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Pete’s Cheat Sheet 2.0 •Mayor: Well, I’m still for Gwen. There’s not a bad candidate in either of our races, and Nancy would certainly make a credible mayor. But as I said way back when she first announced, we would have more of a caretaker government under Nancy—no bold initiatives, just holding a steady course. Gwen, on the other hand, in addition to her experience and her immersion in all facets of our community, has the energy and the smarts to get some stuff done. Leading a group of independent commissioners and directing a professional staff accustomed to doing things their way demands the kinds of skills and determination that Gwen has proved she has and knows how to use. • District 5 Commission: I think Jared will be a more consistently progressive commissioner than Dave, based on Jared’s long involvement in business and non-profit organizations and Dave’s somewhat more conservative bent. Dave seems to be a great guy, though, and would no doubt make a good commissioner if elected. • Justice, Supreme Court of Georgia: My legal brain trust gives a big nod to Tammy Lynn Adkins, a long-shot, working attorney from Gwinnett County, with a background in domestic law. The incumbent, Nahmias, is a career Republican operative who has been appointed to federal legal jobs by Bush & them and was appointed to the Georgia Supreme Court by Gov. Perdue. Rated highly by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Atonin Scalia! • Judge, Court of Appeals of Georgia: Antoinette “Toni” Davis gets the vote here: she’s an Atlanta lawyer with good support among lawyers and judges and a varied legal background. Her opponent, Chris McFadden, is no slouch, either. He wrote the book on Georgia appeals practice and is kind of an appeals guru. So, it’s the practicing attorney against the appeals expert. Depends on which you’d want on the Court of Appeals. My tipster says Toni.

Farmers Market 2.0 The good news is that The Athens Farmers Market is extending its fall season for three more weeks. They’re taking off the Saturday after Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, then they’re coming back to Bishop Park the Saturdays of Dec. 4 & Dec. 11 and then for a holiday market on Saturday, Dec. 18. The hours for all three Saturdays are 9 a.m. to 12 noon. The Tuesday Farmers Markets at Little Kings downtown will not be extended. The better news is that there’s still an incredible array of vegetables. These farmers have made a real commitment to the market, and the customers have, too. Mark your calendar for the first three Saturdays in December, and you can have good, fresh, locally grown organic vegetables for Christmas!

Help Us Slack Off As local radio tycoon H. Randolph Holder used to intone: “The news depends on you.” In this case, the better part of the Dec. 29/Jan. 5 double issue of Flagpole, which we’re dubbing “Slackpole,” depends on you. In order to give ourselves a few days off after Christmas, we hit on the brilliant idea of inviting all the talented writers, photographers and graphic artists in the area to provide most of the content for that issue. Now’s your chance to submit original fiction set in Athens (up to 1000 words), photography (black and white or color), poetry, comics, graphic stories, jokes, embarrassing stories, advice to the lovelorn and even the cover image for the double issue. (See the ad on p. 33 for more details—deadline is Dec. 3.) So, fight through that after-Thanksgiving lethargy and send in your contributions to Slackpole, the first-annual, mostly reader-written issue of Flagpole. We’re depending on you.

Don’t Forget the Flyers If you get this paper by Wednesday, Nov. 24, remember that Thanksgiving Eve belongs to the Normaltown Flyers and their annual homecoming/reunion show at the Melting Point. (See p. 24 for more.) The show starts at 8:30 p.m., so you’ve got no excuse and plenty time to get home and stuff the tofurkey. Pete McCommons editor@flagpole.com

News & Features Athens News and Views

Our local commuter airline’s fascinating vendetta against the ACC government and media.

Athens Rising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 What’s Up in New Development

The Classic Center expansion will have far-reaching effects on downtown Athens.

Arts & Events The Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Big, Loud and Joyfully Stupid

Destroy All Movies!!! is a book you didn’t know you needed until someone wrote it.

Art Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

COVER DESIGN by Kelly Ruberto

The Age of Innocence

Trace Gallery offers an alluring exhibition of ceramics by Debbie Kupinsky and Michaelene Walsh.

Music Sidewalk Symphonies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 A Three-Peat of Sustainability

Bringing live music to unconventional locations for a good cause!

Dustin Wong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Guitar Sans Ego

Presenting guitar wizardry, textured melodies and “soft music” from Baltimore.

LETTERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 CITY DOPE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 CITY PAGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 BEHIND THE RAIL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 CAPITOL IMPACT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 ATHENS RISING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 COBBLOVIATE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 THE READER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 GRUB NOTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 ART NOTES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 MOVIE DOPE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 MOVIE PICK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

THREATS & PROMISES. . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 SIDEWALK SYMPHONIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 DUSTIN WONG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 UPSTART ROUNDUP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 THE CALENDAR!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 BULLETIN BOARD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 ART AROUND TOWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 COMICS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 REALITY CHECK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 EVERYDAY PEOPLE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

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letters 6 REASONS TO VOTE FOR GWEN 1. Gwen is the only progressive candidate for mayor. Progressive means green, local, inclusive. 2. Gwen has a creative spirit and nurtures creativity in Athens. She supports local artists, musicians and entrepreneurs. 3. Gwen is an optimist. She finds opportunity wherever she is. She is energized by the potential for innovation that she sees in Athens. 4. Gwen is real. She knows all kinds of people, and she knows what matters to them. She is open to people, and she knows if they are being open with her. 5. Gwen is a team builder, a coach, a leader. She is good at getting people who do not agree to work together. 6. Gwen is really tough when she needs to be. When Gwen commits to something, she is tenacious about following through and getting it done. Do your part for Athens. Vote for Gwen on Nov. 30. It matters. Sue Custance Athens

GWEN KNOWS TRANSPORTATION For transportation choice advocates of Athens-Clarke County, the coming runoff to decide our next mayor is a critical event. Your vote for Gwen O’Looney is needed. Recent passage of the SPLOST 2011 referendum assures

CONTACT US AT P.O. BOX 1027, ATHENS, GA 30603, LETTERS@FLAGPOLE.COM OR VIA THE “TALK BACK TO US” LINK AT FLAGPOLE.COM that greenway, rail-trail, and bicycle and sidefor public office. On every occasion during walk projects totaling more than $20M will be that time my admiration for her abilities has constructed over the next 10 years. However, grown. I offered her my support when she first money alone isn’t enough. These facilities announced her candidacy for mayor, and have require years of planning, design and congiven her my help throughout the campaign. struction. Along the way, there are numerous On every issue important to the future of choices that will be made by our government. Athens, I’m confident Denson has the leaderResults could be good, or bad, depending ship qualities and the practical experience wholly on the vision of our political leaders, needed to be an outstanding mayor. their desire to advocate for a true walkable/ Lately there have been implications that bikeable community and the care they take in those of us who champion Denson’s candidacy spending the money are somehow not forwisely rather than ward-thinking people, wastefully. It starts and aren’t people BUMPERSTICKER OF THE WEEK: with the mayor. who will contribute “When in Rome, Do as You Gwen O’Looney cares to efforts to improve about transportation our economic future Done in Milledgeville” choices. If you do and quality of life. as well, please cast Along with many —Flannery O’Connor a vote for her by other Denson supTuesday, Nov. 30. porters, I’ve worked Thanks, Christina. Send your sticker sightings Dorothy O’Niell in community proto letters@flagpole.com. Athens grams and taken part in volunteer efforts. I consider myself a progressive, dedicated citizen. My strong support for Denson surely places me firmly in that category. Vote for Gwen. Please. Pete needs a new Ruth Carpenter topic. Athens Mike Conroy Athens

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ADMIRES DENSON I have known Athens-Clarke County mayoral candidate Nancy Denson since she first ran

Last year, after looking at my water bill with frustration, I decided to investigate a little further the tiered water bill that we all receive. It ended up saving my roommates and

me a lot of money. Since we’re all pinching pennies these days, I thought I might offer up some sound advice. Our water bill is tiered. This means that each resident of your home/apartment is allotted 100 gallons of water per day. If you collectively go over that amount you spill into one of the other tiers. After tier one (100 gallons/day/person), the price per gallon of water skyrockets. Ever noticed that your tierfour price accounts for the bulk of your bill? The ACC Water Business Office assumes… that your household is made up of two people. Thus, your daily average is 200 gallons/day. And if you’re like me and share a house with a few good people, you are bound to go over your 200 gallons/day. Call the water business office and check and see how many people live in your house according to them. You might have to come with your lease to show that there are more than two people living there… Extra money saving tip: If you’re an old Athens city limits resident who uses ACC garbage pickup, try asking for a smaller trash bin. Your trash service is based on the size of the bin. Keep in mind: recycling is free! SRG Athens

COOL ZINE I just moved here last March, and just found your e-zine today. What a great magazine! Thanks! Alan Jennings Athens

Athens supports Gwen, because Gwen supports Athens. Gwen is the candidate most likely to seek out new voices and ideas. She is the best of both worlds: experience and vision. These traits with her tireless work ethic make Gwen O’Looney my candidate for Mayor! DAVID LYNN, ACC Commissioner

Gwen O’Looney recognized music as an “Industry of the Mind” long before others. Without her advocacy, hard work and determination, the Widespread Panic Release Party would have never happened. Gwen works for the whole community and is my choice for Mayor. BARRIE BUCK - Owner of the 40 Watt Club

Gwen O'Looney is the only candidate who has the energy, enthusiasm, wisdom, courage and political skill to help us meet the unprecedented challenges we now face. TOM CHASTEEN - Former ACC Commissioner and business owner Gwen is a people person who has never met a stranger. Gwen uses politics to help her fellow citizens have better lives. Gwen is loyal, caring, kind, intelligent, insightful and resourceful. MRS. HOWARD STROUD, JR., Owner, Creative Kids

As an outstanding former Mayor, Gwen’s record of open government was critical to successful city-county consolidation. Her leadership, knowledge and experience are needed again to make us all feel welcome as participants in public-policy making. CARL JORDAN, Former ACC Commissioner

New music, new people, new ideas... Gwen O'Looney has embraced all of Athens. At our first meeting, she welcomed my involvement in Athens. Gwen wants the new generation to be at the table. She is what Athens needs. I'm voting for Gwen O'Looney. ADRIAN ZELSKI, Owner of New Earth Music Hall

Gwen O’Looney came to Athens as State Coordinator of Students, Teachers, Educators and Parents for Schools. Through the Kellogg Foundation, Gwen introduced Clarke County Schools to an award winning high school health curriculum. Gwen will be a Mayor who builds partnerships for public schools. PAT CLIFTON, Former Principal of Hilsman Middle School

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city dope Athens News and Views “Friendly” Skies: GeorgiaSkies, the commuter airline whose contract to fly in and out of Athens-Ben Epps Airport was recently renewed by federal authorities despite Mayor Heidi Davison’s endorsement of one of its competitors, is not at all happy about the ACC government’s handling of the recommendation process or the Athens Banner-Herald’s reporting of it. How do we know? Why, because the airline has added a “Breaking News Athens” page to its website containing two documents that make its unhappiness abundantly clear! The first is a mammoth pdf detailing (among many, many other things) the carrier’s curtailment of non-federally mandated services to Athens and containing 14 pages

Yes, it’s that time again, apparently. of emails between county and airport officials, ABH reporter, columnist and Associate Editor Don Nelson, and Greg Kahlstorf, the CEO of Pacific Air Holdings, the parent company of GeorgiaSkies. The second, a “breaking news feed” entitled “County Records Irk Reporter” (an apparent response to a recent ABH article called “Comments irk Georgia Skies chief”), is a pseudo-journalistic press release about the “widening controversy” whose incredulous, sarcastic tone reminds the Dope of the conversational style of none other than the pugnacious Kahlstorf himself. Fight on, Greg! One Last Shot: ACC obviously considers the Nuçi’s Space tax exemption case pretty important, because it’s availing itself of its final opportunity to try to keep the musicians’ mental health nonprofit on the property tax rolls. The county attorney’s office filed a motion for reconsideration with the Georgia Supreme Court late last week. The court’s verdict was about as narrowly decided as it gets—a 4–3 decision with only three justices signing an opinion from the majority side—so there’s reason to imagine the county’s motion will be more than routinely considered. We’ll keep you posted. Yes, It’s Important: It was gratifying to see ACC Animal Control open its new cat shelter last week, ending more than a year of

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the county’s inability to accept stray and unwanted felines after the Athens Area Humane Society abruptly walked away from its agreement to provide those services. Just one of those little benefits of civilized society, now restored; the shelter is at the same Beaverdam Road location as the ACC Dog Shelter and can be reached at (706) 613-3887. Big Six: The staff of Clarke Central High School’s Odyssey newsmagazine went to Kansas City for the National Scholastic Press Association’s convention and competition two weeks ago, and they came back having been named the sixth-best high school newsmagazine in the country. Congratulations to Flagpole news intern and coDope Lauren Pruitt—the magazine’s Viewpoints Editor—and the entire Odyssey staff. Time to Give: Clearly, if you tried to ride it, your knees would hit the handle bars. The old, discarded bike in your garage is meant for a child, so why not give it to one? The folks at BikeAthens are requesting bikes for their Bike Recycling Program, a crucial part of their eighth Annual Holiday Bikes for Kids project. Last year, 60 children received bicycles from BikeAthens during the winter holidays. Even without a bike, Athenians are encouraged to donate cleaning and repair supplies, as well as money and volunteer services to help bring the donated bikes to their original luster. Suggestions for cleaning and repair supplies range from paper towels and Simple Green to bicycle lubricant. Cash donations will be used for new parts and helmets for the recipients of donated bikes. For those who wish to volunteer, the opportunity is available during normal office hours at BikeAthens’ Bike Recycling Program repair shop in studio 6, Chase Park Warehouse. Volunteer hours will be available up to the week of Christmas, and additional Saturday hours from 8 a.m. until noon will be added on Dec. 4, 11 and 18. You can donate by coming by the shop or by emailing brp@bikeathens. com. [Lauren Pruitt] Johnny Cash Also Came Up Short: The Dope would never encourage anyone to squander his or her precious right to vote by engaging in sophomoric humor. With that said, he’ll simply observe that the Board of Elections’ records of write-in ballots cast in the recent general election make for a highly entertaining read. Interspersed among the protest ballots cast by voters for themselves in uncontested races are a great number of far more creative gestures. Some of the notable write-ins—amid the obligatory votes for Jesus Christ, Mark Richt and various Disney and Warner Brothers cartoon characters in all races—are votes for “Lord Vader” for labor commissioner, “Gay Marriage” for Georgia Senate District 46, and “Margot Kidder” and “Snoopy” for Georgia House District 115. Dorky fun! Dave Marr & Lauren Pruitt

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UGA has a pilot program to compost food waste from East Village Commons (and even generate biogas from it). The program is successful, according to Kevin Kirsche of UGA’s Office of Sustainability, and will expand to other UGA dining halls. Other than that, Janssen says, “we don’t have any large-scale composting going on in our community.” Janssen doesn’t foresee forcing people to recycle (and ACC commissioners already rejected a plan to set rates and designate zones for private haulers), but the commission-approved strategies include requiring businesses, industries and apartment complexes to at least provide recycling bins. Also, a one-stop collection center for hard-to-recycle materials was approved as an upcoming SPLOST project. And an effort by commissioners to head off leaking septic tanks (which sometimes pollute streams) may begin by trying to compile info on the locations of the 6000-plus septic tanks in the county. “It’s something that we’ve never had the ability to closely monitor, just because of our records,” ACC Planning Director Brad Griffin told the commission’s Legislative Review Committee last week. Mostly, it’s the state health department’s local branch that regulates septic tanks (used by homes that aren’t on county sewage lines) and keeps the only records on them; perhaps the local government could offer to put those records into electronic form, benefiting both agencies, Griffin suggested.

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behind the rail An Inside Take on Local Issues A friend mentioned the other day that he has extended his juggling skills to include items on fire, and as I search for a metaphor for life on the Athens-Clarke County Commission, it seems that not just juggling fire, but running an entire carnival is an apt description of the job. In just the last week, I attended a Criminal Justice Task Force meeting at which the group wrangled with how to develop a set of recommendations following interviews with myriad representatives of the area criminal justice system; I chaired a meeting of the Government Operations Committee at which we met with five area cab company operators in an effort to understand how we could make their operations better for public safety, especially on busy weekend nights; and I gathered with the entire commission and the mayor for our monthly agenda setting meeting. Every member of the commission could tell a similar tale. To a person, they are a hard-working, far-reaching bunch. The agenda setting meeting addressed some long-simmering issues, including a citizen group recommendation to form a public arts council. Advocates of a lean-and-mean government might consider public art extravagant, but like the colored lights suspended above the carnival path, it is part of what ties the community together, and even more, produces important sparks of interest in our town. While we are on the topic of great interest in Athens, there was a very interesting item that came just before the agenda setting session at the “special called meeting” last week (this nomenclature means that we vote to take action after only one opportunity for discussion—usually because an item is timesensitive). A private, anonymous citizen has offered to contribute up to $160,000 toward a bridge at Sandy Creek Park that would complete a seven-mile trail loop at that facility and allow for greater access for monitoring the park’s natural environment. The donation is contingent upon our receipt of $100,000 of available grant funds from another source, as well as use of up to another $160,000 of public money (perhaps SPLOST funds). So many moving pieces are part of this proposal that the whole thing seemed like a hall of mirrors to some at the meeting. A big tip of the hat to the anonymous donor, though! Fine people like this don’t come along every day, but Athens has attracted more than our fair share of these beneficent souls. Finally, there were three “text amendments” on the agenda, to be voted upon on Dec. 7, which would change development code

for multifamily zones in Athens. These were developed following some public angst from me and my colleagues over the awkward development occurring in neighborhoods like Carr’s Hill, the historic neighborhood that served as the cradle of modern Athens. It is an area that has now been overwhelmed by studentoriented development, given its proximity to UGA. (And, oh, what an exciting display, public angst… it generates some of the biggest and rowdiest crowds at the fair.) In essence, what the ACC Planning Commission recommended for improving development in these neighborhoods is broader application of some existing codes. For example, one of the core features of multifamily zoning is a limit on the number of bedrooms per acre. The plethora of detached-unit housing in multifamily districts has routinely ignored this requirement through a loophole in the code, which would now close. The result of this loophole has been an explosion of four- and five-bedroom homes and a more than 50 percent per-acre increase in bedroom density over what would be allowed if attached-unit apartments or condos were built. That has meant an explosion of cars in parking lots and driveways, on congested narrow streets and parked in front yards. Speaking of yards, the proposed code changes would also bring heightened requirements for greenspace in these districts when single-family homes are built, comparable with what exists in traditional neighborhood requirements. It also proposes language discouraging oddly shaped lots that look from above like bits floating in your bowl of alphabet soup, and on the street feel like a jumbled mess. Finally, the design of homes in these districts would have to be varied from home to home and feature traditional details like relief trim around windows, rather than the “Monopoly board” appearance currently allowed. There are some minor related recommendations that are forthcoming, but the changes just mentioned would allow an end to the construction moratorium in Carr’s Hill and permit forward momentum for more appealing development there and in other multifamily zones. With that piece of encouraging news, I must bid readers farewell, as I believe there is a cannon from which I’m about to be shot…

The people we elect to Congress and the General Assembly will make important decisions each year that affect the spending of billions or even trillions of dollars. You would presume that voters would want to elect people who know how to handle money and can be counted upon to make wise decisions about allocating our tax dollars. If someone could not balance their own checkbook or stay current on their taxes, voters surely would consider them unqualified to handle our state and federal budgets. In Georgia, that often is not the case. You would be surprised at the number of people who aren’t very good at handling their own money but get elected to office anyway so they can make decisions about handling everybody else’s tax money. This became an issue in the recent governor’s race when it was reported that Nathan Deal had invested and lost a large sum of money in a business venture involving his daughter, was on the hook to pay off some sizable bank loans and might be pushed into filing for bankruptcy at some point next year. Deal’s track record at managing his money didn’t bother voters a bit—they elected him governor by a margin of more than 250,000 votes and put him in charge of balancing an $18 billion state budget. Then there’s Tom Graves, the state legislator who ran for Deal’s old congressional seat in North Georgia. In the middle of Graves’ campaign, he and another legislator, state Sen. Chip Rogers of Woodstock, were sued by the Bartow County Bank over allegations that they had defaulted on a $2.2 million bank loan to buy a Calhoun hotel known to locals as the “Methamphetamine 6.” The Bartow bank alleged in its court filings that Graves was “insolvent in that his liabilities exceeded his assets and he was unable to pay his obligations as they matured.” The bank also accused Graves of a “fraudulent

transfer” of property to frustrate the bank’s efforts to pursue the debt. Did this financial history prove troubling to voters in the 9th Congressional District? Evidently not. They elected Graves to the U.S. House twice—once in a special election and again in the general election. Some of our elected leaders also seem to have problems paying their income and property taxes on time. In 2006, it was reported that state Rep. David Ralston of Blue Ridge had been slapped with a $347,318 tax lien from the IRS, with the feds alleging that he owed individual income taxes, penalties and interest from as far back as 1996. Ralston says he has since cleared up his tax situation. Those financial issues did not cause Ralston any problems with the folks back home—they kept reelecting him to the Georgia House. He also was elected Speaker of the House by his legislative colleagues. There are numerous other legislators who’ve drawn media scrutiny in recent years because of their tax issues, including Rep. Roberta Abdul-Salaam, Rep. Al Williams, Sen. Vincent Fort, Sen. Lester Jackson, Sen. Robert Brown, Rep. Willie Talton and Rep. Winfred Dukes. Each of those legislators has something in common: they were all reelected to office and will be sworn in for a new term in the General Assembly session that starts in January. That’s always been one of the most interesting aspects of Georgia politics. Even if you’re not very good with money, that will never prevent you from being elected to public office. Quite the contrary: it seems to make voters more sympathetic to you. In this season of thanksgiving, our politicians should all give thanks that our voters are so forgiving. Tom Crawford tcrawford@gareport.com

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Who Decides and Why?: By accelerating this timeline in the way that it has, and by the scale of its proposals, The Classic There are plenty of places to fit a room big enough for 5000 conventioneers that wouldn’t involve closing off city Center’s leadership has, intentionally or unintentionally, taken on the role of plan- streets. Have all other possibilities (some of which might include using property not owned by the county) been explored, made available to the public, the mayor and commission, and then been fully analyzed? ning downtown Athens. They’ve done it with limited and marginal public input, and with scant consideration for how the decisions expansion of the current exhibition hall across is the only viable one, and no other credible about exhibit space quotas will radiate out to Hancock, and now we have convention hall agency is analyzing that, authoring alternative affect tens or hundreds of acres of undevelengineers deciding the fate of downtown scenarios, or otherwise being a relevant and oped land on the periphery of the urban core. Athens without even realizing it. We may save proactive participant in the conversation, how This isn’t just about closing off Hancock. a few bucks by expanding The Classic Center will the mayor and commission get the sort of The question is whether a hasty addition to in the proposed manner, as opposed to using objective and varied data necessary to make The Classic Center will help or hurt the ambiother, more creative solutions, but it’ll cost us an informed decision? ance and atmosphere of Athens, which is what in the long run by devaluing everything east really brings people—and conventions—here of it. A long-wished-for River District, if it Let’s See Action: You can’t blame The Classic to visit and meet in the first place. It’s about ever comes, will likely grow to be stunted and Center folks, really. They’re doing what they whether the economic viability of downtown malformed, cut off from the lively nutrients ought to be doing, more or less, which is will hang solely on bar-goers and conventionof our current downtown. Untether the larger fighting for the economy of downtown Athens, eers, or whether a broader and more robust hall from the existing footprint of The Classic with the convention space as a primary tool. economic development strategy lies beyond Center, and possibilities abound, not only for In the absence of action from the mayor and the wild frontier that is Foundry Street. the Center, but downtown Athens as a whole. commission, and given the crawling pace toward a master plan for downtown, The A Lack of Options?: I agree with a bigger Other Factors to Consider: Even with all of Classic Center folks are pinch-hitting by fillClassic Center in principle, but the additions that on the table, we still haven’t gotten to ing the vacuum of leadership in the crucial as they’ve been pitched so far are part of a how the folks actually responsible for downplanning of downtown’s developing eastern fairly haphazard solution to the facility’s town relate to this. The Athens Downtown edge—even if they aren’t being as transparneeds. In order to achieve the bigger space Development Authority recently put out a ent or as considerate as they could and should necessary to attract the ever-larger convenrequest for proposals/qualifications (RFP/RFQ) be. The real question is why none of the other tions we somehow feel we need (although for a downtown visioning study, as the prelude stakeholders are stepping up to the plate. surely there ought to be new smaller convento a full-fledged downtown master plan. tions out there, too!), the plan is simply Surely, that process should begin first! Doesn’t Kevan Williams athensrising@flagpole.com

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ometimes I don’t know whether to curse my addiction to college football or thank God for it, since it seems to be one of the few ways I can at least briefly get away from whatever is hanging over my head either to read, write or simply worry about. I do know that I have matured a bit over the years to the point that the on-field performances of 18 and 19-year-olds now only affects my mood for five or six hours. I might add that’s a damn good thing, given the dismal recent fortunes of the Georgia Bulldogs. At any rate, having spent more than 30 years of my teaching career at four Southeastern Conference schools, I am no stranger to absurd overemphasis on football and certainly no babe-in-the-woods when it comes to the corrupting potential of big-time college athletics. My primary concern over the years has been the possible conflict with the institution’s academic integrity, but I have to say I have personally encountered very little suggestion of even the hint of pressure from any athletic department on a campus where I have taught. When I have had occasion to know them, the athletes in my classes have, with but one exception, struck me as nice kids doing their best in what is frequently an academic environment where they are clearly at a disadvantage. There are many angles here that are worrisome, not the least of them being the painful spectacle of watching kids who, for whatever reason, are simply not academically qualified to be college students straining and struggling to eke out by the thinnest of margins grades that will suffice to keep them in a school whose playing field and courts are the only places where they truly belong. Certainly the discrepancy between the major financial resources of many of these kids and the free-spending Freddy Frats and Sorority Suzies who swirl about them on campus is profound, troubling and, I believe, even dangerous. Every year brings more stories of assault, theft or robbery, with collegiate athletes at the center. Just such an episode is part of the narrative of one Cameron J. Newton, who began his college experience at the University of Florida, where he not only racked up 13 traffic offenses in just over a year but topped it off by being discovered by police to be in possession of a stolen laptop, which he attempted to ditch by flinging out the window of his dorm room. For this, he was charged with grand theft, burglary, and obstructing justice. After admitting his offense, he was placed in a pre-trial intervention program, where, of course, the charges were allowed to wither and die. More recently, reports have surfaced that Mr. Newton further left his mark on the Gainesville campus by being charged with three separate incidents of academic fraud. These charges, which he has declined to deny, were apparently before the campus judiciary when Newton decided to head for the decidedly browner pastures of Blinn Junior College in Brenham, Tx., ostensibly because he feared he would get only limited playing time so long as Florida’s superstar quarterback Tim Tebow was still around. After a stellar year on the gridiron for the Fighting Blinnskis, Newton was ready to return to the big stage, and, needless to say, there was no shortage of suitors. Newton may well have seen the light out in Texas, but given the character record he already established, he was all but foreordained to wind up at Auburn, where playing fast and loose with the rules has long been a way of life on the football side of things. The vast reaches of cyberspace are not nearly so vast as to accommodate a detailed discussion of the abuses that have characterized the Auburn football program over the years. Hence, reports that Cameron Newton’s father, a preacher, by the way, was shopping him around to the highest booster bidder before he became a War Eagle are almost instantly and intrinsically credible, even before you factor in the sudden, heretofore unaffordable repairs to the Rev. Cecil Newton’s various church properties. Given that both the Universities of Alabama and Georgia held out players then under an NCAA eligibility cloud earlier this year, Auburn’s defiant “You’re damn tootin’/We’re playing Newton” attitude since these allegations

arose speaks volumes about that institution’s regard for the rules that are supposed to govern intercollegiate athletic competition, not to mention its disdain for its reputation among its peers. At this point, I realize many of you may be getting a whiff of sour grapes, so let me say that Georgia couldn’t beat Auburn if the two teams played for 12 weeks in a row, and against Georgia Cameron Newton demonstrated that he is clearly one of the best athletes playing college football today. That said, the willful suspension of disbelief registered by the screaming, adoring home crowd this weekend, not to mention the Auburn athletic director’s steadfast insistence that Newton is “by all accounts, a great kid” testifies to everything that is wrong about high-octane collegiate sports these days. Had it been needed, further testimony was also available in the conduct of one Mr. Nick Fairley, a behemoth defensive lineman who takes pride in knocking opposing quarterbacks out of the game. When Fairley’s trademark full body slam fails to get the job done, he apparently resorts not only to gouging out the QB’s chin with his facemask but to “spearing” with his helmet as he did twice against Georgia, hitting quarterback Aaron Murray well after Murray had released the ball. Fairley’s second shot injured Murray’s knee, and two of Fairley’s teammates were ejected for throwing punches in separate melees at the end of Saturday’s game, which featured Fairley strutting and preening for his wildly cheering Auburn audience and the gushing CBS broadcasters in the booth. Since that scene played out, a torrent of revelations and rumors has given l’affaire Cam even uglier implications. The FBI’s involvement in this investigation was puzzling until reports surfaced that the FEEBS had been eavesdropping on the phone calls of one Milton McGregor, owner of Victoryland, a combination dog track and bingo casino, i.e., “racino,” near Montgomery. McGregor is not only a big Auburn booster but a former member of the board of directors of Colonial Bank, the now-defunct fiefdom of a certain Bobby Lowder, a 22-year trustee, whose notorious meddling with Auburn’s athletic and academic programs damn near cost the school its accreditation a few years back. Throw in the fact that when Camgate was supposedly going down, Lowder’s colleagues on the Auburn board of trustees included three other members of his bank board. Just to add a little more spice to the story, how about the additional presence on Lowder’s board of good ol’ Pat Dye, a UGA grad whose low-down cheatin’ ways as Auburn’s head football coach from 1981 to 1992 put it in severe jeopardy of becoming only the second school in history to receive the NCAA’s “death penalty” for its football program. FBI involvement in this case may help to explain why the Southeastern Conference has been as slow as molasses to act on Camgate at all and timid as a church mouse when it did. On the other hand, it’s hard not to wonder whether this tardiness and timidity is also related to the failure of the SEC office to see the egregious cheap shots Mr. Fairley dished out against Georgia as sufficient cause to hold him out for even a single play of Auburn’s upcoming encounter with Alabama. After all, at this point, any Auburn loss could chip some of the luster off the following week’s SEC championship game and reduce the Conference’s chances of being represented in the BCS national championship game for a fifth consecutive year. This whole thing may well turn out to be a lot less than it seems, but even if a fraction of the suspicions raised here are borne out, I can see a full-blown, totally self-righteous Congressional investigation in the offing, an occasion that should provide a bully pulpit for Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley’s favorite sermon about the fraudulence of according “charitable deduction” status to the “donations” required simply to purchase season tickets at most gridiron powerhouses. Until this thing plays out, however, about all I can say is that if Auburn is playing Iraq, I’ll be the guy in the turban.

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the reader Big, Loud and Joyfully Stupid Here is my brilliant career in the movies in a nutshell: I was an extra for one day in a movie called Voyage of the Rock Aliens. It was the mid-’80s, and we had a friend who was really into this girl who was working on the movie, which was shooting on location at an Atlanta high school, so he talked us into going down to be part of the climactic scene where the Rock Aliens appear at the Big School Dance. When we got there, Wardrobe dressed all of us “punky.” I ended up in a humiliating sleeveless checkerboard muscle shirt and a skinny piano tie. Not even remotely punk, I was dressed barely New Wave. As Johnny Slash used to say, “Totally different head. Totally.”

Once on the set I deliberately took up a position close to the lights, so if you ever see the movie, it’s highly unlikely you’ll see me or my laughable version of the ‘80s-White-Boy Dance. But it was interesting to watch a movie being shot, and I got to share the same oxygen as the lovely and talented Pia Zadora for a few moments, so it was all worthwhile, right? The reason I bring up Voyage of the Rock Aliens, starring Pia, Jermaine Jackson and Academy Award winner Ruth Gordon in her soul-destroying final performance, is that this steaming turdburger of a movie is included in the new film guide Destroy All Movies!!!: The Complete Guide to Punks on Film (Fantagraphic Books, 2010), so you know the guide is truly encyclopedic. Editors Zack Carlson and Bryan Connelly and a team of writers have produced a huge, comprehensive handbook to all movies from 1974 to 1999 that have, for good or ill, featured punks as characters or atmosphere. The result is a love letter to all things punk, sardonic in tone, lavishly illustrated and filled with very cool interviews with directors and stars that you won’t find anywhere else. As punk was a reaction to the plasticized, corporate, disco-fied veneer slapped on top of (often literally and tragically) bankrupt culture on both sides of the Atlantic in the 1970s and ‘80s, pop media reacted with the kind of unintentional irony only it can cough up. “Punk” became a cartoonish shorthand for

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grub notes New Deli Up-Selling: Not to sound all “I refuse to order something called a venti” on y’all, but there are times when, faced with a barrage of questions in a corporate-type restaurant, that I feel like reporting the overlords in charge of the company to OSHA. Unfortunately, it’s the poor folks who work at such places as Sweet Peppers Deli (296 W. Broad St.) who end up feeling the anger of the average citizen, and it’s not their fault that they’re forced to say things like “Would you like to finish up with a delicious Heath Bar crunch cookie?” while you’re still at the counter. It’s also not their fault that the up-sell works. When asked, “Do you want a cookie?” the answer most of us want to give, in our heart of hearts, is “yes.” Still, the series of questions ends up making one feel interrogated, which doesn’t exactly promote repeat business, at least on my part. Thankfully, one way to avoid the Q&A is to order online, which one can do at the restaurant’s website, and, if you’re less grouchy than I am, you may well enjoy the cheerful attitude of the folks who work there and reflect on how many of them it appears to be providing a paycheck. The food at Sweet Peppers is nothing special. If you’ve been to Jason’s Deli, you’ve got the idea: sandwiches, soups, salads, loaded potatoes. It’s more that it’s an easy place to meet, where everyone can find something to eat, there’s plenty of space and it’s clean and consistent. It has a nice covered patio and the glasses in which you receive your beverage are massive, plus, those heavily marketed cookies aren’t bad, even if they’re not nearly as good as the ones at Espresso Royale Caffe. One difficulty is that there’s not much you can get that’s both healthy and tasty. The “Lite Baby Grande Panini” (that’s pronounced Grand-ay), for example, from the LiteLine section of the menu, which promises shaved roast beef with horseradish spread and provolone, roasted peppers and onions on whole-wheat …shaved roast beef ciabatta bread, pressed and with horseradish… grilled, tastes, unfortunately, like cardboard, not something horseradish is generally known for. On the other end of things, the pasta salad you can get as a side is loaded with Italian dressing, to the point where you can’t taste anything else, and the potato salad is heavy with creamy stuff, making you want to brush your teeth. The club wrap, with turkey, ham, shredded cheese, “crisp” (not so much) bacon, lettuce, tomato and honey-mustard dressing, is similarly edible but disappointing. The Bulldog, a sandwich that sounds like a new, weird and potentially wonderful combination of ingredients (roast beef, kielbasa, jalapeno cheese, BBQ sauce and whatever other toppings you like), isn’t bad, but it just doesn’t quite come together in a single bite at any point, and, no, it wasn’t named in honor of Uga. It’s on the menu at other locations of the franchise, which are scattered throughout the Southeast in towns like Gulfport, MS and Muscle Shoals, AL. My guess is that the biggest problem with Sweet Peppers is its breads, which tend to be sugary and mushy, so your best option is probably one of the loaded potatoes, which are the size of a non-teacup chihuahua and could easily feed two. The “Cajun shrimp tater” is, again, nothing to rock your world, and the sour cream it comes with seems artificial, but it works OK on the whole. Sweet Peppers does serve beer and it appears unhaunted by the ghost of Phoenix Market. It does take-out and catering (box lunches) and is open for lunch and dinner. What Up?: In case you’re not a regular reader of the Flagpole website, here’s some recent news you may have missed. George’s Lowcountry Table, from Reggie DiSante, ex-Harry Bissett’s, is open on South Milledge, by the loop. Eastside Hibachi Grill is open on Barnett Shoals in the former Ryan’s. The Beer Growler, retailing growlers (refillable jugs of beer) in some legal form I don’t have details on yet, is slated to open late November/early December. Piccolo’s Italian Steakhouse should open later this month in Watkinsville, in the Bell’s shopping center on Hog Mountain Road. Cozy Yum Yum is expanding, opening Cozy Spice in the strip that once held the Bluebird, on Clayton Street downtown, once construction is done. Silver Lining Cupcake Co., which has genuinely delicious cupcakes, is open on Baxter Street, in the Baxter Street Lofts near Karma Salon and Mirko. And down the road a bit, Off the Hook Steak and Seafood is open next to IHOP. Hillary Brown food@flagpole.com

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The Age of Innocence Strangers at Play: Currently on display at the beautiful Trace Gallery in the Chase Park Warehouses is an alluring two-woman exhibition of figurative ceramics. The artists, Debbie Kupinsky and Michaelene Walsh, make a smart pairing in the cozy space—their work bearing a multitude of visual and ideological connections. Kupinsky’s trio of ceramic constructions sits mutely against the left gallery wall, their “dialogues” with one another almost audible in their quiet surroundings. “Maybe” displays a young woman in silent audience with an impossibly large wolf, the radiant porcelain surface of his head elegantly patterned with incised, repetitive cuts. The pair perch atop cracked and glazed porcelain, which sharply contrasts with the spare surface treatments of their heads. As a matter of fact, Kupinsky’s attention to surface detail is clearly one of her many formidable traits as a sculptor.

soothing and foreboding, these hands extend all manner of prayer, and not all of it entirely comforting. “Elegy,” a handsome, silvery graphite diptych of wall pieces pins a bunny against a wall. Walsh’s forms may immediately imply playfulness, but there’s something markedly serious in the work. Her craft is impeccable (wowee!) and her attention to surface, much like Kupinsky’s, carries the work to great distances. Dangling in the large windows, a bird in flight, red and glossy as a candied apple, flies aimlessly in rotating circles. Next to it, an ice cream cone dipped in soot. This is great stuff—for real. I’ve made no secret of my enthusiasm for the curation and installation of the three exhibitions that have passed through this newly minted gallery. The current show only reinforces my belief that the folks at Trace are bringing consistently great work to Athens. On view until Dec. 3, and highly recommended. For hours and more information, visit www.tracegallery athens.com.

Not to be Missed: Rapidly approaching is the first Wednesday of the month, which means another installment of Lauren Fancher’s ongoing media festival/exhibition, “6x6.” The events, which consistently bring together six (and only six!) time-based art pieces under the auspices of various themes, as selected by a rotating cast of curators, always promise delight, Debbie Kupinsky’s ceramic sculpture “Maybe” is on view at Trace Gallery until marvel, whimsy and Dec 3. (in no small amount) confusion. To describe “Vessel,” the companion piece to “Maybe,” the series in three statements, I would offer evokes pottery and portraiture through its this: often unpredictable, regularly exciting, figure’s neatly scalped skull, which contains consistently worth your time. December wel(or, somehow, collects) tiny birds and trinkets. comes Sabrina Cuadra of local band Whistling The dichotomy between interior and exterior is School for Boys to the role of ringleader; on full display in this piece, which, it seems, Cuadra will curate a group of as-yet undecided is a recurring motif for the artist. In a stateworks around the theme of “Relief.” “6x6” is ment accompanying the exhibition, she writes held in the Ciné Lab on Hancock, on the first of an interest “in how we reconcile the beauty Wednesday of every month, from 7–8 p.m. and innocence in the world with the ineviInformation on curators as well as instructions table loss of [that] innocence. I am drawn to for submission (which you should totally do) what I call ‘objects of nostalgia’ like thimbles, can be found at www.hexadic.blogspot.com. teacups, small cast animals… that can be And, as always, admission is free. See you reinterpreted as symbolic for this loss.” There’s there. something tender, touching, sweet and sad about her work, in the surface, in the forms Also opening at Visionary Growth Gallery and in what they conceal. I’m eager to see on Dec. 5 is “PSYCOLLAGRAPHICA,” a group where she goes from here. photography show featuring the work of Walsh owns the space with her diminuJohn Saterineross, Phillip White, Jillian tive, migrant and formidable pieces dotting Guarco and Alexei Gural. From the looks the walls, shelves and windows of the gallery. of the press kit, the artists represented are Almost without fail, appearing in pairs or approaching photography from a wide (and groupings, Walsh’s elegant sculptures cumuI do mean wide) variety of means. I’m eager late to form conversations that are at once to see how this work will lend itself to the formally playful and conceptually engaging. bucolic setting of the Danielsville gallery; this The stunner of the lot is “Milagros,” a 5’x4’ one’s going to be interesting. If you haven’t grid of paired hands glazed and poised on the made the trip out to Visionary Growth before, gallery’s back wall. The immediately recogniz“PSYCOLLAGRAPHICA” might just be the occaable forms reward prolonged looking, as the sion to do it. Look for an extended review of subtle differences between the pairs start the show in future Art Notes. to reveal the depth and complexity of the supplications their title implies. Alternately Brian Hitselberger arts@flagpole.com

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CLIENT 9: THE RISE AND FALL OF ELIOT SPITZER (R) Academy Award winning documentarian Alex Gibney (he won the Oscar for Taxi to the Dark Side but also helmed Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, and Casino Jack and the United States of Money) charts the rise and fall of former New York Governor and present CNN anchor Eliot Spitzer. Featuring interviews with the scandalrocked former politico, Client 9’s poster claims to tell “the real story.” THE COMPANY MEN (R) TV megaproducer John Wells (“ER,” “The West Wing”) makes his feature film debut with this timely drama. Three men— Bobby Walker, Gene McClary and Phil Woodward (Oscar winners Ben Affleck, Chris Cooper and Tommy Lee Jones)—deal with losing their jobs in the present recession and the effects on their wives, lives and communities. Talk about a cast. Besides the three stars, Kevin Costner, Craig T. Nelson, Maria Bello and Rosemarie Dewitt are also Company Men. DUE DATE (R) After the big-time breakthrough of The Hangover, director Todd Phillips (Road Trip) returns with this comedy about a soon-to-be father, Peter Highman (Robert Downey, Jr.), who must hitch a ride with aspiring actor, Ethan Tremblay (Zack Galifinakias), if he wants to make it to his child’s birth on time. Something feels off in the trailer for this seemingly funny comedy. FASTER (R) Dwayne Johnson gets his Rock on, returning to the action genre to hopefully teach his director, Notorious’s George Tillman, Jr., a few things about staging fake fights. Johnson stars as ex-con Driver, out to avenge his brother’s death during a double-cross years earlier. Too bad he’s got a veteran cop (Billy Bob Thornton) and an egocentric hit man on his tail. I’d be remiss without mentioning the bevy of beauties starring alongside Johnson: Maggie Grace (“Lost”), Moon Bloodgood and Carla Gugino. With Tom Berenger. FOR COLORED GIRLS (R) He’s baa-ack. Tyler Perry returns, and he’s brought his Why Did I Get Married star Janet Jackson with him. The lives of several black women intersect at a 12-step program in Perry’s first adaptation of someone else’s work (Ntozake Shange’s 1975 play, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf). It might be interesting to see how (if) Perry converts

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Shange’s 20-poem structure into a cohesive plot-driven movie. With Anika Noni Rose, Whoopi Goldberg, Thandie Newton, Loretta Devine, Kimberly Elise, Phylicia Rashad and Macy Gray. THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST (R) 2009. The cinematic tale of Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) concludes with this adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s third and final novel. Trapped in the hospital, recovering from life-threatening injuries, Lisbeth and her allies, including Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist), must outwit a secret section of the Swedish government that just wants her dead. The Girl Who Played with Fire director Daniel Alfredson returns. HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 1 (PG-13) As much as I still cherish this series of books, I just have never been as invested in the film versions. That lack of true, heartfelt engagement has never shown as brightly as it does now, as the end we all know by heart approaches. I cannot find fault with this flawless penultimate installment of the stalwart franchise. The three young leads have matured tremendously as actors; Emma Watson has improved vastly since the game-changing third film. Director David Yates continues to bring Rowling’s magical world to rousing, tangible life. The landscapes of the hopeless, doomed, lonely HP7.1 resembled a post-apocalypse and conjured up the highest possible praise; it reminded me of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings and The Empire Strikes Back. 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. INSIDE JOB (PG-13) Charles Ferguson—his Oscar nominated Iraq War doc, No End in Sight, was one of 2007’s best, most insightful films—returns with a comprehensive look at the 2008 financial meltdown in which we remain mired. As fantastic as Ferguson’s previous film was, it was also one of the most depressing and frightening. I cannot see Inside Job being any more optimistic. However, I would assume it will garner Ferguson his second Oscar nomination. Narrated by Matt Damon. IT’S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY (PG-13) A depressed teenager (Keir Gilchrist, the son from “The United States of Tara”) checks into an adult psychiatric ward, befriending one nutter ( Zack Galifianakis) and sparking a romance with another (Emma Roberts). The third film from Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck (Half Nelson and Sugar) will, hopefully, finally break the duo through to the next filmmaking tier. With Lauren Graham, Jeremy Davies (“Lost”), Jim Gaffigan and Viola Davis (an Academy Award nominee for Doubt). JACKASS 3D (R) Everything I said four years ago in my Jackass Number Two review holds true for Jackass 3D. It’s disgusting, filthy, violent and

fracking hilarious. No matter how many positive critiques I make, I cannot change the minds of those set against these men. No matter how immature they still act, Johnny Knoxville and the crew have all aged too much to be called boys. They also exemplify the concept of brotherhood. Ten years after their small screen debut, these guys remain the great artistes of riotous stupidity. THE KING’S SPEECH (R) To combat a nervous stammer, King George VI (Colin Firth), AKA Bertie, works with an unorthodox speech therapist, Lionel Logue (Oscar winner Geoffrey Rush). Director Tom Hooper helmed HBO’s excellent “John Adams” and Elizabeth I. This historical picture is shaping up to be Firth’s best Oscar shot yet; the trailer predicts a winner. With Helena Bonham Carter as George’s daughter Queen Elizabeth II, Guy Pearce as Edward VIII, Michael Gambon as King George V and Timothy Spall as Winston Churchill. LIFE DURING WARTIME (R) Controversial filmmaker Todd Solondz returns to his Happiness clan, albeit with all new actors. Convicted pedophile Bill (Ciaran Hinds) is set to be released from prison, while his wife, Trish (Alison Janney), is planning to get remarried. Meanwhile, Trish’s sister, Joy (Shirley Henderson), leaves a wake of secrets and shame while on leave from the correctional institute where she works. With Michael Lerner, Paul “Pee Wee Herman” Reubens, Charlotte Rampling, Ally Sheedy and Gaby Hoffman. LOVE AND OTHER DRUGS (R) Director Edward Zwick ditches the historical action genre (Glory, Legends of the Fall, Courage Under Fire, The Last Samurai, Blood Diamond, Defiance) he prefers for a romantic comedy (he’s made one, 1986’s About Last Night…) starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway. Jamie Reidy (Gyllenhaal) is a charming Viagra salesman wooing the free-spirited Maggie Murdock (Hathaway). With Judy Greer, Hank Azaria, Oliver Platt, Gabriel Macht and George Segal. Based on Reidy’s memoir, Hard Sell: The Evolution of a Viagra Salesman. MADE IN DAGENHAM (R) Sounds like another satisfying Britcom. In 1968, the female workers at the Ford Dagenham car plant went on strike to protest sexual discrimination. The swell cast includes Sally Hawkins, who probably will not get her first Oscar nomination for this (she should have gotten one for Happy-Go-Lucky) and Bob Hoskins. Director Nigel Cole also helmed A Lot Like Love, Calendar Girls and Saving Grace. Word is good on the script by TV writer William Ivory. MEGAMIND (PG) A blatant riff on the Superman mythology, Megamind begins with the destruction of the home planet of the blue baby soon to be known as Megamind (v. Will Ferrell). Jettisoned to safety by his parents, Megamind finds his way to Earth. Unfortunately, a bundle of muscles and invincibility with a bulldozer chin (Metro Man) barley escaped his neighboring planet’s concurrent obliteration to crash land on Earth as well. Thus is born the Metro Man vs. Megamind rivalry. Though Megamind always loses to Metro Man (v. Brad Pitt), the blue baddie keeps trying, kidnapping the white-clad hero’s girlfriend, reporter Roxanne Ritchi (v. Tina Fey), time and

time again. Of course, the superhero always wins, and the super villain ends up in prison—until the day Megamind defeats Metro Man. But what is a bad guy to do when no good exists to oppose him? Megamind wittily tweaks the superhero genre with enough ingenuity and crafty celebrity voice-work to save a parent’s weekend trip to the movies. MONSTERS (R) Monsters envisions a world in which Mexico has become an alien quarantine zone. One man, U.S. journalist Andrew Kaulder (Scoot McNairy, In Search of a Midnight Kiss), must help tourist Samantha Wynden (Whitney Able, All the Boys Love Mandy Lane) find the safety offered by the U.S. border. Gareth Edwards wrote, directed and shot this buzz-inducing genre flick; the visual effects whiz completed the FX on his laptop. Sounds like Escape from District 9. I’m in. MORNING GLORY (PG-13) Fortunately, watching a movie about morning talk shows is a lot less painful than actually watching “Good Morning, Early Today Show!” Small-time producer Becky Fuller (Rachel McAdams) gets her shot at the big-time when IBS’s fourth-place “Daybreak” comes to call. Firing her depraved cohost (“Modern Family”’s gone-too-soon Ty Burrell), Becky hires news icon Mike Pomeroy (Harrison Ford) to join the morning vet Colleen Peck (a so underused Diane Keaton that they should have cast my grandmother) and jumpstart the ratings. Nothing special (it’s no Broadcast News), Morning Glory reaps the oldfashioned benefits of casting movie stars like zestful beauty McAdams or gruff audience fave Ford and letting them do their charismatic thing. NEVER LET ME GO (R) See Movie Pick. THE NEXT THREE DAYS (PG-13) Academy Award winner Paul Haggis (Crash) returns with a remake of the French thriller, Pour Elle. A wife and mother, Lara Brennan (Elizabeth Banks), is accused of murder. Years into her sentence, her husband, John (Russell Crowe), struggles to raise their family while his imprisoned wife falls apart. Naturally, he plots to break her out. The film sounds intriguing; can it right Haggis’s ship after the disappointing (especially award-wise) In the Valley of Elah? PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2 (R) Katie’s back. Does it matter what this sequel to Oren Peli’s tiny budgeted fall blockbuster is about, so long as the movie is as chilly as the teaser? What worries me most is how you justify another found footage supernatural thriller without completely ripping off the original or coming off as horribly forced structurally? Director Tod Williams previously helmed the John Irving adaptation The Door in the Floor; writer Michael R. Perry has some genre experience from years in the TV biz (“Stephen King’s Dead Zone,” “Millennium,” “American Gothic” and the awesome “Eerie, Indiana”). SKYLINE (PG-13) Populated by a cast of TV-level actors (Donald “Scrubs” Faison, Eric “Six Feet Under” and “24” Balfour), Skyline is barely better than a Syfy Saturday Night Movie. In L.A. visiting his movie star pal (Faison), Jarrod (Balfour) and his pregnant girl, Elaine (Scottie Thompson), wind up in the middle of an alien invasion. Lots of people die/have their brains

sucked out. For reasons known only to the writers, Jarrod is enhanced rather than captured by the aliens’ blue light special. Then, in the movie’s climactic scene, the writers opt to take a slick, District 9 turn in the plot that would have led to a much better story had it been introduced earlier, say the end of Act Two. As a demo reel for effects gurus turned directors, the Brothers Strause, Skyline is a grand slam. The giant monsters stalking the streets and the spaceships dominating the skies of L.A. look incredible. Weak as it is without being awful, Skyline will make fans of the most diehard genre inveterates. THE SWITCH (PG-13) For those who did not get their fill of artificial insemination humor with the woeful Back-Up Plan, enjoy The Switch. Jennifer Aniston plays a single 40-something who becomes pregnant through AI. Little does she know her pal (Jason Bateman) switched her preferred brand of sperm for his store brand. Seven years later, he tells her the truth. Awkward. And a bit beyond creepy. What?! This flick is based on a short story by Pulitzer Prize winner Jeffrey Eugenides, but it’s directed by the duo behind “Cavemen.” I am so confused. TAKERS (PG-13) A theft of multiple millions of dollars and Matt Dillon sounds a lot like Armored. This crime around, Dillon is a detective in the way of a group of bank robbers and the $20 million they stole. The odd, recognizable cast also includes Zoe Saldana, Hayden Christensen, Paul Walker, Idris Elba (I would say he’s slumming but this flick seems no worse than Obsessed), Johnathon Schaech, Jay Hernandez, Michael Ealy, Chris Brown and Tip “T.I.” Harris. TANGLED (PG) Disney’s take on the Rapunzel fairy tale, Tangled stars the voices of Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi (“Chuck”) as the princess with a magically long head of hair and her Prince Charming, a dashing rogue named Flynn Rider. The filmmakers behind Bolt—codirector Byron Howard and Head of Story Nathan Greno direct the screenplay by writer Dan Fogelman—helm the House of Mouse’s animated holiday tent pole. Featuring the voices of Donna Murphy and M.C. Gainey. TOY STORY 3 (G) Toy Story 3 lacks the emotional heft (though parents of youngsters best bring the tissues) of recent Pixar masterpieces, but is every bit the satisfying curtain call for Andy’s toys. UNSTOPPABLE (PG-13) It was about time Tony Scott got back to the terse, gruff action he specialized in before 1995 when he lost his mind to overdirection. He was not helped when the world of digital filmmaking opened up before him like Avatar’s Pandora. The fleet, hour and a half, bullet train that is Unstoppable gets audiences to its destination by the most scenic, suspenseful route. Loosely based on the true story, Unstoppable stars Denzel Washington and Star Trek’s Chris Pine as the only two men who can stop a runaway train terrorizing the Pennsylvania countryside. Rosario Dawson is the sexy dispatcher guiding the two heroes. Sure, the genre clichés abound (Pine’s sexily scruffy conductor has marital issues; Washington’s old hand has professional problems), but they cannot derail Tony’s train once it gets going. WAITING FOR SUPERMAN (PG) Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim follows a handful of promising kids through an education system that inhibits, rather than encourages, academic growth. Guggenheim’s exhaustive review of the public education system explores “drop-out factories,” “academic sinkholes” and reminds the viewer that education statistics have names. Drew Wheeler

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Carey Mulligan and Keira Knightley Britons in a mildly dystopian, alternate reality did not spark well enough with big-city audiences for a small market like Athens to get the film until it neared the end of its theatrical run. Despite the film’s overall admirability, I doubt Athenians will embrace this cold, distant film any more warmly than the rest of the nation’s arthouse audience. In a different version of 1970s Britain, Kathy H. (Carey Mulligan, turning heads yet again), Tommy D. (Andrew Garfield) and Ruth

(Keira Knightley) attend an idyllic boarding school. Unbeknownst to these three children, they are part of a national program that has a hidden agenda. Several years later, Tommy and Ruth have become a couple, and lonely Kathy harbors a not-so-secret love for Tommy. Eventually, fate—and highly regarded novelist Kazuo Ishiguro (The Remains of the Day)—conspire to reunite the trio as they search for a way to escape the fate that the program has in store for them. The beautiful Never Let Me Go, adapted from Ishiguro’s acclaimed novel by screenwriter Alex Garland (a threetime Danny Boyle collaborator) and directed by One Hour Photo’s Mark Romanek, would be a devastatingly sad masterpiece if it were not so remote. (I felt a similar detachment from One Hour Photo.) I wanted to feel for Kathy, Tommy, even Ruth, but the film did not seem interested in my emotional connection. Why else would they so flatly characterize Tommy (a bland, smiling simpleton) and Ruth (a physically and emotionally ugly Knightley)? Kathy is strikingly more appealing and sympathetic than her pals. This brainy romantic drama needs a little more heart.

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rather than booking multiple, and perhaps sparsely attended, shows each month. For more information, please see www.nuci.org. Correction: In an unavoidably erroneous announcement in last week’s printed issue, we said that B-52s tickets would go on sale Nov. 19. Actually, they’ll be on sale at 10 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 3. The famous founding fathers (and mothers!) of the modern Athens scene will play the Classic Center Feb. 18, and tickets are $56.50 for the floor, $46.50 for the loge and $36.50 for seats in the mezzanine balcony. For $122 you get seats in the orches-

tra pit and can attend a meet-and-greet with the band. Please see www.classiccenter.com for more info on purchasing. Tweet Things: Local web developers Little Box Creative (Davey Whitney, Jamey DeOrio, Stephen Borden and Mary Yajko) are developing a site for Athens similar to the popular review site Yelp but focused completely on local businesses. The idea is for folks to use their Twitter accounts to publish brief reviews of local services, products, etc., and use the hash tag #reviewathens. The reviews are then aggregated to a separate site that is to be searchable and comment-able. This ties in with local music because Little Box Creative has pledged to donate 25 cents to Nuçi’s Space (and eventually other local charities) for each use of this particular hash tag. Their donation cap is 400 tweets per month right now but, hell, a hundred bucks is a hundred bucks. The site all this data will wind up on is www.reviewathens.com which should be up, at least in beta form, by the time you read this. What Are You Gonna Do?: The Packway Handle Band will play a benefit for Athens’ Girls Rock Camp on Friday, Dec. 3 at the Melting Point. Also on the bill are The Woodgrains and Moses Gunn. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. The show will also feature the raffling of a Yamaha FG 3755 guitar decorated by Athens artist Jamie Calkin, whose work you’ve surely seen hanging around town even if you don’t know him by name. For more information and tickets, please see www.girlsrockathens.org. For music, please see www.packwayhandle.com and to check out some of Calkin’s artwork, please see www.jamiecalkin.com. Gordon Lamb threatsandpromises@flagpole.com

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he Chicago Bulls, circa ‘90–’93. That may not be the first thing that comes to mind when considering something like the Sidewalk Symphonies concert series, but consider the similarities: the locally minded hat trick, the three-peat of sustainability. Observe: here, we see the three-pronged motto of Sidewalk Symphonies, an explanation and the corresponding moment in Chicago Bulls history. 1. “Support Local Music.” A series of early Tuesday night performances by an eclectic selection of local bands playing in unlikely, non-club settings. (Sweeping the Pistons in ‘91.) 2. “Support Local Restaurants.” And where are these aforementioned unlikely settings? Local restaurants. (Jordan hitting six three-pointers in the first half of the first game.) 3. “Fight Global Poverty.” Those local restaurants then give a portion of their sales during the performances to Nourish International, a student organization that works towards ending world hunger. (John Paxson, with the game-winning shot.) Swish! “Nourish International is a national thing; it was started [at] UNC Chapel Hill originally by students there, and it’s spread to different campuses,” says Nathan Albright, the organizer of Sidewalk Symphonies. While the group is a national entity, “international” is in the name because its goal is to work towards eradicating global poverty. Each chapter is charged with developing a unique “venture,” earning money throughout the year and then selecting a sustainable anti-hunger project to invest it in. “I’m the co-president of the UGA chapter, so me and the co-president went over the summer to the Summer Institute, a conference where a bunch of different chapters met up and talked about different ideas for the coming school year,” says Albright. “While there, I just sort of had the idea to do something with local music and locally owned restaurants.” Albright workshopped the idea with fellow Nourish International members and came home ready to launch the series. “I used to be the local music director at WUOG, and I’m actually the general manager now. I figured it’d be pretty easy to dig up those old contacts from when I used to put on ‘Live in the Lobby’ and try to do something with that.” The resulting juxtapositions have been inspired: an acoustic set from math-pop act Co Co Ri Co at Wilson’s Soul Food, a set by wordy indie troupe Werewolves at Weaver D’s,

a “bluegrass pickin’ circle” at White Tiger Gourmet. The bands play wherever there’s space, be it in the storefront, the lawn or, you guessed it, the sidewalk. “They’ve all been pretty good; the turnout is a little unpredictable,” says Albright. “It’s [also] supposed to be a benefit for the restaurants themselves—hopefully we’re increasing their turnout that night for a higher percentage than what we’re asking for in return. It’s more about supporting local business and giving local music exposure, too.” The Sidewalk Symphonies series, with its unconventional settings, offers an alternative to the usual concert charity and that fits in perfectly with Nourish International’s MO. “Nourish International has a set of ethics; they want it to be a different way of approaching charity,” says Albright. “They basically don’t wanna ask for donations; they try not to come up with cheesy ways of raising money. We’re trying to find things that people are actually interested in giving their money to, or something that they would’ve given their money to even if it wasn’t for a good cause. It’s just a different way of approaching it.” This year’s charity hasn’t been determined yet, but not through any lack of trying. “We find international partners to work with,” explains Albright, “and after we’ve raised all the money for the year, we find out who in the club is interested in going on a trip. Our international projects manager will find an organization that we would like to support. We send the money to them and send as many volunteers of our own as we can. We don’t supply the plane tickets or travel with the money that we raise; we do that individually.” The group originally planned on working with a group based in Kenya called Unite for Africa, but soon discovered there was a travel warning for that nation, and the idea was shelved. Now they are looking into a charity in Africa or South America that they would be interested in working with. They are also seeking the local component to the equation: Sidewalk Symphonies will be continuing into the spring semester; so, bands, take advantage of this opportunity to literally act locally while thinking globally. Think of it as being named MVP.

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ubtlety is a rare trait among guitarists. Overly earnest singer-songwriters, masochistic punks, Jimi Hendrixwannabees—the instrument takes a lot of abuse. Navigating the intricately layered majesty of Infinite Love, the third solo album from Ponytail’s Dustin Wong, it’s not inconceivable to forget, temporarily, that the sounds you hear are made by guitar. That this is true despite the fact that the album, with the exception of a very seldom-used drum machine, consists entirely of guitar, attests to just how remarkable a musician Wong is. Wong makes use of his proficiency as a guitar player to give full rein to his curiosity as a composer, which is what makes Infinite Love so engaging. The wizardry on the fretboard and endless looping are simply extensions of the instrument’s reach—ultimately a means of serving the compositions themselves. The technical display is subordinate to the real elements at work on the album; melody and atmosphere are always at the forefront. By eschewing novelty, Wong removes any barriers between himself and his audience; the listener is allowed direct access to the music. Working on his own, the Baltimore-based artist strives to connect to listeners on a more ruminative plain. While there is a musical kinship with the frenetic, fast-paced live shows that were Ponytail’s standard, Wong admits that, solo, it’s a different kind of performance. “It’s definitely more introspective and selfreflexive, whereas [Ponytail] was… democratic and extroverted. In the band, you’re sacrificing yourself to the audience. Solo, it’s more of an offering.” Without the charismatic presence of a full band, and with Wong himself busy cuing loops, the audience is encouraged to direct its attention inward; the music becomes a catalyst for reflection. The process behind Infinite Love’s composition helps further illuminate the effect the music has. Each of the album’s two discs is a 45-minute, contiguous piece of music. Both discs share the same beginning and ending, the music diverging in the middle to create “brother” and “sister” versions. Rather than mapping out the piece beforehand, Wong opted for a more free-associative, intuitive process. “[I would] start with a melody; then I would listen and lay something on top, and as something would crystalize, I would listen to it and decide if I liked it or not.” As a result of this process, “one piece leads to another.” The result is an album whose multiple layers combine for a rich, textured sound. The overlapping parts can serve as the backdrop for soaring melodies or, conversely, can build to form complex, repeating patterns that

recall the work of New Minimalist composers such as Terry Riley. Because it is such an iconic instrument, the electric guitar carries with it an endless number of associations that each listener is bound to make, and it is to Wong’s credit that he honors so many of the instrument’s different aspects, occasionally toying with hard-rock riffs and simple, folk progressions. When performing Infinite Love live, Wong has taken to continuing the method of variation and experimentation that led to the album’s composition. Concert-goers can expect to hear yet another sibling of the album’s “brother” and “sister” versions. He is interested, he says, in “reconstructing it more, mutating it, changing the narrative.” Wong cites The Arabian Nights as an example of the kind of narrative that draws its impact from its never-ending quality. Further illustrating his point, he describes the experience of “[staring] at a color for awhile, like red for example; you look away and you see green. I want people to come away with an effect.” Wong and his tourmates, Avocado Happy Hour and Holy Ghost Party, have been involved with a growing musical trend in Baltimore that has been termed “soft music” by some of its practitioners. The trend has a flagship venue, Soft House, and a festival, Soft Fest. The term isn’t meant to evoke any particular genre or style; rather the general aim is to provide, in a concert setting, the kind of intimate environment associated with a more personal kind of listening experience. The reaction you might have listening to a record alone in your living room becomes one you can share with 100 other people at a show. Dustin Wong’s music invites this fusion of introspection and community. Describing the atmosphere at his shows, Wong says, simply, “people tend to sit down.” The small, intimate space at Flicker offers the ideal setting for this kind of show, which, though it happens on the biggest shopping day of the year, won’t cost you a cent. Those who tend to hole up for the holidays might want to reconsider this time around. The feeling at this Friday’s show might make your living room jealous. Marshall Yarbrough

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FLT RSK Live-Electronic/Dance/Pop Lineup: JB Lawrence, Matty G Mansfield, Matthew Woolley. Shares members with: DubConscious. Influences: Elton John, James Brown, dub reggae, rock and roll. Drummer Matthew Woolley says the music of FLT RSK (pronounced “Flight Risk”) sounds like “a movie soundtrack,” but it’s hard to imagine what sort of futuristic action scene these washes of electronica might accompany. Maybe a video game soundtrack would be more fitting—with the driving percussion propelling the hero into an epic space battle as pulsating synth underscores the firing of beams from his laser gun. The more ethereal moments could even serve as a fitting welcome into some warped underwater world. FLT RSK’s instrumental jams have an enveloping quality about them, and when the band performs live the audience seems mesmerized by the rhythms—swaying, rocking and bobbing in electronic bliss. And while admittedly this hypnotic trance may be enhanced by, let’s say, herbal supplements, I think the smooth interweaving of Lawrence’s keys and programming with Mansfield’s woozy guitar effects and Woolley’s popping percussion and samples is enough to bend your mind on its own. FLT RSK will release its self-titled debut EP in January of 2011. The disc will include guest vocals by Lera Lynn and Shelley Olin, who also occasionally join the band live. In the meantime, you can download two songs off the forthcoming release for free at www.fltrsk.com. Next show: Check website for updates. MUD SCHOLAR Lyrical/Douche/Pop Lineup: Alexander McKelvey, Blaze Bateh, Braden Neugebauer. Shares members with: Crumbling Arches, Bambara. Influences: John Stamos, John Denver, John Cage. Alright, before you accuse me of being particularly rude in describing this act, please know that McKelvey is responsible BangRadio for tagging the project “lyricaldouche-pop.” Mud Scholar, he says, is his obnoxious, satirical alter-ego. McKelvey’s former band, Crumbling Arches, always had a proclivity for theatrics, but this is certainly a new direction. “This voice belongs to a lost, perverted soul who is unafraid of ‘90s chord progressions and trite vocal melodies,” he writes on MySpace. The background story is as follows: “A boy, afflicted by a chore-intensive upbringing in suburban Atlanta, picked up a guitar and sang the word ‘dick’ repeatedly…from then on his authoritative grasp of middle-school humor, paired with his love for mainstream-music-that-is-labeled-alternative music, propelled him into a paradoxical state of arrogant selfloathing.” This self-loathing is expressed in a very meta sort of songwriting style that is as dirty as it is self-referential. If that sounds like your kind of humor, there is plenty to sample at www.mudscholar.bandcamp.com. Mud Scholar is currently shooting a music video for the song “Waste of Air” with the help of director Kyler Dennis which should debut on YouTube in December. Next show: Check website for updates. THE SALT FLATS Rock/Alt-Country/D.I.Y. Lineup: Eli Truett, Thaxton Shepard, Edward Charles, Ryan Cattie, Brandon Bradford. Former members of: More Arrows, DMV, Blue Flashing Light, Veblen. Influences: Wilco, Ween, Pearl Jam, U2, The National, Elliott Smith, Pavement, Silver Jews, The Raconteurs, The Replacements, Built to Spill, Flaming Lips Eli Truett has been writing songs for years, but his backing band first officially appeared as “The Salt Flats” on WUGA’s “It’s Friday” program in September of this year. That debut showcased melodic, jangly guitar rock that isn’t afraid of getting a

bit rowdy. Truett offers up several descriptions of The Salt Flats’ sound: “A freight train riding a rogue wave/moving pictures/ epic impressionism.” The Salt Flats will be heading into The Bakery Studios with engineer Matt Yelton over the next couple months with hopes to release an EP/LP combo and maybe garner some label interest. “As we simultaneously flesh out the definitive versions of this material and hone our dynamic as a band, we expect to have a solid foundation on which to build/develop future material we’re saving for the next round of writing,” says Truett. “And similarly, we are trying to book as many shows as we can to keep us steadily supporting the material leading up to, during, and after the production of our EP/LP.” You can hear the band’s “It’s Friday” appearance on www.reverbnation. com/elitruett. Next show: Saturday, Nov. 27 @ Flicker Theatre BANGRADIO Booty-Shaking/First-Pumping/Dub-Heart-Felt Party Music Lineup: Isai Jaimes. Influences: Bassnectar, Gucci Mane, Sleigh Bells, David Guetta, Diplo, Goldfrapp, Cut Copy, Big Boi, M.I.A., Thievery Corporation. Welcome the newest addition to Athens’ dance party scene. Jaimes was first introduced to Flagpole as a poet and promoter whose events often featured readings as well as live music and DJ sets. Jaimes was always the one reading poetry, but as of this summer he’s taking a turn behind the decks as BangRadio, spinning high-energy dance mixes and mash-ups. “I believe my songlist is just as provocative as my poems,” he says. Jaimes adds that he is a protégé of DJ Killacut, so locals familiar with Killacut’s style will see some stylistic similarities. “My desire is to create a party experience [for adults] that’ll mean just as much as high school prom does to teenagers,” he says. Jaimes and Killacut are currently working on a collaboration they are calling “The Big Beat Dance Party.” You can find BangRadio’s web presence by searching for Isai Jaimes on Facebook. He’s got several gigs on the books for December already, so check back often! Next show: Thursday, Dec. 2 @ Bailey’s American Tavern BIGFOOT Tumultuous/Cromulent/Budrock Lineup: Alan Lee, Wyatt Pless, Marshall Sanchez. Shares members with: Geisterkatzen. Influences: Bob Dole, shitty music, The Dream Operators, Malachi Z. York©™, Trey Spruance, Tony Danza, Sleep(ing) You’ll have to ask a big Simpsons fan to define “cromulent” for you, but even that won’t really prepare you for the weirdness of young local band Bigfoot. This is a band that reveres irreverence. At a recent Caledonia Lounge gig, Bigfoot bounced from a guitar solo-laden cover of The Romantics’ “Talking in Your Sleep” to a free-association rant that referenced, among other people and things, Al Gore and Kenny G. Asked to describe their sound, Pless offers, “Krautrock meets funeral jazz on a videophonic freight train.” (Nice, a second freight train reference in one Upstart column). It’s hard to decipher Bigfoot’s true intentions, but Pless says the plan is to “oversaturate the market with pale imitations of our music only to have a triumphant release show of real Bigfoot material at Farm 255 with our sister band, Figboots. Bigfoot’s home base of operations, The Dream Operator, will soon host our transcendental celestial voyages once we outfit it with the newly acquired laser light show. Tickets for these voyages will be given out free of charge at a yet undecided date.” In other words, it’s probably best to just see the band live yourself. Next show: 24-hour live WUOG broadcast in January. Stay tuned. Michelle Gilzenrat music@flagpole.com

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Wednesday 24 EVENTS: Canine Cocktail Hour (Hotel Indigo, Madison Bar & Bistro Courtyard) Drink and food specials for you and your (well-behaved, non-aggressive, vaccinated) dog! This week: salty dogs and greyhounds. Every Wednesday. 5–7 p.m. www.indigoathens.com EVENTS: Thanksgiving Bash (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Give thanks for drink specials and indoor heating with screenings of Planes, Trains and Automobiles and A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving. 9 p.m. www. myspace.com/flickerbar KIDSTUFF: Children’s Storytime (ACC Library) For children ages 18 months to 5 years. Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m., Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Homeschoolers Chapter Book Review (Madison County Library) Elementary schoolage homeschoolers gather at the library to read a book together and talk about it. Every Wednesday. 2 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Wildcard Wednesday: Artist Trading Cards (ACC Library) Come make an artist trading card with us and then trade it! Free and open to the first 15 teens, ages 11–18. 4–5 p.m. FREE! 706613-3650 GAMES: Dart League and Game Night (Alibi) Meet up with other sharp-shooters. FREE! 706-5491010

GAMES: Poker Night (Buffalo’s Southwest Café) Texas Hold ‘Em every Wednesday. 18 and up. Sign in at 6:30 p.m. Dealing begins at 7:30 p.m. FREE! www.interstatepokerclub. com GAMES: Sports Trivia (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s) Every Wednesday. Win house cash and prizes! 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-1916 GAMES: Trivia (Copper Creek Brewing Company) Test your trivia chops for prizes! Every Wednesday. 9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-1102 GAMES: Trivia (Willy’s Mexicana Grill) Test your trivia knowledge for prizes every Wednesday! 8 p.m. FREE! 706-548-1920 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 25 EVENTS: Thanksgiving Buffet (Allgood Lounge) Join Allgood for a buffet. Potluck dishes welcomed and appreciated. 6 p.m. FREE! 706549-0166 EVENTS: Thanksgiving Potluck (Alibi) Please join us for dinner. Bring a side dish or your lunch leftovers, turkey provided. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010

Friday 26 EVENTS: 40th Holiday Open House & Sale (Happy Valley Pottery, Watkinsville) Tour the open studios and enjoy various craft demonstrations throught the day. See Calendar Pick on p. 23. 9–5:30 p.m. FREE! 706-769-5922 EVENTS: 9th Holiday Open House & Sale (Chappelle Gallery, Historic Haygood House) Enjoy an extended weekend of art, demonstrations, BBQ and holiday festivities in Watkinsville! 9–5:30 p.m. FREE! 706-769-5922 EVENTS: AthGiving (Farm 255) An after Thanksgiving reunion party for Athenians that has evolved into a fundraiser for research of Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy. Performances by DJ Black Dominos and Darius Weems. All attendees will receive a free copy of the Darius Goes West DVD. 9 p.m. Donations. 706-549-4660 EVENTS: Comer Artists Holiday Open House (Bendzunas Glass) Come out to Comer for Bendzunas Glass Studio open house. This allday affair features live glass blowing demonstrations. 10 a.m.–5 p.m. FREE! 706-783-5869 EVENTS: Day After Thanksgiving Food Tour (Downtown Athens) Take a break from shopping and join Athens Food Tours on a walking food tour of Downtown Athens. Tour stops at seven locally owned

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restaurants. 2–5 p.m. $45. 706-3388054, www.athensfoodtours.com/ downtown EVENTS: Open House and Art Sale (Yukiko Pottery Studio, High Shoals) Potters Yukiko and Bob Marable open their kiln and studio to show over 400 pieces of glazed stoneware. Come early for the best selection. 8 a.m.–6 p.m. FREE! 706769-5519 PERFORMANCE: Drag Show (Go Bar) You go, girl! This fun and feisty performance features our prettiest boys dressed in their best. 9-11 p.m. A high-energy set by DJ Mahogany will follow the show and keep the party going. www.myspace.com/ gobar KIDSTUFF: Preschool & Toddler Storytime (Madison County Library) Includes stories, fingerpuppet plays, songs and crafts for literacy-based fun. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-795-5597

Saturday 27 EVENTS: 40th Holiday Open House & Sale (Happy Valley Pottery, Watkinsville) Tour the open studios and enjoy various craft demonstrations throught the day. For more information, see Calendar Pick on p. 23. 9–5:30 p.m. FREE! 706-769-5922 EVENTS: 9th Holiday Open House & Sale (Chappelle Gallery, Historic Haygood House) Enjoy an extended weekend of art, demonstrations, BBQ and holiday festivities in Watkinsville! For more information, see Calendar Pick on p. 23. 9–5:30 p.m. FREE! 706-310-0985 EVENTS: Fall Open House (Bendzunas Glass) Bendzunas Glass opens its doors to the public for a weekend sale with live glassblowing demonstrations all day. 10 a.m.–5 p.m. FREE! 706-783-5869, bendzunasglass.com EVENTS: Gameday Gridiron Battle (Corporate Gameday) Drinks, food and parking sponsored by Gnat’s Landing. 12 p.m. www. empiretickets.com/uga-gatechtailgate.asp EVENTS: Open House and Art Sale (Yukiko Pottery Studio) See Nov. 26 Event listing. 8 a.m.–6 p.m. FREE! 706-769-5519 OUTDOORS: Athens Family Nature Club (Dudley Park) Nature connection for the whole family. Enjoy stories, games earthskills and nature play at this monthly event. Meet at the parking lot behind Mama’s Boy. 3–5 p.m. FREE! 706224-2490, tommy@wildintelligence. org KIDSTUFF: First Graders from Mars! (Madison County Library) Fun program for elementary school children and parents with a reading of the second and third episodes in the Shana Corey’s series First

Michaelene Walsh’s ceramic sculptures are on display at Trace Gallery through Dec. 3. Graders from Mars. 10 a.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 GAMES: Television Trivia (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Chris Creech and Eli Kreutz host a night of trivia covering all genres of television. There are prizes for the first and second place teams. 6:30 p.m. FREE! seecreech@gmail.com

Sunday 28 EVENTS: 40th Holiday Open House & Sale (Happy Valley Pottery, Watkinsville) Tour the open studios and enjoy various craft demonstrations throught the day. See Calendar Pick on p. 23. 9–5:30 p.m. FREE! 706-769-5922 EVENTS: 9th Holiday Open House & Sale (Chappelle Gallery, Historic Haygood House) Enjoy an extended weekend of art, demonstrations, BBQ and holiday festivities in Watkinsville! 9–5:30 p.m. FREE! 706-769-5922 EVENTS: Fall Open House (Bendzunas Glass) Bendzunas Glass opens its doors to the public for a weekend sale with live glassblowing demonstrations all day. 10 a.m.–5 p.m. FREE! 706-783-5869, bendzunasglass.com EVENTS: Open House and Art Sale (Yukiko Pottery Studio) See Nov. 26 Event listing. 8 a.m.–6 p.m. FREE! 706-769-5519 GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Amici Italian Café) Come test your knowledge! 9 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0000

GAMES: Trivia (Buffalo’s Southwest Café) Weekly Trivia! Students get 10 percent off with I.D. 7 p.m. FREE!

Monday 29 PERFORMANCE: Matthew Anderson (UGA Ramsey Concert Hall) Student recital from the guitarist. 6 p.m. FREE! www.uga.edu/pac PERFORMANCE: Francisco Azevedo (Edge Recital Hall) Student recital from the double bassist. 5 p.m. FREE! www.uga. edu/pac PERFORMANCE: Ryker Dillard and Bonnie Krider (Edge Recital Hall) Student recital from the two vocalists. 3:35 p.m. FREE! www.uga. edu/pac PERFORMANCE: D. Ray McClellan (UGA Ramsey Concert Hall) Recital from the UGA Faculty member and clarinet player. 8 p.m. $5. www.uga.edu/pac PERFORMANCE: Dusty Woodruff (UGA Ramsey Concert Hall) Student recital from the guitarist. 3:35 p.m. FREE! www.uga.edu/pac KIDSTUFF: Bedtime Stories (ACC Library) Snuggle in your jammies and listen to stories. Every Monday. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Puppet Show Week (ACC Library) Puppets perform a show based on Julia Rawinson’s Fletcher’s Tree. Nov. 29, 7 p.m., Nov. 30 & Dec. 1, 9:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m., Dec. 2–3, 10:30 a.m. & 4:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650

LECTURES & LIT.: Last Monday Book Group (ACC Library, Small Conference Room) This month’s title is Muriel Barbey’s The Elegance of the Hedgehog. Newcomers welcome. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 LECTURES & LIT.: “Voices of the South: How Social Security Affects Rural Populations” Educational Workshop (Athens Community Council on Aging) Athens Community Council on Aging hosts this workshop focusing on the basics of Social Security and its major differences from other programs such as Medicare and Medicaid. 11 a.m. FREE! GAMES: Beer Pong (Alibi) The classic tournament-style game. 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 GAMES: Ping Pong (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Get your paddle ready for a riveting round of table tennis. 4–8 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ flickerbar GAMES: Poker Night (Jack’s Bar) There’s a new game in town. 7:30 p.m. FREE! 912-604-8560 GAMES: Rock and Roll Trivia (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Get a team together and show off your extensive music knowledge every Monday! 8 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub GAMES: Team Trivia (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 30 EVENTS: Love Light Ceremony (St. Mary’s Chapel) A festive program which includes lighting the 25-foot-tall Love Light tree, musical performance by the Little Chiefs Chorale from Oconee County Primary School, words of welcome and light refreshments. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-389-3926 PERFORMANCE: Bawling Comedy Showcase (Last Call) A stellar stand-up comedy open mic featuring some of the best up-and-coming comdians from all over. 8:30–10 p.m. $3. 706-461-2629, www.bawlingcomedy.com PERFORMANCE: Katrina Hinton and Ryan Moore (UGA Ramsey Concert Hall) Student recital from the percussionists. 6 p.m. FREE! www.uga.edu/pac PERFORMANCE: Richard Knepp (UGA Ramsey Concert Hall) Student recital from the guitarist. 3:30 p.m. FREE! www.uga.edu/pac PERFORMANCE: Thomas Minor (Edge Recital Hall) Student recital from the trombone player. 3:30 p.m. FREE! www.uga.edu/pac PERFORMANCE: Andrew Small (Edge Recital Hall) Student recital from the double bassist. 5 p.m. FREE! www.uga.edu/pac 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: Puppet Show Week (ACC Library) Puppets perform a show based on Julia Rawinson’s Fletcher’s Tree. Nov. 29, 7 p.m., Nov. 30 & Dec. 1, 9:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m., Dec. 2–3, 10:30 a.m. & 4:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Super Smash Brothers Tournament (Oconee County Library) Teens ages 11 to 18 are invited to this evening of games and snacks. 6–8 p.m. FREE! 706769-3950 LECTURES & LIT.: Brown Bag Lunch Series: Salvador Dali (ACC Library) The High Museum’s Communications Coordinator Julie Marateck discusses the current High exhibit “Salvador Dali: The Late Work” and Dali’s iconic painting “The Persistence of Memory,” which has recently joined the exhibit. Attendees have a chance to win two tickets to the exhibit. 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: Trivia (Alibi) Find out what Visual Audio Trivia is! 8 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010

Wednesday 1 EVENTS: Annual Pottery Sale (Lamar Dodd School of Art) The Ceramic Student Organization hosts its fall pottery sale. 9 a.m.–5 p.m. www.art.uga.edu. EVENTS: Athens Land Trust Ground-Breaking Ceremony (Athens Community Council on Aging) In celebration of receiving a three-year grant to establish a community garden network, Athens Land Trust hosts a ground-breaking ceremony at the site of the initiative’s first project. 4:30 p.m. FREE! www. athenslandtrust.org EVENTS: Canine Cocktail Hour (Hotel Indigo, Madison Bar & Bistro Courtyard) Drink and food specials for you and your (well-behaved, non-aggressive, vaccinated) dog! This week: salty dogs and greyhounds. Every Wednesday. 5–7 p.m. www.indigoathens.com EVENTS: Student Jewelry Sale (Various Locations) Sponsored by Phi Beata Heata, the jewelry and metals student organization at the Lamar Dodd School of Art. Sale is in the Miller Learning Center on Dec. 1 and in the foyer of Lamar Dodd on Dec. 2 and Dec. 3. 10 a.m.–6 p.m. 678-447-5977, smbrickhouse@ gmail.com. art.uga.edu ART: 6X6: “Relief” (Ciné BarCafé) Fast, fun and free! This monthly media arts event is a cross between an art show and a film festival. This month’s show is curated by perfomance, sound and video artist Sabrina Cuadra. 7 p.m. FREE! www. hexadic.blogspot.com PERFORMANCE: Athens Cabaret Showgirls (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Local drag troupe. 10 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub PERFORMANCE: Kenny Baik and Andrew Daskins (Edge Recital Hall) Student recital from the saxophone and cello players. 3:35 p.m. FREE! www.uga.edu/pac PERFORMANCE: Spencer Smith (UGA Ramsey Concert Hall) Student recital from the percussionist. 3:35 p.m. FREE! www.uga.edu/pac PERFORMANCE: UGA Double Bass Ensemble (Edge Recital Hall) Presented by the Hugh Hodgson School of Music. 5 p.m. FREE! www.uga.edu/pac THEATRE: Cinderella (The Classic Center) Join Cinderella as she sings and dances her way from the kitchen

of her stepmother’s house into the arms of Prince Charming. 9:30 & 11:30 a.m. 706-208-0900, www. classiccenter.com KIDSTUFF: Homeschoolers Chapter Book Review (Madison County Library) Elementary schoolage homeschoolers gather at the library to read a book together and talk about it. Every Wednesday. 2 p.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Puppet Show Week (ACC Library) Puppets perform a show based on Julia Rawinson’s Fletcher’s Tree. Nov. 29, 7 p.m., Nov. 30 & Dec. 1, 9:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m., Dec. 2–3, 10:30 a.m. & 4:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 LECTURES & LIT.: Oconee Dems Book Group (Five Points Deli & More, Epps Bridge) Communitywide book group hosted by the Oconee County Democrats. This month’s title is Juan Cole’s Engaging the Muslim World. Newcomers from any county and of any political affiliation are welcome. Meetings are held on the last Wednesday of every month. November’s meeting will be held on Dec. 1 due to the Thanksgiving holiday. 6 p.m. FREE! patricia.priest@yahoo.com, www. oconeedemocrats.org LECTURES & LIT.: Word of Mouth (The Globe) Monthly open poetry readings every first Wednesday. 8 p.m. FREE! www.athenswordofmouth.com GAMES: Dart League and Game Night (Alibi) Meet up with other sharp-shooters. FREE! 706-5491010 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: Trivia (Copper Creek Brewing Company) Test your trivia chops for prizes! Every Wednesday. 9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-1102 GAMES: Trivia (Willy’s Mexicana Grill) Test your trivia knowledge for prizes every Wednesday! 8 p.m. FREE! 706-548-1920 * Advance Tickets Available

Down the Line EVENTS: Annual Pottery Sale 12/2 (Lamar Dodd School of Art) The Ceramic Student Organization hosts its fall pottery sale. 9 a.m.–5 p.m. www.art.uga.edu. EVENTS: Downtown Parade of Lights 12/2 (Downtown Athens) Over 60 entries compete for prizes.

Friday–Sunday, November 26–28

Holiday Open House Happy Valley Pottery & Chappelle Gallery Watkinsville may not be the most obvious Black Friday destination, but for those seeking hand-crafted, one-of-akind gifts, shopping in Watkinsville is an annual tradition. This year’s 40th annual Happy Valley Pottery and ninth annual Chappelle Gallery holiday open houses and sales promise art enthusiasts and shoppers a chance to purchase unique pieces from locally, regionally and Cecile Byram nationally recognized artists. Happy Valley’s open house features the work of roughly 18 artists, all based locally, whose items range from beaded jewelry to wheel-thrown pottery and homemade candles. New to this year’s sale are jeweler Dave Cain and glass-blower Cecile Byram, in addition to the potters of Winterhawk Pottery, a collective known for stoneware created in the tradition and style of the Southeastern Native-American group known as the Mississippi Mound Builders. Other attractions include daily glass-blowing, pottery and oriental raku demonstrations by resident artists. Located in Watkinsville’s historic Haygood House, the Chappelle Gallery sale hosts over 125 participating artists, only half of whom are from Georgia. In addition to a greater number of artists, the Chappelle Gallery sale also offers a variety of products and services. In addition to pottery, jewelry and handmade goods, the sale features paintings, photography and hand-painted silk. The gallery also offers framing, the art world’s version of gift wrap, making it easy to turn a 2D purchase into a finished gift. The open houses will not be affected by cold fall weather, according to Kathy Chappelle, a co-owner of both spaces, because both sales are either entirely indoors or in a covered area. Onsite seasonal refreshments and inexpensive BBQ are also available for fatigued shoppers. The open houses and sales take place from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. All related events are free and open to the public. For more information call Happy Valley at (706) 769-5922 or Chappelle Gallery at (706) 310-0985. [Jenny Peck]

7 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3801, www. accleisureservices.com EVENTS: Student Jewelry Sale 12/2 (Various Locations) Sponsored by Phi Beata Heata, the jewelry and metals student organization at the Lamar Dodd School of Art. Sale is in the Miller Learning Center on Dec. 1 and in the foyer of Lamar Dodd on Dec. 2 and Dec. 3. 10 a.m.–6 p.m. 678-447-5977, smbrickhouse@ gmail.com. art.uga.edu PERFORMANCE: UGA Holiday Concert 12/2 (UGA Hodgson Hall) The UGA Symphony Orchestra, Concert Choir and University Chorus will present a family-friendly holiday concert. 8 p.m. $5–$20. www.uga.edu/pac*

EVENTS: OCAF 16th Annual Holiday Market 12/3 (OCAF) Featuring over 30 of the region’s top artists. Market includes pottery, paintings, fiber art, stained and fused glass, jewelry, sculpture, photography, woodwork and more. Dec. 3, 5–9 p.m. Dec. 4 & 5, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. $3. www.ocaf.com PERFORMANCE: How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Other Dances 12/3 (Oconee County Civic Center) Encore Dance Theatre presents this original ballet based on the book by Dr. Seuss. 3 & 7 p.m. $10–$12. 706-769-1177 THEATRE: The Rocky Horror Show 12/3 (Athens Community Theatre) The Town & Gown Players

would like–if they may–to take you on a strange journey with their performance of Richard O’ Brien’s science fiction stage musical. Dec. 3, 9, 11, 8 p.m. Dec. 4, 10, 8 p.m. & midnight. Dec. 5, 12, 2 p.m. $15–$18. 706-208-8696, www. townandgownplayers.org EVENTS: 2010 Holiday Sale 12/4 (Morgan Pottery, Danielsville) David Morgan Pottery hosts its annual open house and sale. Dec. 4, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Dec. 5, 12 a.m.–5 p.m. FREE! 706-795-3418, 706207-2325 EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market 12/4 (Bishop Park) Buy fresh, locally grown organic produce, locally k continued on next page

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THE CALENDAR! Eat. Drink. Listen Closely. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Thanksgiving Eve concert featuring

NORMALTOWN FLYERS ‘ FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26 DEJA VU Tickets $10 adv. • $12 at the door

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A TRIBUTE TO CROSBY, STILLS, NASH and YOUNG

STRAWBERRY FLATS Tickets $9 adv . •$12 at the door

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27 Nomad Artists presents

YACHT ROCK REVUE

Tickets $8 adv . •$10 at the door

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30 Terrapin Bluegrass Series featuring

BLUEBILLY GRIT

$3 admission • $2 Terrapin Pints All Night!

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1

TAB BENOIT

Tickets $15 adv. • $20 at the door

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2

A night of off the wall 90s covers featuring

TRUCE Tickets $5 adv.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3

PACKWAY HANDLE BAND

MOSES GUNN THE WOODGRAINS

Tickets $10 adv . •$12 at the door $10 at the door with UGA ID

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4

SAINT FRANCIS

featuring members of Moonshine Still Tickets $8 adv . •$12 at the door

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7 Terrapin Bluegrass Series featuring

NORTH GEORGIA BLUEGRASS BAND

$3 admission • $2 Terrapin Pints All Night!

ON THE HORIZON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10

ABBEY ROAD LIVE! Tickets $10 adv. • $12 at the door

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 26

RANDALL BRAMBLETT BAND Tickets $12 adv. • $18 at the door

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crafted goods and freshly baked breads. Now accepting EBT cards. Every Saturday. 8 a.m.–Noon. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net EVENTS: Depot Days Holiday Market 12/4 (Farmington Depot Gallery) Shop for art and handmade gifts by the gallery artists and over 40 invited artists. Dec. 4 & 5, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. FREE! www.farmingtondepotgallery.org EVENTS: Fall Open House 12/4 (Bendzunas Glass) Bendzunas Glass opens its doors to the public for a weekend sale with live glassblowing demonstrations all day. 10 a.m.–5 p.m. FREE! 706-783-5869, bendzunasglass.com EVENTS: Farmington Pottery Sale 12/4 (Farmington Pottery, 1790 Salem Rd., Farmington) Featuring Jim Peckham, Caryn Curry, Crisha Yantis, Keen Zero, Jeff Bishop and others. 10 a.m. –5 p.m. FREE! 678863-1847 EVENTS: Holiday Artist Market 12/4 (283 Bar) The bar hosts an assemblage of handmade works by local artists alongside your favorite holiday cocktails. Jewelry, paintings, ceramics, papercraft, wooden toys, ornaments and handmade bags for sale. 11 a.m.–5 p.m. 706-208-1283 EVENTS: Holiday Studio Market and Sale 12/4 (Soup Studios) Featuring the studio’s new line of clay and sterling pendants and earrings. Owls, squirrels, vegetables, retro appliances and more. 10–3 p.m. FREE! 706-340-1973 EVENTS: Paws and Claus 12/4 (Memorial Park) Get your pet’s picture taken with Santa! Pictures printed while you wait. Hosted by Athens Canine Rescue. 10 a.m.–2 p.m. www.athenscaninerescue.com EVENTS: SNOWsational Holiday Celebration 12/4 (Native America Gallery) Come celebrate the holidays with door prizes, free horse-drawn carriage rides, tantalizing treats and drinks! FREE! 706-549-8425 PERFORMANCE: A Taste of the Holiday Season 12/4 (Morton Theatre) In celebration of the Morton Theatre Centennial, the East Athens Educational Dance Center hosts an eclectic assembly of local performances. 7 p.m. $10. www. mortontheatre.com* EVENTS: Clay Gardens Holiday Market 12/5 (Clay Gardens Gallery) Featuring a variety of arts and crafts from local artists. 11–6 p.m. FREE! 678-850-1624, claygardengallery@ gmail.com EVENTS: State Botanical Garden Holiday Open House 12/5 (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Featuring live music from the Georgia Children’s Chorus, puppet shows and festive holiday decorations. Rumor has it that Mr. and Mrs. Claus, as well as a professional photographer, will be in attendance. 2–5 p.m. FREE! 706-542-1244, www. uga.edu/botgarden MEETINGS: Mindfulness Practice Group 12/10 (Mind Body Institute) Beginners and experienced mindfulness practitioners welcome. Meets the second Friday of each month. 5:30 p.m. FREE! 706-475-7329 THEATRE: Miss Nelson Is Missing! 12/10 (Seney-Stovall Chapel) Young Actors Studio presents a theatrical adaptation of Harry Allard and James Marshall’s popular children’s book. Dec. 10, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 11, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. $8–$10. youngactorsstudio@gmail. com, youngactorsstudio.googlepages.com EVENTS: Holiday Afternoon Tea 12/11 (Athens Community Council on Aging, 135 Hoyt St.) Athens

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Community Council on Aging hosts a tea in celebration of the winter holiday season. Tickets are available phone or email. 4 p.m. (Dec. 11), 2 p.m. (Dec. 12). $15 (children) $20 (adults). 706-549-485. cboozer@accaging.org, www.accaging.org* KIDSTUFF: Second Saturday Storytime 12/11 (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Join the SCNC staff for stories about the woods and their resident creatures. 2:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3615, www.accleisureservices.com EVENTS: Invasive Crafts Program 12/18 (Greenway) Learn why kudzu, privet and honeysuckle aren’t really your friends. Then, make crafts out of specimens harvested from the Greenway! For all ages. Call to register. 10 a.m.–noon. $2. 706613-3615 KIDSTUFF: Nature Trading Post 12/18 (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Program intended to encourage personal nature exploration. Participants earn points for their collected items (shells, rocks, animal bones, etc.). The points can be banked or used to trade for another object from the Nature Center’s Trading Post. Kids, bring an adult to participate! 11 a.m.–noon. FREE! 706-613-3615 KIDSTUFF: Snowflake Shuffle 12/18 (Rocksprings Park) Holiday dance party for children 12 and under with cookie decorating, red and green face painting, Christmas Bingo and pictures with The Grinch, Santa and Mrs. Claus! 4–6 p.m. $3. 706-613-3603, www.accleisureservices.com OUTDOORS: Naturalist Walk 12/18 (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Join SCNC staff for a walk around the property. 10–11 a.m. FREE! 706613-3615 PERFORMANCE: A Baroque Christmas 12/18 (UGA Hodgson Hall) The Athens Choral Society performs Bach’s Magnificat and Vivaldi’s Gloria. 7:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenschoralsociety.com KIDSTUFF: Holiday Hullabaloo 12/21 (Parkview Community Center) Join in Parkview’s holiday celebra-

tion with cocoa, seasonal crafts, games and a sing-a-long led by the Parkview Songbirds. For children 12 and under. 5–6:30 p.m. $3. 706613-3601 LECTURES & LIT.: Oconee Dems Book Group 12/29 (Five Points Deli & More, Epps Bridge) Community-wide book group hosted by the Oconee County Democrats. This month’s title is Juan Cole’s Engaging the Muslim World. Newcomers from any county and of any political affiliation are welcome. 6 p.m. FREE! patricia.priest@yahoo. com, www.oconeedemocrats.org * Advance Tickets Available

Live Music Tuesday 23 Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 KARAOKE With the Singing Cowboy!

ers and other soulful types. Every Tuesday. Rye Bar 10:30 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ ryebarathens SUMILAN Technically proficient musicians playing progressive jam rock.

Wednesday 24 Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! 706-353-3050 WINNER OF OPEN MIC The winner of Tuesday’s open mic night will play a full set tonight. Last Call 9 p.m.–1 a.m. FREE! For more info contact dg2003@yahoo.com SPICY SALSA DANCING Lessons begin at 9 p.m. and dancing starts at 10 p.m. No partner or experience required.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! 706-353-3050 NO SHAME! Open mic hosted by Rose of Athens Theatre.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 8 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub BREATHLANES Atmospheric, organic tones built around guitar, drums and stand-up bass. Tonight featuring Jeremy Wegner on sitar and other strings. WHISPER KISS Acoustic project featuring multi-instrumentalist Michael Wegner (Abbey Road LIVE!, Fuzzy Sprouts, Sunny-Side Up Band) and Shelley Olin (DubConscious, Grogus). Tonight features special guest Jeremy Wegner on sitar and other strings.

Highwire Lounge 8–11 p.m. FREE! 706-583-8510 KENOSHA KID Centered around the instru-improv jazz compositions of guitarist Dan Nettles, Kenosha Kid’s music borrows freely from multiple sources and hammers it all into a seamless product glistening with inspiration.

The Melting Point 8:30 p.m. $10 (adv.), $12 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com NORMALTOWN FLYERS This Athens roots-rock institution plays a set of good-time rock and roll with a Southern leaning. For more information, see the Calendar Pick on this page.

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, sing-

The Office Lounge 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-546-0840 SALLY AND THE SIX GRAND Expect traditional rock and roll covers.

Farm 255 10 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com PAT JORDACHE Layered guitars form an airy, broad backdrop over which are laid the surreally manipulated vocals of this Montreal artist, who has performed with groups such as Islands.

Wednesday, November 24

Normaltown Flyers The Melting Point In 1979, the Normaltown Flyers sat down with Danny Self, the owner of world famous Allen’s Hamburgers in Normaltown. They discussed a night of the week to make the Flyers’ own in the legendary Athens beer joint, and it was decided that the night would be Wednesday. It was a more or less arbitrary decision at the time, but it ended up unwittingly launching a new holiday tradition as the Normaltown Flyers would inevitably rock Allen’s each Thanksgiving eve. More than 30 years later, the pre-turkey merrymaking with the Flyers continues to be a special night for both current and former Athens residents. With the leveling of the Flyers’ original Normaltown home, they have found a new base of operations downtown at the Melting Point, where Brian Burke, Tom Ryan, Davis Causey and Deane Quinter kick off the holiday season on Nov. 24. It’ll be part homecoming, part reunion and all fun, as folks from near and far converge on the Melting Point to celebrate Athens friends and music. Mr. Microphone won’t be MCing, Mad Dog won’t do “Matchbox,” and C. Bell won’t raise a beer with “cheers, y’all,” but the spirit of Normaltown carries on thanks to scene veterans and the next generation of music fans. The music always continues. The show will start at 8:30 p.m., and tickets are available in advance via www.melting pointathens.com for $10. The price goes up to $12 at the door. [Dan Johnson]

Rye Bar 10:30 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ ryebarathens DJ KILLACUT Local turntabilist DJ Killacut spins dance tunes branded by his unique style of mixing and scratching. 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. Terrapin Beer Co. 5-7 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com DREW KOHL Original singer/songwriter who plays bluegrass-inspired folk music. 283 Bar 10 p.m. FREE! 706-208-1283 BOOTY Local funk-rock outfit brings the jams. DJ COMMERCIAL LUBRICANT Nick Andersen of Booty offers only this cryptic description of DJ CL: “premier tickles.” What else do you need to know? EUGENE WILLIS, JR. Positive, next chapter hip-hop.

Thursday 25 El Paisano 8 p.m. 706-353-0346 KARAOKE Every Thursday with margarita specials. Go Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar DR. FRED’S THANKSGIVING KARAOKE The Karaoke enthusiast brings his passion to the holiday. Sing away those extra pounds of cranberry sauce and gravy.

Friday 26 Buffalo’s Southwest Café “Dine and Dance!” 8 p.m. $10. 706–354–6655 GRAINS OF SAND This cover band performs classic Motown, soul and R&B hits we all remember from the 1960s and ‘70s. Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ flickerbar AVOCADO HAPPY HOUR A soulful voice soars over Casio soundscapes. This group hales from Baltimore, MD. HOLY GHOST PARTY Gritty pop from Baltimore reminiscent of New York’s Skeletons. LAMINATED CAT Local psychedelic pop band fluent in the absurd and eccentric. DUSTIN WONG Baltimore guitarist and founding member of Ponytail crafts gorgeous, massive compositions out of looped guitar. See story on p. 19. 40 Watt Club 8 p.m. $21 (adv.) www.40watt.com DRIVIN’ N CRYIN’ Kevin Kinney fronts his classic claim to fame, playing jangly Southern alt-pop. The group delves into romantic folk and bluegrass as easily as it kicks out gritty guitar rock. THE RATTLERS Athens’ own energetic Southern rockers with a guitardriven sound and an exciting show that often features surprise special guests. TRANCES ARC Highly polished, tight, alt-rock quartet currently based in Atlanta, but featuring several UGA alumns.

Go Bar 11 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar DJ Mahogany Freaky funk, sultry soul, righteous R&B and a whole lotta unexpected faves. Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! 706-353-3050 SCOTT KELLY Dulcet tones and gentle twang from Lawrenceville.

FRIDAY, DEC. 10 8pm

Highwire 8 -11 p.m. FREE! 706-583-8510 RAND LINES TRIO Pianist Rand Lines performs original compositions with the help of drummer Ben Williams and bassist Mike Beshara.

WITH SPECIAL GUEST

BETSY FRANCK

The Melting Point 9 p.m. $9 (adv.), $12 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com DEJA VU John Keane, Nathan Sheppard and friends play a tribute to Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. STRAWBERRY FLATS A heavy dose of psychedelia, covering classic songs from the late ‘60s and early ‘70s. The Office Lounge 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-353-3050 CARLA LEFEVER AND THE RAYS Old school funk, sweet syrupy pop, classic rock covers and originals. The Rialto Room “Fabulous Football Fridays.” 8:30 p.m. $25. www.indigoathens.com THE DRIFTERS This legendary R&B/ doo-wop group is known for such hits as “Under the Boardwalk” and “There Goes My Baby.” The group has been going strong—albeit with a rotating lineup that has included over 60 vocalists—since the ‘50s with constant guidance by the Treadwell family. Terrapin Beer Co. 5 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com TROPICAL BREEZE A tropical sound and a proficient steel drum section. Expect jazz and reggae influences.

Saturday 27 Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-1010 KARAOKE With the Singing Cowboy! The Bad Manor 9 p.m. FREE! (21+), $5 (18+) www. thebadmanor.com STOKESWOOD A mellow, modern alt-rock band that experiments a bit with atmospheric sounds.

Call, Click or Stop By the Box Office

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300 N. Thomas St. Downtown Athens

Farm 255 1 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com THE DARNELL BROTHERS The three Darnell brothers play and sing k continued on next page

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26

DRIVIN ‘N CRYIN

TRANCES ARC • THE RATTLERS doors open at 8pm*

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27

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Nov. 27,928, 29—•Annual 95:30 am p.m. - 5:30 pm 40th a.m.

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Barnette’s 11 p.m. 114 College Ave. CLAY LEVERETT AND FRIENDS One of this town’s finest country frontmen, Leverett is fresh off a tour with George Jones and Loretta Lynn! The show starts after the game. Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com BURNS LIKE FIRE Local punk band featuring members of Karbomb, Wristbandits and Celerity. A quartet of musical disarray! KARBOMB Local quartet plays highspeed, angry punk not dissimilar to early-’90s Orange County stuff. PERICLES Punk with Spanish flair befitting their Dominican home. SO IT GOES Socially conscious punk rock band that infuses elements of Spanish rock, folk and ska. CD release show tonight.

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

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BONNIE

“PRINCE” BILLY & THE CAIRO BAND THE BABBLERS doors open at 8pm* Nomad Artists presents

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2

JIMMY HERRING BAND LEFTY HATHAWAY BAND doors open at 8pm*

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4

DANK SINATRA

WOODFANGS

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MONDAY, DECEMBER 6

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3rd Annual Squidmas Concert MORE THAN 75 COURSES ONLINE For more information or to register:

www.georgiacenter.uga.edu/flagpole 706-542-3243 1-800-877-3243 See your academic advisor about applying specific IDL courses to your program of study.

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Suite 193 • 1197 South Lumpkin Street • Athens, GA

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

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country blues originals backed by upright bass, singing saw and junk yard percussion. Early FarmCart show!

songwriting is literate and sincere, and her conversational live shows come punctuated with an offbeat sense of humor.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8:30 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/ flickerbar KEITH BEAVER Local experimental folk singer whose influences range from Neil Young to punk rock. See Record Reviews at www.flagpole. com. EDWARD CHARLES Eddie Abraham (AKA Edward Charles), a veteran of the Buckhead Beach scene and the new lead guitarist for The Salt Flats, plays a solo set. THE SALT FLATS Melodic, guitardriven rock with some alt-country leanings.

The Melting Point 10 p.m. $8 (adv.), $10 (door). All ages show. www.meltingpointathens.com YACHT ROCK REVUE This Atlantabased septet offers spot-on covers of soft rock hits from the ‘70s and ‘80s delivered with kitschy flair. Dancing is advised.

40 Watt Club “4 on the Floor.” 10 p.m. $3 (21+) $5 (18+). www.40watt.com THE AGENDA In-your-face punk rock ensemble that features an energetic show that’s both reckless and wildly entertaining. GRAPE SODA Local band featuring the brothers Lewis (Mat and Ryan, also of The Agenda), on vocals, organ and drums, playing reverbheavy garage psych-rock.

Rye Bar 9 p.m. $2. www.myspace.com/ryebarathens THE HYPSYS Funky, jazzy band from Birmingham, AL whose members consistently exhibit loads of technical know-how. NICK EDELSTEIN & BLUE RUBY Multi-instrumentalist from Atlanta who enjoys jamming on blues rock and Americana, playing with British outfit Blue Ruby.

Terrapin Beer Co. 5 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com KEITH MOODY & MY BAND Nashville artist plays rockin’ country songs with catchy pop hooks thrown into the mix.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! 706-353-3050 OLD SKOOL VINYL No info available.

283 Bar 10 p.m. FREE! 706-208-1283 FERAL YOUTH Local DJ Chris Howe will mow you down with his highenergy pop mashups and beats.

Highwire 8 p.m. FREE! 706-543-8997 THE BURNING ANGELS Sweet, male/female harmonies sharing wisdom over soulful Americana.

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Little Kings Shuffle Club 9 -11 p.m. www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub EMILY ARMOND The singer/songwriter behind Sea of Dogs performs her heartfelt folk ballads solo over banjo and guitar. KATE MORRISSEY Best known for her dark velvet voice, Morrissey’s

Farm 255 9 p.m. FREE! All ages welcome. www. farm255.com THE HUMMS Local three-piece known for its loud and bizarre shows and a raunchy, grooving blend of psychedelic garage rock. PHOLKSINGER JOSH A blend of traditional folk music with old-time, country and blues influences. Lyrically his original tunes touch on everything from social activisim to forlorn love. Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 6 p.m. FREE! 706-353-3050 “RESURRECTION SUNDAY” Hosted by DJ Scott C.

JEWELRY STUDENT ORGANIZATION

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 1ST: 2ND FLOOR MILLER LEARNING CENTER THURSDAY, DEC. 2ND & FRIDAY, DEC. 3RD: 1ST FLOOR LAMAR DODD SCHOOL OF ART A

FUNDED BY THE STUDENT ACTIVITIES FEES

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

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. $5. 706-353-3050 NO SHAME! Open mic hosted by Rose of Athens Theatre.

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

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

Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com HANS DOBBRATZ Frontman for garage rock band Dura-Delinuqent.

Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www. caledonialounge.com THE BORDER LIONS Local band performing simple pop songs in

The Melting Point “Terrapin Bluegrass Series.” 7 p.m. $3. www.meltingpointathens.com BLUEBILLY GRIT Live bluegrass. Performing originals and some sur-

Monday 29

Tuesday 30

Transmetropolitan “Sidewalk Symphonies.” 6-8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-8773 UGA ACCIDENTALS UGA’s male a cappella group and the 2009 winners of the International Championship for Collegiate Acapella quarterfinals. See story on p. 17 for more on this music series. YO SOYBEAN Local “party-folk” trio featuring upbeat, sing-a-long numbers with guests on guitar, banjo, mandolin, violin and more. For fans of Bright Eyes and the like. WUOG 90.5FM 8 p.m. FREE! www.wuog.org “LIVE IN THE LOBBY” Sleeping Friends will perform on the college radio station’s twice weekly program.

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

Go Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar TWIN POWERS DJ Dan Geller (Gold Party, The Agenda) and friends spin late-night glam rock, new wave, Top 40, punk and Britpop.

Last Call 9 p.m. 706-353-8869 LINGO Funky, soulful jam band from Marietta that recorded its debut album with John Keane (R.E.M., Widespread Panic) here in town.

Square One Fish Co. “Jazz Brunch.” 12:30–3:30 p.m. FREE! www.squareonefishco.com CARLTON OWENS TRIO Drummer Carlton Owens, bass player Chris Enghauser and pianist Rand Lines play a three-hour set.

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Drivin’ N Cryin’ will play the 40 Watt Club on Friday, Nov. 26. TRISTEN Folk-country from Nashville chiming with piano and fronted by strong and sweet female vocals. Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! 706-353-3050 OPEN MIC Hosted by Kyshona Armstrong. Rye Bar 10:30 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ ryebarathens SUMMER MORE THAN OTHERS No info available.

inspired by The Beatles, Rolling Stones and even some Velvet Underground. CAPIBARA Alternative rock from Atlanta. EUREKA CALIFORNIA Melodic, guitar-driven indie rock influenced by bands like Magnetic Fields and Guided by Voices. TRIBAL RIVALS Laconic, baritone vocals, prominent bass and airy guitars call to mind the third Velvet Underground LP, then the dance beat comes in and the strumming starts. From Athens!

prising covers including The Beatles and Janis Joplin. 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 10:30 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ ryebarathens CREATION CO. Brand-new band from here in Athens.

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

Wednesday 1 Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $7 (21+), $5 (under 21). All ages show. www.caledonialounge. com THE GOLD PARTY Danceable new wave and synth-driven glam featuring Benji Barton (ex-Boulevard), Dan Geller (The Agenda), Brian Smith (Bigmouth, ex-USSR) and Sethen

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

Friday, November 25

AthGiving Farm 255 Thanksgiving can be a lonely time for Athenians as they watch friends leave town to visit family elsewhere. This Friday, though, the folks behind Darius Goes West aim to bring together everyone who has stuck around, unmoved by promises of starchy food and familial squabbling (as well as those seeking respite from said squabbling). Farm 255 plays host to the third annual AthGiving—a party, a fundraiser and a great argument for DJ Black Dominoes staying in Athens for the holiday. The party promises to be a high-energy affair, with DJ Black Dominoes from Atlanta and a mini hip-hop set. Expect to see Darius Weems take the stage to show off his talents as an emcee. A modest donation gets you in the doors, though no one is turned away for lack of funds. Just like last year, all attendees who donate at the door will receive a complimentary copy of Darius Goes West on DVD. The event began as “a reunion party for Athenians that’s turned into a fundraiser,” says event organizer Zach Bruce. “It’s a fun event that brings Athens together and gets everybody involved in a charity we really believe in.” All proceeds go to benefit Charley’s Fund, Darius Goes West’s charity group committed to the search for a cure for DMD (Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy). This Friday, take the chance to dance, chat and reconnect with others whose loyalty to the Classic City trumps the allures of pumpkin pie. Even from his current location in Bogota, Bruce stresses AthGiving’s hometown credentials. “It’s a homegrown event based around a homegrown charity.” Come out and find a new home for the holiday. [Marshall Yarbrough]

Maleno. Tonight is an all-ages show!! JUKEBOX THE GHOST Cheery, upbeat pop that makes use of harmonized vocals, bright guitars and quirky synths. All the way from Philadelphia. THE MELIGROVE BAND Dance-pop from Toronto with bombastic drums and eerie melodies. Farm 255 “Primals Night!” 9 p.m. FREE! www. farm255.com DIAL INDICATORS New local jazz duo featuring Jeremy Roberts on guitar and George Davidson on tenor saxophone. Dial Indicators play standards from the ‘20s through the ‘50s plus original compositions.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8:30 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/ flickerbar SINGER SONGWRITER NIGHT Multiple musicians showcase their talent. 40 Watt Club 8 p.m. $20 (adv.) www.40watt.com THE BABBLERS All Flagpole has heard of this act is one spooky track featuring a woman’s voice that echoes over the void as if to mirror the band’s lack of web presence. BONNIE ‘PRINCE’ BILLY AND THE CAIRO GANG The latest project from the prolific Will Oldham finds him in familiar territory, mining folk music’s roots for compelling, masterful songwriting.

Last Call 9 p.m.–1 a.m. FREE! For more info contact dg2003@yahoo.com SPICY SALSA DANCING Get your Latin groove on! Lessons begin at 9 p.m. and the dancing starts at 10 p.m. No partner or salsa dancing experience are required for the evening’s fun. The Melting Point 9 p.m. $15 (adv.), $20 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com TAB BENOIT Louisiana-born guitarist Benoit practically lives on the road, playing his masterful blend of Cajun-flavored rock and roll blues more than 250 nights a year across the country. His new recording will drop in April of next year.

Rye Bar 10:30 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ ryebarathens GHETTO MEZRAB Local experimental jazz jams with an extra dose of funk. Terrapin Beer Co. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com NOLAN WILSON PROJECT Husband and wife duo who mixes comedy into their brand of country music. * Advance Tickets Available

Down the Line 12/2 BangRadio (Bailey’s American Tavern) 12/2 Wonky Kong (Rye Bar) 12/2 Old Skool DJ (Alibi) 12/2 Jimmy Herring / Lefty Hathaway (40 Watt Club) 12/2 Smooth Jazz After Work Party (Aftermath) 12/2 Lokshen Kugel Klezmer Band (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 12/2 Efren (Little Kings Shuffle Club) 12/2 Caleb Caudle and the Bayonets / Cary Ann Hearst (Little Kings Shuffle Club) 12/2 PANTyRAiD (New Earth Music Hall) 12/2 One Year Anniversary Party (Ohh, Boy!) 12/2 Redneck Greece (Terrapin Beer Co.) 12/2 Bigfoot / Greg & George / Nutria / Sunspots / Tumbleweed Stampede / Yo Soybean (The Max Canada) 12/2 Truce (The Melting Point) 12/2 “Live in the Lobby” (WUOG 90.5FM) 12/3 BangRadio (Barnette’s) 12/3 DJ Mahogany (Little Kings Shuffle Club) 12/3 Karaoke (The Office Lounge) 12/3 Vincent the Dog (Farm 255) 12/3 Rand Lines Trio (Highwire) 12/3 Athens Music Collective (New Earth Music Hall) 12/3 Gaslight Street / Junk (Rye Bar) 12/3 Efren (Terrapin Beer Co.) 12/3 Moses Gunn / Packway Handle Band / The Woodgrains (The Melting Point) 12/4 Karaoke (Alibi) 12/4 Dank Sinatra / Woodfangs (40 Watt Club) 12/4 Sumilan (Farm 255) 12/4 Grape Soda / New Sound of Numbers / Sea of Dogs (Flicker Theatre & Bar)

12/4 REVIVAL (New Earth Music Hall) 12/4 Laissez Funk / Pseudo Blue and the Majestics (Rye Bar) 12/4 Pseudo Blue and the Majestics (Terrapin Beer Co.) 12/4 Saint Francis (The Melting Point) 12/4 Harp Unstrung (The Office Lounge) 12/5 Voices of Truth (Central Presbyterian Church) 12/5 El Hollin (Farm 255) 12/5 Carlton Owens Trio (Square One Fish Co.) 12/5 Kids Dance Party (Transmetropolitan) 12/6 The Cave Singers / Cold War Kids (40 Watt Club) 12/7 Doctor Squid / Flesh and Blood / The Warm Fuzzies (40 Watt Club) 12/7 Kenosha Kid (Highwire Lounge) 12/7 Poetic Soul / Ben Samples (New Earth Music Hall) 12/7 Nutritional Peace / Theo Zumm (Our Daily Bread Soup Kitchen) 12/7 North Georgia Bluegrass Band (The Melting Point) 12/8 Spicy Salsa Dancing (Last Call) 12/8 “Rak” the 40 Watt (40 Watt Club) 12/8 Nerf Sword / Subscriber (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 12/9 BangRadio (Little Kings Shuffle Club) 12/9 Mouser / Taco Leg (Farm 255) 12/9 Birdlips (Rye Bar) 12/9 Half Dozen Brass Band (The Melting Point) 12/10 The Dream Scene / Quiet Hooves (Farm 255) 12/10 Mary Sigalas (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 12/10 Charlie P / Samples / Savoy (New Earth Music Hall) 12/10 Mark Chesnutt / Betsy Franck (The Classic Center) 12/10 Abbey Road Live! (The Melting Point) 12/11 The Welfare Liners (Farm 255) 12/11 90-Acre Farm / Honey Blue (Little Kings Shuffle Club) 12/11 Tumbleweed Stampede / Woodfangs (New Earth Music Hall) 12/11 Vernaculus Duet (Terrapin Beer Co.) 12/11 The Rattlers (The Melting Point) 12/12 Grogus (Athens-Clarke County Library) 12/12 Veelee (Farm 255) 12/14 NO SHAME! (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) 12/14 American Cheeseburger / DJs Randy and Lozo (Little Kings Shuffle Club) 12/14 3 Bucks Shy (The Melting Point) 12/16 WildKard (New Earth Music Hall)

12/16 Jet W. Lee / Thieves Market (Rye Bar) 12/16 Nomad Artists Presents: Ladies Of Country Music (The Melting Point) 12/17 The Woodgrains (Farm 255) 12/17 Conspirator / Two Fresh (New Earth Music Hall) 12/17 Illicitizen (Terrapin Beer Co.) 12/17 Rack of Spam (The Melting Point) 12/18 Living The Dream: Jon Guthrie Tribute Show (40 Watt Club) 12/18 The Darnell Brothers / I Want Whiskey (Farm 255) 12/18 Dawgs-A-Loose / Kaitlin Jones and the County Fair (Little Kings Shuffle Club) 12/18 Soul Spectacular Dance Off (New Earth Music Hall) 12/18 Erica Sunshine Lee () 12/19 Camp Amped Holiday Showcase (The Melting Point) 12/26 Randall Bramblett Band (The Melting Point) 12/30 Dubconscious 2.0 / Glitch Mob (New Earth Music Hall) 12/31 DJ Mahogany (Little Kings Shuffle Club) 12/31 Of Montreal (40 Watt Club) 12/31 Dubconscious 2.0 / Glitch Mob (New Earth Music Hall) 12/31 The Highballs (The Melting Point) 1/7 Jimmy Eat World (40 Watt Club) 1/14 The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger (The Melting Point) 1/21 Mother’s Finest (The Melting Point) 1/29 Dave Barnes (The Melting Point) 2/12 Kenny Rogers (The Classic Center) 3/10 Colin Hay (The Melting Point) 3/22 Godspeed You! Black Emperor (40 Watt Club) * Advance Tickets Available

In the ATL 11/26 The Whigs / Futurebirds / Bambara (Variety Playhouse) 11/27 The Black Lips (Variety Playhouse) 12/23 Justin Bieber (Philips Arena) 12/28 Pierce Pettis (Eddie’s Attic) 1/13 The Walkmen (Variety Playhouse) 1/21 Girl Talk (The Tabernacle) 1/21 No Age (Drunken Unicorn) 1/28 Yo La Tengo (Variety Playhouse) 2/4 Dr. Dog (The Masquerade) 2/4 Guster (The Tabernacle) 2/5 Robert Plant (Fox Theatre) 4/8 Scissor Sisters (The Tabernacle) 4/18 Lady Gaga (Gwinnett Center & Arena) * 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.

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2010 Student Art Competition (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Seeking submissions from Georgia college and high school students 9th grade and above. Deadline to submit is Dec. 10. Call or email Connie Cottingham for more information. 706-5426014, connicot@uga.edu Call for Artists (Downtown Statham) The Cotton Co-Op Holiday Market is seeking artists, designers & craftsmen to participate in this December sale. 770-354-1580, cottoncoop@gmail.com Call for Artists (Farmington Depot Gallery) Seeking artists for outdoor holiday market. Art must be handmade. Please send digitals of the artwork by email. Booths at the outdoor market cost $25 with electricity and $15 without. Festive lights encouraged. The holiday market will be held the weekend of Dec. 4 & 5. 706-548-6596, peterlooseart@ gmail.com 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 Submissions (White Tiger Gourmet Food & Chocolates) White Tiger Gourmet is seeking artists for monthly exhibitions in 2011. Please email inquiries to jaseyjones@gmail.com. Clay Gardens Holiday Market (Clay Gardens Gallery) Seeking artists for this event. Indoor and outdoor spaces available. Cost is $15 per space. Call or email to register. Dec. 5, 11 a.m.–6 p.m. 678-850-1624, claygardengallery@ gmail.com

Vagina Monologues (Force Cheerleading) Script provided upon arrival. No experience necessary. Women of all ages and backgrounds welcome. Performances are Feb. 1720. Dec. 4, 11 a.m.–1 p.m. FREE! Vagina Monologues (ACC Library) Your vagina has something to say about violence against women, or maybe it just has a really killer standup act. Call Project Safe for audition guidelines and information. Dec. 1, 6–9 p.m. project-safe.org

CLASSES Adult Wing Chun Kung Fu (Floorspace) Explosive and streetoriented practical self-defense. Mondays & Tuesdays, 5:45–6:45 p.m. $12 per class, $60 for 6 classes. jare616@gmail.com Adventure Club: Yoga Teacher Training (Rubber Soul Yoga Revolution Studio) Certification program for teachers. Saturdays, 8:30 a.m.–7 p.m. Tuesdays, 6–11 p.m. $180/month. www.rubbersoulyoga.com/ adventure.html Art Biz (The Point of Art Gallery) Turn your art into your business at this one-day limited enrollment workshop. Dec. 4, $100. 706-4866808, www.artbiz.biz Art Classes (Lyndon House) Sign up for winter and spring art classes! For adults, teens and children. Go online for full list of programs. Now registering! 706-613-3623, www.accleisureservices.com Athens Vertical Pole Dance Academy (Canopy Studio, 160 Tracy St.) Now registering for classes. 706-347-3708

Beginners’ Linoleum Relief Printmaking Workshop (The Loft Art Supplies) Local artist Brian Hitselberger teaches the basics of linoleum relief printing. Preregistration required. Dec. 11, 1–4 p.m. $40. 706-548-5334 Bellydancing (Healing Arts Centre) “Beginners Egyptian Bellydancing” (Wednesdays, 7–8:15 p.m.). “Intermediate/Advanced Bellydancing” (Wednesdays, 8:30–9:45 p.m.). 706-613-1143, www.healingartscentre.net Capoeira (Floorspace) Develop strength, balance and coordination with this high-energy Brazilian martial art. Tuesdays, 8:15–9:15 p.m. $12/drop-in, $10/class. 706-8508150, jewaters@gmail.com Chen Style Taijiquan (Floorspace) Effortless power. Authentic Chinese martial lineage. Register for ongoing instruction. Sundays and Mondays, 706-6143342, telihu@gmail.com Clay Classes (Good Dirt) Weekly “Try Clay” classes ($20/person) introduce participants to the potter’s wheel every Friday from 7–9 p.m. “Family Try Clay” classes show children and adults hand-building methods every Sunday from 2–4 p.m. 706-355-3161, www.gooddirt.net Continuing Education Classes at Athens Tech (Athens Tech) Register for a class to improve your home, enhance your computer skills, expand your job opportunities and more. Go online to learn about the opportunities open to all. Call or email to register. 706369-5763, awhite@athenstech.edu, www.athenstech.edu Continuing Education Classes at UGA (Various Locations) Register for a class to expand your job opportunities, enhance your garden, learn a new lan-

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Inside Pet Supplies Plus at Alps Shopping Center • 706.353.2287 Though they are not siblings, both of these cute babes were saved by being bottlefed from a very young age. Sweet Pea will still lie in your arms on her back in bottle drinking position. They are sweet, social, cuddly and ready for new homes.

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Penelope’s owner passed away and you can tell that she was doted on and treated well. She would do best in a quiet home.

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Darcy is one of the great dogs that AAHS has in foster care. She is a medium-sized PENELOPE girl of mystery origins. PUSSYCAT However, they do know that she is very calm, gentle and loving, enjoys being brushed and giving kisses and will lean gently against you while you pet her. Contact Lacey at aahsdogs.lacey@gmail. com if you would like to meet her.

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Dena Zilber’s artwork is at The Grit through Nov. 28. guage, etc. Go online to learn more. www.georgiacenter.uga.edu Dance Classes (East Athens Educational Dance Center) Now registering for winter and spring classes for adults, teens and children. Registration ends Jan. 13. 706-6133624, www.accleisureservices.com/ dance 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 Egyptian Bellydance (Floorspace, 160 Tracy St.) All levels welcome to this fun and exotic class. Tuesdays, 7 p.m. www.floorspace. com Figure Drawing Sessions (Fringe Collective Artistic Studios) Weekly drop-in sessions for artists wishing to draw the human figure. Must be over age 18. Sundays, 2–4 p.m. $8. 706-540-2727, fringecollective@live.com Figure Photography Sessions (Fringe Collective Artistic Studios) Photographers over 18 years of age are invited to this weekly open studio. Optional instruction is offered for beginners. By appointment only. Sundays, 4–6 p.m. $20. 706-540-2727, fringecollective@live.com Gymnastics (Bishop Park) Don’t miss registration for the winter gymnastics program. Find classes for all ages, from “Diaper Gym” to “Adult Tumbling!” 706-613-3589, www. accleisureservices.com/gymnastics. shtml Holiday Clay Classes (Good Dirt) Be productive and creative this season with wheel-thrown pottery, slab-building, clay beads or mug making! Complete schedule online. 706-355-3161, www.gooddirt.net Intermediate Bellydance (Floorspace, 160 Tracy St.) Improve your graceful moves in a fun and supportive environment with a focus on tribal style and rhythms. Thursdays, 7:45 p.m. www.floor spaceathens.com Introduction to the Internet (Oconee County Library) Two-part class that covers Internet service providers, web browsers, useful sites and Internet safety. Space is limited, call to register. Dec. 1 & 2, 3–4 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950

Iyengar Yoga (StudiO) Certified Iyengar teacher leads a class focusing on strength, flexibility, stamina and balance. Tuesdays, 6:45–8:15 p.m. $10/class, $56/series. www. athensomtownyoga.com Kids’ Kung Fu (Floorspace) The Junior program teaches a solid base of effective martial arts skills. Tuesdays & Thursdays, 3:45–4:45 p.m. jare616@gmail.com, www. floorspaceathens.com 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. FREE! 706475-7329, mbiprograms@armc.org Mama-Baby Yoga for Crawlers (Mind Body Institute) Every Wednesday. 12:30–1:45 p.m. $60 (6 classes). 706-475-7329, www.armc.org/mbi Martial Arts (Live Oak Martial Arts, 400 C. Commerce Blvd.) Tae Kwon Do for kids and adults, beginner through advanced. With instructor and three-time AAU National Champion Jason Hughes. 706-5480077, www.liveoakmartialarts.com Mouse and Keyboard Skills (Oconee County Library) Covering the basics of using the keyboard and mouse. Space is limited; call to register. Dec. 2, 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 New Horizon Music Classes (UGA School of Music) Beginning band, intermediate band, beginning orchestra and piano classes for adults age 50+. No prior music experience needed! FREE! Call 706542-2894 to register. Nia (Sangha Yoga Studio) Gain muscle definition and strength in this dance class with Valerie Beard. Tuesdays, 9–10 a.m. www.healing artscentre.net OCAF Classes (Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation (OCAF)) Now registering for fall classes. Offerings include drawing, watercolor, oil and acrylic painting, bagpipe making, ceramic arts, book making and poetry. 706-769-4565, www.ocaf.com Pilates Booty Camp (Sangha Yoga Studio) A low-impact core fitness course led by Mary Imes. Tuesdays, 5:30–6:45 p.m. $75/session. 706-613-1143, www.healing artscentre.net Pilates Mat Class (StudiO, 675 Pulaski St.) All levels welcome. Mats provided. Wednesdays, 6:45–7:40 p.m. $15. studioinathens.com

Prenatal Yoga (Mind Body Institute) Every Tuesday. 6:30–8 p.m. $60 (6 classes). 706-4757329, www.armc.org/mbi Striptease 101 (The Hardcore Gym) Sexy dancing techniques for women. A prerequisite for Striptease 102. 18 & up. See schedule online. www.bobbisburlesque.webs.com Tribal Basics Bellydance (Floorspace, 160 Tracy St.) Focus on Egyptian style and rhythms. Thursdays, 6:30 p.m. www.floor spaceathens.com 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. Sundays, 6:30–7:30 p.m. $10. www.soundtherapygoddess.com, 770-868-1977 Women’s Self Defense Classes (American Black Belt Academy) Learn what you can do to protect yourself. Go online or call to register. 706-549-1671, www.americanblackbelt.org Yoga (Active Climbing) Join us every week to work out your core, strength, balance, flexibilty and more. First time is free, and all levels are welcome. Tuesdays, 5:30–6:45 p.m. $8/class. 706-354-0038, www. activeclimbing.com 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) 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, Pranayama and Pilates for all levels. Full schedule online. www. athensfivepointsyoga.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 and easy-to-follow moves comprise this dynamic fitness program. Wednesdays, 5:30–6:30 p.m. $10/class, $80/session. www.uga. edu/botgarden

HELP OUT! American Red Cross (Red Cross Center, 3525 Atlanta Hwy.) Seeking donors for all blood types. 706-5460681, www.redcrossblood.org Become a Mentor (Boys and Girls Clubs of Athens) Volunteer one hour per week to make a difference in the life of a child. Training provided. mentor@athensbgca.com, BikeAthens Bike Recycling (Chase Street Warehouses) Join BikeAthens volunteers as they clean and repair donated bicylces for local service agencies. Bike repair skills a plus but not necessary. BikeAthens is also seeking donation of used kids and adult bikes in any condition. Sundays (2–4:30 p.m.), Mondays & Wednesdays (6–8:30 p.m.) FREE! 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 Volunteers Needed (Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic) Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic is desperately seeking volunteer readers to help record audio textbooks. 706-549-1313, www.rfbdga. org, gaunit@rfbd.org Youth Mentoring (Goodwill Career Center) 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. Upcoming training sessions on Nov. 30 and Dec. 7 from 5:30–6:30 p.m. 706-433-0737, goodguides@ging. org, www.ging.org

KIDSTUFF Athens Jr. Roller Derby (Skate-A-Round USA) Girls ages 7-17 are invited to experience the confidence-building and physical benefits of the sport in this nocontact league. Sundays, 2–4 p.m. $3 (for speed skate rental). athens juniorrollerderby.formup.com Fantastic Fridays (Bishop Park) Obstacle courses and other activities in an unstructured environment. For ages 10 months–4 years and their guardians. First and third Fridays through Dec. 3, 9 a.m.–noon. $12/ day. 706-613-3589 “Georgia Spiders” Youth Climbing Team (Active Climbing) This climbing team gives your child a chance to try to be a “Spider Man.” The first week is free. Every Tuesday & Thursday, 5–6:30 p.m. 706-354-0038, adrian@active climbing.com

Holiday Movie Classics Mini Camp (Memorial Park) Spend three days discussing It’s a Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street, The Grinch and other holiday classics. Each day will be filled with games, crafts and snacks. The last day involves a trip to the movies to see a current holiday feature! Dec. 20–22, 9 a.m.–3:30 p.m. $45. 706-6133580, www.accleisureservices.com Home School Science (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Sandy Creek Nature Center hosts an interactive learning experience for homeschoolers and their parents this fall. Call to register for these monthly programs about weather, rocks, astronomy and more. Third Fridays through December, 10 a.m.–noon. $2. 706613-3615 Homework Helpers (ACC Library, East Athens Resource Center) UGA students tutor your child and help them get assignments finished. Open to any child or teen who needs help with homework. Daily, 3:30–5:30 p.m. FREE! 706613-3657, www.clarke.public.lib. ga.us 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 Puppet Show Week (ACC Library) Puppets perform a show based on Julia Rawinson’s Fletcher’s Tree. Nov. 29, 7 p.m., Nov. 30 & Dec. 1, 9:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m., Dec. 2–3, 10:30 a.m. & 4:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 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 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.acc leisureservices.com Wild Intelligence Nature Programs (Orange Twin Conservation Community) Naturebased learning and character development while your child enjoys storytelling, games and curiosity-based adventure on the land. Mondays, 3:30–6 p.m. & Tuesdays 10 a.m.–2 p.m. tommy@wildintelligence.org Winter Explorers Mini Camp (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Threeday program with nature exploration, crafts and snacks. Ages 4–12. Dec. 21–23. 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. $16. 706-613-3615 ext. 0 Youth Basketball Registration (Various Locations) Sign-ups for recreational basketball league. Registration be-

gins on Nov. 20 at Bishop Park, East Athens Community Center and Lay Park. 706-613-3589, www.acc leisureservices.com/basketball Youth Soccer (Southeast Clarke Park) Now registering for co-ed recreational league for children 4–11 years old. 706-613-3871, www.acc leisureservices.com/soccer Youth Theater Workshop (Various Locations) For ages 6-12. Through Dec. 15. Mondays at Athens Montessori School, Tuesdays at Waseca Leaning Environment). 3:15 & 4:15 p.m. $120. www.small housecreative.com

SUPPORT Alcoholics Anonymous (Athens, GA) If you want to stop, we can help. 706-543-0436, www.athensaa.com Athens Mothers’ Center (St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church) Meet with other supportive moms and dads. Tuesdays & Fridays, 9:30–11:30 a.m. 706-552-8554, www.athensga.mothercenter.org 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. Expressive Writing for People with Chronic Illnesses (Whole: Mind. Body. Art.) A supportive enviroment for those dealing with chronic illness. Using writing as a therapeutic tool, this class aims to help people process and express their feelings. Thursdays, 7:30–8:30 p.m. Gender Mix (UGA Memorial Hall, Room 414) A male and female discussion and support group established to promote unity within interpersonal relationships. Last Monday of every month. 6 p.m. FREE! 706542-8468, cymoon@uga.edu Overeaters Anonymous (Various Locations) 12-step meetings. Mondays, 5:30 p.m. at Nuçi’s Space. Thursdays, 7 p.m. at St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church. Saturdays, 10:30 a.m. at Princeton United Methodist Church. FREE! 404-771-8971, www.oa.org PTSD Support Group Local support group now forming for family members of soldiers and veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. 770-725-4527 Sapph.Fire Social, support and volunteer organization for lesbian and bisexual women of color. Email sapph.fire@yahoo.com to learn about the next meeting. Survive and Revive (Call for location) Domestic violence support group. Dinner begins at 6 p.m. and group at 6:30 p.m. Second and fourth Tuesday of the month in Clarke County. First and third Monday of the month in Madison County. 6–8 p.m. Project Safe: 706543-3331

ART AROUND TOWN ACC Library (Heritage Gallery, 2025 Baxter St.) Graphic design exhibition of books and research posters accompanying Moon Jung Jang’s research on the transformation of a minor arc or minor arc sector in visual communication. Through December. Amici Italian Café (233 E. Clayton St.) Abstract paintings from Meg McConnell. Through November. Athens Academy (1281 Spartan Dr.) Group show with paintings by Lamar Wood and Andy Cherewick, plus outdoor metal sculptures comprised of mechanical parts from local artist Doug Makemson. Through Dec. 10. ATHICA (160 Tracy St. Unit 4) MFA 30-Hour Exhibit featuring sculptures by Cunningham and 2-D works by Tirpak. On view Nov. 26–Dec. 5. Aurum Studio (125 E. Clayton St.) Paintings by June Ball and Dianne Penny. Through Nov. 27. Barnes and Noble Café (3650 Atlanta Hwy.) Black and white photography by Trent Sellers. Through Dec. 10. Ciné BarCafé (234 W. Hancock Ave.) “Blackboards and Smokebombs” is the first multi-media group show featuring long-time collaborators and former roommates Lance Bangs, Chris Bilheimer and Dan Donahue. The three artists began a personal and creative relationship in 1994 while living and studying in Athens. Show includes films by Bangs and Donahue, design by Donahue and 175 Polaroids by Bilheimer. Dog Ear Books (162 W. Clayton St.) Paintings by Rhys May and Jacob Wenzka and photography by Anne Yarbrough. Through December. Espresso Royale Caffe (297 E. Broad St.) New photographs by David Manning. Through November. Farmington Depot Gallery (1011 Salem Rd., Farmington) Owned and staffed by 16 artists, the gallery exhibits paintings, sculpture, folk art, ceramics, fine furniture and more. Permanent collection artists include Phillip Goulding, Leigh Ellis, Peter Loose, Susan Nees and more. Flicker Theatre & Bar (263 W. Washington St.) New paintings by Andy Cherewick. Through November. Georgia Center (Hill Atrium) Photojournalist Wingate Downs chronicles a legendary year in UGA football in this pictorial exhibit which will hang through Jan. 7. Good Dirt (510 B Thomas St.) Holiday pottery show featuring work from Rob Sutherland, Al Pellenbergm, Allya Macdonald, Jim Peckham, Blake Anthony and many more. Through December. • Atmospherically fired pots by Rob Sutherland. Through December. Hampton Fine Art Gallery (115 E Broad St., Greensboro) Holiday-themed exhibition titled “The Ghosts of Christmas Past.” Through Jan. 10. Just Pho…and More (1039 Baxter St.) Photographs of musicians and their instruments by Barbara Hutson. Through November. Lamar Dodd School of Art (William J. Thompson Gallery, S. Thomas St. Building) Continaunce exam show featuring sculptor Ernesto Gomez. On view Nov. 27–Dec. 5. • (Gallery 307)

ON THE STREET Frankenstein Lives! Rose of Athens Theatre chronicles the life of young gothic novelist Mary Shelley in this performance which explores the similarities between the artist and her literary creation. The show is available for booking through March. 706-340-9181, www.roseofathens.org

“Lines of Impulse and Deliberation,” an exhibit featuring drawings by Susan Cofer. Through Dec. 15. Lyndon House Arts Center (293 Hoyt St.) Brush paintings from Chinese artist I-Hsiung Ju, whose unique style seamlessly blends modern and traditional aesthetics. Other brush paintings and caligraphy from Virginia Lloyd-Davies and Egbert Ennulat. Through Jan. 19. • “Floating Fetching Fowling,” paintings, drawings, mixed media and 3D art by Ouida Williams, Nancy Lloyd and Caroline Montague. Through Jan. 19. Mama’s Boy (197 Oak St.) New work by artists Brooke Easler and Tommy Greene. Through Dec. 13. Monroe Art Guild (Main Gallery, Monroe) “Select Wall Series” features recent work by Richard J. Olsen. Through November. Oconee County Library (1080 Experiment Station Rd., Watkinsville) Acrylic cubes from Mary Delaplane. • Three-woman show featuring work from Jean Gibson, Nancy Roberson and Connie Flynn. The Point of Art Gallery (604 Sibley Ave., Union Point) “Clay in a Can” is a travelling group show featuring ceramic work in a gallon paint can. Through Dec. 31. • “Tapestry: Life Stories in Paintings” features the work of Laura Connely. Through Dec. 24. Republic Salon (312 E. Broad St.) Large, vibrant acrylic paintings by Jaime Bull. Through November. • An exhibit featuring your favorite animals in embroidery and print mixed-media works by Lea Purvis. Through November. Speakeasy (269 E. Broad St.) New paintings by Sarah Nguyen. Through February. State Botanical Garden of Georgia (2450 Milledge Ave.) Photographs of native plants by Peter Hawman. Through Nov. 29. Ten Pins Tavern (2451 Jefferson Rd.) Screen prints, etchings, monoprints and drawings from young artist Gregory Stone. Through December. The Grit (199 Prince Ave.) New works by Dena Zilber. Through Nov. 28. Town 220 (Madison) “Aislin’s Bouquet from the Garden of the Fall,” an exhibit of various works inspired by gardens. Featuring more than a dozen local artists, including Greg Benson, Andy Cherewick, Dana Downs, Robert Lowery, Melin Foscue Miller, Masakatsu Nakagawa, Marshall Reddoch and Lamar Wood. Through January. Trace Gallery (160 Tracy St.) New ceramic works from Michaelene Walsh and Debbie Kupinsky. Through Dec. 3. UGA Ecology Building (140 E. Green St.) Jim Porter from the UGA Odum School of Ecology presents a butterfly exhibition featuring more than 300 beautiful specimens of tropical butterflies. Through Dec. 1. Various Locations “You, Me and the Bus Art Rocks!,” presented by the Athens Area Arts Council, the Athens Transit System and the ACC Government showcases four new, music-themed bus shelters around town desiged by local artists. Walker’s Coffee & Pub (128 College Ave.) New prints by Jessica Caldas and her students. Through November.

Fried Turkey Cooking Oil Recycling (Various Locations) Frying your turkey this Thanksgiving? Save it for this recycling program. Call to arrange for pick-up of your used oil. 678522-2240 Lemonade Stand for Loan (Treehouse Kid and Craft, 815 W. Broad St.) Treehouse will open up their lemonade stand for your orgainization’s fundraising needs.

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Matters Of The Heart And Loins I’ve been dating a girl off and on since the summer, and things are going well as of late. Before we began seeing each other she was in a relationship with a friend of mine for a few months. They didn’t seem to be well-matched, and the relationship was soon over. After a month or two we started hanging out and hit it off. In the beginning, I considered having a conversation with her ex to ensure there were no hard feelings, but any mention to him elicited no response, and a full-blown explanation never happened. I assumed he did not care. (He ended the relationship after all.) Within the last few weeks he has stopped speaking to me and started expressing his displeasure with me to others in our circle of friends in terms of my current relationship and overall character. I’m getting close to 30, so talking behind someone’s back seems a little childish at this point. My question to you is: Should I confront him and have this conversation now or continue on my current path? I never considered this person to be a close friend before this, so I’m not exactly losing sleep, but some social situations are stressed because he refuses to speak to me. Too Old for This I think you’re going to have to be the grownup here, TOFT. The guy may not be a good friend of yours, but if you share the same circle of friends, your situation could potentially be annoying the hell out of everybody else. Don’t get all confrontational with him, and whatever you do don’t try approaching this when you see him out somewhere drinking. Just call him or approach him when he’s sober and say that you understand he has a problem with you seeing his ex and that you thought he would be OK with it since he didn’t respond when you tried to talk to him about it beforehand. Maybe mention that you’re sorry that it’s a drag for him but that it’s kind of too late now, and maybe for the sake of everybody’s sanity he should just grow the hell up and stop being such a scrotum? No, wait, that’s kind of confrontational. I guess, just acknowledge that you are aware of his feelings, tell him it’s nothing personal, and maybe apologize for making him uncomfortable. Then ask him if he intends to continue to talk shit about you or if you could buy him a beer and maybe he could just get over it. At least then you’ve made the effort. If he’s going to continue to act like this, it’s likely that he’ll be the one losing friends over it. I am in my mid-20s and live in a city in Germany famous for its university. My roommate is a German man in his early 30s, and he has a Russian girlfriend in her mid-20s. Earlier this summer, his girlfriend decided to go home for the summer without having found an apartment for fall. Before she left, we both mentioned that the housing market here is extremely tight and her budget and location

expectations were extremely unrealistic. Unsurprisingly, she was unable to find a place over the Internet while she was gone, so we agreed to let her stay with us for a few weeks while she found a place of her own. Two months later, the girlfriend is still living with us because the housing market is especially tight this semester (the Red Cross set up tents for students who could not find housing) and, well, no one really wants to live with her. Their relationship was relatively new before she went home, and as I have gotten to know her better, I can see why no one wants to live with her. She does not clean up after herself, has not offered to contribute to any household expenses, and is extremely controlling with my roommate. While I am not a psychologist, based on things that I have seen her say or do to him, I believe that she is emotionally abusing him. There is an additional twist to this: in the past few weeks, I have met two different people who know the girlfriend and not my roommate. Both of them have asked me if I feel safe in my apartment because, apparently in her classes, the girlfriend does not talk about anything other than how horribly her “abusive” boyfriend treats her. While I don’t know what happens behind closed doors, the opposite appears to be true. I want this woman out of our apartment. However, in this housing market, I do not want to be the jerk who makes her homeless. In addition, because of the housing market, moving out is not really an option for me. How can I help get her out of here? (Yes, I have tried helping her find a place to live.) Is there some sort of cultural thing I am missing with the girlfriend? In addition, should I tell my roommate about what his girlfriend has been saying about him? Thanks.

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2BR/2BA, W/D, DW. 255 N Harris St. Walking distance to Dwntn. Athens, UGA & bus stop. Avail. 12/28. $650/ month. Contact current tenant at brandyerdmann@yahoo. com or Valerio Properties at valerioteam@aol.com.

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Dwntn., 3 blocks from N. Campus. 2BR in historic bldg. Out of noise & bar scene. Avail. Jan. Call George at (706) 340-0987. DGH Proper ties. 1BR Dwntn. Close to everything but out of bar scene. Comfortable historic bldg. Wa l k t o c a m p u s . C a l l Geor ge at (706) 3400987. First Month Free! 2BR/2BA apartment. Walking distance to Dwntn./campus. W/D, DW, on busline. Easy access to loop. (706) 548-2522. www. dovetailmanagement.com

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2, 3 & 4 BR homes available in Dwntn. area. Pets welcome. CHAC. Fenced-in yds. W/D incl. Call Lance (706) 7144603.

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135 Christy Ct. 2BR/1BA Eastside location. $450/mo. Pls. call (706) 549-6070. 200 Hilltop. 1BR apartment w/ all appliances incl. W/D. Excellent condition. Lg. LR w/ separate BR. $425/mo. Call Carol (706) 540-0472. East Athens. Great 2BR/1BA duplex. On city busline. Fresh paint, W/D, DW, range, fridge, trash & yd. service incl. Pets OK. Available now! $550/mo. Call Mike (877) 740-1514 toll free.

Houses for Rent $600/mo. 2BR/2BA. 115 E. Carver Dr. 1.5 mi. from UGA Arch. Fenced–in yd. Tile & HWflrs. CHAC, W/D hookups, DW. Pets welcome. Avail. now! (706) 614-8335.

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Eastside: 3BR/2BA, lg. yd., on dead–end street, $1000/ mo. 4BR/2BA, lg. yd., $1200/ mo. Five Pts.: 3BR/1BA, single carport, $750/mo. Call McWaters Realty, (706) 3532700, (706) 540-1529. Oconee, 3BR/2BA ranch, 1/5 mile to Oconee Elementary. Brand new sidewalk to Oconee High! Easypeasy. $950/mo. Westbury subdivision. Brick, huge eat-in kitchen, laundry room, mud room, masonry FP, fenced yd., huge shed. Nice! Donna Fee (706) 296-5717. Keller Williams Realty (706) 3162900. Rent by Dec. 1 & get $100 Target gift card. Private cottage 10-15 minutes to campus, 2BR/1BA, CHAC, W/D, big screen porch, large organic garden space w/ conditioned soil, good well. $650/mo. (706) 540-4022, lwnow1@windstream.net.

Houses for Sale $160K, 3BR/2BA, close to GA Square Mall, 3-16 & loop. All appliances incl. W/D, DW, HWflrs, 2 car garage, Andersen windows, built-in alarm & auto watering system. Quiet neighborhood. Clarke Co. Contact Bowen Craig (706) 543-0692. 2 4BR/3BA homes. 2.5 acre lots. All electric, clean, near river b/w Watkinsville & Athens. (770) 597-7369. www.jeffersongarealestate. g e o r g i a m l s . c o m . C u r re n t listings for sale $174.9K, lease $1250, leasepurchase $1250. 3BR/1BA remodeled house as is. 1.5 acres. 3 mi. from Rayle. Dining room, lg living room & BA, laundry room, carport. $56,000 negot. (706) 296-4257. 4 acres in Oconee w/ 3BR/2BA ranch home. Huge game room, 2 wood-burning stoves, new kitchen. $235,000. See at www.268JeffersonAve.com. Call Donna: (705) 296-5717, Keller Williams Realty: (706) 316-2900. Townhome located on river near city park for sale. 2BR/2.5BA, HWflrs, central H VA C , d i s h w a s h e r, W / D , private deck, much more. Motivated seller. Call Matt at (706) 248-9088.

Roommates Mature non-student seeking room/roommate by end of Nov. Must be tidy non-smoker w/ sense of humor. Call John (706) 247-2378.

Roommate needed for 2BR/1BA cottage off Grady Ave. Big kitchen, W/D. $450/ mo + gas & elect. Water included. No pets. Call Marty (706) 254-5014. Share 3BR/2BA house on Eastside 3.5 mi. to UGA. W/D, FP, DW. Room can be furnished or empty. $300 + 1/3 utils. Laid-back but clean roommates. No pets. (706) 202-4837.

Rooms for Rent Dashiell Cottages Inc. Move–in $85! (706) 8500491. All amenities, WiFi. Enjoy our river c o m m u n i t y, 5 b l o c k s t o UGA. Enjoy the wildlife ob ser va tion . Huge room for rent w/ p r i v a t e e n t r y. $ 4 1 5 / m o . W/D , utilitie s in cl. B igger than master BR. (678) 698-42 60 .

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Looking for responsible roomate to share 2BR/2BA house. 1/2 mi. to Dwntn/campus. New BAs & kitchen, shared office, W/D. $385/mo. + u t i l s . C a l l To n y ( 4 7 8 ) 397-46 96 .

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André Gallant

“Have you heard of ‘three cups of tea’?” asks Jasna Prcic Cope, a Bosnian native. It’s a reference to a Balti proverb about how long it takes a stranger to be considered a family member in that Tibetan ethnicity’s culture. “In Bosnia, all important decisions are made over large pots of strong coffee,” she says, as her cherry red cappuccino machine whips milk into froth. Eighteen years ago, as quivers of violence exploded into the three-year-long Bosnian War, she escaped the former Yugoslavia, sparking her own three-year odyssey that brought her across the Atlantic, back around the world with the peacepromoting musical troupe Up With People, and an eventual coda as music teacher at St. Joseph’s Catholic School. Cope teaches music to grades K through 5 at the Prince Avenue school, and also considers herself a community piano teacher for the Boulevard neighborhood. Almost all of her private students walk from their front door to her piano bench in just a few blocks. Flagpole: Tell me about growing up in Bosnia. Jasna Cope: Even though I’ve been here 15 years, people always ask me where I’m from, and I always say “the former Yugoslavia.” I’m from the part that is now called Bosnia, but I don’t associate with just that part. I grew up when it was all united—when the language was not Bosnian, it was SerboCroatian. I’m from a big musical family—aunts, uncles were all musicians and all the kids helped out. I went to music school since I was five. On the weekend was family time: my uncle played accordion, my dad played saxophone, the rest of the kids would sing. Neighbors would always gather at our house just to listen from outside. I grew up with jazz, mostly, which is funny because people don’t connect Bosnia with jazz. My dad played with big bands. FP: What’s Bosnian music like? JC: Every country has that kind of folk music, like the U.S. has rock. A lot of it sounds the same as here, like some band from the ‘80s, but just in a different language, which sounds funny. But the folk side is the difference, and I appreciate it more as I’ve grown up. It has a lot of accordion music. There’s the gusle, a one-stringed instrument, and on that one string there’s a lot of storytelling through singing, and that’s passed on generation to generation. The former Yugoslavia—with all its parts, dialects and backgrounds—is so rich and unique regarding music. So, from Montenegro, you have a certain sound, from Macedonia, a certain sound. [Cope pats out a 5/8 meter on her thigh.] FP: What’s the short story of how you left Tuzla [your hometown] and wound up in Athens? JC: When I was finishing up my studies in Sarajevo, in music, in ‘92, the war basically started that April. My brother was studying [in] the U.S. at Berklee College of Music and he invited me to come and just stay for a couple months until things settled down. But what do you do when you hardly speak the language at all? I couldn’t go to school right away, so I joined this traveling group, Up With People, which had 130 people from all over the world in it. I was the keyboard player. That was in ‘93, at the height of the Bosnian War. I wanted to be an ambassador of the good that was in Bosnia. We had this game that made fun of the stereotypes of the nations in Up With People, and somebody’s stereotype of Bosnia was that these people have been fighting for centuries; that’s all they know, and that really stuck with me. I’d say, “No, we don’t; we’re musicians!”

My dad always said, “If the war starts here, I’m not going to fight with anyone; I’ll confront them with my saxophone and play.” One time he was going for a gig, and these snipers were shooting from outside and they hit his case—a big ding. The saxophone saved his life. After that, the war wasn’t over, so I went to community college in Brunswick, Georgia. Then I received a Rotary Scholarship to come to UGA, with the goal of doing something different. I studied business, hoping to return home and help rebuild my country. But things change; I got married, and then divorced. But then I still used my degree in some form: I went back after the war with the U.N. High Commission for Refugees helping with repatriation, helping people settle back in. When my son, Niko, was born, I started teaching piano and music at St. Joe’s. FP: So, it comes full circle, always music. JC: Yeah, it comes so easy and naturally. FP: You are teaching your son both languages; do you have any sense of the identity he’s building through this? JC: He’s an American boy; we don’t have a family here, and my brother is a composer in Los Angeles. I really want him to have a sense of where he comes from. His name comes from Nikola Tesla, the scientist. He gets along when we go back. He plays with the children of my childhood friends. Here at home, he’s just like everyone else, but he might imitate his mother with the thick accent. His grandparents don’t speak English, which makes it important for him to know the language, and every weekend, we sit for an hour on Skype with them. We bring the computer outside and he shows a few tricks on his skateboard, then, with his helmet still on, we come back inside and he plays for them on the piano. That’s what’s great about America, we all come from somewhere else. We can trace the Prcic family in Tuzla back to 1760. So, you tell someone from there your last name and they know all about you.

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FP: What did you find returning home after the war? JC: That actually was really hard. The borders hadn’t opened, but they were trying to bring trade between cities together. All the bridges were down, so travel was hard; we had to cross the rivers in rafts. Once, as we waited, I was walking around in tall grass enjoying the beautiful day and someone shouted, “Don’t walk there. There are mines in there.” My city was considered an oasis, but there were still bullet holes everywhere. People were tired, emotionally and physically. My parents aged about 30 years in four years of war… people always cite religion as the reason for the war, but I always thought that was an excuse used by people who wanted power. FP: You may not have had to flee the war—flee is a strong word—as a refugee, but does your experience give you insight into immigration in this country? JC: After the war, a lot of people came to the U.S. because there were no jobs. I know right now it’s hard times in America, but in our country so many people didn’t have jobs. When you don’t have anything to eat, what do you do? Do you stay? It’s hard to be patriotic when you don’t have any food. So, you go somewhere you can make a way. But I can understand the other side, too. I didn’t come as a refugee, so I was on my own to make my own way. But I did have a lot of people help me. I wanted to preserve my own culture, but I had to learn the culture here as well. If you don’t learn the language, you can’t really get by. André Gallant

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