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pub notes back to the future Several classes from my Greensboro High School alma mater held a joint reunion over the weekend, and it was great to be reminded how many friends we all had, not only in our own class, but in the younger ones, too, and how those friendships endure even through years of being out of touch.

The most successful of our classmates have been those who parlayed their popularity and small-town, easy manner into big-time getting people together and making things happen. In our class, Ed (Slick) Stone became publicity director for Callaway Gardens and then went on to Nashville to do the same thing at The Grand Ole Opry for a long time before starting his own PR firm. Jim Breedlove had a career as Southern Bell/AT&T Vice President for External Relations in Atlanta, in which capacity he became a mainstay of support for many of that city’s non-profit foundations. Jim Higdon served as a department head under four or five different Georgia governors because his ability to get things done without ruffling feathers was too valuable to replace when the political winds changed.

I can imagine that all three profited from growing up in a town where people were important and everybody knew everybody.

The easy interaction you learn there carries over very well into the wider world. Where things are generally more impersonal, the personal touch makes people want to get things done. …the more Whenever we get together as things change, we did last weekend, people always say how glad they are that they the more they grew up in Greensboro. We not only remain the same. all knew each other and visited back and forth all the time in each other’s homes, but we were friends with each other’s parents, too. They took a personal interest in us, and we saw them at their work and at church. Everybody likes to recall that nobody locked their houses, and everybody left their car keys in the ignition all the time. Even young kids could walk home from the “picture show.” Everybody in town lived within walking or biking distance to downtown—we called it “uptown.”

When we talk about preserving neighborhoods and encouraging a walkable, bikeable town, we’re really trying to get back to that model that we enjoyed in Greensboro and that was the norm here in Athens before sprawl took off and centrifuged everybody out to the suburbs that could only be reached by automobile.

It’s funny, in a way, that protecting neighborhoods and boosting the connection to downtown has come to be perceived as a “liberal” idea, while “conservatives” promote the suburbs and driving all over everywhere as the preferable way of life in spite of the fact that gasoline is now 10 times what it was when we were in high school and most of it is buried under Muslim sands or deep in the Gulf of Mexico. It’s hard to understand why the idea of a livable community should have political overtones of right or left. How could anybody not want a town that holds on to its good architecture and encourages a layout that makes it easy for people to get around to the services they need? Duh? What am I missing here?

So, here’s hoping we can move ahead with formulating a downtown master plan that guides us in the further development of our center and provides a context for the proper uses of our intown neighborhoods, including their traffic flow, their pedestrian and bicycle access and their bus service.

We need to be looking carefully at our mayoral and commission candidates to see who really understands the importance of protecting and enhancing our neighborhoods and downtown, including all those historically African-American neighborhoods which were of necessity within walking distance and are now tempting targets for developers who are always looking—when the economy allows it—to grab those close-in areas for “higher and better” uses.

An encouraging development is the renewed appreciation for the intown schools that add so much to the neighborhoods they serve. Families with young children are putting their energy into neighborhood schools and are being rewarded with being part of a school that is a neighborhood center and is easily walkable and bikable—just like we used to have here and in Greensboro and everywhere else.

Perhaps it’s true that the more things change, the more they remain the same. Here’s hoping.

Pete McCommons editor@flagpole.com

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city dope Athens News and Views Heads Up: It’s not the Dope’s usual beat, but it seems worth mentioning that an armed robbery was reported at a downtown restaurant around noon last Monday, Sept. 6.

An employee at SunO Dessert on Broad Street told police a man came in the business’ back door as she was preparing to open, showed her a pistol and asked for the money in the register. ACCPD Detective Charles Ivey says the man—described as a white male in his 20s, about 5’8’’ with a thin build and a very light moustache, wearing a ballcap, sunglasses, a camouflage shirt and khaki shorts—got away with about $200. Downtown security cameras, unfortunately, don’t seem to have captured the incident, and although it happened in broad daylight, the streets were relatively clear of potential witnesses because it was Labor Day. If you know anything that might be relevant to the case, call Det. Ivey at (706) 613-3888 (use the automated directory).

And in any case, try to be careful and vigilant.

and personnel matters.” So apparently, the county either is thinking of buying some property; is suing someone or getting sued; or is thinking of hiring or firing someone. We’ll let you know when the situation becomes clearer than that.

Five Star Move: Near the end of that same meeting, Five Star Day Café owner Diana Fairbairn graciously asked that she be allowed to withdraw her request for rezoning of the property on Milledge Avenue where she had hoped to open a new branch of the popular restaurant—a request that had been unanimously opposed by the ACC Planning Commission largely due to traffic and parking concerns, despite members’ stated desire to see more “walkable” commercial development in intown neighborhoods. The request would likely have been reluctantly denied by the

How What, Now?: On Sept. 20 from 1–3 p.m., a panel discussion entitled “New Media: How Technology Influences American Politics” will be held in the UGA Chapel on North Campus. Sounds pretty interesting, and even more so once you get a load of the participants: U.S. Sens.

Saxby Chambliss and Ben Nelson, Grady An employee at SunO Dessert on Broad Street downtown reported the store was College of Journalism robbed at gunpoint just before noon on Labor Day. Dean E. Culpepper “Cully” Clark… and talk radio host Neal Boortz. Yup, Neal Boortz, the mayor and commission, and Fairbairn said self-described Libertarian who spews partisan she didn’t want the 12-month moratorium bile at Democrats and liberals on his nationon rezoning that would have resulted from ally syndicated show every day and whose denial of her request to affect other potenrecent political dispatches using the Twitter tial inhabitants of the property. She then technology refer to the “NYC victory mosque” thanked everyone she had dealt with in the and “PrezBO,” will hold forth alongside two matter, including the Cobbham neighbors who U.S. senators and the head of UGA’s journalism opposed the rezoning. District 5 Commissioner school—presumably in the capacity of offering David Lynn credited Fairbairn with possibly guidance on calling the kettle black. “the classiest request for a withdrawal that Erin Hamm, the Republican communicawe’ve ever gotten in my eight years of being tions director for the Senate Agriculture, on the commission,” and encouraged her to Nutrition and Forestry Committee (on keep looking for a location in the same area. which Nelson and Chambliss serve), who for Hear, hear. some reason was cited as the main contact for the event on UGA’s media release, says New Face on the River: UGA journalism and Chambliss—whom she describes as the host law school grad Sonja Cox was named the of the event “in coordination with UGA,” new Altamaha Riverkeeper last week, sucthough the university lists only itself in that ceeding James Holland, who originated the function—came up with a list of possible position and retired in May. The Altamaha panelists, and Boortz agreed to participate.

Riverkeeper organization is a nonprofit body One shudders to imagine to whom else Saxby that protects the watershed that includes might have extended his invitation to this the Oconee, as well as the Middle and educational forum at his state’s flagship public North Oconee, rivers. If anyone needs to be university, but in any event, let’s just wish reminded how important the duties of this and Cully the best of luck keeping the discussion similar organizations are, just remember that vaguely reality-based. And while we’re at it, in the wake of the J&J Chemical spill into let’s wish UGA lots of luck finding a better way Trail Creek this summer, public information than this to embarrass itself. outreach was coordinated almost entirely by folks from the ARK and other area nonprofits, Possibly of Interest: Prior to the adjournment and not by any state or local governmental of their Sept. 7 regular meeting, the ACC agencies. Congratulations and best wishes to Mayor and Commission entered into a closed Sonja and her organization; for more info, executive session “for discussion of a real check out www.altamahariverkeeper.org. estate acquisition; attorney client conference to discuss threatened or pending litigation; Dave Marr news@flagpole.com

athens rising What’s Up in New Development Food carts are great! Colonies of these mobile kitchens have sprouted all over the Rose City, not only providing a range of flavors, but also activating neighborhoods in interesting ways. From neighborhood-scaled main streets to the shadowy canyons below the city center’s towering office blocks, a little slice of “flea market” ambiance erupts with rows of these little trailers, five to 10 at a time, occupying vacant corners and parking lots.

A few months back this issue was brought up in Athens, assigned to a committee, and died there before its potentials could really be explored. Before we really delve into what they can do for Athens, it’s worth considering the nuts and bolts of how these small-scale businesses are implemented in Portland, OR, a city that’s honed the concept into a successful model.

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Were Athens to revisit this business type, the focus ought to be on how to use these carts as seeds for greater pedestrian activity.

Rather than loading College Square with even more uses, could temporary businesses like food carts occupy peripheral parking lots, increasing pedestrian traffic in the short term while the areas develop? The hope would be that new, permanent businesses would eventually follow and redevelop the properties more fully.

The nature of these cart-clusters also invites a more engaged version of windowshopping than reading the menu card outside a restaurant. People come into the cluster, browse, and ask questions about the menus of the proprietors. These carts are often run by the same individuals day after day, allowing for a direct relationship between entrepreneurs and customers that is quite rare in the high-turnover world of restaurants in a college town.

The bigger question that this issue raises is regarding the nature of public space. Public squares and marketplaces first originated centuries ago as places for informal businesses such as these, before evolving and formalizing. Athens, lacking as it is in a central public space, could in that same spirit derive new space types by going back to the beginning and starting that design evolution anew.

This block of informal food carts is a dramatic contrast to the office towers above.

Where might we put a cart cluster in Generally, food carts don’t occupy the sideAthens? Narrow parking lots seem like good walk zone itself, as some of Athens’ downtown candidates, where new construction might be street vendors do; instead, they line the edges cost-prohibitive for spot infill with so many of otherwise lifeless parking lots, screening larger and more flexible lots available. The lot the dead zones behind with incredibly eneradjacent to University Towers on Broad Street getic ones. Café tables, sandwich board signs, (currently slated for a five-story infill buildand other associated elements do sometimes ing) comes to mind. In a scenario like that, spill out onto public property, but the bulk of carts could occupy the space and create a the enterprise is concentrated on the edge. shady daytime pocket park. If the Farm Cart The downtown cart colonies are more likely had more company in its little courtyard, it to follow this model. The neighborhood cart might fits this mold quite well. outposts, where parking and square footage Already, several festivals and craft fairs in general are at less of a premium, are more occupy downtown Athens throughout the year, developed, including awnings or small decks from the weekly Tuesday Farmers Market in with clusters of picnic tables for extra seating the Little Kings courtyard to annual events within the parking lots they occupy. like the Indie Craftstravaganzaa in the parkThe carts’ success often depends, ironically, ing lot next to Agora. Could the processes on the number of them clustered together, by which these take shape be gradually foralthough individual carts certainly can earn malized, or the spaces where they occur be their own reputations. The “flea market” accentuated by complementary architecture? character doesn’t really succeed with an indiPortland’s Saturday Market provides a permavidual unit. Likewise, issues of competition nent pavilion in Tom McCall Waterfront Park with brick-and-mortar restaurants hinge that is open for the public’s use during the more on the fact that what carts and fixed week and full of tents and vendors Saturday stores are selling differs in quality of experiand Sunday. Two of Auburn University’s Rural ence. Food carts are more like drive-thrus (or Studio projects, the Super Shed and the walk-thrus, as the case may be) in terms of Thomaston Farmers’ Market, likewise provide the services provided. Dealing with the cook/ formal spaces for this plug-and-play comcashier through a window only heightens merce, with large canopies to unify a colthe fast food resemblance; inversely, they lection of smaller and more mobile units are the ones in the vehicle. Regardless, the underneath. The Stoa, an ancient Athenian carts range from purely functional trailers to form, bears a striking similarity to the Rural elaborately painted works of art. The menus Studio’s work, and could be an interesting way likewise range from simpler fare like pizza and forward. hotdogs, to unique ethnic cuisine (Korean tacos, anyone?)

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city pages lacked sidewalks—and talking to some residents who hadn’t heard of the plan and didn’t even know who their commissioner was—she felt “uncomfortable” voting for it, she said.

“Some of the people who are going to be most affected by the cutoff of these lights are people who do not take the daily paper. They ACC may have more street lights than it don’t have access to a computer,” she said. really needs, costing the county an extra “The few times that I have not been com$10,000 a year in electricity. But taking out fortable casting a vote—and cast that vote street lights has proved a political nonstarter, anyway—I never felt better later,” she added. as commissioners voted 7-3 last week against And after considerable back-and-forth removing 82 lights from various streets. with county staffers about whether to extend An earlier proposal would have removed a new sewer line along Sandy Creek, commany more street lights than that. A 2008 missioners unanimously killed the plan. The “comprehensive streetlight inventory” by line was intended to serve future (and some eight county employees required (along with existing) development between Commerce their other assigned tasks) about four weeks and Danielsville roads, and ACC Planning to complete, and identified 1,216 lights that Director Brad Griffin had made that case that could be done withthe area—being no out—mostly because farther from downtown “Some of the people who are than is Beechwood—is they were fairly close to other street lights. well-located for future going to be most affected But commissioners development. But in nixed that unpopular recent years commisby the cutoff of these lights proposal in 2008—the sioners have encourare people who do not take aged intown (rather only lights actually turned off were about than outlying or the daily paper.”

100 in unbuilt subdivi“sprawl”) development, sions—and substituted and in this case they a downsized plan that would turn off only were also at pains to protect Sandy Creek’s lights closer than 140 feet to another light. water from possible sewer overflows.

Last week, they rejected that plan, too.

“This drainage basin features some of It’s not clear that street lights actually the cleanest water that we have,” said reduce crime—but many citizens think they Commissioner Kelly Girtz. “It’s relatively undisdo, and commissioners like George Maxwell turbed by the kind of development pressure heard from them. “They’re just kind of afraid we’ve seen in other places.” He proposed— to have lights turned out,” he said. Although and commissioners passed—language to she originally favored the plan, Commissioner “avoid” (rather than “minimize”) impact to Kathy Hoard also voted against it. Many of environmentally sensitive areas when planthe lights targeted for removal are in lowerning utility lines and to remove the Sandy income city neighborhoods, she said, perhaps Creek line from the county’s long-term plan. reflecting the days when city council memThat may require rezoning some 1400 lots bers might install a light simply at a citizen’s in the area that are now too small to build request. homes on—because septic tanks must be used But after visiting some of those neighinstead of sewer (and enough space must be borhoods and seeing streets “which I didn’t left for a second tank if the first should ever think were particularly well-lit” and often fail).

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Also passed: hiring four new staffers to Homeowners are “within their rights” add “sheltering and adoption services for to trap cats on their own land, ACC Animal cats” just as the county pound already proControl Director Patrick Rives told Flagpole last vides for dogs. Cats were formerly handled year. But homeowners cannot legally kill such by the Athens Area Humane Society under a an animal. And neither are unsocialized cats contract with the county, but last year the adoptable; shelters usually euthanize them.

Humane Society began The county does offer operating in its own, It’s not clear that street lights support for people who “no-kill” shelter. That want to “trap-neuterhas worked out “really release” wild cats; actually reduce crime—but wonderfully” for the the Humane Society many citizens think they do. believes TNR (and Humane Society, director Crystal Evans says; also “trap/euthanize”) but she’s glad the county will be joining the can help remove cats from specific areas, effort to reduce cat “overpopulation,” and but “even with these two methods working hopes her shelter can help find homes for cats together we still could not eradicate all feral the county might otherwise euthanize. That cats from ACC,” its website says. doesn’t include wild “feral” cats, which homeowners sometimes trap and bring to shelters.

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Georgians Will Pay Heavily Imagine what would happen if one of the candidates for governor, either Nathan Deal or Roy Barnes, proposed raising state taxes by $1 billion a year. That candidate would be burned to a crisp in the ensuing political firestorm.

He would be denounced from one end of the state to the other by the media for daring to raise taxes during the worst recession since the 1930s. His chances of winning the governor’s office would be gone.

The members of the Public Service Commission, who also run for office statewide, will take a vote later this year to allow Georgia Power Co. to raise its electricity rates by more than $1 billion.

That $1 billion will come out of the wallets of every Georgia Power customer as effectively as if some politician had raised taxes.

There don’t seem to be many people getting upset about it, however. There have been some who showed up at PSC hearings to express concern about such a large rate increase, but I haven’t seen any Tea Party protests, and no one is threatening to throw any PSC members out of office.

Suppose you found out that your local legislator had introduced a bill to raise taxes by $1.6 billion.

You would be a little irritated at that, and you might vote that legislator out of office the next time you saw his name on the ballot.

During the 2009 legislative session, Sen. Don Balfour (R-Snellville) introduced a bill requested by Georgia Power that allowed the utility to start charging customers an extra monthly fee for two nuclear plants it was building.

Those facilities won’t generate any electricity until 2017, but the bill allows Georgia Power to start charging customers an extra fee for them six years in advance.

The passage of that bill was reported in most of the state’s newspapers, but no one got upset about it. Balfour easily won the

Republican primary in July, and he will be reelected to another term in November.

People in Georgia generally don’t want to pay higher taxes, and public opposition to tax hikes can become so intense that most legislators are afraid to even mention the possibility of one. But if you vote to allow the state’s most powerful utility to increase its rates by an amount larger than any tax hike, that’s OK. That $1.6 billion in monthly fees that Georgia Power still start charging next January will have the same financial impact on your wallet as a $1.6 billion tax increase. The same goes for the $1 billion rate hike that the PSC will adopt later this year.

It may not be called a “tax increase,” but if you’re a Georgia Power customer you will have no choice but to pay it.

This is not to say that Georgia Power should never get a rate increase. The utility has invested billions of dollars to build power plants and transmission lines, and it is entitled to earn a fair rate of return on its investment.

Our elected PSC, however, has become basically a pass-through agency, with most of its members voting routinely to rubber-stamp whatever Georgia Power requests.

PSC members are elected to provide oversight of the utility monopolies, but in practice they barely bother to even check whether the utility is spending that money prudently.

Why should they? The voters obviously don’t care, even though they’re going to be paying billions of dollars as a result of actions taken by the PSC and the Legislature.

That sounds a little strange to me, but that’s Georgia politics.

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theatre notes Upcoming Plays and Auditions There are two local theatre productions in September, but many more coming in October.

The UGA Dept. of Theatre and Film Studies Mainstage Season begins in the Cellar Theatre with The Life and Times of Tulsa Lovechild: A Road Trip, by Greg Owens, Sept. 23–25, 29 & 30, Oct. 1 & 2 at 8 p.m. and Oct. 3 at 2:30 pm. On the journey Tulsa Lovechild takes to scatter her mother’s ashes, she encounters wonderfully eccentric characters, each on their own journeys. See www.drama.uga.edu/.

actors read sections of the play or perform prepared pieces, some companies use interviews and work with a group of people from which they cast the plays.

What was most interesting to me was the consensus of the directors about what they look for when making decisions about whom to cast. Of course, a level of talent is expected, but most said they also look for how the actor interacts with others—how well he or she collaborates and works with others as a team.

One high school director said, “… I obviously look for talent and natural ability… but I want actors who have a good work ethic, and who can be positive team contributors.”

Even professional directors look for “strong energy, commitment to the craft of acting and a reputation for being a good team Edward McCreary as Clyde makes off with Paige Pulaski as Kelly Jo in The Life and member.” Actors Times of Tulsa Lovechild: A Road Trip. who know the play and parts for which Athens Creative Theatre (ACT) presents they are auditioning, who are honest about The Haunted Honeymoon, Sept. 24–26 at schedules and conflicts and who take direction the Quinn Theatre. This delightful comedy is well, are likely to be successful. Interestingly, based on Busman’s Honeymoon, a novel by talent and ability, while important attriDorothy L. Sayers, and was adapted for the butes, are just part of the package; being a stage by Frances Limoncelli. The novel was dependable, collegial cast member is equally also the basis for two films titled The Haunted important.

Honeymoon, one in 1940 starring Robert That being said, here are some approaching Montgomery and Constance Cummings and the auditions for you to consider. October audiother in 1986 starring Gene Wilder and Gilda tions open to the public include Town and Radner. Check athenscreativetheatre.com/ for Gown Players, Oct. 11 & 12, for the cult clasmore info. sic The Rocky Horror Picture Show, which will Looking for some interesting improvisation run from Dec. 3–5 and Dec. 9–12, 2010. For performances? Check out the UGA Theatre and young actors in the community, Young Actors Film Studies Dept.’s student Improv Athens Studio will hold auditions on Oct. 11 & 12, for group, which performs every other Wednesday, Miss Nelson Is Missing, based on the popular starting Sept. 15 at 8 p.m. The Commedia children’s book by Harry Allard. The show will Troupe is scheduled to perform on Oct. 18. run Dec. 10 & 11 at the Seney-Stovall Chapel.

More about these groups will be forthcoming More details will appear in the next Theatre in later Theatre Notes.

Notes, but look at this array of October October brings several productions opening productions! Town and Gown Players, Epic in the area, and various companies have either Proportions, Oct. 8–10 and 14–17. UGA Dept. just completed or are about to have auditions of Theatre and Film Studies, The Arabian for these shows. Schools and colleges usuNights, Oct. 12–15 and Oct. 17, as well as ally restrict auditions to students and faculty, the Improv Athens and Commedia Troupe but many companies open auditions to the performances; North Oconee High School, community.

25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, I asked several directors about auditions, Oct. 15–17; Prince Avenue School, Fine Arts and their responses may be of interest to you Night, Oct. 19; Town and Gown Players, who want to audition or who just want to Night of Pinter, Oct. 22–24; JV Productions, know how these actors up there were chosen.

A Night with Edgar Allen Poe, Oct. 26 & 27; I received five pages of extraordinary insights and Athens Academy, Anatomy of Grey, Oct. and information from these folks; five pages 28–30. Rose of Athens begins their tourthat should be read by every aspiring actor ing show of Frankenstein Lives, available for and director who want to know what to do booking Oct. 1, 2010–Mar. 4, 2011. Email danand, more importantly, what not to do, in ielle@roseofathens.org for more information. auditions. I’ll share the overall information in November brings at least seven more producthis column but will delve into this wondertions, including two shows at the Classic ful resource in other pieces (especially the Center! responses to “What are some of the most This is truly a luxurious wealth of theatribone-headed things you’ve seen actors do in cal adventures for actors, directors, designers, auditions?”). techies and audiences alike! Support the perEveryone who responded affirmed that forming arts by attending live performances casting the show is one of the most important everywhere. Remember: theatre is life, film is tasks for a director—some said 80–85 percent art and television is furniture. of directing is casting the right actors for the parts. While most hold auditions in which Rick Rose theatre@flagpole.com

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Can We Work It Out?: Sometimes a location seems cursed. The building at 1074 Baxter St. may be one of those. For years home to Chef Wolfgang’s European Cuisine, it became Los Pepes, Yo Spicy, Tu Metapan and now Falafel King (706-8507931), which opened at the end of July. A space that previously seemed cramped now feels open and a bit corporate, with the kind of dividers next to tall tables that call to mind McDonald’s. The patio still appears virtually abandoned, with shiny metal chairs stacked high rather than inviting diners to sit down. The nicest thing about Falafel King is its effort to do something different in Athens. Yes, we have The Sultan, but its location way out Atlanta Highway has always been a bummer.

The cuisine of the area is a delight, with plenty of relatively healthy options for vegetarians and meat-eaters alike, and I still harbor slight hopes of Baxter Street as a paradise of ethnic dining spots. Unfortunately, the reality doesn’t quite live up to the dream. The deli-style set-up, where you order at the counter, moving to your left, then pay, then await your food at your table, shouldn’t be as confusing as it is. Platters come with two sides, but what counts as a side and what is merely a sauce? They’re all mixed in together, and different categories should be labeled. A “take a number” dispenser sits unused, and the staff, wearing the requisite but impairing rubber gloves, struggles to scoop out your choices onto a Styrofoam plate with a tiny plastic spoon. The pita is inexcusably boring, no different from what you buy prepackaged in the grocery store, but even that would be less of a sin if they’d bother to heat it “…deeply flavored up. The sides are pretty blah—an and comforting” unexciting bowtie pasta salad; hummus not worth your time; eggplant salad that seems to have good days and bad; dry tabbouleh; bland tofu salad; a Turkish salad heavily featuring tomatoes—and they all could use some salt.

Thankfully, the mains are pretty tasty. The falafel is executed in spheres somewhere between meatball and gumball in size, and while it tastes strongly of an unidentifiable herb (parsley?), it’s well fried and flavorful. The kabobs, ground meat molded onto a skewer and grilled, are strong-tasting, tender and good. The shwarma, both chicken and turkey, is excellent, full of little crisp-skinned bits and juicy without ever seeming brine-injected. I’d recommend going for the sandwich option for any of the above. You might look, too, to the special of the day, which is clearly where chef-owner Mike Shavit gets to play around. A beef stew served over basmati doesn’t look impressive, but it tastes of home-cooking, deeply flavored and comforting. I didn’t get a chance to try the lamb over risotto, but it was equally intriguing. The restaurant has a selection of pastries, both sweet and savory, and while the fillings in the latter are good, they are less appealing served cold. Coffee is available alongside baklava, and Falafel King opens at 8 a.m., meaning a leisurely Middle-Eastern breakfast is a possibility.

The restaurant is open until 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday, closed Sunday and takes credit cards.

Another Dysfunctional Relationship: I’ve been to every incarnation of the space at 430 E. Clayton St., which is now Bailey’s American Tavern (706-543-7170), a sports bar owned partially by ex-UGA football stars Boss and Champ Bailey, but even with cloth napkins it remains far more a bar than a place to grab a bite earlier in the day. The interior, once again renovated, is genuinely pretty nice, with shadowboxed, signed jerseys of football players from the Mark Richt Era lining the walls (Boss’, but not Champ’s). The staff is friendly and professional.

The sweet potato fries, while admittedly frozen, are damn good, matchstick-width, dark and on the salty side of things rather than the sweet. The BBQ, on the other hand, should be avoided. Advertised as “pulled pork,” it arrives instead as a mound of chopped stuff, with no smoke flavor and a weird sauce that tastes, perhaps, like coffee. Everything has loads of pepper in it, from the hummus wrap to the sour creamy potato salad to the macaroni and cheese. Get the fries or something similarly less ambitious, watch the game, drink a beer and skip the rest. Bailey’s is theoretically open for lunch and dinner every day, but it seems like the earlier you go, the less of a chance there is of its actually being so. Like any bar worth its salt, it takes credit cards.

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Oh, You Pretty Things A few months back, I had occasion to talk with someone who worked part-time as a secret shopper, posing as a customer in various retail establishments to assess the employees’ performance and compliance with corporate guidelines. Among the businesses she spied on was a certain clothing outlet specializing in apparel for young adults, which I’m not at liberty to mention by name. We’ll call it, oh, Stabberzombie and Blitch.

At this store, the lady revealed, one of the compliance points she was asked to rate was “attractiveness of employees.” Apparently the rumors are true: in order to be employed and remain so at Gabberblumby and Glitch, one must conform to a certain arbitrary standard of physical attractiveness—that is, a lot of symmetry, not too much ethnicity, no ectomorphism. The store’s image of young affluence depends on maintaining the illusion that

if you buy overpriced cargo shorts and T-shirts with the name of the store on them (which is theoretically free advertising; why doesn’t the store give them away?) from attractive people, then you yourself are one of those attractive people—certainly more attractive than those people buying the exact same things at Wal-Mart for a third of the price. Thin, white and pretty—that’s how they do things at Fabberdromby and Britch.

Some people are likely to take umbrage at what would appear to be a blatant case of discrimination based upon appearance. Why, after all, shouldn’t anyone be able to work at this store regardless of appearance? Setting aside the question of why anyone would want to, it does bring up a prevalent question haunting the zeitgeist: do pretty people have an unfair advantage, and is this disparity something that can be addressed in the courts the way other forms of discrimination are? Is it possible to legislate or adjudicate aesthetics?

Law professor Deborah L. Rhode believes so, and she makes the argument in her new book The Beauty Bias: The Injustice of Appearance in Life and Law (Oxford University Press, 2010). Well, to be fair, she kind of makes the argument. It goes something like this. Studies have shown that in the workplace certain characteristics carry

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preconceptions of ability, or lack thereof.

Overweight men and women are considered lazy. Shorter-than-average men are considered less intelligent and less capable of assuming leadership roles. Conventionally attractive young women are more likely to be hired because of their appearance and less likely to be promoted because of their appearance.

Light-skinned blacks are perceived to be smarter than dark-skinned blacks. Regardless of the job, even when said job does not involve contact with the public, men with long hair are less likely to be hired than those with short hair, even when the long-haired men in question are more qualified.

Add to these statistics Rhode’s assessment of a billion-dollar diet industry based largely on hack theories and bad science, a cosmetics industry that cannot possibly deliver on its promises, and a plastic-surgery epidemic that does more harm than good. Reinforce that with the unrealistic beauty standards put across by clothing manufacturers and “America’s Next Top Model” and a culture that convinces little girls to start dieting while in the single-digit ages, and the picture than emerges is one where something must be done.

But what? Rhode believes that the answer may lie in legislation that permits people who feel discriminated against based on appearance to bring lawsuits just as people who face race or gender discrimination are able to, an Equal Employment Opportunity law for the (ostensibly) unattractive.

The fact that I had to put the word “ostensibly” in parentheses, however, is the problem with Rhode’s thesis.

Appearance discrimination does exist, even among the “beautiful people,” as the recent ejection of 5000 customers from the appearance-only dating site BeautifulPeople.com for having appeared to have gained weight demonstrates.

But the cliché applies here: beauty is in the eye of the beholder, not the district courts. Simply put, appearance discrimination is next to impossible to prove, and where it can be proven (such as in the example of female casino employees who are required to dress in revealing clothes while male employees have no clothing restrictions), the burden of proving that such discrimination causes hardship falls upon the plaintiff and is an ordeal unto itself which legislation cannot alleviate. In the examples Rhode cites of six districts that did enact successful appearance-discrimination legislation, every suit that has been brought to date carried a further civil-rights component that obscured the appearance issue. Rhode argues a solution that has not been fairly tried, because it can’t be. In all fairness, Rhode does state that the true test is yet to come, but one wonders why she wrote the book if she’s still waiting for the lab results.

It’s because something must be done.

And something can be done, only not by the legislature or by the courts. Like most situations involving business, the best way to effect change is through negative publicity and customer boycott. If it bothers you that Blabbergumby and Bitch practices appearance discrimination, don’t shop there; although if you shop there already, chances are you’re not going to care.

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THE AMERICAN (R) The American will not be electrifying audiences everywhere. This quiet thriller starring George Clooney might surprise a few people, but most will be turned off by its somber inaction. Those who tough it out might find they were unknowingly in the mood for a mod, Eurostyle throwback.

ANIMAL KINGDOM (R) In his feature debut, filmmaker David Michôd directs an ‘80s blood feud between Australian cops and robbers. War erupts on the eve of the arrival of J (James Frecheville), the teenage grandson of gang matriarch, Grandma Smurf (Jacki Weaver). The most, if not only, recognizable face belongs to Guy Pearce.

The film sounds like a tough winner à la Gomorrah and Un Prophet. Winner of the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize from the Sundance Film Festival.

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.

CENTURION (R) Another genre favorite, Neil Marshall (Dog Soldiers, The Descent, Doomsday), returns to wield the low-budget sword of social commentary like a modern-day George A. Romero. After the Roman Ninth Legion is attacked, a small band of warriors attempts to stay alive behind enemy lines. As with any Marshall film, the plot sounds absolutely Carpenterian (and hopefully the credit font will still be Albertus Bold).

CYRUS (R) One of summer’s most intriguing indie offerings finally hits Athens! After seven years alone, a divorced dude, John (John C. Reilly), strikes up a romance with Molly (Marisa Tomei). But first he must do battle with her overprotective, 21-yearold son, Cyrus (Jonah Hill), his mom’s best friend who is unready to share her with anyone, especially John.

DEADLY PREY (R) 1987. Continuing to celebrate the worst cinematic sins, Bad Movie Night presents Deadly Prey.

“He was the best in Vietnam… and he still is!” With a tagline like that, how could a movie not be terribly awesome? A group of mercenaries hunt the wrong victim when they kidnap military

killing machine Mike Danton (Ted Prior). Writer-director David A. Prior has a long filmography of crap with MST3K worthy titles like Raw Nerve, Invasion Force and Operation Warzone.

Admission is free.

THE DEPARTED (R) 2006. The Departed finally earned Martin Scorsese his long-awaited Oscar.

Adapted from the Hong Kong actioner, Infernal Affairs, The Departed straddles the law with the parallel lives of mob mole Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon) and police rat Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio). A collision of ripened filmmaking, colossal acting and a muscular screenplay, The Departed may just be Scorsese’s most purely entertaining film yet.

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.

DEVIL (PG-13) Could one of several people trapped together in an elevator actually be the devil? Judging from audience reaction to M. Night Shyamalan’s name in the trailer for this creepy looking genre effort, it may have been a smarter marketing move to highlight the presence of Quarantine director John Erick Dowdle (and his brother Drew) over The Sixth Sense filmmaker. With the familiar but unplaceable Geoffrey Arend, Caroline Dhavernas (“Wonderfalls”), Chris Messina (Julie & Julia), Bokeem Woodbine and Matt Craven.

EASY A (PG-13) Referencing the classic novel The Scarlet Letter, Easy A stars Emma Stone (Superbad) as Olive Penderghast, who gets a bad reputation after fake-sleeping with a ton of guys. Rather than be embarrassed, Olive owns her status as the school slut, embroidering her clothing with a big red “A.” Could this teen comedy be the new Clueless? Doubtful, but hope springs eternal. With Amanda Bynes, Penn Badgley, Cam Gigandet, Lisa Kudrow, Thomas Haden Church, Patricia Clarkson and Stanley Tucci.

EAT PRAY LOVE (PG-13) In this adaptation of the bestseller, Julia Roberts stars as Elizabeth Gilbert, who changes her life after a painful divorce by traveling the world. The involvement of “Nip/Tuck” and “Glee” creator Ryan

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Murphy, whose only feature credit was the disappointing Running with Scissors, is surprising. Eat Pray Love does not seem like the boundarypushing TV auteur’s thing. With a trio of pretty men (James Franco, Javier Bardem and Billy Crudup), Richard Jenkins and Viola Davis.

THE EXPENDABLES (R) The Expendables are a group of mercenaries led by Barney Ross (Stallone, wearing the multiple hats of director, writer, producer and star). You know what you’re getting into when you buy a ticket for The Expendables: a maximum meathead experience for which you get your money’s worth. Just don’t expect anything more.

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.

THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE (R) 2009. I know I was kind of hard on The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (I just loved the book so much), but I am super-stoked for the sequel (as well as David Fincher’s in-the-works English-language Dragon Tattoo).

Considering the books get better and better, I hope the films do the same.

The lead actors—Michael Nyqvist and the excellent Noomi Rapace—are back, while Guldbagge award winner Daniel Alfredson takes over directing duties from Niels Arden Oplev.

GOING THE DISTANCE (R) Many filmgoers at large probably checked out of this latest romcom at the appearance of Drew Barrymore in the trailer. Bad move, dudes. Thanks to an uproarious supporting cast (especially MVP Charlie “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” Day), the appealing chemistry of both leads, Barrymore and Justin “I’m a Mac” Long, and an atypical on-screen romance (long distance), Going the Distance is a lot funnier— and raunchier—than your average Kate Hudson flick.

GROWN UPS (PG-13) Five old pals get together after their childhood basketball coach’s funeral. Inoffensive enough for easily amused families, the jokes in Grown Ups are primarily composed of friendly, heckling one-upmanship, better known as punchlines minus the work of a setup. Apparently, The Big Chill was too intellectual; what Lawrence Kasdan’s film lacked were fart/bunion/hairpiece jokes and bunch of Kevin James pratfalls.

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

Director and Swinton pal Luca Guadagnino last directed the scandalous Melissa P. HEARTBREAKER (NR) Siblings Alex (Romain Duris) and Melanie (Julie Ferrier) own a business that breaks up unhappy relationships (sounds like a hell of a business model). When money grows tight, they set their sights on breaking up the daughter (Vanessa

Paradis) of a wealthy dude and her true love. The European hit finally makes it to stateside theaters, but how far behind is the inevitable remake? Most of director Pascal Chaumeil’s experience is in French TV. I’M STILL HERE (NR) Was Academy Award nominee Joaquin Phoenix serious when he retired from acting to pursue a career as a rapper? Maybe this documentary (mockumentary?), the directorial debut of Casey Affleck, will divulge the truth, though I doubt it.

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.

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.

JACK GOES BOATING (R) In Philip Seymour Hoffman’s directorial debut, the Academy Award winner goes with something comfortable. He developed and starred in an Off-Broadway production of the Bob Glaudino play.

Limo driver Jack (Hoffman) goes on a blind date with Dr. Bob’s Funeral Home employee Connie (Amy Ryan), while the relationship of another working class couple, Clyde and Lucy (John Ortiz and Daphne Rubin-Vega), hits a rough patch. Hoffman, Ortiz and RubinVega all reprise their roles from the stage production.

THE LAST EXORCISM (PG-13) Director Daniel Stamm’s film, written by Huck Botko and Andrew Garland, may be horror’s most successful example of how to fake a documentary. The hook is ingenious.

LEGENDARY (PG-13) What is this?

A WWE movie that is not a sub-’80s action retread, Legendary stars John Cena as the older brother of a bookish teenager who joins his high school wrestling team in order to grow closer to a family that has grown distant since the death of their wrestling legend patriarch. Director Mel Damski was nominated for an Academy Award for Still Kicking: The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies. With Patricia Clarkson and Danny Glover.

LOTTERY TICKET (PG-13) Bow Wow stars as Kevin Carson, a high school graduate from the projects who just won a $370 million lottery. With government offices closed for the 4th of July weekend, Kevin must survive his neighbors’ begging, pleading and stealing if he is ever going to pick up his money. The movie’s heart is in the right place, and Bow Wow again proves a more charming, capable lead than many a child rapper-turned-actor (I’m talking to you, Lil’ Romeo).

MASQUERADES (NR) 2008. The Algerian film from director Lyes Salem is the first of ten feature films that will screen at Ciné for the Global Film Initiative’s Global Lens Film Series which runs through November. Mounir, a gardener from a small village seeks financial gain through marrying off his narcoleptic sister to a wealthy outsider, but his sister dreams of another life for herself. Winner of the Arabic Muhr Feature at the 2008 Dubai International Film Festival.

MACHETE (R) See Movie Pick.

MINE (NR) 2009. Set against the tragic backdrop of Hurricane Katrina, one of the worst natural disasters to ever hit the United States, Mine documents the voiceless struggle of Katrina’s animal victims. Who do these pets belong to?

The adoptive families that have nursed them back to health or the original owners that lost them (along with all their worldly possessions)? Winner of the Audience Award for Documentary Feature at the SXSW Film Festival. Part of the ACC Library’s iFilms series.

NANNY MCPHEE RETURNS (PG) Nanny McPhee is back. Cue the cheers of indifference. The original was a modest hit, so why not cash that check again?

NEVER LET ME GO (R) One of the most acclaimed novels of our time, Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go, comes to the big screen as director Mark Romanek’s follow-up to his intriguing debut, One Hour Photo. In a dystopian Britain where people are cloned for use in organ transplants, three friends (Keira Knightley, Carrie Mulligan and Andrew Garfield) struggle to face reality as they mature into adulthood.

ORDINARY PEOPLE (NR) 2009. Not to be mistaken for the Robert Redfordstarring Academy Award-winning tearjerker of the ‘80s, Serbian filmmaker Vladimir Perisic’s recent release of the same name will be remembered for its grim, unsentimental depiction of human tragedy. The second film to screen at the Global Film Initiative’s Global Lens Film Series, Ordinary People follows a busload of soldiers tasked to execute Croatian civilians during an unspecified time of conflict in the Balkans.

THE OTHER GUYS (PG-13) The newest comedy from star Ferrell and his Funny or Die partner, writer-director Adam McKay (Anchorman, Talladega Nights, Step Brothers), The Other Guys has a more singular focus than the last successful cop movie parody, 2007’s Hot Fuzz.

PIRANHA 3D (R) Boobs and blood are the calling cards of Piranha 3D. If that doesn’t get your attention, you should probably skip this horror comedy.

RACE TO NOWHERE (PG-13) Director Vicki Abeles documents the pressures placed on teachers and schoolchildren to perform in America’s achievement culture. Featured in the film are Dr. Madeline Levine, Clinical Psychologist and author of the bestseller, The Price of Privilege; Dr. Wendy Mogel, Clinical Psychologist and author of The Blessing of a Skinned Knee; Dr. Kenneth Ginsburg, Adolescent Medicine Specialist, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

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.

RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE (R) Calling Paul W.S. Anderson’s directorial return to this zombie videogameturned-movie franchise Resident Evil 4 would be an insult to arguably the best game in the mother series. Alice (Milla Jovovich) is still trying to take down the shadowy Umbrella Corporation

led by the sunglassed baddie, Albert Wesker (Shawn Roberts). Somehow, Alice meets back up with her pal Claire Redfield (Ali Larter) and some other refugees before getting stuck in a prison that just happens to house Claire’s brother, Chris (Wentworth Miller). Then they fight zombies. A lot. In 3D. THE ROOM (R) The Room might be the “Mona Lisa” of bad movies; its greatness lies in its mysterious smile, which a laughing Tommy Wiseau, the baffling “auteur,” trots out at the oddest moments. The Room will leave you with so many questions that don’t need answering.

SCARFACE (R) 1983. The gangster classic starring Al Pacino as Cuban refugee-turned-drug kingpin Tony Montana returns to the big screen for one night and one night only.

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, How to Train Your Dragon), to help him defeat his arch-nemesis, Maxim Horvath (Alfred Molina).

THE SWITCH (PG-13) Talk about a successful bait and switch. From the trailers, The Switch implies another attempt to make Jennifer Aniston a movie star, which has not actually happened yet, when the real star is, thankfully, Jason Bateman.

TAKERS (PG-13) Takers is a bad, bad movie. Everything from the writing (woeful tough-guy dialogue) to the acting (made worse by the writing) to the direction (generically overstylized action crime thriller) is subpar, and the basic plot and characters are so uninteresting that the movie’s not even a redemptively fun sort of bad.

THE TILLMAN STORY (R) Filmmaker Amir Bar-Lev (My Kid Could Paint That) explores the propaganda, the mystery and the coverup surrounding the death of NFL playerturned-soldier Pat Tillman. Giving up a multimillion-dollar contract to serve in the armed forces after 9/11, Tillman’s tragic death leads to numerous posthumous honors, including a Purple Heart, and a lot of questions for his family.

THE TOWN (R) Talk about a love triangle. Career thief Doug MacRay (Ben Affleck) falls for a bank teller, Claire (Rebecca Hall, Vicky Cristina Barcelona), traumatized by his last heist (oops). Meanwhile, an investigator (Jon Hamm, “Mad Men”) struggles with his feelings for Claire while closing in on Doug’s secret lifestyle.

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE (PG-13) The Cullens (represented by RPattz) and the Quileute werewolves (repped by T-Laut) must unite to defeat a common foe, an army of vamps led

by Victoria (Bryce Dallas Howard), who has sworn to avenge her lover’s death by killing Bella (Kristen Stewart).

THE VIRGINITY HIT (R) Four friends chronicle their buddy’s attempt to lose his virginity with a camera and the Internet. Can they survive the friends with benefits, Internet hookups and porn stars? Producers Will Ferrell and Adam McKay hope they’ve got the new Superbad with this low-budget, coming-of-age experiment.

WILD GRASS (PG) 2009. The latest film from acclaimed French filmmaker Alain Resnais was nominated for the Palme d’Or at Cannes and won the director two special awards. A seemingly happily married husband and father, Georges (André Dussollier), finds a wallet and begins fantasizing about its owner, Marguerite (Resnais’s wife, Sabine Azéma), a dentist’s wife and aviator.

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Order the Splatter of Texmexploitation MACHETE (R) Robert Rodriguez delivers on his early filmmaking promise with his most entertaining project in years. I was skeptical of the idea of expanding the entertaining Grindhouse trailer starring Danny Trejo as a vengeful federale into a feature film (I am still skeptical about Eli Roth’s proposed full-length Thanksgiving), but RR made me a believer.

Machete (the captivatingly craggy Trejo) runs afoul of Mexican drug lord Torrez (Steven Seagal), who murders the lawman’s wife and daughter and leaves him for dead. After a recovered Machete is offered the opportunity to kill illegal immigrant-hating Senator McLaughlin (Robert De Niro), his employer (the underratedly eyed Jeff Fahey) double crosses him, leaving him for dead (again).

Danny Trejo Now the ex-federale must team up with INS Agent Sartana (Jessica Alba) to take down EVERYBODY. Like his Grindhouse entry, Planet Terror, Machete is a brand-spanking-new, lovingly reconstructed homage to exploitation, one of my favorite genres. Exploitation cinema also happens to be located right in RR’s wheelhouse, and he smacks Machete out of the park.

The movie knows precisely what it is and is all the better for it. Unlike Piranha, another recent self-aware exploitation flick, Machete

operates with a straight face. Piranha went for the funny bone rather than the jugular; Machete goes for the head—both big and small.

Good exploitation is about more than just dishing out the requisite boobs and blood, and RR casts his texmexploitation with an inspiration bordering on the divine that can only be called Tarantinoan. The credits introduce Don Johnson (whose silver sideburns put most other men’s to shame).

Lindsay Lohan gets a new habit. Cheech Marin is a gun-toting padre. Tom Savini kills under the name Osiris Ampanpour. The mesmerizing cast is a human treasure trove.

Everything bad in Rodriguez’s film—subpar accents (a Mexican Seagal!), performances (Alba), dialogue (the golden nugget: “Machete don’t text.”)—is brilliantly built to be bad. Go ahead and laugh at it, but realize how much of a cinema master RR is to pull it off. Aja couldn’t do it in Piranha; Larry Bishop failed miserably in the truly bad Hell Ride. Knowingly making a good bad movie has challenges that rival making an Oscar winner. The line between good bad and bad bad is razor-thin.

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film notebook News of Athens’ Cinema Scene Wild and Wonderful: Last column, I promised works like Last Year at Marienbad as with that yet a few more words on Alain Resnais’ Wild exceedingly bleak if surpassingly tender and Grass, currently scheduled, at long last, to graceful comedy. Certainly, its final 20 minopen at Ciné Sept. 17. I’m happy to say I’ve utes or so (and especially the last 30 seconds had a chance to see it on DVD, and that has of that) are as delightfully unhinged and not at all dampened my excitement to see it mystifying as anything I’ve seen in the past when it arrives on the big screen. It’s a thrillseveral years. That’s a recommendation. ing and constantly surprising work from a master filmmaker who, at the age of 86 Focus Pocus: The Third Annual EcoFocus Film (Resnais is now 88, but Wild Grass premiered Festival begins Friday, Sept. 24 and will run almost a rear and a half ago), has less regard for the rules and conventions of cinema than any enfant terrible but who subverts and inverts them with a wit and assurance that he has only earned through his massive body of achievements as a stylist and dramatist.

Though Resnais’ two lead actors—Sabine Azéma and André Dussollier (joined here by the always welWild Grass is slated to open at Ciné on Friday, Sept. 17. come Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Devos and Anne Consigny)—have through Sunday, Oct. 3—this is one of a few been carried over from his 2006 film Private film festivals in this town that’s really taken Fears in Public Places, Wild Grass may (as I am off over the past several years. Screenings not the first to point out) have as much in are mostly at Ciné, but there are a few scatcommon with the director’s early, Surrealist tered throughout the UGA campus, which are

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all free (most Ciné screenings are only $6).

The festival this year boasts 20 features and 18 short films, all with themes related to the environment such as energy production, climate change and excessive waste. In past years, EcoFocus, which is largely an effort of UGA’s Odum School of Ecology, has been the venue for the Athens premieres of The Cove, Encounters at the End of the World, Up the Yangtze and The Unforeseen, so a decent sampling of the films is likely to expose you to some pretty excellent stuff. Go to www.ecofocusfilmfest.org for a complete schedule and lots of other information.

UGA Film Happenings: There are a couple of exciting events coming up in the UGA Film Studies department that you should definitely put on your calendar. Friday, Sept. 17 in Room 148 of the Miller Learning Center at 12:20 p.m., Prof. Eric Smoodin of the University of California-Davis will deliver a lecture entitled “Going to the Movies in 1930s Paris: Film Culture, National Cinema, and Historical Method.”

That sounds absolutely thrilling to me, but the following week’s event should get just about anybody excited. The next Friday, Sept. 24, at 4 p.m. in the same room, UGA Film Studies Coordinator Richard Neupert will host “Psycho Turns 50,” a roundtable discussion featuring panelists Christopher Sieving of UGA, Matthew Bernstein and Michele Schreiber of Emory University and Rodney Hill of UGA-Gwinnett.

Don’t waste the university as a resource, cinephiles—go to these things.

Hella Bangin’: The Videographers’ Hella-Big Show (V.H.S.) is just approaching its third installment, and already it seems to have whipped up some serious enthusiasm among local video artists and film fans. It’s a monthly showcase of short films by a large, diverse assortment of young directors; there’s a wideopen submission policy and the first two shows have been extremely well attended. I checked out a few of the films (available at www.vimeo.com/thevhs/videos); the best I saw was last month’s “Audience Choice” winner: Benjamin Roberds’ and Jordan Reyes’ “Hatch,” a goofy sort of mini-Repulsion for YouTube—genuinely and refreshingly weird.

The next V.H.S. is at 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept.

25 at Ciné; email VHSFEST@gmail.com if you want to submit a film or get more info.

Real Quick: The “Bad Movie Night” selection at Ciné Sept. 15 is Deadly Prey, which looks very bad indeed… Ciné will have a free screening of Play Again and a non-free screening of Race to Nowhere on “Education Night” Sept.

23; go to www.athenscine.com for more info…

ICE-Vision films at the Lamar Dodd School of Art: Nicolas Roeg’s Performance Sept. 16 and the notorious At Midnight I’ll Take Your Soul Sept. 23. Go to www.iceannouncements.com or find ICE-Vision on Facebook for more info…

The Athens Jewish Film Festival presents a free screening of The Fire Within Sept. 21 at the ACC Library; go to www.athensjff.org for details… Finally, upcoming iFilms screenings at the library are Mine on Sept. 16 and Unmistaken Child Sept. 23. Find out more at www.clarke.public.lib.ga.us.

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the very next night play a casino in the Midwest.” Ironically, it’s this broad range that makes Hollywood types scratch their heads in incomprehension, and that reaction is what motivated ASCQ to make the documentary, according to Harris. “We approached our agents and managers about making the movie, and they just blew it off unless we could get someone like [Blue Collar Comedy comedian] Ron White to be in it. So we just said ‘Fuck it, let’s do it ourselves.’”

The comics may agree they have distinct styles, but they don’t agree on labels. Harris describes himself, Scovel and Patton as storytellers, and Bargatze as more joke-oriented.

Scovel laughs at that description. “I would say the exact opposite of that. I think Nate is the biggest storyteller of all of us.” Scovel on his own comedy: “I think I’m very silly, very abstract.” Harris, who grew up in Atlanta, comes from the write-what-you-know school of stand-up. “I do a lot of characters. My stuff is autobiographical. I do dark stuff, but I do silly stuff, too.” Scovel calls Patton the edgiest.

A central theme of the documentary (though Harris cautions it’s hard to say exactly how the film will come out) is that all four members of ASCQ have crossed the Rubicon.

They have decided to make comedy their career, for better or worse. The tour will visit all four of their hometowns, where there will be family and friends in attendance, and at least a couple of questions along the line of “Are you really going to do this?” Of his own family, Scovel says, “They’re kind of curious, but supportive.” But even if the outcome of their tour is uncertain, ASCQ’s willingness to expose their lives and their art to the unblinking eye of the camera reflects the honesty that lies at the heart of all great comedy.

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Stand-Up Vets in Search of Their Big Break ccording to Hollywood legend, the last words of a famous comedian on his deathbed were “Dying is easy. Comedy’s hard.”

The story’s apocryphal, but the underlying sentiment rings true. Stand-up comics walk across many fine lines—funny vs. offensive, art vs. commerce, success vs. failure—and they have to navigate these tightropes in an entertainment world that, at times, is largely indifferent. But however fraught with peril the comic’s journey is in 2010, at least it’s an interesting ride. So when four comedians with roots in the South—Jarrod Harris, Rory Scovel, Nate Bargatze and Sean Patton—formed the Atypical Southern Comedy Quartet, they had more than just a stand-up tour in mind. They also wanted to make a movie about it. For the month of September, ASCQ will barnstorm the South, performing their stand-up onstage and recording their lives offstage. Unlike other documentaries (Comedian, Comedians of Comedy) that follow stand-ups who have already hit it big, the ASCQ movie (to be titled 3 Weeks in September) will focus on the lives of comics who are successful on the circuit, but whom you’ve probably never heard of.

“It’s weird because I had an idea to do a documentary with the same theme,” Jarrod Harris remembers, “but then I did a show with Rory [Scovel] at the Melrose Improv and when I told him about it he said, ‘Yeah, we’re actually doing the same thing!’ And they were further along in the process, so they just let me join as the fourth member.”

All four of the comedians are at the same point in their careers: the point of no return.

“It’s sink or swim for us at this point,” says Harris. “We’ve left the island and we’re looking for land.” They’ve all been on television (“Conan,” Comedy Central and CMT among others) and they’re veterans of the stand-up comedy scene. They make enough money to get by, barely. The question for all of them is: When is the big break going to come?

Though they emphasize their Southern roots, don’t confuse them with another certain comedy quartet. “Our comedy is definitely not blue-collar,” Harris is quick to say. “We’re on the forefront of a new Southern comedy that hasn’t found a label yet. But what makes our acts different is we can play a hipster room in Williamsburg [Brooklyn], and then

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threats & promises Music News And Gossip Circle o’ Friends: Athens musician and philosophy student Luke Johnson (The Premonitions) has spearheaded a project named Emergent Heart with multi-instrumentalist Sam Kim, and the goal is to raise money for, and awareness of, Nuçi’s Space. Emergent Heart is an ongoing, multi-collaborator project that produces EP-length recordings, and the tracks are available for free or listeners can choose to donate money to Nuçi’s Space. The idea behind the free tracks is that even if you can’t afford to donate anything, you’ll hopefully keep Nuçi’s on your lips when speaking to friends and spread the good word around. Notable contributors include Kai Reidl (Macha) Suny Lyons and Graham Ulicny (Reptar) among others. The music itself is thus far a mix of modern styles but all decidedly indie, and my personal favorite of the bunch is the spaceyn-melodic “The Future Doesn’t Need Us.” For more info and music, please see www.emergentheart.com.

Please Go, Dogs: If you’re aching for a new theme song to cheer the Georgia Bulldogs with and have grown tired of “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown,” “Who Let the Dogs Out?,” “Damn Good Dawg” and “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” then perhaps you’d like to check out the new track named “White Shoes and Silver Britches” by Charleston, SC-based artist Mac Leaphart.

The electric honky tonk rocker is available over at his website www.macleaphart. com, and that’s all I have to say about that.

Airwaves Dream: Have Puddin’ Tang you ever tuned into WUOG 90.5 FM and thought to yourself, “Hell, I could do that”?

Well, honcho, you can step up and do it courtesy of the station’s twice-yearly fundraiser Seize the Airwaves. This takes place Sept.

24–26, and for a mere $10 an hour donation you can play whatever you like and talk about whatever you want ‘til your heart’s content.

All monies will be donated to Camp Amped at Nuçi’s Space. No experience is necessary, as you’ll have a trained DJ running the board and equipment for you. And WUOG is equipped to handle iPods/MP3 players, CDs, vinyl, laptops and even streaming music from the Internet, so you can bring whatever you like or explore the vast music archives in the WUOG library.

To sign up for a shift, please see www.wuog. org/public-affairs/seize-the-airwaves, and if you’ve got any questions, please drop a line to the Public Affairs department via affairs@ wuog.org.

Son of the Village: Keen-eared folks in town will remember Michael Luchtan from his monikers Luke Tan and Racecar, even though he’s been living in Asheville, NC for a couple of years. Most recently he’s been engaged in recording Songs of José Alfredo Jiménez, on which he has collected songs from the much-loved Mexican artist and rendered them

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with slightly, but only slightly, more Western arrangements. Luchtan says, “the purpose of the project is to increase Anglo awareness of one of North America’s greatest songwriters and to stress the cultural similarities between our two cultures, separated by misconceptions, armed guards and border walls.” You can check out the music over at www.luketan. bandcamp.com, and you can learn a lot more about this project by visiting www.luketan. com/jose-alfredo.

All Friends in One Place: Enoch Bledsoe’s Owlphabet label is keeping busy with an upcoming new release from the blissful Ancient Whales and a video from garage rockers Puddin’ Tang, both of which had help from engineer Joel Hatstat. The video is for the track “What’s Good for Ailysa” (www. youtube.com/watch?v=SbsFQbZNioE), and the song appears on the Puddin’ Tang release In the Wild. Hatstat helped the band record via analog 8-track tape. Three tracks from Ancient Whales are floating around out there right now, and I really can’t wait to hear the whole album. The label’s website is updated regularly (“constantly,” says Bledsoe), and there’s tons of music on it from Firework Child, Slobberdawn, And Friends, Nuclear Spring and more. Surf over there, and spend the afternoon. See www.owlphabet.com for more information.

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Before the Party Happened: If you’re interested in hearing what aforementioned Reptar member Graham Ulicny was up to musically when he was about 16 years old, you can head over to www.mevio.com/ music/?artist_id=3471 and listen to four tracks he uploaded years ago. The photo shows him with long hair and headphones, but it’s unmistakably him.

Although the songs are little more than sketches, they demonstrate a uniqueness, creativity and musical curiosity that has either been enhanced or lessened over the years, depending on your opinion of Reptar. I’d encourage everyone to go check them out, if I was the kind of person who encouraged people to do stuff. So, it’s up to you.

Goes 185: Maserati will take to the road this fall for a brief tour up the coast and into the Midwest. A.E. Paterra from Pittsburgh band Zombi (with whom Maserati did a split release in 2009) will play drums on this tour in place of the late Jerry Fuchs. Maserati’s newest fulllength LP, Pyramid of the Sun will be released in November, but a special 12-inch release, Pyramid of the Moon, which has an exclusive non-album, extended A-side and a remix on the B-side, will be released Oct. 20. The band plays the Atlanta venue the EARL on Nov. 19 and here in town at the 40 Watt on Nov. 20.

For any other information you need, please see www.temporaryresidence.com.

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uch has transpired in both the personal and professional life of Athens singer/songwriter Brantley Gilbert since Flagpole spoke with the earnest Jefferson native in 2007. At that time, the selfreleased version of Gilbert’s first album, Modern Day Prodigal Son, had been out for a little over a year and its author was contemplating a move to Nashville partially spurred by the success of “G.R.I.T.S.,” a song written by Gilbert that had risen up the country charts courtesy of recording artist Chris Cagle.

These days, Gilbert still proudly calls himself a resident of Clarke County and says his zip code of choice will probably not be changing anytime soon. He made it to Nashville, embarked on a whirlwind touring schedule, flirted with mainstream success and found out how much of a “blessing and curse” scaling the ladder of success in mainstream country music can be.

However, the experience did not result in busted expectations or a prematurely doomed career. Instead, today Gilbert’s audience is bigger, and his songs are gaining more exposure, than ever. But don’t get the impression any of that is going to his head.

“There were people in my life that preferred I move up there (Nashville), forget about all my friends and people here at home just to pursue a paycheck. That’s something I couldn’t do. I just don’t work like that. In fact, the most recent album we did was recorded right here in Athens using John Keane’s studio,” says Gilbert.

Gilbert adds that right now he is focused on simply keeping his priorities in line. If that all remains in check, he says, the rest—writing songs, playing shows, gaining new fans—should just continue to happen naturally. Two of his songs—“My Kinda Party” and “Dirt Road Anthem”—were recently recorded

by Georgian country hit-maker Jason Aldean. Gilbert says even though he drew a questionable amount of criticism from some longtime fans for letting Aldean cover those songs, as well as “The Best of Me” some years back, he can’t deny that even many of his nay-sayers have good intentions at heart.

“I did get some flack for selling those songs, but, to me, it’s just as important to be a working songwriter as it is to be out there onstage,” he says. “You have to separate how you see and hear your song from the way somebody else interprets it because that person has their own specific style and you have yours. I don’t set out to, specifically, write country songs. I’m just a country guy who writes songs, and they turn out how they turn out. I know some folks got upset about Jason Aldean recording those songs in his style, but I’m actually flattered they’d care that much to even say anything about it, either way.”

Now age 25, Gilbert has already experienced enough in his life to fill a double album of cathartic songs, country or otherwise. At barely 20 years old, he flipped his truck and wound up being ejected from the totaled vehicle. He doesn’t like to talk much about the accident, instead preferring to chalk up the

pivotal learning experience to youthful indiscretion and bad decisions. But that initial setback was also a driving force that caused his tinkering with songwriting and performing to take new wings.

Even though he feels blessed to still be doing what he loves for a living, Gilbert says he now looks at it like a job that puts food on the table for others, not just himself. Even though he doesn’t have a wife and kids of his own yet, several of his bandmates and crew-members do. That, he says, means any potential hell raising or ego inflation that could result from success that comes his way must take a distant backseat to being a working, reliable songwriter and performer.

“At this point, I’m more motivated and inspired by the fact that my bass player has a wife and a new baby and my monitor guy just had his first kid,” he says. “I guess it’s just part of growing up, but I realized that if I’m out there messing up and acting like an idiot, it’s also going to rub off on them in a bad way. So, I’m focused on making sure I’m right, personally, and

right with my family and the guys I work with. I have to be a better person for them, too.”

Gilbert also cites his faith as a reason for staying grounded.

With both Modern Day Prodigal Son and this year’s follow-up, Halfway to Heaven, reflecting his Christian beliefs, though not to an overbearing degree, he says the last two years have been a time of rediscovery and personal realignment when speaking about the subject. “My faith got out of whack a bit, and I was getting too focused on the business,” he says. “I was getting away from the guy I used to be. I had to take a step back and ask myself what I wanted as a person. I can’t blame everything on other people. I made some dumb decisions just because I was stupid and young. For a while there, I felt like I was being pushed farther and farther away from my family and from the grassroots thing I’d started. Now, I’m living where I want to live and I go to church on Sunday if I want to. It feels good to have that kind of direction.”

Whether grinding it out full-tilt with his longtime bandmates—guitarist John Merlino, bassist Jonathan Waggoner, guitarist and keyboard player Jess Franklin and drummer Ben Sims—picking a slow, solo ballad like “Whenever We’re Alone,” or playing an acoustic Andre 3000 to country rapper and frequent duet partner Colt Ford’s Big Boi, Gilbert’s inner regular guy appears to have remained intact because that’s still who is onstage and at home, much to his fans’, and his own, content.

When he talks about taking the stage at The Classic Center, where legends like Willie Nelson, George Jones, Bob Dylan and Loretta Lynn have gone before him, Gilbert can’t help but get a little choked up.

“For this show to have already sold as many tickets as it has is a big, big milestone for me,” he says. “It shows me people here still want to hear us and haven’t given up on me.

That really means a lot. I am, by no means, in the same class as some of the great artists who have played there. I don’t even think I should be called an artist. I used to pray for a solid job, a wife and a family. But the good Lord wants me to do this, so we’re gonna make some lemonade out of lemons, I guess. Really, though, I’m very thankful for any success I may have. It means a lot to me that the people who like my music, and those who I consider my family, have stuck with me through all the bull-crap. Now, it’s time to get the wheels back on the track and see what else we can do.”

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WHO: Brantley Gilbert WHERE: The Classic Center WHEN: Friday, Sept. 17, 8:30 p.m.

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hen four classmates at the old Athens High (now Clarke Central) decided to pay tribute to their R&B-and-soul-shaking idols as part of an early ‘60s talent show, little did the founding members of The Jesters suspect they’d still be gigging together almost 50 years later, a decade into the 21st century.

But, they are. And this has never been a humdrum cover act. Though the game plan of The Jesters’ full-tilt live rhythm and soul review hasn’t changed too much since the early days of appearances at venues like The Pinecrest Lodge and the local Sunset Drive VFW post, the 10-member Athens institution does not have to worry about having to get its groove back.

By now, the rushing horn parts, handclaps, foot stomps and instrumental vamps have all become second nature.

Formed by Bill McDonald, Harold Williams, Freddie Seagraves and Davis Causey in 1964, The Jesters have remained a product of that fertile period in soul and R&B history—a time when regional culture and preferences greatly informed the style of music that dominated the airwaves of stations scattered along the East Coast. From the Southern-fried groove of Stax and Muscle Shoals to the romantic, urban finesse of Motown, The Jesters managed to soak up a little of it all during a time when their hometown music scene was defined not by new wave or jam rock, but by good-time rock and party acts like Terry “Mad Dog” Melton and the Laughing Disaster.

“That’s really where the whole ‘scene’ here started, with Terry and the Last Resort,” said Causey. “Back then, about the only place you could go have a drink and hear a band was somewhere like a veterans club or a fraternity or sorority.

Today, it’s more a buyers’ market because there’s so many local bands looking for a spot. But it wasn’t like that when we were starting out. You didn’t have a big PA system or even monitors to play through. The volume you played at was the stage volume, and you really had to have the dynamics of all your instruments down pat.”

A popular live act at frat parties and college campuses throughout the Southeast, The Jesters, complete with a five-man horn section, soon began backing up top R&B acts like Marvin Gaye, Lee Dorsey, The Platters, Jerry Butler and Jackie Wilson onstage at live bookings throughout Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Florida and the Carolinas. “Eventually, we got a reputation for being able to cover those kinds of acts.

They knew we could handle the gig,” remembers Causey. “You did fraternities, sororities, roadhouses and in between on that circuit. Fortunately, we knew how to both read the charts and play by ear. When Lee Dorsey came in to meet us, he didn’t bring any charts or music, just a portable 45 player and a stack of his records.”

Those memorable partnerships not only taught the band how to keep its stage chops sharp and change tempo on a dime, but also to see beyond the heated racial tensions of the era. “When Marvin Gaye came down in ’67, by that time they pretty much had to let him stay in the hotel, but he still wasn’t allowed to play golf or rent a car,” remembers Causey.

“I was 17 at the time and I would pick him up, every day, and take him to a driving range. We’d talk and he’d tell me stories.

It was one of the best experiences of my life, really, being there with a guy that was so on top of his game and was so immaculate at what he did. When we went to eat with The Platters, one time, they were told they weren’t welcome and would have to go around back and get something to go. That

just didn’t sit right with us. By that time we’d become good friends with these people. A lot of the acts didn’t know what to expect because they’d gotten this put-together, non-union band of white guys they’d just have to put up with and hoped it worked. The first night you would jump in and hold on and it would usually be a little tense and loose. But the whole experience, for us, was like going to school.”

Eventually, careers and family life caused The Jesters to disband. Some of them continued on as musicians with Causey in Sea Level and the Randall Bramblett Band and Williams lending his sax to The Marshall Tucker Band, Gregg Allman and others.

Most of them eased into what Causey jokingly refers to as “real jobs.“ But, since a 1982 reunion show, the band has become a perennial catch-‘em-while-you-can act that, somehow, still remains timeless. They reconvened in 2004 to celebrate the group’s 40th anniversary and again in 2007 for a benefit show.

Gradually, more gigs began to be added to the calendar and, nowadays, says Causey, the group is up to about 10 or 11 dates a year at select venues.

“At first, we just did the reunions as a way of getting together just for ourselves to see everybody and everybody’s families,” says Causey. “We’d just open the doors and whoever wanted to show up—that was fine. But, people went crazy over it, hearing those old songs. Nobody was really doing that at the time. Now, people that have been listening to us for 30 years are bringing their kids, who are often won over by it just like their parents were years back.”

This year, The Jesters released a new disc, Sure Thing, that features the band high-stepping through songs made famous by Ray Charles, The Temptations, Gaye, Wilson and Junior Walker & the All Stars. The “new” material is sure to get a workout as the group and its mighty horns take the Melting Point stage. Now comprised of saxophonists Harold Williams, Donny Whitehead and Bill McDonald, drummer Freddy Seagraves, guitarist Davis Causey, vocalist Steve Hartley, trumpet players Scotty Piotrowski and Billy Young, keyboardist Clarence Young and bassist Tom Ryan, few still do rhythm and soul up quite like this. Three years ago the group lost bassist Cleon Nalley, who’d been with them since 1968. But, even he still sits in with his fellow Jesters in spirit as Nalley’s red and white Fender Jazz bass has been graciously loaned out by friend Glenn Adkins and is now played by the group’s eternal “new guy” Tom Ryan.

“Cleon was a great bass player, singer and friend. What a character,” says Causey. “This group is made up of a special group of guys that have made it this far and just want to keep this kind of music out there. You don’t see acts like this with real soul horn sections very much nowadays. There’s a lot of acts that’ll play a soul song or an R&B tune, but there are very few who grew up with it, hearing it, playing it and were there when it all happened, originally.”

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“It was absolutely great and was really, really quite humbling,” says tuba player and founding member Joshua Cutchin. “To do as well as we did, basically a year and a half after we got out there, was really incredible. It was one of those moments where I could just say, ‘We’re actually making this work! We’re actually doing this.’”

“When we first started out, it was really just people who could do it and were willing to do it,” he continues, describing Half Dozen’s origins while encapsulating the communal spirit of the Athens jazz scene. “With a couple exceptions, it has [now become] pretty much everyone’s priority and main project.

The amount of focus has really changed and helped out, and it’s so much easier when that’s happening. I feel like opportunities are coming along more rapidly now with everyone sort of having the same goal in mind.”

The change in mentality was not-socoincidentally tied to the addition of a few new key players. The first was Chuck Arnold, a veteran of the vaunted New Orleans brass scene who has collaborated with the likes of Dr. John, Aaron Neville and the late, great Ray Charles. Soon after came local mainstays Dave Daly (trombone) and trumpeter Aaron Esposito (Venice Is Sinking), joining long time members Brent Hendrick, Gnarly G and Joe Wytanis.

“I attribute a lot of our growth to Chuck coming along. I feel like he definitely legitimized us a bit,” laughs Cutchin. “[Similarly], it’s really amazing to me how much more consistent the product became since we took on Dave and Aaron.”

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tangible shelf-life to his compositions for the first time.

“In between titles and melodic figures and feels, this is all stuff that’s been percolating for the last few years in my head,” he says.

“The approach was just to put the best representation of us forth that we possibly could, and at the same time, we were really trying to hang with New Orleans guys.” By all accounts, they have; Cutchin just recently received an email from a New Orleans veteran touting Easy Street as the best debut from a brass band he’d ever heard.

The worry for Half Dozen, and for any band who has made a name off its live performance, is mimicking that live energy through a digital platform.

“That’s the point—to try and get that swagger across,” says Cutchin. “I think that with pretty much any brass band you listen to, the vibe is completely different on a CD; but we did the best we could and really seemed to capture a lot of that. We tried to keep the balance between funk and the more traditional sensibilities. People ask me what this music is, and the best way I can describe it is ‘Dixiefunk.’ So we’ve got some stuff that sounds New Orleans-y, and we’ve got some straightahead funk, and we’ve got some stuff that sounds like [jazz great] Dizzy Gillespie.”

Logic dictates that the release of Easy Street should be Cutchin’s chance to reflect on and revel in the the progress of Half Dozen in a remarkably short amount of time. Yet, on the eve its release, his focus is already on the sophomore follow-up.

“I really wanna do another album,” he says, laughing. “We haven’t even had the release party for this one, and I already wanna do another one… I’ve started writing again for the first time in about a year, and I’ve really tried to hold myself to some even higher standards moving forward.”

Alec Wooden

WHO: Half Dozen Brass Band WHERE: The Melting Point WHEN: Thursday, Sept. 16, 9 p.m.

HOW MUCH: $6 (adv.), $8 (door)

record reviews BUNNY CARLOS Bunny Carlos Independent Release Bunny Carlos, a three-piece band hailing from Athens, recently released its self-titled debut album, and boy is it a horse. Comprised of 15 songs, the album clocks in right at an hour—during which time the band runs the classic rock gamut. The album’s opener, “Go With You,” begins with a Jethro Tull reference (probably to underscore the fact that the song is basically a re-imagined “Locomotive Breath”). From there, Bunny Carlos presents some tracks that sound like Uncle Tupelo/ Jay Farrar (“Satellites”) or even Widespread Panic (“Follow”), and others that sound like—believe it or not—Pentagram (“Idle Veil”) or Deep Purple (“Once Upon the Way”).

Scattered throughout the album are three improvisational pieces, one of which is entitled “Deter’s Monkey” (apparently now is the time on “Sprockets” when we jam).

But all of this rambling isn’t such a bad thing; many of the songs are quite good, and kudos to the band for featuring plenty of great guitar solos at the forefront of the mix. In fact, the sound of the album and the performances are spot-on (it was recorded with Asa Leffer at Downtown Athens Recording Company). While the album is probably too long and varied for its own good (i.e., to be a cohesive, unified artistic statement), there is plenty of quality music contained inside—and certainly a little bit of something for everyone. Overall, Bunny Carlos has presented a record that is ambitious and contains some true gems (“Victor Victor”). Classic rock fans rejoice!

John Seay Bunny Carlos is playing at New Earth Music Hall on Sept. 22.

INDIGO GIRLS Staring Down the Brilliant Dream Vanguard If you’re like me, you probably wrote off the Indigo Girls long ago, after their early successes in the hummable angst-pop folk realm. But Amy Ray and Emily Saliers have been hard at work while we turned away, fine-tuning their shows into full-on events like the ones captured here.

Staring Down the Brilliant Dream is the duo’s third live offering, finding the Girls right where we left them: singing

beautiful tunes that somehow manage to leave you both oddly inspired and deeply depressed.

Live albums are notoriously tricky to pull off. Too much crowd noise, mistakes in the arrangement or mixing woes can turn a great concept into a rotten mess, but the sonic integrity of Staring… makes it one of the more listenable live records.

Though some of the sheer ferocity seems to have faded from Ray and Saliers’ performances on this recording, their harmonies and complex melodic structures remain intact. The tracks for this album were selected from a number of the duo’s shows from 2006 to 2009 and feature many guest appearances from artists such as Brandi Carlile and Jill Hennessey.

There are some new twists to old favorites to be heard here as well. The dynamic duo often hand over singing duties to the audience who, while maintaining an impressive sense of tune, just don’t strike the same chord as the original recordings. But the live aspect does add a bit of unpredictability and fun to otherwise by-the-book covers (“Wild Horses,” “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right”).

Staring Down the Brilliant Dream would be a great starter album for anyone looking for an introduction to the Indigo Girls, and for hardcore fans, it’s a dream. From the looks of it, Ray and Saliers will keep trucking on in their own unique way.

Jordan Stepp

HAM1 Let’s Go On and On and On with Ham1 Orange Twin If there is one sentence to encapsulate Let’s Go On and On and On…, the new record from Athens psych-pop outfit Ham1, it is this: This record is totally Athens. I know, I know, boring, right? Wrong! But you’d be forgiven for thinking so. See, though the Elephant 6 movement spawned some truly outstanding, wildly creative bands, it also gave birth to a horde of pale imitators.

I won’t name names, but some of that shit’s boring. Am I right?

Anyway, my point is, Ham1’s new record is not at all boring, though I was terrified it might be. My fear was quelled off the bat: opener “Cavern in a Square” is a jumpy, engaging piece of songcraft that features some historically dirty guitar interplay. Later, on “Thinking Ahead of Myself,” frontman Jim Willingham leads the Ham1 crew (including E6 vets Eric Harris and everywhere-guy John Fernandes) through two-and-a-half minutes of repetitive fuzz-pop that eventually slows to a crawl and collapses on itself. Listen up, y’all: it’s one of the finest moments in Athens pop since The Glands.

My only gripe with On and On is that it seems unable—or unwilling—to decide what it wants to be. At times the album’s reach exceeds its grasp. But I’ll also say that after a few listens it’s

proved to me to be one hell of a grower.

Who’s to say that after a few more it won’t be a masterpiece?

Gabe Vodicka

BLACK MOUNTAIN Wilderness Heart Jagjaguwar Cool. So, the ever-durable Canadian rock act Black Mountain has embraced its bluesy, cock-swaggering tendencies and went all Black Crowes on us. This is good. Straightforward in its ambitions, Wilderness Heart moves confidently between tender, acoustic 1960s psychedelia and the machismo of ‘70s classic rock.

Even better, the lyrics are actually good, believable and not so veiled in nonsensical allusions (Kevin Barnes of of Montreal, take notice). “Radiant Hearts,” with its nihilistic inclinations (opening line: “Children play softly around the explosions”) is a gorgeous, lush song full of strings and male/ female vocal harmonies that would be suited well to a movie soundtrack—a war documentary, perhaps, but a film nonetheless. Black Mountain is at its best when it sticks to the well-trodden territory previously explored on 2008’s In the Future. Mid-album track “Rollercoaster” is a good example of this. Vocalists Stephen McBean and Amber Webber trade lines while the band does its best Black Sabbath riffs and chugs slowly through five minutes of fuzzed-out bliss. Opening track “The Hair Song” takes a couple more bluesy twists, showcasing the band as a unit that can easily shift between genres but doesn’t necessarily show off.

Wilderness Heart is a good example of a band trying to expand its ambitions without taking itself too seriously.

Mark Sanders

DEAF JUDGES The High Honorable EC Ruins What’s up with Athens rap? I mean… where is it? In a town that harbors such a continual creative force, it’s a damn shame—and a bit strange— that homespun hip-hop barely exists.

With such slim pickings, long-running Athens crew Deaf Judges could be forgiven for a few missteps. That said, it’s even sweeter that High Honorable, the group’s new LP, is so truly solid.

Deaf Judges’ three talented emcees—Produce Man, Louie C and Rorshak—are eminently capable of

holding shit down by themselves, but High Honorable’s main strength, perhaps surprisingly, is the group’s DJ, Cubenza, who daubs sample after sample of old jazz and newer electro against soul-fire rhythms and straightup rap beats. Cubenza is the Judges’ unsung hero and the reason this record jumps out of the speakers so (thank mastering mastermind Joel Hatstat for that, as well).

And jump it does. Like all good hip-hop acts, Deaf Judges traffics in vivid imagery and fluid delivery; on the blistering “That Ain’t a Knife,” which finds Produce Man indicting modern rap culture for its stifling vacuity, or the agitated “Ghost Trap,” in which Cubenza leads the Judges on a terrifying traipse through a suffocatingly dark forest (“Stoned to the bone and fried in the flesh/ With sin in my skin and death on my breath”). It’s not perfect, but it’s no stretch to say that High Honorable stands as the best hip-hop album to emerge from Athens in some time.

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The train ringing its bell and rattling the tracks in “Pioneer Skies” did more than illustrate the Doppler effect—it came and went, and came and went, and never let anyone on board. The duo’s two previous albums, however, featured strained guest performances and songs that sounded like loops themselves.

Further advances the Brothers’ exploratory, psychedelic trajectory rather than its big beat one, ditches outside vocalists and sounds effortless and moving rather than laid brick by breakbeat brick. The album begins with another conceptual joke in “Snow”: one synthesizer sustains a high-pitched note, flat-lining, while another scans for life in the static, chirping with activity. “Wonders of the Deep” sounds like a sputtering M83 excursion; it builds in energy, powers down with a fading, dejected bleep and then gets going again.

Like Boards of Canada, The Chemical Brothers seem to have found inspiration in nature and space travel.

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Tuesday 14 EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Buy fresh, locally grown organic produce, locally crafted goods and freshly baked breads. 4–7 p.m. FREE! www. athensfarmersmarket.net EVENTS: Sustainability Film Series (UGA East Campus Village, Rooker Hall) UGA’s University Housing Sustainability Committee hosts a fall film series focusing on environmental issues. This week: Gasland. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-5427068, jeizenst@uga.edu GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) All three Athens locations of Locos Grill and Pub (Westside, Eastside and Harris St.) feature trivia night every Tuesday. 8:30 p.m.

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

706-546-0015 GAMES: Trivia (Alibi) Marilyn hosts this weekly trivia game. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010

Wednesday 15 EVENTS: Bad Movie Night (Ciné BarCafé) An unstoppable killing machine must kick, punch and scream his way to freedom from bloodthirsty mercenaries in Deadly Prey. 8–10 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ badmovienight EVENTS: Canine Cocktail Hour (Hotel Indigo, Phi Bar & Bistro Courtyard) Drink/food specials for you and your (well-behaved) dog! This week: salty dogs and greyhounds. Wednesdays. 5–7 p.m. www.athensdowntownhotel.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 LECTURES & LIT.: APERO Africana Brown Bag Lecture (UGA Tate Center, Room 481) Derrick Alridge, director of the Institute for African American Studies, speaks on “2Pac, Mythology and the Black Radical Tradition.” 12:15 p.m. FREE! fsgiles@uga.edu LECTURES & LIT.: Talking about Books (ACC Library, Small Conference Room) This month’s title is The Widow of the South by Robert Hicks. Newcomers welcome. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 MEETINGS: Library Sewing Group (Madison County Library) Currently crocheting with double-ended cro-

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Thursday 16 EVENTS: Jeannette Rankin Women’s Scholarship Fund’s Annual Dinner (Call for location) Honor this year’s 80 scholars and network with local business owners.

Brigadier General Maria Britt is the keynote speaker. Proceeds from the dinner, a jewelry raffle and a silent auction benefit JRF’s scholarship program. 5:30 p.m. $65. 706-2081211, www.rankinfoundation.org EVENTS: Phi Kappa Debate (UGA Phi Kappa Hall) Join the Phi Kappa Literary Society as they debate the merits of organized religion. 7 p.m.

FREE! phikappals@gmail.com EVENTS: Senior Skills Day (Columbus Avenue Senior Center) Stay sharp with a variety of fun activities, including card games, puzzles, board games and computers. Every Thursday! 10 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3603 EVENTS: The Trial Gardens Garden Party (UGA Campus, Carlton St. and Sanford Dr.) Discover the hidden wonder in the university’s backyard. Live music

by Sonny Got Blue, art, light hor d’oeuvres and an exquisite garden in bloom. Dr. Armitage will lead a garden tour, and plants and books will be available for sale. 5:30–7:30 p.m. $7. 706-542-2471 www.ugatrial. hort.uga.edu

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EVENTS: Yappy Hour for (WellBehaved) Dogs (283 Bar) Happy hour is all the more happy when your dog is by your side. Come out for drink specials for humans and endless bowls of water and treats for the furries. 5–8 p.m. 706-208-1283 ART: Opening Reception (Aurum Studio) For an exhibit featuring landscape paintings by Joe Ruiz, landscape photography by Richard Farber and jewelry by Betty McAlexander. 5:30–8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-546-8826 PERFORMANCE: The Atypical Southern Comedy Quartet (40 Watt Club) Powerhouse comedy line-up comprised of Sean Patton, Nate Bargatze, Jarrod Harris and Rory Scovel with host TJ Young. The show will be filmed as part of 3 Weeks in September, a documentary tour film about finding success in comedy. 9 p.m. $8 (adv.), $10. www.40watt.com PERFORMANCE: UGA Faculty Recital (Edge Recital Hall) David Zerkel, tuba, with Anatoly Sheludyakov, piano. 8 p.m. FREE! www.music.uga.edu OUTDOORS: Soccer for Beginners (No Location Specified) Learn the fundamentals of the world’s most popular sport and take part in a friendly scrimmage. Email for more information. 6:30–7:30 p.m. velzygirl@yahoo.com KIDSTUFF: “Battle of the Athenians” (ACC Library) Test your knowledge of Percy Jackson and the Olympians in this epic trivia battle. 4 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Dance Dance Revolution (Oconee County Library) Dancing and video game madness in the library! For ages 11– 18. 6–8 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

Friday 17 EVENTS: Ladies Zumba Night (Whole: Mind. Body. Art., 160 Tracy St.) Dinner, door prizes, then dancing! Space is limited; call to register.

7–10 p.m. $22 (adv.) $25 (drop-in).

Contact Brian Vaught: 706-4100283, www.wholemindbodyart.com * KIDSTUFF: Preschool & Toddler Storytime (Madison County Library) Includes stories, fingerpuppet plays, songs and crafts for literacy-based fun. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 LECTURES & LIT.: Book Signing (Borders Books & Music) The Classic City Rollergirls join Pamela Ribon for a reading and book signing of the author’s Oprah-acclaimed novel about love, loss and roller derby, Going in Circles. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-583-8647

Ingram Hill plays the Melting Point on Wednesday, Sept. 22.

LECTURES & LIT.: IWS Friday Speaker Series (UGA Miller Learning Center, Room 213) The Institute for Women’s Studies’ Friday Speaker Series presents “Goddesses and Matriarchy as Mystery, Myth and Science” with Georgia College and State University’s Mary Magoulick. 12:20–1:10 p.m. FREE! tlhat@uga.edu MEETINGS: Drinking Liberally (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Informal, inclusive and progressive social group that gives left-leaning individuals a chance to talk politics.

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

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Saturday 18 EVENTS: Adoption Day (Pet Supplies Plus) Local animal rescue organizations bring their pups out for a chance at finding a forever home. Love connections made every Saturday! 11 a.m.–3 p.m. 706-3530650 EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Bishop Park) Buy fresh, locally grown organic produce, locally crafted goods and freshly baked breads. Now accepting EBT cards.

Every Saturday. 8 a.m.–Noon. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net EVENTS: Classic City Rollergirls Bout (Skate-A-Round USA) The Classic City Rollergirls take on the Chattanooga Roller Girls. Bring puppy food, canned dog food, flea preventatives, treats, blankies and more for a pet drive. 7 p.m. $10 (adults), $5 (ages 6–10), FREE! (ages 6 & under). www.classiccityrollergirls.com

OUTDOORS: Naturalist Walk (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Join SCNC staff for a walk around the property. Bring a camera or binoculars. All ages. Call to register. 10–11 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3615 KIDSTUFF: National Play-Doh Day (Oconee County Library) Kids of all ages are invited to make, sculpt and devour their own “playdoh.” 11 a.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 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.

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Sunday 19 EVENTS: Athens Heritage Walk (Call for location) David Hally and Bob Skarda lead a walking tour of the Scull Shoals village site in Greene County. Explore ruins including the Scull Shoals Indian Mounds Archeological Area. Space is limited; call to reserve spot. 2 p.m. $15. 706-353-1801, www. achfonline.org GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Amici Italian Café) Come test your knowledge! 9 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0000 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 20 EVENTS: PROBE College Fair (Georgia Center) Representatives from over 100 institutions attend this

annual event to discuss admissions, scholarships and housing with parents and students. 6–8:30 p.m.

FREE! www.gaprobe.org KIDSTUFF: Bedtime Stories (ACC Library) Snuggle in your jammies and listen to bedtime stories. Every Monday. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-6133650 KIDSTUFF: Pizza and Pages (Oconee County Library) Readers ages 11–18 are invited to share peace and quiet and pizza for this evening of reading. Bring a book!

6–8 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 LECTURES & LIT.: “New Media: How Technology Influences American Politics” (UGA Chapel) A panel discussion on new media featuring radio personality Neal Boortz, Sen. Saxby Chambliss and Nebraska’s Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson. A Q&A with the guests follows. 1–3 p.m. FREE! www.uga.edu LECTURES & LIT.: VOX Reading Series (Ciné BarCafé) The UGA Creative Writing Program presents readings from poets Dawn Lundy Martin and Hoa Nguyen. 8 p.m.

FREE! www.athenscine.com MEETINGS: Cyber Safety Symposium (Clarke Middle School) Athens-Clarke County parents and children are invited to join this discussion on cyberbullying and other Internet dangers. Space is limited; email to register. 5:30–7:30 p.m. FREE! caaron@pcaathens.org MEETINGS: Sustainability Café (Ben’s Bikes, 670 W. Broad St.) Athens Permaculture hosts an open forum devoted to permaculture and sustainable living. Past topics include community gardens, social equity and land access, and composting. 7–8:30 p.m. FREE! athenspermaculture@gmail.com 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: 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 21 EVENTS: The Fire Within (ACC Library) Dr. Scott Weintraub introduces this 2008 documentary film about the unique Iquitos Jewish community which continues to flourish in the Amazon. 6 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 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 EVENTS: UGA Volunteer Resource Fair (UGA Tate Center) Meet with campus-based service groups as well as Athens-area nonprofit, social service and government agencies.

11 a.m.–1 p.m. FREE! 706-5830830, www.uga.edu/cls EVENTS: Vigil for Peace (UGA Arch) Meet up with other peaceable folks to celebrate the International Day of Peace. 5–6 p.m. FREE! www. internationaldayofpeace.org OUTDOORS: Native Flora Ramble (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Take a stroll through the Native Flora Garden to take a look at the new blooms and learn how to identify woody and herbaceous plants. 6–7 p.m. FREE! 706-542-1244 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: Home Schoolers Open House (East Athens Community Center, 400 McKinley Dr.) Explore the community center, participate in activities and mingle with other home schoolers and parents. 11 a.m.–2 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3593 LECTURES & LIT.: Visiting Artist Lecture (Lamar Dodd School of Art, Room S151) Fabric and performance artist Nick Cave (not that one!) is this month’s featured speaker. Images of Cave’s “soundsuits,” full-body costumes designed to reverberate with the wearer’s movements. 5:30 p.m.

FREE! www.art.uga.edu MEETINGS: Athens Rock and Gem Club (Friendship Christian Church) Take part in a show-and-tell for treasures found over the summer and sort through a rock collection with items priced to sell. All interested parties are welcome to attend.

7:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-8082 MEETINGS: Motorcycle Rights Organization (Cycle World, 4225 Atlanta Highway) Meetings held the third Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. in the customer lounge.

706–206–2903, aircooled08@ yahoo.com MEETINGS: Sitting Meditation Group (Mind Body Institute) Silent meditation. 12:30 p.m. FREE! 706475-7329 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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GAMES: Trivia (Alibi) Marilyn hosts this weekly trivia game. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010

Wednesday 22 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 PERFORMANCE: Quarter Life Crisis Comedy Tour (New Earth Music Hall) Stand-up from comedians M. Dickson, Jason Marcis, Bryson Turner and Lucas Molandes who have been featured on Comedy Central, CNN and MTV. 9 p.m. $10. 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 MEETINGS: Library Sewing Group (Madison County Library) Currently crocheting with double-ended crochet needles. Newcomers welcome.

1–3 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 GAMES: Bocce Ball (DePalma’s Italian Cafe, 2080 Timothy Rd.) Join the league on the lawn every Wednesday. 6:30 p.m. FREE! 706552-1237, timothy@depalmasitaliancafe.com GAMES: Dart League (Alibi) Meet up with other sharp-shooters. FREE! 706-549-1010 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: 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 (Copper Creek Brewing Company) Test your trivia chops for prizes! Every Wednesday.

9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-1102 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) Open your pie-hole for a chance to win! Every Wednesday at all three locations.

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Doc McGee’s 8 p.m. $5 (musicians FREE!). www. docmcgees.com MUSICIAN ALL JAM Bring your instrument and sign up to play.

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

FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net KYSHONA ARMSTRONG AND THE GUYS This local group plays smooth, funky rock that’s good for the soul.

The Melting Point “Terrapin Bluegrass Series.” 7 p.m. $3. meltingpointathens.com NORTH GEORGIA BLUEGRASS BAND An eclectic blend of traditional and contemporary acoustic music.

New Earth Music Hall 8 p.m. FREE! (21 & up) $2 (under 21). www.newearthmusichall.com POETIC SOUL Mon2 and Buddah host an open-mic for poets, singers and other soulful types. Every Tuesday. Sign up at 8 p.m.

9 p.m. $13. www.newearthmusichall. com HOLY FUCK Waves of manipulated noise buzzing with an incredibly loud rhythmic foundation of dual drummers. See story on p. 16.

INDIAN JEWELRY Drone and psychedelic, ambient sounds from Houston.

QUIET HOOVES High-energy, idiosyncratic pop that’s loose and full of fun. Tonight’s show will be covers of Prince.

Rye Bar 10:30 p.m. www.myspace.com/ryebarathens CHRIS CUNDARI Jam, electronica and reggae performed live with a looping technique similar to Keller Williams.

SUMILAN Technically proficient musicians playing progressive jam rock.

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

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

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Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (21+). www.caledonialounge.com EASTER ISLAND Pop shoegaze meets yuppie angst.

NIGHT DRIVING IN SMALL TOWNS Atlanta band featuring sweet, breathy lead female vocals backed by jangly guitars for a mix that’s somewhere between Mazzy Star and Rilo Kiley.

THE VIKING PROGRESS Imagery related to Vikings or Norse mythos will usually be metal, but as the exception that disproves the rule, The Viking Progress plays beautiful and touching folk songs.

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

Farm 255 “Primals Night.” 9–11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com DIAL INDICATORS New local jazz duo playing standards from the ‘20s through the ‘50s as well as original compositions.

11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com BIRD NAMES A somewhat maniacally twisted menagerie of psychedelic, often distorted sounds and childlike melodies.

CHRISTMAS Gritty noise band with pop underpinnings.

CO CO RI CO Angular, guitar-driven rock that melodically meanders through post-rock soundscapes featuring technical drums, wandering bass and glockenspiel.

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Flicker Theatre & Bar 10 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/ flickerbar SINGER-SONGWRITER SHOWCASE Featuring an array of local musicians.

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

Go Bar 9 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar TWIN POWERS DJ Dan Geller (Gold Party, The Agenda) and a rotating cast of partners—Winston Parker (ATEM), Tom Hedger (owner of Go Bar)—spin late night glam rock, new wave, punk and Britpop.

The Melting Point 8:30 p.m. $7 (adv.), $10 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com GEOFF ACHISON & THE SOULDIGGERS Achison lays down his version of New Orleans funk, blues and jazz with the licks of a true guitar virtuoso. Joined tonight by Yonrico Scott and Todd Smallie.

New Earth Music Hall 9 p.m. $5. www.newearthmusichall. com LOWDOWN COMEDY OPEN MIC Lowdown Comedy Open Mic runs every third Wednesday. Hosted by

Rye Bar 10:30 p.m. www.myspace.com/ryebarathens DJ KILLACUT Spinning an eclectic mix of music and mashing it up DJ Shadow-style.

Terrapin Beer Co. 5 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com JUNKER Local band with guitar, bass, harmonica, pedal steel, saxophone and drums.

The Trial Gardens at UGA 5:30–7:30 p.m. $7. http://ugatrial.hort. uga.edu SONNY GOT BLUE Local group plays swing and Latin jazz standards.

Club Exit 12 9 p.m. FREE! Commerce Rd. KARAOKE Karaoke with Lynn the Queen of Karaoke. Every Thursday.

Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 OLD SKOOL DJ AND BEER PONG Hosted by Wes of Dixie Mafia.

Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com BURNS LIKE FIRE Local punk band featuring members of Karbomb, Wristbandits and Celerity. A quartet of musical disarray!

GUFF This non-stop local punk quartet’s style hearkens back to the Lookout Records sound from more than a decade ago with a sense of fun amid the noise.

WRISTBANDITS Energetic new teenpop-punk trio rocking out in the vein of Millencolin or NOFX. DePalma’s Italian Cafe 6–8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-552-1237 (Timothy Road) REDNECK GREECE DELUXE Local artist sings swingin’ hillbilly honky tonk about “folks that grew up on the wrong side of tracks.”

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

Thursday, September 16

Now You See Them, Ye Olde Sub Shoppe, Four Eyes Flicker Theatre & Bar Known for a unique mix of instrumentation and colorful harmonies, Asheville, NC-based Now You See Them has quickly morphed, relatively speaking, from busking the streets of Asheville to packing local venues.

The trio met in New York City but, coincidentally, all members hail from Western Pennsylvania. Somewhere between bonding about “where from,” playing/being deported from Sydney, Australia and releasing their first EP this past June, entitled Things Change in a Day, bandmembers Jason Mencer, Dulci Ellenberge and Shane Conerty have developed a sound that captures the duality of struggle and passion.

“It’s a mix of the dark element of folk and our upbeat sound… it does become quite ironic,” says Now You See Them percussionist Mencer. “One of the overall themes is breaking away from struggles of work… it’s amazingly free and not always easy, but it’s a lot more enjoyable to find your passion.”

Travel has also made a significant impact on the band’s aesthetic.

“The instrumentation is a direct reflection of our experiences and where we’ve been.

If Shane hadn’t gone to Thailand, we wouldn’t have the melodica. I’ve been carrying around the djembe, this African drum, for awhile now,” says Mencer. “And even here, living in the hills of Asheville, bluegrass and ragtime influences definitely sneak into our music.”

The band has definite plans to return to the studio. “Things Change in a Day was an attempt to capture the energy of live shows. Our next production will be a really big, full album with more harmonies and instruments, maybe more strings and oboes. When we play Asheville, local musicians will join us on bass, fiddle… sometimes mandolin. Our next album will stay consistent with our sound but reflect this bigger production.” All three bands playing Flicker on the 16th will feature some ukulele action as expressed by the evening’s moniker: “Uke Your Guts Out.” [Sarah Savage]

Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com THE K-MACKS Danceable, highenergy country-fried punk rock for fans of acts like The Avett Bros.

YO SOYBEAN Local “party-folk” trio featuring upbeat, sing-a-long numbers with guests on guitar, banjo, mandolin, violin and more.

Flicker Theatre & Bar “Uke Your Guts Out.” 8:30 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/flickerbar FOUR EYES Jace Bartet and Erin Lovett lovingly mingle gentle melodies with bombastic shredding.

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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 Southerntinged Americana covers.

Go Bar 9 p.m. FREE! myspace.com/gobar KARAOKE Host Dr. Fred offers his twist on the classic format.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! 1560 Oglethorpe Ave. MARY SIGALAS Talented local jazz vocalist Mary Sigalas performs with her new classic jazz, swing and blues band.

Hotel Indigo “Live After 5 on the Phi Bar Patio.” 6 p.m. FREE! www.indigoathens.com WHISPER KISS New, local acoustic music project featuring multi-instrumentalist Michael Wegner (formerly of Fuzzy Sprouts, The Sunny-Side Up Band, Abbey Road LIVE) and Shelley Olin (DubConscious, Grogus).

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The Melting Point 9 p.m. $6 (adv.), $8 (door). www.meltingpointathens.com HALF DOZEN BRASS BAND CD Release Show! This classic New Orleans-style brass band gets the crowd all riled up with loads of horns and a percussive frenzy. See story on p. 20.

New Earth Music Hall 9 p.m. $10. www.newearthmusichall. com SUMILAN Technically proficient musicians playing jam rock.

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

Rye Bar 10:30 p.m. www.myspace.com/ryebarathens THE HYPSYS Prog-rock jam band from Tuscaloosa.

Terrapin Beer Co. 5 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com DAVE HOWARD Local singersongwriter plays mellow acoustic guitar tunes.

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

Friday 17 Athens Vineyard Church 7–11:30 p.m. FREE! www.athensvineyard.com RYAN DELMORE Singer/songwriter kicking off his Southeastern tour.

Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706–549–1010 THE GEORGIA HEALERS Athens’ premier blues band for 20 years.

Amici Italian Café 11:30 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0000 BOMB CHEWEY Soulful vocals lead this jazz-influenced jam band from Milledgeville, accented by a lively horn section.

The Bad Manor 11 p.m. FREE! www.thebadmanor.com BEHIND THE SUN This band cranks out a smoking Red Hot Chili Peppers tribute.

Boar’s Head Lounge 9 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 JOHN SOSEBEE Eclectic mix of traditional blues and pop.

Buffalo’s Southwest Café 8 p.m. $7. 706–354–6655 JOHN MARTIN AND SOUTHERN DRIVE Athens-based country band that blends in a bit of bluegrass with its classic-leaning Southern rock and roll Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com THE JOHN KING BAND This rootsy band, formerly known as Vinyl, stays true to the twangier side of its Southern influences, which include Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Allman Brothers.

JULIET WHISKEY Local rock band featuring Cherry Lane, Chris Martin and Josh Cartmill.

RADIOLUCENT Local band Radiolucent falls somewhere between bluesy Southern rock and the poppier side of alt-country.

The Classic Center 8:30 p.m. $14–$19. www.classicenter. com BRANTLEY GILBERT This Jefferson country-rock songwriter plays the kind of rags-to-riches, small-towndreamin’ songs that aggressively go for the heartstrings. See story on p. 17.

Farm 255 10:30 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com EFREN Local indie-folksters along the lines of Iron and Wine and Bonnie Prince Billy play selections from the upcoming release Always Been a Bleeder.

HOLA HALO “70s keys, dripping guitars and marching band drums” are the specialty of this local band.

Celebrating the release of its new album, A Better Time, available for free at www.holahalo.com.

NUCLEAR SPRING This local rock band plays sleazy, freaky psychedelic garage rock with glam swagger.

New album coming out soon!

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8:30 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/ flickerbar BEAUREGARD No info available.

THE BORDER LIONS Local band performing simple pop songs in the inpsired by The Beatles, Rolling Stones and Velvet Underground.

MARY JOYCE Local musician Mary Joyce, of Maximum Busy Muscle and others, plays solo.

JESS MARSTON Singer/guitarist from local rock band Romanenko.

40 Watt Club 9 p.m. $6 (21+), $8 (18+). www.40watt. com ATHENS BOYS CHOIR Spoken word and hip-hop with “heart-on-thesleeve lyrics and gay-in-the-pants beats.” Plus background videos featuring the likes of Justin Bieber and Sue Jo Hanson.

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

MADELINE Bell-voiced local songwriter Madeline Adams plays songs of smalltown loves, hopes and assorted torments and joys.

Gnat’s Landing 6:30 p.m. FREE! 706–850–5858 TJ MIMBS This singer-songwriter plays everything from hip-hop cov-

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Sister Hazel, Blessid Union of Souls, The Rattlers Navy Supply Corps School Softball Field Unless you were under a rock during the late ‘90s, you’ve probably heard of Sister Hazel and Blessid Union of Souls. With ubiquitous Sister Hazel Southern rock-tinged hits like “All for You” and “Hey Leonardo (She Likes Me for Me),” respectively, they, along with local boys The Rattlers, are lending their hammers and skins as part of a 57-day salute to the Navy Supply Corps School.

“This is the first time since 9/11 that most people in Athens have stepped foot on the base,” says UGA Director of Community Relations Pat Allen. This is a rare opportunity for visitors to explore a campus that is oozing with history, having served as Confederate parade grounds and the main campus for UGA’s female students before they were integrated. The Navy School is being closed as part of the “Base Realignment and Closure Process” and is consolidating its locations to Newport, RI. The space will soon be converted into the UGA Health Sciences campus.

The Navy School kicked off its farewell salute with a flyover at the UGA football season opener, and the celebration will continue with events ranging from a 5K run to a public golf outing throughout the last week of October.

Free tickets to the concert event are available at local partners including, but not limited to, St. Mary’s Hospital, Athens Bank and Trust and the Medical Partnership (located at the former O’Malley’s). The campus will open to the public at 5 p.m. with food and drinks available to purchase, and The Rattlers will kick off the festivities at 6 p.m.

Parking will be available at Chase Street Elementary, Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary and Resource Medical with complimentary shuttle service. For more information about the event, visit www.navycelebration.com. “We want to make this a family affair,” stresses Allen, so bring the whole family, your appetite and maybe some earplugs for the tots; it’s likely to get loud. [Patrick McGinn]

ers to alternative rock on acoustic guitar backed by loops and some samples.

Go Bar 8 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar 50:50 SHOT Anthemic, horn-blazing ska group from Atlanta. Expect loud guitars and upbeat, harmonized vocals.

PARANOIA DANCE PARTY Abrasive ska from Tampa with vocals taking cues from hardcore and guitar that alternates between math-rock intricacy to driving punk intensity.

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

THE TAJ MOTEL TRIO Ironically named eight-membered aggro-ska outift from Cornelia, GA that sounds like a SoCal transplant and features a funky horn section.

Midnight. FREE! www.myspace.com/ gobar TWIN POWERS DJ Dan Geller (Gold Party, The Agenda) and a rotating cast spin exclusively new wave and Brit pop tonight.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub HIGH VOLTAGE DJ duo of Dusty Sellers and Amanda Jane play “primitive rock, underground disco, funk, soul, early new wave, no wave and campy pop trash.”

The Melting Point 8:30 p.m. $12 (adv.), $15 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com THE JESTERS Before R.E.M., Pylon or The B-52s, there were The Jesters. This celebrated rhythm and blues ensemble formed in Athens over 40 years ago. New album out now! See story on p. 19.

Navy Supply Corps School Celebrating the Legacy of the Navy Supply Corps School. 5 p.m. FREE! (pick up tickets in adv.). www.navycelebration.com BLESSID UNION OF SOULS Fans of ‘90s bands such as Barenaked Ladies and Eagle Eye Cherry will enjoy these veterans who are celebrating the recent online release of a new album.

THE RATTLERS This local group, who claim Southern and classic rock as influences, were the winners of the contest announced to pick the opener for this evening’s Navy School festivities.

SISTER HAZEL Radio-friendly mid’90s college “alternatives,” the longrunning Sister Hazel bids farewell to the Navy Supply Corps School.

Playing on the softball field. See Calendar Pick on this page.

New Earth Music Hall 9 p.m. $7. www.newearthmusichall. com DANK SINATRA Improvisation-heavy electronica mixed with elements of jazz, rock and reggae.

ZOOGMA This Oxford, MS group lays down electro-driven funk and rock jams that feature smooth improvization and sampling.

SUNDAY JAZZ BRUNCH TUESDAY DATE NIGHT Fresh Seafood, South Florida Style ON SITE PARKING!

Free Wi-Fi Event Planning Reservations Accepted

Surf n’ Turf for 2, a bottle of wine or 2 beverages, dessert $ 40 per couple

Saturday, Sept. 18 Open at 2pm

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The Office Lounge 8 p.m. FREE! 706-546-0840 CARLA LEFEVER AND THE RAYS LeFever and her band play old school funk, classic rock and pop covers and originals.

The Rialto Room “Fabulous Football Fridays.” 8:30 p.m. $25. www.indigoathens.com SWINGIN’ MEDALLIONS The new generation of ‘60s American beach music group perhaps best known for k continued on next page

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Eat. Drink. Listen Closely.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 Terrapin Bluegrass Series featuring

NORTH GEORGIA BLUEGRASS BAND

$3 Admission • $2 Terrapin Pints All Night!

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15

GEOFF ACHISON &

THE SOULDIGGERS featuring YONRICO SCOTT and TODD SMALLIE Tickets $7 adv. • $10 at the door

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16

HALF DOZEN BRASS BAND CD RELEASE PARTY

Tickets $6 adv. • $8 at the door

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17

THE JESTERS Tickets $12 adv. • $15 at the door

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 Totally 80’s Party with

THE HIGHBALLS Tickets $8 adv. • $10 at the door

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 Terrapin Bluegrass Series featuring

SILVERBIRD DUO $3 Admission • $2 Terrapin Pints All Night!

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22

BENJY DAVIS PROJECT INGRAM HILL

Tickets $10 adv. • $12 at the door

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 Nomad Artists presents

PAUL THORN

JACKSON COUNTY LINE Tickets $10 adv. • $12 at the door

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24

THE RATTLERS

HOLDCELL

Tickets $7 adv. • $10 at the door

ON THE HORIZON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16

ALLGOOD

Tickets $12 adv. • $17 at the door

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19 Nomad Artists and the Melting Point present

RAILROAD EARTH Tickets $18 adv. • $22 at the door • $15 with UGA ID at door

COMING SOON 9/25 - THE HUSHPUPPIES 9/29 - THE MANTRAS, CAPSULE CORP, SPECIALS GUESTS 9/30 - TONY JOE WHITE 10/1 - GRAINS OF SAND 10/2 - GROGUS 10/5 - CROOKED STILL 10/8 - ERIC CULBERTSON 10/9 - TIM MILLER BAND 10/15 - BREAKFAST CLUB 10/16 - ALLGOOD 10/19 - RAILROAD EARTH 10/21 - DONNA THE BUFFALO 10/22 - LOVE & THEFT 10/23 - ZACH DEPUTY 10/31 - NEXT TO LAST FEST: VAN DYKE PARKS 11/5 - KINCHAFOONEE COWBOYS 11/6 - BOMBER CITY LOCATED ON 11/20 - DAVE BARNES THE GROUNDS OF 11/26 - STRAWBERRY FLATS

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their hit song “Double Shot (of My Baby’s Love).”

of The Joe Jackson Band, The Paul Collins Beat and The Brains.

Rye Bar 9:30 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ ryebarathens GLASGOW Brainchild of Sam and Jack Craft. A tightly orchestrated set of prog-pop.

LEFTY HATHAWAY BAND Special evening with members of Burning Angels, Welfare Liners and Tent City. An evening covering traditional bluegrass and, of course, Lefty’s own soul-soaked rants filtered through folk and funk.

LULLWATER This local rock band offers high energy and solid melodies that pull from both alternative music and acoustic folk.

Farm 255 10:30 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com DANNY BEDROSIAN AND SECRET ARMY This ensemble claims Parliament and Funkadelic as influences, backing up this claim with funky guitars and falsetto vocals.

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

Terrapin Beer Co. 5 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com BLUEBILLY GRIT Live bluegrass!

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

Saturday 18 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 THE REZ Playing a mix of originals and renditions of popular artists like Dave Matthews Band and Tom Petty.

Bishop Park 8 a.m.–12 p.m. Athens Farmers Market. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net JAKE AND THE JAKE MOWRER TRIO Guitarist Jake Mowrer (of Brazilian-style band Cachaça) teams up with a couple of buddies on this new side project. (8 a.m.)

LERA LYNN The tender, jazzy folk voice behind Birds & Wire. (10 a.m.)

Boar’s Head Lounge 9 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 THE INCREDIBLE SANDWICH Athens-based jam band with some tropical leanings. Winners of the 2010 Flagpole Athens Music Award for best jam band!

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

Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www. caledonialounge.com ARTURO IN LETTO AJ Weiss shows off his solo chops under the name Arturo in Letto, singing mostly sweet, melodic songs written in Italy about his time abroad.

THE GOONS New indie-poprock featuring members of The Glands, Casper & the Cookies and Marshmallow Coast.

MARSHMALLOW COAST Local group that once featured smooth and airy, swirly indie-pop turned up the funk on Phreak Phantasy.

THE SHUT-UPS The Shut-Ups play new wave powerpop reminiscent

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8:30 p.m. $5. myspace.com/flickerbar MELISSA COLBERT You’ve seen Colbert strut her stuff in local bands Creepy and Everybody Everybody.

Don’t miss her always energetic performances and rich, powerful vocals.

DREAM BOAT The ethereal vocals and acoustic guitar of Page Campbell backed by swirling video, care of Dan Donahue.

REBECCA VAN DAMM Local singer/ songwriter performs original songs over piano.

40 Watt Club 8:30 p.m. $8 (adv.). www.40watt.com GRAPE SODA Lewis brothers Ryan and Mat team up to create soulful, spaced-out pop songs buried in lush reverb.

KUROMA Hank Sullivant’s (exWhigs, MGMT) band has a big rock sound, fueled by Queen-esque guitar solos, dreamy vocals and an affinity for stage theatrics.

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

REPTAR Angular, highly danceable rock punctuated by electronics and taking cues from from Talking Heads and Animal Collective.

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

Go Bar 9 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar BAD COP Riff-driven, psychedelic blues from Nashville. Prominent organ and forceful vocals round out the sound.

TRASHCANS Nate Mitchell of Cars Can Be Blue heads up this garagerock project that’s self-described as “lo-fi, blown-out scuzz punk.”

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

Hotel Indigo Post-game Tailgate. FREE! www.indigoathens.com CLAY LEVERETT AND FRIENDS One of this town’s finest country frontmen, Leverett and his new band have opened for such legends as Loretta Lynn.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub DJ KILLACUT Spinning an eclectic mix of music and mashing it up DJ Shadow-style.

DJ OTHER VOICES, OTHER ROOMS Wyatt Nicholson hosts an evening of tunes, skillfully blending whatever’s turning his ear at the moment.

The Melting Point “Totally ‘80s Party!” 8 p.m. $8 (adv.), $10 (door). www.meltingpointathens.com THE HIGHBALLS Athens music vets The Highballs will perform a totally awesome set of ‘70s and ‘80s hits.

Rye Bar 10:30 p.m. www.myspace.com/ryebarathens ROLLIN’ HOME Originals with a Grateful Dead kind of groove and a Southern rock leaning.

Sideways 10 p.m. FREE! 706–319–1919 DJRX Original mixes of mainly current pop with forays into rock, country and some electronica.

Terrapin Beer Co. 5 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com JULIET WHISKEY Local rock band with diverse influences that range from old-school country and Texas blues to alternative and stadium rock.

Sunday 19 Borders Books & Music 3 p.m. FREE! 706-583-8647 LARA OSHON Singer-songwriter performing songs about love, unity and peace.

Monday, September 20

Golden Triangle, Matt Kurz One Go Bar True, garage rock is pretty hot right now. But even though that scene is in the full swing of a renaissance, its limitations have begun to show.

The stampede of so many hopefuls into a genre predicated on such a narrow, basic schema has resulted in a flooded plain of one-note homogeneity.

More than most however, Brooklyn sextet Golden Triangle is poised to be the garage scene’s next big breakout act. For one, the bandmembers are good buddies with luminaries like King Khan, Quintron and the Black Lips. Secondly, they’re on the diverse and selective roster of Sub Pop’s überGolden Triangle hip sister label Hardly Art. Earlier this year, the ladies of the band even made Time Out New York’s list of “Most Stylish New Yorkers.” And now the band’s song “Cinco de Mayo” can be heard on the new BMW 3-series commercial.

But the best thing Golden Triangle has going for it is a sound with real character.

Double Jointer, the group’s excellent debut full-length released last March, is full of dark, thundering and catchy tunes. While other bands of their ilk—especially those fronted by women—tend to overwork lo-fi’s simplicity to the point of flimsiness, Golden Triangle’s tall sound has resonance and heft. In fact, its playfully spooked-out bounce is what happens when ‘60s garage-rock is given a black-clad ‘80s post-punk makeover, somehow building a bridge between the girl groups and Siouxsie Sioux. The resulting miracle is a distinctive, well-conceived sound that shines brightly in an increasingly saturated niche.

This is Golden Triangle’s last bit of touring for the year before heading back into the studio to record the follow-up to Double Jointer, so this is as ripe a chance as it gets to catch the carnival craziness of this underground sensation. [Bao Le-Huu]

Sebastian Mlynarski

THE CALENDAR!

4 p.m. FREE! 706–583–8647 NANCY HEIGES AND LAVON SMITH Local songstresses work together, producing original, harmonic, crooning melodies.

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

Monday 20 Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 KARAOKE With the Singing Cowboy!

Ashford Manor 6 p.m. $15 (adult), $5 (child). www. amconcerts.com STEWART & WINFIELD Low Country drawlin’ Athens songcraftsmen Stewart Marshall and Winfield Smith are vets of the Athens rootsrock scene.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 10 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/ flickerbar THE HEAP Funky local indie-soul band based here in Athens with a killer horn section and fronted by Bryan Howard’s low, bass growl.

40 Watt Club 8 p.m. $11 (adv.) www.40watt.com ERICK BAKER Rhythmic, souful acoustic ballads.

WILL HOGE This Nashville guitarist and songwriter writes in the anthemic alt-country mode.

Go Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar GOLDEN TRIANGLE Psychedelic garage six-piece from Brooklyn. See Calendar Pick on p. 26.

MATT KURZ ONE One-man rock machine Matt Kurz literally plays drums, keyboard, guitar and bass, by himself, all at the same time.

Last Call 10 p.m. FREE! 706-353-8869 ATHENS MUSIC COLLECTIVE FAMILY JAM Featuring Betsy Franck, Jason Fuller, Stephen Spivey, Daniel Marler, Damian Kapcala, Jefferson Taffet, Matt McKinney, Nathan Sheppard, Adam Poulin, Jon Joiner & special guests!

Tuesday 21 Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 KARAOKE With the Singing Cowboy!

Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www. caledonialounge.com DESCENDER Brooklyn metal band with dirty drop-D power chords and shouting vocals.

MANGER Punk rock four-piece with screaming guitars and vocals.

SHARK HEART Local progressive metal band. Formerly known as Cancerstick.

Doc McGee’s 8 p.m. $5 (musicians FREE!). www. docmcgees.com MUSICIAN ALL JAM Bring your instrument and sign up to play.

Go Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar ANDROCLES AND THE LION Minimalist indie rock that makes use of ambient sounds and guitar feedback without straying from traditional song structure.

SPACE GHOST Expect bare bones, keyboard-driven pop from this local four-piece.

Little Kings Shuffle Club “Music for Peace.” 7–10 p.m. www. myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub GARNET RIVER GALS This old-time string band features talented ladies.

DAVE HOWARD Local singersongwriter plays mellow acoustic guitar tunes.

INCATEPEC A combination of traditional tunes from South America and Cuba with a unique jazz twist.

THE LOKSHEN KUGEL KLEZMER BAND A local seven-piece Klezmer band specializing in Jewish and gypsy music.

REPENT AT LEISURE Traditional Celtic tunes.

10:30 p.m. www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub PUNK ROCK NIGHT Bands/DJs TBA. The Melting Point “Terrapin Bluegrass Series.” 7 p.m. $3. meltingpointathens.com SILVERBIRD DUO David Leinweber and Bob McMillan tackle classic country, rock, folk and singersongwriter favorites.

New Earth Music Hall 8 p.m. FREE! (21 & up) $2 (under 21). www.newearthmusichall.com POETIC SOUL Open-mic for poets, singers and other soulful types.

Every Tuesday. Sign up at 8 p.m.

9 p.m. $7. www.newearthmusichall. com PAC DIVISION Rap trio from L.A. WUOG 90.5FM 8 p.m. FREE! www.wuog.org “LIVE IN THE LOBBY” Nutritional Peace will perform on the college radio station’s program. Listen over the air or drop by to watch!

Wednesday 22 Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 KARAOKE With the Singing Cowboy!

Farm 255 “Primals Night.” 9-11 p.m. FREE! www. farm255.com THE JAKE MOWRER QUARTET Classic jazz.

40 Watt Club 9 p.m. $6. www.40watt.com CLAY LEVERETT AND FRIENDS One of this town’s finest country frontmen, Leverett has a new band featuring members of The Chasers.

MATT HUDGINS AND HIS SHITHOT COUNTRY BAND Classic country and honky tonk from a brand-new local ensemble.

Go Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar SHALLOW PALACE Riff-heavy, bluesy rock and roll with sheer punk-rock energy.

THE CONQUERORS Murky garage rock that at times recalls the Black Lips in their country mode.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24

Jenny & Johnny (FEATURING JENNY LEWIS AND JOHNATHAN RICE)

ETERNAL SUMMER WHISPERTOWN

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

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

COMEDY NIGHT

doors open at 8pm • sixteen dollars adv*

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 MUNDANISH PRESENTS

AtypicAl Southern QuArtet

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25

JASON CHILDS THE JOMPSON BROTHERS RADIOLUCENT doors open at 9pm • six dollars

featuring SEAN PATTON, NATE BARGATZE, JARROD HARRIS and RORY SCOVEL Hosted by TJ YOUNG

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30

doors open at 9pm • eight dollars adv **

doors open at 8pm • seven dollars

MATT JOINER ROLLIN’ HOME JAMIE DICIURCIO

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1

LOS MEESFITS ATHENS BOYS CHOIR MADELINE

FUTUREBIRDS

GEORGIA THEATRE PRESENTS

CD RELEASE PARTY

doors open at 9pm • six dollars

VELVETEEN PINK GIFT HORSE • BANANAFISH

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18

doors open at 8pm • eight dollars** (formal wear encouraged)

REPTAR KUROMA QUIET HOOVES GRAPE SODA

CD RELEASE PARTY

MOVIE SCREENING

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22

AND FRIENDS

BLOODKIN

MATT HUDGINS AND HIS SH*T-HOT COUNTRY BAND

doors open at 9pm • six dollars

ELF POWER LeMASTER MAJOR ORGAN

doors open at 8:30pm • eight dollars adv**

CLAY LEVERETT

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2

doors open at 9pm • six dollars adv* ** 10/4

COMEDY TROUPE: UPRIGHT CITIZENS BRIGADE

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10/7

DEER TICK / BLITZEN TRAPPER / JASON ISBELL / MALCOLM HOLCOMBE

*

10/8

THE WHIGS / KUROMA / BAMBARA

All Shows 18 and up • + $2 for Under 21 * Advance Tix Available at Schoolkids Records ** Advance Tix Sold at http://www.40watt.com

The Melting Point 9 p.m. $10 (adv.), $12 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com BENJY DAVIS PROJECT Folk-rock band that has supported The North Mississippi Allstars.

INGRAM HILL Memphis-based rock trio.

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

Terrapin Beer Co. 5 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com MIKE ARMSTRONG Vocalist, acoustic guitarist and harmonica player of Blossom Creek Breeze. * Advance Tickets Available

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

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

ART Call for Artists (Ten Pins Tavern) Seeking unique submissions from artists who are interested in showcasing their work inside of a bowling alley. 706-540-1831, www.tenpinstavern.com Call for Artists Don’t miss your chance to be a part of the 1st Annual Lickskillet Artists Market presented

by Lyndon House Art Center. Pick up an application at LHAC or contact lhartsfoundation@gmail.com.

Deadline for application: Oct. 17. $15–$25. 706-613-3623 Call for Artists Fringe Collective and Moon Mama seek artists for Penumbra Halloween art show. Email for information. 706540-2712, moonmama61@aol.com 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 (Downtown Washington) The Washington Wilkes Arts Foundation seeks submissions for ArtFest, taking place Nov. 5, 6 & 7. www.washingtonwilkesarts.org Call for Artists (Fringe Collective Artistic Studios) Now seeking artisans to facilitate classes/ workshops. 706-540-2712, moonmama61@aol.com Call for Artists and Musicians Athens Indie Craftstravaganzaa is accepting applications for this year’s Holiday Craftstravaganzaa, held Nov. 13.

Applications available online. www. athensindiecraftstravaganzaa.com Call for Entries (Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation (OCAF)) Artists are invited to enter up to 3 works (of any medium) to the

Georgia Small Works juried exhibition. All work must be hand-delivered on Oct. 1 or Oct. 2. Go online for an entry form and more information. $20/entry. www.ocaf.com

CLASSES Adventure Club: Yoga Teacher Training (Rubber Soul Yoga Revolution Studio) Certification program for teachers that includes individual and group instruction in yoga, teaching methodology, philosophy, literature, diet and nutrition, health and activism. Saturdays, 8:30 a.m.–7 p.m.

Tuesdays, 6–11 p.m. $180/month. www.rubbersoulyoga.com/ adventure.html Argentine Tango Essentials (Athens Elks Lodge, 3155 Atlanta Hwy.) Workshop taught by Clint Rauscher and Shelly Brooks of Atlanta’s Tango Evolution. No experience or partner necessary. Sept. 28, 6–8:30 p.m. $5. 706-613-8178, cvunderwood@charter.net Argentine Tango Essentials (Athens Elks Lodge, 3155 Atlanta Hwy.) Workshop taught by Clint Rauscher and Shelly Brooks of Atlanta’s Tango Evolution. No experience or partner necessary. Sept. 28, 6–8:30 p.m. $5. 706-613-8178, cvunderwood@charter.net Athens Vertical Pole Dance Academy (Canopy Studio, 160 Tracy St.) Now registering for classes. 706-347-3708 Basic Botany (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) A certificate course on general plant anatomy, morphology and physiology with an emphasis on relating form to function. Registration required. Oct. 16, 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. $100. 706542-6156

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 Beginners Salsa & Merengue (Floorspace, 160 Tracy St.) Local mover and shaker Mumbi teaches Latin dance basics, including steps, turns and combinations. No partner required. Wednesdays, 6:30–7:30 p.m. $12/drop-in, $60/6-classes. mumbiokundaye@yahoo.com Beginning to Intermediate Pottery (Lyndon House Arts Center) Develop wheelthrowing, glazing and decorating techniques while you make your own unique stoneware! Now registering. 706613-3623, www.accleisureservices. com Bellydancing (Healing Arts Centre) Learn basic technique, postures and movements fundamental to all styles of bellydance in “Beginners Egyptian Bellydancing” (Wednesdays, 7–8:15 p.m.).

Learn intermediate-level movements in “Intermediate/Advanced Bellydancing” (Wednesdays, 8:30–9:45 p.m.). 706-613-1143, www.healingartscentre.net Boot Camp (St. Mary’s Wellness Center) Now registering for a twomonth-long high-intensity fitness bootcamps for adults who are in good shape and want to get even better. Begins Oct. 5. Tuesdays & Thursdays, 5:30–6:30 a.m. $75/ month. 706-389-3355, cwoodall@ stmarysathens.org Burlesque Workshops (The Hardcore Gym) Learn exotic dance techniques for fun, fitness and body

ACC ANIMAL CONTROL

All of the fellas below are about 2 years-old and are intact males who may have been roaming 45 Beaverdam Rd. • 706-613-3540 around looking for girlfriends when picked up by Animal Friendly, The small Lhasa Apso mix Very pretty red energetic white Retriever mix with below is VERY friendly and Control. (I didn’t purposely choose them for this reason, but Lab mixed happy and loves people. a white face, and I did happen to notice.) with something beautiful coat. Long, Love the Dumbo ears! smaller. Healed lanky and sweet.

Neutering your male dog can Smoky, smallish Pitbull injury on side. reduce aggression, extend his life, mix.

Very loving and calm.

Loves toys. and prevent litters of unwanted puppies. It only costs slightly more than the Reclaim Fee to get your dog back from Animal 31073 Control, and way less than a vet bill if your dog is hit by a car while running loose.

Any vet can do this for you, or 31088 call Athens Regional Spay and 31098 31103 Neuter Center at (706)353-2287.

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ACC ANIMAL CONTROL 54 Dogs Received 31 Dogs Placed

ATHENS AREA HUMANE SOCIETY 6 Total Cats Received 5 Cats Placed 0 Adoptable Cats Euthanized

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more dogs can be seen online at

athenspets.net

René Shoemaker’s fabric art is on display at Jittery Joe’s (Five Points) through September. confidence. 18 & up. See schedule online. www.bobbisburlesque.webs. com Canopy Classes (Canopy Studio) Now offering beginner or intermediate trapeze classes for adults or children. Choose from Trapeze, Stretch & Strengthen, Mother/Father Morning Out and more. Full schedule online. 706-549-8501, www. canopystudio.com Capoeira (Floorspace) Develop strength, balance and coordination with this high-energy Brazilian martial art. Tuesdays, 8:15–9:15 p.m. $12/drop-in, $10/class. 706-8508150, jewaters@gmail.com Chen Style Taijiquan (Floorspace) Effortless power.

Authentic Chinese martial lineage.

Register for ongoing instruction.

Sundays and Mondays, 706-6143342, telihu@gmail.com Clay Classes (Good Dirt) Weekly “Try Clay” class every Friday from 7–9 p.m. and “Family Try Clay” every Sunday from 2–4 p.m. ($20/ person). 706-355-3161, www.good dirt.net “Color for Dummies: Oil & Acrylic Painting” (Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation (OCAF)) Instructor Perry McCrackin leads this beginners workshop. Master basic color theory and explore mixing, hue, value, intensity and composition of color using acrylics, oils, pastels or watercolors. Sept. 20–Oct. 18, Mondays, 1–3 p.m. $115. www.ocaf.com Computer Class (ACC Library, Educational Technology Center) “Digital Cameras: The Basics.” Learn what “that button” does. Call to register. Sept. 30, 10–11 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 Computer Class (ACC Library, Educational Technology Center) Introduction to Word. Call to register. Sept. 23, 7–8:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 Computer Class (ACC Library, Education Technology Center) Introduction to Power Point. Call to register. Sept. 16, 7–8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 Computer Classes (Madison County Library) Learn to navigate the internet with the library’s computer specialist, Alicia Clayton.

Space is limited; call to register.

Tuesdays, 2–3 p.m. & 7–8 p.m, Wednesdays, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! 706-795-0830 Continuing Education Classes (Various Locations) Register for a class to expand your job opportunities, enhance your garden, learn a new language or more! Go online to learn about the many opportunities open to all. www.georgiacenter.uga.edu 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.studiodanceacademy.com Dancefx Fitness Classes (Dancefx) Choose from Pilates, zumba, body sculpting, floor barre, stretch and more. See full schedule online. $6/class. 706-355-3078, 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 countrywestern dance lessons every Sunday afternoon and Tuesday evening.

6:30–7:30 p.m. $10. jean.guard@ yahoo.com Evening Laugh-a-Yoga (Mind Body Institute) Laugh your stress away. Call for upcoming dates!

5:30–6:30 p.m. $5. 706-475-7329, mbiprograms@armc.org Fall Bulbs (State Botanical Garden of Georgia, Visitor Center) Crocus, daffodils and lilies require fall planting to bring springtime cheer to your garden. Learn how to select and identify the most appropriate bulbs for Georgia gardens as well as how to best care for them. Sept. 15, 9–11 a.m. $15. 706-542-1244 Fall Clay and Glass Classes (Good Dirt) Now registering for classes in wheel-thrown pottery, glass fusing and slumping, and other special projects. All levels for youth and adults. See complete schedule online. 706-355-3161. www.gooddirt.net Figure Drawing Studio (Fringe Collective Artistic Studios) Bring any supplies/equipment that you may require. Ages 18 and up. Sundays, 2–4 p.m. $8. 706-540-2727

Figure Photography Studio (Fringe Collective Artistic Studios) Focus on the human figure. Model, lighting equipment and props are supplied, but bring your own camera equipment. Ages 18 and up. Call to reserve a space. Sundays, 4-6 p.m. $20. 706-540-2727 Garden Photography (State Botanical Garden of Georgia, Callaway Building Auditorium) Photographer Jim McGregor leads a hands-on workshop to help you show off that newest garden project.

Focus on light, composition and critique. Bring a digital camera and a connecting cord. Oct. 2, 9 a.m.–3 p.m. $45. 706-542-1244 GED Classes (Athens Urban Ministries, 717 Oconee St.) Get your GED for free, free, free! Mondays & Thursdays 9:30–11:30 a.m. FREE! 706-353-6647.

Getting Started with Genealogy (ACC Library) Genealogy for beginners. In the Heritage Room. Sept. 16, 6–8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 Intro to Flyball (Lucky Dog Agility, Winterville) Help your dog recognize her flyball dreams when you register for this competitive sport involving jumping and retrieving in relay-style racing with other dogs. Open enrollment for weekly classes. Oct. 5, 7:30–9 p.m. $125/12 weeks. 706-367-9813 www.flyballdogs.com/dddare.

Introduction to the Internet (Oconee County Library) Two-part class that covers Internet service providers, web browsers, useful sites and Internet safety. Space is limited; call to register. Sept. 15 & 16, 3-4:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-769-3950 Lunchtime Laugh-a-Yoga (Mind Body Institute) Laugh your stress away. Call for upcoming dates! Noon–12:45 p.m. $5. 706475-7329, mbiprograms@armc.org Martial Arts (Live Oak Martial Arts, Chase Street Warehouses) Tae Kwon Do, self-defense and grappling and weapons classes for kids and adults, beginner through advanced. With instructor and three-time AAU National Champion Jason Hughes. 706-548-0077, www. liveoakmartialarts.com

Medieval and Renaissance Dance (UGA Tate Center, Room 139) The Medieval and Renaissance Society now hosts monthly dance classes. Incorporate the Rufty Tufty and the Black Almond into your dance repertoire. Sept. 22, 7:30–9:30 p.m. FREE! www.uga. edu/mars New Horizon Music Classes (UGA School of Music) Beginning band, intermediate band, beginning orchestra and piano classes for adults age 50+. No prior music experience needed! FREE! Call 706542-2894 to register.

Nia (Sangha Yoga Studio) Gain muscle definition and strength in this dance class with Valerie Beard.

Tuesdays, 9–10 a.m. www.healing artscentre.net OCAF Classes (Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation (OCAF)) Now registering for fall classes. Offerings include drawing, watercolor, oil and acrylic painting, bagpipe making, ceramic arts, book making and poetry. 706-769-4565, www.ocaf.com Pilates Booty Camp (Sangha Yoga Studio) A low-impact core fitness course led by Mary Imes.

Tuesdays, 5:30–6:45 p.m. $75/session. 706-613-1143, www.healing artscentre.net

Pilates Mat Class (StudiO, 675 Pulaski St.) All levels welcome. Mats provided. Wednesdays, 6:45–7:40 p.m. $15. studioinathens.com Plant Conservation (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) This Certificate in Native Plants class will include demonstrations, hands-on activities, group discussions and a tour of the garden’s endangered species collection. Registration required. Oct. 23, 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. $100. 706-542-6156, www.uga.edu/ botgarden Poi Workshops (Canopy Studio) Learn the Maori art of Poi from instructor Vince Walzberg. Every other Sunday, 2–4 p.m. $10. 706-5498501, www.canopystudio.com Qigong (State Botanical Garden of Georgia, Visitor Center, Great Room) Certified Qigong instructor Carl Lindberg leads class on the ancient Chinese art of self-cultivation that fosters health, relaxation and calm.

Mondays, Sept. 20–Nov. 8, noon–1 p.m. $80. 706-542-1244, www.uga. edu/botgarden Staying Active Painlessly (Athens Technical College) Dr. Lou Pack, ankle and foot surgeon and author of The Arthritis Revolution, discusses how to stay active without medication or surgery. Sept. 29, 6–8

ART AROUND TOWN 283 Bar (283 E. Broad St.) Paintings by local artist Nash Hogan. Through September.

ACC Library (2025 Baxter St., Top of the Stairs Gallery) Portraits by Hatidza Mulik. Through September.

Amici Italian Café (223 E. Clayton St.) New works

by Sophie Howell. Through September.

Anchor Gallery (660 W. Broad St.) Work by David Hale. Through September.

Athens Academy (Myers Gallery, 1281 Spartan Dr.) “The Farmington Depot Gallery Showcase” features the work of 16 artist-members from the newly opened art space in Farmington. Through Oct. 8. (Student Gallery, 1281 Spartan Dr.) A student art show featuring the work of members of Athens Academy’s Senior Portfolio class. Through Oct. 8.

ATHICA (160 Tracy St.) “Mission Accomplished,” an exhibit reflecting on the Iraq War and coinciding with President Obama’s promised date of withdrawal from Iraq, features video and sound art, glass, photography, prints, embroidery and sculpture by artists Cecelia Kane, James Buonaccorsi and Blaine Whisenhunt. Through Sept. 26.

Aurum Studio (125 E. Clayton St.) Landscape paintings by Joe Ruiz, landscape photography by Richard Farber and jewelry by Betty McAlexander.

Through Oct. 16.

Big City Bread Cafe (393 N. Finley St.) Photography by Justin Evans. Through September.

Cillies (175 East Clayton St.) New paintings on display by Kristen Ashley. Through September.

Ciné BarCafé (234 W. Hancock Ave.) “Rush Ride to Linkland,” features new works by Didi Dunphy, including skate sculpture, vinyl installation, embroidery and video. Through Sept. 15.

Circle Gallery, UGA College of Environmental Design (Caldwell Hall) Using map visualization as a primary method, “Mapping Athens” indentifies Athens’ unique physical, environmental and social characteristics. Through Sept. 24.

Espresso Royale Caffe (297 E. Broad St.) Photographs of local scene-scapes by Eddie Whelan.

Through mid-September.

Flicker Theatre & Bar (263 W. Washington St.) Paintings by James Greer. Through October 1.

Good Dirt (510 B North Thomas St.) Functional wood-fired ceramics by Wisconsin artist Joe Singewald. Through September.

Healing Arts Centre (834 Prince Ave.) Paintings

by Ainhoa Bilbao Canup. Through Nov. 5. Reception Oct. 1.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar (1560 Oglethorpe Ave.) “And Now for Something Completely Different,” a display of paintings and assemblages by Charley Seagraves. Through September.

Jittery Joe’s Coffee (Five Points) “AthensMonroe: Sharing an Architectural Heritage,” an exhibit featuring René Shoemaker’s paintings on silk of

p.m. $10. 706-369-5763, bmoody@ athenstech.edu Survival Spanish (ACC Library) Instruction in basic Spanish vocabulary and conversation. For ages 18 and up. Now registering! Sept.

19–Nov. 28, Sundays, 4–5 p.m.

FREE! 706-613-3650 Turkish Tribal Bellydance (Floorspace, 160 Tracy St.) A 6-week session for experienced dancers.

Thursdays beginning Sept. 16. 706372-1833, christyfricks@gmail.com Women’s Self Defense Classes (American Black Belt Academy) One rape or sexual assault occurs every two minutes in the U.S. Learn what you can do to protect yourself. Go online or call to register. 706-549-1671, www.americanblackbelt.org Writing for Profit (Athens Technical College) Local writer and actress Luanne Byrd shares tips on how to become a published writer. Wednesdays in September, 5:30–6:30 p.m. $30. 706-369-5763, bmoody@athenstech.edu Yoga and Art for Kids and Teens (Whole: Mind. Body. Art., 160 Tracy St.) Choose from Yoga Sprouts, Recycled Arts, Intro to Drawing and Creative Alterations. Go online for more information and for

the neighboring towns. Through September.

Just Pho…and More (1063 Baxter St.) New work

by Clift Probst. Through September.

Lamar Dodd School of Art (270 River Rd., Gallery 101) “The Other Side of the Mask” is a 1400-square-foot, site-specific installation by Thom Houser employing still and video images, built environments, performance and sound. Closing reception Sept. 24. (270 River Rd., Gallery 307) “Re:mark” features drawings and mixed-media works by Sara Schneckloth, Barb Bondy, Phillip Buntin and Kathleen McShane. Through Sept. 17.

Last Resort Grill (184 W. Clayton St.) Encaustic paintings by Sarah Seabolt and acrylic paintings by Marbrey Dalton. Through September.

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

Madison County Library (1315 Hwy. 98 W., Danielsville) Handmade baskets by Ginni Edwards and photographs of local farms by Visionary Growth Gallery’s Robert Lowery.

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 at Hotel Indigo (Hotel Indigo, 500 College Ave.) New works by Art Rosenbaum and Margo Newmark Rosenbaum.

Through Sept. 19.

Monroe Art Guild (205 S. Broad St., Monroe) “Papermakers,” an exhibit featuring paper sculpture and other paper arts by over 20 local artists. Through Sept. 29.

Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation (OCAF) (34 School St., Watkinsville) 8th Annual Perspectives Pottery Exhibition features the work of over 50 Georgian potters. Through Sept. 15.

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

State Botanical Garden of Georgia (2450 Milledge Ave.) “Serene Nature,” an exhibit featuring large-scale landscapes by painter Ken Mcleskey.

Through Oct. 3.

Trace Gallery (160 Tracy St.) “Summer Ghosts,” an exhibit featuring paintings by Sam Seawright.

Through Oct. 1.

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.) An exhibit featuring multimedia works by Keen Zero. Through September. Reception Sept. 25.

complete schedule. 706-410-0283, wholemindbodyart.com Yoga Classes (Sangha Yoga Studio) Choose from morning, afternoon or evening classes. See full schedule online. $14/drop-in, $60/6-class punch card. 706-6131143, www.healingartscentre.net Yoga Classes (Mind Body Institute) Experienced and highly 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) Classes in Mama-Baby Yoga, Prenatal Yoga, Power Vinyasa Flow, etc. for all levels. Full schedule online. $5/class, $10/drop-in. www. athensfivepointsyoga.com Yoshukai Karate (AKF Itto Martial Arts) Learn Yoshukai Karate, a traditional hard Okinawan style. www. athensy.com Zumba at the Garden (State Botanical Garden) Latin rhythms comprise this fitness program.

Wednesdays, 5:30–6:30 p.m. $10/ class, $72/session. www.uga.edu/ botgarden

HELP OUT! Athens Volunteer Fair (UGA Tate Center) Volunteer opportunities for people of all ages. Find out how to use your talents to help others and get involved with local volunteer-based organizations. Sept.

21, 11 a.m.–1 p.m., 4–7 p.m. FREE! www.athensvolunteer.org 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. mentor@athensbgca.com, 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-RED-CROSS, www.redcrossblood.org Docent Training (Memorial Park) Bear Hollow Zoo is seeking volunteers interested in conservation and environmental education. Call for more information or to register.

Through Nov. 3, FREE! 706-6133615, leslieboby@co.clarke.ga.us Foster Homes Needed (Athens Area Humane Society) AAHS is looking for dependable foster parents to take in dogs for a limited time. Download an application at www.athenshumanesociety.org. dogs@athenshumanesociety.org Tanyard Creek Garden Work Party (Ben’s Bikes) Join Athens Permaculture for an evening in Athens’ exciting new edible park, The People’s Perrenial Peace Garden.

Bring tools! Sept. 27, 7–8:30 p.m.

FREE! salemwillard@gmail.com Volunteer ESL Teachers Catholic Charities seeks volunteers to teach English as a Second Language to adults in the community Monday through Thursday evenings this fall. No experience necessary.

Margaret Prickett, 770–790–3118, mprickett@archatl.com Volunteers Needed (Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic) Seeking volunteer readers to help record audio textbooks. 706-549-1313, www. rfbdga.org, gaunit@rfbd.org Youth Mentoring Goodwill of North Georgia is seeking caring adults to volunteer 4–6 hours per month mentoring kids ages 12–17 in

the community. Email for an application. 706-433-0737, goodguides@ ging.org, www.ging.org

KIDSTUFF Home School Science (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Sandy Creek Nature Center hosts an interactive learning experience for homeschoolers and their parents this fall. Call to register for these monthly programs about weather, rocks, astronomy and more. Third Fridays through December, 10 a.m.–noon. $2. 706613-3615 Junior Roller Derby (SkateA-Round USA) New league starting up for ages 7–17. Open skate every Sunday from 2–4 p.m. $3 (skates not included). zigzagjh@gmail.com Knee-High Naturalists (Sandy Creek Nature Center) A program of age-appropriate nature exploration, animal encounters, hikes and crafts.

For parents and children. Alternating Wednesdays, 3:30–4:30 p.m. $13.

706-613-3515, www.sandycreek naturecenter.com Ninja Scout Adventure (State Botanical Garden) Educational outdoor immersion for kids 6 and up. Certified Qigong instructor Carl Lindberg leads a one-day program designed around Native American Culture, West African Drumming Traditions, Kung Fu and more in the forests of the State Botanical Garden.

Children must be accompanied by an adult. Go online for more information. Sept. 18, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. $40. www.uga.edu/botgarden Parent/Child Workshops (ACC Library) For children ages 1–3, plus their caregivers. Featuring toys, music, art activities and a different community resource guest each week. For first-time participants only. In-person pre-registration required. Sept. 30–Oct. 14, Thursdays, 10–11 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 Read to Rover (Oconee County Library) Beginning readers in grades 1–4 read aloud to an aid dog.

Trainer always present. Registration required. 15-minute sessions, FREE! 706-769-3950 Red Cross Babysitting Course (Memorial Park) A Red Cross certified instructor will guide participants through the basic leadership, safety and supervisory skills needed to babysit. Ages 11–15.

Sept. 25, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. $30. 706613-3580 Sponge Ball Tennis Clinic (Lay Park) Tennis lessons! Kids will learn basic strokes, drills, shots, rules and other fundamentals. For kids ages 6–12 years. Through Oct. 12, 4–5 p.m. $1/class. 706-6133596, www.accleisureservices.com Storytime in the Park (Rocksprings Neighborhood Center) Parents and children are invited to attend a new program featuring two of the best things life has to offer: literature and the outdoors! Stories will be accompanied by dancing, singing, plays, crafts, snacks and musical instruments. For children ages 18 months to 4 years. Every second Wednesday through Dec. 8.

10:30 a.m. $2. 706-613-3603, www.accleisureservices.com Student Holiday at the Garden (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) The Education Department at the Garden hosts a day of “Butterfly Madness.” Explore butterflies and their uniquely beautiful life cycles through games, hands-on activities and crafts. Bring a lunch!

Oct. 4, 8:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m. $30.

706-542-1244 Youth Theater Workshop (Various Locations) Innovative, creative after-school theater work-

shops for ages 6-12. Fun & skills in voice, movement, improvisation and storytelling. Through Dec. 15.

Mondays at Athens Montessori School, Tuesdays at Waseca Leaning Environment). 3:15 & 4:15 p.m. $120. Go to www.smallhouse creative.com

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

6–8 p.m.

Emotional Abuse Support Group (Call for location) Demeaning behavior and hateful words can be just as harmful as punches and kicks. Childcare is provided. Call the Project Safe hotline: 706-543-3331. Wednesdays, 6:30–8 p.m.

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

Sundays, 4–5 p.m. 706-202-7463, www.emotionsanonymous.org 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 Overeaters Anonymous (Various Locations) 12-step meetings for compulsive eaters. All ages and sizes welcome. Mondays, 5:30 p.m. at Nuçi’s Space. Thursdays, 7 p.m. at St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church. Saturdays, 10:30 a.m. at Princeton United Methodist Church.

FREE! 404-771-8971, www.oa.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 information. Find Sapph Fire on Facebook, sapph.fire@yahoo.com

ON THE STREET “1980 Championship Year Revisited” (Georgia Center, Hill Atrium) Photojournalist Wingate Downs chronicles a legendary year in UGA football in this pictorial exhibit which will hang through Jan. 7. www.georgiacenter.uga.edu Athens, GA Half Marathon (Various Locations) Explore Athens in autumn on this run winding through campus, downtown and alongside the North Oconee River.

Start training today! Proceeds benefit AthFest. Now registering. Oct. 24, 7 a.m. $60. www.athensgahalf.com Battle of the Bands (Alibi) All genres welcome! Email for an application. marilynsalibi@yahoo.com Nuci’s SPACE Race (Nuçi’s Space) Now registering for a 5k run/walk to benefit Nuci’s Space on Oct. 2nd. www.nuci.org/space-race-2010registration Soccer for Beginners No one is too old, too slow or too uncoordinated to learn how to play the world’s most popular sport. Email for more information. Weeknights, 7–8 p.m. velzygirl@yahoo.com f

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reality check Matters Of The Heart And Loins

Walk away. This guy doesn’t know what he wants, and he isn’t being honest with you.

The first time around he disappeared suddenly and found himself a fiancée, and then she obviously got smart, so he came back to you.

I’m calling B.S. on that one. The guy is fucking with your head, and you’re letting him get away with it.

I was wondering what your opinions are on meeting your significant other’s parents. I’ve been dating a guy for around eight months, and things are going well. He met my dad

once, but only because he was picking me up from dinner with my dad and felt it would be rude to wait in the car. The meeting only took a second, my dad didn’t have much interest in meeting him (he’s happy that I’m happy), and my boyfriend was really chill about it.

Anyway, the problem is that he always talks about how meeting parents is a huge deal. It never was for me, seeing as I used to live at home, and my boyfriends came over to hang out, inevitably meeting my parents or four sisters. I wouldn’t even think about this since I’ve got my own place now, but he is against me meeting his parents and avoids it at all costs. This would seem normal except that I know he had close relationships with the parents of the past couple of women he dated, and I know that his parents are entirely aware of our relationship. I’m wondering if he just doesn’t want to screw it up—maybe since everybody knew everybody in his past relationships and they ended badly he sees it as potentially destructive(?). And then again, the self-doubt comes in and I wonder if he just doesn’t want his parents to meet me because he doesn’t think I’m up to par. I’m pathetically hoping that he is just so into me that he doesn’t want to rush things so that when I do meet them it’ll be relaxed.

Maybe I’m antsy, maybe I’m pathetic to care about something I didn’t care about—but suddenly do. And maybe I’m just over-thinking the guy’s inclination to keep things at his own pace. Who knows? That’s why I need your advice!

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OK, so I’ve been involved with this guy for nearly three years now, and it’s been eventful, to say the least. I met him through school, and we were two years apart, which back then put a damper on the relationship as something more than just friendship. He joined the military, and at first we were still “just friends,” but then he suddenly started talking serious relationship stuff. At first I didn’t buy as much into it, as much as I’d wanted to. Long story short, I bought it, though, and right when I thought it was going to happen, he told me about his deployment, and I didn’t hear from him for awhile. A few months after that, and no contact, a mutual friend of ours told me about his new girlfriend, and how happy he was, which blind-sided me, and I completely removed him from my life.

I never did quite get over him, so when about two months ago he started talking to me again, it was the same story: as much as I wanted to, I wouldn’t let myself get into him, which, once again, proved to be an epic fail. Again, he started with the heavy relationship subject, and then told me he wanted to come and see me. This time around, I asked him about the past girlfriend, which turned into a girlfriend and then a fiancée, but the relationship had ended, and recently at that. He gave me a whole schtick about wanting to take things slowly, but on our first evening out, sexual tension got the best of us, and we were at it. And then it got weird.

Where he’d try to talk to me on Skype, over the phone or through text, I got nil. His phone was shut off for some complicated reason, which turned out to be true. Well, we went out again, went at it again, and what should happen? Very little contact.

We had talked some, but it was a little awkward, to say the least. Furthermore, the serious relationship talk has come to nearly a complete halt. He’s still in town, but has made no moves to come see me.

I’ve gotten to where I think I’m just a HPOA, but I’d like a second opinion before I decide to just end this before it gets to be way too much for me. I already feel like I’ve been dragged through the mud once, I just don’t want my feelings for him to allow it to happen again.

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I mean, outside of the meeting-his-parents thing, are things going well? Good communication, affection, general sense that he likes you? If so, I wouldn’t worry about it. You said yourself that the only reason he met your dad was because good manners required it in the situation, right? And that your dad didn’t really care much, and the boyfriend didn’t make a big deal out of it? OK then. If you are really worried about this, you should ask him. But don’t do it in an angry or accusing or whiny way. You said that he had close relationships with some other women’s parents, but you did not say that these other women were close to his parents. Maybe he has a good reason.

Maybe he has an arbitrary time limit in his head, and nobody gets an introduction until he’s been with them a year. And maybe it has been a problem in the past. Maybe his parents are mean or embarrassing to him. Who knows?

At this point you are making a big deal out of what could very well be nothing. Instead of freaking out about it, you need to deal with it head on.

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D o w n t o w n . Luxur y 2BR apar tment in Victorian Bldg. Great views. 2–story townhouse. $995/mo. Graham (706) 546-6616.

Eastside. 4BR/4BA townhomes available at Cedar Shoals Square. Huge floorplan with all major appliances, bonus room, and pool. Call (706) 543-1910 for tour/pricing info!

First Month Free! 2BR/2BA apartment. Walking distance to Dwntn/ c a m p u s . W / D , D W, o n busline. Easy access to loop. (706) 548-2522 www. dovetailmanagement.com

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W/D, all appls incl. On busline. Don’t wait, won’t last!

(678) 462-0824.

Westside condos.

2BR/2BA, $600/mo.

Eastside quadraplex 2BR/2BA, $525/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.

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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. 750 sq. ft. $900/mo. 450 sq. ft. $600/mo. 170 sq.ft. $375/ mo. (706) 546-1615 or athenstownproperties.com.

For Sale. 4700 sq. ft. office.

485 Newton Bridge Rd. Possible owner financing to qualified, credit worthy buyer.

This is great opportunity! Call Don at Sumner Properties (706) 353-1039.

Paint Ar tist Studios.

Historic Boulevard Area Artist Community 160 Tracy St. Rent 300 sq. ft. $150/mo. 400 sq. ft. $200/mo. (706) 546-1615 or athenstownproperties. com.

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 sqft, 385 Old Epps Bridge.

Near campus, bus, shops.

W/D inc. HW & tile flrs. River view patio. Avail. Immediately.

(706) 380-1288.

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3BR/2BA. Gated subdivision. HW/tile/ carpet, granite, huge master.

Reduced to $1050/mo. Call Geoff for more info (706) 2063560. Owner is lic. RE agent in GA, lic. #302489.

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FTX Apartments.

Campus & busline within half a block. Near Milledge Ave. 2BR units. Pre–lease for Fall 2010. These units are always 100% leased so act now for low rental rates.

Call Stacy at (706) 4254048 or (706) 296-1863.

Hamilton & Associates

Hamilton & Associates 706-613-9001

Updated, upsale unit in E. Athens off Riverbend.

3BR/2.5BA. New kitchen w/ all appls, LR/DR combo, deck, master w/ FP & deck, laundry room, patio. Pool. $900/mo.

(706) 433-2712.

Condos For Sale To w n h o m e l o c a t e d o n river for sale; includes 2BR/2.5BA, HWflrs, central HVAC, DW, W/D, private deck, much more. Motivated seller. Call Matt at (706) 248-9088.

Duplexes For Rent College Station 2BR/2BA. All appls + W/D, FP, extra closet space, water/ garbage incl. $550/mo.

Owner/Agent (706) 3402450.

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.

Spacious 1BR/1BA in Nor maltown, HWflrs, FP, CHAC, W/D Included. $695/ mo. Call (706) 546-6900 or visit www.ValerioProperties. com.

Houses for Rent $675/mo. Walk to Dwntn and UGA, 2BR/1BA. Huge Bedrooms, 12’ ceilings, HWflrs, W/D, front porch, pet friendly, sm. fenced area, available 10/1. Owner/Agent, call Robin (770) 265-6509, or email robintdubois@gmail. com. $660/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. now! (706) 614-8335.

1BR house within a block of UGA. Small home in backyd.

145 Mell St. W/D. 1 person only! $420/mo. Incl. utils.

Text (706) 714-4486, email hathawayproperties@gmail. com.

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1085A Macon Hwy. 3BR/1BA $795/ mo., huge rooms, storage.

1085B Macon Hwy. 2BR/1BA, $595/mo. 1045 Macon Hwy. 4BR/2BA + extra rooms, sunroom, lots of parking. All on busline.

All homes have HWflrs, CHAC, W/D, & pet friendly.

Av a i l a b l e n o w ! ( P i c s i n o rd e r ) . ( 7 0 6 ) 5 4 6 - 7 9 4 6 , Flowersnancy@bellsouth.net.

See virtual tours www. nancyflowers.com.

1.5BR/1BA. Danielsville Rd. Private wooded setting.

CHAC, W/D hookup. Wood flrs., large fenced yd., lawncare incl. $525/mo. + dep. (706) 424-1571, lv. msg.

1BR/1BA w/ office 1277 W. Hancock. Screen porch, re a r p a r k i n g , p e t s O K , DW, HVAC, HWflrs, walk to ARMC, campus, & Newtown. $500/mo. Call Paul (706) 714-9607.

167 Tibbetts St., 2BR/1BA Normaltown house. $650/mo.

Pls. call (706) 549-6070.

2BR/1BA apartments available. 125 Honeysuckle Lane off Broad St. across from King Ave. On busline.

GRFA welcomed. Water & trash incl. Central, private, secluded, park–like location.

Lease, deposit, references req’d. $450/mo. (706) 2276000 or (706) 540-1959.

2BR/2BA Quiet Eastside n’hood. Screened porch, backyd, deck, garage, all appls. $1K/mo. Call Laura (229) 672-0152.

2BR/2BA Walk to Class/ Dwntn. Circa 1890's, CHAC, high ceilings, H W f l r s , F P, f e n c e d yrd, gas log fireplace.

Pets OK. $795/mo. 140 Inglewood Ave. (706) 714-1100. Low deposit.

2BR/1BA with refinished HWflrs, all new tiled bath, separate tiled laundry ro o m w i t h W / D . M o d e r n appliances. In 5 Pts on Highland Ave. $67 5/mo.

Call (706) 546-6900 or visit w w w. Va l e r i o P r o p e r t i e s . com.

3BR/1.5BA. 460 Whitehead Rd. HWflrs, carpet, CHAC, attic fan, tiled kitchen, g a r b a g e d i s p o s a l , D W, fenced yd., pecan trees. $750/mo. & $500/dep. Call (706) 254-2936.

Luxury Cottages: 4 & 5BR cottages on MLK available now. Concrete flooring, granite in kitchen, huge closets. Call (706) 543-1910 for tour and pricing!

3BR/1.5BA located at 2002 Milledge Ave. 2 mins from campus. Recently updated house w/ 12ft. ceilings and HWflrs. Lg bedrooms. $800/ month. Call (706) 202-9905.

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3 B R / 2 B A . C e d a r c re e k .

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.

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4BR/4BA craftsman style cottage available off of Lakeside Drive. Large living space, all major appliances, HWflrs in common areas. Call (706) 543-1910 for pricing/ tour.

4BR/3BA 2–story brick garage, huge y d . 2 0 5 P e n d l e t o n D r.

Homewood Hills. Pics at hathawaypropertiesathens. com. $1200/mo.

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4BR/4BA home & 4BR/3BA townhome for rent in Deer Park. $800/mo. Huge floorplan! W/D, alarm system, pets welcome. $400/ dep. Eastside. Visit www. hancockpropertiesinc. com. (706) 552-3500.

Available now! Brick homes starting at just $250/BR. Close to Dwntn/UGA & pet friendly. Dekle Realty (706) 548-0580. Please visit www. deklerealty.com.

Beautifully remodeled 3BR/1BA home located just minutes to Dwntn Athens.

HWflrs, granite countertops, screened in porch, huge back yd, & basement storage. Dekle Realty (706) 548-0580.

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Charming Country Home.3BR/2BA. 10 mi. from Dwntn. 16 acres. Suitable for 2 horses. Fenced pasture w/ shelter. CHAC, all appls. 1BR & 2BAs completely renovated. $900/mo. (706) 340-7531.

Eastside 3BR/2BA. Lg. yd., on dead–end street. $950/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.

For Rent or Sale. $700/ mo. 2BR/1BA cottage. HWflrs.

Stove & fridge included. Own it for only $114K! Call (706) 354-1276.

New 3BR/2BA house. 10 mins f ro m D w n t n . M o n t h – to–month lease, only $600 for whole house (or $325 for 1BR)! W/D, deck, carpet, new appls, garage. (561) 389-8017.

Houses for Sale 3BR/2BA, 2000 Chandelier model mobile home for sale.

CHAC, Gas appls. Located 5 min. from Dwntn. Close to UGA. Call (912) 614-7252.

5 Pts brick home. 4BR/2BA. HWflrs, garage, quiet wooded lot. CHAC. Garage.

Finished basement w/ extra kitchen. $239K. (706) 2024600.

Charming & Fun in 5 Pts. www.465springdalestreet. com. Or be cool in t h e C o u n t r y w / g a rd e n space to grow your own! www.170ElderStreet.com.

Donna Smith Fee, Keller W i l l i a m s R e a l t y G re a t e r Athens, (706) 296-5717 cell (706) 319-2900 office.

Normaltown under $100,000! www.115KnottinghamDrive. com. Or 3.6 acres w/ h o m e i n O c o n e e w w w.

2011PeteDickensRoad.com under $150,000. Donna Fee, Keller Williams Realty, Cell: (706) 296-5717, Office: (706) 316-2900.

Rooms for Rent Dashiell Cottages Inc. Move–in $75! (706) 850-0491.

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

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New 3BR/2BA h ouse . 10 mins from Dwntn, month–to– month lease. Only $325/ mo. ($375 for master BR, $600 for house) W/D, deck, carpet, new appls, garage. (561) 389-8017.

Roommate needed for 2BR/1BA cottage off Grady Av e . B i g k i t c h e n , W / D . $450/mo + gas & electric.

Water included. Call Marty (706) 254-5014.

Wa l k / b i k e 1 / 2 m i l e t o Dwntn/campus. Looking for responsible M/F nonsmoker t o s h a re 2 B R / 2 B A . N e w bathrooms/kitchen. WiFi, W/D. No dogs pls. $385/ mo + utils. Tony (478) 3974696.

Sub-lease G re a t d o w n t o w n s t u d i o apartment! Lofted BR above kitchen, large BA, DW & microwave. Close to North Campus (Wall St. btw E. Clayton & Broad) $640/ mo. Available now. Call Mollye (404) 275-3937.

For Sale Businesses For Sale. Boutique specializing in Environmentally Sustainable products. $65,000. Owner is very motivated! Located in Downtown Watkinsville. Call (706) 534-0385.

Furniture Ask about our Run–til–Sold rate. Lowest classified ad rate in town! 12 weeks for only $40! Call (706) 5490301 or place an ad at w w w. f l a g p o l e . c o m .

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Comfy Armchairs.

Perfect for dorms/ apartments/anywhere. Tan material, removable cushion, wood frame. Removed from hotel lobby, shampooed & Febreezed. 36” high/ deep/ wide. Delivery home FB weekends. Call/text (478) 290-7802. $45 each/$80 a pair.

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.

Ta b l e s , c h a i r s , s o f a s , antiques, clothes, records & players, retro goods, & more!

Cool, affordable furniture every day. Go to Agora! Your favorite everything store! 260 W. Clayton St., (706) 3160130.

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2006 Bobcat T300 Track Loader with A/C and Heat, Power Bob-tach, I’m asking $5650. Email nredn839@msn.com or call (678) 306-3520.

Music Instruction Athens School of Music.

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

From beginner to expert.

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

Music Services Fret Shop. Professional guitar repairs & modifications, setups, electronics, precision fretwork. Previous clients incl.

R.E.M., Widespread Panic, Cracker, Bob Mould, John Berry, Abbey Road Live!, Squat. (706) 549-1567.

Wedding Bands. Quality, professional bands.

Weddings, parties. Rock, Jazz, etc. Call Classic City Entertainment. ( 7 0 6 ) 5 4 9 - 1 5 6 7 . w w w. classiccityenter tainment. com. Featuring The Magictones - Athens’ premiere wedding & party band. www.themagictones. com.

What are you missing?

Strings, brass, synthesizers, backup singers, wailing soloists, we have it all! Let our seasoned session players help you finish your album. Please email SCIOagencyAthens@ gmail.com with your project.

Very low rates!

Studios R o o m F i f t y T h re e . Mix room & ProTools HD2 Accelbased recording studio on the Eastside of Athens. Seriously high–end analog gear!

Seriously affordable! Feel the love! Visit www.roomfiftythree. com.

Services Cleaning Old Fashioned Elbow Grease & Earth Friendly Products Equal a Great Cleaning Service. Call or Text: Nick at (706) 206-0381. Visit www. goodworld.biz.

Health Breakthrough herpes tablet.

The most powerful herpes tablet available, without a prescription! 30 day free trial offer. (888) 228-8484 freetrial. viruxo.xom (AAN CAN).

Pregnant? Considering adoption? Talk w/ caring agency specializing in matching birthmothers w/ families nationwide.

Living expenses paid. Call 24/7. Abby’s One True Gift Adoptions. (866) 413-6293 (AAN CAN).

Home and Garden Wholesale plants & trees. Japanese maples, boxwoods, dogwoods, & more! Call Backyard Solutions (706) 340-4492.

Sports Awesome Martial Arts. Men/ Women. Only 8 spots left!

Eastside Athens. Kenpo, Kali, Silat, Self-Defense. Tuedays 6:30 pm. 2 weeks free! Email steve@karatefire.com Call (706) 410-0951.

Jobs Full-time Communications Specialists needed to generate business leads. Starting pay $9/hr.

Applicants must have great communication skills Word knowledge & be able to type 40WPM. Contact Mandy at Express at (706) 548-0625 for more info.

Can you write code? JAVA, Objective–C, Rails, .NET. Apply today! Email Jobs@ tsav.com.

Shenanigans Salon.

Accepting applications for Stylist w/ clientele. Send resume to shenanigans. salon@yahoo.com or visit us at 1037A Baxter St., Athens.

UberPrints.com is hiring!

We’re looking for bright, talented people to join our Production Art & Customer Service teams. Positions are full time. Please visit www. uberprints.com/jobs to learn more & to apply.

Opportunities As part of our expansion program, Millennium Magic Procurement LLC is in need of people to work as PT Account Managers, Payment & Sales representatives.

Pays a minimum of $3000/ mo. + benefits. Takes only little of your time. Please contact us for more details.

Requirements: Should be computer literate. 2–3 hours access to the Internet weekly. Must be honest & loyal. Must be efficient & dedicated. If interested & need more info, contact Mike Sloan, mprocurellc@aol.com.

Dependable person needed during the evening hrs. helping a young man confined to a wheelchair.

In exchange for free rent in apt., food, utils. & other amenities. Call (706) 3162798 or (706) 549-9456.

Earn extra income assembling CD cases from home. No experience necessar y. Call our live operators now. (800) 4057 6 1 9 e x t . 2 4 5 0 . w w w. e a s y w o r k - g r e a t p a y. c o m (AAN CAN).

High School diploma!

Graduate in just 4 weeks!

Free brochure. Call now!

(800) 532-6546 ext. 97. Go to www.continentalacademy. com (AAN CAN).

Mystery shoppers earn up to $100/day. Undercover shoppers needed to judge retail & dining establishments. No exp. req’d. (800) 743-8535.

Needed: More than a few good Tax Preparers.

Open House Saturday 9/18, 10am–1pm. 2415 Jefferson Hwy. (Homewood Village) Athens, GA 30607. Turn your “down time” into dollars this tax season. If you have a totally positive attitude, can commit to a FREE training program, & are eligible for IRS certification as a professional tax preparer, we have an opportunity for you. Flexible schedules, bonus incentives & no prior tax preparation experience needed. Come prepared to interview. RSVP to jhtraining2010@hotmail. com or (866) 632-1040.

Part-time Delivery/store help. Saturday a must + 2 weekdays. Clean MVR & criminal record. Drug free. Non smoker. Able to lift 100 lbs. Southern Waterbeds & Futons (706) 543-4323.

Graze Burgers is hiring PT & FT Grill cooks. Send resumes to grazeburgers@yahoo.com.

Reynolds Plantation is currently seeking experienced Servers $5.00/hr + tips, Bartenders $7.40/hr + tips, Banquet Servers $5.00/hr + tips, Foodrunners $6.00/hr + tips, and Service Assistants $6.00/hr + tips. For more info or to apply, visit our website at www.reynoldsplantation. com.

Vehicles Autos  1969

Camaro SS, perfect condition, original, unrestored, 396 Cubic Inch 350 Horsepower asking $5500, details at carb74v@ msn.com (678) 278-9287.

Heyward Allen Toyota is having a great summer.

Looking for new or pre–owned vehicles? Come see me. Chris Koopmans, Sales & Leasing Consultant, (706) 369-5020 ext.123. Email ckoopmans@ heywardallentoyota.com, or visit www.heywardallentoyota. com.

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Motorcycles 1982 GS450. Great restored condition. Many new parts.

Very reliable and fun. Please call for more details and to see the bike. (706) 363-7650.

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everyday people Caixia Geng, Electronics Technician Caixia Geng, an electronics technician for Olis, Inc., hails from China’s Shaanxi Province. For the past 15 years, she has considered Athens home, but she still can’t remember the name of her favorite homeware store along Clayton Street.

Athens Art and Frame? Heery’s Too!? She’s just not sure.

While the power of consumer memory may fail her, her ability to impress her coworkers never wavers. They say she can’t get angry. Due to her graceful and supportive nature, two of her colleagues consider her the Audrey Hepburn of the office.

Since 1974, On-Line Instrument Systems, Inc. (Olis) has built hi-tech scientific instruments called spectrophotometers that exploit light’s “rich tool box” to study molecules of all types.

It was in Olis’ Atlanta Highway brick office park that Flagpole met Caixia, who has been with the company for 13 years. She was hard at work troubleshooting an England-bound machine that’s the size of an average dinner table and will run the customer about $150,000.

André Gallant

Flagpole: Tell me about what you do here.

Caixia Geng: I’m an electronics engineer making control boxes that connect the machines to the computer. I mostly solder the box together and do the troubleshooting— technical support.

FP: What is Xianyang like? What was it like when you lived there?

CG: Oh, it’s changed a lot. When I grew up the people were so friendly and not many people. You could play in the trees, grass, everywhere—so good. It’s growing, growing. Now it’s concrete everywhere. Now you can’t find the place of my childhood; it’s big buildings. The exercise area, they destroyed that and put a big building. Very, very crowded. I was born there and grew there.

FP: What did you first think of Athens?

CG: When we moved here, my boss’s wife [had] already rented an apartment for us. We didn’t have Google, just an address. We drove here from Atlanta and we thought it was a big city, big buildings. As we came closer, saw the mileage on the side… five miles away…still like this, the trees… two miles… one mile… it was a bit disappointing. We grew in the big city. Xi’an, Milwaukee are big cities. But… it was a very good experience after that. Now we love it. Athens is the best place to stay. The people are so nice.

FP: What keeps you here?

CG: We like the trees. Now we live in Bishop… the farms, the environment, close to UGA, not far away from Atlanta.

FP: What kind of machines are these?

CG: They are monochrometers. They’re able to pick up the variance in light you want, and the machine fans the variance of light and gives the scientist the certain wavelengths to see their samples. First you have a lamp to provide the light, then a machine to fan the light, then a detector to see the light, right… A photomultiplier. The computer changes the signal from an analog to digital signal and the computer processes [it] and you see it here [points to a computer monitor].

FP: They look mostly at blood samples?

CG: Yeah, and a lot of other things. Proteins are so important, cells, white blood cells. It’s exciting.

FP: Where did you train to do this?

CG: Basically, I learned from here. My background is not in this area. I came from China. I was in dyeing and painting [of cloth]. I understand electronic things, and my husband is an engineer here; he taught me a lot. And we have a very good relationship with Rich [her supervisor]. He taught me a lot.

FP: When did you move here from China?

CG: ‘93.

FP: Why did you decide to move here?

CG: My husband was a Ph.D. student. He came first to be a student. Me and my son came to visit first, then we moved here. We came first to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Then, we moved here in 1995.

FP: Where in China did you grow up?

CG: In the center of China. The biggest city nearby is Xi’an—a lot of history. We [were] near that city, like 30 miles away, [in a city] called Xianyang, which is older. Xi’an is a big city. You know the soldiers? They visited Atlanta—from 2000 years ago; they all have different faces.

FP: The clay ones? [The Terracotta Army of Emperor Qin.] CG: Correct. Every foreigner, if you want to visit China, the first choice is Beijing, and then Xi’an to see them.

FP: Do you spend a lot of time outdoors? What do you do?

CG: Yeah, we have a garden, a flower garden and a big vegetable garden. At lunch time, I will take a walk after at Ben Burton Circle; it takes 25 minutes. We really appreciate it. The air is so clean, you cannot compare with China.

In big cities, the people hurry.

Here, they never hurry. It’s very comfortable.

FP: How long did it take you to feel at home here?

CG: Two years, maybe more; we made the decision we didn’t want to move.

FP: You have one son?

CG: Yes. FP: What does he do?

CG: He’s a Ph.D. student, going to graduate from Georgia Tech in electronic engineering.

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FP: Just like mom and dad.

CG: Yeah, but his area is much higher.

FP: If you could do any other job, what would you do?

CG: For my age, I’m already 57… I’d still like to do this.

FP: What will you do when you retire?

CG: Spend time in my garden, get involved more in church.

I also play piano. It was a gift from my husband when I was 50. In recent years, I’ve started painting.

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FP: What kind of food do you like?

CG: Oh, Chinese food. We have a garden, so I stir-fry the vegetables. It’s very fresh, very healthy.

FP: Do you go out much?

CG: Yes, before, not so often. But now, my son’s fiancée, she is American. So we pick her up and go out with them and enjoy restaurants quite often. We have a good relationship. It’s a blessing from God. André Gallant

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Watch the Game Outside, Upstairs or Downstairs

30 Different Types of

Loose Organic Teas Local Roaster 1000 Faces Coffee Dancing Goats Coffee

Bloody Mary Bar

Newly Renovated Downstairs Bar

Expanded

Draft Selection Front and Back

Patios

with

3 New HD Flat Screen TVs! Available for Private Parties Mon-Sat

Happy Hour Mon-Fri 4-9

Spirited Coffee, Hot Chocolate & Cider

2

oPen at 11aM

256 E. CLAYTON ST.

on SatURDay!

(706) 549-0166 Open Mon-Sat Noon-2am www.allgoodlounge.com

IF AT FIRST YOU DON’T SUCCEED...

COME HAVE A DRINK

OPEN AT 9AM on Gameday!

WATCH THE GAME ON OUR

HUGE SCREEN TVs! NEW

20 SELECT DRAFT BEERS

Build Your Own Bloody Mary Bar

150+ Bottled Beers Expanded Wine List • Pool Tables Smoking Welcome on Our Patios Please Drink Responsibly.

View from Our Windows

Open at 10am on Gameday

It’s like Tailgating on North Campus,

Only in Air Conditioning!

100+ Whiskies 200+ Craft Beers Delicious Tapas

delivered from Speakeasy!

Spacious Patio!

Shiny Ceilings & Unique Glassware

Check us out on the web at

blueskyathens.com Located Above

Taco Stand Downtown

LIVE MUSIC Friday 9/17

3 neW FlatSCReen hDtVS!

haPPy hoUR 3:30 to 9:30 Mon. to Sat.

John Sosebee

DollaR oFF anythinG & eVeRythinG

Saturday 9/18

SeRViCe inDUStRy niGht

MonDay

The Incredible Sandwich

CoMe in anD CheCk oUt oUR SPeCialS

WE STILL HAVE TAILGATING!

haPPy hoUR Until MiDniGht

GO DAWGS! HUMP THE HOGS!

(UnleSS yoU haVe a GooD aRGUMent aS to Why it ShoUlD Go on lonGeR)

260 EAST WASHINGTON STREET DOWNTOWN • 706-369-3040 TOP OF JACKSON ST. 12 STEPS FROM THE CORNER

enD yoUR niGht With US anD We'll Get yoU hoMe SaFe Clayton St • next to Shokitini

tUeSDay & thURSDay

laW StUDentS

BeSt aC in toWn GaMeS, GaMeS, GaMeS! CoMe Play Wii!

706-353-2831