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On Deck Despite a balky microphone, Mayor Nancy Denson led off the dedication ceremonies for the massive new downtown parking deck last Wednesday as a crowd of local dignitaries baked in the rooftop sun before digging into the substantial hors d’oeuvres. The mayor recognized, along with the construction company and the financiers, the artists whose work was chosen to adorn the exterior of the structure. Leaving the ceremonies, this reporter ducked into Partner Software’s spacious new bigwindowed offices atop the deck, whereupon he encountered Allen Rowell staring intently at a computer screen. When not exercising his digital skills at Partner, Allen is deeply immersed in the Town & Gown Players as director/actor/set designerbuilder. He also recently edited the trailer for the current production of Dracula, which you can see on Homedrone at www.flagpole.com… if you dare. Read Jessica Smith’s review of Dracula on p. 10 of this issue, and see the sexy and scary play for yourself at the theater behind the Taylor-Grady House on Prince Ave. at 8 p.m. this Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings and 2 p.m. Sunday. Call 706-208-8696 for reservations.
Good Samaritans Sitting longways in a loading zone with my trailer attached, my old Volvo wagon failed to crank Wednesday evening when I came out of Five Star Day with supper. Ordinarily, I would have rolled backward into a gap in the traffic and kicked it off, but I’m not that good as a powerless trailer-backer, so I was stranded, with our other family car way out at Publix. As soon as I had called the driver of that other vehicle, a couple approached and asked if I needed a jump. Turned out they had been finishing supper at a Five Star sidewalk table and saw my dilemma. They were soon back from their parking place around the corner, and quickly the old Volvo was purring again. A jump is an occasion for hurried thanks but not introductions as we each attend our autos, so I don’t know who they are. But I am mighty glad they ate at Five Star Wednesday evening and spotted a fellow in need of a jolt.
Corridor Studies Ready After years of going nowhere, suddenly the Prince Avenue corridor and the Oconee-Oak Street corridor are on the planning commission’s front burner. Staff studies of these two corridors are available at the planning department offices at 120 West Dougherty St. through the end of the month. Then the planning commission will vote on whether to recommend the studies to the ACC Mayor and Commission, and if they do, the ACC Commission will consider whether to adopt these plans for two of our main thoroughfares. The planning commission will hold two public hearings to get feedback about these plans, which can have a big impact on our streetscapes and therefore on our adjacent neighborhoods. Prince Avenue, for instance, is under tremendous pressure from the new medical college and all it brings with it. The hearings will be at the planning commission offices on Tuesday, Oct. 18 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. and again on Tuesday, Oct. 25 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The Prince Avenue study incorporates elements of the CAPPA study that so many people participated in and also elements of the BRAC report compiled for the transition of the Navy Supply Corps School. Also, former Clarke Central Principal and lifelong Athens resident Maxine Easom has been appointed to the planning commission. This is great news for Athens. Maxine was an outstanding public school administrator; she cares about how development affects our neighborhoods, and she will call them as she sees them on the planning commission.
Animal Defense The Bond: Our Kindship with Animals, Our Call to Defend Them is the new book by Wayne Pacelle, President & CEO of The Humane Society of the United States. His book examines “our special connection to all creatures… as well as the conflicting impulses that have led us to betray this bond through widespread and systematic cruelty to animals.” Pacelle will discuss his book and answer questions at a signing: 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19 in Room 102 of the Miller Learning Center on campus. Pete McCommons editor@flagpole.com
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city dope Athens News and Views Accountability, Schmaccountability: As reported here last week, local attorney Bill Overend filed an open records request for all communications by county or Economic Development Foundation officials pertaining to the Armstrong & Dobbs property, including an audio recording of the EDF’s Sept. 12 “executive session.” The fulfillment of the request has clarified a few things about that session. First, Overend’s research, which he did not undertake lightly, has concluded that the EDF board’s hiring of a project manager for the river district initiative would have resulted in that consultant working as an independent contractor, not an EDF or ACC employee. That fact undercuts the board’s rationale for closing the session to the public—that the hiring constituted a “personnel matter”—and, as Overend puts it, “essentially makes the entire executive session illegal.” Obviously, someone—really, everyone—on the board should have made it their business to understand exactly the legal grounds for holding an executive session before they closed their meeting. But it appears no one did, and that’s exactly the point: the decision to conduct public business in secret was made with absolute disregard for its seriousness. Even had the basic requirements of the “personnel” provision been met, the closing of the meeting would still have been indefensible. Had anyone thought it through—especially those, including Mayor Nancy Denson, with qualms to share about the hiring, which was apparently thought to be a foregone conclusion by most on the board—it would immediately have been obvious to them that the conversation about whether to retain David Dwyer as project manager could not be had without straying to a broader discussion of the river district project in general. The recording, of course, reveals that that is exactly what happened. A private developer’s interest in the A&D property, the history of development initiatives in the area, the feasibility of proposed financing models for the project and non-public communications among the mayor, commissioners and board
Heads Up: There’s no room to get into it here, but be sure to check out City Pages for John Huie’s account of last week’s truly amazing meeting of the ACC Mayor and Commission. It’s worth your time. Serious Heads Up: As if Trail Creek hadn’t had enough trouble already, local water expert Chris Manganiello notified the ChicopeeDudley listserv last weekend that initial analysis of water samples taken from the creek in Dudley Park by a UGA class last week showed high levels of E. Coli. As that could
members about support for the project are among the many topics improperly discussed during the closed session. Again: these things have nothing to do with personnel, and it was illegal for the EDF board to discuss them behind closed doors (a motion to open the meeting for this reason was brushed aside). That the discussion led to the de facto decision to abandon a major initiative in which the public had a powerful interest says all you need And Yet Another Heads Up: It’s still to know about why. a week and a half away, but remind Would the same decision yourself to be aware that AthFest’s have been made if the meeting Athens, GA Half Marathon will be had been conducted in public? taking over numerous local streets Probably, but it wouldn’t have Sunday morning, Oct. 23. Most been as easy for this group of streets will be monitored by police public officials to speak candidly rather than fully closed, with limabout this difficult, complex public ited traffic allowed, so keep your matter. And that’s just it: being eyes peeled for runners if you accountable is hard, but ignoring have to be out driving around. the mandate of accountability is Go to www.athensgahalf.com for irresponsible, lazy government. complete information about the One of the stated purposes of race and the weekend, and look having Commissioner Andy Herod for more coverage in next week’s added to the EDF board was to Flagpole. make it more accountable to the public, but like the rest of the Finally: UGA Beyond Coal is a board, Herod participated in this student organization that for the blatantly illegal meeting—and past two years has been leading later indicated to City Dope that the on-campus effort to convince he didn’t think anything improper the university to replace the nearly had taken place. That’s disapoutdated and environmentally pointing and exasperating, but unfriendly coal-fired boiler at unfortunately it’s not surprising. its steam plant with a clean and This is not to say that Herod—or renewable energy source. The group Nothing too insidious about this “public meeting,” though you wouldn’t want to anyone else, necessarily—is corheld a successful “call-in” event at rupt, dishonest or doesn’t have the run into either of these guys in a dark alley. the Tate Plaza Oct. 5, during which best interests of the community at 216 people called UGA President heart. But it’s easier to go with the flow than indicate a sewer leak along Trail Creek or one Michael Adams’ office in four hours to urge to make waves, and it’s easier to let yourself of its tributaries, the Dope will join Chris in him to retire the boiler and establish a task believe you’re doing the right thing than to strongly recommending that readers and their force to find sustainable solutions for campus tell everyone else they’re not and make them pets stay out of the creek until further notice. energy needs. Follow @UGABeyondCoal on stop. The path of least resistance is well (You should probably be doing that anyway, Twitter to keep posted on the group’s upcomtravelled by our elected officials, and with pending an all-clear on sediment in the creek ing events. good reason: if the public doesn’t demand that may remain contaminated from the July accountability, it’s never going to get it. 2010 J&J Chemical fire spill.) Dave Marr news@flagpole.com
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Another Committee: At the same ACC Commission meeting referenced above, Mayor Nancy Denson announced that, in the wake of the local redistricting committee’s completion of its charge, she has appointed a new committee to study the question of whether the county should eliminate “superdistricts” from its local electoral map. The members, if you’re curious, are Ed Benson, Doc Eldridge, Gwen O’Looney, John Jeffreys, Homer Wilson, Charlie Maddox and Len Sapera. Though Denson carefully stated that she’s neither advocating nor opposing the proposition of eliminating superdistricts, the composition of above list makes it pretty clear, if you ask the Dope, that she intends for the issue to receive, shall we say, more than a fair hearing.
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city pages said, without talking to employees. “How can a commissioner really make a decision about a budget item when we’re never allowed to understand how any of these departments really function? We’re not allowed to attend any of their weekly meetings,” he said. “[The managers] don’t even want us talking to these Announcing he was “taking the gloves guys. They’re required to write Bobby and off,” Athens-Clarke County Commissioner Doug Alan—both of them—to say that they had contact with us, and what it was about… Lowry cast aside the prevailing civility in City Hall at last week’s commission meeting. A new Some of them are very reluctant, because they’re afraid.” fee to support educating citizens about recycling became a lightning rod for Lowry’s accuReddish told Flagpole that the commission sations against county Manager Alan Reddish as a body has never raised such issues with him (although he certainly had heard them and (especially) Deputy Manager Bob Snipes, who were both present. “We’ve seen staff over before from Jordan). “Every citizen has the right, including elected the years ignore us, do things that we didn’t agree “Why are you even officials, to talk to our with, spin issues and items employees,” he said. But the way that they thought “when commissioners talk considering creating a to employees, certainly was best… And it’s got to slush fund for this guy?” their position within this stop. government sometimes “It’s all about power,” Lowry continued. “It’s about what Bobby can cause some stress to employees… What [Snipes] said to us back 10 days ago that he we ask them to do is simply let us know about the conversation.” didn’t think it was relevant for us to see how the landfill fund was spent, or how the money John Huie from the solid waste enterprise funds were spent,” Lowry said. “Why are you even considering creating a slush fund for this guy?” he asked fellow commissioners, who nevertheless approved the new charge by a 6–3 vote. But Lowry’s specifics didn’t pan out. At the commission’s agenda-setting meeting 12 days earlier, an audio recording showed, Snipes had merely said it was “insignificant” which of Is race still an issue in Athens-Clarke several accounting funds the money would go county politics? Conversations about redisinto, and that no decision about that had yet tricting for local commission seats—as been made. And Lowry had already been prorequired following the 2010 census to equalvided with details of how the recycling money ize district populations—have touched on has been spent in the past. Reddish, asked to maintaining minority voting strength (in part respond to Lowry’s assertions, said they were “absolutely untrue… Any time the commission because Georgia remains under the probationary eye of the U.S. Justice Department). asks for an explanation for [expenditures], it Some have also focused on a supposed lack is given to you and always will be.” of Republican representation—according to Lowry wasn’t backing down. “There’s a considerable percentage of our population who critics like State Representative Doug McKillip, who told Flagpole the current commission disare already asking for these guys’ heads,” he tricts “are gerrymandered to elect Democrats” said, referring to Reddish and Snipes. “In the real world,” he said directly to Reddish, “you’d (just as state-drawn districts are drawn to elect Republicans to state and federal offices). be gone, brother.” Final approval of local commission districts But are there real issues behind Lowry’s will be up to state legislators, but ACC comcomplaints? Under ACC’s charter, the county missioners last week approved a plan that manager takes orders from the elected reflects, they said, what they heard overmayor and commission, and employees and whelmingly from citizens at three public heardepartment heads take orders only from the ings: that district lines should not be changed manager. “The mayor and commission shall any more than necessary. deal with employees… solely through the Despite discussions about whether the two manager,” the charter says, “except for the at-large “superdistricts” (each representing purpose of inquiry and investigation.” half the county) have the effect of diluting But “inquiry and investigation” is exactly minority voting strength—a question that what Lowry feels he is being barred from has now been assigned for committee study— doing, he told Flagpole—and he may not be alone. Currently, county employees are allowed several commissioners suggested that race is not the factor that it once was for voters. to talk to commissioners—but (at least in “I think people haven’t looked at race in some departments) the employee is then supa long time,” said Commissioner Kathy Hoard posed to report the conversation to his or (who is white). Commissioner George Maxwell her department head, who may then report (who is black) agreed. “I think we have moved it to the manager’s office. That can have a beyond that,” he said. “I no longer would say chilling effect, former ACC Commissioner Carl Jordan said. “I think the decision-makers need I represent the black people in District 3… When I ran, I ran to represent all the people.” to have available every possible resource,” And many blacks have left the district since Jordan said, and that can mean talking to the then, he added: “They moved out.” employees directly involved—not just getting “We should not worry about whether our information that has been filtered through the race will keep us from occupying a seat,” manager or department head. Maxwell said. Doug Lowry added, “The right Lowry told Flagpole his job as commiscandidate, whatever race he or she may be, sioner “is really about watching the money. can win in any of these districts.” That’s all it is.” And that’s hard to do, he
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But Commissioner Ed Robinson (who is white) demurred: “The fact is, people tend to vote for people like themselves.” Blacks were “very, very seriously held back until 40 years ago,” he said, and “we do need that voice… Statistics say we’re not there yet. We’ve still got a lot of work to do.” John Huie
Citizens “Occupy” UGA Arch in Unity with Wall St. Protest Last week, the Occupy Wall Street movement touched down in Athens. The protests began on Sept. 17 in New York’s financial district as a response to increasing wealth disparity and big banks’ control over Washington politics. It became an “occupation” when the protesters established a permanent encampment in the financial district’s Zuccotti Park. Before long, the movement had spread to dozens of cities under the banner of “Occupy Everywhere.” On the morning of Oct. 6, Athenians joined in the growing movement, establishing the Arch as their camp. The Athens organizers planned the local demonstration as a show of “support and solidarity” with the New York protest. That sentiment struck a chord with many on campus and off, and the protest maintained a steady presence of 40–60 participants throughout its first day, according to the organizers. Like its New York counterpart, the Athens protest is multitudinous and varied in its participation and message. Ron Paul supporters stand next to socialists, young students next to elders, homeless Athenians next to well-off students, anti-capitalists next to Terry College students. The organizers say that the rallying cry of “We are the 99 percent” aims to call attention to shared struggle and concerns. “We’re all in the same boat,” says Rose Dasher, one of the initial organizers. The protesters envision a movement which minimizes the internal differences of the “99 percenters”
in order to call out the inordinate political power held by the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans—the “economic and political elites,” according to the protest’s literature. The protesters are expressly non-violent and friendly in their approach. Much or the discussion at the first day’s general assembly meeting was dedicated to ways of engaging the public in a friendly and conversational manner. Protesters urge each other to address the public and passersby with friendliness, despite potential disagreements. Likewise, relations with the Athens-Clarke County and UGA police departments have been mutually respectful. Carter Adams, the initial organizer of the protest on Facebook, describes the police as “polite and cooperative,” maintaining an open and active channel for communication. Troubling to some of the protesters, though, is the attention paid by Department of Homeland Security-associated elements of the Athens police. According to Adams, the ACCPD used a department Facebook account to investigate the protest during its planning stages, and approached the organizers unsolicited. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) began in the wake of the 9/11 attacks as a means to investigate and prosecute potential terrorists. It is odd, say some, that the group of concerned citizen protesters was deemed a potential threat to the “homeland.” However, the police presence has been characterized by organizers as congenial, despite the DHS element’s possible overreach. Some observers and passersby are understandably puzzled by the demonstration. The lack of readily deployed demands sets it apart from most protests, and the multiplicity of messages can be disorienting. Protesters stress that the action is intended to be, at this early point, more of a conversation than a typical demand-oriented protest. Participants say they’re more concerned with drawing in more voices than with presenting a carved-in-stone set of demands. The demonstration is planned to be sustained as long as the New York protest continues. Police have granted the protesters a permit which lasts until January. Matthew Pulver
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capitol impact Races At Least Entertaining We won’t be choosing a governor, and neither of the incumbent U.S. senators will be on the ballot, so there aren’t any compelling statewide races to get excited about. If you’re looking for the entertainment a good political campaign supplies, I see two congressional races with a lot of potential: the Republican primary in the 9th Congressional District and the general election for the 12th District. In Northeast Georgia’s 9th District, which will be an open seat, a rollicking race is already developing between state Rep. Doug Collins (R-Gainesville) and talk radio host Martha Zoller. Collins is the candidate of the Republican Party establishment. One of his recent fundraisers involved such legislative heavyweights as Speaker David Ralston, House Majority Leader Larry O’Neal, Majority Whip Edward Lindsey and Rep. Matt Ramsey, the author of Georgia’s immigration control law. Gov. Nathan Deal helped clear the field for Collins by appointing another potential candidate, Jim Butterworth, as the state’s adjutant general. Collins’ fundraisers have been put together by Robyn Lynch, who’s a business partner of the governor’s daughter-in-law. Zoller has never held elective office but is a polished media personality who will play to the Tea Party segment of the GOP base. She could be Georgia’s version of Michele Bachmann or Christine O’Donnell, the colorful witchcraft dabbler who won the GOP nomination in Delaware’s U.S. Senate race last year. I’ll predict right now that one of Zoller’s campaign messages will be that she is not “part of the good ol’ boy network that’s been running the state for all these years.” That’s the approach used by Linda Schrenko in 2002 and Karen Handel in 2010 when they ran for governor. The strategy did not work for either Schrenko or Handel; perhaps it will be a winner for Zoller, who I’m sure is going to stay in constant attack mode against Collins.
Over in eastern Georgia’s 12th District, the Republicans have once again radically redrawn the district boundaries in their ongoing efforts to get rid of Democratic Rep. John Barrow, formerly of Athens and Savannah and soon to be moving to another city within the district. Republicans similarly tried to draw out Barrow in 2006, but Barrow messed up those plans by defeating Republican Max Burns. In the redesigned 12th District that’s a bit more Republican, Barrow could face Burns again, although Burns may stay out of the race because he is also one of the candidates to become president of Gordon College. The Republicans who want to take on Barrow in the general election include state Rep. Lee Anderson (R-Grovetown) and Rick Allen, the owner of an Augusta construction business. State Rep. Ben Harbin (R-Evans) is another Columbia County figure who could end up running in the GOP primary. Even with the odds stacked against him, Barrow is a potent fundraiser and an experienced campaigner. Although he’s technically a Democrat, Barrow has co-sponsored bills to require a balanced federal budget, voted against the healthcare reform act, and keeps trying to gut the healthcare law by removing the insurance coverage mandate for employers. As with Zell Miller, Barrow is often asked why he doesn’t just go ahead and switch parties, since he already votes with the Republicans on all of the major issues. “I think we need two parties that are as good as they can be, not just ins and outs,” Barrow said. “We need two parties to serve as a check on each other.” Barrow is the last white Democrat left in Georgia’s congressional delegation. It will be fascinating to see if he hangs for another term in the U.S. House, or if the Republican Party finally hits that bullseye on his back. Tom Crawford tcrawford@gareport.com
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I may be a little biased, calling the South home, but I’ve idealistic, is the idea that the historical urban fabric can proincreasingly found that this region has played a key role in the vide lessons that will inform solutions to today’s problems, evolution of the conscious within the family of architecturesuburbanization in particular. Its more democratic approach to related disciplines. The South has also been one of the most moving oneself around is one of its most important contribuself-aware regions when it comes to celebrating and drawing tions to the social agenda of architecture and planning. The inspiration from its own vernacular architectural language, other is the notion that observation and reinterpretation of an important factor which certainly informs the less ethnovernacular architecture and urban form can produce successful centric aspects of the coalescing genre of “social justice” solutions that most seriously rebuke the a priori Modernist idea architecture. of a universal architecture for all people. Some of the first and biggest mistakes of this conscientious The return to contextual design that Seaside represents, in architecture played out here, and in some ways anticipated a way, is the first step on the road to the more humble and the kinds of humanitarian questions that today’s designers socially aware agenda of a growing faction of the design field and planners confront in the developing world. The region today, represented by groups like Architecture for Humanity, was primarily a rural one for much of its history, with signifiThe 1% and the growing network of university and community cant migration to the cities only occurring during and after design centers and design-build programs. The programs that Reconstruction. This resulted in many shantytowns, which comprise that network are most numerous in the South. in some ways are a precursor to today’s favelas and slums in Many of these programs focus on service learning and utilizplaces like South America, ing student labor to provide Africa and Southeast Asia. affordable housing or other The urban renewal needed community facilities. strategies of slum clearHowever, Mockbee is the ance and public housing figure who most consciously were Modernist responses and fully integrated the to that problem, proposing observational and social an abstract and universal aspects of this line of thinksolution that hit Southern ing into a unified approach communities especially with his Rural Studio, and hard, both when initially with his notion of the constructed and as the fail“citizen architect” being ures of that model became the ideal to which a socially apparent. Atlanta was the aware designer might aspire. site of Techwood Homes, the Beyond the ethical prinnation’s first public housciples he laid out, Mockbee ing project. It was also the was also highly successful first city in the country to in celebrating the potential demolish all of its major that the vernacular landprojects via the federal HOPE scape presented as a basis VI program. While controverfor new and innovative (but sial at both ends, the vast regionally grounded) work. scale of the transformations Dogtrots, shed roofs, shotcan’t be argued, continually guns and the like: would disrupting any sense of comthese be living ideas without munity among the primarily folks like Mockbee, or would poor and black residents who they be relegated to a dead have inhabited these sites. visual language understood In some ways, the only by preservationists? South’s lack of an urban Mockbee’s use and reinterhistory has opened the pretation of these forms were door to much of this heavyintuitive and emotional, handed experimentation. but still self-consciously Walt Disney’s dream of EPCOT The Chapel at Seaside, Florida. The architecture and planning of that Southern. The forms he community are a deliberate and intentional reinterpretation of Southern (Experimental Prototype chose, both in his guiding architecture. Community of Tomorrow) of Rural Studio students and carved out of the Florida in his private practice for swamps is no less ambitious or grandiose than the Modernist well-to-do clients, were those that sheltered the most humble urban renewal of places like Atlanta. Florida’s use of tourism and destitute of the region, and his elevation of those symbols (with a little help from the air conditioner) to transform itself to iconic works of art is part of what makes the emotional narfrom poor Southern backwater to the fourth most populous rative of the Rural Studio and its founder resonate so much. state in the country is impressive. Although heavily suburThat exuberant mix of art and emotional response that Mockbee ban in execution, the idea of natural resources, in this case articulated has only gotten stronger in the wake of other, more beaches, being used to foster a tourism based economy is in recent events, with the Make It Right Foundation’s efforts in some ways a precursor to the eco-tourism based approach to the Ninth Ward of New Orleans representing another take. economic development employed by countries like Costa Rica. The rural and laissez-faire attitudes of the South, while freEven New Urbanism got its start in the Sunshine State, with quently abused by profit-driven developers, also leave room for the town of Seaside as the original and oft-cited New Urbanist the experimental and practical approaches that many of these project. While the new ideas it showcased about town plansocially driven design projects require. Big cities with strict ning would transform that field—even informing the HOPE codes have in some ways stifled these grassroots architectural VI revitalizations—the other significant point is that Seaside innovations, so perhaps the South was the only place they was also a fairly diligent exploration of the region’s vercould have happened. Could the burgeoning social current of nacular architecture. Architects Andres Duany and Elizabeth the architecture field have become as successful without the Plater-Zyberk traveled the region documenting the “Florida South as a proving ground? Without first attempting to heal Cracker” style of architecture, and ultimately developed a patthe tensely interwoven history of racial politics and urban ternbook that informed the work of the architects who built planning in the South, would architects have ever climbed Seaside’s individual houses. Among the architects who conaboard planes and flown to Haiti, Indonesia and other disastertributed to the community’s unique blend of old and new was stricken countries, to stop drawing and start building? Without Samuel Mockbee, who later founded the Rural Studio at Auburn the emotional and earnest narrative running under it all, the University. South might never have changed architecture. While driven to some degree by nostalgia, and often used as a real estate marketing tool, what New Urbanism is, at its most Kevan Williams athensrising@flagpole.com
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As I’ve mentioned here before, I was once a Boy Scout, in the best kind of Scout troop imaginable, led by a retired Navy admiral who knew more about getting by on land or water than any person I’ve ever known. The troop would range far and wide for the big summer adventure, sometimes crossing the continent—no Scout Camps or Jamborees for us—but for our monthly camping trips the rest of the year we had our stomping grounds of central Florida, home to countless varied mini-ecosystems, from beach to swamp, and crisscrossed by rivers. I learned to canoe and love it to this day. There is nothing that compares to a boat on a river, surrounded by watchful trees, a thousand dramas of life and death swirling in the water beneath your feet, a canopy of endless sky above. Mark Twain devoted the greatest American novel ever written to this idea. A boat on a river is adventure and meditation, turbulence and silence, a journey in an always alien world constantly touched and shaped by the hands of both angels and devils. Whether you believe in God or the blind ineffability of Nature, a boat on a river is church. This is the world into which Janisse Ray was born, has never left, and fights relentlessly to preserve. Ray is originally from Baxley, GA, 10 miles south of the Altamaha River that cuts through the middle of the state like an abdominal scar. The Altamaha—emphasis on the fourth syllable, please, not the third—begins where the Ocmulgee and Oconee rivers meet and flow to the coast, where the current unravels into strands of smaller rivers running through the wetlands. Home to a staggering list of endangered flora and fauna, the river is often referred to as “the Little Amazon,” and the description is apt. Like all rivers in a nation that once depended on them for transport and livelihood, the Altamaha is steeped in history and swarming with ghosts. Ray hardly needs an introduction, not around here. Her first book, Ecology of a Cracker Childhood, is regarded as a classic of modern nature writing and is required reading in some schools. Her second and third books, Wild Card Quilt and Pinhook, were tremendously well received in Georgia. Ray is a poet, an environmental activist, and considered a hero in local conservation circles. In her new book, Drifting Into Darien: A Personal and Natural History of the Altamaha River (University of Georgia Press, 2011), Ray revisits the river of her childhood and makes an impassioned plea for its preservation. The first half of Ray’s book recalls a kayaking trip down the Altamaha 10 years ago, a much-needed soul-cleansing amidst the worst of circumstances. Ray’s new husband had inexplicably fallen under suspicion for making a terrorist threat, and the couple found themselves living under a cloud of Kafkaesque fear and paranoia. Seeking to clear their heads and renew their strength, they joined a prominent naturalist and several friends on the Altamaha,
from the headwaters to the delta, eight days lost amid the fading but still potent grandeur and beauty of the river. Ray’s narrative of the trip is lyrical and earthy all at once, capturing the camaraderie of her campmates as well as the spirituality of utter immersion in nature. Every river is unique, and Ray tells the story of this one beautifully. While the first half of the book tells of the river then, the second half tells of the fight to save the river now, and it stirs the blood as ably as the first half stirs the soul. Ray reports on the work of the Altamaha Riverkeeper organization to keep the river unspoiled and viable to those fisheries and other local interests who depend on the river’s stability for the local economy, and on the efforts of The Nature
Conservancy to purchase and preserve not just parts but the entire length of the riverfront on both sides, an enormous undertaking that may well be the Altamaha’s only hope. Aside from the dangers posed by industrial dumping and the Hatch nuclear facility located on the river, the Altamaha has been devastated by deforestation, wholesale clearcutting of the pine and cypress trees that sustained the basin. Ray’s investigations into the obfuscation and the doublespeak of the U.S. Forest Service—who claim that 67 percent of Georgia is still forest but base that figure on whether trees are there or ever were—are telling and infuriating. Ray is pissed, and believes you should be, too. Even now, when a boat on a river is largely a leisure activity rather than a necessity, the need to preserve rivers and wetlands and the devastating consequences of environmental ignorance (recall the loss of the Louisiana wetlands, which would have helped protect the state from Hurricane Katrina) are still vital factors in our lives. We need healthy rivers. And we need more Janisse Rays. John G. Nettles
art notes Metaphors for Life I’ll Be Your Mirror: Imagine a disembodied head and arms inside a white cube. A woman wearing a tight, white cap and white sleeves emerges from the base of the open cube. This is the environment of Alison Crocetta’s “Framed Events” on view at the Lamar Dodd School of Art. Crocetta, an artist who combines sculpture and performance art in her work, presents six films in two triptychs, each reminiscent of early experimental film or Dadaist theater. The films are black and white, with each starring an unusual protagonist: a figure dressed in a white, engaged in surreal behaviors. In “Reveal,” part of the “Clear/Fill/Reveal” series, her cap is covered in small daisies like the swimming costume from an Esther Williams film. Repeating the phrases, “She loves me; she loves me not,” the woman pulls a flower from her cap, mimicking the child’s game of pulling petals from flowers to determine the faithfulness of one’s beloved. As the action is repeated, so is the incantation. Her voice begins to wear and crack, becoming almost desperate in her uncertainty of love. Projected on three walls, “Gather/Shed/Lift” is another triptych set in three very different landscapes. In “Gather,” again dressed in a similar white outfit, a lone figure arranges what appear to be large snowballs amid a winter landscape, attempting to harness and bring order to these inert objects. In “Shed,” set in a bare room with only a ladder in the background, she carefully removes smaller white orbs from her body. The third film, “Lift,” is set on a rooftop with a gridded
Also at the LDSOA: The “S L O W Invitational Exhibition” is in Gallery 307, on view until Oct. 17. The concept for the exhibition revolves around slowness, time and evidence of process in art. The show was curated by LDSOA gallery director Jeffrey Whittle and faculty members Nell Andrew and Jon Swindler and includes six artists from across the U.S. “The idea behind the show is slowness, versus the ‘velocitized’ race to do more, to do it quickly and move on, that is so indicative of our culture right now,” Whittle says. Examining the linear timeline of art history itself, Brian Dettmer creates altered books that reveal pages cut away to create a layered progression of the beginning of art to the Renaissance. Taking an art history book, he has cut away the negative space surrounding images page-by-page, so one can see a face from Van Eyck’s “Arnolfini Wedding Portrait” peer through a Romanesque arch. Piled on top of each other, these well known art works compress the linear Modernist view of time into an image that shows history as moving both backward and forward, overlapping and interacting in one glance. Clare Hairstans’ “Haiku Series” presents copper-engraving prints depicting grasses and branches in fine, delicate lines. The puce-colored ink on creamy paper and her mastery of balancing negative space with lush and organic tendrils are truly gorgeous. The 12 prints don’t amount to the 17 syllables of traditional haiku, but the condensed beauty of the images does have a poetic quality.
Alison Crocetta’s Surrealist films are on exhibit at the Lamar Dodd School of Art through Oct. 17. floor. The composition is divided into a large, cloud-filled sky, a thin line of trees below and a modest cityscape of rooftops; a roof acts as a stage in the foreground. For a while, white balloons maniacally bob in the wind; as the film moves at an accelerated pace, our clown wrangles the balloons and attaches them to her head as if she were ready to fly. These films are set to music, a contemporary score Crocetta created with composer Barbara White and the Janus Trio, which is punctuated by a shrill flute, along with percussion, viola and harp. Crocetta writes that in using her body as a medium, “[Her work] often explores the limits of the body and results in actions that require both physical stamina and mental focus.” This focus is required of the viewer, too. Our attention is held both by the surreality of the image and the recognition of ourselves in the artist’s repetitive actions and unusual behaviors. Dressed as a minimalist version of the pantomime clown Peirrot, Crocetta represents the lover, the fool, the outsider and the “every(wo)man.” It is in this anonymity and elusivity of a fixed persona that we are allowed to empathize with her depiction of modern life in the metaphors she acts out on film. Enter this strange and wonderful world through the black felt curtains of Gallery 101. On view until Oct. 17.
Drawing is another medium associated with slowness and the artist’s meditative attention to the subject. Zach Mory’s graphite-on-paper drawings reveal a painstaking process, especially the intricately designed “Sweet Nothings.” When given time to pore over the image, what looks like detailed patterns of flowers and stars reveals faces and figures. Stefan Chinov presents pinhole photographs of the South Shetland Islands in “Distance in Itself Invisible.” Pinhole photography also requires long exposure times, extending the camera’s gaze to capture a minute or even hours rather than only an instant. The pictures of this icy landscape populated by walrus and penguins is frozen in time for us to enjoy at our leisure. Take some time to check these pieces out, and while you are there, don’t miss the MFA Ceramic students’ exhibition of their recent work. My favorites include Kyungmin Park’s “L’Oiseau Mort” and Clara Hoag’s “Mami Wata.” Though completely different in style and material, both are sad and beautiful sculptures filled with a feeling of longing that will inspire yearning for the artists’ grand finale at the MFA exit show this spring. Caroline Barratt arts@flagpole.com
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theatre review There Will Be Blood The immortal story of Dracula has survived together a series of strange occurrences, over a century of retellings—passed down from including surreal night terrors, a deadly generation to generation as a chilling tale shipwreck and the ravings of Renfield (Joel of a bloodthirsty killer—and eventually has Altherr): a crazed patient who snacks on become an integral part of modern pop culinsects and small animals to absorb their life ture. Now kicking off Town & Gown’s recently force, in order to defeat the grim plans of announced series of productions, Dracula will cruel Count Dracula (Tracy Carroll). be resurrected once again, at no better time The stage is divided into three primary setthan during the spookiest season of the year. tings: Lucy’s lush crimson-and-gold bedroom, Director W. Steven Carroll, who in the past Dracula’s dismal and dusty stone castle and has produced the Rocky Horror Picture Show, Renfield’s asylum room decorated with disVampire Lesbians of Sodom and Dr. Horrible’s turbing drawings. This design allows events Sing-A-Long Blog, is no stranger to the macato flash seamlessly back and forth among bre. After settling on writer Steven Dietz’s locations, often in rapid-fire succession at the adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula—which peaks of unfolding action. in Carroll’s opinion stays true to the structure of the original novel the best of the many versions he has read—several creative elements were added to enhance the overall fright factor of the play. “This production isn’t the sitting room mystery drama that you most likely have seen if you’ve caught Dracula onstage before. The characters are sexy, the effects bombastic, and the action violent. There is copious blood and not a John Nettles as Professor Van Helsing and Tracy Carroll as Dracula star in T&G’s little flesh showing,” production of Dracula, through Oct. 16. Carroll warns. Spoiler alert: you’ll be seeing three vixens in fishnets devour a baby in a The costumes’ palette of earth tones in bloodthirsty frenzy, as well as a brief moment olive, brown, tan and black reinforces the of vamp-on-vamp action if you’re lucky. moroseness of Gothic Neo-Victorian fashion. Despite the varying personas of Dracula Subtle industrial details, such as the asylum that have surfaced in films, books and other attendants’ brass-colored goggles, Dracula’s media over the decades, from folkloric legend long black trench coat and the three rows of to blood-lusting teenage heartthrob, the count buckles fastened to Van Helsing’s sleeves, lend in this version was envisioned as embodying themselves to a steampunk-inspired flair. “We the raw mercilessness of his original form. recall the Victorian aesthetic in the design “We wanted our titular character to much but add modern or science-fiction twists here more reflect the unsympathetic character and there because it fits the feel of the show Stoker created than the Byronic romantic and, frankly, because it looks cool,” says figure that’s been popularized over the years. Carroll. Dracula is a visceral, feral, unrelenting force Many of the changes in mood throughout of nature in the novel, and we took that as the play are created by Dracula’s three vixens, a blueprint for how we wanted to portray the who can be heard from backstage discordantly character,” explains Carroll. Count Dracula, chanting during moments of suspense, eerily although behaving humanly manipulative and purring when blood is spilled and laugha shade seductive at times, is at root little ing maniacally when evil appears to prevail. more than a supernatural, animalistic hunter. Stylistically, this allows for immediate customUndeniably, each actor successfully ization of the set’s soundscape. Apart from the executes his or her character’s anticipated vixens, the music is sparse and predominantly personality and quirks, using the original atmospheric, allowing for the audience’s full novel as the ultimate guide for production. attention to be centered on the actors’ com“We returned to it repeatedly when we were in pelling deliveries. doubt about how to play a scene or needing Dracula will be performed at the Athens inspiration to bring the characters to life,” Community Theatre on Oct. 13–15 at 8 p.m. says Carroll. and Oct. 16 at 2 p.m. A special midnight As the story goes, loyal and determined showing will be held on Friday, Oct. 14, and Mina (Celeste Josephine) must unravel the attendees are invited to dress for the occasecrets behind the mysterious disappearance sion at all performances. The theatre, housing and cryptic journal of her fiancé Jonathan fewer than 10 rows of newly installed seats, Harker (UGA Theatre & Film Studies doctoral has an intimate atmosphere, and virtually student Josh Jeffries) as her best friend, playevery detail onstage can be seen from any ful and highly pursued Lucy (Emily Myers), spot in the audience. Tickets can be purchased falls suddenly ill. With the help of the wise by calling 706-208-TOWN (8696) and are $12 and knowledgeable Professor Van Helsing for students and senior citizens and $15 for (Flagpole’s own Theatre Notes writer, John general admission. Nettles) and Lucy’s faithful suitor Seward (Adam Shirley), Mina attempts to piece Jessica Smith
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theatre notes Dreams & Screams, Puck & Huck 17th-Century Redux: The University Theatre is currently performing an adaptation of Pedro Calderon de la Barca’s 1636 play Life Is A Dream (La Vida Es Sueno) in the Cellar Theatre of the UGA Fine Arts Building through Oct. 16. Adapted by George Pate and Maria Carlson, and directed by Carlson, the play “explores the conflicts between illusion and reality and between destiny and self-determination with an imprisoned prince, gender-bending, song and dance.”
Party out of Bounds: The first Second Stage show of the Town & Gown Players’ new season will be a production of Stephanie Reavis’ original play The Party Bomb. Directed by Reavis, the show is described thusly: “In the story, these party guests accidentally consume a rather mind-altering substance and become comically disconnected from reality.” Those of us who lived in Athens in the ‘80s used to call that “Saturday night,” but Reavis’ play looks to be an entertaining mix of freeflowing dialogue, improv and rampant hijinks. More importantly, the show does what community theater does best, introducing new and experimental work by upand-coming playwrights. This could very well be brilliant, so it’s worth a look-see. The show runs at Athens Community Theatre on Grady Avenue Friday and Saturday, Oct. 21 & 22, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 23, at 2 p.m.. All tickets are $5 at the door, no reservations.
Paint My Fence: Hemingway once wrote, “All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn.” I tend to agree. It’s my all-time favorite book (in case you were wondering), embodying the wonder and adventure of the vast and mighty Mississippi The UGA production of Pedro Calderon de la Barca’s 1636 play Life Is A Dream River, the journey of a runs through Oct. 16. boy’s passage into manhood and the radical A prince, imprisoned in a tower since birth notion that everyone, regardless of class or because of a disastrous prophecy, learns the color, has a right to freedom and dignity. truth of his circumstances and struggles with Therefore, I’m very excited about the Rose of the revelation that his life has been a horAthens Theatre’s upcoming adaptation by Rita rible lie, while a revolution rages outside his Graer and John Urquart, The Adventures of window. Huckleberry Finn, directed by Cindy Nason. I’ve spoken to a friend of mine involved Rose of Athens presents the play at Seneyin the production, and she tells me that the Stovall Chapel for school groups at 9:30 and director’s background in dance makes this 11:30 a.m., Oct. 26–28, and performances for show visually stunning and disturbing all at the public will be at 7 p.m., Oct. 28, and 2 once, so this looks to be an exciting producp.m. & 7 p.m., October 29. Tickets are $16 for tion. Showtimes are 8 p.m., with a 2:30 matiadults, $12 for students 13 and up (including nee on Sunday, Oct. 16. As part of the UGA UGA students with ID), and $8 for children. Theatre’s Studio series, tickets for this show Afterwards, the production will be available are $10 ($7 for UGA students with ID). Call for booking as a touring show until February (706) 542-4400 or visit www.drama.uga.edu/ 2012. For more information, call (706) 340events/boxoffice.php. 9181 or email audey@roseofathens.org. Bite-Sized Bard: Circle Ensemble Theatre opens its production of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), by Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Borgeson on Friday, Oct. 14, at Quinn Hall in Memorial Park. This play, a perennial favorite, crams all 37 of Shakespeare’s plays into a two-hour span, with predictably hilarious results. It’s like cramming for finals without the Red Bull and night sweats. The show runs Oct. 14 & 15 and 20–22 at 7:30 p.m., with a 2 p.m. matinee on Saturday, Oct. 15. Tickets are $15 ($10 for students with ID). Call (706) 362-2175 for details or visit www.circleensembletheatre.com.
A Quick Reminder: The exigencies of doing a monthly column in a weekly newspaper demand a certain amount of juggling and crystal ball-gazing. While I try to post as much from the local theater, stand-up comedy, burlesque and performance-art scene as possible, some things are going to slip through the cracks or be over with before the column appears. In order to facilitate coverage, please try to get notices, announcements, calls for auditions, etc., to me at theatre@flagpole. com at least two weeks in advance, and I’ll do my best to get you in. Thanks! John G. Nettles theatre@flagpole.com
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movie dope Some releases may not be showing locally this week. • indicates new review 50/50 (R) Cancer is scary and depressing. It’s even scarier and more depressing when it happens to a young person. So how is Jonathan Levine’s second film so darn funny and uplifting? Joseph Gordon-Levitt (the only young actor who can compete with Ryan Gosling in a battle of control and nuance), Seth Rogen (he excels in these sweet, supporting, puerile roles), Anna Kendrick (proving her Oscarnominated performance in Up in the Air was no fluke) and screenwriter Will Reiser are how. Adam Lerner works for NPR; he works out; he doesn’t smoke or drink; he recycles; he has a beautiful artist girlfriend (Bryce Dallas Howard), a potty-mouthed BFF (Rogen) and an overbearing mother (Angelica Huston) he avoids. He also has cancer. Don’t be fooled by its mild-mannered “Disease of the Week” appearance, this film, loosely based on screenwriter Reiser’s own struggles to beat cancer, is like Terms of Endearment for 20-somethings. ABDUCTION (PG-13) Taylor Lautner, whose apparent acting idol was Derek Zoolander, has translated his howevermany-pack into a Taylor-made bomb. Abduction attempts to force moviegoers to recognize Lautner as a superstar at gunpoint, and it’s as terrible a movie as you suspect it to be. BEATS RHYMES & LIFE: THE TRAVELS OF A TRIBE CALLED QUEST (R) The career of A Tribe Called Quest is charted from their first appearance in the 1980s through their ‘90s peak as alternative hip-hop innovators to the troubled 2006 reunion and beyond (where will Tribe go from here?). Would you have guessed this doc was directed by actor Michael Rapaport? I would not have, but he uses his actorly connections to snag interviews with seemingly everybody, including the Beastie Boys, Mary J. Blige, Common, etc. THE BIG YEAR (PG) Steve Martin, Jack Black and Owen Wilson star as three bird-watching pals competing to see the most species of North American fowl in a year. Director David Frankel has hit it big before (The Devil Wears Prada and Marley and Me), but this movie feels like a big Christmas release. So why is it coming out in October?
BIUTIFUL (R) Biutiful, the latest toughly literate film from Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu is much like his other films (Amores Perros, 21 Grams and Babel). It is hard to like but easy to appreciate. All 147 minutes are spent in the sometimes painful, rarely peaceful life of Uxbal (Academy Award nominee Javier Bardem), a Barcelona street agent for African and Chinese immigrants who also dabbles in the spirit world. Part of the Hispanic Heritage Month Film Festival, the film will be introduced by Dr. Catherine Simpson, lecturer from Romance Languages, and followed by a Q&A. CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER (PG-13) Director Joe Johnston smartly gives Captain America: The First Avenger a sort of Saturday matinee serial feel. Ninetypound weakling Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) wants to do his part in WWII, but army doctors keep 4Fing him until Dr. Abraham Erskine (the ever wonderful Stanley Tucci) approaches with his super soldier serum. Soon, Steve Rogers turns into a muscled up superhero called Captain America, who must stop rogue Nazi, the Red Skull (Hugo Weaving), from devastating the world. CARS 2 (G) Cars 2 is an above-average children’s cartoon. Unfortunately, an above-average children’s cartoon is way below Pixar’s capabilities. Any other animation house can make a Cars or a Cars 2; Pixar should leave the kiddie entertainment to DreamWorks/ Sony and concentrate on singular masterpieces like WALL-E and Up. CONTAGION (PG-13) Steven Soderbergh’s new “What if…” epidemic chiller is an excellent featurelength “Twilight Zone.” What if a deadly new, highly communicable virus entered the population? How quickly and effectively would the world’s governments and health agencies (represented by Laurence Fishburne, Kate Winslet, Bryan Cranston and Marion Cotillard) respond? What sort of wildfire would spread via the blogosphere (thanks, Jude Law)? How would the rest of us respond as loved ones (like Gwyneth Paltrow) quickly and mysteriously fall ill? Screenwriter Scott Z. Burns (The Informant!) answers all these queries as Soderbergh depicts this possible apocalyptic scenario.
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COURAGEOUS (PG-13) On a completely technical level, you’d never know you were not watching a Hollywood production about four law enforcement officers forced to face themselves as men and fathers after a tragedy. I’ve seen several Hollywood hits that looked worse (direction, cinematography, editing, etc.). Now the bad: The talent in front of the camera still reeks of amateurism. Awkward reaction shots and line deliveries of stilted homilies and forced proverbs mar the professional Hollywood slick production values. At least there’s no “big” name bible beater, a la Kirk Cameron in Sherwood’s previous release, Fireproof, to really show up the down home actors. CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE. (PG-13) What a crazy, stupid idea! Write a mature comedy script. Cast pretty, talented, appropriately aged stars. Direct them with care, humanity and simplicity. Who would ever think those actions would develop into the summer’s most charming wide release? Only almost
DRIVE (R) Drive slides through the alleys and sidestreets of its criminal Los Angeles with the precision, skill and style of its nameless Driver (Ryan Gosling), called the Kid by his boss/ handler, Shannon (Bryan Cranston; BTW why aren’t you watching “Breaking Bad” yet?). Stuntman by day, getaway man for hire by night, the driver slides his leather driving gloves on and gets his bumpers bloody when a cute neighbor (Carey Mulligan) with a little tyke runs afoul of some local toughs. Gosling must hail from an alien world filled with cool because he’s certainly more so than any other actor working today (besides maybe George Clooney…maybe). His near silent Driver says all he needs to with a single look that says whatever the recipient needs to hear. FOOTLOOSE (PG) Any child of the ‘80s or watcher of basic cable is familiar with the Kevin Bacon-John Lithgow hit about a rebellious youth who brings Kenny Loggins and dancing back to a small Baptist-run town. Newcomer
I just invented stem cell smoothies. everyone who doesn’t greenlight studio projects. Steve Carell stars as Cal Weaver, whose wife, Emily (Julianne Moore), suddenly bombs him with a divorce pronouncement that leads him to a local bar where Cal meets inveterate womanizer Jacob (Ryan Gosling). While Cal the nice guy is learning to objectify women, Jacob the man-whore is falling for law student Hannah (Emma Stone). DOLPHIN TALE (PG) A lonely 12-year-old, Sawyer (Nathan Gamble), rescues a dolphin (real tail-less dolphin, Winter, as herself) caught in a crab trap. With the help of a marine vet (Harry Connick Jr.), his daughter (Cozi Zuehlsdorff) and a doctor who specializes in prosthetics (Morgan Freeman), Sawyer helps save the dolphin by fashioning a fake appendage. DREAM HOUSE (PG-13) I’m not sure how Dream House happened. It’s hard to imagine this script having attracted so much A-list talent—Oscar winners Jim Sheridan and Rachel Weisz, plus Daniel Craig and Naomi Watts—seeing as the frozen thriller corpse they dumped into the cinematic wasteland of September is DOA. A family (headed by Craig and Weisz) moves into a new home, only to discover the last family was murdered there. When the young daughters claim to have a seen a strange man around the house, papa Will (Craig) believes it to be the man who was charged with killing his wife and two daughters before being released for lack of evidence. Cue the mystery.
Kenny Wormald was the producer’s third choice (behind Zack Efron and Chace Crawford), but I’m interested in seeing Hustle & Flow filmmaker Craig Brewer’s New South take on this tale. Dennis Quaid should make an adequate replacement for Lithgow, but half the appeal of the original came from the soundtrack. Can any new tunes live up? With Julianne Hough and Adele native, Ray McKinnon. FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS (R) No, you didn’t like this movie better when it starred Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher. Just act like No Strings Attached doesn’t exist, and enjoy the far superior genre stylings of Friends with Benefits. THE FUTURE (R) Popular independent filmmaker, Miranda July (her debut, Me and You and Everyone We Know, was all the rage in 2005), returns with her second feature. Adopting a stray cat changes the course of time and space for a couple (July and Hamish Linklater). The film, narrated by the cat, Paw-Paw (v. July), sounds a bit more intriguing and original than much of the indie fare that emerges from the festival scene. Nominated for the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival. HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 (PG-13) By now everyone knows what to expect from the Potter universe as conceived by director David Yates (he’s helmed the final four Potters) and longtime series scribe Steve Kloves (he scripted the entire series save HP5).
In the final journey to this magical world, the entire cast and crew deliver an emotionally impactful, thrillingly magic-filled final installment to one of the biggest blockbuster franchises of all time. THE HELP (PG-13) An audiencewooer à la The Blind Side, this ‘60s Mississippi set melodramedy will draw raves from your mother, grandmother, aunt, the ladies of the church, etc., but the whitewashed world of The Help lacks the proper depth to feel real. Every black servant is a saint; every white employer a demon. HIGHER GROUND (R) Actress Vera Farmiga tries her hand at directing with this religious drama based on Carolyn Briggs’ memoir, This Dark World. Corinne’s (Farmiga) crisis of faith throws a tight-knit, evangelical Christian community into turmoil. Farmiga did good to get “Deadwood”’s John Hawkes, who received a welldeserved Oscar nom for Winter’s Bone, as a costar. Farmiga received a nomination for the Sundance Film Festival’s Grand Jury Prize. HORRIBLE BOSSES (R) Nick (Jason Bateman), Dale (Charlie Day of the best sitcom on TV, “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”) and Kurt (Jason Sudeikis) work for some horrible bosses (Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Aniston and Colin Farrell). With the help of a murder consultant (Jamie Foxx), these three friends decide the solution to their employment problems is to murder each other’s boss. This dark, dirty take on Strangers on a Train does everything right in the most wrong sort of way. If you don’t like Bateman, Day or Sudeikis, King of Kong director Seth Gordon’s film will lay comically flaccid before you, but you have better taste than that. The three leads, gifted with immaculate chemistry, timing and wicked tone, make this darkly silly murdercom work. • THE IDES OF MARCH (R) George Clooney knows how to make a good political film. In his latest directing effort, Oscar-nominated director Clooney guides Ryan Gosling through the prickly patch of a presidential primary election, as Governor Mike Morris (Clooney) seeks the Democratic nomination. His strategist Stephen Myers (Gosling) learns the painful truth that the best man for the job might not be the best man. A well-picked cast and the sharp script by Clooney/Grant Heslov/playwright Beau Willimon lend the film the air of a dark, less comedic episode of “The West Wing.” KILLER ELITE (R) What seems like another kinetic actioner in Jason Statham’s interchangeable (besides the two hits of Crank) is actually a pretty solid exercise in real men (Statham, Clive Owen, Robert De Niro and a bunch of British toughs) playing war. Danny (Statham) is a retired merc, pulled back into the game to save his mentor, Hunter (De Niro). His latest renegade op places him in direct opposition with former SAS specialist, Spike (Owen). Gary McKendry confidently directs the action and spying in his feature debut, based on the non-fiction book written by Ranulph Fiennes. THE LION KING (G) Tricked into thinking he killed his father, a guilt ridden lion cub flees into exile and abandons his identity as the future king. MONEYBALL (PG-13) Based on Michael Lewis’ bestseller, director
Bennet Miller’s follow-up to the Oscar winning Capote actually makes baseball statistics interesting. Oakland A’s General Manager Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) attempts to build a championship ballclub through On Base and Slugging Percentage rather than traditional scouting. Does it work? Anyone familiar with Major League Baseball already knows the answer. MYSTERIES OF LISBON 2010. Based on the 19th-century Portuguese novel by Camilo Castelo Branco, the Iberian Peninsula’s version of Charles Dickens, Mysteries of Lisbon follows Joao, a bastard child of two aristocrats, seeking the truth about his parents. From there, three decades unfold across Spain, France, Italy and Brazil. • REAL STEEL (PG-13) Did you ever wonder what Rocky would be like with robots? Me neither, but it’s more fun than you would think. Hugh Jackman charismatically glides through this fast food family movie as former boxer Charlie Kenton, who gets a second chance at everything— fatherhood, professional success, love (with Evangeline Lilly) and the world championship title (of Robot League boxing)—in a kinder, gentler preapocalypse. Real Steel is pretty much what Transformers would have been had any of that trilogy had a heart or some humanity, and it’s less headache-inducing to watch. SENNA (PG-13) The late Brazilian Formula One racer Ayrton Senna gets the documentary treatment in this film from BAFTA Award winner and Cannes Film Festival nominee Asif Kapadia (The Warrior and the short, The Sheep Thief). The three-time F1 champion, revered as a saint in his native country, died like NASCAR superstar Dale Earnhardt, felled on live television by the sport he loved. Senna won Sundance’s Audience Award for World Cinema Documentary. THE SMURFS (PG) The live action/ CGI hybrid version of The Smurfs is not as bad as its atrocious trailers would imply, thanks largely to the smurfish talents of Neil Patrick Harris. l THE THING (R) I love John Carpenter’s The Thing; of all his films, I think it’s his strongest (I still personally prefer Halloween and Big Trouble in Little China). Perhaps against my better judgment, I am looking forward to this prequel detailing the events that unfolded at the Norwegian research facility prior to the opening of JC’s 1982 Antarctic chiller. Granted, the cast lacks a Kurt Russell (or Wilford Brimley or Keith David), but The Warrior’s Joel Edgerton is coming on strong. VERTIGO (PG) 1958. Hitch’s most beautiful film also deals with his most disturbing social taboo, necrophilia. Though Jimmy Stewart’s Detective Scottie Ferguson, suffering from the titular affliction, does not engage in any indiscretions with the dead, he does fall in love with a woman (Kim Novak) whose similitude to another dearly departed lady is uncanny. WHAT’S YOUR NUMBER? (R) I’m pretty sure I’ve already mentioned this (in several previous reviews), but Anna Faris is a seriously valuable, misused talent. Abandoned to another flimsy romcom, Faris amusingly tumbles from one lame setup to another as Ally, a young woman trying to find love before she sleeps with her 21st guy. THE WHISTLEBLOWER (R) Academy Award winner Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener) stars as Kathryn Bolkovac, the Nebraska cop who, during a one year stint as Bosnian peacekeeper, outed the UN’s complicity in the cover up of cases of sex trafficking. Director Larysa Kondracki’s feature debut won Audience Awards at the Palm Springs International Film Festival and the Whistler Film Festival. Drew Wheeler
movie pick His Will Not Ours HIGHER GROUND (R) Religion and cinema rarely mix well, particularly when it comes to representations of Christianity. Recent American movies tend to either envision Jesus Christ as a quasi superhero (The Passion of the Christ anyone?) or offer up simplistic morality tales supporting one’s belief with little to no conflict, such as the preaching-to-the-choir products of Alex Kendrick and the Sherwood Baptist Church (Fireproof, Courageous). More prominent still is the trope of portraying Christians as close-minded bigots, easy targets designed to comfort the non-believing audience. You want spiritual complexity? Stick with Michael Tolkin’s The Rapture or Malick’s The Tree of Life instead. In actress Vera Farmiga’s directorial debut, Higher Ground, the issue of faith in the modern world is Vera Farmiga taken seriously, though the film also offers up a surprising amount of humor and warmth. Loosely based on Carolyn S. Briggs’ book, This Dark World: A Memoir of Salvation Found and Lost, the movie examines the life of Corinne Briggs (Vera Farmiga) as she enthusiastically embraces fundamentalist “Jesus Freak” Christianity in the hippiedrenched 1970s with her husband, Ethan (Joshua Leonard), a failed aspiring rock musician. In high school, Corinne (played during
these scenes by Taissa Farmiga) is a sensitive student who dreams of becoming a writer, but after a traumatic incident while accompanying Ethan’s band on the road, the young couple devote their lives to religion. At first, life with Jesus in Corinne’s heart is a profound experience, though she eventually struggles with doubt when tragedy strikes a close friend and hardships in her marriage escalate. Eventually, she becomes spiritually unmoored. For a first-time director, Farmiga is assured and unfussy, allowing scenes to play out with a refreshing naturalness. She’s also generous with her fellow actors, giving them ample opportunities to shine, even when she’s the focus. John Hawkes gives another sturdy performance as Corinne’s father, and Dagmara Dominczyk infuses the movie with a fleshy solidity. Farmiga’s performance, however, is the real pulse of the picture, empathetically depicting a woman wrestling with an inner turmoil that is simultaneously moving and multifaceted. There are missteps along the way—the dream sequences feel forced and there are moments of symbolic heavy-handedness—but Higher Ground is a leap worth savoring.
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Homework: I haven’t been getting out much one of the latter, be sure to get yourself listed lately. With a six-week-old infant at home, in the Film Athens production directory). Go the idea of spending a couple of hours of free ahead and do it right now, while you’re thinktime in a movie theater is pretty much off the ing of it. table, so the entirety of my cinematic experin Coming Up at Ciné: The Future, the new ences of late have been from the vantage film from writer/director/actress Miranda point of my couch. Happily, said infant has July, opens at Ciné this Friday, Oct. 14. July’s proved a game companion for late-night film debut feature, Me and You and Everyone We viewing—my favorite kind, at least at home. Know, reminded me of what a Todd Solondz The kid is wide open: she’s exactly as willfilm might be like if he regarded his characters ing to undertake Jean-Pierre Melville’s Army as human. That’s a good thing; I’m looking of Shadows as Woody Allen’s A Midsummer forward to July’s new one… Mysteries of Night’s Sex Comedy (though she clearly finds Lisbon, the highly acclaimed final film by the former’s hushed conversations and slow, the incredibly prolific Chilean director Raúl inexorable rhythm more agreeable). A 4 a.m. Ruiz, who died in August, is scheduled to passout to Terminator 2: Judgment Day is just open Oct. 21. The four-and-a-half-hour epic, great; so is a catch-as-catch-can sampling of based on a Portugese novel by Camilo Castelo Exit Through the Gift Shop. A Don Siegel douBranco, will be screened in two parts… A ble feature of Dirty Harry and Private Hell 36? new cycle of Ciné Classics begins Oct. 21 Count her in. Same goes for the wrongly diswith Psycho, which will run as a late show missed Hereafter, with cinematographer Tom Stern’s deep blacks and cool, saturated palette through Halloween. Fun!… And heads up: contributing, as always, to director Clint Eastwood’s air of legitimate, unforced moral and emotional seriousness—here accompanied by a pervasive melancholy (at least that’s what baby thinks). So, yeah, it’s been fun. Our latest enjoyment has been watching the first part of George Harrison: Living in the Material World on HBO The Future, directed by and starring Miranda July, is scheduled to open at (“we” spaced on recording Ciné Friday, Oct. 14. the second part, and now it won’t be rebroadcast the VHS: Videographer’s Hella-Big Show and for awhile—let’s hope for a robust theatrical Gonzoriffic collectives, both of which showrelease now that its New York Film Festival case original works by local filmmakers, have and TV premieres are out of the way). Director their new installments coming up at Ciné Oct. Martin Scorsese is giving “the quiet one” the 20 and Oct. 21–22, respectively. Get on www. full Dylan treatment here, and the alternate athenscine.com to find out more about all of history of the Beatles from his perspective this stuff. is very welcome. Scorsese assumes everyone knows the story—not just the iconic narraIt’s Not Local, but Still: Anyone who’s seritive arc, but relatively obscure details like ously interested in film history and has some Stuart Sutcliffe and Astrid Kirchherr’s love spare time (and reliable transportation) should affair—and doesn’t waste time on exposition consider heading over to the High Museum or bother with strict adherence to the historiin Atlanta for MoMA’s Modern Masters of cal timeline. Instead, George is revealed in a Film: From Edison to Scorsese. The weekly graceful progress of movements, through series begins Oct. 15 with The Story of often rare archival clips and images and reaTemple Drake, a 1933 Paramount adaptation sonably candid and insightful interviews with of William Faulkner’s Sanctuary (!) starring important friends like Paul and Ringo, Yoko Ono and Eric Clapton (who’s probably still pay- Miriam Hopkins, which was recently restored by MoMA and Turner Classic Movies. Find out ing Scorsese back for what he did for “Layla” all about it at www.high.org. with that masterful montage in Goodfellas— now, safe to say, one of the most memorable Never Mind: Remember that column I wrote a moments in American film). One could quibble couple of weeks ago, all (well, mostly) about with the “authorized biography” syndrome how Netflix is splitting its DVD-by-mail and that’s sometimes apparent—while there are online streaming services into two separate plenty of references to George’s struggles companies, much to everyone’s confusion and to balance his spirituality with his “anger,” consternation? Well… never mind. In an Oct. nobody ever gets specific, at least not in Part 10 post on his P.R. “blog” on the company One—but we’re not really watching this for website, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings announced the dirt, are we? It’s easy to love George, and that there will be no “Quikster”—I repeat, Scorsese clearly does. Maybe he’s saving the NO QUIKSTER!—and Netflix customers will be warts-and-all treatment for the drummer. able to continue paying only one company each month and, more importantly, continue Let Your Voice Be Heard: The nonprofit Film to maintain only one “queue” for both streamAthens, which works to promote and support ing and DVDs. So, there’s that. The question film production, exhibition and culture in this community, would like to know what you want is, does this add or detract from the present uncertainty in the world of home film viewfrom them. You can take a survey at www. ing? And the answer is: both. filmathens.net to help the organization better tailor its services and offerings to local film Dave Marr film@flagpole.com proponents and professionals (and if you’re
threats & promises Music News And Gossip Correction: In the column that ran Sept. 28, Widespread Panic’s Tunes for Tots charity was erroneously identified as “Toys for Tots.” This was my mistake entirely, and I apologize for any confusion the error may have caused. For information on Tunes for Tots, which has raised over $650,000 for school music programs, please see www.widespread panic.com/goodpeople/tunes-for-tots. People Here Are Colorful and Bright: Jason Thrasher has spent the better part of two decades documenting people, places and things with his photography. Although he’s
Dead Dog worked with high-profile clients nationwide, he has a special heart for documenting Athens musicians (and skateboarders, too!). Thrasher has a new show opening this week at the Georgia Theatre Gallery that will feature 23 images of Athens musicians. The show will hang until the end of November, and the opening reception is Wednesday, Oct. 12, from 7–10 p.m. For more information, please see www.thrasherphoto.com. Ending Soon: Multi-instrumentalist, and new Flagpole contributor to boot, Brad Olsen is currently promoting a particularly ambitious Kickstarter campaign for his one-man metal band known as Artists of War. To this end, he has been playing a series of open mic nights at Hendershot’s Coffee Bar, showcasing acoustic interpretations of his music. Steeped in science fiction and humanism, the album is a deeply personal project for Olsen, moreso I suspect than many other Athens artists’ projects. This is explained more fully on his Kickstarter page, which you can access through www.artistsofwar.net. His final show in the Hendershot’s series will happen Monday, Oct. 17. That night he’ll play a piece titled “The Grand Pillars of Magnus,” with half the set performed on acoustic six-string guitar and half on acoustic 12-string guitar. Olsen’s album is called Peace, or God as Machine, and his goal is to release it on vinyl with extensive artwork and most likely in a very limited run of only 100 copies. Mixing Up the Medicine: The District Attorneys released a new EP this week titled Waiting on the Calm Down: The Basement Sessions. The free recording features five original tracks and a cover of Gillian Welch’s 2003 song “Wrecking Ball.” All the songs are demo versions of tunes to be recorded with Drew Vandenberg over at Chase Park Transduction.
Check out the EP now at www.thedistrict attorneys.bandcamp.com. The Fabulous Band with the Awful Name: Dead Dog is taking off on a 32-day tour starting Oct. 20, after which the members say they’ll no longer really be an “Athens band” as drummer Lexie Gay is moving back to Mississippi. “We will visit such landmarks as Yellowstone National Park, Crater Lake, Joshua Tree and our favorite, Carlsbad Caverns,” says the band in regard to the tour. “Oh, yeah, and play shows along the way.” Dead Dog currently has four new songs available that were tracked at Bloomington, IN studio Russian Recording, and you can grab them for nothing over at www. deaddogtheband.bandcamp.com. If you want to catch Dead Dog before they become a rock and roll correspondence course, they’ll be playing this Saturday, Oct. 15 at the 40 Watt Club as part of the Athens PopFest (full disclosure: I am heavily involved with this event) along with Four Eyes (Boston, MA), Cars Can Be Blue, Fishboy, Kleenex Girl Wonder, The Dead Milkmen and Man or Astroman? For all your other Dead Dog needs, please see www.face book.com/deaddogtheband.
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Dealing with It: Have you been introduced to Graveyard Records? The shop, run by five record dealers, has been selling rare vinyl, 45 rpm records, 8-tracks, music DVDs and more for the past three years out at the J&J Flea Market (11661 Commerce Rd.). They know your experience buying records at a flea market has been nearly universally bad because you’ve had to dig through moldy piles of Hooked On Classics and scratched up copies of ubiquitous titles like Whipped Cream & Other Delights, etc. They specialize in sourcing rare vinyl on request, plus they carry their own stock of clean rarities from the usual suspects (The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Beach Boys, Coltrane, etc.) and more, as well as just good condition used records. Now this is kind of embarrassing, but I’ve been out to their store before and purchased records—admittedly, though, it’s been a while—but never knew the store name. But, now I do and so do you. Visit them at Building 3, Booths 8–10 every Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m.–3 p.m. The Holiday Spirit: Music Hates You will celebrate its new album with a party at New Earth Music Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 26. Although the album, Where Did All This Dirt Come From, was released back in August on Los Angeles-based Crowded Head Records, this is the first local release celebration. Music Hates You distinguished itself in the early part of the 2000s in Athens by being one of the only bands in town at that time to play a brutally heavy hybrid of punk and metal. For more information, please see www.facebook.com/ MusicHatesYou. Gordon Lamb threatsandpromises@flagpole.com
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MATT HUDGINS & HIS SHIT-HOT COUNTRY BAND Hitmakers, Vol. 1 Independent Release There’s much more to Matt Hudgins & His Shit-Hot Country Band than the fact that they somehow landed on the greatest band name of all time; the debut full-length studio album from the group is a definite keeper. First of all, Hudgins’ songwriting is truly unique: classic outlaw style converges seamlessly with a modern eye for wit, giving the songs a sense of awareness typically uncharacteristic of country music. Hitmakers, Vol. 1’s opening track, “Going Home,” begins like a standard homesick country ballad, but it winds up being a humorous lambasting of the South; “rolling pines,” “fishing line” and “mama’s cooking” are replaced by “obesity,” “blue law Sundays” and “meth addiction.” Similarly, “Poor, Poor Hudge (Fuckup II)” is a genuinely saddening lament as well as an obviously, intentionally ironic piece of melodrama. Lastly (but not least…ly), this record’s production is exceptional. It’s just dirty enough to capture the music’s outlaw country style, but it’s just clean enough to showcase the skills of Hudgins’ 10-piece band, as well as Hudgins’ own honest voice. I tried thinking of any criticisms worth noting, but to no avail; this album is just too damn strong. And dang, you can download it all for just $5 at hitshotcountryband.bandcamp.com. Fifty cents a song? That’s less than a Coke. Kevin Craig Matt Hudgins is playing at the Melting Point on Thursday, Oct. 13.
JACUZZI BOYS Glazin’ Hardly Art Of the versicolor Florida indie tide that’s been rising nationally in recent years, Miami’s Jacuzzi Boys have been setting the leading pace from their own side of the tracks. Alongside vanguard Sunshine State bands like Surfer Blood, Viernes and Lil Daggers, they’ve been garnering a mountain of legit critical love. But emerging now on tasteful Sub Pop sister label Hardly Art is a quantum leap in their career,
launching them from garage-punk upstart to certified breakout. With some probing psychedelic edges, Jacuzzi Boys have long shown more ambition than the rigid confines of basic punk rock. And that expansive tendency continues here with power pop currents, glammy effects and a heart of pure rock and roll. On the motoring side, the title track and “Cool Vapors” are good, vintage-souled romps. Other, breezier picks include the sweet power-pop bop of “Automatic Jail” and the beach-party killer “Libras and Zebras.” With the exception of the thrilling, polluted blare of “Silver Sphere (Death Dream),” however, Glazin’ represents a more hemmed sound that somewhat blunts the force they’re capable of. Yes, it’s a little sunnier and a little less urgent, but their attack is still direct and concise. Most importantly, the clearer delivery proves that it’s the strength of their songs, and not any other secondary thing, that’s gotten them this far. Bao Le-Huu Jacuzzi Boys play The EARL in Atlanta on Monday, Oct. 31
WILD FLAG Wild Flag Merge Wild Flag boasts an indie-rock all-star pedigree: Janet Weiss (SleaterKinney, Quasi, The Jicks) on drums, Carrie Brownstein (Sleater-Kinney, The Spells) on guitars and vocals, Mary Timony (Helium, The Spells) on guitars and vocals, and Rebecca Cole (The Minders) on keys and vocals. (For fossils who remember the ‘90s and things called record labels, it’s Kill Rock Stars meets Matador issued by Merge.) The band’s songs combine fluidly riffy garage guitars, the occasionally ‘60s-tinged shoop-shoops and a whole lot of swagger. At the band’s EARL show this past spring in Atlanta, Wild Flag ripped through a grooving version of the Stones’ “Beast of Burden,” a good signpost of the band’s intent. If Wild Flag has a shortcoming, it’s that it’s too charming, too quickly. The album’s lead-off track “Romance” is excellent, a driving rocker packed with surprising mood shifts, handclaps and guitars ricocheting from channel to channel. The rest of the album has its high points—”Glass Tambourine” delivers a trippy, Grace Slick/Jefferson Airplane kinda vibe, “Electric Band” bring the Velvet Underground to mind, and “Boom” is the kind of grown-up sensual rocker that Nick Cave’s been writing recently—but none is as memorable as “Romance.” Six years after Sleater-Kinney released its final album, The Woods, Wild Flag does sound like a reasonable continuation of that album’s bold sound, especially on the extended guitar-jam segments of tunes like “Racehorse” and “Black Tiles.” But this isn’t S-K 2.0, especially thanks to Cole’s organ, which adds extra texture to the band’s sound. If anything, the
contributions of Timony and Cole bring Weiss and Brownstein full circle, connecting the wide-ranging improvisations of The Woods with Sleater-Kinney’s earlier concisely volcanic tunes. Chris Hassiotis Wild Flag plays the 40 Watt Club on Saturday, Oct. 22.
CSS La Liberación V2/Cooperative Music USA/ Downtown Records In the middle of the last decade, CSS struck the global hipster population like a shockwave from Brazil on the wings of scrappy dance jams and unmitigated cheek. But after their meteoric debut, a couple key things have tempered their heat. First, their less-than-prompt output is problematic for a band whose fashionable, in-the-moment spirit is predicated on immediacy. Second, their once-punky template moved toward sleeker waters à la The Sounds, which isn’t a problem if you can match their urgency and sharpness. Unfortunately, CSS only does that to a limited extent here. The crown jewel is the title track, an excellent Spanish-language punk song that could pass for Davila 666’s little sister. Another worthy, likeminded song is the barbed, rolling rocker “Fuck Everything.” Meanwhile, “I Love You” is a primetime number big enough to dance next to STRFKR. And “Hits Me Like a Rock,” an electro-reggae duet with Bobby Gillespie, also stands out. But because CSS’ live shows are throbbing, hot-blooded affairs, the general half-heartedness of this recording is perplexing. La Liberación simply lacks the spark and grab of prior work. But Lovefoxxx will still rock both her ass and yours off live, though. Bao Le-Huu CSS plays the 40 Watt Club on Wednesday, Oct. 26.
GUN PARTY Special TV Microwave Computer Independent Release Special TV Microwave Computer is a strange little record. With a wink and a pat on the ass, this young Atlantavia-Athens six-piece offers up a sureto-be-divisive debut that trades in good taste for good old-fashioned rock-androll fun. It’s unironic kitsch—garishly
flamboyant, unsexy, lyrically questionable and most of all, aggressively uncool. And yet—it works. Making schizoid prog rock for the drama kid set, Gun Party combines hammy choruses, beefy power chords and glammy boy-girl vocal work— often to humorous effect. Take “DBV,” which turns a heavy doom riff with a crunchy bassline on its head with the absurdist refrain “Dead bitch vagina.” Or consider “Possessions,” a sort of downtempo dad-rock meets post-punk dance number, which explores the myriad euphemisms for male masturbation: “When I walked in you were choking on your hotdog.” Still, Special TV Microwave Computer will be a difficult proposition for some. But others—say, those who “get” the obscure pleasures of John Waters, or those with the acquired taste for the lighter side of prog—will appreciate Gun Party’s bizarro world of campy earnestness and twisted brilliance. Christopher Joshua Benton
DODD FERRELLE Hide the World Two Sheds Music Athens stalwart Dodd Ferrelle has a voice you can trust. It’s gripping, stern and honest, and it rings with the confidence of a man who has seen it all. On Hide the World his textured tones have a worn and rugged quality that suggest he’s been through the ringer and back, and yet there is also a palpable passion in his delivery, a sort of quavering urgency that suggests Ferrelle may be down but he’s not out. “You control me, you bought and sold me,” he snarls on album opener “Control” against a backdrop of blaring, defiant horns. It’s the first of many fights Ferrelle wages before Hide the World runs its course. On “Sucker Punch” he feels the sting of a town that’ll “throw you to the ground and kick you when you’re down.” The liner notes reveal that this tune was in fact inspired by the darker underbelly of Athens—maybe that’s why the guitar line sounds so awfully close to “Losing My Religion.” After facing his demons in this world, he prepares himself for redemption in “Half Broken,” laying down his burdens and his pain in search of his true soul before struggling with the loss of another on “Empty Room.” But for all the battered and broken lyrics, the mood remains triumphant. And when love is in the equation, Ferrelle gets downright jubilant—like on the rollicking “Such a Beautiful Thing” or the sweet, gently fingerpicked ballad “Then I Thought of You.” Backed by some of Athens’ finest, including William Tonks, David Barbe, John Neff, Noel Blackmon and more, Ferrelle captures the highs and lows of the human spirit in a style to which fans of Elvis Costello or Heartland rockers like Springsteen will easily relate. Michelle Gilzenrat
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Bob Mould Bob Mould’s career in songwriting with legendary punk trio Hüsker Dü, ‘90s alternative band Sugar and as a solo artist has had a common theme that is itself a golden thread Noah Kalina
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connecting all great rock music: your life is important. Through the adversity of having to help pioneer the then-uncharted punk touring circuit, Mould, along with bandmates Grant Hart and Greg Norton, always wrote songs that were personal anthems easily applied to the listener’s own experiences.
Hüsker Dü’s 1984 double album, Zen Arcade, traced the movements of a Holden Caulfield-esque protagonist whose story combined the melodic chime of classic rock with the blistering angst of hardcore, and after that, rock music was literally not the same. In his new memoir, See a Little Light: The Trail of Rage and Melody, Mould examines his experiences with those bands, his struggles with his sexuality and other trials he has faced as an indie-rock workaholic. One wonders if, while etching a path out of his band’s home of Minneapolis into the world, he ever expected that his work would be so important to so many people… “I think it’s a surprise for a while, and then I think you start to believe your own press,” Mould laughs. “With Hüsker Dü, I felt we were always pretty fucking good. Especially being at a place like SST [Records] where you’re never better than second banana, because it’s always Black Flag first—let me rephrase that: always Greg Ginn first—you’re not really used to shining. And when you start to reach a bigger audience, and people start talking about it on a bigger scale, it’s all a bit of a surprise at first. And then you go, ‘Hmm. Maybe we are pretty good.’ “It’s easier when you look back to see when the moments happen,” he continues. “When you’re in it, you’re just plowing ahead, 100 miles per hour. You don’t really stop to consider the importance of what you’re doing. I knew in the time between two Hüsker Dü records, Metal Circus and Zen Arcade, that we were at a moment where we could really make it important.” Currently, Mould is touring in support of his book, but also allowing himself some room to breathe. “I’m 50 years old; it’s nice to take a little bit of time to enjoy the benefits of everything that I’ve done,” he says. “I may not tour as hard. I may not write as many songs, but I spent three years working on that book; that was a hell of a lot of work. When I wake up in the morning, the first thing I think of is: ‘What am I doing today with music? Is it an office day? Is it a writing day? Is it a
rehearsal day? Do I have to be at the airport?’ I pretty much jump out of bed and am doing something immediately that has to do with my work. I’ll always be like that, I think.” [Jeff Tobias]
The Olivia Tremor Control Finishing one of Terrapin’s seasonal pumpkin ales in the backyard of Will Cullen Hart’s home, it occurs to me that I could probably sit here and say nothing at all. Talking to Hart and Bill Doss of The Olivia Tremor Control is like that—a perpetual motion machine mobbing about a vacuum. Spiraling essentially out of nothing, you can find yourself digressively discussing The Beatles, minimal composer Alvin Lucier, or Hart’s cat, which taught itself to flush toilets. But it is at the point where Doss and Hart start talking about the stereoscopic vision of the sperm whale that I realize the men are essentially talking between themselves about themselves—and no less, their creative process: “Stereoscopic? It’s two images that you put in a View-Master, and when you look at both of them at the same time, it gives you the impression of a 3D image. With eyes on both sides, whales see two separate images in one, too,” Doss says. “And your brain makes that happen,” Hart adds, completing his partner’s sentiment. And Doss and Hart do this constantly, finishing each other’s sentences, expanding on the other’s wild abstractions. In fact, it wouldn’t be much of a simplification to say The Olivia Tremor Control operates much like a stereoscopic device. Of the two chief songwriters, it has been said that Bill Doss is the poptimist—the fan of The Zombies and The 13th Floor Elevators who crafts the three-minute sunshine pop goodness—while Hart is the experimentalist: “…fuck it up and mess with k continued on p. 19
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In 2005 The Olivia Tremor Control briefly toured at the request of Vincent Gallo for his curation of the All Tomorrow’s Parties event. Any online rumblings since then about a socalled long-standing feud between OTC’s chief songwriters have been overstated. In fact, Hart and Doss have been quietly recording music in each other’s homes and studios at least once a week since that tour, with the rest of the band joining thereafter. Six years later, the public has seen only one fruit from these sessions: the nearly eight-minute threepart suite “The Game You Play Is in Your Head, Parts 1, 2, & 3,” released earlier this year. “We never set a deadline, but then we did at some point say: ‘We have all these new songs; why don’t we try and make a record?’ Once we got around two hours of material, we thought we should probably cull a record,” Doss says. “I call it ‘30 songs and bits’, so songs and things that link other things together,” Hart says. The Olivia Tremor Control is also releasing limited-run expanded re-issues of its two out-of-print double LPs on Nov. 15, through Atlanta’s Chunklet Industries. Featuring hours of unreleased and rare tracks, these re-issues are massive compilations of live material, quadraphonic experiments, B-sides and compilation work. You can read this as a purge of
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it and make it more interesting and creative,” Hart says. When you put these two sensibilities together, you get a psychedelic sound collage that is unmistakably the clear artistic vision of The Olivia Tremor Control: sometimes catchy, sometimes noisy, but always invested in the investigation of sound-making. “How can we liberate the world of sound?” a voice calls out in one of the last tracks on the band’s second opus, Black Foliage: Animation Music Volume One. If there were a Norton Anthology of Indie Rock, Olivia Tremor Control’s two full-length records would both be excerpted, perhaps in the obscure or psychedelic subsection, with a foreword written by Elijah Wood. The first album, a sprawling 27-song concept record called Music from the Unrealized Film Script, Dusk at Cubist Castle is already considered a classic. Recorded when grunge and flannels were in vogue, Dusk at Cubist Castle re-set the agenda of indie rock at a time when psychpop couldn’t be any more unfashionable. And while Hart and Doss appear stubbornly aware of their influence, they admit to the desire of taking part in a continuum of older bands inspiring the “new generation.”
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“Over the past 10 years there’s been a lot more psychedelic music being made. What we did at the time was very different from everyone else,” Doss says. Doss and Hart grew up together in Ruston, LA with Hart being the first to move to Athens. To hear Doss tell it, the whole Elephant 6 Collective scene was a snowballing of fate: “Basically, Will moved to the Virgin Islands and just had enough money to return back to Florida and called a friend of his, Lisa Norman, who lived here in Athens, and that’s how he ended up here. Then Jeff [Mangum] and I used to come down here just for fun and to see what Athens was all about, and then at one point I moved down here… Eventually, more and more people would come to visit from Ruston, and they just moved up. Essentially, we had all of these people here around us from college, so it kind of felt like we were back at home,” says Doss. While the excitement over The Olivia Tremor Control’s reunion is deserved, Hart is quick to point out that the band never really broke up. The band went on hiatus around the turn of the millennium. Doss went on to produce solo material as The Sunshine Fix. Hart and John Fernandes made more experimental music under the name Circulatory System. Keyboardist Pete Erchick performed as Pipes You See, Pipes You Don’t, while drummer Eric Harris released some material as Frosted Ambassador.
everything Olivia Tremor Control that’s “fit to print” up until now. You should expect to see a third album released sometime in 2012, and although “one side is finished,” according to Hart, the band currently doesn’t know what the thing will look like. “The record will get done when it’s done. Our stuff seems to grow organically: we work on things here and there, and things start to take shape. It’s essentially a sculpting in sound,” Doss says. Still, with releases from John Fernandes, The Music Tapes and of Montreal earlier this year, the Julian Koster-organized Holiday Surprise Tour and Jeff Mangum’s recent resurgence, it appears that, like The Olivia Tremor Control, the Elephant Six Collective is as relevant today as it’s ever been. “Just like Olivia, around the turn of the millennium, Elephant 6 just sort of phased out. But now, there’s just something in the air,” says Doss. “Everyone came back together right at the same time… Everything’s opening back up again.” [Christopher Joshua Benton]
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nine years, this week’s PopFest offers music fans an opportunity to see one of our city’s more prominent purveyors of jubilantly tuneful melodies… possibly for the last time. Masters of the Hemisphere, whose members have been scattered across the country since the early 2000s, reunited last year at the behest of drummer (and beloved local comedian/bartender) Jeff Griggs to record a brandnew album. The resulting release, the group’s first in 10 years, is the delightfully lush and cohesive Maybe These Are the Breaks.
fundraising website Kickstarter, is “temporarily stalled due to life, but just around the corner—a few clicks away from being mixed.” As to the fate of The Masters of Hemisphere, that future is less certain. The band is, in Rawls’ words, “a very unknown beast… Not sure if we will make another album. Not sure if we will ever play another show beyond this upcoming tour. Whatever Jeff calls us up and asks us to do, I guess.” Thematically, Maybe These Are the Breaks reflects that uncertainly. “[Multiinstrumentalist] Adrian [Finch] is convinced that the entire album is a break-up album,” says Rawls. “Breaking up of a relationship, or
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“[Griggs] thought we should secretly make a new album, just for kicks—maybe not even officially release it necessarily,” singer Sean Rawls explains. “Several years later, we finally got around to recording it, and we shocked ourselves with how much we liked it.” That opinion has been echoed elsewhere, with fans and press hailing the record, released by storied local label Kindercore Records, as a “return to form.” In celebration of the quartet’s return, the tape label Modern Country will also be issuing a cassette box set of Masters of the Hemisphere’s three prior albums, along with unreleased bonus tracks. “It’s basically every single thing we ever recorded,” says Rawls. “We’ve dug up a few things over the years that never had a proper release, and now people will hear just how bad we could be. Nothing too embarrassing, I guess.” Though Rawls describes his band’s vaultclearing release modestly, his ambitions and those of his bandmates have remained high even during the Masters’ hiatus. Along with fellow singer/songwriter Bren Mead, Rawls has been working dutifully in Still Flyin’, a dancerock band based in San Francisco that just wrapped up a national tour and has plans to release a new record early next year. Mead also plans on releasing a record from his solo project, Vetran. The album, financed by Internet
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the end of a life in a certain place and starting one new somewhere else. You could read into it that it’s about me and Bren moving across the country; now I’m the only one that doesn’t live in Georgia.” All things considered, this week’s PopFest appearance potentially could be Athens’ final chance to catch Masters of the Hemisphere live in concert… but a future collaboration is never totally out of the question, especially considering how much fun the band had putting together this last album. “It was great recording [Maybe These Are the Breaks]. Personally, it was the first time since I moved away in 2003 that I’d spent a significant amount of time in Athens,” says Rawls. “It was very nostalgic and felt perfect for the Masters vibe: hanging out with old friends too late at night and then getting up and walking to the studio in blazing humidity.” [Brian Veysey]
Dead Milkmen “We went to a shopping mall and laughed at all the shoppers/ Security guards trailed us to a record shop/ We asked for Mojo Nixon/ They said ‘He don’t work here’/ We said, ‘If you don’t got Mojo Nixon, then your store could use some fixin’.’”
So goes the frantic, characteristically syncopated aside from The Dead Milkmen’s 1988 classic “Punk Rock Girl.” The Philadelphiaborn act formed in 1983, released eight albums, then split in 1995, thus embarking on a long hiatus that left a void in the punk world. The 2004 suicide of bassist Dave Schulthise compelled the remaining members to play two memorial concerts that same year, with proceeds from the concert donated to mental health organizations. In 2008, The Dead Milkmen fully re-formed with standby members Joe Genaro (vocals/guitar), Rodney Linderman (vocals/keyboard) and Dean Sabatino (drums/vocals), adding Dan Stevens on bass. Humor has always been the band’s foremost tone, but the songs often have something more than a joke to tell. “I know we have to be careful that people don’t take us at face value. Otherwise, they’d think we were racists,” says Genaro, with a laugh. “I guess, since we’re funny, it makes [the message] more palatable. Humor gets people’s attention, gets them to relax and hear new ideas. Plus, it’s just healthy to have that attitude rather than an angry ‘nothing’s solvable’ kind of attitude.” Earlier this year, The Dead Milkmen released The King in Yellow, their first studio album since 1995. Showcasing the band’s trademark off-beat humor (they’ve still got it) as well as the musical evolution that accompanied their 13-year hiatus, The King in Yellow utilizes irony to make social observations. “Fauxhemia” jokingly laments the speaker’s self-perceived lack of sophistication, saying, “and if I never get Norah Jones, there’s a good chance that I’ll die alone/ Maybe if I took the matter in hand, then I could be a smarter man/ And enjoy the films of Wes Anderson.”
Throwing Muses Revered for their chiming guitar tones, intensely moody songs and pulsating rhythms, Throwing Muses have earned a loyal following over the years. From the early days in Rhode Island through its busiest runs as a Bostonbased act in the 1990s and beyond, the band delivered a uniquely angular and emotive poprock din that rarely veered into commercial “alt-rock” territory. The Muses co-headline the kick-off night of Athens PopFest at the 40 Watt Club with a late-night set that starts at 12:45 a.m. “We’ll just get up and do what we do,” says lead singer and guitarist Kristin Hersh, the lone founding member in the current lineup. “We always have. I really never have any idea what’s going on outside of our little circle, so we don’t base our set on the event. But to be back with music people in a supportive college town like Athens is like going home; playing with the Muses is like going home. I can’t even get that excited about it because it’s so right.” Hersh formed Throwing Muses in 1983 under the name The Muses with her stepsister Tanya Donelly (guitar, vocals). In 1986 the group hooked up with prestigious British goth/pop label 4AD and released a stunning, shimmering, self-titled debut. Songs like “Soul Soldier” and “Hate My Way” demonstrated Hersh’s powerful singing and the band’s staccato rhythmic style. The slightly poppier follow-up, 1988’s House Tornado, catapulted the band to the top of the college radio charts and MTV’s alternative playlists. Powered by drummer David Narcizo (a timekeeper who
working with the major-label teams, she’s quite confident in her position as an indie artist nowadays. “I tried to play along a few times, and we released a few lousy songs so that Warner Bros. would have something to push to radio. We knew if we didn’t we wouldn’t have another record. Now, I wish we’d just let ourselves die. Why would you do it? For money? It’s not worth it. To be famous? To be famous for sucking? That’s just embarrassing. I’d rather wait tables and be a good band in a garage. “I was relieved when they were weeded out,” she adds. “The new fans didn’t want music; they wanted candy—and I don’t know how the label fooled people into thinking we were candy. There was pressure from everywhere to look like bimbos, play bimbo music, to be simple and stupid… They like to turn apples into McDonald’s. I didn’t want to play
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With these words, the band pokes fun at highbrow pop culture and questions the phenomena they’re “supposed to like.” “Probably, the best thing was having fun preparing for it,” says Genaro of the band’s reunion. “In the olden days, we would sit in a room together and hash out songs.” Now, Genaro and his bandmates incorporate more modern methods into their collaborative process. “We made a rule to start from scratch in 2009. The difference for me was the speed with which we could collaborate over long distances, obviously because of the Internet.” So, what else is different nowadays? “We’re older. I don’t think we’re worse,” says Genaro. “We play fewer shows, so every show is pretty special to us. We won’t have been playing the same set for two weeks, so I don’t think you’re going to get a tired band.” The Dead Milkmen may have relaxed their touring schedule, but they still firmly hang onto their punk angst and energy, making social statements and highlighting their enduring, literal restlessness in songs like “Can’t Relax”: “I can’t relax, if you tell me to relax/ I can’t sit still, so don’t tell me to sit still.” Hopefully, we won’t see this genrebending, iconic band sit still again anytime soon. [Kevin Craig]
often dismisses the use of cymbals) and a rotation of bassists, the band toured heavily in the ‘90s, building a strong following in the U.S. and across Europe. Creative tensions between Hersh and Donelly led to various splits and adjustments. Bassist Bernard Georges came aboard for the band’s fourth album, 1992’s dynamic Red Heaven. It was the band’s most cranked-up, rock-styled collection to date. As a trio, Hersh, Narcizo and Georges released the ferocious, power-chord-heavy University in 1995. The disc marked the start of a rocky relationship with Warner Bros. and its subsidiary label, Sire/Reprise. “We were on Warner Bros. for a long time, and the audience that they attracted was the kind that believes hype and is interested in trends,” says Hersh on their mid-’90s brush with commercial success. “They worshiped the demographic. It’s all so evil. I didn’t need those fans. I didn’t need shows that were full of baseball caps who just wanted to hear the single, who weren’t going to be interested in the next record.” Hersh is adamant about maintaining an independent sense of creative control. While she admits to being embarrassed by some of the compromises she and the band made while
that game. It’s been hard at times, but we are not a band that wants to work for anything other than the music.” While the Muses perform only a handful of dates from year to year, Hersh says they’ve already worked up demos for more than three dozen new songs in the studio for a forthcoming release. The band recently hooked back up with 4AD and released a massive, 43-song “best-of” collection, simply titled Anthology. “I have a lot of respect for people who continue to look for new music and continue to be loyal to bands who are at least trying not to suck instead of trying to make money,” Hersh says. “I’m more interested in refining an audience rather than expanding an audience. I was never interested in dumbing things down. It’s sort of perfect now to be listener-supported and to play for music fans. It’s exactly what were looking for all along.” [T. Ballard Lesemann]
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p.m. Eureka California p.m. Holopaw p.m. Afternoon Naps p.m. Bunnygrunt p.m. Sourpatch p.m. Madeline a.m. Oh-Ok a.m. Bob Mould
FRIDAY, Oct. 14 Caledonia Lounge ($5) 2:00 p.m. Hug Abuse
2:45 3:30 4:15 5:00
9:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 1:00
p.m. Antlered Auntlord p.m. Normandie Wilson p.m. One Happy Island p.m. Monnone Alone p.m. Architecture p.m. Rex or Regina p.m. Gift Horse a.m. TaterZandra a.m. Easter Island
40 Watt Club ($15) 7:30 8:15 9:00 10:00 11:00 12:00
p.m. Red Pony Clock p.m. James Husband p.m. Casper & the Cookies p.m. The Gerbils p.m. Masters of the Hemisphere a.m. The Olivia Tremor Control
SATURDAY, OCT. 15 The Classic Center ($5, free with wristband) 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Poptober Fair Craft/ Comic/Record Show Caledonia Lounge ($5)
2:00 2:45 3:30 4:15 5:00
9:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 1:00
p.m. The Fuzzlers p.m. Marc with a C p.m. Bastards of Fate p.m. Joe Jack Talcum p.m. Bows and Arrows p.m. The Viking Progress p.m. Ruby Kendrick p.m. Matt Hudgins & His Shit-Hot Country Band a.m. Buxton a.m. Wild Moccasins
Ted’s Most Best (Free!) 5:30 p.m. The High Fidelics 6:30 p.m. Los Meesfits 40 Watt Club ($17) 7:30 8:15 9:00 9:45 10:30 11:15 12:30
p.m. Four Eyes p.m. Dead Dog p.m. Cars Can Be Blue p.m. Fishboy p.m. Kleenex Girl Wonder p.m. Man or Astroman? a.m. Dead Milkmen
Full festival wristbands are available for $70 at www.athenspopfest.com.
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EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Buy fresh, locally grown organic produce, locally crafted goods and freshly baked breads. This week: a cooking demo! 4–7 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net EVENTS: Dance Dance Party Party (Whole: Mind. Body. Art.) A ladies-only freestyle dance session. Get your she-groove on. Every Tuesday. 7:30–8:30 p.m. $6. www. wholemindbodyart.com EVENTS: Director Spotlight Series (Ciné Bar Cafe) A screening of Woody Allen’s 1979 Manhattan with an introduction by UGA Film Studies Professor Richard Neupert. 7:30 p.m. www.athenscine.com EVENTS: Drafts & Laughs (The Pub at Gameday) Local stand-up comedy. 9:30 p.m. 706-353-2831 EVENTS: Network Athens (Georgia Theatre) Meet with local business owners, community leaders, professionals, academics, musicians and artists. Catering provided by the Georgia Theatre rooftop restaurant. 6–9 p.m. FREE! 706-363-0415, networkathens.com PERFORMANCE: Glenn Miller Orchestra (UGA Hodgson Hall) Big band-style orchestra with a history that stretches back to the days when the style was just coming into its own. 8 p.m. $39-$29, discount for UGA students. www.uga.edu/pac PERFORMANCE: The Fabulous Franceschini (Ted’s Most Best) Magician extraordinaire Rick Franceschini. 7 p.m. FREE! 706543-1523 THEATRE: Life Is a Dream (Cellar Theatre) University Theatre presents an adaptation of Calderon De La Barca’s romantic story of the Spanish golden age. Oct. 11-16, 8 p.m. & Oct. 16, 2:30 p.m. $7 (students), $10. 706-542-4400 LECTURES & LIT.: Book Launch (Seney-Stovall Chapel) Author Janisse Ray releases her book, Drifting Into Darien: A Personal and Natural History of the Altamaha River. 7 p.m. FREE! www.janisseray. weebly.com LECTURES & LIT.: Steeples and Sidewalks Lecture Series (Emmanuel Episcopal Church) Dr. David Williams, Meigs Professor in the UGA Department of Religion, presents “Snapshots: An Overview of Religion in Georgia.” 7 p.m. FREE! 706-207-1849 GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) All three Athens locations of Locos Grill and Pub (Westside, Eastside and Harris St.) feature trivia night every Tuesday. 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.locosgrill.com GAMES: Trivia (Shane’s Rib Shack, Eastside) Every Tuesday! 7 p.m. 706-543-0050. College Station location.
EVENTS: All Out Comedy Showcase (The Melting Point) With Marc Lamotte, Brian Stolz, Dulce Sloan and Improv Athens. Hosted by John David Williams. 8:30 p.m. $5. www.meltingpointathens.com EVENTS: Community HU song (Lay Park) People of all faiths are invited to sing together with the Eckankar community. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-310-9499 EVENTS: Wine, Cheese and Painting Event (Pints and Paints) Senior adults are invited to participate in a guided painting class. Meet at Shiraz (675 Pulaski St.). 3–5 p.m. $20. www.athensclarkecounty.com/ leisure ART: FANX (Ciné Barcafé) FANX, a group art installation featuring video, installation, sculpture and performance art. 7–10 p.m. FREE! www. athenscine.com ART: Opening Reception (Georgia Theatre) “No Tambourines” includes 30 photographs of the Athens music scene by Jason Thrasher. 7–10 p.m. FREE! www.thrasherphoto.com THEATRE: Life Is a Dream (Cellar Theatre) University Theatre presents an adaptation of Calderon De La Barca’s romantic story of the Spanish golden age. Oct. 11-16, 8 p.m. & Oct. 16, 2:30 p.m. $7 (students), $10. 706-542-4400 THEATRE: My Son Pinocchio: Geppetto’s Musical Tale (Morton Theatre) The classic tale of an aging toymaker and his puppet, Pinocchio, takes on timely issues in this familyfriendly musical. Oct. 12–15, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 16, 3 p.m. $10–15. 706613-3771, www.mortontheatre.com OUTDOORS: Full Moon Canoe Ride (Sandy Creek Park) Paddle a canoe or kayak on Lake Chapman guided by the full moon. Use one of the park’s canoes/kayaks or bring your own. Ages 12 & up. Must preregister. 7–9 p.m. $8, $5 (with own canoe/kayak). 706-613-3631 KIDSTUFF: Murder Mystery Dinner (Oconee County Library) Teens will play Clue and eat spaghetti. Ages 11–18. 6–8 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 KIDSTUFF: Storytime (Barnes and Noble Café) Every Wednesday and Saturday. 11–11:30 a.m. FREE! 706354-1195 KIDSTUFF: Storytime (Oconee County Library) Enjoy a morning of stories, songs and crafts. For kids ages 2–5 and their caregivers. 10 & 11 a.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 KIDSTUFF: Toddler Storytime (ACC Library) For children ages 18 months to 5 years. Tuesdays & Wednesdays, 9:30 & 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Wildcard Wednesday for Teens (ACC Library) This week: Game Day! Play one of the library’s
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games or bring your favorite game from home to share. For ages 11– 18. 4–5 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 LECTURES & LIT.: Genealogy 101: The Basics (Oconee County Library) Learn how to begin your family history research! Registration required. 5-6:30 p.m. FREE! 706769-3950 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 (Blind Pig Tavern, Broad St.) Think you know it all? Wednesdays, 8:30 p.m. 706-5483442 GAMES: Trivia (Copper Creek Brewing Company) Test your trivia chops for prizes! Every Wednesday. 9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-1102 GAMES: Trivia (Willy’s Mexicana Grill) Every Wednesday. 8–10 p.m. FREE! 706-548-1920
Thursday 13 EVENTS: 37th Annual Harvest Festival (Athens Community Council on Aging) Demonstrations of 19th-century domestic skills and crafts like felt-making, weaving, knitting, quilting, butter-churning, wood-carving, etc. 9 a.m.–2 p.m. FREE! www.accaging.org EVENTS: Boybutante Percentage Night (The Capital Room) Eat, drink and be merry and a percentage of your bill will be donated to the Boybutante AIDS Foundation. 4 p.m. www.boybutante.org ART: Artist Reception (Licmea Art Gallery) For paintings by Andy Giannakakis. 8–11 p.m. FREE! 569 Meigs st. ART: Fiber Arts Group (Whole: Mind. Body. Art.) Bring in your own knitting, crochet or other fiber arts project for assistance. Every Thursday. 6–8 p.m. Donations accepted. 706-424-0195, www.wholemindbodyart.com PERFORMANCE: UGA Wind Ensemble (Performing Arts Center) “Celebrations.” Second Thursday Scholarship Series. 8 p.m. $18, $5 (with valid student ID). http://www. uga.edu/pac/mastercalendar.html THEATRE: Dracula (Athens Community Theatre) Grab your garlic and pray for sunrise! An ancient evil is unleashed on an unsuspecting world in this fresh, yet faithful take on the gothic horror classic. Oct. 13–15, 8 p.m. & Oct. 16, 2 p.m. Oct. 14, 12 a.m. $12–15. 706-208-8696, www.townandgownplayers.org THEATRE: Life Is a Dream (Cellar Theatre) University Theatre presents an adaptation of Calderon De La Barca’s romantic story of the
The New York Voices and Jazz Orchestra Atlanta play UGA’s Performing Arts Center on Saturday, Oct. 15. Spanish golden age. Oct. 11-16, 8 p.m. & Oct. 16, 2:30 p.m. $7 (students), $10. 706-542-4400 THEATRE: My Son Pinocchio: Geppetto’s Musical Tale (Morton Theatre) The classic tale of an aging toymaker and his puppet, Pinocchio, takes on timely issues in this familyfriendly musical. Oct. 12–15, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 16, 3 p.m. $10–15. 706613-3771, www.mortontheatre.com OUTDOORS: Circle of Hikers (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Exercise your mind and body every Thursday morning with nature hikes and readings from nature-inspired stories and poems. 8:30 a.m. FREE! 706-542-6156, www.uga.edu/ botgarden OUTDOORS: Full Moon Canoe Ride (Sandy Creek Park) Paddle a canoe or kayak on Lake Chapman guided by the full moon. Participants may use one of the park’s canoes/ kayaks or bring their own. Ages 12 & up. 7–9 p.m. $8, $5 (with own canoe/kayak). 706-613-3631 KIDSTUFF: Baby Music Jam (ACC Library) Children ages 1-3 and their caregivers get to play instruments, sing and dance together! 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Exploring the Plant Kingdom (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Join the educational staff for a day off from school discovering the wonderful world of plants through environmental games and hands-on activities. 8:30 a.m.–3 p.m. $45. 706-542-6156, www.uga. edu/botgarden 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: Kids Craft! (Earth Fare) Come make a fun Halloween craft. Sign up in the store. Ages 4–11. 10–11 a.m. and 4–5 p.m. FREE! 706-277-1717 KIDSTUFF: Read to Rover (Oconee County Library) Readers in grades K–5 are invited to bring their favorite book and read aloud to a certified therapy dog. Trainer always present. First come, first served. 3:30–4:30 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 LECTURES & LIT.: Symposium: Climate Change Impacts in the Southeastern USA (UGA Ecology Building) Seven UGA faculty mem-
bers and researchers discuss the impacts of climate change in the Southeast. 5–8 p.m. FREE! www. georgiaclimatecoalition.org MEETINGS: Community Bicycle Connectivity Meeting (ACC Planning Department) Provides information about city and university efforts to improve bicycle connectivity and infrastructure. 7–9 p.m. FREE! www.koonsdesign.com
Friday 14 EVENTS: Highfalutin’ Hootenanny (Georgia Museum of Art) An evening of BBQ, beer and general backwoods buffoonery. Featuring live music from String Theory and Good Vibrations. 6:30 p.m. $75, $50 (40 and under). www.georgiamuseum. org EVENTS: Movie Under the Stars: Rio (Southeast Clarke Park) A family-friendly screening of Rio on a 36-foot inflatable screen. Bring your own blanket or lawn chair. 5 p.m. (fun), 7 p.m. (screening). FREE! www.athensclarkecounty.com/leisure EVENTS: Princess Avenue Pageant (Go Bar) 16 contestants compete for the title of Princess Avenue with evening wear, onstage interviews and talent categories. All proceeds benefit the Boybutante AIDS Foundation. Music provided by Immuzikation! 9 p.m. $5. www. myspace.com/gobar PERFORMANCE: Athens Cabaret Showgirls (Little Kings Shuffle Club) A unique drag show featuring performances by local drag artists. 10 p.m. $5. 706-369-3144 THEATRE: Dracula (Athens Community Theatre) Grab your garlic and pray for sunrise! An ancient evil is unleashed on an unsuspecting world in this fresh, yet faithful take on the gothic horror classic. Oct. 13–15, 8 p.m. & Oct. 16, 2 p.m. Oct. 14, 12 a.m. $12–15. 706-208-8696, www.townandgownplayers.org THEATRE: Life Is a Dream (Cellar Theatre) University Theatre presents an adaptation of Calderon De La Barca’s romantic story of the Spanish golden age. Oct. 11-16, 8 p.m. & Oct. 16, 2:30 p.m. $7 (students), $10. 706-542-4400 THEATRE: My Son Pinocchio: Geppetto’s Musical Tale (Morton Theatre) The classic tale of an aging toymaker and his puppet, Pinocchio,
takes on timely issues in this familyfriendly musical. Oct. 12–15, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 16, 3 p.m. $10–15. 706613-3771, www.mortontheatre.com THEATRE: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) (Quinn Hall) This play crams all 37 of Shakespeare’s plays into a two-hour span, with predictably hilarious results. Oct. 15, 2 p.m., Oct. 14–15 & 20–22, 7:30 p.m. $15. www.circleensembletheatre.com KIDSTUFF: Kids’ Paint Party (Whole: Mind. Body. Art.) Drop-off the kids for a fun painting party. All supplies included. Siblings half off. 6:30–8:30 p.m. $25. www.wholemindbodyart.com KIDSTUFF: Preschool & Toddler Storytime (Madison County Library) For ages 2–5. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Sweet Pea Club Story Hour (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Stories and crafts for young nature lovers (ages 3–5) and their parents. Fridays, 9:30–10:30 a.m. $22. 706-542-6156, www.uga.edu/ botgarden KIDSTUFF: Watkinsville Ghost Tours (Eagle Tavern) Kid-friendly tours guided by host Melissa Piche, who will share ghoulish tales from the past and present. 7 p.m. Through Nov. 5. $7–12. www.northgeorgiatours.net
Saturday 15 EVENTS: 4th Annual Jittery Joe’s Fall Classic Century and Fall Festival (Terrapin Beer Co.) Family-friendly event including children’s activities, food and music. There will be a metric century ride through Clarke County. 10 a.m.–3 p.m. FREE! (activities), $30–35 (cyclists). 706-208-1001, www. athenshabitat.com EVENTS: Acoustic Guitar Summit (Musician’s Warehouse) Talk to manufacturers directly and view several one-of-a-kind and prototype models. Richard Starkey of Martin Guitars will present a clinic at 3:30 p.m., and Jason Saltzman from Taylor Guitars will demonstrate at 4 p.m. 10 a.m.–7 p.m. FREE! 706548-7233 EVENTS: Annual Fundraiser (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) For the Georgia Museum of Natural History.
Cocktails, silent and live auctions, dinner and more. Special presentation on future plans for the museum. 6–10 p.m. $100. 706-542-0464, friends@uga.edu EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Bishop Park) Buy fresh, locally grown organic produce, locally crafted goods and freshly baked breads. Every Saturday. This week: a cooking demo with Craig Page and Fall Festival. 8 a.m.–noon. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net EVENTS: Athens Heritage Walks (Athens, GA) Series sponsored by the Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation continues with the Dearing Street Historic District, led by Hubert McAlexander. Call to reserve a spot. $12 (members), $15 (non-members). 706-353-1801, www.achfonline.org EVENTS: Benefit Dinner (Call for location) Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, also known as “The Hugging Saint,” presents an Indian buffet dinner in the gardens along the river in Beechwood Hills. Proceeds benefit the creation of a local M.A. Math center. 6 p.m. $25 (suggested donation). 706-613-1143, meghan@ healingartscentre.net EVENTS: Celebrity Master Class (Dancefx) Courtney Galiano of “So, You Think You Can Dance,” “gLEE” and Disney’s Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam comes to instruct two workshops. Call for times and to register. $25 (one class), $40 (both). 706-355-3078, www.dancefx.org EVENTS: Classic City Rollergirls Bout (Athens Arena) The Classic City Rollergirls take on the Jacksonville Rollergirls’ Duval Derby Dames. A portion of the proceeds will help support the MadisonOglethorpe Animal Shelter. 6 p.m. $10 (adv.), $12 (adults), $5 (ages 6-10), FREE! (ages 5 & under). www. classiccityrollergirls.com EVENTS: Contra Dance (Memorial Park) Live music by the Clifton Road String Band with Scott Russell calling. Free lesson beginning at 7:30 p.m. No experience or partner needed. 8–11 p.m. FREE! (under 18), $7 (adults). www.athensfolk.org EVENTS: “In Their Shoes” Walk (Downtown Athens) 13-mile, oneday walk to benefit all cancer patients at the Loran Smith Center for Cancer Support at Athens Regional Medical Center. 8 a.m. www.intheirshoesathens.org EVENTS: Ladies Zumba Night (Whole: Mind. Body. Art.) Dinner, then door prizes, then dancing, oh my! Catered dinner. Call to register. 5:30–8:30 p.m. $20. 706-424-0195, www.wholemindbodyart.com EVENTS: Poptoberfair (The Classic Center) Athens PopFest combines the Athens Indie Craftstravaganzaa, Fluke Mini-Comics and Zine Festival, and the Secret Record Swap for 12,000 feet of crafts, comics and records. 10 a.m.–6 p.m. $5, FREE! (w/ PopFest wristband). www.athenspopfest.com EVENTS: Project Athens (New Earth Music Hall) Project Generation D presents a day of demos, performances and give-aways for local aspiring teen musicians, songwriters, DJs and producers. 4–7 p.m. www. projectgenerationd.com EVENTS: Really Really Free Market (Reese & Pope Park) No bartering, no trading. Simply bring unwanted items to give away or take what you want from others. Food Not Bombs will be on-site serving a free lunch. See Calendar Pick on p. 26. 11 a.m.–2 p.m. FREE! EVENTS: St. Jude’s Bowl-athon (Ten Pins Tavern) A fundraiser for St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. 12–6 p.m. 706-540-1831
ART: Artist Walk and Garden Tour (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Sculptor Andrew T. Crawford will lead a tour around the garden to speak on his six metal gates of “Forged from Nature: An Exhibit of Garden Gates.” Following the artist walk will be a guided tour of the display gardens. 1 p.m. FREE! 706542-6156, www.uga.edu/botgarden ART: Closing Reception (Lyndon House Arts Center) Studio watercolor painting demonstration by Stan Miller, juror of the Georgia Watercolor Society Members Exhibition at 10 a.m. and a closing reception and awards presentation at 12 p.m. 10 a.m.– 2 p.m. FREE! facebook.com/LyndonHouseArts ART: Open House (Art on the Side Gallery and Gifts) The 3rd annual celebration of American Craft Week. 9 a.m.–5 p.m. FREE! www.southernyankeeglass.com PERFORMANCE: New York Voices and Jazz Orchestra Atlanta (Performing Arts Center) A night of swingin’ jazz from the Grammy Award-winning vocal quartet, the New York Voices, and big band sounds of Jazz Orchestra Atlanta. 7:30 p.m. $5 (students), $25. 706542-4400 PERFORMANCE: The Met: Live in HD (Beechwood Stadium Cinemas) World premiere of Donizetti’s masterpiece, Anna Bolena, transmitted live to the theater. 12:55 p.m. 706546-1011 THEATRE: Dracula (Athens Community Theatre) Grab your garlic and pray for sunrise! An ancient evil is unleashed on an unsuspecting world in this fresh, yet faithful take on the gothic horror classic. Oct. 13–15, 8 p.m. & Oct. 16, 2 p.m. Oct. 14, 12 a.m. $12–15. 706-208-8696, www.townandgownplayers.org THEATRE: Life Is a Dream (Cellar Theatre) University Theatre presents an adaptation of Calderon De La Barca’s romantic story of the Spanish golden age. Oct. 11-16, 8 p.m. & Oct. 16, 2:30 p.m. $7 (students), $10. 706-542-4400 THEATRE: My Son Pinocchio: Geppetto’s Musical Tale (Morton Theatre) The classic tale of an aging toymaker and his puppet, Pinocchio, takes on timely issues in this familyfriendly musical. Oct. 12–15, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 16, 3 p.m. $10–15. 706613-3771, www.mortontheatre.com THEATRE: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) (Quinn Hall) This play crams all 37 of Shakespeare’s plays into a two-hour span, with predictably hilarious results. Oct. 15, 2 p.m., Oct. 14–15 & 20–22, 7:30 p.m. $15. www.circleensembletheatre.com OUTDOORS: Insect Ramble (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Take a look at a variety of insects and arthropods in different environments throughout the garden. 11 a.m.–1 p.m. FREE! 706-542-6156, www. uga.edu/botgarden 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: If You Give a Dog a Donut Special Storytime (Barnes and Noble Café) Come in for a special storytime celebrating Laura Numeroff’s books. Hear her new title If You Give a Dog a Donut and meet the mouse from If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. 11–11:30 a.m. FREE! 706354-1195 KIDSTUFF: Nature Trading Post (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Trade one or two objects found in nature for points or other nature objects in k continued on next page
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THE CALENDAR! the center’s collection. 11 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3615 KIDSTUFF: Storytime (Barnes and Noble Café) Every Wednesday and Saturday. 11–11:30 a.m. FREE! 706354-1195 KIDSTUFF: Watkinsville Ghost Tours (Eagle Tavern) Kid-friendly tours guided by host Melissa Piche, who will share ghoulish tales from the past and present. 7 p.m. Through Nov. 5. $7–12. www.northgeorgiatours.net LECTURES & LIT.: Historical Cemetery Tour (Rock Eagle) A short hike from the Rock Eagle 4-H Center to tour the Union Chapel United Methodist Church’s historic cemeteries. Learn the art of gravestone rubbing and epitaph writing, and hear about the symbolism and customs inherent in a Southern folk cemetery. 9:30–11:30 a.m. $5. 706-484-2862. Advance registration required. LECTURES & LIT.: Homeowner Workshop (Fire Hall No. 2) Learn how to reduce your old home’s carbon footprint, take advantage of tax rebates and energy auditing programs and see a wood window restoration first-hand. 8:30 a.m.–2 p.m. $15–25. 706-353-1801. www. achfonline.org GAMES: Pathfinder Society RPG (Tyche’s Games) Adventure in Golarion. 12 p.m. FREE! www. tychesgames.com
Sunday 16 EVENTS: Athens Heritage Walks (Athens, GA) Series sponsored by the Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation continues with downtown Athens, led by Hal Cofer and Jones Drury. Call to reserve a spot. $12 (members), $15 (nonmembers). 706-353-1801, www. achfonline.org EVENTS: Classic City Rollergirls Boot Camp (Skate-A-Round USA) So you wanna be a Rollergirl? Learn all the basic derby skills like falls, stops and crossovers! 9 a.m.-12 p.m. $5. www.classiccityrollergirls. com ART: Opening Reception (Athens Academy) Artwork by Stuart McCall Libby, LeeAnn Mitchell and Susan Nees. 2–4 p.m. FREE! 706-2019598 PERFORMANCE: Georgia Brass Band (Performing Arts Center) The Brass Ring Series. 3 p.m. Free at box office. http://www.uga.edu/pac/ mastercalendar.html THEATRE: Dracula (Athens Community Theatre) Grab your garlic and pray for sunrise! An ancient evil is unleashed on an unsuspecting world in this fresh, yet faithful take on the gothic horror classic. Oct. 13–15, 8 p.m. & Oct. 16, 2 p.m. Oct. 14, 12 a.m. $12–15. 706-208-8696, www.townandgownplayers.org THEATRE: Life Is a Dream (Cellar Theatre) University Theatre presents an adaptation of Calderon De La Barca’s romantic story of the Spanish golden age. Oct. 11-16, 8 p.m. & Oct. 16, 2:30 p.m. $7 (students), $10. 706-542-4400 THEATRE: My Son Pinocchio: Geppetto’s Musical Tale (Morton Theatre) The classic tale of an aging toymaker and his puppet, Pinocchio, takes on timely issues in this familyfriendly musical. Oct. 12–15, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 16, 3 p.m. $10–15. 706613-3771, www.mortontheatre.com KIDSTUFF: Zoo Open Classroom (Memorial Park) Explore the Exhibit Hall and visit with salamanders, pond turtles, snakes and more.
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Every Sunday. 1–4 p.m. FREE! 706613-3616 GAMES: Live Trivia (Buffalo’s Southwest Café) Every Sunday! Great prizes and fun—teams of all sizes welcome. 6:30 p.m. (sign-in), 7 p.m. (first question). 706-3546655
Monday 17 EVENTS: Classic City Rollergirls Boot Camp (Skate-A-Round USA) So you wanna be a Rollergirl? Learn all the basic derby skills like falls, stops and crossovers! 7–9 p.m. $5. www.classiccityrollergirls.com EVENTS: Scrabble and Sandwiches (Rocksprings Park) Senior adults are invited to bring a brown bag lunch for the center’s first scrabble players group. Every Monday. 10 a.m.-12 p.m. $2. 706613-3603 PERFORMANCE: Ralphie May (Legion Field) Comedian known for his brutal bluntness and ruthless jokes on a multitude of sensitive topics. 8-9:30 p.m. $10 (nonstudents), FREE! (students). www. uga.edu/union KIDSTUFF: Bedtime Stories (ACC Library) Snuggle in your jammies and listen to bedtime stories. Every Monday. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-6133650 KIDSTUFF: Open Playtime (ACC Library) For children ages 1–3 with their caregivers. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Play & Lunch Bunch (Whole: Mind. Body. Art.) A mixture of puppets, playtime and bringyour-own lunches for babies and toddlers. Mondays, 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m. Donations accepted. www. wholemindbodyart.com KIDSTUFF: Zumbatomic for Kids (Floorspace) Fun latin-inspired dance workout including Salsa, Reggaeton and Hip-Hop. Every Monday. 4 p.m. 706-410-5229, www.floorspaceathens.com GAMES: Movie Trivia (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Every Monday! Hosted by Marie Uhler and Sam Grindstaff. There are prizes! 9:30 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com GAMES: Team Trivia (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s) Every Monday night. Win house cash and prizes! 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-1916
Tuesday 18 EVENTS: Athens Farmers Market (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Check out the afternoon market in its convenient downtown location! Buy fresh, locally grown organic produce, locally crafted goods and freshly baked breads. Now accepting EBT cards. 4–7 p.m. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net EVENTS: Dance Dance Party Party (Whole: Mind. Body. Art.) A ladies-only freestyle dance session. 7:30–8:30 p.m. $6. www.wholemindbodyart.com EVENTS: Medicinal Plant Sale (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) All the familiar herbs and perennials. 10 a.m.–3 p.m. FREE! 706-5426156, www.uga.edu/botgarden PERFORMANCE: Dormtainment (UGA Tate Center) A variety of skits, sketches and parodies. 8:15 p.m. FREE! (students), $10–15. www.uga. edu/union PERFORMANCE: Open TOAD Comedy (Flicker Theatre & Bar) A unique open mic experience. The audience gets to pelt the performers who go over their six-minute time
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limit with foam rocks. Performers get in FREE! but must sign up by 8 p.m. 8 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/ flickerbar THEATRE: Young Frankenstein (The Classic Center) A re-imagining of Mel Brooks’ 1974 comedy. 7:30 p.m. $75+. 706-357-4444 OUTDOORS: Golden Sneakers (Lay Park) Fitness program for senior adults to walk and talk their way around the park. Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m. $3. 706-613-3596, www.athensclarkecounty.com/lay KIDSTUFF: Storytime (Oconee County Library) Enjoy a morning of stories, songs and crafts. For kids ages 2–5 and their caregivers. 10 & 11 a.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 KIDSTUFF: Toddler Storytime (ACC Library) For children ages 18 months to 5 years. Tuesdays & Wednesdays, 9:30 & 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Trip to the Pumpkin Patch (Parkview Community Center) Children ages 6-12 will visit a nearby pumpkin patch in search of the Great Pumpkin. 4:30 p.m. $3-5, depending on size of pumpkin. (706) 613-3603 LECTURES & LIT.: Online Computer Class (ACC Library) Introduction to Word 2007. 10–11:30 a.m. 706-613-3650, ext. 354. www.clarke.public.lib.ga.us/ services/classes.html#ath LECTURES & LIT.: Women Writing Their Lives (Chase Street Warehouses) Our Circle focuses on narrative therapy and memoir. Every Tuesday through November. 6–7:15 p.m. $60 (4 weeks), $100 (8 weeks). thektp@gmail.com, www.holdingwomanspace.com MEETINGS: Athens Rock and Gem Club (Friendship Christian Church) Kim Cochran from the Atlanta Gem and Mineral Society will be speaking on how plants and animals become fossils. 7:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-8082 GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) All three Athens locations of Locos Grill and Pub (Westside, Eastside and Harris St.) feature trivia night every Tuesday. 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.locosgrill.com GAMES: Trivia (Shane’s Rib Shack) Every Tuesday! 7 p.m. 706-5430050. College Station location.
Wednesday 19 EVENTS: AIDS Athens Percentage Night (Athens, GA) Visit any of the participating restaurants and bars and a percentage of your bill will be donated to AIDS Athens. List of participating businesses online. 8 a.m.–11:30 p.m. aidsathens.myfullseat.com EVENTS: Classic City Rollergirls Boot Camp (Skate-A-Round USA) 7–9 p.m. $5. www.classiccityrollergirls.com EVENTS: Dawgtoberfest (UGA Tate Center) Heath promotion event sponsored by Walgreens. Flu shots are available for $15 for students and $20 for non-students. 12–3 p.m. FREE! ktalisse@uga.edu EVENTS: Lunches for Literacy (Ciné Barcafé) Local author Rebecca Lang will speak and sign books in conjunction with the Athens Area Chamber of Commerce Women in Business Book Club. 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m. $15 (pre-registration required). www.athensliteracy.org/lunchesfor-literacy KIDSTUFF: A Trip to the Pumpkin Patch (Milledge Avenue Baptist Church) Children ages 6–12 will select the perfect pumpkin for a Jack-O-Lantern. 4:30 p.m. $3-5, depending on size of pumpkin. 706613-3602
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Little Big Town, Eric Paslay Georgia Theatre A worthy cause is matched with a worthy headliner as three-time Grammynominated country band Little Big Town brings its big harmonies and highenergy show to the Little Big Town Georgia Theatre to benefit UGA Miracle. Recently recognized as the University of Georgia’s “Student Organization of the Year,” UGA Miracle is committed to raising funds and awareness for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, composed of Scottish Rite, Egleston and Hughes Spalding, as well as Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. Since its beginning, UGA Miracle has raised more than $2.8 million for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. The majority of the money raised directly funds the Comprehensive Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit (CIRU) at Scottish Rite Hospital. “UGA Miracle is the largest annual donor to the Rehabilitation and Orthopedics department at Children’s [Healthcare of Atlanta] every year,” says Margaret Watford, the organization’s public relations co-chair. A lucky connection to Little Big Town within the ranks of the UGA Miracle executive board made this concert possible. Watford adds that all the bandmembers are also parents, and they have been “incredibly generous” and are “particularly thrilled to perform in this concert.” Somewhat of a family themselves, the four members of Little Big Town have grown together over 12 years filled with harmony, heartbreak and phenomenal successes. Little Big Town’s Jimi Westbrook says the band’s broad range of musical talent can be attributed to the members having “their own individual style, so the face of the band changes with whoever’s singing.” Little Big Town’s performance in Athens will showcase songs from the band’s fourth and latest album, The Reason Why, as well as hits like “Boondocks” and “I’m With the Band,” which catalyzed LBT’s fame. [Jodi Murphy]
KIDSTUFF: Anime Club (Oconee County Library) Discuss anime and eat ramen noodles. Includes previews of anime, manga, J-Pop music, fan art and fan fiction. 6–8 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 KIDSTUFF: Home School Science for Older Students (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Home-schooled students and parents are invited to explore interactive learning stations and go on a guided hike. 10 a.m.–12 p.m. $4. 706-613-3615, www.accleisureservices.com KIDSTUFF: Shadow Visits (Monsignor Donovan Catholic High School) Potential students are invited to scope out the school. 706433-0223, www.mdchs.org KIDSTUFF: Storytime (Barnes and Noble Café) Every Wednesday and Saturday. 11–11:30 a.m. FREE! 706354-1195 KIDSTUFF: Storytime (Oconee County Library) Enjoy a morning of stories, songs and crafts. For kids ages 2–5 and their caregivers. 10 & 11 a.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 KIDSTUFF: Toddler Storytime (ACC Library) For children ages 18 months to 5 years. Tuesdays & Wednesdays, 9:30 & 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Wildcard Wednesday for Teens (ACC Library) Up next: Learn how to create a graphic novel and draw superheroes from Kyle Puttkammer, author and artist of Galaxy Man. Ages 11-18. Limit 25 participants. 4 p.m. FREE! 706613-3650 LECTURES & LIT.: Book Signing with Wayne Pacelle (UGA Miller Learning Center, Room 102) Wayne Pacelle, presidet and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States, gives a presentation and Q&A and signs his best-selling book, The Bond: Our Kinship with Animals, Our Call to Defend Them. 7 p.m. FREE! www.uga.edu/sos
LECTURES & LIT.: Talking about Books (ACC Library, Small Conference Room) This month’s title is Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay. Newcomers welcome. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 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 (Blind Pig Tavern, Broad St.) Think you know it all? Wednesdays, 8:30 p.m. 706-5483442 GAMES: Trivia (Copper Creek Brewing Company) Test your trivia chops for prizes! Every Wednesday. 9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-1102 GAMES: Trivia (Willy’s Mexicana Grill) Every Wednesday. 8–10 p.m. FREE! 706-548-1920 * Advance Tickets Available
Live Music Tuesday 11 Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www. caledonialounge.com ENTROPIC CONSTANT Lo-fi dischordance and sprightly melodies with some constant clanging thrown in. EP release show! NATIVE KID Local indie band with a lo-fi sound and country undertones. THE SKIPPERDEES Charming local acoustic duo with rich, folky vocal harmonies and a sense of humor. YOUNG BENJAMIN Solo project of guitarist/banjoist Matt Whitaker (The Premonitions, Emergent Heart).
Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 AYATOLLAH Brand new punk band featuring members of Grinnin Bear. DUDE MAGNETS Noisy chaos. GHOST COKE Haunted, creepy “spook tunes” will get you in the mood for Halloween. SCOTT SAPP No info available. Highwire Lounge 8 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge.com KENOSHA KID Centered around the instru-improv jazz compositions of guitarist Dan Nettles, Kenosha Kid also features Robby Handley (bass) and Marlon Patton (drums). Little Kings Shuffle Club Athens Farmers Market. 4–7 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3144 CURLEY MAPLE Fiddler David Blackmon’s progressive old-time project. He’s joined by wife Noel and Christian Lopez on mandolin and guitar, and Chris Enghauser on bass. (5:30 p.m.) PINDI ARORA Local songwriter. (4 p.m.) 10 p.m. 706-369-3144 GUZIK Titanic sludge metal. THE SKELETONS Sounds like High on Fire and Spazz had a baby. THOU New Orleans metal signed to Southern Lord Records. The Melting Point 7:30 p.m. $5. www.meltingpointathens. com BUTTERMILK REVIVAL Traditional bluegrass tribute, including songs by the Stanley Brothers, Bill Monroe and many others. No Where Bar 10 p.m. $2. 706-546-4742 THE REAL NASTY Funky rock band featuring upright bass, guitar and cajon (an Afro-cuban box drum). Musical touchstones include Led Zeppelin, Johnny Cash and Pixies.
Performing Arts Center 8 p.m. $20-$39, $5 (with valid student ID). http://www.uga.edu/pac/mastercalendar.html GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA Big band-style orchestra with a history that stretches back to the days when the style was coming into its own. Ted’s Most Best 7 p.m. FREE! 706-543-1523 OLD SMOKEY New band featuring members of Ham1 doing spaghetti western-style numbers. WUOG 90.5FM “Live in the Lobby.” FREE! 8 p.m. www. wuog.org ADAM KLEIN AND THE WILD FIRES Local singer-songwriter offers a blend of the finest elements of folk, Americana and country with poetic lyricism and striking imagery to create engaging, well-crafted songs, now filled out by his band the Wild Fires.
Wednesday 12 Blue Sky 5–10 p.m. www.blueskyathens.com VINYL WEDNESDAY Bring your own vinyl and be a DJ for the night. Boar’s Head Lounge 9 p.m. 706-369-3040 OPEN MIC NIGHT Welcoming singer-songwriters every Wednesday. Caledonia Lounge “Athens PopFest” early show. 1 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com BOMBSBOMBSBOMBS Local, quirky pop rock. EL HOLLIN This local band plays simple, lo-fi tunes with guitar and what sounds like a melodica. Featuring members of Werewolves. SEA OF DOGS Songwriter and banjopicker Emily Armond leads this endearing folk group with disarming honesty, candid lyrics and warm harmonies. YOUNGER SIBLINGS Featuring members of PS Eliot stradling the indie-pop/punk line. “Athens PopFest” late show. 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com BURNS LIKE FIRE Stewed, screwed, tattooed punk rock that will leave you flat on your face. MICHAEL GUTHRIE BAND Longrunning local mix of melodic, jangly British-sounding throwback rock. SHAVED CHRIST New local grinder/ punk band featuring members of American Cheeseburger, Witches, Dark Meat and Hot New Mexicans. THE WILD Folk/punk/indie-rock band from Atlanta with rebellious songs. Farm 255 Jazz Night. 8 p.m. FREE! www.farm255. com DIAL INDICATORS Background sounds for dinner and cocktails. This quiet jazz duo features Jeremy Roberts on guitar and George Davidson on tenor sax playing odd covers and improvising on familiar themes. Flight Tapas and Bar 7:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-0200 MARY SIGALAS Visiting standards and not-so-standards from the ‘20s through the ‘50s. Every Wednesday. 40 Watt Club “Athens PopFest.” 7 p.m. $12, $70 (full festival pass). www.40watt.com.* BIRD NAMES A somewhat maniacally twisted menagerie of psychedelic, often distorted sounds and childlike melodies. The former duo recently expanded into a six-piece.
FLASH TO BANG TIME This local band has been playing its odd, pensive, new wave rock soundscapes since 2000. The band recently traded in its pensive, cello-lead sound for a lineup featuring two guitars, drums and Lynda Stipe on keys and bass. GRAPE SODA Local band featuring the brothers Lewis (Mat and Ryan, also of The Agenda), on vocals, organ and drums, playing reverbheavy garage psych-rock. ORCA TEAM Seattle/Portland area minimalist indie-rock with a beachy sound, assuming the beach is in the ever-overcast Seattle/Portland area. SWEATER GIRLS Energetic fivepiece indie-pop band from Los Angeles with sugary songwriting and a crisp sound. THROWING MUSES Alt-rock pioneers formed in the early ‘80s. Their unique sound blends post-punk, folk and rock. See story on p. 21. TUNABUNNY Local act featuring hazy and warped experimental psychedelia. Dual female guitarist/vocalists are backed by synthesized percussion and a wall of noise. WITCHES Local rock band featuring Cara Beth Satalino on lead vocals backed by a drummer and bassist. Influences include The Breeders. George’s Lowcountry Table 6–9 p.m. FREE! 706-548-3359 KEN WILL MORTON With his gritty, soulful rasp, Morton trudges through Americana’s roots with rock and roll swagger and a folksinger’s heart. Solo acoustic show. Georgia Theatre 11 p.m. $5. www.georgiatheatre.com LADYTRON DJ SET Electro-pop icons host a dance party on the roof! Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 A.I. No info available. DANNY THE LOOPER Ex-Time Toy member using loops and making sounds, all with a sense of humor. GLUPIST New band featuring Danny Gorbachev, formerly of Nuclear Spring. MICHAEL PAUMGARDHEN Of the band She He He. GEOFF WEAVER Local singer-songwriter plays raw folk music. New Earth Music Hall 9 p.m. $6. www.newearthmusichall. com CRANE Bluesy rock band. THE OTHER KINGS Reggaeton from the Dominican Republic. VILLANOVA Soulful rock band with technical jazz-fusion percision, funky roots and guitar licks inspired by Jimi Hendrix.
Blue Sky 10 p.m. FREE! www.blueskyathens.com DREW CARMAN Guitarist from local Americana group The Corduroy Road plays an acoustic set with friends on the patio. Caledonia Lounge “Athens PopFest” early show. 1 p.m. $5. www.caledonialounge.com CASSOLETTE Jangly indie pop from Florida with a romantic spirit and plenty of synths. CATNAPS Don’t be fooled by the cutesy vocals and pop melodies—the lyrics are brutally honest and biting with a wry sense of humor to boot. THE CAVEMEN GO “They don’t play throwback pop: what they play is timeless” says the band’s official bio. Expect a smart blend of British Invasion and Motown influences and a nod toward more contemporary indie pop. THE GOONS Local indie-poprock featuring members of The Glands, Casper & the Cookies and Marshmallow Coast. HOT PALS Gordon Lamb fronts this local alternative rock band with a ‘90s college radio vibe. The brand new lineup features Mat Lewis (drums), Lydia Escamilla (keys) and Sam Williams (bass). “Athens PopFest” late show. 8 p.m. $5. www.caledonialounge.com THE GOLD PARTY This local band plays danceable new wave originals and synth-driven glam. GOSPEL MUSIC Solo project of indie-pop songwriter Black Kids bassist Owen Holmes. JANE JANE POLLOCK Experimental band that utilizes a variety of broken toys, dishware and the occasional actual instrument to play a sort of Southern gypsy music. The live show is particularly mesmerizing! NIGHT MOVES GOLD Adrian Finch (Masters of the Hemisphere, Elf Power) heads up this Atlanta-based five-piece, bringing his atmospheric, head-trip rock to a mellower place, taking a soulful cue from Hall & Oates and The Doobie Brothers. SUPERCLUSTER Athens supergroup with elements of psychedelic experimentation and angular rock. DePalma’s Italian Cafe 6:30–8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-552-1237 (Timothy Rd. location) JEREMY & THE HONEY BADGERS Groovy acoustic rock.
Amici Italian Café 11 p.m. FREE. 706-353-0000 JIM PERKINS Acoustic singer/songwriter from Augusta. He combines folk, jazz and blues.
Farm 255 Monster Ball presented by Def Poets Concert Tour. 10 p.m. FREE! www. farm255.com AFRICAN SOUL This inspiring sister duo performs a mix of smooth, soulful R&B and spoken word. BANGRADIO Self-styled slinger of “Athens Euro,” this DJ offers a mix of Eurotrash, dirty South, hip-hop, dubstep, rock and pop remixes. ELITE THA SHOWSTOPPA Gravelvoiced rapper Elite tha Showstoppa is one of Athens’ favorite hip-hop personalities and performs a wide variety of styles within the genre with ease. AMY NEESE Local poet performs. SOMETHIN’S GOTTA GIVE This local Athens band plays acoustic alternative rock with powerful lyrics. VIOLENCE GANG Local trip-hop group that names Sage Francis, Gnarls Barkley and The Roots as key influences. EUGINE WILLIS Local hip-hop that leans away from crunk towards more melodic backing in the Kanye style.
Blind Pig Tavern 8 p.m. (West Broad St. location). 706548-3442 CLASSIC CITY SOUL Motown and R&B classics.
Flicker Theatre & Bar 8:30 p.m. $5. www.flickertheatreandbar. com CATAWBA Local four-piece performing windswept Americana.
The Office Lounge 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-0840 KARAOKE With your host Lynn, the Queen of Karaoke! Omega Bar 9 p.m. $3. www.theomegabar.com SPICY SALSA Lessons at 9:30 p.m. followed by open dancing at 10:30. No partner or experience necessary. Every Wednesday.
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SCOTT LOW Local indie-folkster whose band Efren calls to mind bands like Iron and Wine and Bonnie Prince Billy. 40 Watt Club “Athens PopFest.” 7 p.m. $12, $70 (full festival pass). www.40watt.com.* AFTERNOON NAPS Boppy indie handclappers and intimate, ‘50sinfused pop tunes that sound like the soundtrack to a breezy, happy afternoon. BUNNYGRUNT Indie pop with a sense of humor and the kind of jangle we’ve come to expect from Happy Happy Birthday to Me artists. EUREKA CALIFORNIA Melodic, guitar-driven indie rock influenced by bands like Guided by Voices. HOLOPAW Enchanting indie-folk band from Florida with bright, occasionally twangy guitars, pedal steel and tender vocals. MADELINE Bell-voiced local songwriter Madeline Adams plays endearing songs of smalltown loves, hopes and other assorted torments and joys. BOB MOULD Legendary musician known for his role in punk trio Hüsker Dü alternative rock band Sugar. See story on p. 17. OH OK Formed in the ‘80s and recently reunited, this local band features bass-driven party anthems and classic pop songs by Linda Hopper (Magnapop) and Lynda Stipe (Flash to Bang Time). SOURPATCH Four-piece ensemble from San Jose, CA playing fun and catchy pop tunes. Georgia Theatre 9 p.m. $10. www.georgiatheatre.com BOOMBOX Alabama duo Zion Godchaux (guitar, vocals) and Russ Randolph (turntables, samples) create atmospheric, light rock influenced by hip-hop and electronic music. PLAYLO Collaborative musical project headed by Dutch transplanted, Asheville, NC-based DJ and producer Bowie van Ling (DJ Bowie). SUMILAN Technically proficient musicians playing progressive jam rock. Go Bar 10 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/ gobar DR. FRED’S KARAOKE Hosted by karaoke fanatic John “Dr. Fred” Bowers and featuring a large assortment of pop, rock, indie and more. Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffeebar.com BRONKAR AND FRIENDS This performer/beatboxer/showman will be performing with special guests. Little Kings Shuffle Club 5:30-7:30 p.m. 706-369-3144 DAVE HOWARD Local singersongwriter plays mellow acoustic guitar tunes. 10 p.m. 706-369-3144 KEVIN SANDBLOOM California neosoul artist with original, poetic lyrics plus skillful interpretations of artists such as Donny Hathaway, D’Angelo, Sade and Joni Mitchell. The Melting Point Songwriters in the Round. 7:30 p.m. $5. www.meltingpointathens.com BRIAN CONNELL Local musician whose original songs are in the spirit of Leonard Cohen and Dylan. BETSY FRANCK This local songwriter offers soulful, brassy Southern rock and country songs rooted in tradition, but with a modern sensibility. k continued on next page
Eat. Drink. Listen Closely. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11 Terrapin Tuesday featuring
BUTTERMILK REVIVAL $5 admission • $2 Terrapin Pints all night!
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12
ALL OUT COMEDY SHOWCASE featuring MARC LAMOTTE, BRIAN STOLTZ, DULCE SLOAN, IMPROV ATHENS Hosted by JOHN DAVID WILLIAMS $5 admission • $1.50 PBR & Highlife
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13 Songwriters in the Round featuring
THAYER SARRANO, BETSY FRANCK, WALKER HOWLE, BRIAN CONNELL and MATT HUDGINS Tickets $5 adv • All-ages • Music at 7:30 pm
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14
CHICKASAW MUDD PUPPIES BURNING ANGELS
Tickets $10 adv • $15 at the door
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15 50s Dance and Sock Hop featuring
BUTCH & THE BUCKHEADS Tickets $10 adv • $12 at the door
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18
TYLER (ofRAMSEY Band of Horses) GREG HUMPHREYS JOSH PERKINS (on the patio) Tickets $9 adv • $12 at the door Evening with
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19
FRONTIER RUCKUS Tickets $5 adv • $7 at the door
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20 Allman Brothers Tribute Band
THE OTHER BROTHERS BAND Tickets $5 adv • $8 at the door
ON THE HORIZON: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29
RICH ROBINSON DYLAN LeBLANC
Tickets $12 adv • $15 at the door
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6
Southern Gentleman Tour featuring
ED ROLAND (of Collective Soul) & KEVIN GRIFFIN (of Better Than Ezra)
Tickets $22.50 adv • $27 at the door
UPCOMING EVENTS 10.21 CHARLIE GARRETT CD Release, EFREN, ABBEY OWENS 10.22 MATT JOINER BAND, EMILY McCANNON 10.23 OCTOBER SOUPFEST 10.25 DANGERMUFFIN 10.26 BOYBUTANTE BINGO 10.27 MADSEN (from GERMANY) 10.29 RICH ROBINSON, DYLAN LeBLANC 11.3 JARON AND THE LONG ROAD TO LOVE, JOE FIRSTMAN 11.4 DEJA VU - Tribute to CSN&Y 11.4 YACHT ROCK REVUE @ 40 WATT 11.5 HIGH STRUNG STRING BAND, DISTRICT ATTORNEYS 11.6 SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN TOUR with ED ROLAND & KEVIN GRIFFIN LOCATED ON THE GROUNDS OF
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THE CALENDAR! WALKER HOWLE Guitarist for Dead Confederate takes a turn at the mic with his own acoustic Americana and rock numbers. MATT HUDGINS Performing sans his Shit-Hot Band, but still providing those sweet, oak barrel-aged, burns-so-sweet-on-the-way-down country tunes. THAYER SARRANO Local singersongwriter and multi-instrumentalist with lovely, airy vocals singing dark, gentle melodies. New Earth Music Hall 9 p.m. $6. www.newearthmusichall. com ALBATROSS Local band jams out with bluesy funk and classic rockinspired originals. ELASTIC SKYLINE Funky, psychedelic jam-rock that incorporates progressive melodies. TENT CITY This Athens-based fourpiece blends new-age funk with soulful blues. No Where Bar 10 p.m. $4. 706-546-4742 JONATHAN SCALES FOURCHESTRA Classically trained composer Jonathan Scales leads this jazz-fusion quartet. Nuçi’s Space 7–9 p.m. $5. www.nuci.org CHROMAZONE “Electronic-infused funk rock” featuring several members of UGA’s Music Business Program playing a mix of covers and originals. FUZZBUCKET Brand new, sevenpiece local jam-rock band featuring several members of Juice Box. The Office Lounge 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-546-0840 BLUES NIGHT The Shadow Executives host an open blues jam, kicking it off with a set of their own originals. Sign up at 8 p.m. Omega Bar 5 p.m. $5 (before 7 p.m.), $10 (after 7 p.m.). www.theomegabar.com THE SEGAR JAZZ AFFAIR Two sets of live jazz every Thursday (one at 7:15 p.m. and the other at 9:15 p.m.). After 10 p.m. enjoy dancing to old school R&B with WXAG DJ Mellow Myers. Ted’s Most Best “Sidewalk Symphony.” 6 p.m. FREE! 706-543-1523 DUAL DIAGNOSIS The diverse musical project of local songwriter George Wright. Terrapin Beer Co. 5:30 p.m. $10 (glass). www.terrapinbeer.com MIKE ARMSTRONG Vocalist, acoustic guitarist from local easy-listening cover band Blossom Creek Breeze. WUOG 90.5FM “Live in the Lobby.” FREE! 8 p.m. www. wuog.org JEFFERS MORNING Fun, danceable power-chord pop/punk.
Friday 14 Amici Italian Café 11 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0000 SUMILAN Technically proficient musicians playing jam rock. The Bad Manor 9 p.m. FREE! (21+), $5 (18+, before 11 p.m.), $10 (18+, after 11 p.m.). www. thebadmanor.com FERAL YOUTH Banging electro house, dubstep, with a dash of top-
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40 remixes. Join him every week for Feral Fridays! Boar’s Head Lounge 9 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 KIP JONES Many of Jones’ tunes split between the reflective acoustic territory of Harvest-era Neil Young and the country-infused rock of ‘80s-era Steve Earle. Caledonia Lounge “Athens PopFest” (Early Show). 1 p.m. $5. www.caledonialounge.com ANTLERED AUNTLORD Fuzz-pop guitar/drums duo featuring featuring local producer and songwriter Jesse Stinnard. HUG ABUSE Simple, melodic instrumental indie-pop with some surf guitar flourishes featuring Mike Turner (HHBTM Records), Keenan Dowers and Brigette Herron (Tunabunny). MONNONE ALONE Solo acoustic player Mark Mannone has a smooth, upbeat attitude that is reflected in his songs. His influences include The Pastels. ONE HAPPY ISLAND Quirky lo-fi indie pop with jangly guitars, tiny percussion instruments and bittersweet songs. NORMANDIE WILSON This solo artists plays ‘60s-inpsired lounge pop. “Athens Popfest” (Late Show). 8 p.m. $5. www.caledonialounge.com ARCHITECTURE All-female trio blending organic and electronic elements. Their dreamlike vocals are both hypnotizing and entrancing. EASTER ISLAND Lush, post rockinfluenced shoegaze with sweet, pop melodies, tender harmonies and shimmering guitars. GIFT HORSE Swirling reverb and dark psychedelic textures with an alt-rock edge. REX OR REGINA This trio from Gainesville, FL offers thick guitar tones and melodic vocals for an alternative/pop feel. TATERZANDRA New local band playing angular, often dissonant but catchy grunge that maintains a distinct sense of melody. Farm 255 10 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com NORMAL GUY Local Athens DJ mixing dance, house and electronic beats. TUMBLEWEED STAMPEDE Local dance-jam adventure island outfit. New album coming soon. Flicker Theatre & Bar 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar.com GUMSHOE New project from Andy Dixon (Sweet Tooth Simpleton). Though still somewhat folky, these songs cover themes ranging from love, murder, drugs and zombies. Tonight’s lineup includes Bill Oglesby (sax), Dan Citro (guitar, piano), Aaron Phillips (drums) and Rob Kelleher (bass). SURF/HARP No info available. 40 Watt Club “Athens PopFest.” 7 p.m. $15, $70 (full festival pass). www.40watt.com.* CASPER & THE COOKIES Increasingly experimental but always rooted in pop sensibilities, this local act presents a danceable mix of quirky fun driven by keyboard and guitar. THE GERBILS Formed in Athens in 1998, this indie-rock band has a unique vocal style and grungy guitar riffs. JAMES HUSBAND Side project from ex-of Montreal multi-instrumentalist Jamey Huggins (he’s played in
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a bunch of other E6 bands, too). Expect a set of eclectic sounds, sweetly sung with a generally warm, ‘60s pop-rock vibe. MARSHMALLOW COAST E6er Andy Gonzales plays dreamy, playfully eccentric and melodic tunes. MASTERS OF THE HEMISPHERE Athens indie-pop quartet from the early ‘00s reunited and celebrating its first release in 10 years! Featuring members of bands like Je Suis France and Still Flyin’. See story on p. 19. THE OLIVIA TREMOR CONTROL The celebrated and beloved E6 supergroup is back in action with a new record of swirling psychedelia full of unexpected melodic twists and turns. See story on p. 17. RED PONY CLOCK Over the past six years, RPC has grown from being a one-man lo-fi recording project to an ever-shifting musical collective, sometimes reaching into the double digits with members. Georgia Museum of Art “High Falutin’ Hootenanny.” 6:30 p.m. $75, $50 (40 and under). www.georgiamuseum.org GOOD VIBRATIONS No info available. STRING THEORY Traditional, oldtime Appalachian music. Georgia Theatre UGA Miracle Benefit. 8 p.m. $20. www. georgiatheatre.com* LITTLE BIG TOWN Country vocal quartet. See Calendar Pick on p. 24. ERIC PASLAY Mostly acoustic country ballads from Nashville. Go Bar “3rd Annual Princess Avenue Pageant.” 9 p.m. $5. www.myspace.com/gobar IMMUZIKATION Celebrated local DJ Alfredo Lapuz, Jr. spins high-energy electro and rock. Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. $5. www.hendershotscoffeebar. com CURLEY MAPLE Fiddler David Blackmon’s progressive old-time project. He’s joined by wife Noel and Christian Lopez on mandolin and guitar, and Chris Enghauser on bass. Las Conchitas Caliente 7 p.m. FREE! 706-353-2500 LATIN MUSIC Marimba music and more! Join Las Conchitas every Friday night for live Latin music. The Melting Point 8 p.m. $10 (adv.), $15 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com THE BURNING ANGELS Sweet, male/female harmonies sharing wisdom over soulful Americana. CHICKASAW MUDD PUPPIES The recently reunited duo made a splash in Athens in the ‘90s with their rockabilly/punk blues known as “swamp rock.” New Earth Music Hall 9 p.m. $8 (adv). www.newearthmusichall.com BETSY FRANCK This local songwriter offers soulful, brassy Southern rock and country songs rooted in tradition, but with a modern sensibility. GARY PATRICK GARRY Acoustic tunes backed by smooth, smokey vocals. His sound can be compared to G-Love and Jack Johnson. KRISTY LEE Sweet, Southern acoustic tunes with unapologetic lyrics and smooth vocals. The Office Lounge 9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-0840 EXCEPTION TO THE RULE Progressive, young bluegrass band
Saturday, October 15
Athens Really Really Free Market Reese & Pope Park The Internets have been rife with the ambivalent handwringing of liberals over the occupation of Wall Street. The plaint is very nearly the same across all fervent typing hands: Yes, those kids have a point, but why do they have to make it with drum circles? The short answer to all the skeptical skewering of Occupy Wall Street is that participatory democracy is experiencing a strange and messy rebirth. If it doesn’t look like a focus-grouped, pinhole-narrow media blitz, complete with succinct soundbites, that’s just because it isn’t one, and bully for that. It’s a legitimately ground-up phenomenon, and something people who are legitimately on the ground don’t have is money. So, quit complaining that it doesn’t look pretty! While a solidarity-specific Occupy Athens rally is being planned as we go to press, another perhaps more demonstrative and utilitarian measure is underway: the Really Really Free Market. The idea is at once simple and subtly subversive: bring to market whatever you don’t need and leave with whatever you want. No bartering, no trades, no currency. The wonky randomization of value spits in the face of our economic system with impunity. “In capitalism, a few people, the big players, are on the top, and their decisions go back to benefiting them,” says co-organizer KT Austin. “And other people have to suffer by things not being available or affordable, and it’s really destructive in that way. So, [with] the Really Really Free Market, you come with stuff that you might not need anymore that other people might need, and it works out for everyone. It’s really great for building a community, especially in small towns like Athens.” There will be free food provided by Food Not Bombs, bike repair, haircuts and plenty of other goods and services free for the taking, with the assumption that you might bring along anything that might help someone else out—or not. And while the plan is to make these events monthly, the timeliness of this one is not lost on Austin and her cohorts: “The Wall Street protest is about the fucking corporate greed of the financial district, and the Really Really Free market is direct action against that—even if it’s just for a day.” [Jeff Tobias]
from Northeast Georgia. Fueled by a hard-driving banjo style, sultry violin and mandolin, this group infuses elements of jazz, blues and rock. Terrapin Beer Co. 5:30 p.m. $10 glass. www.terrapinbeerco.com STRANGE TORPEDO Bouncy, angular alternative meets post-punk driven by melodic bass lines. VFW 8 p.m. $7. 706-543-5940 SOUTHSIDE Performing a variety of covers, including classic and modern country and Southern rock.
Saturday 15 Amici Italian Café 11 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0000 DUXEDO New local foursome lets loose on some swamp funk. The Bad Manor 9 p.m. FREE! (21+), $5 (18+, before 11 p.m.), $10 (18+, after 11 p.m.). www. thebadmanor.com DJRX DJ-remixer Brian Gonzalez delivers original audio/video productions that focus on pop music of this generation, with forays into rock, old school, country and electronica. Bishop Park “Athens Farmers Market.” 8 a.m.– noon. FREE! www.athensfarmersmarket.net SCOTT BAXENDALE Guitar dynamicism from the owner of Baxendale Guitars. Classic bluesy riffs and a lot of soul. (8 a.m.) THE FOR PEACE BAND Todd Lister and his wife Dale Wechsler (String Theory, Garnet River Gals) playing rootsy Americana. (10 a.m.)
Caledonia Lounge “Athens PopFest” (Early Show). 1 p.m. $5. www.caledonialounge.com BASTARDS OF FATE Avant-garde party rock band known as the “de facto champions of weird, fullthroated, gut-spilling bombast.” BOWS AND ARROWS Whirring organs, reverb-laden guitars and lovely pop tunes pay homage to bands like Camera Obscura or Belle & Sebastian. THE FUZZLERS Goofy punk with a highly interactive live show. JOE JACK TALCUM The guitarist and vocalist for The Dead Milkmen performs a solo set. MARC WITH A C Sloppy, fun, DIY pop filled with sarcasm and singalongs. “Athens PopFest” (Late Show). 8 p.m. $5. www.caledonialounge.com BUXTON Well crafted indie-folk from Houston featuring clever, perceptive lyrics and rich melodies. RUBY KENDRICK Local singersongwriter with a sweet voice and prodding, poignant lyrics. MATT HUDGINS & HIS SHIT-HOT COUNTRY BAND The local band plays classic outlaw country and honky tonk with a wry sense of humor and top-notch musicianship. THE VIKING PROGRESS Patrick Morales has a lovely, tender voice that sings gentle, indie/folk ballads about love, death and isolation inspired by his time at sea. WILD MOCCASINS This Houstonbased band offers fuzzy power-pop tunes with girl-boy vocals and a bit of a country rock edge. Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com THE HEAP Funky indie-soul band with a killer horn section and fronted by Bryan Howard’s bass growl.
THE KNOCKOUTS This local group of all-star musicians plays original tunes that pack all the punch of punk rock with diverse, worldly melodies that draw on polka, bluegrass, Cajun and Irish folk music. Flicker Theatre & Bar 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar.com DERAL FENDERSON Singersongwriter from Virigina who “weaves macabre tales of love lost and pain against a backdrop of lush soundcapes generally reserved for Japanese noise artists.” THREE MAN RIVER BAND Roots rock and Americana influenced by acts like The Band, Old Crow Medicine Show and The Avett Bros. 40 Watt Club “Athens PopFest.” 7 p.m. $17, $70 (full festival pass). www.40watt.com.* CARS CAN BE BLUE Sweetly sarcastic lo-fi pop duo of Becky Brooks and Nate Mitchell, recently acquired a bassist (Jeremy Dyson). “Our songs are catchier than genital warts,” says the band. DEAD DOG Local band delivers frenetic, spunky lo-fi punk with a pop smile. THE DEAD MILKMEN Recently reunited satirical punk band formed in 1983. See story on p. 20. FISHBOY Eccentric lo-fi twee pop from Denton, TX that began as a solo project by Eric Michener. FOUR EYES Not to be confused with the local band of the same name, this Massachusetts band offers swells of feedback, fuzzed out guitar and a frenzied delivery that often garners comparisons to the Lemonheads and Superchunk. KLEENEX GIRL WONDER Pop culture references and acerbic humor
are the hallmark of this lyrically driven indie-pop band. Recommended for fans of Guided by Voices. MAN OR ASTRO-MAN? This veteran band has been making surf and punk music since the ‘90s, with a sort of rockabilly Devo aesthetic and new wave vocals. The last Athens show ended with the crowd parading out into the cold to witness the magic of a band-made Tesla coil. So… expect the unexpected. Front Porch Bookstore 6 p.m. FREE! 706-372-1236 SOLID GOLDMAN Playing covers of garage rock tunes from the ‘60s and ‘70s with an energetic live show that encourages audience participation. Georgia Theatre Family-Friendly Matinee. 4 p.m. $10 (adults), $7 (kids). www.georgiatheatre.com ABBEY ROAD LIVE! Athens’ premier Beatles cover band is playing a special *all request* show! 9 p.m. $2. www.georgiatheatre.com ABBEY ROAD LIVE! Presenting Sgt. Pepper’s Mystery Tour: a Beatles tribute with horns and strings! Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 THE EMPTIES Local pop-rockers The Empties combine melancholy vocals with surprisingly harmonized choruses, in an interesting combination of rhythmic mope-rock and more driving hard rock. TWIN POWERS DJ Dan Geller (Gold Party, The Agenda) and friends spin late-night glam rock, new wave, Top 40, punk and Britpop. Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. $5-10. www.hendershotscoffeebar.com BRONKAR AND CYNDI Urban folk duo filled with whimsy. Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3144 IMMUZIKATION Celebrated local DJ Alfredo Lapuz, Jr. hosts a dance party featuring high-energy electro and rock. Z-DOG Zack “Z-Dog” Hosey spins dance classics, punk, ‘80s and more. The Melting Point 8:30 p.m. $10 (adv.), $12 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com* BUTCH AND THE BUCKHEADS Atlanta’s premier classic rock cover band with danceable hits that span the last five decades. Memorial Park 8 p.m. $7 (over 18), FREE (under 18). www.athensfolk.org CLIFTON ROAD STRING BAND Contra dance! Basic moves and instruction start at 7:30 p.m. No experience necessary. If you aren’t a dancer, bring your acoustic instruments and join in the jam! New Earth Music Hall 8 p.m. $13 (adv.), $15 (door). www. newearthmusichall.com ALL SHALL PERISH Brutal Oakland, CA metal band redefining the death and grind genres. THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER Melodic death metal. CANNABIS CORPSE Death metal from Richmond, VA. SAVAGIST Impressive Athens metal band featuring fine folks from punk/ metal bands 300 Cobras, Hot Breath and The Dumps. The Office Lounge 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-546-0840 DWIGHT WILSON AND THE CLASSIC CITY SOUL Motown and R&B classics.
Ted’s Most Best Live on the Patio. 5:30 p.m. FREE! 706-543-1523 THE HIGH FIDELICS Instrumental hybrid of rock and roll and surf that calls to mind The Monks, The Ventures and Booker T and the MG’s. LOS MEESFITS Cuban salsa Misfits cover band includes locals Geoff Terry and Selana. Translated by Eric H. Terrapin Beer Co. 5:30 p.m. $10 glass. www.terrapinbeer. com SCARLET STITCH Rock and Blues topped off with a shot of “Southern Rockspitality.”
elements of old-time fiddle, New Orleans jazz, blues and Americana. (4:30 p.m.) KAITLIN JONES Local folk guitarist/ vocalist Kaitlin Jones performs a solo set of Americana-tinged country originals. 10 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3144 HOT NEW MEXICANS Catchy, boozy, punk-influenced power-pop. This is a reunion show you don’t want to miss!
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The Melting Point 7:30 p.m. $9 (adv.) $12 (door) www. meltingpointathens.com GREG HUMPHREYS With a voice that’s been compared to Al Green and Bill Withers, this Southern boy’s music is rooted in that classic Stax sound. JOSH PERKINS Dark, fast-paced pop-rock from Athens. TYLER RAMSEY The Band of Horses guitarist recorded his last record with bandmate Bill Reynolds to create a warm, finely spun album that highlights his songwriting and intricate guitar playing.
Farm 255 10 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com KOKO BEWARE Surf rock outfit from Augusta. MR. FALCON High-energy, indie garage-rock influenced equally by The Kinks and Pixies.
No Where Bar 9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-4742 JAMES JUSTIN & CO. Americana quartet James Justin & Co. offer a refreshing live show rooted in heartfelt folk melodies and energetic bluegrass jams.
UGA Memorial Hall 6 p.m. (beginner), 7 p.m. (intermediate), 8 p.m. (open dance). $3. www. sites.google.com/site/bdcuga2 BALLROOM DANCING Lessons in tango, swing, salsa, rumba and waltzing. No partner or experience necessary. Every Sunday.
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Wayfarer Music Hall 8 p.m. $10. 770-267-2035 CHICKASAW MUDD PUPPIES The recently reunited duo made a splash in Athens in the ‘90s with their rockabilly/punk blues known as “swamp rock.”
Monday 17 40 Watt Club 6 p.m. $11 (adv.) www.40watt.com* BEAR HANDS This Brooklyn band offers a bouncy, angular mix of catchy post-punk and indie rock. MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK Blend of pop punk and indie rock identifiable by its utilization of the Moog synthesizer. MCS’s last studio album is 2010’s My Dinosaur Life out on Columbia Records. Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE!, $3 to play. 706-3533050 OPEN MIC Mondays! Hosted by local soulful singer Kyshona Armstrong.
Tuesday 18 Flight Tapas and Bar 10 p.m. www.flighttapasathens.com TOY BOMBS Energetic garage pop from L.A. that has been compared to The Who and The Hives. Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 CLUB BEASTS Featuring DJ Sean Polite from WUOG. Highwire Lounge 8 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge.com KENOSHA KID Centered around the instru-improv jazz compositions of guitarist Dan Nettles, Kenosha Kid also features Robby Handley (bass) and Marlon Patton (drums). Every Tuesday. Little Kings Shuffle Club Athens Farmers Market. 4–7 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3144 JUSTIN EVANS Local musician with a rich, deep voice who sings about hard drinkin’, fast women and country roads. Evans incorporates
Ashford Manor 7 p.m. $15, $12 (w/student or military ID), $5 (kids under 12), FREE! (kids under 6). www.amconcerts.com PACKWAY HANDLE BAND Packway’s “gather around the mic” approach to bluegrass provides sly, hearty original songs and renditions of classic tunes. The band’s close four-part harmonies are backed with energy. Blue Sky 5–10 p.m. www.blueskyathens.com VINYL WEDNESDAY Bring your own vinyl and be a DJ for the night. Boar’s Head Lounge 9 p.m. 706-369-3040 OPEN MIC NIGHT Welcoming singer-songwriters every Wednesday. Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com BETSY FRANCK & THE BAREKNUCKLE BAND Soulful, brassy Southern rock and country songs rooted in tradition, but with a modern sensibility. THE HAWKEYES Electric roots-rock. Farm 255 Jazz Night. 9 p.m. FREE! www.farm255. com RYAN MOORE Solo set from Hans Darkbolt bassist. Flight Tapas and Bar 7:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-0200 MARY SIGALAS Visiting standards and not-so-standards from the ‘20s through the ‘50s. Every Wednesday. 40 Watt Club 8 p.m. $8 (21+), $10 (18+). www.40watt.com ADAM KLEIN & THE WILD FIRES Local singer-songwriter offers a blend of the finest elements of folk, Americana and country with poetic lyricism and striking imagery to create engaging, well-crafted songs, now filled out by his band the Wild Fires. AMERICAN AQUARIUM The good times come pouring down with footstomping rhythms, howling organs
and a serious Southern twang from this Raleigh band. JASON BOLAND & THE STRAGGLERS Soulful, blue collar country from a guy who knows a thing or two about overcoming the odds. Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. $25. www.georgiatheatre.com* YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND Envelope-pushing bluegrass band with its own unique take on the genre which includes diverse rock influences. 285 W. Washington St. Athens, GA • Call 706-549-7871 for Show Updates
Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com BIG C AND THE RINGERS Local bluesman and UGA grad Clarence Cameron takes inspiration from artists like B.B. King, Muddy Waters and Buddy Guy. The Melting Point 8 p.m. $5 (adv.) $7 (door) www.meltingpointathens.com FRONTIER RUCKUS A careful blend of folk and bluegrass underscored by lyrics filled with vivid Americana imagery. The Office Lounge 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-0840 KARAOKE With your host Lynn, the Queen of Karaoke! Omega Bar 9 p.m. $3. www.theomegabar.com SPICY SALSA Lessons at 9:30 p.m. followed by open dancing at 10:30. No partner or experience necessary. Every Wednesday.
Down the Line 10/20 Dr. Fred’s Karaoke (Go Bar) 10/20 DJ Debacle (Little Kings Shuffle Club) 10/20 HeRobust / Shietgo / Shlomo / Star Slinger (New Earth Music Hall)* 10/20 Jack Jiggles (Ted’s Most Best) 10/20 New Sneakers (Amici Italian Café) 10/20 Caltrop / Grim Reefer / Hot Breath / Maximum Busy Muscle / Utah (Caledonia Lounge)* 10/20 Efren (DePalma’s Italian Cafe) 10/20 The Hobohemians (Farm 255) 10/20 Joel Atwill / Daniel Clay / Thayer Sarrano (Flicker Theatre & Bar) 10/20 Packway Handle Band / Pickin’ for Peace / Railroad Earth (Georgia Theatre)* 10/20 Mary Sigalas (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) 10/20 The Segar Jazz Affair (Omega Bar) 10/20 Dave Howard (Terrapin Beer Co.) 10/20 The Other Brothers Band (The Melting Point) 10/20 Blues Night (The Office Lounge) 10/21 The K-Macks / Saint Francis / Tedo Stone (40 Watt Club) 10/21 Black Tusk / Chrissakes / Death of Kings / Nate Hall / Lazer/Wulf (Caledonia Lounge)* 10/21 Quiet Hooves (Farm 255) 10/21 Galactic (Georgia Theatre)* 10/21 Starlite Devilles (Go Bar) 10/21 Borderhop 5 (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) 10/21 The Axis (No Where Bar) 10/21 Falcones / New Madrid / Sam Sniper / The Woodgrains (Nuçi’s Space) 10/21 Abby Owens Band / Charlie Garrett Band / Efren (The Melting Point) 10/21 The Hands of Time Band (The Office Lounge)
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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 (Farmington Depot Gallery) Seeking artists and food vendors for Festiboo (Oct. 29–30) and a Holiday Market (Dec. 2–3). Email for application. peterlooseart@gmail.com Call for Artists (Little Kings) The Moonlight Gypsy Market (Nov. 11) is accepting vendor applications for artists, crafters and junk collectors. Seeking outsider, erotic, macabre and odd artists. Fill out online application. $15. moonlightgypsymarket@gmail.com, www.facebook. com/moonlightgypsymarket Call for Submissions (Athens Institute for Contemporary Art (ATHICA)) Seeking works that strip away layers of convention attached to the trope “Southern.” Deadline Nov. 10. Exhibit dates Jan. 21–Mar. 3. www.athica.org/callforentries.php Indie Craftstravaganzaa Holiday Market (Downtown Athens) Seeking artist vendors for craft fair on Dec. 3, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Application deadline Oct. 24. $110.
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CLASSES Beginning Bellydance (Whole: Mind. Body. Art.) Egyptian-style bellydance. Wednesdays, 7:30–8:30 p.m. $10. 706-424-0195, www.wholemindbodyart.com Bellydance for Fitness (YWCO) Have fun and exercise at the same time. Mondays & Wednesdays, 6–7 p.m. susiefaye@hotmail.com Butt ‘n’ Gut (Whole: Mind. Body. Art.) An instensive 30-minute workout focused on abs and glutes. Every Tuesday and Thursday. 5:30–6 p.m. $6. 706-424-0195, www.wholemindbodyart.com Computer Tutorials (ACC Library) Choose from a list of topics for personalized instruction. Call to register. Thursdays, 9 a.m. 706-6133650, ext. 354 Earth Skills Series: Shelter (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Develop the skill to create fire from
materials found in the wild. Methods include flint and steel, bow drills and hand drills. Nov. 19, 9 a.m.–3 p.m. $66. 706-542-6156, www.uga.edu/ botgarden Fall Classes & Workshops (OCAF) Adult classes and workshops include watercolor, oil painting, drawing, writing and editing, journal and papermaking, clay arts and bagpipes. Check website for details. 706-769-4565, www.ocaf.com Genealogy 102: Census Records Online (Oconee County Library) Research family history online using Ancestry Library Edition and HeritageQuest Online. Must have previous genealogy experience and basic computer skills. Call to register. Oct. 26, 5–6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 Health and Wellness Classes (Athens Community Council on Aging) Athens Community Council on Aging hosts senior-friendly Ballroom Dancing, Line Dancing, Yoga, Tai Chi and more! Go online for a complete schedule. 706-549-4850, www.accaging.org
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Edmund Lewandowski’s painting “Cruise Ship in Port” is on display at the GMOA through Dec. 4. Intro to the Internet (Oconee County Library) Learn about Internet service providers, broadband vs. dial up, web browsers, navigating, searching and more. Oct. 18 & 19, 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 Introduction to Computers (Oconee County Library) A two-part class that covers all the basics. Registration required. Limited to four participants. Must attend both classes. Oct. 13 & 14. 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 Ladies’ Non-Contact Cardio Boxing (Lay Park) Build muscle strength, agility and coordination. Wednesdays through Oct. 24, 7–8 p.m. $10. 706-613-3596, www.athensclarkecounty.com/lay Medicinal Plant Symposium (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Introduction to the medical botany of our region. Call to register. Oct. 18, 9 a.m.–3 p.m. $65. 706-542-6156, www.uga.edu/botgarden Propagating Native Plants from Seeds (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) A discussion on how to collect, clean and store different types of native plant seeds. Oct. 19, 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. $45. 706-542-6156, www.uga.edu/ botgarden Sharpshooter’s Basketball Clinic (Lay Park) Focus on proper shooting techniques and other fundamental basketball skills. 5:30–6:30 p.m. $1 (ACC residents), $2 (non-ACC residents). 706-6133596, www.athensclarkecounty. com/lay Take the Brakes Off Your Success (Buffalo’s Southwest Café) Four-week workshop on how to use the power of your mind to move towards a vision of what you really want in your life. Oct. 17, 24, 31 and Sept. 7, 12–1:15 p.m. $195 (meals included). 706-255-8966, josh@polarisglobalconsulting.com
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Thistle and Kudzu Scottish Country Dancers (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) No partner or experience necessary. Bring your dancing shoes. Every Tuesday, 7–9 p.m. $3. www.thistle andkudzu.net Wisdom of Body (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Achieve bodymind-spirit alignment with Carl Lindberg, certified Qigong instructor. Mondays through Oct. 31, 1–2 p.m. $80 (8 weeks), $12 (per class). 706542-6156, www.uga.edu/botgarden Yoga Classes (Total Training Gym & Yoga Center) Check website for details. On-going. 706-316-9000, www.totaltrainingcenter.com Yoga in Five Points (Five Points) Check website for schedule. 706355-3114, www.athensfivepoints yoga.com “Your Google Presence” (Georgia Center) A half-day course for businesses to claim their online marketing presence. Oct. 14, 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. $149. www.georgiacenter.uga.edu Zumba at the Garden (State Botanical Garden) Latin rhythms comprise this dynamic fitness program. Wednesdays, 5:30–6:30 p.m. $10/class, $80/session. www.uga.edu/botgarden
HELP OUT! Athens, GA Half Marathon (Athens, GA) Currently seeking volunteers to assist with runner packet distribution, expo operations, course directing, hospitality and race day operations. Race is on Oct. 22–23. Sign up online. www.volunteer.truist. com/hng/volunteer/home Drivers for Veterans Volunteers needed to drive veterans to Athens and Augusta hospitals. Background check required. Call Roger at 706-202-0587.
Economic Justice Coalition Yard Sale (Call for location) Donated items accepted Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m.–4 p.m at 2092 Prince Ave. 706-549-1142, www.econjustice.org Seeking Volunteers (Oconee County Library) The children’s department is seeking volunteers to create book displays and assist in making bulletin boards. 706-7693950, jjohnson@athenslibrary.org Volunteer Readers (Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic) Learning Ally (120 Florida Ave.) is seeking readers to record audio textbooks for disabled students. 706-549-1313, www.learningally.org Volunteers and Demonstrators Needed (Lyndon House Arts Center) The 37th Annual Harvest Festival (Oct. 13) is seeking volunteers to help out and demonstrators to share their 1800s-themed skills, crafts and art. 706-613-3623 Volunteers Needed (Athens, GA) Help needed for planning, setting up and cleaning up the 2nd annual LatinoFest, an event celebrating the local Latino community through music, food, art, dance and more. kerrysteinberg@gmail.com
KIDSTUFF Creative Dynamics (Athens Little Playhouse) A beginning level drama class for ages 5–9. Activities include learning to improvise, creating a character, stage movement and learning lines for skits. Thursdays, 5–6 p.m. $65 (per month). phillipbaumgarner@msn.com Family Creative Movement (Floorspace) Explore creative movement, yoga, dance improv and music for parents and children of all ages. Wednesdays, 10 a.m. $6–12. www.floorspaceathens.com
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Karate Classes (East Athens Community Center) For ages 7–14. Monday–Thursday, 5–6 p.m. 706613-3593, www.athensclarkecounty. com/eastathens Knee-High Naturalists (Sandy Creek Nature Center) A program of nature exploration, animal encounters, hikes and crafts. Alternating Wednesdays, 3:30–4:30 p.m. $24. 706-613-3515, www.athensclarke county.com/sandycreeknaturecenter Mama-Baby Yoga for Crawlers (Mind Body Institute) Wednesdays, 12:30 p.m. $60 (10 classes). 706-475-7329, www.armc.org/mbi Seeking Volunteers (Oconee County Library) Seeking teenage volunteers to assist in the creation of the “Alice in Wonderland Haunted House.” Oct. 24–27, 4–8 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 Teen Read Week Art Contest (ACC Library) Art contest with categories Original Characters, Fan Art Characters and Manga Self-Portrait. Online voting Oct. 26-31. Ages 1118. Oct. 1–25. FREE! 706-613-3650 www.clarke.public.lib.ga.us
SUPPORT ANAD Support Group (Holy Cross Lutheran Church) New support group from the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and
Associated disorders. Saturdays. 10 a.m. www.anad.org/get-help/ support-groups/georgia or 678612-2697 Athens Adoption Parents and Children Together New group for families with adopted children. Email for monthly meetings. Stacy, 770-601-3042, athensadoptivepact@gmail.com Emotional Abuse Support Group (Call for location) Demeaning behavior can be just as harmful as punches and kicks. Childcare is provided. Call the Project Safe hotline: 706-543-3331. Wednesdays, 6:30–8 p.m. Sapph.Fire (Nuçi’s Space) Social, support and volunteer org for lesbian and bisexual women. Email for meetings. Sapph.fire@yahoo.com, www.facebook.com/sapphfire.athens Survive and Revive (Call for location) Domestic violence support group. Dinner begins at 6 p.m. and group at 6:30 p.m. Childcare is provided. Second and fourth Tuesday of the month in Clarke County. First and third Monday of the month in Madison County. 6:30–8 p.m. Project Safe: 706-543-3331
ON THE STREET 27th Annual Birdseed Sale (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Order birdseed by phone, mail, email or
ART AROUND TOWN Amici Italian Café (233 E. Clayton St.) Art by Brooke Davidson. Through October. Artini’s Art Lounge (296 W. Broad St.) In support of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, an exhibit of work done by survivors, surviving families, Project Safe employees and other supporters. Through Nov. 6. Ashford Manor (5 Harden Hill Rd., Watkinsville) “Shona on the Lawn,” a self-guided garden tour featuring contemporary Zimbabwean sculptors. Through October. Athens Academy (1281 Spartan Dr.) Works by Stuart McCall Libby, LeeAnn Mitchell and Susan Nees. Opening reception Oct. 16. Through Dec. 9. Big City Bread Cafe (393 N. Finley St.) Abstract oil paintings by Elana Munroe-Gregory. Through October. Circle Gallery, UGA College of Environmental Design (Caldwell Hall) “Learning from the Land,” works by Edward Daugherty. Through Oct. 25. 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 Michael Pierce, Nick Joslyn, Peter Loose, PM Goulding and more. Flicker Theatre & Bar (263 W. Washington St.) Halloweenish Art by 14 Local Artists. Through October. Fringe Collective Artistic Studios (159 Jackson Street) “Penumbra,” a special Halloween art exhibit featuring the work of local artists. Opening reception Oct. 22. Through October. Georgia Museum of Art (90 Carlton St.) “American Letterpress: The Art of Hatch Show Print” contains 120 original posters and 20 hand-carved wooden printing blocks. Through Nov. 6. • “Edmund Lewandowski: Precisionism and Beyond” features 50 examples of the artist’s career. Through Dec. 4. • “Hot Metal and Cool Paper: The Black Art of Making Books” presents works by private presses. Through Nov. 6. • “Introduction to the Centers” features prints, drawings, letters and photos relating to Pierre Daura and Alfred Heber Holbrook (founder and first director of GMOA). Through Nov. 20. • Anthony Goicolea’s “Snowscape” includes a large photographic mural on Plexiglas and a video installation. Through Nov. 30. Georgia Theatre (215 N. Lumpkin St.) Photographs of Athens musicians by Jason Thrasher. Through November. The Grit (199 Prince Ave.) New acrylic and watercolor portraits by Lea Purvis. Through Nov. 6. Hendershot’s Coffee Bar (1560 Oglethorpe
online through Oct. 28 to help support Sandy Creek. Pick up dates are Nov. 4 & 5. Home delivery available. 706-613-3615, ext. 0, scncinc@ gmail.com, www.athensclarkecounty. com/sandycreeknaturecenter Athens Land Trust Design Competition (Athens Land Trust) The Athens Land Trust Design Competition for the Cottages at Cannontown aims to create architectural designs for four housing types that would be affordable and energy-efficient. Submit design proposals by Nov. 14. FREE! www. athenslandtrust.org/cannontown.htm Downtown Parade of Lights (Downtown Athens) Now accepting entries for Athens’ annual parade. This year’s theme is “Winter Wonderland.” Register by Nov. 17. 706-613-3620, robinstevens@ athensclarkecounty.com, www.accleisureservices.com Free to Breathe Run/Walk (Sandy Creek Park) Raise funding for lung cancer research when you register for this 5K run or one-mile walk. Nov. 13, 7 a.m. $15–$20. 608316-3786, www.freetobreathe.org Fright Night Trilogy Haunted House (Old Craven Pottery Building) Multiple warehouses, a haunted trail and haunted camping for those with enough courage to make it through the night. Dusk–11 p.m. (M.-Th.), dusk–2 a.m. (F.-Sun.) 678-622-2675 f
Ave.) “Art From Hawai’i” features original paintings by Agnieszka de Gielgud Nickelson. Opening reception Oct. 15. Through October. Highwire Lounge (269 N. Hull St.) Recent work by painter Jeremy Hughes. Through October. Hotel Indigo (500 College Ave.) “Dawgs and Dogs: The Works of Wingate Downs and Mary Engel.” Jennifer Jangles Studio and Gallery (10 Barnett Shoals Rd.) A studio and gallery of jewelry, pottery, fabrics, ribbon and more. Jittery Joe’s Coffee (297 E. Broad St.) Acrylic paintings by Mandy Elias. Just Pho…and More (1063 Baxter St.) Artwork by Leslie Litt. Through November. Lamar Dodd School of Art (270 River Rd.) “Framed Events” includes works by Alison Crocetta. Through Oct. 17. Lyndon House Arts Center (293 Hoyt St.) “Automotive Fine Art,” featuring watercolor and acrylic paintings of vintage cars. Through Oct. 22. •The Georgia Watercolor Society Members Juried Exhibition, judged by Stan Miller. Through Oct. 14. • “Outside In” contains selections from the George Bugg Collection. Through Oct. 15. • “Two Wheels Through Time” contains images of motorcycles and bicycles. Through Oct. 22. Madison-Morgan Cultural Center (Madison) “The Cow Show,” a bovine-inspired exhibition includes new works based on the humble, yet majestic animal. Through Oct. 15. OCAF (34 School St., Watkinsville) The Georgia Small Works Exhibition, juried by Margaret Morrison and Ted Saupe. Through Nov. 12. • Paintings by Virginia Parker detailing the relationship between environment and heredity. Through Oct. 21. Republic Salon (312 E. Broad St.) Vibrant and surreal paintings by Jessica McVey. Through October. State Botanical Garden of Georgia (2450 Milledge Ave.) “Forged from Nature” is an outdoor series of sculpted garden gates by artist Andrew T. Crawford. • Photographer Diane Kirkland’s exhibit “Georgia Natural” features a series of landscapes. Through Oct. 16. Town 220 (Madison) “Gary Hudson: Art Lives, Works from the ‘70s, California and New York.” Through Oct. 30. Transmetropolitan (145 E. Clayton St.) Paintings by Lisa Tantillo. Through October. Walker’s Coffee & Pub (128 College Ave.) Artwork by Ainhoa Bilbao Canup. Through October. White Tiger Gourmet Food & Chocolates (217 Hiawasee Ave.) “Dinner and a Show” includes paintings of the Boulevard area by Mary Porter. Through October. Whole: Mind. Body. Art. (127 N. Jackson St.) “Electricity Encouraged,” lightbox works and wood pieces by Matty Goldstein. Through October.
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reality check Matters Of The Heart And Loins I work in a big company—not super huge, but big enough to blend in. I started at a really low-level position and have worked my way up a couple of rungs very slowly over the last couple of years. I am very happy where I am, and comfortable in the idea that I can continue to grow here. My bosses have no idea who I am, and I am just fine with that. When I get to a position where they need to, they will know me, and I’m sure we will all get along just fine. So, in the meantime, I have had occasion, more than once, to meet the wife of one of the bosses. I can’t get into how or why, because I am that afraid of this getting out. I was in the right place at the right time to help this woman out with something incredibly small and menial first, and the second time in a way that really, really helped her out. It was not a big deal to me, and I would have done this for anybody in the situation, because that’s the kind of person I am. But she really made a big deal out of it, and she said she really wanted to find a way to thank me. I was still clueless the whole time as to what was happening, but then there was the moment where the lightbulb went off and I realized she was hitting on me. I know this sounds made up, and I know that I should provide some kind of evidence, but I am telling you I just can’t—too scared. She was not hinting at anything, she just straight up invited me to sleep with her. I smiled and thanked her and politely got the hell out of there, but now I am afraid that somebody might find out. I am very happy where I am, and I have no desire to get another job, and I probably couldn’t get paid or be as happy somewhere else even if I tried. She said that I was being naïve and that I wasn’t the only one, and she also tried to tell me that her husband knew and he was fine with it. She is super attractive, but I don’t think I could sleep with her even if I wanted to. Now when I see her she is always flirting, and it freaks me out. Any advice on how to make this stop? Boy Scout It’s unfortunate that this woman gets off on the power trip, but I think you’re handling it just fine. If I thought it was worth making waves, I would tell you to be direct and tell her to knock it off; I’m fairly certain that there is a case to be made that what she is doing is illegal. Unfortunately, I don’t think a guy in your situation is likely to get anywhere with that kind of complaint, and since you are happy with your job, your best bet is to avoid making waves and just wait until she finds another target for her affections. Continue to be the good citizen that you are, and hopefully she will get bored and move on. I have been seeing this guy for almost eight months. When we first met, I thought he was perfect for me. We had similar backgrounds
and interests and political leanings, which are things that are very difficult for me to find where we live. He seemed to like me. We went out a couple of times, and even though things seemed good, he started blowing me off. He would tell me he was going to do something and then back out at the last minute, or just not show up and then call me later and apologize and come up with an excuse. He never invited me to his house, and when I finally got him to tell me why, the answer should have made me walk away. He lived with a girl who he said was just a friend, but who was in love with him. He didn’t want me to come over because he didn’t want to hurt her feelings. I was really hurt and obviously suspicious, so I decided to quit calling him. That lasted a couple weeks, and then he came up to me at the gym and asked me to come out to eat with him so we could talk. He explained to me that he was in a bad place, he had an injury (I know that is true) that was keeping him from getting a job that he was really counting on, and he was depressed and feeling weird and acting like a jerk because he was just unhappy with himself. I felt better right away, but I did not let him off the hook. I asked him what was up with his roommate, and he said he had asked her to move out, and she was looking for another place. He told me that he wanted me to come with him to some camping trip with his friends in a couple of weeks. He asked me if we could get together again. Up to this point, I had not slept with him. Then he called me, and we did go out, and things got better, and he called when he said he would and stopped blowing me off. We started sleeping together. I decided not to let myself get too involved until he proved himself to me, so I played it cool and didn’t always call him back and didn’t always invite him out with my friends. I thought things were getting better. Now I think we are in another rut and I don’t know what to do. His roommate still lives there. I still haven’t been to his house. He says she is moving out, but she hasn’t found a place yet. He never stays the night when he comes over, and I still haven’t met any of his friends. What should I do? I can’t tell if I am being insecure or if this is a bad situation. Stuck in a Rut
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Houses for Rent 170 N. Church St. 2BR/1BA. 4 blocks to 40 Watt/UGA. Pets OK, no fees. Fenced yd., deck, screened porch, W/D, stove, fridge. $875/mo. Dan, (516) 507-8654. 1 8 4 N o r t h v i e w D r. – 5BR/2.5BA house – great location! 1655 S. Milledge Ave. – 3BR/2.5BA – walking distance to campus! 2375 S. Lumpkin St. – 3BR/3BA condo – quiet location! For rental info. pls. call (706) 546-0300 or e-mail howardrentalsinfo@ gmail.com. 1 7 5 S y l v a n D r. 3 B R / 1 B A home w/ great location near ARMC. $900/mo. Avail. now! Pls. call (706) 540-1810, (706) 433-2072, or email cbolen@ u p c h u rc h re a l t y. c o m . O n e owner is a licensed realtor in the state of GA.
235 Alawana Dr. 4BR/2BA house for rent w/ garage. New HWflrs., CHAC, new W/D, stove, fridge, DW. $900/mo. Avail. now. (706) 424-6505. 2BR/1BA. Near UGA, LR, DR, den, HWflrs., all appl., fenced yd., garbage p/u, carport, electric A/C, gas heat, no pets. $550/mo. 117 Johnson Dr. Owner/Agent. Stan, (706) 5435352. 2BR unique mill house. Heart pine flr. w/ 11 ft. beam ceilings. Sunny LR, new BA, W/D, DW, CHAC. 477 Whitehall. $700/mo. (706) 353-1750, ext. 104. 3BR/2BA, LR/DR, den, laundry room, garage, nice yd., FP, all elect. appls. Leafy, quiet n’hood. Eastside. 180 Longview. Pets OK. Avail. 11/1. $875/mo. (706) 286-0568. 3BR/2BA house on cul-de-sac for rent. On Eastside off Barnett Shoals Rd. $900/mo. w/ yr. lease. Call (404) 392-8977 to see. 3BR/1BA house near mall w/ lg. kitchen, attached garage, lg. wooded backyard. Washer incl. $530/mo. Lease/purchase option avail. (706) 549-4580. 3BR/2BA on Oglethorpe Ave. across from old Navy School. Fenced-in back yd., pet friendly. $890/mo. Call (770) 725-1555 for an appt. 3BR/1.5 BA. Lg. washroom with W/D. deck, front porch. Rent to own. $650/mo. + $1500 down payment. (706) 254-2936. 3BR/2BA house. Univ. Cir., 1 mi. from UGA. All appls., W/D, lg. fenced yd., carport. $1100/ mo., $800 dep. Oct. & Nov. rent free! (404) 983-7063.
176 Magnolia St. 2BR/1BA house for rent. HWflrs., CHAC, W / D , s t o v e , r e f r i g e r a t o r, storage, lawn maint. incl. $800/mo. Avail. now. (804) 678-8003.
3BR/1BA, 140 Airport Rd. on Eastside. Storage shed, back deck & privacy fence. Very spacious, great location. $750/ mo. + dep. Pets OK. (706) 2543450.
1 1 4 A l p i n e W a y. G r e a t house. 4BR/2BA. Close to Beechwood Shopping Center & Alps Rd. School. All appls. Lg. screened back deck. $999/mo. + dep. Cell, (706) 206-3350.
3BR/2BA remodeled house w/ bonus rm. 320 Conrad Dr., DW, W/D, all elect., 1 mi. from Dwntn. Athens. $900/mo. + dep. Avail. now. Contact Brian, (706) 613-7242.
2BR/1BA close to Dwntn./ UGA. HWflrs, sunny, CHAC, W/D, sec. sys., fenced yd. Great for pets. Mama’s Boy area. $650/mo. Avail. 10/1. Liz, (706) 540-5979.
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4BR/4BA house Dwntn. A steal! Walk to everything! Stainless, HWflrs., whole house audio, covered porch. W/D incl. $1200/mo. Avail. now. Aaron, (706) 207-2957. AtlasRealEstateAdvisors.com. 4BR/2BA house on Eastside for rent. HWflrs., carport, lg. yard. $1K/mo. www.infotube. net/152273. Call (706) 3699679, cell (706) 207-0935, or call Pam (706) 540-3809 lv. msg. Avail. immediately! 3BR/1BA house. $900/mo. + utils. 1 mi. from Dwntn. HWflrs., CHAC, W/D, covered porch, lg. closets, built-in bookcases. Call (706) 224-2472. Awesome house! 597 Dearing St., 4BR/2BA, $1050/mo. 2045 Robert Hardman Rd., Winterville, 5BR/2BA, $1095/ mo. 4BR on Whitehall Rd., $750/mo. 267 Atlanta Ave., 2BR/1BA +office, $675/mo. Call Nancy Flowers & Co. Real Estate, (706) 546-7946. Or visit nancyflowers.com for virtual tours. You will love them! Modern 3BR/2BA house on 3 acres. Quiet country location just 9 mi. from Dwntn Athens. Big kitchen, LR w/ FP. W/D hookup. $950/mo. (706) 5408461. Nice home, 3BR/2BA, 2 bonus rms./den. HWflrs., carpet, W/D conn., lg. private back yd., near bus line. A must see, call today! (706) 338-9065. Students/family welcome. Reduced! 4BR/2BA, 845 W. Hancock, HWflrs., CHAC, avail. now. Pets OK! 4 blocks to Dwntn. $1050/mo. Call (864) 784-3049. Residential or commercial: very lg. older home on 1.5 acres, 10 rms., 2 kitchens, 2BAs, lg. porch & deck. On busline. $1200/mo. David, (706) 2471398. Student special! Near bus line. 4BR/2BA, ample parking, fenced yd. w/ storage bldg., $800/mo. + $800 dep. Call Rose, (706) 255-0472, Prudential Blanton Properties.
Parking & Storage UGA parking spaces. Across the street from campus, law & library. $25/mo. 6 mo. minimum. Contact Susan, (706) 3544261.
Roommates 2BR/1BR duplex. Beautiful & fully furnished. 4 mi. from GA Square Mall in Bogart area. Retiree wants roommate to share expenses. $385/mo. + dep. covers ever ything. (678) 879-9772. F undergrad. majoring in liberal arts looking for cool, laidback roommate to rent room in 3BR/2BA house. Peaceful Winterville n’hood. $300/mo. incl. utils. Contact b e c k y. s n y d e r 8 8 @ y a h o o . com.
Rooms for Rent 2 rms. for rent in 4BR house i n N o r m a l t o w n . 1 B R/1 BA, $500/mo. + utils. Avail. now & spring. N/S. Contact Taylor, (214) 502-3005 or Sofi, (423) 280-9262.
Go to A g o r a ! Awesome! A ff o rd a b l e ! T h e u l t i m a t e store! Specializing in retro ever ything: antiques, furniture, clothes, bikes, records & players! 260 W. Clayton St., (706) 316-0130. Instant cash is now being paid for good vinyl records & CDs in fine condition. Wuxtry Records, at corner of Clayton & College downtown. (706) 369-9428.
Yard Sales Multi-family sale Sat. 10/15 8 a.m. Furniture, kids clothes, household goods, art, donuts, more. Temple UMethodist Church, 2467 Wirebridge Rd., Arnoldsville. Oconee/Clarke/ Oglethorpe line. Benefits youth fund.
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For Sale Art Flagpole subscriptions! Delivered straight to the mailbox! Perfect present for your buddy who moved out of town. $35 for 6 mo.s, $55 for 1 yr.! Call (706) 5499523. Wool yarn for fiber artists, fleece for spinning and felting, floor loom, books, misc. weaving equipment. Call for appt. (706) 546-1636 or emailebishopmartin@gmail. com.
Miscellaneous Bidders Buy Auction. New & used items, collectables, & antiques. Auctions every Fri. & Sat. 1459 Hargrove Lake Rd. in Winterville. Visit www. biddersbuyauctions.com or call (706) 742-2205 for more info.
Equipment Looking for a drummer, g u i t a r i s t , b a s s p l a y e r, violinist? Looking for a band? Find your music mate with Flagpole Classifieds! Call (706) 5490301. Nuçi’s Space needs your old instruments & music gear! All donations are tax-deductible. Call (706) 227-1515 or come by Nuçi’s Space, 396 Oconee St. We buy musical instruments & equipment every day! Guitars, drums, pro-sound & more. (770) 931-9190, www. m u s i c g o ro u n d l i l b u r n . c o m . Huge on-line inventory. We love trades! Come visit Music Go Round soon...
Instruction Athens School of Music. Instruction in guitar, bass, drums, piano, voice, brass, woodwinds, strings, banjo, mandolin, fiddle & more. From beginner to expert. Instrument r e p a i r s a v a i l . V i s i t w w w. AthensSchoolofMusic.com, (706) 543-5800.
Music Services Amp repair! McNeece Music, 149 Oneta, Ste. 6C-7. Next to BikeAthens. Years of experience. Buy-sell-trade, custom builds, strings & acc., electric amps. (706) 548-9666, Tues.–Sat., 12–8 p.m.
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Eady Guitars, Guitar Building & Repair. Qualified repairman offering p ro f e s s i o n a l s e t u p s , f re t work, wiring, finishing & restorations. Exp. incl. Gibson & Benedetto Guitars. Appt. only (615) 714-9722, www.eadycustomfinishing. com. F re t S h o p . P ro f e s s i o n a l guitar repairs & modifications, setups, electronics, precision fretwork. Previous clients incl. R.E.M., Widespread Panic, Cracker, Bob Mould, John Berr y, Abbey Road Live!, Squat. (706) 549-1567. K i t c h e n Ta b l e S t e re o since 1989, electronic technical services. Guitar a m p r e p a i r, k e y b o a r d & organ service, new & used equipment sales, service and installation. Roger, (706) 3553071. Wedding bands. Quality, professional bands. We d d i n g s , p a r t i e s . R o c k , jazz, etc. Call Classic City Entertainment. ( 7 0 6 ) 5 4 9 - 1 5 6 7 . w w w. classiccityentertainment. com. Featuring The Magictones - Athens’ premiere wedding & par ty band. www.themagictones. com.
Musicians Wanted Top teenage drummer seeks singer w/ strong rock voice to form band. (706) 2026899.
Services Cleaning My house cleaning clients say I am reliable, good & easy on their budget. I’m local, earth & p e t f r i e n d l y. L o c a l references on request. Text or call Nick: (706) 851-9087. Email: Nick@ goodworld.biz.
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Pets Boulevard Animal Hospital October Special: Bring your pet dressed in a Halloween costume & receive a free nail trim! 298 Prince Ave. ( 7 0 6 ) 4 2 5 - 5 0 9 9 , w w w. DowntownAthensVet.com.
Jobs Full-time Call center representatives needed to do lead generated business inquir y calls for technology companies. FT, Mon. – Fri., 8 – 5 p.m. $9/hr. Please email Mandy w/ Express Employment Professionals at mandy.whitlow@expresspros. com for more info. Local Data Entry/Typist needed immediately. Guaranteed $425 PT–$825 FT. Flex. schedule. Work from own PC. 800-7981763 (AAN CAN). Shenanigans Salon is now accepting applications for experienced hair stylists, clientele pref’d. Email resume to admin@shenaniganssalon.com or present in person. 1037A Baxter St. (706) 548-1115.
Opportunities Disclaimer! Use at your own risk. Be careful giving out personal information. Flagpole does our best to scout out scams but we cannot guarantee. Earn $75-200/hr. (now 25% off). Media Makeup & Airbrush Training. For ads, TV, film, fashion. 1 wk. class & portfolio. AwardMakeUpSchool.com, (310) 364-0665 (AAN CAN). Ear n up to $100 by participating in UGA research! Currently seeking 3 groups of participants. If you meet ANY of these criteria, please contact the EDP Lab at (706) 542-3827 or ugafMRI@gmail. com. 1. Are you age 18 or above & eligible to have MRIs? 2. Are you age 18 or above & have a BMI of 30 or higher? 3. Are you a female age 18 or above who binge eats & induces vomiting/uses laxatives at least 4 times/mo.? Help wanted. Extra income! Assembling CD cases from home! No exp. necessary! Call our live operators now! (800) 405-7619, ext. 2450, www.easywork-greatpay.com (AAN CAN).
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Vehicles Autos ’93 Integra 2-door, manual transmission, 240k mi., runs g re a t , A / C n e e d s f i x i n g , needs radio fixed, clean Carfax! 30 mpg. (706) 3409507. $1900.
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Organizations O c t . 2 0 t h : J o i n f a c u l t y, students and university community members as we w e l c o m e t h i s y e a r ’s M a r y Hepburn Distinguished Lecturer, Dr. Carole Hahn, to Athens. 6 p.m. reception in Lamar Dodd School of Art, Room S151, followed by her address, “Educating for Citizenship: An Inter national Perspective.” Hosted by the Dept. of Elementary & Social Studies Ed.
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UGA Expanding Options for Parents
Childcare Center Opens in 2012 W
hen it comes to child care, University of Georgia associate professor Christof Meile considers himself lucky. His three-year-old, Sophie, has one of 71 coveted slots at the Child Development Lab at the McPhaul Center. The child care center is one of only two in the area to hold a rigorous national accreditation, and gets excellent marks from parents. And as the only daycare on campus (which includes a prekindergarten class with another 22 students, housed in a separate building), McPhaul has a long waiting list that can take years to get through. But starting Jan. 3, UGA faculty, staff, students and others in the community will have more options when a second child care center opens on the new Health Sciences Campus at the former U.S. Navy Supply Corps School. UGA is now renovating the former PX building on the west side of the campus, which will be used in conjunction with the Navy’s former daycare center to add another 146 spaces for children ages six weeks to five years. The new University Childcare Center, which will be run by Prodigies Child Care Management (the parent company of Little Prodigies Child Development Center on nearby Park Avenue), won’t have Lottery-funded prekindergarten classes like its UGA counterpart, but it will follow the same curriculum as the McPhaul Center and eventually apply for the
same National Association for the Education of no direct university expense in the operations Young Children accreditation, says Prodigies of the center.” Child Care owner Wes Zwirn. Both child care centers are open to chilZwirn’s company won the bidding process dren of university employees and also to local to run the center. Although the University residents not affiliated with the university, Childcare Center—unlike McPhaul, which although preference is given to university is staffed by university employees—will be staff, faculty and students. Zwirn adds that 20 run by a private company, it will adhere to percent of the spaces at the new center will standards set by UGA. In exchange, Prodigies have a sliding tuition rate, offering families Child Care Management will be able to use the with combined incomes of $70,000 or less building free of charge. a discount of $20 per “They put out a week (standard fees When UGA acquired the bid for somebody to range from $175 to Navy Supply Corps School open, get licensed and $195 per week, dependoperate a center until ing on the child’s age.) campus, it opened the door 2015,” Zwirn says, addThe increased to expand child care options. availability of child ing that in three years, the contract will be up care comes as a relief for renewal. “They tell us all of the guidelines to many on campus. According to a 2008 they want us to implement, and we implement survey sponsored by UGA, 74 percent of all [them]… Everything I do is closely monirespondents said they would be likely to use tored by UGA, and I work in conjunction with a university-sponsored child care center, and them.” 92 percent supported the development of one. Tom Gausvik, associate vice president for Faculty, staff and students who participated human resources at UGA, says the University in a focus group as part of the survey also Childcare Center is designed and contracted to pointed out a shortage of quality care for run as a commercial business—another differinfants in the area. Unfortunately, despite the ence from McPhaul, which is operated by the buzz that the survey caused among those at College of Family & Consumer Sciences. UGA hoping for more child care options, the “McPhaul is an educational research cenplan was put on hold until this year due to ter,” explains Gausvik in an email. “We were the economy and lack of space. looking for outside expertise to do this with When UGA acquired the Navy Supply Corps
School campus, it opened the door to expand child care options. Zwirn says he researched other universities and focused on the University of Texas, which has two child care centers. “I think the University of Georgia is quickly falling in line with other peer institutions,” he says. Amy Kay, director of the McPhaul Center lab, says the school has a “pretty substantial” waiting list. “Once a baby is born, a parent puts the child on the waiting list,” she says. “The waiting list moves [from class to class] each year, and when our program coordinator is doing enrollment, we may be calling parents who put their children on the waiting list three or four years ago.” Kay adds that the new University Childcare Center will be an asset to the community. “My expectation is that they will have an exemplary, quality program and it will better serve the needs of the UGA community and the Athens community,” she says. “It’s a positive thing… I feel good about what’s about to get going.”
Kristin Morales The University Childcare Center is currently accepting pre-registration for January 2012 enrollment. Email Wes Zwirn at wes.ugachildcare@gmail.com to receive a pre-registration form or go to www.ugachildcare. com for more information.
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