has helped to fund AIDS Athens for 20 years, is seeking sponsorship for the 21st annual Boybutante Ball this April.

Read about their mission and find a sponsorship packet online. www. boybutante.org Bike Recycling Program (Chase Street Warehouses) Join BikeAthens volunteers as they clean and repair donated bicycles 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 Call for Volunteers Athens Indie Craftstravaganzaa is seeking volunteers to assist with an upcoming community-oriented arts event. volunteerscraftstravaganzaa@gmail. com

Volunteer Opportunities (ACC Library) Learn about the various ways you can give back to your community by volunteering your time at the ACC Library. 706-6133650, www.clarke.public.lib.ga.us/ arls/support/index.html

KIDSTUFF Fantastic Fridays (Bishop Park) Obstacle courses and other activities in an unstructured environment.

Drop in any time. Ages 10 months–4 years. Fridays, 9 a.m.–noon. $12/ day. 706-613-3589 Girls’ Rock Camp Athens (Pigpen Studios) Girls learn an instrument, form a band, write a song and participate in various empowering workshops. Showcase scheduled for July 31. Ages 9–15.

Now registering! July 26–30, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. $300 (scholarships available). 706-498-2507, www. girlsrockathens.org QuickStart Tennis Party (Bishop Park) Get your kids hooked on this lifelong sport with this new kid-sized format, featuring smaller courts, modified scoring and lowbounce balls. Games, prizes and cupcakes follow. For kids ages 6–10. 4–5 p.m. 706-613-3592, www.tennisforlife.net Shake, Rattle and Rhyme (ACC Library) Now molding lifetime readers in this program promoting early literacy skills! Sign up now.

Space is limited, and registration is required. Through Apr. 8, 5 p.m.

FREE! 706-613-3650 Spanish Mommy and Me Classes (Email for Location) Learn Spanish with your preschooler through songs, stories and games!

New session starting soon. sehlers@uga.edu Spring Break Art Break (Lyndon House Arts Center) Children ages 6-12 will enjoy art activities, including art exploration with a guest artist and the creation of their own artwork. Mar. 11. $50 (materials included), scholarships available. 706-613-3623, www.accleisureservices.com.

SUPPORT Domestic Violence Support Group (Call for location) Dinner begins at 6 p.m. and group at 6:30 p.m. Children are welcome for supper and childcare is provided during group. Call the Project Safe hotline: 706-543-3331. Second and fourth Thursday of the month in Clarke County. First and third Thursday of the month in Madison County.

6–8 p.m.

Double Trouble (Clarke County Courthouse, 3rd Floor) Support group for those in the community with a dual diagnosis of mental health and chemical dependency issues. Peer chaired Mondays and Thursdays. 5:30 p.m. FREE! doubletroubleathens@hotmail.com Emotional Abuse Support Group (Call for location) Demeaning behavior and hateful words can be just as harmful as punches and kicks. Childcare is provided. Call the Project Safe hotline: 706-543-3331. Wednesdays, 6:30–8 p.m.

Emotions Anonymous (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) Informal and supportive 12step program open to anyone with a desire to become well emotionally.

Sundays, 4–5 p.m. 706-202-7463, www.emotionsanonymous.org Grief Support Group (Council on Aging) Meeting every third Thursday each month. 2–3:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-549-4850 Mental Health Support Group (St. Mary’s Hospital) Open to anyone seeking better mental health. Meets in the lobby conference room. Thursdays, 6:30–8 p.m.

706-783-5706, www.athensmentalhealth.org Nar Anon Family Meeting (Call for location) Meet every Thursday to learn about drug addiction and to speak with others whose lives are affected by it. Identity is protected, no dues, no fees. 7 p.m. FREE! 770725-5719 Overeaters Anonymous (Various Locations) 12-step meetings for compulsive eating disorders. All ages and sizes welcome.

Mondays, 5:30 p.m. at Nuçi’s Space.

Thursdays, 7 p.m. at St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church. Saturdays, 10:30 a.m. at Princeton United Methodist Church. FREE! 706-552-3194 Parkinson’s Support Group (Council on Aging) Meet up every fourth Monday for an open support group for those living with Parkinson’s Disease. 2:30–4 p.m.

FREE! 706-549-4850 Survivors of Suicide (Nuçi’s Space) Open to anyone who has lost a loved one to suicide. Meets the third Wednesday of every month.

5:30 p.m. 706-227-1515, linda@ nuci.org Vestibular Support Group (Athens Regional Medical Center) Dr. Richard Panico will speak on coping mechanisms for vertigo, imbalance and dizziness. Registration required. Mar. 27, 10 a.m. FREE! www.dizzy-in-nega.org The Wise Woman Circle (Call for location) Ladies, seeking meaningful connections and a forum to express your inspired thoughts?

Currently exploring body image.

Mar. 26, 7–9 p.m. Registration required; donations accepted. 706424-1860, www.holdingwomanspace.com

ART AROUND TOWN ACC Library (2025 Baxter St., Top of the Stairs Gallery) Paintings by Ben Goldman. Through March.

Athens Academy (Bertelsmann Gallery, 1281 Spartan Lane) A “mail art” exhibit, featuring mailboxsized artworks by various local artists. Through March. (Myers Gallery, 1281 Spartan Lane) The Studio Group Exhibition features silk painting, metalwork, jewelry, pottery, fused glass, books and more from a dozen artists involved with the local collective.

Through March.

Big City Bread Cafe (393 N. Finley St.) Abstract and landscape photography by Brooke Green.

Through March.

Chase Street Warehouses (160 Tracy St., Unit 4) “Two Bros,” an exhibit featuring paintings, drawings, sculpture and conceptual art by Charles Westfall and Layet Johnson. Reception Mar. 18. Through Mar. 20. Appointment only, charlesawestfall@gmail.com.

Ciné Barcafé (234 W. Hancock Ave.) An exhibit featuring work by Michael Oliveri. Through Mar. 20.

Doc Chey’s Noodle House (320 E. Clayton St.) Paintings and mixed media by Amanda Trader and Liz Williams. Through April.

Flicker Theatre & Bar (263 W. Washington St.) “Constructive Chromosomes,” a collection of photography, ink stampings and light boxes by Will Eskridge. Through Apr. 2. Reception Mar. 25.

The Grit (199 Prince Ave.) Paintings, prints and drawings by Nash Hogan. Through Mar. 21.

Highwire Lounge (254 W. Clayton St.) Mixed media portraits by Christopher DeDe Giddens. Through March 20.

Jittery Joe’s Eastside (1860 Barnett Shoals Rd.) Cartoonish monsters spring to life in paintings by Dan Smith. Through April.

Lamar Dodd School of Art (270 River Rd.) 2010 Master of Fine Arts Degree Candidates Exhibition. Through Apr. 7. Reception Mar. 19.

(Gallery 307) “Translucent Fusions,” an exhibit featuring transfer collages on wood by Kathy Prescott.

Through May 7.

Lyndon House Arts Center (293 Hoyt St.) 35th Annual Juried Exhibition, featuring work by area artists in a variety of media. Through May 8.

Madison County Library (1315 Hwy. 98 W., Danielsville) Paintings by self-taught artist Harold

ON THE STREET Adult Kickball Now registering for the spring season! Create your own team or join as a free agent. Equipment, team t-shirts and certified referees and field supervisors provided. Games are played Sundays in local parks. For ages 21 and up. Register by Mar. 23. Season begins Mar. 28, $49/season. www. gokickball.com Baseball Registration The Athens Area Men’s Baseball League is signing up players and teams for spring. Register by Mar. 20. 706207-8939, www.aambl.com FREE! Tax Assistance (Various Locations) For taxpayers with low to moderate income, with special attention to those 60+ years old.

Call for more locations. Oconee County Library, Mondays, 1–4:30 p.m.; Council on Aging, Tuesdays, 9 a.m.–1 p.m.; Kroger on Epps Bridge Pkwy, Wednesday–Saturday, 9 a.m.–1 p.m. 706-769-3950 FREE! Tax Preparation Assistance (Various Locations) Now scheduling 1-hour appointments for low- to middle-income families at the UGA Visual Arts Building and the Georgia Federal Credit Union. 706-227-5400 ext.

6486, www.gfcuonline.org PTSD Support Group Local support group now forming for family members of soldiers and veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder.

770-725-4527 Volunteer in Peru Learn Spanish and stay with a host family while working in a school, orphanage, medical clinic or animal shelter.

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Enter and handmade wooden bowls by Jack Hudson.

Through March.

Madison-Morgan Cultural Center (434 S. Main St., Madison) John Wayne, Teddy Roosevelt, Annie Oakley, the Wicked Witch of the West and Superman are among the 23 Andy Warhol silkscreen portraits on display. Through Apr. 2.

Mama’s Boy (197 Oak St.) Paintings of Athens by Heidi Hensley. Through March.

Mercury Art Works (Hotel Indigo, 500 College Ave.) Vibrantly colorful figurative oil paintings by John Ahee. Through March.

Morton Theatre (195 W. Washington St.) “Refusés,” an exhibit featuring works refused from the Lyndon House Arts Center’s 35th Juried Exhibition.

Through Apr. 19.

Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation (34 School St., Watkinsville) “Cattywampus,” an exhibit featuring sculpture, book art, prints and drawings by artists from UGA’s Printmaking and Book Arts program, reflects the many interpretations of printmaking. Through Mar. 26. “Youth Art Month Exhibit” featuring the work of emerging artists from Oconee County public and private schools.

Red Eye Coffee (297 Prince Ave.) Badass illustrations and paintings on plywood by Jeff Owens.

Through March.

State Botanical Garden of Georgia “Bottlebrush Buckeye and Beyond,” an exhibit featuring 35 new works on botanical themes by Claire Clements. Through April.

Transmetropolitan (145 E. Clayton St.) “Idealized Portraits,” a collection of paintings by Ericka Burke. Through March.

UGA Visual Arts Building (285 S. Jackson St.) “The Art of The Georgia Review” showcases the varied works of visual art published by the journal and includes works by artists James Herbert, Terry Rowlett, Gaela Erwin and more. Through Apr. 29. (285 S. Jackson St.) “University of Georgia Turns 225” celebrates the history of UGA through visual art, featuring paintings by the founder of UGA’s art school, Lamar Dodd, as well as works by artists George Cooke, Charles Frederick Naegle and Howard Thomas.

White Tiger Gourmet Food & Chocolates (217 Hiawasee Ave.) “The Chase Street Collective,” featuring over one hundred portraits by Chase Street Elementary School’s emerging artists. Through March.

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Matters Of The Heart And Loins

How about: “Hey, I hear you have a crush on me. Do you think you can drop 20 pounds by next Saturday so we can go out?” Yeesh.

Just because fitness is a big part of your life, Anonymous, doesn’t mean it has to be a big part of hers. I think if you really like this girl you should give it a try.

Maybe if things work out, she will start to get more active and fitness will be more of a priority. Or maybe your priorities will change.

I have been hanging out with this guy for a couple of months. We have everything in common—same values, same politics, we like the same music, we both have military experience, etc. Our relationship has been strictly platonic so far, but we have had some conversations about the future. He is in his upper 30s, never married, and I am in my early 30s and divorced. It really seems like the perfect match.

Also, he has a female roommate.

And I never thought anything of it at first, but then one day he said that he was going to ask her to move out because she has feelings for him. OK, whatever. But then it kind of bothered me, so the next time I talked to him I asked him if anything had happened between them. He said that they had slept together, but that it was over a year ago and nothing had happened since. I wasn’t happy about it, but I let it go.

So, he told her to move out, and he said she started crying.

Then he had to have surgery, and he has been mostly MIA since. We talk on the phone every day, but he never comes to see me, and never wants to do anything. He says he doesn’t want me to see him like he is. He’s all depressed, and I never see him. And now I don’t know what to do. His roommate is still there, too. And I hate that I’m thinking of this, but I assume she’s taking care of him, and it bothers me. Whenever I talk to him everything seems fine between us, but since I never see him anymore I have no idea where this is going. Normally I am not anything like this. I don’t understand what’s happening to me. I’m usually quite confident and this is throwing me.

What am I supposed to do? I feel like an idiot for being this way. I know if any one of my friends came to me with this situation I would tell them they were crazy and to drop

the guy. But I am having a hard time letting go. Plus I feel bad leaving him if he’s just depressed because of the surgery and stuff. But it’s been almost three weeks and I am going crazy. What do you think?

Waiting I don’t really understand what you’re waiting for, Waiting. You’re not even in a relationship with this guy and already he’s playing games with you. What exactly do you think you have to look forward to once you start sleeping together? If you had such a good thing going, and you were talking about the future, then why would he not want you to see him just because he’s in recovery? And what reason do you have to trust him about the roommate? It sounds to me like he’s bullshitting both of you. He’s either a man-child or a liar, and either way, I can’t for the life of me figure out why you would start planning your future with him. Look at it this way: you weren’t dating anyway, and now you haven’t seen him in a couple of weeks. So, what’s the big loss? If you just cut him off, all you will lose is a lot of bother and second-guessing yourself. And if you stick around and wait, what do you have to gain? At best, an inconsiderate adolescent, and at worst, a lying, manipulative jackass who makes you feel worthless and doubt yourself. Is that a guy you really want in your future? Take your own advice and get out now. Stop calling, stop taking his calls. Block his number.

And hey, it’s not like he can chase you if he’s bedridden, right? Do not invest any more time or energy in him.

I met a girl whom I really like over at my friend’s house. We exchanged numbers after talking for a couple of hours. I want to ask her out but I don’t want to seem too eager. When do I call?

My God, I hope you don’t wait for an answer from me before calling. You know, papers have lead time. Yikes. I hope you gave in and called.

For the record, though, there is no specific amount of time. No magic formula. Just do it.

I wanted to thank you for your words of wisdom to Peeved, the high school girl who wrote in a couple weeks ago. I work closely with a lot of teenagers and I worry about how they process what passes for our popular culture these days. It sounds like the young lady who wrote you isn’t going straight to the lowest common denominator and slutting herself up just to get the attention of her hyper-sexed classmates.

I wish I saw more of that. Keep up the good work.

Concerned Thanks, Concerned. All we can do is try.

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

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IKE& JANE norma town

OK, so there is a girl that is a friend of a friend. Turns out she has a big crush on me. We get along great, have similar tastes in music, art, everything that would make us a great match. She is quite pretty, but the only problem for me is that she is a little (15–20 lbs) overweight. Fitness is really important to me as I do personal training, run marathons, etc.

Overall it is a large part of my life.

Should I just accept that we don’t share the same priorities for fitness or is there anything I can do to let her know that I would be really interested if only she incorporated a healthier lifestyle?

Anonymous

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Westside condos.

2BR/2BA, $600/mo. Eastside 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.

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Newly renovated. 4BR/2BA, W/D, DW, private fenced backyd. $975/mo. negotiable.

Call Pamela, Property Manager (706) 247-1805. Go to www. azevedoproperties.com for listings. Bruce Azevedo, Inc.

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Amazing Office Spaces for lease above Dwntn Five Guys restaurant.

Sign 1 Year Lease & Receive the 1st Month Free or 12% off!! Call Reign at Coldwell Banker Upchurch Realty (706) 372-4166, or (706) 543-4000.

Eastside Offices. 1060 Gaines School Rd. For rent: 170 sq. ft. $375/mo. 450 sq. ft. $600/mo. 1200 sq. ft. $1200/ mo. (706) 546-1615 or www. athenstownproperties.com.

Historic building, Downtown Rutledge. Artist Studio, Retail/ Professional. 920 sq. ft., 12’ ceilings, lots of windows, incl. office furniture. Near State Park, 30 min. access to Athens, 55 min. to Atlanta. $92,500. Call Byer Realty, (706) 557-7760, www.byerrealty.com.

Historic Downtown Building. 3200 sq. ft.

Ample onsite parking.

Office/Commercial.

Contact Stacy (706) 425-4048.

Leathers Building. Retail/ Office/Commercial. 1100 sq. ft.

Front & rear entrance. $1400/ mo. All inclusive. Call Stacy at (706) 425-4048.

Paint Artist Studio.

Historic Boulevard Area Artist Community 160 Tracy St. For rent: 300 sq. ft. $150/mo. 400 sq. ft. $200/mo. (706) 5461615 or www.athenstown properties.com.

Retail Suites for lease at Homewood Village.

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

Condos for Rent

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FTX Apartments.

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) 4254048 or (706) 296-1863.

Athens Executive Suites.

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

Single or multiple offices avail.

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

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2BR/2.5BA. Very Quite, on Milledge Ave. Next to family housing. 1300 sq. ft. W/D, FP, wireless, cable. UGA busline. Pool, yard, pets. Avail. now/Aug. $850/mo. (706) 461-4351.

2BR/1BA or 1BR/1BA. University Towers, Dwntn across from UGA. 131 E. Broad St. Perfect for law/business students.

2BR–$800/mo. 1BR–$675/mo.

Call (229) 224-4271(days) 229226-8211(nights).

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Next to Campus/ D o w n t o w n .

4BR/2BA condo. W/D, D/W, HVAC. Wood balcony overlooks small creek.

Minute walk to Dwntn/UGA. 4 parking spaces incl! $1100/mo. (706) 546-5659.

Condos For Sale Chicopee Commons. 2BR/2BA + loft, courtyard & owner’s storage space. $187,500. Call Rose (706) 255-0472. See at www.rosepetalshomes.com.

Duplexes For Rent 2BR duplexes starting at $450/ mo. Pls. call (706) 549-6070.

2BR/1.5BA. Jolly Lane in Sleepy Hollow Subdivision.

Near UGA, Memorial Park & Birchmore Trail. W/D, DW, CHAC, FP. Avail now. $650/mo.

Call April (706) 549-5006, g o t o w w w. a t h e n s c o n d o sales.com.

2BR/1BA Wo o d y D r i v e .

Newly renovated duplexes, beautifully landscaped, quiet dead–in street, perfect for everyone. Timothy school zone & close to every shopping need. 316 & the loop. (706) 5 4 8 -9 7 9 7 o r b o u l e v a r d p ro p e r t y m a n a g e m e n t . com.

2BR/1BA. $650 Milledge Court #20. Available Aug 1st. Great 5 Pts. duplex, tile bath, HWflrs., great location!

Visit boulevard​p roperty​ management.com. Call today (706) 548-9797.

2BR Duplexes in 5 Pts on Hampton Ct. & Highland Ave. $695-$750/mo. Avail. Aug. Call (706) 546-6900 or visit www.

ValerioProperties.com.

Spacious 2BR/1BA. Eastside.

Small n’hood. HWflrs, fireplace, nice fenced yd., W/D conn., DW. Avail. now. Ask for special!

Email xu5388@gmail.com or call (706) 255-0316.

Winterville. 2BR/1BA. FP, DW, range, Fridge, Upgrades: kitchen & bath. CHAC, lg. yd. $595/mo, $400/dep. (706) 742-8884.

Houses for Rent $350–$1500/mo. 1BR, 2BR, 3BR, 4BR, & 5BR. Awesome walk & bike to campus & town!

Pre–leasing for Fall! Many historical houses w/ lg. rms, high ceilings, big windows, HWflrs, old–world charm, modern amenities. Porches, & yds. Pet friendly. These go fast! Email for list: luckydawg96@yahoo.com. $1150/mo. Affordable 5BR/3BA. 10 yr. young modular house.

Walk to UGA/Dwntn. Bands OK. CHAC, W/D, DW. Avail. now, 6/1, or 8/1. Drive by 229 S. Poplar. Email luckydawg96@ yahoo.com.

1080 Oglethorpe Ave. City busline. Upscale 2-3BR/1BA. Patio, lg. laundry. Great local/ condition. Lawn maintenance possible. 1st mo. utils paid.

Short term OK. $695–$795/mo.

(706) 353-0708.

1–3BR houses in Blvd & N o r m a l t o w n . Av a i l . A u g . $585-$895/mo. Call (706) 546-6900 or visit w w w.

ValerioProperties.com.

3 & 4BRs. 180 O’ Farrell, 340 Barber, 2535 Barnett Shoals, 1331 Dowdy Road check out these great houses online at boulevard​property​ management.com or call (706) 548-9797.

3BR/2BA in Statham. Lv. rm. w/ high ceilings & chandelier.

Dual Maytag oven, DW. Fenced backyd. $995/mo. Avail. now!

Call (706) 614-0448 or (770) 573-1364.

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

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

4BR/2BA. CHAC, FP, HWflrs, DW, fridge w/ ice/water in–door, W/D. Lg. porch & yd. Must have ref’s. 116 Whitehead Rd. $998/mo. (706) 714-1100.

4BR/2BA brick house w/ screen porch. 2 blocks from campus & busline. Great yard.

360 Peabody Street. $1700/mo. Call Stacy at (706) 425-4048 or (706) 296-1863.

4BR/3+BA. Oconee St. $1600/ mo. 12 month lease begins 8/1/10. (706) 247-6834.

Beautiful 3BR/2BA house. In Green Acres. HWflrs., lg. fenced backyd. W/D. $1075/ mo. Call (706) 201-7004.

1/2 mi. from Downtown. 1, 2, 3, 4BR houses & apts. located in the historic Blvd. n’hood.

Please check out boulevard​ proper ty​management. com or call (706) 548-9797.

Best rentals in Athens!

1–5BR houses, apts., condos.

In the heart of UGA/Dwntn/5 Pts. Avail. Aug. Going fast, call today! (706) 3692908 for more info.

110 Whitehall Road, 2BR/1BA w/ lg. extra room. New Paint, HWflrs., HVAC, Pets OK w/ dep. $750/mo. Sec. dep. req’d.

Dorian (706) 340-7136.

Borders! Print version of the Classifieds. Pictures!

Check them out on the Flagpole website. Lowest rates in town! Place your ad today at www.flagpole. com.

2BR/2BA on 22 ac., 35 mins from Athens. Trails, creek, fish pond. Artist designed sunny house. CHAC, W/D, free well water. Neighbors organic farm. Pets welcome.

Ogelthorpe Co. Avail. immediately or 8/1. $700/mo.

Call Rose (706) 540-5979.

2BR house. Big fenced yard.

127 Sylvia Circle. Quiet n’hood off Prince Ave. Near Loop, Navy School & Normaltown.

CHAC, 1BA, all electric. $700/ mo. rent + deposit for April.

(706) 255-7631.

2BR/1BA “A” frame on Freeman Dr. Huge loft, CHAC, total electric. Move–in now, rest of mo. free. $525/mo. No pets.

(706) 202-0147.

3BR/2.5BA w/ finished basement. Townhome off River­ bend. Pool & tennis. W/D incl.

Avail. now for discounted short– term lease thru July for only $750/mo. Aaron (706) 207-2957.

3BR/2BA house. Wolfskin.

Oglethorpe Co. CHAC. $700/ mo. (706) 743-3111 or (706) 224-1400.

Cute cottage in the country.

15 min. to UGA & Athens.

1BR/1BR. All appls. Laundry hookups. $485/mo. Call (706) 788-2988 or (706) 207-3349.

Dwntn Athens historic renovated. Occupancy Aug. 1st. Busline in front. 3 huge BRs/1 lg. BA. Lg. shower stall.

4 FPs, HWflrs. W/D. DW, stove, fridge, CHAC, din. rm., lv. rm.

Long hallway. 1600 sq. ft. Front wrap–around porch. Back screen porch. No pets. $1050/ mo. 225 N. Ave. Storage shed, parking spaces. (706) 2969873. See bulldogrent.com.

First month free! 2–3BRs in quiet setting, off the beaten path. Sec. sys. incl. W/D, D W, p r i v. d e c k . M e n t i o n this ad & pay no pet fee! ( 7 0 6 ) 5 4 8 - 2 5 2 2 , w w w. dovetailmanagement.com.

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

Owner/Agent (706) 340-2450.

G re a t h o m e s w i t h hardwood floors! 4930 Mars Hill Rd. Oconee Co. 3BR/2BA, $895/mo.

597 Dearing B St. off Milledge. 4BR/2BA, $1295/ mo. 597 Dearing A St. 2BR/1BA, $625/mo. 1182 Whit Davis. 3BR/2BA, $715/mo. 155 Henr y Myer Rd. 3BR/2BA, $995/mo. (706) 546-7946, Flowersnancy@bellsouth. net. See virtual tours www. nancyflowers.com.

Northside 2BR/1BA, lg. lot, $600/mo. Hospital area 2BR/1BA, carport, fenced–in yard, $700/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 County 3BR/2BA. Lv. rm. w/ FP, din. rm., double garage, $975/ mo. Call McWaters Realty, (706) 549-3222, (706) 3532700, (706) 540-1529.

Newly renovated 4BR/3BA for rent in ARMC area. W/D, DW, CHAC, screen porch, game room, off–street parking. $1200/mo. Call Vicki at (706) 540-7113 to set up a tour.

Preleasing for fall. 1, 2 & 3BR houses. Close to campus & Dwntn. Call (706) 255-0066.

Private 2BR/1BA cottage. $650/ mo. CHAC, HWflrs., lg. fenced yd. w/ organic gardens, bike to Dwntn. Super responsible single or couple only! Resident cat in need of love. Gardener pref’d.

Pets considered. Email gypsymr@ yahoo.com, (706) 224-8773.

Students welcome. North Ave. 5BR/4BA. 4 car garage. All appls. HWflrs. $450/BR. Call Lynette (706) 202-4648.

Watkinsville. 3BR/3BA home for rent on a horse farm. Nice house, quiet, clean & new! $1150/mo. (770) 313-3549.

Walk to Campus. 1BR/1BA Cottage avail. for lease Aug. 1st. Located between Milledge & Dwntn. $325/mo. Contact Bryan Austin (706) 255-6003.

Houses for Sale $139,900. 3BR/2BA totally renovated early 1900s far mhouse. Only 15 min. from Dwntn Athens. Perfect for musicians & artists. Call Chard Rader at Keller Williams Realty (706) 338-7058, (706) 316-2900. See photos at www. chardrader.com. $134,900. 3BR/3BA nice home on corner lot in Bridge Water subdivision. Very close to Dwntn. Call Chard Rader at Keller Williams Realty (706) 338-7058, (706) 316-2900. See photos at www.chardrader.com.

1998 Mobile home. 2BR2BA (16X70ft). W/ fireplace & garden tub, in Athens. $12K OBO. call Matt (706) 215-1507.

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220 Bentwood. $149,900. 3BR/2BA in Winterville. Motivated Sellers!

Coldwell Banker Upchurch Realty, www.ReignSold.com, (706) 543-4000, (706) 3724166. Call Reign!

370 Cleveland. $97K. Pulaski Heights. 1BR/1BA. Call Reign at Coldwell Banker Upchurch Realty! (706) 543-4000, (706) 372-4166, visit www.

ReignSold.com.

2BR/1BA in 5 Pts. Great for Grad Students. Close to campus. W/D, DW, CHAC, Pets OK. Avail. 8/1. $700/mo.

(706) 396-2908.

3–4BR houses starting at $1000/ mo. Close to Normaltown, campus, Downtown. Open floor plan, microwave, DW, W/D conn. Pre–leasing for Fall 2010.

(706) 410-6122.

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Amazing renovated 5BR/3BA. 1/2 mi. from campus. 2 lv. rms., 2 kitchens, big BRs, huge deck, plenty of parking. DW, W/D, CHAC. Pets OK. Avail. 8/1. $2100/mo. (706) 369-2908.

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Five Points Fall Rentals.

1, 2, 3, 4 bedroom Houses & A p t s . S e e a t w w w. bondrealestate.org. Herbert Bond Realty, Owner/Broker.

(706) 224-8002.

370 Cleveland. 1BR/1BA. Convenient to everything. $97K. Go to www.ReignSold. com or Call Reign at Coldwell Banker Upchurch Realty. (706) 372-4166, (706) 543-4000.

434 Meigs. 3BR/2BA. 1 Block from Big City Bread. $249,900. Go to www.

ReignSold.com or Call Reign at Coldwell Banker Upchurch Realty. (706) 372-4166, (706) 543-4000.

461 Waddell “Dearing Oaks Condo Awesome In town Location $284K. Go to www.

ReignSold.com or Call Reign at Coldwell Banker Upchurch Realty. (706) 372-4166, (706) 543-4000.

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553 Castalia. 5 Pts. 100 yards from Jittery Joe’s. $235K. Go to www.ReignSold. com or Call Reign at Coldwell Banker Upchurch Realty. (706) 372-4166, (706) 543-4000.

708 Aycock. Lexington, Ga. $178,500. 3BR/2BA on 15+ acre Horse Farm. Call Reign at Coldwell Banker Upchurch Realty (706) 543-4000, (706) 372-4166, visit www.

ReignSold.com.

A close–in cabin in the woods.

3BR/2BA. Open living, dining, kitchen. $900/mo. NS. Call Rose (706) 255-0472.

Perfect for students! 4BR/2BA. Fenced yard, near busline, park & shopping. $124,900. Call Rose (706) 255-0472 or see www.rosepetalshomes.com.

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Studio 40. Walk everywhere 1/1 on busline adjacent to Intermural Fields $89,900. Go to www.ReignSold. com or Call Reign at Coldwell Banker Upchurch Realty. (706) 372-4166, (706) 543-4000.

Pre-Leasing 1BR Apt. in house on Boulevard, $605/mo.

Avail. August. Call (706) 546-6900 or visit w w w.

ValerioProperties.com.

1–4BRs. Boulevard, Normaltown, Five Points.

Now pre–leasing houses, duplexes, & apartments for Fall! See all avail. at www.

ValerioProperties.com or call (706) 546-6900.

Gigantic 5BR/3BA condo.

End of Lumpkin St. 2500 sq. ft.

2 lv. rms, huge laundry rm., din. rm., FP, big deck. DW, W/D, CHAC. Pets OK. Avail. 8/1. $1500/mo. (706) 369-2908.

Great 4BR/4BA house. 1/2 mi. from campus.Front porch, back deck, nice yd., DW, W/D, CHAC. Pets OK. Avail. 8/1.

Special! $1500/mo. (706) 369-2908.

Roommates Room avail. for student. May– July. Spacious 2BR/2BA apt. on Pope St. near Baxter. 10 min. walk to the SLC. Furnished. $425/mo. (404) 538-8455.

Room avail. immediately for student. Renovated house right behind ARMC. Biking distance to UGA. Fenced yd. Pets OK w/ dep. $300/mo. + 1/3 utils.

(404) 713-0655.

Rooms for Rent

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Room for Rent in 2BR/2BA house. Walk to Dwntn/ campus. Shared living rm., kitchen, office, W/D. No smoking/ drugs. Pet friendly. $395+1/2 utils. Call Tony (478) 397-4696.

Room avail. immediately for Dwntn loft apt. located on East Broad St. Farmers Exchange bldg. Only $243/mo. 4BR/2BA. Walking distance to campus!

Contact (678) 313-6606 if interested.

Sub-lease 5 Pts. area. 1BR/1BA flat w/ parking. Close to UGA campus/ Dwntn. Inclusive UGA & Athens busline. W/D. Move–in ready for Spring. Sign new lease! $575/mo. (954) 243-6217.

L e a v i n g t o w n ? Don’t know how to get your weekly Flagpole fix? Subscribe! $35 for 6 months, $55 for a yr.! Call (706) 549-9523.

Wanting to rent 2 or 3BR furnished house or apt. needed from mid Aug. to early Nov. 2010. For visiting professor & family. Email katemtodd@hotmail.com.

For Sale Businesses Downtown clothing store. New & used clothing. Avg. sales over the last 7 years is $358K. 50% + gross margin business.

Owner financing avail. $65K. (770) 426-7527.

Computers New Dell HP Computer Guaranteed. Bad Credit? No problem! Free Printer, Digital Cam & LCD TV. Starting at $29.99/wk, up to $3K credit limit. Call now (888) 860-2419 (AAN CAN).

Furniture New 5 piece cherry BR set, $399. Clean Pillowtop mattress set, $170. (706) 612-8004.

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.

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 fur niture every day. Go to Agora!

Your favorite everything store!

260 W. Clayton St., (706) 316-0130.

Miscellaneous Come to Betty for Louis Vuittons. Just in time for Spring!

On the cor ner of Pulaski & Clayton, next to Agora.

Open 1pm–4pm daily. (706) 424-0566.

Pets Dumbo rats. Make great pets!

Males $5, Females $6. Not feeder rats! Pls. call Todd (706) 540-6734.

Yard Sales Consignment Booths a v a i l a b l e in Athens on Broad St. at competitive rates, beginning April 1st! Email consign.athens@gmail. com for more info.

Huge Estate Sale. Sat. 3/20, 9am–2pm, Sun. 3/21 12am–5pm. 855 Parkview D r. W i n t e r v i l l e . C o u n t r y furniture, paintings, pottery, textiles, old mirrors & lighting, vintage clothing, tons more.

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Music Equipment Go to www.flagpole.com to place your Classified Ad today.

BENEFITTING PROJECT SAFE

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Athens-Oconee Junior Women’s Club, ABC Printing Accounting Payroll Services, Athens Regional Medical Center Classic City Orthodontics, Jenny Coleman and David Shipley First American Bank, Georgia Neurological Surgery McArthur, McArthur and Overend, L.L.P., Regina Quick, P.C. St. Mary’s Emergency Physicians, St. Mary’s Healthcare System, Tennis for Life, Classic AV Resources a Division of TSAV

The Athens Community Council On Aging Presents

RAILROAD DAYS at the Southern Railway Historic Passenger Depot • 135 Hoyt Street, Athens, GA 30601

Evening at the Station SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 2010 • 6 to 10pm featuring HALF

DOZEN BRASS BAND New Orleans Food • Casino Tables • Cash Bar Auction Items: Vacation Homes • Train Trip Tickets to Jimmy Buffett’s April 27th show in Atlanta Tickets: $50 includes Dinner, One Drink Ticket and Play Money for Casino

Family Fun Day SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 2010 • 10am to 3pm Model Train Displays by Athens Bend Track Club Food • Inflatables • Magician • Retired Conductor • Music Tickets: $5 per person, $20 for 2 adults & 4 children

For Tickets: www.accaging.org • 706-549-4850

Lucy & Buddy Allen, James & Jere Bowden, Mary Erlanger, Deedee & David Gaines, John & Edna Garst, John & Kathy Gratzek, Paul & Carol Kurtz, Little Enterprise, Roy & Deborah Manoll, Angela Meltzer, Dorothy & Jim Newland, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Care Improvement Plus, Jeremy & Cardee Kilpatrick, Lavender Pest Control and Devereux & Gene Weeks

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Sonor Force 3001. 5 piece fusion drum kit. 9-ply maple shells, all hardware except bass pedal, Sabian XS20 cymbal pack + bag. Pristine condition. $600. (706) 540-2460.

Instruction Athens Piano School.

Premium Piano Lessons Guaranteed. All ages & levels w e l c o m e f ro m b e g i n n e r s to advanced. Discounts for families & UGA students. Visit www.AthensPianoSchool.com or call (706) 549-0707.

Music Services A Sharp Turn. Athens hot new jazz trio available for private parties, weddings, & any event seeking tight, straight–ahead jazz standards.

Affordable rates! Contact (706) 461-1794.

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

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

Looking for a fun, classy alter native to the typical wedding band? If you are looking for “YMCA” then Squat is not your band. If you want Duke Ellington, Ray Charles & salsa, then visit www. squatme.com/weddings.

(706) 548-0457.

Wedding Bands. Quality, professional bands. Weddings, parties. Rock, Jazz, etc. Call Classic City Entertainment. ( 7 0 6 ) 5 4 9 - 1 5 6 7 . w w w. classiccityentertainment. com. Featuring The Magictones—Athens’ premiere wedding & party band. www. themagictones.com.

Services Computer Get 2 computers for the price of 1. Bad Credit? No problem!

Starting at $29.99/wk. Up to $3K credit limit. Guaranteed Approval. Call now (888) 8602420 (AAN CAN).

Home and Garden Backyard Solutions. Get started on your Spring project!

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

Perennial Lawn & Landscape. Full service maintenance, installation, sanding/topdressing, aeration, overseeding, hedge trimming, pine straw, mulch, cleanups.

Call (706) 255-6405.

Tutors Winston Stephens Tutoring, for children having difficulty reading, visithttp:// mswinstonstephens.com.

Jobs Full-time Lock Nest Hair Studio is seeking a FT licensed stylist.

Booth rental or commission.

Apply in person. 156 College Ave. (706) 546-7288.

Maintenance person needed w/ skill sets for carpentry, light electrical & plumbing, sheetrock repair, painting, roof repair, & everything else to maintain houses/apts. FT/ PT avail. Please fax resume to (706) 316-2007.

Night Chef needed 35–40 hrs. per week. American Bistro cooking experience necessary. Keen eye for detail, & passion for good food req'd. $10/hr. + paid vacation, & health insurance.

Resumes Only! 259 W. Wa s h i n g t o n S t . , Dwntn Athens, or email hollandshield@hotmail.com.

Sales Reps needed!

Looking for confident, self motivated, well spoken people. Starting out at $8/hr. + commission. Experience necessary. Call Kris (770) 560-5653. Weak people need not apply!

UberPrints.com is hiring!

Growing web company based in Athens is looking for bright, outgoing individuals to join our customer service team. Excellent work environment! To learn more about the position & to apply visit www.uberprints .com/jobs.

Opportunities Does your daughter have symptoms of bulimia nervosa? Has your daughter injured herself on purpose?

Researchers at the University of Georgia Psychology C l i n i c a re c o n d u c t i n g a treatment study for teens w/ symptoms of bulimia nervosa & deliberate self harm. Open to teenage girls age 16–18. Receive $300 upon completion of study! For more info, pls email the Eating, Drinking, & Personality Research lab at the University of Georgia at bnstudy@uga.edu, or call (706) 542-3827.

29 People Wanted. Get paid $$ for pounds & inches. You will lose in 30 days! (800) 2078915, www.u2canlose.com.

Earn $40! UGA researchers looking for F age 18 & older who purge at least twice/mo. to participate in a 1–visit research study. Contact bnstudy@uga.edu.

Free Advice! We’ll help you choose a program or degree to get your career on track. Call Collegebound Network Today!

(877) 892-2642 (AAN CAN).

Female models wanted for figure drawing sessions. Visit www.stanmullins.com then call (706) 227-2335.

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

No selling, any hours. $500/ wk. potential. Info at (985) 6461700 dept. GA–3058.

Part-time Ask about our Run–til–Sold rate. 12 weeks for only $36!

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