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pub notes How to Win Friends Friendly Skies News that the mayor and the airport commission have recommended a change of airlines from Athens’ federally subsidized carrier, Georgia Skies, comes as no surprise to some observers, such as passengers and journalists—Flagpole included. In our case, we had freelance writer Jeff Gore looking behind the anecdotal evidence of flight delays, cancellations and poor customer service, trying to determine if these incidents formed some kind of pattern.

Jeff had pretty much come up short, with little that could be used on the record to make a story, when he had a telephone conversation with Greg Kahlstorf: the president and coowner of Pacific Wings—the company that owns Georgia Skies.

According to Gore, Kahlstorf loudly threatened to sue him and everybody he talked to in connection with the story. Kahlstorf later called Flagpole City Editor Dave Marr and loudly threatened to sue us. Shortly, I got a call from local attorney J. Hue Henry, threatening to sue Flagpole if we wrote anything about Georgia Skies that contained false information. Duh! This is journalism, not aviation, but I instinctively distrust an airline whose president resorts to such bullying tactics, and I say good riddance!

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

There’s actually a lot of openness in the mayor and commission’s deliberations.

Do No Harm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Straight Talk on Health Care

The health care industry moves us around but doesn’t touch us.

Arts & Events Theatre Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Stages Are Full of Summer Fun

Local troupes are busy with first-class productions.

Art Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Local Folks and Their Fire

Shows around town include Carol John, Art and Margo Rosenbaum, and Nina Barnes.

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The edgy power trio puts one band to bed while making plans for something new.

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Since I’m supporting Gwen, it’s hard for me to take an objective look at the mayor’s race. I was therefore happy to run into a local observer of and participant in the local political scene (no, not Doc) who says he has not yet made up his mind among Nancy Denson, Spencer Frye and Gwen O’Looney. Our conversation reminded me what a fascinating race this is for somebody who enjoys analyzing and speculating on politics.

You’ve got Nancy, an experienced and skillful politician who, as an elected official (Tax Commissioner), has remained active in local Democratic politics and has kept her fences mended.

She has showed up for a lot of meetings, weddings and funerals and has lots of friends in all walks of life. She also, apparently, has the support of local Republicans. Our non-partisan elections—engineered by the Republicans—allow them to award their support without handicapping a candidate with the GOP stigma. Last time, the Republicans supported Charlie Maddox, and without their support it would appear that Rev. Maddox doesn’t have a prayer.

So, Nancy has her Democratic base and, in spite of her lifelong labors for the Democrats, she’s got the Republican base, too. Sweet!

Here’s why. With Nancy’s support stretching all the way from the “common sense” middle to the rabid right, she pushes Spencer and Gwen to the left, to fight over the roughly half the pie that’s progressive, i.e., liberal. At the same time, Nancy has got to hold onto her conservative constituency in such a way that if she ends up in a runoff against a more progressive candidate, she’s not too far to the right to win.

Spencer has support among the younger progressives; he has been around Athens playing in bands and managing the Habitat store, giving him a persona that resonates with the cool townies and the earnest activists, who are too young to remember what Gwen did as mayor back in the day. On the other hand, he’s an entrepreneur with property and investments, giving him appeal with local business people. But in order to make it into the runoff with Nancy, Spencer has got to get past Gwen.

Two decades ago Gwen O’Looney turned this town upside down. She kicked open the door behind which the establishment ran things and transformed local government in ways we take for granted today. She’s a tough cookie and a hard worker with her own diverse constituency. She doesn’t want to run on her past record but on how she’s prepared to grab hold of the present government and make it work better. That surely entails a confrontation with the present management, who can make mincemeat out of a less experienced mayor.

Well, my prejudice is beginning to show, and there’s a lot of campaigning between now and Nov. 2, and three weeks more after than, assuming a runoff. More on the commission and the school board later. Politics will stay hot around here probably all the way to Thanksgiving.

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the course of the discussion it finally became clear that the new tennis center would not be built in Bishop Park or Satterfield Park but probably in Southeast Clarke Park. Most who have been involved in that long and arduous ballet between the commission and the citizens feel good about the process and the outcome, though the tennis center advocates do not, yet.

Monstrosity: At that same agendasetting meeting the mayor and commission got a look at the new plans for a big, lighted-all-night RaceTrac gas station/convenience store on West Broad Street at Colima in the former Thai of Athens location across from where King Avenue debouches into Broad. The installation would require a new traffic light on Broad at King, and it eats up three residential lots in order to create the necessary distance to allow alcohol sales adjacent to a residential zone. Most commissioners appeared to be genuinely trying to avoid knee-jerk anti-business reactions, but Commissioner George The Cotton Club is giving its new digs at Broad and Jackson Maxwell remains adamantly opposed streets a complete facelift. Building owner Irvin Alhadeff says to this intrusion into a neighborhe insisted on it because the structure anchors one of the gate- hood in his district. Interestingly, the ways from the campus into downtown. big station slipped through the planning commission by a 3-2 vote in a selves about what Athens might look like in meeting where half the commission members 20 years, and they decided to open up the were absent. Planning Commissioner Dave conversation to more viewpoints. They asked Hudgins voted in favor, in spite of the fact Kevan Williams (who writes Flagpole’s Athens that he is running for the open commission Rising column) to kick off the discussion with seat in District 5, where there is a lot of oppohis magical mystery tour of Athens as it is sition to the RaceTrac project. and could be. (See issuu.com/kevan/docs/ threads?viewMode=magazine to get your mind Grassroots: 10th District Congressional candiproperly opened.) Discussion, indeed, ensued. date Russell Edwards, who is running against The next night the mayor and commission Paul Broun, Jr. (see below), is a finalist in met for the monthly agenda-setting session— the Democracy in America Grassroots All Stars open to the public and televised—wherein competition. Vote for Russell at www.grassthey go through the agenda for the next rootsallstars.com/russelledwards and help him month’s voting meeting and informally discuss win $5,000 for his campaign. The Grassroots all the items after hearing public comment. competition is tough. Pass it on.

(See Commissioner Kathy Hoard’s Behind the Rail report in this issue.) In Pete McCommons editor@flagpole.com

Paul Broun, Jr.’s Krazy Korner It’s official: Congressman Paul Broun, Jr. is all in as a member of the Tea Party. Last week he joined his BFF Michelle Bachmann’s Congressional Tea Party Caucus to form the most official Tea Party organization yet, the first one operating as a voting bloc in the U.S. House of Representatives. Since President Obama has had to answer for pretty much anyone he’s ever ended up in a room with, Congressman Broun will have to answer for this group he’s voluntarily joined. Leaving aside the stray crazy comments by rank-and-file members of the Tea Party, we can look to the group’s leaders to determine what Broun’s new party is all about.

Tea Party member and U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle has, on at least three occasions, proposed armed insurrection or political assassination, what she calls “Second Amendment remedies” to the federal policies she disagrees with.

Offered once, we might have been able to excuse the frightening suggestion—but Angle repeated the incitement to murder several times and to different interviewers.

Incitements to (treasonous) violence have been repeated by speakers from the stage at Tea Party events. Members often show up to protests dressed as American revolutionaries and talk openly about how the movement echoes that revolutionary era. The original Tea Party, after all, was the precipitating event to the bloodshed that founded the country.

Isn’t it a bit irresponsible to pal around with a group seemingly committed—as its very name implies—to violent revolution? But on second thought, isn’t a group that pretends it’s involved in revolution the perfect place for a guy who pretends the president is a Nazi dictator? Viva la make believe! [Matthew Pulver]

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What do we do with all the unfinished and in some cases foreclosed upon subdivisions of the county? These PVC farms (the rows of pipes sprouting from the recently turned red clay have an agricultural look) are not only out in the burbs, they’re also in more intown locales. The scale of these projects and costs also mean it will take a lot longer for them to be finished out, as compared to a single foreclosed home that might be fixed up by an individual or a family.

The ecological impacts of a half-built street are huge, not just in terms of the negative image of the naked landscape. These projects often have been left exactly as they were on the day construction stopped, even if that means fields of red clay are eroding into temporary or unfinished stormwater systems, with negative consequences for those downstream.

community is oriented toward a greenspace along a branch of Trail Creek.

Two houses the Land Trust is building in Forest Heights, designed by Lori Bork Newcomer (profiled here two weeks ago) did attract some controversy, although word on the street is that neighbors are warming up to the design now that construction is underway.

Likewise, the Land Trust is planning two new houses on Old Winterville Road, designed by another local, Chris Evans. Both these houses incorporate contemporary approaches to sustainable design and also allow local architects and designers to exercise their creative sides.

Going back to Cannon Drive, the Athens Land Trust has done a lot of great work around town in terms of providing housing, but I wonder if this project, with its comprehensive scope including both neighborhood issues and Kevan Williams

Open Government: Following in the footsteps of our vacationing City Editor Dave Marr last week, Sub-Dope was reminded that there’s a lot of openness in our local government. Take, for instance, the “Athens Vision” get-together hosted by Commissioners Mike Hamby, Kelly Girtz and Andy Herod in the Ciné Lab on Wednesday, July 21. The three commissioners had been talking among them-

Sitting just as it was when workers walked away, this abandoned subdivision is being reclaimed by nature.

The Athens Land Trust, a local nonprofit which has built over 100 affordable housing units and conserved 981 acres of land to date, has recently acquired one such foreclosed development, with plans to build affordable single-family homes on the property. The halfway-built street is a 15-lot cul-de-sac off Bray Street, a stone’s throw from North Avenue’s retail services and from Howard B. Stroud Elementary and the Fourth Street Boys and Girls Club. While the new street was originally dubbed Cannon Ball Run by developers who would have likely built student rentals, the Land Trust has decided to go with the somewhat classier Cannon Drive. The project will be built in three phases of five houses each over the next few years.

The Land Trust’s approach to building new affordable homes has taken on a progressively more sustainable angle over the last couple of years, with the design beginning to reflect those principles more visibly. While some earlier Land Trust efforts in neighborhoods like the Hancock Corridor resemble typical Neo-Craftsman infill which dominates new construction around town, the new homes are EarthCraft-certified. The EarthCraft House standard was developed in Atlanta and aims to encourage greener and more energy-efficient homes. Two of these new homes, completed in early 2009, are on Dallas and Waddell streets.

Fourth Street Village, while architecturally resembling typical apartment complexes of recent construction, does incorporate energyefficient features and also has some interesting features in its site plan. Notably, the

the houses themselves, could be something even more exciting than the 15 houses it contains. Certainly, the impact of an individual home for the family that resides in it is huge, and when it replaces a blighted property, that does help the whole neighborhood.

Could this project be a model of how new, affordable housing ought to be built around the country? Dwell magazine and Southern Living both build model homes which educate their readership about the latest innovative design ideas. The Make It Right Foundation, led by Brad Pitt, which works in New Orleans’ lower Ninth Ward, brings in the best contemporary architects to design and build new homes for the people there. Suppose this street were a collaboration with 15 regional architects with an interest in social justice?

With its recent use of creative local designers’ talents, the ALT is positioning itself as one of the most innovative and effective local agencies, in terms of planning and design, certainly more so than UGA or our Downtown Parking… excuse me… Development Authority. With the help of local landscape architects, could Cannon Drive overcome its cul-de-sac origins and function as an integral, environmentally responsible section of the urban fabric? Can the architects who design houses for this neighborhood move beyond construction toward inspiration, so that somewhere far from here people are discussing the great ideas coming out of Athens, Georgia?

Kevan Williams athensrising@flagpole.com

city pages an economic development tool that will bring tennis tournaments to Athens.

“I sorely regret that this project has caused so much controversy,” local tennis enthusiast Walter Williams (who wrote the project’s initial funding proposal) told commissioners.

Williams’ initial proposal—written on behalf A concerted campaign by park users to of local tennis associations—was to buy the “Protect Bishop Park” persuaded the ACC comold ball field adjacent to Bishop Park and mission to build the controversial tennis cenbuild it there; but land acquisition money was ter somewhere else—most likely at Southeast cut from the budget before voters approved Clarke Park, across from Wal-Mart. A campaign it in 2004. The ball field was subsequently of emails, yard signs and over 1000 petitionbought for a hospital. signers headed off the displacement of a softSome commissioners have balked at buildball field and basketball courts at Bishop Park, ing tennis courts on the undeveloped Whit allowing the Saturday morning Athens Farmers Davis Road side of that park (as suggested by Market to continue the site committee), there. Commissioners and instead ordered a But Lynn congratulated the plan (viewable at www. must now designate a new site for the tennis opponents for their civility: accleisureservices.com) center, which they may to build 20 new tendo at the Aug. 3 com“I never felt that we couldn’t nis courts along the mission meeting.

Lexington Road side, end our discussions with a Bob Sleppy was displacing some existone of about a dozen ing ballfields. Residents handshake.” citizens who spoke on along Whit Davis fear the issue at the July more traffic and light 22 commission agenda-setting meeting; the spillage, those commissioners said, and had voices of Bishop Park’s defenders “have been been promised that side of the park would heard,” he said. Commissioner David Lynn— never be developed. But “I don’t remember who had pushed for Bishop as the best site making a promise of that kind,” commissioner for the additional courts—acknowledged that Harry Sims said last week. “If we’re going to option “did not sink in with the public,” and look at Southeast Clarke Park, we need to look didn’t have the votes on the commission. But at the total picture.”

Lynn congratulated the opponents for their “This has been a very difficult issue for all civility: “I never felt that we couldn’t end our of us,” Commissioner Doug Lowry said. Park discussions with a handshake.” users feel very personally about their parks, The tennis center was proposed by local said Commissioner Kathy Hoard. “They always tennis players to meet persistent demand for refer to their park as ‘my park.’” additional courts during evening hours and for tournaments; it has also been pitched as John Huie

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capitol impact The Ox Is Gored When they fall, they fall fast. That will have to serve as the final word on the end of the political career of Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine. I have never seen a campaign collapse as quickly as Oxendine’s did in the last two weeks before the primary election.

Oxendine was the leader in every survey of likely Republican voters for more than year.

He raised more money than any of his primary opponents. Karen Handel, Nathan Deal and Eric Johnson for months tried to get traction in the polls and catch Oxendine but did not seem to be getting anywhere.

Oxendine knew how to run a statewide campaign, having won four of them since 1994. In two of those elections, he received more total votes than any other candidate running for statewide office.

He was definitely a Teflon politician. Over the past 16 years, the state’s newspaper and TV outlets had produced dozens—maybe hundreds—of articles about the various allegations of misconduct lodged against him.

None of these media reports appeared to hurt his standing among Georgia’s voters.

Oxendine kept getting reelected without major opposition and was the clear frontrunner during much of this year’s GOP primary.

After 16 years, however, it all seemed to catch with him at the end. During the final two weeks of the primary campaign, the period when voters actually start paying attention and make up their minds about races, many Republicans clearly decided they’d had enough of the Ox. Maybe it was the cumulative effect of all those media reports about Oxendine’s alleged misdeeds. Maybe it was the fact that some people who watched his TV commercials were turned off by his squeaky voice. Whatever the reason, about half of those who had been indicating in early polls that they would vote for Oxendine deserted him when the race was on the line. He ended up a weak fourth-place

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finisher with 17 percent of the vote. It was an amazing crash and burn.

Republicans are left with a choice in the runoff between Handel, the former secretary of state, and Deal, a 17-year member of Congress from Gainesville.

Handel ran first in the primary. She has the backing of much of the Republican Party establishment and benefited greatly in the primary by securing the celebrity endorsement of Sarah Palin. Handel also has deep connections to the outgoing governor, Sonny Perdue. She was an aide to Perdue at one time, and her campaign for the Fulton County Commission in 2003 was run by Perdue protégé Nick Ayers. Perdue’s media spokesman, Dan McLagan, is the mouthpiece for the Handel campaign. Dick Anderson, who was appointed by Perdue as director of the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority, is also working in Handel’s campaign.

Deal has a strong base of support in North Georgia from the years he represented Hall County in the state Senate and the U.S. House, and he carried a swatch of counties along Georgia’s northern border in the primary.

To catch Handel in the runoff, Deal would have to expand that base and somehow break down her support in the urban areas where she ran strongest: Metro Atlanta, Augusta, Macon, Columbus and Valdosta. He will also have to hope that Georgia Right to Life, the anti-abortion group that opposes Handel, has enough clout among Republican voters to bring Deal home to victory.

It will be a closely watched runoff campaign, one that is all the more remarkable because of the man who will not be part of it: John Oxendine.

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

behind the rail An Inside Take on Local Issues One of the issues receiving media attenupgraded roadway will provide new bike lanes tion and a great deal of input from our comand sidewalks separated from the road with a munity is the site selection for the SPLOST landscaped strip. The goal of the realignment funded tennis center. Due to the outpouring is to improve traffic flow and create safer of negative sentiment regarding even modified transportation options for motorists, bicyclists plans for the proposed Bishop Park location, and pedestrians. There has been some concern there is not adequate support from elected expressed that this street will actually be representatives for this site. Much concern has closed in this designated area. Not true! also been expressed about Satterfield Park as The list of projects offered voters in the an alternate site due to the displacement of November SPLOST Referendum will also be Little League activities that would ensue as a finalized. Of course, the jail expansion tops result. It appears that Southeast Clarke Park is the list at $77.5M with almost $2M in annual the most viable location for this project. I am operating costs. It, along with the expansion hopeful that our government can work with of the Classic Center at $24M (no operating the tennis association and area residents to costs to taxpayers), are the big ticket items. provide the amenities needed for daily tennis Some of the least costly items (under $1M) activities there as well as tournaments and may not garner a lot of attention but should win the approval of area residents when doing be of interest to most citizens. These include so. Stayed tuned… expansion of our current animal shelter, renoFriends of green space and alternative vations to the Morton Theatre, renovations transportation will have interest in the and upgrades to Satterfield Park and others.

Rails-to-Trails project. Once completed, this Of special note: although this SPLOST is pronon-motorized pathway will connect Old jected for an estimated 9.5-year period, minus Winterville Road with East the jail and Classic Center Broad Street. If recommenexpansion the sum total of Public policy is not dations are approved, ACC the remaining projects is staff will be authorized to aided by keeping one’s less than the total of our acquire the necessary rightcurrent SPLOST program. opinions to oneself! of-way from Old Winterville RaceTrac: the location Road to East Broad Street for this proposed 14-pump as well as move forward with the complegas station and convenience store is Broad tion of construction plans leading to the bid/ Street at Colima Avenue. The request is to award phase for the segment of pathway rezone the property from Commercial-General between Old Winterville Road and Poplar and Single Family Residential to CommercialStreet. Designated funds for this segment are General, Planned Development. An amendment $2.4M. An additional $7.7M (a component to the Future Development Map would also of the proposed SPLOST referendum) will be be required. The ACC Planning Department necessary to complete the remaining segments recommends denial. However, it was approved of this project. Of special note is recent news by a 3-2 vote of our planning commission. that the corridor is eligible for listing on the Supporters of the project suggest it would National Register of Historic Places. A special promote economic development. Opponents thank you to Dick Field, Chris Fleisher, Michael express concern that the project would introHall, Carl Jordan and Dorothy O’Niell for their duce more commercially zoned property into a early vision and long-term support of this residential neighborhood. vital community asset.

Public policy is not aided by keeping one’s Although the concept of realigning Hull opinions to oneself! Please take the time to Street has been around for the past decade, share your views on the above and other comthe mayor and commission recently elected to munity issues with your local representatives. revisit this issue after considering presentaWe care and we listen! tions by ACC transportation officials and the UGA Office of Facilities Planning. In addition Kathy Hoard to the Special Collections Library, this area is slated to be the future home of the Terry Behind the Rail is a monthly column intended to serve College of Business, the office of the VP for as an informal citizens’ guide to issues before the Research and Graduate Studies and other acaACC mayor and commission in each agenda cycle. demic buildings. The proposed reconfiguration District 7 Commissioner Kathy Hoard wrote this inof Hull Street between Baxter and Waddell stallment, and the other nine commissioners and the streets will run parallel to the existing Hull mayor have been invited to participate in Behind the Street, only closer to the parking deck. The Rail in the future.

comment On the off chance that there’s any interest out there in actual information, I’d like to set the record straight on the recent history of the tennis center issue. I have this thing about keeping the record straight on stuff like this: a quirk of mine. I’m just weird that way.

I’ll try to do this in as neutral a way as I can and leave it to readers, if any, to draw their own conclusions about who did or didn’t go about this with a decent concern for the community as a whole.

Here’s the basic chronology.

May 23—The Banner-Herald publishes a letter from me (onlineathens.com/stories/052310/let_643131229.shtml) commenting on the site selection committee’s report recommending Bishop Park as the preferred site for the tennis center. I suggested in my letter that the project be scaled down to consist of rebuilding the 11 courts already at the park and adding five new ones. That, I said, would give us a facility comparable to the Rome-Floyd Tennis Center, which the project’s advocates had held up as a model for us.

May 24—Some Normaltown residents, who’re just starting to pay attention to this issue, notice my letter and put me in touch with Bob Sleppy.

May 28—At Bob’s invitation, I join him in a meeting at Bishop Park with Commissioner Girtz. Working with a copy of the conceptual map of the Master Plan for Bishop Park developed by the site selection committee, Bob pencils in for Girtz the essential elements of the plan, consisting of five new courts and 11 rebuilt ones at Bishop Park. Bob and I think that this proposal is a no-brainer, since it would benefit all interests. It would give the tennis community a facility comparable in size and quality to the Rome-Floyd Tennis Center while giving Normaltown residents some substantial upgrades to existing facilities at the park. Girtz expresses great interest in our proposal and assures us that he’ll pursue it with other Commissioners.

June 1—Bob and I modify our proposal to consist of six, instead of five, new courts, rebuilding nine of the existing courts and repurposing the covered pavilion to serve as a multi-use events space.

June 5—A small group meets in Bob’s backyard to review a conceptual map that he’s produced laying out our proposal. He’s taken great care to address the positives and negatives noted in the site selection committee’s conceptual map for their 15-court Bishop Park plan.

June 9—At a meeting arranged by Commissioner Hamby, Bob presents his plan to Mayor Davison and Commissioners Hamby and Hoard. Although there is a question about

whether a couple of elements of the plan are legally permissible under Georgia law governing SPLOST, the mayor and the two commissioners find the proposal very interesting.

Commissioner Hoard, who has spent several years working with the tennis community on this project, thinks the proposal interesting enough to broker a meeting between Bob and Walt Williams, one of the authors of the original SPLOST tennis center proposal.

June 10—Bob meets with Mr. Williams at Bishop Park to review the proposal with him. Although Bob later describes the meeting as cordial and gentlemanly, bottom line: Mr. Williams isn’t having any and insists on no fewer than 10 new courts at Bishop Park.

Since there doesn’t seem to be any possibility of working out some mutually agreeable plan for Bishop Park, in a followup email to Mr. Williams, Bob invites him to collaborate on working out something for Southeast Clarke Park. That invitation going unanswered, the Normaltowners shift their focus from trying to work out some mutually satisfactory plan for Bishop Park to opposing any version of the facility there.

June 17—At the commission’s agenda-setting meeting, the mayor and commission spend nearly an hour discussing this issue informally after the mayor has announced that she’s postponed a vote on the tennis center for a month to give the various interests ample opportunity to work out an accommodation. From commissioners’ comments at this meeting, it’s clear that five of the 10 commissioners favor a site other than Bishop Park.

July 7—At a Leisure Services open house, county residents are invited to comment on a version of the Bishop Park plan that has been revised in light of suggestions from some commissioners at the June 17 agenda-setting meeting. A total of 236 comments are filed: 37 percent in favor and 63 percent opposed.

July 22—At the agenda-setting meeting, the mayor invites public comment. Only two speakers comment in favor of a Bishop Park siting. Walt Williams, who had rejected the plan for six new courts and nine rebuilt ones at Bishop Park, gamely pleads for an opportunity to reopen negotiations with Bob Sleppy.

And the other speaker equally gamely tries to revive the previously rejected six-new-courtsplus-nine-rebuilt–courts-plan. By that time, support for a Bishop Park siting, including that of its most vocal advocate, Commissioner Lynn, has evaporated.

If there’s any shame in this story, it’s a shame that both sides are going to end up worse off than they might have if the original Sleppy plan had been more favorably received

by Mr. Williams. If it had been, the tennis community would have ended up with a facility comparable to the Rome-Floyd Tennis Center and the Normaltowners would have enjoyed some upgrades to their neighborhood park. As it is, the tennis community is going to get a facility in a location that they have no enthusiasm for, and the Normaltowners will be losing out on park upgrades.

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Straight Talk on Health Care Why the rage in medical care? We’ll find tell them.” Your insurer tries to figure out how out. to kill you (“deny payment”) after you pay We demand care. Not “health care”: that’s the premium but before you need the service, officialese for the processes in medicine that without your suing. Your government thinks hospitals and doctors can legitimately bill you’re an X or O to fill a square on a board for to sustain “the health care industry.” We game, and, you find out, pretty much doesn’t are the raw materials of that industry. Our care what you care about. death and dying keep Blue Cross Blue Shield And that is what we are going to explore of Georgia a “trusted… leader” in health in this column. Why the rage? Why all the care (says their website) and make them a moving but no touching? Who’s making which big part of WellPoint Health Networks (2009 decisions and why? Who will take care of us total revenue: $61.3 billion; 2009 net income: and how? Can Athens survive as an autono$2.49 billion). “Health care” comprises the mous community that participates in a state processes that provide data on utilization or national plan but makes decisions that are of goods and services so that political and best for us locally? Flagpole is committed to economic decisions may be made about your finding out. life by, say, Sonny Perdue and Paul Broun, Jr. There’s little responsibility and less infor“Health care” comprises the disease processes mation in health care now. Terms like these that become the basis of abstract models of follow an inverse Google rule: the more hits, epidemiology to help determine how diseases the less anybody knows. Responsibility in are spread, and thus how they may be treated health care: 54 million hits; information in among populations. Experts say that public health care: better than 240 million hits. If health and epidemiology have saved more we knew our responsibilities, if we knew what lives than cardiovascular surgeons. we needed to know, would there be rage?

No, we don’t want There’s truthiness. There “health care.” We want to are information-ish words No, we don’t want be cared for. We want to be that seem to tell you sometouched, not simply moved. “health care.” We want thing (enhance your health, Insurance companies organic cancer care: read the to be cared for. move us from one spreadwebsites and the brochures), sheet to another. So do but leave you worried that government agencies move us. We are their somebody is pooping in your pocket while you things—only digitized objects. Political think you’re rich. But we seek care. We may speeches, whether by Mr. Obama or Ms. Palin be manipulative, self-serving, dumb enough or their buddies, move us. We are collectively to have dropped our drawers where we should their audience: a crowd. have known better, but we truly are grieved A crowd gives them pleasant dreams. But, and concerned. We have… well… cares. says theologian James Carse in Finite and For as long as we live in Athens, it’s our Infinite Games, we humans need and want home, and in our home we had better take to be touched: to know ourselves with and care of each other. That means, we’d better through another in a significant relationship. know who makes decisions about care, and We need and want to be touched when we fear how, and why. We’re in this together, like it we will lose a lose a child or lover, lose our or not. life from our own foolishness or die without To have a community of care, you need knowing how to say goodbye. rebels, dissidents, intellectuals, faithfuls and If you don’t want to touch, don’t be a docpissed-offs—all screaming at each other—and tor. If you are afraid to be touched, accept that’s Athens. If we have the passion to Call your fear and touch your doctor. Your doctor the Dawgs and woof all five times, we can care will touch you, even love you, and you will for each other. Flagpole is looking at Care in love your doctor. Honest.

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You think this is garbage? Then why are you and your doctor and your hospital and David Block your insurer and your government so enraged by each other? Think about it. You think your Dr. David Block, MD, PhD, has been a doctor, a doc “never listens but always charges for it.” teacher, a consultant and a patient. He is retired and Your hospital CEO worries that there won’t be lives in the Athens area. “Do No Harm” is a regular a hospital because his staff “won’t do what I feature in Flagpole.

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theatre notes Stages Are Full of Summer Fun Oconee Youth Playhouse: OYP will present Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka, the musical version of the popular children’s book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, July 30–Aug. 1 at the Oconee County Civic Center. Willy Wonka is directed by Terra and Shane Hannon with musical direction by Rachel Townes. Amy Coenen is assistant director. The cast of more than 70, ranging in age from first-graders through high school students plus a few adults, includes Simon Beckham, a seventh-grader at Malcom Bridge Middle School, as Charlie and veteran performer Bryan Shaw as Willy Wonka. Shaw played Father in OYP’s recent production of Children of Eden, and Beckham played Young Abel.

Shows will be presented Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m., with matinees on Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets are $16 for adults, $14 for students and seniors, and $12 for age 12 and under and will be on sale in the lobby of the Oconee County Dina Canup

There is no doubt that Athens is a center for music, but many don’t realize that Athens has become a theatre center as well. We have blockbuster traveling commercial productions, contemporary and classic plays and the theatrical equivalent of “garage band” original productions of various kinds. The richness and variety of theatre right here in River City (musical theatre reference) is simply amazing. At last count, including local high schools (and they should be included for they do wonderful work) there were 20 (!) theatrical performance entities in Athens-Clarke County and Oconee County. We have a huge selection of theatre productions which enrich our lives whether we are onstage, backstage or in the house.

So, what’s coming up this summer? Although many groups are not producing plays until the fall, these productions are certainly worth checking out:

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The Town and Gown Players will present The Lion in Winter July 30 through Aug. 8.

Town and Gown Players: the next Mainstage show is James Goldman’s dramedy, The Lion in Winter, running July 30 through Aug. 8, directed by T&G veteran Steven Carroll.

You may know the movie with Peter O’Toole and Catherine Hepburn or possibly the 2003 remake with Glenn Close and Patrick Stewart, but the stage play is wittier and sharper than the film versions. Newcomer to T&G, Joel Altherr as King Henry, will be working with well-respected local actors, Gay Griggs McCommons as Eleanor; Mike Smith, Derek Adams and Drew Doss as their three sons, Richard, Geoffrey, and John; Joanna Eldredge as the coveted paramour Alais and Matt Noller as the French Prince, Philip.

The next T&G Second Stage production is Neil LaBute’s Fat Pig, running Aug. 13–16. Rebekah Williams will direct Dan Foster as Tom, Amy Miller as Helen, Adam Shirley as Carter and Sherelle Patisaul as Jeannie. Ms. Williams, who has acted since she was 15 but makes her T&G directing debut with this show, says about the play, “…while the show is about the way society treats the obese, at its core the show is really about human weakness and how powerless so many of us are… [when] we are forced to take a stand and defend the things and the people we believe in. It is a universal fight that everyone fights on a daily basis that goes way beyond just the weight issue in the play. Labute… is able to ‘hold the mirror up to society’ in a jarring, but deeply meaningful, way that I don’t think any other playwright of our generation has been able to do.”

Check www.townandgownplayers.org for more information about both productions.

Civic Center one hour before each show. For more details, see www.oypoysp.com or email oconeeyouthplayhouse@gmail.com.

Athens Little Playhouse: The young performers at ALP are performing The Big Bad Musical: A Howling Courtroom Comedy, book by Alec Strum, music and lyrics by Bill Francoeur; directed

by Nonie Fox-McDonald and Kelly McGlaun Fields, with Stefanie Legato as musical director. The play is being performed by very talented youngsters ranging from age 8 to 16 and will open at ALP on Aug. 20 for eight performances. The play is the trial of the Big Bad Wolf for crimes against storybook characters.

The plaintiffs are Little Red Riding Hood and her Grandmother, who are represented by the Fairy Godmother. The Wolf is represented by Evil Stepmother, who has taken the case pro bono.

The Judge is a doddering old fool, and the audience is the jury.

Suitable for all ages! See the website athenslittleplayhouse.org for more info.

Did I leave anyone out? Probably… please send theatre information you’d like to share with Flagpole readers to theatre @flagpole.com. And catch some or all of the upcoming productions! You’ll be better for it. Remember: Theatre is Life; Film is Art; Television is Furniture.

Rick Rose Rick Rose has been a part of the area theatre scene for more than 20 years and has recently retired as Chair of the Theatre Department at Piedmont College in Demorest, GA.

art notes Local Folks and Their Fire Big and Bold: Currently on view right now at Ciné is “Not Chrysanthemum,” a handsome show of really, really big paintings by one of Athens’ most talented abstractionists, Carol John. John’s monumental works nicely fill the space to a point that it would be fair to call her show an installation of paintings, as opposed to an exhibition. But, whatever, laboring over the nerd-speak is largely beside the point; John’s paintings this time around are somewhat simpler in execution, but

Carol John’s paintings are on display at Ciné through Aug. 15. no less obsessive than her previous efforts. On the scale that they are (huge!), and the space in which they’re hung (tight!), that was certainly a well-calculated decision. The gigantic blooms that make up the bulk of the works vibrate visually, even at a close distance. Repetition and seduction, John’s true subject matter, are at work in full force—her forms swim, wiggle, dance and expand with prolonged viewing. Her palette, vaguely reminiscent of design from a forgotten era, is another considerable strength, but the restraint exercised here marks a shift from previous efforts. Her obsessive mark-making is present, but the variety has been substantially curtailed. John is exhibiting several new strategies with these pieces, and as well as they’re working for her, I’m even more curious to see what comes next. For now, “Not Chrysanthemum” is on display in the entrance corridor of Ciné. Big, beautiful and recommended.

Dynamic Duo: My only regret about being born on July 10 is that I attended my own birthday party, as opposed to Nina Barnes and David Barnes’ opening reception for their current exhibition at the Flicker Theatre & Bar. Luckily for me (and

you too, reader), the work is still on display, and Nina’s work even graced the cover of Flagpole (7/14). It’s a task to put the show into words, as there’s really so much going on. Nina brings a tremendous set of skills to her work, combining handdrawing, collage, digital manipulations and a sophisticated sense of color and visual texture to create engaging, mediumformat prints brimming with energy (you may have seen her design for Of Montreal’s Skeletal Lamping). David’s ostensibly modest doodles and drawings nestle themselves between Nina’s prints, although the twisting and turning of his idiosyncratic shapes are as alluring and menacing as Nina’s prints are colorful and elegant.

Needless to say, this is quite the pair.

Speaking of Artist Teams: I’ve dropped by the gallery on the first floor of Hotel Indigo three times now to check out the most recent show of Art Rosenbaum and Margo Newmark Rosenbaum’s paintings, drawings and photographs (paintings and drawings for former, photos for the latter). I may have to go back again. The exhibition, organized by Mercury Art Works, pairs the efforts of this artist couple against one another within the space’s signature clean, elegant backdrop. The work looks great.

Viewers are initially greeted by a collection of Margo’s austere black and white photographs, clustered together in a recessed wall cavity, featuring a collection of folk singers from (I would imagine) all over the South. These are set against a separate body of images, all digital, depicting scenes from Asia and Ecuador. Despite the fact that the black and white photos predate her digital prints by almost 30 years, similarities between both bodies of work are present. Her interest in capturing the communal celebrations of a region’s indigenous peoples’ public performances of sacred rituals is strong—so strong that it has lasted 30 years and taken her around the globe.

Of course, Art Rosenbaum’s reputation precedes him, certainly in these pages.

A veteran painter, former UGA professor, decorated musician and artist, the range of Rosenbaum’s considerable talent is on display here. His recent self-portrait piece, “Painting Fire,” accurately describes what seems to be his life’s mission: the nailing down of a fleeting, amorphous moment.

Whether it’s painting fire, archiving folk musicians or creating epic narrative paintings of musicians and artists, Rosenbaum’s intent is always fearless. What this particular display of his work re-emphasizes is the artist’s lifelong love affair with line.

Close viewing of his (exquisite) charcoal drawings on paper make one precisely aware of how much of Rosenbaum’s paintings rely on that same forceful mark that spiders its way through so much of his work. Nowhere is this more apparent than his triptych in casein at the left side of the gallery, where his milk-based paint lines stack on top of one another like Lincoln Logs to create his narratives. If you’re unfamiliar with the Rosenbaums or their work, prepare yourselves for a treat. However, to get the whole picture, don’t miss the accompanying musical performance for the exhibition on Aug. 12, in the Rialto Room at Hotel Indigo.

Shameless Promotion in the Guise of News: Local artist and Athens fixture Jennifer Hartley is currently featured in a new online literary journal, Marco Polo Quarterly. The journal, which features poetry, short fiction, essays and interviews in addition to artists is currently online-only, taking submissions, and (surprise!) edited and designed by Darin Beasley and myself. View it at www.marcopoloquarterly.com.

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movie dope Some releases may not be showing locally this week.

THE A-TEAM (PG-13) “The A-Team” may hail from one of TV’s cheesier eras, but the only way the movie could work is with respect for the material.

Otherwise, the soufflé would deflate into unsuccessful parody à la “The Dukes of Hazzard” movie. Carnahan and his screenwriter pals, actor Brian Bloom and Skip Woods, walk the line perfectly. The A-Team is sublimely ridiculous. But that’s why they’re the A-Team.

CATS & DOGS: THE REVENGE OF KITTY GALORE (PG) Ugh. In this long-unawaited sequel to 2001’s Cats & Dogs, the pets take a timeout from duking it out for domestic dominance to take out a rogue cat, Kitty Galore (v. Bette Midler), bent on conquest.

Other famous voices include Alec Baldwin, Michael Clarke Duncan, Chris O’Donnell, Joe Pantoliano, Jack McBrayer, Fred Armisen, Carlos Alazraqui, Paul Rodriguez and the glorious Roger Moore. I just don’t see any way in hell this family flick could be remotely good.

CHARLIE ST. CLOUD (PG-13) Charlie St. Cloud (Zac Efron) is torn up by the death of his younger brother, Sam. To keep their relationship alive, Charlie takes a caretaker job at the cemetery, where he can play catch and have nightly chats with Sam. When Charlie falls in love, he must choose between the new girl and his dead bro.

Burt Steers previously directed Efron in 17 Again, though he received more critical love for his first film, Igby Goes Down.

DESPICABLE ME (PG) Despicable Me may be no Toy Story 3, but the animated feature is as funny and entertaining as any other kiddie film released this year. Bald Bondian supervillain Gru (v. Eastern European Steve Carell) needs a big score to prove he’s no over-the-hill baddie after evil new kid on the block, Vector (v. Jason Segel), steals a pyramid. Ever resourceful, Gru plots to steal the moon via shrinkray. To complete his scheme, the evil genius adopts three little girls—Margo (v. Miranda Cosgrove), Edith and Agnes—with whom he falls in fatherly love. This reverse Lemony Snicket (evil dude adopts three orphans) works for its laughs, rarely going for the cheap, kids’ll-laugh-at-anything humor that plagues the majority of animated fare.

DINNER FOR SCHMUCKS (PG-13) Folks are digging the trailers for Meet the Parents director Jay Roach’s new comedy, and its cast—Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, “Flight of the Conchords’” Jemaine Clement, Zack Galifianakis, Bruce Greenwood, David “Little Britain” Walliams, and Ron Livingston— betrays why. Rudd plays Tim, a rising executive tasked with finding the biggest buffoon for his boss’ monthly “dinner for idiots.” Tim thinks he might have found the right dummy for the job in Carell’s IRS employee, Barry.

THE EXTRA MAN (R) When eccentric literature professor and failed playwright Henry Harrison (sounds like a role made for Kevin Kline) is not escorting Upper East Side widows to their various events, he is assisting aspiring playwright (and crossdresser) Louis Ives (Paul Dano, There Will Be Blood) to rise in his chosen field.

Hopefully, American Splendor directors Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini can recover from The Nanny Diaries. Based on the novel by Jonathan Ames.

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. With 109 minutes of laughter and Apatowian affection, Get Him to the Greek is the summer’s best comedy to date. k GET LOW (PG-13) Talk about casts. Director Aaron Schneider (an Oscar winner for the short Two Soldiers) convinced two Oscar winners, Robert Duvall and Sissy Spacek, and an Oscar nominee, Bill Murray, to grace his feature debut. Felix Bush, a hermit living in the backwoods of 1930s Tennessee (Duvall) throws his own funeral. The festival buzz is huge.

Duvall could generate award heat if Murray doesn’t steal his thunder as a funeral parlor owner. With Lucas Black, Gerald McRaney and Crazy Heart filmmaker Scott Cooper.

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

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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.

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON (PG) How to Train Your Dragon is a terrific computer-generated animated feature, and the first I recommend you should watch in 3D. As great as it is for families (if I had a kid, I would rush out to see it with him/her), Dragon left me breathless at the animation and kind of bored with the familiar story and tired pop culture jokes.

IMAGINARY WITNESS (NR) 2004.

The subtitle pretty much says it all.

Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust, narrated by Gene Hackman, documents the evolving, mostly unknown 60-year relationship between America’s movie capital and the horrors of Nazi Germany. Winner of the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the Hamptons International Film Festival and the Special Jury Award for Documentary Research at the Ft.

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. KICK-ASS (R) Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson) is your average nobody teen, masturbating to images of his booby, middle-aged English teacher while dreaming of his school’s Mary Jane, Katie Deauxma (Lyndsy Fonseca). One day, Dave gets the stupid/bright idea of becoming a real-live superhero.

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INCEPTION (PG-13) Mysterious thief Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a mastermind at stealing from your mind.

He and his team will forge your dreamscape, infiltrate it and extract whatever valuable secrets you are trying to hide. After a high-profile failure, Cobb receives the offer of a lifetime from former mark, Saito (Ken Watanabe).

Complete one especially tough job of inception (the nigh-impossible task of planting an idea in someone’s mind), and Cobb, a fugitive from justice, can finally return home. A perfect summer blockbuster that is also an Oscar contender (for set design and cinematography), the thrillingly original Inception is the cinematic equivalent of an intelligent, bestselling beach-read, well written enough to aspire higher but entertaining enough for mass appeal.

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

JONAH HEX (PG-13) The latest comic-to-screen adaptation, DC Comics’ Jonah Hex, could have been worse. It could have been extended

His dangerous lifestyle leads him to an honest-to-god dynamic duo, Big Daddy (a bad-stached Nicolas Cage, whose ill-conceived interpretation of the character should have been nipped in the bud) and Hit-Girl (Chloë Grace Moretz). Naturally, a villain arises to challenge our band of everyday heroes.

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.

THE LAST AIRBENDER (PG) M. Night Shyamalan, the arrogant writerdirector so maligned after a devastating trifecta that concluded with 2008’s The Happening, smartly streamlines the first 20 episodes of Nickelodeon’s Peabody Award-winning cartoon, “Avatar: The Last Airbender.” Airbender Aang (Noah Ringer) is the legendary Avatar, thawed out after a hundred-year deep freeze by Waterbender Katara (Nicola Peltz) and her doofy brother, Sokka (Eclipse’s Jackson Rathbone).

Now he must learn how to bend the other three elements (water, earth and fire) in order to defeat the Fire Nation, which looks to rule the world. M. Night’s grandiose, almost operatic seriousness of purpose actually benefits

the transition of the deceptively deep, often silly cartoon to the big screen.

Nonetheless, I miss the childish fun of toon Aang. The Last Airbender lacks the fantastical awe that made the show’s universe like a brilliant little brother to Star Wars or Lord of the Rings, and no one will prefer it to the cartoon. Still, I’m ready for Book Two. MARMADUKE (PG) So the comic strip canine becomes a live-action movie, and Owen Wilson voices the teenaged Great Dane. I am sure the kiddies will eat this up just as greedily as they did both Alvin and the Chipmunks movies. Lee Pace (“Pushing Daisies”) and Judy Greer star as Marmaduke’s human owners, while a slew of familiar actors—Emma Stone, Ron Perlman, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Jeremy Piven, Steve Coogan, Fergie, George Lopez—give voice to the animal kingdom. Directed by Tom Dey (Shanghai Noon, Failure to Launch).

MICMACS (R) In Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s first film since 2004’s A Very Long Engagement, the quirky French auteur seems to be returning to the stranger fare of his popular team-ups with Marc Caro. Bazil (Dany Boon), recently recovered from a bullet to the brain, and a group of junk dealers plot vengeful destruction on two major arms manufacturers. I am excited about seeing a new eccentric vision from Jeunet.

Nominated for three Césars (not surprisingly Best Costume Design, Best Production Design and Best Sound).

PREDATORS (R) A group of elite human warriors—including Adrien Brody, Alice Braga, Laurence Fishburne, Walton Goggins, Danny Trejo and Topher Grace (?!)—must elude more than one of the universe’s ultimate hunters. Robert Rodriguez’s name may sit above the title, but he is only exec-producing this reboot of the Predator franchise. Nimrod Antal is directing; his previous movies (Vacancy, Armored) were competent, if not stellar genre entries. I look for Predators to satisfy in similar fashion.

RAMONA AND BEEZUS (G) Beverly Cleary’s classic kid, Ramona, comes to the big screen. Ramona Quimby (Joey King) is a grade-schooler that gets in a lot of trouble. Beezus (Selena Gomez) is her older sister, Beatrice. John Corbett and Bridget Moynahan play the Quimby parents, Bob and Dorothy, and Ginnifer Goodwin and Josh Duhamel as Aunt Bea and Uncle Hobart. Sandra Oh is Mrs. Meacham. These names will mean something to anyone that grew up reading these terrific books. I am more than a little bit excited about this movie.

ROBIN HOOD (PG-13) On paper, a realistic, “historically accurate” version of the Robin Hood myth from the Gladiator team and super-producer Brian Grazer read like a dynamite summer blockbuster, but in reality, a dour, dark, incredibly anachronistic (everyone is a feminist, ecumenical, Enlightenment philosopher) Robin Hood is no Robin Hood at all.

SALT (PG-13) An obvious attempt to create a female Jason Bourne (or Jane Bond), Salt adequately accomplishes its mission, though I do not anticipate audiences clamoring for a sequel. Where Bourne was a spy who had come in from the Cold War, Salt revels in the old world politics of us versus Russia. Evelyn Salt (Angelina Jolie) is a CIA operative until the day

she is fingered as a mole by a Russian defector. On the run, she must save her hubby, clear her name, and avert nuclear war, pretty much in that order.

A satisfactory spy thriller unburdened by topical sensitivity, Salt may have fared better as a fall or winter release.

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.

An investigator, Benjamin Esposito (Ricardo Darin), begins a novel of an unsolved rape/murder that has haunted him for 25 years.

SEVEN SAMURAI (NR) 1954. In 16th-century Japan, a band of samurai warriors (including Kurosawa regular Toshiro Mifune) protect a village from an army of bandits. The most famous of Kurosawa’s revered filmography, Seven Samurai inspired The Magnificent Seven, Stephen King’s The Wolves of the Calla and so much more. An Academy Award nominee for Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design, Seven Samurai won the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival.

THE SORCERER’S APPRENTICE (PG) Disney hips up its seminal Fantasia sketch with Nic Cage as a curiously coiffed wizard backed up by his National Treasure director, Jon Turteltaub. A master sorcerer, Balthazar Blake (Cage), recruits a regular dude, Dave Stutler (Jay Baruchel), to help him defeat his arch-nemesis, Maxim Horvath (Alfred Molina).

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (NR) 1962. This week’s classic, the Academy Award-winning adaptation of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, is one of the greatest Hollywood films of all time. Gregory Peck justly won Best Actor for his portrayal of the stalwart Atticus Finch. Look for Robert Duvall in his brief feature film debut.

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. THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE (PG-13) Bella (Kristen Stewart) is, like, so in love with Edward (Robert Pattinson), who’s a vampire, but she’s also in love with Jacob (Taylor Lautner), who turns into a giant wolf.

And Jacob rarely wears a shirt. (OMG, he is so hot.) Well, a bitchy redheaded vampire named Victoria (Bryce Dallas Howard) wants to kill Bella so she creates an army of newborn vamps (they’re, like, totally stronger than older vamps). But the Cullens—that’s Edward’s vampire family—and Jacob’s wolf pack totally put aside their differences to protect Bella.

VALHALLA RISING (R) Valhalla Rising follows the journey of mystery man One-Eye (Danish hulk Mads Mikkelsen) who transforms from a slave to a warrior in search of redemption. One-Eye, a Norse mute with (spoiler alert) one eye, discovers that his vision dramatically improves in his sleep; he can dream the future. Long imprisoned and routinely pitted against other captive criminals in Gladiatoresque death matches, One-Eye finds his escape in a dream and boards a Viking vessel into the unknown with the Christian Crusade, accompanied by a slave boy, Are (Maarten Stevenson).

The big-budget Danish film premiered in 2009 at the Venice Film Festival.

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movie pick A Great Depression WINTER’S BONE (R) A third-world post-apocalypse right in the middle of the USA, places do not come much more freezing cold or dull-gray depressing than the Ozarks, and director Debra Granik (Down to the Bone) drops viewers off with a promise to pick them up in two hours.

She’d better, because I doubt most could survive there like 17-year-old protagonist Ree Dolly (Jennifer Lawrence).

The people living in the Ozark Mountains can be as cold and hard as the land itself. Ree knows this firsthand.

The teen is responsible for raising her younger brother and sister on her own; mom’s crazy and dad’s a meth-cooking no-show. When her father, Jessup, puts their house and timberland up as bond and does not show for his court date, Ree has to find him before they are evicted.

Winding her way through the satellite dishes, barking dogs and trash, she visits her neighbors, most of them watered-down relatives and none of them close enough to make walking distance anything more than a generous term. Asking questions amid the myriad of meth-cooking signifiers is a good way to get yourself killed, kinfolk or not, but Ree has little choice.

Winter’s Bone can be as creepy as the Texas Chain Saw Massacre. The menace Ree is confronting while seeking her father is real and tangible. It’s not some crazy dude in a flesh mask. The bad guys in Winter’s Bone are poor, ornery abusers raised by poor, ornery abusers for generations. And the women are no better; Dale Dickey (Patti the day-hooker from “My Name Is Earl”) is chilling as the big man’s wife, ringleader of a gang of her sisters. Ree’s own uncle, Teardrop (John Hawkes, “Deadwood”), is one scary MF. But Ree is Ozarkborn and bred (and buttered) and afraid of no one. In what’s sure to be one of the year’s most talked about breakout performances, Lawrence nails Ree, who joins Precious and Fish Tank’s Mia in a steadily growing sub-genre—the poor teen girl comes-of-age drama. Of the three, Ree is easily the most proactive, positive protagonist, yet her future is the dimmest. Lawrence’s is much brighter; hopefully, her tiny film can garner enough awards/buzz to win her—and possibly it—Oscar recognition among the year’s best films.

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threats & promises record reviews Music News And Gossip Please Help: A benefit show for decades-long Athens musician Greg Veale will take place at the 40 Watt on Friday, July 30. Veale recently suffered a stroke which, among other complications, has left him permanently blind in one eye. A founding member of the Normaltown Flyers, Veale is also known for his work with Rack of Spam, Ravenstone and other classic Athens bands. Performing for his benefit are The Rattlers, Strawberry Flats and the current incarnation of The Normaltown Flyers.

Veale has stated that he may attend the show

Greg Veale and even perform a couple of songs with the band if he feels up to it. Athens music retailer Chick Piano has donated a guitar, which is autographed by all participants, to be auctioned during the event. Autographed items from R.E.M. and a signed poster of Widespread Panic will also go to the highest bidder. Greg, we’re all pulling for you here at Flagpole, and everyone should have friends as good as yours.

Left of the Dial: Local multi-media promotion company Team Clermont will celebrate its 13th anniversary this week with a party at Go Bar. It happens on Saturday, July 31, and former Athenians Snowglobe will play a set, and DJ Urbn Turbn will spin records. The event is free and begins at 9 p.m. Go give ‘em a pat on the back. Maybe they’ll cut your band a deal.

The Spice of Life: A couple of weeks back I mentioned the Poetic Soul open mic night and told you it’s hosted by Montu Miller. Well, it’s also hosted by Showyn “Al Gorjus” Walton, AKA Buddah (pronounced “butter” but with that smooth Southern “ah” sound on the end).

But, that’s not all. Walton has a weekly gig all his own called Buddah’s Variety Show, which is also an open mic event, and it’s open to musicians, comedians, poets, etc. Walton describes it as, “…a carnival, anything goes talent show. Also a good date for Craigslist first dates. Everybody gets lucky at Buddah’s Variety Show. The funnest and funniest show in Athens, GA. We come to party, perform and have a good time.” Did I mention that this takes place at Chelsea’s Gentleman’s Club on

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Baxter Street? Well, it does, and it costs $5 to get in. Sign-ups for talent begin at 9 p.m., and the show begins at 11 p.m.

Stay in the Moment: Long-running publication The Improvisor (“the international magazine journal of free improvisation”) will bring its Improvisor Festival to Ciné on Monday, Aug. 9 and Tuesday, Aug. 10. The nights run from 8 p.m.–midnight and 7:30 p.m.–10 p.m., respectively. The festival will hit five other cities, including Seattle and Birmingham, AL, and is in celebration of the magazine’s 30-year anniversary. Appearing at the Monday show in Athens will be Andrea Centazzo (Los Angeles), Pocket Full of Claptonite (Athens), Jill Burton & Claire Barratt (Birmingham, AL), Gino Robair (San Francisco), Chris Cochrane (New York City), Skryxl (Atlanta, GA/Montgomery, AL), Them Natives (Montevallo, AL), Cedro Dano (Montevallo, AL), Karst (Montevallo, AL) and Pony Payroll Bones (Atlanta, GA). On Tuesday, Gino Robair will conduct his improvisational opera, I, Norton, which is open to all participants of any skill level. Each night costs $6, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. For more info, please see www.the-improvisor.com.

Next Year’s Model: Four bands that are making fair headway into the Athens scene, even though one is from Atlanta, will play for free at New Earth Music Hall on Thursday, July 29.

The groups in question are Wowser Bowser, Hans Darkbolt, Qurious (the band from Atlanta) and Tumbleweed Stampede. Each of these acts has thus far enjoyed enthusiastic reception here in town, which must surely be a treat for them as they’re all pretty new acts (sorry, people, if you’re less than two-years old you’re still a new band in my book). Out of the four, I’ll cop to digging the mystical-’n’-ambient Qurious and Wowser Bowser (especially the track “To the Pleasant Life!”). As of now, you’re on your own with the other two, but if you like Ben Gibbard-inspired melodies then maybe Tumbleweed Stampede is your thing. I saw Hans Darkbolt once, but the most memorable thing about the band was that the singer was wearing his shirt open to the waist (when he bothered wearing a shirt at all) along with a medallion and suspenders with shorts and work boots. Kind of like a disco lumberjack. In any case, I guarantee you’ll be seeing these four names a lot in the near future, so go ahead and get used to it. You can check out tunes from each via www.myspace.com/tumbleweedathens, www.myspace.com/hansdarkbolt, www.myspace.com/wowserbowsermusic, and www.myspace.com/quitequrious.

In the Can: R.E.M. has finished work on its newest LP, its first since 2008’s well-received Accelerate and second with producer Jacknife Lee, and is planning a spring 2011 release after mixing is finished this fall. The album was recorded at Berlin’s Hansa Studios. Earlier this month, the band’s 1985 album, Fables of the Reconstruction, enjoyed some very nice deluxe reissue action in celebration of its 25th anniversary. Keep up to date over at www. remhq.com.

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THE CONSTELLATIONS Southern Gothic Virgin Ladies and gentlemen, please direct your attention to the center ring as The Constellations raise a big top over the city of Atlanta. Singer Elijah Jones serves as ringmaster, narrating a seedy circus of barflies and lowlifes amid the swirl of hip-hop, funk, soul and rock of his eight-piece band.

But despite all the fanfare, the novelty wears off quickly once you realize The Constellations are trying to make a freak show—or at the very least, a spectacle—out of something that’s not really so spectacular. Save for the specific establishments name-checked on the record (including two visits to the Clermont Lounge), The Constellations’ Atlanta sounds like urban nightlife anywhere: dive bars, strip clubs, crack whores… and, as he actually declares defiantly on “Setback,” “there’s different neighborhoods!” No amount of carnivalesque organ, Ben Allen production or Cee-Lo guest spots can make those things particularly novel.

Of course, if you’re from Atlanta and get the in-jokes and references, like the nod to The Hiss who once “got their kicks on Flat Shoals,” then the Constellations’ may win you over on a couple tracks. It’s a fleeting, cheap, gag though—everyone cheers when they hear the name of their hometown, right?

While this record doesn’t do much to capture the debauchery of the band’s notoriously sweaty live sets, the sound is still distinctive and relentlessly funky. On the best tracks, Jones’ raspy rap/sung cadence recalls Beck’s early work, while the cheesier numbers (“Felcia,” “Love Is Murder”) come off sounding more like Smash Mouth…

This is a big, major label debut from a big, celebrated band that still has a long way to go before it finds a compelling voice.

Michelle Gilzenrat

THE DIRTY PROJECTORS + BJÖRK Mount Wittenberg Orca Independent Release The weirdest music ever made.

That is what I expected when I first read

that Björk and The Dirty Projectors would be teaming up for an online-only EP. I could not have been more excited.

And when that EP was released at the end of June, I wasn’t disappointed, per se, so much as surprised to find that, while still bizarre and unique in ways that only these two artists could be, the end product was not nearly as “weird,” for lack of a better word, as I was expecting. A 20-minute, seven-track suite recorded at The Rare Book Room in New York, Mount Wittenberg Orca plays like a stylistically conjoined twin born out of its two contributors’ most recent solo releases: Björk’s Medulla and The Dirty Projectors’ Bitte Orca.

Originally performed live as a oneoff benefit for an NYC bookstore, a year passed between this David Longstreith orchestration’s conception and its birth as a downloadable album. The offbeat, kooky manipulations of classic R&B backing trios that defined Bitte Orca are revisited here, but this time they are enmeshed with Björk’s signature warble, in addition to Longstreith’s creaky crooning. Inspired by a whale sighting from atop the titular summit, the album mimics the all-vocal arrangements of Medulla, and is practically a cappella except for some shadowy, ever-so-subtle bass-plucking. Ultimately, this tiny, extremely precious gem of an EP will be overlooked or forgotten by anyone not already interested in its creators, and while it wasn’t the brilliant, Earthshattering collaborative effort I was hoping for, it’s still a testament to their irrepressibly original and irresistibly quirky aesthetics.

David Fitzgerald

DEFTONES Diamond Eyes Warner Bros./ Reprise The first thing you’ll notice about Deftones’ sixth album is that you’ve never heard guitars this massive outside of a Meshuggah record.

Honestly, they’re terrifying, so grab a handrail or something. The second thing—and this’ll take only as long as the lead track’s chorus—is that the band has truly never sounded better, tighter or more optimistic. And that’s a bittersweet epiphany, given the circumstance.

In late 2008, a horrific twist of fate put original bassist Chi Cheng into a coma, from which he has seen little convalescence to date. It’s unfortunate, of course, that it took the blow of tragedy to knock the guys back on their singular track, but something had to give; the remaining Deftones had been wading too long in the muck of debilitating sidebars and rumored squabbles, and the output suffered critically. With Diamond Eyes, however, the personal and creative negativity seems extinguished, replaced by a new fire and awareness, and the impermanent addition of Quicksand bassist Sergio Vega has lent a fresh mind to the music. And so, after a decade of tripped hurdles and bruised egos, Deftones is finally ready to climb back on the damn pony.

Which is more apt a metaphor than the band probably intended; a few of these tracks are downright facsimiles from their 2000 masterpiece.

But just as many stand on their own merit, clocking in some of the band’s best moments: the lumbering thud of “You’ve Seen the Butcher,” the Charlie Brown shuffle of “Risk,” and the clanking, gnawing, smoke monster of a climax that seals the album’s excellent title track.

Diamond Eyes is a surprise party.

After so many years of half-finished, barely realized and entirely shelved albums, it’s great to hear the deft ones having fun again, working together to swerve back onto the trails they blazed so long ago. The songs are familiar, sure, but so are old friends. Sometimes that’s not rehash, it’s… reunion.

Welcome back, guys.

Bryan Aiken

ANAïS MITCHELL Hadestown Righteous Babe Flying low on Ani Difranco’s DIYor-die label, Righteous Babe Records, Anaïs Mitchell’s Hadestown quietly crept up on me a full three months after its release and then loudly demanded a review. A folk opera, retelling the story of Orpheus through the smudged lens of the dust bowl-era, Hadestown may very well end up my album of the year. Off with a bang, Ben Knox Miller, as Hermes, leads a ramshackle, Tom Waits-esque train ride to hell in “Way Down Hadestown,” which allows each character an introductory verse à la Fairport Convention’s classic rendition of a “Million Dollar Bash.” Mitchell, with her nervous, feathery soprano, plays the captive Eurydice to Vernon’s tortured Orpheus. On “Hey, Little Songbird,” Greg Brown shows off his Leonard Cohen-possessed basso profundo as Hades.

The throwback, WWII-era jazz trio The Haden Triplets embody the Fates, and their urgent, swingtime “When the Chips are Down” is inescapably catchy. Brown’s low-end growl reappears when Hades conducts the laborious, hell-slave spiritual “Why We Build the Wall,” and only gains a spark of warmth when encountered by Ani Difranco’s Persephone. Difranco, who sounds like she’s having fun again for the first time since 1998’s “Little Plastic Castle,” plays Persephone like a sultry, smoky-eyed lounge bombshell, and her showstopper “Our Lady of the Underground” could make Don Draper lose his cool. Brown and Difranco stretch the very idea of harmony on “How Long,” in which their voices entwine across a chasm of at least three octaves. In “Epic Pt. II,” all of these original voices come together in wordless, cathedral a cappella, creating a stunning hymnal collage that just might make you believe in God. David Fitzgerald For our extended review of this record, visit www.flagpole.com.

Romanenko

Farewell Show

“It

didn’t really end like we hoped it would.”

Jessie Marston, fresh out of a Girls Rock Camp session in Atlanta, is on the phone, explaining how her powerpop band is now no more.

Marston, the band’s guitarist, and drummer Erika Rickson arrived in Athens only a few short years ago, full of enthusiasm and planning to play everywhere and anywhere they could. Armed with a knack for rhythm and a distinct melodic sensibility, the duo found a bassist and formed Romanenko. The debut release Squid Record soon followed, which Flagpole writer Tony Floyd described as “Pixies making out with Yes at a NOFX show.” But even the best things cannot last forever. And sadly, that is the case with Romanenko.

“It was really just not working out and moving forward with our bassist,” says Marston. “Erika and I are just trying to focus on the positive side of it, which is we get to do something brand-new. Romanenko was me and Erika and TJ Machado, and it really wouldn’t feel right carrying on that name with a completely different setup. When you’re in a trio, each person adds so much to the music that a new lineup changes everything.”

Despite the departure of their bassist, Rickson and Marston felt that Romanenko should have one last hurrah. “Our last show is not going to have TJ playing with us, and that really bums us out,” says Marston. “But we felt that it was important that we play all these songs one more time and that everyone who’s supported us and enjoyed us over the years can come hang out and have a really good time with Romanenko.”

So, with the Romanenko name retired, the duo did what comes naturally to Athens bands in retirement: start another band. “We’re starting a new band with a bunch of people that we really like, and we’re very excited about all of it,” says Marston. “We had kinda been really anxious to do something new for a while.

We’ve got a lot of new material and we really didn’t want to ‘train’ someone new to play this older stuff that we’ve worn out when we’ve got other things waiting.”

Marston hopes that the new project can benefit from the entire Romanenko experience and become an even stronger band than

before. Now that Marston and Rickson have gotten comfortable in Athens, they’re ready for some new adventures. That includes touring further outside of their comfort zone, performing more often, and recording in a different way.

For Marston, a new band also means getting used to sharing the stage with an additional bandmate. “The thing about Romanenko was that it was a trio,” says Marston. “I’ve gotten so used to the trio; I think it’ll be exciting to work with another vocalist and guitarist and flesh it out a bit. I still think that a trio is the strongest form for a group.

You end up having to trim all the fat. There’s no room for excessive anything. There’s nowhere to hide, and everybody just has to be on it. That was Romanenko—a bit eclectic.”

The new collective has been tossing around some names but have yet to find an appropriate moniker. While tinges of Romanenko will still be heard, Marston is positive that the new group will sound much different than her former gig. “We’ve started working on the songs but haven’t really figured out the complete final lineup yet. I’m on guitar, and we’ve got Alex from the Border Lions and Erika.” As exciting as the new project is, the thought of leaving Romanenko behind does make Marston pause for a moment and remember the great band that it was. “I’ll really miss the energy we had in that band,” says Marston. “We had a really distinct pop sound that I loved.”

Fans of Romanenko can take comfort in the fact that the band did create a solid foundation for Marston and Rickson to build on. “I’m hoping that we can take everything that we learned with Romanenko, apply it to the new band and just hit the ground running,” says Marston. “But this show will be our last as Romanenko, and we will make it a good one.”

Jordan Stepp

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So, the word as a whole means an aching for the past. Considering this definition helps in understanding HAM1. The Athens-based band, led by Jim Willingham, continues its flirtation with the fading sounds of America on its new album, Let’s Go On and On and On with HAM1. But let’s get something straight from this very first paragraph: drawing from the past is attractive for many reasons, partially because it can be very cheap.

It’s an easy way to look cool. Jim Willingham, and this is meant in the best possible way, is too nice to be cool. In person and in song, he seems incapable of anything other than genuine sincerity. The calculated methods of those other schlocky throwbacks, dusting off whatever decade is ripe to be mined once more, are alien to this longtime local songwriter. HAM1’s music is strongly evocative, but the songs live and breathe in 21st-century Athens, GA. Willingham, save for some time spent in Baton Rouge and Charlottesville, VA, has spent most of his life in Georgia. He ended up moving to Athens in 1994 after a brief training period in Los Angeles with the Teach for America program; he worked at a school that sat right below the Hollywood sign.

“I got here and I was 22, and it felt like I had burned out too fast. I wasn’t up to teaching at the time,” he remembers. Willingham eyed the university’s graduate program, but things have a way of taking turns. “I just ended up getting completely enmeshed in the music scene, starting a band, using my financial aid money to buy a PA and stuff like that. I was completely just bedazzled with the music scene and the friendliness, and I actually fit in—it was the first place I felt like I fit in and was accepted.”

Initially, upon being engrossed in the Athens music sphere, he says, “I was playing in heavy bands. I played in this band with Ed [Livengood] from Jucifer called Harry Carey that was kind of a heavy rock band.” But things took another turn when Willingham moved to St. Augustine, FL to care for his father, who was dying. “I was listening to the old person’s beautiful music stations all the time. I kind of wanted to do a ‘60s Muzak kind of thing when I came back, kind of surf or lounge ‘60s instrumental stuff.” That world of hazy nostalgia is where HAM1’s heart lies, although it is held tight in a frame of garage rock and punk energy. “It’s kind of like going through a record collection or something; I like to listen to Chet Atkins guitar albums and lots of instrumental stuff from the ‘60s… and old instrumental music, Django Reinhardt, movie soundtrack stuff like Burt Bacharach… things like that. And then it’s just combining that with a love for garage rock and a lot of ‘70s punk rock.”

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Willingham had always written songs.

“Since I was 12 or something I’ve been writing songs; it’s just something I do,” he says.

“When was the first song I wrote? …I think it was when I first got a guitar. I’ve just been doing that forever. I think it was called ‘Two Mice and a Rat,’ I don’t know. It was about a woman chasing a rat with a bat, it was terrible,” he laughs. While things have improved markedly in a lot of categories—song structure, guitar tone—it’s a good bet that the topics have remained similarly earthy. HAM1, which has been in longtime collaboration with drummer Eric Harris (Olivia Tremor Control, Elf Power) and as of late boasts the talents of multi-instrumentalists Jacob Morris, Jeff Fox, and Charlie Estes, is a vehicle for Willingham’s engagement with worldly wordplay, uncomplicated and sentimental.

The new record is the best crystallization of their dusty aesthetic yet. Recorded with Jason Robira, who has previously worked on albums with Madeline and Sea of Dogs, the album eschews the trend of adding arbitrary lo-fi to the mix for its own sake, giving the grittier tones an opportunity to contrast with the clean production. Willingham says Robira embraces a modern but traditional approach: “He was really on the same page with me as far as enjoying looking for different kinds of sounds. He was willing to dirty it up a little bit more and go with a guitar sound that might have made another producer cringe.”

The band recorded all the basic tracks live, seeking takes that didn’t need a lot of digital clean-up. “I think that Jason kind of has a philosophy that the most important thing is to get the best possible actual take, and I think that’s the best performance, you know?

I think that’s something that’s been lost in recording a lot, because people feel like you don’t have to get the best take, you can fix it with Pro-Tools.”

With the release of Let’s Go On…, HAM1 appears to be fine-tuning Willingham’s turn to the past for inspiration. By smartly sticking to solid songwriting rather than genre clichés, it avoids the niche ghetto. Although the songs can evoke nostalgia, we still live in the here and now. “It has to have some kind of magic to it, you know, to be a good song,” he says.

“I kind of like there to be a sound that kind of seems to pull up some nostalgia from the past, whether it’s real or not.”

Jeff Tobias

WHO: HAM1, Grape Soda, Tim Chad and Sherry WHERE: Caledonia Lounge WHEN: Saturday, July 31 HOW MUCH: $5 (21+), $7 (18+)

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Tuesday 27 EVENTS: Delta Jews (ACC Library) The Athens Jewish Film Festival presents a screening of this documentary chronicling the thriving Jewish community in the Mississippi Delta. Dr. Stuart Rockoff, Director of the History Department at the Goldring/Woldenbert Institute of Southern Jewish Life, is a guest speaker. 6 p.m. 706-613-3650 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. 4–7 p.m. FREE! www. athensfarmersmarket.net PERFORMANCE: Bawling Comedy Showcase (Last Call) Local comics will have you laughing and crying. Featuring Dan Weeks, Paul Gallois, Gilbert Lawand and more.

8:30–10:30 p.m. $3. www.lastcallathens.com KIDSTUFF: Back-to-School Storytime (Oconee County Library) Find new reasons to get excited about the school year at this storytime for children. 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: 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) Local veterinarian Dr. Jim Brousse discusses the various parasites which threaten your pets and offers tips on keeping them safe year-round. Feel free to bring a lunch to this 45-minute

program. 12:15 p.m. FREE! 706613-3650 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: Senior Bingo (Columbus Avenue Senior Center) Enjoy refreshments and play for prizes in this monthly game for players 55 and older. Every fourth Tuesday! 10 a.m.–noon, $4. 706-613-3603 GAMES: Trivia (Doc Chey’s Noodle House) Every Tuesday. 7:30 p.m.

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Wednesday 28 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 EVENTS: Wine Dinner (La Dolce Vita) Anne-Catherine Given of John Givens Wines hosts a regional

Italian wine dinner featuring four courses paired with exceptional wines. 7 p.m. $50. 706-353-3911 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: End-of-Summer Beach Bash (Oconee County Library) Teens who participated in the Summer Reading Program are invited to make the most of the last crumbs of summer with a festive party featuring Hawaiian-inspired food and a water-gun battle. 5–7 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 KIDSTUFF: End-of-Summer Luau (Oconee County Library) Say your alohas to summer and the upcoming school year at this fun morning of water balloons and splash art. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 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: 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 LECTURES & LIT.: Oconee Dems Book Group (Five Points Deli & More, Epps Bridge) Book group hosted by the Oconee County Democrats. This month’s title is There Is No Me Without You: One Woman’s Odyssey to Rescue Africa’s Children by Melissa Fay Greene.

Newcomers from any county and of any political affiliation are welcome.

6 p.m. FREE! patricia.priest@yahoo. com, www.oconeedemocrats.org MEETINGS: Library Sewing Group (Madison County Library) Currently crocheting with double-ended cro-

Book release party for local Drew Weing’s graphic novel Set to Sea will be held Friday, July 30 at Bizarro Wuxtry. chet needles. Newcomers welcome.

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

FREE! 706-475-7329 GAMES: Bocce Ball (DePalma’s Italian Cafe, 2080 Timothy Rd.) 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 and Saturday with Corey.

FREE! 706-549-1010 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) Host Chris Creech keeps the townie crowd sharp with general knowledge trivia. Sponsored by Vision Video and Flicker. Prizes!

Every Wednesday. Trivia starts at 9 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 (Harry’s Pig Shop) Nerd wars at Classic City Trivia’s “most challenging trivia night in Athens.” Every Wednesday. 7:30 p.m. FREE! 706-612-9219

GAMES: Trivia (Your Pie, Five Points and Alps Rd.) Calling all know-italls! Every Wednesday. 7:30 p.m.

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

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Thursday 29 EVENTS: Athens Heritage Walk (Various Locations) Danny Sniff leads a walking tour of the Navy Supply Corps School. The 1860 campus is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Space is limited; call to reserve spot. 7 p.m. $15. 706-353-1801, www. achfonline.org k continued on next page

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THE CALENDAR! 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 ART: Closing Reception (Highwire Lounge, 254 W. Clayton St.) For “Big Cocks,” an exhibit featuring fowl paintings by local outsider artist Cap Man. 4–7 p.m. FREE! 706-5838510, www.bottlecapman.net KIDSTUFF: Pajama Storytime (Madison County Library) Snuggle in your jammies with your favorite stuffed animal and listen to bedtime stories. Light snack provided. All ages. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Storytelling Celebration (ACC Library, Auditorium) Jackie Elsner performs a storytelling concert with puppets, stories and songs. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Summer Art Show (ACC Library, Young Adult Area) Check out all of the different art entered into the summer art contest!

Contest winners will be determined and light refreshments provided. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Thursday Theater for Teens (Oconee County Library) Enjoy popcorn and drinks as you watch popular movies on the big screen. This week: Avatar. Thursdays through July, 6–8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 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) Throw a lime in your Coors Light and compete! 7:30–9:30 p.m. 706354-1515

Friday 30 THEATRE: The Lion in Winter (Athens Community Theatre) The Town & Gown Players present James Goldman’s The Lion in Winter as their final show of the 2009-2010 season. Aging King Henry and his queen Eleanor (whom he has had imprisoned for the past decade) engage in an icy battle of wits as they endure a particularly uncomfortable Christmas in this famed historicalfiction family drama. July 30–31 & Aug. 5–7, 8 p.m. Aug. 1 & Aug. 8, 2 p.m. $12–$15. 706-208-8696, www. townandgownplayers.org KIDSTUFF: The Sandlot (Southeast Clarke Park) Cheer on your favorite underdogs from the comfort of your blankets and lawn chairs at this outdoor screening. Concessions available for purchase. Kids 12 & under must be accompanied by an adult, and pets should stay at home. Music and outdoor games begin at 7 p.m. 9 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3801 KIDSTUFF: Books & Bites (Madison County Library) Read undisturbed for hours and eat pizza!

For teens only. 8–10 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Insects of the Night (Sandy Creek Nature Center) An evening of learning about the insects that fly at night. Ages 3 & up. 8–9:30 p.m. $6/family. 706-613-3615 KIDSTUFF: Preschool & Toddler Storytime (Madison County Library) Includes stories, fingerpuppet plays, songs and crafts for literacy-based fun. This month’s themes include island vacations and oceans. Ages 2–5. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-795-5597

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LECTURES & LIT.: Book Release (Bizarro Wuxtry) Local cartoonist Drew Weing releases his nautical graphic novel Set to Sea. Entertainment and refreshments provided. 5–8 p.m. FREE! 706369-9428 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 31 EVENTS: Adoption Day (Pet Supplies Plus) Local animal rescue organizations bring their pups out for a chance at finding a home. Love connections made every Saturday!

11 a.m.–3 p.m. 706-353-0650 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: Audio/Instrument Swap & Sale (The Bakery Studios, 1393 Blvd.) Bring your musical instruments and gear to swap, sell or donate. Noon–8 p.m. FREE! 706548-6159 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, “Get Fit with ACC Leisure Services,” departs from Lay Park. Space is limited; call to reserve your space. 9 & 11:30 a.m. $1. 706-613-3580 EVENTS: “Men of the Classic City” (The Melting Point) The American Cancer Society presents Athens’ 2nd Annual Bachelor Auction featuring a performance by Holman Autry Band. Ages 21 & up. 7:30 p.m. $20 (adv.), $25 (door). www.meltingpointathens.com EVENTS: Oglethorpe Fresh (Downtown Lexington) Pick up some fresh produce and cut flowers at this new outdoor market across from Lexington Antiques and Mama D’s Bakery. 8 a.m.–1 p.m. FREE! 706338-2898 EVENTS: Teen Film Festival (ACC Library) Don your best red carpet wear and watch films made by local teens on the big screen.

The audience will vote on awards during a light reception. Festival will also feature a special bellydancing performance. 7 p.m. FREE! 706613-3650 PERFORMANCE: Classic City Kings (New Earth Music Hall) Athens’ premiere drag king troupe bring their risqué summer show, “The Chronicles of Sex, Sorrow and Sin.” Ages 18 & up. 10 p.m.–2 a.m. $5. 706-543-8283, www.classiccitykings.vpweb.com THEATRE: The Lion in Winter (Athens Community Theatre) A Town and Gown Players production. See Calendar July 30 Theatre. $12–$15.

706-208-8696, www.townandgownplayers.org OUTDOORS: “Heat of the Night Retro Run” (Oconee Veterans Memorial, 3500 Hog Mountain Rd., Watkinsville) Pull up your tube socks and squeeze into your short shorts for this costumed 5K to benefit people with developmental disabilities. 7 p.m. $12–$20. www. active.com OUTDOORS: Saturday Strolls at Harris Shoals (Harris Shoals Park, Watkinsville) Explore nature next door with this series of walks led by

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local naturalists and artists. Sean Sterrett, a UGA doctoral candidate in UGA’s Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, discusses snakes and turtles on this guided walk. 9–10 a.m. $5. 706-353-8310, ppriest@charter.net KIDSTUFF: Family Fun Day (ACC Library) All good things must come to an end, so say goodbye to summer at this celebration filled with crafts, music, puppets and more. 10 a.m.–1 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 LECTURES & LIT.: Book Signing (Borders Books & Music) Local minister and author Dr. Johnny Willis discusses relevant biblical issues with his new books, Servant Worthy and Surviving the Sifting of God. 1 p.m. FREE! 706-583-8647 GAMES: Game Night (Alibi) Develop coordination, tolerance and grace through beer pong. Every Wednesday and Saturday with Corey.

FREE! 706-549-1010 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 1 PERFORMANCE: Athens Brass Choir (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) The choir presents “AllAmerican Brass,” a concert that includes Copland fanfares, Sousa marches, music from the movies and more. 3 p.m. FREE! 706-542-1244 THEATRE: The Lion in Winter (Athens Community Theatre) A Town and Gown Players production.

See Calendar July 30 Theatre. July 30–31 & Aug. 5–7, 8 p.m. Aug. 1 & Aug. 8, 2 p.m. $12–$15. 706-2088696, www.townandgownplayers.org KIDSTUFF: Open Paper Arts (Madison County Library) Push the limits of paper craft! Every Sunday.

2–6 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 GAMES: Blind Draw Darts (Lucky Dawg Billiards) Double elimination tournaments. 4 p.m. $5. 706-3547829 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 2 KIDSTUFF: Bedtime Stories (ACC Library) Snuggle in your jammies and listen to bedtime stories. Every Monday. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-6133650 MEETINGS: Federation of Neighborhood Associations (Fire Hall No. 2, 489 Prince Ave.) This month, a panel discussion on Athens-Clarke County’s SPLOST 2011 program. All interested parties are welcome. 7:30 p.m. FREE! 706613-2912, contact@accneighborhoods.org GAMES: 20 Questions (Transmetropolitan) Chris Creech hosts general knowledge trivia.

Compete for $10 and $25 gift certificates to Transmet! Every Monday. 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: 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

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The New Familiars, The Trainwrecks Melting Point “We like a lot of bands that are lumped into that category,” says New Familiars frontman Josh Daniel about Americana, “so we don’t mind that label, but we just call what we do rock and roll!”

While the dulcet tones of mandolin and banjo The New Familiars give The New Familiars a rustic tinge, the rush of adrenalin that fuels their live shows and the rollicking electric guitars set this band of multi-instrumentalists apart from other groups in the genre.

But what The New Familiars are most known for are their exuberant performances. This is a band that lives for the stage and has built a dedicated following the old-fashioned way: touring, touring and more touring. Daniel estimates that last year alone the band played 160 shows, pouring everything they’ve got into the set to make sure it’s as tight and electric as possible.

You can get a sense of the energy on the band’s recently released live EP, recorded in front of an 800-strong hometown crowd in Charlotte. Whether the band tackles new tunes, old favorites or surprising covers (Phil Collins’ “Take Me Home”), the enthusiasm is palpable both from the stage and the audience.

In between all those shows, the band did manage to hit the studio here and there, slowly putting together its first full-length record, Between the Moon & the Morning Light, which the band is currently pitching to labels.

Compared to the EPs and live records The New Familiars put out before, Daniel says the record is much more layered, with lots of unique instrumentation and special guests, including Sam Quinn from The Everybodyfields and Bob Crawford, who plays trumpet with The Avett Brothers. The record was produced by Charlotte music scene vet Joe Kuhlman, and while a number of the tracks have never been performed live, Athens will get a sneak preview of a couple of new songs at the show this week. [Michelle Gilzenrat]

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 GAMES: Team Trivia (Alibi) Wrangle a prize for yourself and your friends at this weekly trivia game hosted by The Sexy Cowboy. Every Monday. 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 GAMES: Team Trivia (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s) Every Monday night. Bring your friends! 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706850-1916 GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) Think you know it all? 8 p.m. 706548-3442

Tuesday 3 EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Little Kings Shuffle Club) 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 Pixar’s 2009 film, Up. 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 GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) All three Athens locations of Locos Grill and Pub (Westside, Eastside and Harris St.) feature

trivia night every Tuesday. 8:30 p.m.

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

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Wednesday 4 EVENTS: Canine Cocktail Hour (Hotel Indigo, Phi Bar & Bistro Courtyard) Drink and food specials for you and your (well-behaved, non-aggressive, vaccinated) dog!

This week: salty dogs and greyhounds. Every Wednesday. 5–7 p.m. www.athensdowntownhotel.com EVENTS: The People’s Law School (ACC Library) The Georgia Civil Justice Foundation presents a weekly forum to inform citizens about legal issues people face daily, including divorce, child custody, wills, criminal law and auto insurance. Wednesdays in Aug., 6:30–8:30 p.m. 706-549-6111 ART: 6X6: “Disaster” (Ciné Barcafé) Artist and curator Lauren Fancher presents the final 6X6 media arts events featuring video, sound and performance art. In the Ciné Lab. 7–8 p.m. FREE! www.headic.blogspot.com PERFORMANCE: Chris Patton (New Earth Music Hall) Local comedian will do a short, opening stand-up set before the hard rocking benefit show. Socioconscious Awakening/Gulf Benefit Show. 9 p.m. $6. www.newearthmusichall. com KIDSTUFF: Children’s Storytime (ACC Library) For children ages 18 months to 5 years. Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m., Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: 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: 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) 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 and Saturday with Corey.

FREE! 706-549-1010 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) Host Chris Creech keeps the townie crowd sharp with general knowledge trivia. Sponsored by Vision Video and Flicker. Prizes!

Every Wednesday. Trivia starts at 9 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 (Harry’s Pig Shop) Nerd wars at Classic City Trivia’s

“most challenging trivia night in Athens.” Every Wednesday. 7:30 p.m. FREE! 706-612-9219 GAMES: Trivia (Your Pie, Five Points and Alps Rd.) Calling all know-italls! Every Wednesday. 7:30 p.m.

FREE! www.yourpie.com * Advance Tickets Available

Down the Line THEATRE: The Lion in Winter 8/5 (Athens Community Theatre) The Town & Gown Players present James Goldman’s The Lion in Winter as their final show of the 2009-2010 season. July 30–31 & Aug. 5–7, 8 p.m. Aug. 1 & Aug. 8, 2 p.m. $12–$15. 706-208-8696, www. townandgownplayers.org EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market 8/7 (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 ART: Reception 8/12 (Mercury Art Works, Hotel Indigo, 500 College Ave.) For an exhibit featuring new works by Art Rosenbaum and Margo Newmark Rosenbaum. 6:30–8 p.m.

FREE! 706-338-0548, www.mercuryartworks.com LECTURES & LIT.: Talking about Books 8/18 (ACC Library, Small Conference Room) This month’s title is The History of Love by Nicole Krauss. Newcomers welcome. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 LECTURES & LIT.: Last Monday Book Group 8/30 (ACC Library, Small Conference Room) This month’s title is Vladimir Nabakov’s Lolita. Newcomers welcome. 6 p.m.

FREE! 706-613-3650 EVENTS: First Fridays at the Garden 9/3 (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 OUTDOORS: Audubon Society Bird Ramble 9/4 (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Join the Oconee Rivers Audubon Society for a morning bird walk. All birding levels are welcome. Meet at the upper parking lot between the Garden Club Headquarters and the Chapel. 8 a.m.

FREE! www.oconeeriversaudubon. org * Advance Tickets Available

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

Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www. caledonialounge.com THE BORDER LIONS Local band performing simple pop and rock and roll songs in the vein of The Beatles, Rolling Stones and Velvet Underground.

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

MERCURY VEIL Local band that plays emotional alternative rock with crunchy guitar riffs with male and female vocals and an affinity for bands like Tool and Smashing Pumpkins.

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.

Go Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar GEISTERKATZEN Featuring guitar, keyboards, bass, drums and saxophone, this Athens-based ensemble creates experimental soundcapes.

MCKENZIE Trance-inducing experimental psychedelic music from Philadelphia.

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

FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net LEAVING COUNTRIES Warm, inviting folk rock from here in Athens, featuring tender violin, aching harmonica and melodic acoustic guitars.

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

The Melting Point 7 p.m. $3. www.meltingpointathens. com THE SILVERBIRD DUO CD Release Show! David Leinweber and Bob McMillan offer an enormous selection of covers featuring top-notch guitar work and vocal harmonies.

Expect a mix of classic country, rock, folk and singer-songwriter favorites.

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.

No Where Bar 10 p.m. $1. 706–546–4742 BUNNY CARLOS Longtime Athenians Doug Pynn (guitar, vocals), Bill Bokas (drums, vocals) and Mike Flynn (bass), formerly of Barking Charlie, play “rock and roll the way it was meant to be played.”

FREE LUNCH TRIO Local band consisting of three guys and a passion for funky rock with grunge roots.

Rye Bar 10:30 p.m. www.myspace.com/ryebarathens DAMIAN CHURCHWELL Atlanta songwriter whose soothingly mellow acoustic rock is tricked out with electro bells and whistles.

WUOG 90.5FM 8 p.m. FREE! www.wuog.org LIVE IN THE LOBBY 4 People the Band will perform on the college radio station’s twice weekly program.

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

Wednesday 28 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 DANIEL AARON Frontman for local Americana band Timber performs a solo set.

MAC-N-CHZ These Southern rockers do originals and classic covers with their own unique spin.

STARLITE DEVILLES New local band featuring Eric Gregory and Bear from Twain playing a mix of alternative country and powerpop.

Go Bar 9 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 late night glam rock, new wave, punk and Britpop.

Johnny’s New York Style Pizza 7:30–10 p.m. FREE! 706-354-1515 KARAOKE Low-impact karaoke for rising stars.

New Earth Music Hall 9 p.m. $5. www.newearthmusichall. com CAROLINE AIKEN Renowned acoustic folk artist Caroline Aiken shared the stage with The Indigo Girls for some time. Her soulful voice purrs and growls the blues over bright finger-picking.

KYSHONA ARMSTRONG After working as a music therapist in a prison system and terminal hospital, Armstrong learned how to best express herself through music performance. Her music is soulful, passionate and honest.

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

Rye Bar 10:30 p.m. www.myspace.com/ryebarathens NEAL CANUP Local singer/songwriter performing on acoustic guitar.

Terrapin Beer Co. 5 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com JULIET WHISKEY Local rock band featuring Cherry Lane, Chris Martin and Josh Cartmill.

Thursday 29 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+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com AMINAL This trio from Chapel Hill plays twangy, indie soul rock.

KUROMA Hank Sullivant’s (exWhigs, MGMT) band has an edgy, dynamic rock sound with dreamy vocals and an affinity for stage theatrics.

WAGES Self-proclaimed “new Impressionists,” Wages play melodic, swirling indie-rock.

DePalma’s Italian Cafe 6–8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-552-1237 (Timothy Road) THE BROS. MARLER Twin guitar siblings Daniel and Drew Marler perform original compositions and rock, R&B and blues standards as an acoustic duo.

El Paisano 8 p.m. 706-353-0346 KARAOKE Every Thursday with margarita specials.

Farm 255 10 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com MR. FALCON High-energy, indie garage rock influenced equally by The Kinks and Pixies.

YO SOYBEAN Local “party-folk” trio featuring upbeat, sing-a-long numbers with guests on guitar, banjo, mandolin, violin and more. For fans of Bright Eyes and the like.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8:30 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/ flickerbar NUCLEAR SPRING This local rock band plays sleazy, freaky psychedelic garage rock with glam swagger.

RAT SKULLS Indie-rock band newly relocated to Athens.

SUBSCRIBER Self-described “rootsy vacuum pop” that borrows elements from garage rock and psych pop.

Gnat’s Landing 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.gnatslanding.net NEXT BEST FRIEND Acoustic rock and pop.

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

Last Call 10 p.m. FREE! www.lastcallathens.com BATTLE OF THE BANDS: ROUND 1 Featuring The Antidote, Dallas and Eddie and the Public Speakers.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. $3. www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub KAITLIN JONES AND THE COUNTY FAIR Local folk guitarist/ vocalist Kaitlin Jones’ five-piece electric band performs a set of Americana-tinged country originals.

MAYVIEW ROAD With influences of folk, jazz, bluegrass and Americana, Mayview Road makes its Athens debut featuring original songs by Tori Lee Averett.

THE SHINERS New group featuring Thomas Kay of the alt-country band Grand Fruy and former Sleepy Horses frontman Nic Goodson.

The Melting Point 9 p.m. $5 (adv.), $7 (door). www.meltingpointathens.com THE NEW FAMILIARS Soulful, moving folk rock with a bluesy energy from the foothills of North Carolina.

See Calendar Pick on p. 16.

New Earth Music Hall 9 p.m. FREE! www.newearthmusichall. com HANS DARKBOLT Brand-new local band performing fiercely melodic pop tunes with swelling vocals and eerie harmonies.

QURIOUS This Atlanta group creates spacey soundscapes featuring dreamy female vocals, samples, synthesizers and freaky masks. See Calendar Pick on p. 19.

TUMBLEWEED STAMPEDE Adventurous and energetic dancejam-folk sextet play party music with folksy and surf touches.

WOWSER BOWSER Blissed-out bittersweet synth-pop.

No Where Bar 10 p.m. $2. 706–546–4742 SNAP! Snap!, formerly known as the King Daddy Conspiracy, features organ-heavy funk/jazz tunes delivered by local all-stars.

The Office Lounge 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-546-0840 OFFICE IDOL KARAOKE CONTEST Every Thursday with The Singing Cowboy. k continued on next page

Eat. Drink. Listen Closely.

TUESDAY, JULY 27 Terrapin Bluegrass Series featuring

SILVERBIRD DUO

$3 Admission • $2 Terrapin Pints All Night!

THURSDAY, JULY 29

THE NEW FAMILIARS Tickets $5 adv. • $7 at the door

FRIDAY, JULY 30

DIRK HOWELL BAND Tickets $10 adv. • $12 at the door

SATURDAY, JULY 31 American Cancer Society presents

“MEN OF THE CLASSIC CITY”

BACHELOR AUCTION featuring

THE HOLMAN AUTRY BAND Tickets $20 adv. • $25 at the door

THURSDAY, AUGUST 5

BRAD DOWNS

& THE POOR BASTARD SOULS WILLIAM TONKS, JOSH PERKINS

Tickets $5 adv. • $7 at the door

FRIDAY, AUGUST 6

AMAZING RHYTHM ACES Tickets $15 adv. • $20 at the door

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11

DR. SQUID

GROOVE TANGENT

Tickets $5 adv.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 12

THE SUEX EFFECT ADAM PAYNE

Tickets $5 adv. • $7 at the door

FRIDAY, AUGUST 13

SWINGIN’ MEDALLIONS

Tickets $18 adv. • $22 at the door

JUST ANNOUNCED SATURDAY, AUGUST 14

KEVN KINNEY Tickets $10 adv. • $12 at the door $10 with Student ID

ON THE HORIZON THURSDAY, AUGUST 26

SAM BUSH Tickets $27.50 adv. • $32 at the door

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1

EMMITT-NERSHI BAND featuring Drew Emmitt of Leftover Salmon and Bill Nershi of String Cheese Incident

Tickets $15 adv.

COMING SOON 8/19 - THE INCREDIBLE SANDWICH, THE GOOD DOCTOR 8/20 - ABBEY ROAD LIVE! 8/25 - MATT JOINER and ALBATROSS 8/26 - SAM BUSH 8/27 - SONS OF SAILORS (Buffett Tribute) 9/1 - EMMITT-NERSHI BAND 9/3 - KINCHAFOONEE COWBOYS 9/4 - SANTANA TRIBUTE 9/9 ZOSO - The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Experience 9/10 - “DEJA VU” A Tribute to Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young 9/11 - HOLMAN AUTRY BAND 9/17 - THE JESTERS 10/8 - STEWART AND WINFIELD, ERIC CULBERSON 10/19 - RAILROAD EARTH LOCATED ON 11/26 - STRAWBERRY FLATS THE GROUNDS OF 295 E. DOUGHERTY ST., ATHENS, GA

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THE CALENDAR! Rye Bar 10:30 p.m. www.myspace.com/ryebarathens THE BURNING ANGELS Local act that plays Americana soul featuring guitar, dobro, fiddle and banjo.

Terrapin Beer Co. 5 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com DANIEL LEE Frontman for the eponymous Daniel Lee Band performs his Southern rock solo.

Friday 30 40 Watt Club “Friends of Rockin Johnny Present a Benefit for Greg Veale.” 8 p.m. $10. www40watt.com NORMALTOWN FLYERS This Athens roots-rock institution plays a set of good-time rock and roll with a Southern leaning.

STRAWBERRY FLATS A heavy dose of psychedelia, covering classic songs from the late ‘60s and early ‘70s.

THE RATTLERS Athens’ own energetic Southern rockers with a guitardriven sound and an exciting show.

Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 SEVEN 7 This cover band plays ‘60s soul, ‘70s disco and ‘80s pop with a mix of contemporary and classic rock.

The Bad Manor 11 p.m. FREE! www.thebadmanor.com THE FRANCISCO VIDAL BAND Atlanta-based singer-songwriter Francisco Vidal and his band play catchy rock and pop songs.

Bailey’s American Tavern 9 p.m.–midnight. FREE! 706-543-7591 KYSHONA ARMSTRONG After working as a music therapist in a prison system and terminal hospital, Armstrong learned how to best express herself through music performance. Her music is soulful, passionate and honest. Every Friday at Bailey’s!

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.

Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com BLOODY KNIVES Two-piece electropunk duo from Austin with compressed digital sounds embedded beneath sped up shoegaze.

THE MOANERS Hailing from Chapel Hill, this experimental rock band works plenty of blues into its unique rock sound.

UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS Melodic new rock project featuring Nate Nelson and Hunter Morris (Gift Horse)!

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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.

8:30 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/ flickerbar HOLLY BELLE Atlanta singersongwriter Holly Belle sings smoky, acoustic ballads accompanied by cello.

TIMBER Frontman Daniel Aaron serves up his brand of hangover country rock. His lyric-focused arrangements are often nestled within minimalist instrumentation.

Gnat’s Landing 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.gnatslanding.net TJ MIMBS This local acoustic singersongwriter plays everything from hip-hop covers to alternative rock on acoustic guitar backed by loops and samples.

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

Last Call 11 p.m. FREE! www.lastcallathens.com DJ DECEPTICRON Mixing today’s hottest house, electro and club hits.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub DEAD DOG This local act plays frenetic, spunky lo-fi punk delivered with a pop smile.

MARCO POLLO Melodic post punk with garage influences.

ROMANENKO Local trio draws from ‘70s pop and folk with a modern rock edge, like Mary Timony fronting the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. See story on p. 13.

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

The Melting Point 8:30 p.m. $10 (adv.), $12 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com DIRK HOWELL BAND Party band featuring ‘60s-style R&B and beach music.

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

NAIROBI TRIO Local act featuring Jeff and Phyllis Walls and Pat Patterson playing soulful R&B. The Office Lounge 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-546-0840 THE BORDER LIONS Local band performing simple pop songs in the vein of The Beatles, Rolling Stones and Velvet Underground.

Farm 255 10:30 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com DREW DIXON TRIO Classic blues riffs with a lot of soul.

FUTURE Five-piece band from D.C. that combines bluesy rock and hiphop with socially conscious lyrics and a deep groove.

Rye Bar 10:30 p.m. www.myspace.com/ryebarathens BUNNY CARLOS Longtime Athenians Doug Pynn (guitar, vocals), Bill Bokas (drums, vocals) and Mike Flynn (bass), formerly of Barking Charlie, play “rock and roll the way it was meant to be played.”

Flicker Theatre & Bar Happy Hour Set! 5:30-6:30 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/flickerbar KATE MORRISSEY Best known throughout this corridor for her dark

Terrapin Beer Co. 5 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com THE VINYL STRANGERS Timelessly charming classic-sounding pop rock.

WUGA 91.7 FM 4 p.m. FREE! www.wuga.org IT’S FRIDAY Lokshen Kugel Klezmer Band will perform on the local radio station’s weekly program.

University Cable Channel 15 will also broadcast the show.

Saturday 31 283 Bar 10 p.m. 706–208–1283 IMMUZIKATION Celebrated local DJ Alfredo Lapuz, Jr. mashes up highenergy electro and rock for the dance party crowd.

40 Watt Club EARLY SHOW. 5:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.girlsrockathens.org GIRLS ROCK ATHENS SHOWCASE Girls Rocks Camp ATHENS operates as a non-profit organization whose mission is to build female youth empowerment through music education and creation. Tonight’s showcase features performances by this year’s campers.

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

The Bad Manor 11 p.m. FREE! www.thebadmanor.com STOKESWOOD A mellow, modern alt-rock band from Atlanta that experiments a bit with atmospheric sounds.

Bishop Park 8 a.m.–12 p.m. Athens Farmers Market. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net LARA OSHON Singer-songwriter performing songs about love, unity and peace. (8 a.m.)

SEAN ARINGTON AND GREG BENSON Arington is an Athenian singer-songwriter formerly of bands Big Atomic and One Big Eye. (10 a.m.)

Boar’s Head 9 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 NATHAN SHEPPARD The local acoustic guitarist-harmonicist is known for his emotive singing style and his modern reworkings of classic tunes.

Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com GRAPE SODA Lewis brothers Ryan and Mat team up to create soulful, spaced-out pop songs buried in lush reverb.

HAM1 CD Release Show! A breezy take on straightahead ‘60s garage rock, brightened by swoon-worthy harmonies and keen pop sensibilities. See p. 14.

TIM CHAD AND SHERRY Members of The Silver Jews and Lambchop come together.

Farm 255 10:30 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com THE BURNING ANGELS Local act that plays Americana soul featuring guitar, dobro, fiddle and banjo.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 6 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ flickerbar SAM DE RAIMO Country singer/ songwriter plays a happy hour set.

8:30 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/ flickerbar THE LOKSHEN KUGEL KLEZMER BAND A local seven-piece Klezmer band specializing in Jewish and gypsy music. Accordians and fiddles and clarinets, oh my! Featuring Dan Horowitz of Five-Eight.

Front Porch Bookstore 6–7 p.m. FREE! 706–372–1236 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 guitar.

Gnat’s Landing 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.gnatslanding.net RACHEL O’NEAL Local singer/ songwriter who plays a mix of soulful acoustic originals and an eclectic blend of indie rock, jazz and Southern-tinged Americana covers.

Go Bar Team Clermont Anniversary Party. 9 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ gobar DJ PEACH SALSA E6 stalwart John Fernandes gets behind the decks.

SNOWGLOBE Honest, poppy and subtly psychedelic.

TWIN POWERS DJ Dan Geller (Gold Party, The Agenda) and a rotating cast spin late-night glam rock, new wave, punk and Britpop.

URBN TRBN Putting the desi in desire, DJ Shil Patel selects subcontinental dance from golden-age Bollywood blowouts including classic Bollywood dance songs, New Jack Swing, ‘80s and ‘90s hip-hop and “anything else fun.”

Last Call 10 p.m. FREE! www.lastcallathens.com FIRE AND ICE PARTY Featuring Power 101.1 DJ Johnny D behind the decks.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ littlekingsshuffleclub DJ MAHOGANY Freaky funk, sultry soul, righteous R&B and a whole lotta unexpected faves.

The Melting Point “American Cancer Society presents: Men of the Classic City 2nd Annual Bachelor Auction.” 7:30 p.m. $20 (adv.), $25 (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.

The Office Lounge 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-546-0840 SCARLET STITCH A solid blend of Southern, stadium, metal and grunge rock, packing a hefty musical punch of classic covers and originals.

Rye Bar 10:30 p.m. $2. www.myspace.com/ ryebarathens LAISSEZ FUNK Local group plays funk-jam fusion plus a variety of covers.

Terrapin Beer Co. 5:30 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com ILLICITIZEN Quirky indie-rock duo swinging from cabaret-folk to postpunk to jangy alt-pop.

Sunday 1 ACC Library 3 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 LIVE! AT THE LIBRARY This week: Renowned acoustic folk artist Caroline Aiken.

Borders Books & Music 4 p.m. FREE! 706–583–8647 MARK WENTHE Member of the local eccentric indie/blues outfit Dusty Lightswitch and musical cohort of Scott Downes, Wenthe will be playing original tunes on acoustic guitar

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

Thursday, July 29

Tumbleweed Stampede, Qurious, Wowser Bowser, Hans Darkbolt New Earth Music Hall Hidden behind masks and saturated in swirling electronics, Atlanta duo Qurious has a way of casting a mood over its audience. Vocalist Catherine Quesenberry alternates between dreamy lyrical lines and nonverbal coos and guttural calls. For all the modern technology the group manipulates, the tunes carry a very sensual, primal energy, taking cues from triphop, shoegaze and some surprising worldly obscurities.

“I do love to sing without set lyrics, or the setting of lyrics,” says Quesenberry. “I also Qurious love the vocal stylings of Gal Costa, Thom Yorke, Carolyn Franklin and, most recently, Yukimi Nagano from Little Dragon, and Juana Molina. Above all, the voices of the Bulgarian folk choirs are what really get me going.”

Bandmate Mike Netland thinks of himself mostly as a producer/engineer, and he was focused on hip-hop production when he first met multi-instrumentalist Quesenberry, who sang and played accordion in Autovine. “She knew about my solo projects and wanted to link up and try merging our styles,” says Netland. “We really wanted to capture a specific sound/atmosphere.”

Their first project, due for release in August, is a concept record called Planet Plant. The premise? “Catherine and I (two members of an alien race) crash landing on planet Earth and documenting our experiences through song. Because our society is so advanced, we are not familiar with a lot of the natural beauty found on Earth.” The record is thus divided in three sections: water, earth and space.

That earthly imagery may soon become integrated in Qurious’ live show as well, as the visual element of performance is key to the Qurious ethos. “For me a show is about completely immersing the audience in your world,” says Netland, “which can only be achieved by transforming the environment… We’re constantly thinking of new ways to change the visual aspect of our shows.” [Michelle Gilzenrat]

influenced by rock, jazz and classical music.

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

Monday 2 Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 KARAOKE Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday with the Singing Cowboy!

Go Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar AMERICAN CHEESEBURGER Athens four-piece delivering rapidfire, loud and aggressive old-school thrash rock.

LOS MEESFITS The music of The Misfits done in Cuban salsa style.

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

THE LINCOLN BEDROOM Twangy, old country sound with a bright, sweet, pop gleam.

WHISPER KISS Local acoustic project featuring multi-instrumentalist Michael Wegner (Abbey Road LIVE!, Sunny-Side Up Band) and Shelley Olin (DubConscious, Grogus).

(5:30–7 p.m.)

Tuesday 3

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

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

Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com 10TH CONCESSION Alternative rock band from Tampa with accessible melodies.

THE WORNOUT WELCOME Blending the punk leanings of The Replacements with the alt-country twang of Whiskeytown.

New Earth Music Hall 9 p.m. FREE! www.newearthmusichall. com SUBSONIK New weekly series bringing the freshest electronic music to Athens! DJ Culture will re-start Electric Music Mondays with an open producer and DJ night.

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.

Rye Bar 10:30 p.m. www.myspace.com/ryebarathens BROS. MARLER Brothers Drew and Daniel Marler play gypsyAmericana.

Little Kings Shuffle Club Athens Farmers Market. 4-7 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net FABULOUS BIRD Local troubadour Peter Alvanos plays bright, ‘60sinspired pop. (4-5:15 p.m.)

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.

Rye Bar 10:30 p.m. www.myspace.com/ryebarathens SID HOLMES Debuting acoustic songs about retired serial killers and religious marketing.

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

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

Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com MANRAY Local foursome that plays high-energy, “off-timed” rock and roll with “threads of improvisation.”

Touchstones include Pixies and Fugazi.

SMILEY WITH A KNIFE Gentle, melodic post-rock instrumentals.

Go Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar HOTHANDS Gritty noise-pop duo with stripped down chords and energetic vocals.

TELETHON Fuzzy, melodic lo-fi rock.

Johnny’s New York Style Pizza 7:30–10 p.m. FREE! 706-354-1515 KARAOKE Low-impact karaoke for rising stars.

New Earth Music Hall Socioconscious Awakening/Gulf Benefit Show. 9 p.m. $6. www.newearthmusichall.com CIRCLE IN FLIGHT Local metal act inspired by Mastodon.

CLASSIC BASTARDS Light metal about such pressing social issues as “pwning n00bs in Call of Duty” and lovable serial killer Dexter.

GUZIK Southern rock meets death metal.

OF LEGEND This local hardcore band has changed up its sound, heading in a more experimental, introspective direction informed by acts like Neurosis, Isis and Jesu.

No Where Bar 10 p.m. $2. 706–546–4742 THE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS Featuring Chris Steiner of Mayhem String Band.

285 W. Washington St. Athens, GA • Call 706-549-7871 for Show Updates

CHEAP DRINK SPECIALS EVERY NIGHT BEFORE 11PM • 18 + UP

FRIDAY, JULY 30

THE FRIENDS OF ROCKIN JOHNNY present a Benefit for Greg Veale THE RATTLERS STRAWBERRY FLATS NORMALTOWN FLYERS RAFFLE from Widespread Panic, REM and more!

doors open at 8pm • ten dollars EARLY SHOW!

SATURDAY, JULY 31

GIRLS ROCK CAMP ATHENS SHOWCASE doors open at 5:30pm • five dollars

SATURDAY, AUGUST 7

CHRIS HURT

CD RELEASE PARTY

(FORMERLY COLT FORD SINGER)

RADIOLUCENT DANIEL LEE BAND

doors open at 8:30pm • ten dollars **

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

POPFEST!

Rye Bar 10:30 p.m. www.myspace.com/ryebarathens FOUR PEOPLE Thick funk anthems and bouncing jam grooves.

GREAT DECEIVERS Indie pop rock with vocal harmonies from Orlando.

GO SAILOR • CARS CAN BE BLUE AFTERNOON NAPS • SOURPATCH STANDARD FARE • GRAPE SODA

Terrapin Beer Co. 5 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com SPEAK EASY THREE Alternative music with clever lyrics, catchy melodies and an upbeat groove. * Advance Tickets Available

Down the Line 8/5 The Fresh Water Mussels (Borders Books & Music) 8/5 The Solstice Sisters (DePalma’s Italian Cafe) 8/5 Kenosha Kid (Farm 255) 8/5 3 Foot Swagger / Brock Butler (Last Call) 8/5 Alligator / Hot New Mexicans / Tubers / Witches (Little Kings Shuffle Club) 8/5 Carla LeFever and the Rays (Roadhouse) 8/5 Four People the Band (Terrapin Beer Co.) 8/5 Brad Downs and the Poor Bastard Souls / Josh Perkins Experiment in Southern Hospitality / William Tonks (The Melting Point) 8/6 Kyshona Armstrong (Bailey’s American Tavern)

THURSDAY, AUGUST 12

THE WEDDING PRESENT (PERFORMING BIZARRO)

doors open at 7:30pm • twelve dollars

FRIDAY, AUGUST 13

POPFEST!

THE APPLES IN STEREO CIRCULATORY SYSTEM • ELEKIBASS CASPER AND THE COOKIES MARSHMALLOW COAST PIPES YOU SEE, PIPES YOU DON’T SUPERCLUSTER doors open at 7:30pm • twelve dollars POPFEST!

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

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

ART Call for Artists (ATHICA) Seeking submissions from artists who request the participation of others as a key element of their work.

Go online for submission guidelines.

Deadline Oct. 6. www.athica.org Call for Artists (Georgia Piedmont Arts Center, Auburn) Seeking artists to participate in upcoming art festival, “Harvest of Art,” in September. Register or learn more online. 404-202-3044, www. georgiapiedmontartscenter.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. August’s theme: Disaster. http://hexadic.blogspot.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 submissions. Go online for requirements. Deadline: Aug. 1. www.withoutabox.com, ecofocusfilmfest.org

AUDITIONS The Haunted Honeymoon (Memorial Park Quinn Hall) Athens Creative Theatre holds auditions for the Reader’s Theatre show to premiere in September. Prepare to read from the script as a group. Aug. 4, 6:30–9 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3628, www.athenscreativetheatre.com

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 Rose of Athens Theatre’s 2010/2011 Season (SeneyStovall Chapel) Now holding auditions for As You Like It, Alice in Wonderland, Frankenstein Lives and Christmas Spirits Holiday Tour. Prepare two one-minute monologues, one classical and one contemporary, and call to schedule audition. Ages 9 to adult. Aug. 25, 6–9 p.m. www.roseofathens.org, danielle@roseofathens.org, 706340-9181.

CLASSES ACC Leisure Services Fall Program Registration (Various Locations) Register yourself and your family for adult and youth art and dance classes, youth basketball and many other programs to keep busy this fall and winter. See full program online! Begins July 31, 9 a.m. www.accleisureservices.com Advanced Beekeeping (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Completion of the Beekeeping for Beginners Series required. Preregistration required. 1–3 p.m. $16.

706-542-6156.

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 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 Bellydancing (Healing Arts Centre) “Beginners Egyptian Bellydancing” (Wednesdays, 7–8:15 p.m.). “Intermediate/Advanced Bellydancing” (Wednesdays, 8:30–9:45 p.m.). 706-613-1143, www.healingartscentre.net Chen Style Taijiquan (Floorspace) Effortless power.

Authentic Chinese martial lineage.

Register for ongoing instruction.

Sundays and Mondays, 706-6143342, telihu@gmail.com Chicken Butchering Class (Nature’s Harmony Farm) Learn to cut, bleed, scald, pluck and clean the interior cavity of a chicken! Chickens supplied; bring a cooler. Go online to register. Aug. 6, 1–4 p.m. $60 (includes two chickens). www.naturesharmonyfarm.com Clay Classes (Good Dirt) Weekly “Try Clay” class every Friday from 7–9 p.m. “Family Try Clay” every Sunday from 2–4 p.m. ($20/person).

706-355-3161, www.gooddirt.net Computer Class (ACC Library, Educational Technology Center) Introduction to Word. Call to register. Aug. 12, 10–11:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 Computer Class (ACC Library, Educational Technology Center) Mouse and Keyboard Skills. Call to register. Aug. 5, 7–8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650

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“Art for Athens Kids,” at the Lyndon House through Aug. 28 features ceramic tiles by young artists.

Computer Class (ACC Library, Educational Technology Center) Introduction to the internet. Call to register. Aug. 26, 7–8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 Concrete Leaf-Casting (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Learn how to use large leaves to cast concrete forms that can be used for bird baths or creative garden accents.

Registration required. Aug. 31, 6:30–8:30 p.m. $27. 706-542-6156, www.uga.edu/botgarden “Courting the Inner Artist” (Chase Street Warehouses, Womanspace) Come find out what it all means at this day-long retreat for female writers which aims to find a balance between your “unique challenges” and your “specific gifts.”

Aug. 7, 11 a.m.–6 p.m. www.holding womanspace.com Dance Center Fall Classes (East Athens Educational Dance Center) Registering for adult and children’s classes including Beginning Jazz, Ballet, Tap, HipHop, Praise Dancing and more. July 31, 9 a.m.–noon. www.accleisure services.com/dance.shtml Dance Classes (Studio Dance Academy) Now registering for a wide range of youth and adult classes, from ballet and tap to swing and Nia. 706-354-6454, www.studiodance academy.com Dance Classes, Martial Arts and Yoga (Floorspace) Now registering for adult and children’s classes. 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 Dancing Pals Dance Lessons (Freedom of Movement Dance Academy, 8081 Macon Hwy) Be prepared for any social occasion with alternating ballroom and country-western dance lessons every Thursday. 6:30–7:30 p.m. $10. jean.guard@yahoo.com Etching for Beginners and Intermediates (Lyndon House Arts Center) An introduction to intaglio/etching processes using printmaking methods to inscribe images onto metal plates. Learn Xerox

transfer, soft ground and aquatint techniques! 706-613-3623, www. accleisureservices.com Gardening Classes (Athens Technical College) Register for one or all of the seven classes taught by the Athens Area Master Gardeners. $15/class, $79/7 classes. 706-3695763, bmoody@athenstech.edu Genealogy 102: Census Records Online (Oconee County Library) Research family history online using Ancestry Library Edition and HeritageQuest Online.

Genealogy 101 is a prerequisite for this class. Register. July 31, 11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m. FREE! 706-7693950 Genealogy on the Internet (ACC Library) A brief intro to Internet resources for genealogy.

Databases in Galileo will be introduced. Register. Aug. 19, 6–8:45 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 Gentle Yoga for Seniors (Council on Aging) Regain flexibility, stamina and muscle tone with gentle stretches and breathing techniques.

Tuesdays, 8–9:15 a.m. Wednesdays, 3–4:15 p.m. Fridays, 10–11 a.m.

FREE! 706-549-4850 Hammered-Wire Leaf Jewelry (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Artist Susan Cooper teaches participants how to create jewelry inspired by leaves from native trees. Aug. 17, 6:30–8:30 p.m. $15. www.uga.edu/botgarden Jewelry and Metalsmithing (Lyndon House Arts Center) Learn how to create unique pieces of jewelry while learning about various metalsmithing techniques, including piercing, soldering, stone setting, appliqué and inlay. Call for more information! 706-613-3623, www. accleisureservices.com 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 Microsoft Word 2007 (Athens Technical College) Learn how to include text, graphics, tables and formatting in your business documents. Aug. 17, 9 a.m.–3:30 p.m. $125. 706-369-5876 Money Matters (ACC Library) Money Matters coordinator Teri Hanna will share some helpful tips

for budgeting, maintaining a checking account and improving your credit score. Aug. 26, 7 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 New Canopy Classes (Canopy Studio) Fall classes begin Sept.

7! New this fall: Beginner Fabrics Trapeze. Full schedule online. 706549-8501, www.canopystudio.com Nia (Various Locations) Register for a session or drop in to try out this blend of dance arts, martial arts and healing arts. For all ages and fitness levels. $12/drop-in, 706-424-9873, www.thebodyeclectic.net Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Classes (Trumps on Milledge, 2026 S. Milledge Ave.) OLLI, formerly Learning in Retirement, will hold registration for fall courses and activities. Come out and learn about the various classes, travel opportunities and social events offered. Sept. 13, 9:30 a.m.

706-542-5011, 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 Painting with Charles (Lyndon House Arts Center) Bring in your oil or acrylic masterpieces-in-progress to receive easel-side assistance from instructor Charles. 706-613-3623, www.accleisureservices.com Pilates Booty Camp (Sangha Yoga Studio) Tuesdays, 5:30–6:45 p.m. $75/session. 706-613-1143, www.healingartscentre.net Tai Chi in the Park on Talmadge Drive (Mind Body Institute, Athens Regional Medical Center) Offering Tai Chi instruction. Call for more information.

Saturdays, 9:30–10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-475-7329, mbiprograms@ armc.org Tech Tips: Photo Editing (ACC Library) Learn how to optimize your vacation photos using Picnik, a free photo-editing website. Aug. 24, 12:15–1 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 Yangola (Floorspace) A blend of Capoeira Angola and Hatha Yoga.

Wednesdays, 6:15–7:15 p.m. 727433-6449 Yoga Classes (Sangha Yoga Studio) Choose from morning, afternoon or evening classes. For all skill

levels. See full schedule online. $14/ drop-in, $60/6-class punch card.

706-613-1143, www.healingarts centre.net 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) Educated instructors offer a wide variety of basic and specialty classes throughout the day.

706-475-7329, www.armc.org/mbi Yoga, Tai Chi and Pilates (Five Points Yoga) Full schedule online. $5/class, $10/drop-in. www.athens fivepointsyoga.com

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, Chase Street Warehouses) Join BikeAthens volunteers as they clean and repair donated bicycles for local service agencies. Bike repair skills a plus, but not necessary. Sunday, 2–4:30 p.m. Monday & Wednesday, 6–8:30 p.m. www.bikeathens.com Blood Drive (Red Cross Donor Center) Give the gift of life! Call to make an appointment today. 706546-0681, 1-800-GIVE-LIFE Book Donations (Oconee County Library) Collecting gently used books for the library’s annual book sale in September. Drop items at the library or call to arrange pick-up.

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I Art Athens Supply Drive Donate your art supplies to a local organization committed to enriching Athens teens with opportunities for artistic expression. Contact Jillian to arrange pickup or drop-off. jillian@ iartathens.org, http://iartathens.org/ help-out Seeking Donations and Volunteers (Front Porch Bookstore, 102 Marigold Ln., Winterville) Seeking volunteers and book donations. No more textbooks, please! 706-372-1236, ronwetherbee @windstream.net

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 Back-to-School Bingo (Various Locations) Compete to win a backpack loaded with school supplies at a community center near you! Ages 6–12. July 27 (Parkview), July 28 (Broadacres), July 29 (Rocksprings), 4 p.m. $3. 706-613-3603 Gymnastics (Bishop Park) Registration for the fall gymnastics.

Find classes for all ages, from “Diaper Gym” to “Adult Tumbling!”

Begins July 31. Classes begin Aug. 4. 706-613-3589, www.accleisure services.com/gymnastics.shtml 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

ART AROUND TOWN ACC Library (2025 Baxter St., Top of the Stairs Gallery) Paintings of flowers by artist and gardener Marshall Reddoch. Through August.

Amici Italian Café (223 E. Clayton St.) Photography by Evan Leavitt. Through July.

Big City Bread Cafe (393 N. Finley St.) A group show featuring the work of Erin McIntosh, Sarah Seabolt and their students next door at Blue Tin Studio. Through July 30.

Brick House Studio (1892 Athens Rd., Crawford) Featuring artwork by Tim Adams, Andy Casey, Andy Cherewick, Tex Crawford, Rene Guerin, David Jenkins, Doug Makemson, Brian Reade, Marshall Reddock, Eric Simmons and Lamar Wood. Through August (by appointment only).

Chase Street Warehouses (Be Here Now Gallery) “Locals Only,” featuring the work of over a dozen Athens artists, including Michael Lachowski, Nash Hogan, Laurin Ramsey, Cindy Jerrell, Jeff Owens, Dana Jones and Steven Milsap. Saturdays through August 21.

Ciné Barcafé (234 W. Hancock Ave.) An exhibit featuring the explosive, colorful paintings of Carol John.

Through August 15.

Espresso Royale Caffe (297 E. Broad St.) Landscape photography by Tom Nix. Through August.

Flicker Theatre & Bar (263 W. Washington St.) Work by Nina Barnes and Dave Barnes. Through July.

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.) Paintings by Greg Benson. Through July.

Good Dirt (510 B North Thomas St.) Funtional pottery and sculpture by Allya Macdonald, Crisha Yantis and Al Pellenberg. Through mid-August.

The Grit (199 Prince Ave.) Works by Hannah Jones.

Through Aug. 15.

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

Jittery Joe’s Roasting Company (780 E. Broad St.) “Cool for Cats,” an exhibit featuring acrylic paintings of cats and kittens by Chloe Tewksbury and

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 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 and more. $199–$349. 706-542-3537, www. georgiacenter.uga.edu/summer academy 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. Through July 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.

Through July, 8:30 a.m.–3 p.m. or 5:30 p.m. $140–$170/week. 706543-4473, wasecaschool.org Yoga Sprouts (Full Bloom Center) For kids ages 2–6. Wednesdays, 3:30–4:30 p.m. $14/drop-in, $60/6 classes. 706-372-1757, www.yogasprouts.com Youth Soccer (Bishop Park) Now registering for ages 4–12. Season runs Aug. 31–Sept. 22. All games played at Southeast Clarke Park.

July 31–Aug. 2. $42–$63 (scholarships available). Register: 706-6133871, www.accleisureservices.com

Brigette Herron. Through July.

Just Pho…and More (1063 Baxter St.) Work by Nancy Hart. Through August.

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

Last Resort Grill (184 W. Clayton St.) “The Art of Collage,” an exhibit featuring the work of Susan T. Pelham. Through July.

Lyndon House Arts Center (293 Hoyt St.) “Art for Athens Kids,” an exhibit featuring illustrated ceramic tiles by nine young artists from Pinewoods Learning Center. Through Aug. 28. “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) Oil and watercolor paintings by Caroline Carey. Through July.

Madison-Morgan Cultural Center (434 S. Main St., Madison) “Mapping the Present Just Went By,” a collaborative multimedia project presented by the Madison-Morgan Cultural Center and the Morgan County African-American Museum which combines stories, documents, sculpture and other historical relics with photography by Lynn Marshall-Linnemeier.

Through Sept. 24.

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) “Summer Members’ Show.” Through Aug. 25.

Republic Salon (312 E. Broad St.) Large, vibrant acrylic paintings by Jaime Bull. Through August.

State Botanical Garden of Georgia (2450 S. Milledge Ave.) “Dancing Naked Under Palm Trees,” an exhibit featuring watercolors of nature by Par Ramey. Through August.

Transmetropolitan (145 E. Clayton St.) “The Rainbow of Carnage,” an exhibit featuring new paintings by Joe Havasy. Through July.

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.) Pop-up books, art quilts and other textile art by Gretchen Elsner. Through July.

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

FREE! Eve Anthony, 706-549-4850 Athens Mothers’ Center (St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church) Tuesdays & Fridays, 9:30–11:30 a.m. 706-552-8554, www.athensga. mothercenter.org Domestic Violence Support Group (Call for location) Call the Project Safe hotline: 706-543-3331.

Second and fourth Thursday of the month in Clarke County. First and third Thursday of the month in Madison County. 6–8 p.m.

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

Wednesdays, 6:30–8 p.m.

Emotions Anonymous (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) Informal and supportive 12-step program. Sundays, 4–5 p.m. 706-202-7463, www.emotions anonymous.org Mental Health Support Group (St. Mary’s Hospital) Meets in the lobby conference room.

Thursdays, 6:30–8 p.m. 706-7835706, www.athensmentalhealth.org 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 Sapph Fire (Email for Location) The newly formed social and support group for lesbian and bisexual women of color meets the first and third Saturday of every month. Ages 21 & up. Email for more info. Find it on Facebook, sapph.fire@yahoo.com

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 Powerspeak Languages (ACC Library) Now available through the Athens-Clarke County Library, Powerspeak Languages. Call or go online to learn more. 706-613-3650, www.clarke.public.lib.ga.us Summer Photo Contest Celebrate the outdoors by entering your best digital photos of summer fun in this contest sponsored by the ACC Department of Leisure Services. Email photos to mylaneal@co.clarke.ga.us through July 30. 706-613-3580, www.accleisure services.com/july.shtml Teen Advisory Board (Oconee County Library) Help plan and organize programs for the Oconee County Library’s Young Adult department that appeal to you! For ages 11–18. 706-769-3950 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 treatment. 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 “Tri to Beat Cancer” (Sandy Creek Park) The Cancer Foundation of Northeast Georgia hosts a sprint triathalon in Sandy Creek Park to raise money for local cancer patients. Aug. 29, 7–11 a.m. $50. 706353-4354, www.cfnega.org f

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reality check Matters Of The Heart And Loins I come to you with a conundrum. I feel as though I am an unusual man. I am conscious of the feminist movement and try to treat women with the respect they deserve. I do not feel that I own any woman. I have tried to share my life experiences with several women, but do not try to force my opinions on them.

However, I have had less luck with women following this ideology. It seems to me that the more I act like an asshole to a woman I am fond of, the more she reacts positively to my actions. Whenever I treat a woman like she is independent, she runs over me. I do not feel like this is a universal problem among all women, but perhaps this a problem among Athenian women who live in this hook-up-aboveall-else town. Perhaps I want to finally get serious with someone.

My question to you is this: If not Athens, then where should I live? Where would I have better luck treating women the way they deserve without getting my ass stomped? Because this town is not cutting the mustard.

Anonymous I get this letter a lot. Almost as often as the one that asks “Why are guys such assholes? And why do they say they want a relationship and then run away after we sleep together?” The answer, as you probably know, is that people suck. Men suck, women suck… we suck. We don’t know what we want, or we do and we don’t hold out for it. We take whatever is easiest and most available to us at the time, because it’s better than sleeping alone, or they live closer than we do to the bar, or we think we’re empowered, or that we’re getting back at the last person that broke our hearts. It isn’t about where you live, even though we would all like to believe that Athens is the only place of its kind anywhere. It’s about who you’re dating. And even that isn’t always your fault. People can look really great on paper or at first glance and then end up being all kinds of fucked up.

The only thing you can do is live where and how you want to live and keep trying to meet another person who wants the same things that you do. It’s not easy. There is bound to be a lot of disappointment. You may not even know the right woman when she comes along (at first). But eventually, through what will likely be much trial and error, you will find something worthwhile. You just have to keep at it. What else are you going to do?

I am married to this lady, but now we are separated and headed for divorce. She lives in Athens with our child. I want to move back to be near her my child and to get into the music scene. Her mother and I were together for a long time but I don’t want to get back with her; I just want to be near my sweet little daddy’s girl. Is this a good idea or not?

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Unless you have no custody rights or a restraining order, I can’t see how moving to be closer to your child is a bad thing, CT. Just make sure you have a job and a plan when you get here, and avoid getting too involved in your ex’s life.

I am about to move in with my boyfriend.

This is the first guy I have ever lived with, and we have been together for a couple of years and we get along really well. We are both in our mid- to late-20s, and we have definitely talked about the future. No specific plans, but at the moment it seems likely that we will eventually get married.

The thing that worries me is that I read recently that couples who live together before they get married are more likely to break up. I can’t imagine not living with somebody before marrying them, because in my mind it makes sense that you need to be compatible, and living together seems like the way to really get to know whether you can make it work. Am I crazy? I don’t want to ruin our relationship, and I also don’t understand how living together first makes it less likely to work. I am so happy right now. We are picking out glasses and sheets and things, and it seems like the perfect time, but I can’t help being worried in the back of my mind. What do you think?

Moving My read on that statistic (which has been much discussed, by the way) is that couples who get married first and then move in together have already signed the contract and therefore feel more inclined to try to work things out. If you aren’t married, then all you have to do is move your stuff and it’s over, but if you’re married, then it’s a Divorce. As a person who has cohabited with men more than once, I can only say that when it ends it sucks no matter how you cut it. I have never been divorced, so I can’t speak to that, but I think there are people who are more willing to work things out and there are people who are more likely to walk, and that being married may make you slightly more apt to try, but that moving in together is the natural next step to a serious relationship.

I do recommend addressing any potential roommate issues as soon as they come up, however. There is no reason why a toilet seat or a toothpaste cap should lead to a screaming fight, but on the other hand, there’s also no reason why anyone should be expected to simply accept all of their significant other’s habits for what they are. The key is compromise, whether you’re married or not.

Communicate, find the middle ground and compromise. And for the time being, enjoy your giddy first purchases together and don’t worry what the statistics say; 96.7 percent of them are made up on the spot anyway.

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Downtown. Luxury apartments in Victorian Bldg.

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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, nice yard. $550/mo. Call McWaters Realty, (706) 549-3222, (706) 353-2700 or cell (706) 540-1529.

Commercial Property 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) 4254048 or (706) 296-1863.

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

Historic Downtown B u i l d i n g . 3200 sq. ft.

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

Paint Artist Studios.

Historic Blvd area. Artist C o m m u n i t y. 1 6 0 Tr a c y 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, Bar, or Restaurant for lease at Homewood Shopping Center.

3000 sq. ft. Call Bryan Austin at (706) 353-1039.

Condos for Rent $850/mo. 2BR/2.5BA. 1200 sq. ft. 385 Old Epps Bridge Rd. Near campus, bus, shopping. W/D included.

Tile & HWflrs. Patio w/ river view. Available July. (706) 380-1288.

$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.

3BR/2.5BA. 3 floors. 2 patios.

New kitchen, completely updated unit. Pool. $900/ mo. Call Michelle (706) 433-2712.

1BR/BA. Near campus & busline. Close to shopping & eating.No pets, lg. rooms.

Quiet area, lease & deposit. $400/mo. (706) 255-8277.

3BR/3BA condo. Available 8/1. Great amenities: pool, clubhouse, gated. Condo is partially furnished w/ security system. $425/BR. Call Kelli (706) 296-1780.

2BR Duplexes in 5 Pts on Hampton Ct. & Highland Ave. $675/mo. Avail.

Aug. Call (706) 546-6900 o r v i s i t w w w. Va l e r i o Properties.com/.

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3BR/2BA Westside condo. 10 min. to UGA. HWflrs, granite, tile. Pool use, gated, trash included in rent. $1100/mo. Geoff (706) 2063560 for more. Owner is lic.

Ga. RE agent, #302489.

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N e x t t o Campus & Downtown. 4BR/2BA. W / D , D / W, H VA C .

Balcony overlooks small creek. A minute walk to Dwntn/UGA. 4 parking spaces included! $1000/ mo. (706) 546-5659.

Studio 51. Luxury studios adjoining UGA campus. On UGA busline.

Well apportioned. Stainless appls. Tile & bamboo floors. On–site laundry.

Please visit w w w. studio51condos.com.

Condos For Sale 2BR Normaltown condo.

Walk to ARMC, Navy School, shops, restaurants! Pool, busline, 1.5mi to Dwntn., HWflrs.! Buy for $88,000 or lease for $700/mo. Call Atlas (706) 534-0385 or email Matt@ AtlasRealEstateAdvisors. com.

Sexy like you. Color ful like you.

Go to www.460barnettshoalsrd5c. com. Donna Smith Fee, Keller Williams Realty Greater Athens, (706) 296-5717 cell (706) 319-2900 office.

Duplexes For Rent 1BR/1BA duplex. CHAC, DW, new appls., fenced yd., covered. parking, storage. shed. $450/mo. (706) 202-4792.

2BR/1.5BA duplex. $550/ mo. W/D & trash service incl.

Private cul–de–sac. Pets welcome. $275 deposit. Park East. (706) 552-3500.

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Charming & private.

HWflrs., huge ceilings, fireplace, separate laundry room. 167 Oglethorpe Ave. $695/mo. Move in mid–August. Call Valerio Proper ties (706) 5466900. Visit www.valerio properties.com.

E a s t A t h e n s . 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.

Normaltown/Navy School.

Unique, brick townhouse.

Cool, private 2BR/1BA. CHAC, HWflrs, lg. fenced yard. Pets OK. Upstairs $700/mo., downstairs $600/mo. Off street parking. Lease/dep. (706) 207-4636.

Navy School area. Duplexes for rent. Minutes from Dwntn & campus. 2BR/1BA w/ HWflrs & all appls. incl.

W/D. Excellent condition.

Great location. Available 8/1. $600/mo. Herbert Bond Realty, owner/agent (706) 540-0472.

Newly renovated 2BR/1BA duplex off Peter St. New everything! $550/mo, i n c l u d e s w a t e r. ( 7 0 6 ) 718-1159.

O c o n e e C o . Ve r y n i c e townhouse duplex.

3BR/1.5BA. Fenced yd. Nice n’hood. Great schools. $795/ mo. (706) 338-8864.

Pineview Dr. off S. Milledge.

W/D, ceiling fans, DW, microwave, total electric, fresh paint, up-to-date appls.

2BR/1BA $595/mo., 2BR/2BA $650/mo., 3BR/2BA $750/ mo., 4BR/2BA $850/mo.

(706) 207-6361.

Houses for Rent $1250/mo. Historic Blvd n’hood. Very nice updated 3 B R . 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.

1BR/1BA house located on Prince Ave. Available 8/1.

Lg. bedroom w/ 2 closets.

Living rm. w/ more storage space. HWflrs. throughout.

Tiled kitchen w/ oven, fridge.

Entrance has wooden patio.

Call (706) 202-9905.

1 3 3 4 W. H a n c o c k .

3BR/2BA for lease by o w n e r.

Completely remodeled in–town home.

New everything! Pets are welcome. $750/mo. Call Lance, (706) 714-4603.

1331 Dowdy Rd. 3-6BR/2BA. $1200–$1400/ mo. 100 yr. old farmhouse located ½ mile from civilization. High ceilings, HWflrs., & good dogs welcome. A spacious house w/ 2 lg. porches. Located close to great schools & all of your shopping needs in a serene setting, which is great for family friends & nature lovers, or anyone else who is looking for a great house to live for the upcoming year!Avail. 8/1. Pls. call (706) 548-9797, boulevard​ property​management.com.

1BR apt. for $475/mo.

2BR apt. starting at $700/ mo. 3BR apt. starting at $1000/mo. All close to campus! Howard Properties (706) 546-0300.

181 Holman Ave. Available immediately! 3BR/2BA in Normaltown. HWflrs, CHAC, quiet street. Grad students pref’d. (706) 372-1505.

2BR/1BA. 2895 Danielsville Rd. Wooded. Wide porch.

CHAC, W/D hookup. Wood flrs., fenced yd., lawncare incl. $600/mo. + dep. (706) 546-5390, lv. msg.

2BR/1BA. $650/mo. 190 Grove St. house & an art studio for creative people w/ an open floor plan off Oconee St. Walking distance to UGA, Dwntn, 1000 sq. ft., porch, screened porch, g a rd e n a re a , y a rd a r t , claw foot tub, concrete floors. Pets are welcome.

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

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

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2BR/2BA + loft. Minutes to campus! Great room w/ vaulted ceiling, fireplace, designed flooring. Ceramic tile counter tops. Tile kitchen/ bath. Stainless steel appls.

New HVAC. Oversized deck w/ arbor. Privacy fenced backyard.

For sale at $131,900 or $875/ mo. Herbert Bond Realty, Carol Moon (706) 540-0472.

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.

260 North Rockspring.

3BR/2BA for lease by owner.

Completely remodeled in-town home. New everything! Pets are welcome. $840/mo. Call Lance, (706) 714-4603.

2BR/1BA. 349 Oak St. Less than a mi. to campus.

Fenced backyd. Window A/C, gas heat. HWflrs. $700/ mo. + dep. Ralph Bryant (706) 207-6071.

2BR/2BA townhouse. Very nice, clean, quiet, & safe.

Beautifully landscaped.

Great for family/grads. 15 mins from UGA. In Oconee School District. Available 8/1. $900/mo. (404) 401-8369.

2BR/2.5BA spacious townhouse. Avail. 8/1. The Summit of Athens. All appls. W/D, clubhouse, pool, workout rm. Gated, safe.

Close to campus. $950/ mo. Call (770) 891-8255, gpreteroti@aol.com.

3BR/2BA. Quiet cul–de–sac.

Private fenced backyd. 2–car garage. DW, W/D hookups, HC accessible. Close to Navy School & bus line. Pets OK. $1250/mo. Call (706) 248-7692.

3BR/1BA house. CHAC, DW, W/D included. No gas bill, fenced yd. Pets OK. Bonus room or 4th BR. Available 8/1. Only $575/ mo. Call/text (706) 255-2552, OffCampusRealty.com.

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. $1400/mo. (706) 5489797, boulevard​property​ management.com.

3BR. W/D, DW, gas logs.

Dwntn. Walk to class. Porch swing w/ rockers. CHAC. $895/mo. 185A S. Finley.

(706) 714-1100.

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. $950/ mo. (706) 340-7531.

3BR/2BA house near Barnett Shoals/College Station intersection. HWflrs.

Screened–in back porch.

Completely fenced spacious yard. Telephone (706) 2063692 for details.

3BR/1.5BA. 460 Whitehead Rd. HWflrs, carpet, CHAC, attic fan, tiled kitchen, garbage disposal, DW, fenced yd., pecan trees. $750/mo. & $500/dep. Call (706) 254-2936.

3BR/2BA. 5 yr. old house, 15 minute walk or 5 minute bike from campus, near Greenway, W/D, D/W, alarm, $1100/mo. Available 8/1.

(706) 353-3893.

3BR/2BA houses for rent.

Bonus room, basement, HVAC, fridge, W/D, 2 miles from Dwntn. 145 Conrad Dr. ($900/mo.), 320 Conrad Dr. ($1000/mo.). (706) 613-7242 or (678) 232-7228.

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.

4BR/4BA house in The Retreat. Less than 1 mile from The Arch. Pool. Pets welcome. $200 discount per month. Only $1700/mo.

Aaron (706) 207-1957.

4BR/3BA townhome. $850/mo. Huge floorplan!

W/D, alarm system, pets welcome. $425/dep.

Eastside, Deer Park. Visit www.hancockpropertiesinc. com(706) 552-3500.

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.

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. $960/mo.

(706) 549-5006, www.

AthensCondoSales.com.

Blvd area historic. 1BR/1BA house in Addieville. Screen porch, W/D. HWflrs, CHAC, high ceilings. Available 8/1.

Pets OK. $850/mo. (706) 425-2040.

Don’t miss out! 3 to 5BR townhomes & cottages available fall!

Great amenities, close to campus & Dwntn starting at $325/BR Call (706) 543-1910 or Leasing@ LandmarkAthens.com.

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.

Eastside 4BR/2BA home. $800/mo. incl. trash & lawn care. All appls incl. Fenced in backyd, pets OK. Free rent 1st mo. w/ $800/dep.

Call (706) 201-2121.

Huge house in N o r m a l t o w n ! 2–stor y, 4BR/2BA, HWflrs, CHAC, D / W, W / D h o o k u p s .

On busline at Prince/ Oglethorpe. $1350/mo. (706) 546-6900 or go to www.

ValerioProperties.com/.

Move in now & pay no rent until Sept. 1st!

2 o r 3 B R s . W / D , D W, Secluded Patios. Easy Access to Loop & Dwntn.

Best Deals in Town. (706) 548-2522, www.dovetail management.com.

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Navy School area.

Close to Dwntn & campus. 3BR/2BA. 7 yrs. old.

Split BR floorplan. Vaulted ceilings in living rm. 2–car garage, deck, lg. backyd.

Great location! $1050/mo.

Herbert Bond Realty, owner/ agent (706) 540-0472.

Normaltown area.

3BR/1.5BA. $800/mo. CHAC, W/D, HWflrs., fenced backyd, deck, gas heat/stove, FP. Pets OK. Available in Aug. (706) 247-1536.

Only a few left for Fall! Brick homes starting at just $275/ BR. Close to Dwntn/UGA & pet friendly. Dekle Realty (706) 548-0580. Please visit www.deklerealty.com.

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

Upper level (3BR/1BA) of split level home in Whitehead Rd. area. Available Aug. $600/mo. + 2/3 bills + refundable deposit per 1 yr. lease agreement terms.

Jason at (706) 254-2673 or jggrubbs@ mail.com.

Houses for Sale Charming & Fun in 5 Pts. www.465springdalestreet. com. Or be cool in the Country w/ garden space to grow your own! www.170ElderStreet.com.

Donna Smith Fee, Keller Williams Realty Greater Athens, (706) 296-5717 cell (706) 319-2900 office.

Duplex FSBO. $93K. Eastside 2BR/1BA. 205 & 207 Parkridge Dr. 30605.

Completely remodeled inside & out. Current upstairs tenant.

Monthly rent covers mortgage.

Chris (706) 614-9716.

FSBO. 520 Sunset Dr. Normaltown classic. $189K. HWflrs, completely renovated, lg. fenced yd., gas fireplace, finished attic space. Close to Navy School, Bishop Park, easy commute to Dwntn.

Contact (706) 424-0167.

Roommates Female roommate wanted for a 2BR/2.5BA furnished condo.

Includes W/D. About 5 mins from Dwntn area. $375/mo. + 1/2 utils. Pest control included in rent. Contact Jesse (706) 202-1989 anytime.

Female to share 3BR/2BA house Eastside. $425/mo & 1/2 utils. Cable, Internet, kitchen privileges, W/D. Student or grad student pref’d. Must like my dog.

(706) 614-5238.

Needed 1 roommate to share 3BR/2BA house on Eastside w/ 1 male. No pets. $400/mo. + 1/2 utils. Storage available. Pool in backyard. (706) 202-7922.

Room available in 2BR/2BA house near 5 Pts. $350/mo + 1/2 utils. All new appls & bathroom fixtures. Dogs welcome. Ver y close to Memorial Park & UGA. Call (912) 663-7108.

Rooms for Rent $315/mo! 4000 sq. ft. home.

Full music studio. Pets OK. Eastside. 2 miles from shopping. 7 mi. from Dwntn/ UGA. (770) 561-1054.

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

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

Mature student for suite in 3BR home. BR/BA w/ study, kitchenette, private entrance/ deck. Furnished. Includes everything! Utils., DISH, Tivo, WiFi. Quiet, safe, near UGA. (706) 296-6956.

Rooms for rent at 290 Barber St. Big house, close to Dwntn & campus w/ CHAC, HWflrs., W/D connections. Call (706) 202-0858.

Spacious, furnished BR. Quiet, close to campus, kitchen, laundry privileges.

Shared BA, priv. entrance.

No pets. M students only. $275/mo. incl. utils. (706) 353-0227. Avail. now!

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, affordable furniture every day.

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

Miscellaneous Ask about our Run–til–Sold rate. Lowest classified ad rate in town! 12 weeks for only $40! Call (706) 549-0301 or place an ad at flagpole. com. Merchandise only.

Sporting Goods Bowflex for sale. Like new.

Bought at Academy Sports.

Barely used. Cheap! Call Michael at (706) 540-7538. ➤ continued on next page

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2BR / 2.5BA Townhomes $650

All Include Washer/Dryer & Fireplace Pool on-site!

Call Today for Move-In Specials Hamilton & Associates 706-613-9001

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Close to Dwntn/UGA. 143 Ruth: 3BR/1BA. 165 Indale: 2BR/1BA. 1692 E. Broad: 3BR/1BA. HVAC, DW, W/D, pets OK, fenced yds. Rent $600–$800/mo. Available 8/1. (706) 338-3097.

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Yard Sales The gals of Frontier host a yard sale Saturday, July 31. Starting at 7am & ending when nothing is left. Come find us in Normaltown at 140 Edwards Circle. Books, furniture, knickknacks, DVDs, clothing, shoes. Come on over, y'all know we have good taste!

Music Announcements Are you a musician looking for a church home? St. Joseph’s Catholic Church needs a pianist, percussionist, bassist, acoustic guitarist for the 11:45 mass. 3 Sundays/mo. Email jeanb0077@gmail.com.

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

Instruction Athens School of Music.

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

From beginner to expert.

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

Music Services Do you want to place a Classified but don’t see a suitable category? Suggest one to us! Email us at class@ flagpole.com.

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.

Q u a l i t y, p r o f e s s i o n a l bands. Weddings, parties.

Rock, Jazz, etc. Call Classic City Entertainment. ( 7 0 6 ) 5 4 9 - 1 5 6 7 . w w w. classiccityentertainment.com.

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Services Cleaning Good cleaning is an art.

Green cleaning is smart!

Summer specials. Call or text Nick (706) 206-0381. Local, independant. 7 days a week.

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Shenanigans Salon.

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Vehicles Autos 2005 Camry LE. Beautiful powder blue. Great condition, extremely reliable, great gas mileage. 1 owner.

Moving, must sell! Won’t last, call today. $6200 OBO. (404) 401-8369.

Heyward Allen Toyota is having a great summer.

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Pets Dog Foster Homes Needed!

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If interested e-mail dogs@ athenshumanesociety.org.

book review Words on Music David Byrne has always had a devoted audience that skews to the intellectual. Sytze Steenstra’s Song and Circumstance: The Work of David Byrne from Talking Heads to Present (Continuum) is a book that will engage even the most informed fans of his work. Steenstra teaches at Maastricht University in the Netherlands, and his book is very much a scholarly pursuit. Byrne’s entire artistic output is considered—as a musician, visual artist, filmmaker, producer and label head—starting with his early years as a Rhode Island School of Design dropout drawn to New York’s downtown art scene.

Steenstra begins by mapping Byrne’s formative influences, which went well beyond music to include subjects like cybernetics (a passion Byrne would later discover he shared with Brian Eno), the Art & Language movement, the psychoanalytical work of Carl Jung, and the comparative mythology of Joseph Campbell. Byrne seems to have studied these ideas with the intensity of a devoted graduate student at the same time he was hanging out at places like CBGBs and the Kitchen. It’s surprising how consciously and successfully Byrne incorporated these ideas into early recordings like My Life in the Bush of Ghosts. Without the benefits of hindsight, it was a strange mix of theory and musical ideas that seems unlikely at best, but now we know better. Byrne even went so far as to include a bibliography with the press materials for Remain in Light, intended to help interviewers understand the work. It was probably the first and last time most rock writers found themselves considering works like African Rhythm and African Sensibility: Aesthetics and Social Action in African Musical Idioms and A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction.

Byrne was always interested in foreign cultures, and his curiosity increased as the Talking Heads became more successful. After their last record, rather than go on a tour that promised to make everyone substantial money, Byrne decided to travel to Brazil to make a documentary on the Candomblé religion. In one of the best chapters, “Rock Star and Ethnographer,” Seenstra looks at Byrne’s complex relationship with world music—a term Byrne dislikes.

The Talking Heads were both praised and disparaged by critics for the heavy foreign musical influences (especially African), a dynamic that intensified with Byrne’s solo records like Rei Momo, which was an exploration in Latin music. Steenstra offers a nuanced take on issues of race, legitimacy and authenticity raised by Byrne’s work, including his role as head of the Luaka Bop label. It can be heavy reading at times, and there is a lot of scholarly thought to absorb, but Seenstra’s book is well worth it for the fascinating insights it offers into Byrne’s work.

Rohan Kriwaczek hijacks the tone and style of academic writing (and leaves the rest) in his strange and clever On the Many Deaths of Amanda Palmer: And the Many Crimes of Tobias James (Overlook). First, a few facts.

Amanda Palmer is a solo artist and one half of the former duo Dresden Dolls. She has a small

but devoted audience. And she’s not dead. So, what is this book? It purports to be a study of a collection of tributes by fans posted online following the unsolved murder of Palmer. These tributes showed an unusual set of shared literary traits which led Kriwaczek and others to study them and conclude they formed a genre in their own right, eventually named palmeresque.

From there things get complex. A first edition of the book is confiscated by the Boston Police Department before its release. A second edition is made public with many sections blacked out. A mysterious man named Tobias James whose photo looks suspiciously like Kriwaczek is a suspect in Palmer’s death. It’s all pretty bizarre, gothic and fanciful, like Palmer’s music, which you’re probably either going to really like or not like at all. There’s no doubt Palmer fans will love the book—it’s actually a tribute by Palmer to her fans disguised as a tribute by her fans to Palmer.

I was drawn to the book more by the concept than the subject. And Kriwaczek (and whoever-the-hell-else actually wrote this) does do an admirable job of taking the traditional book in new directions. It’s not clear if the palmeresques included in the book were actually written by Palmer fans. You can visit www.amandaplamertrust.com to submit your own palmeresque, and who knows, maybe it’ll make it into a third edition. The book’s conclusion feels open-ended, as if a future life online is in store.

Kriwaczek’s writing is best described as invented history, and he takes the ruse well beyond this single book. He is also the author of An Incomplete History of the Art of Funerary Violin. Kriwaczek the writer—his biography and even praise for his books— is also at least a partial invention. He uses just enough facts, or references to actual events, to make it hard to know when he’s

making something up—without going to your computer every few minutes to fact-check.

The introduction of On the Many Deaths of Amanda Palmer, by a professor Richard D. Davenport, explains the study of doxithanotology. A google search for “doxithanotology” yields one hit—on the Amanda Palmer Trust website. For every faux scientific conclusion, some of which can be quite funny, Kriwaczek still manages some inspired thinking about real issues like the slippery nature of the Internet and relationships between artists and their fans.

Here are some other notable music books that have been published this spring or will be out this summer. Nelson George revisits his earlier writing and uses the pivotal album to examine Jackson’s life, career and death in Thriller: The Musical Life of Michael Jackson (DaCapo Press). Tom Nolan reveals the great clarinetist and one of jazz’s most enigmatic figures in Three Chords for Beauty’s Sake: The Life of Artie Shaw (W.W. Norton). For those who still believe Metallica’s best record was Kill ‘Em All—Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir (HarperCollins). Brandon LaBelle applies urban studies and the study of popular culture to debates over issues like noise pollution in Acoustic Territories: Sound Culture and Everyday Life; and David Toop looks at the entire spectrum of sound, including its darker roles as an invader in our lives in Sinister Resonance: The Mediumship of the Listener (both Continuum). In Punk Slash!

Musicals: Tracking Slip-Sync on Film (University of Texas Press), David Laderman takes a critical look at films like Syd and Nancy that are Hollywood representations of punk. New titles in the 33 1/3 series: Public Enemy’s It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

by Christopher Weingarten; Nine Inch Nails’ Pretty Hate Machine

by Daphne Carr; Pavement’s Wowee Zowee by Bryan Charles; AC/DC’s Highway to Hell by Joe Bonomo; and Van Dyke Parks’ Song Cycle by Richard Henderson (all Continuum).

Richard Williams looks at the record and the man that broke modal jazz to the masses in The Blue Moment: Miles Davis’s Kind of Blue and the Remaking of Modern Music (W.W. Norton). Marvin D. Sterling explores the Japanese fascination with Jamaican musical culture in Babylon East: Performing Dancehall, Roots Reggae, and Rastafari in Japan (Duke University Press). Tony O’Neill, former member of the Brian Jonestown Massacre, continues his literary career with a new novel, Sick City (Harper Perennial), and as co-author with Cherie Currie of Neon Angel: A Memoir of The Runaways (HarperCollins/ It Books).

Midnight at the Barrelhouse: The Johnny Otis Story (University of Minnesota Press) by George Lipsitz is a biography of the musician, producer and father of Shuggie. True Hip-Hop (Mark Batty Publisher) features the photography of Mike Schreiber. Jason Hartley proposes a seemingly earnest (you decide) theory for why artistic genius seems to fade with age in The Advanced Genius Theory: Are They Out of Their Minds or Ahead of Their Time? (Simon and Schuster). Randy Schmidt goes beyond bad anorexia clichés in Little Girl Blue: The Life of Karen Carpenter (Chicago Review Press). Fred Goodman offers an insider’s perspective on an industry in flux in Fortune’s Fool: Edgar Bronfman, Jr., Warner Music, and an Industry in Crisis (Simon & Schuster).

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