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pub notes Two Unrelated Things The Best Website Ever? Recently, former mayoral candidate Andy Rusk, in an online comment to this column, questioned the seriousness of Gwen O’Looney’s mayoral candidacy because she did not have a website up. The answer to Andy’s question can now be found at www.gwen2010.com on a site that features videos of Gwen discussing issues and is crammed with more extensive explanations of what Athens needs—written by Gwen herself. Now, the rest of Pub Notes is turned over to UGA law school Professor Donald E. Wilkes, Jr., an expert in criminal procedure, capital punishment and post-conviction remedies. Pete McCommons editor@flagpole.com

The Stupidest Lawyering Ever Last Wednesday and Thursday, June 23 and 24, Georgia death row inmate Troy Davis finally got what he has been seeking for over a decade—a court hearing allowing him to present newly discovered evidence he is innocent of the murder of off-duty policeman Mark MacPhail. That hearing was a disaster, however, because of the cataclysmic blundering of his own attorneys. As he sat in the federal district courtroom in jail garb and leg irons watching events unfold, Davis must surely have come to the sickening realization that his lawyers were guilty of some of the stupidest lawyering on record. Davis’ newly discovered evidence, consisting of witnesses and affidavits, points to one Sylvester Coles as the person actually guilty of the murder. Yet Davis’ attorneys failed to subpoena Coles, and Coles never appeared at the hearing. Putting Coles on the stand would have been a win-win situation for Davis: if Coles admitted being the murderer, Davis would be cleared; if Coles pled the Fifth Amendment, this would reflect unfavorably on Coles and permit numerous inferences in favor of Davis’ innocence; and if Coles denied everything, he would still be subjected to rigorous questioning that might trip him up or damage his credibility. Furthermore, failing to put him on the stand would reflect badly on Davis’ innocence claims. Why wouldn’t an innocent convict seize the opportunity to put the real killer on the stand and grill him? Only attorneys whose guiding policy is stupidity would fail to subpoena Coles in advance of the hearing, but Davis’ lawyers did. The harm this caused to Davis was apparent at the hearing. At the end of Wednesday’s hearing, according to the AP reporter who was present, the presiding judge, William Moore, “said he’s highly skeptical of testimony that another man had admitted to shooting MacPhail because Davis’ attorneys did not subpoena the man they say is the real killer.” As for the Thursday hearing, AP reports: “Davis’ lawyers did not call Coles to the stand, and Moore made them pay for it. He ruled out testimony by a number of witnesses who would have said Coles told them he killed MacPhail, on the grounds it was inadmissible hearsay. Moore told Davis’ lawyers they could have gotten around that by calling Coles to the stand and giving him a chance to rebut that testimony. ‘Here’s one of the most critical witnesses to Davis’ defense,’ Moore said. ‘Mr. Coles is available to testify and you don’t call him. Mr. Coles should have been called by you.’ [O]ne of Davis’ lawyers said the legal team tried unsuccessfully to serve Coles with a subpoena Wednesday, soon after Moore said he might not give any weight to hearsay evidence. Too late, Moore shot back, noting the hearing had been set months in advance.” It is impossible to predict what ruling the judge will hand down when he decides the case, but because of the gross incompetence of his attorneys it seems doubtful that Davis will be found to have satisfied his heavy burden of clearly establishing his innocence. If the judge concludes that there has been no demonstration of innocence, it is almost certain that sooner or later Davis will be put to death. This means that if Davis is innocent—and most unbiased persons familiar with the evidence believe he is—his execution would be due in large part to the startling stupidness of his own attorneys, whose ineptness prevented production in court of the evidence establishing his innocence. An innocent man might die on account of the stupidity of his own lawyers: lethal, fatal, unpardonable stupidity. Donald E. Wilkes, Jr.

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Arts & Events The Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 The Amazing Adventures of a Super-Hippie

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LETTERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 CITY DOPE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 ATHENS RISING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 CITY PAGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 CAPITOL IMPACT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 35 DAYS IN THE GULF, PT. 2 . . . . . . . . . . 8 THE READER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 CAVEMEN IN SPACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 ART NOTES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 FILM NOTEBOOK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 MOVIE DOPE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

MOVIE PICK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 AWARDS SHOW RECAP. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 THREATS & PROMISES. . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 HOT NEW MEXICANS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 AMERICAN MUSIC FESTIVAL. . . . . . . . . 18 THE CALENDAR!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 BULLETIN BOARD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 ART AROUND TOWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 COMICS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 REALITY CHECK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

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letters MORE TENNIS AT BISHOP PARK So, this is what it feels like to be the reviled Republican here in our blue dot. Generally, I feel that my WEL (wild-eyed liberal) bone fides are pretty bone fide; prochoice, in favor of a single-payer national health service, progressive tax, government out of religion, etc. But, in the current bruhaha over Bishop Park, I’m coming down on the Darth Vader side—or so it seems. Those “Rescue Bishop Park” signs are sprouting like psychedelic mushrooms in my Cobbham neighborhood, leaving me feeling like I should quickly check over my shoulder for the thought police. I too want to save Bishop Park—for a tennis center. Yes, yes, I know. Can you believe it? How can I be so blind as to want to put a recreation facility in, well, a recreation facility? Now I understand that opinions will differ, and I’m willing to compromise. Heck, if we could transfer the tennis center SPLOST money directly to build a jail, or to the CCSD to pay teacher salaries, I’d be all for it. I also believe the tennis center should be designed to preserve the multi-use field near the front of the park. That field gets a lot of use and serves a great many people who live nearby. You know, it’s recreational. What I don’t buy is that the Farmers Market (uh, a retail operation) should supplant the tennis center. Don’t get me wrong—I think the market is great and good and is a fine thing to have, but it ain’t recreation, unless you happen to be comfortably well off, that is. Then it serves as a kind of “What America Should Be” theme park. It’s also great that it has a stated goal of helping improve the dietary standards of what we used to call “po” folks. Granted, my exposure to the market is limited, but I don’t see a lot of po folks there. Now, the Farmers Market is a good thing, and I’m not in the least bit interested in seeing it fail. Here’s my suggestion: move the Saturday morning market to Clarke Central HS. It offers essentially the same features as Bishop Park (centrally located, easily accessible via major roads, public land, plenty of parking and access to electricity and “comfort” facilities), and is even better situated to serve economically challenged populations. There are numerous public housing units nearby. Heck, even the Kroger is right down the road so you can lessen your carbon footprint by combining organic shopping with a stop for items not available at the market. (OK, not

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CONTACT US AT P.O. BOX 1027, ATHENS, GA 30603, LETTERS@FLAGPOLE.COM OR VIA THE “TALK BACK TO US” LINK AT FLAGPOLE.COM local, I admit.) How about the old Farmers Market? The library? The old Wal-Mart shopping center? Sure, there may be various challenges to choosing any of those, but I don’t doubt there were hurdles to overcome when the market was originally sited at Bishop Park. Finally, I grow tired of the snide insinuations that we’re getting a tennis center that nobody wants because a few, lousy tennis playing snobs got together and bothered to attend the meetings, and now that group is shoving Bishop Park down the city’s throat. Really, shouldn’t the tennis population be credited with getting its act together and engaging in, wait for it, participatory democracy? You know, I do think so. Ron Braxley Athens

I suggested to Senator Chambliss that the economic liability cap that is currently set at $75 million be raised to “unlimited” because the devastation is undetermined. Chambliss responded, “I am concerned about the effects that setting an arbitrary liability cap of $10 billion would have on smaller companies.” It is sad that a senator has more concern for oil corporations than for humans that are desperately suffering. Carol Lavinder Athens

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A friend of mine just informed me that there is an organization called “Matter of Trust” that is taking donations of hair, fur, fleece, feathers and nylon stockings to be repurposed into booms for oil containment in the Gulf. The hair is compressed and stuffed into the nylons using a machine similar to Regarding the seemingly non-stop media type used to stuff sausage into casings. The barrage coming from Thomas Street: Paul filled nylons are then strung together into Cramer & Company have this town running containment booms. scared at the idea of They prefer that the donated materilosing potential busials be clean and free ness to other municiBUMPERSTICKER OF THE WEEK: palities if we don’t of debris, and they foot the bill for the only receive head Classic Center expanhair from humans, Thanks, Tony. Send your sticker sightings to sion plans. And we as it will be handled letters@flagpole.com. by volunteers who react as if he’s right! When did Athens will be making the booms. become inextricably tied to the Classic Center as a barometer for They have specific instructions on how the success or failure of the city as a whole? Have hair and nylons should be packaged at their website: http://www.matteroftrust.org/ we forgotten small business ownership and a programs/hairmatsinfo.html#salons manageable downtown infrastructure as part I also hear that several salons from Athens of Athens’ quality of life? are already participating. Thanks, and keep up Please stop listening to the barkings of a profiteering CEO. There’s enough of his like in the good work! Atlanta. Eric Rose Dan Roth Athens Athens

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OIL, NOT HUMANS I wrote to Senator Saxby Chambliss as I am concerned for the Gulf residents and the economic devastation they are facing due to BP’s corrupt and reckless behavior. The oil is still flowing, the flow numbers increase daily, and there are predictions that the loop current could carry the oil up the Atlantic coast, including Georgia’s shores, and/or to the Keys.

NUÇI’S NOURISHES I have often wanted to write to you, especially to cheer on Pete McCommons and his Republican bashing editorials (Pete, you are my hero!) but never had a really good reason until now. I just have to publically express my gratitude to all the folks associated with Camp Amped and Nuçi’s Space. For those who don’t know, Nuçi’s Space is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing a safe-haven and

resource center for Athens-area musicians. Founded by a family who lost their talented musician/son Nuci Phillips to suicide at age 22, their goal is to prevent suicide by providing affordable mental and physical health services to musicians, as well as affordable rehearsal space and a warm and welcoming community space. In 2003, Nuçi’s Space held the first Camp Amped summer music camp for kids aged 11–17. This two-week day camp gives aspiring young rock musicians an introduction to all the facets of the music business, from songwriting, to teamwork as they form and become cohesive bands, to working in a real recording studio, to their final performance at the end of the session. Along the way, they are tutored by local musicians who selflessly give of their time and talent to foster the creativity of these budding rock stars. They are also treated to private performances by some of the best musicians Athens has to offer. How does Camp Amp correlate with the Nuçi’s Space goal of suicide prevention? By reaching out to these young musicians and forming lasting relationships so that they will know where to turn in the future if they need any kind of support. What a brilliant idea! As the parent of an aspiring rock musician, I can’t thank Nuçi’s Space and Camp Amped enough for all they do for local music community. My son has participated in Camp Amped for two years now, and his maturation both as a musician and as a human being has been incredible. It’s like his world went from black-and-white to all the colors of the rainbow. I have seen him grow and develop his potential as he formed his own band, Second Suns; I have watched him deal with the frustrations, set-backs and successes of performing at small, sparsely-attended venues from the Darius Goes West Festival to the Five Points Art Fest; and I have seen his talent and recognition soar with each performance to culminate in winning this year’s RamJam battle of the bands and a spot to perform at Nuçi’s Space during Athfest! The credit for this success goes to Nuçi’s Space for nurturing, teaching, encouraging and supporting him all along the way. So thank you again to all the instructors, staff and volunteers for making Camp Amped and Nuçi’s Space such a wonderful experience. And to the Athens community at large, who have made this town a music mecca, please support Nuçi’s Space in any way you can! Rebecca Zahn Athens

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Traffic Improvements(?): The consent agenda for the mayor and commission’s July 7 voting meeting contains a proposed realignment of Hull Street between Broad and Baxter streets that would re-route traffic through the heavily developing northwest precinct of the UGA campus. Some observers—like former ACC Commissioner Carl Jordan—have voiced concern over the dramatic redirection of what is now a straight connector between Broad and Baxter streets. This may be a perfectly reasonable plan (its placement on consent indicates the M&C believe it is), but it probably rates at least a Tennis Talk: ACC Leisure clear explanation before Services has scheduled a the vote. “public information open Meanwhile, currently house” for Wednesday, scheduled for discussion July 6 from 5:30–7:30 at the voting session is a p.m. in the planning proposed (and long overauditorium at 120 W. due) traffic management Dougherty St. for citizens change at the intersec“to comment on the mastion of College Avenue ter plan and an alternate and Willow Street/ master plan for a proCleveland Avenue. posed new ACC Tennis Stan Mullins’ “Hands of Respect” on display Anyone familiar with that Center located at Bishop in front of the Classic Center, part of last intersection knows how Park.” That’s interesting week’s juried Athens Sculpture Festival. hazardous it is for cars in more ways than one. traveling north on Willow First, of course, we’ll all be anxious to see to cross College, where limited sight distances what’s actually being proposed for the Bishop in both directions and high-speed through Park site, where the original plan’s elimination traffic due to the downhill grade of College of greenspace and popular basketball courts from downtown make the act of accelerating has been met with considerable ire by conthrough the two-way stop feel like a roll of stituents. But second, this would suggest that the dice. County staff is recommending the Bishop is still the top site under consideration placement of radar-controlled speed limit for the center—at least by county staff— signs on both sides of College approaching the despite the recently growing appearance of intersection, which should reduce speeds to support on the commission for locating it at right about the 30-mph limit, giving northone of either Southeast Clarke or Satterfield bound motorists a fighting chance. parks. Also, the Dope is curious what (if anything) the alternate plan Dave Marr news@flagpole.com

Paul Broun, Jr.’s Krazy Korner Language experts found that President Obama’s Oval Office address on the Gulf oil disaster was written at just below a 10th grade level, alienating many listeners. His words were often too long and precise, the sentences too complex. The fancy talking “added some difficulty for his target audience.” What an elitist. This is America and I demand to be treated like a child; dumb and armed, the way it’s s’posed to be. So I bailed on smarty pants and went over to Congressman Broun’s live-tweeting of the address. Instead of what I expected, a lively mix of colorful barnyard references and red-baiting, I found only what looked like recycled talking points from the Republican Study Committee. The RSC, of which Broun is a member, shocked Americans recently by siding with BP and characterizing the fund to pay for the corporation’s Gulf Coast damages as a “shakedown” perpetrated by the federal government. Members of the RSC have gone out like missionaries for BP, calling the escrow account created for gulf victims a communistic “redistribution of wealth” and even apologizing to BP for holding them fully liable for the disaster. It takes a little snooping to understand why Broun and the RSC are so committed to oil corporations. Turns out that Paul Broun, Jr.’s largest individual contributions come from a Carl Davis of Houston, TX. Davis is CEO of Davis-Lynch, Incorporated, a gulf oil drilling company. No other individual has been so generous to our congressman, and few congressmen have been so generous to the oil industry. More digging reveals that oil corporations of all shapes and sizes do what can only be described as legal money laundering, threading money through PACs and industry front groups to Broun and the rest of the RSC. You get what you pay for, I guess… and Big Oil has got Paul Broun, Jr. [Matthew Pulver]

Slow on the Uptake: Although some have derided streetcars and trains as a step back in time, these are the tools that leading regions have chosen to solve their transportation issues. Europe and Asia are well on their way to establishing comprehensive intercity networks of rail corridors. The United States has a single corridor in the Northeast, which is quite slow by comparison. Our Acela Express averages a speed of around 70 miles per hour, while the French TGV trains average speeds of 170 mph. Cycling and other forms of alternative transit are also doing quite well overseas, but could soon see an uptick here at home. Our current president has done a lot to spur new investment in transportation technology, and early adopters such as North Carolina are beating the latecomers like Georgia in the federal funding game. Slow as Georgia has been to get out of the gate on this front, lately there’s been some bright news which may give some hope to those who wish to one day escape their cars.

Secretary Ray Lahood came out in favor of a line between Chicago and Atlanta via Chattanooga, Nashville and Louisville. Chattanooga has been talked about as the destination of a maglev train from Atlanta, but that plan has remained on the shelf for awhile, with Lahood’s recent endorsement of the Chicago-Atlanta line being the most likely mechanism for high-speed connectivity in Tennessee. Maglev, short for magnetic levitation, could potentially propel trains along Kevan Williams

Now It’s a Party: We got the news last week that there are now two contested races for the ACC Commission, as local attorney Dave Hudgins announced he will vie with AthFest director, former 40 Watt Club co-owner and Flagpole founder Jared Bailey for the District 5 seat being vacated by David Lynn. With qualifying for local races taking place this week, the slates for odd-numbered commission districts and the mayor’s office (as well as the county school board and a State Court judgeship) will soon be final. As of this writing, it’s not known whether builder Tom Ellis plans to enter the District 5 race, as has been rumored; Farley Jones is still set to challenge incumbent Doug Lowry in District 1.

Streetcars Return?: As far as intracity transport goes, there’s always the rumor of UGA considering light rail vehicles running along the tracks through campus. Recently, scooter and bike sharing programs modeled after successful versions in Paris and other cities have entered into the conversation, although none of these ideas have been officially proposed by the university administration. Could highspeed intercity rail one day be one of many services to a Savannah’s got a short streettruly multimodal center, along with commuter rail, bus service and car line up and running, and is light rail? We can dream. considering extensions that would loop through its downtown core. Augusta’s looking to follow suit with a line at 300 miles per hour. Maglev trains haven’t connecting North Augusta to the Medical yet been built in many places, with the most College of Georgia campus and the downprominent installation being an 18-mile line town. Atlanta, which was denied funding in China. Believe it or not, maglev trains are for a Peachtree streetcar in the last round already running in Georgia. Located in Powder of TIGER stimulus grants, is reapplying for Springs, there’s a half-mile-long test track a new series of grants, this time hoping to built by American Maglev Technology, Inc. get an east-west circulator streetcar running Should maglev technology become a serious along Edgewood and Auburn avenues from part of the high-speed rail equation, perhaps Centennial Park to the the King Center and Georgia will be a major hub for this emerging points east. An upcoming test vote in Clayton industry. County to consider joining MARTA could one If the Georgia Department of day lead to new services; a heavy rail spur to Transportation is serious about a recently Hartsfield-Jackson Airport’s new international pitched idea, Atlanta could gain a third high terminal and other developments near the speed corridor. GDOT is looking for federal Fulton-Clayton county line is seen as a likely grant money to study a “capital-coast” high possibility. speed rail loop. The line would head from the Gold Dome through Athens and Augusta down Look to the Skies: Speaking of the airport, to Savannah, before coming back up via the there are also rumors and conversations about already proposed Savannah-Macon-Atlanta a second airport joining the regional market corridor. Just don’t tell Columbus. to relieve Hartsfield, the world’s busiest. Many candidate sites are quite close to us, includThe Possibilities: I’m having a tough time ing Gwinnett County’s Briscoe Field, Barrow visualizing those sleek bullet trains rolling in County’s airport, and a large property in behind the Classic Center on Foundry Street. Jackson County. Our skies could get crowded, That clunky brain-train, sure, but Europeanbut those planes could also bring jobs. style high speed rail in Athens? Although I’m skeptical of GDOT’s ability to get much Special Speedy Rail: Already, Atlanta lies done on the transit front, I hope this could along a major proposed high speed rail corbe a sign of newfound interest in public ridor from Washington, DC to New Orleans. transportation. There could be a whole new A second line would head down to Savannah Georgia if we start seriously considering a and Jacksonville. Being at an intersection of multimodal future beyond the car. this future infrastructure is certainly good for Georgia, and recently U.S. Transportation Kevan Williams athensrising@flagpole.com

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city pages improvements and more. As well as winnowing the budget at last week’s work session, commissioners discussed how to approach the “initial project statements” that will describe how the projects must be built. If those descriptions are too specific, there will be little flexibility when the time comes to Athens-Clarke County commissioners build each project in turn; but if the descriplast week began tweaking a list of sales-tax tions are too loose, then “you’re infusing a lot projects they hope voters will approve in of politics,” said Commissioner David Lynn. November. Despite minor budget reductions Commissioners Doug Lowry and Andy Herod recommended by the manager’s office, most of warned against a repeat of the current conthe 40-odd projects that the SPLOST citizens’ troversy over plans for a tennis center whose committee recommended project statement did not appear likely to stay on specify where to build it. Commissioners discussed the list. Only a $225,000 Commissioners also formal garden for the discussed the size and how to approach the Lyndon House Arts Center cost of a new jail, has been cut; more “initial project statements” agreeing on a midmoney was added to sized (but expandable) that will describe how the option recommended accommodate cats at an expanded animal control by the manager’s office. projects must be built. facility, and to continue Commissioners are a program to install already funding various speed humps in neighborhoods that request alternatives to locking people up, including them. Commissioners had already decided to oversight programs for offenders with drug add an expansion of the downtown Classic or mental health problems, faster handling of Center (adding $24 million to a list that will cases (much jail space goes to people awaitlikely now go over the $170 million total ing trial), and a planned work-release center originally proposed, and making it the most for nonviolent offenders. But the county could expensive “round” of SPLOST projects so far). reduce jail needs more by making better use of But commissioners considered the Classic electronic monitoring, a county-hired consulCenter essential to continue drawing downtant has said, and ACC has continued to lock town convention business—”it is the only up increasingly more people even after crime project that we have that will help generate rates declined after 1998, arresting more money,” said Commissioner George Maxwell. people for less-serious crimes. But Maxwell said he didn’t want to see part Commissioner Mike Hamby questioned the of Hancock Avenue closed, as the expansion need for as many as 824 jail beds by 2024, plans call for; Mayor Heidi Davison said she, citing a jail population that has increased by too, was concerned about the Classic Center’s only 164 inmates over 10 years. But other increasingly monolithic expanse. commissioners weren’t buying it: “it gives us The projects list—beginning with a “musta cushion,” Commissioner Kathy Hoard said, in have” new jail on Lexington Road to replace case the alternatives to jail aren’t successful. the deteriorating and overcrowded old one— The county has been paying some $2 million a includes generous funding for new trails and year for some jail inmates to be “housed out” bike lanes; a larger Boys and Girls Club for in other counties. the Garnett Ridge neighborhood; park and pool renovations, police equipment, road John Huie

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Task Force Seeks Ways to Promote Public Art in ACC A task force on public art appointed by Mayor Davison hopes to inventory public art in ACC and press for a policy of including public art as part of new county buildings and parks. The group may ask ACC commissioners to set a percentage of budgets for new projects to devote to public art. But the county also needs to develop a process for selecting artworks (and choosing places to display them) and a donations policy for art, Davison told the group last week. Many communities have public arts programs these days, task

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capitol impact Saxby and Johnny Wreck the Budget In normal times, Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson would not have anything to do with drafting the state budget. They are United States Senators who generally stay in Washington and vote on federal issues. The governor and the General Assembly pass and implement the budget for state government. These are not normal times, however. Chambliss and Isakson are working with their Republican colleagues in the Senate to advance a political strategy that could end up wrecking the state budget. Last week, the Senate was considering a bill that would extend the flow of federal funds to the states to help pay for such things as unemployment insurance benefits and Medicaid treatments. Senate Democrats have been trying to pass this bill for several weeks. Senate Republicans mounted a filibuster to prevent a vote on the measure. On the final attempt to stop the filibuster, the vote was 57–41 in favor of moving to a vote on the bill. But that motion needs 60 votes to pass, so Senate Republicans maintained their filibuster and prevented the bill from passing. Isakson and Chambliss were among the 41 senators voting for the filibuster. Isakson and Chambliss effectively stopped the payment of unemployment benefits to Georgians who have used up their eligibility. They also threatened to blow a $375 million hole in the state budget for the fiscal year. That’s because the bill would have provided state governments with $16 billion in additional Medicaid funds—with Georgia in line to get $375 million of that amount. Unless the Senate overcomes the Republican filibuster and passes the bill, Gov. Sonny Perdue and the legislature will have to find $375 million in new revenues or cut Medicaid benefits by $375 million in the middle of a difficult fiscal year. “The cuts necessary to balance the budget without these federal funds would be

devastating for individual Georgians and for the health care sector that depend on an adequately funded Medicaid program,” said Alan Essig, a former legislative budget aide who now heads the Georgia Budget & Policy Institute. Without the federal funding extension, Perdue probably will be required to call a special session of a lame-duck General Assembly to modify the budget. Lawmakers would then have to make deep cuts in Medicaid spending, which in turn would mean throwing patients off the Medicaid rolls and forcing hospitals into laying off employees or closing their doors. Isakson and Chambliss contend that their votes to block the bill were justified because of concerns over federal spending and the budget. “The country is running an enormous deficit, and we cannot afford to add another $35 billion in spending to it,” Isakson said after voting for the filibuster. “During a time of economic hardship, I don’t believe we should allow provisions such as the extension of emergency unemployment benefits to expire,” Chambliss said. “But I do believe that Congress should find a way to pay for those extensions.” There are also political considerations at play. It may well be a winning strategy for Republicans to block spending bills, especially if that keeps the jobless rate high and hampers any economic recovery. That would make voters angry at the Democratic majority in Congress, which could be an advantage for Republican candidates in November. On the other hand, if they do not allow a vote on extended Medicaid funding, Chambliss and Isakson are going to cause major budget problems for their Republican friends in the governor’s office and the Legislature. Is that really what they want to do? Tom Crawford tcrawford@capitolimpact.net

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35 Days in the Gulf of Mexico, Pt. 2

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amie was a worker. He was strong, and he didn’t care what he was doing. He liked to work. He could always get the job done. The way he talked, his attitude, his build made me think I’d met Popeye the Sailor. We were mopping a deck and he initiated me into a great secret: put a little helicopter fuel in the bucket, and it cuts the oil. Don’t let anyone see you doing it, though. We finished and a tool pusher came walking through and left big oily prints right there in front of us. Having a liberal arts education, I was moping and thinking of Sisyphus and his stone, but Jamie just laughed and said, “job security.” We bunked below with the other painters. When we were getting ready for bed one evening, Jamie told me about how it felt to get shot in the kneecap. He said it felt like a hot poker was going into your knee—it hurt like a motherfucker. He was the first person I’d heard using “fuck” as adjective, adverb, noun, verb and exclamation all in the same sentence. He had a family, he was a crystal meth addict, and labor was his skill. He knew he had to get away from his group of friends, and there were no drugs at all on the rig. He was getting three squares a day, drying out, and sending money home. He talked about his baby boy all the time. He bought his boy a little ball cap that said, “Damn I’m Good.” After the workday was finished, I relished stripping off my paint and rust-covered clothing and getting clean. We wore paper dust masks as breathing protection; I always blew black

mucus from my nose when I got in the shower. I decided that ear and eye protection were the most important to me—it’s difficult to manage protective eyewear, a hard-hat, a dust mask and ear plugs all at the same time. A dust mask diverts breath to the eyes, fogging up protective eyewear. A hard hat is only protection in one instance: if someone is working overhead and they drop something on your head, you might not die. My army-surplus green coveralls and Carhartt overalls came apart after being washed daily in trisodium phosphate. My feet were always wet. I wished I had known about Red-Wing boots when the boots I purchased from Sears completely came apart, something I referred to in a song I wrote about being on the rig.

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just drifting off, when there was a loud bang. I thought it was a fluke; who knows what it was? A few minutes later, I heard the same bang—all the men were pissed. The only thing I could imagine—the mental image that came to me—was that someone was taking a chair and banging it on the wall. My tired brain hoped it would stop without any action required on my part; that some officious person would be notified and happily enjoy exercising his authority, that the perpetrator of this outrage would be sent away on a helicopter. I started to drift off again… BANG, a reverberating, clanging noise that caused the walls of the entire ship to vibrate. The other men were getting foam earplugs from their lockers; an old, dirty pair I had saved were like a gift from heaven. It was still bad, but I could sleep now, though the dull banging reverberated through my dreams. The next day, I found out that the banging was an air cannon fired below the waterline of the ship. The sonic waves from the banging told the Haliburton men in their Haliburton office something about the contour of the ocean floor and where the oil might be.

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second trip to Venice wasn’t quite as stressful, as Steve and I drove down together and he gave me some good information about the Discoverer Seven Seas, the rig that was our destination. On the helicopter flight out, Steve introduced me to Chin, a Vietnamese man who looked to be in his 40s or early 50s; I was in my mid 20s at the time. Chin was supporting a lot of people. He struck me as a worthy, honorable, self-sacrificing man who was doing his best for his family. Chin’s age, his quiet composure, and the way Steve introduced him gave me the impression that he must be an important man on the rig, someone who gave orders. We had gotten off of the helicopter and were heading down to stow our gear. I noticed Chin looking at the exploded valve Steve had told me about, the one that had nearly killed a man, with an intense expression on his face. It was roped off, with some pieces of metal and pipe scattered around within the roped-off area. I walked up to him and said, “Chin, what happened here?” He said, “It go boom.” Chin was a painter, the same as I was. Later, Chin and I were in a crew working in that same area on some rusty air lines. The lines were in the open air, underneath a deck or on the ceiling of the deck we were on, depending on how you thought about it. Since the valve had exploded, the captain and bosun had decided it was too dangerous to run air-powered chipping guns on the lines, and we had to use scrapers. The whole time we were working on those lines, the conversations were about the amount of pressure in the lines and what would happen to a man if one broke. I wasn’t that eager to get the paint off—I remember those lines close-up, how there was a thin skin of paint that came right off in some places, the slightly flattened look the rust pits gave to the lines, and spray bottles of something called “Ospho” which was supposed to “take the rust and turn it into paint.” Right.

here was a group of Ethiopians working as painters. The men from Texas and Louisiana disliked them. They mostly kept to themselves, and they had a very different way of looking at break time. Most of the men would start putting down their tools and walking towards the deck where we had coffee breaks five to 10 minutes before the break was to begin. The Ethiopians would put down their tools precisely at break time and efficiently make their way to the deck. They would time their departure so that when the break was over, they were already back at their stations; this gave them between seven and 10 minutes of actual relaxation. I didn’t like it either: it occurred to me that I was in the same position as men who believed that being on the rig was a good situation, certainly better than what they were used to. Once, during a coffee break, some of my co-workers laughed as I walked up. I had been using an air powered rust-chipper in a tight area, and rust had been blowing in my face all day. They said, “Joe Willey, you look like one of the brothers today.” Going to sleep on the rig was the best part of the day; I was so tired. I always thought about a section in Redburn: His First Voyage where Redburn tells us he has “the Lancashire lad” wake him up periodically before he has to go back on his watch, so that he can enjoy the pleasure of going back to sleep. One night I had settled in and I was luxuriating in bed,

ne day we got to work in a relatively clean place, a storage area for the galley. I understood that there would be some suits visiting the rig, and it needed to look nice when they walked through. I remember thinking it didn’t look bad compared to most of the places I had been working, and it was a relief to have a relatively easy day. I was running an air-powered chisel, working on a rust spot, when a wild-eyed roustabout came into the area wielding a fire axe. We all stopped. He started yelling about how we had to stop making all that noise, that he couldn’t sleep, that he was tired, and he was going to chop something up. Sven, the Captain, told him to go back to bed and quit complaining. Sven wouldn’t consider going to manual scrapers: he wanted the job finished quickly. While I slept that night, that same roustabout lost a finger on the drilling floor. It’s too far to get to a hospital in time—by the time a helicopter made it to the rig and back to shore again, it would have been too late to sew on the finger—at least that’s what I heard. I suppose it’s also possible the finger may have been mangled too badly to be saved. The ship’s doctor treated the stub, and I think the roustabout was sent home for a week or so to recover. I learned about the incident as we were getting our tools the next day, scrapers. Ken was Jamaican. I don’t remember that much about him, but I remember a story he told: one time the rig was going to the shipyard, up the Mississippi River. He was cutting up, joking around, and he pretended to throw up over the side of the ship—that’s when he lost his dentures in the Mississippi. Ken influenced my decision to leave the rig. He said, “Joe, these bosses they no like mens like you. They like rough mens, like Jamie.” I shook Ken’s hand before I left the second time on the helicopter. I knew I’d never see him again. I liked him, and I appreciated his advice. I didn’t want to be the roustabout who lost a finger; I didn’t want to be the man who was permanently disabled; I didn’t want to be shut up inside a burning paint locker. I wound up driving a semi, but that’s another story. Joe Willey Joe Willey is a musician and web developer who has lived in Athens (mostly) since 1984.

the reader The Adventures of a Super-Hippie As I’ve said a couple of times here, all art is born of dissatisfaction with the world as it is. Whether it’s disappointment with the way events unfold, disappointment that things are not as beautiful as they could be, or a realization that beauty never lasts and must be captured before it succumbs to evanescence, artists or writers or musicians of any worth are driven by the need to shape worlds that are more pleasing, more interesting, or more just than the one they live in. I’ll go out on a limb and say that comics may be the purest form of expressing this drive. With more narrative than still art, and more visuals than narrative, comics are easier to create than film and have fewer limitations beyond the imagination and skill of the artist. That’s why comics are the preferred medium for wish-fulfillment fantasies ever since Winsor McCay introduced Little Nemo to the wonders of Slumberland, and why a couple of poor Jewish kids from Cleveland named Siegel and Shuster made such an impact with the adventures of their übermensch from the planet Krypton. In comics, heroism prevails, wrongs are made right, justice is done—most of the time. If there’s anyone in this world dissatisfied with the way things are and looking for some justice, it’s Neil Young. Young is a songwriter of great power and sensitivity, but subtle he ain’t, especially when he smells a cause. From the blistering condemnation of Kent State in his song “Ohio” to the recent blunderbuss attack on American policy in the Middle East, the album Living with War, Young tends to charge at perceived injustice with his head lowered, steam issuing from his nostrils. It only seems natural, then, that Young’s 2003 rock opera, Greendale, should lend itself to graphic-novel form. A story of a young ecowarrior with strange powers and a mysterious past facing off with the forces of corporate darkness against the backdrop of America’s entry into the Second Gulf War, it’s everything comic books do best. If only this comic, Neil Young’s Greendale by Joshua Dysart and Cliff Chiang (DC/Vertigo, 2010), did it better. Sun Green is the youngest daughter of the Green family, founders of the little town of Greendale, nestled in northern California redwood country. A preternaturally beautiful girl, Sun grew up with other unearthly gifts, such as the ability to tame and herd animals with a glance and climb sequoias without benefit of equipment. None of this is surprising, however—those Green women have always been kind of witchy, displaying unusual gifts of their own and then disappearing into the wilderness. The Green men, on the other hand, have borne the burden of ordinariness and mediocrity, prone to depression and failure, as if their spark has been co-opted by their sisters and daughters. The Green women, it seems, have a higher purpose to fulfill.

It is the mystery of the Green women that consumes Sun as her long-lost aunt and grandmother begin to speak to her in dreams, visitations that appear to coincide with the first bombs falling on Baghdad. Obsessed with what she calls “the first resource war of the 21st century,” Sun knows that the Green women are calling her to some sort of action against the military-industrial complex perpetrating both the war on Iraq and the war on the environment—in short, the same enemy Neil Young has been railing against for decades. Just in case Sun’s nemesis appears too vague, another entity invades her dreams as well, a dancing, malevolent stranger in a red suit and hat who brings death and despair and appears unusually interested in Sun. When she sees him on the street in real life, he is chatting on a cell phone, brokering risky arms and real-estate deals, engineering both the quagmire of 2003 and the economic apocalypse to come. It’s Young’s devil come to life—the father of all the shady corporate money men in the war-torn world—but only Sun can see him. Clearly, it’s Sun’s destiny to fight this creature, but in order to do so she must seek out the Green women and discover their secret. It seems unfair to call out Dysart and Chiang on their comic. The story is Young’s and so are the visuals, adapted from Young’s selfdirected extended music-video of the album, so Dysart and Chiang are pretty much work-for-hire on this project. That said, Chiang’s art is lovely to look at, and Dysart does the best he can, but it would have been nice to see what they could have done with a bit more latitude. Young’s story touches on some primal concepts—the feminine connection with the Earth vs. the masculine industrial urge for destruction, war as a business venture, the undeniable connection between environmentalism and social justice—but it comes across in very clichéd ways. Stephen King, for example, did this story much larger in his epic novel The Stand (and readers of that book will find Young’s bad guy very familiar). It’s clear that Young’s album/movie/comic book was intended to empower the dreams of people who, like Young, believe the struggle for peace and ecology must go beyond anemic protests and half-hearted gestures. In short, it needs heroes, and Sun Green is meant to be one. It’s hard to argue with that, but Young’s purpose needs better ideas than this one. Ironically, the Vertigo imprint has long been the home of great concepts (Sandman, Hellblazer, Y—The Last Man), and it’s entirely possible that had Greendale been an original Vertigo comic it would have kicked much more ass than it does. But in the end, it’s just an adaptation of a nice try. John G. Nettles

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he dangers of growing up too fast and losing one’s sense of self in pursuit of the new are made explosively exaggerated—yet completely literal—in Athens-based artist Joey Weiser’s new book, a high-concept graphic novel whose title is also its premise: Cavemen in Space. The book opens with scenes of idyllic, pre-literate prehistory, with cartoon-style cavemen in animal skins and clubs grunting to one another, wrestling over meat and carrying rocks around. Then there’s a flash of bright light and a flash-forward to “the future” (ours as well as theirs), where about a half-dozen cavemen have been civilized, given the names of presidents and first ladies, and given jobs aboard a super-satellite overseen by an eccentric scientist and his research assistant. Why? Eh, just to observe them. “With this type of experiment you could end up with the most ground-breaking results of the century,” the scientist explains when someone asks what the point of his research is. “Or you could end up with nothing. You just never know.” Weiser once again demonstrates a remarkable ability to find the sweet spot between comics for kids and sophisticated storytelling for adults, and then plant his flag and build his narrative there. (As he had previously done in 2007’s The Ride Home, about a lost van-gnome which is, of course, a sort of tiny gnome that lives in people’s vans.) Cavemen in Space is an adult graphic novel without any adults-only content to keep kids from reading it, and one that works on several levels to engage both audiences. Each of his cavemen (and cavewomen) characters suffers from an individual conflict brought on by their new setting. Tribe shaman and artist Madison, once content to paint stick figures and buffalo-shapes on cave walls, drives himself insane pursuing meaning in a post-modern era in which he’s competing with all of art history to say something new. Jefferson is paralyzed by the need to court the object of his affection by expressing his feelings in words, instead of just bonking her on the head and dragging her back to his cave. Cavewoman Dolley stuffs her apelike feet into high heels and plucks eyebrow hair all day in an attempt to look like the ladies in the fashion magazines. “The girls have it easy!” she vents at one point. “They have millions of years of evolution on their side!!!” And so on. The entire satellite—and the solar system it floats in—is also under threat from an intergalactic corporation seeking to conquer all of outer space to maximize profit. So, basically, it’s just like a modern corporation, only in outer space. This provides a boiling point for the tensions in the characters’ inner lives, as well as a solution to their problems, which is every bit as literal as the manifestation of those problems; the whole “being cavemen in space” thing. That probably all makes Weiser’s book sound a little too serious, but that’s only one of the levels it works on. On the surface level, it’s still a fish-out-of-water comic book comedy, with a bunch of cavemen running around a space ship, fighting robots and arguing about art and poetry. If you can relate to over-thinking a creative endeavor or not, it’s still kinda funny to see a caveman in a space suit screaming at a mixed-media piece and breaking his art supplies.

Like his writing, Weiser’s artwork finds a perfect balance between simplicity and sophistication. His character designs are fairly remarkable given the abstraction with which he draws people. They retain their caveman features—one character has long arms that swing below his knees, two are hulking ogres with unibrows, several have mostly monkey-shaped faces— even after they’ve been introduced to modern grooming and stripped of their various caveman signifiers. Among his many clever visual gags are the uniforms his characters wear, which resemble typical fishbowl-helmet space suits but with caveman-style, off-the-shoulder swathes of fabric over them made from something space-age instead of saber-toothed tiger skin. Their cabins are sprinkled with similar details, like a rock in a glass case labeled “rock.” Weiser uses a soft, thick line and gravitates toward round shapes in his artwork, which is here black and white in the strictest sense of the word. The blacks and whites are stark;

there’s no gray on the pages, no shading or toning, and hardly any cross-hatching. The lack of color was likely an economic choice as much as a creative one, given that Weiser is selfpublishing Cavemen in Space with small-run art comic publisher AdHouse Books acting as distributor, but the way Weiser applies his black ink to his white page is certainly in keeping with the temporal and genre duality of the book. Everything is either one thing or another: black or white, past or future, caveman or space-man. Sure, you can put a caveman in space, but what you end up with is just that—a caveman who just so happens to be in space. J. Caleb Mozzocco

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Of all the shows and events that our very own ATHICA hosts, I feel I can say with certainty that the annual ATHICA Emerges series is among my favorites. This is the one time a year when Director Lizzie Zucker Saltz and a guest curator compile consistently handsome exhibitions exclusively from local and regional artist applications. Featuring a sprawling sculptural and video installation by West Georgia artist Casey McGuire, acrylic paintings by Patrick Triggs, cut-paper works by Melissa Dickenson and print-based assemblages by Jon Swindler, ATHICA Emerges: “Uncertainty” seeks to encapsulate our increasingly uncertain times (ecologically, financially, spiritually, etc.) through a varied collection of works. It’s a tall order, no question, and one that may be ultimately difficult to name through a presentation of art objects, but the show raises some interesting issues and makes for a great viewing.

her paper constructions are not quite what they seem. Originally commissioned by the Embassy of Sudan, each of Dickenson’s flowers references the hibiscus, a major cash crop for the Sudanese people, and the violence that hibiscus farmers open themselves to on a daily basis. I myself was particularly drawn to “Grenade,” which simultaneously resembles its namesake, as well as a heavy bud, swollen, overripe, ready to burst. The reality that processes of nature are composed of as much violence as our own international relations and commerce is not exactly news—but artists don’t break news, they give insights. Dickenson’s handsomely crafted paper works extend this reality on their own gorgeous terms—they’re worth spending time with. The subtlety of Patrick Triggs’ abstract paintings is not to be underestimated either. Full disclosure? It’s my opinion that the last 15 or so years have established a dearth of language for discussing, understanding and thoroughly appreciating abstraction in the contemporary world of art—but alternatively, abstraction is by its very nature an elusion of the immediate and of the spoken (re: an embracing of the uncertain). These paintings, as inauspicious and diaphanous as they initially appear, visually require a position of absolute fortitude. Against blank expanses of white or raw canvas, Triggs’ forms struggle, sustain, mutate and change into (or out of) one another. It would be perfectly reasonable to suggest they allude to the efforts of a community to depend upon one another in uncertain times, but altogether provocative to Patrick Triggs’ painting “Reconsideration” is on display at ATHICA understand them as communithrough July 25. ties unto themselves existing independently of one another. Upon entering the gallery, one is immeWhen they’re collected in groupings, a viewer diately confronted with Casey McGuire’s begins to imagine connections between the “Diving Through Surface Into Light,” a huge pieces, but it’s important to remember that multimedia work that essentially creates its these connections are only imagined. Triggs’ own environment. McGuire’s interest in the work is complex in its apparent simplicity, and combining of disparate materials is on full although still developing, it’s a quietly thrilldisplay in this piece, which incorporates ing ride worth waiting for. (among other things) a found dollhouse, used UGA printmaking professor Jon Swindler furniture and a softly undulating ocean of recently altered his studio practice dramatitelevision screens. Culled from the discarded cally, excluding all potentially toxic substances domestic materials of the many foreclosed from the production of his work. The result is homes in her Carrollton, GA neighborhood, a green working environment characterized “Diving Through Surface…” is McGuire’s mediby a higher-than-usual number of misprints, tation on the mortgage crisis and subsequent misfires and mistakes in the printing process. recession that, as anyone familiar with small To the amateur (like myself, for example) this rural towns knows, hit hardest at the botwould be infuriating, but to Swindler, whose tom. The artist isn’t one to force her materials work frequently employs every last scrap of into a constructed narrative—rather, McGuire a rigorous process, it becomes an occasion prefers to preserve her found objects as they for invention. “The Unfortunate Nature of are, forming meaning through pre-conceived Lithography” creates low-relief wall assemarrangements; the effect is vaguely haunting: blages from framed “misprints” collected duras we move through the piece, we somehow ing routine printing sessions—backing sheets, feel complicit in its statements. snap prints and over-inked runs all stacked in That the remainder of the work in the show frames upon one another to create minimalist was selected based upon McGuire’s instalsculptural forms as repetitive and alluring as lation should come as no surprise. “Diving the lithographic process itself. If this sounds Through Surface…” sets a tone for the other like a bunch of geeky jargon, it totally is: but quieter works, which tuck themselves behind I promise, the work is better in person. McGuire’s expanse; the quietest of which ATHICA Emerges: “Uncertainty” is on disbeing Melissa Dickenson’s “Cut Paper Series.” play until July 25. Get out of the heat and Each piece is pinned directly to the wall, check out some of the local talent. as delicate as any preserved flower specimen, although Dickenson’s intentions with Brian Hitselberger

A Belated Roundup: Something I like to do around this time of year (or a little earlier, if you want to be picky) is take a look at a few of the movies that got a lot of attention—and sounded interesting to me—at the Cannes Film Festival so Flagpole readers can keep them in mind as they slowly make their way to our avid little burgh. And though I forgot to do that a month ago, when the festival ended and the winners were announced, I figure no one will mind if I devote a little space to it now. Think of it this way: you have less time to wait. As you probably know if you pay any attention at all to the national and international film press, the Palme d’Or went to Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, a sumptuous, surreal fantasy about the intersecting worlds of life and death by Apichatpong Weerasethakul (the Thai director prefers to be called “Joe,” making his name only half as difficult for Westerners to remember and pronounce). The film hasn’t found a U.S. distributor yet (surprise, surprise), but it surely will. Weerasethakul’s previous film, the gorgeous, baffling Syndromes and a Century, played at Ciné in September 2007, barely a year after its world premiere at the 2006 Venice Film Festival. Let’s hope the Cannes honor means we can get a look at this one a little more quickly.

condensed for stateside audiences. Carlos screened out of competition in the Un Certain Regard category, as did new films by Jia Zhang-Ke (Still Life, 24 City) and Cristi Puiu (The Death of Mr. Lazarescu). Neither Jia’s I Wish I Knew nor Puiu’s Aurora has secured U.S distribution, but both should be eagerly awaited. And keep an eye out for A Screaming Man, a quietly intense drama from Chad by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, which won the third-place prize in competition and has been picked up by Film Movement. It should be out on DVD in a few months. One final note: recent UGA Film Studies grad and CineClub UGA co-organizer Matt Noller kept a critically expansive and marvelously observed 11-day blog at the festival this year for Slant Magazine; you can find it archived at www.slantmagazine.com/house/ author/mnoller/. Actually Happening: Ciné will hold a special presentation of Don Argott’s recent documentary The Art of the Steal on July 1 in cooperation with the Georgia Museum of Art Collectors. The film traces the strange, gripping legal battle over the Barnes Foundation, a monumentally important collection of Modern art assembled during the early 20th century by the eccentric but visionary Dr. Albert C. Barnes (look it up!). The 8 p.m. screening will be preceded by a dinner catered by The National; call (706) 542-0437 or go to www.athenscine.com for more info… The Ciné Summer Classic Film Series kicks off July 2 with Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and continues July 9 with the 1987 Danish film Babette’s Feast. My understanding is that these films will run for a week each and be introduced by a “sponsor” on opening night, but check Ciné’s website for details.

Other Screenings: Former Athens guy Jorge Torres-Torres returns to Flicker July 8 for a screening of his two films, Pre-Paradise Ciné will hold a special screening of Don Argott’s recent documentary The Art of and FTW. You can find the Steal on July 1. trailers on YouTube; they look really good. Certified Copy is the new film by the venWant more info than that? You’ll have to call erated Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami, Flicker at (706) 546-0039… The good old whose renowned canon includes The Wind Will iFilms series at the ACC Library (2025 Baxter Carry Us and Taste of Cherry. It’s his first film St.) continues July 1 with Kamp Katrina, a made outside of Iran (shot in Italy) and stars doc by Ashley Sabin and David Redmon about Juliette Binoche, who won the festival prize a couple in New Orleans’ Upper Ninth Ward for best performance by an actress. It’s been who, in the months following the 2005 hurpicked up by IFC, which means we’ll at least ricane, opened their backyard to people whose be able to watch it on cable pay-per-view in homes had been destroyed by the storm. reasonably short order, but we wouldn’t be July 8 is Amreeka, Cherien Dabis’ highly greedy to hope for a theatrical release in a praised 2009 drama about the experiences similar time-frame. of a Palestinian woman and her 16-year-old IFC also bought Carlos, Olivier Assayas’ son who immigrate—legally—to the United follow-up to last year’s wonderful Summer States. All iFilms screen at 7 p.m. in the audiHours. It’s a five-hour epic about the notoritorium; see www.clarke.public.lib.ga.us. ous terrorist Carlos the Jackal that originally aired on French TV and will apparently be Dave Marr film@flagpole.com

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film way back in aught-seven. Death at a Funeral has the chuckle-less feel of politically correct, culturally vacant, LCD humor.” 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. Be not fooled by the trailers, Get Him to the Greek is the summer’s best comedy to date. GROWN UPS (PG-13) Immune as I am to the charms of Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock (the actor, as opposed to the stand-up comedian), David Spade and Rob Schneider (especially Rob Schneider), I am not the best person to tell you whether or not you’ll fall for their combined comic powers. I can tell you Grown Ups is not a very good movie, and it’s way below Sandler’s recent output. Five old pals—a Hollywood super-agent (Sandler), lovable loser (James), henpecked househusband (Rock), aging horndog (Spade) and granny-chasing New Ager (Schneider)—get together after their childhood basketball coach’s funeral. Inoffensive enough for easily amused families, the jokes in Grown Ups are primarily composed of friendly, heckling one-upmanship, better known as punchlines minus the work of a setup. Apparently, The Big Chill was too intellectual; what Lawrence Kasdan’s film lacked were fart/bunion/ hairpiece jokes and bunch of Kevin James pratfalls. HOT TUB TIME MACHINE (R) Hot Tub Time Machine is so disgustingly, unhygienically raunchy that the worry you might catch something from watching it. Surprisingly, all you will catch is a good case of the laughs. The premise is simple and silly. Three adult losers—Adam (John Cusack), Nick (Craig Robinson) and Lou (Rob Corddry)—and Adam’s loser nephew, Jacob (Clark Duke) are transported

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back to 1986 thanks to the titular hot tub-cum-time travel device. As technically graceless as this send-up of ‘80s teen sex romps and time travel flicks is, it is equally funny. 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. Screenwriter Justin Theroux (Tropic Thunder) almost buries the witty humanity that distinguished Iron Man under a heap of metallic superhero clichés. Almost. He wisely gets off at the last exit before committing to barreling toward comic book movies’ most overused tropes: the hero “retires” and the public loses faith in the hero.

romance could have used a better male lead; Common can’t yet hold his own against the Queen. But we have been subjected to far worse in the cause of counter-programming. THE KARATE KID (PG) The remake of the 1984 classic is definitely not the best around; the somber-toned flick would place third in a tournament with the previous four Karate Kids. Was it really necessary to take two hours and 20 minutes to (re)tell a plot about a kid learning martial arts from a handyman in order to beat up some bullies? No. KAMP KATRINA (NR) 2007. Kamp Katrina, directed by Sundance Grand Jury Prize nominee David Redmon and Ashley Sabin (they also codirected Intimidad), is located in the backyard of New Orleans’ Upper 9th Ward resident,

And then the oil spill mutated and came ashore. JONAH HEX (PG-13) The latest comic-to-screen adaptation, DC Comics’ Jonah Hex, could have been worse. It could have been extended past its fairly painless hour-and-20minute running time, and I could have been a fan of the comic book character portrayed quite ably by Josh Brolin. Former Civil War veteran Hex, seeks vengeance on the man who murdered his wife and son and left him badly scarred, Quentin Turnbull (John Malkovich). The U.S. government wants Turnbull stopped before he can use Eli Whitney’s weapon of mass destruction to wreck the 100th birthday of these here United States. How will Hex and the guv’mint’s marriage of convenience end? The entertaining story cooked up by Crank’s Neveldine and Taylor is undone by the generic backstory with which they saddle Hex. Brolin is super-tough; Megan Fox does little to quell her detractors as the resourceful, well-shot, tightly corseted whore, Lilah. With so many awesome parts—Brolin, Neveldine and Taylor, Mastodon’s score, Tom Wopat—I should’ve expected more from Jonah Hex. Good thing I didn’t because the bad effects and mediocre direction would have left me unreasonably disappointed. JUST WRIGHT (PG) The title is beyond bad, even for a diehard punner like me, but this fairly standard romance accomplishes its goals rather well under the steady direction of Sanaa Hamri (though her Something New is far superior). Physical trainer Leslie Wright (Queen Latifah) falls in love with the basketball star, Scott McKnight (R&B star Common), she is rehabbing. Of course, he falls for her gorgeous pal, Morgan (Paula Patton), even though everyone can tell Leslie is the gal for him. This inoffensive

Ms. Pearl, whose generous attempt to help people following the tragic storm devolved into violence. This cinema verite documentary picked up awards at the Independent Film Festival of Boston, the Magnolia Film Festival and the Nashville Film Festival. Part of the ACC Library’s iFilms series. KILLERS (PG-13) Yay. A Mr. & Mrs. Smith knockoff starring Katherine Heigl (I wonder how unappealing she will be this time) 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. Director Robert Luketic runs hot (Legally Blonde, 21) and cold (Monster-in-Law, The Ugly Truth). This flick sounds frozen. KNIGHT AND DAY (PG-13) See Movie Pick. THE LAST AIRBENDER (PG) M. Night Shyamalan attempts to revive his career by adapting a popular, Peabody Award-winning Nickelodeon cartoon rather than filming another of his “twisty” original scripts. I know nothing about this series’ mythology. Young Avatar Aang (Noah Ringer) learns he can stop the Fire Nation’s centurieslong war against the Nations of Water, Earth and Air. The trailer is impressive. The original title, Avatar: The Last Airbender, was changed so as to avoid confusion with James Cameron’s biggest blockbuster of all-time. LOVE RANCH (R) Ray Academy Award nominee Taylor Hackford directs his Oscar-winning wife, Helen Mirren, for the first time in this drama based on the first legal brothel in Reno, Nevada. Joe Pesci plays Mirren’s husband. Hackford had been around a long while before Ray (Have you

ever been lifted up where you belong by An Officer and a Gentleman?), but none of his films are as memorable. Writer Mark Jacobson wrote the article upon which American Gangster was based. With Bryan Cranston, Scout Taylor-Compton, Gina Gershon (can you say typecasting?), Bai Ling and M.C. Gainey. A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (R) A horribly scarred serial killer named Freddy Krueger (Jackie Earle Haley) hunts a group of teens while they sleep. If they can’t stay awake, they die a horrible death in their dreams. This remake of a horror classic has me more excited than any since Rob Zombie’s Halloween, and I might be more pumped for Nightmare. Haley (Watchmen’s Rorshach) is inspired casting, though Robert Englund leaves him a big glove, hat, and sweater to fill. “Smells Like Teen Spirit” video director Samuel Bayer makes his feature debut. MOTHER AND CHILD (R) The stories of three women—a 50-yearold healthcare professional (Annette Bening), the daughter (Naomi Watts) she gave up for adoption over 30 years earlier and an African-American woman looking to adopt—unfold in writer-director Rodrigo García’s new film. García has made quite a career out of helming quality HBO series— “The Sopranos,” “Carnivale,” “Six Feet Under,” “Big Love,” “In Treatment.” His features—Passengers—have not fared as well. With Jimmy Smits and Samuel L. Jackson. MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (NR) 1939. Frank Capra’s classic Academy Awardwinning drama made Jimmy Stewart a star, forever memorialized as Jefferson Smith, the last decent man in Washington. Playing at Ciné to kick off the the Summer Classic Movie Series. 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. Sam (Desmond Harrington, “Dexter”) is “the world traveler, the romantic, the writer.” All-American Amy (Kathleen Robertson) broke Sam’s heart when she left him to marry Ryan (Christian Kane, “Angel”). Billy (Will Estes, “Reunion”) is marrying Victoria (Sunny Mabrey), who dated Howard (Jon Abrahams) throughout college. Fudge (Elden Henson) dwells on the past, while Southern belle Doogs (Sara Rue, “Popular”) keeps looking for love. With Barry Corbin. PLEASE GIVE (R) Nicole Holofcener’s New York, much like Woody Allen’s, is populated by the neurotic, the selfish and the needy. Unlike Woody, she focuses on the female half of that population. In Please Give, her muse, Catherine Keener, brilliantly crafts another fragile, quirky, 50-something woman and mother. Her Kate is a classed-up scavenger, picking over the furniture carcasses of the recently deceased. As funny as Please Give is, the emotional residue resulting from a viewing clings like a depressing funk. Still, Holofcener’s acerbically talky film charms despite its heavy-duty unhappiness. THE RUNAWAYS (R) Sex, drugs, you know the story. Like most rock and roll biopics, The Runaways is all fun and games until the predictable requisite self-destruction brings

everything to a grinding, unappealing halt. Writer-director Floria Sigismondi recounts the highs and lows of the allgirl rock band, The Runaways, fronted by Joan Jett (Kristen Stewart, putting her druggy persona to effective use) and lead singer Cherie Currie (Dakota Fanning). THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES (R) 2009. The Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Language Film of the Year, The Secret in Their Eyes hails from Argentina, where it swept their Academy Awards, winning 13 Awards of the Argentinean Academy. An investigator, Benjamin Esposito (Ricardo Darin), begins a novel of an unsolved rape/murder that has haunted him for 25 years. Interestingly, writer-director Juan José Campanella is an American TV vet, directing such hits as “Law & Order: SVU” (17 episodes), “House” (four episodes) and “Strangers with Candy” (eight episodes). 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. 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. Shrek (still voiced by Mike Myers) regrets settling down with Fiona (v. Cameron Diaz). Wanting to be a real ogre again, he accepts wily Rumpelstiltskin’s (v. Walt Dohrn) magical offer and inadvertently hands him the keys to the kingdom of Far Far Away. Inoffensive and boring, Shrek Forever After offers nothing new, instead relying on a stale formula of non-stop pop culture references and the faded charms of its star voices, especially Myers and Eddie Murphy. 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, Monster’s Inc. and Finding Nemo. In 3D and IMAX 3D. l THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE (PG-13) What can I say about this movie that will change anyone’s mind? The third entry in Stephenie Meyer’s demonically popular vampire series (I cringe calling these tame not-quitebloodsuckers that) has an intriguing new director. David Slade knows some vampires, having directed the adaptation of Steve Niles’ 30 Days of Night; he also helmed the sharp, Hard Candy. The Cullens (represented by RPattz) and the Quileute werewolves (repped by T-Laut) must unite to defeat a common foe, an army of vamps led by Victoria (Bryce Dallas Howard), who has sworn to avenge her lover’s death by killing Bella (Kristen Stewart). WHEN YOU’RE STRANGE (R) Typically independent award-winning filmmaker Tom DiCillo (Johnny Suede, Living in Oblivion, Box of Moon Light) 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 Film Festival’s Grand Jury Prize. Drew Wheeler

movie pick When You Wish Upon Two Stars KNIGHT AND DAY (PG-13) Tom Cruise’s star does not shine like it used to. Twenty years ago on June 29, Cruise’s Days of Thunder roared onto screens. In the interim, summer blockbusters require less star power and fewer original concepts, while favoring bigger

Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz effects budgets and more recognizable intellectual properties. Ten years ago, Knight and Day would have ruled the summer roost. But in 2010, Cruise jumped the couch a few years ago, Cameron Diaz’s box office clout never really materialized, and the under-funded special effects look abysmally dated. Hitchcockian in the Charade sense, Knight and Day pits super-spy Roy Miller (Cruise) and every-girl June Havens (Diaz) against the government, some European arms dealers and their growing affection for each other. After a

meet-cute in the airport, Roy and June go on the lam, as Roy claims to have been framed as a rogue agent by his partner, Fitzgerald (Peter Sarsgaard). Roy allegedly stole a battery prototype created by wunderkind Simon Feck (Paul Dano). That Knight and Day does not work is no fault of Cruise or Diaz. Hollywood’s former golden boy sort of embraces his new crazy persona and fuels Miller’s cock-sure superheroics with a touch of insanity that leads the viewer to question Roy’s wild conspiracy along with June. Unfortunately, screenwriter Patrick O’Neill cuts the crazy legs off Cruise’s performance with the most predictable of spy games. Diaz lessens June’s annoying density and her star charisma melds well with Cruise’s despite their lack of romantic chemistry. I did not buy their love affair, but Roy and June make a great new Scarecrow and Mrs. King. The unsurprising script and more competent but ultimately boring direction from James Mangold dull the engaging likability of Cruise and Diaz. It’s a shame, too, because a sharper Knight and Day could have been a fantastic ironic Bond substitute. If only Cruise had forged a directorial bond like Clooney has with Soderbergh… Drew Wheeler

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2010 Flagpole Athens Music Award Winners Jazz: Kenosha Kid DJ: Immuzikation World: DubConscious Electronic: Abandon the Earth Mission Jam Band: Incredible Sandwich Cover Band: Abbey Road Live! Rock: The Whigs Pop: Venice Is Sinking Experimental: Circulatory System Metal: Maximum Busy Muscle Punk: American Cheeseburger Country/Southern Rock: Betsy Franck and the Bareknuckle Band Americana: Hope for Agoldensummer Hip-Hop: Deaf Judges Best Album Cover Art: Lionz’ Breaking Out of the Zoo by Josh Hunter Music Video: Casper & the Cookies “Sharp” directed by Ashley Aikens Live Band: Reptar Solo Performer: Allison Weiss Upstart of the Year: Reptar Band/Performer of the Year: The Whigs Album of the Year: Vic Chesnutt, At the Cut

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hat a weird, wonderful night. When we asked Mr. Blank’s Carnivale of Black Hearts to be our stagehands and opening act, I expected to see some freaky things—like a guy hammering a huge nail up his nose—but nothing can really prepare you for a dude on stilts wearing a garter belt and pulling glitter out of his banana hammock… glitter that many a barefooted band would be sliding in the rest of the night. Only at the Flagpole Awards, folks! “Over-the-top” was the running theme of the evening, and all of the performing artists pulled out all the stops. Elite tha Showstoppa was rolled out in a wheelchair by a “nurse”— a nod to his heart attack recovery last year—and then he jumped up, threw off his hospital gown, and brought the house down. His energy was matched by a whole dance crew, and special guests Timi Conley and Clay Leverett surprised everyone by spitting out some rhymes with him. Los Meesfits amped up their show with salsa dancers, and A PostWar Drama recruited the carnies to juggle, bellydance and hula hoop behind them. It was a wonderfully chaotic spectacle that perfectly complimented PostWar’s most guttural, reckless, Old World-style number. Best Experimental Band award winners Circulatory System actually wowed the crowd by paring things down, performing a beautiful, trippy tune as a four-piece. And show closers Reptar, who had a pinch keyboardist in for William Kennedy, proved worthy of winning both Best Upstart and Best Live Band with an angular, energetic set that called to mind both Vampire Weekend and Talking Heads. But what everyone left the show buzzing about were our young stars: Athens. With members ranging from 11–15, these kids put a smile on everyone’s face with Athens their raw talent. While blazing through a cover of “Fly Me Courageous,” pint-sized guitarist Beau “Monkey” Anderson twirled in circles and slid across the stage in his socks. It was enough to melt the most jaded heart. The boys returned to the stage to praise the work done by Camp Amped during the special award dedication, and I couldn’t imagine a better endorsement. Unfortunately, one serious moment of our show was slightly derailed by a surprise intruder wearing a crown and stuffed animal backpack. Presenter Carl Lindberg made a noble attempt to continue his praise for the AthFest educational programs while “The King” stood uncomfortably close to him, holding what looked like a ladle with a googly eye up in the air and gazing off into the distance. Once the King walked up to a mic and started muttering about seeing Jesus in a pumpkin seed… we had to send security onstage to have him removed. I guess it was due time the Flagpole Awards got its own “Soy Bomb.” Luckily the laughs weren’t all unintentional. Comedians TJ Young and Chris Patton proved to be more than capable emcees, and they kept the night running smoothly. Their “Athens Music History Walk Tour”’ video was a particular highlight, and we’ll be sure to post it on www.flagpole.com for those who missed it. Presenters for the evening included musicians and industry folks from all facets of the scene, including Tasty World Uptown owner Murphy Wolford who read a poem in tribute to those who have passed away this year. It was a chance for us to say goodbye to Tasty World as well, as the venue shut its doors after AthFest. Also saying farewell was presenter and award winner Allison Weiss, who will be leaving Athens at the end of the summer. The big winners for the night were The Whigs, who were voted Best Rock Band and Performer of the Year. Unfortunately, the group was out taking over the world and could not be present to collect their awards. All the winners are posted below. For our complete AthFest photo album and live reviews, visit www.flagpole.com. In the meantime, keep rocking, and maybe we’ll see you onstage next year!

threats & promises Music News And Gossip Hopefully y’all are recovered from the events of last week and are ready to keep the momentum going. Here’s some stuff to keep your head occupied this week… TKO: The big-release news this week comes by way of a double punch from Orange Twin Records. The label will release both the new, self-titled album by Elf Power and a DVD/CD combo of the super cool and equally mysterious film/band Major Organ and the Adding Machine. Yes, the movie shares the same name as the band that released an album in 2001. This new release features an expanded version of the original record. The cast and contributors list is basically an Elephant 6 all-star assembly, and Joey Foreman and Eric Harris directed the film. The basic tracks for Elf Power’s album were recorded by Andy LeMaster, and Derek Almstead handled overdubs and other tweakery. The album is dedicated to the band’s close friend and collaborator, Vic Chesnutt. Both releases will hit the streets on Sept. 14. For more information, please see www.orangetwin.com. Aw, Honey, Honey: The coolly creative but unfortunately named Sugar Dicks will release its full-length album, Everybody’s Dead, via its own Expat Recordings on July 1. The group is a total songwriter’s band and manages to

Higher Learnin’: A benefit show for the brandspankin’-new Whatever It Takes initiative will happen Saturday, July 10 at the 40 Watt Club. Featured bands are Grape Soda (member Ryan Lewis is involved with Whatever It Takes), The HEAP and Second Suns. This is a high-profile show for Second Suns, who have won a couple of different “band battle”-type things, and this show will put them on their biggest stage yet. The Whatever It Takes initiative is an action of Family Connection & Communities in Schools and its goal is to have every school child in Athens headed toward completion of post-high school education within the next 10 years. For more information, please see http://www.gafcp.org/fcnetwork/clarke. Watch Something: Local blues traveler Chris Ezelle has a new video available for viewing for his song “Devil’s Underneath.” The track is from Ezelle’s upcoming album, This Ten Year Town, to be released in August. Ezelle has

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Sugar Dicks switch easily between styles (mainly garage, 1970s-style Neil Young-ish tunes and a little country) without sounding like a mixed bag of goo. The band will have limited copies of the album on CD-R when it plays Farm 255 on July 2, but the album will be available at www.expatrecordings.bandcamp.com for whatever price you like. Bandmember Adam “Adam 17” Bewley recorded the album. This is the last Sugar Dicks show in Athens until who knows when because the core of the band (Roy Coughlin and Gabe Vodicka) is moving to Portland, OR in mid-July.

Don’t Blink: The noisy jokers in Tunabunny just released a new video for the band’s song “Flowers on the Stage” which, through a layman’s interpretation of copyright law, was produced with literally tens of celebrity appearances. Can you name them all? Don’t worry if you can’t. Most are recognizable only to that select pile of nerds who have spent their lives watching rock documentaries, concert videos and the like. The track is from Tunabunny’s forthcoming debut LP, due out in August on HHBTM Records. See www.youtube. com/watch?v=V9XgZIc5rQc. Gordon Lamb threatsandpromises@flagpole.com

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turned the blues knob on these acoustic tunes way up this time around, and his voice has more of a pronounced, nasally quality than his previous recordings. At least, I notice it more now. Check out the tunes and video over at www.reverbnation.com/chrisezelle.

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Survive Athens Boot Camp “Local group Hot New Mexicans is the combination of two fellows from Cleveland, MO (singer-guitarist Patrick Jennings and drummer Joe Dakin), one from Athens (former Carrie Nations bassist Ian McCord) and roughly two gallons of Schlitz.” —Flagpole, March 2007

e’ll allow Patrick Jennings the pleasure of setting the record straight: “We’re from Mississippi.” How many times has Flagpole said you’re from Missouri? “Twice.” Ouch. “It’s OK; I think it’s funny,” chuckles Jennings, before pausing. “Mississippi’s a lot cooler.” In a way, it’s surprising that we here at Flagpole HQ had the opportunity to misconstrue Hot New Mexicans’ place of origin— Cleveland, MS to give exact propers—since we’ve seen such scant and sporadic trace of them since they arrived here in 2005. But let’s back up: here’s some necessary history. The band formed after Jennings left Mississippi to make an ultimately abortive go at “the rock and roll thing” with his brother in Boston. “I gave up and put my tail between my legs and started going to college again,” says Jennings. Graduating from Delta State wasn’t in the cards; what ended up happening instead was more along the lines of Hot New Mexicans getting together and cutting a record in the university band hall over Christmas break. Their bassist was making noises like he didn’t dig touring, and so Jennings and Dakin recruited McCord after some boozy flirtations. “After Carrie Nations broke up, we were playing in Athens, and he was drunk and said, ‘Man, I’d really like to play bass in a band, nudge nudge…’” says Jennings. “And we were just, like, ‘Well, we kinda want to get the hell out of Mississippi,’ so we moved here for Ian and ‘cos we love this place.” Chances are, Athens would love the hell out of the band back, if given the opportunity. Hot New Mexicans stride with drunken effortlessness past bands nationwide in terms of sheer off-the-sleeve energy and poppy punk singalong glory. All four sides of the band’s last two onomatopoeically-titled seven inches, Wah and Well Um Er Uh, contain plenty of would-be “hits” waiting to be found

and cherished. But since arriving in Athens, the band has been mostly satisfied to play for a tight-knit coterie, shows promoted via quarter-sheet flyers passed among friends that are sometimes hard to hear about. And for a while, as Jennings joined Orange Twin joy-mongers Nana Grizol and Dakin took over bass duties in thrash champions American Cheeseburger, little was heard at all. “Yeah, things have changed a lot since then,” says Jennings. “Well, I guess after a while, once you start just playing to just your friends, you don’t have a fresh audience. I love a challenge and I love trying to entertain people. Eventually I want people to hear my band; that’s the idea. I was just bein’ a cocksucker,” Jennings laughs. “I think I’ve changed a lot here—it’s kind of a boot camp here, honestly. Especially if you’re kind of a drinker. You have to have a reason to be here. You cannot flounder here; it will eat you up. ‘Cos it’s such easy living—if you want it to be easy living.” Since coming around to these super-truths, Jennings quit Nana Grizol. “My band was like, ‘Hey, we’re kinda losin’ our morale, and you’re not focusing on this.’ It just changed everything in my mind, and I finally fuckin’ needed to make a go at it, instead of just acting like it’s gonna fall in my lap.” The band’s new self-titled record, produced by Nesey Gallons, is a perfectly ramshackle representation of the band’s best attributes. It’ll see a joint release from Recess Records and Houseplant Records following the band’s return from its joint tour with Shitty Darkness. Trust us here at Flagpole, arbiters of correct information: if you give the Hot New Mexicans a chance to justify its renewed efforts, neither band nor town will walk away unhappy. Jeff Tobias

WHO: Grape Soda, Hot New Mexicans, Shitty Darkness WHERE: Little Kings Shuffle Club WHEN: Saturday, July 3 HOW MUCH: FREE!

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the Second Annual Classic City July 4th American Musical Festival looks familiar, but you can’t remember the time you had at the first annual, it’s because, technically, there wasn’t a first annual. Though the festival is indeed in its second year, last year’s hugely successful Melting Point-based version was known as the “Red, White & Brewgrass” festival. As festival promoter Rich Mullinax points out, however, the name change doesn’t reflect a shift in the festival’s musical philosophy. Rather, it’s meant as a more appropriate description of the brand established in the inaugural year. “It’s more about allowing us to better represent the festival’s music philosophy and removing restrictions today so that we can expose our audiences to more possibilities down the road,” he says. Last year’s “Brewgrass” label was somewhat pigeonholing, according to Mullinax. While the majority of the festival was indeed bluegrass, the lineup also featured Americana, folk and rock acts—variations that are further built upon in this second year. Headlined by award-winning bluegrass band Cherryholmes and local favorites Packway Handle Band, this year’s festival lineup features six bluegrass bands, three traditional acts, one alt-country/ Americana band, one contemporary folk artist, two rock and roll groups, and one act that Mullinax describes as a “bluegrass-punkgospel-outlaw-country-old-time-rock-and-rollvirtuosity-vaudevillian stage-show.” “The short-view logic dictates that we stick to the plan,” he says. “But we aren’t interested in the short view; we’re interested in the fifth annual and the 10th annual festivals. We don’t want to limit ourselves to one genre, then find an amazing band that we won’t be able to share with our audience because they don’t fit inside the box we built in year one.” Mullinax, who has been booking music in Athens and Atlanta since 2002, also picked up on important marketing lessons with which to spread the word about the second incarnation of the festival. “The biggest thing I learned from last year is that there are thousands of music lovers in the neighboring counties and towns— like Madison, Monroe, Commerce, Elberton, Hartwell, Washington and Lake Oconee—that are missing out on terrific music just a few miles down the road,” he says. “A little targeted marketing introduced the Melting Point to a whole new group of patrons, and we plan to build on that this year.” While drawing additional fans from outlying counties was a major plus for the festival’s bottom line, organizers also knew a greater geographical footprint allowed for more potential musical discovery. “I wanted Athens bluegrass fans to know that there are North Georgia bluegrass bands just two counties over, like Exception to the Rule and BlueBilly Grit, that have a different show or sound than one might find in an Athens,” says Mullinax. “And the same in

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reverse. Those people coming to see BlueBilly Grit or Exception to the Rule may have never heard anything like Packway Hand Band. I see two bluegrass audiences within 50 miles from one another, and I want to put them in the same room and see what happens.” The most crowd-pleasing difference in this second year is the addition of a second day of music in which to house the same number of acts (14), designed to create a more laid-back flow between the days. “We bit off too much last year trying to move that many bands on and off two stages [in one day]. Set starts will be smoother this

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God Bless American Music The July 4th Americana Fest Returns for Its Second Year

year, the performers won’t be quite as winded when they start their first song. And we’ve allowed a bit more time between sets to allow people time to mingle, visit the merchandise table, etc. Last year we proved that with the right lineup, hard work and strategy, we can not only draw a successful crowd as the fifth festival of the year in Athens. And in less than a week from AthFest, we even competed successfully with fireworks and watermelon,” laughs Mullinax. “I was thrilled at how many music lovers chose to come to our festival in lieu of fireworks, BBQs and pool parties.” Alec Wooden

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American Music Festival Schedule Saturday, July 3 2:00 4:00 5:15 6:40 7:45 9:00

p.m. Art Rosenbaum p.m. Driftwood p.m. BlueBilly Grit p.m. Exception to the Rule p.m. Cherryholmes p.m. Betsy Franck & the Bareknuckle Band

Sunday, July 4 2:30 p.m. String Theory 3:45 p.m. Curley Maple 5:00 p.m. Lera Lynn & Her Lady Friends 6:15 p.m. The Whiskey Gentry 7:30 p.m. Shannon Whitworth 8:45 p.m. High Strung String Band 10:00 p.m. Packway Handle Band Tickets: Single day pass is $15 (adv.), $20 (door). Two-day pass is $25.

the calendar! WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK

July 4th DeadlinE: The deadline for getting listed in the Calendar is THURSDAY, July 1 at 5 p.m. for the issue that comes out the following Wednesday. Email calendar@flagpole.com.

Tuesday 29 EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Check out the afternoon market in its convenient downtown location! Buy fresh, locally grown organic produce, locally crafted goods and freshly baked breads. Now accepting EBT cards. 4–7 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net 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: Storytime (Oconee County Library) Enjoy a morning of stories, songs and crafts. For kids ages 2–5 and their caregivers. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 LECTURES & LIT.: Brown Bag Lunch (ACC Library) Interior designer Thea Ellenberg explains how to make your house more appealing to buyers through simple staging techniques. Feel free to bring a lunch to this 45-minute program. 12:15 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 LECTURES & LIT.: Hot Dogs and Cool Cats (Madison County Library) Pets are family, too! Take the time to learn some pet care tips from the professionals. For ages 18 & up. 6:30–7:30 p.m. FREE! 706769-3950 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: Poker Night (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Last Tuesday of every month. 8:30 p.m. www.myspace. com/flickerbar GAMES: Trivia (Doc Chey’s Noodle House) Every Tuesday. 7:30 p.m. 706-546-0015

Wednesday 30 EVENTS: Canine Cocktail Hour (Hotel Indigo, Phi Bar & Bistro Courtyard) Drink and food specials for you and your (well-behaved, non-aggressive, vaccinated) dog! This week: salty dogs and greyhounds. Every Wednesday. 5–7 p.m. www.athensdowntownhotel.com EVENTS: Plotluck Night (Ciné Barcafé) Come with a true short story from your life to share at this monthly event. Ten names will be drawn from a hat and those chosen get five minutes and a microphone. The audience votes for the best story and prize recipient. 7–9 p.m. FREE! (donations welcome), www. athenscine.com

PERFORMANCE: Bawling Comedy Showcase (Last Call) Local comics will have you laughing and crying. Atlanta comic Joe Pettis headlines. 8:30–10:30 p.m. FREE! www.lastcallathens.com KIDSTUFF: Children’s Storytime (ACC Library) For children ages 18 months to 5 years. Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m., Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: 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: Lap Puppet Show (Oconee County Library) Kim James and her posse of puppets perform “Frog and Hen,” a humorous Nigerian folktale. All ages. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 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 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, timothy@depalmasitaliancafe.com GAMES: Game Night (Alibi) Develop coordination, tolerance and grace through beer pong. Every Wednesday with Corey. FREE! 706549-1010 GAMES: Poker Night (Buffalo’s Southwest Café) Texas Hold ‘Em every Wednesday. 18 and up. Sign in at 6:30 p.m. Dealing begins at 7:30 p.m. FREE! www.interstatepokerclub. com GAMES: 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

Thursday 1 EVENTS: The Art of the Steal (Ciné Barcafé) The Collectors of the Georgia Museum of Art and Ciné unite for an exclusive dinner-anda-movie night. A dinner catered by The National will be followed by an 8 p.m. screening of Don Argott’s documentary about the Barnes Foundation, an art collection valued at over $25 billion, and the controversy surrounding it. 6:30 p.m. $65. 706-542-0437 EVENTS: Anniversary Party and Cask (Blue Sky) Celebrate their first birthday out on the patio or inside at the bar! Try the Belgian Style Scotch Ale and enjoy beer specials all day and night. 8 p.m. (tapping cask) www.blueskyathens.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: Thirsty Thursday (Various Locations) Tired of aimlessly wandering the streets in search of drink specials and Chex mix? Register for an official drinking tour/pub crawl of downtown Athens and sample the best beers, cocktails and bar food. 6–9 p.m. $45. 706-338-8054, www. athensfoodtours.com * PERFORMANCE: Kamama (ATHICA) The newly formed duo of celloist Audrey Chen and percussionist Luca Marini integrates voice and analog electronics into this experimental storytelling performance. 8:30 p.m. $6 (suggested donation). www.athica.org KIDSTUFF: Button Bracelets (ACC Library) Embellish stylish bracelets with buttons. Call to register. 2–3:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Imitation Ocean (Bishop Park) Explore the pool’s underwater wonders and swim with the fish. 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. & 3–4:30 p.m. $3. 706-613-3580 KIDSTUFF: Read to Rover (ACC Library) Beginning readers in grades 1–4 read aloud to an aid dog. Trainer always present. 3:30–4:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Storytelling Concert: Water Tales (ACC Library) Wendy Bennett performs “These Books Are All Wet,” featuring water-themed tales and songs such as “The Ugly Duckling” and “Yellow Submarine.” 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 LECTURES & LIT.: “Aging in Place” (ACC Library) Dr. Elaine Cress leads a discussion about the different options for aging gracefully, be it at your own home, in your children’s home or in a health care facility. Registration for summer classes at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute follows. 1:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-7350

Philip Ayers’ painting “Sectional Root” is at the Lamar Dodd School of Art through July 25. 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. 706-208-9400

Friday 2 EVENTS: Courteous Mass (Athens City Hall) BikeAthens’ monthly, casual-pace bike ride of 5–6 miles around town. Celebrate your independence from oil with a ride to Bishop Park. Bring a helmet and water. 6 p.m. FREE! www.bikeathens. com. EVENTS: The Great American Dawg Jump (Oconee Veterans Memorial, 3500 Hog Mountain Rd.) Register your water-loving canines for this dock-diving and doggypaddling competition! Competitors will have two full days of practice and coaching before the big July 4 event. Go online for more info. EVENTS: Red, White and Blue Poolside Bash (Polo Club of Athens) Commemorate your founding fathers’ fight for independence with marinara wrestling, bikini contests and flip contests at this preIndependence Day party brought to

you by Last Call, Johnny’s Pizza and Monster Energy Drink. 706-2474689, www.lastcallathens.com OUTDOORS: First Fridays at the Garden (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Get to know the Garden’s staff at this casual breakfast social and discover staff members’ favorite parts of the Garden on a guided tour. 9–10:20 a.m. $10. www.uga.edu/ botgarden KIDSTUFF: Imitation Ocean (Bishop Park) Explore the pool’s underwater wonders and swim with the fish. 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. & 3–4:30 p.m. $3. 706-613-3580 KIDSTUFF: Preschool & Toddler Storytime (Madison County Library) Includes stories, fingerpuppet plays, songs and crafts for literacy-based fun. This month’s themes include Independence Day, author Steve Jenkins, island vacations and oceans. Ages 2–5. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Storytelling Concert: Cat and Mouse Tales (ACC Library) Storyteller Barbara Dinnan tells tales and sings songs about cats, rats and mice. 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 3 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: Freedom Celebration (New Earth Music Hall) More info coming soon, check New Earth’s website for details. www.newearthmusichall.com EVENTS: “Get to Know Your Parks” Tour (Various Locations) July is Parks and Recreation Month. Celebrate green spaces, public pools, playgrounds and more on a guided tour! This week’s tour, “Come Out and Play,” departs from Lay Park. Space is limited; call to reserve your space. 9 & 11:30 a.m. $1. 706613-3580 * k continued on next page

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THE CALENDAR! EVENTS: The Great American Dawg Jump (Oconee Veterans Memorial) 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 OUTDOORS: Naturalist Walk (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Join SCNC staff for a walk around the property. Bring a camera or binoculars. All ages. Call to register. 10–11 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3615 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. Bring a sketch pad and art supplies this week as local artists Bill Pierson and Dr. Robert Clements lead a nature sketching walk through the park. 9–10 a.m. $5 (adults). FREE! (18 & under). 706-353-8310, ppriest@ charter.net GAMES: Game Night (Alibi) Develop coordination, tolerance and grace through beer pong. Every Wednesday with Corey. FREE! 706549-1010 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 4 EVENTS: Star Spangled Classic (Bishop Park) Celebrate your nation’s independence in the American way with bouncy castles and BBQ, dunking booths and face painting, free live music and hot dogs. Fireworks display to begin around 9:30. No pets, grills, alcohol or smoking. See Calendar Pick on this page. 6 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3589 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 5 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 of table tennis. 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 GAMES: Trivia Tournament (Alibi) Every Monday! 9 p.m. FREE! 706549-1010

Tuesday 6 EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Check out the afternoon market in its convenient downtown location! Buy fresh, locally grown organic produce, locally crafted goods and freshly baked breads. Now accepting EBT cards. 4–7 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net 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: Family Afternoon at the (Described) Movies (ACC Library) Showing Beauty and the Beast. Film features a non-intrusive narrative track for visually impaired viewers. 3 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Storytime (Oconee County Library) Enjoy a morning of stories, songs and crafts. For kids ages 2–5 and their caregivers. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 KIDSTUFF: Teen Fashion Show (Oconee County Library) Design and model your unique line of summer fashions using all recycled materials. Plastic bags, tape and markers will be supplied. Ages 11–18. 6–8 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: Trivia (Doc Chey’s Noodle House) Every Tuesday. 7:30 p.m. 706-546-0015

Wednesday 7 EVENTS: Canine Cocktail Hour (Hotel Indigo, Phi Bar & Bistro Courtyard) Drink and food specials for you and your (well-behaved, non-aggressive, vaccinated) dog! This week: salty dogs and greyhounds. Every Wednesday. 5–7 p.m. www.athensdowntownhotel.com EVENTS: GMOA Summer Film Series (Lamar Dodd School of Art, Room S151) Dr. Janice Simon kicks off the summer film series, “Avant-Garde Short Films of the 20th Century,” with a screening of seven shorts, including works by Paul Strand, Hans Richter, Man Ray and more. Sponsored by the Georgia Museum of Art. 7 p.m. FREE! www. uga.edu/gamuseum ART: 6X6: “Mystery” (Ciné Barcafé) Artist and curator Jeffrey Whittle presents the fifth of six media arts events featuring video, sound and performance art. In the Ciné Lab. See full schedule online. 7–8 p.m. FREE! www.headic.blogspot.com PERFORMANCE: Bawling Comedy Showcase (Last Call) Local comics will have you laughing and crying. Atlanta comic Joe Pettis headlines. 8:30–10:30 p.m. FREE! www.lastcallathens.com

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KIDSTUFF: “Animals Around the World” (Oconee County Library) Wake up early for an important meeting… with live animals! Space is limited; call to register. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 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: 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: Puppet Show (Madison County Library) Based on the popular illustrated book The Sign of the Seahorse by Graeme Base. 2 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 MEETINGS: ACC Tennis Center Informational Meeting (ACC Planning Department, Auditorium, 120 W. Dougherty St.) The ACC Tennis Center User Group and the Department of Leisure Services host a public information open house. Citizens will have the opportunity to comment on the master plan and an alternate plan for a proposed new tennis center at Bishop Park. 5:30–7:30 p.m. 706-613-3625 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) Join the league on the lawn every Wednesday. 6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-552-1237, timothy@ depalmasitaliancafe.com GAMES: Game Night (Alibi) Develop coordination, tolerance and grace through beer pong. Every Wednesday with Corey. FREE! 706549-1010 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 (two 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

Down the Line EVENTS: Movie Night: Double Feature 7/8 (Flicker Theatre & Bar) NYC filmmaker and former Athens musician with the band Ceramic Dvck Jorge Torres returns to town, bringing with him his latest features, FTW, a film following two misanthropic sociopaths and their miserable wanderings, and Pre-Paradise, the story of a self-destructive filmmaker intent on creating the purest independent film. 9 p.m. $5. www. myspace.com/flickerbar

Sunday, July 4

Star Spangled Classic Bishop Park Looking for a familyfriendly and—even better— free way to celebrate the Fourth of July this year? Bishop Park will be full of patriotic spirit this Sunday as the setting of the Star Spangled Classic, AthensClarke County’s annual Fourth of July celebration. The Star Spangled Classic has been put on by ACC since the 1970s, and the tradition continues Sunday with music, fun games, food and the highlight of all Independence Day celebrations: fireworks! The fireworks display is possible this year thanks to the generous contributions of 11 private sponsors from across the community. When funding for fireworks was cut from the government’s budget in 2008, a general outcry erupted within the Athens community at the possibility of a Fourth of July celebration without this traditional pyrotechnic display. According to Robin Stevens, community outreach coordinator for the Athens-Clarke County Leisure Services Department, private sponsorships have made fireworks available for Athenians’ enjoyment ever since, allowing for a fun and festive holiday celebration. The Star Spangled Classic starts at 6 p.m., and the fireworks will be set off around 9:30 p.m. Leading up to the grand finale there will be plenty of family-friendly games, such as the ubiquitous sack race and a hula hoop competition. Food vendors will be set up at the park to provide tasty treats, and a disc jockey will be spinning a wide variety of tunes to keep revelers entertained. When making your holiday plans, keep the festivities at Bishop Park in mind for a fun, wholesome and classically American way of celebrating our nation’s independence. [Cathryn Childs]

KIDSTUFF: Pirate School 7/9 (ACC Library) Captain Abdul teaches the fine arrrrrt of pirate talk. Costumes encouraged. 2:30 p.m. FREE! 706613-3650 MEETINGS: Mindfulness Practice Group 7/9 (Mind Body Institute) Beginners and experienced mindfulness practitioners welcome. July 9, 5:30 p.m. FREE! 706-475-7329 EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market 7/10 (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: The Gardens at UGA Open House 7/10 (Gardens at UGA) Guided tour of UGA’s Trial Gardens, which are nationally known for trialing annuals and perennials for the Southeast. Event will also feature a book sale/signing and gardening advice from the UGA Horticulture Club. 8 a.m.–1 p.m. $5. http://ugatrial.hort.uga.edu KIDSTUFF: Music Jams 7/14 (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 * Advance Tickets Available

Live Music Tuesday 29 Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 KARAOKE Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday with the Singing Cowboy! Barnette’s 9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-0966 OPEN MIC Bring your guitar and some tunes! Doc McGee’s 8 p.m. $5 (musicians FREE!). www. docmcgees.com MUSICIAN ALL JAM Every Tuesday night Doc McGee’s presents

Musician All Jam hosted by The Mike Delaney Project. Bring your instrument and sign up when you arrive to play. Go Bar 9 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar 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. BUBBLY MOMMY GUN Local experimental pop band that belts out quirky and raucous psychedelic tunes. INVISIBLE HAND Adam and Parker Smith’s experimental forays retain a certain pop sensibility despite unconventional arrangements and instrumentation. NAKED GODS From the mountains of Boone, NC, Naked Gods bring a warm, hook-laden blend of indie altcountry and rock and roll. Little Kings Shuffle Club Athens Farmers Market. 4–7 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net HOLLY BELLE Atlanta singersongwriter Holly Belle sings smoky, acoustic ballads accompanied by cello. KATE MORRISSEY Best known throughout this corridor for her dark velvet voice that stands on its own, Morrissey’s songwriting is literate and sincere, and her conversational live shows come punctuated with an offbeat sense of humor. The Loft 10 p.m. FREE! www.loftofathens.com DJ DECEPTICRON Mixing today’s hottest house, electronic and club hits. The Melting Point 7 p.m. $3. www.meltingpointathens. com EXCEPTION TO THE RULE Progressive bluegrass band from Northeast Georgia with members ranging in age from 16-23. Fueled by a hard-driving banjo style, sultry violin and mandolin, this group infuses elements of classical, jazz, blues and rock.

New Earth Music Hall 9 p.m. FREE! www.newearthmusichall. com 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. PUT UP OR SHUT UP A song battle among artists following the poetry open mic. WUOG 90.5FM 8 p.m. FREE! www.wuog.org LIVE IN THE LOBBY Undus Mundus will perform on the college radio station’s twice weekly program. Listen over the air or drop by the station to watch!

Wednesday 30 Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 KARAOKE Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday with the Singing Cowboy! 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 and maybe some enemies. Chelsea’s Gentlemen’s Club 10 p.m. $5. 706–549–2904 THE BUDDAH VARIETY SHOW Buddah hosts this open mic for poets, singers, comedians, performance artists and dancers. Farm 255 9 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com RAND LINES Live jazz music. 11 p.m. FREE! farm255.com KENOSHA KID Centered around the instru-improv jazz compositions of guitarist Dan Nettles, Kenosha Kid’s music borrows freely from multiple sources and hammers it all into a seamless product glistening with inspiration. If you like jazz, you might like this; if you hate jazz, you still might like this.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8:30 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/ flickerbar BETSY FRANCK Soulful, brassy Southern rock and country songs rooted in tradition, but with a modern sensibility. ECHO CANYON Local trio of Jim Wilson, Chuck Bradburn and Craig Lieske plays experimental music that is playful yet demanding with an otherworldly, delicate feel that evolves into metal power. P.D. WILDER Ambient experimental drone inspried by existentialism, perception and astro-physics. ADAM PAYNE This local musician’s impressively versatile tenor is somewhat reminiscent of Neil Young’s. He writes songs with a lot of heart–the kind of tunes that can either make you tear up or laugh out loud. THE SUBLIMATOR Atlanta native who specializes in spoken word lyrics with plenty of reverb over a bed of rolling synths. Go Bar 10 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ gobar 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 glam rock, new wave, punk and Britpop. 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 p.m. FREE! www.meltingpointathens.com FORWARD MOTION Rock covers and originals. New Earth Music Hall 9 p.m. FREE! www.newearthmusichall. com NEW EARTH SUMMER LOUNGE DJ-hosted dance party! The Office Lounge 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-0840 KARAOKE Every Wednesday with Lynn! Terrapin Beer Co. 5 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com FUNKY FIASCO Jam band that incorporates trumpet and saxophone for a driving and energetic sound.

Thursday 1 Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 OPEN MIC Hosted by Wes of Dixie Mafia every Thursday. Barnette’s 10 p.m. FREE! 706-546-0966 KARAOKE Every Thursday. Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $8 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com COLLEEN AND PAUL Singersongwriter duo based in Toronto, performing ‘60s-style folk-pop with indie-rock influences and hues of psychedelia. THE LATE B.P. HELIUM Local musician Bryan Poole, who has worked with numerous Elephant 6 bands, including Of Montreal and Olivia Tremor Control, produces a sound that fits the Elephant 6 vibe without sounding like a rehash. SEA OF DOGS Songwriter and banjopicker Emily Armond leads this endearing folk group with disarming

honesty, candid lyrics and warm harmonies. DePalma’s Italian Cafe 6–8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-552-1237 (Timothy Road) THE SOLSTICE SISTERS Threepart vocal harmonies from Maggie Hunter (host of WUGA’s “Just Folks”), Susan Staley (who organizes the monthly Hoot) and Anna Durden. Performing a variety of oldtime country ballads, ‘40s swing and traditional folk. El Paisano 8 p.m. 706-353-0346 KARAOKE Every Thursday with margarita specials. Farm 255 10 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com CAPSULE Heavy, technical hardcore punk trio from Miami. NATIONALE Back from a short hiatus with the same lineup of Carrie Jones on vocals, Daniel Shroyer on bass, Matt Reilly on drums and Zack Thrower on guitar playing energetic hardcore. THY MIGHTY CONTRACT Femalefronted indie post-punk.

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Flicker Theatre & Bar 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ flickerbar KATE MORRISSEY Best known throughout this corridor for her dark velvet voice that stands on its own, Morrissey’s songwriting is literate and sincere, and her conversational live shows come punctuated with an offbeat sense of humor. The Globe 10 p.m. FREE! 706–353–4721 DAVE SPIVEY Member of George W. Bush Cover Band and Olympus Mans performs two sets tonight: an opening set of all Deerhoof covers followed by a set song swapping with Ben Wills. BEN WILLS Local songwriter and member of The Empties shares the stage with Spivey for a song swap session. Go Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar DR. FRED’S KARAOKE Hosted by karaoke fanatic John “Dr. Fred” Bowers, every Thursday. Hotel Indigo “Live After Five.” 6–8 p.m. FREE! www. athensdowntownhotel.com TIMI CONLEY The current Kite to the Moon frontman and ex-Fuzzy Sprout will play tunes off his solo record, Nerd Sexy. Last Call 10 p.m. FREE! www.lastcallathens.com BATTLE OF THE BANDS Featuring local rock bands Woodgrains and Free Lunch. The Melting Point 8:30 p.m. $10 (adv.), $15 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com ERIC LINDELL Lindell offers up a soul-drenched mix of roots rock, blues and R&B. New Earth Music Hall 9 p.m. $7, www.newearthmusichall. com THE MALAH This South Carolina trio plays slow-paced psych jams. ZOOGMA This Oxford, MS group lays down electro-driven funk and rock jams that feature smooth improvization and sampling.

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THE CALENDAR! Eat. Drink. Listen Closely. TUESDAY, JUNE 29 Terrapin Bluegrass Series featuring

EXCEPTION TO THE RULE

$3 Admission • $2 Terrapin Pints All Night!

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30

FORWARD Stay and Play Summer Concert Series featuring MOTION

FORWARD MOTION FREE! Music 6-10 on the patio

THURSDAY, JULY 1

ERIC LINDELL

Tickets $10 adv. • $15 at the door

FRIDAY, JULY 2

HOLMAN AUTRY BAND Tickets $7 adv. • $10 at the door

Roadhouse 11 p.m. $1. 706-613-2324 CARLA LEFEVER AND THE RAYS LeFever and her band play old school funk, classic rock and pop covers and originals. Bobby Mobley recently joined the band on keys. Terrapin Beer Co. 5 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com JUNK Local musician Patrick Atwater’s funk project.

Friday 2 283 Bar 10 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ the283bar IMMUZIKATION Celebrated local DJ Alfredo Lapuz, Jr. mashes up high-energy electro and rock for this “IndepenDANCE Day Party.” 40 Watt Club 9 p.m. $6. www.40watt.com ATHENS Young local rockers ranging in age from 11-15, with classic rock influences. GUFF This non-stop local punk quartet’s style hearkens back to the Lookout Records sound from more than a decade ago—with a sense of fun amid the noise. TEALVOX Local teenage indie-rock band that draws inspiration from acts such as Coldplay, U2 and The Beatles. THUNDERCHIEF Local act with a West Coast punk sound influenced by classic rock. Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 AVERY DYLAN Known for his Southern, rockin’ Texas-syle blues and aggressive playing style, not to mention the behind the back/head tricks. He’ll be playing songs of his upcoming album, Broken Down, plus old favorites and classic covers.

THURSDAY, JULY 8

ANDERS OSBORNE

Tickets $10 adv. • $14 at the door

FRIDAY, JULY 9

NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE Tickets $17.50 adv. • $22 at the door

THURSDAY, JULY 15

BEATLES FOR SALE Tickets $5 adv. • $7 at the door

FRIDAY, JULY 16

Totally ‘80s Party with

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SATURDAY, JULY 16

Nomad Artists presents

BOMBER CITY

Boar’s Head 9 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 KIP JONES Many of Jones’ tunes split between the reflective acoustic territory of Harvest-era Neil Young and the country-infused rock of ‘80s-era Steve Earle. Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com QUIET HOOVES High-energy, idiosyncratic pop that’s loose and full of fun. SUGAR DICKS Raw, uplifting rock and roll. This will be the last Sugar Dicks show for the foreseeable future as half of the group is moving to Portland. Go Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar DJ MAHOGANY Freaky funk, sultry soul, righteous R&B and a whole lotta unexpected faves. LOS MEESFITS The music of The Misfits done in Spanish/Cuban salsa style. WE LANDED ON THE MOON Catchy, danceable rock fronted by female vocals and driven by synth.

(Featuring Murray Attaway & Jeff Walls of Guadalcanal Diary)

CARS CAN BE BLUE

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Last Call 10 p.m. FREE! www.lastcallathens.com BATTLE OF THE BANDS Featuring the hard rock sounds of Greedy White Citizens, Albatross, Just Peachy and Border Lions. Little Kings Shuffle Club 8 p.m.–2 a.m. www.myspace.com/ littlekingsshuffleclub DR. FRED’S KARAOKE Hosted by karaoke fanatic John “Dr. Fred” Bowers.

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The Melting Point 9 p.m. $7 (adv.), $9 (door). www.meltingpointathens.com HOLMAN AUTRY BAND Described as “a little bit of Hank, a little bit of Metallica and a healthy dose of Southern rock,” fans of bands like the Allman Brothers and Lynyrd Skynyrd can’t go wrong here. New Earth Music Hall 9 p.m. FREE! www.newearthmusichall. com A5 House, electronica and techno beats. BIZKAIA Live electronics: dub, hip-hop, club and drum & bass. Featuring the production stylings of Eric B. FLIGHT RISK New side project from members of DubConscious. Terrapin Beer Co. 5 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com SQUISH This trio plays fun rock covers.

Saturday 3 Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 KARAOKE Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday with the Singing Cowboy! Ashford Manor 6 p.m. $15 (adult), $5 (child). www. amconcerts.com ABBEY ROAD LIVE! Here come the sun kings! The local cover band delivers a start-to-finish performance of The Beatles’ Abbey Road and tosses in other high-energy, later-era Beatles rockers. Winner of the 2010 Flagpole Athens Music Award for best cover band. Bishop Park 8 a.m.–12 p.m. Athens Farmers Market. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net THE MILL CREEK PICKERS Rootsy Americana. (10 a.m.) THE MUSIC SMITHS Natalie Smith of Grogus and husband Brian Smith of the Georgia Guitar Quarter put together eerily beautiful flute/guitar compositions. Their version of “Ave Maria” is to die for. (8 a.m.). Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $7 (21+), $9 ( 18+). www. caledonialounge.com PRIDE PARADE Local hard rockers play a blistering mix of punk, grunge, stoner metal and blues. ROMANENKO Local trio draws from ‘70s pop and folk with a modern rock edge, like Mary Timony fronting the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. SHOTGUN LOVER With two freshly released EPs under his belt, songwriter Andrew Nelson, a formely local guy who recently moved to Nashville, performs a set of solid, classic-sounding American pop. Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com BELLYACHE Brothers Austin and Caleb Darnell play rousing and raw country and blues originals with harmonizing vocals, backed by acoustic guitar, upright bass and even some singing saw. THE DARNELL BOYS Brothers Austin and Caleb Darnell (both of Bellyache) are joined by brother Gus for a set of raw blues numbers. GUS D Young local rapper Gus Darnell performs with a precise, confident flow. PRODUCE MAN Local MC who is most often found spitting rhymes with Deaf Judges.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8:30 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/ flickerbar MAJOR LOVE EVENT Naming Radiohead, Joni Mitchell and Eryka Badu as influences, this new pop duo features upbeat piano and vocal arrangements. TIMMY TUMBLE Tim Schreiber (Dark Meat, The Lickity-Splits) howls over pre-recorded beats, literally tumbling across the floor, enraptured by his garage-rock lust. Go Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar DJS DREAMDOG Zack Hosey and Nate Nelson tag-team behind the decks. 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 glam rock, new wave, punk and Britpop. Last Call 10 p.m. FREE! www.lastcallathens.com DJ JOHNNY D POOL PARTY Spinning tunes for an after party. In between jams, take a ride on Last Call’s new mechanical bull! Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ littlekingsshuffleclub GRAPE SODA Lewis brothers Ryan and Mat team up to create soulful, spaced-out pop songs buried in lush reverb. HOT NEW MEXICANS Catchy, boozy punk-influenced power pop group celebrating the release of its new, self-titled record. See feature story on p. 17. SHITTY DARKNESS High-energy, quirky punk pop band from here in town. The Melting Point “Classic City 4th of July American Music Festival.” 2 p.m. $15 (adv.), $20 (door), $25 (2-day pass). www. meltingpointathens.com BETSY FRANCK AND THE BAREKNUCKLE BAND Soulful, brassy Southern rock and country songs rooted in tradition, but with a modern sensibility. BLUEBILLY GRIT Live bluegrass! Performing originals and some great covers including The Beatles, Johnny Cash, Janis Joplin and even Alanis Morissette. CHERRYHOLMES A family who plays bluegrass music together, stays together. DRIFTWOOD Traditional American roots music blended with old-time folk and world music. EXCEPTION TO THE RULE Progressive bluegrass band from Northeast Georgia with members ranging in age from 16-23. Fueled by a hard-driving banjo style, sultry violin and mandolin, this group infuses elements of classical, jazz, blues and rock. HIGHWAY Young Atlanta band playing a mix of psych-rock, blues and reggae. ART ROSENBAUM Traditional American folk banjo music from a local Grammy winner, UGA painting professor and acclaimed Southern music archivist. State Botanical Garden of Georgia 3–4 p.m. FREE! 706-542-6156, www. uga.edu/botgarden. CLASSIC CITY BAND Annual concert in the visitor center and conservatory for 4th of July weekend. Terrapin Beer Co. 5 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com DEAD CITY DIARY Hard rock duo from Birmingham.

Sunday 4 Homewood Village Shopping Center “Homewood Village Concert on the Fourth of July.” 6–9 p.m. $3 (parking fee after 5 p.m.). 2415 Jefferson Road THE INCREDIBLE SANDWICH Athens-based instrumental jam band with some tropical leanings. Winners of the 2010 Flagpole Athens Music Award for best jam band! MOSES GUNN Featuring members of the recently dismantled local Americana act The Corduroy Road, this new group plays old country and rock with explosive energy. With special guest member Thayer Sarrano. The Melting Point “Classic City 4th of July American Music Festival.” 2 p.m. $15 (adv.), $20 (door), $25 (2-day pass). www. meltingpointathens.com CURLEY MAPLE Fiddler David Blackmon’s progressive old-time project. He’s joined by wife Noel and Christian Lopez on mandolin and guitar, and Chris Enghauser on bass. HIGH STRUNG STRING BAND This local act offers three-part harmonies and ramblin’, upbeat bluegrass on acoustic guitar, banjo and mandolin. 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. LERA LYNN & HER LADY FRIENDS The frontwoman behind Birds & Wire has a rich, velvety voice steeped in soul and can croon jazz, pop or roots rock with equal prowess. PACKWAY HANDLE BAND Packway’s “gather around the mic” approach to bluegrass provides sly, hearty original songs and renditions of classic tunes. The band’s close four-part harmonies are backed with energy, and the contemporary lyrics are delivered with a sense of humor. STRING THEORY Traditional, oldtime Appalachian music. WHISKEY GENTRY Toe-tapping Americana ranging from bluegrass picking to punk-inspired songs. SHANNON WHITWORTH Founding member of acclaimed acoustic quartet The Biscuit Burners with a sweet and smokey voice.

Monday 5 Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 KARAOKE Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday with the Singing Cowboy! 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 joined by a rotating cast of regulars on various instruments. Flicker Theatre & Bar 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ flickerbar RAW ASS TEMPLE Derek Almstead and Heather McIntosh begin their new Monday residency. Go Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar BECCA AND THE BLANCOS Experimental, lo-fi rock band featuring a quirky brass section. COCO RICO This local post-rock trio performs over experimental samples. STUNTS Austin based up and comers with catchy tunes carrying twinges of

Terrapin Beer Co. 5 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com VERNACULUS DUET Instrumental, Latin folk and contempory music played on violin, classical guitar and mandolin.

Tuesday, July 6

Woven Bones, Vincas, The Humms

* Advance Tickets Available

Caledonia Lounge If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, The Jesus and Mary Chain must constantly hide its face in its collective baggy shirt sleeve. More than 25 years since JMC’s incepWoven Bones tion and 10 since its breakup, an entire indie-cottage industry has sprouted of bands drawn to the Scots’ feedback-laden guitars, propulsive drums and deadpan vocals. Austin trio Woven Bones has been blasting this reverent noise-pop from tiny amps over the past year or two, releasing a string of vinyl singles to fervent acclaim. Last month, Chicago’s HoZac Records released the band’s first full-length, In and Out and Back Again, nine songs in 27 minutes of fuzz, ooze and ennui. The Los Angeles Times called it “a heavy, driving force to be reckoned with” and a “sonic experience.” The band has toured heavily all over the U.S. this past year, and its live show is as tight as it is loud (drummer Carolyn Cunningham even stands behind her pieces like Bobby Gillespie). Woven Bones often leaves unsuspecting peaceniks crawling for the exit, with decibels not meant for the cochleae. There are elements to singer Andrew Burr’s songwriting that are distanced from the Reid brothers. Sharing so many stages with the garage-rock scene must have slunk into songs like “Creepy Bone,” a three-note boogie hook that could appear on a Black Lips record. Lest anyone think Woven Bones a JMC cover band, the band is less the dim-bulb mope of Psychocandy and Darklands and more of the American live-forever fun of albums like Wavves and Good Bad Not Evil. The band has enough of an energetic vision and fighter scrap to produce some longevity, and Tuesday’s show is a chance to get in on the ground floor. It’s going to be good times, so hold on as long as you can. [Scott Reid]

melancholy similar to Pains of Being Pure at Heart. SUNSPOTS Bedroom psych-pop with tropical beats and airy vocals.

Tuesday 6 Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 KARAOKE Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday with the Singing Cowboy! Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $6 (21+), $8 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com THE HUMMS Local act plays what’s been described as “Happy Hippie Horror Rock.” Imagine the sunny side of ‘60s garage rock tainted lyrically by a quirky flirtation with evil. VINCAS Energetic, erratic garage punk with growling guitars, howling vocals and a bit of rockabilly blues swagger. WOVEN BONES Reverb-heavy garage rock for fans of Dum Dum Girls, Reading Rainbow and Box Elders. See Calendar Pick on this page. Doc McGee’s 8 p.m. $5 (musicians FREE!). www. docmcgees.com MUSICIAN ALL JAM Every Tuesday night Doc McGee’s presents Musician All Jam hosted by The Mike Delaney Project. Bring your instrument and sign up when you arrive to play. Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com QURIOUS This Atlanta group creates spacey soundscapes featuring dreamy female vocals, samples, synthesizers and freaky masks. THICK PAINT New band featuring Graham Ulicny from Reptar. ZONA MEXICANA Trio including former Ra Ra Riot’s drummer that

straddles the line between the precision of math-rock and the basementparty energy of hardcore. Flicker Theatre & Bar www.myspace.com/flickerbar OPEN TOAD COMEDY A unique open mic experience. The audience gets to pelt the performers who go over their six-minute time limit with foam rocks. Performers get in free but must sign up by 8 p.m. Go Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar AMERICAN CHEESEBURGER Athens four-piece that boasts former members of Carrie Nations, delivering rapid-fire, loud and aggressive old-school thrash rock. DAMNESIA Local band playing intense, demonic hardcore fronted by a female vocalist. Mistress Dislexi can scream with the best of them, her ferocity adding weight to the band’s political leanings. MUTILATION RITES Menancing Brooklyn-based black metal/grind conjuring images of human darkness and infernal entities. Little Kings Shuffle Club Athens Farmers Market. 4–7 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net THE PETER PANCAKES Upbeat songs via acoustic guitar, upright bass and Rhodes piano. TUMBLEWEED STAMPEDE LITE Adventurous and energetic dancejam-folk sextet play party music with folksy and surf touches.

singers and other soulful types. Every Tuesday. Sign up at 8 p.m.

Wednesday 7 Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 KARAOKE Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday with the Singing Cowboy! Boar’s Head FREE! 706-369-3040 KARAOKE Make new friends. Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com ARTURO IN LETTO Backup guitarist and brother of local artist Allison Weiss, AJ Weiss shows off his solo chops under the name Arturo in Letto, singing mostly sweet, melodic songs written in Italy about his time abroad. DYLAN GILBERT Gilbert writes catchy pop gems with a mastery that is far beyond his years. Big, sweeping melodies bounce along upbeat rhythms. BENJAMIN PAPILLON Frontman for Tumbleweed Stampede performs a solo acoustic set. Flicker Theatre & Bar 12 a.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ flickerbar SINGER SONGWRITER SHOWCASE Multiple musicians showcase their talent.

The Loft 10 p.m. FREE! www.loftofathens.com DJ DECEPTICRON Mixing today’s hottest house, electro, and club hits.

Go Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar THE FUZZLERS Goofy punk with a highly interactive live show.

New Earth Music Hall 9 p.m. FREE! 706-543-8283 POETIC SOUL Mon2 and Buddah host this new open-mic for poets,

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

Down the Line 7/8 Back Row Baptists / David Franklin & the Jardineros (Caledonia Lounge) 7/8 The Brothers Marler (DePalma’s Italian Cafe) 7/8 Soapbar / Tumbleweed Stampede (Farm 255) 7/8 Nathan Thomas O’Rourke presents “The Valley of Dreams” (Georgia Bar) 7/8 Tim McNary (Terrapin Beer Co.) 7/8 Anders Osborne (The Melting Point) 7/9 The Caribbean / Venice is Sinking (40 Watt Club) 7/9 Diamondback (Alibi) 7/9 Power Play (Buffalo’s Southwest Café) 7/9 Gemini Cricket / Mumpsy / The Howlies (Caledonia Lounge) 7/9 Dusty Lightswitch (Terrapin Beer Co.) 7/9 New Riders of the Purple Sage (The Melting Point) 7/10 Grape Soda / Second Suns / The HEAP (40 Watt Club) 7/10 Mike Eudy / Nathan Shepard and John Keane (Bishop Park) 7/10 A Postwar Drama / Nuclear Spring (Caledonia Lounge) 7/10 Witches (Farm 255) 7/10 VHS (New Earth Music Hall) 7/10 The Five Tones (Terrapin Beer Co.) 7/11 Ola Podrida (Caledonia Lounge) 7/12 Free Energy / Magician Christian J. Saslo / Mates of State / Nick Thune (40 Watt Club) 7/12 Apocalytic Visions / Damnesia / Kill the School / Wolves & Jackals (Caledonia Lounge) 7/12 Jazz Jam Session (Ciné Barcafé) 7/12 Raw Ass Temple (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 7/13 DJ Decepticron (The Loft) 7/13 Musician All Jam (Doc McGee’s) 7/13 Poetic Soul (New Earth Music Hall) 7/13 Cutman / The Future Now / The Matt Kurz One (Caledonia Lounge) 7/13 Boo Ray & Friends (Little Kings Shuffle Club) 7/13 Bloodkin / Stewart and Winfield (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) 7/14 Maria Taylor and Andy LeMaster (Caledonia Lounge) 7/14 Major Magick (Terrapin Beer Co.) 7/15 Baby Birds Don’t Drink Milk / Bandit Teeth (Farm 255) 7/15 Marty Winkler (Hotel Indigo) 7/15 Redneck GReece (Terrapin Beer Co.) 7/15 Beatles for Sale / Gimme Hendrix (The Melting Point) 7/16 Grains of Sand (Buffalo’s Southwest Café) 7/16 Elf Power / James Husband (Caledonia Lounge) 7/16 Tomorrow People (Terrapin Beer Co.) 7/16 The Highballs (The Melting Point) 7/17 Fiddle DW / Jake and the Jake Mowrer Quartet (Bishop Park) 7/17 Cloak and Dagger Dating Service / I Want Whiskey / Dusty Lightswitch / Ye Old Sub Shoppe (Caledonia Lounge) * Advance Tickets Available

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Call for Artists (Hampton Fine Art Gallery) Artists needed for the “Fourth Annual Locals Art Exhibition,” a non-juried show. One work per artist, $30 entry fee. Due July 1–3, noon–5 p.m. www. hamptonfineartgallery.com Call for Artists (Georgia Piedmont Arts Center, Auburn) Seeking artists to participate in upcoming art festival, “Harvest of Art,” in September. Register oonline. 404-202-3044, www.georgia piedmontartscenter.com Call for Artists Seeking submissions of digital video, film, performance and sound art of six minutes or less for “6X6,” a media arts event taking place at 7 p.m. on the first Wednesday of the month from March to August in the Ciné Lab. New theme and curator every month. July’s theme: Mystery. http:// hexadic.blogspot.com Call for Artists The Moonlight Gypsy Market is currently seeking artists, musicians and performers for its inaugural event to be held in August. Outsider, erotic, macabre, weird or dark art will feel at home here. moonlightgypsymarket@ gmail.com Call for Artists (Fringe Collective Artistic Studios) Now seeking artisans to facilitate classes/ workshops. 706-540-2712, moonmama61@aol.com Call for Submissions The EcoFocus Film Festival is now accepting film submissions for the local fall festival celebrating environmentally concerned films. Go online for requirements. Deadlines: Aug. 1 (short films), Jul. 1 (feature-length films). www.withoutabox.com, ecofocusfilmfest.org

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 Open Casting Call Seeking actors to fill two roles in a low-budget feature film. Interested males ages 18–30 who are able to travel to Taiwan for 3–4 weeks in August are welcome. July 1 & 2, 706-2544446, taiwanoyster@gmail.com

CLASSES Advance Directives Workshop (Two Story Coffeehouse, Second Floor Conference Room) Learn the basics of living wills. July 10, 9–10 a.m. $10. 706-850-7838, www.halowdr. com Argentine Tango Essentials (Athens Elks Lodge, 3155 Atlanta Hwy.) Workshop taught by Clint Rauscher and Shelly Brooks of Atlanta’s Tango Evolution. No experience or partner necessary. July 13 & 27, 6–9 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. Learn to work in charcoal or acrylic; try painting with beeswax in encaustic painting; create 3-D sculpture from metal, wire or plaster; or learn various approaches to creating your own abstract art. 404-5566884, www.bluetinstudio.com

Art Journaling Workshops (Fringe Collective Artistic Studios, 159 N. Jackson St.) Four-week workshops. Begins July 6 (adults) & July 8 (kids & teens). $75 (supplies included). 706-540-2712, moonmama61@aol.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 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/ person). 706-355-3161, www.good dirt.net 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.

Athens Area Humane Society

ADOPTION CENTER

Inside Pet Supplies Plus at Alps Shopping Center • 706.353.2287 Come by and see the expanded and improved Adoption Center! There will be adoption specials going on such as HALF PRICE for adult cats. These little blue-eyed all-white kittens were my fosters for a very fun eight weeks, but now they are ready for their forever homes. Sweet and playful, they like dogs, like to take naps in laps and they have perfect litterbox records. There are two little girls and a boy (in front). He is deaf and will need to live indoors in a safe environment. He’d love to be adopted along with one of his sisters or to go live with a very nice dog or cat, since he doesn’t like to be alone.

more cats can be seen online

athenshumanesociety.org

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Par Ramey’s watercolor exhibition “Dancing Naked Under Palm Trees” is at the Botanical Garden through August. 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 Open Dancing, Fusion Bellydance, Creative Movement, Zumba, Nia, Martial Arts, Poi, Yoga and more! See full schedule online. www.floorspaceathens.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 Figure Photography Open Studio (Fringe Collective Artistic Studios) Learn skills for photographing the figure in a studio environment. 18 & up. July 3, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. $30. 706-540-2727 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. 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 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 Modern Dance Classes (Floorspace) Rebecca Enghauser leads a 6-week mixed-level modern dance class. Email to register. $60/6 classes, $12/drop ins. www.floor space.com

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 Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy (Sangha Yoga Studio) Bring a journal to class and try to connect with your inner wisdom. For all levels of experience. Registration required. July 5–Aug. 23, Mondays, 7:15–8:45 p.m. $90. 706-613-1143, www.healingartscentre.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 Solar Water Heating Installer Certification (Call for location, Newton Bridge Rd.) Full day of instruction on how to install the Power Partners Solar Water Heating System. Includes a hands-on mock system installation. Lunch provided. July 1, $450. 706369-7938, www.completeresources. net 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 Yangola (Floorspace) A blend of Capoeira Angola and Hatha Yoga. Wednesdays, 6:15–7:15 p.m. 727433-6449 Yoga and Tai Chi Classes (Athens Wellness Cooperative) For beginners through experienced. See full calendar online. $14/drop-in,

$60/6 classes, $108/12 classes. www.wellnesscooperative.com Yoga Classes (Five Points Yoga) Classes in Mama-Baby Yoga, Prenatal Yoga and Forrest Yoga. Full schedule online. $10–$14/class. 706-355-3114, www.athensfive pointsyoga.com Yoga Classes (Bliss Yoga, Watkinsville) See complete schedule online. 706-310-0015, www.bliss yoga.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) 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, meditateathens@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. No more textbooks, please! 706-372-1236, ronwetherbee @windstream.net Teach ESOL (Call for location) Casa de Amistad is seeking volunteer ESOL teachers for Tuesdays and Thursdays. 706-202-2782, casa_ amistad_ga@yahoo.com Volunteer Gallery Sitters (ATHICA) ATHICA needs gallery sitters now through mid-summer. Visit www.athica.org/volunteer.php for info and email volunteers@athica. org to start. Volunteers Needed (Council on Aging) The Meals on Wheels Program seeks volunteers to deliver hot meals to homebound seniors in Clarke County. Volunteers must use own vehicles and are asked to commit to one day a week between 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. 706-549-4850, meals@accaging.org

KIDSTUFF 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 Beads and Hemp (ACC Library) Two-day workshop for teens to make jewelry with beads created from polymer clay and strung on hemp. July 21–22, 2–3 p.m. FREE! 706613-3650 “Caring for the Community All Around” (Sky City Lounge & Bulldog Cafe, 486 North Ave.) A dual basketball and writing clinic. 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 while exploring over 100 acres of fern grottos, springs, creeks and waterfalls. The five-day sessions run through July. $49–$199. 706-769-1000, www.ecocamp.org Family Fishing (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Fish in the hidden Claypit Pond. Bait, poles and tips provided. Call to register. July 10, 6 p.m. $6/family. 706-613-3615 Henna Workshop (ACC Library) Learn how to apply temporary henna body art. Ages 11–18. Call to register. July 15, 2–3:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 Kids Summer Day Camp (Silverthorn Farm) Register your junior equestrian for week-long sessions at this day camp just outside of Athens. 8 a.m.–1 p.m. $300/week. 706-548-8561, www.silverthorn farm.com Knee-High Naturalists (Sandy Creek Nature Center) A program of

age-appropriate nature exploration, animal encounters, hikes and crafts. For parents and children. Alternating Wednesdays, 3:30–4:30 p.m. $13. 706-613-3515, www.sandycreek naturecenter.com New Moon Summer Adventure Camps (Various Locations) Activities include hiking, swimming, boating and more. Fee includes all activities and travel expenses. For ages 6–12. July 12–16, 19–23, 8:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. $150/ week. 706-338-2892, newmoon preschool@gmail.com Pysanky Eggs (ACC Library) Learn the ancient Ukrainian art of Pysanky from Melody Ransom, an apprentice Pysanky artist. Students will decorate eggs using wax and colorful dyes. Ages 11–18. Must attend both days. Pre-registration required. July 7–8, 2–3 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 Read to Rover (Oconee County Library) Beginning readers in grades 1–4 read aloud to an aid dog. Trainer present. Register. 15 minute sessions, FREE! 706-769-3950 Summer Academy at UGA (UGA Campus) UGA Center for Continuing Education is now registering for its week-long summer programs for ages 11–17. This year’s offerings include Aviation, Dance, Bugs and Plants, CSI, Comic Book Art, Graphic Design, Film School, Mini Medical School and more. $199– $349. 706-542-3537, www.georgia center.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 ages 4–6. 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. $16. 706-613-3615 Swim School (Bishop Park) Now registering for lessons for levels I–V taught by an American Red Cross Certified Water Safety Instructor. Pre-school and parent/tot classes also offered. 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. July 6–29, Tuesdays & Thursdays, 6–9 p.m. $10. 706-613-3871, www.acc leisureservices.com Waseca School Biome Camp (Waseca Learning Environment) Campers explore the forest and learn about sustainability through art projects, community building 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) 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 for sessions beginning in June. Children will explore a wide range of art media in each session. This year’s theme is “Georgia Wildlife,” and the children’s work will be showcased in the members’ gallery in July. Schedule online. 706-769-4565, www.ocaf.com.

SUPPORT Alzheimer’s Caregiver Luncheon Program (Bentley Center) The Athens Area Alzheimer’s Support Group meets the third Tuesday of every month. Registration required and care will be provided for your loved one free of charge. Noon–1 p.m. FREE! Eve Anthony, 706-549-4850 Athens Mothers’ Center (St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church) Parenting is a demanding and important job. Meet with other supportive moms and dads. Tuesdays & Fridays, 9:30–11:30 a.m. 706-5528554, www.athensga.mothercenter. org Domestic Violence Support Group (Call for location) Dinner begins at 6 p.m. and group at 6:30 p.m. Children are welcome for supper and childcare is provided during group. Call the Project Safe hotline: 706-543-3331. Second and fourth Thursday of the month in Clarke County. First and third Thursday in Madison County. 6–8 p.m. Emotional Abuse Support Group (Call for location) Demeaning behavior and hateful words can be just as harmful as punches and kicks. Childcare is provided. Call the hotline: 706-5433331. Wednesdays, 6:30–8 p.m. Emotions Anonymous (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) Informal and supportive 12step program open to anyone with a desire to become well emotionally. Sundays, 4–5 p.m. 706-202-7463, www.emotionsanonymous.org Grief Support Group (Council on Aging) Meeting every third Thursday each month. 2–3:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-4850 Mental Health Support Group (St. Mary’s Hospital) Meets in the lobby conference room. Thursdays, 6:30–8 p.m. 706-7835706, www.athensmentalhealth.org Parkinson’s Support Group (Council on Aging) Meet up every fourth Monday for an open support group for those living with Parkinson’s Disease. 2:30–4 p.m. FREE! 706-549-4850

ON THE STREET Immigrant Rights Rally (UGA Arch) Join Uni2, a newly formed local organization fighting for immigrant rights. Wednesdays through July. 5:30–7 p.m. 928-814-3377, proinm.10@gmail.com

ART AROUND TOWN ACC Library (2025 Baxter St., Top of the Stairs Gallery) Paintings by Marshall Reddoch. Through July. Featuring work by students in UGA’s Lamar Dodd School of Art. Through June 30. Amici Italian Café (223 E. Clayton St.) Photography by Evan Leavitt. Through July. Anchor Gallery (660 W. Broad St.) Work by Brian Hitselberger, Janie Askew and Phil Jasen. Through June 30. 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. 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 30. 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 30. Five Star Day Café (229 E. Broad St.) “Fire Dance,” an exhibit featuring original photographs by Dena Maxwell. Through July 13. Flicker Theatre & Bar (263 W. Washington St.) Work by Nina and Dave Barnes. Through July. Reception July 10. Mixed media photography and more by Jillian Guarco. Through July 2/ Georgia Center (Hill Atrium, 1197 S. Lumpkin St.) “The 2010 Student Photography Exhibition,” featuring a collection of works by students completing the University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education Photography Certificate. Through July. The Globe (199 N. Lumpkin St.) “Athens GA, Photography,” featuring photographs of Athens landmarks by Darius Goes West photographer Kevin Wier. Through June 30. Good Dirt (510 B North Thomas St.) Funtional pottery and sculpture by Allya Macdonald, Crisha Yantis and Al Pellenberg. Through July. Atmospherically fired pots by Rob Sutherland. Through June 30. The Grit (199 Prince Ave.) Paintings by Jeremy Hughes. Through July 25. 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 paintings on silk of the Classic City’s skyline. Through June 30. Just Pho…and More (1063 Baxter St.) Work by

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 Native Sun Farmstand Open (Native Sun Farm, 1560 Jimmy Daniel Rd., Bogart) The local, allnatural family-run farm will be open every weekend through September. Stop by for fresh produce, a farm tour and a chance to make friends with a baby goat! Fridays, noon–6 p.m. Saturdays, 8 a.m.–noon. www. nativesunfarm.blogspot.com Powerspeak Languages (ACC Library) Now available through the Athens-Clarke County Library,

Sam Mach. Through July. Work by Richard Woods. Through June 30. 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. Last Resort Grill (184 W. Clayton St.) Glimmering paintings on rolled steel by Maggie Mize. Through June 30. 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 30. Madison-Morgan Cultural Center (434 S. Main St.) “Gary Hudson: A Memorial Retrospective,” an exhibit celebrating the life and work of the Abstract Expressionist painter. Through July 9. Mercury Art Works (Hotel Indigo, 500 College Ave.) New works by Art Rosenbaum and Margo Newmark Rosenbaum. Through August 27. Monroe Art Guild (205 S. Broad St., Monroe) “Art in Bloom,” featuring floral designs by Jeff E. Lott. Through June 30. Multi-Modal Transportation Center (325 Pound St.) Collages by Erin K. Meredith. Through June 30. 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. Speakeasy (269 E. Broad St.) Paintings by Will Eskridge. Through June. State Botanical Garden of Georgia (2450 S. Milledge Ave.) “Dancing Naked Under Palm Trees,” an exhibit featuring watercolors of nature by Par Ramey. Reception June 27. Through August. Transmetropolitan (145 E. Clayton St.) Photographs of Puerto Rico by Harper Bridgers. Through June 30. UGA Aderhold (110 Carlton St., Room 232) “Home and Away,” an exhibit featuring photographs of Georgia and abroad by Sally Hudson Ross. Through September. White Tiger Gourmet Food & Chocolates (217 Hiawasee Ave.) “Flower Show,” featuring paintings by Ruth Allen. Through June 30. Pop-up books, art quilts and other textile art by Gretchen Elsner. Through July.

Powerspeak Languages is a new online language-learning product. Call or go online to learn more. 706-6133650, www.clarke.public.lib.ga.us Summer Photo Contest Celebrate summer outdoors by entering your best digital photos of summertime fun in this contest sponsored by the ACC Dept of Leisure. Email photos to mylaneal@ co.clarke.ga.us. Entries accepted July 1–30. 706-613-3580, www.acc leisureservices.com/july.shtml Teeth Whitening for Charity (Various Locations) All summer long, Mercy Health Centre is partnering with local dentists to raise money for low-income, uninsured citizens in need of medical treat-

ment. Your donation will benefit this fund and your smile. Call or go online for a list of participating dentists. $250 donation, 706-254-9586, www.mercyhealthcenter.net Total Image Fitness Challenge (The Omni Club) The Omni challenges you to lose that body fat! Final weigh-in on Aug. 23. $2500 will be awarded to the contestants who win. Register by July 1. 706-369-3111 “Tri to Beat Cancer” (Sandy Creek Park) The Cancer Foundation of NE GA hosts a sprint triathalon in Sandy Creek Park to raise money for local cancer patients. Aug. 29, 7–11 a.m. $50. 706-353-4354, www. cfnega.org f

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reality check Matters Of The Heart And Loins I have a problem with this guy I know. He and I have been friends for years, on and off, I guess, since there have been long stretches of time when we didn’t see each other. We have always been fairly close, but never dated. He dated a good friend of mine years ago, but it didn’t work out, and I was able to stay friends with them both. Lately I have been seeing him a lot, and things seem different. I can’t tell if it’s just me or not, but I feel like there is some kind of something that wasn’t there before. I have just broken up with somebody I was dating for a few years, and things are pretty bad for me for several reasons right now, so I don’t know how or what I feel or if this is just wishful thinking or what, but I think there might be something there. Now, I know well enough that I shouldn’t be getting into anything since I just got quit of my ex, but I would be lying if I said I wasn’t tempted. This man has been so good to me over the years, and we have a lot of history, and he is very good looking. I don’t know if I should say anything about my suspicions or feelings because I don’t know what would happen if I was wrong. Not only would it be humiliating, but it might spoil what we do have for good. What do you think I should do? Not Ready Yet I think you answered your own question, NRY. You are too fresh from your last relationship to get into anything right now, and that actually makes things easier. Just remain friends with the guy, keep seeing him when you can (I assume you aren’t only seeing him, since you made it sound like you have mutual friends and keep landing in the same places) and let things move along at their own pace. If he says or does anything to confirm that he is in fact interested, then tell him you need some time to get over your last relationship but that you want to keep hanging out with him. Then do your best to actually stick to that. If nothing ever comes up, then no harm is done, and you will still be great friends. I have a big crush on a guy at work. There are two problems with this. One is that I work with a lot of young, free and flirty types, and I don’t know how to let him know that I am actually hitting on him rather than just being like everybody else. The other is that I am not sure I should actually do anything about it because I am technically his supervisor, and he is new and I am afraid that if all goes well it could cause problems but also that if it goes badly then it could be a real problem. We are both in our 20s, and I probably shouldn’t assume anything, but I can imagine how bad it might be if we hooked up and nothing came of it and then everybody we work with found out. The thing is, part of me doesn’t care because

I never, ever find guys that I am interested in that are available and smart, and I am afraid that if I pass up the opportunity I will regret it forever. Help! Stuck Standing Still Sometimes in life (as in cosmetics and perfumes), SSS, less is more. Get to know him a little bit better first. If you don’t flirt with him at all it might speak volumes when everybody else is acting that way with each other, don’t you think? Maybe he will be intrigued by you if you simply have real conversations and treat him like a friend rather than say, slapping him on the ass and making double entendres. This will also give you time to figure out if you really like him enough to pursue it further and whether or not you think doing so is risky. How risky this may be depends on your situation. Do you have rules (written or unwritten) at work about dating co-workers? Are you in a position to fire him, promote him, or give him a raise? If you are, then that would not only be morally iffy, it would also put you at risk of being accused of favoritism by other employees. Whatever you do, SSS, proceed with caution. See if this is the kind of guy you could sleep with and then face at work if it went horribly. Make sure he’s not the kind of guy who’s going to resort to locker room talk when your back is turned. And make sure the crush isn’t fleeting before you disrupt your whole work life over it. Then, if you’re really sure, you just ask him out. Skip all the flirting and the games, and ask him to go out with you on a day when you’re both off. Tell him you’ve put a lot of thought into it and weighed all the risks, and you decided that you want to see him naked. Or something.

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Confidential to HNAJ: It sounds like you have a lot on your plate right now and you are trying to stay on a particular path. I think your letter says as much as you need to say, and, no, you aren’t being a jerk, but you may be passing up a great opportunity. I don’t know how far she is from where you are going, but if I were you I would try to work her into your future plans. You sound like a guy who’s all “Been There, Done That,” and like you have possibly travelled a pretty hard road. The whole Lone Wolf routine is kind of played out. It works a lot better in movies. Consider the fact that this woman has known you for years, more than half of your life, and despite that, she actually still loves you. If you’re man enough to achieve everything you have achieved, then you’re man enough for her. And that’s really what you’re afraid of, isn’t it? Not being good enough? She thinks you are. I think you should prove her right. Jyl Inov Got a question for Jyl? Submit your anonymous inquiry via the Reality Check button at www.flagpole.com.

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2BR/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. No dogs. Laundry on premises. Call Chris (706) 202-5156 or chris@petersonproperties.org. 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/2BA Harris Place Apts. Close to Dwntn & bus stop. Incl. DW & W/D! Avail. August. $650/mo. Call (706) 546-6900 or visit www. ValerioProperties.com.

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645 Boulevard Calais 2BR/1BA. $655–$695/ mo. One of the most beautiful streets in Athens. Flat–style apts.,courtyard garden, W/D, DW. 14 units in this complex that is quiet & professional. Call today for an appt. Only 2 left to rent! (706) 548-9797. Visit boulevardproper ty management.com. Best deal in town! El Dorado 2BR/1BA & studio apts. in Normaltown. Free water, gas, basic cable & wireless Internet. W/D in 2BR units. Dog runs. $420–$675/ mo. Joiner & Associates (706) 5497371, www.gojoiner.com. Cute, sunny, 1st flr. apt. in home. 850 sq. ft., W/D, fireplace, recently renovated, private entrance, lg. fenced yd. Pets OK. $725/mo. incl. utils + Internet. Share home w/ UGA professor & artist. Can swap babysitting for reduced rent. (706) 227-0824.

Downtown 1BR/1BA Flat. $465/mo. Water, gas, trash p/u incl., fitness room, on–site laundry. Text “Columns” to 41513. www.joinermanagement. com. Joiner Management (706) 353-6868. Don't sign that lease until you see this place! Eastside. Preleasing for Fall. 5BR/3BA. Very lg. rms. Total electric. W/D, lawncare, trash p/u paid. Unbelievable $995/mo. (706) 621-0077. Downtown Apartment. 1BR/1BA. Clayton St. above Helix. $575/mo. Won't last so call Stacy today! (706) 425-4048 or (706) 296-1863. EARLY DEADLINE FOR CLASSIFIED ADS! We will be closed on July 5th for Independence Day. All Classified ad placements or changes must be submitted before 11am on Friday 7/2. Full 4BR/3BA available now! Quiet n’hood, responsive landlord! Less than 1 mile to campus! About $350/mo. utils incl. Call (706) 2541166 now if interested! Quiet duplex apt. 1BR/1BA Eastside. Lg. priv. lot. Convenient location. Ideal for grad student. $375/mo. (770) 725-2758.

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Special! 1st month free or $300 back at move–in. 1BR/1BA. Lg. rooms. Walk to UGA & Dwntn. Walk–in closet. Full kitchen. Cobb Hill Apts. $500/mo. (706) 546-0600.

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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Unbelievable Deal! $750/mo.! 3BR/2.5BA townhouse on Milledge. Pool, sand volleyball, basketball. W/D, all appls incl. On busline. Any lease signed before 6/15/10 gets 1st mo. free! Don’t wait, won’t last! (678) 462-0824. Westside condos. 2BR/2BA, $600/mo. Eastside quadraplex 2BR/2BA, $525/ mo. 2BR/1BA, $490/mo. Eastside Duplex 2BR/1BA, 475/mo. Eastside basement apartment 2BR/1BA. W/D, n i c e y a rd . $ 5 5 0 / m o . C a l l McWaters Realty, (706) 5493222, (706) 353-2700 or cell (706) 540-1529. 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.

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 Suites.Offices available 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. E a s t s i d e O ff i c e s 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 Suites for lease at Homewood Village. 1K–12,500 sq. ft. available. For more info call Bryan Austin at (706) 353-1039 or visit www. sumnerproperties.net. Retail Suites for lease at Homewood Village. 1K–12,500 sq. ft. available. For more info call Bryan Austin at (706) 353-1039 or visit www. sumnerproperties.net. Retail, Bar, or Restaurant for lease at Homewood Shopping Center. 3000 sq. ft. Call Bryan Austin at (706) 353-1039.

Condos for Rent 2BR/2.5BA condo off Tallassee Rd. No pets. $550/mo. (706) 202-0147. 2BR/2BA condo at Baxter/ Milledge Courtyard condos. Walk to campus, city bus, or university bus. Newly redecorated, new carpet, pergo kitchen. Available 8/10. Can see in advance, pool on site. W/D in condo. $850/mo. Call (706) 401-1259. 2BR/2.5BA. 1200 sq. ft. condos on Old Epps Bridge. 5 mins from Dwntn. $725–$850/mo. HWflrs., granite tiling, all appls incl. W/D hookups. Lg. outdoor green spaces w/ patios outside. Half Off 1st. month’s rent! Call (706) 202-9905. 3BR condo for rent. Woodlands. $400/BR. Avail. 8/1/10. Call Eddie at (706) 354-1212. First Month Free. The Wo o d l a n d s o f A t h e n s . Luxur y condo, 3 Lg. BR/3 private BA. Incl. W/D. Excellent condition, unbelievable amenities. Gated, safe, close to campus. Unit 804. $1200/mo. Available 8/1. Owner/agent. Call Robin at (770) 265-6509 or email robintdubois@gmail.com.

Duplexes For Rent $650/mo., blocks from UGA & Dwntn, 2 Lg. BR/1BA. 167 A Elizabeth St. W/D, fireplace, storage, rent incl. water & garbage. Avail. 8/1. Owner/ Agent, call Robin (770) 2656509 or email at robintdubois@ gmail.com. $795/mo. 4BR/3 Full BA. 10 min. to UGA, 233 Westchester Circle. Lg. living rm. All appls incl. W/D, sec. system. Avail. 8/1. Call Robin (770) 265-6509 or email robintdubois@gmail.com. $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) 265-6509 or email at robintdubois@gmail.com. 2BR/1BA. $650/mo., Milledge Court #20. Avail. Aug. Great 5 Pts. duplex, tile BA, HWflrs., great location! Visit boulevardproper ty m a n a g e m e n t . c o m . Call today (706) 548-9797. 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) 548-9797 or boulevardp roperty management.com.

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. 2BR/1.5BA duplex. 121 Sleepy Circle Dr. Close to UGA & 5 Pts. FP, DW, W/D, CHAC, fenced yd, some pets OK. $680/mo. ( 7 0 6 ) 5 4 9 - 5 0 0 6 , w w w. AthensCondoSales.com 2BR/1.5BA duplex. 111 Sleepy Circle Dr. Near Memorial Park. FP, DW, W / D , C H A C , s u n ro o m , some pets OK. $680/mo. ( 7 0 6 ) 5 4 9 - 5 0 0 6 , w w w. AthensCondoSales.com. 2BR Duplexes in 5 Pts on Hampton Ct. & Highland Ave. $675/mo. Avail. Aug. Call (706) 546-6900 or visit http://www. ValerioProperties.com/. Boulevard Area Duplex. 672 1/2 Barber St. 2BR/1BA. Recently remodeled. Super energy efficient. Total electric. W/D, DW, small fenced yd. Some pets OK. Available July. $650/ mo. Lease deposit. References req’d. Call (706) 227-6000. East Athens. Great 2BR/1BA duplex. On city busline. Fresh paint, W/D, DW, range, fridge, trash & yd. service incl. Pets OK. Available now! $550/mo. Call Mike (877) 740-1514 toll free. Quiet 5 Points Location!! 2BR/1BA, HWflrs., CHAC, W/D incl. $675/mo. Call (706) 5 4 6 - 6 9 0 0 o r v i s i t w w w. ValerioProperties.com.

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Westside upscale townhouse duplex w/ 2BR/2.5BA. Call owner/agent, Barbara Loyd at (706) 540-4111.

Houses for Rent $1100/mo. Great location! 3BR/2BA house. Walk to Dwntn, UGA. HWflrs, 10’ ceilings, DW, W/D, fenced lg. backyd., storage shed. Pets welcome. Drew (770) 826-2450. $1000/mo. 3BR/2BA house w/ organic garden about 1 mi. from UGA & Dwntn. Spacious in the Carrs Hill n'hood. Available 8/1. Call (706) 613-8525. $825/mo. 3BR/2BA, lg. house. 5 min. to campus. Popular Eastside, safe n’hood, excellent condition, no pets. (706) 207-7400 $770/mo. 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. $1200/mo. 3BR/3BA. Nice 1 yr. old house in Bridgewater. 1 mi. from Dwntn. Close to Oconee Greenway. W/D, DW. Lawncare incl. Available 8/1. (706) 2965587, BillyCrozier@aol.com.

$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. $680/mo. 2BR/2BA. 115 E. Carver Dr. 1.5 mi. from UGA Arch. Fenced–in yd. Tile & HWflrs. CHAC, W/D hookups, DW. Pets welcome. Avail. 8/1. (706) 614-8335. 135 Glencrest. $900/mo. 3BR/2BA. Great traditional house w/ a beautifully landscaped yd.!Call today (706) 548-9797 boulevardpropertymanagement. com. 1331 Dowdy Rd. 3-6BR/2BA. $1200–$1400/mo. 100 yr. old far mhouse located ½ mile from civilization. High ceilings, HWflrs., & good dogs welcome. A spacious house w/ 2 lg. porches. 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,boulevardp roperty management.com. 1 B R c o t t a g e 1 / 4 m i f ro m campus. 100 yrs old. HWflrs. Big kitchen. All appls incl. Front/ back porch. No pets. $700/mo. Avail 8/1. Call (770) 995-6788. 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. 2BR. W/D, DW, CHAC. Deck w/ swings. Dwntn. Walk to class. $595/mo. 185B S. Finley. (706) 714-1100. 2, 3, 4BR houses. 5 Pts. close to campus & other areas. Check out our website at www.athenslease. com, or call (706) 410-6122. 2BR/1.5BA + office. 5 Pts. Lg. master w/ BA. Great for Grad Students. Close to campus. W/D, DW, CHAC, Pets OK. Avail. 8/1. $800/mo. (706) 369-2908. 2BR/2BA upstairs over horse bar n, vaulted living room/ kitchen, large screened porch, lots of windows & view. 5 mi. of trails on 180 acres. 10 mi. from UGA. $750/mo., some work credit possible. (706) 207-4607, www.hawkescreekfarm.com. 2BR/1BA cottage on Johnson Dr. 2 mi. from campus. CHAC, HWflrs, fenced pet area. $550/ mo. No inside pets. $400 dep. (706) 202-0147. 2BR/1BA “A-Frame” house on Fowler Dr. 2 mi. from campus. Huge loft area, on bus route, total electric, CHAC. $525/mo. Special: Move in now, no rent until Aug. 1. $525/dep. (706) 202-0147.

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. 3BR/1BA. ARMC & Nor maltown. $950/mo. Available August 2. HWflrs, CHAC, FP, W/D. Lg. backyd, 1.5 mi. to UGA/Dwntn. Quiet street off King Ave. Pets OK. Heather (706) 8709019 or David (706) 757-8845. 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, boulevardp roperty management.com. 3BR/2BA secluded country house. 12 miles from Dwntn. $1100/mo. Or, If the surrounding 76 acres are not needed, then only $900/mo. New CHAC. Call (706) 340-7531. 3BR. W/D, DW, gas logs. Dwntn. Walk to class. Porch swing w/ rockers. CHAC. $385/BR, $1155/mo. 185A S. Finley. (706) 714-1100. 3BR/2.5BA house. CHAC, W/D. $1050/mo. (706) 769-4155. 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/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 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 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/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. $950/mo. (706) 340-7531. 3BR/2BA house on basement for rent. 145 Conrad Dr. 2 mi. from Dwntn. W/D, fridge, HVAC, band space. $900/mo. Call (706) 6137242 or (678) 232-7228. 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.

Block off Boulevard. 2BR/1BA, living rm., laundry rm., bamboo flrs., W/D, DW, CHAC. On wooded lot. $650/mo + dep. Available now! Call (706) 340-3890.

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.

Eastside Athens. Several nice clean 2BR/1BA houses in quiet n’hood. CHAC, deck, ceiling fans. Available Aug. 1st. $500/mo. $650/mo. Call (706) 340-4619.

6BR/3BA house, multi–family zoned. 2620 Riverbend Rd. Fully renovated, new everything, HWflrs., custom kitchen & BAs. $1800/mo. Avail. 8/1. Chris (706) 202-5156 or chris@ petersonproperties.org. Available Fall! 3, 4, & 5BR townhouses & cottages. Private BAs, HWflrs, W/D. Convenient locations. Prices start at only $325/BR! Contact us at (706) 543-1910 or Leasing@ LandmarkAthens.com. Adorable 3BR/2.5BA house in Winterville. Lots of storage, lg rooms, 1700 sq. ft., 1-car garage, fenced yd, 1/2 acre lot, W/D, DW, CHAC. Some pets OK. 6 mi. to UGA. $1,000/mo. ( 7 0 6 ) 5 4 9 - 5 0 0 6 , w w w. AthensCondoSales.com. 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. ARMC area. 3BR/2BA, band r m., fenced yd. $765/mo. Watkinsville. 3BR/2BA, all amenities, double garage, deck, woods w/ creek. $950/mo. Mall area, 3BR/1BA. $550/mo. Call (706) 549-4580. Available immediately! 3BR/2BA in Normaltown. HWflrs, CHAC, quiet street. Grad students pref’d. (706) 372-1505. East Athens. 3BR/2.5BA. Fenced backyard. Small pets OK. $925/ mo. (706) 207-3677. Boulevard Area. 915 Chase St. 110 yr. old Victorian cottage. Completely renovated. 3BR/1.5BA. 12ft. ceilings, CHAC, W/D. $1100/ mo. Water, garbage pickup & lawn maintenance included in rent. Call (706) 548-8789.

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. EARLY DEADLINE FOR CLASSIFIED ADS! We will be closed on July 5th for Independence Day. All Classified ad placements or changes must be submitted before 11am on Friday 7/2. 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. 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/. Preleasing for fall. 1, 2 & 3BR houses. Close to campus & Dwntn. Call (706) 255-0066.

Houses for Sale Elberton, Ga. Charming, restored home w/ guest house. 3BR/2.5BA w/ 1BR/1BA in guest house. Historic district, near Lake Russell & Athens. $132,500. (706) 498-8350, www. savannahvalleylandcompany. com//listing.php?id=138. 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.

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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, newly refinished HWflrs. 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.

Gardner’s delight. Just over the line in Jackson Co. this home boasts 3BR/2.5BA w/ an office on over 3.5 acres. The new owner will enjoy the many updates. Priced at $119,900. Call Frank Kelnhofer, Remax Top Performers, (706) 207-9767.

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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.

Roommates 2 roommates needed ASAP. $300/mo. utils incl. 4BR/4BA house, off Lexington. W/D, full kitchen, pet friendly. (478) 4422759 lv. msg. Full 4BR/3BA available now! Q u i e t n ’ h o o d , re s p o n s i v e landlord! Less than 1 mile to campus! About $350/mo. utils incl. Call (706) 254-1166 now if interested!

Rooms for Rent Full 4BR/3BA. Available now! Q u i e t n ’ h o o d , re s p o n s i v e landlord! Less than 1 mile to campus! About $350/mo. utilities incl. Call (706) 254-1166 now if interested! House w/ 2 extra rooms for rent. $350/mo each + utils. 1st month free w/ only $100 deposit. 10 min. from UGA! Call (912) 552-0522.

For Sale Furniture Pillowtop Queen Mattress set. Never used. Still in factory plastic. $260. Full size mattress set. Never used. Still in factory plastic. $160. (706) 769-1959. Delivery available. Tables, chairs, sofas, antiques, clothes, records & players, retro goods, & more! Cool, a ff o rd a b l e f u r n i t u re e v e r y d a y. G o t o A g o r a ! Yo u r f a v o r i t e e v e r y t h i n g s t o re ! 260 W. Clayton St., (706) 316-0130. ➤ continued on next page

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$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.

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Great cooks, bartenders & servers for Chef Lamar’s Iron Grill. 1155 Mitchell Bridge Rd., Athens, GA 30606. Please bring resume & experience.

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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.

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 & party band. www.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 serious & creative light engineer for live shows. Must own light equipment & be interested in contributing as a member of the band. Pay negotiable. Email leftfoot management@hotmail.com.

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Chief Executive Officer; Athens Community Career Academy. The Governance Board for the Athens Community C a re e r A c a d e m y ( C a re e r Academy) under the Clarke County School District invites applications & nominations for the position of Chief Executive Officer. The CEO will provide the visionary leadership necessary 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.

Reynolds Plantation is seeking full time Wellness Specialists. $11.70/hr. Line Cooks, $9.75+/hr. For more info & to apply, visit www. reynoldsplantation.com. UberPrints.com is hiring! Growing web company specializing in custom printed apparel is looking for the best & brightest to fill several key positions. Got what it takes? Go to UberPrints.com/jobs for openings & to apply! Write your own paycheck. Immediate opening for newspaper advertising sales representative for the Franklin, NC area. The Franklin Press, a twice-weekly community newspaper, has the perfect oppor tunity for motivated, organized individual to work w/ established & new accounts. Successful applicant will be self–starter w/ the ability to multi–task, goal oriented w/ excellent customer service skills. Candidate must be organized, possess strong time management skills, & be able to work independently. Previous sales experience pref ’d. Compensation package incl. base pay + commission, paid holidays, paid vacation, health insurance, 401K, opportunities for advancement. Send resumes to: Regional Ad Director, PO Box 350, Franklin, NC 28744 or email: dreeves@thefranklinpress. com. No phone calls please.

Opportunities Earn extra income assembling CD cases from home. No experience necessary. Call our live operators now. (800) 405-7619 ext. 2450. http://www.easywork-greatpay. com (AAN CAN). Government Jobs. Earn $12$48/hr. Full benefits, paid training. Clerical, Administrative, Health Care, Law Enforcement, Construction, Park Service, more! Call 7 days. (800) 8580701 x2011 (AAN CAN). High School diploma! Graduate in just 4 weeks! Free brochure. Call now! (800) 532-6546 ext. 97. Go to http://www.continentalacademy. com (AAN CAN). Local artwork. Island, ocean, & Appalachian art needed. Bring by samples of your artwork to 1155 Mitchell Bridge Rd., Athens, GA 30606. Please ask for Lamar.

Part-time Mystery shoppers earn up to $100/day. Undercover shoppers needed to judge retail & dining establishments. No exp. req’d. (800) 743-8535. PT position available. Assist electronic technician on service calls & in the shop. Some heavy listing is req’d. Call (706) 7699429 to schedule interview. Reynolds Plantation is seeking part-time Bartenders, $7.40/hr + tips, Foodrunners, $6.00/hr+ tips, and Servers, $5.00/hr + tips. For more information or to apply, visit www.reynoldsplantation.com.

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Services Child Care Nanny & pet services available. 21 yr. old female graduating in May 2012 from UGA in Early Childhood Education. References. Contact (404) 4059464 or syj@uga.edu.

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Sweet puppy looking for loving family. Female Boxer/Hound mix approx. 5–6 wks. Recovering from being lost. De–wormed, needs shots ASAP. Must go to home committed to having her spayed. (706) 4241244 if interested.

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