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pub notes Gwen Again As the political season slips quietly along, I feel the need to clarify where I stand and why. Flagpole does not endorse candidates, but I do. I speak only for myself; I don’t speak for Flagpole or anybody else here. Some readers count on me to suggest candidates, but I have no illusions that endorsements in newspapers mean all that much. Generally, I wait until the end of the campaign, but this time is different, because I have pretty much decided that I will probably endorse Gwen O’Looney for mayor and don’t want to pretend that I haven’t pretty much made up my mind. At the same time, for those who are interested, consider this thinking out loud, because there’s still a lot of campaigning to be done between now and November, and things can always change in politics.

There’s a lot to consider for anybody trying to decide on a candidate. We’ve got a good, strong field of people who know Athens. I’d have to put an asterisk by Glenn Stegall’s name on that one, because he has been here only as a college student, but he’s obviously smart and sharp enough to learn whatever he needs to know about Athens on the job, if elected.

Like Gwen, Charlie Maddox, Nancy Denson and Spencer Frye have been immersed in Athens for a long time and know our community well. We are fortunate to have such a strong field of candidates who have So, why am I for Gwen already served Athens admirably. Charlie, Nancy, instead of one of these Spencer and Glenn are friendly and easy to be other well-qualified around, which is imporcandidates? tant in politics because it facilitates the flow of information both ways—from citizens to officials and viceversa. Gwen is certainly friendly, too, though sometimes she’s not so easy to be around, because she never relaxes; it’s just not in her nature.

So, why am I for Gwen instead of one of these other wellqualified candidates? I guess the short answer is that I saw her in action when she ran for mayor before and when she served as Chief Elected Officer/Mayor, and I also saw her in action after she was no longer serving as mayor. In fact, I think Gwen has impressed me more in the years since she got out of office, simply because she didn’t have to stay involved in things. She was mayor for eight years and on the city council before that, and those positions demand a lot of community involvement.

That she stayed involved after she left office has shown me just how much Gwen cares about Athens-Clarke County.

Gwen was CEO/Mayor during the period when our unified government was being created, literally, ordinance by ordinance. She helped to assemble it, and she knows how it works.

Her long involvement in Athens has taught her what our needs are, and her expertise with the operations of the government shows her how to use it to do what we need to do. She knows how to work with the commission, and she knows how to manage the manager. She can start to work the day she is sworn in.

I guess you could say it is time for somebody new to have a chance at it, somebody younger and more energetic, and I would agree if Gwen weren’t in the race. I don’t think anybody is more energetic than Gwen or more progressive or more committed to solving the problems of poverty, homelessness, lagging economic development, transportation and education.

Gwen is as much at home visiting a church on Sunday morning as she is hanging out at the 40 Watt Club on Saturday night.

She has a thorough knowledge of Athens from one end to the other and from top to bottom.

I’m prejudiced toward Gwen out of friendship and from having watched her confront the needs of our community and figure out how government can help. I know what kind of mayor she would be, because I know what kind of mayor she has been. And when she was mayor, she didn’t have the progressive commission we have now. I’d really love to see what she and the new commission can accomplish together.

With all her experience, she hasn’t lost her idealism, but her idealism has not blinded her to the realities of day-to-day government, either. Gwen, like John Kennedy, is “an idealist without illusions,” who has always asked what she could do for her city. She’s not perfect, but she set a high standard as mayor.

I, for one, would like to see Gwen back taking care of her city again, renewing our vision of what Athens can be.

Pete McCommons editor@flagpole.com

THIS WEEK’S ISSUE: News & Features City Dope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Athens News and Views

Commissioner George Maxwell is running for reelection, and Paul Broun, Jr. is running from himself.

Townieconomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 The Pasture’s Always Greener

Our local commerce reporter goes back to the land.

Arts & Events Art Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Art at the Depot

Set to open in a month, the Farmington Depot Gallery will host rotating regional artist exhibitions.

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Music Venice Is Sinking’s Sand & Lines . . . . . . . . 16 Featuring Special Guest, the Georgia Theatre

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The Anniversary of the Georgia Theatre Fire . 17 One Year Later, the Loan to Rebuild Is Finally Secured The Theatre will launch an eBay store to help raise funds for reconstruction.

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MOVIE PICK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 RECORD REVIEWS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 VENICE IS SINKING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 GEORGIA THEATRE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 MITCH EASTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 THE CALENDAR!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 BULLETIN BOARD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 ART AROUND TOWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 COMICS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 REALITY CHECK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

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letters A BIKEATHENS APPEAL BikeAthens would like to make a public appeal for help in finding an affordable, long-term location for the Bicycle Recycling Program (BRP).

The BRP refurbishes donated and discarded bikes and redistributes them through social service agencies to members of the Athens community who are in need. In 2009 our volunteers repaired and donated about 70 adult bikes and 62 kids’ bikes to organizations including: the Athens Area Homeless Shelter JobTREC program, the DUI/Drug Court program, Project Safe, Fowler Drive Elementary, and Court Appointed Special Advocates, Interfaith Hospitality Network, Athens Land Trust and the Salvation Army. 2009 was also the second year in a row in which we were able to cover our rent and other costs by selling some of our bikes to the public.

We have outgrown our current space in the Chase Park Warehouse, and due to developments in the building we do not have the option to expand. Also, our lack of amenities such as restrooms and Internet access limit our ability to broaden the programs that we offer. We have searched over the past year for a space that better fits our needs both on the private market and through the Athens-Clarke County government, but so far our efforts have been unsuccessful. We are able to afford modest rent, but all of the suitable properties we have found on the market are well out of our budget.

We are making this public appeal in the hope that someone in the community might bring forward an option that we have not yet explored. Bear in mind that because BikeAthens is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, charitable donations to us are tax deductible.

The following are characteristics of a suitable space for us: • 1,500 to 2,000 square feet, minimum 10-foot ceiling, durable floors • Ground floor with roll-in access via double or overhead door • Secure, but accessible by staff at any hour

CONTACT US AT P.O. BOX 1027, ATHENS, GA 30603, LETTERS@FLAGPOLE.COM OR VIA THE “TALK BACK TO US” LINK AT FLAGPOLE.COM • Electric and water service; restroom(s) on site • Bike- and pedestrian-friendly location near downtown Athens • Office/meeting space for staff, with phone and/or Internet available If you can help, please contact Jason Perry at brp@bikeathens.com.

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mandates. There is a new piece of legislation that passed the house that is about to go to the Senate that is based off the program PACE. I think it would be irresponsible for a mayor not to support this.”

Athens, like the rest of the country, is experiencing tough financial times. These times require our elected officials to find common sense ways to maintain and improve essential services balancing the needs of our citizens. PACE Bonds are a common sense way to help homeowners afford the high upfront investment of energy-efficient upgrades, that will pay off with lower energy bills and increased home value. This is why I supported this legislation publicly earlier this year.

I find it interesting that Mr. Frye did not publicly support this legislation until it had actually passed. I guess he doesn’t want to be perceived as irresponsible.

Nancy Denson Athens

I am encouraged and not surprised that Spencer Frye sent out a press release to join me in supporting legislation by the Georgia State Legislature that closely models PACE bonds used in California. I expressed support for the legislation and PACE bonds on April 12 at the Common Ground Forum, attended by all mayoral candidates.

PACE bonds allow homeowners to finance energy-efficient upgrades to their homes through bonds that would be repaid by an increase in their tax assessment. A homeowner would have to opt into the PACE program; Tax Commissioner Denson is correct to there would be no tax increases to indiassert that she announced her support for viduals who do not PACE Bonds on participate.

April 12 at Common I am and always Ground’s second mayBUMPERSTICKER OF THE WEEK: have been a propooral forum. However, Don’t Believe Everything You Think nent of incentives she is incorrect to to increase energy assert that Spencer Send your sticker sightings to efficiency to diversify Frye did not supletters@flagpole.com. our county’s energy port legislation until portfolio and lower after it was signed overall energy cost. by the governor. In In fact, decreasing energy cost and my confact, Spencer Frye announced his support at cern for the environment, as well as making Common Ground’s first mayoral forum three it more convenient for the public, was the months prior to Tax Commissioner Denson, catalyst that led me to go to a 10-hour, fouron Jan. 16, at 12:39 p.m. Georgia Liberal day work week at our Tag Office almost two live-blogged the debate which you can years ago. see at http://galiberal.com/?p=6804. Tax When asked, on April 12, if I supported Commissioner Denson was sitting a few feet away. requiring residential buildings to meet the same high energy-efficient standards that Not only did Spencer Frye announce his support for it, he contacted Representative Athens requires of commercial buildings, I Doug McKillip about the matter, who in turn responded, “I would like us to develop incentives for single family homes to have the same contacted the Office of Legislative Council about the legislation. Both Spencer Frye’s high standards, but only with incentives, not

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contact with McKillip and McKillip’s contact with Legislative Council took place in January.

That’s not it, though. When Spencer Frye announced his campaign for Mayor on Mar. 23 (nearly three weeks prior to Denson’s Apr. 12 support of PACE Bonds), he created a website that features his stances on the issues. One of those issues, which you can still see right now by viewing www.spencerfrye.com, is PACE Bonds.

Throughout Spencer’s life and currently as a candidate for mayor, Spencer Frye has advocated for and implemented new, forwardthinking ideas. In the 1990s, Spencer Frye founded an environmental company based on sustainability that, at the time, was cuttingedge innovation. As Executive Director of Habitat, he founded the ReNew Athens initiative that renovates neglected apartment complexes into affordable housing at one-third of the cost of traditional affordable housing.

Spencer Frye was recently recognized by Flagpole magazine, which stated “Spencer Frye has charged ahead of his fellow candidates— at least in terms of his active engagement with the local media and, hence, with Athens voters.”

Spencer Frye had the following to say about the issue, “I think the important thing is that both Nancy and I support PACE bonds, irrespective of who was the first to announce support. I look forward to working with Tax Commissioner Denson so that Athens can be one of the first cities in Georgia to enact a successful PACE Bonds program. We can accomplish much more by working together than by working against each other.”

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city dope Athens News and Views The Election Dope: District 3 Commissioner George Maxwell says he’s running for reelection. “I have some things I want to accomplish, that I haven’t yet,” he told the Dope last week. That wraps up the odd-numbereddistrict commissioners’ plans for November: Maxwell, Kathy Hoard and Kelly Girtz will run again (all, apparently, unopposed); Doug

Bishop’s existing courts would be refurbished, giving the park a total of 16 or 17 top-quality courts, which would meet not only the site selection committee’s “must have” requirement of 12 courts, but its “highly wanted” criterion of four additional ones. This is by far the most equitable compromise available, and activists on both sides of the issue should be eager to jump on it. The mayor and commission will discuss the tennis center at their Thursday, June 17 agenda-setting meeting.

The Cat Poop: Mayor Heidi Davison and commissioners met with staff last week to discuss the county’s short- and long-term options for dealing with its current lack of an intake facility for homeless cats.

The likely solution appears to be spending about $150,000 from the county’s contingency fund to outfit the space formerly used by Has anyone else noticed the sweet directional markers they’ve the Athens Area Humane Society been installing on the Greenway? Nice! (before it bolted to Oconee County and began taking in cats only Lowry and David Lynn won’t. Jared Bailey from other shelters that euthanize animals) appears to have no rivals in District 5; the and operate it for the first year, after which only contested race at this point is between operation costs would be built into the annual Sara Bickerton and Farley Jones—who budget. That’s the short-term fix; meanwhile, announced her candidacy early last week—in about $100,000 would be added to a SPLOST District 1.

2011 project for expansion of the current ACC shelter in order to equip it to deal with The Tennis Skinny: Commissioner Kelly Girtz cats. That would probably be done in three reports he’ll seek a delay of the mayor and or four years. This doesn’t solve all the probcommission’s vote on site selection for the lems associated with this issue—how do we proposed tennis center in order to put prevent the facility from being flooded with together a commission-defined option for the ferals? Do we need a more accessible adoption project that would place five or six new courts center?—but it’s a necessary start. at Bishop Park and several more at one or two eastside parks. This option would preserve The Soccer Scoop: Ivy Le sent us a link to her Bishop’s multi-use field and its basketball site, classiccityworldcup.wordpress.com, which courts (which, aside from their celebrated use she created to help keep Athenians updated as the home of the Saturday morning Athens on where to watch World Cup matches. Other Farmers Market, also—far more frequently— ideas? Leave ‘em in Comments! serve neighborhood basketball players), displacing only a softball field.

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That’s a fair question for someone off the street to ask. Can’t the federal government fix the leak? But Broun is a United States Congressman, one who’s made it his mission in Washington to diminish the size and role of government, water down its regulatory powers and help big business, Big Oil especially. How does he not understand that giving nearly unlimited power to the oil corporations leaves the government powerless to fix their mistakes? Shouldn’t he know that the government doesn’t just keep oil spill submarines lying around?

“The federal government is the problem,” Broun is so fond of saying. “Rather than additional regulations,” Broun advised in February, we must “break down the obstacles” for oil corporations. Companies like BP can’t be burdened with things like regulations and having to possess the means to fix their own mistakes. Broun even wrote a bill (co-sponsored by no other member of Congress) which defined a “60-day deadline on legal challenges” to oil companies so that corporations like BP would avoid having to take full responsibility for their actions.

Broun pursues nothing less than a welfare program for companies like BP, the fourth largest corporation in the world. It has been policies like Broun’s that prepared the way for the Gulf oil disaster. While Broun tells working families to pull themselves up by their bootstraps, he treats BP like a charity case. Could that have anything to do with the tens of thousands of dollars his campaign has received from oil companies and their front groups? [Matthew Pulver]

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ACC commissioners are getting some pushback from county staffers about canceling a planned sewer line along Sandy Creek. That line was to serve future (and some existing) development north of the loop between Commerce and Danielsville roads, but commissioners fear that occasional sewer overflows would pollute the creek, which furnishes part of the county’s drinking water. “The reason we’re having this conversation is our drinking water,” Commissioner Alice Kinman said at last week’s mayor and commission work session.

Undeveloped areas along streams and rivers filter rainwater as it runs into creeks; keeping streamwater clean simplifies the treatment of drinking water. And sewer lines can occasionally pollute those streams when they overflow in rainstorms, or become clogged by roots or grease. Where sewer is not available, individual septic tanks are used—and they can leak, too, but not as massively as an overflowing sewer line.

To ACC Public Utilities Director Gary Duck, protecting water cleanliness is “a concern that we all have.” But “do I think it’s a problem?

No,” he says. ACC has three drinking-water intakes (from the Bear Creek reservoir and the two rivers); intake water is tested even before treatment. If a sewage overflow temporarily pollutes one river, then that intake is simply closed down, according to Duck. But “it’s very rare” for that to happen, he says.

A once-stated aim of providing sewer and water service to all areas of the county has

been revised: now only water service will eventually reach all areas. In recent years, commissioners have revised or cancelled plans for extending sewer lines, especially those that would have reached into the agriculturally zoned “greenbelt”; instead, regulations have been loosened to encourage more “infill” development closer to town.

But nixing the Sandy Creek line will make the area less attractive to developers, and county planning director Brad Griffin continued to argue last week that the area is welllocated for future expansion. It’s no farther from downtown than Beechwood Shopping Center is, he noted; and “the bones for the [area’s] development are already there.” If the county doesn’t expand in that area, then “we really have to start looking at another location” for expansion.

If the Sandy Creek line is cancelled, some 1400 lots will need to be rezoned to reflect the area’s lower development capacity without sewer, Griffin told commissioners. (Lots smaller than a half-acre would be zoned to RS-25.) That could affect the value of those properties, he says. If commissioners plan to revise the zoning map to reflect canceling the sewer line—as appears to be their intention— it’s likely the planning department would first notify potentially affected property owners by mail and hold public meetings, according to Griffin. The only previous “downzoning” that affected so many properties was a contentious 2003 decision that requires homes in the “greenbelt” to be built on 10-acre lots.

“That was a big downzone,” Griffin says, but was done in the context of an extensive and much-discussed revision to the county’s landuse plan.

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capitol impact athens rising Gov. Sonny Perdue reached a significant milestone last week as he finished the process of signing or vetoing the bills and resolutions passed by legislators this year. Barring an emergency that requires him to call a special session of the General Assembly, those are probably the last pieces of legislation Perdue will sign during his two terms as Georgia’s chief executive.

The governor deserves praise for one of the measures he decided not to sign into law. For the second year in a row, Perdue vetoed a bill that would have greatly reduced the state’s capital gains tax. This was essentially the same bill pushed by Rep. Tom Graves and Sen. Chip Rogers that Perdue vetoed last year. Graves, who just won a special election to fill Nathan Deal’s congressional seat, misleadingly touted HB 1023 as a “jobs bill” because it would have granted a few small tax and fee exemptions for employers.

That’s nonsense. The bill would have really resulted in a financial bonanza for Georgia’s wealthiest citizens who have significant amounts of money tied up in stocks, bonds and other investments. The major provision in HB 1023 would cut in half the capital gains tax paid when stocks are sold. This tax break would have amounted to more than $350 million a year—but most of that $350 million in benefits would have flowed to the people in the state’s top income brackets.

When this bill was passed last year a fiscal analysis determined that 77 percent of the benefits from the tax cut would go to the wealthiest 1 percent of Georgians (in terms of income) and 92 percent of the benefits would go to the top 5 percent of income earners.

The bottom 80 percent of Georgians— which includes middle-class workers and families—would have received about 1 percent of the total benefits from the tax cut.

Tax cuts can be a good thing. I’d certainly appreciate having a few more of them myself.

If lawmakers are going to pass a tax break, however, they should adopt one that benefits more than just the wealthiest 5 percent of Georgians.

When Perdue vetoed this tax break last year, he noted that it was not a good idea to be cutting revenues when state government was trying to cope with the worst recession in more than 70 years.

“During a period of growth in our economy, the budget may be able to absorb tax cuts that result in short-term revenue reductions but provide long-term economic benefits,” Perdue said recently in his veto message. “We are not, however, experiencing a growing economy at this point.”

The situation for state government has only gotten worse since Perdue wrote those words last year. State and local governments are still struggling to find the money to pay for basic services like schools, health care and public safety.

Ripping another $350 million out of state revenues by giving a tax cut to the rich just blows a bigger hole in the budget.

In vetoing the tax cut this year, Perdue referred to another bill he signed that creates a special commission to review all of Georgia’s tax policies later this year and recommend changes in them.

Rather than sign a tax break that would have such a major impact on state revenues, let’s give the study commission a chance to look at the whole tax structure and see where it can be improved.

Perdue had the wisdom to recognize this when he vetoed HB 1023. He did the right thing.

Tom Crawford tcrawford@capitolimpact.net Tom Crawford is the editor of The Georgia Report, an Internet news service at www.gareport.com that covers government and politics in Georgia.

What’s Up in New Development Every square foot counts in Georgia’s tiniThese large bureaucracies, each with an est county, it seems, if the pending court case independent and inwardly focused campus, questioning the tax-exempt status of Nuçi’s were all created to provide some public good Space is any indication. Unfortunately for us, for the community, the region or the state, much of our economy depends on indepenand growth is happening by every one of dent, tax-exempt entities. Even more worrying those metrics, so our service bureaucrais the lack of oversight we as citizens have cies ought to be growing to match, right? over these entities. So, what does all this The inevitability of bureaucratic growth is mean for our company town? something I doubt we can do much about, The biggest and most obvious player is but there are some strategies which can the University of Georgia. With an enrollimprove the relationship. ARMC does a good ment around 35,000, this is the largest single job of providing a park for the surrounding feature of the local economy. However, UGA’s neighborhood; that model could be repeated status as a state entity gives us little say in with services. Consider it a trade of services; its planning decisions. The university’s camthe untaxed entity trades something like park pus creates a successful edge at Broad and space which it can provide for something it College, but few other places. Baxter ought can’t, like police and fire. to be a lively zone, but isn’t. The university Going back to the Nuçi’s court case, it will likely build out along Oconee and South might be beneficial to allow or encourage Newton streets, but currently those are barren nonprofits like churches to have unaffiliparking wastelands. The medical school and ated ventures renting out space which might hospital authority are likely about to squeeze ameliorate conditions like the blank white Normaltown, as pressures mount on both sides to connect. Already the hospital has started acquiring the commercial property along the southern side of Prince Avenue; did you know they own the Pizza Hut on the corner of Oglethorpe Avenue?

The Classic Center does bring a lot of money into the community with its conventions. However, every new round of SPLOST seems to bring a new expansion, required to attract and An expanding Classic Center will further isolate these existing businesses retain bigger and bigger from downtown. conventions. At what point will this end? Is there a point when the Classic Center is big enough? wall of First United Methodist on Washington Already the convention halls are casting a Street. If churches can do something that long shadow over the eastern end of downreally improves the value of surrounding taxtown, engulfing what should have been the able land, then maybe it’s OK that they don’t gateway to an urban river district along pay taxes. the North Oconee. There’s talk of building a What needs changing most is the patsecond football stadium as part of the Georgia tern of building. Planning should focus on a World Congress Center in Atlanta; should we “build-to line” with growth first concentratbuild three to compete? Perhaps we should ing on creating the campus-city edge, and strive for one scale of convention, and do then filling in behind and along it. Imagine if that well, rather than continuing an endless the UGA Special Collections Library were being cycle of growth. At some point, the arrival built on a visible corner which is now in parkof increasing waves of conventioneers on a ing, rather than hidden away. This would allow weekly basis will start to have a fairly noticeprivate land to increase in value based on the able impact on downtown Athens. Around investment across the street.

3500 people may dilute fairly well into the Although the desire for a contiguous crowd, but 10,000 might not. campus makes sense for the planning of an Churches are another one-dimensional inwardly focused campus, closing streets street killer. They generate a lot of traffic from public use is no good. The Classic on Sunday mornings, and other than a few Center is plotting the demise of a block of folks going out to brunch, they don’t seem Hancock, and UGA still has its eyes on South to generate much economic impact. But their Lumpkin. The super-block, however, is a relic campuses are growing; no longer just sancof the worst of Modernist city planning, and a tuaries, they now need entire wings of classwell-documented neighborhood killer. Creative rooms, meeting halls, and gymnasia for youth strategies which accomplish both intra-camgroups. Unfortunately, these sorts of features pus connectivity and uninterrupted continucreate black holes in the urban fabric. ity of the city fabric should be explored.

What many of these entities share is a It’s not likely that the Athens economy will common approach to growth. They build in shift away from its current shape any time an inwardly focused campus at the center, soon, so we might as well get cozy with our and then push outward, acquiring new proplumbering bureaucracies, and learn to live erty and converting it to temporary surface together. If town and (university/hospital/ parking. As new buildings occupy those lots, choir) gown can recognize that the environnew land is acquired and the gravel fringe is ments of each are more successful when they pushed out. Take a walk around ARMC, the are highly connected, we’ll be a lot better off.

Classic Center or UGA, and notice these dead zones.

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he final list of Special-Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) projects for 2011, which will be approved by the Athens-Clarke County Mayor and Commission on July 6, will have a more modest budget than in previous years, causing longtime SPLOST-supported organizations to trim down their proposals for the use of what they still consider a crucial means of support.

SPLOST 2011 revenue is projected at $170 million over eight years, of which $84 million will be available for projects after subtracting an already-approved jail expansion. This is far below the $122 million allotted in SPLOST 2005. A Citizens Advisory Committee omitted some projects from its recommendations and suggested downsizing others to meet the tighter resources.

When the committee left a proposal for an expansion of the Classic Center off of its initial list of recommended projects because of its high price tag, ACC commissioners suggested that the SPLOST cycle could be extended to accommodate a higher revenue target if a downsized expansion plan could be included. Responding to the commission’s invitation to come up with a more modest proposal, Classic Center Executive Director Paul Cramer decided to prioritize a square footage expansion. The center is no longer requesting soundproofing equipment to facilitate multiple events taking place in different parts of its exhibit hall.

Plans for chandeliers and soffited ceilings in the hall were replaced with a steel ceiling, and a planned learning lab to be run jointly with the hotel, restaurant and tourism management program at Athens Technical College was cut.

The project’s original price tag of more than $53 million has been whittled down to $25 million. But Cramer hopes that will be enough for the center to expand sufficiently to continue to host conventions that are growing too large for its current size. “We are down to bare bones,” he says. “We are down to parking, exhibit space, and the atrium area. It gets us the critical mass to get the groups.”

The Classic Center was built in 1995 as a SPLOST project, and has remained a beneficiary of these funds. In 2000, it received money for a parking deck and surface parking, and in 2005, its theater renovations were funded, as were its expansion into historic warehouses on Foundry Street. Now, it seeks funds to nearly double the size of its centerpiece 28,000 square-foot exhibit hall to 53,000 square feet. In addition, an atrium will be added between the current exhibit hall and theater, and the number of parking spaces—currently about 600—will grow by 200 to help support this new capacity.

Cramer says the expansion is necessary to allow the center to accommodate annual conventions like the upcoming North Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church, which now has 3,000 people. Without the new square footage, he says, the center may lose events to competing convention centers, such as those in Columbus, which has 57,000 square feet, or in Savannah, which has 97,000. An average convention attendee spends $195 in town every day of the convention, according to Cramer.

“All we need to do is to provide them the appropriate space and they will come, and with them will come millions of dollars to spend,” Cramer says.

Cramer rejects the argument that conventions that are outgrowing the Classic Center can be replaced by other conventions that are growing into the space. Weekends are typically booked with local events like weddings or graduations, he says, and conventions must set up, run and move out during the week, restricting the Center to about 50 conventions a year.

Cramer wants to maximize the amount of profit possible within this limit.

“Why not do larger conventions that employ more people, bring more money to your city, and provide an outstanding return on your investment?” he says.

Though Cramer touts the expansion’s potential economic impact as the central basis for SPLOST support of the Classic Center, other candidate projects provide differing justifications.

The Athens-Clarke County Library, another repeated recipient of SPLOST funding, cites quality-of-life improvement and the protection of existing facility investments in its request. The library’s offerings to local residents are numerous: in addition to information and computing resources, it provides lectures, film screenings, career and financial classes, test preparation and meeting spaces.

As with the Classic Center, the library has seen its proposal cut down for 2011. Its plans for a branch in Southeast Athens, in the area of Gaines School Road and Cedar Shoals Road was removed, as was the creation of a computer van to bring computers to people who don’t have them. The requested funding is $2,364,000, compared to the $10,834,760 received in 2005.

“The committee came to us and said, ‘Pare down your requests to the bare essentials,’” says library director Kathryn Ames.

The library is requesting $200,000 annually from SPLOST for book purchases. The funding had previously been $135,000, but the state has cut funding for books from 60 cents per capita to 16.5 this year. Ames says that SPLOST already accounts for 44 percent of the library’s holdings of around 250,000 items.

Aside from equipment to reduce energy usage, the other items that remain in the 2011 request are aimed at improving services for patrons. They include funding to hire tutors for a homework center, to purchase materials and to bring in lecturers to help parents teach their children literacy. The library has also asked for a radio frequency identifier system, which would allow patrons to check out materials themselves and automate the process of sorting returned materials. This would free library staff to provide more customer service. Ames hopes to create what she calls a “concierge desk” in the library.

For the library, SPLOST funding can be an intermittent endeavor. Money for books was unavailable in 2007, and the Friends of the Athens-Clarke County Library helped shore up the gap with a fundraiser that doubled its endowment for that year. Funds from SPLOST 2005 to renovate and expand the library building had to wait on a $2 million state grant that didn’t come until 2009. The construction plans will not be finalized until December, with work beginning in February 2011, according to project manager Keith Sanders.

Even so, the tax money has been crucial in outfitting the current building with enough space, creating children’s programs to stage at that building and purchasing current books to stock its shelves, according to Ames.

“If we didn’t have SPLOST, we would be in terrible straits,” she says.

Economic development and improved quality of life are both highly valued goals to the Athens community. By varying means and to different ends, the Athens institutions of the Classic Center and the public library join other committeerecommended projects such as bridge improvements and renovation to the city’s parks in meeting one of the key criteria for receiving SPLOST funds: promoting “the upgrade and continued use of [ACC] facilities.”

Russell Cox

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Earlier that morning, a few volunteers propped themselves up on the tailgate of Dover’s lime green work truck, resting as the farmer laid out his philosophy of the nature of work. He didn’t notice the caterpillar, whose abdominal segments were just as neon as the vehicle, climbing the chin strap of his outback hat.

People complain about not working; about wears a wide-brimmed hat, sunglasses and sitting behind a desk all day, Dover says. comfortable clothing. Watching her fel“They’re starting to see [physical] work as low fill-in farmers drag tree branches into vital, to see work as fun. And this is exciting piles, Issenberg, who works in marketing, work.” can’t imagine how Dover could pull this off But before throngs of bank tellers, mistyalone. She imagines this wouldn’t appeal to eyed over the thought of a pre-Dust Bowl everyone. agricultural worker’s paradise, spear their “There’s something to be said for putting keyboards with their fountain pens, squeeze in the labor; you don’t associate hauling sticks against revolving door wings and burst headinto a pile with getting your food,” Issenberg long back to the land, take Dover’s advice: Do reflects. “At least, I don’t.” not discount the value of your work.

After two hours in the fields, everyone Just as massing brush into burnable piles treks back toward the Darby farmhouse for is an essential task for a pasture poultry lunch and a chance to make farmer, there’s a sure necesthat all-important farmersity to compiling mounds of consumer connection. “You data into searchable spreadshould’ve been here last sheets. While the completion week when the China Berry of this work may not carry trees were in bloom,” Dover the tangible omega of a says, pointing up to the dozen eggs or the romantistill-flowering branches trycized end-of-the-day ache ing to shade the luncheon. of strained biceps, it does The workers have spent the mean that budgets are balmorning dragging the tree’s anced, paychecks are filled limbs across the pastures, out or, to use another examand now its cream and ple of office-based toil, local purple blossoms parachute music rags are published. onto their paper plates.

“Obviously, everybody Dover explains that as the works and makes a living,” China Berry ages, it becomes Tissenbaum interjects. But a “real tough wood.” meaningful work is lacking “Your chain saw didn’t in many people’s lives, he seem to think so,” says Bill says. Beyond a paycheck, Daniel Dover handles the hazardous work while “Farmers for a Day” haul brush at Darby Farms. there isn’t much correlation Burnell, who runs Burnell Farms, an Athens Locally between work and life.

Grown producer, with his wife, Tammy. The $2000 loan that’s already been paid back; Not that everybody wants to or is capable Burnells are here to “pick Dover’s head” as the the house and its 35 acres are leased; the of performing this type of labor, Dover adds. couple expand production from their Cornish structural bits, including a converted cotton But if your work isn’t meaningful, “there’s a X-rocks and Rainbow layers. Using her cellwagon in which he houses layer hens, came void, and you don’t know what it is until you phone as a voice recorder, Tammy tapes Dover about through bartering and traded labor. fill it.” detailing his sustainable poultry methods.

After finishing off sandwiches, bananas and Dover employs what he calls a “stacking bowls of Dover’s red bean and chick pea salad, Andre Gallant technique” in rejuvenating the pasture. As he Dover leads a tour of the farm that follows the walks the first clutch of birds down the passtages of a chick’s life on Darby Farms. From Don’t let the sweat scare you: “Farmer for a Day” isn’t ture enclosed in bottomless pens, the chickthe ramshackle shed-turned-breeder coop, to all toil and trouble. Most of the work is on the lighter ens graze down the grass and leave a trail of the rusty Japanese truck bed feed container, side: mulching, weeding, moving compost. When the microbe-filled manure. Over the next 20 days, to the homemade plucker that de-feathers tour comes to Burnell Farms in September, owner the sun eradicates any harmful bacteria. The four birds in 20 seconds, Dover has built a Tammy Burnell wants the volunteers to bring their leftover nutrients heal the soil; Dover then cobbled-together but carefully considered fishing poles: “We’ll weed a little. We’ll fish a little.” repeats the process with the next batch of and humane operation that’s efficient, costBut spots on the tours are limited. Sign up for one on fowl. saving, sustainable and, in essence, an extenthe Athens Locally Grown website (www.athens.localDover won’t use chemicals or drugs on his sion of his personality: “I could pick up and lygrown.net) or email farmerforaday@gmail.com. birds. His mobile pens show he doesn’t conmove all this stuff with ease—it’s flexible, its To view a “soundslide” companion to this article fine them more than necessary, and for these malleable; the only thing that limits you is containing additional images and interviews, go to reasons, Dover says, his birds are disease-free. imagination.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfhWyh6o11I.

The Pasture’s Always Greener

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“I could do this all day,” says Scott Anderson. It’s not yet noon on an unseasonably cool May Saturday, and the school teacher from Loganville has all but sweated through his navy blue t-shirt. Anderson’s perspiration proves that even cooler spring mornings in Georgia can still scorch, especially when, like Anderson, you’re lugging pine brush slash across a Walton County pasture—for fun.

Anderson and his wife, Stephanie, are part of “Farmer for a Day,” a monthly event organized by Athens Locally Grown, an online farmers market with a Broad Street brick-andmortar pickup point, that connects farm-fresh produce customers to the souls and soils that grow their food, and offers a taste of the farm life for city types.

The first stop on the summer-long tour is Darby Farms, a 35-acre sustainable pasture poultry operation near Good Hope run by Daniel Dover, an enthusiastic young breeder who turned to chickens after an early career in computers.

Five-thousand broilers will soon arrive at Darby Farms. To meet their pecking and clucking needs, Dover must quickly reclaim a stretch of fallow pasture covered in China Berry trees, pines and shrubs. Dover has already felled the trees with a chainsaw, and now he needs help stacking the trunks and limbs into burn piles—which is where the Andersons come in.

Once the pasture is cleared, Dover will slowly walk his flocks down the grassland; the birds will graze, grow fat, and eventually end up on some of these volunteers’ plates.

While Scott evidently revels in these outdoor chores, Stephanie, unaware that she’d be working today, feels underdressed and unprepared. Both wish they’d capped off the previous night with one fewer beer.

People have an idealized notion of what farm life, even on a small one, entails, says tour coordinator Marc Tissenbaum. “Farmer for a Day” pulls back the topsoil and exposes just a speck of a work week that can reach 70 hours, kindling a “healthier respect” for the amount of labor needed to grow food.

Most Athens Locally Grown farmers operate on an extremely small scale; throwing a crop of volunteers at a mound of work that may have taken days to accomplish with little or no staff is a boon to these mini agri-firms.

Clearly prepared for a morning of pasture tromping and tree bark cuts, Sara Issenberg

“I’m not saying I don’t have my problems,” he says, then points to the sky. “But the best sanitizer in the world is right up there. It’s UV—a thermonuclear weapon.”

So far, predators have posed little threat to Dover’s chickens. Since he has “let the wild thrive” and provided acres of untouched brush for rodents and bugs to root around in, the foxes and hawks leave his domesticated animals alone. Nonetheless, he’s retrained his white-haired Anatolian Shepherd, Luke, to treat the chickens as his charges, and not his prey.

Dover recently caught a raccoon nearby, and “we can find his skin just over yonder” in the bushes. It’s a regrettable but necessary part of what he does, he says. A volunteer leans in to ease the farmer’s guilt: “It’s part of raising something tasty.”

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Art at the Depot

Welcome to the Jungle

A Short, Worthwhile Drive: Later this summer (in approximately one month), a new gallery space in Farmington is opening its doors to the public. Twenty minutes south of Athens on Highway 129, just past Watkinsville and situated in a former train depot, the suitably named Farmington Depot Gallery will host rotating regional artist exhibitions, as well as ongoing displays by the 16 artist-members and cooperative owners of the space. I was fortunate enough to drive out this past weekend to see it, and, despite the renovations, I can say for certain it’s on its way to becoming not only an impressive exhibition space, but a destination for those seeking local talent.

doubt, will look right at home against the untreated wood paneling and exposed rafters of the new space—not to mention against the gorgeous backdrop of Farmington itself.

Undertakings like this, I think, are deeply interesting—in that they represent an example of a region’s persons creating work in direct response to that region, and then, turning it right around and showing it to itself.

It’s a complex idea when one thinks about it—but what exactly is it that you want someone to remember you for? By asking our local artists to respond so directly to a place, it’s worth noting that what they produce speaks more pointedly of a sense of place than any-

The new Farmington Depot Gallery on Highway 129 is set to open its doors in the next month.

Situated nearby Wolf Creek and Geoff Pickett’s open-air ceramic studios, not to mention on the site of the annual J.B. Bishoff and Friends Pottery and Art Sale, the modest town of Farmington is host to some of our region’s richest visual treasures. Let’s be honest here: there really are not that many places to see art in Athens. Up until relatively recently, there were not too many in Atlanta. What’s consistently astonishing is the sheer number of people who are right here making stuff for public display. And furthermore, these artists don’t let the lack of pre-existing art spaces determine their viewing schedules—much of the time, they take matters into their own hands and forge their own. Farmington Depot is just such a venture and, like the Visionary Growth Gallery, its substantial position off of any “beaten path” is precisely its strength.

I met up with one of the artist/owners, Chris Hubbard, the man behind the “Heaven and Hell” car, whose folk art will be one of the mainstays of the new gallery. We briefly spoke about the process of opening a gallery (not easy), the potential involvement of local farmers and locally grown food in future gallery events (sounds awesome and tasty), and the substantial lineup of participating artists involved. In no specific order, they are as follows: Phil Goulding, John Cleaveland, Matt Alston, Jim Stipemaas, Tommy Jackson, Nick Joslyn, Tom Phillips, Peter Loose, Leigh Ellis, Susan Staley, Pat McCaffrey, Lawrence Stueck, Katy Dement, Michael Pierce, C.M. and Grace Kelly Laster and, of course, Chris Hubbard himself. Yowza.

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thing else. Keep your eyes peeled for future events out at Farmington Depot.

Pots-a-Lot: The beginning of June in Athens marks an arrival of so many things: dogs eating watermelon, swarms of mosquitos, a conspicuous lack of college students and, most notably, a crushing heat that (I’m afraid) isn’t letting up for the next several months. It also, however, marks a calendar halfway-point to Christmas, and for many area ceramic artists, an annual event to showcase and sell their wares. I visited the Marmalade Pottery Studio on Barber Street in the DOC Building, which is currently showcasing the work of Maria Dondero, Jorie Berman, Mandy Stevens and Tiffany Whitfield. All of these artists have been affiliated with the ceramics department at Lamar Dodd, but you would never know it to see the variety apparent in the work. A casual charm characterizing Dondero’s cups and flatware masks the true elegance of mark and line that make up her image-laden surfaces, while Whitfield’s earthy structures radiate a subtle but strong energy that almost takes them out of the realm of the everyday (where Dondero’s work, I feel, posits itself nicely). Berman’s terra-cotta plates and cups dress themselves in sumptuous lace-like designs that border upon the intimate, while Stevens’ hand-formed organic vessels visually wobble in a pleasantly disorienting manner.

Marmalade is definitely worth a visit. For directions, more information, and totally adorable pictures of stuff that Maria traded for pots, visit http://www.mariadondero.com.

Brian Hitselberger

Rock and roll is work; don’t let anyone ever tell you otherwise. It’s hard work and it’s risky. When you start out, it’s endless days and nights of rehearsing, self-promotion and playing lousy gig after lousy gig with little more return than a break on the bar tab. You spend half your time crammed into a van with your equipment and the collective body odors of your bandmates and the rest of it working jobs that pay little because they offer the flexible hours needed to go on the road. What money you do make goes back into the band, buying mics and monitors and such, all in the hope that someday you may be the one-ina-thousand crew who can actually make this thing pay.

The grueling work of playing music and the attendant risks are why so many bands fall apart or die on the vine. Even a moderately successful band has an average career span shorter than a single-A ballplayer.

So, if by some miraculous chance your band actually makes it, gets the big contract, starts playing concert halls and arenas, then, hell yes, you take every one of the perks you’ve got coming. You buy the mansion and the private jet and the pair of pet ocelots.

You squeeze your aging ass into those leather pants as long as you can and you suck down the gallon jugs of Rebel Yell and do the mountains of blow they set before you. And you take the groupies three at a time because, let’s face it, that window could slam closed at any moment.

In the vast array of books out there devoted to the Holy Trinity of sex, drugs and rock and roll, there are surprisingly few books about the first item, and fewer still told from the point of view of the girls who snuck past, sashayed in front of, or just plain serviced the road crew to get at rock stars. And most of those on the shelf are shamefully apologetic, of the reformed and repentant variety. Only Pamela Des Barres’ seminal I’m With the Band and more recently Karrina Steffens’ Confessions of a Video Vixen spring to mind as memoirs of women who volunteered to be instruments of rocker debauchery and came away without regrets.

Add to that number Roxana Shirazi’s new memoir The Last Living Slut: Born in Iran, Bred Backstage (HarperCollins, 2010). Shirazi, by day a working academic and lecturer on gender theory, presents a frank, graphic and decidedly unwholesome chronicle of her life as an infamous sex toy in England’s hardrock scene. There are more than a few ewww moments in the book, so be warned.

What sets Shirazi’s book apart from other backstage autobiographies is her backstory.

Born in Tehran in the waning days of the Shah to an opium-addict father and a political activist mother, Shirazi witnessed firsthand the iron fist of political oppression and then the even more restrictive hand of religious oppression with the rise of Khomeini’s fundamentalist Islamic state. Her descriptions of the Iran of her childhood are evocative and beautiful, something we get precious little of in books about the Middle East. Less bucolic, however, are her stories of the repeated

unwanted attentions of older men, something she credits with discovering her sexuality at the age of five.

Forced to flee Iran, her family relocated in Manchester, England, a place as far removed, in all ways, from Tehran as it’s possible to be. There her family found itself far from their middle-class background and stuck in the working-class immigrant trap, and young Roxana, as a foreigner and a studious pupil, was picked on mercilessly. As she got older, however, Shirazi found an escape route in the music of Guns N’ Roses and her visceral (let’s use that word) reaction to metal.

The rest of the book is an endless stream of sexual encounters as the bisexual and newly uninhibited Shirazi sets out to hook up with as many rockers as possible, and her standards are exacting: only metal, no emo or pop, only the headliners and never the roadies. She

parties with the likes of Velvet Revolver and Avenged Sevenfold, and has encounters with Tommy Lee and the post-heroin Nikki Sixx, but most of her adventures take place among B-listers like Towers of London, Buckcherry, Brides of Destruction, and Adler’s Appetite (Dr. Drew fans know Steven Adler for his amazing ability to procure smack no matter how thoroughly the “Sober House” crew searched his belongings). Things go great until she meets with GN’R keyboardist Dizzy Reed, with whom she breaks her cardinal rule and falls in love, with disastrous results.

Shirazi tries very hard to couch her memoir in terms of her empowerment through partying as hard as the boys—even her title is intended to reclaim the word “slut” as a positive—but after awhile the endless depictions of sex start to wear thin. I actually found myself wishing she’d devoted more words to her academic career. Still, if you want an unadulterated and horizontal (among others) view of the madness of rock stars collecting their perks, The Last Living Slut will not disappoint.

John G. Nettles

film notebook News of Athens’ Cinema Scene Sophistication and Sentiment: A friend who’s perhaps too aware—and indulgent—of my, um, proclivities gave me a biography of Ernst Lubitsch for my birthday a few weeks ago; I’d long intended to read Scott Eyman’s Laughter in Paradise, but had never bought myself a copy. Now that I have one, I’ve been using whatever spare time I can find to soak up a bit of it here and there. And as I’m sure my friend could have predicted (and much to my wife’s inconvenience), it has occasioned a mini-revival of Lubitsch films in my house— including the Maurice Chevalier musicals!

as a mature sentimentality began to be strongly felt in Angel, Ninotchka and especially The Shop Around the Corner, and is here fully and seamlessly integrated with his style. I can’t wait to get ahold of Cluny Brown.

n Get Ready for a Lot of Bolds: The Rock Docs portion of the AthFest FilmFest at Ciné kicks off before the festival itself this year, with a couple of recent, high-profile music films. The Runaways, a rock-you-drama starring Kristen Stewart as Joan Jett and Dakota Fanning as Cherie Currie (if you dig, you dig) opened on June 11, and When You’re Strange, a documentary about The Doors narrated by Johnny Depp, will open on June 18.

Also that weekend is the local comedic feature The Gallon Challenge. Things get going in earnest with the AthFest Music + Video Show Wednesday, June 23. Thursday, June 24 (right before the Flagpole Music Awards Show!) is the Athens premiere of Spenser Simrill, Jr.’s new tour documentary Of Montreal: Family Nouveau.

Friday will feature an advance look at longtime Athenian filmmaker Erica McCarthy’s in-progress doc Vic Chesnutt Celebration, a chronicle of the performances and performers at the February tribute shows at the 40 Watt commemorating the life and work of the great local singer-songwriter, as well as a rare screening of Pete Sillen’s amazing 1994 doc Speed Racer: Welcome to the World of Vic Chesnutt.

The Athens Picture Show program runs Thursday through Sunday and includes a fat The Runaways, a rock-you-drama starring Kristen Stewart as Joan Jett bunch of locally produced is at Ciné. filmstuffs, including the festival’s Short Film Program Eyman’s book is good—it’s nice to get a and Athens TeenScreen. Also featured will be sense of Lubitsch’s actual personality, and the return of Not Since You, produced by our not just the nebulous one I’ve assigned to own Ashley Epting (which actually begins its the idea of him from watching his films— run the previous weekend), as well as former but I’ll admit his critical metrics don’t quite Flagpole film writer Patrick Franklin’s zombie agree with mine. He seems to be trying a pic Pushin’ Up Daisies and the ubiquitous but little too hard not to register as an all-out still essential 1987 doc Athens, GA: Inside/ Lubitsch partisan and deals more harshly with Out. And one more thing—a program of shorts the director’s non-masterpieces than is really called Athens Horror Show, including two necessary. And, of course, using this scale of films by gOnZoRiFFiC schlockmeister (and appraisal, a wonderfully entertaining work local film writer) Andrew Shearer will screen of imitation like Rouben Mamoulian’s 1932 late Saturday night. Most of these films will Love Me Tonight—the only musical Chevalier have repeat screenings, and you’ll notice I and Jeannette MacDonald made without haven’t listed any times. Full information Lubitsch—is judged a hollow, ingratiating can—and must!—be had at athenscine.com. counterfeit.

Maybe that’s why I decided to jump ahead Mmm… Other News: Don’t forget about Bad and re-watch Heaven Can Wait (1943) before Movie Night at Ciné June 16 (now!): the 1991 I got to it in the book (though I’m sure Joey Travolta vehicle Wilding: The Children of Eyman considers it a high point). In it, the Violence… Nicole Holofcener’s acclaimed comsleek Deco interiors against which Lubitsch’s edy Please Give opens June 18 at Ciné and characters were made so gloriously animate runs concurrently with the AthFest stuff (and in his early sound films have been replaced hopefully a little longer), and Ciné’s Summer by a plush Victorian milieu that, while still Classic Film Series begins July 2—more on opulent, radiates the warmth of home and that in two weeks… Finally, the ACC Library’s in which physical spaces are imbued with a iFilms series will feature James Moll’s docudeep psychological resonance. The sexual mentary Inheritance June 17 and the long politics, too, so spiky and blasé in the early awaited A Man Named Pearl June 24. Go to musicals and sound comedies, have acquired clarke.public.lib.ga.us. consequences that couldn’t be more personal.

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ALICE IN WONDERLAND (PG) In Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll’s young heroine is now an adult. This nearing-20 Alice 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.

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.

THE A-TEAM (PG-13) See Movie Pick.

THE GALLON CHALLENGE (NR) A feature-length film (based on a true story, mind you), The Gallon Challenge follows film student Travis Carter as he documents an on-campus milk-drinking contest for his final project. Writer and producer Wes Bennett cites Wes Anderson and Jackass as inspiration.

Part of the AthFest Filmfest Athens Picture Show, The Gallon Challenge will be followed by a screening of the short film Lay-Z Shopumentary, a mockumentary about the bodega in downtown Athens.

BABIES (PG) 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.

THE BOOK OF ELI (R) For 30 years, powered by faith alone, Eli (Denzel Washington) has been crossing the vast nuclear wasteland with the world’s only remaining copy of the Bible (King James Version, of course). The movie watches like a quest on the 2008 videogame masterpiece, Fallout 3, a series that took most of its stylistic cues from The Road Warrior. The Book of Eli is no Road Warrior (or The Road), but the stylish, violent movie has more than a whiff of originality.

THE BOUNTY HUNTER (PG-13) Milo Boyd (Gerard Butler), the titular bounty hunter, discovers his latest

quarry is his ex-wife, Nicole Hurly (Jennifer Aniston), a reporter who knows too much. Now the constantly arguing duo must run for their lives.

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

CITY ISLAND (PG-13) Patriarch Vince Rizzo (Andy Garcia) is a corrections officer in City Island, a fishing village in the Bronx, who has been hiding a secret from his family: his dream to become an actor. Garcia is joined by an impressive ensemble cast to complete the family portrait of dysfunction, including Julianna Margulies, Emily Mortimer and Alan Arkin, to name a few. Director-screenwriter Raymond De Felitta’s indie flick covers familiar ground with the quirky, dysfunctional Italian family that yells a lot, but this winner of the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival looks genuinely amusing.

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 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).

CYRUS (R) After seven years alone, a divorced dude, John (John C. Reilly), strikes up a romance with Molly (Marisa Tomei). But first he must do battle with her overprotective, 21-yearold son, Cyrus (Jonah Hill), his mom’s best friend who is unready to share her with anyone, especially John. It’s almost as if Reilly is facing off against a younger version of his Stepbrothers

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character (how meta). The Duplass Brothers (Baghead) may finally hit the big time with this comedy. This indie is one of summer’s most intriguing offerings. With Catherine Keener.

DATE NIGHT (PG-13) Tina Fey and Steve Carell are the Fosters, a married couple trying to liven things up with a night on the town. But a simple case of mistaken identity turns into more than the Fosters bargained for. The hilarious supporting cast includes Mila Kunis, Mark Wahlberg, James Franco, Ray Liotta, Kristen Wiig and more. At its core, Date Night should be no better than your average rom-action-edy, but Fey, Carell and their inspired support

pop culture jokes. Dragon is the latest from DreamWorks Animation, the home of Shrek, and the family resemblance is strong.

I AM LOVE (R) I Am Love, or Io Sono l’Amore, is set in turn-of-the-century Milan, where the Recchi dynasty is thrown into chaos after Emma (Tilda Swinton, who learned both Russian and Italian for the role) embarks on an affair with her brother-in-law’s friend/ business partner, Antonio (Edoardo Gabbriellini).

INHERITANCE (NR) Monika Hertwig, the daughter of Amon Goeth—Ralph Fiennes’ character from Schindler’s List—meets with Helen Jonas-

I’m so drunk. shape a run-of-the-mill, high-concept blockbuster in their comedic image rather than allow it to remove their brainy comic brawn.

FURRY VENGEANCE (PG) In this awful live-action cartoon, Fraser stars as developer Dan Sanders, who uproots his family—wife Tammy (Brooke Shields) and cute teen son Tylor (Matt Prokop)—to the Oregon wilderness in order to start work on a subdivision for a not-so-ecofriendly Neal Lyman (an abysmal Ken Leong).

The woodland creatures, led by a maniacal raccoon, fight back. Though none of the animals talk, they do giggle, titter, spray and awkwardly dance to Chic’s “Le Freak.”

GET HIM TO THE GREEK (R) Forgetting Sarah Marshall director Nicholas Stoller takes the writing reins from star Jason Segel, unleashing the “How I Met Your Mother” star’s rock god, Aldous Snow (Russell Brand), in a story almost all his own. The Infant Sorrow frontman has to share the spotlight with record company drone, Aaron Green (Jonah Hill), sent to ferry him from London to the Greek Theater in Los Angeles. On the way, Aaron must ensure that the infamous, alcoholic drug user stay clean (enough) to perform. With 109 minutes of laughter, Get Him to the Greek is the summer’s best comedy to date.

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.

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

Rosenzweig, the woman enslaved by her father during the war. Over 66 years after Goeth’s execution, the painful, historic closure sought by both these women leads to new questions. Director James Moll won an Oscar for The Last Days. Winner of a Christopher, a News & Documentary Emmy and a World Soundtrack Award.

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IRON MAN II (PG-13) Iron Man’s second mission picks up right after his last. Tony Stark, having outed himself as the armor-clad superhero, must do battle against a new foe: government bureaucracy. Facing down a congressional committee chaired by a particularly snide Senator played by Garry Shandling with rapid-fire wit as opposed to his trademark repulsor beams, Stark manages to maintain control of his proprietary technology as fears of other iron men become campaign fodder.

JOAN RIVERS: A PIECE OF WORK (R) Directors Ricki Stern and Anne Sternberg (The Devil Came on Horseback and The Trials of Darryl Hunt) document the life and career of Joan Rivers as she marks her 75th birthday. The doc featurese the kind, funny and not so kind wishes of Kathy Griffin, Don Rickles and Joan’s daughter, Melissa, as they celebrate Joan.

JONAH HEX (NR) A bounty hunter in the Wild West, Jonah Hex (the increasingly interesting Josh Brolin) is commissioned by the U.S. government to stop a voodoo witch doctor from achieving a Southern victory via raising an army of the undead. Many may not be familiar with this DC Comics character, but Hex sounds like he could be a surprise hit on the big screen.

THE KARATE KID (PG) This remake is more intriguing than many. A single mother (Taraji P. Henson) and her young son, Dre (Jaden Smith, son of Will and Jada Pinkett, the power couple producing the movie), move to

China. When bullies begin picking on Dre, he takes up karate, thanks to lessons from expert/handyman, Mr. Han (Jackie Chan). For nostalgia’s sake, I do wish they had kept the Mr. Miyagi moniker. Director Harald Zwart also wrought Agent Cody Banks and The Pink Panther 2.

KILLERS (PG-13) Yay. A Mr. & Mrs. Smith knockoff starring Katherine Heigl and Ashton Kutcher is just what I wanted to kick off the movie month of June. Heigl’s suburban wife, Jen, discovers her hubby, Spencer (Kutcher), is an assassin, and he is worth millions to some fellow assassins that have been trailing the couple since they met.

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.

MARMADUKE (PG) So the comic strip canine becomes a live-action movie, and Owen Wilson voices the teenaged Great Dane. I am sure the kiddies will eat this up just as greedily as they did both Alvin and the Chipmunks movies. Lee Pace (“Pushing Daisies”) and Judy Greer star as Marmaduke’s human owners, while a slew of familiar actors—Emma Stone, Ron Perlman, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Jeremy Piven, Steve Coogan, Fergie, George Lopez—give voice to the animal kingdom. Directed by Tom Dey (Shanghai Noon, Failure to Launch).

NOT SINCE YOU (NR) 2009. Filmed locally in Athens, Not Since You concerns a group of friends, all NYU grads personally affected by 9/11, reuniting in our small northeast Georgia town for a wedding.

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.

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.

PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME (PG-13) A street urchin, Dastan (a buff, coiffed Jake Gyllenhaal), grows up royal thanks to the beneficence of the Persian king. When the king is murdered and Dastan falsely accused, the limber Prince of Persia must clear his name while assisting beautiful Princess Tamina (Gemma Arterton) as she protects a magic dagger that can turn back time. PoP sounds—and is—silly, but the movie is old-fashioned fun.

ROBIN HOOD (PG-13) On paper, a realistic, “historically accurate” version of the Robin Hood myth from the Gladiator team and super-producer Brian Grazer read like a dynamite summer blockbuster, but in reality, a

dour, dark, incredibly anachronistic (everyone is a feminist, ecumenical, Enlightenment philosopher) Robin Hood is no Robin Hood at all.

THE ROOM (R) The Room might be the “Mona Lisa” of bad movies; its greatness lies in its mysterious smile, which a laughing Tommy Wiseau, the baffling “auteur,” trots out at the oddest moments. The Room will leave you with so many questions that don’t need answering.

THE RUNAWAYS (NR) A dramatic biopic following the rise and fall of the legendary all-girl punk-rock band of female misfits in the seventies, The Runaways was written and directed

by Floria Sigismondi with the help of executive producer and former Runaway, Joan Jett. Starring Dakota Fanning (as Cheri Currie) and Kristin Stewart (a dynamic Joan Jett), The Runaways made its world premiere at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.

THE SECRET OF KELLS (NR) Director Tomm Moore has crafted a beautiful illuminated manuscript. Every opulently detailed still could be framed.

His film is a tremendous little gem that I hope finds its audience, if not in theaters, then in the comfy confines of multi-viewing-friendly home theaters.

SEX AND THE CITY 2 (R) Carrie and the girls are back on the big screen, but the results are more seasons five and six than the more pleasant seasons two through four. Fans may be incapable of skipping this new adventure, but they would be better served spending the supersized two-and-a-half-hour running time watching their five fave eps.

SHE’S OUT OF MY LEAGUE (R) If a filmmaker with a real talent for creating raunchy romantic comedies had made She’s Out of My League, this movie could have been something. It could have been a contender, under the guiding hand of Judd Apatow or the Farrelly Brothers. Instead, little-known British comic Jim Field Smith makes an underwhelming directorial debut with another script from the Sex Drive duo of Sean Anders and John Morris.

(These two are also responsible for Hot Tub Time Machine.)

SHREK FOREVER AFTER (PG) The first two Shreks were highly entertaining and richly creative way back in 2001. In 2010, this fourth and supposedly final chapter is really tired.

SPLICE (R) A couple of genetic engineers, Clive and Elsa (Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley), create an animalhuman hybrid, Dren (ably played by Delphine Chanéac). Of course, Dren unleashes a Pandora’s box of moral quandaries that strain Clive and Elsa’s relationship, especially after writerdirector Vincenzo Natali and his cowriters, Antoinette Terry Bryant and Doug Taylor, go there (though there will not be enough for vets of extreme horror). m TOY STORY 3 (G) When toy owner Andy grows up and goes to college, he donates his favorite toys, including Woody (v. Tom Hanks) and Buzz Lightyear (v. Tim Allen), to a day care center. As excited as I am to meet the new toys, I am even more excited about the script by Little Miss Sunshine Oscar winner, Michael Arndt. Director Lee Unkrich codirected previous Pixar hits Toy Story 2 and Finding Nemo.

WHEN YOU’RE STRANGE (R) Typically independent award-winning filmmaker Tom DiCillo (Johnny Suede) opens The Doors in this documentary narrated by Johnny Depp. This look at the ever-popular ‘60s rockers includes rare exclusive footage of Jim Morrison, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek and John Densmore covering the band’s brief life from UCLA Film School to sold-out arenas. This film has been a hit at film festivals from Berlin to San Sebastian to Santa Barbara. Nominated for the Sundance’s Grand Jury Prize.

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movie pick Join the Team THE A-TEAM (PG-13) I love it when a summer blockbuster comes together. Combine said summer blockbuster with one of my favorite childhood television shows (right up there with “The Dukes of Hazzard” and “Dallas”) and you have one satisfied movie reviewer. Have no doubt, The A-Team is your typical non-stop

action spectacular, but Narc writer-director Joe Carnahan pulls off the plan like it was designed by Hannibal himself.

Children of the ‘80s know the story.

Four Special Forces operatives—Col. John “Hannibal” Smith (Liam Neeson), Lt. Templeton “Face” Peck (Bradley Cooper), Sergeant Bosco “B.A.” Baracus (Quinton “Rampage” Jackson) and Captain “Howling Mad” Murdock (District 9’s Sharlto Copley)— are convicted of a crime they did not commit.

After escaping, they remain on the run from

the military that is constantly hounding these fugitive soldiers of fortune.

The big-screen version divulges the heretofore secret origins of the A-Team, and for once, I did not care that the movie wasted time on what could have remained an untold aspect of the team’s history. The quartet’s meet-cute starts the movie off with a slam-bang that does not stop exploding until the credits.

For nearly two hours, the A-Team slips from one outlandish action scenario to the next, each one more preposterous than the last.

“The A-Team” may hail from one of TV’s cheesier eras, but the only way the movie could work is with respect for the material.

Otherwise, the soufflé would deflate into unsuccessful parody à la “The Dukes of Hazzard” movie. Carnahan and his screenwriter pals, actor Brian Bloom and Skip Woods, walk the line perfectly. The movie has as many—maybe more—laughs as it does explosions. They’ve written these fan favorites perfectly, for a cast (kudos to the casting crew) that nails them. I grew up a Face kid so rising star Cooper had an easy sell, but Copley has me buying Murdock, always my least favorite teammate, in bulk.

The A-Team is sublimely ridiculous. But that’s why they’re the A-Team.

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are the ones that unfold in a grand way, like the rising simmer of “Hard as Nails” and the brightly blossoming “Lion.”

Though it feels nicely worn-in, this is a work of great instinct and finesse.

Peter Wolf Crier may wander the same fields and streams as decorated label mates Bon Iver, but it’s far more immediate and punctuated. And Inter-Be is one of the more distinctive albums to emerge from the current indie-folk wave in quite some time.

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Fever ATP Merging the spirit of O.G. psychrock bands like Jefferson Airplane with newer acid-rock brawn, this San Francisco act has been turning big heads. Though most of those heads have been in the UK (U.N.K.L.E., with whom it’s collaborating, and Arctic Monkeys, with whom it has toured), perhaps this expansive sophomore outing will earn the band its due at home. Psychedelic music is all about rendition of mood, and the band’s deep sonic kaleidoscope can range from clinging wisps of smoke to time-bending riffs to mind-expanding sprawls, sometimes all in one song. But it’s the ability to get heavy and heady that gives Sleepy Sun far more bite than most of its contemporaries.

Though nicely navigating between sleep and wake, it’s not until “Wild Machines” rises in some beefy riffage that the song owns you. Same goes for “Freedom Line,” whose gutter shuffle ultimately bursts into a glorious mountain range of slow-groaning mammoth riffs. Also belonging in the good stash are the droopy-lidded twangs and primal howls of “Desert God.” Psych-rock is one of the genres that’s riding high in the underground right now, and legitimate dope-slingers like Sleepy Sun are the reason why.

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Mad Decent Though the perspective of this rising British DJ/producer is rooted in dubstep, his debut full-length is a shamelessly post-modern affair built from a prism of over four decades of dance music. But at least it’s equally shameless about its party intentions.

Rusko’s roots are heard clearly in dub- and reggae-inspired tracks like “District Line” and “Rubadub Shakedown,” but the album’s most memorable cuts come when he’s aping other styles. “Dial My Number” breaks into ‘80s dance glides that are smooth enough to make Chromeo drool. Both “Kumon Kumon” and “Raver’s Spesh” are straight cops of the exact synth hooks, breakbeats and sped-up female vocal snippets that moved the early ‘90s rave nation. But the top pick is “Hold On,” a nod to brisk mid-‘90s house with soulful R&B vocals from Dirty Projectors’ Amber Coffman.

The record is actually least evocative when it tackles current styles in tracks like “Woo Boost” and “I Love You,” whose clunky post-millennial grinds are cumbersome and onenote. Though uneven and as overly protracted as an LP, O.M.G.! does have some real hits, which is as much as you can ask for from a dance album.

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PETER WOLF CRIER Inter-Be Jagjaguwar Launched by a shimmering debut that has a remarkable ability to grip and move, this Minneapolis duo is poised to jump the line from total obscurity to primetime player. Its simultaneously scuffed and otherworldly folk-pop is built from well-crafted melodies and rich atmospheric detail. Primarily a purposefully ramshackle dance between the dreamy drifting of Peter Pisano’s voice and the rhythmic dynamism of Brian Moen, its music quivers, quakes and breaks in all the right places. And despite the intimacy of its lo-fi treatment, the record packs a widescreen sense of drama.

Highlights include the charming jaunt of “Crutch & Cane,” the clattering but vibey “Down Down Down” and the bluesy midnight soul of “Saturday Night.” But the band’s very best songs

CRYSTAL CASTLES II Fiction Stepping beyond the restrictive eight-bit confines that made it a sensation, this Toronto duo’s sophomore album is an exercise in contrast. The mostly ethereal palette here is broader, even encompassing trance (“Celestica”), big house (“Baptism”) and ‘80s alternative dance

(“Suffocation,” “Vietnam”). But, despite glimpses of gossamer beauty, there’s a bloodless aspect at play, and something’s often noise-damaged. Like the club cousin of ADULT., it’s digital dance music with deadly intent.

Salient selections include the blared electronic workout of “Doe Deer,” the increasingly haunted electro thump of “Birds” and the entrancing nocturnal dance-pop of “Pap Smear.”

The album’s best straight-up melody is “Not in Love,” a sparkling, if somewhat distant, synth-pop number that’s as comfortable in a cathedral as it is in a disco. But none can match the heavily moody “Empathy,” a masterful blend of dreamy vocals, stomping bass beat and paranoid synth undulations.

Though the constructs can be conventional and derivative, the dynamic tension that conveys the sense that “all is not quite right” is critical to their identity. Whether their dark pop will strike that balance on a consistent basis remains to be seen, but at least the doors are a little more open now.

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THE BLACK KEYS Brothers Nonesuch For me, The Black Keys have always been defined by “When the Lights Go Out,” the lead track on their third LP, Rubber Factory. Dan Auerbach bends those first baleful notes like a master blacksmith tempering wrought iron, and coupled with the chain-gang march of Patrick Carney’s drums this song became the high-water mark for the duo’s greasy garage-blues sound.

They’ve hewn closely to that formula for their subsequent albums, but with the release of Brothers I am thrilled to say that this dynamic Ohio duo is finally, fantastically, evolving.

This sea change is evident within the first 30 seconds of opener “Everlasting Light” on which, unlike with past albums, it is the vocals that take center stage. Adopting a Jack White falsetto here, and several other masks in between the sour-mash blues-wailing we’ve come to expect (Howlin’ Wolf on “Too Afraid to Love You,” a young Anthony Kiedis on “Tighten Up”), Auerbach deftly breaks up the monotony of the band’s previous two records. Smart production touches—handclap percussion, muted choral swells, clanging harpsichord— turn slow grinding tunes like “The Go Getter” and “I’m Not the One” into ominous swamp stomps and transform potentially cheesy tunes like “Next Girl” into the kind of memorable refrains that get sung en masse at live shows.

Whereas before these songs might have run together like so much water in a rusty raingutter, on Brothers they are rendered strong and distinct. The Black Keys are evolving, and I can’t wait to hear what they come up with next.

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hen smoke rose above the Georgia Theatre on June 19, 2009, Venice Is Sinking didn’t know what to do. It wasn’t just that they stood to lose a favorite place, somewhere they’d performed dozens of times and whose owner, Wilmot Greene, had always welcomed them warmly. It was that only the week before, the band had begun a Kickstarter.com campaign to raise the money for the pressing of Sand & Lines, the group’s third LP, recorded over the course of four days in that very building (out June 15 via One Percent Press).

“We all felt really close to the Theatre because we had spent so much time there,” says vocalist and viola player Karolyn Troupe.

“It was a loss for the town, but it was also a personal loss for us.”

“You didn’t want to play the sympathy card,” adds drummer Lucas Jensen. “But all of a sudden we had something on our hands that was a really good representation of the way the Theatre sounded.”

The idea for the record came when Greene approached the members of Venice Is Sinking after a show they played there in January of 2008. He proposed closing down the venue for a week so that they could record an album in it with renowned Athens producer David Barbe, capture the sound of the room and create a sonic-memory document in the same way that the building’s façade had long stood as a visual landmark.

Of course, VIS agreed. The band had just spent a grueling eight months recording its previous record, AZAR, over extended weekends in Scott Solter’s studio in North Carolina, obsessing over every tiny detail. One of the most appealing aspects of the offer was the quickness of the project. The band would complete everything between May 20–24, 2008.

Barbe’s engineering (with Andy LeMaster, who joined for two songs) would insure the quality of the recording. “It’s not like you’re making a record in somebody’s basement,” says Jensen. “It was a unique experiment.

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Everything kind of aligned, and it could’ve been a disaster for us.”

Far from disastrous, Sand & Lines instead proved fortuitous. In the empty theatre, they recorded analog from two omni-directional microphones above the stage. The bandmembers and guest musicians (like guitarist Jesse Flavin and handfuls of other instrumentalists and vocalists) had to physically move themselves through the performance space to adjust the mix.

“That was one requirement of Wil’s when we started,” says vocalist and guitarist Daniel Lawson. “He never wanted it to go into a computer at all, so it went from the microphones straight to this tape deck and then from that went into mastering and straight to vinyl.”

The days of rehearsal and recording, pulling together “orphan” material from previous sessions, writing new songs and readying three covers led to a tighter, better aligned Venice Is Sinking, especially after the AZAR sessions.

The bandmembers had to use everything they’d so painstakingly learned.

“We realized what our process was for getting songs together and who contributes what, and we had to condense that,” says keyboardist James Sewell. “Instead of a year, we had to get it all figured out in a month.”

In the end, though, the Georgia Theatre became Sand & Lines’ reluctant star.

“The Theatre was weird, and it was idiosyncratic and cavernous,” Jensen says. As they watched it burn, Venice Is Sinking came to a decision. “I think we decided that day, anything we potentially make from this we’re just going to give back,” says Lawson.

“As much as any of us with our contributions to the record, I think the Theatre was just as important or more important than anything that we did,” he continues. “It really does act as a sixth or seventh or ninth musician.”

Julia Reidy Venice Is Sinking is playing AthFest on Saturday, June 26 at the 40 Watt Club.

The Anniversary of the

Georgia Theatre Fire One Year Later, the Loan to Rebuild Is Finally Secured

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has now been a full year since the Georgia Theatre fire, and the smoke is just finally settling. The rebuilding efforts for the Georgia Theatre are really rolling. On June 3, after five months of negotiation, Wilmot Greene, the owner of the Georgia Theatre, received the acceptance letter for a loan from Athens First Bank.

“I was extremely relieved when I got the acceptance letter. It doesn’t mean that the battle is over; that’s what we really want people to know, but the loan was the single biggest hurdle we faced,” says Greene.

So far, the Georgia Theatre has raised about $160,000 and, in addition to the loan from the bank, needs to raise an additional $200,000. The loan money should come through in a couple of weeks, and then it’s on to the next phase: rebuilding. Greene says the reconstruction will start immediately, and he anticipates the building process will take approximately 10 months.

“The crazy thing is, the reconstruction won’t even take as long as it has to get to this point,” he says. “But now, the progress will actually be tangible. This entire past year, we have been working hard every day, but no one could see it. Once the rebuilding starts, people will be able to see our momentum.”

Theatre fans who have been anxiously awaiting some firm confirmation that the club will return can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

“When people ask, ‘What the hell have [we] been doing over here?’ The answer is ‘A LOT!’” says Greene. “It’s a big loan.” And a complicated one at that. With the current economy, it isn’t a great time to borrow money, which only further complicated the process. Despite the challenges that lie ahead, Greene is optimistic.

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“Because we have been raising more money, [Athens First Bank] has faith that we can continue to raise more.”

Greene is very thankful for all of the fundraising and donations that the Athens community has made, and he is looking for new ways to raise funds for the Theatre. To that end, he will be launching an eBay store on the anniversary of the fire: June 19. The store will offer memorabilia from the Georgia Theatre, such as smoke-damaged, band-signed posters from the original (fire-proof) projection room. Singed marquee letters will be sold as well. Bands such as the Avett Brothers and Zac Brown have also donated signed posters to the auction.

Things are looking good for the Theatre’s return, and Greene is more than enthusiastic about the new and improved venue.

“The plans for the Georgia Theatre are really cool, and I am excited to get things started,” he says, pointing to the debut of a roof-top restaurant as a particular highlight.

Greene’s goal with the reconstruction is to make key improvements to the Theatre while maintaining its original ambiance.

Part of the reconstruction plans also include a new brick sidewalk in front of the building. As another facet of the Theatre’s fundraising efforts, the eBay store will also offer the opportunity to buy a personalized brick, engraved with the name of the donor. “We want people to feel like they are involved,” says Greene, and these will bricks will serve as great way to commemorate the community’s contribution to its rebirth.

With continued support from the community and the confirmed loan, Wilmot Greene is set to introduce a Georgia Theatre to Athens which he hopes will be better than ever.

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is sometimes looked down upon in the music world for being too frivolous, too silly. But Mitch Easter would like to argue otherwise.

“I really think the things that make a good pop song are such clichés; you almost feel silly for saying them,” says Easter. “But I think it’s the beat, and the immediacy, and then something that’s truly catchy. You can hear it and it makes you perk up and say, ‘Oh. I like that.’ And it can be only three notes.”

The North Carolina musician has heard his fair share of pop rock and knows it well. Since setting up his Drive-In Studio in his parents’ garage in Winston-Salem, Easter’s day job has been producing albums. Artists like R.E.M., Pavement and Marshall Crenshaw have come to him for help, so it’s safe to say the man knows his way around a tune.

“Pop songs are songs that you can just have fun listening to,” says Easter. “When Alex Chilton died, they were replaying all these old interviews, and he talked about the songs that he had written and he thought they were about love and fun. And I thought, that’s pretty good. That’s what pop music is supposed to be about. If I had to sum it up: upbeat, love, catchy and fun.”

Easter would know, having written some phenomenal pop tunes himself with his band, Let’s Active. With the group, he began crafting upbeat and catchy songs that dealt more with a lack of love and fun. After the group dissolved, Easter began coming up with other material but it took him nearly 18 years before he could release his first solo album, Dynamico.

But most often, Easter can still be found behind the mixing board. Business has been pretty good, although Easter admits that with more bands setting up their own home recording rigs, groups have been passing through the doors of professional studios for a song or two, rather than full albums.

“I’m still doing kinda the indie-ish rock bands I’ve always done,” says Easter. “North Carolina has always been a self-financed thing, not like Nashville where there’s a music industry with money coming from somewhere other than the artist.”

Atlanta band Magnapop (which shares the Athens bill with Easter) is familiar with the do-it yourself ethic and the art of songcraft.

Since the band’s beginning in the late ‘80s, the power-pop group bashed out tunes such as “Merry,” a blissful piece of pop rock that caught you by the ears and made its home in your brain. After a short period in the early ‘90s when the band considered breaking up, it regrouped and finally began seeing some

mainstream success in the mid-’90s, supporting groups like Throwing Muses.

But problems began to arise in the group, and soon members were shuffling around like so many cards, with Linda Hopper and Ruthie Morris left holding down the musical fort. To make matters even worse, their label funding was cut off. No one would’ve blamed Magnapop if they had thrown in the towel at that point. Instead, the group took a short hiatus and came back with the refreshing Mouthfeel and 2009’s hook-filled and fierce Chase Park. The band is now about to take on a European tour after playing the 40 Watt. Not a bad comeback from near extinction.

Local pop-rocker Chris McKay (also on the roster) is no stranger to obstacles, either. His band, The Critical Darlings, has undergone several lineup changes while in pursuit of that perfect mix of energy, enthusiasm and rock and roll.

“Basically, The Critical Darlings are whoever we put in the frame as The Critical Darlings,” says McKay. “In a way, I hate saying that, but it’s true. I wish it were more. Each person brings their individuality and adds something unique, especially in the songwriting categories, but ultimately, we’re the same band.”

Having to change up members has killed many lesser groups than Magnapop and The Critical Darlings. Bands often find their original visions compromised; the music becomes a shadow of its former self. But McKay is confident that the Darlings can and will continue in some capacity, despite any changes that come along. When his band takes the stage with Magnapop and Mitch Easter on Saturday, they will all be armed with the wisdom that only years of hard work and passion can provide.

“We’ve evolved and stayed true to who we are,” says McKay. “While I’m impatient and want to get it moving full-steam ahead as soon as possible, I know that the evolution that comes will be worth the wait. I’ve seen it enough to have faith in that fact at this point.”

Even though they’re all playing different tunes, the song remains the same. It all comes down to upbeat, catchy love and fun.

Jordan Stepp

WHO: Mitch Easter, Magnapop, Chris McKay and the Critical Darlings WHERE: 40 Watt Club WHEN: Saturday, June 19 HOW MUCH: $10 (21+), $12 (18+)

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WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK

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

Tuesday 15 GAMES: Dart Tournament (The Pub at Gameday) You can’t spell dart without the art. Compete against other bar game extraordinaires. 706353-2831 GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) All three Athens locations of Locos Grill and Pub (Westside, Eastside and Harris St.) feature trivia night every Tuesday. 8:30 p.m.

FREE! www.locosgrill.com GAMES: Trivia (Doc Chey’s Noodle House) Every Tuesday. 7:30 p.m.

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Wednesday 16 EVENTS: Bad Movie Night (Ciné Barcafé) Don’t miss this one-nightonly screening of the teen gang drama Wilding: The Children of Violence. 8–10 p.m. FREE! www. facebook.com/badmovienight EVENTS: Classic City Rollergirls Skater Boot Camp (Skate-ARound USA) Wanna be a Rollergirl?

Don’t miss out on your chance to learn derby basics at this bootcamp session. Call to register. Session on June 16. Skills assessments will be held June 28. 706-546-5951, www. classiccityrollergirls.com EVENTS: Wine Tasting (Aromas) Sample 15 wines for $15. Call for reservations. 7 p.m. $15. 706-2080059 PERFORMANCE: Lowdown Comedy Open Mic (New Earth Music Hall) Hosted by Chris Patton and featuring headliner J.A. Anderson, who is known for his top-notch Obama impersonation. To reserve one of the 10 available open mic spots, email lowdowncomedy@ gmail.com. 9 p.m. $5. www.newearthmusichall.com THEATRE: “Shakespeare on the Lawn” (Ashford Manor) Rose of Athens Theatre presents a production of Shakespeare’s mischievious comedy (and one of the earliest battles of the sexes), Much Ado About Nothing. June 16–20, 8 p.m. $15 (adults), $10 (students), $5 (kids ages 7–12), FREE! (kids 6 and under). 706-340-9181, www.roseofathens.org 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 Wednesday. 2 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 KIDSTUFF: “The Magic of Hawaii” (Madison County Library) Entertainer David Ginn and his magic rabbit, Harry, present a tropical magic show. 2 p.m. FREE! 706769-3950 KIDSTUFF: Music Jams (ACC Library) Make your own soundtrack to summer with your friends! Bring

an instrument or borrow one from the library. Ages 11–18. 2–3:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Summer Puppet Show Week (ACC Library) June 14, 7 p.m., June 15 & 16, 9:30 & 10:30 a.m., June 17 & 18, 10:30 a.m. & 2:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 LECTURES & LIT.: Talking about Books (ACC Library, Small Conference Room) This month’s title is Thomas Friedman’s The World is Flat. Newcomers welcome. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 MEETINGS: Library Sewing Group (Madison County Library) Currently crocheting with double-ended crochet needles. Newcomers welcome.

1–3 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 MEETINGS: Sitting Meditation Group (Mind Body Institute) Silent meditation every Wednesday. 1 p.m.

FREE! 706-475-7329 GAMES: Bocce Ball (DePalma’s Italian Cafe, 2080 Timothy Rd.) Join the league on the lawn every Wednesday. 6:30 p.m. FREE! 706552-1237 GAMES: Poker Night (Buffalo’s Southwest Café) Texas Hold ‘Em every Wednesday. 18 and up. Sign in at 6:30 p.m. Begins at 7:30 p.m.

FREE! www.interstatepokerclub.com GAMES: Quiz Show (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Chris Creech hosts. Sign up at 8 p.m. Trivia starts at 8:30 p.m.

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

FREE! 706-850-1916 GAMES: Team Trivia (Lucky Dawg Billiards) Team Trivia every Wednesday night (2 rounds). First round at 9 p.m. Second round at 11 p.m. 9 p.m. FREE! 706-354-7829 GAMES: Trivia (Your Pie, Five Points and Alps Rd.) Calling all know-italls! Every Wednesday. 7:30 p.m.

FREE! www.yourpie.com GAMES: Trivia (Copper Creek Brewing Company) Test your trivia chops for prizes! Every Wednesday.

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Thursday 17 EVENTS: Live After Five (Hotel Indigo, Phi Bar and Bistro) Get a headstart on your weekend with live music from Etienne DeRocher (FREE!) and wine tastings. 6–8 p.m. $15 (wine tastings). 706-546-0430, www.athensdowntownhotel.com EVENTS: Senior Skills Day (Columbus Avenue Senior Center) Stay sharp with a variety of fun activities, including card games, puzzles, board games and computers. Every Thursday! 10 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3603 EVENTS: Slow Food Dinner (Mama’s Boy) Enjoy a family-style dinner with Slow Food Athens featuring traditional Southern fare and peach cobbler for dessert. 6

p.m. $22 (Slow Food members), $27 (non-members). 706-549-8901, meleventry@aol.com ART: Closing Reception (Flicker Theatre & Bar) For an exhibit featuring mixed media photography and more by Jillian Guarco. Also, check out a collection of handmade jewelry, enjoy some light refreshments and learn how you can get involved with “I ART ATHENS,” a burgeoning non-profit committed to enriching local teens with opportunities for artistic expression. 6–8 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/flickerbar, www. jillianguarco.com THEATRE: “Shakespeare on the Lawn” (Ashford Manor) Rose of Athens Theatre presents Much Ado About Nothing. See Calendar June 16 Theatre. June 16–20, 8 p.m. $15 (adults), $10 (students), $5 (kids ages 7–12), FREE! (kids 6 and under). 706-340-9181, www.roseofathens.org KIDSTUFF: Duct Tape Craft (ACC Library) Make cool crafts with this magic material. Ages 11–18. Call to register. 2–3:30 p.m. FREE! 706613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Summer Puppet Show Week (ACC Library) June 14, 7 p.m., June 15 & 16, 9:30 & 10:30 a.m., June 17 & 18, 10:30 a.m. & 2:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 LECTURES & LIT.: “The Spirit of the Land” (State Botanical Garden of Georgia, Conservatory) Dr. Paul Manoguerra discusses the Garden’s current art exhibition, “The Spirit of the Land: Landscape Works from the Permanent Collection of the Georgia Museum of Art.” 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenslandtrust.org LECTURES & LIT.: “Summer Shots” (Madison County Library) Get the most out of digital technology in this one-hour talk for photographers ages 18 & up. 6:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-769-3950 MEETINGS: Athens Homebrewers Club (Terrapin Beer Co.) Club dedicated to the enjoyment of beers, meads and ciders as well as the advancement of brewing knowledge through education. New and experienced brewers welcome. Don’t forget to bring a glass! 6:30 p.m. www. athenshomebrewers.com GAMES: Poker (Lucky Dawg Billiards) Poker tournaments every Thursday (2 rounds). First round at 7:30 p.m. Second round at 10:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. FREE! 706-354-7829 GAMES: Trivia with a Twist (Johnny’s New York Style Pizza) For college students, by college students. Throw a lime in your Coors Light and compete! 7:30–9:30 p.m.

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Friday 18 EVENTS: “Move to Improve” Block Party (Waddell Street) A block party in celebration of National

Karen Gomyo will perform at Town 220 restaurant in Madison on Monday, June 21.

Home Ownership Month and community involvement featuring live music, a dunking booth (containing Executive Director of Athens Area Habitat for Humanity Spencer Frye), a moonwalk, food, an informational fair and games for the kids. 4–6 p.m.

FREE! www.athenshabitat.com EVENTS: “Slavery or Freedom Forever” (UGA Russell Library) Participants debate the historical problem of slavery 1854-style in this deliberative forum. All are welcome.

3–4:30 p.m. FREE! 706-542-5766 THEATRE: Under Milk Wood (Athens Creative Theatre) The Town & Gown Players bring the curiosities of the small, Welsh fishing village of Llareggub to the stage with their production of Dylan Thomas’ 1954 radio drama. June 18 & 19, 8 p.m. June 20, 2 p.m. $5. www. townandgownplayers.org THEATRE: “Shakespeare on the Lawn” (Ashford Manor) Rose of Athens Theatre presents Much Ado About Nothing. See Calendar June 16 Theatre. June 16–20, 8 p.m. $15 (adults), $10 (students), $5 (kids ages 7–12), FREE! (kids 6 and under). 706-340-9181, www.roseofathens.org KIDSTUFF: Books & Bites (ACC Library) Read without interruptions.

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

Registration requested. 5:30–10 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: HandsOn with Dad (Sandy Creek Nature Center) A day of service in honor of Father’s Day. Kids of all ages spend time

with their dad and family working outside on the paths and gardening.

Register online. 9 a.m.–noon, FREE! 706-353-1313, communityconnection211.org KIDSTUFF: Preschool & Toddler Storytime (Madison County Library) This month’s themes are dragons, the letter “G” and Father’s Day! For kids ages 2 to 5. 10:30 a.m.

FREE! 706-795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Summer Puppet Show Week (ACC Library) June 14, 7 p.m., June 15 & 16, 9:30 & 10:30 a.m., June 17 & 18, 10:30 a.m. & 2:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 MEETINGS: Drinking Liberally (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Informal, inclusive and progressive social group that gives left-leaning individuals a chance to talk politics.

First and third Fridays of every month. 6:30 p.m. athens@drinkingliberally.org GAMES: Poker (Lucky Dawg Billiards) Poker tournaments every Friday (2 rounds). First round at 7 p.m. Second round at 10 p.m. 7 p.m.

FREE! 706-354-7829

Saturday 19 EVENTS: Adoption Day (Pet Supplies Plus) Local animal rescue organizations bring their pups out for a chance at finding a forever home. Love connections made every Saturday! 11 a.m.–3 p.m. 706-3530650 EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Bishop Park) Buy fresh, locally grown organic produce, locally crafted goods and freshly baked

breads. Now accepting EBT cards.

Every Saturday. 8 a.m.–Noon. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net EVENTS: Contra Dance (Memorial Park) Old-time contra dance with live music and calling presented by the Athens Folk Music & Dance Society.

No experience necessary, no partner needed. Free lesson at 7:30 p.m.

8–11 p.m. $7 (18+), FREE! (ages 17 & under). www.athensfolk.org EVENTS: Juneteenth (East Athens Community Center, 400 McKinley Dr.) Also known as Emancipation Day, Juneteenth celebrates AfricanAmerican heritage and commemorates the abolition of slavery in the United States. Join in this celebration featuring food, music and educational information. 10 a.m.–2 p.m. FREE! 478-501-1373, juneteenthathens@gmail.com EVENTS: Oglethorpe Fresh (Downtown Lexington) Pick up some fresh produce and cut flowers at this new outdoor market across from Lexington Antiques and Mama D’s Bakery. 8 a.m.–1 p.m. FREE! 706338-2898 ART: Opening Reception (ATHICA) For “Emerges IV: Uncertainty,” an exhibit showcasing four artists’ renderings of uncertain times, featuring a sculptural video installation

by Casey McGuire and works by Melissa Dickenson, Jon Swindler and Patrick Triggs. 7–9 p.m. FREE! www.athica.org PERFORMANCE: Dance Recital (East Jackson Comprehensive High School, 1435 Hoods Mill Rd., Commerce) Students and faculty of the Commerce School of Dance k continued on next page

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THE CALENDAR! Company present “The Devil Went Down to Georgia.” 2 p.m., 4 & 6 p.m. FREE! 706-335-7543 THEATRE: Under Milk Wood (Athens Creative Theatre) A Town & Gown Players production. See Calendar Theatre June 18. June 18 & 19, 8 p.m. June 20, 2 p.m. $5. www.townandgownplayers.org THEATRE: “Shakespeare on the Lawn” (Ashford Manor) Rose of Athens Theatre presents Much Ado About Nothing. See Calendar June 16 Theatre.

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. For this week’s stroll, photographer Chuck Murphy shares tips on taking “better photographs of what Mother Nature has on display.” 9–10 a.m. $5 (adults). FREE! (18 & under). 706353-8310, ppriest@charter.net KIDSTUFF: National Bald Eagle Day (Memorial Park) Learn some of the bald eagle’s unique natural history, enjoy arts and crafts and meet Bear Hollow’s resident bald eagles, including a new juvenile male. 10 a.m.–noon. FREE! 706-613-3616 KIDSTUFF: Nature Trading Post (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Program intended to encourage personal nature exploration and raise awareness about ecological connections among young collectors. Kids, bring an adult to participate! 11 a.m.–noon. FREE! 706-613-3615 KIDSTUFF: Sock Creatures (Madison County Library) Bring in your lonely single socks and scraps and make a friend. For ages 10–17.

2 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 KIDSTUFF: Tikes, Trikes on the Greenway (Dudley Park) Enjoy a quick spin down the lush summer Greenway. Scooters, tricycles and bikes welcome. For ages 5 and younger with a parent. 10–11:30 a.m. $2. 706-613-3615 LECTURES & LIT.: Book Signing (Borders Books & Music) Eleanor Moylan, who was born in the Great Depression, discusses her memoir, With a Song in My Heart. 1 p.m.

FREE! 706-583-8647 LECTURES & LIT.: Book Signing (Borders Books & Music) Alan Thomas’s novel Flashback: Vietnam: Cover-Up is the account of a failed military mission in Vietnam. 3:30 p.m. FREE! 706-583-8647 LECTURES & LIT.: Research Manners (ACC Library) Learn how to get the most out of your librarian or archivist. 2 p.m. FREE! 706-6133650 MEETINGS: Athens Fair Tax (Ryan’s Family Steakhouse) The Americans for Fair Tax group representing District 10 will meet for breakfast with the State Director, Lloyd Newsome. 9:30 a.m. $4.99/ person (breakfast buffet purchase mandatory!). 706-424-3751, sylvianovak@yahoo.com, www.fairtax.org GAMES: Poker (Lucky Dawg Billiards) Poker tournaments every Saturday (2 rounds). First round at 5 p.m. Second round at 8 p.m. 5 p.m.

FREE! 706-354-7829

Sunday 20 EVENTS: “Old Athens Cemetery: History and Preservation” (UGA Visual Arts Building, Room 116) Janine Duncan, the campus planning coordinator for the UGA grounds department who is spearheading UGA’s efforts to restore Old Athens Cemetery, will discuss what she’s unearthed in this restora-

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tion process. A walking tour of the cemetery follows. 3 p.m. FREE! 706-542-9078 THEATRE: Under Milk Wood (Athens Creative Theatre) A Town & Gown Players production. See Calendar Theatre June 18. June 18 & 19, 8 p.m. June 20, 2 p.m. $5. www.townandgownplayers.org THEATRE: “Shakespeare on the Lawn” (Ashford Manor) Rose of Athens Theatre presents Much Ado About Nothing. See Calendar June 16 Theatre.

KIDSTUFF: Animal Appetites (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Learn what it takes to care for the animals at the Nature Center by helping feed and clean them. Ages 6 & up. Call to register. 10 a.m. $6/family. 706613-3615 KIDSTUFF: Open Paper Arts (Madison County Library) Push the limits of paper craft! Every Sunday.

2–6 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 GAMES: Poker (Lucky Dawg Billiards) Poker tournaments every Sunday (2 rounds). First round at 2 p.m. Second round at 5 p.m. 2 p.m.

FREE! 706-354-7829 GAMES: Trivia (Buffalo’s Southwest Café) Test your knowledge of ‘00s pop culture every Sunday. 6:30 p.m. (sign in), 7 p.m. (start). 706354-6655

Monday 21 PERFORMANCE: “Music for the Moon” (1800 Crescent Lane, “The Hill”) The Athens Flute Choir fills the night air with song in this summer concert on the lawn. Bring a chair or a blanket and enjoy the complimentary hors d’oeuvres and beverages. 7:30–9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-206-7886 PERFORMANCE: “Music of Passion and Fire” (Town 220, Madison) Violinist Karen Gomyo is joined by some of the nation’s finest virtuoso musicians in this performance for the Madison Chamber Music Festival. The restaurant will open at 6 p.m. to serve concert ticket holders (reservations are required/ dinner not included in ticket price).

8 p.m. $25. 706-342-4743, www. mmcc-arts.org KIDSTUFF: Bedtime Stories (ACC Library) Every Monday. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Infant Storytime (ACC Library) Nurture language skills.

10:30 a.m. & 2 p.m. FREE! 706613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Open Playtime (ACC Library) For children ages 1–3 with their caregivers. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 GAMES: 20 Questions (Transmetropolitan) Hosted by Chris Creech. Join the “20 Questions at Transmet” Facebook group to receive the online question of the week. 9 p.m. FREE! 706-613-8773 GAMES: APA Pool Leagues (Lucky Dawg Billiards) Join anytime, any skill level! 7:30 p.m. 706-354-7829 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. 4–8 p.m. FREE! www. myspace.com/flickerbar 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: Team Trivia (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s) Every Monday night. Bring your friends! 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706850-1916 GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) Think you know it all? 8 p.m. 706548-3442

Tuesday 22 EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Check out the afternoon market in its convenient downtown location! Now accepting EBT cards. 4–7 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net EVENTS: Wine Tasting Dinner (Flight Tapas and Wine Bar, 225 N. Lumpkin St.) Shiraz Fine Wines and Gourmet joins Athens’ newest tapas restaurant to host a five-course allinclusive dinner featuring an eclectic assortment of tapas from around the world, five different wines, dessert and coffee. Tickets available at Flight and Shiraz. 6 p.m. $40. 706-5490200, 706-208-0010 * PERFORMANCE: “Bringing Home the Gold” (Church of the Advent, Madison) The Linden Quartet performs works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Haydn and Bartok as part of the Madison Chamber Music Festival. Ticket includes a postconcert lunch at Madison’s Heritage Hall. 11 a.m. $40. www.mmcc-arts. org/gold.shtml KIDSTUFF: Animal Menagerie (Madison County Library) Visit with some exciting finned, feathered and scaled friends! 4:30 p.m. FREE! 706769-3950 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: Teen Art Contest (ACC Library) Construct works of art from recycled materials! Participants will then vote for their favorite re-worked works, and the winner will receive a prize. All materials will be supplied.

For ages 11–18. 6–8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 LECTURES & LIT.: “Water: You Can’t Get Enough of It!” (Oconee County Library) Find out what your body requires for proper hydration in this program led by Oconee County Cooperative Extension Agent Denise Everson. Part of the Library’s Summer Reading Program for Adults. 2 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 GAMES: Dart Tournament (The Pub at Gameday) You can’t spell dart without the art. Compete against other bar game extraordinaires. 706353-2831 GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) All three Athens locations of Locos Grill and Pub (Westside, Eastside and Harris St.) feature trivia night every Tuesday. 8:30 p.m.

FREE! www.locosgrill.com GAMES: Senior Bingo (Columbus Avenue Senior Center) Enjoy refreshments and play for prizes in this monthly game for players 55 and older. Every fourth Tuesday! 10 a.m.–noon, $4. 706-613-3603 GAMES: Trivia (Doc Chey’s Noodle House) Every Tuesday. 7:30 p.m.

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Wednesday 23 EVENTS: Athenaeum Club Tour and Social (The Globe) The Athens Clarke Heritage Foundation’s club for young professionals interested in historic preservation meets with the Theatre’s owner, Wilmot Greene, to discuss future plans for the historical building and Athens landmark.

Attendees are encouraged to wear long pants and closed-toe shoes for

the tour. 6–7 p.m. $10, FREE! (members). 706-542-5788, athenaeumclub@gmail.com EVENTS: AthFest Music & Video Show (Ciné Barcafé) Check out this year’s batch of contenders for the Flagpole Award for Best Music Video and the AthFest Audience Choice Award. Vote for your favorites! 7 & 9 p.m. $5. www.athenscine.com ART: Reception and Release Party (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Reception for “Summer Solstice Assemblage,” an exhibit featuring zines and other work by local artists.

Midnight–2 a.m. FREE! 706-2884813 PERFORMANCE: LaughFest Comedy Showcase (New Earth Music Hall) Hosted by local comedian TJ Young, featuring stand-up from Patton Smith, Dan Weeks, Paul Gallois, Josh Harris, J.A. Anderson, Robert Hayes, Chris Patton, Tammy Imig and Harold Kizzaps. AthFest. 9 p.m.

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: Homeschoolers Chapter Book Review (Madison County Library) Elementary schoolage homeschoolers gather at the library to read a book together and talk about it. Every Wednesday. 2 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Storytelling (Oconee County Library) Storyteller Carol Cain shares stories. 10:30 a.m.

FREE! 706-769-3950 KIDSTUFF: Storytelling (Madison County Library) Storyteller Pat Gay shares stories and songs for bookworms of all ages. 2 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 MEETINGS: Library Sewing Group (Madison County Library) Currently crocheting with double-ended cro-

chet needles. Newcomers welcome.

1–3 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 MEETINGS: Sitting Meditation Group (Mind Body Institute) Silent meditation every Wednesday. 1 p.m.

FREE! 706-475-7329 GAMES: Bocce Ball (DePalma’s Italian Cafe) Join the league on the lawn every Wednesday. 6:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-552-1237 GAMES: Poker Night (Buffalo’s Southwest Café) Texas Hold ‘Em every Wednesday. 18 and up. Sign in at 6:30 p.m. Begins at 7:30 p.m.

FREE! www.interstatepokerclub.com GAMES: Quiz Show (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Chris Creech hosts. Sign up at 8 p.m. Trivia starts at 8:30 p.m.

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

FREE! 706-850-1916 GAMES: Team Trivia (Lucky Dawg Billiards) Team Trivia every Wednesday night (2 rounds). First round at 9 p.m. Second round at 11 p.m. 9 p.m. FREE! 706-354-7829 GAMES: Trivia (Your Pie, Five Points and Alps Rd.) Calling all know-italls! Every Wednesday. 7:30 p.m.

FREE! www.yourpie.com GAMES: Trivia (Copper Creek Brewing Company) Test your trivia chops for prizes! Every Wednesday.

9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-1102 * Advance Tickets Available

Live Music Tuesday 15 Barnette’s 9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-0966 OPEN MIC Bring your guitar and some tunes!

Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com COOL KID COLLECTIVE Hip-hop infused rock band from Raleigh, NC with songs that range from slower, acoustic tunes to upbeat and heavy.

PASADENA Summery alternative jams from Maryland with reggae undertones.

THE WOODGRAINS A blend of funk, rock and soul featuring three vocalists and charismatic harmonies.

Doc McGee’s 8 p.m. FREE! (musicians,) $5 (nonmusicians). www.docmcgees.com MUSICIAN ALL JAM Every Tuesday!

Hosted by The Mike Delaney Project.

Go Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar LUCAS KWONG Singer-songwriter playing a blend of folk, spirituals, and rock and roll inspired by faith.

Little Kings Shuffle Club Athens Farmers Market. 4–7 p.m.

FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net JUMPIN JESUS CHRISTERS Lively Appalachian-style string band composed of local musicians.

TIMBER Frontman Daniel Aaron serves up his brand of hangover country rock.

10 p.m. www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub PUNK ROCK NIGHT Every Tuesday at Little Kings! Featuring a mix of punk rock bands and DJ-led dance parties.

The Melting Point 7 p.m. $3. www.meltingpointathens. com BLUEBILLY GRIT Live bluegrass!

Performing originals and some great covers including The Beatles, Johnny Cash, Janis Joplin and even Alanis Morissette.

Wednesday, June 16

Empires, Lights Resolve, Harvard Tasty World Uptown “I don’t think there is anything wrong with too much free music.”

This is the credo of Empires guitarist Tom Conrad, who admits to being an avid downloader himself. When the band was just Empires getting started, the anthemic alternative rockers decided to release their tunes online at no charge.

“When we put out Howl for free, we loved the idea that the first thing anyone ever heard from us, we were giving to the listener… it was more of just an introduction, like, hey, we appreciate you listening; take this and hopefully this is the start of great relationship between us and the listener.”

It was the start of a beautiful relationship, a relationship with over 60,000 new fans around the globe who downloaded the tunes.

By the time the follow-up EP, Bang, hit the net, Conrad says fans were actually saying, “It’s about time you were charging for your music.” After a few teaser singles, the band went with a Radiohead-style “pay what you want” model. “We had people downloading the record for $20, $30, $60, just saying ‘thank you.’”

So, what is it that these fans are so eager to throw money at it? Well, for starters, the members were raised on ‘90s alternative, citing R.E.M., Nirvana and Sonic Youth as key influences.

“We’re just attracted to loud, big songs,” says Conrad. “I think the first thing anyone will notice [at our shows] is that Ryan [Luciani] is a hard-hitting drummer… and right off the bat sets the tone that Max [Steger] and I need to crank up the amps just to even compete with him; and Sean [Van Vleet] just gets up there like Joe Cocker and starts yelling.” It’s raw, honest and refreshing. “You tend to either see people who will do whatever it takes to make a buck or you have bands that try to play it too cool. I think with us we’re just… being ourselves.” [Michelle Gilzenrat]

New Earth Music Hall 9 p.m. $3. 706-543-8283 POETIC SOUL Mon2 and Buddah host this new open-mic for poets, singers and other soulful types.

Every Tuesday. Sign up at 8 p.m.

No Where Bar 9 p.m. 706–546–4742 TRUCE Eclectic four-piece featuring Brennan Bennett (bass), Tony Delgado (drums), Harmon Hanson (guitar) and Ryan Horn (guitar).

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

Wednesday 16 Barnette’s 9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-0966 OPEN MIC Bring your guitar and some tunes!

Boar’s Head FREE! 706-369-3040 KARAOKE Make new friends.

Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com OF LEGEND This local hardcore band has changed up its sound, heading in a more experimental, introspective direction informed by acts like Neurosis, Isis and Jesu.

SHARK HEART Adam Bugbee, Jason Askew and Matt Riley team up to bring brutal progressive metal influenced by Melvins, Pig Destroyer and Slayer.

THRILL OF A GUNFIGHT Finely crafted songs fencing between hardcore and death metal.

Chelsea’s Gentlemen’s Club 9–11 p.m. $5. 706-351-0434, buddahfulmusic@yahoo.com THE BUDDAH VARIETY SHOW (The Downunder) Buddah hosts this open mic for poets, singers, comedians and dancers.

Farm 255 9 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com LERA LYNN The tender, jazzy folk voice behind Birds & Wire.

Go Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar DJ JAVIER Dream Scene frontman plays bubblegum, synth and timeless cuts.

Last Call 9 p.m.–1 a.m. FREE! For more info contact dg2003@yahoo.com SPICY SALSA DANCING Lessons begin at 9 p.m. and dancing starts at 10 p.m. No partner or experience required.

The Melting Point “Stay and Play Summer Concert Series.” 6–8 p.m. FREE! www.meltingpointathens.com THE HANDS OF TIME Featuring Charles Burgess (The Common Peoples Band) on vocals and keys, and Amy Pritchett (Forward Motion) on keys and vocals.

New Earth Music Hall 10 p.m. FREE! www.newearthmusichall. com NATHAN SHEPPARD The local acoustic guitarist-harmonicist is known for his emotive singing style.

TRUCE Eclectic four-piece featuring Brennan Bennett (bass), Tony Delgado (drums), Harmon Hanson (guitar) and Ryan Horn (guitar).

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

Tasty World Uptown 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/tastyworlduptown EMPIRES Anthemic alternative rock from Chicago with My Chemical Romance-style vocals and a radioready sound. See Calendar Pick on p. 20.

HARVARD Melodic alternative pop rock from Charlotte, NC. LIGHTS RESOLVE Aggressive, anthemic mid-’90s alt-rock, heavy on the bass in an almost dubinfluenced way.

NOVANAUTS Local electro alt-rock band formerly known as Kalvinova.

THE WELL REDS An alternative take on pop rock with clean vocal melodies and punctuating guitar.

The Classic Center Cultural Foundation presents

The Classic Center Cultural Foundation is committed to celebrating the sculpture artists of Athens and Georgia and is hosting the 1st Annual Athens Sculpture Festival in the Grand Hall of The Classic Center at 300 North Thomas Street, downtown Athens.

June 23 Preview Party (tickets $35) 7pm-9pm June 24 Festival Open 5pm-9pm June 25 Festival Open 5pm-9pm June 26 Festival Open 10am-2pm The Athens Sculpture Festival is a juried exhibition of original sculpture which will be for sale.

The Athens Sculpture Festival will be open to the public with no admission charge.

Terrapin Beer Co. 5 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com CHRIS CUNDARI Variety of jam, electronica and reggae performed live with a looping technique similar to Keller Williams.

Athens Sculpture Festival will feature the works of: Beverly Babb Matt Boland Travis Christopher Jaclyn Enck Will Eskridge Tad Gloeckler Donald Goldstein Ann Hamlin Sarah Heath Joshua Jordan

Thursday 17 283 Bar 10:30 p.m. FREE! 706–208–1283 PASTOR OF MUPPETS Local Metallica cover band. Two sets!

40 Watt Club 9 p.m. $5. www.40watt.com COCO RICO This local post-rock trio performs over experimental samples.

Reptar’s William Kennedy takes on keyboard duties.

THE CUBISTS Augusta psych-shoegaze band in the vein of My Bloody Valentine.

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

Mike Jones Steve Lober Doug Makemson Benjamin McKee Stan Mullins Karol Patterson Tony Ransom Andrew Rosen Daniel Sizemore Abraham Tesser

For more information contact Julie Walters at 706.357.4417 or Julie@ClassicCenter.com or AthensSculptureFestival.com

300 North Thomas Street Athens. Georgia

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

Bad Manor 10 p.m. FREE! 706–850–8500 SOUTH SIDE OF THE TRACKS Blues and country from Atlanta.

Barnette’s 10 p.m. FREE! 706-546-0966 KARAOKE Every Thursday.

Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com ALL CITY CANNONBALLERS Southern punk rock comprised of drummer Dereck Olivera (Manray), bassist Charlie Estes (Ham1, Dark Meat) and J.S. Dillard (Honey) on vocals and guitar.

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.

MANRAY Local foursome that plays high-energy, “off-timed” rock and roll with “threads of improvisation.”

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DePalma’s Italian Cafe 6–8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-552-1237 (Timothy Road) BROS. MARLER Brothers Drew and Daniel Marler bring their brand of gypsy-Americana.

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THE CALENDAR! KYLE ROBBINS Getting his start while doing musical theater in New York, Robbins now performs good humored acoustic songs in the vein of Jack Johnson.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ flickerbar MAPS AND TRANSIT Featuring Kyle Dawkins of Georgia Guitar Quartet, this local instrumental duo creates diverse soundscapes.

ODD TRIO Jazz ensemble featuring Marc Gilley (One Ton Tomato).

Gnat’s Landing 6–9 p.m. FREE! www.gnatslanding.net TONGUE & GROOVE The acoustic quartet plays lively covers and originals.

Go Bar 10 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/gobar DAVEY WRATHGABER Local songwriter from Visitations.

THE DIAMOND CENTER Psychedelic folk and gauzy vocals haunt the new release, My Only Companion.

DR. FRED’S KARAOKE Hosted by karaoke fanatic John “Dr. Fred” Bowers, every Thursday.

Hotel Indigo “Live After Five.” 6–8 p.m. FREE! www. athensdowntownhotel.com ETIENNE DEROCHER Would-be physicist drops out of school and migrates from San Francisco to play acoustic funk-rock in Athens.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub COP DOPE Local band featuring members of Dark Meat and Backtalk playing “power-violent ‘80s hardcore.”

DEAD DOG This local act plays frenetic, spunky lo-fi punk delivered with a pop smile.

DJ CLANCY Spinning punk rock and rock and roll.

New Earth Music Hall www.newearthmusichall.com IMMUZIKATION Celebrated local DJ Alfredo Lapuz, Jr. mashes up highenergy electro and rock.

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EFREN Athens local indie-folksters along the lines of Iron and Wine and Bonnie Prince Billy.

TITANS OF FILTH This local band combines droll Southern voices with easy-rolling, efficient and uncomplicated indie-pop rock.

Terrapin Beer Co. 5 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com SACRED HOLLOW Athens/Atlanta hard rock band naming Tool, Chevelle and Sevendust among its many influences.

Friday 18 40 Watt Club 9 p.m. $6 (21+), $8 (18+). www.40watt. com ATTRAKTION Hip-hop ensemble.

BIGBODY Local hip-hop with deep vocals and heavy beats.

DUSTY LIGHTSWITCH Quirky local band featuring blues-influenced rock punctuated by dueling trumpets.

KAYEZ UGA hip-hop star.

KONTRABAND Hailing from Atlanta, GA, this band is a fusion of rock, hip-hop and funk.

MIKE E.P. Local hip-hop artist.

P.O. THE PRICELESS ONE Hip-hop producer.

TEE-ROY Energetic hip-hop with Southern undertones.

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.

VALENTINE AND WEST Local rapper Tommy Valentine is joined by Laura West whose sweet, melodic vocals add a glossy pop sheen.

WILDKARD This Athens hip-hop group boasts a guitar player and melodic, danceable tracks.

Bad Manor 10 p.m. FREE! 706–850–8500 MAD MARGRITT Classic metal band that has opened for the likes of KISS, Poison, Whitesnake and Skid Row.

The Office Lounge 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-546-0840 KARAOKE With The Singing Cowboy.

Buffalo’s Southwest Café 7:30 p.m. $10 (adv.), $12, $80 (table of 10). 706-354-6655.

ELVIS Backed by a live band, you won’t see a better impersonator than this!

Tasty World Uptown 10 p.m. www.tastyworlduptown.com AMANDLA Band headed by Claude Coleman, Jr., veteran drummer of the group Ween.

Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com ABBY GO GO Shoegaze infused with psychedelic undertones.

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THE GRENADINES Sweet, intimate lyrics over ambient psych-pop.

NATE NELSON & SOME OTHER DUDES Local singer-songwriter whose songs offer indie-oriented idiosyncrasy.

Club Chrome 8 p.m. 706-543-9009 OTHERSIDE OF HOMER Acoustic Southern rock from Homer, GA. Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com MATT KURZ ONE One-man rock machine that plays a mix of garage rock stomps and bluesy croons.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8:30 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/ flickerbar NIALL CONNOLLY Irish singersongwriter with a warm nu-folk sound performs a moving collection of songs.

EW HARRIS Formerly in local band Resident Patient, but has since moved to Brooklyn.

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

Gnat’s Landing 6–9 p.m. FREE! www.gnatslanding.net TJ MIMBS This local acoustic singersongwriter plays everything from hip-hop covers to alternative rock.

Go Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar DR. FRED’S KARAOKE Hosted by fanatic John “Dr. Fred” Bowers.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 11 p.m. www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub DJS MAHOGANY & HIGH VOLTAGE Spinning rare disco, soul and electro-pop jams .

The Melting Point 9 p.m. $10 (adv.), $13 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com RACK OF SPAM The group’s Detroitstyle R&B and blue-eyed soul still sounds powerful.

New Earth Music Hall www.newearthmusichall.com BRING THE HEAT Featuring Inferno, Shortstack and EnVader.

The Office Lounge 9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-0840 SLAMMIN’ BETTY Southern rock, Athens-style.

Tasty World Uptown “Party Party Partners Presents.” www. tastyworlduptown.com BUBBLY MOMMY GUN Local experimental pop band that belts out raucous, psychedelic tunes.

DIRTY MIND Members of experimental indie-pop bands Quiet Hooves and The Dream Scene cover Prince’s Dirty Mind album in its entirety.

MANS TRASH Local DIY promoter and multi-instrumentalist Mercer West fronts this new project featuring improvisation, controlled chaos and a muted pop spirit.

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

TUNABUNNY Experimental local act featuring hazy and warped experimental psychedelia. Dual female guitarists backed by a wall of noise.

Terrapin Beer Co. 5 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com KRISTEN COTHRON Jazzy pop tunes with echos of Fiona Apple, Judy Garland and Billie Holiday.

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

Saturday 19 40 Watt Club “Cathy Edmonds Presents.” 9 p.m. $10 (21+), $12 (18+). www.40watt.com CHRIS MCKAY & 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.

MITCH EASTER The noted producer and former member of Let’s Active released Dynamico, his first solo record in 18 years, in 2007. See story on p. 18.

MAGNAPOP Linda Hopper (ex-OhOK) fronts this long-running punkspirited pop four-piece. Hopper’s perceptive lyrics and deliberate singing, teamed with some intense guitar work, make for a rewarding listen.

Bad Manor 10 p.m. FREE! 706–850–8500 J. STEWART & FRIENDS Singersongwriter and guitarist teams up with friends for a full sound.

Bishop Park 8 a.m.–12 p.m. Athens Farmers Market. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net JIM AND THE BEANSTALKS Locally grown family-friendly Americana.

(10 a.m.)

WITHOUT PEARLS Covers and originals with a focus on strong harmonies, alternative country and folk. (8 a.m.).

Borders Books & Music 3 p.m. FREE! 706-583-8647 DR. IAN JOHNSON Local musician plays easy listening jazz on two keyboards to emulate a jazz band sound.

Buffalo’s Southwest Café 9 p.m. $7. 706–354–6655 DWIGHT WILSON AND CLASSIC CITY SOUL Powerful soul covers with extra funk.

Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com CANYON Heavy rock ‘n’ roll with a Southern rock flair.

PINE BOX SECRETS Progressive metal influenced by Mudvayne, Pantera and Metallica.

ROYAL THUNDER Rifftastic rock band from Atlanta.

El Paisano 8 p.m. 706–353–0346 LOS PLAYERS Popular Mexican band.

Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com KYSHONA ARMSTRONG Armstrong’s music is soulful, passionate and honest.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ flickerbar ALL CITY CANNONBALLERS Southern punk rock comprised of drummer Dereck Olivera (Manray), bassist Charlie Estes (Ham1, Dark Meat) and J.S. Dillard (Honey) on vocals and guitar.

Front Porch Bookstore Downtown Winterville. 6 p.m. FREE! 706-372-1236 DODD FERRELLE Former Tinfoil Stars frontman and longtime Athenian Dodd Ferrelle pours heart and soul into his alt-country rockers.

Gnat’s Landing 6–9 p.m. FREE! www.gnatslanding.net LEAVING COUNTRIES Warm, inviting folk rock from here in Athens, featuring tender violin, aching harmonica and melodic guitars.

Go Bar 9 p.m. FREE! (21+), $3 (18–20). www. myspace.com/gobar IMMUZIKATION Celebrated local DJ Alfredo Lapuz, Jr. mashes up highenergy electro and rock. Dance party follows the live music.

PARTY CITY Local DJ duo that gets the dance party started with highenergy, electronic-fueled originals.

TUMBLEWEED STAMPEDE Adventurous and energetic dance-

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

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

Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub BOO RAY AND THE BAD BEAT KINGS Soulful Southern rock with a bit of outlaw country twang, solid blues riffs and a lot of heart.

The Melting Point 9 p.m. $8 (adv.), $10 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com THE HUSHPUPPIES Good ol’ “wild country,” drawing on Lynyrd Skynyrd and NRBQ. New Earth Music Hall www.newearthmusichall.com RESTORATION A Healing Dance for the Gulf featuring Speyeral Sound and Vision.

The Office Lounge 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-546-0840 OLD SCHOOL OUTLAWS Southern rock with a country vibe.

Tasty World Uptown www.tastyworlduptown.com EDDIE AND THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS Local blues-funk trio led by frontman Eddie Speaker.

ELASTIC SKYLINE Funky, psychedelic rock from Milledgeville, GA. JAZZ CHRONIC Local five-piece explores freaky, funky, psychedelic fusion jazz.

Terrapin Beer Co. 5 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com THE NICE MACHINE Local spastic surf-punk trio.

Sunday 20 Borders Books & Music 4 p.m. FREE! 706-583-8647 NANCY HEIGES AND LAVON SMITH Crooning some original, harmonic melodies.

The Melting Point 8 p.m. $8 (all ages welcome!). www. meltingpointathens.com ATHENS Young local rockers ranging in age from 11-15, with classic rock influences and energetic show.

BACK IN BLACK AC/DC tribute band.

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.

the set. Joined by American free jazz legend Joe McPhee on reeds and pocket trumpet.

Monday, June 21

Hot & Cold, Pocahaunted, Freon Fighters, Woodfangs

Barnette’s 9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-0966 OPEN MIC Bring your guitar and some tunes!

Caledonia Lounge Amanda Brown comes up with band names in her sleep. “Yeah, it came to me in a dream,” she laughs, after a raw-food brunch on a lovely day for recording in sunny Los Angeles. “I had a dream that we had named our band Pocahaunted, and when I woke up, I said, ‘Pocahaunted, that’s us.’”

Up until a recent shift in style (“the band sounds much different now,” she says), the mostly girlpowered psychedelic collective had been freeing noise, sounding “like we were doing these very Native American spiritual incantations,” and generally living up to the expectations of its metonymically hip handle Pocahaunted since 2006.

“In the very beginning,” says Brown, the group’s vocalist, “the name defined us.”

Brown’s husband and bandmate Britt agrees. “Now it’s just a pun that’s vaguely amusing,” says Britt, the group’s guitarist. “But for us, we run a record label, too, and we get a few demos per day, and it’s funny to just look at the names of the bands. It’s like I already know what this is going to sound like.”

In addition to Pocahaunted, the bill for the label’s (Not Not Fun) 2010 SXSW showcase included acts like Eternal Tapestry, Psychic Reality, Teeth Mountain, Wet Hair, Sex Worker and Sun Araw.

“I’m a big sucker for band names,” Britt says. “Sometimes if I hear a band name and like it, I’m predisposed to like the band.”

Are practitioners of hipster psychedelia as formulaic as emo bands when it comes to naming themselves? Is a Psychedelic Band Name Generator about to dot com?

“I think it’s still a little too random for there actually to be a formula or pattern to it,” he laughs. “Sometimes a band is just called Deerhunter.”

Must have been one hell of a dream. [Jeremy Henderson]

Monday 21 1800 Crescent Lane 7:30–9:30 p.m. FREE! ATHENS FLUTE CHOIR SUMMER CONCERT Bring a lawn chair and watch Athens Flute Choir’s summer concert, “Music for the Moon.”

Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www. caledonialounge.com FREON FIGHTERS Members of the Futurebirds change things up with this experimental side project.

HOT & COLD Local duo featuring Chase Prince (Spring Tigers) and Joseph Campbell playing raw blues rock that sounds like a combination of The Cramps and Flat Duo Jets.

POCAHAUNTED L.A. psych rock band with tribal rhythms and tranceinducing melodies. See Calendar Pick on this page.

WOODFANGS Grungy, lo-fi psychedelic pop.

Ciné Barcafé 6 p.m. FREE! www.athenscine.com JAZZ JAM SESSION Athens jazz ensemble Sonny Got Blue hosts a standing jam session on Mondays.

New Earth Music Hall 9 p.m. $6. “Summer Soulstice.” www. newearthmusichall.com THE DEAD KENNY G’S Jazz punk act that names the Art Ensemble of Chicago and John Coltrane as influences.

Tuesday 22 Barnette’s 9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-0966 OPEN MIC Bring your guitar and some tunes!

Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www. caledonialounge.com JET W LEE Nineties-influenced alternative rock with jangly guitars and earnest vocals.

THIEVES MARKET Local alternative rock band.

Doc McGee’s 8 p.m. FREE! (musicians,) $5 (nonmusicians). www.docmcgees.com MUSICIAN ALL JAM Hosted by The Mike Delaney Project. Grab that instrument and come on down!

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8:30 p.m. $3 (suggested donation). www.myspace.com/flickerbar JEREMY WHEATLEY His solo shows feature warm, endearing ballads accompanied by guitar.

TESS WILEY Singer-songwriter, formerly of Sixpence None the Richer, currently living in Germany.

Little Kings Shuffle Club Athens Farmers Market. 4–7 p.m.

FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net LARA Local songwriter who plays soulful piano ballads mixed with folksy poetic rock.

STUDIO SKY Singer-songwriter Lara Oshon’s current project.

The Melting Point 7 p.m. $3. www.meltingpointathens. com BORDERHOP TRIO This bluegrass trio sums up its sound in two words: “high” and “lonesome.”

New Earth Music Hall 9 p.m. $6. “Summer Soulstice.” www. newearthmusichall.com THE DEAD KENNY G’S Jazz punk act that names the Art Ensemble of Chicago and John Coltrane as influences.

State Botanical Garden of Georgia 10th Annual Sunflower Concert Series.

7–9 p.m. $15, $10 (Friends of the Garden), $5 (children ages 6-12). www.uga.edu/botgarden RANDALL BRAMBLETT Longtime Athenian Randall Bramblett will perform his blend of funky, soulful Southern Americana. The concert takes place in the new flower garden between the Day Chapel and the Visitors’ Center. Blankets and picnic supplies recommended!

RICK FOWLER Local guitarist Rick Fowler (of Lonely White Boys, Ralph Roddenbery, etc.) specializes in a classic sort of British blues rock.

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

Wednesday 23 ATHICA 8 p.m. $10 (suggested donation). www. athica.org POCKETFUL OF CLAPTONITE Pulling the power trio into a wide open stream of consciousness, this new local group features Darrin Cook on bass, Jamie DeRevere on drums (the same rhythm section as Breathlanes) and acclaimed experimental artist Killick on guitar.

THE THING AND JOE MCPHEE Hard-blowing Scandinavian jazz trio fronted by saxophonist and Sonic Youth collaborator Mats Gustafsson.

The band boldly takes on unconvetional rock covers, with compositions by Frank Lowe, PJ Harvey, White Stripes and more filling out

Boar’s Head FREE! 706-369-3040 KARAOKE Make new friends.

Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com THE GOONS New indie-poprock featuring members of The Glands, Casper & the Cookies and Marshmallow Coast.

PIPES YOU SEE, PIPES YOU DON’T The delightfully warped psychedelic pop project headed by Peter Erchick (Olivia Tremor Control, Circulatory System) and featuring other Elephant 6 members.

THE POISON CONTROL CENTER Iowa-based outfit weaving between lo-fi fuzz pop and ‘60s garage rock.

Farm 255 9 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com DAVID AND NOEL BLACKMON The husband and wife team from the band Curley Maple perform old-time music on mandolin and more.

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Go Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar DUSTY LIGHTSWITCH Quirky, high-energy local band featuring blues-influenced rock punctuated by dueling trumpets.

HYENA Upbeat pop rock with a neofolk tendency.

MANS TRASH Local DIY promoter and mutli-instrumentalist Mercer West fronts this new project featuring improvisation, controlled chaos and a muted pop spirit.

STEVEN TRIMMER Acoustic psychfolk from longtime Athenian and co-founder of the AUX festival.

SOUTH SIDE OF THE TRACKS

Last Call 9 p.m.–1 a.m. FREE! For more info contact dg2003@yahoo.com SPICY SALSA DANCING Lessons begin at 9 p.m. and dancing starts at 10 p.m. No partner required.

Fri. June 18

The Melting Point “Stay and Play Summer Concert Series.” 6–8 p.m. FREE! www.meltingpointathens.com THE BIG DADDYS BAND Covering rock legends like Eric Clapton and The Allman Brothers.

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

MAD MARGRITT

Tasty World Uptown 9 p.m. www.myspace.com/tastyworlduptown TIMI CONLEY The current Kite to the Moon frontman will play new tunes off his solo record, Nerd Sexy.

THE EXTRAORDINARY CONTRAPTIONS Atlanta band with a quirky, guitar-driven vision of the retro-future.

KRISTI MCCORD The “Rocker with the Knockers” is a local drag sensation and she’ll be emceeing hardcore, hard rockin’ karaoke.

WITNESS THE APOTHEOSIS Athens-based new wave/industrial two piece that play heavy, rapid-fire electronic dance beats.

Terrapin Beer Co. 5 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com PADDY DOVER Rootsy acoustic guitar from Columbia, SC. * Advance Tickets Available

Sat. June 19

J. STEWART & FRIENDS Call

Available for Party Rental Sunday-Wednesday

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

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

ART Call for Artists The Moonlight Gypsy Market is currently seeking artists, musicians and performers for its inaugural event in August.

Outsider, erotic, macabre, weird or dark art will feel at home here. moonlightgypsymarket@gmail.com Call for Performers/ Writers (ATHICA) Now seeking performers and writers with works addressing the topic of “uncertainty” for annual summer exhibit, “Emerges.” Email brief proposal with subject line “AE IV” followed by your name. Deadline: July 2. athica emerges@athica.org Call for Submissions The EcoFocus Film Festival is now accepting film submissions. Go online for requirements. Deadlines: Aug. 1 (short films), Jul. 1 (feature-length films). www.withoutabox.com, eco focusfilmfest.org

AUDITIONS Athens’ Got Talent (Buffalo’s Southwest Café) Don’t miss your chance to be a star! Audition for the first annual Athens area amateur talent competition. Proceeds from the October performance at the Classic Center benefit Women to the World.

Register online. July 29 & 30 and Aug. 19 & 20, $10 ( entrance fee). www.athensgottalent.com

CLASSES Argentine Tango Essentials (Athens Elks Lodge, 3155 Atlanta Hwy.) Workshop taught by Clint Rauscher of Atlanta’s Tango Evolution. No experience or partner

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necessary. June 22, 6–9:30 p.m. $5. 706-613-8178, cvunderwood@ charter.net Art Classes (Blue Tin Art Studio) Now registering for an assortment of creative art classes for youth and adults. 404-556-6884, www.bluetin studio.com Back Care Yoga (Mind Body Institute) Don’t submit to chronic back pain. Call to register. 706-4757329, www.armc.org/mbi 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 Basket Weaving (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Learn how to construct a basket for your garden or market veggies! Cost of class includes materials. Registration required. June 23, 6:15–8:45 p.m. $48. www.uga.edu/botgarden Beginner Bellydance (Sangha Yoga Studio) New instructor Murjanah teaches this multilevel class in the basic technique, postures and choreography.

Wednesdays, 7–8:15 p.m. $60/6 weeks, $14/class. 706-613-1143, bellydancebody@gmail.com Canning the Summer Garden (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Brenda Beckham and BJ Garrett lead an intro to the pressure cooker method of home canning.

Registration required. July 17, 2–4 p.m. $14. 706-542-6156, www.uga. edu/botgarden 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/

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person). 706-355-3161, www.good dirt.net Computer Class (ACC Library, Educational Technology Center) Introduction to Excel. Call to register.

June 17, 10–11:30 a.m. FREE! 706613-3650 Cooking in the Garden: Tomatoes! (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Make delicious sauces with your garden’s bounty.

Try a simple marinara, a spicy cream sauce with shrimp or a zesty salsa.

Registration required. July 21, 6:30–8:30 p.m. $27. 706-542-6156, www.uga.edu/botgarden 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 Dance Classes (Jadespring Wellness Center, Comer) Now offering classes in Nia, a blend of dance arts, martial arts and healing arts.

Fridays, 5:15–6:15 p.m. $12, 706614-6126 Dance Classes (Studio Dance Academy) Now registering for a wide range of youth and adult classes, from ballet and tap to swing and Nia. 706-354-6454, www.studiodance academy.com Dance Classes, Martial Arts and Yoga (Floorspace) Now registering for adult and children’s classes, featuring Open Dancing, Fusion Bellydance, Creative Movement, Zumba, Nia, Martial Arts, Poi, Yoga and more! See full schedule online. www.floorspace athens.com Dancefx Fitness Classes (Dancefx) Stay in shape all summer with Pilates, Zumba, body sculpting, floor barre, stretch and more. See full schedule online. $6/class. 706355-3078, www.dancefx.org

Casey McGuire’s work is part of the Emerges IV show, “Uncertainty,” at ATHICA through July 25.

“Entrepeneurs’ Biggest Mistakes” (ACC Library) Anne-Marie Johnson of the Small Business Development Center breaks down the top 10 mistakes people make when starting a business. June 17, 12–1:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 “ESL: A Roadmap” (Casa de Amistad) Casa de Amistad hosts a workshop for volunteers interested in teaching English to adults. Call or email to reserve your space. June 19, 9 a.m.–noon, FREE! 706-2022782, casa_amistad_ga@yahoo. com GED Classes (Athens Urban Ministries) Get your GED for free, free, free! Wednesdays, 9:30–11:30 a.m., Thursdays, 1:30–3:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-353-6647.

Genealogy 102: Census Records Online (Oconee County Library) Research family history online using Ancestry Library Edition and HeritageQuest Online.

Genealogy 101 is a prerequisite for this class. Call to register. June 17, 11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m. June 26, 3–4:30 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 Genealogy on the Internet (ACC Library) A brief intro to Internet resources for genealogy. Databases in Galileo will be introduced. Registration required.

June 17, 6–8:45 p.m. FREE! 706613-3650 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 Laugh-a-Yoga (Mind Body Institute) Laugh your stress away.

June 16 & 18, 5:30–6:30 p.m. $5.

706-475-7329, mbiprograms@ armc.org 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 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 Money Matters (ACC Library) Money Matters coordinator Teri Hanna will share some helpful tips for budgeting, maintaining a checking account and improving your credit score in this program sponsored by Smart Investing @

Your Library. June 17, 7 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 Natural History of Georgia Plants (State Botanical Garden of Georgia, Callaway Building) This course will introduce students to the diverse natural vegetation of Georgia. July 17, 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. $100. 706-542-6156, www. uga.edu/botgarden 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 Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Classes (ACC Library) OLLI, formerly Learning in Retirement, will hold registration for summer classes following a presentation on “Aging in Place.” July 1, 1:30 p.m. 706-549-7350, www.olli. uga.edu Outdoor Fitness Boot Camps (Various Locations) Now registering men and women of all fitness levels for weekday morning and evening programs. Learn more 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 Quick Books (Athens Technical College) Now offering beginning, intermediate and advanced classes.

Call to register. June 18 (beginners), $99. June 25 (intermediate and advanced), $75. 706-369-5763, bmoody@athenstech.edu Summer Tree Identification (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Learn the basics of identifying common (yet extraordinary!) trees of the Georgia Piedmont. June 19, 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. $45. 706-5426014, www.uga.edu/botgarden 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 for more information.

Saturdays, 9:30–10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-475-7329, mbiprograms@ armc.org

Tech Tips: Craigslist (ACC Library) Look for a job, rehome your finches, arrange a carpool or find that missing person–all on Craigslist. June 22, 12:15 p.m.

FREE! 706-613-3650 TRX Men’s Health Week (The Omni Club) Call to register for FREE! classes in TRX Suspension Training.

June 20–27, 706-369-3111, www. theomniclub.com Yoga and Tai Chi Classes (Athens Wellness Cooperative) 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) Schedule online. 706310-0015, www.blissyoga.me Yoga for Moms (Bliss Yoga) Go online for full schedule. 706-3100015, www.blissyoga.me Yoga for Teens (Floorspace) Mondays, 5–6 p.m. $12/class, 706424-9873, www.thebodyeclectic.net Yoga, Tai Chi and Mindfulness Classes (Mind Body Institute) A variety of basic and specialty classes throughout the day.

706-475-7329, www.armc.org/mbi Yoshukai Karate (AKF Itto Martial Arts) Learn Yoshukai Karate, a traditional hard Okinawan style. www. athensyk.com 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, meditate athens@gmail.com, thezencenter. livingcompassion.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 (BikeAthens) Join BikeAthens volunteers as they clean and repair donated bicycles for local service agencies. Bike repair skills a plus, but not necessary. Sunday, 2–4:30 p.m. Monday & Wednesday, 6–8:30 p.m. www.bikeathens.com

Blood Drive (Red Cross Donor Center) Give the gift of life! Call to make an appointment today. 706546-0681, 1-800-GIVE-LIFE Free IT Athens (Free IT Athens, 594 Oconee St.) Donate your old laptop or desktop to be refurbished and supplied to low-income members of the community. Now accepting computers with Pentium III or better processors. Drop off on Sundays from 1–5 p.m. or Wednesdays from 6–8 p.m. at the Action, Inc. building. 706-621-6157, freeitathens@gmail.com Seeking Donations and Volunteers (Front Porch Bookstore, 102 Marigold Ln., Winterville) The bookstore operated by the Friends of the Winterville Library is seeking volunteers and book donations. 706-372-1236, ronwetherbee@windstream.net Teach ESOL (Call for location) Casa de Amistad is seeking volunteer ESOL teachers for Tuesdays and Thursdays. Training workshop June 19. 706-202-2782, casa_amistad_ ga@yahoo.com Volunteer Gallery Sitters (ATHICA) Visit www.athica.org/ volunteer.php for info and email volunteers@athica.org to start.

KIDSTUFF Babies & Beasties Series (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Help your toddler discover nature. Ages 18 months–2 years, with adult.

Registration required. Thursdays in August, 10 a.m. $7. 706-613-3615 “Caring for the Community All Around” (Sky City Lounge & Bulldog Cafe, 486 North Ave.) A dual basketball and writing clinic presented by Jessica Lonen and

Sharday Jones. For ages 8–18. July 12–15, $50. www.jshotconnection. com EcoCamp (Georgia Nature Center, Watkinsville) Summer day camp for ages 4–16. Kids learn about solar power, organic farming, carnivorous plants and green building. The five-day sessions run through July. $49–$199. 706-769-1000, www. ecocamp.org Freedom to Grow UNschool (Call for location) An innovative, democratic, homeschool-like “unschool” for preschool to upper elementary students is now forming.

Call to arrange a meeting time. June 17, 4 p.m. 478-718-1414, www. freedomtogrowunschool.com Kids Summer Day Camp (Silverthorn Farm) Register your junior equestrian for week-long sessions at this day camp. 8 a.m.–1 p.m. $300/week. 706-548-8561, www.silverthornfarm.com Knee-High Naturalists (Sandy Creek Nature Center) A program of age-appropriate nature exploration, animal encounters, hikes and crafts.

Alternating Wednesdays, 3:30–4:30 p.m. $13. 706-613-3515, www. sandycreeknaturecenter.com Mermaid and Merman Days (Lay Park) Activities include pearldiving, seashell crafts, edible aquariums and other typical mermaid/ merman recreational fun. For ages 8–12. June 22–25, 9 a.m.–noon. $40. 706-613-3580 New Moon Summer Adventure Camps (Various Locations) Now accepting registration for summer camp that travels to different state parks. For ages 6–12.

June 21–25 & July 12–16, 19–23, 8:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. $150/week.

706-338-2892, newmoonpreschool @gmail.com

ART AROUND TOWN ACC Library (2025 Baxter St., Top of the Stairs Gallery) Featuring work by students in UGA’s Lamar Dodd School of Art. Through June.

ATHICA (160 Tracy St.) “Emerges IV: Uncertainty,” an exhibit showcasing four artists’ renderings of uncertain times, featuring a sculptural video installation

by Casey McGuire and works by Melissa Dickenson, Jon Swindler and Patrick Triggs. Through July 25.

Reception June 19.

Big City Bread Cafe (393 N. Finley St.) A group show featuring the work of the students next door at Blue Tin Studio. Through June.

Ciné Barcafé (234 W. Hancock Ave.) “My Metal Hand,” an exhibit featuring illustrations on wood by Jeff Owens. Through July 6.

Espresso Royale Caffe (297 E. Broad St.) An exhibit featuring your favorite animals in embroidery and print mixed-media works by Lea Purvis. Through June.

Flicker Theatre & Bar (263 W. Washington St.) Mixed media photography and more by Jillian Guarco. Through June. Reception June 17.

The Globe (199 N. Lumpkin St.) “Athens GA, Photography,” featuring photographs of Athens landmarks by Darius Goes West photographer Kevin Wier.

Through June.

Good Dirt (510 B North Thomas St.) Atmospherically fired pots by Rob Sutherland. Through June.

The Grit (199 Prince Ave.) Works by Sarah Trigueros.

Through July 3.

Highwire Lounge (254 W. Clayton St.) “Big Cocks,” featuring fowl paintings by local outsider artist Cap Man. Through July.

Jittery Joe’s Coffee (Five Points) “Athens Above,” an exhibit featuring René Shoemaker’s textile paintings on silk of the Classic City’s skyline.

Through June.

Krimson Kafe (40 Greensboro Hwy., Watkinsville) “Old McDonald’s Farm,” a collection of paintings by Perry McCrackin. Through July.

Lamar Dodd School of Art (270 River Rd., Gallery 307) “Found in Nature: Paintings and Drawings,” featuring the work of Philip Ayers and William Itter. Through July 25.

Plaster Casting Workshop (ACC Library) Learn the basics of plaster casting and make your own sculpture! Ages 11–18. Call to register. June 23–25, 2–3:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-613-3650 Summer Academy at UGA (UGA Campus) UGA Center for Continuing Education is now registering for its week-long summer programs for ages 11–17. $199–$349. 706-5423537, www.georgiacenter.uga.edu/ summeracademy Summer Art Camp (Good Dirt) Limited space available in kids’ clay classes. Ages 4–6, 7–10, and 11 & up. Schedule and registration forms online. 706-355-3161, www. gooddirt.net Summer Mini-Camps (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Registration now open for “Footprints from the Past,” “Forest Fantasy” and “Go Wild” daycamps for kids ages 4–6.

9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. $16. 706613-3615 Swim School (Bishop Park) Now registering for lessons taught by an American Red Cross Through July 23, $33. 706-613-3589 Teen Night Live (Various Locations) Register your teen for a summer of field trips, music, dancing and fun in a safe environment!

For ages 11–14. Now through June 24, July 6–29, Tuesdays & Thursdays, 6–9 p.m. $10. 706-6133871, www.accleisureservices.com Thursday Theater for Teens (Oconee County Library) Enjoy This week: The Devil Wears Prada.

Thursdays through July, 6–8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 Waseca School Biome Camp (Waseca Learning Environment) Campers explore the forest and learn about sustainability through art projects, community building

Lyndon House Arts Center (293 Hoyt St.) “Full House 2010” features over a hundred works in a variety of media by local artists and members of the organizations that meet regularly at the Lyndon House. Through Sept. 18.

Madison County Library (1315 Hwy. 98 W., Danielsville) Drums and bowls by Jack Hudson.

Through June.

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.

Monroe Art Guild (205 S. Broad St., Monroe) “Art in Bloom,” featuring floral designs by Jeff E. Lott.

Through June.

Multi-Modal Transportation Center (325 Pound St.) Collages by Erin K. Meredith. Through June.

Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation (34 School St., Watkinsville) Annual Members’ Exhibit, featuring a diverse display of works, including sculpture, paintings, drawings, textiles, jewelry, pottery and photos, from a variety of skilled artists who are also OCAF members. Through June 30.

Red Eye Coffee (297 Prince Ave.) Photography by Keith Maxwell. Through June.

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

State Botanical Garden of Georgia (2450 Milledge Ave.) “Spirit of the Land” features work by local artists. The exhibit and affiliated events are meant to increase awareness about shrinking green space. All work is for sale and benefits the Athens Land Trust and the Oconee River Land Trust. Through June 26. Gala Reception June 26.

Transmetropolitan (145 E. Clayton St.) Photographs of Puerto Rico by Harper Bridges.

Through June.

Visionary Growth Gallery (2400 Booger Hill Rd., Danielsville) “The Mother Show III: Art on the Theme of Motherhood,” featuring work by dozens of artists including Ruth Allen, Lucy Calhoun, Jeremy Hughes, Jasey Jones, Cindy Jerrell, Peter Loose, Robert Lowery and Annie Wellborn. Through June 27.

White Tiger Gourmet Food & Chocolates (217 Hiawasee Ave.) “Flower Show,” featuring paintings by Ruth Allen. Through June.

and gardening. Discounts available.

June–July, 8:30 a.m.–3 p.m. or 5:30 p.m. $140–$170/week. 706-5434473, wasecaschool.org 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 Youth Summer Art Camps (Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation) Now registering. 706-769-4565, www.ocaf.com.

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SUPPORT Alzheimer’s Caregiver Luncheon Program (Bentley Center) The Athens Area Alzheimer’s Support Group meets the third Tuesday of every month. Registration required. Noon–1 p.m. FREE! Eve Anthony, 706-549-4850 Athens Mothers’ Center (St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church) Tuesdays & Fridays, 9:30–11:30 a.m. 706-552-8554, www.athensga. mothercenter.org Domestic Violence Support Group (Call for location) 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.

Emotional Abuse Support Group (Call for location) Childcare is provided. Call the Project Safe hotline: 706-543-3331.

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Emotions Anonymous (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) Informal and supportive 12-step program. Sundays, 4–5 p.m. 706-202-7463, www.emotions anonymous.org Grief Support Group (Council on Aging) Meeting every third Thursday each month. 2–3:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-549-4850 Parkinson’s Support Group (Council on Aging) Meet up every fourth Monday for an open support group for those living with Parkinson’s Disease. 2:30–4 p.m.

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June 19, noon–5 p.m. $1. 706-5482258, www.suskaathens.com Live from the Classic City (Email for Location) Get your music spread locally and around the world when you record at the studio! Sign up online. 706-850-1755, www. classiccityarts.com/live Teeth Whitening for Charity (Various Locations) All summer long, Mercy Health Centre is partnering with local dentists to raise money for low-income citizens in need of medical treatment. Your donation will benefit this fund and your smile. Call or go online for more info. $250 donation, 706-254-9586, www.mercyhealthcenter.net Total Image Fitness Challenge (The Omni Club) The Omni Club challenges you to lose that body fat in 8 weeks! Final weigh-in on Aug. 23. $2500 will be awarded to the male and female contestants who lose the most body fat.

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reality check Matters Of The Heart And Loins I’ve always found your advice to others to be very direct and spot-on, so maybe you can help me out with my little problem. I feel a little spoiled because besides this one thing, my relationship with my boyfriend is really great. We’ve been together for more than four years, and I can see us being together for 40 more. However, if there’s anything I could change about him it would be his constant, chronic lateness. He’s late to EVERYTHING. If we’re going somewhere together he always finds a reason to go back into the house or to get on the computer before we leave, making both of us late. If I’m waiting for him, say, at a restaurant, he’s almost always at least 30 minutes late. This stresses me out a lot. I feel like he’s wasting my time and being disrespectful.

Other than this one thing, he’s very thoughtful and considerate but he doesn’t seem to get how this makes me feel. Since our relationship is otherwise great, should I just suck it up and get over it or is there a way I can convince him to at least try to respect my time? Thanks for any advice you can give me.

Dating Late This might seem like a small thing, DL, but it’s the little things that eventually drive you crazy. That guy who writes all those Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff books?

Asshole. Especially with that …and It’s All Small Stuff part. Think about it: how many times have you overlooked little things about former boyfriends, friends or roommates, only to find that these were the very things that drove you away from them in the end?

Things that seem eccentric or weird at first can be tolerable or even charming, but then one day you wake up and think “Oh, my God, if he sings ABBA to his cat in my presence again I am going to lose my mind!” or “Jesus H. Christ, is it that difficult to change the toilet paper?!” The thing is, DL, that you love this guy, but his behavior is affecting not only your life, but the lives of others. It is making you a late person, when you are not a late person. You do not need this kind of stress, and you’re right—he is being disrespectful. Now, I am not saying all hope is lost. What I am saying is that you need to take steps to correct (or at least curb) this behavior before you reach the point of no return. First, sit down and talk to him. Tell him how much you love him and your relationship and that you can see a future together. Then tell him how much his lateness is affecting your life and how it makes you feel. Also, start telling him that you need to be someplace earlier than you actually do.

Trying to get out of the house at 5:45? Tell him you want to leave at 5:30. Meeting him at a restaurant at 7? Tell him you’ll be waiting at 6:30. Is this ideal? No. And if he starts to correct his behavior, you can start telling him your real schedule. In the meantime, do what you have to do to keep yourself sane.

I have been dating my boyfriend for a year and a half. We are both in our early 20s, but our relationship is serious. We have met each other’s parents, share the same friends, and I

think we could get married one day, but neither of us is in a big hurry for that. We have talked about moving in together, but I think we should wait longer because I still love living with my girlfriends and once we do, I feel like that’s it. I am not interested in dating anybody else, I just don’t think I want to go into the next phase of my adult life yet, at least not until I finish school. The bf seems totally fine with that. So, lately, I have been getting deeper feelings for him. Probably this is because we have been spending more time together and I feel like I am really starting to know him on a deeper spiritual level. Sex has been extra intense, and so has everything else we do. I don’t know if this makes sense to you or not. We just seem to be getting closer.

The other day, I said to him, “I am SO in love with you.” He replied with “I love you, too.” I didn’t think too much about it at the time, but it was a tiny bit awkward. We have been saying “I love you” for a couple of months now. So later, I was talking about this stuff with my girlfriends, and one of them said “There’s a big difference between ‘I love you’ and ‘I’m in love with you,’ you know.” All of a sudden, I feel kind of insecure. We all talked about it more, and now I am starting to worry that I love him more than he loves me. Is it true that “I love you” doesn’t mean what I think it means? Is being “in love” different? I am almost afraid to bring this up with the bf, because I don’t want to cause a bunch of drama over nothing, but I admit it is making me a little worried now.

In Love I can see the point that your girlfriend was making, IL, but it all depends on context. I love good beer and bad TV, but I am not in love with them.

Ditto my parents, my favorite jeans and veggie burritos from Señor Sol (What is that green sauce? It’s like heaven in a squirt bottle!). What we’re talking about here is semantics. I think your boyfriend may very well be in love with you and simply not express himself the same way that you do. Don’t start doubting an otherwise great relationship over it. Think about why it was awkward: Did he seem like he felt uncomfortable with what you said? If he did, then maybe you do want to talk about it. It doesn’t have to be a big dramatic thing, but if you really feel weird about it, then clear the air. On the other hand, if he seemed perfectly normal at the time and it only seemed awkward to you because you were hoping he would say the same thing back to you, then maybe you should just keep quiet and see how things play out. Even if you are running ahead of him right now emotionally, he may catch up. Relationships evolve.

And it is possible that he is experiencing the same feelings that you are and hasn’t really processed them yet, or doesn’t know how to express them. If you really feel like he’s pulling away from you, then you can start worrying. You put yourself out there, your feelings are growing, and you feel vulnerable. That’s all natural. But if things are really OK, then relax and have fun and go with it. Don’t let your girlfriend’s armchair analysis ruin your relationship.

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2BR/2BA Harris Place Apts.

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2BR/1BA in town. Blvd. area.

HWflrs. Pets OK. All appls., parking, water, trash, recycling incl. $750/mo. Call Brant at (706) 296-7255.

2BR/1BA. $775/mo. Secure commercial bldg., utils incl.

Just south of Foley Field. Just look for the lg. flagpole & American Flag in front of the bldg.! (800) 426-6235.

2BR/2.5BA. 256 Appleby Mews. Poolside, W/D, DW, porch, lg. BR’s, on Oconee Hill close to Mama’s Boy & the Greenway!Lots of room for little money. Now & August. $695/ mo. (706) 548-9797.

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.

2BR/1BA renovated apts walking distance to Mama’s Boy & Dwntn! Avail. 8/1.

Only$550-600/mo. incl. water/trash. 225 China St. Small/quiet complex, perfect for grad students.

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205 Little Street. 2BR/1BA. Water, gas, power incl. Near Dwntn. $550/mo. Call Joiner Management (706) 353-6868.

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Affordable, clean, quiet 1BR apt. in Normaltown, just 1 mi. from Dwntn. Prelease for Fall or move in now. $450/mo. incl. water. Just $225/dep. (706) 788-2152 or thomas2785@ aol.com.

Best deal in town! El Dorado 2BR/1BA & studio apts. in N o r m a l t o w n . F re e w a t e r, gas, basic cable & wireless Internet. W/D in 2BR units. Dog runs. $420–$675/mo. Joiner & Associates (706) 549-7371, www.gojoiner.com.

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1BR/1BA. Clayton St. above Helix. $575/mo.

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Eastside. Preleasing for Fall. 5BR/3BA. Very lg. rms. Total electric. W/D, lawncare, trash p/u paid.

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Downtown 1BR/1BA F l a t . $ 4 6 5 / m o . Water, gas, trash p/u incl., fitness room, on–site laundry. Text “Columns” to 41513. www. joinermanagement.com.

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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.

Spacious. Bright 2BR/1BA. Quiet Five Points n’hood. 2 blocks from Milledge. $695/ mo. incl. water & W/D. Avail.

Aug. 310 Stanton Way. Owner/ Broker Herbert Bond Realty & Investment (706) 224-8002.

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Watkinsville. Completely furnished. $700/mo. incl. utils..

1400 sq. ft. 1BR/1BA daylight basement apt. Overlooks lake, Dish TV, VCR, business size desk, carpet, new kitchen, private entrance, quiet n’hood.

No pets, no smokers. See to appreciate! Evening (706) 7696208, Day (706) 338-7727.

Westside condos.

2BR/2BA, $600/mo.

Eastside quadraplex 2 B R / 2 B A , $525/ mo. 2BR/1BA, $490/ mo. Eastside Duplex 2BR/1BA, 475/mo. Eastside basement apartment 2BR/1BA. W/D, nice yard. $550/mo. Call McWaters R e a l t y , (706) 549-3222, (706) 353-2700 or cell (706) 540-1529.

Commercial Property 4500 sq. ft. office/shop. 1.5BA, 3 12 ft. overhead doors. 2+ ac. fenced. Lexington, GA. $500/mo+. Partial property rental available. Call (706) 549-9456.

Athens Executive S u i t e s . Offices avail. in historic Dwntn bldg. w/ on–site parking. All utils., Internet, & janitorial incl. Single or multiple offices avail. Call Stacy (706) 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 Building. 3200 sq. ft.

Ample onsite parking. Office/ Commercial. Contact Stacy (706) 425-4048.

Paint Artist Studio. Historic Blvd area artist community.

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

Retail, Bar, or Restaurant for lease at Homewood Shopping Center. 3000 sq. ft. Call Bryan Austin at (706) 353-1039.

Retail Suites for lease at Homewood Village.

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Condos for Rent 2–3BR/2BA. 370 South Pope St. Near Baxter. All appls. $780/mo. Close to campus & Dwntn. Avail. 8/1. Pet friendly.

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3BR condo for rent.

Woodlands. $400/BR. Avail.

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Luxury condo, 3 Lg. BR/3 private BA. Incl. W/D. Excellent condition, unbelievable amenities. Gated, safe, close to campus. Unit 804. Available 8/1. Owner/agent. Call Robin at (770) 265-6509 or email robintdubois@gmail.com.

Huge studio condo. Eastside, close to campus. DW & W/D incl. Shared gas grill out back overlooking the river. Don’t miss out! $600/mo. Contact John (706) 614-3156.

Duplexes For Rent $750/mo. 4BR/3 Full BA. 10 min. to UGA. 137 Westchester Circle. All appls incl. W/D, excellent condition. New carpet & paint. Lg. lv. rm., sec. system. Avail. 6/1. Owner/ Agent, call Robin (770) 2656509 or email at robintdubois@ gmail.com.

$650/mo., blocks from UGA & Dwntn, 2 Lg. BR/1BA. 167 A Elizabeth St. W/D, fireplace, storage, rent incl. water & garbage.

Av a i l . 8 / 1 . O w n e r / A g e n t , call Robin (770) 265-6509 or email at robintdubois@ gmail.com.

2BR/1.5BA duplex in S l e e p y H o l l o w. N e a r UGA & 5 Pts. FP, DW, W/D, CHAC, sunroom, some pets OK. $700/mo.

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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.

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2BR/1BA Duplex on Eastside.

Close to shopping. 10 mins from UGA. W/D hookups, yd. maint. $525/mo. Pets OK w/ fee. Call Tom (706) 224-7540 for details.

2BR/1BA. $650/mo., Milledge Court #18/#20.

Avail. Aug. Great 5 Pts. duplex, tile BA, HWflrs., great location! Visit boulevard​ proper ty​m anagement. com. Call today (706) 548-9797.

Available Aug. 1st. 2BR duplex on quiet wooded lot.

Eastside. CHAC. Pets upon approval. $445/mo. 10–12 month lease available. Tom (404) 314-1177.

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.

Quiet 5 Points Location!!

2BR/1BA, HWflrs., CHAC, W/D incl. $675/mo. Call (706) 546-6900 or visit w w w.

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Houses for Rent $845/mo. All utils incl.

2BR/3BA, W/D, DW, CHAC, deck, quiet cottage. 1672 1/2 S. Milledge Ave. 2 blocks to 5 Pts. Low deposit. (706) 714-1100. $825/mo. 3BR/2BA, lg. house.

5 min. to campus. Popular Eastside, safe n’hood, excellent condition, no pets.

(706) 207-7400

$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. $1100/mo. Oconee County. 10-15 min. to UGA & Athens. Excellent school system, great subdivision.

3BR/2BA. Lg. bonus rm., separate dining r m. New heating & air, new paint, new carpet, FP, huge yard, community pool, no pets.

Avail. 7/10. 1030 Robinhood Rd. Owner/Agent, Call Robin (770) 265-6509. $660/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. $650/mo. Blocks from UGA c a m p u s , 2 B R / 1 B A , Ta l l Ceilings, HWflrs., Very Lg. BRs, W/D, Sm. Fenced–In Yd. Avail.

Now. 145 Elizabeth St. Owner/ Agent, Call Robin Dubois (770) 265-6509.

1331 Dowdy Rd. 3-6BR/2BA. $1200–$1400/ mo. 100 yr. old farmhouse located ½ mile from civilization.

High ceilings, HWflrs., & good dogs welcome. A spacious house w/ 2 lg. porches.

1321 Dowdy also available, 3BR/2BA, $900/mo. Both located close to great schools & all of your shopping needs in a serene setting, which is great for family friends & nature lovers, or anyone else who is looking for a great house to live for the upcoming year!Avail. 8/1. Pls. call (706) 548-9797,boulevard​property​ management.com.

175 Sylvan Dr. 3BR/1BA home w/ great location near ARMC. $850/mo. Newly painted BRs. Avail. now! Pls. call (706) 5401810, (706) 433-2072, or email cbolen@upchurchrealty.com.

145 Woodcrest Drive and 245 Robinhood Court. Both in Forest Heights subdivision. 3BR. Avail. 8/1.

CHAC. Fenced yds. Pets OK. No pet fees! $845 & $875/mo.

(706) 372-6813.

140 and 250 Janice Drive. Avail. June 1st & Aug. 1st. HWflrs. CHAC, fenced yds. Pets OK. No pet fees! $795/mo. (706) 254-2569 135 Glencrest. $900/mo.

3BR/2BA. Great traditional house w/ a beautifully landscaped yd.!Call today (706) 548-9797 boulevard​ property​management.com.

2BR/1BA. 349 Oak St. Less than a mi. to campus. Fenced backyd. Window A/C, gas heat. HWflrs. $700/mo. + dep.

Ralph Bryant (706) 207-6071.

2BR/1BA Woody Drive.

Newly renovated duplexes, beautifully landscaped, quiet dead–in street, perfect for everyone. Timothy school zone & close to every shopping need. 316 & the loop. $680/mo. (706) 5489797 or boulevard​property ​management.com.

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/2 Full BA, 2 half BA. Eastside. $1250/mo. Extra nice! Huge fenced backyard, pen, huge front porch. W/D conn., CHAC, FP, DR, LR, office, upstairs bonus room.

10 mins. to campus. Pets OK. (706) 247-1398.

3BR on Pulaski. New BA, CHAC, W/D, DW, ceiling fans, security system, $950/mo. incl. water. Deposit + yr. lease req’d. Cats OK. Avail. now!

(706) 546-0348.

3BR/1BA house off Baxter St. CHAC, DW, W/D incl. No gas bill, fenced yd., pets OK. Bonus rm. 4th BR. Avail. 8/1.

Only $695/mo. (706) 255-2552 text OffCampusRealty.com.

3BR/2BA house on basement for rent. 145 Conrad Dr. 2 mi. from Dwntn. W/D, fridge, HVAC, band space. $900/mo.

Call (706) 613-7242 or (678) 232-7228.

340 Barber Street. The only one like it. This is the best 3BR/2BA in town. This 2–story newly renovated house has beautiful skylights in the 25 ft. high living room ceiling w/ exposed brick give the house an urban feel. 340 Barber St. is in walking distance to campus & Dwntn. $1600/mo. (706) 5489797, boulevard​p roperty​ management.com.

3BR/2BA cabin in the woods. 5 mi. to town. Open living, dining, kitchen rooms. $900/mo. NS. Call Rose (706) 255-0472.

3BR/2BA near Pulaski/ Cleveland beautiful remodel w/ high ceilings & HWflrs. W/D, lg. kitchen, front porch, walk to Dwntn. Near Greenway. $1100/ mo. (706) 614-3557.

3BR/2BA. Cedar creek.

Fenced backyd., gas grill, FP, wooded lot. Quiet family n’hood. Swimming community.

360 Sandstone Dr. $1025/ mo. & dep. (706) 319-1846, (706) 548-4819. GA. R. E. lic.

300830.

3BR/2BA old country house.

10 mi. from Dwntn. 16 acres.

Suitable for 2 horses. Fenced pasture w/ shelter. CHAC, all appls. 1BR & 2BAs completely renovated. Bidet in each BA. $1050/mo. (706) 340-7531.

3BR/1BA located in Historic Blvd. area/walking distance to campus. High ceilings, fenced yd., HVAC, W/D, etc. $1000/ mo. Avail Aug. Call (706) 254-1273.

4 4 2 Yo n a h . $ 6 9 5 / m o .

2BR/1BA. Great location in Nor maltown. Working FP, eat–in kitchen, screened–in porch, cottage in the city.

Pls. call (706) 548-9797, b o u l e v a r d ​p r o p e r t y​ management.com.

4BR/2BA. Big house, deck, fenced yard. 2 living areas, 2 kitchens, 2 offices. CHAC, DW, W/D, carport, lawn/pest incl.

Pets welcome. Close to UGA/ Dwntn. Recently remodeled.

Avail. July. Great deal. $1250/ mo. & dep. (706) 202-0858.

4BR/4BA house. On UGA busline. Community pool w/ pool house. $1800/mo. W/D, & appls. Pets OK w/ dep. Avail.

8/1. Call (706) 207-9295.

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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. $850/mo. (706) 552-3500.

4BR/1.5BA Northcrest Dr. $800/mo. Fenced backyard, pen, storage bldg. W/D connections, CHAC. Walk to busline, shopping, restaurants.

5 mins. to campus. Pets OK. (706) 247-1398.

4BR/2BA. CHAC, FP, HWflrs, D W, f r i d g e w / i c e / w a t e r in–door, W/D. Lg. porch & yd.

Must have refs. 116 Whitehead Rd. $998/mo. (706) 714-1100.

4BR/2BA. Big house, deck, fenced yard. 2 living areas, 2 kitchens, 2 offices. CHAC, DW, W/D, carport, lawn/pest incl.

Pets welcome. Close to UGA/ Dwntn. Recently remodeled.

Avail. July. Great deal. $1250/ mo. & deposit. (706) 202-0858.

4BR/2BA home. Blocks from UGA on the Greenway.

Sunroom, separate dining room, granite in kitchen, new master BR. W/D. Pets OK. $900/mo. Call (678) 491-4800.

6BR/3BA house, multi–family zoned. 2620 Riverbend Rd. Fully renovated, new everything, HWflrs., custom kitchen & BAs. $1800/mo.

Avail. 8/1. Chris (706) 2025156 or chris@peterson properties.org.

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. $1100/mo. Call (706) 338-6716.

Attention students & small families. 3BR/2.5BA split lvl. in quiet cul–de–sac. Avail. 8/1!

Close to campus! HWflrs., FP, sec. sys., all kitchen appls. $1275/mo. (770) 596-6234.

Available Now. 3BR/2BA on 1 acre on Whit Davis, Athens.

Close to campus & park. $1010/mo. & $1000 dep.

Ask for rental info. at (706) 248-8200.

Cute, cute, cute!

3BR/2.5BA house. Lots of storage, lg. rooms, 1–car garage, fenced yd, 0.5 acre lot, W/D, DW, CHAC. Some pets OK. Near Eastside.

6 mi to UGA. $1000/mo.

(706) 549-5006, www.

AthensCondoSales.com.

Cedar Shoals area. Great 2BR/1BA duplex. Fresh paint, new carpet, W/D, DW, range, fridge, fenced yd., trash & yd. serv. incl. Avail. now $550/ mo. Call Mike (877) 740-1514 toll free.

Eastside 3BR/2BA. Lg. yd., on dead–end street. $1000/ mo. 4BR/2BA w/ lg. yd. $1200/ mo. Five Points 3BR/1BA, single carport, $750/mo. Call McWaters Realty, (706) 549-3222, (706) 353-2700, (706) 540-1529.

East Athens. 3BR/2.5BA. Fenced backyard. Small pets OK. $925/mo. (706) 207-3677.

First month free! No pet fee!

2 or 3BRs close to Dwntn.

W/D, DW, private patios, large yards. (706) 548-2522, www. dovetailmanagement.com.

Flagpole Classifieds! $10/ wk. for your merchandise, $14/ wk. for your house, $16/wk. for your business! Go to www. flagpole.com or call (706) 549-0301. Deadlines every Monday at 11am.

Huge house in N o r m a l t o w n ! 2 – s t o r y, 4BR/2BA, HWflrs, CHAC, D/W, W/D hookups. On busline at Prince/Oglethorpe. $1450/mo.

(706) 546-6900 or go to www.

ValerioProperties.com/.

Near Dwntn. 1BR house. $500/ mo. Pets OK. No gas bill.

CHAC, DW, W/D incl. Fenced yard. Bonus room/office. Avail. now or prelease. (706) 2552552 OffCampusRealty.com.

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

Three houses. ARMC area 3BR/2BA, CHAC, fenced, yd., band r m., $765/mo.

Watkinsville 3BR/2BA, deck, extras, wooded lot w/ creek $950/mo. Mall area 3BR/1BA, $550/mo. (706) 547-4580.

Pre-Leasing 1BR/1BA + office in 5 Pts. Great for Grad Students.

Close to campus. W/D, DW, CHAC, Pets OK. Avail. 8/1. $650/mo. (706) 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.

Houses for Sale Enjoy your new home located in a peaceful setting. Close to shopping/UGA. 3BR/2.5BA home on 2.28 acres. Price reduced $144,900. Contact Becky Smith (706) 201-2121.

Elber ton, Ga. Char ming, re s t o re d h o m e w / g u e s t house. 3BR/2.5BA w/ 1BR/1BA in guest house.

Historic district, near Lake Russell & Athens. $132,500. ( 7 0 6 ) 4 9 8 - 8 3 5 0 , w w w. savannahvalleylandcompany. com//listing.php?id=138.

Great house! 220 Pointers Ridge Dr. New carpet, fresh paint, new roof, fairly new heat/cooling, appls like new, fireplace, garage, deck, shed, sm. garden. $129,900. Galen at (352) 2150056 or 4flfish@uga.edu.

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Peaceful brick home on cul–de–sac. 125 Edward Circle. ARMC/Normaltown.

3BR/1BA. Updates kitchen/ BA, finished HWflrs., fenced backyard, brick patio, 2–slot covered parking. $143K. Call (864) 710-4484. ➤ continued on next page

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Updated home on lar ge wooded lot. Downtown Athens.

146 Madison, quiet St. Blvd/ Pulaski area off Atlanta Ave. Newly painted 2BR/1BA, W/D, all appls. Lv. rm. kitchen combination w/ vaulted ceiling, n e w l y re f i n i s h e d H W f l r s . throughout. Laundry rm., new water & sewer. Sit on front porch or grill on the back deck under old pecan trees. Lg. fenced–in yd. Open house, Sat. May 30th, 2–4pm. $120K. (706) 714-8992.

Roommates 2 roommates needed ASAP. $300/mo. utils incl. 4BR/4BA house, off Lexington. W/D, full kitchen, pet friendly. (478) 4422759 lv. msg.

Half house to share. $380 mo./ dep. & 1/2 utils. Fully furnished, W/D, carport, deck, priv. BA, no pets, smoker OK. Next to Ga. Sq. Mall. (706) 296-5764.

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See your academic advisor about applying specific IDL courses to your program of study

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Rooms for Rent Dashiell Cottages Inc. Move–in $75! (706) 8500491. All amenities, Wifi.

Enjoy our river community, 5 blocks to UGA. Enjoy the wildlife observation.

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

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

Miscellaneous Enormous Book Sale! Jittery Joe’s 5 Pts. Fri. 6/18 through Sun. June 20. 10am–6pm. All categories. Free book w/ purchase of JJ’s coffee. More info write gra2@uga.edu.

TV and Video Independent and Distance Learning (IDL)

Suite 193 • 1197 South Lumpkin Street • Athens, GA The University of Georgia is committed to principles of equal opportunity and affirmative action.

PAIN & WONDER

TATTOO BODY PIERCING

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DirecTV Free Standard Installation. Free Showtime & Starz (3 mo.). Free HD/ DVR upgrade. Ends July 14.

New customers only. Quality packages from $29.99/mo.

DirectStarTV (877) 885-8764 (AAN CAN).

Yard Sales 365 University Dr. in 5 Pts. Sat. 6/19, 8:00am–3:00pm. Art, clothes, furniture & many more surprises!

Music Equipment Ask about our Run–til–Sold rate. Lowest classified ad rate in town! 12 weeks for only $40!

Call (706) 549-0301 or place an ad at www.flagpole.com.

Merchandise only.

Fender American Standard Jazz Bass w/ molded case, color–blizzard, new condition, $950. Call Charles at (706) 613-6166.

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.

P re m i u m P i a n o L e s s o n s Guaranteed. All ages & levels welcome from beginners to advanced. Discounts for families & UGA students. Visit www.AthensPianoSchool.com or call (706) 549-0707.

Music Services 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.

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

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

Musicians Wanted Piano players wanted for dueling piano showcase in Macon, GA. Must have extensive repertoire of popular music. Charisma to work crowd. (478) 318-7680 for more info.

Seeking pianists to perform in our restaurant on Baxter Street in exchange for deliciously prepared Vietnamese food.

Call Just Pho & more (706) 850-1420.

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RENT IT IN THE

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Unitarian Universalist congregation seeks creative, collaborative pianist to accompany choirs (Wed., 7:15–9:00pm) & play for Sunday services (Sun. 10:00am–12:15pm). Contact Amber Fetner, musicdirector@ uuathensga.org.

UberPrints.com is hiring!

We’re looking for bright, enthusiastic individuals to join our customer service team. Great work environment. Job is FT. Visit uberprints.com/jobs to learn more about the position & to apply.

Services

Opportunities

Child Care Nanny & pet services available.

21 yr. old female graduating in May 2012 from UGA in Early Childhood Education.

References. Contact (404) 405-9464 or syj@uga.edu.

Health Pregnant? Considering adoption? Talk w/ caring agency specializing in matching birthmothers w/ families nationwide. Living expenses paid. Abby’s One True Gift Adoptions. (866) 4136293 (AAN CAN).

Misc. Services Bulldawgfood.com order online or call (706) 850-7999 for fast delivery (30–40min). $2.95.

Currently delivering for Utage, Mama’s Boy, Larry’s Giant Subs, Smoothie King, Marble Slab, Allens, the Original La Fiesta, Kelly’s Jamaican & the Whiplash Cafe.

Jobs Full-time Chief Executive Officer; Athens Community Career Academy. The Governance Board for the Athens Community Career Academy (Career Academy) under the Clarke County School District invites applications & nominations for the position of Chief Executive Officer. The CEO will provide the visionary leadership necessar y for program planning, development, & implementation of the Career Academy. The Mission of the Career Academy is to provide expansive opportunities for students to achieve educational & career goals while meeting local & regional workforce needs. For a complete position description, deadlines, & contact information please visit our website at: http://www. hr.uga.edu/ceo-acca.pdf or call Adrianna Creech, Primary Executive Search Consultant at (706) 542-3588.

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 (706) 201-4835.

Lock Nest Hair Studio is seeking a FT licensed stylist.

Booth rental or commission.

Apply in person. 156 College Ave. (706) 546-7288.

Government Jobs. Earn $12-$48/hr. Full benefits, paid training. Clerical, Administrative, Health C a re , L a w E n f o rc e m e n t , Construction, Park Service, more! Call 7 days. (800) 8580701 x2011 (AAN CAN).

Movie Extras earn up to $150/ day to stand in backgrounds of major film. Experience not required. Call now. (888) 664-4621.

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

No selling, any hours. $500/ wk. potential. Info at (985) 6461700 dept. GA–3058.

Part-time Grill Cook needed for fast paced restaurant. Must be clean, organized, self motivated, & can work alone.

Grill experience mandatory.

References req’d. Pay starts at $10/hr., w/ room for advancement. Apply at 259 W.Washington St., Dwntn Athens.

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

No exp. req’d. (800) 743-8535.

PT help needed. 15 mi. from Athens. Mac Photoshop experience required. HTML preferred. Call (706) 367-2809.

Urban Sanctuary Spa seeks self-motivated, sociable & gracious woman or man for Front Desk position. Perfect job for a person looking to contribute their ideas & energy to a growing business. Bring resume by 810 N.Chase St. No calls pls.

Vehicles Autos 1992 Toyota Camry. Good for parts only. $500. Call (678) 386-8351 or email atnalta95@ hotmail.com.

Sell your car with Flagpole Classifieds. Now with online pics! Go to www.flagpole. com today!

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Personals Dating Service. Long-Term/ Shor t-Ter m Relationships, Free To Try! (877) 722-0087.

Exchange/Browse Personal Msgs (866) 362-1311. Live adult conversations (877) 599-8753. Meet on chat-lines.

Local singles (888) 869-0491 (AAN CAN).

FINALISTS!

2010

The Musicians/Bands that received the most votes in each category are listed below. The winners will be announced at the show.

ATHENS

PUNK

MUSIC

DJ

AWARDS

DJ Mahogany DJRX Grave Robbers Immuzikation

THURSDAY, JUNE 24

JAZZ Kenosha Kid Odd Trio Rand Lines Trio

At The Morton Theatre 8:00pm • doors 7:30pm

FEATURING:

ORY CIRCULATM SYSTE

WORLD DubConscious Grogus Incatepec

REPTAR AMA R D R A W T S A PO ELITE THPAPA SHOWSTO

ELECTRONIC Abandon the Earth Mission Maps and Transit TnT

JAM The Incredible Sandwich Mama’s Love Perpetual Groove

COVER BAND

LOS MEESFITS

Abbey Road Live!

Los Meesfits Pigs on the Wing

ROCK Pride Parade Twin Tigers The Whigs

ATHENS

AND MORE!

TICKETS ON SALE NOW! AVAILABLE AT JUNKMAN’S DAUGHTER’S BROTHER, THE MORTON THEATRE & THE FLAGPOLE OFFICE.

$7 ADVANCE • $9 NIGHT OF SHOW $4 WITH ATHFEST WRISTBAND

ATTENTION FINALISTS:

POP Grape Soda Quiet Hooves Venice Is Sinking

EXPERIMENTAL Bubbly Mommy Gun Circulatory System The Dream Scene

METAL Maximum Busy Muscle Savagist Utah

The Agenda American Cheeseburger Cop Dope

COUNTRY/ SOUTHERN ROCK Betsy Franck and the Bareknuckle Band Kaitlin Jones and the County Fair Radiolucent

AMERICANA Futurebirds Hope for Agoldensummer Packway Handle Band

HIP-HOP Deaf Judges Son1 Valentine and West

BEST LIVE BAND Matt Kurz One Quiet Hooves Reptar

SOLO PERFORMER Madeline Adams Randall Bramblett Allison Weiss

UPSTART OF THE YEAR The Burning Angels Reptar Werewolves

BEST ALBUM Drive-By Truckers - The Big To-Do Vic Chesnutt - At the Cut The Whigs - In the Dark

ALBUM COVER ART Casper and the Cookies Modern Silence by Matt Blanks Drive-by Truckers - The Big To-Do

by Wes Freed Lionz - Breaking Out of the Zoo

by Josh Hunter Twin Tigers - Gray Waves

by Matt Cherry

BAND/PERFORMER OF THE YEAR Futurebirds Mama’s Love Radiolucent The Whigs

Each finalist band receives a free pair of passes!

Please contact Flagpole to get your passes. Call Paul or Alicia at 706-549-9523.

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