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The Rest of the Story Don’t miss p. 9 of this issue if you have ever stopped to wonder why one of the best newspaper people this town has ever known walked away from his job a year ago. Jason Winders, former executive editor of the Athens Banner-Herald, finally exposes the rapacious absentee ownership that has cannibalized its own progeny to maintain its corporate corpulence.

Fighting in the Forum The various forums that have showcased the mayoral candidates have already provided a lot of grassroots, up-close opportunities to see how they handle themselves, and there are more to come, including the Athens Press Club forum at the Melting Point on Monday evening, Oct. 18. It’s difficult at such gatherings to come up with questions that really pin them down, but, hey, they’re politicians now, and like gladiators, they know how to avoid being thrown. At the Federation of Neighborhoods forum last week, it was also evident that the five candidates have kind of formed themselves into a loose cohort, like wrestlers who travel together in the same van from match to match. It’s not easy to show up night after night and try to distinguish yourself from your opponents—graciously, of course, and as time goes by nobody else has quite the perspective on the ordeal that you share with your fellow candidates.

At the Federation forum, all the candidates were much more assured and polished than they were during those first Common Ground gatherings that got the campaign going, and they had a sort of easy camaraderie among themselves, perhaps somewhat like what the Christians may have felt facing the lions. (You can hear an audio tape of the whole thing on the Beyond the Trestle blog, reachable through Flagpole.com.)

Readers should be aware that I declared early-on for my old friend Gwen O’Looney. I am not a neutral observer, and my assessments of the candidates are inevitably tainted with my preference for Gwen. So, if you read on, do it with that in mind and in the realization that I just can’t help sharing my observations, for what they’re worth.

Spencer Frye should be the obvious choice for mayor. He’s of a younger generation to which it’s time to pass the torch. He’s got business experience and has also worked long and hard in the non-profit area. He’s sort of a modern take on those businessmen-mayors that the establishment used to come up with regularly, except that the establishment isn’t very established anymore, and Spencer seems to lack that kind of base. He also lacks any experience in public office. That didn’t keep Heidi from getting elected, but there’s some feeling that maybe Spencer should have run for the commission first.

That can be said about Glenn Stegall, too, who is running for mayor right out of college, but he is a most impressive candidate. At the forums he is graceful, eloquent and witty, very much at ease with the other candidates and with the audiences. One supposes he can’t win the election, but he is earning a lot of admirers, and he is learning a lot about his adopted city that will stand him in good stead whether he’s mayor or not.

Charlie is Charlie. Mr. Maddox exhorts the congregation to believe that he can bring people together to solve our problems, and he points to his impressive record of service on various boards and commissions charged with making life better for people here.

The smart money says runoff between Nancy Denson and Gwen O’Looney—two experienced pols working the same side of the street, warily eyeing each other as they smile at voters. Nancy’s got boatloads of experience as Tax Commissioner; Gwen’s got those eight tough years of constructing the unified government and getting it running. Nancy is the proven administrator who is confident that she can make the government run as smoothly as the tax office. Gwen has deep knowledge of how the government works, and she has continued that kind of nuts and bolts, hands-on involvement in the community ever since she left office. In that sense, these forums are unfair, because every time she gets up to answer a question Gwen is talking about first-hand knowledge while the others frequently are structuring hypothetical responses.

I told you I’m not objective.

Pete McCommons editor@flagpole.com

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Georgia Democrats get to work, and Paul Broun, Jr. takes a vacation.

Do No Harm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Straight Talk on Health Care

Dr. Block looks at the performances of the Athens mayoral candidates at a recent health care forum.

Arts & Events Tony Hawk Is Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Birdman Flies into Town

Hawk and the Birdhouse Skate Team will be visiting the Athens Skate Park.

Art Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 The Art of War

ATHICA’s “Mission Accomplished” gives voice to the unheard and renders the invisible plainly.

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Upstart Roundup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Introducing Athens’ Newest Talent

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Dems on the Move: The Democratic Party of Georgia opened a bunch of field offices last week for its statewide coordinated campaign, including an Athens office at 1063 Baxter St. DPG Communications Director Eric Gray says they’ll be running volunteer phone banks out of there, as well as a variety of other campaign efforts. Yes, our local elections are non-partisan, but there are plenty of worthy Democratic state and national candidates on the ballot, including a prospective governor who didn’t try to hide being millions of dollars in hock and a congressman who’s not… well, you know who. Contact Erin McIntosh at erin@georgiademocrat.org to get involved.

Plan, as well as the commission’s willingness to explore the use of shared septic systems in the area that line would have served. That, Ben confirms to the Dope, would almost certainly be an example of one of those “cases” in which septic is in fact preferable to sewer, despite the apparent unambiguity of the UOWPC’s stance.

Green Kids: The first weekend of the EcoFocus Film Festival occasions a host of community “farm to school” initiatives. Saturday morning, Sept. 25, ACC Green Schools and Athens Farm to School will collect seeds and plants

More About Wastewater Treatment: An article by Blake Aued in last Friday’s Athens Banner-Herald (“Drought threat drives water council’s plans,” Sept. 17) detailed some of the state-appointed Upper Oconee Water Planning Council’s recommendations for staving off the shortages that would be expected in the region if predictions of another significant drought come to pass. Blake quoted There’s been a lot of talk lately about whether Nancy Denson is “the Republican choice” for Athens mayor. Does this complicate the issue?

Stuart Cofer, Clarke County’s representative on the council, as justifying the group’s recommendation that suitable for planting at the Bishop Park Athens cities expand sewer service “rather than allow Farmers Market from 9 a.m–noon. Saturday new development on septic tanks.” Blake also from 1–3 p.m., Athens Slow Food will host a paraphrased local water activist Ben Emanuel work day at the Alps Road Elementary School (that guy again!) as saying the sewer/septic Community Garden (RSVP to athens.slowquestion “is best decided on a case-by-case food@gmail.com). Sunday, Sept. 26 at Ciné is basis.”

EcoFocus Families and Educators Day, with Let’s give that just a bit more of the local free film screenings, a panel discussion, Q&A context it deserves. Most recent public dissession and roundtable discussion, as well as a cussion of sewer vs. septic in our community variety of “EcoKids” activities in the CinéLab. has centered on the ACC Commission’s removal Check out www.ecofocusfilmfest.org/schedule of a sewer line along Sandy Creek, our main for more details. drinking water source, from the county’s Public Utilities Service Delivery Dave Marr news@flagpole.com

Paul Broun, Jr.’s Krazy Korner Congress has been on its summer break recently. Each election year, members take a month to celebrate American democracy by spending their millions in corporate contributions on deceptive and misleading campaign advertising. But just because Congress is in recess doesn’t mean my Broun fever just goes away. So, in order to keep up my regular fix, I got Broun’s new iPhone app. I’m not kidding; this thing actually exists. Here’s some of what I learned: • According to the blog, the “average American” just paid off their annual bill to the government. At 231 days into the year, says Broun, one is no longer paying tax money toward government “burdens” (by which, I assume, he means things like roads and schools). Good thing my iPhone also has a calculator app so I could crunch the numbers, run some graphs and whatnot. While Broun’s math may be a bit off, my calculations found that it is at 314 days into the year that Broun ceases to be working for his corporate contributors and begins working for his constituents. So you can’t take him too seriously until sometime in November.

• On his Twitter page, Broun reports, “the [Congressional Research Service] says it is impossible to estimate the number of new bureaucracies created by Obamacare.”

Impossible to estimate?! Like the number is infinite? Or the number keeps changing? How could either be true? Unless President Obama secretly placed some sort of renegade bureaucracy-proliferating amendment in the bill whose only function is to grow government exponentially, each debt-financed increment an offering to Allah.

Good thing I have a handy app that estimates any piece of legislation’s bureaucracycreation potential. I ran the health care act through it, and sure enough, my iPhone started vibrating with the sounds of clanging gears and pistons, then smoking and spraying sparks, overtaxed by the task of measuring Obama’s off-the-charts socialism.

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Mixed Bag of County Initiatives Aimed at Preservation, Design Concerns about design standards and historic preservation are driving several Athens-Clarke County initiatives, including a review of cheaply built student rental houses and upcoming studies of Prince Avenue and Oconee/Oak streets. Those “corridor” studies by the planning department will inventory existing conditions along both streets, perhaps recommending amenities like sidewalks or “overlay districts” with special requirements in some areas. If a federal grant comes through, both studies could be expanded and an outside consultant hired.

And among some citizens on the ACC Planning Commission, “there were concerns that the houses being built for students look different than the houses being built for families,” county planner Rick Cowick says.

Following neighborhood objections to a proposed new structure on Carr’s Hill—with its lot lines “gerrymandered” to meet county requirements, Cowick says—county commissioners put a moratorium on building in that neighborhood through late November.

The planning commission took a look at student rental houses that have no windows facing the street or are “totally surrounded by concrete.” In some cases, Cowick says, planners have had to require builders to include trim around windows and doors. “I don’t know if anything will come out of it,” Cowick says, but county staffers are making a list of issues that the planning commission will look at in October.

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Still in the pipeline is designing an “overlay” district for Five Points which might discourage the building of “mini-mansions” on smallish lots, out-of-scale with adjacent homes. That’s been a concern of the Friends of Five Points organization (which surveyed Five Points homeowners to gauge their stances on the issue). Also still planned for future implementation: a transferable development rights (TDR) program that will allow some landowners to sell their development rights. Those rights could be bought by a developer to more freely develop a property in another part of the county.

And a new “demolition review ordinance” intended to help save historic houses from being demolished has had mixed success after six months. Some homes are already in protected historic districts where demolition is strongly discouraged, but for those that are not, the ordinance requires the owner of a 50-year-old home to wait at least 25 days before going ahead with a demolition. Despite efforts to save—perhaps by relocating—a home on Lumpkin Street adjacent to the Presbyterian Student Center, the ordinance may not have saved any houses yet. Jared York, the owner of a 1930s-era King Avenue house with various problems, says he still hasn’t decided whether to demolish or renovate. The ordinance has “good heart” and intentions, he says, but “it’s done nothing but delay and cause problems for the property owners.”

The ordinance is intended to give time for property owners or others to explore alternatives to demolition, or even for commissioners to create a historic district that would include a house they particularly wanted to save.

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During a telephone call with reporters last week, Nathan Deal explained why he and his wife had made bad investment decisions that were threatening them with financial insolvency.

“We’ve always believed that a responsibility of a parent is to help their children, and we certainly intended to do that,” Deal said.

“Several years ago, our middle daughter and her husband—they’d both been traveling all across the country on their jobs—wanted to be closer to home, since they had the youngest of our grandchildren,” he said.

“My wife and I decided that we would help them in that venture. They were opening an outdoor store in Habersham County.

Everything was going very well—as it was going with a lot of things in our economy at that time.”

The unfortunate ending to Deal’s story is well known. The store went out of business, Deal’s daughter and her husband went bankrupt in 2009, and Deal and his wife are now responsible for a bank loan of more than $2 million they guaranteed for that business venture. That is on top of $2 million in personal funds that Deal said he invested and lost in his daughter’s store.

Deal’s desire to help his children succeed is a feeling that anyone who has raised kids would understand. We’ve all been there.

Deal also makes a valid point in noting that he is not the only person in Georgia facing a desperate financial situation in the midst of the worst recession this country has endured since the 1930s.

“The press would perhaps have you believe that this is an indication that I cannot govern this state,” Deal said. “I tell you that it has nothing to do with that. In fact, I believe the fact that I understand the pain of Georgians is all the more important as I enter the governor’s office.”

Deal may be correct. I’ve had to worry about financial problems in my life, and I’m

sure many of the people reading this column have encountered similar issues. It could well be that Georgians will vote for him as a sympathetic gesture because they are caught up in financial situations similar to his.

But there are other aspects of Deal’s situation that should be considered.

If Deal is elected governor, he will be taking the oath of office about a month before that huge bank loan falls due. He vows that he and his wife will live up to their financial obligations and will not file for bankruptcy.

What if Deal is unable to sell his remaining assets, such as his Gainesville residence and other commercial property he still owns? In that instance, Deal would have to figure out how to satisfy the bank’s demands for payments in an atmosphere where federal regulators aren’t giving banks a whole lot of leeway to forgive bad loans.

What then? Could a person who must devote much of his time and efforts to staving off bankruptcy also have time to manage the complex affairs of a state government such as Georgia’s?

There is also the issue of transparency. Deal did not tell the voters about his financial problems prior to the Republican primary and runoff elections. He did not list at least one of these loan obligations on the financial disclosure statement he was required to file with the State Ethics Commission.

If not for the diligent efforts of reporters like Alan Judd of the Atlanta JournalConstitution and Shannon McCaffrey of the Associated Press, voters would still know nothing about Deal’s looming financial problems. This raises troubling questions about his willingness to deal honestly with the people he’s asking to elect him to the state’s highest public office.

To put it in simpler terms: “He should have told us.”

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Terra Incognita: If RaceTrac hadn’t proposed to build one of its sprawling gas station/convenience stores on West Broad Street near Colima Avenue—and if the proposal hadn’t triggered opposition among area residents and been debated (and finally rejected) by ACC commissioners—it might have been a long time before I explored the rectangle-shaped neighborhood that’s sandwiched between Broad and Baxter streets and book-ended by Alps Road and Milledge Avenue.

While it’s hardly news to the people who live there or to the people involved with the many developments there, this neighborhood is vital and surprisingly walkable. It’s got some problems, too, of course. And it poses a tough question.

a quiet ambience, but there’s a lot going on in the neighborhood.

The biggest project right now is the construction of Clarke County School District’s new H.T. Edwards campus on Dearing Extension. The project includes building renovations and new construction to house a new high school for non-traditional students, an alternative school for students with disciplinary problems, a career academy and a Boys and Girls Club.

Athens Land Trust has rehabilitated several homes in the neighborhood, including ones on Colima, Rocksprings and Waddell. Athens Area Habitat for Humanity also has projects underway.

Walkability Improvements: Right now, Broad Street—the neighborhood’s top boundary—is an intimidating seven-lane highway that effectively prohibits pedestrian access to and from the northern half of town. What’s needed is a plan to narrow the road, add pedestrian crossings, bike lanes and a tree-lined median.

This portion of Broad is statemanaged, which complicates things, but connecting this neighborhood at a pedestrian level with the rest of Athens is key.

While the neighborhood doesn’t lack sidewalks altogether, they are few and far between. In many cases, it’s hard to see where they might be installed but where they can, they should be. On some streets, such as Magnolia, which serves as a cut-through from Broad to Baxter, pedestrians could use a little extra help feeling safe. Some traffic calming measures might be called for.

Rehabbed houses on Colima Avenue just off of West Broad Street.

And there’s one more improvement worth considering: Rezoning Broad, Baxter and Alps—with restaurants, parts of the neighborhood—on Broad and shops, a major grocery store (Kroger, on Alps), Baxter, for example, and possibly within the a hospital (St. Mary’s), a shopping center interior as well—to allow for greater residen(Beechwood) and other amenities. The neightial density. That would enable many more borhood has its share of churches, too. people to benefit from the walkable conve“That’s what people like about living in niences of this area. this neighborhood,” neighborhood resident and Commissioner George Maxwell tells me.

Walkability=Gentrification?: This last sugges“You’ve got people that live, say, for instance, tion, as Commissioner Maxwell politely but on Magnolia Street and Magnolia Terrace that forcefully informed me, is not a new one. In don’t even own a car because it’s so conve2000, a plan to rezone much of this neighnient to Alps Road. They walk to the Kroger borhood from single-family to multi-family store. They cross the street to the shopping sparked intense opposition. center. They are able to walk, if they need to, That’s easy to understand. As Maxwell to the hospital.” put it, the rezoning to multi-family “[W]ould Or take a look at a regular city map, have pushed a lot of senior citizens, living on and you’ll see nearby schools (Alps Road Social Security, out of their homes as property Elementary School, Clarke Middle School and taxes increased” and effectively destroyed a Clarke Central High School). ACC’s main library well-functioning low-income neighborhood. is close. According to Maxwell, “There’s a sayThis is true, of course. And it’s why I think ing about this neighborhood: a child can be Athens made the right choice in 2000. But born and when they get to school-age, they it’s also frustrating because creating and can go from elementary school all the way strengthening walkable neighborhoods generthrough college [if you expand the neighborates more tax revenues, reduces transportation hood boundary a bit further east to Lumpkin costs, enlivens communities and improves Street.] without ever having to leave the health—benefits that everyone, including lowneighborhood.” income people, should be able to enjoy.

The tough question that this neighborhood A Lot Going On: The neighborhood is composes for Athens is: How can we make room prised mainly of single-family homes. There for more people to live in truly walkable inare some blighted properties, but for the town neighborhoods that remain affordable most part, the small homes are well kept. The to low-income residents? streets are narrow and charming. There are In my next column, I’ll explore some poslots of mature trees and greenery. Many of the sible answers to that question. residents are home-owning African-American senior citizens living on fixed incomes. It has Dan Lorentz athensrising@flagpole.com

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Straight Talk on Health Care I attended the health care forum for the ACC mayoral candidates at DFCS: Spencer Frye, Glenn Stegall, Gwen O’Looney, Charlie Maddox, Nancy Denson—all in a row. Only, they’re not.

They all have popular things to say.

Obesity—bad. Teen pregnancy—bad. Trash— bad. Fruit—good. Getting medical care and the doctors we need in ACC—difficult.

But any of them likely could have spoken for all of them. Some eyebrow-raisers. Frye (“my wife is an ER nurse, so I hear it all”) and Stegall (“my sister had a baby very young”) played the family card to demonstrate authenticity. Might work. Maddox—the best dinner company of them all—recognized that boys bear equal responsibility in teen pregnancies.

Only O’Looney spoke the taboo words “birth control.” Why didn’t the others? Denson was so convincingly self-deprecating (“there’s got to be a way… I can’t tell you what it is”) that I believed she had reason to be. Good job.

Whom do you pick? How do you choose?

I didn’t know what the ACC mayor does, so I went to ACC Online (athens-clarkecounty. com/code), and then to municode.com (all accessed 9/11/10) for the ACC Code of Ordinances. Here’s Article III (Mayor), Section 3-104 (“Powers and duties”). Eleven P&Ds. The very first is “to serve as the official representative of the unified government…”

Then come the standard procedural ones: “executions.” Then #10: recommend what’s “necessary or expedient” to the commission.

And #11: everything else required by state and federal law “not in conflict with this Charter.”

I try to picture who could do these.

Now, what says the Code about the mayor’s role in health care? (And how does the commission construe “health care”?)

Part III, Title 4 (“Public Health”) is what I want. Here: III, 4, 4-2 (“Health”), Sec. 1: the head of the Department of Family and Children’s Services shall be the health care advisory officer (odd choice, no?; and, where was he today?) and tell the mayor and commission each month who is newly poor. Really.

Sec. 2: Posting food inspection notices. That’s it. I’m unrequited.

So, we have ACC with all its health problems, an inexplicit Code from the commission for a unique community, and five nice folks running for mayor. Four of them undoubtedly have the management expertise to administer the Code—likely not Stegall.

But who can lead?

Athens is not my city, so I won’t vote. It is my community, though, so I have a stake.

Here’s what I saw in these candidates and in the audience when they spoke: 1) Charlie Maddox: Congenial and genteel; the tasseled loafers and open collar tell me he’s a new “good old boy.” A word or two from the audience in the meet-n-greet became parts of his presentations and gave him a common, avuncular touch. You like him.

We relax and smile when he speaks. A fixer; maybe not a leader.

2) Spencer Frye: qv Linus van Pelt. A shaggy black suit and shaggy hair, work brogues (carefully polished), collar wings in flight: you think, “absent?” until you read his record, and then you wonder if the picture is genuine. Tell me what you think: “If you want a mayor who can talk about health care, I’m your guy.” Ummm… we need more. The audience was attentive. Probably, and unfortunately for him, the perfect COO. CEOs are different.

3) Glenn Stegall: Sharply ironed trueblue shirt, tightly knotted red tie, sensible shoes won’t make him the right candidate for another 20 years, but then… formidable. He’s charisma without authority—yet. He needs wounds beyond his childhood’s to make him reflect on his life, and not react to it. Glenn: arriving late and leaving early demands grandeur or is mistaken for hauteur. The audience is… curious.

4) Nancy Denson: Shoes, slacks, jacket— down to color and weave: all so safe. Her signature shows an exquisite hand, as my mother used to say. But her photograph looks like she’s caught in flagrante—even her smile.

I saw pursed lips in the audience—not a good sign.

5) Gwen O’Looney: The package—producer, director and star. Artsy hair and matching clothes more a costume, she even has a Canadian loonie dollar on her clasp, so you know she’ll laugh at herself. But when she talks, everybody listens. Everybody. Get this: “My orientation has always been for prevention,” and “I think of you as colleagues.”

Vision, will and connectivity are tough to beat, boys.

ACC is people both well and sick; those who care for people both well and sick; hospitals, businesses, schools, churches, university, every level of government. Somebody better shepherd it through the Valley of the Shadow of Death and build an “integrated health care environment.” Otherwise, what’s left?

David Block

Speaking Truth To Power

The Former Executive Editor of the Athens Banner-Herald Breaks His Silence Memo from Flagpole Canadian Affairs Desk TO: Pete McCommons, Editor FROM: Jason Winders, former Athens Banner-Herald executive editor SUBJECT: William S. Morris III may be a bigger fool than I imagined, but he was my boss.

RE: Athens Banner-Herald article, “Morris assures local leaders ABH to remain vital asset,” Sept. 4, 2010.

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might feel better if I were writing this on the occasion of the death of William S. “Billy” Morris III. At least then I would know the damage to my beloved city and newspaper had finally abated.

But from the Athens Banner-Herald story and photo you sent me last week, the one where his reptilian skin takes on an almost human hue in the photograph (cheers to the photographer who pulled that trick off), Billy appears very much alive—at least as alive as you can consider a man who sold his soul years ago to save an empire at the expense of those who helped him build it.

Yes, seeing that picture of Billy laughing it up at one of the “scenes of his crimes” prompted me to write you this quick note from North of the Border. I tell myself to let it go, but I cannot let this man’s words go unchallenged or, at least, without context.

I speak only for myself—my past self, even—as these words can do nothing now but offer a little perspective not (allowed to be) offered in the story.

Perhaps I should have spoken up louder at the time.

Glad to see no staffer was forced to put their byline to that drivel; the editors intelligently opted to shovel the bullshit under “Staff Writer” (whom I seem to remember getting all the terrible assignments). Poor sap— even the reporter tasked with ghost-writing the story probably went home and showered repeatedly, especially if he/she had sat in a Morris Communications newsroom for very long.

Over the last few weeks, Morris has been rolling out this line of bullshit to communities infected by his ownership. I read an almost quote-for-quote story in the Savannah paper a day or two ago. I am sure you can find—or soon will find— similar ones in the Augusta and Jacksonville papers as well.

These people don’t need a pep talk, Billy, they need a fucking raise.

This “Take a Deep Drink” tour is odd coming from the man who poisoned the well.

You find out a lot about a man’s character when his back is to the wall. I found out a lot about Billy Morris, a man to whom I considered myself very loyal at one time.

I saw some cowardly acts by Morris Communications management in that News Building, but their most heinous sin was one of absence. Might have been nice for Billy to have shown up when pay and jobs were being cut, instead of surveying the battlefield more than a year after the mess was cleaned up.

Yes, Morris Communications had a rough few years, most directly attributed to the drunkard-on-payday spending spree Morris and Co. went on with borrowed money. And then, when

revenues dipped and the bills finally came due, the company scrambled to make payment after payment until, finally, it ended in bankruptcy.

Not for Billy, mind you. He and his wealth are fine. Those membership checks to Augusta National are still clearing, from what I understand. But Morris Communications was wrecked, and hundreds of people who helped build it into the wonderful company it was lost their jobs as part of the carnage.

I was there for all of it.

Perhaps my favorite story is the one of when Billy announced across-the-board pay cuts for all Morris employees via press release around 8 p.m. one March evening in 2009.

In the spirit of transparency, Billy wanted a story in the next morning’s paper. Only problem: 75 percent of the workforce had gone home and wouldn’t know anything about it until they picked up their morning paper to find out their pay had been cut. I finished calling my staff and alerting them to the news by 11 p.m. But many employees in other departments read about their own pay cuts in the next morning’s newspaper.

Billy Morris, a man so quick with a prayer to the Almighty during business meetings, showed his employees no mercy or compassion that night.

Of course, Morris cut its executives’ pay as well. But these were guys who had plenty of padding. For instance, prior to the 2009 cuts, the Morris executive vice president saw his total compensation go from $955,866 in 2006 to $970,925 in 2007 to $849,434 in 2008.

See, they share in the pain. (You can read all about it on the Morris Communications website, www.morris.com. Click on the “Investor Relations” tab, then “SEC Filings.”)

During the pay cut debacle, I argued with another Morris vice president, a bit of a dense chap who always wore one too many buttons on his shirt undone, who suggested people didn’t get into newspapers for the money.

He was dead on. None of my people got into it for the money.

However, that mantra gets abused by Morris and Co. You need to realize when you cut people making less than $30,000, it’s no longer about truth, justice and the American way, but paying the bills. It’s been a long time since that

executive—who liked to bill himself as a “vice president of journalism”—or any of his fellow VPs lived on that kind of money.

The conversation may have been “boring or unimportant” to this executive (as he told me), but it was a matter of survival to many. For many in my newsroom, that paycut was not a matter of cutting back on extravagances; it was about surviving.

We didn’t pay well anyway. No raises in three years. Subtract 20 percent of the staff. Subtract 5 percent of the 401K. Subtract 5 (or 7.5) percent of their pay. It started to hurt.

Morris Communication made massive profits on their backs for a long time, but they never shared good times. Now, Billy and Co. were asking everyone to share in the bad. Tough sell.

Oh, sure, there’s nothing illegal about it. In fact, these types of business practices are applauded in business schools across the country. And, as we were reminded, they get you honored by the local journalism school, which also suckles at Billy’s tit, as well.

But I tend to believe in a special level of Hell for folks who allow it to happen. And Billy has punched his ticket long ago.

I know you may not agree, Pete, but at one time there was a passionate, aggressive, even great newspaper man inside Billy Morris. He was a guy for whom I would run through walls.

But that Billy Morris is dead.

In his last few years, ones marred by bad management at Morris Communications, Billy has become a man so removed from the truth that reality has become perverted to a point where he actually believes his own bullshit. Billy is beyond redemption, as his amoral actions have been justified in his mind by the sixfigure sycophants surrounding him who will tell him anything to keep the checks coming in.

Even a visit by Marley’s ghost could not save the BannerHerald: Billy would greet the specter with a kick to the balls, a paycut and a pink slip.

Sorry, Athens, but you’re screwed until the Morrises walk away from Athens and let the talented people in that newspaper rebuild a once-great publication.

Even though I walked away from my job as executive editor, not fired or forced out as Billy did to so many others, some may still chalk up my dispatch to nothing more than the rantings of a disgruntled former employee. Maybe so. But better a disgruntled former employee of Billy Morris than a disgruntled current employee.

And there are lots of those.

After this lengthy diatribe, Pete, I suspect I won’t hear from you again on this subject until Billy does die. At that point, feel free to change a few lines here or there and run this as an “in memoriam” piece. I guarantee my sentiments on the man will not change. If you do run as an obit, please add the following line at the close: “I don’t know if Hell has a newspaper, Billy, but I am sure you’ll have the opportunity to drive it into the ground as well when you get there.”

Jason Winders Canada, 2010

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Farming off the Grid Agriculture Moves Toward Power Independence

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rom the beginning, farming has always been a marriage of man, beast and machine. What changes over time is who or what bears the brunt of the labor. In the past century, the farming industry has become dependent on machines that run on electricity and fossil fuels to cultivate the land. Recently, though, there has been a movement among some small-scale family farms to reverse the trend.

Farmers are rediscovering ways to grow crops and raise animals in more sustainable ways. Some farmers are even going back to the original use of the word “horsepower” and re-learning how to use animals to work their machines instead of electricity.

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im and Alice Mills of Red Mule Farm in Athens are at the forefront of going backwards with technology. “In some ways we are like a Third World country. We are not hi-tech,” says Alice Mills with a knowing smile. She and her husband have been using Luke to power their mill, plough their fields and even dig up a root cellar for the past few years. Luke is a 1,250-pound red mule, the son of a donkey and a draft horse—which explains his intimidating size.

“He’s got a lot more muscle power and stamina,” says Alice, comparing him to the 950pound red sorrel horse they started out with. Luke is used in place of a tractor for digging and ploughing, but what makes him and his farm unique is his job working the mill.

“This is not an antique by any means,” says Alice of their custom-made mule-driven mill.

“It’s a two-ton truck rear-end (Tim) welded and devised with chains and sprockets.”

Luke can be hitched to the machine, which turns a grist mill 75 times every time he completes a circle, meaning he can grind up to 500 or 600 pounds of grain per day. The design was so simple and successful that the Millses were asked by some missionary friends for its Luke the red mule blueprints. Those friends built a mill in an Ethiopian village where women would normally wake up before sunrise to grind sorghum for the day.

The actual grinder for the mill was bought from Lehman’s, an Amish company in Ohio that makes items to be used without electricity. Tim Mills may look the part of an Amish farmer, particularly with his well-shaped beard and simple manner of dress, but the couple are actually just plain old Methodists.

They own a small pickup truck and a sedan and have all the modern conveniences of your average home. They don’t shun electricity for religious reasons, but their faith played an important role behind the idea in creating the mule-driven mill.

“God put this idea in my head,” says Tim. Alice says God told her husband to build the mill, though Tim wasn’t quite sure why at first. “He said, ‘You know what, the Lord spoke to me and said he needed me to build a grist mill,’” Alice says. “I said, ‘What do we need a grist mill for?’”

She says her husband was worried about not knowing how to build it, but was assured by God that it would become evident as he worked and that building the grist mill might take on an important role in their lives.

“He said, ‘What if tomorrow doesn’t turn out like today? Will you be able to survive?” At the turn of the millennium, many people were concerned that computers would fail because the

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clocks on them would set back to zero. It was known as the Y2K Bug, and many people worried it would send our civilization back to the Dark Ages. Alice says her neighbors suddenly felt like what they were doing made sense.

“People think food is an automatic thing, that it will always be there. You walk in the house and turn on the sink, and you don’t have a clue where that water is coming from. It’s the same thing with food,” she says. “Reality started setting in that we could be like the Ethiopian women; that food is only what can be made on a day-to-day basis.”

The Millses have worked to make their farm able to function without electricity, just in case it was ever needed, whether due to a natural disaster or some more permanent and catastrophic change in how our world functions.

They grow vegetables, including beans, corn, greens, tomatoes and eggplant, in addition to raising chickens for eggs.

Their farm is Certified

“If there is a hard way of doing it, we’ll figure it out,” Susannah Carter jokes. Most of their produce is grown outside, but they grow tomatoes from late fall through early winter in a greenhouse. John Carter made two wood-burning heaters from barrels and set them up on either end of the greenhouse. It’s a labor-intensive growing method that requires stoking the fires every few hours, even in the middle of the night when there is a hard freeze.

The tomatoes are grown in the ground, but are protected by the greenhouse and kept warm by the wood burners. John came up with the design himself.

“Farmers are inventive,” Susannah says. “If they find something doesn’t work, they weld it together to make it work.”

They admit it’s not 100 percent earth-friendly to burn wood, but it is a renewable resource. Plus, it’s free, for now: they mainly use wood from dead trees knocked down by a tornado a few years back.

“If we had to use propane to heat the greenhouse, it would not be profitable to do it,” John says. They would love to set up the greenhouse with solar power panels one day, but the cost is prohibitive at this point.

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Alice and Tim Mills Naturally Grown, and they sell their produce at farmers markets and local grocers as well as directly to restaurants. They make enough food that, through canning and freezing, they are able to eat mostly off the farm all year. Although they still aren’t 100 percent selfsufficient (the grains they grind are ordered from Minnesota) they feel pretty sure they could survive if the food distribution chain were severely disrupted.

They have a groundwater well with a pump system that, like the mill, can be powered by Luke, but it’s dormant now because it’s more productive to have him working other jobs.

For now, the farm uses water electrically pumped into a storage tower. From there, gravity forces the water out through hoses used to water plants.

Aside from an uncertain future, there are other reasons why self-sustainable farming may be appealing. The Millses are not alone in their quest to farm “off the grid.” Many farmers these days are using alternative forms of energy, whether to be prepared like the Millses, save money, or reduce their carbon footprints.

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ohn and Susannah Carter of Harvest Moon Garden are a little like Tim and Alice Mills in that they have invented their own ways to power their farm.

ome farmers, though, are using advanced technologies in the pursuit of their self-sustainability goals. Dr. Gary Hawkins is an agricultural pollution prevention specialist and member of the Biological Agricultural Engineering Department on the University of Georgia-Tifton campus. He says solar power has a lot of uses on a farm. Though the drawbacks—aside from the initial cost—include not being able to harvest energy at night or on cloudy days, a battery bank can store small amounts of energy.

Hawkins has helped several farmers install solar-powered and micro-hydro energy systems on their farms. Many use them to work low-energy systems, like outdoor lighting or continuous drip water sources to provide fresh water for animals.

Micro-hydro systems can be installed anywhere there is a drop in elevation at a water source. Basically, the water propels a turbine that creates electricity through a generator. It’s a new take on the old concept of water wheels, which have been powering mills for centuries.

“The output from these micro-hydro systems could be used for lights, charging batteries, powering equipment, and other uses where power is needed,” Hawkins says. “All of these power uses can be for on-farm use or even some home use.”

Hawkins says the biggest advantage to these systems is that they can provide electric power in situations where there is no available power or the cost of running power lines to a location is too high. Other advantages may include a means to provide “free” energy, after the initial cost of the system is paid off.

A small livestock watering system could range from $2,000 to $3,000. Larger systems could run as high as $100,000.

“If the situation is correct, then the solar power or microhydro can be a good way for a farmer to be self-sustainable,” Hawkins says. “However, before anyone decides to go with using solar or micro-hydro, it would be advisable to look at the economics of the specific situation and make an informed decision on what is best for the farmer.”

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ulling onto the dirt road lined with fields of high grass, I had a hard time believing one of the most acclaimed wineries in the region was here. In Danielsville.

In the middle of nowhere. Neighboring a farm complete with a billy goat.

But doubts be damned. It’s true. There, behind the grasses and beside the farm and in the middle of nowhere, Boutier Winery is thriving and churning out wines that rival the likes of Napa Valley greats and French masterminds. Who knew? The folks of Danielsville, for starters.

“They really seem to like us here,” said Victor Boutier, wine maker and owner of Boutier. “I think it’s because there isn’t much else going on, so, we’re kind of the source of entertainment.”

“Plus, we’re just really likable people,” adds his wife and fellow winery owner Mary Boutier, her Irish accent lifting every vowel.

That much is certainly true, especially for the wine crowd. In a drinking population often littered with high-browed sippers and self-proclaimed connoisseurs, the Boutiers’ demeanor is a breath of fresh air. Easy to talk to, laid-back and simply confident in their skills, these wine makers come off more as hop heads than wine snobs.

The Boutiers’ backgrounds are likely to blame for that: Mary Boutier comes from Ireland, where her father owned a pub, in which she spent countless hours pouring brews and socializing with the regulars. Victor Boutier hails from Holland, and was a steadfast home beer brewer, experimenting with hops and malts the way he now plays with grapes and fruits.

When a friend introduced him to wine making, though, it was love at first try. Even if that first batch didn’t turn out as well as he may have hoped.

“Oh, it was, well… it wasn’t as good as it is now. Let’s just say that,” he said.

Thankfully, his craft has improved with great strides. So much so that in 2005 the Boutiers opened their winery in its original Ackworth location. Two years later, good luck came their way, as a vineyard went on the market out in Danielsville. Relocating and officially opening their new doors in 2008, Boutier Winery became an instant classic right outside the Classic City.

Victor’s prowess in beer experimentation opened the way for Boutier Winery, and has given him a skill set and confidence to create wines that aren’t the typical variety. While the winery offers extensive options of the traditional grapes, such as Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Merlot, it is noted more for its signature fruit blends with tongue-and-cheek names.

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“We like to have fun with what we do, and we knew when we started that we didn’t want to be just another winery with just another Cabernet Sauvignon,” Mary said. “We sat down, and as Victor worked out what he wanted to make, I worked out what kind of creative names would work.”

“When I started making wine, I didn’t realize that I was supposed to be all stuffy about it, so I just had fun with my recipes,” Victor added. “It might not always work out so well, but for the most part, the recipes end up being outside the box and great.”

The innovative approach and New-World styles the Boutiers have taken to create their winery is obviously paying off. In 2008, Georgia Trend labeled Boutier’s 2005 Chardonnay the best white wine in Georgia.

The winery has also won various other awards along the way, including gold, silver and bronze awards for its French-American hybrid varietals, DeChaunac and Baco Noir, and its Chardonnay, as well as silver and bronze for its Peach Chardonnay and Chambourcin.

On a recent afternoon, wearing his “Got Grapes?” t-shirt and his ever-present grin, Victor Boutier stood for hours behind the tasting room bar, pouring sip after sip for his patrons.

The conversation flowed as easily as the drinks, with Victor dispelling the mysteries of the world of the winery. All the while Mary popped in and out, visiting and chatting while also preparing the winery’s party room for a wedding rehearsal dinner being held there.

This seems to often be the case at the winery. Weddings, parties and weeknight events are common, and quickly the location is gaining a reputation for not only its wines but also its personable entertaining.

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Women and wine are a very fun combination.

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Surviving Together

Caring for an Infant with Cancer as a Family

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the tube leaked, leaving a faint scar on her thigh in the outline very mother, every father has flickers of the future of the teddy bear sticker that held the catheter in place. in their head when they first hold their newborn baby. It might be an image of a young woman walking down the aisle in white, or a young man tossing his mortar cap into the air, or even a teenager doing the things you wish you hadn’t done, too. As clichéd as those images are, we all have them when we look into our children’s eyes. Good Piper’s early diagnosis was somewhat of a miracle. Susanna or bad, the future is always present in them. and Chad have an older daughter, Linley, who is five, so they On Sept. 15, 2009, those images vanished from the mind normally didn’t freak out about a sick baby. But Piper had been of Chad Needham. That day he walked into a hospital room at sick for a few days with a bad diaper rash, diarrhea and a mild Athens Regional Medical Center to find his wife, Susanna, rock- fever, so Susanna figured she would take her in just to be sure. ing their 10-week-old daughter, Piper, and crying.

Piper’s doctor thought she might have Rotovirus and dehydra“I thought we were going to lose her that day,” he tion, so he hospitalized her for tests. says. Piper, Susanna had just been told, had cancer—Acute Piper spent the night at the hospital with her parents, and Lymphatic Leukemia, they would later find out—and a transChad left for lunch the next day. That was when Piper’s doctor port team was already coming to take her to Atlanta for spoke with Susanna. treatment.

It’s been a year now, and Piper has spent more than a third of her life in a hospital room. But she’s still here, and she is in remission.

That’s good. It means the chemotherapy is working. It means the Needhams still have something to fight for, and they are taking the fight beyond their family.

September is National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. According to the Centers for Disease Control, cancer is the second-most common cause of death in children aged one to 14, surpassed only by accidents.

About 16 out of every 100,000 children and teens in the United States are diagnosed—and nearly three of every 100,000 die—each year.

The Needhams have formed a team called Perfectly Piper for the Light the Night Walk, a fundraiser on Oct. 1 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Susanna says it helps them feel connected and uplifted to participate in the walk.

The money they raise won’t help Piper directly, but it will help children like her. Money for researching childhood cancer is scarce, and while it makes sense on a large scale Chad and Piper Needham that research is focused elsewhere, when it’s your child, it feels unfair.

“I remember looking at him like, ‘Is this a joke?’ But I looked at his eyes and he started crying, and then I started crying, too.”

After Chad was told, things moved quickly. A transport team was on its way to take Piper to Atlanta to start chemotherapy Researchers don’t focus heavily on childhood cancers immediately. They received the official diagnosis of exactly because they are less common than adult forms. Even if the what they were facing the next day. funds were there, there just aren’t enough cases per year to Those who know something about cancer may think that make big advancements in treatment. Because of this, treatit was good news. ALL, as Piper’s cancer is known, has a more ment protocols are often massive doses of chemotherapy drugs than 90 percent cure rate in most children. But Piper isn’t a developed for adults. Infant cancers are even more rare. Piper child with ALL; she’s an infant, and that changes everything. is only the second child in the nation to use her treatment Piper has a mutated gene that makes cancer more aggressive protocol, which was designed about two years ago. Scottish and much more likely to relapse. It’s been a year and Piper Rite Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta usually only sees one case is still fighting hard. Susanna says that up until August, her of infantile leukemia in a year. daughter didn’t really “look like a cancer patient.” She is now Chemotherapy drugs don’t just attack tumors, but all fast14 months old and just hovering at 15 pounds, about the size growing cells, which is why patients’ hair falls out. It also of an average 10-month-old. She is still in treatment, but will attacks mucosa—the mouth, the throat and a baby’s diaper soon begin a maintenance program, which will mean milder area. and less frequent doses of chemo and a chance for fuzzy blond Susanna said Piper’s lips got so swollen she looked like hair to take root without falling out again.

Angelina Jolie. She had to feed her tiny amounts of formula every hour, 24 hours a day to avoid having to use a feeding tube, which may have disrupted her developmental eating skills and posed an infection risk.

One kind of chemotherapy Piper endured is so caustic it When cancer strikes, it doesn’t just affect the patient. It burns your skin on contact. Patients are given massive amounts turns everyone’s life upside down. Big sister Linley loves little of fluids to protect the bladder, but even the resulting urine Piper, but sometimes tells her mother she wishes she had a difburns. Piper was given a catheter to keep the urine flowing, but ferent sister, one without cancer. She says she likes having a

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sister to play with outside, but hates that she has to go to the hospital so much.

“I want my mommy and sister to come back. She has to go to the hospital a lot because I know she’s sick,” says Linley.

Susanna feels guilty about never getting to focus on her first-born. Recently, Linley had strep throat and concern went immediately to Piper, who had just had a strong chemo regime that generally demolishes her white blood cells and crushes her immune system. Fortunately, Piper got to stay with her grandmother so Susanna could baby Linley, at least for a day or two.

“I can understand how she feels—I mean, what kind of sister did we give her?” says Susanna. “She has very little relationship with her [because she is in the hospital so much].

When Piper is at home, she screams and cries a lot.”

The other day, Linley was throwing rocks the way kids sometimes do. She picked up a broken brick and chunked it, accidently knocking Piper in the head. Linley immediately started crying and hyperventilating, she was so upset at what she had done.

She didn’t want her sister to go to the hospital, but her mother calmly explained that she had to.

Linley threw up from the stress, but Susanna somehow managed to keep everything together and care for both her injured baby and her upset little girl.

“Everybody keeps saying that at least she is old enough to understand, but I don’t think she really is,” Susanna says. “She knows Piper is sick, but doesn’t understand how sick. She still thinks it’s the same way that she gets sick. I keep telling her that’s it’s her blood that is sick, and that is why she goes to the hospital. She can’t grasp the enormity of it, and I don’t want her to, but she’s too old to be oblivious.”

Breathing Easier Now that Piper is not so much in immediate danger, Susanna and Chad can reflect more on what their daughter is going through.

“Now, we realize how strong she is, and how strong these kids are, and how strong the moms and dads are,” Susanna says. “When the diagnosis hits, there is a fight-or-flight instinct that takes over, but you can’t turn to flight. You can’t even give up because it’s not your life. You are fighting for others.”

The end of treatment and beginning of maintenance means fewer trips to the hospital and hopefully a happier and healthier baby. Other cancer moms keep telling the Needhams that in just a few months Piper’s hair will be in, her chunky cheeks will be back and it will be like none of this ever happened.

Piper is still a high risk for relapse, but last week she celebrated her “cancer-versary”—that’s one year without relapse and that means her mom and dad breathe a little easier. The future images of their daughter are returning. Chad sees Piper at 10 or 11, a long, blond ponytail flowing behind her as she plays a game of soccer—the shortest girl on the team. Susanna sees Piper at five, dancing in a field with her sister.

“As silly as that sounds, I figure if we make it that far we’re good.” Susanna says. “If I can get her to that point, we can start worrying about weddings and other things.”

Karen Chynoweth For more information about how to support the Light the Night Walk Oct. 1 at the Classic Center by donating to a the Perfectly Piper team or another team, please call Susanna’s sister Hannah Grant, the chair of the Perfectly Piper team, at (706) 424-7137. To read more about Piper and her family, please visit Susanna’s blog at needhamcrew.blogspot.com.

the reader Stuff What Didn’t Happen OK, usually in this column I make you folks sit through five paragraphs or so of rant before I get to the book, so I’ll be upfront for a change. The Passage by Justin Cronin (Random House, 2010) is a good book. It’s a great book, in fact. I thoroughly enjoyed it and I believe you will, too.

Now hold that thought.

Justin Cronin is a professor of English at Rice University and an award-winning author whose first two novels were praised, lauded and undeniably “mainstream.” Therefore much has been made in the press of the wildcat success of The Passage, a post-apocalyptic science fiction/horror epic, the first volume of a planned trilogy. It’s selling like crazy, and Cronin made millions for the film rights, with Ridley Scott likely to direct the movie.

Did Cronin betray the cause of literature for a genre sellout that paid off big? What is the deal with “literary” authors like Cronin, Margaret Atwood and Cormac McCarthy slumming in the sci-fi ghetto?

The science fiction community has not reacted much more heroically. While many sci-fi fans revel in their freak status, many others, hungering for the stamp of legitimacy that novels like The Handmaid’s Tale and The Road have provided, are discussing something called “literary science fiction,” a hybrid that differentiates the work of mainstream dabblers from the hardcore genre authors forever relegated to careers outside the realm of respectability. Let’s face it, Ray Bradbury may be required reading in school, but he’s always gonna be considered a geek.

I call bullshit on all parties concerned.

Science fiction gets short shrift because it tends to deal in outlandish concepts that trip the triggers of many people who’d rather live in those worlds than their own, but it’s still fiction, driven by the engine that drives all fiction—scratch that—that drives all literature. All stories worth telling are about human nature pushed to its limits. Huck Finn forced to a life-changing decision about whether his friendship with Jim is worth shedding all of society’s protections. Raskolnikov crushed under the weight of an act he can never take back. Hamlet coping with the unwanted task of avenging his father’s murder and toppling the Danish state. No wonder so many authors are drawn to the end of the world; it don’t get any more pushed-to-its-limits than that, and it’s been one of science fiction’s major themes since the genre began, centuries ago.

Which brings us back to The Passage.

It’s a good book. It’s a great book, in fact.

I thoroughly enjoyed it, and I believe you will, too. But it’s by no means an original book. A sweeping story of a wildcat virus that unleashes a plague of mutant vampires and decimates the country, it’s I Am Legend extrapolated beyond that novella’s confines and turned loose on the world. I Am Legend,

adapted to film three times (starring Vincent Price, Charlton Heston and Will Smith, respectively), was written by Richard Matheson, a prolific wordsmith who wrote many novels and short stories and some of the very best episodes of The Twilight Zone, a master craftsman who labored tirelessly for decades on some of the best and most influential fiction of the 20th century, but who never shed the genre label that stuck to his work and has yet to let go.

While Matheson’s story centered on a lone man fighting to stay alive and sane in a city overrun by nocturnal predators, Cronin follows the plague from its beginnings in the near future to its aftermath a hundred years after the “virals” have obliterated society, either killing or infecting all but a small number of survivors. Those survivors live in a tight, harshly regulated frontier community of families in a walled colony in California, where their days are spent farming and scavenging, and their nights are spent trying to keep the ever-ravenous virals at bay with medieval weapons and a rapidly diminishing supply of electric light. Life is hard enough in the Colony, but the sudden appearance of a mysterious child from the wilderness and a rising epidemic of madness within the colonists themselves are about to make things much, much worse…

But the virals, terrifying as they are (and they are), aren’t the point of the novel. As a handful of colonists sets out beyond the walls to seek help and answers before their families are ripped apart from without and within, the story is about the limits of human endurance and will and faith, all of which Cronin handles with agonizing acuity. He has the sheer brilliant balls to make us care deeply for characters and then slaughter them brutally without warning before our eyes. He knows instinctively the tensile strength of a scene, pulling it taut until we can hear the tendons begin to scream. Derivative as the novel’s concept may be, Cronin pulls the plow every bit as effectively as Matheson did, and that’s a real compliment.

Theodore Sturgeon, a brilliant science fiction writer, created something that’s come to be known as Sturgeon’s Law: 90 percent of everything is crap. That’s cars, houses, puddings and people. And novels, of all genres.

That means for every Cormac McCarthy there’s nine Nicholas Sparkses. For every Margaret Atwood there’s nine Danielle Steels. Justin Cronin is a one, not one of nine, because his science fiction/horror epic is a solid piece of fiction, and that’s what matters, not whether it happened in a place the rest of us have been or one we can only imagine. It’s all stuff what didn’t happen; the difference is how clearly we can see ourselves in it.

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Birdman Flies into Town

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yler Dain isn’t one to brag, but the 20-year-old Athenian certainly has the right to. Five years ago, he lived out a skateboarder‘s ultimate fantasy: he rode alongside Tony Hawk when the skating god paid a visit to the Classic City.

“Oh, man, you know, I’m not like going around like flaunting it or anything, but it was pretty rad, for sure,” said Dain, an employee at Skate Shop of Athens. “Ever since I picked up a board eight or nine years ago, I always dreamed of riding with the Birdman. And it actually happened.”

Fellow skating enthusiasts in town now have that same opportunity. The Athens Clarke County Leisure Services division announced recently that Hawk and the Birdhouse Skate Team will be visiting the Skate Park of Athens at Southeast Clarke Park on Sunday, Sept. 26 at 2 p.m. for a free show for fans.

Skating since he was nine years old, the 42-year-old Hawk, often referred to as the Godfather of skateboarding, has brought major recognition (i.e., respect) to himself and the sport in the past decade.

“He gave skating a reputation, a name, a greatness,” Dain said. “He is the skater we all want to be, man.”

Now, that name is coming (back) to Athens.

“In 2005, Hawk came to help us celebrate the opening of our own skate park,” said Jason Thrasher, a local skater and photographer who was a major force behind getting the skate park established. When plans for the park were being made, Thrasher and fellow supporters applied for a Tony Hawk Foundation grant and received some $10,000 to get the plans off the ground and into cement. Hawk’s first visit to Athens and ensuing day-long skate party were taped and later aired on MTV. Having Hawk’s stamp of approval on the skating grounds initially helped the park gain critical acclaim, and in the years since, the community’s avid support has put it “on the map,” Thrasher said.

Currently, Hawk and crew (including Olympian Shaun White, as well as skaters Kevin Staab, David Low and Shaun Gregoire,

among others) are traveling on a demonstrations-based, five-city tour, with Athens as its final leg.

Although the 2005 American Wasteland Secret Skatepark Tour drew in a crowd of 5,000 fans, the turn-out this year isn’t expected to be quite as massive. Thrasher and Robin Stevens, communications outreach coordinator for Athens-Clarke County Leisure Services both said they are anticipating about 2-3,000 spectators.

“But that’s still a lot of people,” Thrasher said. “I hope they bring out the bleachers, because it’s gonna be hard to see.”

During the last five years, the Southeast Clarke skate park has earned not only a regional but a national reputation for being one of the best skate parks in the country, Thrasher said, noting that he has traveled to upwards of 30 skate parks around the U.S. and has found few that rival the likes of the Athens skating haven.

“There are only two parks out there that I think are better than ours, and that’s only because they are bigger,” Thrasher said.

Likely it’s this skater praise that brought Hawk back for a second visit.

“I wish I could say that I was on the phone and fielding calls all over the place to get Tony Hawk here, but all I can really say is that I just answered the phone,” Thrasher said. “His people called us, said Tony was putting together another tour, and he had a great time here in 2005. He wanted to come back, and we’re happy to have him.”

For both Thrasher and Dain, having Hawk stop by means much more than a chance to claim a skater celebrity sighting. This visit showcases just how important the skating community is to Athens, and, with any luck, will help boost support for the sport.

“Skating is really a lifestyle. It’s a place where misfit kids, guys like me, who are too small for football or are bad at sports, can go and fit in, be part of a crowd,” Dain said. “It’s skate or die, bro. Shred it up.”

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true purpose of the work. Sure, some are better crafted than others. As art objects, many appear slapdash, hurried, reckless in their attempt to inform, incite or simply fill space.

However, in the age of information, an age in which the war in Iraq was declared and will ultimately conclude, these gloves mimic the relentless torrent of information that has been made available since its beginning. This is a Rendering the Invisible: As I mentioned in sheer exhaustion, notwithstanding (I would unique aspect of this war; since day one, we the last installment of Art Notes, ATHICA is imagine) a more than passing sense of mount- have had access to information, news, opinion currently hosting “Mission Accomplished,” an ing hopelessness. Immediately, fellow artists and images from any position, anywhere, at exhibition of three distinctly different artists’ from the region leapt to Kane’s aid, each volany time, always. I’m like you: I’ve followed works exploring various dimensions and reperunteering to take on a week’s worth of headthe progression of this conflict since it was cussions of the ongoing war in Iraq. I’m going lines and corresponding conflict. Kane then declared in 2003 from a variety of media outto come clean: I’ve been somewhat anxious became the caretaker of the project, enlisting lets, careful to pay particular attention to how about writing at length about the show, not and organizing the dispersions of time to vari- that information is being presented, careful because the work isn’t sound to notice any nuances placed (it is), and not because the on the structuring of lancontent isn’t relevant (is it guage and detail from those ever), and not because there same outlets. I’ve talked is nothing in particular to with friends. I’ve discussed be said (more than I could the situation with my famever write in these pages). ily. I’ve argued with people, Much of my anxiety has surattended discussions with rounded the very real fact experts and veterans, parthat the work on exhibition ticipated in demonstrations, is of the sort that makes my protests, candlelit vigils. I’ve position— the position of a resisted the substantial urge writer providing commentary to form inflexible judgment or introduction to the work on issues I cannot pretend itself—immensely difficult. to fully understand, issues And that, I believe, is exactly that are compounded by the as it should be. never-ending availability and It is a fundamentally probmerciless editing of data. The lematic statement to make, strength of Kane’s project but I’ll make it nevertheless: relies on a conspicuous lack prepare yourself to be utterly of editing. The inclusion of overwhelmed. Lining every all participants from all sides available vertical surface of presents, possibly for the first the large exhibition space time, a true cross-section of is Cecelia Kane’s “Hand to public opinion. And, much like Hand Project,” the premthe conflict itself, it is almost ise of which is deceptively impossible to fully grasp. simple. Beginning in March Which is where Jim of 2003, Decatur-based artist Buonaccorsi’s “Don’t Cecelia Kane’s installation “Hand to Hand Project” uses multiple artists to document every Kane began creating a small Forget to Learn, Don’t day of the war in Iraq. piece, composed of a single Learn to Forget” comes in. white glove, illuminated with Buonaccorsi’s large-scale steel a news headline and hand-painted image ous artists, hailing from all over the country and cast-iron sculpture installation presents for every day the war continued. With the and all over the world. The result is an epic no ambiguities through its colossal presence. exception of every Sunday, Kane religiously visual document, in surplus of 2000 individual Against the backdrop of Kane’s gloves, the continued this practice, every single day glove forms, documenting every single day of mammoth piece is almost too much to bear; for the next three years, until, following an the war. somehow, this feels correct. Many of the exhibition of the still-expanding work at The When a piece reaches this scale, and this gloves remark upon the tremendous loss of Contemporary in Atlanta, Kane announced level of visual and emotional complexity, harp- life that any war entails, and Buonaccorsi’s that she would discontinue the project out of ing upon individual aspects undermines the piece renders this very real horror three-

The Art of War

dimensionally. I’m resisting the urge to tell you more intentionally—at over four years in the making, the piece is absolutely worth experiencing without preconceptions of any kind.

In the back half of the gallery, Blaine Whisenhunt’s audience-participatory installation “Instrument of Mass Compassion” presents the most subtle and (possibly) provocative experience in the exhibition, in which viewers are asked to shred media images depicting children and bereaved families from Iraq, reducing them to uniform strips of waste. It’s an intense experience; in fact, they all are. However, the goals of “Mission Accomplished” and of ATHICA itself are well met by the installation: to somehow give voice to the unheard and to render the invisible plainly. On view until Sept. 26. See it.

One Night Only: Local jewelry artist Kenneth Kase will present a body of handmade work for sale for one evening only this coming Saturday, Sept. 25 from 6–9 p.m. at the White Tiger Gourmet (located at the corner of Hiawassee and Boulevard). Each of the pieces, designed and handcrafted by Kase, is composed of hammered and patinated brass intertwined with Czech glass beads in various colors; most of the beads are unique, often uncirculated, and in many cases somewhere in the neighborhood of 100 years old. Kase’s undulating and swirling designs evoke biomorphic forms, curiously restrained decadence, and relics from another time. I imagine they’re going to go fast, so be sure to arrive early for the best selection. For more information on Kase, as well as images of his work, see www. kennethkase.com.

Not to be Missed: Chicago-based performance artist and “soundsuit” designer Nick Cave will lecture on his incredible work at the Lamar Dodd School of Art on Sept. 21, at 5:30 p.m. in room S151. Cave’s practice, which includes fashion design, contemporary dance and music created by costumes, has received much attention in recent years, through exhibitions at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco and the Nerman Museum of Contemporary art in Kansas City. A truly inspiring and unique artist, Cave’s lecture is not to be missed. Make sure to arrive early for seats; this one is going to be packed. Free and open to the public.

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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.

AMERICAN GRAFFITI (PG) 1973.

George Lucas shot to superstardom, and gained the clout needed to produce Star Wars, with this successful lowbudget tale of ‘60s teen nightlife, which essentially means lots of cruising, drag racing and drive-ins. Lucas’ cast is like a sky overflowing with future stars.

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.

BAG IT (NR) Watch as Jeb Berrier stops using plastic bags and learns a lot more about our plastic world in this multi-award winner. Filmmaker Suzan Beraza will be present for the 9:30 p.m. showing on Friday, 9/24. Visit www.ecofocusfilmfest.org or contact ecofocusfilmfest@gmail.com for more information. Sponsored by the Odum School of Ecology. Shows 9/24 (Ciné).

BURIED (R) Ryan Reynolds stars as Paul, a U.S. contractor whose work in Iraq turns deadly when he wakes up in a coffin with only a lighter and a cell phone. Director Rodrigo Cortes and writer Chris Sparling have little on their resumes to recommend them, but this flick’s concept calls for perfect execution, that, if pulled off, could mean good things to come.

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.

DAZED AND CONFUSED (R) 1993.

After bursting onto the independent cinema scene with 1991’s Slacker and before his mainstream breakthrough, The School of Rock, director Richard Linklater’s most popular film was this hilarious look at the last day of school in 1976, when seniors still hazed incoming freshmen and every teen’s ambition was to get either drunk, stoned or laid.

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) It’s hard to separate the new supernatural thriller, Devil, from its increasingly unpopular, former superstar filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan.

His guilty Catholic fingerprints are all over this operatic, melodramatic parable about how the Devil punishes sinners on Earth, but the sturdy horror film from Quarantine director John Erick Dowdle deserves to succeed despite Shyamalan’s now leprous touch.

DIRTY BUSINESS (NR) Learn the true costs of coal power in Dirty Business: “Clean Coal” and the Battle for Our Energy Future. Visit www. ecofocusfilmfest.org or contact ecofocusfilmfest@gmail.com for more information. Sponsored by the Odum School of Ecology. Shows Saturday, 9/25 and Monday, 9/27 (Ciné).

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about a group of dumpster divers and food waste as well as the short film, Cud (2008), about Georgia rancher Will Harris and his grass-fed cattle.

Beforehand, get a free snack from farm255’s Farm Cart and $2 off every $10 Farmers Market purchase that afternoon with a festival ticket. Visit www.ecofocusfilmfest.org or contact ecofocusfilmfest@gmail.com for more information. Sponsored by the Odum School of Ecology. Shows Tuesday, 9/28 (Ciné).

EASY A (PG-13) See Movie Pick.

THE EXPENDABLES (R) 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.

With Lucas Black, Gerald McRaney and Crazy Heart filmmaker Scott Cooper.

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, 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.

HOUSTON WE HAVE A PROBLEM (NR) 2009. This multiple award winner looks for the truth about our nation’s dependence on oil. Filmmaker Nicole Torre will be present for the 6 p.m. showing on Friday, 9/24. Visit www. ecofocusfilmfest.org or contact ecofocusfilmfest@gmail.com for more information. Sponsored by the Odum School of Ecology. Shows Friday, 9/24 (Ciné) and Wednesday, 9/29 (Tate).

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, who learned both Russian and Italian for the role) embarks on an affair with her brother-in-law’s friend/ business partner, Antonio (Edoardo Gabbriellini). Director and Swinton pal Luca Guadagnino last directed the scandalous Melissa P. Winner of the Boulder International Film Festival’s Best Feature Film Award and the Dublin Film Critics Award for Best Actress (Swinton).

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. The lengthy full title is I’m Still Here: The Lost Years of Joaquin Phoenix.

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

He and his team will forge your dreamscape, infiltrate it and extract whatever valuable secrets you are trying to hide.

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 DAYS OF SHISHMAREF (NR) 2008. In this multiple award winner, director Jan Louter travels to the island of Sarichef to see how global warming threatens centuries of Inupiaq Eskimo tradition. Visit www.ecofocusfilmfest.org or contact ecofocusfilmfest@gmail.com for more information.

Features a panel discussion with the UGA Institute of Native American Studies. Sponsored by the UGA Odum School of Ecology. Shows Saturday, 9/25 (Ciné).

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. It’s capped off by a wild, wonderful, B-movie left turn and an underwhelming final scene, oh so typical for the horror subgenre pioneered

by The Blair Witch Project.

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.

LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS: THE OWLS OF GA’HOOLE (PG) Nothing about the first trailer for this animated adventure film betrayed its being the new movie from Zack Snyder (300, Watchmen). Now that I know who is behind this animal fantasy series I am growing excited for something I first thought looked pretty stupid. Young barn owl, Soren (v. Jim Sturgess), is kidnapped by the St. Aegolius Academy for Orphaned Owls. From there, he must head to the Great Ga’Hoole Tree to fight a great evil.

Intriguing.

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.

MACHETE (R) 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.

NEVER LET ME GO (R) One of the most acclaimed novels of our time (wow, that sounds overblown), 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.

Serbian filmmaker Vladimir Perisic’s recent release 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.

PLAY AGAIN (NR) If a teenager sends a text message in the forest, but no one has clear enough reception to receive it... how long will said teenager complain? This 2009 documentary takes six teens out from behind the screens of their computers, televisions, Wiis and iPhones and plops them into the dense Oregon forest to investigate the consequences of a childhood removed from nature. Visit www.ecofocusfilmfest.org or contact ecofocusfilmfest@ gmail.com for more information.

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QUEEN OF THE SUN (NR) Is there a global bee crisis? Join UGA Entomology and see what Michael Pollan (The Omnivore’s Dilemma), Vandana Shiva, Gunther Hauk and beekeepers around the world think.

Visit www.ecofocusfilmfest.org or contact ecofocusfilmfest@gmail.com for more information. Sponsored by the UGA Odum School of Ecology. Shows Saturday, 9/25 (Ciné).

RACE TO NOWHERE (PG-13) Director Vicki Abeles documents the pressures placed on teachers and schoolchildren to perform in America’s achievement culture.

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. They fight zombies. A lot. In 3D. 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).

SOUNDTRACKER (NR) Follow Emmy Award winning sound recordist Gordon Hempton as he ventures across the globe on one of his annual “soundtracker trips.” Filmmaker Martin DiCicco will be present for the 2:30 p.m. showing on Saturday, 9/24. Visit www.ecofocusfilmfest.org or contact ecofocusfilmfest@gmail.com for more information. Sponsored by the Odum School of Ecology. Shows Saturday, 9/25 (Ciné).

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 TOWN (R) Ben Affleck’s second directorial effort is a very good film. In the bank robber Mecca, Charlestown, Doug MacRay (Affleck) wants out.

But his vicious blood brother James Coughlin (Jeremy Renner), crime boss Fergie “The Florist” Colm (Pete Postlethwaite) and the F.B.I, represented by Special Agent Adam Frawley (Jon Hamm) won’t let him. Dougie also has fallen for Claire Keesey (Rebecca Hall), the only witness the F.B.I. has that could tie his gang to their latest score.

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE (PG-13) What can I say about this movie that will change anyone’s mind?

The third entry in Stephenie Meyer’s demonically popular vampire series (I cringe calling these tame not-quitebloodsuckers that) has an intriguing new director. David Slade knows some vampires, having directed the adaptation of Steve Niles’ 30 Days of Night; he also helmed the sharp Hard Candy.

UNMISTAKEN CHILD (NR) 2008.

After the death of his teacher, an august monk named Geshe Lama Konchog, young monk Tenzin Zopa searches for his master’s reincarnation. In the Tsum Valley, Tenzin Zopa discovers a young boy of the right age who just might fit the bill. Winner of awards from several film festivals, including the Boston Independent Film Festival.

WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS (PG-13) Gordon Gecko (Academy Award winner Michael Douglas) returns to prove greed is still good, even after a 23-year absence.

Disgraced financial trader Gecko teams up with a new young broker (Shia LeBeouf), whose mentor was recently murdered. Gecko also wants to warn America of an impending economic meltdown. The plot sounds patently ridiculous, especially compared to the first film, still one of filmmaker Oliver Stone’s best, but the teaser trailer is exciting.

WASTE LAND (NR) Artist Vik Muniz travels to his native Brazil to photograph the “catadores” that pick recyclable materials from Jardim Gramacho, the world largest garbage dump. Visit www.ecofocusfilmfest.org or contact ecofocusfilmfest@gmail.com for more information on the festi Sponsored by the UGA Odum School of Ecology.

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YOU AGAIN (PG) Marni (Kristen Bell) realizes her brother is about to marry the bully (Odette Yustman, The Unborn) that tormented her throughout high school. Now it is her job to expose her enemy’s true colors before they become family. You have to love Bell’s support: Sigourney Weaver, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kristen Chenoweth and eternally funny golden girls, Cloris Leachman and Betty White. Could Ms. Bell finally have found her star-making hit?

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movie pick Earns Its A the Funny Way EASY A (PG-13) A month ago, I had not heard of this highly entertaining teenage comedy, and I certainly did not anticipate its deserving a Movie Pick spotlight. However, this second movie from director Will Gluck and first-time feature writer Bert V. Royal accomplishes a rare feat for teen-aimed funny flicks. It starts with a fun concept that it treats respectfully and with genuine humor in a tightly written script good enough to attract a talented cast that includes Emma Stone, Stanley Tucci, Patricia Clarkson, Thomas Haden Church, Lisa Kudrow and Malcolm McDowell.

Clean cut, straightA student Olive Pendergrast (Stone of Superbad fame) becomes infamously slutty after an untrue rumor that she slept with a college guy spreads across the Emma Stone school. Now that everyone from the school’s #1 Christian (Amanda Bynes) to her best friend (Aly Michalka) thinks she’s a whore, Olive owns her new rep, buying some skimpy new clothes that she embroiders with a scarlet A, just like Hester Prynne, the heroine of the novel they happen to be

studying in Olive’s English class. She also starts selling her sexy reputation to all the needy high school boys, so desperate to be tainted with even a whiff of sexual conquest.

Soon Olive discovers infamy is not so great for the infamous, but not before catching the eye of cute crush Todd (Penn Badgley).

Given you accept the unlikely idea that losing one’s virginity converts to infamy and a bad reputation, Easy A could do for The Scarlet Letter what Clueless did for Emma. I also hope it does for Emma Stone what Clueless did for Alicia Silverstone. Her freckled complexion and husky voice set her apart from her bubbly blonde peers, and she bounces off her more experienced comedic costars, especially her socutely-hip-they-borderon-obnoxious parents played by Tucci and Clarkson, like an old pro.

Stone leads a cast and script that ensure this paean to the ‘80s faves of John Hughes earns its A the funny way.

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Half-n-Half: Athens band Supercobra released its new album, Posthumous, last week via the super-efficient and clean-looking bandcamp. com. Best known around these parts for its show last year as part of a send-off for Farm Electric, the band is no longer really playing live since bassist Nick Martin moved to Philadelphia. The remaining members of the trio, Cole Causey and Joe McMullen (each of the Shit-Hot Country Band, and McMullen is also of Vincas), might be able to convince him to visit and play some shows if enough of y’all are interested. You can determine your level of interest by heading over to www. supercobra. bandcamp.com and checking out the band’s songs, downloading some, and perhaps even paying for them. The nine-track album stays the course with a very Mudhoney-type sound for the first four or so tracks and then mellows out into kind of indieish psychedelia.

may be able to help you. They’ve formed Rocky Mountain Artists, and while the company is a full-service artist management firm, one of its initial goals is to assist touring bands in playing Colorado, where Burt relocated last year. They’re also open to speaking with any Athens bands looking for management or other booking services so, who knows, maybe it would behoove you to check them out. Give ‘em a visit at www.rockymountainartists.com and see what you think.

Lend a Hand or Two: The Guitars Not Guns program, which focuses on keeping kids (atrisk and otherwise) out of gang activity and getting them into music, is seeking volunteer guitar teachers in order to restart its local program at the Athens Boys & Girls Club. You don’t need to be a virtuoso and if you’d like to help in areas other than guitar instruction, you don’t even need to know how to play the guitar. For more information, please see www.

Take It Easy: The Rialto Room will host middle-of-the-road easy rocker Edwin McCain on Saturday, Sept. 25 as part of the venue’s “Go Green Music Series” and in benefit of The Athens Land Trust and Oconee River Land Trust. McCain is best known for his late 1990s hits “I’ll Be” and “I Could Not Ask for More” but has steadily released albums beneath the hit radar since that time. Tickets are $30, and you can get them via www. athensdowntownhotel. com or by calling 706286-1700.

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Ten Years Running Down the Road: The Edwin McCain annual Nuçi’s Space S.P.A.C.E. Race (Suicide Prevention, Education and Community Awareness) will take place Saturday, Oct. 2. Registration for the fivekilometer event can be done online at www. nuci.org or on honest-to-gosh old-school paper by dropping by Nuçi’s Space in person. The local musicians resource will also host an open house on Friday, Oct. 1 from 5:30–9:30 p.m. in celebration of its 10th year of operation and will have a silent auction of music memorabilia and performances from Jim White, Claire Campbell, Peter Alvanos, Shauna Greeson, Sursievision, K.P. Devlin and Marisa Mustard. If you’re interested in promoting the S.P.A.C.E. Race with a yard sign, get in touch with Nuçi’s Space either in person or by calling 706-227-1515. They’ll hook you up with up one. On another note, I’ve gotten word that several yard signs for this event have gone missing from area neighborhoods, so if you see someone messing with these, feel free to tell them to stop.

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Lineup Update: The ever-growing Next to Last Festival (Oct. 28–31) has confirmed over 50 acts with more to be announced! As we’ve already mentioned, the headliners include ESG and Van Dyke Parks, and now you can add to that list Edan with Paten Locke, The Music Tapes, Diane Cluck, Adrian Orange, Halloween LIVE, Reptar, Noot d’Noot, Quiet Hooves, Supercluster and many more. Also of note, local acts Mouser and Lickity Splits will be reuniting for the event. Get the full line-up on Flagpole’s music blog, Homedrone (at www. flagpole.com). Individual tickets and fullevent wristbands are on sale now via www. nexttolastfest.com and via www.meltingpointathens.com for the Sunday shows. As of this week, you’ll also be able to buy all tickets at the following downtown locations: 42 Degrees, Wuxtry and SchoolKids Records. [Michelle Gilzenrat] Gordon Lamb threatsandpromises@flagpole.com

Kite to the Moon Ready to Pounce

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he members of Kite to the Moon are not shy individuals. They don’t draw a crowd with pensive, introspective music; their listeners do not gaze— at their shoes or elsewhere. A K2M show is not the time for self-reflection—not when the band is playing the brand of exuberant, unrestrained pop music showcased on its debut record, Pounce, the release of which K2M will be celebrating at Farm 255 this Saturday.

Frontman Timi Conley calls this music “wild pop,” and that’s an apt description for the 12 songs on Pounce, which span a wide range of musical influence, drawing most notably from ‘90s stalwarts Ween and Weezer. The

album’s production and feel recall Mutationsera Beck, remaining idiosyncratic despite its polish. Conley describes a kinship with these influences, not just with the music itself, but also with the way in which these artists have opened the doors for bands to do what they please with less regard for genre.

Kite to the Moon’s unbridled creativity extends beyond the actual tunes.

Tracks with titles like “The Psychotic Possessive Sex Song” and “Freak a Nerd” give some idea of the sort of unapologetic, goofy lewdness to expect from the band. The album art is dominated by a prominent feline sex motif. The music video for the song “Slavery,”

which is available for viewing online through the band’s website in anticipation of the album’s release, features the prurient interaction between, among other things, a dominatrix, a gorilla and a vacuum cleaner.

The album itself arose out of a two-year gestation period, the result of a collaborative approach that had each member contributing to the process. Recording at Full Moon Studio in Watkinsville—where drummer Jay Rodgers works as an engineer—the band concentrated on finding the right sound for each track. Not shying from the demands posed by such an eclectic mix of songs, the band made sure that each genre touched upon got the right treatment. Mixing by Matt Yelton and mastering by Rodney Mills and John Keane ensured that no rough edges remained.

Conley took a different approach when recording his solo album, Nerd Sexy. Working at home allowed him to explore a variety of ideas when fleshing out tracks. Although the recording process was different, Pounce seems informed by this freedom. Working alone has given Conley confidence, and the band has followed his lead. The album has a loose feel, showcasing a group unafraid to give reign to its impulses or be hemmed in by any specific sound. But the band functions well enough as a single unit to keep the music from losing direction. Each member—Conley, Andrew Hanmer (drums) and Jay Rodgers (bass)—has the benefit of experience, having been in town long enough to have been involved in a number of Athens bands, and this experience shows in the album’s cohesion. Moments on the album that may seem to digress serve a larger function, like a brief segue into the Beatles’ “Helter Skelter” that pays homage to the band’s influences while at the same time demonstrating the high level of musicianship among its members.

While preparing for the show Saturday, K2M has joined local jammers Perpetual Groove on tour for a few dates. Conley reports a positive response from the PGroove crowd, which isn’t surprising considering K2M is dedicated to putting on a consistently entertaining, if bizarre, live show.

The band’s website promises “glow sticks, balloons, Super Soakers and maybe even a case of rubber chickens” for the show Saturday. Conley also shares with Flagpole a technique he’s developed that allows him to play guitar with a Slinky. Here’s hoping he pulls that one out Saturday night as well.

Elite tha Showstoppa, whom Conley performed with at this year’s Flagpole Music Awards, will open the show, ensuring that the crowd will be in proper party mode.

And not to be forgotten are the Tiger Girlz.

The crowd at Farm will be privy to an exciting visual display as trained trapeze artists dressed in spandex tiger suits soar overhead as the band plays below. This strange combination arose out of a collaboration with the band and the trapeze artists, who appear in the band’s videos as well. As for the cat thing, each member owns at least one. The album’s name, Pounce, sums up the attitude with which Kite to the Moon approaches the task at hand: bringing bizarre, furry exuberance to audiences in Athens and beyond.

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upstart roundup Introducing Athens’ Newest Talent PLOTT surprisingly given the dank-ness, reggae. Dank Sinatra formed Shoegaze/Alternative/Rock at the beginning of this year and made a name for itself playLineup: Keegan Argo, Kyle Tortorella, Marisa Mustard, ing frat parties. After just a few short months, the group sucMadison Silva, Joey Kegel. Influences: Nuçi’s Space’s Camp cessfully managed to crossover into the downtown scene, with Amped program, Radiohead, Smashing Pumpkins, Silversun its earliest fans coming out in droves for shows at New Earth Pickups, Modern Skirts, Drive-By Truckers, the Athens Music Hall and more. As the band told The Red and Black earcommunity. lier this year, over 150 showed up for the band’s Rye Bar gig, Plott has only been playing together with its current lineup which is triple the capacity of the intimate space. Not bad for for about two months, but guitarist Kyle Tortorella already has a band that hasn’t even existed for a year. a firm grasp on the group’s sound and direction. He describes Guitarist Joe Gaines says the band is currently recording Plott as a “very melodic band” that likes to “incorporate new material, but you can download Dank Sinatra’s debut prounusual time signatures and exotic instruments as often as motional EP, El Verano, for free. Just visit the band online at possible.” So, on top of the usual guitar-drums-bass arrangewww.myspace.com/danksinatramusic for details. ment, don’t be surprised to see a french horn here or an accorNext show: Wednesday, Sept. 29 @ The Melting Point dion there.

The bandmembers all met this summer while working NUTRITIONAL PEACE together at Camped Amped at Nuçi’s Space and began collaboMilitant Ambient rating not long after. “After that, it’s just been a simple matter Lineup: Jeff Tobias, Amy Whisenhunt. Current/former of working hard to tighten the bolts and breathe life into our members of: Titans of Filth, We Versus the Shark, Quiet sound and overall style,” says Tortorella. “We’ve had a lot of Hooves, New Sound of Numbers. Influences: John Carpenter, support along the way, of course, ranging from show offers to Steve Reich, Arnold Dreyblatt, Moondog, Brian Eno, “Kelly’s advertising to even having houses opened up for us to practice Apollo.” in.”

Frequent Flagpole contributor and frequenter musical colThe demos up on www.myspace.com/plottband are what you laborator Jeff Tobias launched this dreamy instrumental projmight expect from a brand-new band—there are a few bolts ect with writer, musician and girlfriend Amy Whisenhunt in that still need some tightening—but when the band takes on January. It’s a unique sonic arrangement, with Tobias on sax, covers ranging from Radiohead’s “Electioneering” to Ming Tea’s “BBC” (from Austin Powers), you can tell Starlite DeVilles these guys are having fun. Concludes Tortorella, “We might just be another band, but we realize more and more every day how lucky we are to be in such a unique community, such as Athens.” Welcome Plott to the scene at its debut show this week!

Next show: Thursday, Sept. 23 @ 283 Bar STARLITE DEVILLES Alt-Country/Rock Lineup: Eric “Big E” Gregory, Keith “Bear” Fowler, Brian Crum, Tommy Jones. Former members of: Twain. Influences: Hank Williams, Sr., Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones, The Replacements.

Chances are, if you were a fan of Twain in the late ‘90s, you’ll dig this new project from two of its founding members, Big E and Bear. You’ll hear a bit of Replacements-style snarl in the vocals as the group takes on country-fried rock anthems.

The group came together almost by accident, as Big E was busy in the studio working on a solo record. He had just recruited Bear to lay down some guitar when pal Dodd Ferrelle asked the boys to play a show with him. Big E realized he needed to get a full band together, and that’s when he recruited drummer Brian Crum and bassist Tommy Jones. The new group spent most of this summer working on a brand-new record, tentatively titled Hotel, which should be released either at the end of this year or in the beginning of ‘11. “It’s really just a straightforward rock and roll record,” says Big E, “with a country edge.” Before the band’s next gig, you can tune into WUGA 91.7 FM to hear Bear and Big E perform an acoustic set on public radio/television program “It’s Friday” on Sept. 24.

But if you just can’t wait to get your fill of “Uncle Tupelo-style twangy roots rock with a hint of the Beat Farmers’ boozy rowdiness,” visit www.reverbnation.com/starlitedevilles or find the band on Facebook.

Next show: Saturday, Oct. 2 @ Thunder Jam DANK SINATRA Jam/Rock/Electronic Lineup: Joe Gaines, Clint Meadows, Matt Henderson, Sam Satterfield, Pearson Beasley, John Conners. Influences: Phish, STS9, Umphrey’s Mcgee, Disco Biscuits, Grateful Dead.

The feel-good globetrotting jam from this local sixpiece swirls in a haze of rock, electronica and, perhaps not

guitar and keys and Whisenhunt playing autoharp, percussion and keys. “It sounds like the audio equivalent of sparklers on a ceiling fan,” he offers. That seems more than apt, particularly in describing the 10-minute track “Happy Hens” posted on the band’s website. The song swirls and shimmers with bright, summery tones flickering amid a wash of soothing electronica.

The track is as hypnotizing as the kaleidoscopic video that accompanies it. Tobias says that video, created by Whisenhunt, is just one of what he hopes will be many more multi-media presentations of the group’s work. He also adds that “Happy Hens” isn’t necessarily representational of the group’s overall sound. “We have songs that sound like film soundtracks and songs that sound like modern classical music,” he says. He hopes to have more songs posted online after the group performs on WUOG’s “Live in the Lobby” on Sept. 21.

There are additional recordings in the works as well.

Nutritional Peace has recorded all of its songs on cassette eight-track and is currently in the process of fine-tuning those compositions in anticipation of transferring them to digital forms. In the meantime, the band has several shows lined up and will occasionally be joined by guest musician Mat Lewis (Grape Soda, The Agenda) on analog synth and percussion. To get your fix of sonic and visual delights, visit nutritionalpeace. muxtape.com.

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record reviews EXCEPTION TO THE RULE Exception to the Rule Independent Release This four-part family band from Madison County, GA describes its self-titled record as “progressive bluegrass.” Though the deep country roots are undeniable, there are few elements that could earn this record a spot under the progressive umbrella. Exception to the Rule showcases pleasantly complementing banjo and fiddle-driven riffs and classic bluegrass break-downs, but lacks the electric or rock and roll components necessary to be filed as a progressive work.

The sound achieved on this record is reminiscent of a county fair talent show runner-up—obviously gifted, but shadowed by noticeable opportunities for improvement. The wailing fiddle and soulful mandolin are melodically pleasing, but the vocal display ranges from unbearably flat to uncomfortably pitchy, and the lyrical quality is elementary at best. The mixing is raw and unpolished, giving it a recordedin-the-church-basement quality with some elements completely overpowering others, such as the too-loud piano in the band’s rendition of the Johnny Cash hit “Folsom Prison Blues.” While bluegrass lyrics are generally marked by simplistic and emotional story-telling, the tales woven by this four-piece sound more like the life experiences of a high school student than the lonesome heartache of unrequited love. In summation, these kids should consider nixing the vocals and re-releasing this record as an instrumental.

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And it undermines his boasts of greatness elsewhere. “Every time I speak/ Put fans in the seats”? Obviously not—according to him.

Despite the mixed messaging, Triz has an ear for great samples (RJD2, The Alchemist, Necrodamus), and Produce Man does have the wordplay to intelligently compliment himself when he wants to: “Who’s the kid who pre-writs/ Tight as bikini fits/ Also known to snap off the cuff like Houdini did.” OK, his rap career isn’t paying the bills, but maybe that’s because he won’t shut up about it.

John Granofsky

BEST COAST Crazy for You Mexican Summer Take two parts Shangri-Las, a pint of She and Him, and finish it off with a zest of Pixies-laced drear, then you’ll end up with an imaginative cocktail also known as Best Coast. Bethany Cosentino and friends fill the whole album with a constant undercurrent of dubbed-out harmonies, razor-sharp guitar riffs and catchy drum fills. Tracks like “Boyfriend” and “Crazy for You” are replete with simple, sonorous lines at varying speeds.

Almost like a stream of consciousness honed with surf-pop precision, you immediately feel Cosentino’s desperation and futility amid a rain forest of escalating octaves and no-fi heartache. Ongoing catharsis slams into a tree when we hit the affectionately stark “Honey,” only to be quickly resuscitated by the frantic, head-bopping “Happy.” Many albums have forgettable bonus tracks, but “When I’m with You” is mandatory for any sun-drenched summer fling.

Patrick McGinn

PRODUCE AND TRIZ Mixed Greens Independent Release Mixed Greens is a mixtape from Athens locals Produce Man (of Deaf Judges) and DJ Triz (pronounced “trees”). It recalls basement-style rap from the ‘90s, à la Beastie Boys and Run D.M.C. At times, however, Produce Man’s exaggerated self-deprecation is more Lonely Island than Reverend Run, making his genuine bragging attempts simply anticlimactic.

The sample of a woman moaning in ecstasy throughout “Pop the Trunk” is hilarious considering the lyrics are about drinking PBRs in a four-door Camry because $2 beers in the bar are

acquired The Business—guitarist Billy Gordon, drummer Steve Colmus and bassist Logan Davis—in Baltimore, and is now winning over cities from New York to L.A., gig by stunning gig.

The band’s sound has been described as AC/DC fronted by Jerry Lee Lewis, and while the band does make words like “scrappy” and “barrelhouse” relevant, it’s more than just raucous, piano-driven rock and roll.

This is not at all comparable to the way that The Darkness reawakened ‘80s glam for the 21st century. There’s an authenticity to the entire gamut, sincerity to the enterprise. It’s aces at not slipping into parody or mimicry, never walloping over the line into spectacle.

A refreshing brand of straightforward rock and roll for our very un-straightforward times—this juxtaposition surrounding the band is what makes its vigorous sound so unique and so contagious. It’s timeless, familiar but fresh, and infectious all at once. At the core convene charismatic melodies, stunning piano work, roundbodied harmonies and a raw fervor.

Party on it.

W. Matthew Rogers

J. RODDY WALSTON AND THE BUSINESS J. Roddy Walston and the Business Vagrant Gospel and the blues had a baby and they named it J. Roddy Walston.

This 88-key maestro from outside of Chattanooga followed a girl up north,

NUCLEAR SPRING Nuclear Spring Brothel Records Finally! The greasy swagger, the mindworm guitar riffs, the howl-at-themoon vocals, they’re all here. Nuclear Spring has captured its own particular brand of Southern garage-rock lightning in a self-titled bottle, and that bottle goes down smoother than a shot of the old JD. Something musically akin to the super-catchy neo-garage blues of The Von Bondies, but with compact, clever lyrical turns and snatches of creaky organ, this album has the feel of a band sweating it out in a 100-degree shotgun shack in the bayou, recording amid the ghosts and gators.

The opening track, “The Sheep Say Baaa,” is a highly amusing jab at organized religion, comparing churchgoers to sheep (a comparison many churches make themselves) addicted to religion like a drug with the refrain “tie me off, Jesus” and a chorus of “baa baa baas.”

A few tracks later, “Girl” grabs the listener with a dirt floor blues hook as tight as anything The Black Keys have ever written. Perhaps the album’s most memorable cut, however, is its second to last: a hypnotic, hilarious attack on conformity called “Close Eyes, Go Sleep” that, in a different key, could almost pass for an early Sparks tune. Lead singer Danny Gorbachov repeatedly admonishes his listener to do things “like everybody else,” in a sing-song, almost mocking tone.

Fortunately for our little town, Nuclear Spring is doing the exact opposite, breathing fresh life into familiar styles and turning them on their heads.

David Fitzgerald Nuclear Spring is celebrating its CD release on Thursday, Sept. 23 at Flicker Theatre & Bar.

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Tuesday 21 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 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 22 EVENTS: Canine Cocktail Hour (Hotel Indigo, The Madison Patio) 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.indigo athens.com EVENTS: EcoFocus Pre-Festival Screening (UGA Miller Learning Center, Room 171) Kick-off event for the EcoFocus Film Festival. A screening of the film Greenlit will be followed up by complimentary pizza and vouchers for other EcoFocus events. 7:30 p.m. FREE! www.ecofocusfilmfest.org EVENTS: Wine Tasting (La Dolce Vita) Sample Portuguese wines from several wineries and enjoy appetizers from La Dolce Vita’s kitchen.

Call for reservations. 6–8 p.m. $18.

706-353-3911 ART: Reception (The Globe) For an exhibit featuring photographs by New York transplant Luke Chase.

Light hors d’oeuvres and drink specials. 7–9 p.m. FREE! www.lukechasephotography.com PERFORMANCE: Quarter Life Crisis Comedy Tour (New Earth Music Hall) Stand-up from comedians M. Dickson, Jason Marcis, Bryson Turner and Lucas Molandes, 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 cro-

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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. 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.

7:30 p.m. FREE! www.yourpie.com

Thursday 23 EVENTS: 7th Annual Toast in the Garden (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Featuring a wine tasting, light hors d’oeuvres, music and a silent auction benefitting Keep Athens-Clarke County Beautiful. 5–7 p.m. $15/ticket, $25/2 tickets. 706613-3501 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: 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 PERFORMANCE: Ballet Folklórico de Veracruz (UGA Chapel) Over 40 dancers perform traditional and colorful dances from Mexico. Part of the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute’s celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. 6:30–7:30 p.m. FREE! www.lacsi.uga.edu

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THEATRE: The Life and Times of Tulsa Lovechild (Cellar Theatre) UGA’s Department of Theatre and Film Studies presents Greg Owens’ tragicomedy which follows a woman on the road—just her and the road, the wind in her hair and her cremated mother at her side. Sept.

23–25, 29 & 30 and Oct. 1 & 2, 8 p.m. & Oct. 3, 2:30 p.m. $15, $12 (students) 706-542-2836, www. drama.uga.edu KIDSTUFF: Open Playtime (ACC Library) For children ages 1–3 with their caregivers. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 LECTURES & LIT.: Visiting Artist Lecture (Lamar Dodd School of Art, Room S151) Art scholar, curator and collector John Wilmerding delivers the Shouky Shaheen Lecture. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.art.uga.edu MEETINGS: Clarke County Democratic Committee (Clarke County Courthouse, Grand Jury Room) All interested persons are invited to attend. Democratic candidates Suzy Compere and Tim Riley will be this month’s featured speakers. 6 p.m. FREE! 706-202-7515 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 24 EVENTS: Adopt-A-Pet (Z-Dog Bakery and Pet Supply) Meet Athens Canine Rescue’s current adoptables!

10:30 a.m.–noon. 706-354-1804, www.athenscaninerescue.com EVENTS: Bartram Project Art Reception and Book Signing (OCAF) Celebrate the life and work of naturalist William Bartram with this evening of art, literature and nature. Authors Philip Lee Williams and Dorinda Dallmeyer read from their respective works, The Flower Seeker and Bartram’s Living Legacy, and painter Philip Juras displays his Bartram-inspired landscape paintings. 6–8 p.m. FREE! www.ocaf.com, www.bartramproject.com EVENTS: Dawgs After Dark: “Super Sized” (UGA Tate Center) This late-night University Unionsponsored event is a big deal. Catch the classic ‘80s blockbuster Big on the big screen, play oversized boardgames, big-glove boxing, quad jousting and more. 10 p.m.–2 a.m.

FREE! (UGA students), $5 (nonstudents). 706-542-6396 EVENTS: EcoFocus Opening Night with the Filmakers (Ciné BarCafé) EcoFocus Film Festival kicks off with a double feature screening of Houston We Have a Problem and Bag It, Q&A sessions with the filmmakers and an after party. 6 p.m. $18. 706-353-3343, www.athenscine.com, www.ecofocusfilmfest.org

Diavolo, a modern dance troupe, performs at the Classic Center on Sept. 24 & 25.

EVENTS: Invasive Species BBQ (Whitehall Forest) The Georgia Chapter of the Society for Conservation Biology hosts a night of food, music and education. Learn about Georgia’s invasive species and party down with a live performance

by Driftwood. 6–11 p.m. $8, $5 (with dish). georgiascb@gmail.com, www.uga.edu/scb EVENTS: Island Party (Buffalo’s Southwest Café) Become the captain of your own destiny—assuming your unique destiny is to win t-shirts, prizes and raucous applause in a costume contest. Show up with your captain’s hat or your hook-arm, get limber for a game of limbo and meet The Captain and the Morganettes. 8 p.m. FREE! 706354-6655 ART: Closing Reception (Lamar Dodd School of Art, 270 River Rd., Gallery 101) For a 1400-sq.-ft. sitespecific installation by Thom Houser employing still and video images, built environments, performance and sound. 7–9 p.m. FREE! www. art.uga.edu ART: Opening Reception (Lamar Dodd School of Art, 270 River Rd., Gallery 307) For “Six Decades in Clay: An Expanding Tradition,” a group show featuring ceramic arts by over a dozen UGA Ceramics faculty members from yesterday and today. 7–9 p.m. FREE! www.art. uga.edu PERFORMANCE: Diavalo Dance Theatre (UGA Fine Arts Theatre) A modern dance and movement company from California, Diavalo presents a unique collaboration of dancers, gymnasts, acrobats and athletes performing wildly dramatic

movements on dreamlike, oversized sets. A pre-concert lecture begins at 7:15 p.m. Sept. 24–25, 8 p.m. $42–$52. 706-542-4400, www.uga. edu/pac * THEATRE: The Life and Times of Tulsa Lovechild (Cellar Theatre) A UGA production. See Calendar Theatre Sept. 23.

THEATRE: Haunted Honeymoon Readers Theatre (Memorial Park Quinn Hall) Athens Creative Theatre presents an “old-time radio show” following a famous British couple and their secret honeymoon escapades in a drafty, old castle. Sept.

24 & 25, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 26, 3 p.m. $15. 706-613-3628, www.athenscreativetheatre.com KIDSTUFF: Books & Bites (Madison County Library) Reading program for teens ages 13-19. Bring something to read or study or drawing materials for quiet entertainment.

Refreshments will be provided. 8–10 p.m. FREE! 706–795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Japanese Storytime (ACC Library, Storyroom) Learn about Japanese culture through literacy-based fun. Led by volunteers from UGA’s Japan Outreach Program. 5 p.m. FREE! 706-6133650 KIDSTUFF: Preschool & Toddler Storytime (Madison County Library) Includes stories, fingerpuppet plays, songs and crafts for literacy-based fun. This month’s themes include the Letter H, author Jon Sciezska and birthdays. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 LECTURES & LIT.: IWS Friday Speaker Series (UGA Miller Learning Center, Room 213) Jenna Andrews of the Institute for Women’s

Studies delivers a talk entitled “Transnational Landscapes and the Cuban Diaspora: Feminist Research in the American South.” Part of the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute’s celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. 12:20– 1:10 p.m. FREE! tlhat@uga.edu, www.lacsi.uga.edu GAMES: Poker (Lucky Dawg Billiards) Poker tournaments every Friday (2 rounds). First round at 7 p.m. Second round at 10 p.m. 7 p.m.

FREE! 706-354-7829

Saturday 25 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: Athens Heritage Walk (Call for location) Tirelessly charming UGA English professor Hubert McAlexander leads a walking tour of the “gracious homes and gardens” of the historic Dearing Street neighborhood. Space is limited; call to register. 10 a.m. $15. 706-3531801, www.achfonline.org EVENTS: Hop Harvest Festival (Terrapin Beer Co.) Welcome back fall with a festival celebrating local harvests and hops! Terrapin Beer Co.

will unveil a new beer, So Fresh and So Green, Green, six casks of varietal hops and more. All ages welcome; over 21 to drink. 4:30–7:30 p.m. $12. www.terrapinbeer.com EVENTS: National Alpaca Farm Days (Gilleland Heritage Alpacas, 1578 Dee Kennedy Rd., Hoschton) Make new friends with alpacas and alpaca-folk, get a tour of the farm, catch various demonstrations, enter a raffle for prizes and enjoy delicious alpaca-shaped cookies alongside some tasty BBQ (alpaca-free recipe). Sept. 25 & 26, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. FREE! 770-601-7376, www. nationalalpacafarmdays.com, www. georgia-alpacas.com EVENTS: Pagan Pride Day (Bishop Park) Performers of magic, magical performers, vendors of wonders, teachers of wisdom and everyone in between are welcome to celebrate at this annual day of activism, charity and community. Live music and Middle Eastern dance by The Sulukule Dance Ensemble. 11 a.m.– 6:30 p.m. FREE! paganpride.org EVENTS: Pawcasso (Southeast Clarke Park, Wiggly Field) An activities fair for you and your creative pet! Make beautiful masterpieces with the master of your heart, and check out a variety of dog care booths and vendors. Noon–1:30 p.m. $6. 706-613-3871, www.accleisureservices.com EVENTS: Third Annual Harvest Moon Dinner (Call for location, Crescent Lane) A dinner benefit on The Hill for the Athens Land Trust.

Wine bar opens at 6:30 p.m. Call for details. 7:30 p.m. $150/person. 706613-0122, www.athenslandtrust.org EVENTS: Tim Flinn Remission Party, Art Sale & Potluck (Flinn Family Pottery, 1276 Hull Rd.) Flinn Family Pottery hosts an art

sale and potluck to celebrate local artist Tim Flinn’s remission from leukemia. Proceeds from a raffle will benefit the Loran Smith Center.

Potluck warms up around 5 p.m.

Noon–5 p.m. FREE! 706-850-1331, flinnfamilypottery@gmail.com EVENTS: The Videographers’ Hella-Big Show (Ciné BarCafé) A new monthly showcase for amateur, aspiring and professional filmmakers. 9 p.m.–midnight. FREE! www. athenscine.com ART: Reception (White Tiger Gourmet Food & Chocolates, 217 Hiawasee Ave.) For an exhibit featuring multimedia works by Keen Zero.

6–8 p.m. FREE! 706-353-6847 PERFORMANCE: Comedy Showdown (Last Call) Comedians Marc Lamotte, TJ Young, Jeff Dearman and Dylan Schettina fight for the most laughs. 9 p.m. FREE! www.lastcallathens.com PERFORMANCE: Diavalo Dance Theatre (UGA Fine Arts Theatre) A performance by the modern dance and movement company. See Calendar Sept. 24 Performance.

Sept. 24–25, 8 p.m. $42–$52. 706542-4400, www.uga.edu/pac THEATRE: The Life and Times of Tulsa Lovechild (Cellar Theatre) A UGA Department of Theatre and Film Studies production. See Calendar Theatre Sept. 23.

THEATRE: Haunted Honeymoon Readers Theatre (Memorial Park Quinn Hall) An Athens Creative Theatre production. See Calendar Sept. 24 Events. Sept. 24 & 25, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 26, 3 p.m. $15. 706-6133628, www.athenscreativetheatre. com OUTDOORS: Audubon Society Bird Ramble (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Join the Oconee Rivers Audubon Society for a morn-

ing bird walk. All birding levels are welcome. Meet at the parking lot between the Garden Club Headquarters and the Chapel. 8 a.m. FREE! www. oconeeriversaudubon.org OUTDOORS: Upper Oconee Watershed Network PaddlePicnic (Call for location) Celebrate the UOWN’s 10th anniversary as well as exciting new river heights with a day on the Middle Oconee. Bring a bag lunch and your boat or rent one on the river! 10 a.m.–2 p.m. $15. rakatz@uga.edu OUTDOORS: Walk With Me Athens (The Classic Center) A 5K benefitting Easter Seals North Georgia. Registration begins race day at 10 a.m. 11 a.m.–1 p.m. FREE! www.walkwithme.org/athens KIDSTUFF: Insectival! (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Family festival with discovery stations, roach and beetle races, puppet show and lots of live insects. Butterfly release at 11 a.m. 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. $5/person, $20 (family max), FREE! ages 2 & under. 706-5426156 KIDSTUFF: Nickelodeon’s 7th Annual Day of Play (East Athens Community Center) All Nickelodeon channels will go dark today to encourage kids to go outside and play.

Turn the television off, leave the cell phone at home and go get sweaty, or grass-stained or something!

Children must be accompanied by an adult. Noon–3 p.m. FREE! 706613-3593, www.accleisureservices. com KIDSTUFF: “Where the Wild Things Are” (Rocksprings Neighborhood Center) Learn about backyard nature, make “beasty crafts,” snack on granola and listen to a reading of Maurice Sendak’s beloved tale, Where the Wild Things

Are. For wild things ages 6–12. Call to register. 3 p.m. $2. 706-6133603, www.accleisureservices.com LECTURES & LIT.: “Planning a Family Reunion” (ACC Library) Amy Clark of the Athens Convention and Visitors Bureau shares ideas, resources and disaster control plans for an upcoming or in-the-works family reunion. 2 p.m. FREE! 706613-3650 MEETINGS: Athens Fair Tax (Ryan’s Family Steakhouse) The Americans for Fair Tax group representing District 10 will meet for breakfast. 9:30 a.m. $4.99/person (breakfast buffet purchase mandatory!). 706-424-3751, sylvianovak@ yahoo.com, www.fairtax.org GAMES: Poker (Lucky Dawg Billiards) Poker tournaments every Saturday (2 rounds). First round at 5 p.m. Second round at 8 p.m. 5 p.m.

FREE! 706-354-7829

Sunday 26 EVENTS: National Alpaca Farm Days (Gilleland Heritage Alpacas, 1578 Dee Kennedy Rd., Hoschton) Make new friends with alpacas and alpaca-folk at this yearly event. See Calendar Sept. 25 Events. Sept. 25 & 26, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. FREE! 770-6017376, www.nationalalpacafarmdays. com, www.georgia-alpacas.com EVENTS: Tony Hawk World Tour (Southeast Clarke Park) Legendary skateboarder Tony Hawk reassesses the local skate park for thrashability as part of the “Across the USA” portion of the Birdhouse Skate Team’s world tour. Catch demonstrations from your favorite Birdhouse skaters and meet the man who inspired generations of kids to skate or die, but mostly to skate. See story on p. 13.

2 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3871, www. accleisureservices.com ART: Closing Day (ATHICA) For “Mission Accomplished,” an exhibit reflecting on the Iraq War. Featuring video and sound art, photography, glass, prints, embroidery and sculpture as well as a panel discussion with the artists. 3:30 p.m. www. athica.org ART: The Subliminator (ATHICA) Combining spoken-word poetry with experimental music, this oneman show from Atlanta backs his sometimes heavily processed words with sounds created from AirSynths, effects pedals and loops. Performing a piece called “Death Singing.”

“Mission Accomplished Closing Event.” 5:15 p.m. FREE! ($3 suggested doantion). www.athica.org THEATRE: Haunted Honeymoon Readers Theatre (Memorial Park Quinn Hall) An Athens Creative Theatre production. See Calendar Sept. 24 Events. Sept. 24 & 25, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 26, 3 p.m. $15. 706-6133628, www.athenscreativetheatre. com KIDSTUFF: EcoFocus Families and Educators Day (Ciné BarCafé) The EcoFocus Film Festival presents a day of events aimed toward EcoKids. Featuring Yoga Sprouts and various organized activities, a panel discussion and several film screenings including The Cow Who Wanted to Be a Hamburger.

Noon–7 p.m. FREE! www.ecofocusfilmfest.org, www.athenscine.com 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 27 EVENTS: The Center for Community Design & Preservation Open House (Broad Street Studios, 225 Broad St.) The Center for Community Design and Preservation celebrates its new space. Stop by to say hello and learn more about the College of Environment and Design. 4–6 p.m.

FREE! www.ced.uga.edu/pso EVENTS: Darius’ 21st Birthday (Harry’s Pig Shop) Darius Goes West star Darius Weems turns 21 today!

Stop by for a piece of cake and some celebratory fun. 6:30–8:30 p.m.

FREE! www.dariusgoeswest.org, 706-612-9219 EVENTS: EcoFocus Lunchtime Brown Bag Screening (UGA Ecology Building) Bring a bag lunch and enjoy a FREE! lunchtime screening of Call of Life, an award-winning documentary examining mass extinction, its causes and some possible measures we can take to combat the threat against endangered populations. 12:30 p.m. FREE! www. ecofocusfilmfest.org PERFORMANCE: Athens’ Last Comic Standing (New Earth Music Hall) Round One of the second annual comic competition. Sixteen slots are available for a $250 grand prize. 9 p.m. FREE! $5 entry fee. www.newearthmusichall.com KIDSTUFF: Bedtime Stories (ACC Library) Snuggle in your jammies and listen to bedtime stories. Every k continued on next page

EDWIN M ccAIN Saturday, September 25th 9pm in the Rialto Room Tickets: $30 To purchase tickets visit www.indigoathens.com or call 706-286-1700

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THE CALENDAR! Monday. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-6133650 KIDSTUFF: Infant Storytime (ACC Library) Nurture language skills.

10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 LECTURES & LIT.: Last Monday Book Group (ACC Library, Small Conference Room) This month’s title has yet to be announced.

Newcomers welcome. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 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 28 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: “Let’s Talk About It: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” (UGA Miller Learning Center, Room 147) The LGBT Resource Center hosts a discussion about being heteroflexible, curious or more label-conscious. 6:30–8 p.m. FREE! www.uga.edu PERFORMANCE: Athens’ Last Comic Standing (New Earth Music Hall) 9 p.m. FREE! $5 entry fee. www.newearthmusichall.com PERFORMANCE: The Bawling Comedy Showcase (Last Call) Stand-up comedy showcase produced by Harold Kizzapps and featuring several professional comedians from out of town. 8:30–10:30 p.m. $3. www.lastcallathens.com KIDSTUFF: Children’s Storytime (ACC Library) For children ages 18 months to 5 years. Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m., Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Home Schoolers Open House (East Athens Community Center) 11 a.m.–2 p.m. FREE! 706613-3593 LECTURES & LIT.: Brown Bag Lunch (ACC Library) Doctoral candidate Fayeza Ahmed discusses the effects of aging on memory and

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offers tips to retain cognitive health.

Feel free to bring a lunch to this 45-minute program. 12:15 p.m.

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

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

Live Music Tuesday 21 Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 KARAOKE Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday with the Singing Cowboy!

Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www. caledonialounge.com 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.

Doc McGee’s 8 p.m. $5 (musicians FREE!). www. docmcgees.com MUSICIAN ALL JAM Every Tuesday night Doc McGee’s presents Musician All Jam hosted by The Mike Delaney Project. Bring your instrument and sign up when you arrive to play.

Go Bar 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 Athens Farmers Market. 4–7 p.m.

FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net CHARLOTTE Local singer-songwriter plays originals and heartfelt covers.

“Music for Peace.” 7–10 p.m. www. myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub GARNET RIVER GALS This old-time string band features the talents of local ladies Beth Kelley Zorbanos, Noel Blackmon, Mary Wooten Green, Annette Raymond and Dale Weschler.

DAVE HOWARD Local songwriter 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. Accordians and fiddles and clarinets, oh my!

REPENT AT LEISURE Traditional Celtic tunes.

10:30 p.m. www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub PUNK ROCK NIGHT Bands/DJs to be confirmed.

The Melting Point “Terrapin Bluegrass Series.” 7 p.m. $3. meltingpointathens.com SILVERBIRD DUO David Leinweber and Bob McMillan’s repertoire tackles classic country, rock, folk and singer-songwriter favorites.

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.

9 p.m. $7. www.newearthmusichall. com PAC DIVISION Sarcastic, percussive rap trio from L.A. Rye Bar 10 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ ryebarathens ELASTIC SKYLINE Funky, psychedelic rock from Milledgeville, GA. WUOG 90.5FM 8 p.m. FREE! www.wuog.org “LIVE IN THE LOBBY” Nutritional Peace will perform on the college radio station’s twice weekly program.

Listen over the air or drop by the station 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 Upbeat, contemporary jazz care of Mowrer (guitar), Brent Weber (sax, keys), Gregory Callas (percussion) and Jason Royer (bass).

MOLLY RAPS Local female rap with sassy vocals and club beats.

THE SWANK Backed by alternative guitars and drums, Curtison Jones lays down his original rhymes that connect with rap and rock fans alike.

Formerly known as Son 1 and the Insurgents.

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.

Sky City Lounge & Bulldog Cafe 9 p.m. FREE! 706-380-7699 POETIC RELEASE THERAPY Let your positive energy and serenity shine bright at this candlelit open mic for artists, singers and poets.

Sign up at 8:30 p.m.

Go Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar ZACH CLAYTON Guitarist from A PostWar Drama plays a solo set.

SHALLOW PALACE Riff-heavy, bluesy rock and roll with sheer punk-rock energy.

THE CONQUERORS This four-piece out of Kansas City plays murky garage rock that at times recalls the Black Lips in their country mode.

The Melting Point 9 p.m. $10 (adv.), $12 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com BENJY DAVIS PROJECT Folk-rock band based out of Louisiana that has supported such acclaimed artists as John Mayer, Better Than Ezra, and The North Mississippi Allstars.

INGRAM HILL Memphis-based rock trio.

New Earth Music Hall 9 p.m. $7. www.newearthmusichall. com BUNNY CARLOS Longtime Athenians Doug Pynn (guitar, vocals), Bill Bokas (drums, vocals) and Mike Flynn (bass), formerly of Barking Charlie, play “rock and roll the way it was meant to be played.”

DEXTER ROMWEBER DUO Romweber performs with his sister Sara on drums, playing bluesy, rootsy, early rock and roll. On record the duo has collaborated with the likes of Jack White and Neko Case.

THE RON JONSONS Brand-new progressive rock band that incorporates unique Latin and jazz influences.

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

Rye Bar 10 p.m. FREE! 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 MIKE ARMSTRONG Vocalist, acoustic guitarist and harmonica player of Blossom Creek Breeze.

Thursday 23 Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 OLD SKOOL DJ AND BEER PONG Hosted by Wes of Dixie Mafia every Thursday.

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

Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com HEYPENNY Theatrical Nashville band in marching band uniforms puts on a lively show infused with poppy lofi indie rock.

MISFORTUNE 500 Moody and melodic local band with soaring anthemic moments influenced by post-punk and ‘80s new wave. The band is led by the powerful vocals of Chisolm Thompson, who channels Ian McCulloch and Bono equally.

THE ORKIDS Polished local electropop group with male/female vocals and super-hooky refrains.

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

DePalma’s Italian Cafe 6–8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-552-1237 (Timothy Road) 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.

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

Farm 255 10 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com BLACK SWANS Spare, guitar-based tunes from Columbus, OH. A shimmer of Belle and Sebastian sometimes shines through darker country tones.

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

Celebrating the release of its selftitled album. See Reviews on p. 21.

THE PLAGUE One of the original Athens punk bands formed in the ‘80s, The Plague was revitalized in 2005 and continues to tear it up with dark, angular rock.

Gnat’s Landing 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.gnatslanding.net MY NEXT BEST FRIEND Hookheavy acoustic rock and pop covers and originals.

Go Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar ALFRED COSTELLO Minimalist manifesto of Casio tones.

DJ HEARTBEATS Patrick Oldweiler spins fresh and hot 125 bpm jams.

Joined by special guests Sara Crawford and William Kennedy (Reptar).

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! 1560 Oglethorpe Ave. THE DAVE D’ANGELO QUARTET Jazz band featuring piano, bass, drums and world class saxophonist Dave D’angelo (Buddy Rich Big Band).

Hotel Indigo “Live After 5 on the Madison Patio.” 6 p.m. FREE! www.indigoathens.com CURLEY MAPLE Fiddler David Blackmon’s progressive old-time project. He’s joined by wife Noel and Christian Lopez on mandolin and guitar, and Chris Enghauser on bass.

Last Call Midnight. FREE! 706-353-8869 TWO BROTHERS BAND No info available.

The Melting Point 9 p.m. $10 (adv.), $12 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com JACKSON COUNTY LINE This Atlanta group plays gentle country songs with harmonized vocals accentuated by mandolin, pedal steel, trumpet and cello.

PAUL THORN Tupelo, MS songwriter plays country-inflected rock songs and is touring in support of his latest release, Pimps and Preachers.

DAVID W. GRIFFETH, Attorney

announces the relocation of his law office to Downtown in the Fred Building

220 College Ave. Ste. 612, Athens, Georgia

(706) 353-1360 (former location 957 Baxter St)

Admitted to the Bar of the United States Supreme Court since 1976* *And lesser courts

Specializing in Criminal: DUI, Drug Cases, Under-Age Possession and more.

Civil: Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Criminal Defense, Credit Card/Debt Relief and more.

www.DavidWGriffeth.com

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New Earth Music Hall 9 p.m. $7 (adv.), $10 (door). www. newearthmusichall.com DUBCONSCIOUS 2.0 Formerly known without the 2.0, Athens’ politically minded reggae heavy hitters have upgraded the band, but still travel the bass-heavy reggae path while borrowing the best from dub, funk and jazz.

FLIGHT RISK New side project from members of DubConscious.

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

The Rialto Room Emerging Artist Series. 8:30–10:30 p.m. FREE! (21+). www.indigoathens.com RYAN GRIFFIN Contemporary country singer from Nashville sings lyrics about pick-up baseball games and old screen doors over music that will sound familiar to viewers of CMT. Terrapin Beer Co. 5 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com SUEX EFFECT Alternative/progressive rock featuring a fusion of funk, reggae, metal and blues with plenty of harmonies and improvisation.

283 Bar 9 p.m. FREE! 706-208-1283 PLOTT Brand-new local alternative rock band.

Friday 24 Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 BIG DON BAND Real Southern rock featuring soulful vocals backed by smooth, bluesy guitars. Play lots of covers and some originals.

Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com AGENT RIBBONS Baroque pop from Austin. See Calendar Pick on this page.

CARS CAN BE BLUE Quirky and sometimes naughty local duo that sounds like “Sarah Silverman fronting Dressy Bessy: bubblegum pop with raunchy, satirical lyrics.”

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

LAMINATED CAT Local psychedelic pop band fluent in the absurd and eccentric.

Farm 255 10 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com BIG FOOT Like the mysterious beast this project is named for, its true

idenity and sound remain a mystery…until tonight?

CROOKIE MONSTERS Nirvana meets Wilco in this grungy country cocktail.

WOODFANGS Grungy, lo-fi psychedelic pop.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/flickerbar MARY SIGALAS AND FRIENDS Talented local jazz vocalist Mary Sigalas performs classic jazz, swing and blues. Tonight’s show will have a real party vibe as various musical guests take the stage. The Jake Mowrer Quartet will serve as the rhythm section.

40 Watt Club 8 p.m. $16 (adv.). www.40watt.com ETERNAL SUMMERS Sparse jangly rock from Virginia with airy, angelic vocals.

JENNY AND JOHNNY Johnathan Rice and Jenny Lewis (Rilo Kiley) play bright, melodious pop songs with alternating boy-girl vocals and traces of Elvis Costello and Bright Eyes. See Calendar Pick on p. 26.

WHISPERTOWN Los Angeles fourpiece playing low-key, folky pop songs with harmonized vocals. The occasional country twinge adds spice to the mix.

Gnat’s Landing 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.gnatslanding.net NATHAN SHEPPARD The local acoustic guitarist-harmonicist is known for his emotive singing style and his modern reworkings of classic tunes, from Dylan and Neil Young to Van Morrison.

Go Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar DEAD DOG Local band delivers frenetic, spunky lo-fi punk with a pop smile.

DOS TORNADOS Punk rock.

HOT NEW MEXICANS Catchy, boozy punk-influenced power-pop.

OVENS Impromptu party sound that swings between metal riffs, delicate picking, distortion and silly vocals Healing Arts Centre 7:30 p.m. $10 www.healingartscentre. net LARA OSHON Oshon’s soulful, procative vocals sway over piano.

She’ll be accompanied by Michael C. Steele on guitar and bass.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! 1560 Oglethorpe Ave. BETSY FRANCK Soulful, brassy Southern rock and country songs rooted in tradition, but with a modern sensibility.

Last Call 10 p.m. $5. www.lastcallathens.com LIARS AND LOVERS Local, countrytinged quintet that plays laid-back rock and roll.

TEALVOX Local teenage indie-rock band that draws inspiration from acts such as Coldplay, U2 and The Beatles.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub DJ APPLEPAUL This DJ spins all original remixes and mashups.

The Melting Point 9 p.m. $7 (adv.), $10 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com HOLDCELL Hard rock band with big riffs, classic rock vocals and more than a passing interest in reggae.

These guys put on a live show that can’t be missed!

THE RATTLERS Athens’ own energetic Southern rockers with a guitardriven sound and an exciting show that often features surprise special guests.

New Earth Music Hall 10:30 p.m. $7. www.newearthmusichall.com R/EVOLUTION Local dance cooperative Shakti Project hosts this dance party with meaning! The name denotes the “revolutionary power of the evolution of the soul through dance,” and music by DJ Scotomatic, The Abstract Logic Group w/Upris edub, CharlieP, AV8R, and Chronicles of the Landsquid. This event will help you to honor the godddess inside you.

The Office Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5. 706-546-0840 NORMALTOWN FLYERS This Athens roots-rock institution plays a set of good-time rock and roll with a Southern leaning.

Rye Bar 10:30 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ ryebarathens FIREWORK SHOW Idiosyncratic Charleston group draws from a diverse array of influences—equal parts indie, jam and psychedelia.

See Calendar Pick online.

TWO BROTHERS AND CO. Newly formed band from Athens featuring the White Brothers. They veer into live electronica not unlike Lotus and the Slip but stay true to their organic instruments.

Terrapin Beer Co. 5 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com ASHUTTO MIRRA Alternative rock quartet featuring a dark and stealy sound.

Friday, September 24

Agent Ribbons, Cars Can Be Blue Caledonia Lounge With a frilly cowgirl dress for sale on Modcloth.com inspired by their music, and a whole country’s worth of road under their belts, the three women of Agent Ribbons prove both more feminine and more forceful than your average group.

Their sophomore record Chateau Crone will be released via Antenna Farm Records on Oct. 12, and it covers a lot of road—from American doo-wop- or surf-influenced ditties to Eastern European-emulating ballads. “Grey Gardens,” a creepy waltz that speaks about “Catholic schoolgirls with golden tickets,” for instance, contrasts healthily with the Fiddler on the RoofAgent Ribbons esque jaded confessional “I’ll Let You Be My Baby.”

Combining its myriad influences and plentiful skills proved challenging and rewarding for the group, but nothing so educational as frequently traversing the U.S. to play music.

“Being on the road all the time is good for us, not only because we’re consistently meeting new folks and connecting with our long-distance fans,” says guitarist and vocalist Natalie Gordon, “but also because we are always being challenged to keep art-making fresh for ourselves and to collect new ideas along the way.”

Much of their touring (not to mention a recent move from Sacramento, CA to Austin) has come in the wake of their 2007 debut On Time Travel and Romance, an album the band recorded just months after forming.

“It was limited in what it could do for us since we recorded it pretty lo-fi and didn’t quite know what we were doing yet,” she says. This next effort is much more deliberate.

“Chateau Crone, on the other hand, was completely thought out beforehand and very much reflects our intentions,” she says. “We are so happy with these recordings, and I think this album will prove to be a much better ambassador.”

Armed with clever verses and cross-genre skill, Agent Ribbons is equipped to be its own envoy. [Julia Reidy]

Saturday 25 Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 KARAOKE Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday with the Singing Cowboy!

Bishop Park 8 a.m.–12 p.m. Athens Farmers Market. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net ATHENS FOLK SOCIETY BAND Featuring rotating Folk Society

members on fiddle, mandolin, guitar, harmonica and banjo. The band invites you to bring an instrument and join in on their old-time fiddle songs. (Playing at 8 a.m. and 10 a.m.)

“Athens Pagan Pride Festival” 10 a.m.–6:15 p.m. FREE! www.athenspaganpride.org CATH AND EMBREIS Local guitar and voice duo that performs folk and classical music.

ARTHUR HINDS Celtic Pagan music.

THE MCALPIN BROTHERS Bluegrass!

Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com CASPER AND THE COOKIES Increasingly experimental but always rooted in pop sensibilities, this local act presents a danceable mix of quirky fun driven by keyboard and guitar. Expect a particularly colorful live show, often accented by fake eyelashes.

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THE CALENDAR! Eat. Drink. Listen Closely.

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

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25

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

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 Terrapin Bluegrass Series featuring

BLUEBILLY GRIT

$3 Admission • $2 Terrapin Pints All Night!

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29

THE MANTRAS

DANK SINATRA, CAPSULE CORP Tickets $5

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30

TONY JOE WHITE CLAY LEVERETT

Tickets $10 adv. • $15 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

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21 Nomad Artists presents

DONNA THE BUFFALO Tickets $15 adv. • $20 at the door

COMING SOON 10/1 - GRAINS OF SAND 10/2 - GROGUS 10/5 - CROOKED STILL 10/6 - TRUCE 10/7 - ERIC TESSMER BAND 10/8 - STEWART & WINFIELD, ERIC CULBERSON 10/9 - TIM MILLER BAND 10/14 - COSMIC CHARLIE 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

295 E. DOUGHERTY ST., ATHENS, GA

706.254.6909

WWW.MELTINGPOINTATHENS.COM

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rock and roll that’s not too complicated but overwhelmingly satisfying.

LOVE TRACTOR Original Love Tractor member Mike Richmond recruited Nathan Collins on drums, Kevin Fleming on guitar, and Jarred Forrester on bass to round out his new lineup.

Farm 255 10 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com ELITE THA SHOWSTOPPA Gravelvoiced rapper Elite tha Showstoppa is one of Athens’ favorite hip-hop personalities.

KITE TO THE MOON CD Release!

Kite to the Moon, fronted by Timi Conley, is a stimulating live show featuring jubilant, rowdy pop music accompanied by spontaneous video mixing, trapeze girls and more. See story on p. 19.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8:30 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/ flickerbar FRACTAL FARM North Carolina band plays guitar pop with prominent vocals that makes gentle use of atmospherics and other effects.

MOTHS Featuring Jacob Morris of Ham1, Moths plays a mostly acoustic sort of ‘70s folk-rock with a pop sensibility and an inevitable psychedelic tinge.

THE VISITATION Electronic folk featuring Davey Wrathgabar, a rotating ast of local musicians and a heavy touring schedule.

40 Watt Club 9 p.m. $6 (21+), 8$ (18+). www.40watt. com JASON CHILDS BAND Singer/ songwriter and pianist from Atlanta influenced by blues, jazz and rock.

THE JOMPSON BROTHERS Big, classic rock licks from Nashville with even bigger, powerful Southern pipes for a sound that lands between Skynyrd and AC/DC. RADIOLUCENT Local band falling somewhere between bluesy Southern rock and the poppier side of alt-country.

The Globe 9 p.m. $5. 706-353-4721 KATE MORRISSEY Best known throughout this corridor for her dark velvet voice that stands on its own, Morrissey’s songwriting is literate and sincere, and her conversational live shows come punctuated with an offbeat sense of humor.

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

TWIN POWERS DJ Dan Geller (Gold Party, The Agenda) and a rotating cast spin exclusively new wave and Brit pop tonight. Dance party begins after the live music.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! 1560 Oglethorpe Ave. JESSIE STINNARD Spinning oldschool vinyl.

Last Call 10 p.m. FREE! www.lastcallathens.com DJ WALKER Spinning during the Bikini Bull Riding Contest so you can warm up before taking a turn on the mechanical bull.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 10:30 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ littlekingsshuffleclub DANCE PARTY DJ Mahogany and DJ Johnny 99 spin Bruce Springsteen, arena rock and soul.

Saturday, Sept. 25 continued from p. 25

The Melting Point 9 p.m. $8 (adv.), $10 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com THE HUSHPUPPIES Good ol’ “wild country,” drawing on Lynyrd Skynyrd and NRBQ. New Earth Music Hall 9 p.m. $5. www.newearthmusichall. com THE CASTE Danceable and jangly pop rock with a style similar to The Strokes or Wolf Parade.

SUNSPOTS Bedroom psych-pop with tropical beats and airy vocals.

The Office Lounge 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-546-0840 SALLY & THE SIX GRAND Rock and roll covers.

The Rialto Room “Go Green Music Series.” 9 p.m. $30 (proceeds benefit Athens Land Trust and Oconee River Land Trust). www. athensdowntownhotel.com EDWIN MCCAIN Songwriter from Greenville, SC plays soulful country ballads and more upbeat tunes.

Rye Bar 10 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ ryebarathens CHRIS CUNDARI Jam, electronica and reggae performed live with a looping technique.

IRE Dubstep with soulful crooning and jazzy guitar solos.

Terrapin Beer Co. 5 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com THE WELFARE LINERS Bluegrass band complete with upright bass,

banjo, mandolin, guitar and fiddle, featuring members of The Burning Angels and The F-Holes.

283 Bar 11 p.m. FREE! 706-208-1283 UNION BROADCAST New band featuring seasoned local musicians Daniel Ray (The Jack Burton), Coy King (Timber), Dan Bollinger, Kyle Gann (Timber) and Forrest Leffer (Dark Meat).

Sunday 26 Borders Books & Music 3 p.m. FREE! 706–583–8647 ANDY ERICKSON Original feel-good tunes rooted in the traditions of classic soul, blues and R&B. Farm 255 10 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com THE BEARS OF BLUE RIVER Peaceful, charismatic indie-pop with saccharine vocals and a bit of country-folk twang.

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

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

STYGIAN APOTHEGM Local fourpiece that creates heavy-ass stonermetal in leather pants, drawing on bands like Pantera and Opeth.

Monday 27 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 GRANDEVOLUTION ‘90s alternative sound with female vocals. The band lists influences such as Remy Zero and Foo Fighters.

SCARLET STITCH A solid blend of Southern, stadium, metal and grunge rock. The band formerly known as Soul Shaker packs a hefty punch of classic covers and originals.

SOUTHERN MISCHIEF Classic Southern rock, unabashedly referencing Lynyrd Skynyrd, Molly Hatchet and other staples.

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

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.

Playing every Monday of this month after ping pong.

Ten Pins Tavern “Headbangers Bowl.” 8:30 p.m. $5. www.tenpinstavern.com THE FACT Latino punk rock based here in Athens.

Go Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar BUBBLY MOMMY GUN Local experimental pop band that belts out raucous, psychedelic tunes.

Friday, September 24

Jenny and Johnny, Eternal Summers, Whispertown 40 Watt Club Jenny Lewis has been many different things over the past decade.

In the beginning she led the young, child star-powered Rilo Kiley, a borderline twee-pop affair with then-boyfriend Blake “Pinsky” Sennett. That band grew into a legitimate, indie-rock powerhouse with the 2002 album The Jenny and Johnny Execution of All Things, a defining record of the early aughts. Even as they were basking in their newfound stardom, however, Lewis’ restlessness was already apparent on the brilliant follow-up More Adventurous, a countryflavored career pinnacle that found her mixing in lovelorn, Loretta Lynn-style ballads like “I Never” with Rilo Kiley’s unmistakable rock aesthetic. Shortly thereafter, Lewis produced her first solo effort, the unabashedly old-timey, folk country Rabbit Fur Coat. Aided by the harmonious Watson Twins, this record seemed to sate whatever desire Lewis had to head down in the valley, and on Rilo Kiley’s last album, the slick Under the Blacklight, almost no trace of her beloved twang could be found as she again reinvented herself as a near-mainstream pop star with the hit single “Silver Lining.”

It was during the recording of her solo efforts (the second of which, a more modern country album entitled Acid Tongue, appeared in 2008) that Lewis first encountered singer/songwriter Jonathan Rice—the titular Johnny of her current musical endeavor.

Working and living together, the couple found themselves writing poppier, more upbeat melodies than either ever had before (perhaps fueled by the excitement of new love) and rather than dole out the songs between their respective solo careers, they just started a new project. Yes, Jenny Lewis has been many things over the years, and the various reinventions she has managed with fairly limited vocal range (albeit stunning power and tone) have been a wonder to behold. Throughout all these reincarnations there runs a unifying factor: her sharp, incisive and unrepentantly honest lyrics. With Jenny and Johnny, she just has more positive things to be honest about. Ah, young love. [David Fitzgerald]

MOTHER’S DAY Debut show from new local band featuring Jeff Tobias, Grant and Blake Stewart.

TELETHON Psych-haze at alternating tempos and intensity levels ranging from angry to blissful.

TUNABUNNY Local act featuring hazy and warped experimental psychedelia. Dual female guitarist/vocalists are backed by synthesized percussion and a wall of noise.

Rye Bar 10 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ ryebarathens BRETT BENOWITZ Local songwriter influenced by alternative rock and grunge.

PHIL WISEMAN Alternative rock from Austin.

Ten Pins Tavern 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-540-1831 OPEN MIC (2451 Jefferson Rd.) Tom Eisenbraun hosts a weekly open mic featuring drink specials and halfpriced fried okra for all performers.

Tuesday 28 Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 KARAOKE Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday with the Singing Cowboy!

Doc McGee’s 8 p.m. $5 (musicians FREE!). www. docmcgees.com MUSICIAN ALL JAM Every Tuesday night Doc McGee’s presents Musician All Jam hosted by The Mike Delaney Project. Bring your instrument and sign up when you arrive to play.

Farm 255 10 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com JEREMY AGGERS This Atlantabased singer-songwriter plays fingerpicked folk tunes with a backing band.

CHANNING AND QUINN Sparse, quirky tunes driven by the strong voice of singer Channing Lee and sometimes backed by a diverse array of instruments including banjo and violin.

TYLER LYLE Silver-tongued folk rocker from Atlanta with rootsy, spirtual undertones.

CHELSEA LYNN-LABATE With echoes of Billie Holiday in her jazzy delivery, Chelsea Lynn sings poetic stories over acoustic finger-picking.

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

FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net DANIEL AARON Frontman for local Americana band Timber performs a solo set. (5:30 p.m.)

BRETT VAUGHN Member of indiepop band The Ums, singer-songwriter Vaughn plays folky music.

(4-5:15 p.m.)

The Melting Point “Terrapin Bluegrass Series.” 7 p.m. $3. www.meltingpointathens.com BLUEBILLY GRIT Live bluegrass!

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

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.

Rye Bar 10 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ ryebarathens ELASTIC SKYLINE Funky, psychedelic rock from Milledgeville, GA.

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

Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com MR. BLANK AND THE New experimental noise project, featuring improv artists from all over.

RELENTLESS ASSAULT Heavy metal four-piece from Madison, GA. THE RESURRECTION SORROW Heavy, brooding metal band fueled by raw emotion and influenced by the occult.

UNPLANNED PREGNANCIES Politically minded metal/punk.

Farm 255 Primals Night. 9 p.m. FREE! www. farm255.com DIAL INDICATORS New local jazz duo featuring guitar and tenor saxophone. Dial Indicators play standards from the ‘20s through the ‘50s plus original compositions.

Go Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar CAROL CLEVELAND SINGS Bedroom recording project of Thomas Hughes (Spinto Band).

Pop music built on layers of vintage drum machines, Casio keyboards and more.

FOUR EYES Jace Bartet and Erin Lovett lovingly mingle gentle melodies with bombastic shredding.

ROAR Hazy pop from Phenoix, calm and rocking.

The Melting Point 9 p.m. $5. www.meltingpointathens. com CAPSULE CORP Jazzy band with well-crafted, intricately constructed songs.

DANK SINATRA Improvisation-heavy electronica mixed with elements of jazz, rock and reggae.

THE MANTRAS Hailing from NC, this funk-rock psych-fusion band is turning heads in and around the Southeast.

New Earth Music Hall 9 p.m. $5. www.newearthmusichall. com BOOTY SWEAT Dirty-step mashups and glitchy bass music.

EP3 This Ohio-based band plays a unique mix of space rock and oldschool improvisation.

FREEPEOPLES FREQUENCY New project led by Will Bradford of SeepeopleS. The Office Lounge 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-0840 KARAOKE Every Wednesday with Lynn, the Queen of Karaoke!

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

Sky City Lounge & Bulldog Cafe 9 p.m. FREE! 706-380-7699 POETIC RELEASE THERAPY Let your positive energy and serenity shine bright at this candlelit open mic for artists, singers and poets.

Sign up at 8:30 p.m.

GEORGIA THEATRE PRESENTS

CD RELEASE PARTY

FUTUREBIRDS VELVETEEN PINK GIFT HORSE • BANANAFISH

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

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

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22

CLAY LEVERETT AND FRIENDS

doors open at 8pm • eight dollars** (formal western attire requested) CD RELEASE PARTY

MATT HUDGINS AND HIS SH*T-HOT COUNTRY BAND

ELF POWER

doors open at 9pm • six dollars

LeMASTER

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24

Jenny & Johnny (FEATURING JENNY LEWIS AND JOHNATHAN RICE)

ETERNAL SUMMERS WHISPERTOWN doors open at 8pm • sixteen dollars adv*

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25

JASON CHILDS THE JOMPSON BROTHERS RADIOLUCENT

MAJOR ORGAN & THE ADDING MACHINE MOVIE SCREENING doors open at 9pm • six dollars adv**

MONDAY, OCTOBER 4

UPRIGHT CITIZENS BRIGADE

(FEATURING BRANDON GADNER, FRAN GILLESPIE, NEIL CASEY and JOHN GARBUS)

doors open at 8pm • fifteen dollars adv*

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6

EMILY HEARN ANDREW RIPP MICAH DALTON BAND

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30

ROLLIN’ HOME BLOODKIN JAMIE DICIURCIO doors open at 8pm • seven dollars

COMEDY NIGHT!

TOURING COMPANY

doors open at 9pm • six dollars

MATT JOINER

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2

doors open at 9pm • six dollars *

10/7

DEER TICK / BLITZEN TRAPPER / JASON ISBELL / MALCOLM HOLCOMBE

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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

iPads • Macs • iPods • Software • Service Georgia’s Apple Specialist

1850 Epps Bridge Pkwy • 706-208-9990 • peachmac.com • Athens • Augusta • Now in Macon!

Terrapin Beer Co. 5 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com SUMILAN Technically proficient musicians playing progressive jam rock. * 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 (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 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 is necessary for the class. Sept. 28, 6–8:30 p.m. $5 fee.

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 is required to take the course. Oct. 16, 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. $100. 706-542-6156 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 is required for the classes. 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 in even better shape. Camp begins on Oct. 5 and is held on 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 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

Athens Area Humane Society

Baby Doll knows there is a big, exciting world out there and she can’t wait to get out Inside Pet Supplies Plus at Alps Shopping Center • 706.353.2287 of her kennel to have some fun. She’s very playful and Holy felines, Batman! Do you see the Carrie is a gentle, petite will act the clown for you. mask on that Batkitten? Tommy and and quiet kitty who keeps She’s a dilute tortoiseshell Chip are actually the mellowest, most her kennel very tidy, always with a lush coat. easy-going kittens ever. Though maybe stands to greet you, and is they have a secret supercat agenda an all around sweetheart. like saving their future guardian She is calm and good with from the perils of children.

BABY loneliness, or lack DOLL of kitty affection.

ADOPTION CENTER

CARRIE

CHIP

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TOMMY

ACC ANIMAL CONTROL 42 Dogs Received 29 Dogs Placed

ATHENS AREA HUMANE SOCIETY 4 Total Cats Received 7 Cats Placed 0 Adoptable Cats Euthanized

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more cats can be seen online at

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Toby Cole’s paintings are on display at the Grit through Sept. 26.

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. Through 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 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.studiodance academy.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 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 FREE! Group Hypnosis for Stress Relief (Unity Center for Spiritual Growth, The Carson Center Bldg.) Stressed out? Lend your mind to the suggestions of strangers at no cost! Call to register your group

by Oct. 8. Oct. 10, 2–4 p.m. FREE! 706-207-9988, www.kay-russellhypnosis.com FREE! Tai Chi in the Park on Talmadge Drive (Mind Body Institute, Athens Regional Medical Center) Offering Tai Chi instruction.

In case of rain, meet inside MBI. Call for more information. Oct. 2, 9:30–10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-4757329, mbiprograms@armc.org 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 Gardening: Water and Irrigation (Athens Technical College) Conserve water and keep your garden happy by building an irrigation system for your garden bed.

Call or email to register. Sept. 23, 6–7:30 p.m. $15. 706-369-5763, bmoody@athenstech.edu 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.

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. Classes begin Oct. 5, 7:30–9 p.m. $125/12 weeks. 706367-9813 www.flyballdogs.com/ dddare.

Introduction to the Acting and Modeling Industry (Athens Technical College) Why can’t everyone be on TV? Local actor Luanne Byrd discusses what it takes to break into the biz. Oct. 6 & 13, 5:30–7 p.m. 706-369-5763, bmoody@athenstech.edu Laugh-a-Yoga (Mind Body Institute) Laugh your stress away.

First Friday, noon–12:45 p.m. Third Friday, 5:30–6:30 p.m. $5. 706-4757329, mbiprograms@armc.org 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 Photographing Nature and Landscapes (Athens Technical College) McGinnis Leathers instructs this class familiarizing photograpers with the nuances of digital photography. Sept. 22, 5:30–7:30

p.m. $20. 706-369-5763, bmoody@ athenstech.edu 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.healingartscentre.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, through Nov. 8, noon–1 p.m. $80. 706-542-1244, www.uga. edu/botgarden Solar Water Heating Installer Certification (Call for location, Newton Bridge Rd.) Full day of instruction on how to install the Power Partners Solar Water Heating System. Includes a hands-on mock system installation.

Lunch provided. Sept. 23, 8:30 a.m. $450. 706-369-7938, www.complete resources.net 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 p.m. $10. 706-369-5763, bmoody@ athenstech.edu Vocal Toning (106 West Performing Arts Venue, Winder) Learn to ease chronic pain, stress and anxiety and improve breathing, concentration and immuno health through vocal toning. Sept. 26, 6:30–7:30 p.m. $10. www.sound therapygoddess.com, 770-868-1977 Watercolor for Everyone (Athens Technical College) Bettie Davis teaches watercolor techniques in this 8-week course. Begins Oct. 5, 6–8:30 p.m. $149. 706-369-5763, bmoody@athenstech.edu 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 complete schedule. 706-410-0283, wholemindbodyart.com Yoga Classes (Sangha Yoga Studio) For all skill levels. 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, Tai Chi Qui Gong, Tai Chi and Pilates 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 (Council on Aging) Instructor Patricia Sims leads a fun, Latininspired dance workout. No previous experience necessary! Mondays, 6–7 p.m. Tuesdays, 6:30–7:30 p.m. $6. http://53247.zumba.com/ Zumba at the Garden (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Latin rhythms comprise this dynamic fitness program. Wednesdays, 5:30– 6:30 p.m. $10/class, $72/session. www.uga.edu/botgarden

HELP OUT! Become a Mentor (Boys and Girls Clubs of Athens) Volunteer one hour per week to make a difference in the life of a child. Training provided. 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 Dig in Day (Alps Road Elementary) Athens Slow Food plans to breathe new life into the overgrown Alps Road Elementary School Community Garden. Lemonade and snacks follow. RSVP by Sept. 23. Sept. 25, 1–3 p.m. FREE! 706-549-8901, athens.slowfood@gmail.com 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. to get started. dogs@athenshumane society.org Free IT Athens (Free IT Athens, 594 Oconee St.) Volunteer orientation for Free IT Athens. Visit www. freeitathens.org for more information. Sept. 23, 6:30 p.m. 706-6216157, freeitathens@gmail.com 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) Desperately 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 Grey Fox Nature Program (The Institute for Wild Intelligence) Nature enthusiasts ages 6–12 connect with the natural world through storytelling, games and curiosity-based adventures. Oct. 5–Apr. 26, Tuedays, 10 a.m.–2 p.m. $600–$700/25 sessions. 706-2242490, tommy@wildintelligence.org, www.wildintelligence.org Home School Science (Sandy Creek Nature Center) An interactive learning experience for homeschoolers this fall. Call to register for these monthly programs about weather, rocks, astronomy and more. Third Fridays through December, 10 a.m.– noon. $2. 706-613-3615 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 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 supervisory skills needed to babysit. Ages 11–15. Sept. 25, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. $30.

706-613-3580 Red Fox Afterschool Nature Program (The Institute for Wild Intelligence) Nature enthusiasts ages 6–12 connect with the natural world through storytelling, games and curiosity-based adventures.

Oct. 3–Dec. 14, Mondays, 3:30–6 p.m. $135–$155. 706-224-2490, tommy@wildintelligence.org, www.wildintelligence.org Spanish Mommy and Me Classes (Email for Location) Learn Spanish with your preschooler through songs, stories and games!

New session starting soon. sehlers@uga.edu 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) Stories will be accompanied by dancing, singing, plays, crafts, snacks and musical instruments.

For children ages 18 months to 4 years and their guardians. 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 workshops 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. www.smallhousecreative.com

SUPPORT Depression and Anxiety Group (Call for location, Watkinsville) A 12-week program for adolescent girls suffering depression and anxiety. Call for information or to register. Begins Oct. 12, Tuesdays, 5:30 p.m. 706-410-4074, audreybrannen@yahoo.com 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 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.

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.

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

ART AROUND TOWN ACC Library (2025 Baxter St., Top of the Stairs Gallery) Portraits by Hatidza Mulic. 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.

Bottleworks (297 Prince Ave.) “BuyArt @ the Bottleworks,” an exhibit featuring new works by prominent Athens artists Andy Cherewick and Terry Rowlett. Through October. Reception Oct. 8. Also available by appointment: 706-461-3798.

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

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.) Paintings of familiar cityscapes by Nash Hogan.

Through September. (297 E. Broad St.) Paintings by local artist Nash Hogan.

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

The Globe (199 N. Lumpkin St.) Photographs of various ends of the Earth by New York transplant Luke Chase. Through Oct. 13. Reception Sept. 22.

The Grit (199 Prince Ave.) Paintings by Toby Cole.

Through Sept. 26.

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

Hair Therapy Studio (840 Hawthorne Ave.) “Vinyasa,” featuring mixed media works by Celia Brooks. Through Nov. 13.

Healing Arts Centre (834 Prince Ave.) Paintings

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

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 Nuci’s S.P.A.C.E. Race (Nuçi’s Space) Now registering for a 5k run/ walk to benefit Nuci’s Space on Oct. 2nd. www.nuci.org/space-race2010-registration Seize the Airwaves (WUOG 90.5FM) WUOG 90.5 fm holds its semi-annual fundraising event, offering the listeners the chance to become the djs. No experience necessary! Proceeds benefit Camp Amped at Nuci’s Space. Sept.

24–26, $10/hour. http://wuog.org/ public-affairs/seize-the-airwaves/, affairs@wuog.org f

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 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) “Six Decades in Clay: An Expanding Tradition,” a group show featuring ceramic arts by over a dozen UGA Ceramics faculty members from yesterday and today. Through Oct. 19. Reception Sept. 24.

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

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.

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) “Searching for Bartram’s Wilderness: Studies from the Field” an exhibit featuring Philip Juras’ landscape paintings and other works inspired by American naturalist William Bartram.

Reception Sept. 24.

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.

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Matters Of The Heart And Loins I met a guy online, and we had great conversations both via email and on the phone.

Once we met in person, I felt no chemistry, but I went out with him a couple of times to make sure I wasn’t being shallow. I felt no sparks, so I broke things off. We remained friends, but only chatted via text and Facebook. Fastforward two months. I started feeling lonely and sent the guy a message that I missed him and wanted to see him again, and to maybe give “us” a try again… He was more than happy to. I thought maybe I’d ended things too quickly before, but upon hanging out with him again, I know my original decision was the right one. He’d already developed “deep feelings” for me before, and I hate the thought of hurting him again. I guess what I want to know is, how do I go about ending things with him in a way that’s not too painful for either of us and allows us to be friends?

I’m not sure what you mean by “friends,” because you weren’t friends after you dumped him the first time. What you did was selfish and kind of shitty, albeit inadvertently so. The only way to deal with your current situation is by fessing up, gently but immediately, to your true feelings. If the guy still wants to be friends (whatever that means to you in this situation), then good for you, but I wouldn’t count on it.

Am I crazy? My husband is a grad student who also teaches at UGA. Today I was checking on our finances on his email account (which our website and bills are all through) when I noticed an email from a student. The thread they show before you open the email just said “thanks! Love (student).” I thought it was odd, and I have never had any reason in five years to EVER think he was up to something.

He is kind of unfriendly and introverted. I decided to check on the emails between the two of them. They had arranged last semester to meet 15 times!!! Once he even asked her to meet him when he had my daughter with him at a restaurant!! He gave her a recommendation for grad school that was absolutely wonderful. He put in there that she was one of the best students he had in five years of teaching and he also gave her a heartwarming personal reference. I can’t even remember the last time he has said anything nice to me. I confronted him, and he said I am psychotic and he is worried about me. He said that when she wrote “Love” it was to him and another female professor, and it was. He said she struggled so much he needed to help her.

He also said he lied on his recommendation just to help her get money for school.

Question 1.) This was an intro class and it wasn’t even in her field. Why would she ask for a recommendation from my husband when she struggled so much in this intro class? Question 2.) Why would my husband who in the past

has refused to write recommendations to students that he thought he couldn’t say anything good about decide at this point to write one?

Question 3.) Forgot to mention the recommendation has been handed in, and she is no longer a student of his and wrote him to see when they could meet up. When asked about it he lied to me and said it was to go over the recommendation. Why would they go over it when it has already been turned in? Question 4.) Why after spending all this time with her hasn’t he mentioned her at all? I have heard about other students of his! I have been calm and sad but not crazy. I didn’t even cry when asking him about this. I don’t want to act like a jealous bitch.

For the last five years he has been teaching and tutoring beautiful girls, and I felt I had no reason to worry. We have been together almost a decade and have a family. I am worried. Am I crazy for thinking something is up?

Thanks for any advice, Confused and Maybe Crazy!?

You are not crazy. There are many reasons why you might be upset about this situation, but the one that jumped out at me first was your statement that “I can’t remember the last time he said anything nice to me.”

Is this true, or did you just write that in a fit of jealousy? I mean, before you knew about this girl, did you consider your relationship healthy? You said that you have been together for almost a decade and that you have a family, but are you happy? Is he? Because if you are, and he is, then the thing with this girl is probably not a big deal. He may like her, and he may have had less than pure thoughts about her, and, hell, she may be encouraging him. But that doesn’t mean that he is cheating or that he has any intention of cheating.

You can’t expect a guy to be surrounded by attractive young women (especially with the way they like to dress at UGA) and not have an improper thought now and again.

What I find a little suspect is the absolute denial. Not mentioning her at all, meeting with her 15 times, and then acting like you’re crazy and pronouncing himself “worried” about you? That’s some suspicious shit right there.

If I were you, I would think very seriously about how things are going, have been going, in your relationship, and then talk to him. You have been together a long time, and people fall into routines, underwear gets old and holey and worn out, lingerie gathers dust in the back of the closet… you know what I mean. Have a talk with him, make sure that he’s on the same page, and then start making an effort to be close and spend more quality time. I think you’ll find that this was a passing thing.

Hopefully, with his recommendation, that girl will move out of town and go prance around in heels in front of somebody else’s baby daddy.

If not, you can always knock her down some stairs. (Kidding!) Good Luck.

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1BR apt. for $475/mo. 2BR apt. starting at $700/mo. 3BR apt. starting at $1000/mo.

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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) 425-4048 or (706) 296-1863.

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485 Newton Bridge Rd. Possible owner financing to qualified, credit worthy b u y e r. T h i s i s g r e a t oppor tunity! Call Don at Sumner Proper ties (706) 353-1039.

Historic Downtown Building. 3200 sq. ft.

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

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

Condos for Rent $750/mo. 4BR/3 Full BA. 10 min. to UGA. 137 Westchester Circle. All appls incl. W/D, excellent condition. New carpet & paint. Lg. lv. rm., sec. system. Available immediately. Owner/Agent, call Robin (770) 265-6509 or email at robintdubois@gmail. com. $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) 206-3560. Owner is lic. RE agent in GA, lic. #302489.

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

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

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Updated, upsale unit in E. Athens off Riverbend.

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(706) 433-2712.

Condos For Sale Townhome located on 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.

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Tile & HWflrs. CHAC, W/D hookups, DW. Pets welcome.

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1200 sq. ft. 3BR/2BA house in Oglethorpe Co. $600/dep. + $600/mo. No smoking.

Pets maybe. Available October. (706) 202-1847.

167 Tibbetts St., 2BR/1BA Normaltown house. $650/ mo. Pls. call (706) 549-6070.

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.

1BR/1BA w/ office 1277 W. Hancock. Screen porch, rear parking, pets OK, DW, HVAC, HWflrs, walk to ARMC, campus, & Newtown. $500/mo. Call Paul (706) 714-9607.

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

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3BR/1BA. HWflrs., W/D hookups. Lg. front & back porch & nice side porch. (706) 543-0682.

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3BR/1BA Eastside split level.

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Appls incl. No pets. $650/mo. $325/dep. (706) 248-7338.

3BR/2BA house. Cedar creek subdivision. Fenced backyd., gas grill attached to sundeck, FP, wooded lot. Quiet family n’hood. Swimming community.

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3BR/1.5BA. 460 Whitehead Rd. HWflrs, carpet, CHAC, attic fan, tiled kitchen, garbage disposal, DW, fenced yd., pecan trees. $750/mo. & $500/dep. Call (706) 2542936.

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.

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.

4BR/3BA 2–story brick garage, huge yd. 205 Pendleton Dr. Homewood Hills. Pics at hathawaypropertiesathens. com. $1200/mo.

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

Close to campus & park. $675/mo. & $675 dep. Ask for rental info. at (706) 248-8200.

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. 4 blocks from ARMC. HWflrs. Stove & fridge included. Own it for only $114K! Call (706) 3541276.

Historic Blvd/ARMC/ Normaltown area. Wonderful 1910 cot t age. Spacio u s 2BR/1BA. Claw–foot tub.

HWflrs. 10 ft. ceilings. CHAC. Lg. eat–in kitchen, W/D, garden. Avail. now! $800/mo. lease/dep. (706) 207-4636.

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) 202-4600.

Charming & Fun in 5 Pts. www.465springdalestreet. com. Or be cool in the Country w/ garden space to grow your own! www.170ElderStreet. com. Donna Smith Fee, Keller Williams Realty Greater Athens, (706) 296-5717 cell (706) 319-2900 office.

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.

Roommates Roommate wanted for cute 3BR/2BA house on Eastside. $400 neg. + utils. Pets negotiable. Avail. now or pre– leasing for Spring. Contact Sarah (706) 224-0867 or salackay@yahoo.com.

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.

Roommate needed for 2BR/1BA cottage off Grady Ave. Big kitchen, W/D. $450/ mo + gas & electric. Water included. Call Marty (706) 254-5014.

Walk/bike 1/2 mile to Dwntn/ campus. Looking for responsible M/F nonsmoker to share 2BR/2BA. New bathrooms/kitchen. WiFi, W/D. No dogs pls. $385/mo + utils.

Tony (478) 397-4696.

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.

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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) 2907802. $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. Deliver y available.

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everyday people Cora Faust, Recycling Sorter Cora Faust sorts recyclables for FCR, Inc., the private company that operates our county’s recycling facility. It’s 4:30 p.m. on a Friday, and Cora just clocked out for the weekend.

The late-July heat index peaks around 110 degrees. Cora is wearing protective eye, ear and head gear that she keeps on throughout our interview, even though we meet in an air-conditioned meeting room that is designated “the office” of Mr. MRF, a black-haired feline named after the building (Material Recycling Facility). FCR managers and ACC Solid Waste staff call Cora a resilient worker; she often piles on extra hours and fills in on her days off. But if you tour the facility when the conveyor belts are spinning full speed, it won’t be her work ethic that stands out: Cora’s smile, still kind and warm after 61 years and beaming from her fixed stance on the steel catwalk, is a calm amid the facility’s cacophonous machinery.

André Gallant

Flagpole: Have you lived in Athens all your life?

Cora Faust: About 20 years.

I moved on down the line, you know. I lived in Winder, Statham, looking for jobs and stuff and I ended up in Athens.

I was born in Statham; it wasn’t built up like it is now. It was a lot of country. My dad rented this little-bitty log house… I remember it, but that house is long gone; they’ve built so many new houses.

FP: What did you first think of Athens?

CF: It was nice. We had a house in Newtown, over on Barber. My children were small then, I had to get a babysitter.

This lady from down the street, Ms. Capeedy, she took care of them, cooked for them. Over there by Hurley Funeral Home.

I’d hoped she was still living, so I could take my kids by and see her, but I ran into someone who was a kid back then who said they tore that house down. Ms. Capeedy, I don’t know if that was her last name or first name… it’s changed a lot… now I live in Spring Valley… Habitat for Humanity built my house.

FP: What was your first job here?

CF: Working at the poultry. It was Seaboard at that time. It was great. Stayed there for 12 years. I had to have an operation and I didn’t get well in time for my leave to be up so they put someone else in my place.

FP: Your job wasn’t waiting for you?

CF: No. So, I worked at Trust-Joist Weyerhauser before I found the job here.

FP: Why’d you apply here?

CF: I’d been out of work for a year, so I just come put in an application. I didn’t know it was a recycling plant, I didn’t know what it was. I got hired, and the [manager] carried me down to the line, and I saw them sorting. It had been a while since I’d done an assembly line, but I think I’ve held on pretty good.

FP: What other assembly lines did you work on?

CF: The poultry. The clothes plant. They’ve gone out of business. Wilkins, out there near Rolling Ridge.

FP: How do you describe your job?

CF: You just separate different recyclable material, separating it in different bins. That’s it. You have to be pretty fast, move your arms. Milk jugs, water bottles, we call them PET. You also have to go by the number that’s on them; you have to work with it a while to know that. I used to look at them when I first started. But it’s pretty well when I see it I know what it

is. I see it and know that it be a number “2” or a number “1.”

PET is number one, a colored jug is number two. The natural jugs… they are number two, but they are clear, so they have to go in a different bin.

FP: How would describe the plant to someone who has never been here?

CF: It’s an assembly line; it’s fast paced and it’s nasty.

FP: How so?

CF: Because the communities and stuff, they know how to recycle right; we’ve got trucks coming to pick up the stuff and the trash. But you put those big green bins on the outskirts… that’s where most of the trash is coming from. They put the garbage in there; I guess they don’t have anywhere else to throw it, along with the recyclables. So, it makes it pretty well nasty and smelly, you know, so, I ain’t going to tell a lie about it. But if a person wants to work here, needs a job, you have to get used to it.

FP: Did you recycle before you worked here?

CF: Yeah, when they started it I was working in the mailroom at night at the Athens Banner.

They brought out those bins. I thought it was nice—saved the landfill. They should’ve had this years ago.

FP: With five years under your belt, you’re one of the longest working employees around here.

What’s kept you around?

CF: Ever since I was small I growed up working [laughs].

With my dad, there wasn’t no laying on the bed, laying around. You know… leisure time. Uh-uh. No. When you come home from school you had the chores to do. There’s the cotton field—which I’m not ashamed of because that’s the way I growed up, back in the ‘50s, ‘60s. We had to go to the cotton field, help my mom, cook. There wasn’t no playing around. He’d get that strap and tore you up; you’d be sorry. So, it’s just the work ethic over the years, you know, even when I got married, even when I was just dating, I was working then.

It’s just a habit. I guess the switch whooped me into it, to tell you the truth. My parents didn’t play, they was pretty strict.

The older I get… I’ve been working two or three jobs. I guess it’s just a habit; you just stay like that as long as life lasts.

FP: Are you still married?

CF: I lost my husband last year. I’m still married, but I’m a widow now. He was disabled. Way back years ago he worked at Standard-Coosa-Thatcher in Jefferson [a plant manufacturing threads and yarn] and that’s where he lost his sight at; he went blind. He didn’t work, but as the years went on, his health, what caused his death was liver failure. Athens Regional tried to make his liver turn around, but they couldn’t get no response, so.. yeah… he started going into a coma and he passed on. Yeah.

FP: What do you do in your time off?

CF: Now, you get older. One part of yourself goes in the house; you’ve got to drag the rest of your parts in. You get home from work; your muscles aren’t as agile. I try to stay busy. Keep my house clean, oh God, if you see it you’d faint.

When I get home I’m so tired I just fall asleep on the sofa. I remember my momma and daddy used to do that, time they sit down, next thing you know they’d be sleeping sitting up in a chair. How’d they do that? Now I know.

André Gallant

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When I went to UGA, RVs would roll in Thursday or Friday before the game with their grills and TVs. Many would park on East Campus Road where there were no historic buildings and no electricity to steal, but RVs became banned. That’s ok, we’ll park our cars and make due with our grills and TVS, but our favorite parking spots got taken away throughout the campus. That’s ok, we’ll park where the university designates and congregate on North Campus with our grills and TVs. I never saw the ban on grills and TVs coming. That’s ok, we’ll tailgate next to our car in its designated parking space. By the way, tailgating in a parking space in now banned.

Sadly new students at UGA will never experience the Friday nights before the game at their parents’ or friends’ tailgate, or smell a smoker full of ribs a proud cook prepared for hours, since pull-behind smokers are now also banned. I just hope other universities with great football traditions do not look at UGA as an example and continue to embrace their fans and traditions. I understand that trash is an issue, but my god, give a man a job.

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