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pub notes Inside Out Outside of the Classic Center, downtown is our biggest attraction. Inside of the Classic Center, as Groucho would say, they’re in the dark about downtown.

Outside of the Classic Center, downtown needs to grow to remain vibrant and attractive to larger conventions. Inside of the Classic Center, they need more room for larger conventions.

Outside of the Classic Center, a three-block-long concrete barrier with no street access kills further growth. Inside of the Classic Center, the solution is simple: move that wall over and expand the exhibit hall.

Outside of the Classic Center, moving that wall closes off downtown and leaves it no more space to grow, to continue attracting more conventioneers. Inside of the Classic Center, it’s too dark to read the future they are creating. Inside the Classic Center, the simplicity and cost effectiveness of moving that wall easily outweigh closing one block of a dead-end street on the dead end of downtown.

A few citizens disagree with this diagnosis, and the Classic Center granted them three chances to make their case as to why Hancock Avenue should remain open and the Classic Center find another way to expand without closing off downtown. The architects for the Classic The whole three-chances- working Center listened to the citizens at meetings and-you’re-out exercise inside of the Classic came in the end to feel Center and then ignored the alternative like a comeuppance to plan the citizens put the citizens… forward. The architects used their time with the citizens to show outlandishly ugly and expensive plans that the architects envisioned as the only alternatives to the Classic Center’s preferred plan.

Then the architects expanded on the Classic Center’s original plan by showing how the old firehall, which citizens successfully defended against another round of architects 20 years ago, could now be converted into an entranceway for the newly expanded Classic Center: no longer a firehall but a facade. Close Hancock halfway down the hill? Oh, no: obliterate it completely, and give the upper half to the proposed hotel in exchange for some land on the back. Well, at least we still have the little one-block of Dougherty if somebody is just bound and determined to want to get from downtown to what’s left of Foundry Street. Oh, no: the Classic Center can build a loading dock on that end of its expansion, and Dougherty becomes a back alley where the semis maneuver their loads.

The whole three-chances-and-you’re-out exercise came in the end to feel like a comeuppance to the citizens: an object lesson for those who would challenge the entrenched power of the Classic Center dispensing the millions of dollars that the citizens voted them. And maybe the citizens needed that lesson. After all, there were just a few of them, the usual suspects who cry out every time business or government or the university want to tear something down for the sake of progress. Downtown business doesn’t care. The Chamber was absent. The university didn’t come. The mayor came but took no part. Some commissioners were there but were silent. It was the people against the Classic Center, and the Classic Center has the money and the architects and the county manager and the need and the view from the inside out that what is good for the Classic Center is good for Athens.

That’s the same attitude that destroyed the rest of the downtown street grid on that end of town. Such thinking turned Dougherty Street into a raceway, except for one vestigal block, and truncated Strong Street, replacing them both with the garish white elephant federal building and its immense parking lots, removing forever the streets that accommodated homes and businesses in an accessible pattern. This is the last nail in that civic coffin and a demonstration yet again of the Biblical warning that where there is no vision, the people perish—showing conclusively how bad decisions happen to good people.

The mayor and commission are our last line of defense. It’s up to them either to rubberstamp this monstrosity or to protect the downtown goose that lays the Classic Center’s golden egg.

Pete McCommons editor@flagpole.com

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

The public input process for the Classic Center expansion is retired with a curveball.

Comment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 No Student Is Illegal

For undocumented students, the UGA Arch is like a wall.

Arts & Events Miscellany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Get Your ATH Together

Arts & crafts, thrifters & birders, and a statewide human rights conference.

Art Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Cast Adrift

COVER DESIGN by Kelly Ruberto featuring an illustration by Jason Crosby

Robert Sparrow Jones’ large-scale oil paintings have a sense of grandeur and the sublime.

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Music Obits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Making Things New, Taking Things Away

New band featuring Rick Froberg of Drive Like Jehu and Hot Snakes.

Eric Chenaux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 A Lot of Guitar and a Lot of Singing

Opening the very sold-out Godspeed You! Black Emperor show at the 40 Watt Club.

CITY DOPE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 CITY PAGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 CAPITOL IMPACT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 ATHENS RISING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 COMMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 TOWNIECONOMY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 MISCELLANY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 ART NOTES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 MOVIE DOPE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 MOVIE PICK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 THREATS & PROMISES. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

RECORD REVIEWS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 SXSW PREVIEW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 OBITS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 ERCI CHENAUX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 THE CALENDAR!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 BULLETIN BOARD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 ART AROUND TOWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 COMICS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 REALITY CHECK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 EVERYDAY PEOPLE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

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city dope Athens News and Views Slammed: How busy is the rest of March for the ACC Mayor and Commission? Well, let’s see. This Tuesday, Mar. 15, they will convene a special work session to make amendments to county staff’s proposed SPLOST 2011 project funding schedule—which means deciding which ones get done first and, more delicate still, which get done last—so collections for the tax can be directed when they begin Apr. 1. They also have to finalize their “wish list” for the preliminary slate of projects for the 2012 T-SPLOST, which also has to be submitted by the end of the month.

Neither of those are small or simple decisions to make, nor is the final call on the design concept for the Classic Center expansion. But last week’s final public input session with the project’s architects apparently made the M&C’s options clear enough to Mayor Nancy Denson that she has followed through with the original plan of placing that item on their Apr. 5 agenda, which will be approved this Thursday, Mar. 17. The prevailing mood at the end of the input session was that a variation on the original

program plans christened “Option 1a,” which would involve a land swap with the developers of a hotel planned for the site adjoining the expansion that would result in the closure of the entire block of Hancock between Thomas and Foundry, was about the best we could expect for the project, given its budget.

But Commissioner Kelly Girtz, who’s been running point for the M&C on this project on everything from citizen relations to negotiations with the hotel developers, is still hoping to salvage some connectivity from Hancock to Foundry out of the plan, of which he acknowledges that “we simply don’t have the money to do anything but an expansion of the existing hall.” Girtz is looking into a scenario that would leave the western half of the Thomas–Foundry block of Hancock open, then swing it north to East Dougherty along the western wall of the expansion, which might then be outfitted with glass-fronted retail or office space. This, of course, would require some expert working-out by the architects, which in turn would take more time and necessitate a willingness on the part of the

Paul Broun, Jr.’s Krazy Korner I’m usually a bit hard on Congressman Broun here in the Korner. But I’ve got a new strategy, a plan I’m calling “Operation Enkourage the Krazy.” The mission is simple: to cheer Broun on in his most radical right-wing endeavors. Last month’s bill to establish a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage? That’s a superamazing idea, Congressman, and extra cool to young people. You’re working to defund a health organization that millions of women and their families depend on because of the way you read the Bible? Women don’t care much for health anyway, is what I heard! Their brains aren’t wired for the science. Am I witnessing congressional perfection right now? That sort of thing.

It seems counterproductive, I know, but hear me out. It is the ultra-conservative, Old Testament-thumping members of Congress, like Broun, who are forcing a major split in the Republican Party during the lead-up to the 2012 presidential election by demanding that Republicans make a decision: to appeal to the loudest and most extreme voices in the party (Broun’s bunch, in other words), or to remain relevant. The sort of politics Congressman Broun and his band of true believers espouse is one that only excites a relative minority in this country. If the Republican Party continues to delude itself into thinking that the entire country wants anything like Broun’s brand of conservatism, they’ll only lose supporters. Consider Sarah Palin. Palin is huge in that scene, but Sarah Palin will never convince more than about 30 percent of the American electorate to vote for her. The far right is outnumbered. By a long shot. Republican power under the influence of Brounian conservatism would shrivel down to nothing but localized popularity. There would be pockets of the country that like that shitty no-dancing town in Footloose. With the rest of us being dancers. Stay tuned. [Matthew Pulver]

M&C to delay their approval of a plan. Girtz says he’s willing to hold off a month or two to minimize the negative impact of this project on the downtown grid; let’s hope a majority of his colleagues will see things the same way.

The plan Girtz is floating came out of conversations between him and Flagpole’s Kevan Williams; below is Kevan’s perspective on the expansion’s implications for future development from the current edge of downtown east to the North Oconee River.

a plan, which we hope will bear out estimates by the plan’s developers predicting a powerful economic impact upon its completion. Are we really willing to risk billions of dollars in economic impact to this community for the sake of a few million from five or six large conventions? Are we really going to cut off our future train hub, which will move thousands through the community every single day, for conventions that bring thousands a scant few weekends a year? [Kevan Williams]

Wayfinding: The day after the final Classic More CHaRM than Good?: While we’re on the Center expansion public input meeting, I went subject of SPLOST projects (Are we still?), it’s to hear presentations from 16 landscape archi- worth noting that both Girtz and his Solid tecture graduate students who had undertaken Waste Committee co-chair, Commissioner Doug the masterplanning of the proposed river disLowry, are in favor of moving the construction trict as a studio project. The result? Sixteen of of a the county’s Center for Hard to Recycle the best future designers in the country, when Materials (CHaRM), a SPLOST 2011 project, confronted with the problem of how to design forward along the aforementioned funding a district east of the Classic Center, were stumped. As design after design was put on the wall and discussed, there was one recurring element: no one could figure out how to make the land directly east of the Classic Center function as an urban district.

A guest critic from a major international design and planning firm kept asking the teams why as huge of an asset as a potential commuter rail hub Classic Center expansion Option 1a involves a land swap with hotel developers like the multimodal that would result in the termination of Hancock Avenue at Thomas Street. North is center would be left to the right. so isolated, with two blocks in either direction to the nearest con- timeline from year nine to year one. Girtz centrated urban activity. I think he should ask says he’ll propose an adjusted schedule, which that question of our commissioners. will also prioritize Greenway expansion (a The Classic Center is a significant barrier change strongly encouraged by Commissioner to the area east of downtown with Hancock Alice Kinman at last week’s M&C work session) open; closing it to extend that barrier will and a historic garden at the Ware-Lyndon only exacerbate the problem. The architects House (which Commissioner Kathy Hoard hired to design the center’s expansion see no praised as one of the least expensive projects way to build a 55,000-square-foot box (there on the list and also among the most highly are, incidentally, many other potential box rated by citizens), at the Tuesday SPLOST sizes we ought to consider before we declare meeting. Lowry and Girtz are also both on this case closed) without closing a street and board with County Manager Alan Reddish’s turning the Classic Center into a 3 block-long suggestion that the CHaRM, which will be a wall. Sixteen landscape architects can’t see drop-off facility for items like old furniture how a functional district would exist east of and appliances, might better be sited on less the Classic Center without major improvements prominent and valuable real estate than the to circulation in its vicinity; now we’re going county’s former solid waste facility at College to hinder that circulation further when we are and Cleveland avenues, where it is currently exactly on the verge of putting together a planned, about a half mile from downtown. plan for downtown’s eastward expansion.

Good thinking, Manager Reddish.

We are, at this moment, awaiting the results of a study of the feasibility of just such Dave Marr & Kevan Williams news@flagpole.com

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city pages reports had their recommendations assigned to individual county commissioners for study or implementation, Read said.

Mayor Nancy Denson told Flagpole the various departments are reviewing the recommendations, and she doesn’t have a time frame for reviewing the report; “our plate is pretty full The 21 citizen members of the 2010 right now,” she said.

Athens-Clarke County Overview Commission The 2010 commission’s report is the first pulled some punches in their recent report on to include the courts, and shows that “we’re the effectiveness of ACC’s unified city/county in desperate need of judicial software” that government, several members of the comwill allow the various criminal justice departmission told a Federation of Neighborhoods ments to share information and move cases audience last week. Despite “a pretty superb more quickly, said Genie Bernstein, another workforce” in ACC, there are weak managers in member of the commission. Purchase of such “a couple” of areas, said commission chair Jill “integrated” software was also recommended Jayne Read. But she wouldn’t identify them— by the county’s Criminal Justice Task Force, and neither does the Overview Commission’s and it was approved by voters as part of the report, because “the commission voted not SPLOST 2011 funding package. But if all the to,” she said. Overview commissions are departments involved don’t use it, it won’t appointed by the county grand jury every 10 be effective, and some judicial personnel years to evaluate the ACC (like the sheriff, judges government, which became “It was a fight to figure and superior court clerk) unified in 1991. The 2010 are independent “constiOverview Commission out how not to comment tutional officers” elected released its report in by the voters—and not on personalities.”

January after extensive directly answerable to the interviews with governcounty manager or the ment department heads and employees (plus county commission, except at budget time. input from interested citizens). “We were kept One such constitutional officer recently told really busy,” Read said. “A lot of us got a lot Flagpole the shared software doesn’t work as of phone calls at home.” well as what’s being used now, and the officer The report discusses each of ACC’s 35 doesn’t intend to switch. departments, typically offering a handful of Despite its many strengths, ACC’s governsuggestions for each. “A lot of things that ment has “a sort of overall culture” of unresome of us felt terribly strong about never got sponsiveness to citizens, Porter said. When in [the report],” Read said. When the commiscitizens deal with county employees, “everysion couldn’t agree about a recommendation, one along the way can say ‘no,’ but it’s hard a vote was taken, and some recommendations to find somebody who can just say ‘yes,’ and were dropped. “It was a fight to figure out make it stick,” she said. how not to comment on personalities,” added County employees need to see themselves commission member Delene Porter; instead, as public servants, Read added, and citizens the report addresses “structural” problems, she need to follow up to see if initial requests said. have been dealt with—”and when it’s taken It also doesn’t mention perceived managecare of, somebody should say ‘thank you,’” she ment weaknesses, Read said: “We can’t do any- said. When she was head of Clarke County’s thing about it. All we can do is point out the now-defunct Cultural Affairs Division, Read problems.” Two previous Overview Commission said, “people never called me unless they had

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a complaint.” But citizens sometimes “have expectations that are misinformed,” she said, and they often don’t become aware of longstanding county plans until they are about to be carried out.

If county staffers prove unresponsive to a complaint, Read suggested phoning or emailing County Manager Alan Reddish (and copying that email to the elected ACC commissioners). “I’ve always found that hell-raising does make a difference, especially if you’ve got other people who want to do what you want to do,” she said. And ACC should expand its outreach to citizens who don’t have computers, she said; the report suggested consideration of putting ACC’s public information office under the manager’s office (rather than under the mayor and commission), “which, we thought, would make it less public-relations

and more public-information, and there is a big difference.” Departments that deal with the public need “a strategic plan” for public relations, she said.

ACC also needs “succession planning” to prepare for the retirement of critical staff members, Bernstein said, and that “doesn’t seem to be part of the mindset at the moment.” Good planning by ACC Finance Director John Culpepper is the reason that “we’re one of the few counties in the United States that aren’t running at a deficit, that have a reserve, that still haven’t had to lay anybody off,” added Read—but what happens when Culpepper retires?

The full 2010 Overview Commission report is available on the ACC website.

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capitol impact A New Legislator Makes His Mark One of the lessons newly elected legislators are traditionally taught is that they should sit down, shut up and watch how the veterans get things done. That teaching doesn’t apply to some of the newcomers who’ve just started their careers in the Georgia Senate.

In a large freshman class of 14 senators, there are a few who seem to be learning quickly and are playing key roles on major issues. These include senators like Butch Miller of Gainesville, Frank Ginn of Danielsville, Charlie Bethel of Dalton and Steve Gooch of Dahlonega.

One of the early achievers is Jason Carter, a 35-year-old attorney from Decatur who comes from one of the state’s best-known political families, the Carters of Sumter County.

This is a family that’s always been prominent in politics, and the newest member to enter the arena is already making his mark. Despite being part of the Democratic minority, Carter was the first freshman senator allowed to present a bill to the full Senate for a vote. He also emerged as the point man for Senate Democrats on one of the most contentious issues of this session: revising the financially stressed HOPE scholarship program.

All sides agree that the program needs fixing, but there are sharp disagreements on how to do it. Gov. Nathan Deal proposed cutting tuition payments to most recipients and requiring higher SAT scores and grade point averages for the few students who get a full scholarship. Democrats wanted to place a family income limit of $140,000 on eligibility, so that full scholarships could go to a larger number of students.

Carter dug through the numbers from the education bureaucracy and compiled data that backed up his argument: the governor’s proposal would result in fewer scholarships being available for students from the state’s rural districts as well as for students from predominantly black high schools. The new

senator sent spreadsheets to every member of the Senate showing them how their counties, particularly the ones in rural areas, could keep scholarships available to a larger percentage of their constituents under the Democratic plan.

When the HOPE bill came to the Senate floor last week, Carter made the case for the Democratic plan. He was bombarded by tough questions from GOP senators, but stuck to his guns during an intense floor debate.

While the Republican majority passed the Deal plan, they were rattled enough by the Democrats’ arguments to make a concession.

They agreed to an amendment that provides the top two students at every Georgia high school, even in the poorest or most rural areas, will qualify for a HOPE scholarship.

It was an impressive start for the new legislator, who says he got some pointers from his grandfather Jimmy Carter, the former state senator and president.

“He gave me some specific advice: keep close to your constituents,” Carter said. “Every time I ask him what to do, he says, ‘don’t forget who elected you.’

That’s a big piece of advice.”

Even with the acrimony surrounding the HOPE issue, Carter remains on cordial terms with lawmakers from the other party, such as Sen. Jim Butterworth (R-Cornelia), chairman of the committee that handled the scholarship legislation.

“We are on opposite sides of a very intense situation, and it’s playing out in the media, and yet I enjoy being around him,” Carter said. “We treat each other like people. We are very collegial, but it gets hard. I assume as this session goes on it’s going to get even testier.”

His assumption is correct. The legislative process will indeed get testier as the session gets closer to adjournment—which is another lesson the freshmen are learning.

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T-SPLOST Rolling: Georgia’s new process for transportation funding, T-SPLOST, is moving right along here in Athens. As John Huie described in City Pages last week, state lawmakers have authorized each of Georgia’s 12 designated regions to fund their own transportation projects through a local option 1 percent sales tax. ACC is drawing up its financially unconstrained list of “regionally significant projects” to submit this month to the regional roundtable, which will eventually approve or reject a final list to go on the August 2012 ballot. At a mayor and commission work session Mar. 8, staff recommended a project list which our representatives may add to over the next week or so.

fronts: rail infrastructure, implementation of the Northeast Georgia Regional Commission’s bike/pedestrian plan and consolidation of the now-overlapping demand/response van services over the whole region. The group’s efforts will follow the T-SPLOST process first by pushing to add sustainable projects to the list Athens submits to the roundtable, then getting them on the ballot, and finally— depending on what the ballot list looks like— supporting or opposing passage of T-SPLOST by the voters.

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Investing in Rail: While many Athens residents hear “rail investment” and think, “When can I get on a train to Atlanta?” the T-SPLOST 2012 folks are looking first at upgrades to the existing freight network. This will both lay the groundwork for future passenger rail service and provide a boon to rural economies.

It’s an incremental approach with many small, quick wins— e.g., adding a spur so that a regional town can take advantage of an already operating line. A glance at the Georgia Tonnage Map on the GDOT website shows that our region is greatly lacking in rail capacity, even compared to other parts of Georgia. The Atlanta-Dalton Train cars leave the Chase Park yard on their way back to the main line. link carries almost 80 million A rail spur like this can be a smaller investment that allows a town to gross tons, while our region’s take advantage of an existing line and attract businesses. highest capacity line carries 33 million. Yet the lines exist So, what’s on the list? First, a slew of and can be improved. Low-capacity lines link roadway improvements, mainly widenings, at the granite mines of Elberton to Athens and a total estimated cost of $91.5 million. The Toccoa, which is now suffering from business four “bicycle and pedestrian” projects amount disinvestment. With incremental investments, to $14.8 million, and transit improvements to rural centers in our region will be able to offer $11.5 million. This skew towards auto infraimmediately functional infrastructure to incomstructure—generally, widening roads leads to ing businesses. even more traffic via “induced demand”—is But what about our Brain Train? High somewhat tempered by the inclusion of bike speed passenger rail would require substanand pedestrian facilities in almost all the tially more investment. Fortunately, the proposals. Expansion of Athens Transit service Obama administration is a potential fundand frequency will be a welcome investment. ing partner, and Edwards believes that if our No rail projects made it onto the current local region can show that it is prioritizing rail, list, but some advocates still see a regional we can “put out a hook” for federal money. role for it.

Other states are already cashing in: North Carolina recently received half a billion federal Advocacy: Local transportation advocacy stimulus dollars to upgrade to a high-speed groups have been dedicating effort and experconnection between Charlotte and Raleigh. tise to T-SPLOST since its announcement. Last California has gotten at least $8 billion for September, the BikeAthens policy committee rail, including funds rejected by shortsighted worked with then-Mayor Heidi Davison to leaders in Wisconsin. But local regions must provide input on the criteria for choosing lay the groundwork. projects for the regional list, particularly to prioritize the most readily deliverable ones Getting there: BikeAthens representatives also and to attempt to increase the recommended feel that an incremental approach works best funding share for pedestrian and bicycle projfor realizing transportation goals. The Atlanta ects (which still ended up at a soaring 1 to 5 Beltline is becoming a reality after years of percent of the total). Group members continue seriously engaging the residents of 47 differto encourage progressive choices for the list. ent neighborhoods and gradually connecting The political action committee T-SPLOST the dots—adding art here, paving and signage 2012 held a “pre-forum” before the first there. Another key factor is developing plans required T-SPLOST public meeting earlier this and designs to the point that they’re primed month to engage community members to and “shovel-ready” whenever funding emerges. think together on what investments would The Atlanta streetcar, which received $47 milbest serve our community. Committee facilitalion from the U.S. DOT last fall, moved to the tor and recent congressional candidate Russell top of the list because it was ready to go—all Edwards says the group is dedicated to prodesigned, environmental impact study done, moting sustainable transportation investment and ready for the build money. Our list of projfor quality of life and economic resilience, ects would benefit from more of that kind of and addressing the current imbalance towards attention. auto-oriented infrastructure in our region. The group is advocating investments on three Katie Goodrum athensrising@flagpole.com

Fifty years ago, a mob of white students spot where a white mob harassed UGA’s first hurled racial and gender epithets at Charlayne black students—to condemn the legislature’s Hunter-Gault as she attempted to register for resegregation of the university and the state. classes at the University of Georgia. With each Georgia DREAMers, a grassroots organiinsult and act of intimidation, they sought to zation of students and allies, are actively make the Arch an impenetrable wall of racial organizing for the passage of the DREAM Act, apartheid. a bill to provide a pathway to citizenship for Today, it’s not Jim Crow, but Juan Crow. children of undocumented parents who attend As we write, state legislators are conspiring university. Dignidad Inmigrante en Athens to pass a slew of anti-immigrant bills, two of (DIA) launched the Athens Immigrant Rights which relate directly to education.

Coalition just last month and in 2010 inauguHouse Bill 59 bans undocumented students rated LatinoFest, a celebration of Latino/as’ from all of the state’s public colleges and contributions to society—a profoundly politiuniversities; the university system’s Board of cal statement.

Regents has already forbidden undocumented One important everyday step is to examine students from its three research institutions: our language. For too long, politicians and UGA, Georgia Tech and Georgia State. Only media pundits have shaped public discourse 501 out of 310,000 students in the system are by attaching the pejorative “illegal”—or undocumented, and they already pay out-ofworse yet, “illegal alien”—to whole comstate tuition. The Board of Regents’ policy and munities. These are our brothers and sisters, HB 59 codify what is already a reality: struccoworkers and friends. They are not “illegals.” tural forces like low-quality K-12 education in They are human beings. Recognizing that Latino/a neighborhoods and exorbitant tuition simple fact can change entire paradigms. rates exclude most undocumented students from higher education.

HB 296 demands that teachers and health care workers tally the number of undocumented people in their institutions. As Azadeh Shahshahani, director of the National Security/ Immigrants’ Rights Project for the ACLU of Georgia, warns, “This is a reprehensible attempt to turn teachers and doctors into immigration agents.”

Gina Pérez and Eva Cárdenas of the Georgia DREAMers listen to UGA Women’s In many AthensStudies Director Chris Cuomo at the GSPHE winter conference Jan. 15.

Clarke County schools, Latino/a kids make up a large part of the student body. HB 296 We can also reject the lies of anti-immiwould create a climate of fear in these schools grant demagogues who claim these bills are when they should be safe spaces of learning. simply about reinstating “the rule of law.”

Most frightening is HB 87, an attempt to There is no more Ellis Island, welcoming the import Arizona-style police state tactics in starving masses with open arms. The United our communities, deputizing police officers as States government has made the “legal immigration agents, trapping immigrants in option” impossible for many migrants. Violent the steel cages of Georgia’s notorious prisons, “free trade” agreements and corporate takeand breaking up families in a cycle of fear and overs of land and resources have forced tens suspicion. These provisions are as dangerous of thousands to risk their lives crossing the and misguided as the “black codes” of the Jim desert in search of opportunity. Law-breaking Crow era. was not their motivation, but rather the necThe same imperatives of white supremacy essary outcome of exclusionary policies. and economic exploitation animate Jim Crow As UGA celebrates the 50th anniversary segregation and Juan Crow apartheid. By limof desegregation, it’s important to remember iting access to higher education, by turning that for many, that Arch has always been more every government face into an interrogator, like a wall. And now, state legislators want to by giving bosses the ability to abuse their add barbed wire by scapegoating immigrants workers by threatening incarceration or depor- for budget woes (caused by low taxes on the tation, Georgia’s elite preserves its access wealthy), banning undocumented students, to a permanent underclass of menial workslashing the HOPE scholarship and raising ers, forced to accept poverty-wage jobs and tuition and fees. These are not the policies of demeaning conditions. a university system truly dedicated to desegBut a movement across the state is startregation. It’s time we finally tear down that ing to push back. Georgia Students for Public wall.

Higher Education (GSPHE) has made access to education for immigrant students a top priorJuan Carlos Cardoza-Oquendo ity of their statewide campaign for a radically & Andrew Epstein democratic university. Students attended a recent University System of Georgia Board of The Athens Immigrant Rights Coalition meets Regents meeting in Atlanta, condemning its Wednesdays at 6 p.m. at the School of Language and ban of undocumented students and demandArts at 165 E. Dougherty St. GSHPE meets Wednesdays ing that they oppose the segregationist HB at 8 p.m. in Rm. 247 of the Miller Learning Center.

59. Two Fridays ago, more than 50 people To learn more about Georgia DREAMers, visit www. converged at the Broad Street Arch—the same gadreamers.org.

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Coming to Terms with Performance Rights Organizations

Buck isn’t alone in her experience; many Athens clubs have distasteful memories of negotiating with PROs. Murphy Wolford, owner of the now defunct downtown music venue Tasty World, managed to keep PROs off his scent the first few years his club was open.

and were infinitely less expensive than a court battle, the impact was not insubstantial.

“I never made more than $20,000 a year running Tasty World,” says Wolford. “A couple thousand a year was a big hit on my earnings.”

Venues are basically paying insurance against lawsuits from copyright owners. In the lightning-strike event that Bruce Springsteen is in attendance as the Drive-by Truckers rip into “Darkness on the Edge of Town,” PRO licenses protect bars, clubs and restaurants from the Boss’ copyright infringement claim.

Athens’ music venues lack the funds to survive a legal battle, so when PROs threaten

But after an undercover PRO agent recorded registered music emanating from the Broad Street club’s speakers, a gun-toting, legal papers-wielding deputy paid him a visit.

Wolford avoided a court date by haggling with the PRO that filed suit against him, which lowered the PRO’s initial demands to $8,000 in back fees and landed Wolford with a final yearly fee—after also brokering with the other PROs—of $4,000. While the total debts and fees were reduced from the original order,

to sue, it’s not taken lightly. While some say these threats are merely scare tactics and lack teeth, the PROs are widely known never to have lost a case when taken to court, so it’s cheaper to pony up licensing bills than lawyer fees.

Still, for a venue that specializes in original music played by the songwriter, owners say it’s quite a sizable chunk to pay to guard against the possibility that a registered song might be performed onstage.

“Now that I’ve got your attention,” the agent on the line told her, “negotiations have begun.”

“It’s a pretty crappy method,” Buck says of the PRO’s bill-collecting tactics. “But effective, huh?”

True Costs of Rock and Roll

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ne afternoon about 10 years ago, Barrie Buck answered a frantic phone call from a frightened employee. One of Buck’s 40 Watt Club staffers had been mopping the floor when he heard a loud bang on the club’s front door.

Outside stood a sheriff’s deputy ready to serve Buck notice that a performance rights organization (PRO), a go-between that collects royalties for copyright holders (songwriters, in this case), had filed suit against the club for violation of copyright law, and demanded back pay for every year the club had been in arrears.

The confused employee, worried his boss might be in serious trouble, called Buck immediately; deputies don’t often come knocking on West Washington Street doors in the middle of the day—police tend to be more of a late-night concern.

For years, many club owners have been unaware of, or purposely inattentive to, the complexities of copyright law and just how these non-profit royalty collectors fit into it.

Buck wasn’t oblivious to the PRO’s impending bill, but with all the other costs of keeping the 40 Watt’s doors open, dodging correspondence from the royalty collectors became a necessity, and the letters piled up.

Thump. Thump. Thump. You can’t avoid a cop knock.

BMI, ASCAP and SESAC, the three performance rights organizations operating in the United States, collect royalties for songwriters when their works are played on the radio, on film or television or in a public place. And according to Section 106 of the U.S. Copyright Act, whenever a live act performs a registered work, the songwriter is due royalties.

Bars and restaurants must acquire licenses to blast registered tunes out of their sound systems, and the yearly fees can range from a few hundred dollars to a couple of thousand, depending on the size of the venue.

Seeking deserved income for the song titles they represent, PROs hunt down restaurants, bars and music venues and demand the businesses pay for the right to air their songs.

For PROs, the big money has always been in television and radio. But as technological shifts in the last two decades dramatically changed the way the music business makes money, PROs have become voracious in their pursuit of live performance royalties from smaller and smaller venues, from hole-in-thewall cafés to larger clubs like the 40 Watt.

While Buck had avoided most of the PRO’s earlier attempts to contact her—letters and phone calls repeatedly went unopened and unreturned—she felt the deputy’s visit was overly aggressive and immediately called the organization’s office to complain.

When figuring out just how much a venue owes, the PROs use a formula that factors in capacity and how many nights a week live music is performed. In some cases, that means the minimum of roughly $330, but that’s just for one organization. Paying one PRO can slice open a wound that draws in the others, and by the end of negotiations, clubs can tally a bill that may reach upwards of $3,000.

Buck’s decade-old settlement cost her $14,000 in overdue fees. Today, annual licenses cost the 40 Watt $8,000.

Seth Hendershot owns the recently opened Hendershot’s Coffee Bar, a Westside venue that hosts live music a few nights a week. Though it took some convincing by a professional musician friend, Hendershot understands BMI, ASCAP and SESAC’s motives, at least when it comes to pre-recorded music. “The artists they represent are part of the ambiance,” he says.

As we speak among the former pump islands outside the modified ex-filling station, a Hendershot’s barista inside rotates through her iPod playlist and cues up a set of her favorite Big Star songs. That’s what makes Hendershot’s a great place to hang out and work, he says, and it’s worth the fees for his employees to be able to play their own tunes.

But he’s not as pumped about paying the PROs extra for live music.

“I don’t think they should get shit for live music, unless it’s some shooters bar with a Mötley Crüe cover band,” Hendershot says.

“We’re an intimate live music venue [where] a majority of the material performed is original, and [the performers] are getting paid.”

Lisa Moore, executive director of Georgia Lawyers for the Arts, says that “whether or not a band is playing covers is irrelevant.”

Royalties kick in whenever performers, even the songwriters themselves, play a registered song in public; it’s unlikely, and almost impossible, that a venue would book only unregistered musicians. Whether it’s with an organization or on their own, Moore emphatically urges songwriters to register their work in order to cash in on their deserved royalties.

Hendershot is licensed, but only through ASCAP. He pays the minimum $330 and says they “really didn’t shake me down about the live thing.” He’s tempted to contact BMI and suss out the financial damages on his own terms, before the PROs stalk him down. Just days after being interviewed for this article, Hendershot received a letter from SESAC asking for a $700 annual license, including a $490 live-music fee. On top of the ASCAP fees and the likely-forthcoming BMI fees, SESAC’s license is too much for Hendershot to pay for something he thinks supports the music scene more than it does his business. Hendershot says he’s going to avoid booking SESAC artists

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to duck the added costs, which means turning down at least one of his favorite local acts.

PROs understand they are asking for money from struggling businesses, says Jerry Bailey, spokesperson for BMI: “It’s not chump change.”

And PROs’ aggressive methods frustrate club owners who feel shaken down by the whole process. The conversation starts with generally polite letters, Bailey says, but the dialogue becomes stern when it remains onesided.

Moore says if club owners are concerned with the size of their fees, they might be in “the wrong box” and could be paying much smaller fees if they negotiate.

How much your venue expends is flexible, just as long as you’re paying.

Follow the Money It’s not that club owners don’t want to pay musicians beyond cover charges collected at the door. In fact, an easy argument can be made that Athens’ small venues are the earliest and most ardent supporters of up-andcoming talent. But club owners are wary that their annual fees don’t land in the hands of the bands that inhabit their stages.

With such a storied local music history, Athens club owners are quite proud of their venues’ individuality. They don’t book Jimmy Buffett cover bands; their stages draw independent craftspeople actively honing their songwriting skills, and not all of those performers register their songs. The blanket licenses offered by BMI, ASCAP and SESAC only account for venue dimensions and ignore distinctions: “All the things that make your business unique don’t mean shit to them,” says Buck.

“We’re not a crab shack where some guy’s on the back porch singing ‘Fire and Rain,’” says one bar owner currently involved in negotiations with a PRO. It doesn’t make sense, he says, “if we pay $900 to BMI for the privilege of playing an Elf Power album, then they cut checks to Lady Gaga, or whoever else is making billions on the radio.”

Club owners, on the whole, say songwriters should be compensated for their work under every dictate of the law, but when local musicians who perform their own compositions complain they’ve never seen dime one from their PRO, club owners feel gypped.

In all of Townieconomy’s conversations with local club owners, one question continually cropped up: Where does the money go?

In the past, PROs collected live performance royalties based on radio play, says Bailey, which “sweetened radio royalties,” but created an “unhappy, imperfect situation.”

Precisely tracking live performances costs far more than the royalties are worth, he says.

Live performance royalties are a small bite of a thin slice of pie; eating and drinking establishment licenses account for 3 percent of the $900 million in licensing fees BMI collects every year. Most of that derives from pre-recorded performances; live music is yet another tiny morsel out of that chunk.

For years, PROs excused their faulty system’s favoritism towards radio play, which left up-and-coming live performers penniless, as a career-building exercise. After years spent cutting teeth on the road and scrapping mediocre non-hits from set lists, the theory went, songwriters, at some point in their career, would earn their share of pooled royalties as they built larger fan bases and received expanded radio play.

Demanding to know where the money goes is a “fair concern,” Bailey says, and PROs are becoming more transparent. Unique titles registered with BMI have doubled in the past five years, and technological advances now allow the organization to pay more artists for their own live performances, even in small venues.

Recently, BMI unveiled a new live performance reporting system called BMI Live, which allows represented artists who perform original material to enter their live appearances and corresponding set lists into an online form.

Clarity in BMI Live’s reporting process ends when Bailey is asked how BMI verifies a songwriter’s live performance statement: “It’s a trade secret,” he jokes before conceding that a mix of old-fashioned research and computer algorithms confirms the online accounts.

Even without BMI Live, royalty payments to local artists appear linked to how attentive writers have been to reporting performances.

Chris McKay, of Chris McKay and the Critical Darlings, says he’s earned over $100 a year from live performance royalties. He admits that isn’t a large haul, but the size of the remittance is due to a dearth of recent performances. In an email, McKay wrote that his PRO dependably pays royalties “to those members who take the time to do it right. And those who don’t shouldn’t complain about not getting paid.”

Songwriters are often unaware of the work required to receive royalty checks, says GLA’s Lisa Moore. Tracking song play on radio and television is a cinch due to paper trails left by those channels, but live performances are a “guessing game” for PROs. “All writers are entitled to public performance royalties,” Moore says, but it’s “incumbent upon the performer” to inform his or her representative.

Bailey admits BMI’s methods never have been and still aren’t perfect, but they’re trying to improve before they alienate any more upand-coming talent and, let’s be honest, lose future revenue: “We don’t want small bands frustrated with us, because out of that mix come the superstars of tomorrow.”

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Live music venues are an integral part of our intimate music scene, and dealing with bureaucratic middlemen leaves club owners feeling cold and dirty. The songwriters and bands who pack their clubs night after night are often old friends, sometimes neighbors; they even come to know national acts on a personal level.

With such tight-knit connections, some ask: Why can’t they deal directly with the bands?

Venues can draw up direct, per-performance licenses with bands, says BMI’s Bailey, but it’s cheaper and safer to get a blanket license.

Club owners don’t have the time or expertise to investigate what is and isn’t registered, he says, and paying for a license is prudent when one considers the litigious alternative.

Making a club a copyright-free zone is another possibility, says Paul Heald, the Allen Post Professor of Law at UGA, but given the “impractical” effort necessary to scrutinize every set list before show time, it’s not a workable, or profitable, business model.

Bailey says clubs think that if PROs let them alone, music would be free, but that’s just “not the way copyright law works.”

If venue owners feel disgruntled with PROs, royalties and copyright law, GLA’s Moore suggests a different tactic besides evading phone calls and lawyers’ letters: organize. Banding together to lobby Congress for changes in the law would be a “better use of energy.”

Again, for a community of artists and their supporters, which includes devoted fans as well as club-owning patrons, the intrusion of a bureaucratic entity into the scene is a harsh reality that kills the local music party buzz.

But making a living off this business requires reckoning with some tough and expensive truths.

“You may not be well-versed in the law,” Moore says, “but you have to live with it.”

André Gallant townieconomy@flagpole.com

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Get Outside, Celebrate Spring: On Saturday, Mar. 19, go to the Georgia State Botanical Garden to ramble with the birds on the garden’s Bird Ramble. Starting at 8 a.m. and lasting at least a few hours, this is a free walk through the woods focusing on listening to the chirps of Georgia’s native birds. Ed Maioriello, the Oconee Rivers Audobon Society field trip chair, will be leading the walk, and both expert and beginner birders are invited

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Art by students at Chase Street Elementary School is on display through March at White Tiger Gourmet Food & Chocolates, 217 Hiawassee Ave. paying special attention to individuals. This is a great opportunity to meet new Athenians, and possibly discover a talent you never knew you had. Go to www.wholemindbodyart.com to sign up or get more info.

Playing with Dirt!: In addition to Thursday Night Creations and a whole slew of different classes you can attend at studios around town, go to a Try Clay class one Friday night at Good Dirt. For $20, you get a two-hour lesson on the potter’s wheel, making about three pieces—depending on how quickly you pick it up—that you glaze and are later fired in the kiln. Then, Mar. 26 from 12–3 p.m., Good Dirt is having its Handmade for the Hungry event, a benefit for the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia. This includes a soup tasting in which you can vote for your favorite soup, sales of handmade stoneware bowls and a silent auction. All proceeds will go to the Food Bank, helping the hungry in Athens. Find out more at www.gooddirt.net.

Junker’s Dream Sale: This weekend is a good time to take a short drive over to Watkinsville for the Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation’s Annual Thrift Sale in the Rocket Hall gym at 34 School St. in Watkinsville. The organizers say it’s the largest thrift sale in the region: from antiques, furniture and toys to gardening supplies, clothing and pottery, there will be over 10,000 items available for purchase.

The proceeds will help boost OCAF’s many programs, including art classes, cultural events and exhibitions. For $5 and double the marked

to take part. Apparently, March is a great time to look at birds in Georgia, since it’s the start of the spring migration season. You can find out more at www.oconeeriversaudobon.org.

Amnesty in Athens: The University of Georgia’s chapter of Amnesty International will be hosting the organization’s statewide conference on Saturday, Mar. 26. The free event starts at 9 a.m. at the Miller Learning Center with three interactive sessions: the first is a Human Rights 101 presentation; the second is about immigration in Georgia; and the third addresses the death penalty. There will be a lunchtime meeting with a keynote speaker on LGBTQ rights, followed by a panel on the Demand Dignity campaign for worldwide women’s rights.

The conference lets out at 5 p.m., giving participants an opportunity to attend a percentage night at SunO Dessert and Casa Mia Tapas, with proceeds going to help fund the conference. Also affiliated with the conference will be free screenings of two human rights-themed documentaries at Ciné on Mar. 25 & 26. The films are Afghan Star, about participants in the Afghani equivalent of “American Idol,” and Trouble the Water, about the lingering human toll of Hurricane Katrina.

The whole conference is free, so if human rights activism is of interest to you, be sure to check it out. You can find out more and register in advance at www.amnestyspring2011. eventbrite.com.

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art notes Cast Adrift Living Dolls: As children, playing with dolls and action figures allowed us to create worlds in which we were in control. We posed, cared for and played with these inert objects, living through them by proxy to experience (or experience differently) all sorts of narratives.

Christina West, a sculptor and art professor at Georgia State University, reexamines this relationship in “What a Doll,” on view at the Trace Gallery through Apr. 7. West created 17 dolls with white ceramic heads and limbs and soft, pink, upholstered bodies. The nude figures are clearly adults, though scaled down, each bearing an expression of pain or dismay on their contorted features. Appearing cast-off and dejected, the bodies are arranged in piles, with some languishing alone on the floor or hanging limply against the wall.

West names Théodore Géricault’s “Raft of the Medusa” (1819) as one antecedent to her work. In his painting, Géricault depicts the doomed passengers of the shipwrecked Medusa, whose captain was accused of leaving his crew to drown. The individuals left adrift are crowded onto a raft—some dead, some nearly so—their expressions of abandonment and despair similar to what West has fashioned. As the Medusa’s captain leaves his crew to become lifeless, so do children depend on their caretakers and fear abandonment. In turn, children play at giving life to their dolls, acting out a dynamic between autonomy and helplessness. With this installation, West asks viewers to do the same. West’s dolls, as adult figures, presage a time when we will lose our individual agency and return to a childlike state: bathed, fed and manipulated by others while we are cared for in old age. We face this return to dependence with some amount of horror and disbelief, reflected in the frozen expressions of West’s dolls. This provocative installation will inspire multiple interpretations and is worth experiencing. Though the Trace Gallery is only open by appointment, this is easy to arrange as the gallery directors are often working in studios adjacent to the space. Call (706) 549-6877 or email tracegalleryathens@gmail.com.

Troubled Like the Restless Sea: Entering the This Way Out (T-W-O) Gallery is a bit like going down the rabbit hole. The gallery, situated in the hodge-podge strip mall above Ben’s Bikes, looks like a parlor in a historic home. Wood floors, a small table arranged between two welcoming arm chairs and a fireplace are unexpected in a building that shares a roof with a tacky adult novelty shop, but inside are paintings that similarly evoke a dreamlike state. Robert Sparrow Jones’ largescale oil paintings share with the Romantic masters a sense of grandeur and the sublime.

The figures in these richly hued paintings inhabit land and seascapes or empty houses and fields. The subjects appear like a half-remembered dream or the record of a stranger’s memory in a found photograph; you have some clues as to what is going on, but the more you look, the more mysterious it becomes. Jones studied with Abstract Expressionist painter Grace Hartigan during his MFA work in Baltimore, and this connection appears in the splashes and drips that texture the canvas beneath the high-gloss surface, giving the scenes an even greater sense of movement and drama. His background also includes creative writing and photography; both disciplines are revealed in the way he sets up enigmatic narrative snapshots within his compositions.

My favorite paintings are the seascapes, where a blue-green ocean envelops and threatens to consume curious collections of figures adrift in crowded boats. “Shelf-Cloud” (2010) and “Maelstrom” (2010) appear almost as pendants, the former a picture of a boating party embarking on some unknown voyage, the latter a portrait of a similar gathering of men and women experiencing rough waters as their boat is tossed on frothy waves.

Elsewhere, Jones paints figures in rural landscapes in radiant gold and red. Difficult to nail down to time or place, these, too, seem part of an in-between space. The detail with which Jones paints his subjects’ varied expressions allows the viewer to make imaginative leaps in thinking about what is happening in the

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Robert Sparrow Jones’ painting “Maelstrom” is on display at T-W-O Gallery through Mar. 20. painting, something you may still contemplate long after you have left the gallery. T-W-O is open by appointment and from 6–8 p.m. daily, Mar. 10–20.

Thesis Show: Twenty-four Lamar Dodd School of Art MFA candidates present their thesis work from Mar. 21–Apr. 15 in galleries throughout the building and atrium. The annual opening gala is a big, busy event and always a lot of fun. Attend the reception at LDSOA from 6–9 p.m. on Mar. 25 to see the artwork and meet the artists.

Kidstuff: On Mar. 4, Mayor Nancy Denson declared this “Youth Art and Music Month.”

Expressive self-portraits by Chase Street Elementary students at White Tiger and artwork by Oconee-area students at OCAF showcase the talent of these young artists.

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Trash or Treasure?: The Lyndon House Arts Center presents the Refusés 2011 show at the Bob M. Snipes Water Resources Center at 780 Barber St. In the spirit of the Parisian Salon Des Refusés, the special exhibition features the work of 26 artists not accepted into the Lyndon House’s 36th Juried Exhibition.

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THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU (PG13) The trailers do nothing for the cut of this latest Philip K. Dick adaptation.

Matt Damon and Emily Blunt play starcrossed lovers, David and Elise, being kept apart by the Adjustment Bureau, who resemble a team of Mad Men in suits and hats (one is even played by “Mad Men”’s silver-haired, silvertongued John Slattery). These angels as pencil pushers and bureaucrats make sure The Plan, as envisioned by The Chairman (one of many names for the man upstairs), is adhered to. The love affair between David and Elise is not part of the plan, and the Bureau will stop at nothing, even sending in their heavy hitter (Terence Stamp), to ensure the couple does not end up together.

The Adjustment Bureau is one of the better films of young 2011.

BALLAST (NR) 2008. In writer-director Lance Hammer’s feature debut (he previously contributed visual effects to Batman Forever, Batman & Robin and Practical Magic), a suicide in the Mississippi Delta affects the lives of a store owner (Michael J. Smith Sr.), a mother (Tarra Riggs) and her young son (JimMyron Ross). Nominated for six Independent Spirit Awards (Best Feature, Best Director, Best Female Lead, Best Supporting Male, Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography), Ballast won the Cinematography and Directing Awards at Sundance.

BARNEY’S VERSION (R) TV producer Barney Panofsky (the typically infallible Paul Giamatti) reflects on his three marriages, battles with the bottle, and the mysterious disappearance of his best friend, Boogie (Scott Speedman, always remembered for “Felicity”) in this adaptation of Mordecai Richler’s last novel. Director Richard J. Lewis is not the toxic comedian; instead, he is the director of the direct-to-video James Belushi sequel, K-9: P.I. (yeah, it really exists).

With Rosamund Pike, Minnie Driver, Mark Addy, Dustin Hoffman and his son, Jake.

BATTLE: LOS ANGELES (PG-13) I still don’t quite get how Battle: Los Angeles was inspired by true events.

In February 1942, over 1,400 rounds of anti-aircraft ammunition were unleashed over the skies of L.A., at what was thought to be Japanese aircraft. This real-life event somehow led to this science fiction/war movie about the battle fought over Los

Angeles during an alien invasion. A group of mixed military personnel (led

by Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez and Ne-Yo) try to get back to the FOB (Forward Operating Base) before bombs are dropped that will hopefully wipe out the invading extraterrestrials. Many of the supporting military cast die, mowed down during shaky cam gunfights with aliens inspired

by District 9. Battle: LA offers nothing new to either the war or science fiction genres it mashes together, but the action movie manages to engage for its near-two-hour running time without being particularly interesting or entertaining. Strangely, this needlessly cacophonous, visually unintelligible movie is better during its quiet, still moments as opposed to its textbook sacrifices and acts of cowboy bravado.

BEASTLY (PG-13) A literal modern day fairy tale, Beastly stars I Am Number Four’s Alex Pettyfer (how did this guy escape The CW for the big screen?) as vain, misunderstood, rich boy, Kyle. When Kyle runs afoul of a witch (Mary-Kate Olsen) at his ridiculously posh private high school, she turns him into a hideously scarred and tattooed “monster” with a year to find someone who’ll love him.

BIG MOMMAS: LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON (PG-13) FBI agent Malcolm Turner (Martin Lawrence) dons his fat suit again in the third (how can that be?) entry in the Big Momma’s House franchise. Now both Big Momma and Charmaine AKA Trent (Brandon T. Jackson) must infiltrate an all girls performing arts school to catch a murderer. Faizon Love plays Kurtis Kool, former Run-D.M.C. roadie and present school security guard that becomes smitten with Big Momma.

BILL CUNNINGHAM NEW YORK (NR) Into the burgeoning market for fashion documentaries comes Bill Cunningham New York. Eighty-yearold Bill Cunningham is a New York Times photographer, who, armed with an arsenal of cameras, rides around the Big Apple on his bicycle capturing the style of dress of the unique denizens of the city that never sleeps. Many of the fashion world’s luminaries appear to discuss Cunningham in the feature debut of award-winning short filmmaker Richard Press.

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1985 Fred Olen Ray bad movie, Biohazard: The Alien Force is the latest crap-fest to appear at Ciné’s Bad Movie Night. Your standard evil corporation loses control of its mutant experiment in DNA splicing. The creature goes on a rampage targeting its DNA donors.

Only a former security guard and his reporter girlfriend can stop the monstrous madness. As bad as this flick sounds, it better have plenty of boobs and blood.

BIUTIFUL (R) Critical darling Alejandro González Iñárritu (Amores Perros, 21 Grams, Babel) returns with what sounds like a Spanish-language version of Clint Eastwood’s Hereafter (not a compliment). In Barcelona, Uxbal (Javier Bardem, who won Best Actor at Cannes) struggles to be a good husband and father, while using his ability to speak to the deceased to eke out a living. Critical reaction has been mixed, with big names like Sean Penn, Werner Herzog, Guillermo del Toro and Julian Schnabel coming to Iñárritu’s defense. Nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film.

BLACK SWAN (R) Great does not begin to describe Black Swan nor does it do this complex film justice. Let’s call Black Swan what it is: stunning, original, another imperfect masterpiece from filmmaker Darren Aronofsky (The Wrestler). Aging ballerina Nina Sayers (Natalie Portman) finally lands a lead as the Swan Queen in Swan Lake. But as the pressure mounts, Nina begins to suspect that the pretty new dancer, Lily (Mila Kunis), is out to Single White Female her. Or are her suspicions those of a raving lunatic raised by a madwoman, Nina’s mother Erica (Barbara Hershey), on the verge of utter selfdestruction?

CEDAR RAPIDS (R) See Movie Pick.

THE DILEMMA (PG-13) The Dilemma, the first comedy from director Ron Howard since 1999’s Edtv, delivers its share of actual human drama as Ronny Valentine (Vaughn) agonizes over telling his best friend Nick (Kevin James) that his wife, Geneva (Winona Ryder), is screwing around with a tattooed softie named Zip (Channing Tatum). An overweight plot and characterizations could be pared down to a lighter comedic weight class, yet the movie has its shoddy genre plotting.

THE FIGHTER (R) Mark Wahlberg stars as boxer “Irish” Micky Ward, whose brother, Dick Eklund (Christian Bale), helped him train before going pro in the 1980s. Seeking to rehab his image after that awful I Heart Huckabees footage went viral a few years back. David O. Russell took over this project that Darren Aronofsky was prepping prior to The Wrestler. I wonder how welcoming the set was, with the combination of notorious hotheads Russell and Bale. With Amy Adams and Melissa Leo. GNOMEO & JULIET (G) This backyard version of Romeo and Juliet definitely succeeds in its cuteness quotient. The two battling terracotta clans, the Reds and the Blues, contain enough distinctive-looking members.

Too bad the movie doesn’t do a better job establishing this colorful retinue beyond a montage of here and there.

Instead, we focus on the blossoming romance between star-crossed lovers, Gnomeo (v. James McAvoy), son of Lady Blueberry (v. Maggie Smith), and

Juliet (v. Emily Blunt), beloved daughter of Lord Redbrick (v. Michael Caine).

HALL PASS (R) The Farrelly Brothers peaked in 1998. Their first three comedies: Dumb and Dumber, Kingpin and There’s Something About Mary held so much promise. Their last six failed to deliver on that promise. Hall Pass is one of their weakest, i.e., least funny, movies yet. Two bumbling suburbanites—Rick (a sorely miscast Owen Wilson) and Fred (Jason Sudeikis, who needs to get out of TV more)— are granted a week off from marriage from their gorgeous wives (Jenna Fischer and Christina Applegate).

Unfortunately, hilarity does not ensue.

HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 1 (PG13) I cannot find fault with this flawless penultimate installment of the stalwart franchise. The three young leads have matured tremendously as actors.

THE ILLUSIONIST (PG) A wondrous paean to Jacques Tati, Sylvain Chomet’s The Illusionist is a nearsilent hand-drawn animated feature unlike any other you’ll see this year.

Its closest peer is not Toy Story 3 or Megamind but The Secrets of Kell or Chomet’s own The Triplets of Belleville.

A magician (a reanimated Tati or more accurately Monsieur Hulot) befriends a young girl—her age is of some debate—and works several odd jobs to give her what she needs. It’s a lot less Lolita-ish than it sounds. As Americans, we are weened on cartoons dominated by manic, anthropomorphized animals and celebrity voice work. Not even the greatest Pixar film can equal the rich, foreign wonders and gentle visual humor of the French Illusionist. I don’t mean to imply The Illusionist is better than the also wonderful, definitely American Toy Story 3; I’m glad to live in a cinematic world with room for both.

JUST GO WITH IT (PG-13) Adam Sandler is a hard guy not to like whether or not you think his movies are funny. Unfortunately, in his latest movie, he is neither likable nor funny. A plastic surgeon, Dr. Danny Maccabee, seduces women by faking that he is in a horrible marriage. When he meets a gorgeous, younger, middle school math teacher, Palmer (swimsuit model Brooklyn Decker), he decides he is ready to settle down. Unfortunately, she discovers his fake wedding band, leading Danny to concoct the least plausible, dumbest plan ever.

JUSTIN BIEBER: NEVER SAY NEVER (G) Justin Bieber: Never Say Never perfectly provides the necessary ratio of hair flips, musical performances and backstage insight to stave off the most fatal symptoms of the Bieber fever raging through the world’s tweens.

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 also gave Firth his first Oscar for his performance. With Helena Bonham Carter as George’s wife Queen Elizabeth, Guy Pearce as Edward VIII, Michael Gambon as King George V and Timothy Spall as Winston Churchill.

LIMITLESS (PG-13) Selling this flick on its pedigree might be a smarter

marketing move than relying on its trailer. The Illusionist’s Neil Burger brings Alan Glynn’s debut novel to the big screen with Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro. Sounds like Limitless’ potential is, well, limitless, right? Now comes the synopsis. A copywriter (Cooper) discovers a new wonder drug that maximizes human intellect and abilities. He is also being followed by a group of killers. The script was not written by Burger but by Hairspray’s Leslie Dixon.

THE LINCOLN LAWYER (R) Based on the bestselling novel by Michael Connelly, whose work was previously adapted into Clint Eastwood’s Blood Work, The Lincoln Lawyer stars Matthew McConaughey as Mickey Haller, an attorney whose office is his chauffeured Lincoln Town Car. But Mickey’s latest, high-paying client, a rich boy played by Ryan Philippe, might be more guilty than not. The only other features by director Brad Furman (he’s wearing a Good Charlotte tee in his IMDB profile pic—no judgments) is 2007’s The Take. With Marisa Tomei, Josh Lucas, William H. Macy, John Leguizamo, Bryan Cranston, Frances Fisher and Michael Pena.

LITTLE FOCKERS (PG-13) I can’t quite decide how I feel about this third entry in the Meet the… movie franchise. The Fockers, Greg and Pam (Ben Stiller and Teri Polo), now have a couple of kids, taking a little of grandpa Jack Byrnes’ (Robert De Niro) heat off of Greg. But with the twins’ birthday party on the horizon, old suspicions— and old pals like Teri’s ex Kevin (Owen Wilson)—are returning to haunt male nurse Gaylord Focker. Director Paul Weitz (About a Boy) takes over for Jay Roach, the director of the first two mega-hit comedies.

MARS NEEDS MOMS (PG) Mars Needs Moms is a fairly tepid animated kids movie of the most average kind.

Milo (not voiced by credited star, 37-year-old Seth Green, who did the motion capture performance) doesn’t appreciate his mother (v. Joan Cusack).

When aliens in need of mothering take her away, he sets out to save her with the help of an overweight earthling, Gribble (v. Dan Fogler), and a martian rebel, Ki (v. Elizabeth Harnois). Kids might be entertained, but adults will find Rango far more appealing.

PAUL (R) I love Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. The Shaun of the Dead/ Hot Fuzz duo team back up—minus director Edgar Wright—for a nerd trip movie about two British comic book geeks who meet an alien named Paul (v. Seth Rogen) while traveling to Area 51. The runaways are pursued by government agents, who fortunately resemble Jason Bateman and Bill Hader. The absence of Wright is disappointing, but replacing him with Greg Mottola (Superbad and Adventureland) soothes the pain.

RANGO (PG) Boasting a cute trailer, this animated feature from Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski stars his lead pirate, Johnny Depp, as the voice of a chameleon that wants to be a gunslinging hero. Rango must put his skills, if he has any, to the test to protect a Western town from bandits.

RED RIDING HOOD (PG-13) Far and away the worst movie of 2011 (so far), Red Riding Hood tries to infect the Grimm fairy tale with some Twilight teen romance and fails miserably. A total bore, Red Riding Hood never

establishes a propulsive narrative arc, which then goes unsupported by pitiful acting and not one single genuinely dramatic moment. Valerie (the wasted Amanda Seyfried) lives in a brand of medieval European village that is cursed by a werewolf. Nothing in Red Riding Hood is narratively connected beyond anything stronger than a coordinating conjunction. For a twisted take on the well-known fairy tale, see Neil Jordan’s The Company of Wolves.

TAKE ME HOME TONIGHT (R) After sitting on the studio shelf for a few years, Take Me Home Tonight accomplishes exactly what it wants to without exactly being good—sounds like many a beloved ‘80s movie to me. Topher Grace produced and stars in the ‘80s set comedy about a college grad, Matt Franklin, trying to finally land his high school crush, Tori Frederking (Teresa Palmer), at a Labor Day party circa 1988. The look and sound genuinely evoke the 1980s as nostalgically envisioned by 20-to-30-somethings who were children for the majority of the decade. But where’s the Eddie Money?

TANGLED (PG) Disney’s 50th animated feature entertains like some of the best the House of Mouse has ever offered. Can you imagine how magical this fairy tale could have been had it been traditionally animated and simply titled Rapunzel?

THE TOURIST (PG-13) Seeing this Angelina Jolie-Johnny Depp team-up may be cheaper than a trip to Venice, but anyone wishing to float the canals of that old Italian city would be advised to wait for discount fares.

TRUE GRIT (PG-13) To help distance their new film from the John Wayne classic, Joel and Ethan Coen are calling it a new adaptation of the novel by Charles Portis rather than a remake.

A young girl (Hailee Steinfeld) hires gruff U.S. Marshal Reuben J. “Rooster” Cogburn (Jeff Bridges) to help find the man who killed her father. I am quite thrilled to see Bridges’ take on Wayne’s iconic role as directed by the Coens.

With Matt Damon as La Boeuf and Josh Brolin as Tom Chaney.

UNKNOWN (PG-13) Liam Neeson continues his mid-career crisis with another Taken-type vehicle. In Unknown, the giant Irishman stars as Dr. Martin Harris, who suffers a traumatic brain injury in a car accident while visiting Berlin. He wakes from a four-day coma to find that his wife, Elizabeth (January Jones, “Mad Men”), does not know him and is married to another man (Aidan Quinn), who just so happens to claim he is Dr. Martin Harris. Neeson’s Martin begins to doubt his sanity until a shadowy “they” tries to kill him. Teaming with his cab driver, Gina (Diane Kruger), Martin must discover the truth behind his stolen identity. What starts as a frightening, lonely thriller loses steam before the thriller’s big reveal, which is telegraphed a bit by the presence of certain supporting characters, and totally blows the ending, which could have been tremendously interesting had Martin behaved character-appropriately. Unknown is no Taken.

WIN WIN (NR) Filmmaker Thomas McCarthy—his previous films were the superb The Station Agent and The Visitor—returns with a cast including Paul Giamatti, Amy Ryan and Jeffrey Tambor. Attorney Mike Flaherty (Giamatti) moonlights as a high school wrestling coach. His dreams of hitting it big with a star athlete he discovers through questionable means are derailed when the boy’s mother returns from rehab with no money. After The Station Agent and The Visitor, I’ll take a chance on any new film offered by McCarthy, also a familiar face you may recognize as belonging to Dr. Bob Banks from Meet the Parents.

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movie pick Sweet Comic Vacation CEDAR RAPIDS (R) Cedar Rapids may be the sweetest, nicest, most down-to-earth comedy ever to get an R rating. The coming-of-middleage tale of Tim Lippe (Ed Helms), an insurance salesman from a small Wisconsin town, who grows into adulthood on his first trip to the

Ed Helms big city of Cedar Rapids, IA, never surprises, but its characters are delightful company for an hour and a half.

After the shocking death of its leading salesman (Thomas Lennon), Tim Lippe is sent to the ASMI conference in the bustling metropolis of Cedar Rapids by his boss, Bill Krogstad (Stephen Root). At the convention, Tim has one goal: win his agency another coveted Two Diamonds award. Instead, Tim makes

some new friends—Ronald “The Ronimal” Wilkes (Isiah Whitlock, Jr.), dickhead with a heart of gold Dean Zigler (John C. Reilly) and just-one-of-the-guys Joan Ostrowski-Fox (Anne Heche)—gets blotto on drugs and alcohol, and has the time of his small-town life.

What is so pleasant about Cedar Rapids is how it generates all its laughs with these lifelong denizens of Middle America, not at them. Director Miguel Arteta and writer Phil Johnston don’t get to Cedar Rapids via the easy, mean comic route. They could not have cast better for this sort of gentle raunch than Helms and Reilly. Every week on “The Office,” Helms perfects his daftly sincere, pitiable nice-guy routine.

Even in as small a movie as Cedar Rapids, Reilly is a charismatic force with which to be reckoned. His Dean Zigler begins the film as some sort of boorish bogeyman of copious alcoholic intake, uncomfortable sex jokes and untrustworthy moral fortitude. By movie’s end, he is one of the most genuine schlubs Reilly has created.

Take a sweet comic vacation to a Midwestern convention fantasyland. You’ll love the company, even if the accommodations are a little familiar.

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threats & promises record reviews Music News And Gossip Hey, how ya doin’? There’s a load of stuff to read this week, so just get to it…

It’s That Time Again: Submissions to play The Athens PopFest are now being accepted. (Full disclosure: I am on the board of directors of this festival and am involved in practically every aspect of it.) It costs a flat $12 for anyone, anywhere. Although traditionally held in August, this year’s Athens PopFest will happen Oct. 11–15, because hosting a five-day rock festival in 100-degree weather is just a drag. Submissions will be accepted until Aug. 15. The best way to know if your band or act is something we’d be interested in is to look at the Athens PopFest lineups from past years. We don’t specify any particular genres but, generally speaking, everything booked must be something that Mike Turner (HHBTM Records) and I can get behind. We’re a little picky, sure, but not brutal. (Please note that

publication series” and is supported by the University of Georgia’s interdisciplinary Ideas For Creative Exploration (ICE) initiative. For more info, please see www.auxfestival.com.

Back Here Where We Need Ya: AthFest Educates has some paying opportunities available for local musicians who want to help out with the festival’s school programs. Musicians are needed for the Barrow Elementary Drum Corps (Wednesdays from 9–10 a.m.) to help kids aged 5–12 who are currently learning the basics of drumming.

Dance-focused people might be interested in helping the Barrow Elementary Hip-Hop Culture Group for students aged 5–12 who are currently working on a film of themselves dancing but may be able to utilize musical help. Finally, the Oconee Rec. Center is seeking to host performances from local musicians that would begin at 4:15 p.m. and last about

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Quiet Hooves the surest way not to get booked is to bug Turner about playing while he’s working at Wuxtry. Seriously. Don’t do this.) So, gather ye rosebuds while ye may and apply to play over at www.sonicbids.com/athenspopfest.

All other relevant links can be found at www. athenspopfest.com.

Kid Kilowatt: North Carolina artists’ resource No More Fake Labels will release Sing for Your Meat: A Tribute to Guided by Voices on Apr. 16, which just happens to be Record Store Day. Who cares, right? Well, fans of local (and Athens-related) rockers Elf Power, James Husband, Twin Tigers, Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit and Mass Solo Revolt might be interested as each of them appear on the comp, which also includes Western Civ, Flaming Lips, Thurston Moore and others.

The track by Mass Solo Revolt (“Gold Star for Robot Boy”) will only appear on the vinyl version and the digital EP that accompanies the release. In other news, Mass Solo Revolt has a new album in the can (Soft Power) that bandleader Martin Brummeler, who has temporarily left Athens for Michigan, plans to release sometime this summer.

More Than Noise: Experimental arts festival AUX is currently having an open call for participants. This year’s event takes place Saturday, May 7 and the venues are TBA. This call is open to musicians, filmmakers, dancers, performance artists and anyone else along those lines. Although the festival is only one day a year, AUX is an ongoing “event and

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40 minutes or so. This is just to expose kids to live music, opportunities with music and different genres. Each of these opportunities is kind of open-ended, within reason, and if you have an idea that you think fits with the goals of any of these, then feel free to submit your suggestions. Each opportunity here pays $50 per visit. For more information or to volunteer or make suggestions, please contact Karen Sweeney Gerow via ksgerow@bellsouth.net.

Please Note: The ginormous bar and itinerant music venue on West Washington Street that was most recently known as the Max Canada, the one you still refer to as the Engine Room, is now known simply as Max. Tumblin’ Tumbleweeds: Quiet Hooves did a short run around the South last week with Brooklyn, NY’s Prince Rama. The band has now landed in Austin for the week where Party Party Partners and head instigator Mercer West will host five free parties, billed as Escapes V-X and each with PPP’s calling card of free coffee and grilled cheese, at various locales including a monster bill on Saturday, Mar. 19 that’s scheduled to run over 13 hours.

Quiet Hooves returns to Athens to play the 40 Watt with Surfer Blood on Friday, Mar. 25. The band’s 12-inch version of its album, Saddle Up, is to be released this night, too. If you happen to be in Austin this week and want to catch up with the gang, see www.partypartypartners.com/sxsw2011.

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BRAIDS Native Speaker Kanine Records Sooo pretty! That was all I could think the first time I wafted along the sonic summer breeze that is Braids’ slight, delicate debut album, Native Speaker. The tribal drum beats and airy, female vocals of the opener, “Lemonade,” suggest the come-hither call of a maiden wood nymph, beckoning her listener to venture further into some enchanted digital forest. Its followup, “Plath Heart,” offers staccato synth-string orchestrations that supply a more patrician feel, as though that initial walk in the woods led the listener to the site of some ancient, mystical ruins. The title track continues this journey with fluttery, bouncy piano decrescendos that evoke a rowboat glide across a private lagoon, but on the other side, “Lammicken” shakes things up with a club-ier beat and some muddied bass, betraying the vaguest of trip-hop influences.

All that said, Braids can come across as more formulaic than groundbreaking. Their sound feels like it effervesced from a concoction of Animal Collective’s bubbly, organic electronics and jj’s windswept vocal nostalgics.

Those minor caveats aside, this album offers its listener a journey, both metaphorically and musically, as it drifts through a bucolic fairy realm showcasing just what all this talented young band is capable of, and for fans of modern electro-pop, suggesting the potential for much, much more.

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motorik groove of “Defender,” the Pet Shop Boys-esque grandeur of “Darlin’ (Adam & Eve Song)” and the bedroom wistfulness of “4 a.m.” But none can match “Easy,” a display of razor-sharp pop acumen delivered on warm, perfectly etched breezes that stands as one of T80’s finest moments.

They may not be as monolithic in song as some of their most accomplished countrymen, but this shiny new album proves that these sharp popsmiths still have gas in the tank. If they can keep cranking out winners with sustained regularity, they might just avoid becoming the Travis to Phoenix’s Coldplay.

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PARTS & LABOR Constant Future Jagjaguwar When 2007’s irrepressible Mapmaker stormed onto the scene, Brooklyn’s Parts & Labor was looking like avant-garde rock’s next flagship.

Then came 2008’s underwhelming Receivers to douse that spark. This follow-up, however, is redemption. It’s the sound of a wildly exciting band getting back its swag. And it finally delivers on the next-level breakthrough to their sound that Receivers couldn’t quite pull off.

The lifeblood of P&L’s sound is its epic sense of release. While the noise-jacked clatter of Mapmaker achieved that by living on the edge, Constant Future does it through clarified arrangements that sharpen their immense, triumphant melodies and renewed urgency to a fine point. With the most well-defined songs of their career, this is also their most decidedly pop album. The blinding rays of their distorted bliss and cosmic keyboards are still in full, glorious bloom. They’re just channeled with more shared purpose into a majestic locomotive.

Constant Future is a confident step forward for P&L that doesn’t compromise the thrill at its core. It’s the strapping work of a band back on its game and a smart, truly progressive vision of rock.

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The Past, the Present & the Possible Human Sounds The mighty Phoenix has claimed the crown of French Pop for good reason. But if there’s some justice in the universe, Tahiti 80 won’t just become another footnote in France’s most significant pop renaissance in forever.

T80 has sometimes suffered from lack of consistency, but this album affirms the fitness of their dance-savvy, strum-happy cocktail of ‘60s sun, ‘70s slinkiness and ‘80s synth. Though modernized with fatter beats, they’re still predicated on playful, economical melodies. Moreover, the crisp, snaptight edges keep everything airy.

Demonstrating both the quality and range here are highlights like the supple slide of “Gate 33,” the intergalactic

EASTER ISLAND Better Things Independent Release The word “angst,” when used in record reviews, so often denotes whiny sentimentalism or unappealing

pessimism. However, the late-’90s/ early-’00s shoegaze angst of Better Things, the five-song EP by Athens’ own Easter Island, is nothing short of endearing. It brings to mind The Bends-era Radiohead meets Matt Pond PA, with some virtually Elliot-Smithlevel lyrical sensitivity. Take “Better Things” for instance: single eighth-note guitar strumming behind lyrics like, “I’m right here/ I’m holding your drink/ You’re fixing your tights/ But you can’t see me.” Brand New, eat your heart out.

Fortunately the melancholy introspection in Better Things is never so thick as to smother the album’s overall good vibes. “Into Bedrooms,” with a piano intro and vulnerable vocals delivered by Ethan Payne, still maintains enough drive with its instrumentation swells and unique chord changes to bring to mind Thom Yorke and Keane comparisons. “Second Handers” will take you back to those days in college when the drinking was excessive, relationships were shaky and immature, and yet somehow the pain of rejection—“You are a second hander/ Second rate at best,” sings Payne—made you feel alive. Easter Island is already working on its upcoming full length album, and it’s sure to be a beautiful depression.

John Granofsky Easter Island is playing at the Caledonia Lounge on Saturday, Mar. 26.

THE CAVE SINGERS No Witch Jagjaguwar While the lovely mountain fog of their folk mysticism can still be found here, this third LP by the Seattle band is remarkable for its newfound incisiveness. This may be the Cave Singers’ “rock record,” but the blues is riding shotgun. Beyond drifting contemplation, No Witch is framed with ballsy edge and oilier, more sensual depths.

Their interpretation remains skilled and stylish, but there’s a primal, carnal urge that now commands it.

Besides giving able ribs to Pete Quirk’s athletic voice, these songs throb with a pulse and rush of bloodheat not seen before, like impressions finally coming to life. The tough, swampy swagger of “No Prosecution If We Bail” rocks with a snarl, while the electrified stomp of “Black Leaf” pounds the porch and shakes the soul.

And picks like the on-edge grandeur of “Faze Wave, “ the snake-charming Eastern writhe of “Outer Realms” and the haunting shuffle of “Falls” prove that even the atmospheric moments cut deeper.

With heightening atmospheric mastery, The Cave Singers are quickly becoming one of today’s top moodsmiths. But the sharper lines and spellbinding evocations here are an altogether deeper well that suggests that this could be just the beginning of a phoenix truly rising.

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here are over 2,000 bands playing at the 25th Annual South by Southwest in Austin, TX. Nearly 1,200 are from Athens. Just kidding, that’s a slight exaggeration, but with spring break landing at the same time as the mega music conference and festival, a whole lot of Athens will be heading west, Flagpole included. This year, we’ve got John Seay and Gordon Lamb blogging daily along with me.

Mike White will be handling still photography and videographer Spenser Simirill (who is behind the recent of Montreal: Family Nouveau documentary) will be capturing the fun on video.

You can follow along via our music blog at www.flagpole.com/ Weekly/Homedrone or, for more frequent updates, follow us on Twitter @FlagpoleMusic and @GordonLamb.

If you just glance at the official list of showcasing artists, Athens’ representation in Austin is deceptive. Only a handful made the cut: Widespread Panic, Reptar, Twin Tigers, Yip Deceiver, Venice Is Sinking and the freshly reunited ‘90s altcountry duo Chickasaw Mudd Puppies.

But you know what? Those “official” shows don’t have free drinks, grub or swag, so who cares, right? SXSW is all about the day parties and the endless unofficial gigs that happen simultaneously throughout the city.

I think it speaks to Athens’ DIY spirit that so many of our artists have found their own way to get some exposure and stage time. Hard-rocking trio Bambara went the extra mile and just created their own damn event: Bambara’s East Invades West Day Party at Side Bar on Friday, Mar. 18. They managed to pack two stages with 16 acts, including locals Nate Nelson, Ruby Kendrick, Gift Horse, Twin Tigers and, of course, themselves, plus some high-caliber national acts.

But perhaps the biggest Athens-centric event is the 40 Watt showcase, also at Side Bar, going down all day Saturday.

This three-stage shindig is free and open to all, with free PBR while it lasts. You can find Futurebirds and Packway Handle Band there, along with many of the officially confirmed Athens acts and a few who are also playing the Bambara-fest. The 40 Watt also scored some great talent from Atlanta (Gentleman Jesse and His Men, Turf War, Ponderosa) and national acts; expect some special guest appearances, too! Flagpole is one of the sponsors and plans on videotaping this party in its entirety, so look out for that recap on Homedrone and follow @40WattSXSW for updates.

But wait… there’s more! As mentioned in Threats and Promises, Mercer West will be in Austin all week with his Escapes showcase in various locations (email partypartypartners@gmail.com for info). There is also a strong Athens showing at the Blurt Magazine party on Friday at Ginger Man; there you’ll find The Baseball Project (feat. Peter Buck) plus Supercluster, Casper and the Cookies and Flash to Bang Time sharing a stage with Mike Watt, The Fleshtones and more.

And that’s just live music. SXSW also offers film and interactive media, and Athens has some representation there, too.

There will be a screening of films from R.E.M.’s new album Collapse Into Now followed by a Q&A with Michael Stipe.

And that is but a small sampling! There are even more Athenians playing in Austin at even more shows, and we’ll be covering tons of international and national acts as well—from The Strokes and Queens of the Stone Age to indie darlings like Phantogram, Braids and Surfer Blood. The good news for all of you who can’t make it to the party this year is that a lot of these bands, especially the indie acts, will be making their way to Athens after SXSW. So, rest up and wait for the impending tidal wave of rock.

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Obits: Making Things New, Taking Things Away

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xisting in a space halfway between Bob Mould and Franz Kafka, Rick Froberg might be the singular rock songwriter for a post-industrial America. Froberg’s songs with Californiabased bands Drive Like Jehu and Hot Snakes seethed with rage at the psychic pincers of millennial life: bureaucratic detachment, whitecollar malaise, gross gentrification. Musically, these bands continue to be über-influential, creating a palette of incredibly aggressive guitar playing and rhythmic intensity that bands like At the Drive-In, Cinemechanica and legions of lesser imitators have put to room-rattling use.

Jehu’s songs sprawled and twisted, building tension via spaghetti-Western drama and krautrock repetition towards explosive detonations. Call it math rock, call it post-hardcore, whatever it was, when Drive Like Jehu was doing it, it was new.

Once that band had burned out, Froberg sprinted in the opposite direction, cutting the songs to minimum duration and maximum impact with the no-filler-ever Hot Snakes. After a decade and a half laying waste with those bands in San Diego, Froberg has relocated to Brooklyn.

“Yeah, California is a frustrating place for me. But everywhere’s a frustrating place, though. Do I enjoy Brooklyn?

Eh, it’s 50/50,” he says. “Sometimes I enjoy it, sometimes I don’t enjoy it at all. Where I live it’s pretty, I don’t know… not much here. It’s the place where you get pushed out, get pushed further back, away from Manhattan and away from the cooler places in Brooklyn. Out in the sticks, pretty much.”

Froberg works a day job doing graphic design and animation work and has formed a new band with some drinking buddies called Obits. After a widely circulated bootleg of their first show at the Cake Shop in Manhattan, the band signed with Sub Pop, releasing 2009’s I Blame You and new album Moody, Standard and Poor. Compared to his prior bands, Froberg’s

new work with Obits (for whom he is the main songwriter) bears many similarities but notable differences. His lyrical sensibility—grim, abstract, always mordant—hasn’t dulled a whit and has, in fact, calcified. Songs like “You Gotta Lose” and “I Blame Myself” bear the classic Froberg sneer, and when he spits out a line like “Your daddy’s in hell/ Your brother’s in jail/ YOU’RE ON THE NO-FLY LIST!” it’s as face-slappingly hilarious as he’s ever been. But the band does sound more relaxed, turning down the intensity, and intentionally so. Rather than burning, Obits “cooks” in the traditional sense: rocking steady with surf, blues, and rock and roll overtones. Were there any parameters or plans laid for Obits? “Yeah, I mean, I’m not going to go into what all they are, but some things I wanted to do differently,” Froberg says. “I’m not sure what the other guys would say. I guess, at first I wanted it to be something that could be played at a lower volume. I didn’t like having to

wear earplugs all the time when I went to shows. I didn’t like to wear earplugs when I play, which I’ve stopped doing… but it’s still too loud. Little things like that, and some bigger things, but I don’t want to embarrass myself.”

So, while Obits isn’t necessarily a stretch into wildly different territory, Froberg contends that, say, overdub-heavy opuses are an unlikely course of action for him. “I’ll think about that if I ever get this right, which will probably never happen.

There’s a lot you can do with the rock format. I kind of trend the opposite way, personally—I want to take things away instead of adding things.”

This band is definitely a natural progression in his creative arc. “The truth is that whatever your intentions are, it kinda doesn’t matter anyway, because the things you have no control over are the things that make your band original,” he says.

“Or else everyone would simply imitate things they liked and be able to do it perfectly, and you wouldn’t know the difference between one band and another.

The thing that makes [tribute band] Beatlemania different from The Beatles is the thing about the guys in Beatlemania who can’t be John Lennon, they can’t be Paul McCartney, they can’t do that. So, in that sense, it’s original… Every time you play a song, it’s different from anybody else.”

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hile the much ballyhooed Godspeed You! Black Emperor is undoubtedly the flagship band of Canadian indie label Constellation Records, a quick search of its roster reveals a bevy of equally talented, if far-less-heralded acts—from the oddball post-rockers Do Make Say Think to the avant-garde saxophonist Colin Stetson and, for a time, Athens’ dearly departed Vic Chesnutt. Also carrying the torch for Constellation is Eric Chenaux, an improvisational guitarist whose creaky, squeaky, dust-coated folk and jazz meanderings suggest a spiritual link to many of the artists who came through town for last year’s Improvisor Festival, but otherwise defy direct artistic comparison. Taking the opening slot for the cryptic, media-shy GY!BE, Chenaux has been handling all the press duties for this longsold-out tour and was kind enough to talk shop with Flagpole from his home in Toronto.

“I’ve been to Athens,” Chenaux begins, sounding haltingly cautious but friendly through a thick Canadian accent. “I don’t know know if I’ve played there. I don’t think so. But I’ve been to Athens a couple of times just driving around Southern states. Very beautiful. Like it a lot.”

Having occasion to switch from nylon string guitar to electric and back again at his whim, Chenaux talks a little about what Athens could expect from his live show. “I’m playing both. Nylon string guitar is something that I’m very comfortable on to a degree, but they’re very different instruments. As different as two guitars can be. Mostly, a nylon string guitar is very good for singing to. There are certain frequencies that just support a voice, almost like a bass, in the lower strings that I find very comfortable to sing with. But the electric, you can go a little crazier on it a little easier. It’s just gonna be me and a sound man from Montreal who will be bringing some things to help change some of the sounds from the board. I’m gonna have my electric guitar and my acoustic guitar, and it’ll be a lot of guitar playing and a lot of singing. A lot of solos. Some a cappella singing—kind of a mix of things, I suppose.”

Though his beginnings lie in the defunct post-punk outfit Phleg Camp, the progression and variety of styles through which he grew— in which he still works and out of which he developed his own current sound—are mindboggling. “[When I first started playing guitar] I must have been a pre-teen,” he explains.

“Maybe 12 or 10. I’m not really sure. It was a

slow start, but I had little guitars around the house. I knew I’d always want to play it, but I was slow at getting to it. Now I guess I kind of see the styles I explore as all being kind of similar, or having a similar relationship to each other. The improvising that I do—I play very different when I sing songs, or play in a jazz group, or play French fable music with Eloïse [Decazes]—in a way, all those projects take away the style of what those kinds of musics generally tend to illuminate, and I feel like I play similarly in all of them. Maybe the context shifts, but I don’t think that differently about them when I start playing.”

On working with Godspeed, Chenaux remains calm, but seems vaguely excited in an understated, Canadian kind of way. “I’ve never heard them live before,” he says. “I know the members of the band. I know Efrim [Menuck] very well, he’s a good friend, and he recorded my first record for Constellation. I have played with Silver Mt. Zion [a Godspeed side project] quite a bit. I’m looking forward to it. There’s a couple of people in that band I haven’t seen for awhile.”

Only when talking about his next adventure, planned for after this tour, does Chenaux betray real exuberance. “I’m playing solo, and also playing in Sandro Perri’s band, Polmo Polpo, also on Constellation, and we have a bunch of shows in Japan and Taiwan. I have never been there before. I am excited, to say the least. It’s a place I’ve wanted to play for a very long time.”

And with that, he says his goodbyes, having imparted a great deal of information, but offered very little insight into himself or his work. Perhaps Constellation Records is simply that kind of label. A home for seriousminded musicians who make powerful, often indecipherable, but deeply resonant music.

Chenaux’s performances may not always be easy, but they will always be rewarding, and on Mar. 22, they will mean something different to every listener at a sold out 40 Watt club. So, Godspeed you, Eric Chenaux. Athens can’t wait to try and figure you out.

David Fitzgerald

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Tuesday 15 ART: “Calculations: What Could be Painting” (Town 220) An informative and entertaining talk with Athens artist Richard “Ole” Olsen.

His “Large Format Wall Painting” exhibit will be on display. 6:30 p.m.

FREE! www.madisonartistsguild.org KIDSTUFF: Children’s Storytime (ACC Library) For children ages 18 months to 5 years. Tuesdays & Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Exploring Craft (Treehouse Kid and Craft) For children 6 & under. Accompanied by a story or puppet show. 10 a.m. $10 706-850-8226, www.treehousekidandcraft.com KIDSTUFF: Kids’ Beginning Art (Whole: Mind. Body. Art.) Children are exposed to basic techiniques and encouraged to explore their own creative ideas. Materials provided.

Tuesdays, 5–6 p.m. $10 (adv.) $12 (drop-in). 706-410-0283 KIDSTUFF: Open Craft Hour (Treehouse Kid and Craft) For ages 2–8. Past projects have included puppets, wreaths, mittens and snowflakes. 4 p.m. $10. 706-850-8226 KIDSTUFF: Recycled Arts (Whole: Mind. Body. Art.) Kids are invited to explore thier creativity through art projects where found objects are transformed into art pieces.

Tuesdays, 3:45–4:45 p.m. $10 (adv.) $12 (drop-in).

MEETINGS: Athens Rock and Gem Club (Friendship Christian Church) After a short business meeting, club members that visited Fort Drum Cystal Mine will present a program highlighting the mine’s rare calcified marine clam shells. 7:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-8082 MEETINGS: Business Networking (Foundry Park Inn & Spa) Athens Referral Bulldawgs, an Athens chapter of BNI, meets every Tuesday.

Lunch is provided. 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m. 770-713-4278 MEETINGS: Tinnitus Support Group (Oconee County Library) Discussion on the causes of tinnitus, effects on everyday life and treatment options. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www. athensoconeeaudiology.com 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.

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Wednesday 16 EVENTS: Bad Movie Night: Biohazard: The Alien Force (Ciné BarCafé) A hunky security guard tries to stop his company’s genetically engineered monster. 8 p.m. FREE! facebook.com/badmovienight

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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: GSPHE Vigil and Rally (UGA Arch) Join concerned students and community members in support of better funding for K–12 and higher education in Georgia. 4:30–5:30 p.m. FREE! www.georgiastudents.org OUTDOORS: Rocks of the Piedmont (Various Locations) Guided tour through the Oconee Forest to identify major rock types and learn how they affect topography and vegetation. Meet at the Oconee Forest Park boardwalk. 3–5 p.m.

FREE! www.athensgreenfest.com KIDSTUFF: Children’s Storytime (ACC Library) For children ages 18 months to 5 years. Tuesdays & Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Wildcard Wednesday for Teens (ACC Library) Up next: Game Day! Bring whatever it is you want to play! For ages 11–18. 4 p.m.

FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: YES Teen Summit (UGA Grand Hall at Tate) Youth Empowering Success’ all-day event for 8th–12th graders includes a video game tournament, free lunch and door prizes. 9 a.m.–5 p.m. FREE! www.teenhealthsummit.org LECTURES & LIT.: Talking about Books (ACC Library, Small Conference Room) This month’s title is The Help by Kathryn Stockett.

Newcomers welcome. 10:30 a.m.

FREE! 706-613-3650 MEETINGS: GSPHE Meeting (UGA Miller Learning Center, Room 247) Georgia Students for Public Higher Eduction is a coalition of students who believe that affordable, quality education is a right. 8 p.m. FREE! georgiastudents.org GAMES: Sports Trivia (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s) Every Wednesday. Win house cash and prizes! 8:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-850-1916 GAMES: Texas Hold ‘Em (Buffalo’s Southwest Café) Poker night every Wednesday. 18 and up. Sign in at 6:30 p.m. Begins at 7:30 p.m. FREE! www.interstatepokerclub.com GAMES: Trivia (Copper Creek Brewing Company) Test your trivia chops for prizes! Every Wednesday.

9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-1102 GAMES: Trivia (Harry’s Pig Shop) Nerd wars at Classic City Trivia’s “most challenging trivia night in Athens.” Every Wednesday. 7:30 p.m. FREE! 706-612-9219

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people stumble under the weight of a shared tragedy. 7 p.m. FREE! 706613-3650 EVENTS: St. Patty’s Day Bash (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s) Green beer, corned beef and cabbage, Irish music, prizes and giveaways. $5. 706-8501916 PERFORMANCE: The Drake School of Irish Dance (The Melting Point) Traditional Irish dancing. “St. Patrick’s Day Celebration.”

8:30 p.m. $6 (adv.), $9 (door). www. meltingpointathens.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 Thursday. 2 p.m.

FREE! 706-795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Open Craft Hour (Treehouse Kid and Craft) For ages 2–8. Past projects have included puppets, wreaths, mittens and snowflakes. 4 p.m. $10. 706-850-8226 KIDSTUFF: Open Playtime (ACC Library) For children ages 1–3 with their caregivers. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Spanish for Kids (Treehouse Kid and Craft) Vocabulary mixed with dance, song, theater, games and other activities.

10 a.m. $10. 706-850-8226 KIDSTUFF: St. Patrick’s Day Snake Celebration (Memorial Park) St. Patrick may have driven all the snakes from Ireland, but today, Bear Hollow’s staff will bring them back to visit! Learn cool facts along with some pervasive myths about your legless friends. 3–5 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3616 LECTURES & LIT.: Book Signing (Barnes and Noble Café) Terry Kay, author of To Dance with the White Dog and The Book of Marie will read from and sign copies of his latest novel, Bogmeadow’s Wish. 7 p.m.

FREE! 706-354-1195 MEETINGS: Linux Users Group meeting (UGA Educational Technology Center) Mark Heiges will present on OpenID, an open standard for single-identify authentication to websites and services.

Group meets the third Thursday of each month. 7 p.m. FREE! www.uga. edu/chugalug

Friday 18 EVENTS: OCAF Thrift Sale Preview (OCAF) Get a sneak peek before tomorrow’s sale. Prices double during preview. Find antiques, furniture, trinkets, tools, toys, electronics, lawn and garden supplies, pottery, clothing and so much more. Benefits the Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation. 6-9 p.m. $5. 706769-4565, www.ocaf.com THEATRE: Noises Off! (The Elbert Theatre) A slapstick comedy about an unprepared production company

Tango Buenos Aires will perform at the UGA Performing Arts Center on Saturday, Mar. 19. the night before opening night. Fri. & Sat., 7:30 p.m., Sun., 2 p.m. $10 (adv.), $15. 706-283-1049, tking@ cityofelberton.net OUTDOORS: Sole Mates (Rocksprings Park) Wellness program for senior adults. Take a stroll around the park. Every Friday. Call to register. 12:30 p.m. $7 (one-time fee). 706-613-3603 KIDSTUFF: Make a Difference (Memorial Park) Fun games and activities related to recycling and critters for children of all ages at Bear Hollow zoo. Bring aluminum cans for the Cans for Critters program.

3:30–5 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3512 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 19 EVENTS: 17th Annual OCAF Thrift Sale (OCAF) Over 10,000 items for sale. Find antiques, furniture, trinkets, tools, toys, electronics, lawn and garden supplies, pottery, clothing and so much more. Benefits the Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation. 8 a.m.–2 p.m. FREE! 706-769-4565, www.ocaf.com ART: “A Burst of Spring” (The Point of Art Gallery) The gallery’s first pop-up show of 2011 features Greensboro artist Paula Lansford. 11 a.m.–3 p.m. FREE! 706-486-6808, www.thepointofart.net ART: Gallery Show (Georgia Piedmont Arts Center) This month’s theme: “Envy Green.” Mar. 19, 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Mar. 20, 12–5 p.m.

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PERFORMANCE: Rahasya (Sangha Yoga Studio) Traditional call and response sanskrit chanting meets trance/electronica with a little funky gospel tossed into the mix. 7–9 p.m. $7-10 (suggested donation). www. rahasya.com PERFORMANCE: Tango Buenos Aires (UGA Hodgson Hall) Argentine troupe known for fastpaced movements, proud postures and sensual couplings. 8 p.m. $20–37. 706-542-4400, www.uga. edu/pac THEATRE: Noises Off! (The Elbert Theatre) A slapstick comedy about an unprepared production company the night before opening night. Fri. & Sat., 7:30 p.m., Sun., 2 p.m. $10 (adv.), $15. 706-283-1049, tking@ cityofelberton.net OUTDOORS: Bird Ramble (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Journey through the woods and hear Georgia’s native species of birds.

Walk usually lasts 3–4 hours, but participants may leave at any time.

8 a.m. FREE! 706-542-6156, www. oconeeriversaudubon.org OUTDOORS: Naturalist Walk (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Join SCNC staff for a walk around the property. Bring a camera or binoculars. All ages. Call to register. 10–11 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3615 KIDSTUFF: Geocaching Adventures (Sandy Creek Park) Learn the basics of geocaching and use your skills to find a hidden cache. 1 p.m. $2. 706-613-3615 KIDSTUFF: Miss Marigold Pageant (Morton Theatre) Who will be the reigning queen at Winterville’s Marigold Festival? Which flower will dominate, casting a dark shade over all other flowers? Find out at this scholarship pageant for elementary through high school students. 7

p.m. $10. 706-613-3771, www. cityofwinterville.com KIDSTUFF: Nature Trading Post (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Program intended to encourage personal nature exploration and raise awareness about ecological connections among young collectors.

Participants earn points for their collected items (shells, rocks, 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: Storytime & Craft (Treehouse Kid and Craft) Make a craft inspired by the book. 10 a.m. $10. 706-850-8226 www.treehousekidandcraft.com LECTURES & LIT.: Young Writers’ Workshop and Book Signing (Dog Ear Books) Donny Bailey Seagraves, author of Gone From These Woods, will host a workshop for kids ages 9 & up followed by a book signing. 1 p.m. FREE! 706818-0976

Sunday 20 ART: “A Burst of Spring” (The Point of Art Gallery) The gallery’s first pop-up show of the year will feature Greensboro artist Paula Lansford. 11 a.m.–3 p.m. FREE! 706-486-6808, www.thepointofart. net ART: Gallery Show (Georgia Piedmont Arts Center) This month’s theme: “Envy Green.” Mar. 19, 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Mar. 20, 12–5 p.m.

FREE! www.georgiapiedmontartscenter.com ART: Spotlight Tour (Georgia Museum of Art) Join museum docents for a tour of “Tradition

Redefined: The Larry and Brenda Thompson Collection of African American Art.” 3 p.m. FREE! 706542-4662 THEATRE: Noises Off! (The Elbert Theatre) A slapstick comedy about an unprepared production company the night before opening night. Fri. & Sat., 7:30 p.m., Sun., 2 p.m. $10 (adv.), $15. 706-283-1049, tking@ cityofelberton.net GAMES: Team Trivia (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s) Every Monday night. Bring your friends! 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706850-1916 GAMES: Trivia (Buffalo’s Southwest Café) Weekly Trivia! 7 p.m. FREE! 706-354-6655

Monday 21 EVENTS: Sustainability Film Series: No Impact Man (UGA Miller Learning Center, Room 101) A New Yorker goes for one year without electricity, TV, taxis or takeout food! He stops making garbage and starts walking. 7:30 p.m. FREE! 706-542-7068 PERFORMANCE: Adrian Foster (First Presbyterian Church) Organ concert featuring works by Ned Rorem, Marcel Dupré, Ethel Smyth, J.S. Bach and Franz Liszt. 3:35–4:35 p.m. FREE! 706-542-3737, www. music.uga.edu PERFORMANCE: Recital (Edge Recital Hall) Yeasol Kang (violin), Lisa Hight (trumpet) and Christopher Bissell (tenor) at 5 p.m. followed by Angela Jones-Reus, flute choir, at 8 p.m. 5 p.m. FREE! 706-542-3737, www.music.uga.edu PERFORMANCE: Recital (Edge Recital Hall) Olivia Greene, voice, and Taylor Greer, voice. 3:25 p.m.

FREE! 706-542-3737, www.music. uga.edu KIDSTUFF: Bedtime Stories (ACC Library) Snuggle in your jammies and listen to bedtime stories. Every Monday. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-6133650 KIDSTUFF: Infant Storytime (ACC Library) Nurture language skills.

10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Spanish for Kids (Treehouse Kid and Craft) Vocabulary mixed with dance, song, theater, games and other activities.

10 a.m. $10. 706-850-8226 KIDSTUFF: World Poetry Day (Oconee County Library) Teens 11–18 are invited to share poems and songs. Coffee and snacks are provided. 6–8 p.m. FREE! 706769-3950 LECTURES & LIT.: Authors’ Forum (UGA Miller Learning Center) An informal conversation with members of the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame. 4 p.m. FREE! 706542-8079 GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) Think you know it all? 8 p.m. 706548-3442 GAMES: Trivia (Highwire) Compete with friends for a $100 bar tab at Highwire Lounge. Come early to register your team. Every Monday.

8 p.m. FREE! hirewirelounge@ gmail.com

Tuesday 22 EVENTS: Italian Film Screening (UGA Miller Learning Center, Room 148) Playing the third installment of Marco Tullio Giordana’s La Meglio Gioventu. 7 p.m. FREE! www.rom. uga.edu PERFORMANCE: The American Boychoir (Athens First United Methodist Church) Joined by the 90-voice Georgia Children’s Chorus, the concert will feature folk songs from Asia, North and South America

and Africa, and selections by J.S. Bach, Brahms, Tormis and others.

6:15 p.m. FREE! 706-543-1442 PERFORMANCE: Faculty Recital (UGA Ramsey Concert Hall) David Zerkel, tuba. 8 p.m. FREE! (students), $5. 706-542-3737, www. music.uga.edu PERFORMANCE: Recitals (Edge Recital Hall) Thomas Gregory Gray, voice, and Robert Thomas, voice, at 3:30 p.m. Timothy Pounds and Benjamin Torres on trombone at 5 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 706-542-3737, www. music.uga.edu KIDSTUFF: Children’s Storytime (ACC Library) For children ages 18 months to 5 years. Tuesdays & Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Exploring Craft (Treehouse Kid and Craft) For children 6 & under. Accompanied by a story or puppet show. 10 a.m. $10 706-850-8226, www.treehousekidandcraft.com KIDSTUFF: Kids’ Beginning Art (Whole: Mind. Body. Art.) Children are exposed to basic techiniques and encouraged to explore their own creative ideas. Materials provided.

Tuesdays, 5–6 p.m. $10 (adv.) $12 (drop-in). 706-410-0283 KIDSTUFF: Open Craft Hour (Treehouse Kid and Craft) For ages 2–8. Past projects have included puppets, wreaths, mittens and snowflakes. 4 p.m. $10. 706-850-8226 KIDSTUFF: Recycled Arts (Whole: Mind. Body. Art.) Kids are invited to explore thier creativity through art projects where found objects are transformed into art pieces.

Tuesdays, 3:45–4:45 p.m. $10 (adv.) $12 (drop-in).

KIDSTUFF: Tour Day (Waseca Learning Environment) Tour the facility and hear from Waseca’s director about its Montessori curriculum and environmental philosophy.

8:30–10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-5424473, wasecaschool.org LECTURES & LIT.: 2011 Ritter Lecture (UGA Biological Sciences Building) “Building the Trypanosome Cell Surface and Translating Science into Therapeutics,” presented

by Mike Ferguson, University of Dundee, Scotland. 4 p.m. FREE! 706-542-3310, gking@uga.edu LECTURES & LIT.: Brown Bag Lecture (UGA Fanning Building) “Does Family Economic Hardship Impact Family Members’ Health?”

3:30–4:30 p.m. FREE! rachjoy@ gmail.com LECTURES & LIT.: “Designing and Planning Exhibitions at the High” (Lamar Dodd School of Art, Room 150) David Brenneman will discuss his curatorial practices at the High with a special emphasis on the partnership with the Louvre.

5:30 p.m. FREE! arhisocietyuga@ gmail.com LECTURES & LIT.: Georgia Writers Hall of Fame Ceremony (UGA Miller Learning Center) Authors Melissa Faye Greene and Natasha Trethewey, along with posthumous honorees James Kilgo and Johnny Mercer, will be inducted into the Hall of Fame. 10:30 a.m.

FREE! www.libs.uga.edu/gawriters/ index.html LECTURES & LIT.: Global Diseases: Voices from the Vanguard Lecture (UGA Chapel) Dazon Dixon Diallo, founder and president of the first women’s HIV/ AIDS organization in the Southeast, SisterLove, Inc., will discuss her work educating communities about AIDS prevention. 5:30 p.m. FREE! 706-542-5038, murrayd@uga.edu LECTURES & LIT.: “In My Place” (UGA Journalism Building) Charlayne Hunter-Gault shares her reflections on being one of UGA’s

first African-American students and on her work as a journalist. 9 a.m.

FREE! 706-542-5038, murrayd@ uga.edu LECTURES & LIT.: “Islam and the True Meaning of Freedom” (UGA Caldwell Hall, Room 107) A talk by Imam Hanif Mohammed. 7 p.m. FREE! msatuga@gmail.com MEETINGS: Business Networking (Foundry Park Inn & Spa) Athens Referral Bulldawgs, an Athens chapter of BNI, meets every Tuesday.

Lunch is provided. 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m. 770-713-4278 MEETINGS: Green Scene (Hotel Indigo) The U.S. Green Building Coucil (USGBC) Athens Branch hosts a public social-networking event. 6–8 p.m. FREE! 706-3697938 MEETINGS: Neighborhood Watch (Athens Technical College) ACC Police Department will teach on how to form a successful neighborhood watch program. Registration requested. 9 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. FREE! 706-369-5763, awhite@athenstech. edu GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) All three Athens locations of Locos Grill and Pub (Westside, Eastside and Harris St.) feature trivia night every Tuesday. 8:30 p.m.

FREE! www.locosgrill.com

Wednesday 23 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: GSPHE Vigil and Rally (UGA Arch) Join concerned students and community members in support of better funding for K–12 and higher education in Georgia. 4:30–5:30 p.m. FREE! www.georgiastudents.org EVENTS: Sneak Preview: Your Highness (UGA Tate Center) Advance screening of the upcoming film featuring appearances by director David Gordon Green and writer/ actor Danny McBride. 8 p.m. FREE! (students). www.uga.edu/union EVENTS: Wine Dinner (George’s Lowcountry Table) Enjoy an evening with Tall Boy Beverage Co. 706548-3359 ART: Tour at Two (Georgia Museum of Art) Join Paul Manoguerra for a tour of “The American Scene on Paper: Prints and Drawings from the Schoen Collection.” 2 p.m. FREE! 706-542-4662 PERFORMANCE: Recital (UGA Ramsey Concert Hall) Rafael Stefanichen Ferronato, violin. 3:35 p.m. 706-542-3737, www.music. uga.edu PERFORMANCE: Recitals (Edge Recital Hall) Gary Garvin on euphnium and Kyle Bickwit on bassoon at 3:35 p.m., followed by Franziska Brunner on clarinet at 6:30 p.m. 3:35 p.m. FREE! 706-542-3737, www. music.uga.edu THEATRE: Mamma Mia! (The Classic Center) Writer Catherine Johnson’s sunny, funny tale unfolds on a Greek island paradise. 7:30 p.m. $15–70. 800-864-4160 THEATRE: Improv Athens (UGA Fine Arts Building, Balcony Theatre) Troupe performs live improv sketch.

8 p.m. FREE! 706-583-0045 OUTDOORS: Rocks of the Piedmont (Various Locations) Guided tour through the Oconee Forest to identify major rock types and learn how they affect topography and vegetation. Meet at the Oconee Forest Park boardwalk. 3–5 p.m.

FREE! www.athensgreenfest.com

KIDSTUFF: Children’s Storytime (ACC Library) For children ages 18 months to 5 years. Tuesdays & Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Nature Stories: Takes from the Earth (Oconee County Library) Naturalist and storyteller Tommy Tye will read interactive stories. 4 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 KIDSTUFF: Parent Informational Meeting (Freedom to Grow UNschool) For parents interested in learning about a new educational alternative for K-6th grade students.

Call or email to register. 4:30–5:30 p.m. FREE! 478-718-1414, freedomtogrowunschool@gmail.com KIDSTUFF: Wildcard Wednesday for Teens (ACC Library) Up next: Steampunk Watch Fobs. For ages 11–18. 4 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 LECTURES & LIT.: Exit Seminar (UGA Life Sciences Building) “Production of a Synthetic Repeat Array System for Artificial Centromere Formation in Maize,” presented by Han Zhang. 4 p.m.

FREE! whites@uga.edu LECTURES & LIT.: Lecture (UGA Miller Learning Center, Room 148) Professor Maria Hohn and Dr. Martin Klimke present “A Breath of Freedom: The Civil Rights Struggle, African American GIs and Germany.”

5 p.m. FREE! afam.uga.edu LECTURES & LIT.: “The Nearest East: Imaging Asia Migration in Latin American Cultural Production” (UGA Miller Learning Center, Room 213) Ignacio LopezCalvo discusses Asian contributions to Latin American culture and cultural responses to Asian migration in nations such as Cuba and Peru. 4 p.m. FREE! markand@uga.edu LECTURES & LIT.: Protect Athens Music (UGA Dean Rusk Center) A musicians’ workshop including panel discussions with music business professionals and law experts.

2:30–6:30 p.m. 706-548-8668, protectathensmusic@gmail.com LECTURES & LIT.: Romance Languages Colloquium (UGA Gilbert Hall, Room 320) Diana Ranson presents “Pragmatic Functions of Spanish Subject Pronouns: Why Meaning Matters.”

12:15 p.m. FREE! dbultman@uga. edu LECTURES & LIT.: “Where Can I Go as a Writer?” (UGA Miller Learning Center, Room 368) Amy Sindik speaks on how journalism goes beyond magazines and newspapers and is used in the television industry. 7 p.m. FREE! www.uga. edu/nabj LECTURES & LIT.: Women’s History Month Keynote Address (Georgia Center) Dr. AnaLouise Keating presents “From This Bridge Called My Back to This Bridge We Call Home, and Beyond: U.S. Women of Colors’ Radical Visions for Transformation.” 2:30 p.m. FREE! www.uga.edu/iws MEETINGS: GSPHE Meeting (UGA Miller Learning Center, Room 247) Georgia Students for Public Higher Eduction is a coalition of students who believe that affordable, quality education is a right. 8 p.m. FREE! georgiastudents.org GAMES: Sports Trivia (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s) Every Wednesday. Win house cash and prizes! 8:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-850-1916 GAMES: Texas Hold ‘Em (Buffalo’s Southwest Café) Poker night every Wednesday. 18 and up. Sign in at 6:30 p.m. Begins at 7:30 p.m. FREE! www.interstatepokerclub.com GAMES: Trivia (Copper Creek Brewing Company) Test your trivia chops for prizes! Every Wednesday.

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

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EVENTS: Found Footage Festival 3/25 (Ciné BarCafé) Brand-new installment of festival that showcases odd videos, such as infomercials, training videos and cable access shows. 8 and 10 p.m. $10. www. foundfootagefest.com EVENTS: Amnesty International State Conference 3/26 (UGA Miller Learning Center) The UGA chapter of AI hosts a day filled with human rights work and activism.

Register online. 10:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. FREE! amnestyspring2011. eventbite.com EVENTS: BreastFest 2011 3/26 (Terrapin Beer Co.) Fundraiser for breast cancer research and breast health that benefits St. Mary’s Women’s Diagnostic Center. Main event features live music, food, wine and beer, silent auction, raffle and kids activities. 12-7:30 p.m. $30 (adv.), $35. FREE! (kids). www. breastfest.org OUTDOORS: River Rendezvous 3/26 (Sandy Creek Nature Center) An annual community education and water quality monitoring event sponsored by the Upper Oconee Watershed Network. 9 a.m. www. uown.org EVENTS: Trot for Tots 3/27 (Athens Regional Medical Center) 5K to help low-income families obtain childcare services. 2 p.m. $20 (adv.), $25. info@nancytravis.org, www. nancytravis.org ART: 1st Spring Festdifool 4/1 (Farmington Depot Gallery) Celebrate spring and the wide variety of handmade and vintage wonders at this country market. Food provided

by Big City Bread Cafe. Tractorpulled hayride for all. Apr. 1, 1–8 p.m. & Apr. 2, 10 a.m–6 p.m. FREE! www.farmingtondepotgallery.org EVENTS: The Porn Debate 4/7 (UGA Grand Hall at Tate) Ron Jeremy and Craig Gross discuss aspects of

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the pornography industry. Tickets go on sale Mar. 22. 8 p.m. FREE! (students), $10. 706-542-8579, www. uga.edu/union EVENTS: International Street Festival 4/9 (Downtown Athens) Annual festival featuring cultural displays, traditional costumes, dances and international bands. 12–5 p.m.

FREE! 706-542-5867, www.uga. edu/isl EVENTS: Plantapalooza 4/9 (Various Locations) Garden staff help you choose plants for your garden. Plants include herbs, annuals, trees, shrubs and heirloom vegetables. 8 a.m.-2 p.m. FREE! 706-542-6156, ugatrialgardens.com KIDSTUFF: Second Saturday Storytime 4/9 (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Join the SCNC staff for stories about the woods and their creatures. 2:30 p.m. FREE! 706-6133615, www.accleisureservices.com EVENTS: GreenFest Awards Ceremony 4/15 (UGA Ecology Building) Reception and awards ceremony honoring everyone who has made a positive impact on the environment of Athens-Clarke County.

5:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3512 LECTURES & LIT.: Earth Day Celebration: “The Writer and Social Responsibility” 4/19 (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Barry Lopez, National Book Awardwinning author, gives a lecture. 7 p.m. $4 (students), $8. 706-5423481, www.thegeorgiareview.com EVENTS: The Miss Black A-CC Teen Pageant 4/24 (Morton Theatre) Contestants compete for awards in community service and academia in this 36th annual pageant. 5 p.m. $10 (adv.), $15. 706353-3542, www.mortontheatre.com * Advance Tickets Available

Live Music Tuesday 15 Flicker Theatre & Bar 8:30 p.m. $5. www.flickertheatreandbar. com A TALE OF TWO CALEYS Dusty Lightswitch collaborators Caley

Smith and Caley Ross sound “like a science-fiction folk musical.” The quirky lyrics address meta- and astrophysical concerns, and feature a heavy amount of French and Greek wordplay.

TURNUPS A group of “super MCs” from here in town spinning hip-hop and dance.

VESTIBULES Lyrically driven Americana featuring Coy King (Nightingale News), William Chamberlain (ex-A PostWar Drama), Jason Fusco (ex-Fire Zuave) plus a horn section and pedal steel.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. $3. 706-353-3050 NO SHAME! Open mic hosted by Rose of Athens Theatre. Every Tuesday!

Highwire 8–11 p.m. FREE! 706-543-8997 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. Every Tuesday!

Rye Bar 10 p.m. $2. www.myspace.com/ryebarathens DARYL HANCE Motorcyle-ridin’, leather jacket-muggin’ Southern rock from Jacksonville.

Wednesday 16 Boar’s Head Lounge 9 p.m. 706-369-3040 BOAR’S HEAD OPEN MIC Welcoming sing-songwriters every Wednesday in March!

Farm 255 “Primals Night.” 8-10 p.m. FREE! www. farm255.com* CALEB DARNELL Member of The Darnell Boys and Bellyache plays a solo set.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar.com BOOTY Local funk-rock outfit brings the jams.

FORBIDDEN WAVES Check out the first live show from this local garage-y surf rock band.

WEDNESDAY - 3/16

Canine Cocktail Hour 5-7p on The Madison Patio Pet-friendly $3 Salty-Dogs & Greyhounds

THURSDAY - 3/17

Live After Five 6p on The Madison Patio Featuring Carl Lindberg performing with guest Rob McMaken With St. Patrick’s Day specials of $2 Guinness bottles, $2 Green Turtle Terrapins and $4 Jameson drinks

FRIDAY - 3/18

Local Libations The Madison Bar & Bistro Enjoy $5 specialty cocktails

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The Moaners Go Bar Let’s make one thing clear: The Moaners do not sound like The White Stripes.

The band’s potent, roots-inflected tunes have more in common with alternative heroes The Breeders than The Black Keys, to whom the group is also mistakenly—and mercilessly—compared.

“Most three-piece bands I know don’t get compared to Nirvana.

Most four-piece bands don’t get compared to The Beatles,” laments The Moaners singer and guitarist Melissa Swingle, who’s heard it all before. “Just because you’re in a two-piece band, you shouldn’t get compared to all other two-piece bands.”

Shortly after meeting at a music festival in 2005, Swingle and drummer Laura King ditched their other Chapel Hill, NC-based groups—Trailer Bride and Grand National, respectively—and formed the de facto power duo The Moaners. The group’s latest record, last year’s Nocturnal, marks a departure in both sound and maturity. Moody and countrified, it’s the band’s first fully realized work. It’s also its most grippingly melodic; Swingle cites Fredric Chopin’s distinctively dark sensibility as a major influence on the album.

Tracks like the effortless, effervescent “Ramblin’” showcase The Moaners’ newfound attention to detail; they’re also a damn fun listen.

Swingle’s affinity for her home region has always been apparent; check song titles like “Flannery Said” for proof. (King hails from Baltimore, which, Swingle correctly notes, lies in “sort of a border state.”) But Nocturnal sounds like The South. The conspicuously accented Swingle, who spent part of her youth living in Africa with missionary parents, details the mistreatment she received at the hands of her fellow (Yankee) Americans.

“They would say things like, ‘Your parents owned slaves; what are you doing in Africa?’” she recalls. “I think it made me more aware of my roots, because I had to defend [them].”

With The Moaners, she’s finally chosen to let her music speak for itself. [Gabe Vodicka]

Flight Tapas and Bar 8 p.m. 706-549-0200 LATE AS ALWAYS Live jazz music.

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

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

looping technique similar to Keller Williams.

ERIC SOMMER Upbeat songs that showcase the D.C. guitarist’s proficiency in slide guitar and Travis picking.

Terrapin Beer Co. 5-7 p.m. $10 Glass. www.terrapinbeer. com THE BLACK CADILLACS Raw rock and roll from Memphis that pulls off a satisfactory and unmistakeable Stones influence.

Thursday 17 Buffalo’s Southwest Café 7:30 p.m. $10 (door), $8 (adv.) 706354-6655 ELVIS Come and celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with The King! The monthly sensation returns to entertain you with all your favorite Elvis tunes.

Backed by a live band, you won’t see a better Elvis impersonator than this in town!

Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com MACHISMO Happy-go-lucky tinkering surrounded by a warm, acoustic blanket found right here in Athens.

THE REVIVALISTS This New Orleans band plays a vibrant mix of funk, jazz and rock accented by warm pedal steel and sax.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8:30 p.m. $5. www.flickertheatreandbar. com CAPSULE Heavy, technical hardcore punk trio from Miami.

CHRISSAKES Whether you like your punk with psychedelic guitar solos or with more aggressive guitar riffs, this band offers the perfect mix of both.

HOT BREATH Thrash trio featuring members of experimental local acts Garbage Island and S.V.A. Go Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar DR. FRED’S KARAOKE Hosted by karaoke fanatic John “Dr. Fred” Bowers.

Hilltop Grille 7 p.m. FREE! 706-353-7667 MILLIGAN Acoustic duo reworks both classic rock and more recent hits from CSNY to Johnny Cash to Jack Johnson to Maroon 5.

Hotel Indigo “Live After 5 on the Madison Patio.”

6–8 p.m. FREE! www.indigoathens. com CARL LINDBERG Jazz bassist Carl Lindberg (Grogus, Squat, Kenosha Kid, etc.) performs standards, originals and some surprising tunes from divergent styles. Playing every Thursday in February at Hotel Indigo. Tonight with special guest Rob McMaken!

Little Kings Shuffle Club 6–9 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ littlekingsshuffleclub REPENT AT LEISURE Traditional Celtic tunes.

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

The Melting Point “St. Patrick’s Day Celebration.” 8:30 p.m. $6 (adv.), $9 (door). www.meltingpointathens.com BALLYBEG Playing a wide variety of Irish and Celtic music ranging from slow waltzes to cracking hot jigs on uilleann pipes, whistles, fiddle and bodhran.

CALICO JIG Celtic and traditional Irish music.

No Where Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 KUNG FU DYNAMITE Angular prog rock from Asheville.

The Office Lounge 8 p.m. FREE! 706-546-0840 THE SHADOW EXECUTIVES Blues night hosted by The Shadow Executives. Come join the jam every Thursday!

Rye Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/ryebarathens CONNECTED HOUSES Funky, local blues four-piece.

THIEVES MARKET Local alternative rock band.

Terrapin Beer Co. 5-7 p.m. $10 Glass. www.terrapinbeer. com LOUIS PELOT The guitarist/vocalist from local folk rock group Leaving Countries plays a solo set.

Friday 18 Alibi 9 p.m. FREE! Facebook.com/AlibiBar THE DALTON GANG A modern mix of Southern rock and roll and country.

The Bad Manor 9 p.m. FREE! www.thebadmanor.com DJ THIAGO Spinning techno, rap and top-40 hits.

Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com DES ARK The duo takes on a wide range of emotion, from tender popfolk to crunchy guitar-driven posthardcore. But the heart of every song is Aimee Argote’s velvety vocals.

INCENDIARIES Ladies of pedigree enforcing angular sensibilities.

Featuring local musicians Mandy Branch-Friar, Mary Joyce, Erika Rickson and Erica Strout.

OL’ BLUE HEELER Wistful, percussive folk from good ol’ Athens.

PYGMY LUSH Tunes by the eclectic Virginia act range in intensity from snarling hard rock to bouncy, reflective acoustic numbers.

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Farm 255 10:30 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com THE BURNING ANGELS Sweet, male/female harmonies sharing wisdom over soulful Americana.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8:30 p.m. $5. www.flickertheatreandbar. com ATHENS BOYS CHOIR Spoken word and hip-hop with “heart-on-thesleeve lyrics and gay-in-the-pants beats.” Plus background videos featuring the likes of Justin Bieber and Sue Jo Hanson.

THEO GRIZOL An endearing pop handshake from the Nana Grizol frontman.

HUMBLE TRIPE Indie Americana from Durham.

Go Bar “St. O’Matrix Day Party.” 9 p.m. www. myspace.com/gobar THE DECORATIONS Synth-infused, marching band dance music with extra drums and featuring members of The Awesomelies plus newest member Lauren Gregg (ex-The Buddy System).

DJ MAHOGANY Freaky funk, sultry soul, righteous R&B and a whole lotta unexpected faves.

STEVEN TRIMMER Acoustic psychfolk that’s technically proficient and melodically spontaneous.

ZAKA Glamorous local singer-songwriter Kate Powell plays guitar and piano and loves Bowie. Word on the street is she does a killer Lady GaGa impersonation.

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.

Every Friday!

Hilltop Grille 7 p.m. FREE! www.hilltopgrille.com THE BACUPS Local cover band plays fun ‘60s tunes from The Beatles to The Temptations.

Johnny’s New York Style Pizza 8 p.m. FREE! 706-354-1515 LEAVING COUNTRIES Warm, inviting folk rock from here in Athens, featuring tender violin, aching harmonica and melodic acoustic guitars. k continued on next page

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THE CALENDAR! Eat. Drink. Listen Closely.

THURSDAY, MARCH 17 St. Patrick’s Day Celebration featuring

BALLYBEG BAND, CALICO JIG, THE DRAKE SCHOOL OF IRISH DANCE Tickets $6 adv. • $9 at the door

FRIDAY, MARCH 18

BIG DADDY’S BAND ERIC DODD BAND

Tickets $7 adv. • $10 at the door

SATURDAY, MARCH 19

STRAWBERRY FLATS Tickets $7 adv. • $10 at the door

TUESDAY, MARCH 22 Terrapin Bluegrass Series featuring

STRING THEORY

$4 admission • $2 Terrapin Draft Specials!

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23

NATE CURRIN Tickets $5 adv. • $8 at the door

THURSDAY, MARCH 24 Nomad Artists presents

KEVIN DEVINE WITH

RIVER CITY EXTENSION

HARDY MORRIS

(of Dead Confederate)

Tickets $10 adv. • $12 at the door

FRIDAY, MARCH 25

SONS OF SAILORS Tickets $10 adv. • $14 at the door

MONDAY, MARCH 28

BAND OF OZ

Tickets $20 adv. • $25 at the door

TUESDAY, MARCH 29 GA Theatre, Nomad Artists, UGA Music Business Program present

THE CORDUROY ROAD ”Official Avett Bros After Party” Tickets $7 adv. • $10 at the door

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30 Spring Funkfest Featuring

TENT CITY, JAZZCHRONIC, THE MANTRAS $5 at the door

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THURSDAY, MARCH 31 Nomad Artists presents

DEAD CONFEDERATE

Performing Neil Young’s “Tonight’s the Night”

THE INTERNS

Tickets $10 adv. • $13 at the door

COMING SOON 4/2 - HOLMAN AUTRY BAND 4/7 - THE CHAPIN SISTERS 4/8 - J. MASCIS, KURT VILE AND THE VIOLATORS 4/9 - ABBEY ROAD LIVE! 4/11 - SNARKY PUPPY 4/12 - THE BRIDGE 4/13 - BOYBUTANTE BINGO 4/15 - TODD SNIDER, THE TRISHAS LOCATED ON THE GROUNDS OF

4/17 - Laughs for the GATH 4/21 - LIZZ WINSTEAD 4/22 - KINCHAFOONEE COWBOYS 4/27 - WATSON TWINS 4/30 - CHICKASAW MUDD PUPPIES 5/4 - SENSATIONAL SOUNDS OF MOTOWN 5/5 - TRAVELIN’ McCOURYS 5/6 - Totally 80’s Party with THE HIGHBALLS 5/7 - SHAWN MULLINS BAND 5/14 - MOTHER’S FINEST 5/19 - DAWES 5/21 - CRASH TEST DUMMIES

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The Melting Point 8:30 p.m. $7 (adv.), $10 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com THE BIG DADDY’S BAND Clarence Young (Rack of Spam, The Jesters) teams up with Bill Pappas, Kenny Head (The Georgia Satellites), Tim Pritchett and Chris Hillsman to turn out some good-time Southern rock and covers from the ‘70s and ‘80s, including the Allman Bros., Steely Dan and Michael McDonald.

ERIC DODD BAND Local Southern rock with a modern, alternative edge.

New Earth Music Hall 9 p.m. www.newearthmusichall.com SOUL SPECTACULAR DANCE PARTY V Installment numero cinco for monthly dance party with DJs Kurt Wood and Mahogany spinning classic garage rock, surf and soul.

Rye Bar 10 p.m. $2. www.myspace.com/ryebarathens THE HYPSYS Prog-rock jam band from Tuscaloosa.

Terrapin Beer Co. 5-7 p.m. $10 Glass. www.terrapinbeer. com GRAHAM’S NUMBER Light reggae band named after the largest known number to be used in a math problem.

Saturday 19 Allen’s Bar & Grill 8:30 p.m. www.allensbarandgrill.com LEAVING COUNTRIES Warm, inviting folk rock from here in Athens, featuring tender violin, aching harmonica and melodic acoustic guitars.

Amici Italian Café 11 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0000 JOHN SOSEBEE BAND These Georgia natives play hill country/ Mississippi blues and the occasional Hendrix cover.

The Bad Manor 9 p.m. FREE! www.thebadmanor.com DJ SIFI This DJ’s selection runs the gamut from rap and hip-hop to rock and country.

Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www. caledonialounge.com BO BEDINGFIELD Singer and primary songwriter for local band The Wydelles, Bo Bedingfield’s smooth, warm vocals are steeped in all the soul of country music without the twang.

ROMPER STOMPERS One of 13 artists featured on this year’s AthFest CD, this band offers Southern-tinged rock songs written from children’s perspectives. Featuring members of Bloodkin, Barbara Cue and Widespread Panic. “Stompin’ for Garo.”

Farm 255 10 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com SALSA AT THE FARM Dance the night away with Javier Duarte and DJ CrazyE spinning salsa, reggae and dance hits.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar.com THE REAL AMANDA JANE VS. AMANDA JANE AND THE SALVATION ARMY A night of stand-up comedy and music with two local ladies named Amanda Jane.

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Go Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/gobar THE MOANERS Hailing from Chapel Hill, this experimental rock band works plenty of blues into its rock sound. See Calendar Pick on p. 20.

THE STONE BREAKERS Local act playing straight up poppy rock with influences like Elvis Costello and The Who. Fronted by Lauren Osborne (Push!), and featuring Mikey Dwyer (The Starter Kits), Tim Payne (The Fuzzy Sprouts) and Asa Leffer (Holy Liars).

TWIN POWERS DJ Dan Geller (Gold Party, The Agenda) and friends spin late-night glam rock, new wave, Top 40, punk and Britpop.

Healing Arts Centre 7–9 p.m. $7-$10 suggested donation.

834 Prince Ave. RAHASYA KIRTAN Traditional call and response sanskrit chanting meets trance/electronica, with a little funky gospel tossed into the mix.

Highwire 8–11 p.m. FREE! 706-543-8977 FREE MONK Jazz quartet.

Hilltop Grille 7 p.m. FREE! 706-353-7667 JAZZ NIGHT Every Saturday!

Featuring The Chris Enghauser Trio and a rotation of top jazz musicians.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m.–12:30 a.m. $5. www.myspace. com/littlekingsshuffleclub DR. ARVIN SCOTT’S UNIVERSAL RHYTHMS Dr. Scott’s solo performance is first, followed by an interactive drumming session with Dr. Scott and the audience. Be sure to bring a drum, a shaker or a cowbell.

The Melting Point 9 p.m. $7 (adv.), $10 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com STRAWBERRY FLATS A heavy dose of psychedelia, covering songs from the late ‘60s and early ‘70s.

Rye Bar 10 p.m. $2. www.myspace.com/ryebarathens E.R.E Reggae band.

FUNK YOU A mix of funk and jazz from Augusta.

Speakeasy “Love In All Flavors” Dance Party!

Midnight. FREE! 706-546-5556 DJ MAHOGANY Freaky funk, sultry soul, righteous R&B and a whole lotta unexpected faves.

Monday 21 Caledonia Lounge 8:30 p.m. $8 (21+), $10 (18+). www. caledonialounge.com CINEMECHANICA This intensely voluminous local quartet is the aggro math-rock indie outfit that doesn’t know it’s a metal band.

OBITS Propulsive rock and roll with some surfy undertones. Featuring Rick Froberg of Drive Like Jehu and Hot Snakes fame. See story on p. 16.

SHARK? Lo-fi, fuzzy, fun pop from Brooklyn that’s been compared to bands like Pavement, Modern Lovers and The Strokes.

SUNDELLES Sun-drenched pop songs about beach weather and Brian Wilson-like romantic confessions.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE!, $3 to play. 706-3533050.

OPEN MIC Mondays! Hosted by local soulful singer Kyshona Armstrong.

Rye Bar 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ ryebarathens OPEN MIC Every Monday! Sign up between 8:30 & 9:30 p.m.

10 p.m. www.myspace.com/ryebarathens BEWARE THE DANGERS OF A GHOST SCORPION! Surf rock and old-school country riffs with a ‘60s horror movie sense of humor.

Tuesday 22 Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com AVA LUNA Featuring three backup singers, this Brooklyn band can claim its fair share of soulful funkiness, rightly referencing Stax as an influence. Expect vocal acrobatics a la Dirty Projectors. See Calendar Pick on p. 23.

DJ DOG DICK Baltimore DJ whose mixes are minimalistic but danceable.

DOLDRUMS Spliced synth-pop with textured samples and vocals and hazy instrumental glue.

GRIMES This songstress and onewoman band from Montreal has a sweet, soaring voice that is equal parts Bjork quirk and Kate Bush power. She creates lush, atmospheric layers using samples, keyboards and looping.

SEWN LEATHER Grungy, gothic swells of feedback and faraway chanting.

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Flicker Theatre & Bar 8:30 p.m. $5. www.flickertheatreandbar. com TOM EISENBRAUN From-the-heart acoustic ballads from this local artist call to mind the works of Nick Drake, M. Ward or Andrew Bird.

EW HARRIS Playing warm, smart indie folk with occasional samples and other surprises.

Farm 255 10 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com HOT NEW MEXICANS Catchy, boozy, punk-influenced power-pop.

Tour homecoming show!

SEA OF DOGS Songwriter and banjopicker Emily Armond leads this endearing folk group with disarming honesty, candid lyrics and warm harmonies. Tour homecoming show!

40 Watt Club 8 p.m. SOLD OUT! www.40watt.com ERIC CHENAUX Classically inspired guitar with an improvisational feel led by Chenaux’s achingly beautiful vocals. See story on p. 17.

GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR Beloved post-rock band from Montreal. This show sold out quickly months ago.

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens 7:30 p.m. www.uuathensga.org KILLICK Freeform jazz experimentalist coaxes unconventional sounds from his H’arpeggione.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. $3. 706-353-3050 NO SHAME! Open mic hosted by Rose of Athens Theatre. Every Tuesday!

Terrapin Beer Co. 5-7 p.m. $10 Glass. www.terrapinbeer. com TROPICAL BREEZE Local outfit offering a spicy, tropical sound and a proficient steel drum section.

Highwire 8–11 p.m. FREE! 706-543-8997 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. Every Tuesday!

The Melting Point “Terrapin Bluegrass Series.” 7 p.m. $4. www.meltingpointathens.com STRING THEORY Traditional, oldtime Appalachian music.

No Where Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-4742 DIRK QUINN BAND Philadelphia jazz-funk sextet.

DOPAPOD Over the past few years, this band has grown from an organand-drum duo to a five-piece funkjam sensation.

Rye Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/ryebarathens JUNE STAR Heavy Americana that lives in the moment.

THE NATIONAL RESERVE Lighthearted rock with a dash of barroom blues.

WUOG 90.5FM “Live in the Lobby.” FREE! 8 p.m. www. wuog.org LIVE IN THE LOBBY Blair Crimmins and the Hookers will perform on the college radio station’s twice weekly program. Listen over the air or drop by the station to watch!

Wednesday 23 Boar’s Head Lounge 9 p.m. 706-369-3040 BOAR’S HEAD OPEN MIC Welcoming sing-songwriters every Wednesday in March!

Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www. caledonialounge.com HERRA TERRA An ‘80s-referencing mix of electronica and dark powerrock, similar in feel to the music of The Killers.

SPACE GHOST The sounds of space put through an echophone (not literally) and set to a beat, from Oakland, CA. SUNLIGHT ALCHEMISTS New local rock band featuring members of Revo. The alternative-leaning group names Switchfoot and Alanis Morissette among its influences.

Farm 255 9 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com THE GREAT VALLEY Spooky, densely layered and twisted pop that sounds like a haunted carnival ride.

MOUSER Exuberant garage-pop that experiments with noise jams.

NUDE SUNRISE Psychedelic folk and rock that inhabits an exploratative state of sleepiness and contentment.

TIMMY TUMBLE AND THE TUMBLERS Tim Schreiber (Dark Meat, The Lickity-Splits) howls and spasms over rock-anthems and pop songs. The Tumblers consist of members of Mouser, Bubbly Mommy Gun, All City Cannonballers and The Humms.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8:30 p.m. $5. www.flickertheatreandbar. com FOREST CITY LOVERS Playing layered and adorable folk, this Canadian artist recalls the lovely bygone vocals of Telenovela.

RUBY KENDRICK Local singersongwriter with a sweet voice and piercing lyrics.

Tuesday, March 22

Ava Luna, Doldroms, Grimes Farm 255 Read this sentence slowly: it is a feel. It’s the tentative uncertainty that is a prelude to the surefootedness soon to come. It bristles against your spine when you leave the house underdressed, duly betrayed by a few days of sweet, not-hot weather.

Ava Luna It’s a neither-herenor-there vibe that happens in March, a schizophrenic indecisiveness that excites by virtue of its unruly character. A time when you can embrace scarf-wearing again for the romance of it, if only because you’re right around the corner from shelving it for the next six months.

It’s when winter finally, finally begins to recede and make way for the non-stop love of spring. And Ava Luna embodies that feel better than most.

A seven-piece rhythm machine, the Brooklyn-based band combines equally important and diverse elements that make it unique. The boxy, nervy drumming and so-gross-it’sgreat distorted bass guitar lock into an era and own it; think Timbaland in his prime.

The synths that bind these jerky, minimalist dance grooves are rather sparse themselves.

On top of all that, we have four voices: Felicia Douglass, Carlos Hernandez, Rebecca Kauffman and Siheun Song. Carlos sings lead most of the time, and Ava Luna is his pet project, but his voice often intermingles among the other three, creating a genuine warmth against the chilly hardness of the beats and bass. The voices evoke ‘70s R&B and wartime sister-singers equally, but despite the studied, meticulous approach, Ava Luna belongs to, and thrives in, the DIY community. Athens kids have already witnessed the band bum-rush a house show, set up and proceed to just slay, invoking smiles on the faces of hardened punks and enamored fans alike. It’s a dance party. It’s springtime. You should go. [Jeff Tobias]

STEVEN TRIMMER Acoustic psychfolk that’s technically proficient and melodically spontaneous.

Flight Tapas and Bar 8 p.m. 706-549-0200 LATE AS ALWAYS Live jazz music.

40 Watt Club 8 p.m. $11. www.40watt.com DREW HOLCOMB & THE NEIGHBORS Big, glossy American rock with hooky sing-along choruses and a soulful, rootsy feel that takes cues from Springsteen. You may have heard these guys on TV as they’ve had several placements on shows like “Oprah,” “Army Wives” and “Parenthood.”

MOCKINGBIRD SUN High-energy country with a modern pop sheen.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. $3. 706-353-3050 ADRIAN HARDKOR & THE BAD DECISIONS Soulful, urgent and literate Americana similar to The Mountain Goats.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub GNARX The latest project from Christopher Ingham (Christopher’s Liver, Liverty) plays bluesy barroom punk.

GRIPE Local grindcore/powerviolence.

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

NEON HOLE Grindcore and metal from Wisconsin.

The Melting Point 8:30 p.m. $5 (adv.), $8 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com NATE CURRIN This singer-songwriter adds a touch of electronic ambience and synth to his folky pop songs.

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

Rye Bar 10 p.m. www.myspace.com/ryebarathens HALEY BOWERY Pop-rock solo singer from Brooklyn.

MATTHEW POP Melodic rocker who names The Beatles, Cheap Trick and Weezer as key influences.

Terrapin Beer Co. 5-7 p.m. $10 Glass. www.terrapinbeer. com BEN GRANT Acoustic ballads with pop-rock sensibilities.

Down the Line 3/24 Snoop Dogg (40 Watt Club) 3/24 The Bronzed Chorus / Kenosha Kid / Manray (Caledonia Lounge) 3/24 Betsy Franck / Blair Crimmins (Farm 255) 3/24 Patrick Morales / Pearl and the Beard / Jeremy Wheatley (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 3/24 The Armchairs / Arrah and the Ferns / Bigfoot / Bird Names / Bubbly Mommy Gun / The Decorations (Go Bar) 3/24 Milligan (Hilltop Grille) 3/24 Carl Lindberg (Hotel Indigo) 3/24 Betsy Franck / Kaitlin Jones / Kimberly Morgan / Sara O’Brien / Pre-Breast Fest Ladies Night (Little Kings Shuffle Club) 3/24 Mimosa / Mindelixir / Sleepyhead / Sub Shanti (New Earth Music Hall) 3/24 Efren (No Where Bar) 3/24 Kevin Devine / Hardy Morris / River City Extension (The Melting Point)

3/24 Tent City (Rye Bar) 3/24 Fifth Nation (Terrapin Beer Co.) 3/24 The Shadow Executives (The Office Lounge) 3/25 Holiday Shores / Quiet Hooves / Surfer Blood (40 Watt Club) 3/25 Consider the Source / Eatliz / Lazer/Wulf / Sorry No Ferrari (Caledonia Lounge) 3/25 The Extraordinaires / Tumbleweed Stampede (Farm 255) 3/25 The Horns of Happiness / Kara Kildare / Lady Lazarus / Titans of Filth (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 3/25 Rand Lines Trio (Highwire) 3/25 Leaving Countries (Johnny’s New York Style Pizza) 3/25 High Voltage (Little Kings Shuffle Club) 3/25 Athens Area Council of the Blind Festival (Little Kings Shuffle Club) 3/25 ecompany (No Where Bar) 3/25 Eddie & The Public Speakers / The On Fires (Rye Bar) 3/25 Yaddatu (Terrapin Beer Co.) 3/25 Sons of Sailors (The Melting Point) 3/26 Dr. Squid / The Gold Party / Immuzikation / Prophets & Kings (Ciné BarCafé) 3/26 DJ Z-Dog / Immuzikation (The Max Canada) 3/26 J Roddy Walston and the Business / Mike Watt and the Missing Men (40 Watt Club) 3/26 Leaving Countries (Allen’s Bar & Grill) 3/26 Borderhop Trio (Amici Italian Café) 3/26 Easter Island / Five-Eight / Little Horn (Caledonia Lounge) 3/26 Thayer Sarrano / Hank Sullivant (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 3/26 Sumilan (Farm 255) 3/26 Jazz Night (Hilltop Grille)

3/26 Fabulous Bird / Vespolina (Little Kings Shuffle Club) 3/26 Don Auber / Greensky Bluegrass Quintet (No Where Bar) 3/26 Gifts from Enola / Nigredo / The Sleeper Years (RPM) 3/26 JUNK / Justin Kalk Orchestra (Rye Bar) 3/27 Grape Soda / Holopaw / Witches (Farm 255) 3/28 Open Mic (Rye Bar) 3/28 Lera Lynn / Packway Handle Band / The Whiskey Gentry / Yo Soybean (40 Watt Club) 3/28 Dave Marr (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 3/28 Open Mic (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) 3/28 Band of Oz (The Melting Point) 3/29 NO SHAME! (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) 3/29 Bombs Bombs Bombs (Farm 255) 3/29 Kenosha Kid (Highwire) 3/29 The Wailers (New Earth Music Hall) 3/29 Catherine Kimbro / The Ron Johnsons (Rye Bar) 3/29 The Avett Brothers (The Classic Center) 3/29 The Corduroy Road (The Melting Point) 3/30 Boar’s Head Open Mic (Boar’s Head Lounge) 3/30 Karaoke (The Office Lounge) 3/30 Chrissakes / The Fucking Hotlights / Spirit Hair (Caledonia Lounge) 3/30 Echo Canyon / Hymn for Her / PD Wilder (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 3/30 Cocoon’s Revenge (Rye Bar) 3/30 Auld Lang Syne (Terrapin Beer Co.) 3/31 Feral Youth / Night Light (New Earth Music Hall) 3/31 Madeline (40 Watt Club) 3/31 The District Attorneys (Farm 255) 3/31 Songwriter Showcase (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 3/31 Carl Lindberg (Hotel Indigo) 3/31 Josh Roberts and the Hinges / The Woodgrains (No Where Bar) 3/31 The Fortunate Few / Vincent the Dog (Rye Bar) 3/31 Connor Pledger (Terrapin Beer Co.) 3/31 Dead Confederate (The Melting Point) 3/31 Live in the Lobby (WUOG 90.5FM) 4/1 Dexter Romweber Duo / Futurebirds / Woodfangs (40 Watt Club) 4/1 Stokeswood (Amici Italian Café) 4/1 Frangipani Mayo (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 4/1 Bela Fleck / Zakir Hussain / Edgar Meyer (Performing Arts Center) 4/1 Laissez Funk / The Native Sway (Rye Bar) 4/1 Exception to the Rule (Terrapin Beer Co.) 4/2 Elephant 6 Holiday Surprise Tour (40 Watt Club) 4/2 The Stumblin’ Toads (Amici Italian Café) 4/2 Machine Funk (No Where Bar) 4/2 The Woodgrains (Terrapin Beer Co.) 4/2 Holman Autry Band (The Melting Point)

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

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

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23

Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors MOCKINGBIRD SUN

doors open at 8pm**

FRIDAY, MARCH 25

SURFER BLOOD QUIET HOOVES HOLIDAY SHORES

doors open at 9pm**

SATURDAY, MARCH 26

MIKE WATT AND THE

MISSING MEN WITH J RODDY WALSTON & THE BUSINESS doors open at 9pm**

TUESDAY, MARCH 29 & WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30

2 NIGHTS WITH

comedian

PATTON OSWALT

doors open at 8pm* coming soon

DR. DOG NEKO CASE RYAN BINGHAM APRIL 11* MAY 18* & THE DEAD HORSES MAY 27* All Shows 18 and up • + $2 for Under 21 * Advance Tix Available at Schoolkids Records ** Advance Tix Sold at http://www.40watt.com

WUGA C the lassic

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In the ATL 3/21 Asobi Seksu (The EARL) 4/8 Destroyer / The War on Drugs (The EARL) 4/8 Scissor Sisters (The Tabernacle) 4/9 Lil’ Wayne (Philips Arena) 4/18 Lady Gaga (Gwinnett Center & Arena) 4/22 Pete Yorn (Center Stage) * Advance Tickets Available

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

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

ART Call for Artists (Downtown Athens) Athens Indie Craftstravaganzaa will be accepting applications through Apr. 1 for the spring market on May 7. $15 (application), $75 (booth rental). www.athensindiecraft stravaganzaa.com Call for Artists (Hampton Fine Art Gallery) Now taking submissions for “The Featured Artist Gala Exhibition.” $25. 706-454-2161 Call for Artists (Floorspace) FloorSpace is seeking artists for month-long exhibitions. 706-3721833, www.floorspaceathens.com Call for Artists (Farmington Depot Gallery) Now taking handmade and vintage submissions for upcoming country market “1st Spring Festifool.” Email with two photos of wares. $30. peterlooseart@gmail.com, www. farmingtondepotgallery.org Call for Submissions (Amici Italian Café) Seeking artists for monthly exhibitions. 706-353-0000, athens@amici-cafe.com Call for Wearable Art (Hotel Indigo) Seeking works of surface design, textile art or any wearable art for “Material World II: FashioNation.” Submit low-res jpgs to celebratethearts@yahoo.com.

Deadline Mar. 21. $10. www.athens arts.org/material_world.php Seeking Submissions (Highwire) Seeking submissions for monthly exhibitions. 478-986-8681, trappezebooking@gmail.com

CLASSES Adult Wing Chun Kung Fu (Floorspace) Wing Chun is a Chinese system of Kung Fu that spe-

cializes in developing dynamic, explosive and street-oriented practical self-defense. Tuesdays & Thursdays, 5:45 p.m. $12 per class, $60 for 6 classes. floorspacestudio@gmail. com, www.floorspaceathens.com 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 Ashtanga Sun Salutations (Rubber Soul Yoga Revolution Studio) Taught at “The Magic Mountain” by Cal Clements. Mon.– Fri. through March, 9–10:30 a.m. $5 (suggested donation). www.rubbersoulyoga.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 Clown School (Rubber Soul Yoga Revolution Studio) Series of classes focusing on clown character and building rapport and fun. Sundays through March, 7–8:30 p.m. $5 (suggested donation). 706-4610262, calclements@gmail.com Computer Class (ACC Library, Educational Technology Center) Introduction to the Internet. Call to reserve a spot. 7–8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650, ext. 354 Creative Exploration Classes (Wildeye Creative Exploration Studio) Tap into your creative process! Classes for kids and adults. 706-410-0250, www.wildeyecreative.com Donation Based Spanish (Athens Language Schoolhouse) Guided conversation class with native Spanish speakers. Wednesdays,

ACC ANIMAL CONTROL 45 Beaverdam Rd. • 706-613-3540

Open every day except Wednesday 10am-4pm Animal Control is busting at the seams! These five puppies, four brothers and one sis are sharing a kennel.

They feel scared and confused, but once taken into the sunshine to play together, they were a fun-lovin’ kiss-givin’ joyful batch o’ cute. They are calling them Beagle/Terrier mixes. They will be small and smart! And maybe this would be a good time to throw in the plea to SPAY AND NEUTER since one pet can easily turn six!

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2–3 p.m. & Fridays, 7–8 p.m. $5 (suggested donation). 706-5495002, www.athensprofessional services.com Drawing Workshop: Sighting Technique (The Loft Art Supplies) Learn to draw more accurately with artist Leslie Snipes.

Pre-registration required. Mar. 26, 1–4 p.m. $30. 706-548-5334, loftartsupply.tumblr.com English as a Second Language (Pinewoods Hispanic Community Library) Classes every week! Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6:30–8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3708 ESL Class (Athens Urban Ministries) Free sessions. Tuesdays & Thursdays, 1:30–3 p.m. FREE! 706-353-6647 Express Yoga (Five Points Yoga) Create peace in the middle of your day by doing yoga during your lunch break! Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. 12:15–1 p.m. $5. www.athensfivepointsyoga.com Forest Yoga (Five Points Yoga) Deepen your breath, work your core, strengthen your body and connect with your spirit. Wednesdays, 8 p.m. $10/class. 706-355-3114 GED Classes (Athens Urban Ministries, 717 Oconee St.) Get your GED for free, free, free! Mondays & Thursdays, 9:30–11:30 a.m. FREE! 706-353-6647.

Genealogy 102: Census Records Online (Oconee County Library) Must have previous genealogy experience and basic computer skills. Mar. 17, 11 a.m.– 12:30 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 Genealogy on the Internet (ACC Library) A brief intro to Internet resources for genealogy. Databases in Galileo will be introduced. Registration required.

Mar.17, 10 a.m.–1 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650

This photo just doesn’t capture how CUTE this young terrier mix is with his underbite, wrinkled brow and fold-over 32293 ears. Very snuggly!

What a smile and she has a matching attitude. Friendly and curious big girl (55lbs.) who loves people and exploring.

Boxer mix with a 32290 nubbin tale.

As usual this week, so many nice pitbull mixes. This poor girl may have been used as a “breeder,” judging by the condition of her body. Sweet girl who 32287 deserves a chance. more pets online at

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Denton Crawford’s paintings are on display at the Lamar Dodd School of Art through Apr. 15.

Hatha Yoga (Floorspace) Relax, restore and renew. All levels welcome.

Tuesdays, 8:45 a.m. & Thursdays, 12:15 p.m. $8–15. thebodyeclectic @rocketmail.com Health and Wellness Classes (Athens Community Council on Aging) Athens Community Council on Aging hosts senior-friendly Zumba, Line Dancing, Yoga, Tai Chi and more!

Go online for a complete schedule.

706-549-4850, www.accaging.org Herbal Lotions, Salves & Lip Balms (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Discover a variety of recipes for using herbs and essential oils for health and beauty. Mar. 24, 6–8 p.m. $36. 706-542-6156, www.uga.edu/botgarden Intro to Computers (Madison County Library) Three weekly meetings, and you may attend one per week or all three. Pre-registration required. Tuesdays, 2–3 p.m. or 7–8 p.m. Wednesdays, 11 a.m.–12 p.m.

706-795-5597.

Introduction to Computers (Oconee County Library) Learn the basic components of your computer or master Microsoft Windows XP. Registration required. Mar. 22 & 23, 3–4:30 p.m. 706-769-3950 www. clarke.public.lib.ga.us/oconee.html Iyengar Yoga Classes (StudiO) A classical approach with attention to alignment and adapting poses to meet individual ability. Tuesdays, 6:45–8:15 p.m. $10. www.chet thomasyoga.com Laugh-a-Yoga (Mind Body Institute) Laugh your stress away!

Fourth Friday of each month. 5:30– 6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-475-7329, mbiprograms@armc.org Maintain, Prevent and Transform (Athens Yoga Therapeutics) On-going Hatha style Yoga class with instructor Kerry Fulford. 706-207-5881, kerry@ athensyogatherapeutics.com, www.athensyogatherapeutics.com Mama-Baby Yoga Bonding (Full Bloom Center) 10 a.m. class for babies 8–18 months old and 11 a.m. class for babies 1–8 months old. Fridays, 10 a.m. $14, $60 (6 weeks). 706-353-3373 Native Medicinal Plant Walk and Talk (State Botanical Garden) Instructional walk through the trails and gardens with clinical herbalist and plant enthusiast Holli Richey.

Pre-registration required. Mar. 26, 10 a.m.–12 p.m. $18. 706-5426156, www.uga.edu/botgarden New Horizons Music Classes (UGA School of Music) Beginning band, intermediate band, beginning orchestra and piano classes for adults age 50+. No prior music experience needed! Call 706-542-2894 to register. www.uga.edu/ugacms Nia (Various Locations) Gain muscle definition and strength in this dance class delivering cardiovascular, whole-body conditioning. Offered

four days a week; check online schedule. 706-424-9873, www.TheBodyEclectic.com Painting I and II (Lyndon House) Beginner and intermediate level instruction with Margaret Agner on composition, value, focus, power and self expression. Register by calling. 6:30–8:30 p.m. Thursdays, Mar. 17–May 5. 706-613-3623, www.athensclarkecounty.com/ Printmaking II Class (Lyndon House Arts Center) Learn various techniques such as etching, relief printing and monotype. Thursdays, Mar. 17–Apr. 21, 6:30–8:30 p.m. $115–167. 706-613-3623, www.athensclarkecounty.com/leisure Qigong for Health & Relaxation (State Botanical Garden of Georgia, Visitor Center, Great Room) Class on the ancient Chinese art of self-cultivation that fosters health, relaxation and calm.

Mondays, through Apr. 25, 12–1 p.m. $12 (per class), $80 (8 weeks).

706-542-6156, www.uga.edu/ botgarden Rise & Shine Yoga (Five Points Yoga) Get your shine on with early morning flow yoga. Tuesdays & Thursdays, 5:45–6:45 a.m. $10 (Drop-In). 706-355-3114 Secrets to a Sensational Room (Athens Technical College) Learn how to stage and redesign a home with items you already have.

Three-part seminar. Apr. 8, 15 & 22, 1–3 p.m. $75. 706-369-5763, bmoody@athenstech.

Spring Clay Classes (Good Dirt) Now accepting registration for 8-week classes including wheel, sculpture for the garden and handbuilt pottery. See online schedule.

706-355-3161, www.gooddirt.net Spring Wildflowers of the Upland Deciduous Forests of Georgia (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Visit the Dunson Native Flora Garden and learn to identify a number of spring ephermals and other early blooming plants. Call to register. Mar. 29, 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. $45. 706-5426156, www.uga.edu/botgarden Tango Lessons (Buffalo’s Southwest Café) Every Tuesday with Clint and Shelly. 4–6 p.m. (Private Lessons), 6–7 p.m. (Intermediate Class) 7–8 p.m. (Beginner Class), $10 (group class).706-613-8178, cvunderwood@charter.net Tennis for Life (Various Locations) Now offering six-week sessions at Bishop Park and Southeast Clarke Park for juniors ages 5–15 and adults. Register online. 706-613-3592, tennisforlife.net Tribal Basics Bellydance (Floorspace, 160 Tracy St.) Bellydance for every belly! Learn graceful moves in a fun and supportive environment with a focus on Egyptian style and rhythms.

Wednesdays, 7–8 p.m. www.floor spaceathens.com

UGA Tango Club (UGA Tate Center, Room 311) Evening classes for beginners and advanced students. Thursdays, Beginning 6:10 p.m., Intermediate/Advanced 7:10 p.m.$30 (per semester), $20 (UGA Community). athenstangoclub@ gmail.com Vinyasa Flow Yoga (Floorspace) Daytime flow classes. Tuesdays, 8:45 a.m. Thursdays, 12:15 p.m. $6–$12 (suggested donation). thebodyeclectic@rocketmail.com, www.floorspaceathens.com Watercolor Painting (Lyndon House Arts Center) Class for beginners and intermediates covering wash methods, glazes, wet-into-wet, brushstrokes and correcting mistakes. Register by calling.

Thursdays, Mar. 17–Apr. 21, 1–3 p.m. 706-613-3623, www.athens clarkecounty.com/leisure Weekly Meditation (Athens Insights, 179 Woodward St. #7) Providing a calm and open environment in which people can relax and experience new cultural and religious ideas. Wednesdays, 8 p.m.–9 p.m. FREE! athensinsights@ gmail.com Wire Jewelry Class (Athens Technical College) Six-week course beginning Mar. 29. Call for more information. 706-369-5763, bmoody@athenstech.edu Women Writing Their Lives (160 Tracy Street) A 12-week course designed to motivate women to tell their unique stories. Every Thursday through March, 7–8:15 p.m. $50/ month. thektp@gmail.com, holdingwomanspace.com Women’s Self Defense Classes (American Black Belt Academy) One rape or sexual assault occurs every two minutes in the U.S. Learn what you can do to protect yourself. Go online or call to register. 706-549-1671, www.americanblackbelt.org Yoga (Rubber Soul Yoga Revolution Studio) Offering yoga, meditation and gentle yoga classes every day of the week. For full schedule, go online. Daily, $5 (donation). www. rubbersoulyoga.com Yoga & The 7 Sacred Centers (Five Points Yoga) Learn how the 7 main chakras affect the body and how knowing the body’s energy can help you move more fully inro your power & health through asana, journaling and meditation. Mar. 26, 2–4 p.m. $30. 706-254-0200 Yoga Crawlers (Full Bloom Center) For active babies 8–18 months. Every Wednesday. 10:30 a.m. $14. 706-353-3373, www.fullbloomparent.com Yoga: Maintain, Prevent, Transform (Leathers Building) Hatha-style yoga in a small, comfortable setting with instructor Kerry Fulford. Tuesdays & Thursdays, 5:45–7:45 p.m. $60 (6 classes) 706-207-5881

Yoshukai Karate (AKF Itto Martial Arts) Learn Yoshukai Karate, a traditional hard Okinawan style. FREE! www.athensy.com Youth and Parents Drum Circle (Floorspace) Percussion class! Bring a drum if you have one!

Every second Friday of the month.

4–4:45 p.m. $5–$10 (suggested donation). christyfricks@gmail.com, www.floorspaceathens.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! Athens Greenway Cleanup (Greenway) All area middle and high school students are encouraged to join in cleaning up the Greenway.

Sign-up at athensvolunteer.org/ youthserve. Mar. 26, 9 a.m–12 p.m.

FREE! 706-353-1313 The Battery A newly formed social empowerment organization is launching their “GA’s Trail of Tears 2.0” campaign to stop HB 87. Call 706-206-9237 to volunteer.

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 donations of used kids’ and adult bikes in any condition. Sundays, 2–4:30 p.m. www.bikeathens.com Blood Drive (Red Cross Donor Center) Give the gift of life! Call to make an appointment today. 706546-0681, 1-800-RED-CROSS, www.redcrossblood.org Cans for Critters (Various Locations) Donate collected aluminum cans to benefit the critters at Bear Hollow Wildlife Trail. Accepting donations through Apr. 18. Register by calling. 706-613-3512 Global Youth Service Day (Various Locations) This year’s theme: “Planting Unity in the Community.” Check website for volunteer opportunities. Apr. 15–17. handsonnortheastgeorgia.org HandsOn Athens (Various Locations) Join with community volunteers as HandsOn Athens helps homeowners repair their historic homes. Apr. 8–10, 8:30–5 p.m. 706353-1801, hoathens@bellsouth.net March for Meals 5K Volunteers (Council on Aging) Volunteers needed to help with set-up, registration, cheering along the route and more on Mar. 26. Call 706-549-4850 for info.

Preparing Dinner for the Residents (Athens Area Homeless Shelter) Volunteer to make a meal for the women and children living at Athens Area Homeless Shelter. Call to reserve a night! Daily, 5:30–6:30 p.m. 706-354-0423 Project Safe Volunteers (Various Locations) Take part in the movement to end domestic violence by becoming a mentor, donating a meal or volunteering at the thrift store. Help someone start a new life!

706-542-0922, www.project-safe. org

KIDSTUFF Adventure Travel Camp (Georgia Center) Spend your days

playing paintball, shooting laser tag, climbing walls, racing go-karts and going on high-tech scavenger hunts. For ages 11–15. Register for summer camp by calling. May 31–June 3, 8:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. $375. 800-811-6640, questions@ georgiacenter.uga.edu Fairy House Workshop (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Create a home for a fairy using rocks, moss, flowers and other found materials. Space is limited; call to register. Ages 10 & up. Mar. 17, 9 a.m.–12 p.m. $60. 706-542-6156, www.uga.edu/botgarden Girls’ Rock Camp Athens Now taking applications through Apr. 15 for this summer’s camp, to take place July 25–29 with a showcase concert on July 30. No musical experience necessary. Scholarships available. For girls ages 9–15. $25 (application fee), $300 (tuition). girlsrockathens.org Homework Helpers (East Athens Community Center) UGA students tutor your children 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! 706-613-3657, www.clarke.public.lib.ga.us Kids Camp (The Elbert Theatre) Children in Kindergarten through 5th grade can learn about the stage and how a theatre works by participating in games, crafts, skits and exercises.

Now accepting registration. May 23–27. $45. 706-283-1049, www.elberttheatre.org Mommy and Me Spanish (Email for Location) Learn Spanish with your preschooler through songs, stories and games! New session starting soon. sehlers@uga.edu Musikgarten Early Childhood Classes (UGA School of Music) Music classes for toddlers ages 2–4. This session’s theme is “The Rhythm and Music of Nature.” Check website for details.

Register by Apr. 25. May 3–June 23. $70. 706-542-2894, ugacms@uga. edu, www.uga.edu/ugacms/ earlychildhood.html One-to-One Learning (Lay Park) Pratice reading, writing and math with the librarian and UGA student volunteers. For ages 6 and up.

Daily, 3:30–5:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3667 One-to-One Reading Program (East Athens Community Center) Read with the librarian and other volunteers. Get them all to yourself! For ages 6 and up. Daily, 3:30–5:30 p.m., FREE! 706-613-3593 Spring Break Mini Camp (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Participants will discover the interconnections of the forest environment. Each day includes activities, crafts, snacks and more. Space is limited; call to register. Mar. 16–18, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $16. 706-6133615, www.accleisureservices.com/ leisure Theater Academy (Seney-Stovall Chapel) Summer camps for children in grades 3–12. Register online.

June 6–10 & 11–17. 706-340-9181, roseofathens.wordpress.com/ education/academy Theatre Camp (The Elbert Theatre) Middle and high school students learn the inner-working knowledge of a theatrical production through hands-on involvement in Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka Jr. Now accepting registration. June 6–17. $60.

706-283-1049, www.elberttheatre. org Wild Intelligence Nature Programs Nature-based learning and character development while your child enjoys storytelling, games and curiosity-based adventure on

the land. After-school and day-long programs. Mondays, 3:30–6 p.m. & Tuesdays 10 a.m.–2 p.m. tommy@wildintelligence.org Yoga Sprouts (Whole: Mind.

Body. Art.) Fun, playful yoga and crafts for kids ages 2 and up. 3–4:30 p.m. $15. www.wholemindbodyart. com ZumbAtomic for Kids (Whole: Mind. Body. Art.) Fast-foward fusion of Zumba moves designed to let kids max out on fun and fitness at the same time! Mondays, 5:15–6:15 p.m. $6 (for first child), $3 (for each additional sibling). www.wholemind bodyart.com

SUPPORT Alcoholics Anonymous (Various Locations) If you want to drink, that’s your business. If you want to stop, we can help. 706-5430436, www.athensaa.com Alzheimer’s Caregiver Luncheon Program (Bentley Center) The Athens Area Alzheimer’s Support Group meets the third Tuesday of every month. Noon-1 p.m. FREE! 706-549-4850, eanthony@accaging.org Emotional Abuse Support Group (Call for location) Demeaning behavior and hateful words can be just as harmful as punches and kicks. Childcare is provided. Call the Project Safe hotline: 706-543-3331. Wednesdays, 6:30–8 p.m.

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

Sundays, 4–5 p.m. 706-202-7463, www.emotionsanonymous.org 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 Grief Support Group (Council on Aging) Meeting every third Thursday each month. 2-3:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-549-4850 Mental Health Support Group (St. Mary’s Hospital) Meets in the lobby conference room.

Thursdays, 6:30–8 p.m. 706-7835706, www.athensmentalhealth.org Overeaters Anonymous (Various Locations) 12-step meetings for compulsive eaters. All ages and sizes welcome. Mondays, 5:30 p.m. at Nuçi’s Space. Thursdays, 7 p.m. at St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church. Saturdays, 10:30 a.m. at Princeton United Methodist Church.

FREE! 404-771-8971, www.oa.org Parkinson’s Support Group (Council on Aging) Meet up every fourth Monday for an open support group for those living with Parkinson’s Disease. 2:30-4 p.m.

FREE! 706-549-4850 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 The newly formed social, support and volunteer organization for lesbian and bisexual women in Athens and surround areas. Join Sapph.fire on Facebook. 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. Children are welcome for supper and childcare is provided during group. Second and fourth Tuesday of the month in Clarke County. First and third

ART AROUND TOWN ACC Library (2025 Baxter St.) Paintings by Lisa Weaver. Through March. • Visual storytelling artwork by teens and adults. Through March.

Amici Italian Café (233 E. Clayton St.) New works

by Charley Seagraves. Through March.

Athens Academy (1281 Spartan Rd.) A comic arts show featuring Eleanor Davis, Drew Weing, Robert Brown, David Mack and Joey Weiser. Through Apr. 11. • Landscape paintings by Greg Benson, Robert Clements and Joe Ruiz. Through Apr. 20.

Big City Bread Cafe (393 N. Finley St.) Acrylic and enamel works by Charley Seagraves. Through March.

Bob Snipes Water Resources Center (780 Barber St.) In the spirit of the Parisian Salon Des Refusés, “Refusés” is a show of works by Athens artists not accepted into the 36th Juried Exhibition at the Lyndon House. Through April.

Circle Gallery, UGA College of Environmental Design (Caldwell Hall) “Brave New Worlds: Explorations in China and Costa Rica” features design work produced by students and faculty during recent studies abroad. Through Mar. 25.

Community (119 Jackson St.) New works by Lea Purvis.

Dawg Gone Good BBQ (224 W. Hancock Ave.) Photographs of the Athens Business Rocks competition by Barbara Hutson. Through March.

Espresso Royale Caffe (271 E. Broad St.) Bright acrylics by Chilean artist Carmen Erazo. Through March.

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.

Five Star Day Café (229 E. Broad St.) Abstractexpressionist acrylics with deep textures and bright blending of colors by Frances Jemini. Through March.

Flicker Theatre & Bar (263 W. Washington St.) Vibrant collages by Alexei Gural and new works by Andrew Gonzales of Marshmallow Coast. Through March.

Georgia Museum of Art (90 Carlton St.) Works

by Anthony Goicolea, UGA alumnus and Brooklynbased artist. • “The American Scene on Paper: Prints and Drawings from the Schoen Collection” addresses the plight of the American farm laborer in the development of industry and the growth of the urban environment. Through May 2. • “Tradition Redefined: The Larry and Brenda Thompson Collection of African American Art.” Through Mar. 27.

Good Dirt (510 B Thomas St.) The gallery features hand-built and wheel-thrown pieces by various ceramic artists and potters including Rob Sutherland, Caryn Van Wagtendonk, Crisha Yantis and Mike Klapthor.

Hampton Fine Art Gallery (115 E. Broad St., Greensboro) Works by various artists. Reception and

Monday of the month in Madison County. 6–8 p.m. Project Safe: 706-543-3331

ON THE STREET Frankenstein Lives! Rose of Athens Theatre chronicles the life of young gothic novelist Mary Shelley in this performance which explores some uncanny similarities between the artist and her literary creation.

The show is available for booking through March. 706-340-9181, www.roseofathens.org Antebellum Trail Pilgrimage (Various Locations) A 100-mile trek through seven communities. Visit historic homes, experience authentic battle sites, view impressive architecture and tour museums. Tickets can be purchased at the Athens Welcome Center or online. Tour runs Apr. 27–May 1, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. $25. www.atpilgrimage.com Call for Entries (Ciné BarCafé) The AthFest Film Committee is currently accepting submissions for local independent films, music documentaries and student projects to be

awards presentation Mar. 26. Through Mar. 26.

Jittery Joe’s Coffee (1230 S. Millledge Ave.) Handpainted silks by René Shoemaker. Through March.

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

by Virginia Nazarea. Through March.

Krimson Kafe (40 Greensboro Hwy., Watkinsville) Paintings, drawings and collages by 7th grader Audrey Hinkle. Through March.

Lamar Dodd School of Art (270 River Rd.) 2011 Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition features a wide range of two and three dimensional artworks from each of 24 graduating students. Reception Mar. 25. Through Apr. 15.

Lyndon House Arts Center (293 Hoyt St.) 36th Annual Juried Exhibition, featuring work by area artists in a variety of media. Through May 10.

Madison-Morgan Cultural Center (434 S. Main St., Madison) A collection of images of the high desert plains of the American Southwest. Through March.

Mama’s Boy (197 Oak St.) Representational and abstract paintings by Hoke Johnston. Through March.

OCAF (34 School St., Watkinsville) Egg tempera portraits, commanding landscapes and trompe l’oeil paintings by Christy Green. Through Mar. 25. • Featuring works of art from Oconee County public and private schools, grades K–12. Through Mar. 18.

Republic Salon (312 E. Broad St.) An exhibit featuring your favorite animals in embroidery and print mixed-media works by Lea Purvis.

State Botanical Garden of Georgia (2450 Milledge Ave.) “Forged from Nature” is an outdoor series of sculpted garden gates by artist Andrew T. Crawford.

The Globe (199 N. Lumpkin St.) Artwork by Laura Connely. Through Mar. 24.

The Grit (199 Prince Ave.) In celebration of Youth Art Month, student work from David C. Barrow Elementary art teacher Rita Foretich. Through Mar. 20.

This-Way-Out (T-W-O) (680 W. Broad St.) AHA! (AthensHasArt!) features paintings and drawings by Robert Sparrow Jones. Open 6-8 p.m. on the 10th20th of each month, or by appointment. Through Mar. 20.

Town 220 (220 W. Washington St., Madison) “Large Format Wall Paintings” presents the works of painter Richard Olsen and works in clay by Rick Berman.

Through April.

Trace Gallery (160 Tracy St.) New works by Atlanta ceramic sculptor Christina West. West addresses the idea of the human object as a toy by creating nearly life-size porcelain and fabric dolls.

Through Apr. 8.

Transmetropolitan (145 E. Clayton St.) Photographs by Jessica Schramm. Through March.

UGA Miller Learning Center “Fragmented Light,” a composition of brightly colored adhesive tapes created by Patricia Van Dalen.

White Tiger Gourmet Food & Chocolates (217 Hiawasee Ave.) An exhibit featuring work by over 50 young artists from Chase Street Elementary School. Through March.

screened during AthFest 2011 (June 22–26). Entries must be produced in Georgia or by a Georgia-based filmmaker or band. First deadline May 1; final deadline May 15. $10 (May 1), $20 (May 15). athfest.com/musicfestival/film, film@athfest.com Clean for Class Program (Dancefx) Help clean the studio space in exchange for free dance classes. 706-355-3078, allison@ dancefx.org Dance Instructor Recruitment (East Athens Educational Dance Center) The ACC Leisure Service Department is currently recruiting dance instructors to teach summer classes in ballet, jazz, tap, hip-hop and modern, May 23–July 22, at the East Athens Educational Dance Center. Call for information. 706-613-2624 Film Athens Filmakers, crew members and production support services: Get listed in Film Athens’ new searchable Production Directory at http://filmathens.net.

FREE! Tax Preparation Assistance (Various Locations) Now scheduling appointments for low- to middle-income families at the Epps Bridge Parkway Kroger and

Oconee County Library.

706-543-9511 Tax Assistance (Oconee County Library) The AARP offers free help to all adults regardless of age or AARP affiliation. Mondays, 1–4:30 p.m.

706-769-3950 UGA Alcohol Study UGA is conducting a study on a medication for treating alcohol problems.

Participation includes five in-person assessments. No cost for treatment.

Call for more information.

706-542-8350 Wee Read Preliminaries (Various Locations) High school and college students are invited to compete in Wii sports including boxing, baseball, tennis and Rock Band.

Winners of each sport will compete Apr. 30 at the Classic Center. All proceeds benefit the Wee Read program, providing local children with free books. Register online. $15. weeolympics.weebly.com Zoo Atlanta Family Passes (Various Locations) Zoo Atlanta and the Athens Regional Library System have partnered up to grant family passes to the Atlanta Zoo for patrons with library cards. For details, visit zooatlanta.org. f

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Matters Of The Heart And Loins I work with a girl whom I have become attracted to. I think—not positive—she’s interested in me. The thing is, she seems to be overly shy. She’ll small talk once in awhile, but not long. Every time we meet eyes or I notice she’s looking my way, she gives a big smile.

This could be my “guy ego,” and she may just be friendly. What do you think? Pursue it or leave it alone?

Thanks, Office Boy So far, it sounds pretty good. Unless your job has some sort of rule against dating people whom you work with, there’s no reason you can’t at least get to know her better.

Since you do work together, though, it would be best to proceed with caution. Take things slowly. Start with coffee, or lunch. And make sure if you decide that you want to start a relationship that you have parameters and an agreement about how you’ll handle working together if things don’t work out.

Been married over three years to a great guy. He goes to school full-time and is about 10 years older than most of his classmates. Because most of his classmates are of another generation, he communicates with them mostly by text message.

We had a series of serious discussions a few months ago about my being uncomfortable with him getting and receiving texts late at night about pretty random (not schoolrelated) stuff. I didn’t like it, told him I knew he wasn’t cheating, but I felt it was inappropriate and disrespectful. I found out about the text messages by snooping through his phone and checking online phone records. Wrong of me, I know, but I felt like something was off and I was right. So, we came to an agreement of sorts: no more checking up on him and he wouldn’t text late at night with single girls anymore.

Well, he did it again the other night. After midnight, after we had been out drinking with friends. He slipped away for a few minutes and sent a “You missed a good time!” text to his (female) friend. I found the text the next night.

So, what now? He was understandably mad before that I had snooped through his phone, which is why I told him I wouldn’t anymore.

But I’m telling him that his actions bother me, and he’s continuing to do it.

Do I just trust completely and hope that this attention-seeking is totally innocent? Do I tell him what I know and ask why he can’t honor my (seems to me “reasonable”) request?

I’m losing my mind trying to trust a man that I know is trust-worthy, but is really making himself look like he’s up to something. And I really am certain that he isn’t cheating… just worried about things progressing in the future.

Stuck in a Vicious Cycle OK, Stuck, you got me. I have been sitting in front of my computer for two hours, reading random crap on the Internet (did you know Charlie Sheen is kind of effed up?), making a store list, looking at old photographs and

basically doing anything to avoid answering your question. A master procrastinator I am, and you are officially my enabler. This column was actually due hours ago, and for the life of me I can’t seem to commit to an answer. The reason is that this is your marriage that we’re talking about. This is not some goober that you have a crush on, or a boyfriend whose name you are likely to forget in five years, but your husband. And honestly, I am of two minds here, so I guess I’m going to have to speak them both.

On the one hand, this is really about nothing. We’re talking about you having a weird feeling, looking into his phone records and finding completely innocent and innocuous emails from people who are his classmates.

Women, granted, but women that are 10 years younger than he is, and who are not his wife, who knows and loves and trusts him, and who is (I assume) helping to put him through school right now. And you confronted him, and he felt bad, and he said he wouldn’t do it anymore, but then he continued to do it and he’s hiding it. Which is bad, but it doesn’t mean that anything has happened or will happen with any of them. The fact that you knew something was up is probably due to the fact that he’s acting guilty, but that doesn’t mean that anything untoward is actually happening. He probably feels guilty because he told you he would stop texting them and he hasn’t. In this case, I think your best bet would be to keep your mouth shut and continue to monitor the situation. He’ll probably get bored with them or at least get done with the class and forget about it, and if he doesn’t, at least you will have access to the evidence.

On the other hand, he’s a married man.

You are his wife, his behavior is making you uncomfortable, you asked him to stop, he said he would, and he hasn’t. And certainly something that starts as an innocent flirtation could turn into something worse. So, I suppose you could confront him and ask him why he keeps doing this and then tell him to stop again. Certainly, his behavior is inappropriate, but you need to ask yourself if it’s really worth fighting over at this point. If you think it is, then confront him. Ask him point-blank if he has still been in contact with them, and if he says no, call him on it. Ask him to prove it. The thing is, if this is really nothing, you will be turning it into something—possibly something bigger than it actually is, and possibly something that will do permanent damage to your marriage. You found the last message because you were snooping again.

But, you might argue, why wouldn’t you snoop when your suspicions turned out to be correct the last time? Fair enough, but you also said that you wouldn’t snoop, and you did. And one could argue that snooping is a more minor offense than texting single women.

So, you can see why I’m hesitant. The bottom line is that you know him better than I do, and you know exactly how out of character (or not) this is. Have you ever asked him why he’s doing this? Maybe answering that question will help you feel better about the whole situation. Then again, maybe it won’t.

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4BR loft 2 blocks from Milledge, avail. 8/1! 2nd story of commercial bldg., 999 Baxter St., huge den, custom kitchen & BAs, huge closets, $1600/mo.

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4BR/2.5BA townhouse off Cedar Shoals. On bus route. Pets welcome. Avail. now. Only $1000/ mo. Aaron (706) 207-2957.

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Avail. 8/1: 2BR/1BA renovated apt.s walking distance to Dwntn, campus & Mama’s Boy! $500 to $550/mo. incl. water & trash.

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Downtown. University Tower, across from N. campus, corner of Lumpkin & Broad. Lg. 1BR/1BA, LR, kitchen. Avail. June 1, 2011. $750/mo. Call (706) 255-3743.

Dwntn., 1BR/1BA flat, $465/ mo. Units avail. for immediate move-in & pre-leasing for Aug. 2011. Water, gas, trash pick-up incl. On-site laundry. Joiner Management, (706) 3536868.

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Carports, close to 5 Pts. Pet friendly. Rent ranging from $450– $550/mo. (706) 424-0770.

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Condos for Rent 2BR/2.5BA, Stones Creek Condo. $700/mo. Barnett Shoals Rd. (706) 743-3111 or (706) 224-1400.

2BR/2BA condo at 2165 Milledge Ave. Granite, tile, new fridge & range, new flrs. Pics at http:// milledgeplaceapt.blogspot.com/.

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2BR/2.5BA townhome less than 1 mile to campus. $650/ mo. W/D downstairs. Pool on site. Avail. Aug. 1. Pets OK w/ fee. (706) 207-4953.

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Close to campus. No smoking/ pets. Swimming pool. Avail. this summer! (909) 957-7058, williamsreza@gmail.com.

3BR/3BA townhouse for rent in the Woodlands. $460/mo. per rm.

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Unbelievable deal! $900/ mo.! 3BR/2.5BA townhouse on Milledge. Pool, sand volleyball, basketball. W/D, all appls incl. On busline.

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Lg. 1BR/1BA, $84,500. Agents welcome 3%. Call (706) 2553743.

Duplexes For Rent 2BR/1BA. Eastside. W/D, fireplace, new carpet, everything nice! $550 + utils. and dep. Avail. now! Call Mike (706) 540-7574.

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East Athens. Great 2BR/1BA duplex. On city busline. Fresh paint, W/D, DW, range, fridge, trash & yd. service incl. Pets OK. Avail. now! $550/mo. Call Mike (877) 740-1514 toll free.

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Houses for Rent $650/mo. 3BR/1BA. 121 E. Carver Dr. Fenced–in yd. Tile & HWflrs. CHAC, W/D hookups, DW. Pets welcome. Avail. now!

(706) 614-8335. $900/mo. Blocks from UGA & Dwntn. Athens. 3BR/1BA, CHAC, totally remodeled, tall ceilings, HWflrs., tile, W/D, front porch.

500 Willow St. Avail. now. Owner/ Agent, call Robin (770) 2656509.

160 Mcleroy Dr. 3BR/1BA. Avail.

April 1st. CHAC, carport, huge fenced yd. Pets OK. No pet fees!

Nice area. $775/mo. Other homes avail. (706) 372-6813.

2BR/1BA 5 Pts. HW & tile flrs., LR, kitchen, spacious BRs w/ good closets, W/D incl., quiet area on Highland Ave. $695/mo. (706) 546-6900, valerioproperties.com.

2BR/2BA Lyndon Ave.! FP, HWflrs., high ceilings, lg. rooms, open kitchen & LR, tile BAs, nice back deck, blocks from Dwntn! $1060/mo. (706) 546-6900, valerioproperties.com.

2BR/1BA, Woody Dr. $680/ mo. Great duplex beautifully renovated, all electric, HWflrs., nice quiet street. boulevard propertymanagement.com or (706) 548-9797.

2BR/1BA, 340 Ruth St. Cool old house w/ HWflrs., all appliances, pet-friendly, $800/mo., avail.

8/1. (706) 713-0626, www. newagepropertiesathens.com.

2BR/1BA house, 2 min. to Athens Tech, $650/mo. 3BR/2BA house, Winterville city limits, lg. deck & yd. $950/mo. Call (706) 2471398.

2, 3, 4 & 5BR houses for rent!

Many locations & options to choose from. Call (706) 3401215 or check us out at www. athensrealestategroup.com.

251 Magnolia St. 2BR/1BA. Avail. now! Pets welcome. Newly remodeled, fenced-in yd. $650/ mo. Call (706) 714-4603.

2BR/1BA, 2795 Danielsville Rd. 5 mi. north of Dwntn. Fenced yd., good closet space, W/D avail., pets OK! $535/mo. + dep. Avail. now. (706) 424-1571.

3BR/1.5BA. Avail. now! Pets welcome. Carport, newly remodeled, fenced-in yd. $795/ mo. 255 Magnolia St. Call (706) 714-4603.

2 & 3BR super nice houses in the Boulevard n’hood. Walk to town & campus. 535 and 545 Satula, 255 Boulevard Heights, 135 Glencrest. www.boulevard propertymanagement.com or call (706) 548-9797.

3BR/2BA in Hull. $625 dep., $625/mo. Near Athens Tech, UGA. Newly refurbished. CHAC, W / D h o o k - u p s , D W, s h e d .

N/S, no pets (seeing eye dogs OK). Judson, (706) 540-0268. http://athensga.craigslist.org/ apa/2240815043.html.

3BR/2BA house in Normaltown.

Fenced yd. Pets ok. $1000/mo.

Call Ryan, (706) 254-7678.

3BR/1BA, lg. rooms, W/D, DW, deck, screen porch, alar m system, pets OK, in-town Athens off First St. $695/mo. Call Mike.

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3BR/2BA house close to campus. Quiet street off College Cir., lg. yd. w/ deck, garage.

HWflrs., appls, W/D, CHAC. 1 mi. from campus. Avail. Aug 1. $855/ mo. Call (706) 247-3708.

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3BR/2BA, great n’hood close to Medical School campus/Normaltown. HW/tile flrs. Fresh paint inside & outside.

Huge landscaped/fenced yd. All new appliances. Must see! $850/ mo. Call Helen Martin, (706) 5402010.

4BR/3BA historic home in Blvd. area. High ceilings, HWflrs., new everything. $2000/mo. Call Valerio Properties, (706) 5466900, valerioproper ties. com.

4BR/4BA new house on S. Milledge, $1700/mo.! 4BR/3.5BA, $1600/mo. Hardwoods, granite, tile, stainless appliances, walk-in closets & large BRs! Call (706) 340-1215 or www. athensrealestategroup.com.

4BR/4BA houses! Great Dwntn. location! Lg. BRs, tile, HWflrs., $1800/mo., avail. 8/1. www.newagepropertiesathens. com, (706) 713-0626.

4BR/4BA. New, Dwntn. 1 mi. from Arch. Stainless, HWflrs., tile, covered porches. Choose from multiple homes. W/D incl. Avail.

Fall. $1900/mo. Aaron (706) 2072957.

5BR/2.5BA on Milledge!

Spacious house w/ large yd. just 2 min. from campus. $2000/mo. athensarearentals@gmail.com or (706) 202-9905.

5 Pts. Leasing for fall. 1, 2, 3 & 4BR houses & apts. See at bondrealestate.org. Owner/ broker Herbert Bond Realty & Investment. (706) 224-8002.

685 King Ave. 3BR/2BA, Huge den, tons of space! CHAC, pets OK, no pet fees! Other homes avail. $865/mo. (706) 254-2569.

Eastside 2BR/1BA split level. Lg. LR splits BRs. Lg. kitchen. Private drive. Big back yd. Storage bldg.

Appls. incl. $625/mo. + dep. Pet negotiable. (706) 248-7338.

6BR/3.5BA off Prince Ave. on King Ave. Avail. 8/1, fully renovated, 2 custom kitchens w/ granite, custom BAs, 2 dens, huge yd.! $2700/mo., no dogs, cats OK. Chris: chris@ petersonproperties.org, (706) 202-5156.

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Eastside 4BR/2BA home. $700/ mo. incl. trash & lawn care. All appls incl. Fenced-in back yd., pets OK. Call (706) 201-2121.

Historic cottage, great porch, overlooking “The Boulevard,” couple or single, walk to ARMC. Bus to UGA. Leave questions, contact number at (706) 5430109. Avail. 4/1. $750/mo.

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Now leasing 3 & 4 BR brick homes w/ private baths for Fall 2011. Pet friendly student community close to Dwntn. www. deklerealty.com, (706) 548-0580.

Students welcome. Corner of Madison Heights/North Ave. 4BR/4BA. HW/tile flrs. All appls.

5 min. walk to Dwntn, on busline. $425/BR + one mo.’s rent dep.

Call Lynette, (706) 202-4648.

Students welcome. North Ave. 5BR/4BA. 4 car garage, 5 min. walk to Dwntn, on busline. All appls. HWflrs. $450/BR. Call Lynette, (706) 202-4648.

Westside 3BR/2BA & Eastside 3BR/3BA. Totally renovated incl. granite breakfast bars & wd. flrs.

2 yr. lease discount. (706) 5400336 or see pictures & video: www.kampropertiesllc.com.

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Excellent condition. 1 car garage, fenced yd w/ shed. Nicely landscaped w/ zoysia lawn.

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3BR/2BA, Athens. $125,000.

Single-level, 1564 sqft. Gorgeous hardwood floors throughout.

Zoned heat, combo kitchen/ dining, carport, laundry, attic storage, crawlspace, appliances.

Open house info/photos: www. jones.centerpath.net. Listing: www.sellectrealtyofgeorgia.com, (678) 694-7937.

Awesome in-town 2BR/1BA. Fenced back yd. w/ cool deck in historic Cobbham. Between Milledge & King. $150,000.

Call Reign at Coldwell Banker Upchurch Realty, (706) 3724166.

Artist inspired 3BR/2BA home w/ wrap-around porch & studio on Dearing St. just off of Milledge. $439,900. Call Reign at Coldwell Banker Upchurch Realty, (706) 372-4166.

Charming, classic, updated cottage in Normaltown.

2BR/2BA w/ sunroom. $188,000, 248 Georgia Ave. Antique heart pine, high ceilings. (706) 8501175 or (678) 358-5181. By appt. only.

Parking & Storage UGA parking spaces. Across the street from campus, law & library. $30/mo. 6 mo. minimum. Contact Susan, (706) 354-4261.

Pre-Leasing 1BR/1BA, LynnRock Apts. $490/ mo. w/ DW, water incl. Blocks from campus off Baxter St. Joiner Management, (706) 353-6868, or text “lynnrock” to 41513. www. joinermanagement.com.

1BR/1BA Hillside Apt. $475/mo. $550/mo. w/ W/D. Water incl.

Blocks from campus. Joiner Management: (706) 353-6868, or text “hillside” to 41513. www. joinermanagement.com.

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1, 2, 3 & 4BR houses & apartments, avail. Fall, historic Boulevard n’hood. (706) 5489797, www.boulevardproperty management.com.

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3BR/1BA, close to campus, HWflrs., DW, W/D, HVAC, fenced back yd., pets OK, $1000/mo., call (706) 3692908.

4BR/4BA, $1956/mo. CHAC, all appliances incl., access to community pool & pool house, convenient to Dwntn. Athens, UGA campus, house is on busline. 2020 Lakeside Dr. Avail.

8/1/11. Call (706) 207-9295.

5 Pts. 2BR/1BA. Great location.

Great for grad student. Walk to campus. W/D, CHAC, nice patio.

Pets OK. $650-$700/mo. Avail.

8/1. Call (706) 369-2908.

Adorable 3BR/2BA, close to campus. New master BA w/ double sink. HWflrs., fenced back yd. W/D, DW, CHAC. Avail.

8/1. $1250/mo. (706) 369-2908.

Awesome renovated Victorian 3BR/2BA house. High ceilings, HWflrs., DW, W/D, HVAC. Great yd., pets OK. Avail. 8/1. $1275/ mo. (706) 369-2908.

Arbor Creek: 1 & 2 BRs, $550 to $655/mo. W/D, DW, pool. www.joinermanagement.com, text “arbor” to 41513, Joiner Management, (706) 353-6868.

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1–5BR houses, apts., condos. In the heart of UGA/Dwntn./5 Pts. Avail. Aug. Going fast, call today! (706) 369-2908 for more info.

Dearing Garden, 1 & 2BR flats. $550 to 650/mo. W/D, DW. Block from campus off Baxter St. Joiner Management, (706) 850-7727, text “dearing” to 41513. www. joinermanagement.com.

2BR/2.5BA townhome, Cedar Bluff, Eastside. $670/mo. w/ W/D, DW, lg. rooms. www. joinermanagement.com, text “cedar” to 41513, Joiner Management, (706) 353-6868.

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Patriot Park, $625 w/ W/D, DW, quiet, small 7 unit bldg. Joiner Management, (706) 353-6868 or text “patriot” to 41513. www. joinermanagement.com.

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everyday people Omar Sims, Therapist

André Gallant

Whether or not Omar Sims is a true Athenian is up for debate.

“It depends on who you are talking to,” says Sims, a staff counselor at Samaritan Counseling Center on North Lumpkin Street. He was born in Athens, you see, but from the age of six, he lived in Oconee County and graduated from high school there. For some, natal authenticity isn’t good enough; luckily, nobody is demanding that Sims produce his birth certificate, unlike our current president.

As a psychotherapist, Sims performs individual therapy and marital therapy, treats mental health disorders and, basically, helps clients “deal with the rigors of being a human being.”

And he’s quick to address common stereotypes that tarnish his field: most of the people who walk through Samaritan’s doors aren’t crazy, Sims says; they seek therapy because they don’t want to be crazy.

Sims meets with 15 to 20 clients a week. While many of Samaritan’s clients are insured or can pay for therapy out-of pocket, Samaritan’s counseling assistance fund, collected with the help of local churches, helps patients who don’t have the means to afford its services.

Flagpole: What turned you on to social work?

Omar Sims: I’ve always been a passionate activist for social justice in general. The world is not equal; there isn’t a level playing field for people from an economic standpoint or whatever angle you want to look at it. I say I started my social activism back in high school. I was fortunate that my peers looked to me as a leader, as a voice, and that spilled over into the community. I decided to take it from a macro to a micro standpoint to working with people on an individual level.

FP: Was there a certain experience in high school that got you going on activism?

OS: Absolutely. I was getting aggravated with the curriculum in Oconee; it didn’t expose us to literature, history or classics outside of Europe. The world history course was really only European history; then you had another course called European history. There was no opportunity to be exposed to other cultures. Africa, Asia, Australia, the Middle East—none of that. I went to the Board of Education and voiced my concern that they were doing a bad job of educating students about the world. As a result, later, after I was there, they began to make some changes.

FP: What’s your style of therapy?

OS: It’s person-centered. I like to go where the client is, whatever issues they have. In therapy, if I have my own agenda, and my agenda doesn’t mirror theirs and I’m asking the client to address things that only I am interested in or things that I think they should be, they won’t be a client very long. My clients, for whatever reason, feel that their voice isn’t being heard, whether in the job, at home or in their marriage.

It’s my job to make sure that voice is heard and let them know that I am listening.

FP: Our country has been through some dramatic economic shifts in recent years. Are you seeing those shifts play out in your client relationships?

OS: I see it in the types of issues they bring to the table.

People have stress and generalized anxiety about their kid’s future or their own, how they are planning for retirement, health care. For instance, one spouse may be thinking they should be living a certain type of lifestyle and the other spouse thinks differently based on the economy and spending.

The crisis impacts people’s mobility for careers. We also see a

lot of students who are overwhelmed with a lot of uncertainty about finding jobs and income after finishing school. Should they start graduate school? Try the job market?

FP: What are their goals and your goals in therapy?

OS: My goal is to bring anxiety down. When there is anxiety in the room, I try to acknowledge it, and that brings it down.

When people feel they aren’t in the boat by themselves… when the anxiety is lower… people become more logical.

FP: What advice do you have for people in our community who might be dealing with some of these issues you’re laying out?

OS: One, if it’s impacting their daily life… seek a therapist.

Seek professional help. Sharing your frustrations is a good space to be in. Get connected with community resources, with people who share your concerns. Find something that you enjoy, that allows you to take your mind off of your problems. Spend time with family—anything that is social and removes your mind from that concern.

FP: That seems like a good recommendation. Nowadays, we need to spend as much face-time with other people as possible.

OS: We are social beings. We have to be with other human beings, we have to connect; that’s a viable source of esteem for us. Also, it helps us to navigate troubled waters, helps us realize that we are not in the boat alone.

FP: What do you do to step outside of stress?

OS: Wow, I like to spend a lot of time with myself. I spend so much time with people, helping people navigate the mess they are in. By that, I mean I’ll catch a movie alone. I like to step outside of my world and get invested and involved in someone else’s theatrical life for two hours. It’s very therapeutic for me. And spending time with my wife and children; it helps you remember how simple life was or ought to be.

FP: How does your job give you special insights into Athens as a whole?

OS: Substance abuse is a very big problem in Athens, and it’s not just the students. They play a part, but… we have a problem we really aren’t addressing, in my opinion. A lot of families are dealing with prescription pain pills and illicit drugs as well. We are seeing an increase in the addictive pain pill market.

Though it’s not addressed in the open as much in local media, what’s unique about Athens is that there is a huge [Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous] presence.

There are meetings throughout the day, Monday through Sunday. There is a huge support system, but it’s not being taken advantage of as much because we don’t like to talk about drug use; we just like to lock those people up.

FP: Who are some of your heroes? Who inspires you?

OS: On a national level, Dr. Huey P. Newton is a hero of mine. He fought for justice for all people: he fought for women’s rights; he stood for and supported the gay liberation movement when other civil rights figures were opposed to it.

Others include W.E.B. Dubois, Malcolm X. Those are my heroes.

But the bigger influences for me are my Sunday school teachers growing up. Georgia Browning. My parents, aunts and uncles… normal, everyday people. I stand on the shoulders of many.

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