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pub notes Trees Past and Future On Prince Stopping on Sylvia Circle at Prince Avenue, I looked to my left and saw grading beneath the oaks. The next time I passed, the oaks were gone. I talked to the builder, investment counselor Todd Emily—building his first building—and he pointed out that Athens-Clarke County ordinances require that a commercial building be situated at the street, even if that means cutting down trees. (See Pub Notes June 17, 2009). Todd went on to assure me that in spite of having to cut down the trees, he was going to construct a new home for the Athens Social Security Administration offices that would be a credit to the neighborhood. Now, less than a year later, Todd has made good on his promise.

He gave me a tour last Friday, just before Social Security began the weekend move that was to have them open for business in their new location on Monday, Apr. 26. The interior is well designed—with pleasing colors, ample areas for conferring with clients, spacious bathrooms and break rooms, plenty of public parking and a gigantic underground parking garage that keeps employees’ cars off the neighborhood streets.

Small replacement trees have been planted, and the grounds are landscaped in mostly native plants. It will be a long time before those trees provide any shade for the building, but as the plant landscape grows, the building will nestle into its site as an example of well built, good design that enhances the Prince Avenue corridor.

In Arcadia The Town & Gown Players and friends gathered Saturday to break ground for a garden in memory of the three T&G stalwarts murdered there a year ago: Ben Teague, Marie Bruce and Tom Tanner. The garden is named “Arcadia,” which was the title of the play all three worked in together last year, and which is very much about gardens and landscapes.

Actually, city crews had already broken the ground and planted the sizable maples, which were outside soaking up the gentle rain while theater people packed the house inside. T&G President Terrell Austin led the proceedings with eloquence and wit; T&G Board Chair (and reformed thespian), attorney Hue Henry spoke of the memorial garden as a place for theater people to hang out surrounded by beauty and memories; ACC Commissioner Alice Kinman, a consistent T&G fan, filling in for out-of-town Mayor Heidi Davison, read a proclamation, and actor-director-set builder Allen Rowell read the same poem, “A Final Affection,” by Paul Zimmer (the poet who once graced our UGA faculty), that he read at the memorial service for Ben Teague last year.

The impossible hope last year was that somehow the Town & Gown Players could hang together after the loss of their leaders. In the midst of their grief they knew they had to go on. New leaders have stepped forward; everybody has worked to do what needs to be done, and the troupe has gone right on showcasing first-rate theater. The stage has a new curtain; new seats are next (you can help). They just finished a highly successful season with Steve Martin’s hilarious Picasso at the Lapin Agile and the edgy, funny one-act, Tape.

These actors and all their support staff know each other and know what they’re doing. It is now pretty much safe to say that if Town & Gown is doing a play, you’ll want to see it, whether it’s an old favorite or one you don’t know.

The company is healing, laughing and crying together as they make audiences laugh and cry. The Players have coalesced, as a tree grows around a wound continuing upward around the scar. Zimmer understands what the trees mean, and he ends his poem with these words: When I die I want to slant up Through those trunks so slowly I will see each rib of bark, each whorl; Up through the canopy, the subtle veins And lobes touching me with final affection; Then to hover above and look down One last time on the rich upliftings, The circle that loves the sun and moon, To see at last what held the darkness up.

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African-American act made up of garbage collectors, aptly named “The Garbage Men,” who were very popular at fraternity parties in the late ‘50s. One UGA student, Harry Thompson, ‘63, a business major, was a genuine forerunner of the music business program. This was in the early ‘60s. He would go to the Blue Light club on Barnett Shoals Road and to The Royal Peacock in Atlanta to sign up acts for UGA parties. Other Athens readers may remember other names that preceded the “Creation.”

Athens in the ‘50s was ready to flower. Thanks, Jimmy Cornelison, for a great article.

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Kevan Williams [Athens Rising, Apr. 14] hit many of the primary points related to the continued growth of Georgia in the coming decades and the increasingly limited funding for transportation projects. I like to remind friends that most (maybe 95 percent) of the infrastructure that will be available in 20 years is already on the ground. So, learning to love, use more efficiently and maintain transportation infrastructure that is already built is key. Funds must be spent strategically to meet growth and expand the economy but mostly should meet the needs of existing places, people and businesses who generate the revenues from fuel and other taxes now.

Automobile use is dominant now in Georgia and will remain so for a long time, but we Elinor Ostrom, the 2009 recipient of the cannot fund all low density travel needs, so Nobel Prize in Economics, gave a lecture in choices will occur. We have limited funding, Athens on March 19 about what we as a comconditions are changing, citizens are aging, munity can do about global warming while our etc. Using our existing urban places better leaders do nothing. Households in the United with more residents and business, transition States use 70 percent of all energy produced from suburban to urban patterns, infill, redeand contribute 40 percent of the greenhouse velopment, more transit, biking/walking, etc. gases. By simply using our current electrical are a large element of devices and systems Georgia’s future. effectively and effiAthens is fortuciently, communities BUMPERSTICKER OF THE WEEK: nate to have good could change the world, in spite of bones. ACC is a state the governments and model of good comThanks, Charles. Send your sticker sightings to munity planning and corporations who letters@flagpole.com citizen engagement. seem so resistant to change.

Learn to love the A group started infrastructure you at the University of Georgia named SMART have now (it will be the mostly the same in (Saving Money And Resources Together) wants the future), and use it better through smart to start this change by motivating people, land use and community design.

Dan Reuter not organizations. In a recent experiment, Athens by using incentives like financial rewards and energy monitoring, SMART proved significantly that with sufficient motivation buildings can be made to reduce energy up to 27 percent, simply by switching off lights.

To read more about our work, visit discovWe don’t need no stinking arts! Hats off erlife.org/smart to Sonny and Friends for trying to move from the bottom of one list to the top of another Scott Carlson (last in state arts funding to the only state Athens without—we are number one!). Call your local schools and see if they are following Sonny’s lead. Money is tight now; it is time to get rid of the arts. A big money-saver, just ask any prisoner. Maybe Paul Broun, Jr. would be willIt’s official. The current Supreme Court ing to bulldoze a pile of student art projects— is an utter disgrace to the American legal it might just help Sonny’s dream of an art-free system. Fresh off their decision to allow corGeorgia to come true! Dream a little dream, porations to legally purchase public elections, Mr. Perdue. now the Justices have given the legal stamp Peter Loose of approval to those wishing to promote and Watkinsville profit from the promotion of dogfighting.

Unbelievable!

Do you suppose The Supreme Court would rule that a video depicting the Court Justices trapped in a pit, savagely beating each other It was good to see the name James to death with their gavels is also constitutionCornelison grace the pages of an Athens paper ally protected? I suspect they would rule quite again. His take on the Athens music scene differently if they were made the subjects of a [Comment, Apr. 14] is historically accurate, film encouraging malicious violence. That’s a particularly concerning Terry Melton. Even DVD I would add to my Netflix queue.

The Supreme Court was created long before before “Mad Dog,” we had a local rocker named Laverne Stovall, who had a good the average life expectancy of an old, crusty, white guy was nearly 80 years long. It is high recording contract for a while. This was about 1957 or ‘58. And we also had Weyman Parham, time the Supreme Court Justices (from both who had a contract. The only song I remember the left and right) be given term limits. We must not allow any judge to be in charge of was “Hang Loose,” about the same time in our lives for the duration of theirs. the ‘50s. Another guy was Dick Henderson, drummer on several records with various acts Xavier including Bill Anderson. There was also an Athens

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is some of it it will go toward the preservation of Fire Hall No. 2, ACHF’s headquarters.

Congratulations to ACHF for earning the honorarium, and to Warner’s for the classy move.

Bags, Bags, Bags!: While none of the candidates for Athens mayor at the last Common Ground forum would throw their support behind a tax on plastic bags at grocery stores (we haven’t asked Gwen O’Looney yet), Earth Fare has jumped ahead of the issue by eliminating their use entirely in all of its 17 stores. Of course, the only plastic bags Daily Groceries Co-op has had for years have been re-used ones donated by customers, but it’s nice to see a relatively large chain get with the program.

Hot Corner Heats Up: This Saturday, May 1 from 12–7 p.m., marks the 10th annual Hot Corner Celebration and Soul Food Feast. The festival on Hull Street between Washington and Hancock brings families and fun-seekers out to Hot Corner every spring for an afternoon of food, games, music and assorted other Crafts, Crafts, Crafts!: If you’re downtown entertainments, and this year’s schedule looks Saturday, May 1 for the Hot Corner and/ even better than usual. One exciting addition or Human Rights Festivals (and you will is the “First Annual Car and Bike Show OFF,” which will feature prizes for the best car and motorcycle (call (706) 543-2080 to register your own vehicle). Bookending the street fair are two affiliated events at the Morton Theatre, the Hot Corner mainstay celebrating its centennial this May. Friday night, Apr. 30 at 7:30 p.m. is legendary blues guitarist and singer Beverly “Guitar” Watkins. The festival wraps up Saturday at 8 p.m. with Morton Theatre Family Vaudeville Night, a The University of Georgia’s Fine Arts Theatre, freshly restored. Go see a play! tribute to the variety shows that lit up the Morton’s stage in its early- to mid-20th cenbe, right?), pop on over to the corner of Pulaski and Clayton for the Athens Indie tury heyday. Get more info at www.morton theatre.com.

Craftstravaganzaa, where all manner of handmade wonders will be on sale by nearly m Arts Not Thrivin’, but Survivin’: It was 100 vendors. The adjacent Caledonia Lounge with some relief that we learned last week is cooperating with the event, which should that Georgia would not, after all, become the mean live music in addition to the return of only state in the union without a funded arts the irresistible force that is DJ Kurt Wood. agency. The legislature deigned merely to The market is open from 12–7 p.m.—check wound, not kill the Georgia Council for the www.athensindiecraftstravaganzaa.com for Arts, restoring $890,000 in direct funding to more details. the council while slashing $1.7 million in local arts grants. Small favors, right? In less equivo- Oconee Keeps Pace: In the wake of the news a cally good news, UGA last week celebrated couple of weeks ago that Athens-Clarke County the completion of renovations to its historic water and sewer customers can expect a rate Fine Arts Theatre, which now looks absolutely increase of about $3 per month for residenbeautiful and smells like fresh paint and new tial users, comes a report last week from Lee carpet. You can have a personal dedication Becker’s Oconee County Observations blog engraved on one of the 675 seats in the 1940 that our neighbors to the south are considerWPA-funded auditorium by making a donation ing their own water hike. If the $5–$8 per to the Department of Theatre and Film Studies household increase proposed by the Oconee through its “Curtain’s Rising—Take a Seat” County Utility Department is passed by comcampaign. For details, go to www.drama.uga. missioners, Oconee’s average monthly resiedu. dential bill will be higher than ACC’s, even after our own increase. Especially given that Big Corporation Gives Thoughtful Gift: water is a crucially important ingredient The folks at the Athens-Clarke Heritage in tea, the Dope urges Oconee lawmakers to Foundation were pleasantly surprised to gird themselves for strong input from certain receive a $5,000 gift from Warner Bros. highly vocal sectors of the electorate should Records in honor of the 30th anniversary of this unfair act of government intrusion come R.E.M., which has been with the label since to bear.

1988. The money will apparently not be used to create a Steeple Restoration Fund; word Dave Marr news@flagpole.com

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the county jail; and photovoltaics to power lighting at the Multimodal Transportation Center.

John Huie

Human Rights Festival Turns Downtown to Free Speech Forum

Athens-Clarke County’s noise ordinance bars “yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling, [and] singing”—among other noises—if they are plainly audible across property lines or apartment walls for certain distances. But there are exemptions to that ordinance, including May 4, 2010 marks the 40th anniversary for “commercial entities in the normal course of the Kent State massacre, when the Ohio of their business,” as might apply to bars or National Guard opened fire on unarmed stufactories. dents protesting the Vietnam War, killing four ACC commissioners will likely shrink that students and wounding nine. The massacre exemption following persistent noise comis one of the most notable assaults on free plaints from homeowners who live near bars speech in United States on Nowhere Road and in history.

Homewood Hills shopping At night, the tolerance The Athens Human center. If commissioners limit shrinks to 100 feet. Rights Festival is held the amend the ordinance at first weekend in May to their May 4 voting meetcommemorate the tragedy. The first festival ing, those “commercial entities” will have to was held at Legion Field on May 4, 1979, hush up—just like other noisy neighbors—if marking the 9th anniversary of the shooting. they can be heard 300 feet beyond the propThis year’s 32nd annual festival will be held erty line of homes in a single-family district the weekend of May 1–2 downtown on College during daytime hours. At night, the tolerance Avenue. limit shrinks to 100 feet.

The festival is a forum for free speech.

Apartments and condos aren’t included in Speakers from the community voice their the new exemption; but noisy non-commercial opinions on any issue they choose, and any neighbors are already barred if they are human rights organization is invited to set up “plainly audible” five feet from the adjoining a booth to give out information. The group wall. simply must provide a table, and cannot sell Commissioners will also decide next week anything. how to spend $1.1 million in federal stimulus Volunteer Rebecca Swanson says that money for energy-efficiency improvements. groups range from religious to political, proProjects could include audits and upgrades of life to voter registration, animal rights to government buildings to save energy; rooftop Planned Parenthood. “We don’t tell anyone solar water heaters at the Classic Center and

The festival intertwines music and speakwhat they should and shouldn’t do.” As long ers throughout both days. There is a children’s as there is space, she says, they’re allowed to area with numerous family-friendly activities, set up a table. and on Saturday from 5–7 p.m. the Festival of Each year there is one beneficiary of the Immigrant Rights will showcase Hispanic musifestival, a non-profit group that is allowed to sell something for profit toward their cians and mostly Spanish-language speakers.

John Miley, festival volunteer and music organization. This year that group is Cucuyo, coordinator, says all the bands play for free a Center for Creative Exploration in the and most are local musicians. Festival orgaDominican Republic, whose mission is to nizers try to mix up genres to keep people provide a multicultural experience in theatre interested throughout the day. A sampling of and the arts for Dominican and American teenagers. those scheduled to play According to its orga“We are all just the blind this year includes Art Rosenbaum, American nizers, the Human Rights Festival is the only major leading the blind, trying Cheeseburger, Kite to the Moon, the Michael downtown event that to get this thing together Guthrie Band, Suex Effect does not accept corpoand Abbey Road LIVE!. rate sponsorships. Its every year and somehow And this year’s featured forms of fundraising are speaker is Bob Koehler, a T-shirt sales, a Battle of we manage to do it.” syndicated columnist from the Bands contest and sales of advertising in Chicago.

The festival starts at 10 a.m. on Saturday the newspaper the organizers publish for the and at 2 p.m. on Sunday. Visit www.athenevent. All proceeds go directly back into the shumanrightsfest.org for a look at this year’s festival. The festival is also run solely by volschedule, photos and more information. unteers, specifically a small, dedicated group that meets once a week for four months to “It’s just a good time all around, from anyone who wants to come to see a band to organize the event. someone who is interested in seeing a parVolunteer Ed Tant says, “Nobody’s more ticular political speaker,” Miley says. “There’s important than anybody else. We are all just something for everybody.” the blind leading the blind, trying to get this thing together every year, and somehow we Maggie Summers manage to do it.”

2010 Athens Human Rights Festival Event Schedule SATURDAY, MAY 1 Children’s Program 10:00 a.m. Palms of Fire 10:30 a.m. Jasmine Krasle, Georgia 4-H 10:40 a.m. Noogeez 11:10 a.m. Mark McConnell on soil 11:20 a.m. Girls with Guitars 12:20 p.m. Speaker TBA 12:30 p.m. Athens (Band) 1:00 p.m. Dancing Flowers for Peace 1:30 p.m. Festival welcome 1:45 p.m. Carly Gibson 2:15 p.m. Battle of the Bands Winner: Albatross 2:45 p.m. Speaker: Clarke Central High School Peace Jam; Speaker: Stuffed Animals for Haiti children’s aid 3:00 p.m. Tommy Jordan 3:30 p.m. Speaker: TOMS@UGA— Shoes for needy children; Speaker: Georgia Conflict Center 3:45 p.m. Art Rosenbaum 4:15 p.m. Speaker: Prof. Eugene Wilkes, UGA School of Law; Speaker: Janice Mathis, Rainbow/PUSH Coalition 4:30 p.m. Breathlanes Festival of Immigrant Rights 5:00 p.m. Introducción: Humberto Mendoza 5:05 p.m. La Suegra 5:25 p.m. Speech 5:30 p.m. So It Goes 5:50 p.m. Speech 5:55 p.m. K-zador 6:15 p.m. Speech 6:20 p.m. Incatepec 6:45 p.m. The Knockouts 7:15 p.m. FEATURED SPEAKER: Bob Koehler, Syndicated Columnist, Tribune Media Services, Chicago

8:15 p.m. Speaker: Dr. Neal Priest, Health Care as a Human Right; Speaker: Millard Farmer, Activist Attorney 8:30 p.m. Caroline Aiken 9:00 p.m. Speaker: May Day Howard Zinn Tribute; Speaker: Athens Revolution Group 9:15 p.m. DIVA EXPERIENCE! 9:45 p.m. Speaker: G.L.O.B.E.S. UGA, Gay Rights 10:15 p.m. Michael Guthrie Band SUNDAY, MAY 2 2:00 p.m. Whisper Kiss 2:30 p.m. Speaker: Sacred Earth Farmers’ Market; Speaker: Cucuyo Center (Festival Charity Beneficiary) 2:45 p.m. Battle of the Bands Winner: Rollin’ Home 3:15 p.m. Speaker: UGA Habitat for Humanity; Speaker: Habitat for Humanity, Athens 3:30 p.m. Elite Ellison 4:00 p.m. Speaker: Athens Food2Kids; Speaker: Athens Homeless Shelter 4:15 p.m. Big C and the Ringers 4:45 p.m. Open Mic 5:00 p.m. Suex Effect 5:30 p.m. FEATURED SPEAKER: Bob Koehler; Speaker: Georgia Liberal Website 6:00 p.m. Charlie Garrett Band 6:30 p.m. Speaker: University of West Georgia Amnesty International; Speaker: Georgia Peace and Justice Coalition, Atlanta 6:45 p.m. Kite to the Moon 7:15 p.m. Speaker: Speak Out for Species; Speaker: Green Party Athens 7:30 p.m. Fumunda 8:00 p.m. Ed Tant: Athens writer and festival volunteer 8:15 p.m. Abbey Road Live

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Just when it looked like Sen. Johnny Isakson could take a casual stroll to another six-year term in office, along comes Michael Thurmond to ruin it. Thurmond, who has always been reluctant to leave his job as labor commissioner, jumped off the fence last week and said he’ll run against Isakson in the general election. Thurmond’s late entry into the race means Isakson won’t be able to walk away with victory in November.

This is not to suggest that Isakson is in jeopardy. The GOP incumbent has always been a very popular figure among Republicans and Democrats, and he had more than $4.4 million in his bank account as of Mar. 31.

Isakson finds himself in a very similar position to that of his Senate colleague, Saxby Chambliss, in 2008.

Chambliss also had the advantages of incumbency in a Republicanleaning state and a financial edge over his Democratic opponent. Jim Martin, who was not nearly as dynamic a campaigner as Thurmond, still held Chambliss below the 50 percent mark and forced him into a general election runoff.

Isakson also is dealing with some medical issues that could have an impact on this race. He has been hospitalized twice in recent weeks, including a stay in the intensive care unit, for a bacterial infection, a blood clot in his leg and an irregular heartbeat.

The senator’s office issued a statement that quoted Isakson as saying, “I am energized and ready to run a vigorous campaign that will give Georgia voters a clear choice.”

Thurmond said Isakson’s medical condition was not a factor in his decision to get into the race. “I have great respect for Johnny Isakson, his health is excellent, and I look forward to engaging him in an open and honest debate,” Thurmond said.

Assuming that Isakson is healthy enough to run a normal reelection campaign, there are some issues at the congressional level

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that can help him and hurt him. Isakson opposed the health care reform legislation signed by President Barack Obama, a position that should put him in good standing with a majority of Georgia’s voters. He is already making statements that link Thurmond to the Democratic leadership in Washington: “Georgians will get to choose whether they want someone who represents their conservative values or someone who will push the Obama-Reid-Pelosi agenda of government health care.”

On the other hand, Isakson and his Republican colleagues have been opposing the Obama administration’s proposal to regulate Wall Street investors, which might not play so well in a year when many Americans are unhappy about the excesses of the financial community.

Thurmond touched upon this in his announcement speech: “Because Washington and Wall Street conspired against them, working men and women are in a very desperate situation.”

The odds are in Isakson’s favor, but Thurmond still serves a useful purpose for Georgia Democrats. He provides a credible candidate at the top of the ticket and should prevent Isakson from getting the 65 or 70 percent of the vote he would have received against a fringe opponent. Keeping Democratic support in line for this race will help the party’s nominee for governor. As an eloquent, African-American politician who has won three statewide campaigns for labor commissioner, Thurmond can generate an increase in turnout by black voters—a factor that also helps the Democratic nominee for governor.

Thurmond is “taking a bullet for the team” by agreeing to run against Isakson. There’s only a small chance that he could actually win it, but even if he loses, Thurmond helps Democrats in other races.

Tom Crawford tcrawford@capitolimpact.net

In the movies, all the spacemen are Americans, but that’s just because Hollywood makes the movies. In the real world, the United States is giving up on space, although it is trying hard to conceal its retreat. Last week, three Americans with a very special status—they have all commanded missions to the Moon—made their dismay public.

In an open letter, Neil Armstrong, the first human being to walk on the Moon, Jim Lovell, commander of Apollo 13 and Eugene Cernan, commander of Apollo 17, condemned President Barack Obama’s plans for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as the beginning of a “long downhill slide to mediocrity” for the United States.

The letter was timed to coincide with Obama’s visit to Cape Canaveral to defend his new policy, which abandons the goal of returning to the Moon by 2020, or indeed ever. Obama insists that this sacrifice will allow the U.S. to pursue a more ambitious goal, but his plan to send Americans to Mars by the late 2030s has the distinct political advantage of not needing really heavy investment while he is still in office—even if he wins a second term.

The “Constellation” program that he scrapped had two goals. One was to replace the aging shuttle fleet for delivering people and cargo to near-Earth orbits.

The other was to give the U.S. the big rockets it would need to meet George W. Bush’s target of establishing a permanent American base on the Moon by 2020, where rockets would be assembled to explore the Solar System.

That program’s timetable was slipping and would undoubtedly have slipped further, as such programs often do. It would have ended up costing a lot: $108 billion by 2020, as much as the Pentagon spends in three months, with the possibility that it would have ended up costing one or two more months’ worth of the defense budget. But it would have kept the United States in the game. Obama’s plan only pretends to.

He says all the right things: “Nobody is more committed to manned space flight, to human exploration of space, than I am, but we’ve got to do it in a smart way.” He talked about a manned mission to some asteroid beyond the Moon by around 2025, and another that will orbit Mars for some months in the mid-2030s—“and a landing on Mars will follow.”

Those are indeed ambitious goals, and they would require heavy-lift rockets that do not yet exist. But the “vigorous new technology development” program that might lead to those rockets will get only $600 million annually (the price of four F-22 fighters) for the next five years, and actual work on building such rockets would probably not begin until 2015.

In the meantime, and presumably even for some years after Obama leaves office in 2016 (should he be re-elected in 2012), the United States will have no vehicle capable of putting

astronauts into orbit. It will be able to buy passenger space on Russian rockets, or on the rapidly developing Chinese manned vehicles, or maybe by 2015 even on Indian rockets. But it will essentially be a hitch-hiker on other countries’ space programs.

Obama suggests that this embarrassment will be avoided because private enterprise will come up with cheap and efficient “space taxis” that can at least deliver people and cargo to the International Space Station once in a while. And he’s going to invest a whole $6 billion in these private companies over the next five years.

These entrepreneurs are mainly people who made a pile of money in the dotcom boom or in computer game design and now want to do something really interesting with some of it: people like Amazon president Jeff Bezos,

John Carmack, programmer of Doom and Quake, Elon Musk, co-founder of PayPal, and of course Richard Branson of Virgin Everything.

“Our success is vital to the success of the U.S. space program,” Musk said recently.

No doubt they will get various vehicles up there, but if they can build something by 2020 that can lift as much as the ancient Shuttles into a comparable orbit, let alone something bigger that can go higher, I will eat my hat.

Space technology eats up capital almost as fast as weapons technology, and these entrepreneurs have no more than tens of billions at most.

Does Obama know this? Very probably, yes.

One suspects that he would actually be cutting NASA’s budget, not very slightly raising it, if its center of gravity (and employment) were not in the swing state of Florida, where he cannot afford to lose any votes. What is going on here is a charade, which is why normally taciturn astronauts—including the famously private Neil Armstrong—signed that open letter.

So, for the next decade at least, the United States will be an also-ran in space, while the new space powers forge rapidly ahead.

And even if some subsequent administration should decide it wants to get back into the race, it will find it almost impossible to catch up.

Which is why the first man on Mars will probably Chinese or Indian, not American.

Gwynne Dyer Gwynne Dyer is a London-based independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

athens rising What’s Up in New Development Part two of a two-part series considering how downtown public spaces can become real urban amenities for Athens.

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opportunity. Also on the horizon is a discussion about the potential for more food carts downtown.

Rather than trying to shoehorn the whole Athens’ founders may have intended for the block into a courthouse square-type design, quadrangles of the Franklin College to serve as we ought to consider the possibilities that the the central public spaces of the community. commercial history of the block presents. The They also likely never imagined that Athens area around City Hall itself would certainly would become as big as it is. Watkinsville, make for a good urban plaza. Think about Philadelphia’s central square and scale it down. A few months back there was debate among ACC commissioners over how to situate on-street parking on the Washington Street side of the block. When that conversation is resumed, it might be worth breaking the block up mentally and choosing different solutions based on what building is across the sidewalk. In front of City Hall, wider sidewalks which could support plaza functions might make good sense. Could a sunny piazza on that spot come alive with the addition of plenty of seating and some mobile food carts?

What about the other end?

In front of the Police Substation and Board of Elections offices, onstreet parking may be quite appropriate. Right now, those street-oriented buildings have parking lots and alleys between them and the Public Utilities This shotgun alley with a great view of City Hall, framed by historically building, which do a good job commercial buildings, would be an ideal spot for a pocket park. of framing the City Hall dome looking east. When the new that den of sin and drinking down the road, deck comes online nearby with several hunwas the big city, while Athens was the dred new parking spaces, it will likely remove University of Georgia’s company town, prothe need for surface parking within the City viding essential services locally but not much Hall block; those lots could be replaced by a more in those frontier-era times. shady courtyard. The entry into such a courtFast-forward a couple of hundred years, and yard might be an excellent place for food venAthens is a big city, but it lacks a proper civic dors to set up, helping to enliven the more space. The university has a big wrought-iron intimate space. The scale of the space here fence and a symbolic gate that only graduates is pretty close to New York’s Paley Park, the may pass through and is also ringed by loomoriginal pocket park. ing parking decks, making it seem not quite Nor should we stipulate that all current so open or public. Flyers from local bands are surface parking be converted into outdoor torn down on a daily basis, and new buildings public space. We also ought to consider the (such as the in-progress Special Collections benefits of using some of these areas for new Library) are built with their backs to surround- government buildings on the block. New ing neighborhoods, reinforcing the idea that buildings on some currently empty lots could UGA is a place apart. help shape and reinforce the character of the The good news is that Athens may have an aforementioned intrablock courtyard, all while opportunity to create the town square it has consolidating government services. The parknever had. Athens wasn’t originally the county ing lot at Lumpkin and Washington seems like seat of Clarke and so lacks the picturesque a good candidate for such a use. Clustering town square of many communities. In the early offices in new buildings may seem like an 1900s, a new City Hall was built on a halfexpensive proposition, but it would also allow block of the top of the downtown hill. Over for more far-flung government properties to be time, the city has slowly acquired the other sold and put back on the tax rolls. buildings on the block and now finally controls Right now, College of Environment and its entirety. Two of the buildings are likely to Design students are hard at work coming up be renovated, and some money is available with ideas for the block in two different stufor streetscaping. How can these resources be dios. Rather than keeping those ideas sequesleveraged to create the best town square postered in the academic sphere, students will be sible within the constraints of the block? out on the street on Thursday, Apr. 29 from One issue facing the block is that only one 3–5 p.m. presenting their thoughts and solicend is set up with the civic character befititing feedback on their work. Check it out, and ting a town square. City Hall is set back from give your opinions; this project could be the the street with space for plazas around it; start of a conversation about what that block buildings on the other end are your typical could really do for Athens. Maybe this project downtown street-fronting commercial. The will be the beginning of a more dynamic upcoming parking deck a block away makes a approach to community input in Athens. good case for removing parking within the City Hall block, presenting an interesting Kevan Williams athensrising@flagpole.com

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william orten carlton = ort How I Was Begat In Athens And Not Somewhere Else I often get asked how I ended up in Athens. Well, I ended up here by being born here, but because I’ve said that, I’m getting ahead of myself. Let me tell you, those of you who want to listen, how it all happened.

My father, Dr. William Marion Carlton, was a chemist and botanist. Armed with a pre-war Ph. D., my dad went job hunting in the aftermath of the war. Three jobs were immediately offered him: one in the Midwest (Iowa?), one way out west, and the third in Athens, GA. He wanted to be as close to Florida as possible— his parents were there—but not too close.

Besides, he had endured more than enough biting cold winters for any self-respecting Florida boy; he elected to visit Athens first while Betty went north and stayed with her mother in Oxford for the interim.

Daddy arrived in Athens on a Friday night in September, 1946, rented a room at the Colonial Hotel, and took a stroll around. He wanted to get the feel of the town before he headed in for his job interview on Monday morning.

He already liked what he saw, but then he noticed the synagogue, Congregation Children of Israel, which was then behind the Georgian Hotel on East Hancock Avenue, right where the Federal Building stands today. Motivated by curiosity, unbeknownst to anyone there, he tiptoed up, cracked open the door, and looked in. Full house. “If this town can support this active a synagogue,” he said to himself,

“then coping with me won’t trouble anyone.” buildings wedged in where space was availTenderly, caressingly, my raised-Baptist dad able, like on Griggs Street (which doesn’t exist closed the door and went on his way, smelling anymore!). the summer smells, being greeted by strangAfter three winters there, they were ready ers and greeting them back, and noting the to move out to one of the new houses being vibrancy of downtown Athens. built in the city, or else to buy a lot and have Saturday he walked around the campus, their own built. noted the small, cramped Carnegie Library on They found the lot they wanted on Hart North Campus (in 1951, this was succeeded by Avenue, and Roy Parsons built an L-shaped the very building I am sitting in), walked into two-bedroom house for them there. The house a few buildings and sniffed remains today, much modiabout, and decided that, And my tiny voice cried fied from its beginnings, yes, he did like this place and although the thrift and cried, always hungry Betty planted is (as of Apr. and hoped the University Of Georgia would hire him. apparently long gone, for more formula, more, 5) Monday at the the pecan tree Bill set appointed time he intermore—some things just out in 1949 is still there. viewed for the position, Instead of just driving by, don’t change, do they? an assistant professor one day I’m gonna stop of botany opening, and off and hug it and see if was hired on the spot. He telegraphed Betty it remembers me—but I’m getting ahead of and gave her the good news, but lamented, myself—and I was a self by this time.

“There’s no housing here: you’ll have to stay Bill and Betty had been trying to have a in Ohio for the time being.” child for years. They had a daughter (Betty,

By January, 1947, the University managed Jr.) who lived for a couple of days and a son to acquire some former World War II bar(John) who lived for five minutes. Next, I racks—prefabricated housing—and move them made my appearance. in and set them up. There were something like Here I came, all three pounds and fourteen 34 of these two-story four-family buildings, ounces of me, at 8 a.m. on July 26, 1949. plus a few other one-story structures config“He’ll make it,” Dr. Tom Dover opined. “He’s ured longways. Known as The Pre-Fabs, they got the loudest voice of any preemie that size huddled just downhill from where Aderhold that I’ve ever seen.” And my tiny voice cried Hall is now, with a scattering of other such and cried, always hungry for more formula,

more, more—some things just don’t change, do they? My poor parents enlisted Grandma’s help: she moved south to aid in this effort.

I spent a month in an incubator before they let me come home. By the end of August, the new house was completed, and I moved in with them the day they took possession.

The Hart Avenue house was outgrown by the early 1960s, so we acquired another lot, this one in Homewood Hills, and built a ranchstyle house where I live today. We moved there in October, 1962.

Grandma went to Ohio to live with Uncle Archie and Aunt Esther, had a stroke and died in 1972 at the age of 82. Daddy had a sudden heart attack in 1973 and left us at age 61, still vibrant but born with a weak heart that prevented him from soldiering. And Betty passed at age 88 just after September 11, 2001.

There’s the 10-cent tour of Ort.’s history.

Now stay tuned for future stories on WGOE (Progressive Radio Richmond); my ongoing research on the Terminal Hotel Fire of May 16, 1938; various styles of barbecue; a road trip or three; and a beer saga that might just appear next. For now, though, it’s (30.).

William Orten Carlton = ORT. Special Correspondent For Flagpole.

[Editor’s Note: To read the unabridged version of this magnum opus, find Ort on flagpole.com.]

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Standing Up for Education

Philip Lanoue and Tim Johnson T answer. Posted throughout Clarke County schools are Lanoue’s “non-negotiables,” a list of stringent expectations for how learning should be conducted. But despite the non-negotiables’ rigid direction for teachers and high expectations for students, Lanoue’s is a kinder, gentler manner of overseeing students, favoring dialogue over scolding and engagement over estrangement.

While there is certainly conduct for which there is no disciplinary wiggle room, Lanoue tends away from policies “based on threats and punishment.” He explains: “If you have 25 kids,

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he last 10 years have seen tremendous changes in public education. The No Child Left Behind Act, a federally mandated implementation of rigid curriculum and exam standards, is said by its proponents to have infused schools with a new ethic of achievement. Its many detractors cite a litany of ills the sweeping program brought to public education. Additionally, a general unwillingness on the part of citizens to fund education fully—as long as funding means taxes—has left school systems ill-prepared to maintain quality, to say nothing of meeting the No Child Left Behind era’s new demands. Most state and local systems are woefully cash-strapped, and the resulting layoffs mean difficulties all around, from increased workloads for remaining teachers to increased class sizes that slight the students.

Navigating the changes of this new era in education is Dr. Philip Lanoue, superintendent of the Clarke County School District. In addition to these broad new challenges, Lanoue faces Athens’ own particular concerns. With Athens’ poverty levels rivaling those of any American city, teachers and administrators encounter great numbers of students who have found good enough reasons to drop out: students for whom a diploma might be more attractive only if it could be pawned upon receipt. The Clarke County system’s 64 percent graduation rate reflects a gulf of disengagement that schools are expected, somehow, to reach across.

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ince beginning his tenure as superintendent last July, Lanoue has implemented a multipronged strategy for addressing these problems. First, he relies on intense data collection and analysis to track students’ growth and achievement.

Dense binders of reports are found stacked throughout his office, each heavy volume’s pages chronicling students’ relative progress. But “data means nothing unless it has a face to it,” Lanoue is quick to point out. The devout attention to data is only a means to an end, the ultimate goal being to tailor instruction as well as possible to each student. Frequent, ungraded “benchmark” tests are used to assess each student’s understanding of the curriculum, with each subsequent test tracking the student’s progress.

Unlike the weighty consequences attached to No Child Left Behind exams, however, these tests, occurring each nine weeks, are intended simply to allow teachers and administrators to fine-tune instruction along the way. “If my kids aren’t doing well, I’ve got to go find out why,” says Lanoue. To paraphrase the superintendent, no football coach waits until after the season to correct a wide receiver’s mis-run routes; rather, he works with the receiver right there on the sideline so that the next pass will be caught.

Dr. Philip Lanoue, superintendent of the Clarke County School District Likewise, Lanoue’s game plan is one of constant assessment and improvement instead of year-end analysis. those are 25 different pictures of the way the the world looks.

But these strategies only apply to those who stay in school. Everybody has a picture of how to get their needs met. And The system’s unacceptably high dropout rate is a significant that picture isn’t the same as yours. And so, you have to have challenge for Lanoue. He admits that Clarke County’s high conversations.” Whether it’s instruction or discipline, Lanoue schools are “hemorrhaging” students and that everything always returns to a model of dialogue as opposed to command: must be tried to prevent them from leaving—even inviting “Ask, don’t tell.” them back when they do. In December, Lanoue and a team of he work of Lanoue and the rest of the school system, counselors and graduation coaches sent personalized letters however, is subject to the reality that thousands of to recent dropouts to do just that, each letter including perstudents return home each day to challenging envisonalized information on how many credits the student would ronments that can potentially undo the best efforts of school need to complete in order to graduate. The letters are part of a teachers and administrators. Clarke County remains one of the wider project that Lanoue announced to teachers and adminispoorest communities of its size in the country, with a stagtrators before the school year started: cut dropout rates in half gering 31 percent poverty rate. Nearly 70 percent of students in the coming school year. Lanoue is proud that Clarke County in Clarke County’s schools are receiving free or reduced lunch. high schools had suffered only 129 dropouts as of Mar. 1, comConditions of deprivation, instability and desperation affect pared to 289 from the same period last school year. children in ways that are difficult to address but profound, and Lanoue hopes that strategies like these will pay off. “I’m it’s inevitable that they carry these burdens into the schools. a big advocate of [forming] great relationships with kids,” Tim Johnson’s work focuses on those factors affecting edusays Lanoue. “You’ve got to know your kids.” He likes to walk cation outside of the classroom. Johnson heads Athens’ nonthe halls of county schools to meet students, stopping to profit Family Connection, a broad-based coalition that takes a ask them “What are you learning today?” and expecting an

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“family-centered approach” to addressing the many obstacles standing in the way of students completing high school and continuing on to college. If Superintendent Lanoue is dedicated to forming relationships with students and families in the classroom, Johnson’s vision is to extend those relationships outside the walls of the schools by connecting various assets in the community to enable success for at-risk students.

Johnson echoes Lanoue in simultaneously recognizing the particular challenges accompanying a high-poverty population and not allowing such challenges to be an excuse for those working for the students’ success. Johnson recognizes “those barriers outside the classroom” but considers lowering expectations for less privileged students to be a form of “bigotry.”

Family Connection’s successes point to how a comprehensive network of partners in the community can reinforce the work done by those in the classrooms. Shortly after its inception, Family Connection identified teen pregnancy as a leading obstacle to graduation for Athens students. At the time, Clarke County had the highest teen pregnancy rates in the state, with Georgia posting the highest rates in the country. Johnson formed a wide-ranging coalition of otherwise isolated groups and agencies, both public and private, to address the dilemma, and the rate has fallen 54 percent since the work began.

It is strategies like these that Johnson hopes will form the basis for a new era of success for Athens students.

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owever, factors beyond their control are forcing Lanoue and Johnson to do more with less. Many economists and political observers predict that the current generation of school-aged children will come of age into a United States less prosperous than the nation their parents and grandparents grew up in. Despite heroic work being done to reduce poverty in Athens, wider political and economic developments have actually compounded the existing crisis, and cuts to the University of Georgia will almost certainly cause more damage on that front. Though it’s had some success, Family Connection has encountered difficulty in finding visible role models in impoverished communities to demonstrate the value of staying in school, and it is easy to imagine this dilemma worsening. With the middle class shedding families from its ranks and poverty increasing, students are decreasingly likely to be able to witness convincing examples of success following a high school diploma.

Meanwhile, schools are left with fewer resources in the face of greater budget challenges. The amount of money allocated by the state of Georgia for education now is roughly the same as it was five years ago, and the Clarke County School District’s budget has not increased appreciably in the last several years. This stagnation amounts to a cut in resources, given inflation and population growth.

“The problem with Georgia,” says Lanoue, is that budget cuts “have gone right to the bone.” As a result, “class sizes are getting huge,” he says. “People are getting frustrated.”

Lanoue and Johnson both remain confident that human and community capital—the creativity and hard work of teachers, parents and community activists—can at least partially offset the lack of funding and sustain educational quality during this tough time.

“It isn’t about money,” says Lanoue, “it’s about what you do.” Johnson organized community resources for success in the early days of Family Connection without significant funding, and he has since steered the organization through the financial ebbs and flows characteristic of many non-profits. Abundant funding would certainly make things easier, but Lanoue and Johnson will persevere with or without it. You can’t put a price on dedication.

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Letter from Peru

Jeff Gore

Our South American Bureau Chief Moves On

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’m writing you from Trujillo, a city on the northern coast of Peru which I’ve called home for nearly six weeks now. Summer is just ending here, which means that the weather in this dry, tranquil city is absolutely wonderful. It’s warm and sunny during the day; there are refreshing, cool breezes at night and it hardly ever rains. And no: I didn’t feel a thing when that monstrous quake hit Chile, although there was a small tremor here in Peru just the other day that I missed out on, probably due to being in an old minivan that was vibrating with a far stronger force.

During the past month here I’ve been operating under the title of “English teacher,” working for a local NGO that offers English classes to locals and Spanish classes to foreign volunteers. I barely earn the title, as I teach only one class per day, reaching a grand total of six hours per week. In my defense, this isn’t due to my own laziness or a typical male commitment phobia, but rather a lack of demand; I’m the sole volunteer on the premises right now, and so my six hours are the only six hours of teaching that happen here on a weekly basis. As most of you know, my degree isn’t in education, nor am I an aspiring teacher. Yet I felt that I needed some sort of framing activity for my time here, and for gringos, teaching English is by far the easiest to arrange. So I jumped on the bandwagon.

There are other volunteering opportunities which don’t entirely revolve around English teaching, but those were quite a bit more expensive… that’s right, you heard me.

Expensive! With the exception of some English teaching gigs, traveling foreigners pay to work out here, not the other way around. It’s an ingenious system of reparations for all of our past misdeeds in Latin America, isn’t it? Okay, not quite, but volunteering has definitely become a profitable business for savvy entrepreneurs not only here in Peru, but around the world. One seasoned traveler recently told me: “I’d love to see someone do a documentary on the volunteer industry.” Indeed, I remember one program that, after I sent in my application, replied five seconds later with my name neatly tucked into a template (“Dear Jeffrey,

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Thank you for your interest…”), gently reminding me to submit a prepayment of $500 for my first month of work. Many organizations have mastered the art of gringo capital extraction and know that ambiguous language like “administrative fee” (or better yet, “donation”) usually suffices in getting us to give up the loot. Now, the number of organizations that charge substantial fees to work is reaching a critical mass in which the practice is now self-justifying through its sheer pervasiveness. Just as drinking milk from the breast of another animal has become normal through sustained custom, so can paying $400 a month to work in another country seem like an unavoidable fact of life after enough time.

Luckily, I found an organization that doesn’t charge nearly as much—but it still charges.

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ut as I said before, if you’re a foreigner staying here temporarily, you can earn some money, although, really, your only opportunity will be in English teaching (unless you’re lucky enough to have your self-indulgent emails to family and friends published by a weekly paper back home). No teaching experience? No TEFL certificate? No worries.

A white face, a college degree and a foreign accent seem to suffice just fine, as “native speakers” are highly valued assets here. The native Peruvians who serve as English teachers to their peers rarely speak at a truly advanced level, and even if they do, they don’t have that prized “native accent.” Unfortunately, because of the general transience of volunteer teachers, there can be some identity confusion in the students’ new tongue, as demonstrated by one of my pupils who has a charming American-British hybrid accent after being shuffled between teachers from both sides of the pond. “Loco,” a native Peruvian halfgenius/half madman who speaks at least six languages (and makes about 20 penis-related jokes per hour), lamented the unqualified hiring of native English speakers as English teachers, telling me that some of them “can’t even speak proper English.” He then went on to complain of the “racism against Peruvians

by Peruvians,” evidenced by the locals falling

over themselves to please the gringo. Indeed, it is a bit strange to notice that some businesses here often forego Spanish for English in their signage, and so I try to put myself in Loco’s shoes, purportedly a lesser in his own country. I imagine an alternate history in which the Nazis had won World War II and the finer steakhouses of Orlando were now printing their menus in German, catering to the whims of wealthy vacationing SS officers.

(Not a good analogy, but it’s staying.) In any case, there’s definitely a sense of power born of inequality that comes with traveling as an American in a substantially poorer country, and it’s a bittersweet feeling. Mostly bitter.

I’d wager that one can guess the poverty of any given country based on how cheap it is for him to live there. On the whole, I’d say that most goods in Peru are about twothirds the price of their Ecuadorian counterparts: a filling lunch with beverage is about four Peruvian soles, which, at this moment, equals a little less than a dollar and a half.

I’ll definitely look back fondly at this time in my life when mangos and avocados were so dirt cheap, and surely other folks will look back with equal warmth upon being able to buy a couple of capsules of Vicodin without a prescription for pocket change. But to return to the point on poverty: I’ve encountered more beggars here, more people lying on the sidewalk with hideous skin ailments and more

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ncluded in the class of Trujillo’s cajoling salespeople are the cobradores of the combis, which are minivans converted into shared taxis that form the lifeblood of Trujillo’s public transportation network. The cobrador is the guy who sits near (or, more commonly, stands out of) the sliding door of the van, shouting at one person to get in, shouting at another to get out, and shouting the destination of the vehicle at all others within earshot. The average cobrador-conductor team works about 15 to 16 hours a day, on a schedule of three days work/one day rest/ repeat. Most of the cobradores are young men in their teens or early 20s; understandable, for the job requires a ton of energy. Fifteen hours of contorting oneself inside a cramped minivan, shouting, opening and closing and opening the door again, shouting, pounding on the side of the van, manual turn signaling, shouting Sube, sube, sube, sube… Larco!

Larco!… Baja, baja, baja, baja… Besides that, there’s the never-ending hunt for potential passengers on the sidewalk—at first, the combi reminded me a of cartoonish clown car after seeing so many people inexplicably crammed into such a small space. And then there’s the race to punch the combi’s timecard into the archaic machines strategically placed at intervals throughout the city, tucked into cavities of streetside walls or on the window sill of a tienda on the corner. I imagine that

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kids digging plastic bottles out of trash cans than I did in Ecuador. About half of adult Trujillanos seem to have silver caps on at least two of their teeth. Once I saw a man with one leg crawl-hopping across an intersection with a cluster of brooms strapped to his back.

Like Ecuadorians, poorer Peruvians will try to sell anything. On the other hand, in Ecuador I never had women standing outside a copy shop trying to seduce me into giving in to the pleasure that is making copies. Copias, caballero, diez centimos… As if reproducing documents were a temptation equal to sex or food, we young males always teetering at the edge of indulgence, only needing a slight verbal push to send us dashing to the nearest machine to get high off the hum of automated precision, the fumes of ink, the warmth of a freshly printed sheet of paper! Yet the cajoling, “Hey buddy, come here…” sale is common here, and given that shops of the same type cluster tightly together here, a seemingly insignificant, monosyllabic, standard verbal pitch may just make a real difference in bringing someone into one particular store rather than one of the dozen other ones exactly like it. (Yes, there is a deadly strip of pastry shops here which I’ve learned to avoid for the sake of my well-being.)

the bosses of these combi companies are not very forgiving, judging by the fury of the cobradores’ mad dashes to the said machines, dashes in which they not only have to beat the clock, but catch their van that never stops moving.

For a moment I looked upon the job with rose-colored glasses, imagining that these young men were living life as it should be lived, intensely, with gusto, in the now, no time for delusional daydreaming. In my romantic trance I imagined that when these cobradores stuck half their bodies out the windows of these vans careening around a corner, they were somewhat like Heath Ledger’s Joker during that nocturnal street scene in The Dark Knight, soaking up the exhilaration of life as the wind whipped at their faces. But then seeped in the logical analysis: these guys do this every day, all day, out of financial necessity, and the labor of this job not only leaves them totally spent at the end of each day but will probably leave them physically wasted by the time they’re 40—if they last that long.

And there’s also the fact that they never, ever smile. But, on the bright side, they’ll get you where you need to be pretty quickly.

Jeff Gore

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Urban Growth A Community Garden Takes Root in Athens

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fter a night of heavy spring rain, Humberto Mendoza stands in crisp morning air in an empty lot of grass and young trees behind three homes in Pinewood Estates North mobile home park. He points to a flow of rainwater still streaming down a slow grade and soaking the earth at his feet; his boots impress the damp soil, too moist to grow most vegetables. He backs up a few yards to a flatter, drier stamp of land. This is where the garden will go?

Mendoza and his brother fix engines in their driveway 50 feet away from the plot. Car grease coats his hands and sweater. Soon, dirt will join the oil stains as Mendoza and his neighbors plant vegetables in raised beds in the yard, helping form a network of gardens that will wind through this largely Hispanic neighborhood outside the Athens bypass off Hwy. 29.

The garden’s future, however, wasn’t always clear, and, at this point, isn’t firmly embedded. Athens Land Trust’s Laura Hall tried to marshal grant money from ACTION, Inc. toward Pinewood as part of ACTION’s neighborhood-strengthening Green Partners program. But the application didn’t outlast the approval process, so Hall is turning to donations and volunteers to spur the green venture.

“We’re going to do this without a grant,” says David Berle, an associate professor of horticulture at UGA. On a recent April afternoon, Berle showed up at the Pinewood branch of the Athens Regional Library with a truck bed full of compost, hand tools and cinderblocks. A handful of volunteers, a group of Berle’s horticulture students and a half-dozen neighborhood children helped Berle shovel out compost. “There’s worms in here!” a young resident shouted. Berle unloaded a motorized tiller, and he gave each child a chance to chop together soil and compost in deep, gas-powered plunges.

Using the library as a “community focal point,” Hall says they’re moving forward with plans to build more than 30 beds throughout the neighborhood—a few around the library, 15 across the street in a former playground, another 15 near Mendoza’s home, and as many more as resources allow. They’re following the original grant’s plan; “It’ll just take longer than we thought,” Hall says. She’s seeking other grant money and pulling in donations. If enough community funding turns up, she says, they may not need a grant.

Berle tapped university resources to get these gardens into the ground: as a horticulturalist, he has the tools on-hand. The cinder blocks are leftovers from other student-built raised beds and, as long as the project involves students and falls under the service-learning umbrella, Berle can haul in UGA compost almost whenever he wants.

As Spanish speakers make up a huge part of the garden’s workforce, the class—Understanding and Communicating with the Latino Community in the Green Industry—helps students “build bridges across cultural gaps,” says Nemer Narchi, Berle’s teaching assistant.

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Young volunteers till a bed at the Pinewood Community Garden.

While Berle and Hall dig and sweat alongside young and old volunteers, transplanting as many flower and lettuce starts as they can before the sun sets, Berle’s students fan out through Pinewood’s winding drives, canvassing the community and gauging interest in the project. The students are expanding on the social skills they’ve learned in the classroom, Narchi says.

They knock on trailer doors and ask: If the gardens extend through the community as planned, will people use them?

As Aida Quiñones, the library’s branch manager, watches the group of neighborhood children tossing dirt about with small shovels, she’s sure the project will take root. “This is working already,” she says. All the gardening action has “stirred up” a sense of community, and during the workday six new families have signed up to participate. “The kids have got their hands dirty,” she says. “Now that they’re involved in it, it’s their project.”

Community gardens, defined as the green-thumbed efforts of two or more families, create a “healthy space in a community,” says Hall. Neighborhoods like Pinewood are digging into a city, state and national movement. The American Community Garden Association estimates there are over 18,000 rooted in U.S. soil; the Atlanta Community Food Bank oversees so many gardens—175—they need a coordinator to watch over the harvest.

School gardens have proliferated of late in Clarke County: a multi-family garden entrenched itself years ago in the Brooklyn neighborhood near Pauldoe, and pre-built raised beds wait for soil at the Athens Community Council on Aging.

David Berle counts at least 20 different local organizations currently planting or planning to start community gardens. He shares his time, knowledge and toil with a number of them.

Community gardens are so bountiful in Athens that local gardening and food activists—including Berle and Hall—have applied for a USDA grant that would fund a coordinator to improve knowledge and resource sharing among gardens.

Independent groups have set up gardens for some time and new ones appear every season, but in the past, “we all haven’t talked to each other very much,” Berle says. If grant money materializes—the applicants will know by July—they’ll figure out which non-profit or city department would best house the position, a full-time job, Berle says: “Food issues don’t stop at the end of the summer.”

Based on what Quiñones heard during the workday, residents are eager to save money by gardening. Fresh, nutritious home-prepared food for a family of four is pricey, even on a frugal budget: $125 a week, according to USDA data. But the gardens may also strengthen connections among neighbors.

“A lot of people keep to themselves, are very private with their lives,” Quiñones says. “This will draw people out.”

“The goal is to get together neighbors,” Mendoza says.

“A place for people to sit and talk.” Mendoza has a history of social justice organizing, and recently joined five other Athenians at the March for Comprehensive Immigration Reform in Washington, D.C. But his rallying efforts lack resonance with Pinewood residents. As a community activist, Mendoza asks his neighbors what their needs are. He says they often look at social justice as purely political and don’t want to get involved. They agreed to build a garden, though, so he hopes they can get together, grow tomatoes and “maybe talk about social justice.”

Pinewood resident Karla Sotomayor already grows tomatoes and watermelons around her children’s swing set outside their home. She hopes the garden will lure neighbors away from their televisions. Gardening has inedible rewards, she says.

But proving that to neighbors requires persistence, dedication, communication and courage: “People become less encouraged when they don’t see results.”

If the recent workday is any indication, those results may already be in the ground.

Andre Gallant Donations of plants or checks can be dropped off at the Athens Land Trust office at 685 North Pope St., Athens, GA, 30601, or e-mail Laura Hall at conservation@athenslandtrust.org

grub notes South of the Border The Right Way: Sometimes you have to make more than one visit to a restaurant in order to figure out what’s the right stuff to order. You’d think, for example, that at a place called Taqueria Camino Real (401 North Ave., in the elbow of the Gateway Shopping Center, 706-850-8550), the tacos would be the thing, but you’d be wrong. They’re not bad—although the big array of choices turns out to be smaller than the menu promises, as item after item turns out to be not available on a given day—especially the al pastor, which is tender and fragrant, but they’re missing the transcendent balance found in the best ones. The torta, likewise, is pretty good stuff, with plenty of avocado, hot dog and jalapenos, but there’s something not quite right about the interplay of ingredients, whether it’s that the bread is too flattened or the moist-todry ratio is off. You’d be satisfied if you ordered it, but you wouldn’t be thrilled, and there are places in Athens where you would be. The shrimp fajitas are a great deal (pretty much all the menu is exceedingly reasonably priced, notably the seafood, which is emphasized on Fridays) but kind of unexciting. So why bother? Because Camino Real has some damn tasty Peruvian and South …moist, tangy, meaty American options, and while I couldn’t quite and totally delicious… figure out who was in the kitchen, there is a notable step up in quality when you opt for dishes from those sections of the menu. The platanos maduros (sweet fried plantains) are soft in the middle and studded with crispy brown bits around the exterior, and while it’s odd that they’re served with a few containers of prepackaged grape jelly, the combination, when accompanied by a bit of crema, is marvelous. Not since the African grocery store on the Eastside have I had such wellexecuted maduros. The Peruvian-style tamal conceals, along with some soft, flavorful pork, the traditional black olive, peanut and hard-boiled egg, and is positively soaking with lime juice and topped with plenty of red onion, making it moist, tangy, meaty and totally delicious. You might opt for the tallarin verde, too, a kind of spaghetti with creamy spinach-basil pesto topped with a thin-pounded piece of steak and plenty of parmesan, revealing the heavy Italian influence in Peruvian cuisine and serving as a wonderful dish of comfort food.

Camino Real smells overwhelmingly of air freshener, is perhaps even less fancy than Gateway Cafe (which it replaced) and is not exactly where you want to take your grandma, but it certainly has its own appeal. The restaurant is open for lunch and dinner every day, offers free delivery within three miles with a $15 minimum and doesn’t serve alcohol but does take credit cards and Spanish is not necessary.

The Right Place: The folks who owned El Guanaco, which used to serve delicious Salvadoran food in a tiny spot on the Eastside, have now taken over Los Comales (211 Tallassee Rd. 706-549-7405), which you probably still know as the old location of Caliente Cab and which is still one of the more pleasant spots for outdoor dining in all of Athens. If you’ve been missing pupusas con loroco (a green that comes from a vine), you can get the little griddled corn cakes here, and the cortido (cabbage slaw) they come with is tasty stuff. Surprisingly, though, in this case, some of the Mexican options may be better than the Central American ones. The gorditas (fat corn tortillas split, fried and stuffed with meat, lettuce and cheese), for example, easily triumph over the traditional platters of eggs, sausage, avocado, refried beans, lettuce, etc., which are fine but generally unexciting. The tamales are a good option at lunch, when you can get a platter of two moist ones plus beans for less than $5. The banana empanadas were not at all to my taste, but some of that may have been the surprise of ordering ones that seemed to be, according to the menu, filled with carne y platanos (meat and plantains) only to receive what was clearly a dentist’s delight of a dessert, topped with heavy drizzles of chocolate syrup. Los Comales isn’t the most exciting option for Latin food even on its block (with Sr. Sol right next door offering excellent dishes for comparable prices), but it does still have an exceedingly pleasant atmosphere and some things not available at the other, more highly praised eatery.

The restaurant is open for lunch and dinner every day, will deliver as well as do take-out and takes credit cards.

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ALICE IN WONDERLAND (PG) Retelling Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass, is a popular cottage industry. 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, That Evening Sun) 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 (mistakenly 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 a wickedly 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 appear fake and 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.

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

of as a filmmaker more obsessed with technology than story and character. At heart, his Avatar is about the spiritual bond between all the creatures of Pandora, as well as the John Smith/ Pocahontas love affair of Sully and Neytiri. Once you visit Pandora, you will never want to leave. At the very least, you will want to visit again very soon.

BABIES (PG) Shockingly, I found the trailer for this infant doc as cute and endearing as it was intended.

(The Sufjan Stevens song is perfect accompaniment to the two crying babies.) Chronicling a year in the lives of four babies from around the world--Ponijao (Opuwo, Namibia), Bayar (Bayanchandmani, Mongolia), Mari (Tokyo, Japan), and Hattie (San Francisco, California)—Babies appeals to me much more than the animal documentaries of the last few years.

Director Thomas Balmes won a couple of awards for his The Gospel According to the Papuans.

THE BACK-UP PLAN (PG-13) I think I have been too hard on Katherine Heigl. While hating J-Lo throughout this latest romcom, I realized it is really the gross simplification of single women as needy, “comedic” neurotics, doggedly seeking the perfect gent to complete them that I despise in the worst offenders of the genre (Raising Helen, Little Black Book, etc.). Jennifer Lopez stars as Zoe, a single lady who meets the man of her dreams, cheesemaker Stan, on the same day she conceives twins through artificial insemination. Imagine the laugh riot that ensues. The real riot should be led by women offended by the genre’s casual sexism, but if you still think Lopez retains a marketably funny screen presence, you probably did not notice. The talented supporting cast (Eric Christian Olsen, Linda Lavin, Tom Bosley, Melissa “Sookie St. James” McCarthy) is collectively ill-used to no surprise. Ugh. The only movie more excruciating that I have seen even a scene of this year is Valentine’s Day. I don’t care to waste time figuring out which one is worse.

CLASH OF THE TITANS (PG-13) Zeus (a shiny, bearded Liam Neeson who has already titled a chapter in his memoir, “2010: The Year I Went Slumming”) impregnates a mortal woman as a shower of gold. From that sexual congress issues Perseus (who

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grows up to be Avatar’s wooden Sam Worthington, who might just be the next Harry Hamlin), which is a good thing for mankind because it is not long before the Z-man gets fed up with the minions he made and releases the Kraken—a devastating beast created from the flesh of Hades to defeat the Titans—on their collective asses (via the Greek city-state of Argos).

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,

tremendous screwball chemistry that calls to mind Powell-Loy and HepburnTracy, Fey-Carell bounce off each other with precision and timing, never stepping on the other’s punchline or the even funnier, seemingly ad-libbed afterthought that follows.

At its core, Date Night should be no better than your average rom-actionedy, but Fey, Carell and their inspired support shape a run-of-the-mill, highconcept blockbuster in their comedic image rather than allow it to remove their brainy comic brawn.

DEATH AT A FUNERAL (R) Not much about Death at a Funeral has changed since I reviewed the original film way back in aught-seven. As proof, I have retrofitted my earlier review for the new comedy: “Why should weddings have all the disastrous film fun?

We can milk the sacred funereal cow for all its riotous laughs too. Even so,

Are those mine?

Montezuma and Perry, GA. DATE NIGHT (PG-13) From the trailers, Date Night looked like the latest store-brand comedy, packed to the gills with sitcom-y zaniness that not even the combined comedic powers of Tina Fey and Steve Carell, stars of two of TV’s smartest, wittiest half-hour programs, could elevate.

Wrong. Fey and Carell prove that mature, intelligent comedians can turn a leaden high-concept film into gold.

Phil and Claire Foster (Carell and Fey) are two hardworking suburban New Jerseyans, striving to keep their marriage fire burning. Trying to spice up their weekly date night involving potato skins and salmon at a sleepy local establishment, Phil takes Claire to the city to eat at a posh new seafood place staffed by snooty maitre d’s.

When they cannot get a table, Phil spontaneously takes the reservation of a couple named the Tripplehorns (who share Phil’s love of the great actress and “Big Love” star, Jeanne).

Unfortunately, the Tripplehorns (James Franco and Mila Kunis) are really a couple of grifters and are wanted by mob-type Joe Miletto (Ray Liotta) and his two hired thugs. On the run in the big city, Phil and Claire must outwit everyone from the police to the DA (William Fichtner), with a little help from a shirtless security expert (Mark Wahlberg). Nothing in Shawn Levy’s box-office friendly direction or Josh Klausner’s script, which seems like it traveled from the 1980s via the hot tub time machine (imagine this as a Chevy Chase/Goldie Hawn vehicle to fill out a box set with Seems Like Old Times and Foul Play) sparkles, but at least neither impedes Fey nor Carell. A couple with

I failed to discover where they buried all the funny in Death at a Funeral, the latest woeful black comedy grasp for mainstream success from Frank Oz Neil Labute. At the memorial service for the patriarch of an arch British AfricanAmerican family, all sorts of blisslessly transparent, sitcom-y shenanigans ensue (wrong coffins, mislabeled pill bottles, incontinent uncles; the list goes on) as sons, disappointingly stalwart Daniel Aaron (Matthew Macfadyen Chris Rock) and successful writer Richard Ryan (Rupert Graves Martin Lawrence), are harried by a small stranger (Peter Dinklage) with devastating fatherly revelations. Meanwhile, a gaggle of unlikable Limeys black stereotypes are handling the day with indignity and self-centeredness. Most shamefully, the reliably funny Alan Tudyk James Marsden is wasted— literally—the entire film. Death at a Funeral has the chuckle-less feel of an American attempt at dry British politically correct, culturally vacant, LCD humor.”

FRONTRUNNERS (NR) Caroline Suh’s 2008 documentary film follows four high school students running for student council president at a prestigious New York public school. Smart, funny and observant, this political documentary opens your eyes to “politics as usual” with remarkable parallels to recent U.S. Presidential elections. Part of the ACC Library’s iFilms series.

THE GHOST WRITER (PG-13) Roman Polanski’s political thriller is taut, mature and twisty enough to keep even the most avid amateur sleuths guessing until its conclusion.

Ewan McGregor is a ghost writer.

Known for his lightweight, bestselling

autobiographies of magicians and the like, the unnamed ghost is surprised when he is tabbed to assist former British Prime Minister Adam Lang (Pierce Brosnan) on his long-awaited, secretive memoirs. Spirited away to an isolated island that is a commuter’s hop from New York City, the ghost feels something is off with Lang and his close-knit entourage. Given limited access with the mercurial former politico and the massive manuscript he must mold into a readable bestseller in a month, the ghost must decide how to weave in a scandal involving secret torture flights authorized by Lang.

THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (NR) See Movie Pick.

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 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.

HOT TUB TIME MACHINE (R) Hot Tub Time Machine is so disgustingly, unhygienically raunchy that you worry you might catch something from watching it. Surprisingly, all you will catch is a good case of the laughs.

The premise is simple and silly. Three adult losers—Adam (John Cusack), Nick (Craig Robinson) and Lou (Rob Corddry)—and Adam’s loser nephew, Jacob (Clark Duke) are transported back to 1986 thanks to the titular hot-tub-cum-time-travel device. As technically graceless as this send-up of ‘80s teen sex romps and time travel flicks is, it is equally funny. After Lou accidentally (on purpose?) attempts to kill himself while air drumming to the Crüe’s “Home Sweet Home,” Adam and Nick decide to take him back to the place of their greatest triumph, Kodiak Valley. A night of wild partying in the aforementioned Jacuzzi sends the guys back to 1986, when they were cool (kind of) and the future looked bright(er).

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON (PG) How to Train Your Dragon is a terrific computer-generated animated feature, and the first I recommend you should watch in 3D. As great as it is for families (if I had a kid, I would rush out to see it with him/her), Dragon left me breathless at the animation and kind of bored with the familiar story and tired pop culture jokes. Dragon is the latest from DreamWorks Animation, the home of Shrek, and the family resemblance is strong. Hiccup (v. Jay Baruchel) is a scrawny Viking screw-up who wants to hunt dragons like his gigantic, heroic dad (v. Gerard Butler). But after capturing his own flying firebreather, Hiccup learns there may be more to these creatures than hunting them. The voicework is excellent (especially Baruchel, Butler and Craig Ferguson as blacksmith/ dragon slaying instructor Gobber), and the script is written with humor and heart. Dragon is an excellent film for parents and kids to see together (much better than the family crap peddled in the pre-film trailers…Furry Vengeance and Marmaduke look awful). Without a child’s awe to buoy me, I found my mind wandering when Hiccup was

not soaring. Note: the action might be intense for the littlest ones.

KICK-ASS (R) Stop! Put the comic book down. Do not read Mark Millar and John S. Romita Jr.’s excellent demythification of the superhero origin story. If you do, you are sure to be disappointed by Layer Cake writer-director Matthew Vaughn’s spirited, well-meaning adaptation. Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson) is your average nobody teen, masturbating to images of his busty, middle-aged English teacher while dreaming of his school’s Mary Jane, Katie Deauxma (Lyndsy Fonseca). One day, Dave gets the stupid/bright idea of becoming a real live superhero. Loaded with fanboy “Easter eggs” and comics references galore, it is a blast to behold. But as with fan fave Wolverine, the less known about the origins of Kick-Ass, the better.

THE LAST SONG (PG) Bestselling novelist Nicholas Sparks (The Notebook) wrote this screenplay specifically for Miley Cyrus, who is making her live-action, non-Hannah Montana feature debut. Cyrus plays Ronnie Miller, a rebellious young girl who finds love the summer she is sent to live with her estranged father (Greg Kinnear). Cyrus’s love interest, Liam Hemsworth, should be believable; he’s her real life beau. Television vet Julie Anne Robinson (“Pushing Daisies,” “Weeds,” “Big Love,” “Grey’s Anatomy” and much more) makes her feature debut.

THE LOSERS (PG-13) See Movie Pick.

MOTHER (R) In a small Korean town, a teenage girl is found brutally murdered. The local police, unaccustomed to the rigors of a murder investigation, set their sights on an easy, obvious target, the mentally deficient Yoon Do-joon (Won Bin). Fortunately, his mother (Kim Hye-ja, who specializes in high-end, type A matriarchs), an unbalanced woman who makes her meager income from illegal acupuncture and traditional herbal medicine, refuses to accept his guilt and sets out to do anything to prove her son’s innocence.

Mother mixes the styles and tones of several different filmmakers. One moment it is Hitchcockian, the next nearly Argento-ian, seconds later Coenesque. Yet the film remains singularly Bong-ian, a reference that may mean little now, but give it a few years.

It will catch on.

A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (R) A horribly scarred serial killer named Freddy Krueger (Jackie Earle Haley) hunts a group of teens while they sleep. If they can’t stay awake, they die a horrible death in their dreams.

This remake of a horror classic has me more excited than any since Rob Zombie’s Halloween, and I might be more pumped for Nightmare. Haley (Watchmen’s Rorshach) is inspired casting, though Robert Englund leaves him a big glove, hat, and sweater to fill.

“Smells Like Teen Spirit” video director Samuel Bayer makes his feature debut.

NINE (PG-13) 2009. Adapted from the Tony award winner based on Fellini’s brilliant 8 1/2, Nine stars a singing, dancing Daniel Day-Lewis as Guido Contini, a critically acclaimed Italian director surrounded by beautiful women—his wife (Marion Cotillard), his mistress (Penelope Cruz), his muse (Nicole Kidman) and an American journalist (Kate Hudson) as well as the memories of his mother (Sophia Loren) and a whore (Fergie)—and stuck in a major creative rut. The big numbers by the ladies, especially Fergie, Cruz and Cotillard, are sexy Broadway showstoppers; the rest of the film, directed by Rob Marshall (an Academy Award nominee for Chicago), is pedestrian and tedious. I’d have much rather spent the afternoon rewatching Frederico Fellini’s awe-inspiring Italian masterpiece.

NORTH FACE (NR) 2008. Based on the true story of a 1936 Naziencouraged competition to climb Swiss massif, the Eiger, North Face should interest more than just the mountainclimbing set, judging from its appealingly tense trailer. Director-cowriter Philipp Stölzl cut his teeth on music videos for Garbage and Rammstein. No one should be surprised that half of the film’s four awards, including two Film Awards in Gold from the German Film Awards and two German Film Critics Awards, were for Best Cinematography.

OCEANS (G) Disneynature’s second Earth Day release, following last year’s Earth, is being described as “part thriller, part meditation.” Narrated by Pierce Brosnan, Oceans examines the mysteries of what truly lives under the sea. Directors Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud were responsible for the awe-inspiring, technological breakthrough Winged Migration. Will the success of television programs like “Planet Earth” and “Life” ever translate to the box office? Disneynature’s already lined up 2011’s Earth Day release: African Cats: Kingdom of Courage.

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. 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. l PLEASE GIVE (R) In Friends with Money, filmmaker Nicole Holofcener’s newest film, a couple, Kate and Alex (Catherine Keener and Oliver Platt), plot to expand their New York City apartment. But things grind to a halt after they befriend their elderly neighbor Andra (Ann Guilbert) and butt heads with her granddaughters (Rebecca Hall and Amanda Peet). One can easily imagine this film appealing to the fanbase Holofcener has built through Friends with Money, Walking and Talking, and Lovely & Amazing.

THE SECRET OF KELLS (NR) An Oscar nominee for Best Animated Feature, Tomm Moore’s award winner tells about young Brendan, a boy growing up during the medieval barbarian raids of Ireland who must complete a magical book filled with wisdom and power. Thankfully, he has the assistance of a young wolf-girl named Aisling. Unlike Hollywood’s penchant for overloading their animated features with top-drawer vocal talent, The Secret of Kells’ most familiar voice is Brendan Gleeson. From the producers of The Triplets of Belleville.

THE SPY NEXT DOOR (PG) Former CIA agent, Bob Ho (Jackie Chan), must look after his girlfriend’s three kids, a task complicated by the Russian nemesis who is on the trail of a top secret formula accidentally downloaded by the youngest kid. The Spy Next Door sounds like so many of the other uninspired, family-friendly action comedies that dominated the 1990s and in which

director Brian Levant specializes (Are We There Yet?, Jingle All the Way).

With Amber Valletta, Billy Ray Cyrus and George Lopez.

VALENTINE’S DAY (PG-13) Every young actor and actress in Hollywood looks to be involved with this romantic comedy intertwining a bunch of couples’ make-ups and break-ups due to the pressures of Valentine’s Day. The titanic cast includes Jessica Alba, Kathy Bates, Jessica Biel, Bradley Cooper, Eric Dane, Patrick Dempsey, Hector Elizondo, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner, Topher Grace, Anne Hathaway, Ashton Kutcher, Queen Latifah, Taylor Lautner, George Lopez, Shirley Maclaine, Emma Roberts, Julia Roberts and Taylor Swift. After the bombs Raising Helen and Georgia Rule, director Garry Marshall could really use a decent flick.

WHY DID I GET MARRIED TOO? (PG-13) Tyler Perry returns with a sequel to the best movie he has made to date, and much to the pleasure of his fanbase, it is more of the same— too much more. The marital jokes battle the marital strife for superiority, and preachiness defeats them all.

The four couples—Terry and Diane (Perry and Sharon Leal), Patricia and Gavin (Janet Jackson and Malik Yoba), walking, yelling stereotypes Angela and Marcus (Tasha Smith and Michael Jai White) and Sharon and new hubby Troy (Jill Scott and Lamman Rucker)—haven’t come far since the last trip. Reconciliations and new children notwithstanding, every couple continues to work through the same or similar issues as before. Perry fans will find all the humor, shadowy drama and faith they have come to expect and love from his literal, obvious movies (Perry never met subtext he didn’t think should be text).

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THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (NR) For those unfortunate few who have yet to read Stieg Larsson’s novel Men Who Hate Women, as the Swedes know it, it is a fairly typical serialkiller murder-mystery with a hint of financial scandal mixed in for variety. I feel ambivalent about Niels Arden Oplev’s film, which has some tremendous moments/ performances, but overall is too stripped-down an adaptation to satisfy any fan of the novel.

Journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist) has recently been convicted of libeling an economic impresario. Needing a break, Mikael accepts the kooky request of an ancient industrialist to investigate the 40-year-old disappearance of his teenage niece.

Blomkvist’s investigation introduces him to an emotionally scarred and extensively tattooed computer hacker, Noomi Rapace Lisbeth Salander (the excellent Noomi Rapace, who nails the film’s tricky linchpin). Angered by the violence men feel paternally enabled to inflict upon women, Lisbeth is intrigued by the evidence she sees on Mikael’s hacked iBook. Once they join forces, the reopened investigation turns up new leads that eventually crack the case long abandoned by the police.

Oplev’s film is a competent one, yet the screenplay poorly streamlines a novel crying

for the handiwork of a clever adaptation artist. Gone is most of the financial voodoo that got Mikael into his current legal mess (good move). Also missing is the narration that clarifies the fascinatingly opaque Lisbeth and fleshes out her relationship with Mikael into something more real and less cinematic. While

not suggesting the use of a voiceover (shiver), Oplev and his writers should have devised some manner to transmit this information to film viewers who had not read the book. I feel pretty awful suggesting this, but waiting for the inevitable Hollywood adaptation might not be the worst thing you could do, assuming they do not frack the story up any worse.

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movie pick B, as in Boring Team THE LOSERS (PG-13) The Losers at your local multiplex look just like the ones on the pages of DC imprint Vertigo’s comic book. The exactness of the depictions of Colonel Clay and company is about all the movie gets right about Andy Diggle and Jock’s espionage caper.

Written by Diggle as “a great action movie,” The Losers loses its snap, crackle and its pop, substituting casual violence and bon mot banter for conversation and characterization.

After a mission in Bolivia goes wrong, the Losers—Clay (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), knife-wielding Roque (Idris Elba), vehicle specialist Pooch (Columbus Short), sniper Cougar (Oscar Jaeneda) and techie/comic relief Jensen (Chris Evans)— are believed to be KIA. Soon, a maybe CIA Agent, Aisha (Zoe Saldana, Avatar), enlists them in taking down a shadowy government bigwig named Max (Jason Patric).

Pick your favorite military convict poison— The Dirty Dozen, The A-Team, the upcoming Expendables—and mix it with Diggle’s ‘80s inspirations (anything written by Shane Black); that’s the recipe for The Losers. And surprisingly, it worked on the page. Too bad

Diggle/Jock’s action comic becomes exactly what I was afraid it would be when translated to the big screen.

Director Sylvain White tries to jumpstart the movie’s engine with stylized, kinetic camera gimmickry, but The Losers’ comic creativity cannot be revived. After the back-to-back

weeks of Kick-Ass and The Losers, I question the decision to adapt just any comic into a movie. Comic writers and screenwriters have divergent goals, and the adaptive choices made by Peter Berg and James Vanderbilt only sharpen that reality into a comic-killing tool.

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threats & promises Music News And Gossip Yuk It Up: Former local Adam Newman will return to town again for a performance of his comedy at the 40 Watt on Thursday, Apr. 29. Newman used to play in the completely obnoxious and noodly metal-comedy band Coulier as well as Just These Dudes, who won the 2004 Flagpole Athens Music Award in the cover band category. Since moving to New York a few years ago, he’s thrown himself full-on into standup comedy and has made some impressive inroads via “The Tyra Banks Show,” “College Humor,” ESPN’s “NFL Writers Room” and more. Chances are good he’s really going somewhere with this, so catch him on the cheap while you can. Also on the bill is Helmsman (containing Navid Amlani and Brion Kennedy, both ex-Coulier) and local comedy god T.J. Young. For jokes and music, please see www.adamnewmancomedy.com, www.myspace.com/heytjcomedy and www.my space.com/helmsman0.

Say Wha?: Mere days after releasing their newest EP, The High Honorable, Athens rap dudes Deaf Judges have released the dang thing digitally for free. No shit, cuz. This is for real on the techno tip. This is the first of a planned three EP dropping campaign the group Jane Finch

Brave Combo has planned for 2010. These guys kill live, too, so it’s not like you don’t want this. Even if you don’t think rap music is your “?,” I’d say give Deaf Judges a chance to free your mind of all the stupid clichés for which rap music is known. Besides, it’s free now, so why fight it?

Visit www.deafjudges.com and click away.

Totally Recommended: It’s my own, private regret that I’ve never been able to catch Aman Amun live. It’s just never worked out for me. I do, however, dig the understated and organically composed (but often electronically generated) sounds created by project founder Brian McGaw. Word is that his set at the AUX Festival was great, and audiences can catch him again on Friday, Apr. 30 at the Ciné Lab. I highly recommend searching YouTube for the newly posted short documentary Aman Amun: Revealing the Hidden that covers, and uncovers, his process. Oh, yeah, you can also download his 2008 album, Waxing, over at www.amanamun.bandcamp.com.

Tell Them We Said Hola: Both Nana Grizol and Circulatory System will carry the Athens flag into Barcelona, Spain this year for the massive Primavera Sound Festival which runs May 22–30. (Atlas Sound, Black Lips and King Khan

will represent Atlanta.) Now in its 10th year, the festival has deservedly made a big name for itself on the international festival circuit.

Drummer Chase Prince from Athens’ Spring Tigers will fill in on drums with Circulatory System, too, as he is joining the band for its upcoming tour of Europe. Have fun, everyone.

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Triple Header: Local goofs The Knockouts will play three shows in 24 hours this week. First, they hit The Monkey Barrel in Gainesville, GA on Apr. 30. Then on May 1 they’ll do a 6:45 p.m. set at the Human Rights Festival downtown and then play later that night at Little Kings with The Nairobi Trio. The Knockouts play a blend of Irish folk, bluegrass, spaghetti western, Mexican and Caribbean music that I haven’t been able to really figure out yet, but maybe that’s because I’m missing the point.

Seems perfect, though, for a night of drinking, carousing or whatever. Check them out over www.myspace.com/theathensknockouts Man Does Not Live on Coffee & Grilled Cheese Sandwiches Alone: Mercer West and his Party Party Partners are releasing three new items for y’all on Saturday, May 1 at Farm 255.

First, the awaited full-length album by Quiet Hooves produced by the quite talented Javier Morales. Morales will have his own release this night, too, in the form of a new EP by The Dream Scene.

Morales’ last release was the Dream Scene Christmas album, which was about as pleasant a surprise as I could have hoped for. Can’t wait to hear these new tracks. Finally, West has compiled a bunch of “albums” under the banner of Man’s Trash on CD-RWs (so you can write over the tracks after you dump them on your computer or if you just don’t like them in the first place), and each “album” is supposed to be a different band. Generally, it’s just West and whoever happened to be around his house at the time he recorded the songs. He’s been doing this for over a year but decided to release them now, as Man’s Trash is beginning to be an actual performing thing.

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osh Rifkind thinks kids don’t get “Supercluster came together to play live at enough credit, period.

500 Songs for Kids very soon after our team “Kids don’t have any motives. They was assembled,” says singer Vanessa Briscoe don’t care how hip you think you are,” Hay. “Josh Rifkind called to ask if Pylon was he says. “They’re smarter than you are. They available. I said ‘no, but I have a new recordknow when you’re genuine.” ing project.’ I talked to the other members, And when Rifkind, who also manages The and they wanted to help out. This was our Whigs, brings his musician friends into chilfirst live show, and we performed ‘Maggie Mae.’ dren’s wards in hospitals across the state to We played the next one, too, and performed jam with the kids, he knows it has nothing ‘Gloria.’ Last year we weren’t unable to perto do with how talented he is and everything form, but we’ll be back this year… My daughto do with how he can use music to help sick ter Victoria attends Camp Sunshine, which is children continue to connect with the outside one of the special needs kids’ camps that is world. benefited by 500 Songs for Kids. Needless to “It’s not so much a performance as an say, the charity is close to my heart.” interaction,” he says. “We record with the Other local bands who first hear about kids. We go bedside and record songs with Songs for Kids through the massive fundraiser them and they get a CD… You can see a light go on to volunteer their time with the proswitch go on, and they realize they can do gram as well. something musical, too.” “[The Songs for Kids Foundation] had us It’s a rare and special connection that go into hospitals and entertain kids a few inspires the participating musicians as much times,” says Dead Confederate bassist Brantley as the patients. “You could honestly have the Senn. “I was blown away by how many kids worst day ever, leave the hospital and not be love Hannah Montana. She’s huge… So yes, having the worst day,” Rifkind says. “The kids we know how to play Hannah Montana. Please are amazing.” don’t request it though. Or, do.”

And what better way to raise money for a worthwhile cause than with an equally amazing benefit event?

500 Songs for Kids, the biggest music charity event in Georgia history, serves just that purpose. Now in its fourth year, the 10-day extravaganza features 500 musical acts recruited from across the region, each playing a cover song associated with the annual theme. This year it’s the “500 Greatest Era-Defining Songs of All Time.”

Rifkind and a few friends sat down to hammer out the set list, with R.E.M.’s “It’s the Cee-Lo performing at 500 Songs for Kids 2008.

End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)” coming in at number 500 and Nirvana’s “Smells Like Surprising covers like this are actually a big Teen Spirit” coming in as the single greatest part of the draw and charm of the 500 Songs era-defining song at number one on a list event as well. Often times it’s the bands that Rifkind promises is “as nerdy as possible.” are most surprised by their own potential and Several Athens bands are on the bill this year, versatility. from past performers like Dead Confederate “They might not know they can do a song, with their take on Neil Young’s “Rockin’ in the but we have a good sense about bands,” says Free World” to newer acts such as Reptar perRifkind. “We had Modern Skirts do ‘Fight the forming New Order’s “Bizarre Love Triangle.”

Power’ by Public Enemy.”

Reptar’s Andrew McFarland says his band Other local highlights include Futurebirds originally agreed to participate in 500 Songs on Smokey Robinson, The Orkids with a cover for Kids as a favor to Rifkind, but became of “The Sign” by Ace of Base, the always soulmore interested after learning more about the ful Kyshona Armstrong perfectly paired with foundation’s goals.

Marvin Gaye’s “Mercy, Mercy Me,” Five-Eight “I guess it just feels really nice to expand rocking and rolling all night with KISS, and music, which is this huge thing that everyone a surprise cover by Andy LeMaster and Maria gets so wrapped up in, to benefit these kids Taylor! who don’t have a chance to get wrapped up Even if you can’t make it for the whole in anything,” he says. “And if anyone has ever 10 days, it’ll be worth the drive any night to worked with kids, they know that kids think catch a glimpse of this incredibly ambitious anything you do is the coolest thing on the and entertaining affair. For more info, visit face of the planet, which just makes everyone www.songsforkidsfoundation.org. involved feel amazing.”

McFarland’s upbeat attitude is a large part Jennifer Gibson of what Rifkind looks for when selecting bands to perform in hospitals and at the event.

“A lot of musicians aren’t very positive, but WHAT: 500 Songs for Kids this event is very positive,” he says.

WHERE: Smith’s Olde Bar, Atlanta The event has also served as a breeding WHEN: Apr. 29–May 8, 6:30 p.m. ground for new collaborations. Athens’ own HOW MUCH: $10 per night Supercluster actually formed as a live band at a previous 500 Songs event.

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he Ashford Manor Concerts on the Lawn series will kick off its 10th anniversary season on May 3, and owner Mario Castro couldn’t feel prouder. He has had high hopes for the venue since the very beginning.

“When we moved [to this property], we immediately thought about turning our backyard into a concert venue,” remembers Castro, who owns the property with business partner Dave Shearon. “We have five acres of terraced gardens, and the lower terrace was pretty much a natural amphitheatre.” Just three years after the purchase of the idyllic Watkinsville estate, the dream soon became a reality with four outdoor shows in the summer of 2001. “I think we averaged about 75 people,” remembers Castro with a laugh, “but we knew that with patience these shows would grow. We just had a good instinct about it.”

The instincts were right. Aided at first by word of mouth popularity, and later by generous sponsor support, the series became a mainstay in downtown Watkinsville that now averages roughly 800 patrons each Monday evening.

“We think we’re providing a unique experience,” says Castro. “Families can come here, the kids can dance, families can catch up, business owners can network with each other.

Really, we’re just so fortunate that we get to share this with all the people who live in our community.”

Success hasn’t come easily, though. Castro is quick to point out that without the support of a group of local music entrepreneurs, the concert series may never have reached the 10-year mark. In fact, Castro and Shearon considered shutting down operations after the 2008 run.

“It was a lot of work for very little return,” he says. “The expenses are astronomical. I think people forget we’re not a full-time concert venue and that we have to re-create it every time.”

In a search for options to keep the series alive, Castro visited Bruce Burch and Keith Perissi of UGA’s Music Business Program. In the program directors, Castro found an eager shot of new life. “They pretty much begged us not to give up,” he remembers with a laugh.

“They both said that what we were doing was desperately needed and would be a terrible loss to the community.” Along with offering their students as a weekly staffing solution, Burch and Perissi recommended the expertise of locally based booking and management company Nimbleslick Entertainment.

“Our goal is to put together a roster of entertainers that’s going to best serve our supporters and keep them engaged on a weekly basis,” says Nimbleslick President Ben Ferguson of the company’s approach to the concert series. “For this year’s 10th anniversary season, we’ve got bluegrass, Motown, Americana, Dixieland jazz and a nice selection of tribute acts. It’s a great combination of something old, something new and something fun.”

The most noticeable change in the 2010 series is the mid-summer break to give concertgoers respite from the oppressive Georgia heat (see sidebar schedule for details). “That’s the biggest comment we’ve had—how darn hot it’s been at the [mid-summer concerts],” says Castro. “[This will] give people a break for a couple months where they can look forward to the rest of the season in September and October.”

Now in his second year with the series, Ferguson knows how infectious the property and the series can be. The aura of Ashford Manor’s series he first experienced long before he called them a client is now his goal for recreation at each show. “It’s literally a hidden little gem that can only be found if you’re looking for it,” says Ferguson. “Locations like that are hard to find these days.”

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ithout hyperbole, Reptar is one of the most exciting bands in Athens right now. In less than a year, the band has cultivated a real buzz around its live show and a culture around its audience. Simply put, fans go batshit. They sweat, they grind, they crowdsurf, they climb whatever they can to get the best view while generally pretending like they’re at a hardcore show—without the actual danger of getting kicked in the face. Some fans dress up; some wear face paint. One fan brought anti-SARS masks to a show, and by the end of the night, everyone was wearing them.

Reptar’s fans even have a name: “Reptards.”

“We go crazy onstage and I think that in turn, it makes the audience go crazy,” bassist Ryan Engelberger says. Crazy, indeed. Keyboard near-virtuoso William Kennedy is probably the philosophical core of Reptar. He’s built like a wire coat hanger or a stick of spaghetti—resembling moreso limp spaghetti when he flails about stage jumping from synth-to-synth and directing the audience to dance. Singer/guitarist Graham Ulicny might be the straightman to William’s all-over-theplace, but onstage he prances and swaggers like the best of ’em, punctuating and over-enunciating his words into a singular staccato. Drummer Andrew McFarland probably works the

beer on it. The whole audience was covered in little plastic strips glued with sweat, and some people were complaining about glitter in their eye. At the end of the night, I told the bartender ‘Sorry for the confetti.’ He said, ‘Yeah, fuck you.’” [Ryan Engelberger, bassist] Dec. 19, 2009, Athens House Party “Reptar played at my house, and people were standing on the washing machine and on countertops. There were over 100 people jumping up and down and going wild. We heard a snap, and the house was sagging after that and people were chanting, “Break the floor! Break the floor!” But I couldn’t blame them all for it because, you know, it was a Reptar show.” [Anonymous partythrower]

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“I have these big keyboards, and they were rocking back-n-forth, back-n-forth. I had to tell the people in the front to hold them down so they wouldn’t fall. The floor was like a trampoline, and everything was falling, or about to fall. The crowd kept pushing inwards, and the space was getting smaller and smaller, like those trap dungeons. I was crushed up between the amp and one of the keyboards.

Graham had to stand on his amp. We broke the floor that night.” [William Kennedy, keyboardist] Dec. 20, 2009, Drunken Unicorn (Atlanta)

hardest, furiously guiding through time-signature changes and responding to the band’s wild improvisation. But Reptar’s real talent lies in its music. “We’re not hard to get into,” Ulicy says.

It really is music for everybody: the band’s synth and samplepad-based guitar pop is accessible enough for anyone to jam out to, still exploratory enough to excite the experimental.

Reptar’s success is all the more surprising considering that its members are scattered across the Eastern seaboard.

Engelberger attends Dartmouth. McFarland and Kennedy attend UGA. Ulicny, UNC Asheville. All of the members are sophomores, and three of the four are music majors. “Living so far apart—it is very impossible,” Ryan says, laughing.

And be it houseshows or venues, a recent five-show jaunt in Austin for SXSW, or busking in Asheville, NC, Reptar always puts its all into what has amounted to dozens of much-talkedabout performances. There’s the show where they literally “brought down the house” and destroyed a poor Boulevard home’s wooden floors. And then there’s that show when the audience ransacked the stage. There’s also the one where the band met Grammy-award-winning producer Ben Allen (also behind Animal Collective’s Merriweather Post Pavillion and Gnarls Barkley’s St. Elsewhere), who’s prepping their CD release.

And naturally, behind every great show is a great back-story, so here’s some of Flagpole’s favorite Reptar shows—as remembered by fans, Allen and Reptar themselves.

Aug. 25, 2009, Tasty World Uptown “It was so hot and the AC wasn’t working. William’s sister [band manager Katherine Kennedy] was in from Brooklyn and was leading a “Simon Says”-style dance party that the audience was miming. We didn’t have our confetti cannon finished yet, so we dumped confetti in front of a fan. Near the end of the set, everyone rushed the stage, and I almost fell off. That’s the night Graham’s computer got ruined. Someone had thrown

“We played the Drunken Unicorn after this band Guyliner—and they had on these wild toy soldier costumes, elf costumes. I don’t think we had practiced. I had just got off a plane from visiting Germany and went straight to the venue. William was in a crazy oversized Santa costume that he tried to stuff with a pillow, but it kept falling out.

Andrew was wrapped all in Christmas lights.

I was wearing a purple Teletubbies costume.

We started the show late because no one was there yet, and we were worried, but eventually the place ended up packed. That’s the night we met Ben Allen and he said he wanted to record with us. Sometime after that, some random person goes up to us and was like, ‘Do you know who you just talked to?’” [Ryan Engelberger, bassist] “I went to see another band with a friend of a mine, and I happened to see Reptar. This was at the Drunken Unicorn at the end of last year, and I didn’t know anything about them. I fell in love with the band and the fans. What initially attracted me to them was that the fans were so excited. The energy of the band is so pure, and that washes off on the audience, too. What got me excited was the fans’ reaction.” [Ben H. Allen] Impressing Athens’ famously jaded audience is no small feat, and the gesture is not lost on Ulicny: “Playing in Athens, I always feel there’s something to prove.” Reptar’s future is bright, and if the dudes really take the year off from school that they’ve been planning, who knows where they’ll go, especially with Allen working the boards. Also look for Reptar on an outdoor stage at AthFest this summer, and hopefully a fulllength’s worth of new material by the end of the year. Until then, enjoy the show, the band’s debut seven-inch (available at the show!) and watch out for the crowd.

Christopher Benton

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hen the news first broke in town that the Masters of the Hemisphere, one of Athens’ most beloved bands classified RIP, were reuniting not for a one-time-only show but to record a brand-new album, it happened to hit the Interwebs on April Fools’ Day, which didn’t exactly promote confidence in the rumor’s veracity. But Sean Rawls, Bren Mead, Adrian Finch and Jeff Griggs weren’t just messing with you on Facebook.

The timing may have been calculated to drive people crazy, but the new record is titled (Maybe These Are the Breaks) and is set to come out on Kindercore just as soon as it’s actually recorded. Hence the two-part show scheduled for May 1 at the Caledonia Lounge, which will consist of one set of classic material and one set of new stuff and is intended to raise the funds needed to record with Ken Henslee while Rawls and Mead hang around Athens for a few weeks.

Flagpole spoke with Rawls (with one interjection from Finch) and got some more details on what, exactly, prompted this reanimation and what it might mean for the future. Rawls and Mead both live across the country, in San Francisco, and have been touring pretty constantly with Still Flyin’, the huge, amorphous reggae-inspired band that includes members of the Lucksmiths, Architecture in Helsinki, Ladybug Transistor and more. Why, in the name of various deities, would they think their plates weren’t full enough already?

Rawls responds, “The plate is overflowing with plates of overflowing plates. It was all Jeff’s idea. He called me a couple years ago and said that people are always telling him how much they still like the Masters, and he wanted to record a new record in secret. We tried to do it long distance with demo templates and me and Bren doing our parts out here in San Francisco and then sending it over to Jeff and Adrian, but it never really panned out. So now we have a small break in all of our schedules, and Bren and I are coming to Athens to record it the right way. The Masters way. Which is two to four of us sitting around drinking beer while one person records one part at a time.

Then the rest of us tell him whether it’s good or not.”

It’s been eight years since the band had a record come out (Protest a Dark Anniversary

was 2002), and all its members have embarked on new projects, careers and lives since then.

So are they newly grown up? Are the new songs more about paying the mortgage and dealing with back pain? Finch’s response to questions of this sort could be read as a ‘yes’: “Well, these are the days of our lives. So much can go unsaid between us. Thank heavens we can let the songs speak for us, and between us, the things we may not even realize we need to say. There are as many approaches to songwriting as there are to making love. But as we near the swift exit of death, the marriage of skill and urgency finds an increasingly sweeter balance, enhancing every approach.”

Or maybe that’s a no?

If you’re wondering what happened to the advance from Kindercore, those two years of botched recording attempts should answer your question. I asked whether they’d considered using Kickstarter to finance the in-person recording, and Rawls acknowledged the advantages of such an approach but pointed out that it seems better suited to self-financed albums, whereas “these jams are legit professional major label songs” that you’ll be able to get in stores. That ability, however, is contingent on the band raising enough from the upcoming show, as Rawls kept reminding me and, by extension, you.

Does it mean we can start referring to the Masters as a band in the present tense? And, if things go well, will folks in locations other than Athens, Lexington and San Francisco get a chance to see them play live again? Rawls says he doesn’t know. “I guess we need to talk about that. People are already asking us to do shows in strange places. Bren and I do a lot of touring with Still Flyin’ and Adrian is a father, and Jeff… is Jeff. So what I’m saying is I have no idea. I can’t imagine we’ll do much touring at all, but a band again? Mystery.”

Hillary Brown

WHO: Masters of the Hemisphere WHERE: Caledonia Lounge WHEN: Saturday, May 1 HOW MUCH: $7 (21+), $9 (18+)

record reviews KARBOMB Dick Move Chub Nubs Although punchy, occasionally palm-muted, four-chord punk reached its apex of popularity in America during the 1990s, you wouldn’t know it from watching Karbomb play live.

The air-punching kids in the front row are testament enough to the band’s resonance. Specializing in speedy and anthemic sing-a-longs, Karbomb thankfully keeps the guitars far away from tinny and thin tones and maintains a solid, distorted chunkiness.

After opening with the righteously accusatory “Dick Move,” the band pulls out an acoustic guitar for the, honestly, less than necessary “Long Gone.”

Although the song eventually blasts into faster territory at its midway point, the whole track slows down the mood considerably.

Karbomb also gets a little too metal for its own good on “Nothing To Celebrate” and trades big chords for distracting riffing and soloing. The band gets back in its swing on “Self Destruction,” which sweeps effortlessly through its chords while maintaining a purposeful lead, too. The “secret” sixth track is the band burping, cussing, yelling, etc. Just a goofy, short add-on that isn’t as irritating as it might sound.

I actually grinned when I heard it.

Hands down, though, Karbomb’s strongest element is its ear for tunefulness. Its deft use of dual vocals, both call-and-response and together, and its willingness to let the guitars breathe a little (“Nothing To Celebrate” being the sole exception) create a listening experience that is more enjoyable than not, even if not necessarily game changing.

Gordon Lamb

MADELINE YOUR HEART BREAKS Karl Blau Tour EP Orange Twin The disc was recorded last summer in Anacordes, WA, when Madeline Adams and musician pals Karl Blau and Clyde Peterson swung by a local artist collective called The Department of Safety and laid down the EP. Tour also features contributions from Phil Elverum (Mt. Eerie) and Gus Franklin (Architecture in Helsinki), covering both lo-fi and melodic pop bona fides.

Madeline’s contributions to the collaborative disc will be of most interest to Athens, and three of the six tracks are hers (though she does contribute backing vocals on all songs), all her trademark first- and second-persondirected focus (“You’ll Never Know,” “I Waited All Day,” “Boy You Loved to Watch Me Cry”). Two tracks are courtesy Pacific Northwestern act Your Heart Breaks, while the release closes with a collaborative, drowsy, deconstructed cover of Portland, OR alt-country band Richmond Fontaine’s track “Post to Wire.”

Opening track “Boy You Loved to Watch Me Cry” layers Madeline’s vocals atop a simple drum machine and minimal instrumentation. Madeline’s canny lyrics are a strong point of the song, and the tune’s a great indicator of her songwriting strength. Over the past years her recording arrangements have successfully swung from rustic guitarand-piano to full-band-with-horns, and this lo-fi approach recalls Madeline’s earliest DIY work and shows off the versatility and strength of her songwriting. The variety at play on this relatively slender release shows that Madeline could stand to experiment more, with collaboration and with arrangements.

Point is: lady can write a damn song, malleable yet resolute, and always her own.

Chris Hassiotis

MGMT Congratulations Columbia When following up a hit debut album, nothing makes you shit yourself more than the anticipation of millions.

And indeed, this sophomore effort will test the body of fans amassed by the Technicolor immediacy of Oracular Spectacular. Subtlety isn’t what most will expect from one of the decade’s most vibrant pop bands. Beyond the psychedelic fireworks and Of Montreal throb of “Flash Delerium,” there’s a lack of obvious smash hits, so it’s likely that the jam-greedy plebeians will go soft pretty quickly. But more worldly palates will be coaxed by Congratulations’ refined songwriting and romantic nostalgia.

Apart from the synthetic surf mania of “Brian Eno,” the prime cuts tend to be more nuanced. The pristine “It’s Working” exhales ‘60s British cinema breezes, the dramatic “I Found a Whistle” is a weirdly majestic cathedral song, and “Someone’s Missing” goes from a lovely, barely-there float into a brilliant daybreak.

Though many of the songs end up in grand finales, the blooms take their time to unfurl. It’s reasonably courageous for a band surrounded by so much fever to opt to reemerge with contemplative pacing and more restrained proportions. Congratulations lacks the outsized instant-classic punch that some of the tracks on their debut packed. But, as a long-player, it’s a deeper and more finely crafted work.

Bao Le-Huu

THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH The Wild Hunt Dead Oceans As on earlier releases, the Tallest Man on Earth—the recording name of the relatively diminutive Swedish folksinger Kristian Matsson—conjures easy comparisons to Bob Dylan’s earliest work. Matsson’s satisfyingly precise guitar picking girds the entire endeavor, and his lilting, raspy croon and idiosyncratic sputtered chirps are bewitching. On The Wild Hunt, The Tallest Man on Earth’s follow-up to 2008’s full-length debut Shallow Grave and an earlier self-titled EP, there’s not been a misstep among ‘em, packed as they are with wild, fearless poetry, timeless yet not indistinct.

And like Dylan’s, but even more like Bowie’s, Matsson’s lyrics may not read right, but they feel right. Dreamlike and intuitive rather than linear and intellectual, his words issue with a comforting effortlessness. Though a comparison to Dylan comes packaged with any guitar and American songbook, Matsson earns the tag by defining his own style while still pulling on old lines—his fingerpicking owes a big debt to John Hurt, for instance. The track “Kids on the Run,” however, finds Matsson setting aside the banjo and guitar for a moment, building a recording around piano for the first time.

Chris Hassiotis The Tallest Man on Earth is playing at The EARL in Atlanta on Wednesday, April 28.

most tense album to date, but the only reason this music may qualify as metal… is that it makes me want to bite someone.

A significant chunk of the album is spent without measure or time signature, a whirring chaos resolved only by the entropy of dramatic resolution.

It’s a signature recipe: one-part Pretty Hate Machine, one-part Hall and Oates, two-parts rabid ferret tornado hell. And, impossibly, it’s a coherent, satisfying concoction; it always has been. Truth is, for all its evolution, the Plan has never really changed. What hasn’t been broken has never been fixed, while new and unexpected side items have been heaped onto every recording to refresh the context.

Today’s Special: free-jazz flourishes lent by Bowie’s old pianist Mike Garson, and a theatrical flare from already-eccentric frontman Greg Puciato. The vocalist has finally stepped out of the misshapen shadow of Weirdo-in-Chief Mike Patton, who fronted the band for one particularly brilliant, mandatory-listening EP in 2002. Years later, replacement Puciato has found himself nailing every scream with judgment and shimmying effortlessly into those sassy, science fiction, diva-falsettos.

The twist is no step of DEP’s career (the pop influence of Miss Machine, the Aphex Twin glitch-gasms of Ire Works, etc.) has ever been lost, or even changed, but continuously reined into more tasteful conjunction with the band’s aggressive proclivities. With Paralysis, however, it all seems so much bigger, the better to eat you with.

Bryan Aiken

KING OF PRUSSIA The Time of Great Forgetting Kindercore

THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN Option Paralysis Party Smasher, Inc. First things first: The Dillinger Escape Plan is the best live act I’ve ever seen; there’s something about strobe lights and fire breathers that speaks to me. But where most live-centric bands go limp, the Plan hits hardest: after seven previous albums, Option Paralysis reminds us that the band will ultimately be remembered for an incredible body of studio work.

Because DEP is simply that: itself, a genre outlier, a heavy rock band that transcends its weight and deserves to be without classification. Paralysis, to be sure, is the band’s heaviest and

Absence, fonder hearts, all that.

For Brandon Hanick, a former Athenian and current resident of Barcelona, Spain, that’s been the case recently, and his departure from these shores a few years back has helped guide his current songwriting. Hanick used to head up a band called Beijing before shifting focus to the more lyrics-oriented group King of Prussia. The 2007 release Save the Scene remains a high point in the past decade of Athens releases; while that release featured stately, melodyheavy pop, the new three-song “miniEP” The Time of Great Forgetting leans more towards American trends than Hanick’s preferred British influences.

“When You’re Down” is propelled by a galloping backbeat and lithe banjo picking, and while the American traditionalism weighs heavy, the tune is no by-the-numbers pastiche.

The mini-EP’s third song, “Psychic Powers,” features classic Hanick lyrics: wistful, playful, romantic. If The Time of Great Forgetting shows the influence of sunny Catalonia, maybe more Athensfolk should take a trip to the beach, always keeping in the mind’s forefront our fecund front porches.

Chris Hassiotis

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WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK

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Tuesday 27 EVENTS: Athenaeum Club Tour and Social (Call for location) The recently formed club for young professionals interested in historic preservation tours the ThurmondBarks-Knowlton House on Crescent Lane. Current property owner John Knowlton will lead the tour and discuss the renovation process. 6 p.m. $7 (includes drink at on-site happy hour), FREE! (members). 706-5425788, athenaeumclub@gmail.com 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: Plotluck Night (Ciné Barcafé) Come with a true short story from your life to share at this new monthly event. Ten names will be drawn from a hat and those chosen get five minutes and a microphone.

The audience votes for the best story and prize recipient. 7–9 p.m.

FREE! (donations welcome), www. athenscine.com PERFORMANCE: Bellydance Show (40 Watt Club) Bellydancers promise to “Rak” the 40 Watt. 7 p.m. $5 (adv.) $8 (door). www.40watt.com PERFORMANCE: Cirque Le Masque (The Classic Center) An international cast of aerialists, contortionists, acrobats, jugglers and musicians comes together to pay tribute to European cirque troupes.

The theatrical, acrobatic and musical spectacular promises gravity-defying feats to stun audience members of all ages. 7:30 p.m. $10–$55. www. classiccenter.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: Read to Rover (ACC Library) Beginning readers in grades 1–4 read aloud to an aid dog. Trainer always present. 3:30–4:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-613-3650 LECTURES & LIT.: Brown Bag Lunch (ACC Library) Tony Purcell explains how solar water heating can help benefit you as a homeowner or a business. Feel free to bring a lunch to this 45-minute program. 12:15 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 MEETINGS: Athens Green Drinks (Hotel Indigo) An informal mixer for green-minded folks to discuss building, transportation and sustainability issues in the Athens area. 6–8 p.m. www.athensgreendrinks.org MEETINGS: Great Decisions Discussion Group (ACC Library) Group meets every Tuesday through May 25 to discuss U.S. foreign policy and global issues. Space is limited. Contact Jeff Tate to sign up.

7 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650, jtate@ athenslibrary.org

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MEETINGS: Pub Theology (Trappeze Pub) Open conversations revolving around theology. Question of the evening: “What the heck is the ‘holy spirit?’” Intriguing. 8 p.m.

FREE! 706-549-1915, cmccreight@ fccathens.org 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: Dungeons and Dragons Encounters (Tyche’s Games) Bring your own 5th level 4e character.

Space is limited. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.tychesgames.com GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) All three Athens locations of Locos Grill and Pub (Westside, Eastside and Harris St.) feature trivia night every Tuesday. 8:30 p.m.

FREE! www.locosgrill.com GAMES: Poker Night (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Last Tuesday of every month. 8:30 p.m. www.myspace. com/flickerbar 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 28 EVENTS: Chop From the Top: A Case for Living Wage (UGA Miller Learning Center, Room 248) A documentary film created by students in support of a living wage for employees of UGA. A Q&A reception with pizza follows the screening.

6:30 p.m. FREE! http://documentart. tumblr.com EVENTS: Girls Night Out (Buffalo’s Southwest Café) Cocktail Hour starts at 5 p.m. Featuring karaoke in the atrium. Wednesday is also oyster night! 5 p.m. 706-354-6655 EVENTS: Student Jewelry Sale (Various Locations) Sponsored by Phi Beata Heata, the jewelry and metals student organization at the Lamar Dodd School of Art. In the first floor foyer of Lamar Dodd Apr. 28 and on the second floor of the UGA Miller Learning Center on Apr. 29 10 a.m.–5 p.m. www.uga.edu/ news EVENTS: Wine Dinner (The National) Sit down for a familystyle wine dinner with five Spanish wines and three courses, including suckling pig. 6:30 p.m. $55/person.

706-549-3450 * OUTDOORS: Full Moon Hike (Greenway) Experience nature in a different light. Call to register.

8–9:30 p.m. $2. 706-613-3631 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

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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: Wildcard Wednesday for Teens (ACC Library) Up next: Artist Trading Cards. Ages 11–18.

Space is limited. 4 p.m. FREE! 706613-3650 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: 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 Night (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: 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 (Copper Creek Brewing Company) Test your trivia chops for prizes! Every Wednesday.

9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-1102 GAMES: Trivia Wars (283 Bar) 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

Thursday 29 EVENTS: Karma’s Seventh Birthday (Karma Salon) Don’t be late to the birthday blowout when the salon gets together for food, fun and freebies! 4–7 p.m. FREE! 706353-8515 EVENTS: “Open Space Planning for City Hall Block” (Downtown Athens, College Ave. and Washington St.) Students from UGA’s Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning Program

The Parker Quartet will perform at the UGA Performing Arts Center on Saturday, May 1. invite you to participate in a sidewalk review of their latest project.

Respond to students’ proposals and contribute some of your own! 3–5 p.m. FREE! 706-583-8047 EVENTS: Spring Fun-n-Friends Celebration (Call for location) Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation celebrates the beauty of Milledge Avenue in the spring at an historic Fred Orr House. Registration required. 5:30–7:30 p.m. 706-3531801, achf@bellsouth.net EVENTS: Student Jewelry Sale (Various Locations) 10 a.m.–5 p.m. www.uga.edu/news ART: Curator Walk & Talk (ATHICA) Curator and Athica Director Lizzie Zucker Saltz leads an informal talk about the gallery’s spring exhibition, “Deluge,” which explores climate change and the politics of land management. 7–8 p.m. FREE! www. athica.org ART: Opening Reception (Ciné Barcafé) For “Frisky Box,” Michael Lachowski’s most recent project which features large, standing images on display and a screening of a short film starring a box, a boy and five gold balloons. Compelling.

FREE! www.athenscine.com, www. friskybox.info ART: Student Art Reception and Auction (The Commercial Bank, 100 Moore’s Grove Rd., Winterville) For an exhibit featuring art work by local middle and high school students. Dude! 6 p.m. FREE! 706743-7832 PERFORMANCE: Adam Newman (40 Watt Club) Former Athenian and Coulier guitarist Adam Newman has gone off and made a career for himself in comedy, including several TV apperarances and work with CollegeHumor. TJ Young opens the show. 9:30 p.m. $7 (21+), $9 (18+). www.40watt.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 MEETINGS: We Are Athens Book Club (Square One Fish Co.) Formerly the Buy Local Athens Book Club, this newly formed collective explores environmental, neighborhood, civic and sustainability issues.

Currently reading The Better World Handbook by Ellis Jones, Ross Haenfler and Brett Johnson. 6–8 p.m. FREE! imanavidreader.blogspot. 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) Calling all know-it-alls! Every Thursday. 7:30 p.m. FREE! www. yourpie.com

Friday 30 EVENTS: Athens Tour de Farm (Various Locations) In anticipation of the return of Athens Farmers’ Market next week, 30 bicycling and local food enthusiasts ride 100 miles in 3 days and visit many of the farmers from the market. Each farmer will give an hour-long farm tour. Riders depart from the State Botanical Garden and camp on a farm Friday and Saturday nights. Cost includes 7 meals, insurance and assorted goodies. Apr. 30–May 2. $150. athenstourdefarm@gmail.com, www. localplace.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: GreenFest Awards Ceremony (Terrapin Beer Co.) Reception and awards ceremony honoring the individuals, organizations and businesses that have made a positive impact on the environment of Athens-Clarke County over the past year. 5:30–7:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3512 EVENTS: Madison in May Tour of Homes (Madison-Morgan Cultural Center) Tour of six historic homes, five historic churches and one garden in Madison, GA. The homes date from 1816 to 1915. Boxed lunches, available for $10, must be reserved in advance. Advance group tickets available for $15. Proceeds benefit the Madison-Morgan Cultural Center. 10 a.m.–5 p.m. $20/adv. $25. 877-233-0598, www. madisonmorgancultural.org EVENTS: Milonga Atenas: Tango Dance Party (Athens Elks Lodge) Classic City Tango, a local collective of Argentine tango dancers, hosts a spring milonga, or dance party. 8 p.m. $10. 706-613-8178, cvunderwood@charter.net EVENTS: Toast Africa Wine Tasting (Morton Theatre) Sample several South African wines prior to the Beverly “Guitar” Watkins concert as part of the “Drink Well, Do Good Tour,” a 17-city event series promoting the International Society of Africans in Wine. 6–7:30 p.m. FREE! (with concert ticket). 706-613-3771 ART: Closing Reception (Flicker Theatre & Bar) For “Zigzagland,” featuring paintings by John Stidham.

8–10 p.m. FREE! www.myspace. com/flickerbar, www.johnstidham. com

PERFORMANCE: “Fractured Fairytales” (Canopy Studio) Apr. 30, 8 p.m., May 1, 4 p.m. & 8 p.m., May 2, 4 p.m. $6–$16. www.canopystudio.com PERFORMANCE: Murder Mystery Dinner Theater (Buffalo’s Southwest Café) Enjoy a threecourse dinner buffet, a champagne toast and an interactive show in the Big Back Room. 7 p.m. $32. 706354-6655 THEATRE: Song of a Child (Athens Creative Theatre) Follow young Aria and her imaginary friends in this coming-of-age tale. A collaborative effort between Scout Storey, Thomas Wynne and Katelyn Foley, the production features creative costuming, dance and a 15-piece orchestra to showcase this original script by Storey. Apr. 30, May 1, 8 p.m. $10 (adults), $7 (seniors, students and children). www.wix.com/physicaltheatre/song-of-a-child.com KIDSTUFF: Japanese Storytime (ACC Library, Storyroom) Led

by Hijiri Hattori, Japan Outreach Coordinator for Asian Studies with UGA. 5 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 LECTURES & LIT.: Book Launch and Art Opening (Healing Arts Centre) Author and psychologist Baraka Elihu signs copies of her book, Birthing Ourselves into Being: A Year Long Women’s Empowerment Program, while local quilter Sarah Hubbard, whose work is featured in Elihu’s book, displays her unique art quilts. 7–9 p.m. FREE! 706613-0643

Saturday 1 EVENTS: 32nd Annual Athens Human Rights Festival (Downtown Athens, College Square) Annual festival that brings together political activists, musicians and artists in a call for action on human rights issues. This year’s featured speakers include syndicated columnist Bob Koehler, local physician Dr. Neal Priest and Atlanta attorney Millard Farmer. Performers include Art Rosenbaum, Michael Guthrie Band, Incatepec, American Cheeseburger and many others. 10 a.m.–11 p.m. FREE! www.athenshumanrightsfest.org EVENTS: Specters of the Outer Spaces (UGA Lamar Dodd School of Art Galleries) The premiere of Athens artist Marie Porterfield’s collaborative film project about the importance of the human belief in the unseen. Reception follows. 7–9 p.m.

FREE! spectersoftheouterspaces.com EVENTS: Annual Charity Barbeque (Fast Signs of Athens) Stop by and see what’s cookin’ and enter a raffle for the chance to win your own Trager grill. Live music provided by JazzChronic and The High Strung String Band.

Proceeds benefit the Boys & Girls Clubs of Athens and The Childhood Autism Foundation. 11 a.m.–2 p.m. (lunch), 4–8 p.m. (dinner). $10.

404-895-0659, www.fastsigns. com/440/charity-BBQ EVENTS: Environmental Health Awareness Walk (Billups Grove Baptist Church, 5720 Lexington Rd.) Learn about the links between one’s health and the environment. Listen to stories about the Dunlap Road Community, learn about the present plans for the ACC Landfill and prepare for a better future by addressing recycling and reuse efforts. Families and children welcome. 9 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! 706-742-7826 EVENTS: Family Vaudeville Night (Morton Theatre) The National Endowment for the Arts and the Georgia Council for the Arts showcase Vaudeville’s finest with tap

dancing, storytelling, live music from Taslimah Bey Ragtime Show and the magic and illusion of Rocky Clement’s “Show of Wonders.” 8 p.m. $5 (adults), $3 (kids). 706-613-3771 EVENTS: Farmers’ Market (Flora Hydroponics, 195 Paradise Blvd.)

The Sacred Earth Growers Co-Op sets up their year-round farmers’ market. See Calendar Apr. 30 Events.

2–6 p.m. FREE! 706-353-2223 EVENTS: Hot Corner Street Festival (Hot Corner, Washington and Hull St.) 10th annual festival to commemorate the history and heritage of the local African-American community. This historic Athens corner will come alive with musical and dance performances, poetry readings, a car and bike show, soul food and snacks and over a dozen activities for the kids. 12–8 p.m.

FREE! 706-613-3770 EVENTS: Jam for Justice (Little Kings Shuffle Club) The Athens Justice Project hosts a benefit concert and silent auction to help fund its mission to stop the cycle of crime and poverty. Featuring live performances by Boo Ray and the Bad Beat Kings and Ken Will Morton Band. 3–6 p.m. Donations welcome. 706-613-2026 EVENTS: Madison in May Tour of Homes (Madison-Morgan Cultural Center) Tour of six historic homes, five historic churches and one garden in Madison, GA. See Calendar Apr. 30 Events. 10 a.m.–5 p.m. $20/ adv. $25. 877-233-0598, www.madisonmorgancultural.org EVENTS: Mother’s Day Afternoon Tea (Athens Community Council on Aging) Bring a loved one out for tea this afternoon to show your gratitude for mothers and grandmothers everywhere. Call for reservations. 2 p.m. $20 (adults), $15 (children).

706-549-4850 * EVENTS: Zoo Day (Memorial Park) Help Bear’s Hollow welcome its two newest residents, Athena and Yonah, two orphaned black bear cubs! See familiar faces and bear witness to pure, uncensored adorability via live demonstations and educational talks. Concessions available for purchase! 11 a.m.–3 p.m. $2. 706613-3616 ART: Athens Indie Craftstravaganzaa (Downtown Athens, Corner of Pulaski and Clayton Streets) The 6th annual handmade market featuring 75+ quirky and innovative artists/crafters continues to grow! Shop or browse at your leisure amidst a flurry of activity including live music and djs, fun crafts for the kids, a photo booth and more. This year, The Caledonia Lounge gets in on the action, serving refreshing drinks on their patio. Noon–7 p.m. FREE! www.athensindiecraftstravaganzaa.com ART: Opening Reception (Lamar Dodd School of Art) For the Lamar Dodd School of Art’s BFA Exit Show, featuring work by students in graphic design. 7–9 p.m. FREE! www.uga.edu ART: Plein Air Paint Out (MadisonMorgan Cultural Center) Local plein air painters get to work on the Cultural Center’s lawn. Awards reception and silent auction of Madison Paint Out paintings begins at 5 p.m. All proceeds from the sale of the artwork benefit the artists and the Madison Artists Guild. 9 a.m.–6:30 p.m. FREE! www.mmccarts.org ART: Southworks Arts Festival (Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation) Public art claims the streets across much of Northeast Georgia this weekend! Check out the work of more than 60 regional artists and enjoy the live music, food and fun

for kids in sunny Watkinsville. May 1–2, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. FREE! 706769-4565, www.ocaf.com PERFORMANCE: Diva Experience! (Human Rights Festival Downtown) Annual Human Rights Fest drag show. (9:15 p.m.)

10 a.m.–11 p.m. FREE! www.athenshumanrightsfest.org PERFORMANCE: “Fractured Fairytales” (Canopy Studio) Canopy Studio’s spring performance.

See Calendar Apr. 30 Performance.

Apr. 30, 8 p.m., May 1, 4 p.m. & 8 p.m., May 2, 4 p.m. $6–$16. www. canopystudio.com THEATRE: Song of a Child (Athens Creative Theatre) The Physical Theatre Group presents an original production. See Calendar Apr. 30 Theatre. Apr. 30, May 1, 8 p.m. $10 (adults), $7 (seniors, students and children). www.wix.com/physicaltheatre/song-of-a-child.com OUTDOORS: Saturday Strolls at Harris Shoals (Harris Shoals Park, Watkinsville) Explore nature next door with this series of walks led by local naturalists and artists.

Brad Sanders, author of Guide to William Bartram’s Travels: Following the Trail of America’s First Great Naturalist, leads the first stroll of this three-month series sponsored by the Oconee County Democrats. 9–10 a.m. $5. 706-353-8310, ppriest@ charter.net OUTDOORS: Spring Bird Hike (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Join the Oconee Rivers Audubon Society for a morning bird walk. All birding levels are welcome. Ages 13 & up. 8 a.m. FREE! fieldtrip@ oconeeriversaudubon.org KIDSTUFF: Athens Human Rights Children’s Festival (Human Rights Festival Downtown, College Square) Children’s events and activities affiliated with the Human Rights Festival include arts and crafts, sand play, face painting, drumming, magic and performances from Noogeez, Palms of Fire, Girls with Guitars and more. May 1, noon–5 p.m., May 2, 2–5 p.m. FREE! www. athenshumanrightsfest.org LECTURES & LIT.: “Raising Respectful Kids” (Christian Life Worship Center, 125 Kathwood Dr.) Learn easy and effective techniques to use with children in all settings in this afternoon seminar. 2–3:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-461-0379, www.parentingpathways@gmail.com MEETINGS: Athens Area Democrats Breakfast (Trumps on Milledge) Representatives Keith Heard and Doug McKillip are this week’s featured speakers. Call for reservations. 9 a.m. $14. 706-5431480, 706-247-3558

Sunday 2 EVENTS: 32nd Annual Athens Human Rights Festival (Human Rights Festival Downtown, College Square) Annual festival that brings together political activists, musicians and artists in a call for action on human rights issues.

Today’s featured speakers include syndicated columnist Bob Koehler and representatives from Sacred Earth Farmers’ Market, Cucuyo, the Athens Homeless Shelter, Green Party Athens, Habitat for Humanity, Amnesty International and Speak Out for Species. 2–9 p.m. FREE! www. athenshumanrightsfest.org EVENTS: CCDC Spring Fling (Memorial Park) Share hamburgers, hotdogs, ice cream and small talk with state and local candidates at this social hosted by the Clarke County Democratic Committee. 4–6 p.m. FREE! 706-613-0341 k continued on next page

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THE CALENDAR! EVENTS: “She’s Crafty!”

(Transmetropolitan, Downtown, Upstairs) Check out some local talent at this artists’ market hosted by the ladies of Transmet. Discover your new favorite necklace, printed greeting cards, fashionable home decor or find unique gifts to melt moms’ hearts. Noon–5 p.m. 706-613-8773, www.transmetonline.com ART: Southworks Arts Festival (Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation) Artist Market featuring the work of over 60 regional artists. See Calendar May 1 Art. May 1–2, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. FREE! 706-769-4565, www.ocaf.com PERFORMANCE: “Fractured Fairytales” (Canopy Studio) Canopy Studio’s spring performance.

See Calendar Apr. 30 Performance.

Apr. 30, 8 p.m., May 1, 4 p.m. & 8 p.m., May 2, 4 p.m. $6–$16. www. canopystudio.com OUTDOORS: Roving Garden Party (Various Locations) The Boulevard Gardening Club hosts an exclusive garden stroll through various intown private and public gardens.

Refreshments will be served at stops throughout the walkable/bikeable two-mile route. Space is limited; call for reservations. 3–6 p.m. $15.

706-461-5510 KIDSTUFF: Athens Human Rights Children’s Festival (Human Rights Festival Downtown, College Square) Children’s events and activities affiliated with the Human Rights Festival include arts and crafts, sand play, face painting, drumming, magic and performances. May 1, noon–5 p.m., May 2, 2–5 p.m. FREE! www. athenshumanrightsfest.org LECTURES & LIT.: “Early AfricanAmerican Education in Athens” (Hill Chapel Baptist Church) The Athens Historical Society presents a lecture by Dr. Al Hester. A panel discussion with the alumni of Athens High & Industrial School follows.

The public is encouraged to bring memorabilia from the Knox Institute and Athens High & Industrial School. 2–4:30 p.m. FREE! 706316-3630

Monday 3 KIDSTUFF: Bedtime Stories (ACC Library) Every Monday. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 MEETINGS: Federation of Neighborhood Associations (Fire Hall No. 2, 489 Prince Ave.) This month, discuss this year’s General Assembly session. All interested parties are welcome. 7:30 p.m.

FREE! cja@perigen.com 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: Ping Pong (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Get your paddle ready for a riveting round of table tennis. 4–8 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ flickerbar GAMES: Poker Night: Texas Hold’em (Last Call) Every Monday Night Last Call hosts Poker Night, Texas Hold’em Style. Sign up between 9 and 10 p.m. 9 p.m. FREE! www.lastcallathens.com GAMES: Pool Tournament (Fat Daddy’s) Sharks and minnows compete. 8 p.m. 706-353-0241 GAMES: Rock and Roll Trivia (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Get a team together and show off your extensive music knowledge every Monday! 8 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub

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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

Tuesday 4 KIDSTUFF: Hooray for Worms Storytime (ACC Library) This week’s storytime includes a visit from some recycling worms, a wormy craft and a screening of The Diary of a Worm! Ages 18 months to 5 years. 9:30 & 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 MEETINGS: Great Decisions Discussion Group (ACC Library) Group meets every Tuesday through May 25 to discuss U.S. foreign policy and global issues. Space is limited. Contact Jeff Tate to sign up.

7 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650, jtate@ athenslibrary.org GAMES: 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

Wednesday 5 EVENTS: Compost Bin Sale (ACC Solid Waste Department) Take waste reduction to the next level by purchasing a compost bin. All proceeds benefit Keep Athens-Clarke County Beautiful. 5–7 p.m. 706-613-3501 ART: 6X6: “Nature” (Ciné Barcafé) Artist and curator Kim Kirby presents the third of six media arts events featuring video, sound and performance art. See full schedule online. 7–8 p.m. FREE! www.headic. blogspot.com KIDSTUFF: Hooray for Worms Storytime (ACC Library) This week’s storytime includes a visit from some recycling worms, a wormy craft and a screening of The Diary of a Worm! Ages 18 months to 5 years. 9:30 & 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 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. 10 a.m. $2. 706-613-3603 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 Night (Fat Daddy’s) Because you’re a different kind of athlete. FREE! 706-355-3030 GAMES: Sports Trivia (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s) Every Wednesday. Win house cash and prizes! 8:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-850-1916 GAMES: Trivia (Copper Creek Brewing Company) 9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-1102 GAMES: Trivia Wars (283 Bar) 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

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Down the Line ART: Reception 5/7 (Lamar Dodd School of Art) 7–9 p.m. FREE! www. art.uga.edu EVENTS: Athens Farmers’ Market 5/8 (Bishop Park) Fresh local produce. 8 a.m.–12 p.m. athensfarmersmarket.net EVENTS: Diggin’ for Deals 5/8 (Homewood Village Shopping Center) 7:30 a.m.–3 p.m. FREE! www.juniorladiesgc.org/home.html EVENTS: Grand Opening 5/8 (The Bad Manor) 9 p.m. FREE! www. thebadmanor.com MEETINGS: Classic City Media Group 5/10 (ACC Library) 7 p.m.

FREE! 706-352-0677, brian.smith. ccmg@gmail.com MEETINGS: Athens Area Fibercraft Guild 5/11 (Lyndon House Arts Center) 12:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-613-3623 EVENTS: Marigold Festival 5/15 (Downtown Winterville) All-day event featuring juried arts and craft vendors, games, demonstrations, food, music, an author’s corner, a children’s area and more. All proceeds go toward improvement projects in Winterville. 9 a.m.–8 p.m. FREE! www.cityofwinterville. com/marigold EVENTS: Mule Day 5/15 (Shields Ethridge Heritage Farm) Make sure to get your ass there! 10 a.m.–3 p.m. $5 (adults), FREE! (kids). 706367-2949 LECTURES & LIT.: Talking about Books 5/19 (ACC Library, Small Conference Room) This month’s title is Anne Tyler’s classic The Accidental Tourist. Newcomers welcome. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706613-3650 * Advance Tickets Available

Live Music Tuesday 27 Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 KARAOKE Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday with the Singing Cowboy!

Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www. caledonialounge.com COLLIN HERRING Alt-country singer-songwriter Herring infuses both traditional and contemporary influences.

WARREN JACKSON HEARNE Blending folklore and traditional ballads into evocative death-folk Americana arrangements.

MATT HUDGINS AND THE HALFFAST COUNTY BAND Featuring members of Hudgin’s new “Shit-Hot Country Band.”

PAUL MCHUGH Member of local band Mother Jackson with a soulful, energetic voice and a bluesy guitar style.

El Centro 11 p.m. 706-548-5700 MOSES GUNN Super-high-energy local band featuring members of Corduroy Road plays old country and rock.

Go Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar COCO RICO This local post-rock trio performs over experimental samples and beats.

PRETTY BIRD Lo-fi psych and experimental tunes.

WOWSER BOWSER Blissed out bittersweet synth pop.

Saturday, May 1

Specters of the Outer Spaces Lamar Dodd School of Art Visual artist Marie Porterfield has already assembled an impressive portfolio, but her latest work stands a good chance of spreading her name further.

The visually stunning and philosophically intriguing film Specters of the Outer Spaces is Porterfield’s first major exploration away from her notable work in painting, ceramics and mixed media.

She received support from UGA’s ICE (Ideas for Creative Exploration) program for the project and enlisted many collaborators (including philosophers and poets Samuel Barry, Joey Carter and O. Bradley Bassler; musicians Basil Carter and David Mitchell and actresses Viviana Chavez and Carole Kaboya) into the process.

Thematically, Porterfield’s work has always carried within it the notion of simultaneous and connected, but not necessarily adversarial or complementary, occurrence. “I would definitely say the film is an extension of my artistic vision,” she says. ”I have become increasingly interested in the way in which the unseen world interacts with the visible, physical world and the film is a culmination of that. But, I had many collaborators working on this, so, in many ways it transcends my own personal vision.”

Specters of the Outer Spaces contains a central narrative between a Specter (apparition; phantasm) and a woman known as “the Believer.” Porterfield says it’s never revealed whether the woman is a believer because she can see or if she can see because she’s a believer. “That’s one of the most interesting things about belief, particularly in “unseen things,” says Porterfield. “The film is based on theology, phenomenology and the philosophical aspects of astrobiology. It addresses the incredible importance of the human belief in the unseen.”

A trailer is available for viewing at www.spectersoftheouterspaces.com, and samples of Porterfield’s portfolio can be seen at www.marieporterfield.com. The screening starts at 7 p.m. in room S150. [Gordon Lamb]

The Melting Point 7 p.m. $3. www.meltingpointathens. com KORT MCCUMBER This singersongwriter and multi-instrumentalist breaks out the guitar, mandolin, banjo, harmonica, piano, bouzouki, cello, bass and who knows what else.

Wednesday 28 40 Watt Club 8 p.m. $26 (adv.). www.40watt.com HAYES CARLL Country-rock crooner with honky-tonk lamentations and banjo-plucking balladry.

DIERKS BENTLEY & THE TRAVELIN MCCOURYS Arizona native Bentley grew up on honkytonk, bluegrass, classic country, and modern rock and roll. With this array of influences he’ll transport you to the scenic soundscapes of the Old Southwest.

Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 KARAOKE Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday with the Singing Cowboy!

Caledonia Lounge WUOG Spring Thing. 9 p.m. $3 (21+), $5 (18–20). www.caledonialounge. com THE CURL Surf guitar classics and surf interpretations of modern tunes.

HAM1 A breezy take on straight-ahead ‘60s garage rock, brightened by swoon-worthy harmonies and keen pop sensibilities.

SOAPBAR Local group plays shaggy, diverse alt-rock informed by its lo-fi and folk peers.

THIEVES & PASTORS Newly formed, local indie shoegaze with post-rock guitar and soaring vocals.

El Centro 11 p.m. FREE! 706-548-5700 THE JOHN SOSEBEE BAND These Georgia natives play hill country/

Mississippi blues and the occasional Hendrix cover.

Farm 255 9 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com RAND LINES TRIO Rand Lines and fellow trio members, drummer Carlton Owens and bassist Dennis Baraw, play modern and original jazz compositions.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 11:30 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/ flickerbar PACIFICO Melodic indie pop from North Carolina.

YOUNG SKYWALKER No info available.

La Fiesta on Hawthorne Noon–2 p.m. FREE! 706-548-4261 KEVIN FLEMING Spanish and Latin guitar, every Wednesday during lunch.

Last Call 9 p.m.–1 a.m. FREE! For more info contact dg2003@yahoo.com SALSA DANCING Lessons begin at 9 p.m. and dancing starts at 10 p.m.

No partner or experience required.

The Melting Point 9 p.m. $8 (adv.), $10. www.meltingpointathens.com JOSHUA JAMES Breathy and broken, 24-year-old Joshua James’ delicate vocals bring out the beauty of even life’s most somber moments.

MATTHEW PERRYMAN JONES Singer-songwriter who’s garnered comparisons to Jeff Buckley and Leonard Cohen as he brings poetry to life with a rock sensibility and crossover pop appeal.

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

Porterhouse Grill 7–9 p.m. FREE! 706-369-0990 LIVE JAZZ MUSIC Every Wednesday!

Rye Bar 9 p.m. www.myspace.com/ryebarathens FUZZ & MAC Fuzz Jaxx, a hip-hop artist rooted in soul, funk, and ‘80s rock, teams up with McClain Sullivan, a woman with vocal stylings influenced by Seattle alt-rock and jazz.

JULIAN YAZ Youthful rap from Atlanta.

Square One Fish Co. “Full Moon Party on the Patio!” 8 p.m.

FREE! www.squareonefishco.com KINKY WAIKIKI Featuring members of Kenosha Kid, Birds+Wire, Big C and the Ringers, and Pride Parade, this group plays modern arrangements of traditional Hawaiian music, with a little Western swing.

Tasty World Uptown 10 p.m. www.tastyworlduptown.com SUBURBAN CAMOUFLAGE Snellville’s Jacob Lehman (guitars, vocals), Michael Ely (bass), Isaac Fletcher (guitars, vocals) and Eric Hodges (drums) all contribute percussion as they play mainstream hard rock with sincerity and energy.

TRAINWRECK RALLY Gritty local Southern alternative rock.

Terrapin Beer Co. 5 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com EVAN BARBER Southern rock with an alt-country twang.

Thursday 29 40 Watt Club 9:30 p.m. $7 (21+), $9 (18+). www.40watt.com HELMSMAN Epic doom metal influenced by Big Business, Om, and Black Sabbath.

Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18–20). www. caledonialounge.com COCO RICO This local post-rock trio performs over experimental samples.

Reptar’s William Kennedy takes on keyboard duties.

QURIOUS This Atlanta group creates spacey soundscapes featuring dreamy female vocals, samples and synthesizers.

REPTAR 7” Release! This up-andcoming local quartet sounds like the result of Animal Collective and Talking Heads teaming up to travel back in time and fight Napoleon.

Dance shoes recommended. Expect painted faces, confetti and/or glitter.

See story on p.21.

WOWSER BOWSER Blissed out bittersweet synth pop.

Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com GUS D Local teen rapper Gus Darnell performs with a precise, confident flow. DJ Will Waxx provides backing beats.

PRODUCE MAN The Deaf Judges MC is joined tonight for a special set with C-Dub. T8R(TOT) Local beatmaster mixes trippy electronic laptop creations featuring dubstep, drum ‘n’ bass and funk. Mixtape release show!

TRIZ Local talent performs his brand of electro-turntablism, blending original compositions with an array of electronica/hip-hop/house/ funk/D&B and dubstep.

Flicker Theatre & Bar Man Gave All the Animals Names Songwriter Night. 9:30 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/flickerbar JONATHAN BRILL Member of Sweet Knievel influenced by soul, bluegrass, folk and jazz.

EFREN Local indie swamp-folk band with lonesome vocals.

LEFTY HATHAWAY Local singersongwriter Lefty Hathaway plays rock and roll soul with turbulent piano jams reminiscent of the late, great Lowell George and fellow Tulsan JJ Cale.

HUNTER SMITH Local folk singer/ songwriter with impressive lyrical prowess. His songwriting is influenced by American legends like Hank Williams, Tom Waits and Neil Young.

TODD WHITE Vocalist and guitarist of acoustic trio 90 Acre Farm.

Gnat’s Landing 6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-5858 PARROTHEAD PARADISE Local cover band tackles Buffett, Marley and some tropical faves.

Go Bar 10 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ gobar DJ GRAVE ROBBERS Winston Parker spins high-energy electronic, dance and rock music.

Hotel Indigo “Live After Five.” 6–8 p.m. FREE! www. athensdowntownhotel.com KINKY WAIKIKI Featuring members of Kenosha Kid, Birds+Wire, Big C and the Ringers, Vigilantes of Love and Pride Parade, this group plays modern arrangements of traditional Hawaiian music, with a little Western swing thrown into the mix.

Legion Field 8 p.m. FREE! (UGA students), $15 (adv.), $17 (non-students). www. uga.edu/union TREY SONGZ R&B vocalist and recent Grammy nominee incorporating hip-hop and pop into his style.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub THE FUSTICS Wilminton, NC Americana rock band.

KEN WILL MORTON Athens’ own Ken Will Morton has been strum-

ming and singing for over 20 years.

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

The Max Canada Rank ‘Em’s Top of the Charts Concert. 8 p.m. FREE! GoRankEm.com BUBBLY MOMMY GUN Raucous psychedelic explorations led by members of Sleeping Friends, The Lickity-Splits and Ice Cream Socialists.

CHRIS MCKAY AND THE CRITICAL DARLINGS Drawing equally on ‘80s power-pop like The Cars and earlier stuff like The Kinks, frontman Chris McKay has a sharp lyrical turn for every melodic offering of his bandmates.

GIMME HENDRIX Jimi Hendrix tribute band.

MONAHAN Ryan Monahan backed

by Josh McMichael on bass and Lemuel Hayes on drums. Ryan has a gorgeous, expressive Jeff Buckleyesque voice that soars and sighs with equal grace.

The Melting Point 9 p.m. $25 (adv.), $30 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com LOUDON WAINRIGHT III Veteran folk singer who has made 15 albums as well as written songs for NPR and Ted Koppel’s “Nightline” on ABC, appeared on M*A*S*H, and had his song, “The Man Who Couldn’t Cry,” recorded by Johnny Cash. See Calendar Pick on p.29.

MARTY WINKLER Jazz-folk pop singer who will open her set with Loudon’s “Kick in the Head.”

New Earth Music Hall 9 p.m. $15. www.newearthmusichall. com GIVERS Upbeat tunes weaving psych folk melodies and meshing “Afrodelic” beats.

LOTUS The Strength of Weak Ties is the third album from Philadelphia quintet Lotus; it combines studiostyle electronic music with a more organic jam-rock element.

The Office Lounge 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-546-0840 KARAOKE Karaoke! Every Thursday with The Singing Cowboy.

Roadhouse 11 p.m. $1. 706-613-2324 JOHN SOSEBEE BAND This explosive duo plays traditional blues standards.

Sideways 10 p.m. 706-319-1919 DJRX DJ-remixer Brian Gonzalez delivers original mixes of mainly current pop with forays into rock, old school, country and electronica.

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

Tasty World Uptown 9:30 p.m. $5. www.tastyworlduptown. com JIMI CRAVITY This Atlanta group plays a blend of rock and R&B. RYE Originals that have a Sister Hazel, Black Crowes feel.

PAUL SMITH Local acoustic singersongwriter performs with a full backing band.

SATURDAY, MAY 1

TWIN POWERS doors open at 10pm • six dollars 285 W. Washington St. Athens, GA • Call 706-549-7871 for Show Updates

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28

GEORGIA THEATRE PRESENTS

THURSDAY, MAY 6

DIERKS BENTLEY

OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW

& THE TRAVELIN McCOURYS

doors open at 8pm • thirty dollars adv. **

“UP ON THE RIDGE” TOUR

FRIDAY, MAY 7

with HAYES CARLL

VENICE IS SINKING

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THURSDAY, APRIL 29 COMEDY NIGHT with

ADAM NEWMAN and friends from Comedy Central

TJ YOUNG • HELMSMAN doors open at 9:30pm • seven dollars

FRIDAY, APRIL 30 READING DAY FESTIVAL

ROMANENKO

MISFORTUNE 500 GOLD PARTY MODERN PORNOGRAPHY doors open at 9pm • FREE

BARBEZ HOPE FOR AGOLDENSUMMER doors open at 9pm • six dollars ** 5/20 ** 5/21 * *

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TUESDAY, APRIL 27 Terrapin Tuesday Bluegrass Series featuring

2 TERRAPIN PINTS ALL NIGHT!

$

KORT McCUMBER Tickets $3

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28

Nomad Artists presents

JOSHUA JAMES

MATTHEW PERRYMAN JONES

At Foundry Park Inn

Tickets $8 adv. • $10 at the door

THURSDAY, APRIL 29 GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!

LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III Tickets $25 adv. • $30 at the door

FRIDAY, APRIL 30

Nomad Artists presents

STEWART and WINFIELD

JOSH PERKINS EXPERIMENT IN SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY Tickets $8 adv. • $10 at the door

SATURDAY, MAY 1

An Evening with

JOHN BERRY

Tickets $20 adv. • $25 at the door

SUNDAY, MAY 2

Nuçi’s Space

CAMPED AMPED FINALE All Ages! Free!

TUESDAY, MAY 4 2 TERRAPIN PINTS ALL NIGHT!

$

Terrapin Tuesday Bluegrass Series featuring

THE NORTH BLUEGRASS BAND Tickets $3

WEDNESDAY, MAY 5

Stay and Play with

THE BIG DADDYS BAND Free! Music from 6-10 on the patio

THURSDAY, MAY 6

A&R Southern Talent Expo featuring

BRITTANY BENNET, BROTHER, BROTHER, THE DIRTY GUV’NAHS, DOCTOR SQUID, EMILY HEARN, FRESH, JAMES PATRICK MORGAN, LAUREN PRICE, LEAVING ARABY, THE LESS, THE ORKIDS, RADIOLUCENT, RICHARD SHERFEY AND ALL GOD’S CHILDREN and UNITED STREETS OF ATLANTA Tickets $5

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DEATH ON TWO WHEELS Tickets $6 adv. • $8 at the door

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5/13 - MICHAEL GUTHRIE BAND, CHRIS McKAY AND THE CRITICAL DARLINGS 5/18 - RIVER WHEEL on the patio.

5/21 - RANDALL BRAMBLETT CD Release FREE Admission!

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THE CALENDAR! Charlie, play “rock and roll the way it was meant to be played.”

UGA Golf Course “Concert Series on the Green.” 7 p.m. $10 (includes golf tournament). www.golfcourse.uga.edu JIMMY HALL Lead vocalist from blues rock band Wet Willie who also doubled on blues harp and sax.

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

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

Friday 30 40 Watt Club “Reading Day Festival.” 9 p.m. FREE! (21+), $2 (18+). www.40watt.com GOLD PARTY New local act featuring Benji Barton (Boulevard), Dan Geller (The Agenda), Brian Smith (The Curl) and drummer Sethen Maleno playing ‘80s-inspired electro originals plus some choice new wave covers.

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

MODERN PORNOGRAPHY New DJ duo spinning new wave, rock and dance!

ROMANENKO Local trio draws from ‘70s pop and folk with a modern rock edge, like Mary Timony fronting the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 SOUTHERN SOUL Lively rock, funk and new covers plus originals.

Boar’s Head 9 p.m. 706-369-3040 NATHAN SHEPPARD The local acoustic guitarist-harmonicist is known for his emotive singing style and his modern reworkings of classic tunes, from Dylan and Neil Young to Van Morrison.

Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com NATE NELSON Local singersongwriter whose songs offer both mainstream accessibility and more indie-oriented idiosyncrasy.

PHARMACY SPIRITS Charged and tempered pop rock with convincing vocals and persistant melodies.

THAYER SARRANO Local singersongwriter and multi-instrumentalist with lovely, airy vocals singing dark, gentle melodies over guitar while backed by lap steel, bass and drums.

King is the latest new album.

KATE TAYLOR Multi-instrumentalist whose delicate, dreamy vocals touch on sweet, introspective subjects. Her musical family includes sister Maria (Azure Ray).

Ciné Barcafé “Rock and Rave.” 10:30 p.m. $5. www. athenscine.com AMAN AMUN Local artist Brian McGraw combines elements of triphop, electronic and rock music into a truly unique live experience featuring interactive media.

ELECTAVILLAIN This local trio plays moody, dark indie rock with big, theatrical vocals a la Muse.

8 p.m. $6. www.athenscine.com JEREMIAH CYMERMAN Celebrating the release of his new record, Under a Blue Grey Sky, clarinetist Jeremiah Cymerman will perform two exciting

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sets of music. See Calendar Pick on p.30.

Club Chrome 8 p.m. $20. 706-543-9009 SOUTHFIRE Covering current hits plus ‘70s, country and Southern rock classics.

SWINGIN’ MEDALLIONS The new generation of ‘60s American beach music group perhaps best known for their hit song “Double Shot (of My Baby’s Love).” Mostly made up of children or relatives of the original lineup, the 2010 Medallions bill themselves as “the party band of the South.”

Farm 255 10 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com FOUR EYES New duo featuring Jace Bartet and Erin Lovett. Playing an acoustic set.

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

THE DARNELL BOYS Brothers Austin and Caleb Darnell (both of Bellyache) are joined by brother Gus for a set of raw blues numbers.

Gnat’s Landing 6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-5858 TONGUE AND GROOVE The acoustic quartet of Henry Williams, Don Henderson, Jason Peckham and Amy Moon plays lively covers and originals.

Go Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar LATIX MIX Hot, hot, hot dance party with lots of grooves from South America.

DJ MAHOGANY Tonight Mahogany is teaming with with DJ Klaus for a Space Odyssey Adventure dance party!

J.R.’s Baitshack 11 p.m. FREE! 706-208-9100 JOHN SOESBEE BAND This explosive duo plays traditional blues standards.

Last Call Food Bank of Northeast Georgia Benefit. 9 p.m. $10 or $5+5 cans of food. www.lastcallathens.com CAPSULE CORP Jazzy band with diversified song structure and attention to detail.

THE HYPSYS Prog-rock jam band from Tuscaloosa.

THE INCREDIBLE SANDWICH Athens-based instrumental jam band with some tropical leanings. Also playing earlier tonight at Tasty World Uptown for the AthFest CD Release show.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub DJ OTHER VOICES, OTHER ROOMS Wyatt Nicholson hosts an evening of tunes, skillfully blending whatever’s turning his ear at the moment. Sometimes good for dancing, always good for listening.

The Melting Point 8:30 p.m. $8 (adv.), $10 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com JOSH PERKINS EXPERIMENT IN SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY Longtime local songwriter Josh Perkins leads his group through original country, folk and Americana sounds.

STEWART AND WINFIELD Low Country drawlin’ Athens songcraftsmen Stewart Marshall and Winfield Smith are vets of the Athens roots-

rock scene, turning out tuneful, easy-going hits, one after another.

Morton Theatre 7:30 p.m. $10 (balcony), $12 (orchestra). www.mortontheatre.com BEVERLY “GUITAR” WATKINS Legendary blues guitarist who has worked with such great artists as James Brown, B.B. King and Ray Charles. Watkins has been burning up the stage for over 50 years, playing blistering blues and sweet gospel with flair and grace. Part of the Hot Corner Festival.

The Office Lounge 8 p.m. FREE! 706-546-0840 THE HANDS OF TIME Rock covers.

The Rialto Room Country Throwdown. 7:30 p.m. $10. www.therialtoroom.com CORB LUND AND THE HURTIN’ ALBERTANS Alternative country singer narrating vivid depictions of the Canadian West, joined by longtime band members Kurt Ciesla, Brady Valgardson, and Grant Siemens.

JONNY CORNDAWG Off-kilter, country-flavored, tongue-in-cheek ballads. Playing a solo set.

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

Sideways 10 p.m. 706-319-1919 DJRX DJ-remixer Brian Gonzalez delivers original mixes of mainly current pop with forays into rock, old school, country and electronica.

Tasty World Uptown “AthFest CD Release Show.” 8 p.m.

FREE! www.tastyworlduptown.com KEN WILL MORTON BAND Athens’ own Ken Will Morton is an engaging songwriter with several full-lengths under his belt. His soulful rasp and sharp lyrics encompass both the heart of folk and the vitality of rock.

Ken’s got a brand-new record, True Grit! See Calendar Pick on p.31.

PRIDE PARADE Local hard rockers play a blistering mix of punk, grunge, stoner metal and blues.

THE INCREDIBLE SANDWICH Athens-based instrumental jam band with some tropical leanings. Also playing later tonight at Last Call for the Northeast Georgia Food Bank benefit.

Terrapin Beer Co. 5 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com KYSHONA ARMSTRONG After working as a music therapist in a prison system and terminal hospital, Armstrong learned how to best express herself through music performance. Her music is soulful, passionate and honest.

UGA Golf Course “Concert Series on the Green.” 7 p.m. $10 (includes golf tournament). www.golfcourse.uga.edu THE SPLITZ Classic Motown and soul covers.

VFW 8 p.m.–Midnight. $7. 835 Sunset Drive DAVID PRINCE This Athens staple and one-time member of The Jesters plays your favorite soul, rock and R&B oldies.

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

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Loudon Wainwright III, Marty Winkler Melting Point Last year folk icon Loudon Wainwright III released High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project, an album on which Wainwright honored the legendary banjo player by re-recording songs popularized by Poole, and writing originals with Poole’s life and times as their subject. The two-disc set won a Grammy for Best Traditional Folk Album last year, and it captures the main thread of Wainwright’s decades-spanning career: versatility.

Wainwright’s new collection of folk tunes, 10 Songs for the New Depression, is about what you think it is, and it Loudon Wainwright III tackles modern-day woes both with wry humor and poignant directness. About the track “Middle of the Night,” Wainwright elaborates on his in-depth website: “I wrote this a few years ago in an attempt to cheer myself up and also to purvey an optimistic point of view for a change. I suppose I was tapping into my very own personal psychological depression, an abundant source that has served me as a songwriter for years now.”

Discussing “Times Is Hard,” Wainwright—he of also-famous progeny and he whose mother was a Georgia native—writes, “This song was written following the 2009 Inaugural and asks or perhaps begs the question: ‘Can nihilism be used as a tool to remedy social ills?’ I suspect Pete Seeger would reject this premise, though I’d like to think that Will Rogers and Woody Guthrie might dig the concept.”

See him here at the Melting Point, now, because the only other place better in town in terms of intimacy or acoustics would be the Morton Theatre, and that ain’t happening anytime soon. Athens’ own jazz songbird Marty Winkler opens at 8:30 p.m. Tickets cost $25 in advance and $30 on the day of the show. [Chris Hassiotis]

Saturday 1 283 Bar 10:30 p.m. (sign up), 11:30 p.m. (contest). FREE entry! 706-208-1283 MP3J VINAL Dance contest! Richard Vinal brings the absolute jams to the party tonight. Captain of the infamous barn parties a few years back, Vinal knows how to get the dance floor crackin’.

40 Watt Club 10 p.m. $6. www.40watt.com KRUSH GIRLS Dance numbers from the ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s–and today!

So shake it, shake it at the dance party hosted by ultra-popular DJ Chris Bilheimer.

TWIN POWERS DJ Dan Geller (Gold Party, The Agenda) and a rotating cast of partners: Winston Parker (ATEM), Tom Hedger (owner of Go Bar) spin top-40/hip-hop mixed with indie, synthpop, new wave and Britpop.

Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 KARAOKE Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday with the Singing Cowboy!

Boar’s Head 9 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 BRENNAN JOHNSON Athens songwriter Brennan Johnson takes things soulfully acoustic with his songs about beaches, beer and girls.

Buffalo’s Southwest Café 8 p.m. $10. 706-354-6655 BROOKS AIN’T DONE Tribute artists covering Brooks and Dunn country songs.

Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $7 (21+), $9 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com MASTERS OF THE HEMISPHERE Athens indie pop quartet from the early ‘00s reunited! Featuring members of bands like Je Suis France and Still Flyin’. Good times will be had by all. Playing two sets! See story on p. 22.

Club Chrome 8 p.m. $7. 706-543-9009 MATT STILLWELL Country rock that is at turns rowdy and heartfelt.

Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com THE DREAM SCENE This is Javier Morales’ lo-fi avant-garde rock project.

MANS TRASH Releasing Mans Trash Presents, a series of recording projects from 2009 and 2010 by Mercer West and friends.

QUIET HOOVES Record release!

High-energy, idiosyncratic pop music that’s loose and full of fun.

7-inch release party!

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8:30 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/ flickerbar THE BURNING ANGELS 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 dobro and banjo.

MARK CUNNINGHAM CD release party for Desolation Row featuring special guests Betsy Franck and cellist Melissa Dunning plus members of The Burning Angels. Cunningham plays soulful Americana.

Gnat’s Landing 6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-5858 LEAVING COUNTRIES Warm, inviting folk rock from here in Athens, featuring tender violin, aching harmonica and melodic acoustic guitars.

Go Bar 9 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar BRAVE COMBO This Grammywinning eclectic mix of Latin, rock, pop guarantees a rollicking night of revelry. Playing two sets!

DJ GRAVEROBBERS Winston Parker spins high-energy electronic, dance and rock music.

TWIN POWERS DJ Dan Geller (Gold Party, The Agenda) and a rotating cast of partners: Winston Parker (ATEM), Tom Hedger (owner of Go Bar) spin top-40/hip-hop mixed with indie, synthpop, new wave and Britpop.

Human Rights Festival Downtown 10 a.m.–11 p.m. FREE! www.athenshumanrightsfest.org ALBATROSS Winners of the Human Rights Fest Battle of the Bands! This local group jams out with bluesy funk and classic rock-inspired originals. (2:15 p.m.)

ATHENS Young local rockers ranging in age from 11-15, with classic rock influences. (12:30 p.m.)

BREATHLANES Led by guitarist/ composer John Miley, Breathlanes features atmospheric, organic tones built around guitar, drums and stand-up bass. (4:30 p.m.)

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Girls for some time. Her soulful voice purrs the blues over bright finger-picking. She’ll be backed tonight with Wilma, Pam Blanchard, John Miley and Eddie Glikin. (8:30 p.m.)

CARLY GIBSON Georgia-born songwriter who draws on rock, jazz, folk and blues. (1:45 p.m.)

GIRLS WITH GUITARS An ensemble featuring young local musicians.

Part of the Human Rights Fest Youth Program. (11:20 a.m.)

INCATEPEC A combination of traditional tunes from South America and Cuba with a unique jazz twist. Part of the “Festival of Immigrant Rights.”

(6:20 p.m.)

TOMMY JORDAN Local Americana artist who has performed with such acts as String Theory and Packway Handle Band. (3 p.m.)

K-ZADOR This local ensemble plays traditional music from Mexico and Latin America. Part of the “Festival of Immigrant Rights.” (5:55 p.m.)

THE KNOCKOUTS This local group of all-star musicians plays original tunes that pack all the punch of punk rock with diverse, worldly melodies that draw on polka, bluegrass, Cajun and Irish folk music. (6:45 p.m.)

LA SUEGRA This high-energy ska band from Atlanta features Spanish lead vocals and a lively horn section.

Part of the “Festival of Immigrant Rights.” (5:05 p.m.)

MICHAEL GUTHRIE BAND For nearly 40 years, Athenian Michael Guthrie (also of The ‘60s and Disraeli Gears) and his various

bandmates have delved into the world of melodic, jangly Britishsounding throwback rock. (10:15 p.m.)

NOOGEEZ A musical collective dedicated to producing kid-friendly music and music videos. Performing during the Youth Program of the Human Rights Fest. (10:40 a.m.)

ART ROSENBAUM Traditional American folk music from a local Grammy winner and acclaimed archivist. (3:45 p.m.)

SO IT GOES Socially conscious punk rock band that infuses elements of Spanish rock, folk and ska. (5:30 p.m.)

Last Call 10 p.m. www.lastcallathens.com DJRX DJ-remixer Brian Gonzalez delivers original mixes of mainly current pop with forays into rock, old school, country and electronica.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 3–6 p.m. “Jam for Justice Benefit Concert.” Donations welcome. www. myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub BOO RAY & THE BAD BEAT KINGS Soulful singer-songwriter who takes inspiration from Glen Campbell and Exile on Main St.-era Rolling Stones.

His new band features Daniel Marler, Steve Abercrombie, Nate Hale, Anna Innecken and special guest William Tonks on dobro.

KEN WILL MORTON BAND Athens’ own Ken Will Morton is an engaging and prolific songwriter with several full-lengths under his belt. His soul-

ful rasp and sharp lyrics encompass both the heart of folk and the rough and tumble vitality of rock. Ken’s got a brand-new record, True Grit!

The Melting Point 9 p.m. $20 (adv.), $25 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com JOHN BERRY One of country music’s greatest singers.

Morton Theatre 8 p.m. $3 (children), $5 (adults). www. mortontheatre.com TASLIMAH BEY RAGTIME SHOW Performing modern arrangements of ragtime classics, including compositions by Scott Joplin, Jelly Roll Morton, Artie Matthews and more.

Part of Family Vaudeville Night.

New Earth Music Hall 9 p.m. $10. www.newearthmusichall. com ARCHNEMESIS Side project from the electronic dub/jam act Telepath.

TELEPATH Asheville, NC zone-out trio that blends live instrumentation, deejaying and electronic compositions, drawing on dub, dancehall, Indian and Arabic sounds.

Terrapin Beer Co. 5 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com RACHEL O’NEAL Local singer/ songwriter who plays a mix of soulful acoustic originals and an eclectic blend of indie rock, jazz and sweet, Southern-tinged Americana covers.

Performing Arts Center 8 p.m. $20, $10 (UGA students and groups). 706-542-4400 PARKER QUARTET Holding graduate degrees in performance and cham-

VFW 8 p.m.–Midnight. $7. 835 Sunset Drive ELEKTRIK EELZ Veteran Athens musicians Wade Hester, Chris Hampton and Matt Donaldson play party rock, pop, funk and blue-eyed soul classics with a lot of crazy surprises thrown in.

Jeremiah Cymerman and Friends Ciné As a leading light of the New York City improvisation avant-garde, Jeremiah Cymerman has made his name through tireless questing for the undiscovered sounds that can be eked out of a traditional instrument. Both as a clarinetist and composer, he seeks, if not constant redefinition, at the very least, startling newness.

When Athens last saw him, Cymerman was at the 40 Watt leading his “Big Exploitation,” a collection of 13 musicians drawn from our usual suspects of improvisation (Craig Lieske, Killick, et al.). Now he’s returned for a more intimate performance for solo clarinet and electronics at Ciné, followed by a set with Eric Harris, Chris Herron, Jeff Rieter, Jeff Crouch and others.

“Developing a language for the instrument in the solo setting has been something I’ve been really involved in for the past couple of years,” Cymerman says. “With the solo stuff, yeah, in execution, it’s improvisation, but when I first did a solo set, it was 10 minutes long. Now the solo sets are 30 to 45 minutes long. When you have jazz music, you have the idea that you’re improvising on a melody. For me, the solo stuff is improvisation on a musical language. I’m not playing over chord changes; it’s a structured speech in a way.”

The marriage of Cymerman’s tortured, wholly unconventional approach to the clarinet in its acoustic, untreated form and his meticulous use of digital editing has manifested in his latest composition, Under a Blue Grey Sky. A six-movement piece for violin, viola, cello and bass, the album is a brooding hulk of terrifying, lyrical imagery, much of it flecked with digital sleet and sweeps. “Rather than running the tracks through a program, which would be very clean and neat, I think doing it by hand like that—I use that expression kind of loosely—adds more of a human quality to it… If you look at a pattern, the more you look at it, the more little details you can see. That’s the approach I take with the editing.” [Jeff Tobias]

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Rye Bar 9 p.m. $5. 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.

DR. SQUID Jangly, frenetic rock and roll at its best when emphasizing its British Invasion sounds.

THE WOODGRAINS Local band that plays a blend of funk, rock and soul featuring three vocalists and charismatic harmonies.

UGA Golf Course “Concert Series on the Green.” 5 p.m. $10 (includes golf tournament). www.golfcourse.uga.edu SONS OF SAILORS Jimmy Buffett tribute act.

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ber music from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, this quartet is in its second season as quartet-in-residence with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. The program will include works by Hadyn, Stravinsky and Schumann.

The Office Lounge 7 p.m. FREE! 706-546-0840 SEVEN7 This regional cover band plays ‘60s soul, ‘70s disco and ‘80s pop with a mix of contemporary and classic rock.

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Sunday 2 Borders Books & Music 3 p.m. FREE! 706-583-8647 ANDY ERICKSON Original feel-good tunes rooted in the traditions of classic soul, blues and R&B. Human Rights Festival Downtown 2–9 p.m. FREE! www.athenshumanrightsfest.org ABBEY ROAD LIVE! Here come the sun kings! The local cover band delivers a start-to-finish performance of The Beatles’ Abbey Road and tosses in other high-energy, later-era Beatles rockers. (8:15 p.m.)

BIG C AND THE RINGERS Local bluesman and UGA grad Clarence Cameron takes inspiration from artists like B.B. King, Muddy Waters and Buddy Guy. (4:15 p.m.)

CHARLIE GARRETT BAND Local guys Charlie Garrett (vocals, guitar), Jay Rodgers (bass), Andrew Hammer (drums) and Matt “Pistol” Stoessel (pedal steel) play countrytinged Southern rock. (6 p.m.)

FUMUNDA A mixture of heavy riffs, hip-hop and world music beats plus awesome martial arts performance!

(7:30 p.m.)

KITE TO THE MOON Featuring Athens natives Timi Conley, Jay Rodgers, Andrew Hanme, this colorful band is known for its stimulating live show featuring jubilant, rowdy pop music accompanied by spontaneous video mixing. (6:45 p.m.)

ROLLIN’ HOME Winners of the Human Rights Festival Battle of the Bands! This local group jams on originals with a Grateful Dead kind of groove and a Southern rock leaning. (2:45 p.m.)

SHOWTIME Elite tha Showstoppa’s new band plays eclectic hip-hop mixed with rockin’ funky soul! (3:30 p.m.)

Kingpins Bowl & Brew 9 p.m. $3 (21+), $5 (18–20). www. kingpinsbowlandbrew.com BURDEN OF VISION Hardcore metal from Atlanta.

The Melting Point 7 p.m. FREE! www.meltingpointathens. com NUCI’S SPACE CAMP AMPED FINALE Camp Amped After School is a 13-week music program offering young musicans ages 11-17 the chance to pursue their musical goals. This Grand Finale will showcase their hard work. All Ages Show!

Square One Fish Co. Noon-3 p.m. FREE! www.squareonefishco.com SUNDAY JAZZ BRUNCH Rotating local jazz artists play Sunday afternoons on the patio.

Monday 3 Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 KARAOKE Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday with the Singing Cowboy!

Ashford Manor 6 p.m. $15 (adults), $12 (students), $5 (ages 12 & under), FREE! (ages 5 & under). www.ambedandbreakfast. com THE CORDUROY ROAD Although rooted in classic Americana, with lots of foot stomping, banjo plucking and pedal steel, The Corduroy Road also has a knack for endearing pop melodies. These guys are calling it quits soon, so don’t miss this show!

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.

Caledonia Lounge 8 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18–20). www. caledonialounge.com TAYLOR ALEXANDER Singer as well as guitar, mandolin, banjo and harmonica player.

PROMISE ARMSTRONG No info available.

DANNY B Acoustic emo pop.

FOR INSTANCE Alternative rock influenced by post-hardcore, powerpop and ambient experimental.

JACK FOWLER Moody and haunting acoustic songs.

GEORGE HAMELIN Melodically driven acoustic pop.

TIMOTHY WATTS Keyboardist and vocalist of post-hardcore band Come What May.

Tuesday 4 Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 KARAOKE Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday with the Singing Cowboy!

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8 p.m. www.myspace.com/flickerbar OPEN TOAD COMEDY A unique open mic experience. The audience gets to pelt the performers who go over their six-minute time limit with foam rocks. Performers get in free but must sign up by 8 p.m.

Go Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar MARK DAILY No info available.

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

AUSTIN SISK Melodic local songwriter who often infuses his work with a Christian message.

The Melting Point 7 p.m. $3. www.meltingpointathens. com NORTH GEORGIA BLUEGRASS BAND An eclectic blend of traditional and contemporary acoustic music. Part of Melting Point’s weekly bluegrass series, the Terrapin Tuesday Bluegrass Series.

Wednesday 5 Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 KARAOKE Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday with the Singing Cowboy!

Caledonia Lounge Cinco de Mayo Party! 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com LOS MEESFITS The music of The Misfits done in Spanish/Cuban salsa style.

SO IT GOES CD Release! Socially conscious punk rock band that infuses elements of Spanish rock, folk and ska.

Go Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar DJ MAHOGANY Freaky funk, sultry soul, righteous R&B and a whole lotta unexpected faves.

Last Call 9 p.m.–1 a.m. FREE! For more info contact dg2003@yahoo.com SALSA DANCING Lessons begin at 9 p.m. and dancing starts at 10 p.m.

No partner or experience required.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub BEN BEDFORD Solo musician performing Americana-infused folk.

His latest album, Lincoln’s Man, was released on his own label, Hopeful Sky Records.

ADAM KLEIN Singer-songwriter who blends the finest elements of folk, Americana and country with poetic lyricism and striking imagery to create engaging, well-crafted songs.

The Melting Point 6–10 p.m. FREE! www.meltingpointathens.com BIG DADDY’S BAND Clarence Young (Rack of Spam, The Jesters) teams up with Bill Pappas, Kenny Head (The Georgia Satellites), Tim Pritchett and Chris Hillsman to turn out some good-time Southern rock and covers from the ‘70s and ‘80s, including the Allman Bros.

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

Porterhouse Grill 7–9 p.m. FREE! 706-369-0990 LIVE JAZZ MUSIC Every Wednesday!

Roadhouse 11 p.m. $1. 706-613-2324 JOHN SOSEBEE BAND These Georgia natives play hill country/ Mississippi blues and the occasional Hendrix cover.

Tasty World Uptown 9:30 p.m. $5. www.tastyworlduptown. com (SEMICIRCLE Brand-new local project featuring dreamy vocals, sweeping strings and gently plucked acoustic guitar.

QURIOUS This Atlanta group creates spacey soundscapes featuring dreamy female vocals, samples and synthesizers.

TUMBLEWEED STAMPEDE Adventurous and energetic dance-

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“AthFest 2010 CD Release Show” Tasty World Uptown The annual AthFest compilation CD can be a good barometer of what’s turning the varied ears of Athens in any particular year, and it serves as a handy preview of and promotion for the late-June music Ken Will Morton and arts festival. This is the 13th disc compiled by Ghostmeat Records, and it runs the gamut from pop to rock to bluegrass and beyond. Longtime Athens favorites like Five-Eight, The Whigs, William Tonks and Hope for Agoldensummer sit alongside relative newcomers like Spring Tigers and The Orkids.

Exclusivity is one of the compilation’s core appeals, and nine of the 16 tracks were previously unreleased, seeing the light of day for the first time on this comp.

All of the CD-release show’s acts have songs featured on the comp, and all of the night’s acts offer variations on the dudes-with-guitars themes; The Incredible Sandwich, a frills-free, no-hassle jam band takes the stage, as does Pride Parade, the local gang playing immense, dense and gloppy rock. The reliably workmanlike Ken Will Morton Band rounds out the bill with a set of hardy, blue-collar Americana tunes. The show’s free, so find your way to Tasty World Uptown round about 9 p.m., when things kick off.

The evening’s highlights will also include the presentation of a customized, Wes Freed-designed Gretsch guitar signed by the Drive-By Truckers. Take a good look and then head to eBay later that night to place your bid! Proceeds from the guitar auction benefit the AthFest AfterSchool program.

The AthFest 2010 compilation CDs will be on sale at the show for a reduced price, and you can buy ‘em that night at Tasty World or otherwise wait until the official release date of May 4. For more information on the festival’s headliners, the album or other AthFestrelated items—programs like AthFest InSchool, AthFest AfterSchool and Keys for Kids, for instance—head to www.athfest.com. [Chris Hassiotis]

jam-folk sextet play party music with folksy and surfy touches.

Terrapin Beer Co. 5 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com SWEET KNIEVEL New local experimental rock band incorporates elements of jazz, twang and soul.

The group features songwriter Jonathan Brill, Jerry Hendelberg (of Dubconscious), Michael Gavrielides and Eric Cosby. * Advance Tickets Available

Down the Line 5/6 Old Crow Medicine Show (40 Watt Club) 5/6 Derrick Southerland (Hotel Indigo) 5/6 Justin Evans / Kate Morrissey (Little Kings Shuffle Club) 5/6 Carla LeFever (Roadhouse) 5/6 Ashutto Mirra (Terrapin Beer Co.) 5/6 Brittany Bennett / Brother, Brother / The Dirty Guv’nahs / Doctor Squid / Fresh / Emily Hearn / Leaving Araby / The Less / James Patrick Morgan / Lauren Price / Radiolucent / Richard Sherfey and All God’s Children / The Orkids / United Streets of Atlanta (The Melting Point) 5/7 Immuzikation (283 Bar) 5/7 Barbez / Hope For Agoldensummer / Venice Is Sinking (40 Watt Club) 5/7 Roy Coughlin (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 5/7 Dan the Juggler / Richard Sherfey and All God’s Children / Tumbleweed Stampede (Tasty World Uptown) 5/7 Screen Door Porch (Terrapin Beer Co.) 5/7 Death on Two Wheels / Dirty Guv’nahs (The Melting Point) 5/7 Power Play (VFW) 5/8 Caroline Aiken / Sunny Side Up Band (Bishop Park)

5/8 Brave New Citizen (Caledonia Lounge) 5/8 Holly Belle / Kaitlin Jones and the County Fair / A Mello Cello Tree (Little Kings Shuffle Club) 5/8 Three Foot Swagger (New Earth Music Hall) 5/8 Operation Experimenation (Terrapin Beer Co.) 5/8 Fly By Radio (The Bad Manor) 5/8 Richie Havens (The Melting Point) 5/8 Mike Watson (VFW) 5/9 Sunday Jazz Brunch (Square One Fish Co.) 5/10 Nourish International Benefit Show (New Earth Music Hall) 5/11 Carl Lindberg and Evan McGowen (Little Kings Shuffle Club) 5/12 Tracer Metula (Caledonia Lounge) 5/12 Live Jazz Music (Porterhouse Grill) 5/12 Woodgrains (Terrapin Beer Co.) 5/12 The Hands of Time (The Melting Point) 5/13 Ken WIll Morton (Hotel Indigo) 5/13 Free Lunch / Heavy Pets / Tent City (New Earth Music Hall) 5/13 Dave Howard (Terrapin Beer Co.) 5/13 Chris McKay and the Critical Darlings / Michael Guthrie Band (The Melting Point) 5/14 John Sosebee Band (Boar’s Head) 5/14 Grains of Sand (Buffalo’s Southwest Café) 5/14 Chronicles of the Landsquid / Papadosio (New Earth Music Hall) 5/14 The Agenda / Battle for Peace / WildKard (Nuçi’s Space) 5/14 Come On Go With Us / The District Attorneys / Glossary (Tasty World Uptown) 5/14 Exception to the Rule (Terrapin Beer Co.) 5/14 Loretta Lynn (The Classic Center) 5/14 David Prince (VFW) 5/15 Mad Whiskey Grin (Bishop Park)

5/15 Dr. Ian Johnson (Borders Books & Music) 5/15 American Cheeseburger / Savagist / Worlds (Go Bar) 5/15 Deru / Free the Robots / Glitch Mob (New Earth Music Hall) 5/15 Buttermilk Revival (Terrapin Beer Co.) 5/16 Nancy Heiges and Lavon Smith (Borders Books & Music) 5/17 Arbouretum / Pontiak (Caledonia Lounge) 5/18 The Music Smiths (Little Kings Shuffle Club) 5/18 River Wheel (The Melting Point) 5/19 Drew Kohl (Terrapin Beer Co.) 5/19 The Splitz (The Melting Point) 5/20 Holopaw / Bobby Long / Matt Pond PA (40 Watt Club) 5/20 Elvis! (Buffalo’s Southwest Café) 5/20 Wilma (Hotel Indigo) 5/20 Jazzchronic (No Where Bar) 5/20 Pumpkin City (Terrapin Beer Co.) 5/21 Ziggy Stardust (New Earth Music Hall) 5/21 Kyshona Armstrong (Terrapin Beer Co.) 5/21 Randall Bramblett (The Melting Point) 5/22 The Burning Angels (Terrapin Beer Co.) 5/22 Sounds of Motown (VFW) 5/25 Justin Evans (Little Kings Shuffle Club) 5/25 Silverbird Duo (The Melting Point) 5/26 The Hold Steady / Twin Tigers (40 Watt Club) 5/26 Elephant (Terrapin Beer Co.) 5/26 Ryan Bingham and the Dead Horses (The Melting Point) 5/27 Brian Ashley Jones (Hotel Indigo) 5/27 John Sosebee Band (Roadhouse) 5/27 Capibara (Terrapin Beer Co.) 5/28 Truth and Salvage Co. (40 Watt Club) 5/28 Power Play (Buffalo’s Southwest Café) 5/28 Highballs (The Melting Point)

5/28 Blue Billy Grit (Terrapin Beer Co.) 5/28 Electrik Eels Band (VFW) 5/29 George Boggs / Lera Lynn (Bishop Park) 5/29 Albatross (Terrapin Beer Co.) 6/1 Corbett Walsh (Little Kings Shuffle Club) 6/2 Just Peachy (Terrapin Beer Co.) 6/3 Betsy Franck (Hotel Indigo) 6/3 Squish (Terrapin Beer Co.) 6/4 Free Lunch Trio (Terrapin Beer Co.) 6/4 Leon Russell (The Melting Point) 6/5 Artie Ball Swing Band / Kate Morrissey (Bishop Park) 6/5 Smalltown Mayors (Terrapin Beer Co.) 6/5 Contagious (VFW) 6/8 Ken Will Morton (Little Kings Shuffle Club) 6/10 Kyshona Armstrong (Hotel Indigo) 6/10 NoStar (Terrapin Beer Co.) 6/11 Broken Bells / The Morning Benders (40 Watt Club) 6/11 Discordian Society (Terrapin Beer Co.) 6/11 Sensational Sounds of Motown (The Melting Point) 6/12 Carolina Chocolate Drops (40 Watt Club)* 6/12 Repent at Leisure / Solstice Sisters (Bishop Park) 6/12 Dare Dukes / Caroline Herring / Jim White (The Melting Point) 6/12 Time Travelers (VFW) 6/14 Isis / The Melvins / Totimoshi (40 Watt Club) 6/17 Etienne DeRocher (Hotel Indigo) 6/18 Rack of Spam (The Melting Point) 6/19 Jim and the Beanstalks / Without Pearls (Bishop Park) 6/19 The Hushpuppies (The Melting Point) 6/24 Justin Brogdon (Hotel Indigo) 6/26 Carly Gibson / Sean Arington and Greg Benson (Bishop Park) 6/29 Kate Morrissey (Little Kings Shuffle Club) 7/1 Timi Conley (Hotel Indigo) 7/3 The Mill Creek Pickers / The Music Smiths (Bishop Park) 7/9 Diamondback (Alibi) 7/9 New Riders of the Purple Sage (The Melting Point) 7/10 Nathan Shepard and John Keane (Bishop Park) 7/12 Mates of State (40 Watt Club) 7/13 Boo Ray (Little Kings Shuffle Club) 7/15 Marty Winkler (Hotel Indigo) 7/17 Fiddle DW / Jake and the Jake Mowrer Quartet (Bishop Park) 7/20 Lera Lynn (Little Kings Shuffle Club) 7/22 Gwen Hughes (Hotel Indigo) 7/24 Odd Trio / George Skaroulis (Bishop Park) 7/31 Sean Arington and Greg Benson (Bishop Park) 7/31 Illicitizen (Terrapin Beer Co.) 8/3 Caroline Aiken (Little Kings Shuffle Club) 8/7 Kate Morrissey (Bishop Park) 8/14 Athens Folk Society Band (Bishop Park) 8/21 The Heathens / Brian Matthews (Bishop Park) 8/28 Steve Abercrombie (Bishop Park) 9/4 John Staneck (Bishop Park) 9/11 Dave Howard / Mad Whiskey Grin (Bishop Park) 9/18 Jake and the Jake Mowrer Trio / Lera Lynn (Bishop Park) 9/25 Athens Folk Society Band (Bishop Park) 10/2 Ken Will Morton / Stereofidelics (Bishop Park) 10/16 Jim and the Beanstalks (Bishop Park) 10/23 Solstice Sisters (Bishop Park)

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

ART Call for Art (Morton Theatre) Now accepting submissions of work celebrating the Morton Theatre, Hot Corner or the culture, heritage and community which comprise Hot Corner for the Morton Theatre Centennial Art Show and Sale.

Deadline is May 13. $20/submission, 706-613-3770, centennial@ mortontheatre.com Call for Artists (Call for location) Seeking artists/musicians/ citizens to participate in Phoenix Rising, an art quilt celebrating the Georgia Theatre, to be auctioned off on behalf of the theatre. No sewing required. Deadline extended to Apr. 30. 706-540-2712, www.

MamaInTheMoon.blogspot.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/callfor entries.php Call for Artists Now accepting entries for the third annual Five Points Art Fest in June. Go online to register by May 15. $50/booth, www.5pointsartfest.com FilmFest Call for Entries The AthFest Film Committee is currently seeking submissions for local independent films, music videos and student projects to be screened during AthFest 2010. Entries must be produced in Georgia or by a Georgia-based filmmaker or band.

Go online for more information and submission categories. Deadline May 1 ($10 entry), May 15 ($20 entry). www.athfest.com/film Georgia in Bloom Art Fest (Downtown Madison) This community-wide arts festival celebrating

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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. www.madisonartistsguild.org

CLASSES Adult Beginner Trapeze Workshop (Canopy Studio) Intro to aerial dance on the trapeze.

Register for June/July session now!

Mondays, 5:30–6:30 p.m. $135/9 weeks. 706-549-8501, www.canopy studio.com Basic Computer Skills and Introduction to Computers (Oconee County Library) Learn the basic components of your computer or master Microsoft Windows XP. Registration required. Go online for list of upcoming classes. 706-769-3950, FREE! 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 Beginner Bellydance (Sangha Yoga Studio) New instructor Murjanah teaches this multilevel class in the basic technique, postures and choreography. Six-week session begins May 5. Wednesdays, 7:00–8:15 p.m. $60/6 weeks, $14/ class. 706-613-1143, bellydance body@gmail.com Beginning Bellydance for Fitness (YWCO) Have fun and exercise at the same time. Tuesdays,

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706-354-7880, natakiya@gmail.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.studioin athens.com Clay Classes (Good Dirt) Weekly “Try Clay” class every Friday from 7–9 p.m. and “Family Try Clay” every Sunday from 2–4 p.m. ($20/ person). 706-355-3161, www.good dirt.net Computer Class (ACC Library, Educational Technology Center) Two-part introduction to computers. Call to register. May 12–13, 10–11:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 Computer Class (ACC Library) “Mouse and Keyboard Skills.” In the Educational Technology Center.

Call to register. May 4, 7–8:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-613-3650 Computer Classes (ACC Library, Educational Technology Center) Introduction to Word. Call to register. May 18, 7–8:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 Crafting Classes (Hobby Lobby) Now offering classes in papermaking, soapmaking, crocheting, collage/decoupage and more! Call for details. $5–$25. 478-718-5180, www.nataliebush.com Creative Kids (Blue Tin Art Studio) Help your little artist grow this spring and summer with classes in drawing, painting, printmaking and more! Call to register. 828-2750451, www.bluetinstudio.com Dance Classes (Floorspace) Now registering for adult and children’s dance classes, featuring Open

J. Elizabeth Wright’s mosaic is part of the Southworks exhibition at OCAF through May 8.

Dancing, Creative Movement, Zumba, Nia and more! See full schedule online. www.floorspace athens.com Digital Photography Classes (Athens Technical College) McGinnis Leathers teaches several classes this month familiarizing photograpers with the nuances of digital photography. $75/ class, $199/series. 706-369-5763, bmoody@athenstech.edu “Drawing in Nature” (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Artist Toni Carlucci shares some techniques for drawing plants and other objects in nature. For kids ages 8 & up. Registration required. May 11, 4–6 p.m. FREE! 706-542-6156 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 Greening Your Home (Athens Technical College) Instructor Jeremy Field teaches you how to go green at your house! May 10, 17 & 24, 5:30–7:30 p.m. $79, 706-369-5763, bmoody@athenstech.edu Historic Property Owners Workshop (Call for location) Reveal the story of your historic home in this Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation afternoon workshop.

May 2, 2–5:30 p.m. $15. 706-3531801, achf@bellsouth.net 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 Japanese Origami (ACC Library) Transform a piece of paper into an elaborate sculpture with this Japanese folk art technique. May 8, 2–3 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 Japanese Stab Binding (ACC Library) Try your hand at Watoji, the Japanese process of sewing papers together in bookmaking. Space is limited; call to reserve your spot.

May 8, 3–4 p.m. FREE! 706-6133650 Laugh-a-Yoga (Mind Body Institute) Laugh your stress away.

May 21, 5:30–6:30 p.m. $5. 706475-7329, mbiprograms@armc.org Life Drawing Figure 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 p.m. $10, $7 (members) 706540-2727 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 Medieval and Renaissance Dance (UGA Tate Center, Room 139) Incorporate the Rufty Tufty and the Black Almond into your dance repertoire. Apr. 28, 7:30–9:30 p.m.

FREE! www.uga.edu/mars 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. FREE! (members) $7 (non-members). 706-3547880, 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 Nature Dojo (Greenway) Nurture your original animal intelligence and “re-wild” your body and mind through fun exercises in nature.

Meet at Greenway parking lot behind Mama’s Boy. For ages 18 & up.

Tuesdays–Thursdays, 5:30–7 p.m. $10/drop-in, $40/month. www.wild intelligence.org Outdoor Boot Camps (St. Mary’s Wellness Center) Twomonth-long high-intensity fitness bootcamps for adults who are in good shape and want to get even better. Sign up by Apr. 30. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 7–8 a.m. $100/month. 706-389-3355, cwoodall@stmarysathens.org Outdoor Fitness Boot Camps (Various Locations) Now registering men and women of all fitness levels for weekday morning and evening programs. Learn more about the camp and register online! www. wowbootcamp.net 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 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.bliss yoga.me

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.liveoak martialarts.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 Tai Chi in the Park on Talmadge Drive (Mind Body Institute, Athens Regional Medical Center) Offering Tai Chi instruction. Call ahead to reserve a spot.

Saturdays, 9:30–10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-475-7329, mbiprograms@ armc.org 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.athensfive pointsyoga.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.bliss yoga.me Yoga for Moms (Bliss Yoga) Whether you’re prenatal, postnatal or looking to reconnect with your child, Bliss has you covered. 706-3100015, www.blissyoga.me Yoga for Teens (Floorspace) Build strength and flexibility, improve your posture and coordination and reduce daily stess! Mondays, 5–6 p.m. $12/class, 706-424-9873, www.thebodyeclectic.net Yoga, Tai Chi and Mindfulness Classes (Mind Body Institute) Experienced and highly educated instructors offer a wide variety of basic and specialty classes throughout the day. 706475-7329, www.armc.org/mbi Zen Meditation and Book Discussion (Email for Location) For both new and experienced meditators. Reading Cheri Huber’s The Key. Meets every Monday. 7:15 p.m.

FREE! 706-714-1202, meditateathens@gmail.com, thezencenter. livingcompassion.org 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 Mentor (Boys and Girls Clubs of Athens) Volunteer one hour per week to make a difference in the life of a child. Training provided. 706-546-4910, mentor@ athensbgca.com, www.fflife.net Bike Recycling Program (Chase Street Warehouses) Join BikeAthens volunteers as they clean and repair donated bicycles for local service agencies. Sunday, 2–4:30 p.m. Monday & Wednesday, 6–8:30 p.m. www.bikeathens.com 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. 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 Tanyard Creek Garden Work Party (Ben’s Bikes) Join Athens Permaculture members in their efforts to transform an unused kudzu lot into a community garden. Bring tools and a lunch. May 1, 10 a.m.

FREE! salemwillard@gmail.com Vote for Avid Bookshop Help bring an indie bookstore to Athens!

Once a day throughout April, vote

to get Avid Bookshop a $50,000 grant. www.refresheverything.com/ avidforathens, http://imanavidreader. blogspot.com

KIDSTUFF EcoCamp (Georgia Nature Center, Watkinsville) Summer day camp for ages 4–16. Kids learn about organic farming, carnivorous plants and green building while exploring fern grottos, creeks and waterfalls. Five day sessions begin in May and run through July. $49–$199. 706-7691000, www.ecocamp.org 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 Summer Art Camp (Good Dirt) Limited space available in kids’ clay

ART AROUND TOWN ACC Library (2025 Baxter St., Top of the Stairs Gallery) Photography by Joshua Dudley Greer.

Through April. Paintings by Gail Vogels. Through May. Anchor Gallery (660 W. Broad St.) “Live Free or Drive,” a bike-themed group show featuring prints, drawings and paintings by local artists and bike enthusiasts. Reception Apr. 23.

Athens Academy (1281 Spartan Ln., Myers Gallery) “Apophatic Paintings,” an exhibit featuring paintings

by Judy McWillie. Through May 28.

ATHICA (160 Tracy St.) “Deluge,” a timely exploration of our relationship to floods and the often tragic aftermath, features paintings, photography, embroidery and sculpture to address concerns about global warming, land use issues and the social impact of floods. Through May 30.

Aurum Studio (125 E. Clayton St.) Paintings by Bill Paul and jewelry designed by Susan N. Blake.

Through May 30.

Big City Bread Cafe (393 N. Finley St.) Paintings

by Kathy Berry. Through May. An exhibit featuring work by local art-car artists Cap Man (driver of the familiar and fabulous bottlecap truck) and Chub (the artist behind the wheel of the Heaven and Hell car).

Through April.

Ciné Barcafé (234 W. Hancock Ave.) “Frisky Box,” Michael Lachowski’s most recent project, features large standing images on display and pre-show screenings of a short film starring a box, a boy and five gold balloons. Through May 20. Reception Apr. 29.

The Commercial Bank (100 Moore’s Grove Rd., Winterville) An exhibit featuring artwork by local middle and highschool students. Through April.

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

Downtown Athens Artists from UGA’s Lamar Dodd School of Art install their work, from photography and sculpture to mixed media and performance art, in the windows of various retailers and landmark sites throughout downtown Athens under the curation of Didi Dunphy. Visit www.athensstreetshow.info for curators, artists and locations.

Espresso Royale Caffe (297 E. Broad St.) An exhibit featuring your favorite animals in embroidery and print mixed-media works by Lea Purvis. Through May. Flicker Theatre & Bar (263 W. Washington St.) Featuring artwork by local musician and visual artist Mike Dwyer. Through May. “Zigzagland,” a show featuring paintings by John Stidham. Through Apr. 30.

Reception Apr. 30.

Healing Arts Centre (834 Prince Ave.) Unique art quilts by Sarah Hubbard. Through May. Reception Apr. 30.

classes. Ages 4–6, 7–10, and 11 & up. Schedule and registration forms online. 706-355-3161, www. gooddirt.net Tadpole Club (Sandy Creek Nature Center) This new program for kids ages 4–6 encourages age-appropriate nature exploration, animal encounters, hikes and crafts.

Registration required. Through May 1, 10 a.m.–noon. $13. 706-6133615, www.sandycreeknaturecenter. com Teen Bowling Nights (Rocksprings Neighborhood Center) ACC Leisure Services Teen Programs now hosts bowling nights through May for teens ages 13–15.

Call to register. Apr. 30 & May 28, 706-613-3603, www.accleisure services.com Theatre Camp (Elberton Arts Center) Nurture your child’s flair for theatrics with this summer camp dedicated to their craft. Designed for kids in kindergarten through 5th grade, while middle and high school students may register for the Theatre Camp. 706-283-1049, tking@cityof elberton.net Yoga Sprouts (Full Bloom Center) For kids ages 2–6. Wednesdays, 3:30–4:30 p.m. $14/drop-in, $60/6 classes. 706-372-1757, www.yoga sprouts.com

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., Galleries 101 & 307) BFA graphic design exit show.

Through May 8. Reception May 1. “Emergence,” the drawing/painting exit show. Through April. Reception Apr. 23. BFA fabric design, interior design and ceramics exit show. Through May 11. Reception May 7.

Lumpkin Cafe (1700 S. Lumpkin St.) “Coast to Coast,” an exhibit featuring handmade jewelry and recent paintings from artist Ann Hamlin’s travels to Florida and California. Through May. 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) Clay sculpture by Barbara Bendzunas.

Through April. Porcelain vases and paintings share a flower motif in this exhibit featuring works by Sally Hollifield. Through May. Madison-Morgan Cultural Center (434 S. Main St.) “Gary Hudson: A Memorial Retrospective,” an exhibit celebrating the life and work of the Abstract Expressionist painter. Through July 9.

Mercury Art Works (Hotel Indigo, 500 College Ave.) Vibrantly colorful figurative oil paintings by John Ahee. Through mid-May. Monroe Art Guild (205 S. Broad St., Monroe) Silk Paintings by René Shoemaker. Through May. Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation (34 School St., Watkinsville) 15th Annual Southworks Juried Art Exhibition features selected works in a variety of media produced by artists from around the country. Through May 8.

Speakeasy (269 E. Broad St.) Paintings by Will Eskridge. Through June.

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

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. “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. Through April.

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens (780 Timothy Rd.) An exhibit featuring Margaret Agner’s silk paintings on banners. Through May. Walker’s Coffee & Pub (128 College Ave.) Recent work by Colin Tom. Through May 9.

White Tiger Gourmet Food & Chocolates (217 Hiawasee Ave.) Watercolors by local artist Elizabeth Barton. Through April.

Youth Summer Art Camps (Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation) Now registering for sessions beginning in June. Schedule online. 706769-4565, www.ocaf.com.

SUPPORT Alzheimer’s Caregiver Luncheon Program (Bentley Center) Registration required and care will be provided for your loved one free of charge. Noon–1 p.m.

FREE! Eve Anthony, 706-549-4850 Domestic Violence Support Group (Call for location) Dinner begins at 6 p.m. and group at 6:30 p.m. 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 with a dual diagnosis of mental health and chemical dependency issues. 5:30 p.m. FREE! doubletroubleathens@hotmail.com Emotional Abuse Support Group (Call for location) 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) Meets in the lobby conference room.

Thursdays, 6:30–8 p.m. 706-7835706, 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. 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, 2:30–4 p.m. FREE! 706-549-4850

ON THE STREET BikeAthens Sweepstakes (BikeAthens, Chase Street Warehouses) Purchase Jittery Joe’s bicycle-friendly coffee blend, “Alternative Fuel,” for a chance to win reward tickets for prizes including a classic bicycle. Through May 5, www.bikeathens.com Call for Musicians (ACC Library) The ACC Library is seeking performers for the 2010 Live! at the Library concert series. Accepting applications through May 7. www. clarke.public.lib.ga.us/arls/support/ liveatthelibrary.html Missions Possible 5K (First Baptist Church of Athens, 1610 Simonton Bridge Rd.) A 5K walk with proceeds benefitting the St. James United Methodist Church’s international mission projects.

Awards for top finishers! Register online. May 8, 6 p.m. $15. www. sjumc.org, www.active.com f

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Matters Of The Heart And Loins

You have to come clean with him, Anon.

Even though it’s going to suck and even though he might break up with you, it isn’t fair for you to keep this from him. Do it as soon as possible. Tell him it’s been bothering you and that you know how bad it was and that you love him. See what he says. Then tell him that you want him to come with you to San Francisco. You have to do it in that order, to give him the option of walking away from you, but breaking up with him so you don’t have to tell him is just craven. Good luck.

I am a single lady in my late 20s. I have been doing the Internet dating thing for awhile now, and I am having trouble with this one guy. We met on a personals site, and he seemed reasonably goodlooking, and he wrote with proper punctuation and grammar (and capital letters even! Which is why he stuck out from the other 95 percent of the idiots on there in the first place), so I sent him a message. We wrote back and forth a few times, and he seemed interested, and I was interested, but having been around the Internet dating world for a long time, I knew better than to get too excited for a first date.

I was, I will admit, looking forward to it, but I was absolutely not letting myself get too excited about it. We set a time and a place and, a few days before, he called me and said he was leaving town and couldn’t make it. He said he had a job interview, that he had to pack and get ready for this interview and that he wanted to be able to give me his full attention and he knew he would be distracted if we tried to go out before he went. I was actually OK with it. Then he got back from the trip and

called me and we set another date. This one actually went well. Very well, in fact. We never ran out of things to talk about, we seem to like the same things and have similar values and goals. There were some sparks, but I had no intention of doing anything stupid like sleeping with him on the first date. So we kissed goodnight and parted ways. He promised to call and did. We went out again. And then again.

He’s great. I think this relationship has real potential. The problem is, he got that job, and he is moving in less than a month.

I am incredibly disappointed, but I am determined not to whine to him about it. I still want to see him, but I am worried that we will just get more attached and it will be harder when he has to leave. He seems to have no problem with it. His reasoning is that we should have fun and enjoy each other while we can, and that if things work out, we can visit each other as often as possible. It’s true that he isn’t going to be all that far away, but it is far enough that it would be a lot of work. So I guess my question is: What should I do? Should I continue to go out with him, and probably sleep with him, knowing that he may leave and break my heart? Or should I just cut him off now and try to forget about it? I’m confused. My friends keep telling me I’m making a big deal out of nothing, but I’m not so sure. What if this is my last chance?

Digital Daisy

IKE& JANE norma town

Could you please help? I am moving to San Francisco soon, and I don’t know what to do about my boyfriend. We live together now, and I really love him. I really want him to move with me. I am just doing an internship there so I will be back. I just feel like I should dump him when I move out there; I just think it will not work. Maybe I am just scared he is going to find out something that I have done that I am kind of ashamed of, once I am out of town. My boyfriend was passed out upstairs at a friend’s house where he was working. I was downstairs with a couple of guys getting a little drunk and doing some coke. I let them do some off of my breast one time, which was a big mistake. I ended up saying some things and doing some things with these two guys that I really regret. I just don’t want my boyfriend to find out, especially ending things on a sour note before I move.

What do you think I should do as far as breaking up with him and telling him about my big mistake?

Anonymous

Whoa there, DD. Let’s not get crazy. It’s hard to listen to a 28-year-old talk about last chances without rolling my eyes a little.

Let’s grab some perspective, OK? I know it’s tough out there in Internetdatingland, what with the shitty grammar and lack of punctuation and all, but you’re not exactly a spinster. And if I let you get away with that, there will be a line of angry, single, middleaged (whatever that means anymore) women waiting to beat my ass next time I go out in public. So stop it.

Next, what exactly is the harm in seeing where this thing goes?

If you stop seeing him now, you’re going to feel crappy and be depressed and go back to Internet dating next week feeling like you have to start all over again, and you won’t have been laid in how long? Or, you could keep seeing him, see where it goes, get some action and most likely have a reason to travel (who doesn’t like to travel?) after he leaves.

You two may really like each other. You may stay together. Long-distance relationships are possible to maintain. And if it doesn’t work out, at least you will have given it a chance, put off reading all those poorly written profiles a bit longer, and gotten some lovin’.

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

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Water, Trash & Lawn Maint., Safe Neighborhood, 145 C Sandburg St., Avail. Now, Owner/ Agent, Call Robin Dubios (770) 265-6509.

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Some apts. w/ HWflrs. 18–unit complex off Milledge. On–site laundry facilities. (706) 207-9902 or (706) 835-8401.

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2BR/2BA Harris Place Apts.

Close to Dwntn & bus stop.

Incl. DW & W/D! Avail. August $650/mo. Call (706) 5466900 or visit www.Valerio Properties.com.

2BR/1BA Apts avail. 125 Honeysuckle Lane off Broad St. across from King Ave. On busline. GRFA welcomed. Water & trash incl. Central, private, secluded, park-like location.

Lease, deposit, references req’d. $450/mo. (706) 227-6000 or (706) 461-2349.

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2BR/1BA off King Ave. Nor maltown area. In quiet, safe neighborhood. Water & garbage paid. Total electric, central heat/AC. W/D hookups. $550/mo. Avail. now. (706) 543-4556.

2BR/2BA on College Station.

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

2BR $549/mo. 2231 S. Milledge Ave. Athens, GA 30605. Duplex 812 sq. ft., CHAC, W/D. (706) 338-1619.

3BR/2.5BA. 1st month free! Great location. Townhouse on Milledge.

Pool, sand volleyball, basketball.

Incl. W/D, on bus line. Call Paul (678) 462-0824.

4BR/2BA apt. in house on Barber St. 2 blocks from Dwntn. W/D, CHAC, front porch & rear deck. $1400/mo. Lease & deposit req’d. (678) 794-5414.

8/1 pre-lease 2BR/2BA luxury Flat at Brookewood Mill.

Sophisticated, private, beautiful pool, woodland creek. Near UGA/town. Pets fine. $900/mo.

(706) 714-7600.

5BR/3BA. $950/mo. 117 Jolly Lane Athens, GA 30606. 1589 sq. ft., CHAC, DW, W/D. Memorial Park is within walking distance of the property. (706) 850-6593.

8/1 pre-lease. 3BR/3BA avail.

8/1. Luxury townhouse at The Woodlands. Student mecca.

Beautiful clubhouse, sportsplex.

Near UGA & Dwntn. Pets fine.

Great landlady! $1350/mo. Call (706) 714-7600.

Avail. May 1. 1BR barn loft i n 1 1 5 w o o d e d a c re s . 3 5 min. east of Athens. Wood/ gas heat, organic garden.

NS, Pets OK. (706) 338-1859, bro@athens.net.

Apts. in Victorian home on Hill St. 3BR/2BA, $950/mo. 2BR/1BA, $750/mo. 2BR/1BA, $650/ mo. 4 blocks from Dwntn. W/D, CHAC. Lease & dep. req’d. (678) 794-5414.

Ask about $ 1 0 0 s i g n i n g bonus! Located off S. Lumpkin, on Sleepy Creek Dr., near 5 Pts. 1 yr. old carpet, tile & paint.

2BR/2BA w/ FP, storage & backyd. Sm. pets OK. $725/mo.

Call (404) 281-6273.

Best deal in town! El Dorado 2BR/1BA & studio apts. in Normaltown. Free water, gas, basic cable & wireless Internet.

W/D in 2BR units. Dog runs. $420–$675/mo. Joiner & Associates (706) 549-7371, www. gojoiner.com.

Boulevard & Normaltown. 1BRs from $605-$750. Avail. June & Aug. Call (706) 546-6900 or visit www.ValerioProperties.com.

Dashiell Cottages Inc. Move–in $75! (706) 850-0491. All amenities, Wifi. Enjoy our river community, 5 blocks to UGA. Enjoy the wildlife observation.

Downtown Apartment.

1BR/1BA. Clayton St. above Helix. $575/mo. Won't last so call Stacy today! (706) 4254048 or (706) 296-1863.

Downtown 1BR/1BA Flat. $465/mo. Water, gas, trash p/u incl., fitness room, on–site laundry. Text “Columns” to 41513. www.joinermanagement. com. Joiner Management (706) 353-6868.

Downtown Apar tments.

4BR/2BA. Fully updated. New kitchen. W/D, Deck. Won’t last long, rents fast! Call Stacy at (706) 425-4048.

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.

Great location! Spacious 2BR/2BA. Fully equipped kitchen, laundry rm. w/ W/D, walk–in closets & relaxing deck. $780/mo. For info & pics visit milledgeplace.blogspot.com.

Giant 1BR/1BA loft at historic Whitehall Mill Lofts. Stainless appls, W/D, brick walls. Avail. immediately. $850/mo. Pets welcome. Andrea (706) 372-1230, or andreaneher@gmail.com.

Ideal 5 Pts. location. 1BR/1BA. Heat, H/C water, trash service incl. $780/mo. Avail. now, preleasing Fall. 1660 S. Lumpkin St. Visit www.stilesproperties.com. Stiles Properties (706) 549-9600

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Location, Location.

1BR/1BA. Close to UGA, Dwntn, UGA busline. Lg lv. rm., din. rm. & BR. Walk–in closet. Priv. parking. Complete Kit. $500/mo. (706) 546-0600, parkerandassociates.com S h o a l C r e e k .

Eastside.2BR/2.5BA townhouse, $675–$695/mo. 1BR/1.5BA deluxe, $575/mo. W/D, DW incl. Joiner Management ( 7 0 6 ) 8 5 0 - 7 7 2 7 , w w w. joinermanagement.com.

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.

Commercial Property 20 acre ranches near El Paso, Texas. $12,900. $0 down, $99/ mo. Owner financing, no credit checks. Money back guarantee.

Free map, pics (800) 7558953, www.sunsetranches.com (AAN CAN).

Athens Executive Suites.

Offices avail. in historic Dwntn bldg. w/ on–site parking. All utils., Internet, & janitorial incl. Single or multiple offices avail. Call Stacy (706) 425-4048 or (706) 296-1863.

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

Historic Downtown B u i l d i n g . 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.

Office/Warehouse space avail.

Atl. Hwy. at Oconee River.

Finished, HVAC, garage door, fenced 1/2 acre, 1500–3200 sq. ft. $600–$1200/mo. Call Cole (706) 202-2733.

Paint Artist Studio. Historic Blvd area artist community.

160 Tracy St. Rent: 400 sq. ft. $200/mo. 300 sq. ft. $150/ mo. (706) 546-1615 or www. athenstownproperties.com.

Retail Suites for lease a t H o m e w o o d Vi l l a g e .

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

Condos for Rent $675/mo. Adorable, efficient, contemporary condo. Perfect for 1 student. Walk to UGA, 5 Pts., & intramural fields. NS. On UGA busline. Studio 40 complex. Avail. now! (706) 296-9260.

2BR/2BA In–town luxury!

Unique &huge! 1500 sq. ft. W/D, lg. private patio. Quick, beautiful walkto Dwntn & UGA Arch. Must see! Lease/buy $1100/mo. (706) 372-3957. www.athensloft.com.

Freshly painted 2BR/2.5BA condo.

All appls, lv. rm. w/ FP, din. rm., private patio. Walking distance to grocery/shopping. $750/mo.

Dekle Realty (706) 548-0580.

Duplexes For Rent 2BR/1.5BA East Athens Duplex.

Fresh paint, W/D, DW, range, fridge, trash & yard service incl.

Pets OK. Avail. now! $550/mo.

Call Mike toll free (877) 740-1514.

2BR/1BA. $650/mo., Milledge Court #18/#20, 127/179 Riverdale. Avail.

Aug. Great 5 Pts. duplex, tile BA, HWflrs., great location!

Visit b o u l e v a rd ​p ro p e r t y​ management.com. Call today (706) 548-9797.

2BR/1.5BA duplexes in Sleepy Hollow. Fenced yards, W/D, DW, FP, lawn maintenance, pest control. Some pets OK. Close to UGA, 5 Pts & Memorial Park. $700/mo. Call April for appt. (706) 549-5006, www.

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2BR/1BA. $500/mo, Duplex w/ fireplace. Avail. June 1st. 172 Laurie Dr. Off Cedar Shoals on Eastside. On busline, walkable to shopping. Call Dave (706) 201-9222.

107 White St. Watkinsville, Ga. Oconee Co. 3BR/2BA, eating kitchen, separate liv. rm., den, fenced backyard, CHAC, 12x16 shed. Pet OK. Nice home. $875/ mo. (706) 372-6813.

2BR Duplexes in 5 Pts on Hampton Ct. & Highland Ave. $695-$725/mo. Avail. Aug. Call (706) 546-6900 or visit www.

ValerioProperties.com.

2–4BRs. 180 O’Farrell, 1321/1331 Dowdy Rd., 144 Hardin, 340 Barber.

Check out these great houses online at boulevard​property​ management.com or call (706) 548-9797.

Boulevard Area Duplex. 672 1/2 Barber St. 2BR/1BA. Recently remodeled. Super energy efficient. Total electric. W/D, DW, small fenced yard. Some pets OK. Avail. July. $650/mo. Lease deposit. References req’d. Call (706) 227-6000.

Five Points. 177 Southview Dr. 1BR/1BA. 900 sq. ft., HWflrs, FP, W/D, $800/mo. Avail. May or June. (706) 546-1615 or www. athenstownproperties.com.

Let us welcome you home!

Central location, shopping. $675/mo. Avail. now! 2BR/1BA. 510 & 512 Sunset Dr. Lawn maintenance incl. Visit www. stilesproper ties.com. Stiles Properties (706) 549-9600.

Houses for Rent $680/mo. 3BR/1BA. 121 E. Carver Dr. 1.5 mi. from UGA Arch. Fenced–in yd. HW & tile flrs., CHAC, W/D hookups, DW, micro. Pets welcome. Avail. 5/1.

Call (706) 614-8335. $1250/mo. Historic Blvd n’hood.

Very nice updated 3BR. CHAC, W/D, DW, fridge. Huge screened front porch. Walk/bike to UGA campus. Busline. Incl. lawn & cleaning service. Avail. July 1st. (706) 255-0488 or email blvdchris@yahoo.com. $625/mo. Blocks from UGA campus, 2BR/1BA, Tall Ceilings, HWflrs., Very Lg. BRs, W/D, Sm. Fenced–In Yd. Avail. Now. 145 Elizabeth St. Owner/Agent, Call Robin Dubios (770) 265-6509. $525/mo., blocks from campus, 2BR/1BA, W/D, Lg. Living Rm., Flat Rear Yard, Avail. Now. 505 Willow St., Owner/Agent, Call Robin Dubios (770) 265-6509. $675/mo. 2BR/1BA cottage. 610 Sunset Dr. Normaltown area.

HWflrs, DW, W/D, micro. Pets OK. Close to campus & Dwntn.

Avail. 8/1. Call for Appt. (706) 355-9961.

1BR/1BA historic house. Walking distance to Dwntn, UGA, 5 Pts. Screened porch, walled patio, high ceilings, vegetable garden, all appls, more! (706) 546-8093, clarkecountyline@gmail.com.

1/2 mi. from Downtown. 1, 2, 3, 4BR houses & apts. located in the historic Blvd n’hood. Pls. check out boulevard​property​ management.com or call (706) 548-9797.

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.

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.

2BR/1BA Woody Drive. Newly re n o v a t e d . N e w p l u m b i n g , total electric, water & garbage paid. beautifully landscaped, quiet dead–in street, perfect for everyone. Timothy school zone & close to every shopping need. 316 & the loop. Avail. now or August. $680/mo. Boulevard Property Management (706) 5489797 or boulevard​p roperty​ management.com.

2BR/1BA Victorian. CHAC, fish pond, extra sunrm., new kitchen.

Walk to campus. Avail 8/1. $840/ mo. 735 Little Oconee St. Drive by & call (352) 672-5193.

3BR/2BA. Cedar creek. Fenced backyd., gas grill, FP, wooded lot.

Quiet family n’hood. Swimming community. 360 Sandstone Dr. $1025/mo. & dep. (706) 3191846, (706) 548-4819. GA. R. E. lic. 300830.

3BR/1BA. 3/4 mi. Dwntn & campus. Bus stop. Just renovated! CHVAC. Hardwoods & tile throughout. All appls + W/D. Ample parking. Matt (706) 424-3440. Mike (918) 810-0056.

3BR/1BA located in Historic Blvd.

Area/Walking distance to campus.

High ceilings, fenced yard, HVAC, W/D, etc. $1100/mo. Avail.

August. Call (706) 254-1273.

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4BR/4BA house.

Beaverdam Rd.Covered front porch, W/D, sec. sys., 24 hr. maintenance service, pets welcome, lawn & pest incl. $1060/mo. (706) 552-3500.

4BR/2BA. CHAC, FP, HWflrs, DW, fridge w/ ice/water in–door, W/D. Lg. porch & yd. Must have refs.

116 Whitehead Rd. $998/mo.

(706) 714-1100.

4BR/3.5BA. Townhouse. 3K sq. ft. Excellent condition. Must see!

Avail. Aug. Great price $825/mo.

Eastside busline. (706) 769-3433 or email sjbc33@aol.com.

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/2BA houses for rent. 1023 Oconee St. & 198 Little St. Avail.

8/1. $1500/mo. FC Development (706) 247-6834.

WELCH PLACE

6BR/3BA house, multi–family zoned. 2620 Riverbend Rd. Fully renovated, new everything, HWflrs., custom kitchen & BAs. $350/BR. Avail. 8/1. Chris (706) 202-5156 or c h r i s @ petersonproperties.org.

8/1 pre-lease. 3BR/2.5BA near GA Sq. Mall. Great family house. Gas FP. Priv. & peaceful. woodland creek, generous deck, spacious flr. plan, 2–car garage.

Storage plus. Pets fine. $1200/ mo. (706) 714-7600.

Avail Aug. 3BR/2BA. Lg. vaulted kitchen & lv. rm. Beautiful HWflrs.

All appls., W/D. Off–street parking, lawn maintenance.

Some pets OK. Close to Dwntn/ UGA. 430 Cleveland Ave. $1200/ mo. Call (706) 338-6716.

A close–in cabin in the woods.

3BR/2BA. Open living, dining, kitchen. $900/mo. NS. Call Rose (706) 255-0472.

Blvd & ARMC area! 1, 2, 3BRs avail. Great locations, off–street parking, pet friendly, HWflrs. Call Sean (706) 425-9626.

Best rentals in Athens!

1–5BR houses, apts., condos. In the heart of UGA/Dwntn/5 Pts. Avail. Aug. Going fast, call today! (706) 369-2908 for more info.

Four blocks from UGA. 3BR built in 2004. 145 Inglewood Ave. tin roof, extra Lg front porch. HWflrs.

Complete appliance pkg. Avail.

8/1. $1175/mo. Owner/Broker Herbert Bond Realty at (706) 2248002, http://bondrealestate.org.

Great homes with hardwood floors! 619 Whitehall Rd.4BR/1BA, $795/mo. 105 Whitehall Rd. 2BR/1BA, $595/ mo. 597 Dearing B St. off Milledge. 4BR/2BA, $1295/mo.

597 Dearing A St. 2BR/1BA, $625/mo. 606 Whitehall Rd. 3BR/1BA, $795/mo. 1045 Macon Hwy. 4BR/2BA, $1395/mo.

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Half off 1st month rent on Fall leases. 2 or 3BRs close to downtown. W/D, DW, private patio. Mention this ad and pay no pet fee! (706) 548-2522,www. dovetailmanagement.com.

Northside 2BR/1BA, lg. lot, $600/mo. H o s p i t a l a r e a 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) 353-2700, (706) 540-1529.

We make house hunting easy!Classically simple 1, 2, 3, or 4BR homes avail. now! $595–$1313/mo. Lawn maintenance. Pet friendly. Visit www.stilesproperties.com. Stiles Properties (706) 549-9600.

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

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370 Cleveland.

1BR/1BA. Convenient to everything. $97K. Go to www.

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

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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.

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553 Castalia. 5 Pts. 100 yards from Jitter y J o e ’s . $ 2 3 5 K . G o t o w w w.

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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/1BA duplex. Half mi. to campus. HWflrs., high ceilings, W/D, DW, CHAC. Pets OK. $525/mo. Avail. 8/1. ( 70 6 ) 369-2908.

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.

2, 3, 4BR houses. 5 Pts. close to campus & other areas. Check out our website at www.athenslease. com, or call (706) 410-6122.

3BR/1.5BA. Normaltown/ ARMC/Navy School. House has external studio, lg. fenced–in yd. $1075/mo. Pets OK w/ fee. Avail.

8/1. (706) 363-0046.

Amazing renovated 5BR/3BA. 1/2 mi. from campus. 2 lv. r ms., 2 kitchens, big BRs, huge deck, plenty of parking.

DW, W/D, CHAC. Pets OK. Avail. 8/1. $1800/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! $1400/mo.

(706) 369-2908.

Tired of spending too much rent? 1, 2, 3, 4BR homes avail. in the Fall. $595–$1313/mo. Lawn maintenance. Pet friendly. Visit www.stilesproperties.com. Stiles Properties (706) 549-9600.

Roommates Roommate needed. 2BR/2BA. S. Lumpkin near Macon Hwy. W/D, DW, fridge. Backyd. & FP. $375/ mo. + 1/2 utils. On bus route. Call (478) 361-4999.

R o o m m a t e n e e d e d A S A P. 3BR/2BA house. Eastside. 10 mins. from campus. Dogs OK w/ dep. $350/mo. incl. utils. W/D. No smokers. Grad students pref’d (706) 549-3728.

Roommate needed. 3BR/2.5BA at Milledge Place. UGA Athens busline. $350/mo. utils incl. Close to campus. No smoking/pets.

Swimming pool. Avail. now! (909) 957-7058.

Relisted! Roommate needed ASAP for house off Pulaski St. Screened porch, W/D. Only a 10 min. walk from Dwntn. Only $250/ mo. (706) 548-9744.

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.

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 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) 860-2426 (AAN CAN).

Electronics Free 6 room Dish Network Satellite System! Free HD-DVR. $19.99/ mo. 120+ digital channels (for 1 yr). $400 Signup Bonus. Call now (877) 415-8163 (AAN CAN).

Furniture New 5 piece cherry BR set, $399.

Queen Pillowtop mattress set, $170. (706) 612-8004.

Two roommates needed. Brand new townhome, 3BR/2.5BA. HWflrs., vaulted ceilings, pool. No pets. $375/mo. + 1/3 utils. Dep. neg. Avail. now. (706) 714-8072.

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

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

Rooms for Rent

Miscellaneous

3BR/2.5BA house. CHAC, W/D. $1125/mo. (706) 769-4155.

Come to Betty for Louis Vuittons.

Just in time for Spring! On the corner of Pulaski & Clayton, next to Agora. Open 1pm–4pm daily.

(706) 424-0566.

8/1 pre-lease. Student/Grad student to share luxury condo at The Woodlands. Beautiful grounds, sports mecca, pets OK. Conscientious land lady. $450/ mo. (706) 714-7600.

Turn to FLAGPOLE CLASSIFIEDS. To place an ad call (706) 549-0301.

Avail. June 1st. 5 r ms in Historic Cobbham house.

CHAC, 2 kitchens, 2 BAs, W/D, multiple entrances, side decks, huge front porch. High ceilings, HWflrs, spacious rms.

Graduate students only, pets by approval. Fenced yd. 1 yr. lease, deposit, walk to town. (706) 424-0901.

Spacious, furnished BR. Quiet, close to campus, kitchen, laundry privileges. Shared BA, priv. entrance. No pets. M students only. $275/mo. incl. utils. (706) 353-0227. Avail. May!

Sub-lease 2BR/2.5BA. Ver y quiet, on Milledge Ave. Next to family housing. 1300 sq. ft. W/D, FP, wireless, cable. UGA busline.

Pool, yard, pets. Avail. now–7/31. $700/mo. (706) 461-5102.

Certified naturally–grown, grass-fed Angus beef for sale by half or side. $4.25/ lb (hanging weight) Special promotion $3.50/lb. during April. 30 miles from Athens. indiancreekangus.com. (706) 384-2648.

Huge Book Sale! Jittery Joe’s Roaster 780 E. Broad St. Friday April 30th & Saturday May 1st.

10am–6pm. All categories. For more info write gra2@uga.edu.

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Music Instruction Athens School of Music.

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

Instrument repairs avail. Visit www.AthensSchoolofMusic.com, (706) 543-5800.

Athens Piano School.

Premium Piano Lessons Guaranteed. All ages & levels welcome from beginners to advanced. Discounts for families & UGA students. Visit www.

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Looking for a fun, classy alternative 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 Enter tainment. ( 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

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Health

A Sharp Turn. Athens hot new jazz trio available for private parties, weddings, & any event seeking tight, straight–ahead jazz standards. Contact (480) 600-9187.

Penis enlargement. Gain 1-3” permanently. FDA approved medical vacuum pumps, Testosterone, Viagra, Cialis. Free brochure. (619) 294-7777, http:// www.drjoelkaplan.com. Discounts avail. (AAN CAN).

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.

Pregnant? Considering adoption?

Talk w/ caring agency specializing in matching birthmothers w/ families nationwide. Living expenses paid. Abby’s One True Gift Adoptions. (866) 413-6293 (AAN CAN).

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.

Jobs Part-time Lifeguard needed for apartment complex, must be certified!

Hourly pay, job starts in May. Fax info to (706) 546-5188.

Perennial Lawn & Landscape. Full service maintenance, installation, sanding/topdressing, aeration, overseeding, hedge trimming, pine straw, mulch, cleanups. Call (706) 255-6405.

Mystery shoppers earn up to $100/day. Undercover shoppers needed to judge retail & dining establishments. No exp. req’d.

(800) 743-8535.

Misc. Services

Athens restaurant seeks experienced Chef-de-Cuisine/ Kitchen Mgr. FT availability only. Knowledgeable of health code implementation, ordering, scheduling, equip. maint., & line cooking. Email foxes69@gmail. com w/ resume.

Athens Ipod Repair & Salvage.

Contact (706) 372-8625 or (706) 296-1555. Drop off at Agora. We do Iphones too!

Participants needed for a study of single women. We are seeking women btwn 25-39 who are not married & do not want to marry and/or have children (or are seriously questioning these issues). You will be asked to share your experiences in a 1-hour taped interview & will be compensated $20. To learn more, contact Dr. Sharp (706) 542-3296 or single.childfree.women@ gmail.com. Dr. Sharp, associate professor of Human Development & Family Studies at Texas Tech University is responsible for this study & it has been approved by TTU Institutional Review Board.

Full-time

Experienced line cook needed w/ night & wkend availability.

Please apply in person to East West Bistro.

Got the Gift of Gab? Immediate openings available for sales reps! Pay ranges from $500–$2K/wkly. Sales experience a + but not a must!

Call Debbie, toll-free (888) 201-4595 ext. 212.

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.

Owner Operators Needed. Home Daily! At least 1 yr. Verifiable Tractor Trailer experience. Clean MVR & criminal background. ( 8 6 6 ) 7 3 0 - 8 7 2 5 w w w. comtrakinc.com.

UberPrints.com is hiring!

UberPrints.com, an online retailer of custom apparel based in Athens, is looking for bright, enthusiastic individuals to join our customer service team. Position is FT. To apply, email your cover letter & resume to csjobs@ uberprints.com. Learn more at uberprints.com/jobs.

Opportunities All Cash Vending. Be the boss of your own local route w/ 25 new machines & candy for $9,995. Call today (800) 920-9563. Multivend, LLC. BO#200003 (AAN CAN).

Bounty Hunter & Bodyguard Training. Call toll-free (866) 357-3030 or email us Quietops1@aol.com.

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Bar tenders in demand. No experience necessary. Meet new ppl, take home $ tips. Up to $200/shift. Training, placement & certification provided. Call (877) 435-2230.

Does your daughter have symptoms of bulimia nervosa?

Has your daughter injured herself on purpose? Researchers at the University of Georgia Psychology Clinic are conducting 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.

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.

Distributorships avail. for Success Oriented Entrepeneurs in upstart Greeting Cards Company specializing in staying in–touch.

Family/Friends/ Relationship Marketing. Info & free gift account: www.scottga.com.

Earn extra income assembling CD cases from home. No experience necessary. Call our live operators now. (800) 405-7619 ext. 2450. http://www.easywork-greatpay. com (AAN CAN).

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