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2010 Athens-Clarke County includes two complete State House of Representative districts, one of which traditionally has been the home district of the University of Georgia. A third district includes a small part of ACC and all of Oconee County.

2011 The Georgia legislature carves out a part of AthensClarke County and joins it to portions of Oconee, Walton, Barrow and Jackson counties to construct a House of Representatives district having absolutely no community of interest whatsoever except the Speaker’s interest in electing new Republican Doug McKillip. The leftover part of AthensClarke is joined to Oconee to form another district.

2011 Athens-Clarke County has, since local citizens ratified its charter in 1990, been governed by a mayor and 10 commissioners from eight geographical districts and two “super­ districts,” each comprising four of the geographical districts.

In accordance with legal requirements to redistrict the county after each census, the mayor appoints a committee and the state’s top redistricting consultant to hold public hearings and redistrict the county. Hearings are held during the summer, and in the fall the committee comes up with a redistricting plan that equalizes the populations in the existing districts. A second committee of local citizens appointed by the mayor determines that the existing districts are not racially discriminatory.

2012 The Georgia Legislature overrides the work of the mayor’s redistricting committee and the Charter of the Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County Georgia and imposes a totally new 10-single-member-district, jerry-rigged around the residences of the present commissioners, lessening by half each citizen’s representation. The reason given for the takeover by the Legislature is that Athens-Clarke County will now be able to elect more minority citizens, including (non-partisan) Republicans. Local citizens are expected to welcome this power play, because all our Senators and Representatives consider it to be in our best interests. Rep. Chuck Williams is not really in favor of this takeover, but he lacks the guts to block it by withholding his consent to let it go forward as local legislation. Rep. Doug McKillip pushes it as part of his demonstration of just how much of a Republican he has become. Rep. Keith Heard goes along with it, because he has been gone from Athens for so long he thinks he’d better do something local attorney Ken Dious tells him would be even better for black people than selling out the Colima Avenue neighborhood for a Racetrac gas station. Sen. Frank Ginn is for it because it’s a minor part of his district, and he’s not really for local control, as he first said he was; and Sen. Bill Cowsert pushes it because the people in the pines of Walton County provided his election margin last time, and he’s got to show them he’s not as much of a city slicker as he looks like in his big car, expensive suits and tassle-loafers.

2012 In the July 31 primaries, local attorney Regina Quick is running against McKillip. Local businessman Spencer Frye is running against Heard. Candidates have yet to oppose Williams, Ginn and Cowsert—candidates who believe that “government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the Earth.”

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Guess What: Last week was pretty active on have been so frequently remarked upon in this the Selig/Walmart front, in that there was a column. Selig is engaged in a strident public lot of talking about the fact that nothing’s relations campaign in Athens, and its viewhappening. The Banner-Herald’s Blake Aued point continues to be more than well enough reported that Selig now sees its timeline represented in the local news media and, as for submitting plans for its development to we’ve seen, in other forums. There’s no need Athens-Clarke County in terms of months, for any of the eight or nine hundred words in likely damning us newsfolk to another season this weekly column to be used for the repetiof harping on the damned thing. The next tion of Selig’s talking points; the function of day, a Walmart spokesman told Aued that the City Dope, and any other editorial column, company, while interested in expanding here, for that matter, should be to answer them. isn’t yet sure the Selig project is “the right Again, let it be emphasized that the projopportunity.” So fidgety, Walmart! ect described by Selig and illustrated on its And, in the wake of Flagpole’s publication website appears to be deeply in conflict with last week of Kristen Morales’ article about existing planning and design codes for the Selig’s meetings with small, select groups of area in which it is planned. In spite of the community members to talk about its plans, welcomeness of the company’s intention to Selig VP Jo Ann Chitty sent an email to the expand the downtown commercial area in one ACC Mayor and Commission taking issue with fell swoop, and the absolute appropriateness several of the statements and implications of the Armstrong & Dobbs property as a locain the piece. “Why is that noteworthy,” you tion for its development, the current design ask? Or, more likely, “How do you know?” The does not work there with the city’s plan. answer to both questions is that within a day In Chitty’s email to the mayor and comof its being sent, the email had been posted mission, she lamented that Flagpole has to a Clarke County School District listserv implied Selig is trying to “’divide-and-conquer’ that includes any CCSD a community that we employee who’s signed eagerly want to be a up for it, and was forpart of.” In all sincerwarded goodness knows ity, Ms. Chitty, most where else from there. of Athens—including Chitty says Brian Flagpole—wants Selig Brodrick, Selig’s local PR to be a prominent, conrep at Jackson Spalding, tributing and benefiting shared the email with member of this commu“some citizens who nity, too. We want this asked questions about development to happen, the article,” and that and to be successful. she doesn’t know how All it will take is a it found its way to serious and explicit the school district commitment on your listserv. There’s nothpart to respecting ing inherently wrong Athens’ longstandwith “sharing” such an ing, forward-thinking email in the way Chitty and absolutely critical describes, of course, priorities for what we though the person who intend our community “Roll Out the Barrels,” ACC’s annual fundraiser to be. shared it with fellow for environmental education, kicks off with an CCSD employees, who event Friday, Mar. 30 from 5:30–7:30 p.m. at isn’t a PR professional Ahem: If you’re hungry the Terrapin Brewery. Twenty different local artand thus won’t be for some actual, live ists have each painted or otherwise decorated a discussion with your named here, probably rain barrel, which will be auctioned on Ebay to shouldn’t have done so. fellow citizens about all benefit the Athens Green School Program. The Anyway, that’s the kind the above stuff, then Terrapin event is free, but the proceeds from of thing that can hapgo to the Federation of your $12 souvenir sampling glass will go to the pen when people who Neighborhoods’ meeting cause. Check out www.rolloutthebarrels.org for are PR professionals at 7:30 p.m. Monday, more information, to see the barrels and to bid get asked to forward Apr. 2 for a discussion on them. The one pictured above was painted emails, and it nicely on the proposed A&D

by Flagpole’s own David Mack. illustrates one of the project featuring Tony main points of the very Eubanks, Lila Grisar, article Chitty’s email was supposed to refute: Melissa Link, Charlie Maddox and another that Selig’s strategy for marketing its plan to unconfirmed panelist. The program, as always, Athens—and that of Jackson Spalding and is free, open to the public and takes place at Brodrick—is to direct its communications the Fire Hall at 489 Prince Ave. toward carefully selected groups of people, who are then expected to share Selig’s careGo Here: The Dope can say nothing fully crafted messages with others who know more (for the moment) about the patent and trust them. (It is still amazing to note mendacity and deviousness of Doug that Brodrick is being paid to sell this comMcKillip—especially in light of the Atlanta munity on a project that would add an uninJournal-Constitution’s Jay Bookman’s expert tegrated, auxiliary “downtown” to its existing vivisection of the short-timer’s desperate and one while also serving on its Downtown cruel abortion gambit. Send everyone you Development Authority and as chairman of know to www.blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman to its Chamber of Commerce.) find the Mar. 20 post “The fanaticism behind Finally, it now may bear explaining why, Ga.’s pending abortion law.” Then cross over as Chitty noted in her email with apparent and vote for Regina Quick in the July 31 regret, the Dope hasn’t “reached out” to Selig Republican primary. Seriously. (or Jackson Spalding) for comment on any of the issues related to the developer’s plan that Dave Marr news@flagpole.com

city pages Oconee Street crosses the North Oconee River (to accommodate sidewalks and bicycle lanes).

But the planning department has backtracked on suggesting that ACC might want to take over portions of the streets from the Georgia Department of Transportation in order to improve pedestrian crossings or to add street Prince Avenue’s future continues to be a trees—the sort of “complete streets” ameniflashpoint for controversy, with local officials ties that the state agency has resisted in the past, but seems now “at least open to talking at pains to deny that any changes are imminent as a result of the Planning Department’s about,” Lonnee said. The studies also suggest better accommodating bicycles and relaxing “corridor studies” for both Prince Avenue and Oak/Oconee Street. “There is no new zoning the county’s parking requirements for new district” for Prince, ACC Planning Director Brad developments.

Meanwhile, the need for a downtown masGriffin assured the Athens-Clarke County Mayor and Commission at their monthly agenda ter plan seems increasingly on commissioners’ radar. They will vote next week on lowering session last week, but the study does suggest that commissioners might want to put residential density limits downtown (since a medical buildings under consultant’s study sugthe same requirements gests that existing water The planning department and sewer pipes may not as other professional be able to handle allowoffices (which currently has backtracked on able densities in downare limited to 10,000 square feet). suggesting that ACC might town’s eastern portion).

Local real estate and But without an overall want to take over portions master plan, “we can medical developers “are only look at the pieces,” eyeing this very closely,” said Commissioner Alice ACC Senior Planner Bruce of streets from GDOT. Lonnee told Flagpole.

Kinman last week. Such “They’re envisioning a very vibrant future on a plan would take a year or more, Griffin said, Prince Avenue for future medical development, and cost $100,000–$200,000. Commissioner as well they should… What we’re trying to do Kelly Girtz suggested that commissioners is get out in front of that a little bit; lay the might find the money; the Athens Downtown groundwork for how that should be done so we Development Authority has discussed funding don’t end up with a development that’s coma downtown master plan, but despite soliciting pletely incompatible.” That could mean raising proposals from consultants has not done so. size limits for professional offices, he said, but applying the limits to medical offices as well.

John Huie Given complaints about smells and noise from restaurants and drive-thrus along Prince, new standards might be developed for them as well. Apartments or townhomes might be permitted as buffers between commercial and other residential uses, as well, Lonnee said.

Public comments on the studies have included many concerns about fast traffic and “People don’t stop for pedestrians in crosswalking safely across both Prince and Oconee/ walks,” ACC Traffic Engineer Steve Decker said, Oak; a wider bridge is recommended where

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although in marked crosswalks, pedestrians have the right-of-way. ACC Police run “stings” to catch violators, and “they write a lot of citations” to drivers, Decker told Flagpole.

But, many drivers are not used to midblock crosswalks (or don’t know the law), and “that’s what we have to work on: educating a generation.” That’s how long it took to teach people to use seat belts, he said—although some people still don’t, which accounts for most local traffic fatalities when people are thrown from their vehicles.

So far, Decker says, injuries at local crosswalks have been minor: “Close calls, yes—a lot of close calls.” The law requires drivers in all lanes to stop once a pedestrian has entered a marked crosswalk; and they should not resume until he or she has reached the curb.

(Pedestrians also have the right-of-way when a car is making a right turn.) New amber strobe

lights—like the one marking the crosswalk at The Grit on Prince Avenue—are becoming standard in Athens, Decker says. He plans an education campaign, like the one that’s now underway to make school zones safer, to teach drivers the law about crosswalks.

Too many drivers don’t slow down at school zones, either: ACC Police wrote 8,600 citations last year, “which told me that school zones weren’t safe,” Decker said. “We shouldn’t be writing that many.” Now, with more consistent signs and enforcement, more drivers in Athens are slowing down. And to slow down the through traffic that afflicts some neighborhoods, Decker said, radar speed signs work as well as speed humps, and cost less. “Speed humps do work,” he said, “but the problem is the noise factor.”

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capitol impact athens rising How long does it take for the Legislature to adopt a tax revision plan? As we saw last week, it does not take very long. The tax plan known as HB 386 was released to the public Monday morning at a joint committee meeting where lawmakers spent a few minutes giving a quick overview of the bill’s provisions.

When House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams asked to see the fiscal models that were used to determine the impact of the tax changes, Rep. Mickey Channell (R-Greensboro) curtly responded, “We don’t have that available right now.”

The joint committee met again Tuesday morning for less than 10 minutes to vote the bill out. When Senate Minority Leader Steve Henson asked why this bill had suddenly appeared so late in the session, House Majority Leader Larry O’Neal enlightened him.

“We’re late in the session,” O’Neal explained, “because it has taken this much time.”

The House passed the bill that same afternoon, then rushed it over to the Senate, where it was unanimously adopted on Thursday and sent to Gov. Nathan Deal’s desk.

Boom-boom-boom: it was done and over that quickly.

Will the revision be a good thing for the state and its citizens? Nobody really knows.

The leadership wanted to get the bill out before anyone had a chance to read it very closely. Lawmakers wanted to pass something they could call “tax reform” when they are running for reelection this year, and that’s what they did.

“It means our state is more competitive and is a state where we can grow jobs,” Deal said.

Actually, numbers released by the state Labor Department on the morning of the Senate vote refuted those job growth assumptions. Labor Commissioner Mark Butler disclosed that Georgia’s unemployment rate dropped to 9.1 percent in February, the lowest rate in three years. “We created 15,600 jobs;

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lots of unemployed Georgians went back to work, and fewer people were laid off,” Butler said.

Georgia’s economy has turned around, and jobs have been growing for the past few months, in the absence of any new tax breaks passed by the Legislature.

HB 386 was supposed to be a comprehensive overhaul of the state’s antiquated tax code, but it became an odd collection of tax breaks and tax increases. There are some tax changes that Georgians will undoubtedly enjoy. The yearly property tax due when auto license tags are renewed will eventually be replaced by a one-time title fee of 7 percent paid at the time of the vehicle purchase.

Anyone who buys a car will surely approve of that.

The tax change that could have the largest long-term impact is the requirement for retailers like Amazon to collect sales taxes on merchandise they sell over the Internet.

People who buy stuff online are going to be paying higher taxes, because this is definitely a tax increase. Given the growing trend towards Internet shopping, this could eventually become one of Georgia’s biggest sources of tax revenue. This was also a part of the tax bill that irked the tea party factions.

“We got this bill yesterday afternoon,” conservative activist Kay Godwin complained before the House passed it on Tuesday. “We had less than 24 hours to look at it before it will be voted upon.”

Godwin wasn’t the only one who didn’t have time to review this complex piece of legislation. There were a lot of legislators who were in the same boat with her.

Tom Crawford tcrawford@gareport.com Tom Crawford is editor of The Georgia Report, an Internet news service at gareport.com that reports on government and politics in Georgia.

What’s Up in New Development Ward Healing: Savannah has been highly A Transit Solution?: I recently caught regarded, more or less since its founding, for Megabus to Atlanta, and it’s interesting to the elegance of its urban plan. However, consider, in light of so many debates about it’s a place that must truly be experienced to commuter rail and subsidized air travel to be understood and appreciated. Perhaps that Atlanta, just what it means for regional translack of experience with truly successful models portation. This company’s growing network is one source of our local apathy regarding is based on a very minimalist approach, with good planning. Visiting Savannah recently direct routes, online booking and no-frills and experiencing it by foot, bike and car, it stops. It does fill a long-debated niche, was incredible to see how this city has, over namely affordable and quick transit service its nearly 300 years, evolved to handle all to Atlanta, at least for the occasional rider. I sorts of new challenges, and to integrate so wonder how the service will evolve, though, many different kinds of uses and movement so and whether it will provide a viable alternaseamlessly. tive to the federally subsidized air service to The key unit of Savannah is the ward, of Hartsfield from Athens, or to airport shuttles. which the square is the centerpoint. The Likewise, will the company be able to tap into relationship between space and architecture, a commuter market, serving daily travelers nature and city, is rarely so well integrated in headed into Atlanta? the American landscape, and while the squares were originally militia parade grounds, they have become green jewels.

Indeed, the “garden city” identity of Savannah has always been there to some degree, with the original plan for the city’s larger area also setting aside neat agricultural plots for each ward.

The average ward measures out at a little over eight acres, with a square of around one acre in the middle. It’s certainly interesting to compare this flexible unit to similarly scaled projects here at home.

The network of streets also performs quite well as an urban infrastructure, subtly providing on-street parking for around 200 cars per ward, not including those that park in the alleys. That the centuries-old Oglethorpe plan is capable of storing so many vehicles without creating any parking lots or overtly impacting the quality of the squares or buildings With no rights-of-way to purchase and only cables to hang rather than is a lesson modern planners tracks or pavement to lay, creative solutions like this aerial tram in and developers would do well Portland may be only a sample of what post-recession transit solutions to consider, as they attempt look like. to solve current infrastructure issues with single-use solutions. It’s also remarkable that the contours The practicality and ingenuity of transit of the grid mandate buildings that are well solutions in other parts of the world with limserved by windows on all sides, keeping them ited resources, especially South America, has well-lit and breezy, and putting more eyes on always fascinated me. That continent’s nations the street. It’s interesting to think that the have produced innovative approaches, includaverage student apartment complex is similar ing the now commonplace bus rapid transit to a Savannah ward in area, scale and square model, as well as more recent aerial tram and footage, and yet fails so horribly to produce gondola lift systems, which are more familiar an environment of any quality. here as a ski resort feature than as a part Ultimately, Savannah’s plan is an egalitarof the urban transport system (Portland and ian and nonhierarchical one, and that makes it Manhattan providing the only two American eminently adaptable to other contexts, includ- exceptions). I wonder: can we expect a more ing ones like ours. Although we shouldn’t nec- complex network of public and private transessarily stamp out wards in the same manner, portation options in this post-recession era the principles upon which those solutions are of high fuel costs and shrinking government based—connectivity, self-contained neighborbudgets, especially given our state’s inability hoods and well-scaled streets and buildings— come up with any solution other than a sales are ones that do apply. The scale of urban tax to build more highways? development relative to the street grid apparMegabus’ American operations began in ently hasn’t changed in the last 300 years, 2006, and given that the company has grown and perhaps we could develop our own local so much during the course of this recession, module: a prescriptive approach that would perhaps we’ll be seeing other new business steer development, whether medical offices models for alternative transportation as the or student apartment complexes or mixed-use economy warms back up. supercenters, towards a more compatible and connected form.

Kevan Williams athensrising@flagpole.com

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A Look Ahead April 1: Patterson Hood and the Downtown 13 record a version of “100 Bottles of Beer on the Wall” to promote awareness of the hundreds of local college bars that will be devastated by the proposed Walmart. The project is abandoned when the verse pertaining to beer bottle no. 62 is mistakenly erased, destroying the flow of the song.

April 23: Widespread Panic fan Brent Dabney frees himself after being trapped in 1987 since 1992. Neighbors living near the man say they noticed nothing out of the ordinary during the intervening years and blah blah blah blah blah. Found wandering down Nowhere Road, Mr. Dabney appeared confused,

April 5: Rumors circulate that Selig Enterprises plans to build a 94,000-square-foot Toys”R”Us at the Armstrong & Dobbs site. Activists show up in force at a meeting of the Athens-Clarke County Mayor and Commission to support local toymakers Jacob Moldfoot (deceased 1846) and Bascom MacDoogle (deceased 1787). Halfway through the meeting, City Hall is stormed by East Athens pre-schoolers in favor of the new store, shouting “We need the toys!”

Butts-Mehre Heritage Hall.

The name says it all.

High-Fiber.

You may eat this after you read it.

April 10: ACC commissioners unanimously pass funding for art to be installed at the Tent City homeless encampments on Lexington Road and beneath the North Avenue bridge. Eager to be included in the project, dozens of Athens artists bring their work downtown and place it on the sidewalk in front of City Hall. It is mistakenly picked up and transported to the county landfill by sanitation workers the following morning.

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April 12: Athens foodies celebrate the opening of a new tapas restaurant called More Money Than Brains.

The new eatery features portions of locally grown food too small to be seen with the naked eye. Diners are encouraged to bring their own microscopes, and robotic surgical equipment is provided in lieu of forks and knives.

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April 14: Nineteen-year-old local musician Emory Gelford is arrested after his car is stopped by ACC Gwen O’Looney performing with the USO during World War II. Police and he is found to be in possession of a guitar which is perfectly in tune. He is charged with two counts of attempting to impress and one count of having a big wore tattered, dirty clothing and a long beard and was badly in head. need of a shower. Family members remark that this is exactly how he looked when he disappeared 20 years earlier.

April 17: As part of its new “digital first” philosophy, the Athens Banner-Herald discontinues publishing newspapers and April 25: The first annual Athens Taste and Dance for Life is converts to a “texting only” format. Some headlines include, held at the Classic Center to the delight of sorority girls and old people.

April 27: PBS’s “Antiques Roadshow” comes to Athens! Featured items include an R.E.M. demo from 1921 recorded on a spool of wire and a photograph of Gwen O’Looney performing with the USO during World War II. Also on display: a collection of B-52 Kate Pierson’s personal items, including several wigs, wooden false teeth, a prosthetic arm, four glass eyes and 50 gallons of human blood in Depressionera glass jars.

April 30: ACC government workers are shocked when Mayor Nancy Denson arrives at City Hall with her head stuck inside a microwave oven. Sheriff’s deputies pursue the mayor through the building as she crashes into walls and rampages through offices, all the while pulling at the appliance in a desperate attempt to free herself. Denson then plunges through a The mayor serving as the mascot for an amateur Mexican soccer team in Jackson County. second-story window and onto the double barreled cannon, which ignites “OMG!!! Caterpillar totally coming 2 Athens!!”, “4 ppl murdered and fires her eight miles to the north. She lands on a vendor’s on Eastside WTF??!!?” and “Commission meeting most Xciting table at the J&J Flea Market, where she is sold for 10 pesos. thing ever! Not!! L.” The mayor is found three weeks later, microwave still affixed to her head, serving as the mascot for an amateur Mexican soccer April 18: UGA Football coach Mark Richt, relaxing during the team in Jackson County. off-season, loses his 857th consecutive game of checkers to his grandmother.

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Frying Time Again

Not So Simple Truths

Fish Shack: It’s surprising to me that no one yet has been able to make a go of it doing a basic fish shack business in Athens.

Sure, we’re not exactly coastal, but Atlanta has places that succeed at doing your basic baskets of fried this and that, plus hushpuppies and the like, so why can’t we?

Skogie’s on Baxter (525 Baxter St.), an extension of the Gainesville restaurant on Lake Lanier, opened a couple of months ago in the space previously occupied by Big Easy Café, between Domino’s and a wing shop, trying to do exactly that.

The menu is significantly smaller than that of its progenitor, limited pretty much to fish, shrimp and chicken. Ordering is set up as a series of choices: “Pick UR Protein.” Grilled or fried?

“How U Like It” (i.e., basket, po’boy or salad)? Sides? Sauce?

Boom, you’re done, and your food is out quickly. Everything is laid out very specifically. There’s no wondering how many shrimp you’re going to get when the answer, specified on the boards above the counter, is 16. Sides are unexpectedly numerous: pretty good hushpuppies, bland coleslaw, too-sweet broccoli salad, homemade sweet potato chips, waffle fries, fried okra, fried pickles and fried …fried fish, chicken green tomatoes.

The po’boy made with fried or shrimp… shrimp is acceptable but not stellar, and that sort of holds true for the restaurant’s offerings as a whole, even though its operators get credit for not just Sysco-ing everything they serve. You can, should you so choose, get your fried fish, chicken or shrimp “skogified,” which means doused in buffalo hot-wing sauce that’s been modified to include a bit of BBQ sauce and garlic. I imagine that works better for the chicken than either of the other options, and the sauce is surprisingly hot. “Skogified” is not the same, you should note, as “skogie sauce,” which is the basic mixture of ketchup, mayo, etc., that serves as house sauce at many restaurants.

The prices are good, ranging from $5.99 to $6.99 for most offerings, and students who pay cash and show an ID get a dollar off their meal. Skogie’s is open for lunch and dinner every day, with plans to add breakfast and espresso soon. It doesn’t serve alcohol, does plenty of take-out and delivery (through Bulldawg Food) and takes credit cards.

Brewpub: The list of restaurants in Athens I’ve never been to is brief by this point and ever dwindling. Weirdly, one was Copper Creek Brewing Co. (140 E. Washington St.), which has been around a long time (12 years!). It’s one of those restaurants whose lunch caters to folks who show up in neckties, and its service reflects that slight formality, with waitresses who ask questions with a big smile.

You can get a fine deal with a pint of one of the house brews with your lunch, but if you’re teetotalling during the daylight hours, you still might check it out. Most of the lunch menu will cost you $8, and the offerings are more interesting than you might expect. The chicken pot pie, for example, is presented in a pretty serving dish, baked to order. The fried catfish po’boy with remoulade and pickled onions was well executed, not the soggy mess that kind of sandwich can often become. A particular highlight was the fried turkey sandwich, which doesn’t mean I quite understand it. I expected a fried turkey patty, but the slices of tender meat may instead come from a whole fried turkey or perhaps been subjected to some pan-frying. Whatever the process, the result is good, combined with pesto aioli, smoked gouda, roasted peppers and red onion on sourdough. Copper Creek is open for lunch and dinner weekdays, dinner on Saturdays and closed Sundays. It serves its own beers and others, has a full bar and takes credit cards.

What Up?: Read about the Athens Food Cart Festival (Mar. 31) in our Calendar Pick in this issue. Yay, food carts!…

Something called Quickly Boba Tea is opening up at 660 West Broad between Finley and Pope, where construction work has been ongoing recently, perhaps a branch of the large panAsian franchise (“the world’s largest chain of Asian food and drinks”) that serves everything from burgers to “egg puffs” and all kinds of interesting beverages. More details to come as research progresses… Starting next Thursday (Mar. 29), the downtown Transmet will be serving pizza slices at the upstairs bar from 10 p.m.–2 a.m. (when the kitchen is usually closed).

Hillary Brown food@flagpole.com

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Tabletop Triumphs: UGA painting professor and gallery curator Jeffrey Whittle, who was recently named as one of Oxford American’s “New Superstars of Southern Art,” presents his paintings at Etienne Brasserie through March. Whittle’s color palette is gorgeous; watery blues, greens and peachy colors form compositions of fruit or plastic toy cowboys in a shootout amid seashells resting on a kitchen table.

Still-life paintings can be simply assemblies of objects, but often we are invited to consider the transitory nature of life and our own mortality. Viewed through this lens, Whittle’s painting of three peeled pears sitting side-by-side becomes much more than just a picture of fruit. Undressed and exposed, the pears’ fleshy forms could be a depiction of middle age.

Soon to show more signs of bruising, they stand for now in a moment of defiant beauty and in full possession of their corporeality.

Similarly, Whittle describes one of his cowboy combat paintings, “It’s Doom Alone That Counts,” as both a “cool stilllife set up” and a response to the feeling of “indecision [when] gazing at chaotic action and destruction.” It is this combination of aesthetic beauty and emotional insight that makes these seemingly simple paintings so compelling.

Growing Pains: If the generative act of creating art can be compared to giving birth, Lisa Freeman’s “Peculiar Children” are two-dimensional progeny that recreate moments in her own childhood in the form of haunted-looking kids in settings occupied by a puzzle of symbols. Allegorical portraits—not necessarily of a person, but of an experience—line the walls at ARTini’s Art Lounge in downtown Athens through March.

In each painting, Freeman presents one or two figures that are nearly identical. These children have almost elderly faces with weary eyes and careworn expressions. Though one composition references Diane Arbus’ photograph “Child with Toy Hand Grenade,” others appear as personal allegories with buttons, thread, untied shoelaces and playing cards representing fate and the ties that bind us.

Southern Hospitality: In a charming confluence of setting and subject matter, White Tiger Gourmet is currently showing Mary Porter’s beautifully bright paintings of front porches— one of the best things about living in the South.

With vivid colors and strong line, Porter’s paintings radiate sun-

Ticket to Ride: A Lamar Dodd School of Art alumna who has recently returned from her MFA studies at the New York Academy of Art, Meredith Lachin brings a little bit of the Big Apple to Watkinsville in the form of her “metrocard project” on view at the ArtLand Gallery, a newly opened art space located on the second floor of Chops and Hops. Lachin’s small paintings on subway access cards are joined by larger monotype prints on paper in the exhibition titled “Restraint and Release,” contrasting the controlled and miniature metrocards (“Restraint”) with the looser prints (“Release”).

Lachin describes the project’s development: “I began working on Metrocards in New York in spring 2010 when there was a call for entries for a show of ‘paintings on recycled metrocards’ put on by a colleague of mine from the New York Academy of Art. The first show, called ‘Single Fare,’ was hosted in his studio in Brooklyn and got quite a bit of attention.”

The show appeared twice more, and by then Lachin had a large collection of cards. She found them to be an excellent canvas for small studies: “I started off doing portraits of people I knew, screaming, because I often felt like I wanted to scream while on the subway; I thought it was an appropriate translation of my stifled emotion to portray someone screaming—another ‘silenced scream’ on a metrocard.”

Lachin’s formal training includes classical “old master” techniques and Meredith Lachin’s paintings are on display at ArtLand Gallery in Watkinsville through March. the study of anatomy, which is easy to see in her portraits and pictures of hands, but perhaps less apparent in the abstract monotypes shine. Most are scenes of porches with chairs waiting to be that also appear in the gallery. I asked her where the two rocked and flowers blooming by banisters. Grab a BBQ sandapproaches met for her. wich and some sweet tea and enjoy the view through March.

“The academic studio training I received has not only greatly enhanced my ability to make good judgement when Coming Up: Always one of the most anticipated events on the it comes to the formal qualities of my abstracts, but has also local arts calendar, the Lamar Dodd School of Art opened raised my aesthetic standards. My knowledge of the figure, first its 2012 MFA Exit Show on Mar. 23. Look for coverage on and foremost, has been the most vital training I have received. the class of 2012’s creations in the next Art Notes column…

The figure is all about the relationships of masses, and much ATHICA closes “Southern” on Apr. 1 and prepares for its next abstraction is based on the same principle. And, let’s just say exhibition, titled “Upcycle,” opening on Apr. 22… At the I am a firm believer in the saying, ‘You have to learn the rules Gallery@Hotel Indigo-Athens, “The Flower Show” blooms before you can break them,’” she says. on Apr. 12, and the Georgia Museum of Art’s exhibition Our art community is lucky to have Lachin as a returning “Southern Folk Art” opens on Apr. 28 and will include works member, and I will be looking forward to seeing more of her from the permanent collection. rule-breaking artwork in Athens in the near future. Her current exhibition is up through March.

Caroline Barratt arts@flagpole.com

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Don’t Give Up I have friends who have given up on fiction entirely. They only read books that tell them how to do something, or explain the current political landscape through the eyes of conservative talk-show hosts or liberal comedians, or illuminate human history through the evolution of the zipper or the cat-head biscuit or some such. If they do read fiction, it’s a very specific kind of fiction, usually involving sassy female detectives screwing vampires or the foiling of Arab terrorists by rock-jawed ex-Navy SEALs who answer directly to the president. In other words, there comes a point in many people’s lives when fiction is relegated to mental junk food or dispensed with entirely.

This scenario is completely understandable. Few enough of us are what one would call “readers” anyway—after all, we’re taught from our earliest days in school that reading is a task with a deadline and a judgment on our performance, not something one does for pleasure—and the impetus to read diminishes as we get older and weighed down with responsibilities. Our minds get enough of a workout in the daily struggle to survive and thrive, and by the time we get to the point where our backs start to ache for no reason and our hair follicles start taking early retirement and moving down south, most of us just don’t have the energy to navigate metaphors and the complex personalities of people who don’t even exist.

We regard reading as a hobby rather than a necessity, and we put it in the same place as our baseball cards or that sweater we’ve been knitting for months.

This is a shame, because the best stories are written by grownups for grownups, and the best stories written by grownups for grownups are short stories. For all the marquee value of the novel, its form allows and often requires bloat (if you’re Henry James) and padding (if you’re James Patterson). Short fiction, on

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the other hand, is fiction boiled down to its essence—lean, economical and as direct and true as an arrow to the target—and is therefore much harder to master. Writers who gauge the worth of a story by its word count are the same as poets who think haiku is easy, and both miss the point.

The Georgia Review gets it. Our hometown literary magazine, operating under the auspices of the university, has been quietly putting out some of the finest short fiction in the Republic for over six decades now, including many Pushcart Prize winners (the equivalent of the Pulitzer for small-press literary fiction).

Whereas every college puts out some kind of literary magazine, The Georgia Review not only bellies up to the same bar as Ploughshares and The Kenyon Review but elbows aside The New Yorker and The Atlantic Monthly to get there. When I say The Georgia Review is one of the top magazines for fiction in the country, this isn’t hometown jingoism talking. Like they say, it ain’t bragging if you can do it, and The Georgia Review does.

This year marks The Georgia Review’s 65th anniversary, and they’ve celebrated by putting out a new collection called Stories Wanting Only to Be Heard: Selected Fiction from Six Decades of The Georgia Review (University of Georgia Press, 2012). Edited

by Stephen Corey, with Douglas Carlson, David Ingle and Mindy Wilson, this is like Christmas in March, some of the best short fiction written anywhere since 1947. The list of authors featured here—William Faulkner, Joyce Carol Oates, T.C. Boyle, Donald Hall, John Edgar Wideman, Mary Hood, Ernest J. Gaines, Fred Chappell, Harry freakin’ Crews—make this a veritable textbook for aspiring writers and a joy for readers.

There’s a hefty dose of “Southern” fiction here, as is to be expected. Though, personally, I’ve never cared for that particular delineation as a defined subgenre or as a selling point, the South as a setting and a calling-forth of a distinctive voice is well represented here, but the range of places and voices in this anthology is wide. What the stories have in common, however, is the keen insight into human frailty and the large and small tragedies that shape our lives. No Navy SEALs here. The best stories are mirrors, and these are polished to dazzling clarity.

There is much to be proud of in Stories Wanting Only to Be Heard, and Corey et al. have done a spectacular job of picking through the treasure trove of material from the vast archives of The Georgia Review. It’s an enviable job, and one done very well. For those who have given up on fiction, this anthology will bring you back into the fold.

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Featuring special guests: Hugh Acheson, chef/author of “A New Turn in the South: Southern Flavors Reinvented for Your Kitchen.”

Judith Ortiz Cofer, author of “The Latin Deli,” “If I Could Fly,” and “A Bailar/Let’s Dance.”

Phillip Juras, artist/author of “Phillip Juras: The Southern Frontier: Landscapes Inspired by William Bartram’s Travels.”

Terry Kay, author of “The Greats of Cuttercane,” “Bogmeadow’s Wish,” and “The Book of Marie.”

Hosted by WUGA’s David Oates (author of “Drunken Robins”) with music by harpist Mary Fortson Raymer.

Books available for purchase. Cash or check only. All proceeds benefit the Athens-Clarke County Library. Call (706) 613-3650, ext. 336 for information.

Join us at 6:30 p.m. for a free, pre-event bookmark-making workshop for adults!

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movie dope Some releases may not be showing locally this week.

• indicates new review • 21 JUMP STREET (R) 2012’s biggest surprise to date has to be this brilliantly dumb comedy from starproducer-story contributor Jonah Hill.

A pair of pathetic new cops, Schmidt and Jenko (Hill and comedy revelation Channing Tatum), blow their first bust. As a result, they are transferred to a special undercover unit that sends fresh-faced policemen into local schools to nab drug dealers and the like. Schmidt and Jenko hilariously discover that today’s high school flips their previous experiences. Former cool kid Jenko is banished with the nerds, while Schmidt experiences what it’s like to be popular. What should not work in this remake of the late ‘80s/ early ‘90s Fox program, most famous as a launching pad for Johnny Depp, does with surprising comic force.

ACT OF VALOR (R) At times, Act of Valor betrays its humble origins as a military recruiting tool (think of the National Guard/Three Doors Down video for “Citizen Soldier” expanded to feature length), but at its high-octane best, this action experiment rivals its bigger-budgeted, star-laden competitors. What really sets Act of Valor apart from its action brethren is its non-professional acting troupe, an elite team of active duty Navy SEALs playing an elite team of Navy SEALs. ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: CHIPWRECKED (G) Come on, Fox! If you’re going to keep releasing new Chipmunks entries each holiday season, the least you can do is make a Christmas-themed movie featuring the furry trio’s classic holiday tunes.

Instead, Alvin, Simon, Theodore, the Chipettes and Dave (poor, paycheckcashing Jason Lee) start out on a cruise ship and wind up on a deserted island.

THE ARTIST (PG-13) Films today do not come as precious or charming as Michel Hazanavicius’ Best Picture winner. A silent film that is all about talking, The Artist of title refers to matinee idol George Valentin (Academy Award winner Jean Dujardin, who absolutely must be a silent film star Hazanivicius recently thawed from ice), who finds it difficult to transition from silent films to talkies, unlike rising star Peppy Miller (Academy Award nominee Bérénice Bejo).

BULLY (R) Who knows whether the final rating will be R or PG-13, but could the Weinsteins have paid for better publicity than the recent MPAA firestorm? Nope. This documentary from Lee Hirsch (Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony) digs into the daily nightmare of the over 13 million kids who are bullied online, at school, on the bus, at home and anywhere else they go. Hopefully, the MPAA will relent and allow this important doc to be released with the more teen/classroom friendly PG-13 rating.

THE CLEAN BIN PROJECT (NR) 2010. The ACC Recycling Division is sponsoring a free screening of Grant Baldwin’s The Clean Bin Project, in which partners Jen and Grant compete to answer the question, “Is it possible to life completely waste free?” Watch the film and see who produces the least garbage in an entire year. Screening alongside The Clean Bin Project is Song of the Spindle, Drew Christie’s

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animated conversation between a man and a sperm whale. Part of the 2012 EcoFocus Film Festival.

DECLARATION OF WAR (NR) 2011. Valérie Donzelli’s film examines how two parents, Romeo and Juliette (Donzelli and real life partner Jérémie Elkaïm), deal with their infant son’s brain tumor. The film was nominated for seven César Awards and won three prizes from the Gijon International Film Festival. Part of the French Film Series.

DR. SEUSS’ THE LORAX (PG) Released on Dr. Seuss’ 108th birthday, this pleasant animated adaptation of the beloved children’s author’s environmental fable fails to utterly charm like the filmmakers’ previous animated smash, Despicable Me. The Lorax may visually stun you, and Danny DeVito’s brief time as voice of the Lorax could stand as his greatest role, one that will go unrecognized by any professional awards outside of the Annies.

DRYING FOR FREEDOM (NR) 2011. Drying for Freedom examines clotheslines and Right-To-Dry legislation. Seriously, who’s trying to ban clotheslines? Screening with Drying for Freedom is Pipe Dreams about the controversial Keystone XL Pipeline.

After the screening, stick around for a discussion with Drying for Freedom director Steven Lake, producers Adam Merrifield and Dan Pringle and Dr. Chris Cuomo, a UGA Philosophy prof who will discuss her involvement with the Keystone XL Pipeline issue. Part of the 2012 EcoFocus Film Festival.

FATHER OF MY CHILDREN (NR) 2009. A French family struggles to survive as its patriarch, film producer Gregoire (Louis-Do de Lencquesaing), hemorrhages money. Mia HansenLøve’s film won the Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize from the Cannes Film Festival. Part of the French Film Series sort of sponsored by the UGA French program, the film will be introduced by Dr. Richard Neupert, film studies coordinator at UGA, as well as other guests.

FOOD STAMPED (NR) 2010. Watch real life couple Shira and Yoav Potash attempt to eat a well-balanced diet on a food stamp budget. They meet with members of Congress, nutrition experts and food justice activists in their quests to eat healthy for little money.

The screening will be followed by a discussion with local groups involved in hunger, poverty and nutrition issues.

Screening with Food Stamped is American University professor Larry Engel’s Potato Heads: Keepers of the Crop about one of the world’s favorite foods. Part of the 2012 EcoFocus Film Festival.

FRIENDS WITH KIDS (R) Jessica Stein herself, Kissing Jessica Stein star and writer Jennifer Westfeldt, heads back to the big screen in her directorial debut. Two besties, Julie Keller and Jason Fryman (Westfeldt and the increasingly awesome Adam Scott), decide to have a baby together, thinking their platonic relationship will suffer less from childrearing than a romantic one would.

GOOD DEEDS (PG-13) Good Deeds is another average melodrama from the entertainment juggernaut that is Atlanta’s Tyler Perry. Perry stars as Wesley Deeds, the uptight CEO of a

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software company who befriends a struggling widowed mother, Lindsey Wakefield (Thandie Newton), on the virtual eve of his wedding. Naturally, his relationship with Lindsey and her cute daughter, Ariel, awaken the spark of life that’s been lying dormant in Deeds for the bulk of his adult life, a course charted by his domineering mother (Phylicia Rashad).

GOON (R) A former bouncer and family outcast (Seann William Scott) leads his semi-pro hockey team to glory by beating the crap out of anyone standing in their way. Director Michael Dowse brought us the ‘80s homage Take Me Home Tonight. Co-scripter Jay Baruchel (Tropic Thunder) is a hockey nut trying his hand at feature screenwriting for the first time; fortunately, he’s teamed with Seth Rogen’s Superbad partner, Evan Goldberg. With Allison Pill, Liev Schreiber and Eugene Levy.

THE GREY (R) Formerly acclaimed Liam Neeson has almost completed his transformation into an English Denzel Washington, whose filmography is filling up with inconsequential paychecks jobs. At least Joe Carnahan (Narc, The

was handled with more appropriately bloody violence in the Japanese film, Battle Royale, and America’s version of the game needed more of a visceral gut-punch to look less like “Survivor: Teen Island.” The book’s R-rated violence was deliberately shot with near incomprehensibility so as to retain a PG-13 rating.

IF A TREE FALLS (NR) 2011. If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front looks at the rise and fall of the organization the FBI once called the “number one domestic terrorism threat” in America. Screening with If a Tree Falls is Journey to the Forest (Reise zum Wald), about the mythic German forest. A discussion with Dr. Chris Cuomo and Dr. Piers Stephens (UGA Philosophy Department) and local Occupy Athens activist Gretchen Elsner will follow the movie. Part of the 2012 EcoFocus Film Festival.

INTO THE ABYSS (PG-13) In the legendary Werner Herzog’s newest film, his 25th documentary, the German filmmaker interviews death row inmate Michael Perry to understand why people and the government chooses to kill. Convicted of triple homicide, Perry

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A-Team) is writing and directing this tale of an Alaskan drilling team struggling to defeat a pack of wolves hunting them after their plane crashes in the wilderness. With Dermot Mulroney and James Badge Dale (“The Pacific”).

HUGO (PG) Despite its near perfection, this 3D family film—Martin Scorsese’s first—may be the loveliest wide release to struggle to find its audience this year. Yet it’s no wonder Scorsese, himself a film historian as well as a film lover, decided to adapt Brian Selznick’s The Invention of Hugo Cabret, whose central mystery revolves around an early cinematic master.

Parisian orphan Hugo (Asa Butterfield), who lives inside the clocktower of the train station, seeks the answer to a mysterious automaton, left unsolved by his late father and clockmaker (Jude Law), with the help of a toymaker named Georges (Ben Kingsley) and his charge, Isabelle (Chloe Grace Moretz).

• THE HUNGER GAMES (PG-13) While a successful adaptation of a difficult book that near everyone has read, The Hunger Games has little cinematic spark. It’s a visual book report that merely summarizes the plot. It’s a well-written book report, but it’s still a book report. Seabiscuit director Gary Ross was not the most obvious choice to direct this dystopian adventure in which 24 teenagers are randomly selected for a contest in which only one will survive. That bleak premise

was executed eight days after Herzog conducted his interviews; his accomplice, Jason Burkett, who was treated to the lesser sentence of life in prison, is also interviewed. A festival hit, Into the Abyss won awards from the British Film Institute and the National Society of Film Critics. The sneak preview on 3/22 also features Athens native Jeff Reynolds’ short documentary, Jerry, and a trailer for his upcoming feature, Corpus: The Case of Justin Wolfe.

INTRUDERS (R) Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, who did a fine job with the thanklessly difficult task of following up 28 Days Later… (you should also check out his Intacto), returns with a nifty-sounding horror flick. Two children, who live in different countries, are haunted by a faceless being seeking to possess them. Clive Owen and Carice van Houten (Black Book) are the two recognizable adults. Intruders sounds like an intriguing addition to 2012’s surprisingly strong horror lineup.

JOHN CARTER (PG-13) Civil War veteran John Carter (“Friday Night Lights”’ alum Taylor Kitsch, whose career is poised to blow up or implode in 2012) is transported to Mars, where 12-foot-tall barbarians rule. WALL-E director Andrew Stanton becomes the latest Pixar filmmaker to make the jump from animation to live action. I’d love to see his film be as successful as Brad Bird’s Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol.

JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT (NR) A re-mastered, filmed version of the stage musical in London’s Pinewood Studio starring Donny Osmond and featuring a sing-a-long, a live introduction and post-film Q&A with Osmond himself and a never-before-seen animated opening sequence featuring an 80-piece orchestra.

JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND (PG) Journey 2: The Mysterious Island’s biggest problem might be time. Many of the young people who enjoyed its 2008 forebear, Journey to the Center of the Earth, might have outgrown the Brendan Fraser/Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson brand of family adventure movie. l MIRROR MIRROR (PG) Everybody knows the Grimm fairy tale of Snow White. An evil queen, a magic mirror, seven dwarfs, a poisoned apple, Prince Charming. In the new version from Immortals director Tarsem Singh, Julia Roberts stars as the wicked queen and Lily Collins from The Blind Side plays the exiled princess seeking to get her kingdom back. Armie Hammer from The Social Network appears as the prince of Snow White’s dreams. If nothing else, this Disney-looking liveaction flick will beat its fairy tale competitor, Snow White and the Huntsman, out of the gate.

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE—GHOST PROTOCOL (PG-13) Mission: Impossible is that rare franchise that has actually gotten better with each new installment and in inverse proportion to its megastar’s popularity. Tom Cruise had few peers in 1996 when the weak, original M:I opened; now he’s more often a punchline, albeit a badass punchline who does many of his own death-defying stunts, like climbing the outside of the world’s tallest building.

PARADISE SAVED (NR) 1982.

Should allowed attendance at the Cumberland Island National Seashore be increased? What could happen as a result? The post-screening discussion with Dr. Gary Green, associate professor of Natural Resources, Recreation, and Tourism in UGA’s Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, should enlighten audiences as to what has happened since 1982. Part of the 2012 EcoFocus Film Festival.

POINT BLANK (R) 2010. A nurse must help a thief escape his hospital imprisonment after the crook’s henchmen take his pregnant wife hostage.

Point Blank, which won a National Board of Review Award as one of the top-five foreign language films of the year, sounds like a summer tentpole pic. Part of the French Film Series sort of sponsored by the UGA French program; intro by Dr. Richard Neupert.

PROJECT X (R) Three unpopular high schoolers—Thomas (Thomas Mann), Costa (Oliver Cooper) and JB (Jonathan Daniel Brown)—throw a party so wild (sex, drugs, alcohol, fire, a midget; it’s like the boys go to Bret Easton Ellis High) that not even the cops can stop it, a conceit that play rights into teenagers’ already overinflated egos.

REVENGE OF THE ELECTRIC CAR (NR) 2011. Director Chris Paine makes the rare documentary sequel to his 2006 murderish-mystery Who Killed the Electric Car? as many major automakers—GM, Nissan, etc.—compete to create the first and the best electric

car, in order to win over consumers.

The film is narrated by Tim Robbins and features the beau coups of celebs that love their ‘lectrics. Screening with Revenge of the Electric Car is Isaac King’s Second Hand, which asks viewers to decide whether you would rather save time or save stuff. Part of the 2012 EcoFocus Film Festival.

SAFE HOUSE (R) For Safe House’s target fans of Denzel Washington, whizzing bullets and car chases, the action flick is critically bulletproof; for me, it was competently boring.

SUSHI: THE GLOBAL CATCH (NR) 2011. Screening at the Georgia Museum of Art as part of the EcoFocus Film Festival’s Night at the Museum, Sushi: The Global Catch examines how our hunger for raw fish may upset the entire oceanic ecosystem. Screening with Sushi is Eel*Water*Rock*Man, in which audiences are introduced to the last man on the east coast that still fishes for eel with an ancient stone weir. The movies will be followed by a discussion with filmmaker Mark Hall, local restaurateur Peter Dale (The National) and fisheries biologist Dr. Duncan Elkins. Part of the 2012 EcoFocus Film Festival.

THIS MEANS WAR (PG-13) Two of the CIA’s top agents/besties, FDR (Chris Pine) and Tuck (Tom Hardy), wind up dating the same girl, Lauren Scott (Reese Witherspoon). You know the drill. FDR and Tuck’s friendship is tested, as both fall for Lauren, but it’s more important that the player of the duo falls in love than the already sensitive one with a kid.

A THOUSAND WORDS (PG-13) An A literary agent, Jack McCall (Eddie Murphy), is taught a lesson on truth by a spiritual guru via the Bodhi tree that appears on his property. Every word Jack speaks leads to a fallen leaf; when the last leaf falls, so does Jack. With Cliff Curtis, Kerry Washington, Allison Janney, Jack McBrayer and Clark Duke.

TOMBOY (NR) 2011. A 10-year-old girl moves to a new town and is mistaken for a boy. Living up to that new identity proves difficult. Part of the French Film Series sort of sponsored by the UGA French program, the film will be introduced by Dr. Richard Neupert, film studies coordinator at UGA, as well as other guests, during its Mar. 26–Apr. 5 run.

UNDERWORLD: AWAKENING (R) I’ve never understood why the Underworld movies are so underwhelming. Vampires versus werewolves, Kate Beckinsale in skin-tight black leather, and Michael Sheen should add up to an awesome movie.

Instead, the previous Underworlds make great cures for insomnia.

WAR HORSE (PG-13) Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of the Tony Award-winning play, told through life-size puppets, about a young man named Albert’s (Jeremy Irvine) journey through WWI to find his beloved horse, Joey, which was sold to the cavalry.

WRATH OF THE TITANS (PG-13) The Greek hero is dispatched into the underworld to rescue chief god, Zeus (Liam Neeson), who’s the victim of a kidnapping plot cooked up by one of his kids, God of War Ares (Edgar Ramirez), and his brother, God of the Underworld Hades (Ralph Fiennes).

YOU’VE BEEN TRUMPED (NR) 2011. Filmmaker Anthony Baxter’s You’ve Been Trumped looks at the Donald’s attempts to build “the world’s greatest golf course” on an environmentally sensitive stretch of the Scottish coast. Screening with You’ve Been Trumped are Bryan Redding’s Protect Downtown Athens—Athens Raise Your Voice about the effects of the proposed downtown Wal-Mart and Song of the Spindle. Part of the 2012 EcoFocus Film Festival.

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movie pick Murder Ballad INTO THE ABYSS (PG-13) On Oct. 24, 2001, Michael James Perry and Jason Burkett, both 19 years old, murdered Sandra Stotler, aged 50, in her Conroe, TX home. Stotler had been baking cookies when Perry and Burkett arrived unexpectedly. Perry and Burkett had come to steal her red Camaro. After shooting Stotler twice with a shotgun, Perry and Burkett drove to a nearby lake and dumped her body into the water. Perry and Burkett returned to the home. Neither man knew the code to the security gate to regain entry, so they waited for Sandra’s 17-year-old son, Adam Stotler, to return.

Stotler, accompanied by his friend, Jeremy Richardson, arrived at the gate and was told that a friend of his had Michael James Perry been injured in a hunting accident. The four men drove to some nearby woods. Perry and Burkett then murdered Stotler and Richardson in cold blood. Both Perry and Burkett were convicted. Perry got a death sentence. Burkett was sentenced to life.

Into the Abyss is a sobering and haunting examination of the broken minds and hearts who became unfortunate players in this tale.

There’s nothing particularly unique about the killers or victims here. The case is tragic and horrifying, but there are countless tragedies like this in the news every day, equally

heartbreaking or even worse. But the brilliance of the film is that director Werner Herzog has an uncanny gift for drawing out profundity and irony in the most mundane observation.

What also makes the film remarkable is that Herzog has no pretentions to being impartial.

He is vocally anti-capital punishment, but as Herzog also clearly states to Perry during a prison interview just days before the execution, he doesn’t have to like him nor is he interested in investigating Perry’s professed innocence. Herzog wants to document Perry’s story, but he wants to accurately document everyone else’s side, too, including family members of the victims and an executioner. From its editing to its somber use of music to the sometimes peculiar absurdist asides that Herzog fixates on, Into the Abyss is thoroughly in line with his poetic realist dramatic works and with his great theme of humans pushed to extreme physical and psychological states. By showing his hand so clearly, Herzog paradoxically gets closer to the heart of the matter better than a more “objective” approach. As painful as it may be, there is a strange grace imbedded in it as well.

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this, while novel, always seems to scream, “Here is our record! Nobody listen!” To be entirely fair, though, both these ideas were likely the notion of the labels involved.

Knowing Gripe, too, all these tracks will likely end up on Bandcamp.com at some point, so everyone take two steps back and relax. In fact, the Diseksa split is already up! Go to www.gripe.bandcamp.com and dig it. In other news, the band will head out on its first East Coast tour this summer with Macon, GA band Grinchfinger. As always, keep up with Gripe via www.facebook.com/gripecore.

Two for Five: The Clarke County Mentor Program is holding a raffle as we speak for a custom-built guitar by Robbie Smith of

Drive Carefully: By the time you read this Casper & the Cookies will be winding down a tightly booked string of Southeast dates, performing the final ones this week in Chattanooga, Asheville and Atlanta.

The band is also working on new material for an upcoming album and will release a free compilation of tracks recorded from 1999–2009 that will undoubtedly not be titled Decade of Decadence.

Casper & the Cookies Although I wouldn’t put it past them to name it something clever Blacksmith Guitars. Smith is probably best like Decade of Decca-Dance. Just ideas, folks. known locally as the builder of the Georgia I’m no expert. Keep up with all the Cookies’ Theatre guitar that was raffled earlier this goings on over at www.casperfandango.com. year. This new one is autographed by Alice in Chains, which has a specific Georgia conTalkin’ Blues: OK, this is sorta music related, nection in member William “Kip” DuVall so I’m gonna include it here. The next live (Neon Christ, Madfly, Comes with the Fall and installment of the New Town Revue will hapNo Walls). The guitar is on display now at pen at Avid Bookshop on Thursday, Apr. 12 Wuxtry Records downtown, and raffle tickets at 7 p.m. This event occasionally has live can be purchased there for $3 each or two for music, but is really based around Athens’ writ$5. The Clarke County Mentor Program trains ing community, and on this particular date adult mentors to assist students in the Clarke former honorary Athenian, and now actual County School District to attain goals of perAthenian, David Lowery (Cracker, Camper Van sonal and academic success and who perhaps Beethoven) will read selections from his blog, are in specific need of a “role model, listener 300 Songs (located at www.davidlowerymusic. and friend.” For more information, please see com/300songsblog.cfm). I didn’t even know www.clarkecountymentorprogram.org. this blog existed until this very minute, which just shows you can always learn something.

Briefly Now: The Spinoffs have recorded and Flagpole contributing writer Deirdre Sugiuchi posted two new songs over at www.theswill also read, and her material will be drawn pinoffs.bandcamp.com. Member Chris McKay from her “teenage reform school captivity (Critical Darlings) reports that these first two narrative” titled UnReformed. For more inforsongs are compositions by member Kathy mation, please see www.newtownrevue.wordKirbo (vocals, guitars, keyboards) and that press.com. he and member Bryan Howard (The HEAP) will add their own tunes next. No word yet on High Density: The sonic reducers in Gripe will whether or not drummer Tim Payne is getting head back to the studio with engineers Joel in on the composition game. The tracks were Hatstat and Mike Albanese to record tracks recorded by Kyle Spence (Harvey Milk) and for two upcoming split releases, one with neither really does anything for me as they’re grindcore movers Diseksa from Singapore, both, I dunno, kind of blah-ly just there. In titled Indefinite Detention, and one with some ways it sounds like the band didn’t have Columbia’s power-violence purveyors Chulo. very much confidence while recording because Now here’s the head-scratching part: the split the performances seem pulled back and with Diseksa is to come out as a 350-copy, conservative—which is strange considering limited edition cassette—albeit on profesthe literal decades of combined experience the sional grade tape—and the split with Chulo group has. But go check it out. Maybe this is is a limited edition (50 copies) release of exactly what you’ve been waiting for. floppy discs. As much as I really like Gripe and pretty much all its endeavors, stuff like Gordon Lamb threatsandpromises@flagpole.com

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hings weren’t going so great for Patrick Morales in 2008.

His parents cut him off financially after he lied about how long it would take him to graduate from UGA. He got in a costly car wreck. He was in debt and desperate to find a job.

And then he saw the Craigslist ad that changed everything. The title simply read: “Adventurous Biologist.” He clicked on the link, half expecting it to be porn, and was directed to a surprisingly legit job offer in Alaska. After successfully answering a series of questions about his capacity to live in hostile environments, a slightly unnerved Morales accepted the job offer.

“I took a leap of faith and desperation,” says Morales, “and took this job where I lived on fishing boats and collected data.” After a month of training, which included watching a series of VHS tapes of brutal fishing mishaps and deadly shipwrecks, Morales departed the port of Dutch Harbor on his first mission as a fisheries observer.

It also happens that around this time, Morales’ mind often drifted to the end of the world. He isn’t sure if it was the impending voyage or his personal struggles or perhaps neither at all that directed his thoughts, but he just kept fantasizing, in a sort of sci-fi context, about potential global catastrophes and the way people would react.

“I felt like you would find two really broad categories of human being: people who would just accept it and go on with their last moments, accommodating as much as they can, or the people who would cling to the last elements of control,” he says.

He would find plenty of inspiration and time to ruminate further on these concepts as he set out for two months at sea. With a toy guitar strapped to his bag, Morales sought out whatever quiet spaces he could find on board to write—not an easy task on a huge hunk of metal constantly vibrating and clunking with the mechanics of a diesel engine. On his first ship, The Progress, he found space to think and compose on deck. When its fishing net got caught in a piece of World War II wreckage, he was sent back to port and transferred

together. There is the “The Captain” who, frustrated that he will not die at sea as he’d envisioned, sets out to ride in rough waters in his last moments.

There’s the secular rationalization and doubt of “The Scientist” alongside the insane ramblings of zealot “Rorshak,” who feels vindicated by the end of the world he had prophesied. Even God himself weighs in: a restless, insecure God who can’t quite come to grips with his own creation. The one character who didn’t make the cut is actually the one who inspired the album’s title.

“I wondered how a developmentally disabled person might experience the end of the world,” Morales says of the unreleased tune. “So, I had in my head a child sitting on a hill and just whistling while whatever was happening at the end of world was happening… There was something about that blissful ignorance that I thought was really romantic.”

That sense of finding beauty and romance in the tragic is one that pervades Whistling. Morales has a gift for gorgeous melodies that transcend any lyrical melancholy, and together with producer Suny Lyons, he presents an elegant album full of emotional resonance. Guests like Scott Spillane and Marie Devon add horns and swelling strings that crescendo over Morales’ tender, contemplative vocals to great effect. If this is what the end of the world sounds like, then I guess I feel fine, too.

whistling while the end is near to The Viking, a 165-foot boat with one blissfully quiet deck locker where Morales could write. With a handheld recorder and visions of doomsday, The Viking Progress slowly came to fruition.

“There would be 25-foot seas, and I would be constantly thrown around in my bunk,” says Morales, “but it wasn’t those moments when I contemplated life or death. I was probably too sick on some level to do it. It was the moments when they would turn off the engine, and the water would be completely still like glass, and you couldn’t see anything except for fog.”

Morales saw in these tranquil moments a sort of “non-traditional” beauty. “I wasn’t in some depressed state. I felt very comfortable and happy with whatever situation I was in, but [at that moment] I was really morbidly curious to know what it would be like to just climb over the side and drift off into nothing.”

In scrawling pages of his journal, Morales began a running list of archetypes to explore in song—characters in his apocalyptic vision—who became the focal points for much of his debut album, Whistling While the End Is Near. There is the romantic optimism of “The Couple”: lovers who face death

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KISHI BASHI 151a Joyful Noise Ichi-go ichi-e, also referred to as 151a, is a Japanese term literally meaning “one time, one meeting,” and is a cultural concept comparable to the widely used Western phrase “once in a lifetime.” It’s the recognition of life’s transience and, when applied thematically, signifies that each song on 151a is intended to capture and cherish a fleeting moment in time or musical idea before it slips away.

Kishi Bashi, who has performed as a backing instrumentalist for both Regina Spektor and Sondre Lerche in the past and is currently a touring member in of Montreal, creates an intricate, orchestral sound through layering lush arrangements. His dreamy, experimental pop is predominantly driven by the violin, which varies dramatically amid playful pizzicato, majestic flourishes and racing sweeps up the fingerboard. In addition to rhythmic snaps and claps, Kishi Bashi frequently integrates Japanese into his soulful lyrics, using the language as a percussive tool for further orienting 151a as an effervescent pop record.

Given the difficult nature of reproducing each ambitious song in a live setting, Kishi Bashi’s solo shows rely exclusively on looping, guaranteeing that each performance will be slightly different from the next. With this in mind, 151a exists not as a culmination of Kishi Bashi’s career, but as a documented glimpse into his creative process.

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Soul is a collection of singersongwriter-driven, easy-going, country-tinged numbers.“Volcano” is a standout track featuring John Watkins on keys and Troupe adding sweet harmonies over Daniels’ plaintive singing.

The Watkins/Troupe duo lend the song a bit more tension, giving “Volcano” more gravity than it may have had if Daniels had gone it alone. Instrumental pick-fest “Governors Reel” is another highlight, providing a much need diversion from the record’s montony.

The album closes with a cover of Otis Redding’s soul classic, “Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay,” which exemplifies Daniels’ laid-back, “gather-round-thecampfire together” style. What it lacks

MAD AXES Debut Smash Independent Release From the still-smoldering ashes of local secret society Deaf Judges comes Mad Axes, a group featuring all but one Judge (missing is Austin Darnell, AKA Produce Man) and every ounce of its predecessor’s delicious, delirious energy. The very first thing you notice about Debut Smash is the breadth of the beats. Producer Cubenza once again heads up the crew

in this department, though Mad Axes’ two other members—emcees Louie Larceny and Walter Kovax (formerly Rorshak)—claim a larger role in it than before. Songs like “Clyde Drexler” are glitchy, sumptuous and nearly out of control, featuring synth-sick bass lines and ultra-computerized electro overtones that leap out of the headphones.

In keeping with these fellas’ M.O., Debut Smash is at times confounding in its obliqueness, its unwillingness to play by rap rules. (Check “Naughty Girls,” a disturbing, Monkeessampling somnambulist’s love anthem.) Still, there are the familiar reference points—Wu, Kool Keith, Def Jux—even if Mad Axes insist on skewing them all to the edge of cognition.

The esoterica-obsessed group’s love for the aurally otherworldly continues with psyched-up tunes like “Star Junk,” a glorious mess of snipped samples and whirling sound effects that feels both anachronistic and futuristic.

Which is all really to say, there’s not really anyone doing what Mad Axes is doing, in Athens or beyond.

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90 ACRE FARM Always Somethin’ Independent Release Recorded live over the span of two days at Full Moon Studios, you’d never know some of the tunes on Always Somethin’ were written as much as 20 years apart. The live takes keep the album fresh and cohesive, but more importantly, 90 Acre Farm plays timeless music. Every original feels like a classic, calling on the beloved country music tropes of love, loss and hard living. Always Somethin’ draws on the full gamut of Americana sounds— sometimes bounding with quick pickin’ bluegrass barn burners, sometimes slowing things down with a folk lament or howling along with bluesy soul.

When the band sings “come on train, pick it up!” it might as well be a command to your feet. “Pick Up Train” is perhaps the most instantly memorable track on the album, and the most likely to get you to do-si-do.

Todd White’s warm baritone storytelling is delicately highlighted by the lilting harmonies of wife Jessica Kirby White. Adam Poulin’s versatile fiddle almost acts like a third vocalist, recalling Charlie Daniels on songs like “Kentucky Valley” or, as on “Old Heroes,” singing its own lonesome melody—his bow pulling the listener’s heartstrings as it runs across the neck.

Ron Crescenti’s bass and Joe Bennett’s mandolin are more understated, while Russ Palmer’s howling harmonica will have you longing for dusty trails you didn’t even know you missed.

Michelle Gilzenrat Also Released this Month: Lera Lynn–“Ring of Fire” • The Rodney Kings–The Rodney Kings EP • The Odd Trio–Birth of the Minotaur • The Fuzzlers–Porch Life • Green Thrift Grocery–Buy It Back!

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thens-based vocalist, guitarist and songwriter Thayer Sarrano likes to maneuver at a slow and steady pace.

Only a few years ago, she was a UGA art student with an education in music, but relatively little songwriting experience. She refined her technique and songcraft along the way, collaborating in studios and onstage with friends and slowly working up a few sets of her own compositions.

Last week, Sarrano celebrated the independent release of her new solo album, Lift Your Eyes to the Hills, a follow-up to her 2009 debut, King. Drummers Jeremy Wheatley, Seth Hendershot and Jim Wilson laid down the beats, while Zack Hosey, Hank Sullivant and Sarrano handled the guitar parts. Recorded at Chase Park Transduction and at Sarrano’s home with engineer Drew Vandenberg at the helm, Lift Your Eyes to the Hills is misty and atmospheric, with gentle wisps of reverberating

guitar, snare drum, pedal steel and piano behind her whispery vocals. It’s moody, morose, mysteriously romantic and, at times, upbeat and spiritual.

Sarrano and guests host a CD-release party at the Caledonia Lounge this Friday. Sarrano is donating proceeds from the show and a portion of album sales to Camp Amped at Nuçi’s Space. She spoke with Flagpole this week about her latest endeavors.

Flagpole: Not long ago, it seemed like you were merely dabbling in music, composing songs and collaborating with friends. But in the last few years, you’ve released albums, earned critical praise, jammed with big-time colleagues and established yourself in Athens as a serious songwriter and bandleader. How did all of that happen?

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FP: Tell us about the process of writing the songs for this new album.

TS: This record was written in spurts throughout early 2010, except the last instrumental track that I did one night in the middle of recording. I knew I had the record complete before I went on a long tour fall of that year, but I just didn’t have time to record it. To me, those songs made sense as one record, so new ones I’ve written since that point are being saved for the next one.

FP: What sort of sound or atmospheric vibe were you aiming for at Chase Park when you started recording?

TS: I was at Chase Park tracking for two days in January 2010. Drew engineered, and he’s very talented and a wonderful friend.

We’ve worked together in the past on several things—my first record, and other session work—so it is very comfortable. I went into this record knowing exactly how I wanted it to sound. I’d written the songs with the band, especially drums, in my head. I usually work more openly than this. I like to see what unfolds, but, for some reason this time, I just saw it all, and it had to be that way, as long as it was not being forced.

FP: What’s the story behind the album title, Lift Your Eyes to the Hills?

TS: “Lift your eyes to the hills” is a lyric that shows up in two songs on the record.

It’s from a psalm my grandmother and I liked when I was little. After struggling with the

title for a long time, one day I realized there was a reason that phrase kept coming up, it kind of sums up my idea. I also like the way it sounds. The hills are up, it’s where better things are.

FP: What’s on the hills, and why is it so important?

TS: The idea that drives me now, and when I wrote this record‚ is the transcendent power of art, especially with abstraction. I am interested in abstraction visually and musically, in particular with the bend—bending notes, blues notes and expanding the familiar. I think that expanding imagination and consciousness is a powerful tool for social change.

In no way do I think I am at a table with those artists I respect who’ve done this, but that is where I am trying to go. This record is about a higher plane, being better than we are, hope out of bad times, health, expanding thoughts and generalized heaven. I wanted a title that instantly set the tone that this record isn’t sad. My music is often described as “dark” because of the sounds I like, but it’s not sad, just more serious than lighthearted, I guess.

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“Just trust the sound and play it.” NMA fans and peers appreciate this honest, organic approach and the quick-fingered, mind-numbing slide skills that Luther displays onstage.

Receiving both Blues awards and Grammy nominations, NMA draw the Southern rock/jam band crowds to small, Southern-fried towns and big, rocking cities alike. Drawing from the gospel he heard as a child and lessons learned from blues legends, Luther has taken his unique sound across the globe with rarely a pause—touring the U.S. and Europe with the Black Crowes for the last four years and touring with North Mississippi Allstars in between. And, this May he’s also set to debut a new acoustic project called The Wandering, which features musicians Shannon McNally, Amy Lavere, Valerie June and Sharde Thomas.

The progression of Luther’s career, as well as the way he describes his creative process, might visually resemble the peaceful rolling hills that he and Cody drive on their way to and from their barn-turnedstudio, Zebra Ranch, in Coldwater, MS. Just check out the band’s new video for an old classic, “Rollin’ and Tumblin’,” for a window onto the group’s Mississippi origins. You’ll get the itch to go bonfire dancing and guitar pickin’ near the swamp, but if you can’t make it to Coldwater, try the Georgia Theatre at the end of the month.

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nce again, road warriors North Mississippi Allstars are tour-bound. This time the band is chronicling its bluesy journey with a video camera alternately mounted on the grill of the van or in the hands of longtime friend Shelby Baldock.

These videos, known collectively as “the road series” (streaming on www.nmallstars.com), offer candid snapshots of the band on and off the stage, chatting about an impending tornado in Tennessee or playing quick samples of guitar that will leave you thirsty for a full-length jam.

The brothers Dickinson, Luther and Cody, banded back in 1996, along with Chris Chew on bass. If you’re wondering, yes, they’re from Mississippi, just over the line from the home of Memphis’ greatest blues legends—one being their father, producer Jim Dickinson, a man they pay proud tribute to on their album Keys to the Kingdom.

In transit to their next gig, Luther graciously pauses from making music to talk about his creative process. The mobile connection on the highway fades in and out, and the sound quality is nothing like a cigar-box guitar hooked up to two Fuchs amps. In between the interruption of road noise, there’s a quote or two we can attach to the guy Rolling Stone magazine labeled a “guitar god.”

“Music is so home-based—the style and tradition that we draw upon. The music is about our home. We were so fortunate to have a great relationship with our dad and play music with him for so long,” says Luther.

The record was written, recorded and released in early 2011, after Jim Dickinson passed, and every word of every song speaks of love, peace and blues. The songs are the stories, born naturally from what came naturally, which may be what makes the melodies so universally relatable.

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Tuesday 27 EVENTS: March of Dimes Fundraiser (Little Kings Shuffle Club) The ARMC Pediatric Unit hosts a fundraiser featuring live music from The Apostles of Bluegrass. 6:30–9 p.m. Donations accepted. 706-369-3144 FILM: Italian Film Series (Miller Learning Center) (Room 148) Benventuli al Sud (Welcome to the South) by director Luca Miniero. 7 p.m. FREE! pizzuti@uga.edu FILM: EcoFocus Film Festival (Miller Learning Center) (Room 171) A screening of Blood in the Mobile, followed by a discussion with professors from the UGA Departments of Forestry and Natural Resources, Anthropology and Geography. 7 p.m.

FREE! www.ecofocusfilmfest.org GAMES: Flicker Poker Night (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Fourth Tuesday of each month. 8:30 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com GAMES: Trivia with a Twist (Johnny’s New York Style Pizza) Throw a lime in your Coors Light and compete! Tuesdays & Thursdays, 7:30-9:30 p.m. 706354-1515 GAMES: Trivia (Chango’s Asian Kitchen) Learn facts, eat noodles.

Every Tuesday. 7:30 p.m. FREE! 706546-0015 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 p.m. FREE! www.locosgrill.com GAMES: Trivia (Shane’s Rib Shack) (College Station) Every Tuesday! 7 p.m. 706-543-0050 GAMES: Trivia (Fuzzy’s Taco Shop) Compete for prizes and giveaways.

Every Tuesday. 9–11 p.m. 706353-0305 THEATRE: Dark Ride (UGA Fine Arts Building) The University Theatre presents an interactive performance of a sideshow huckster who travels with a mummy said to be John Wilkes Booth, a sinister publisher, a frenzied translator, a jeweler and a thief, all of whom wind up at an oculist’s convention in Mexico. Mar. 27-Apr. 1, 8 p.m. & Apr. 1, 2:30 p.m. $7–10. 706-542-4400, www.drama. uga.edu

Wednesday 28 ART: Community Snapshot (Lyndon House Arts Center) “The Boomers: Reflecting, Learning, Sharing” visit the 37th Juried Exhibition with “Finding Meaning: The Juried Show at Lyndon House Arts Center.” Artists discuss the history of the exhibit and share thoughts on how to appreciate and experience art. 12:30 p.m. FREE! www.boomersinathens.org

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ART: Tour at Two (Georgia Museum of Art) Meet docents in the lobby for a tour of highlights from the permanent collection. 2 p.m. FREE! www. georgiamuseum.org CLASSES: Flower Arranging (State Botanical Garden) Taught by a National Garden Club Master Flower Show judge. Focus will be on fruit and vegetable design. Bring a lunch.

Register. 9 a.m.–3 p.m. $45. 706542-6156, www.uga.edu/botgarden CLASSES: Salsa Lessons (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Learn some Latin moves. 6:30–8:30 p.m. $8. www.facebook.com/lkshuffleclub EVENTS: Canine Cocktail Hour (Hotel Indigo) (Madison Bar & Bistro Courtyard) Drink and food specials for you and your (well-behaved, non-aggressive, vaccinated) dog!

Every Wednesday. 5-7 p.m. www. indigoathens.com FILM: EcoFocus Film Festival (UGA Russell Library) (Room 271) A screening of Paradise Saved, a Peabody award-winning documentary examining the issues related to increased attendance at Cumberland Island National Seashore. 7 p.m.

FREE! www.ecofocusfilmfest.org GAMES: Sports Trivia (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s) Test your sports knowledge every Wednesday night. 8:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-850-1916 GAMES: Trivia (Willy’s Mexicana Grill) Trivia with a DJ! Every Wednesday. 8–10 p.m. FREE! 706548-1920 GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) Think you know it all? Test your knowledge every Wednesday night.

8 p.m. (Baldwin St. & Broad St. locations). 706-548-3442 GAMES: Trivia (Mellow Mushroom) Every Wednesday. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-0892 GAMES: Trivia (Copper Creek Brewing Company) Test your trivia chops for prizes! Every Wednesday.

9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-1102 GAMES: Trivia (Treppenhaus) Trivia every Wednesday with host Irish Dave. 9 p.m. FREE! 706-355-3060 GAMES: Trivia (Your Pie) (Five Points location) Open your piehole for a chance to win! Every Wednesday. 7:30 p.m. FREE! 706850-7424 KIDSTUFF: Wildcard Wednesday for Teens (ACC Library) Up Next: Game Day! Play one of the library’s or bring your favorite from home to share. Ages 11–18. 4 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Preschool & Toddler Storytime (Madison County Library) Includes stories, fingerpuppet plays, songs and crafts for literacy-based fun. For ages 2–5.

10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Storytime (Oconee County Library) Enjoy a morning of stories, songs and crafts. For kids ages 2–5 and their caregivers. Every Tuesday and Wednesday. 10 & 11 a.m. FREE! 706-769-3950

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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: Full Bloom Storytime (Full Bloom Center) Interactive storytime led by local storytellers who love reading to children. Open to all ages. 4 p.m. $3 (suggested donation). 706-353-3373, www. fullbloomparent.com LECTURES AND LIT: Book Reading (Ciné ) Authors George Singleton and Mary Hood of The Georgia Review share readings from Stories Wanting Only to be Heard, a collection of the publication’s best fiction writing from the past 65 years. Reception to follow. 7–8:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenscine.com LECTURES AND LIT: Oconee Democrats Book Group (Piccolo’s Italian Steak House) Discussing The Beak of the Finch, a Pulitzer Prize-winning book about evolution by J. Weiner. 7 p.m. FREE! patricia.priest@yahoo.com THEATRE: Dark Ride (UGA Fine Arts Building) See Mar. 27 Theatre. Mar. 27-Apr. 1, 8 p.m. & Apr. 1, 2:30 p.m. $7–10. 706-542-4400, www.drama. uga.edu

Thursday 29 EVENTS: Women in Business G.A.L.A. (The Georgia Center) The 2nd annual gala and fashion show featuring professional and business casual attire. 6 p.m. www.womeninbusinessuga.weebly.com EVENTS: “Rally to Save” Volunteer Party (Ashford Manor) Learn about volunteer opportunities and how to help the animals at the Athens Humane Society’s shelter.

6:30–8:30 p.m. FREE! www.athenshumanesociety.org EVENTS: 7th Annual Women’s Council of Realtors Chili CookOff & Silent Auction (Echobrook Farm) Featuring music from Todd Cowart of the Hush Puppies Band.

A portion of proceeds will benefit the Athens Area Homeless Shelter. 6–9 p.m. $15. lhleggett@gmail.com FILM: EcoFocus Film Festival (Georgia Museum of Art) Screenings of Sushi: The Global Catch and Eel, Water, Rock, Man, followed by a discussion with filmmaker Mark Hall, local restaurateur Peter Dale of The National and fisheries biologist Dr. Duncan Elkins. 6 p.m. FREE! www. georgiamuseum.org GAMES: Trivia with a Twist (Johnny’s New York Style Pizza) Throw a lime in your Coors Light and compete! Tuesdays & Thursdays, 7:30-9:30 p.m. 706354-1515 GAMES: Trivia (Gnat’s Landing) Drink while you think. Every Thursday. 7–9 p.m. www.gnatslanding.net

The St. Lawrence String Quartet performs at UGA’s Hodgson Concert Hall on Wednesday, Apr. 4.

GAMES: Trivia (The Volstead) Every Thursday! 7:30-9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-354-5300 KIDSTUFF: Read to Rover (Oconee County Library) Develop reading skills and build confidence by telling stories to Becca Van Schoik’s golden retriever, Kringle. 3–4 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 KIDSTUFF: Pajama Storytime (Madison County Library) Bring your pajama-clad kids in for a set of stories and a bedtime snack. 7 p.m.

FREE! 706-795-5597 LECTURES AND LIT: Meet the Poets (Avid Bookshop) A poetry reading with Rebecca Baggett and Eric Nelson. 7 p.m. FREE! 706352-2060 LECTURES AND LIT: The Power of Reading (Georgia Museum of Art) Dr. Stephen Krashen from USC presents “The Power of Reading.”

Followed by a reception. 3–4 p.m.

FREE! www.georgiamuseum.com OUTDOORS: Circle of Hikers (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) As part of Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Get Moving” campaign, SBG offers a hike through the garden’s trails.

Hikers are encouraged to bring nature writings or favorite poems and essays to share. 8:30 a.m. FREE! www.uga.edu/botgarden PERFORMANCE: UGA Symphony Orchestra (Hugh Hodgson Hall) A concert featuring selections by Verdi, Bartok and Brahms. 8 p.m. $5 (UGA students), $10. 706-542-4400 THEATRE: Dark Ride (UGA Fine Arts Building) See Mar. 27 Theatre. Mar. 27-Apr. 1, 8 p.m. & Apr. 1, 2:30 p.m. $7–10. 706-542-4400, www.drama. uga.edu

Friday 30 ART: Opening Reception (UGA Caldwell Hall) For landscape paintings by Bob Hughes. 2:30–4 p.m.

FREE! www.ced.uga.edu CLASSES: Tee Party (Whole: Mind.

Body. Art.) T-shirt cutting workshop.

7 p.m. www.wholemindbodyart.com EVENTS: Roll Out the Barrels (Terrapin Beer Co.) View and bid on rain barrels hand-painted by 20 local artists during Terrapin’s nightly tour and tasting. Proceeds benefit the Athens Green School Program. After the silent auction, all barrels will be transferred online to be bid on through April. 5:30–7:30 p.m. $12. www.rolloutthebarrels.org EVENTS: Bargainza (Athens Arena) The Junior League of Athens presents a giant thrift sale. Mar. 30,

6:30–8:30 p.m. $5. Mar. 31, 8:30 a.m.–12 p.m., $3. www.juniorleagueofathens.org EVENTS: Auction for Adoption (Buffalo’s Southwest Café) A silent auction, reception and gourmet appetizer buffet. All proceeds benefit All God’s Children, a special needs adoption agency. Live music with Buttermilk Revival. 6 p.m. $20. www.buffaloscafe.com FILM: EcoFocus Film Festival (Ciné ) Screenings of The Clean Bin Project and Song of the Spindle (2 p.m. FREE!). Next, If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front and Journey to the Forest (Reise zum Wald), followed by a discussion with Dr. Chris Cuomo and Dr. Piers Stephens of the UGA Philosophy Department and Occupy Athens activist Gretchen Elsner (7 p.m., $5).

Wrapping up the evening, Revenge of the Electric Car and Second Hand (9:30 p.m., $5). www.ecofocusfilmfest.org KIDSTUFF: 27th Annual Insect Zoo (UGA Biological Sciences) The UGA Entomology Department hosts a day of bug-related arts and crafts, face painting, buggy baked goods, live specimens, cricket spitting, roach racing and beetle tractor pulls.

10 a.m.–3 p.m. FREE! www.insectzoo.uga.edu KIDSTUFF: Barnett Shoals Spring Fling Carnival (Barnett Shoals Elementary School) Attractions include pony rides, a petting zoo, inflatables, carnival games, live entertainment and more. There will also be a silent auction, vendor marketplace, and concessions for sale.

5:30–8 p.m. $4–10. 706-357-5334 KIDSTUFF: Japanese Storytime (ACC Library) (Storyroom) Learn about Japanese culture through literacy-based fun. Led by volunteers from UGA’s Japan Outreach Program. 5 p.m. FREE! 706-6133650 KIDSTUFF: Mythology Night for Teens (Madison County Library) Dress up as your favorite mythological character from any historical background. Game, prizes and refreshments. 8 p.m. FREE! 706795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Fantastic Fridays (Bishop Park) Obstacle courses and other activities in an unstructured environment. For ages 10 months to 4 years and their guardians. 9–10 a.m. $5–15. 706-613-3589 LECTURES AND LIT: Talking and Writing Workshop (UGA Aderhold Hall) Dr. Stephen Krashen of USC presents, “The Common Core

Standards and National Tests: We Are Backing the Wrong Horse.” 12-1 p.m. FREE! www.coe.uga.edu LECTURES AND LIT: “Café au Libris” (Lyndon House Arts Center) Local authors will talk about their works and sign books. Featuring authors Hugh Acheson, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Phillip Juras and Terry Kay. David Oates hosts, with music from local harpist Mary Fortson Raymer. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 LECTURES AND LIT: IWS Friday Speaker Series (Miller Learning Center, Room 250) “Women in Medicine: A Generation of Change,”

by Barbara Schuster. 12:20–1:10 p.m. FREE! 706-542-2846 MEETINGS: Friends of the Garden Annual Meeting (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Speaker Felder Rushing has authored or coauthored 16 gardening books and is a retired Extension Service urban horticulture specialist. 6:30–8:30 p.m. FREE! www.uga.edu/botgarden PERFORMANCE: Joy of Singing Festival (Hugh Hodgson Hall) Clinics with guest high school choirs from Clarke Central and Jackson County High School, as well as with the UGA Hodgson Singers and the combined choirs with members of Oconee County High School Choir, UGA’s African American Choral Ensemble and the University Chorus. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-542-2797 PERFORMANCE: Drag Show (Go Bar) Performances by the Athens Cabaret Showgirls and the Classic City Kings. 10 p.m. www.myspace. com/gobar THEATRE: Dark Ride (UGA Fine Arts Building) See Mar. 27 Theatre. Mar. 27-Apr. 1, 8 p.m. & Apr. 1, 2:30 p.m. $7–10. 706-542-4400, www.drama. uga.edu THEATRE: Snoopy: The Musical (Oconee County Civic Center) You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, featuring young actors from around Athens. Mar. 30–31, 7 p.m. & Apr. 1, 2 p.m. $12–16. www.oypoysp.com/ playhouse THEATRE: Raisin in the Sun (The Morton Theatre) The Black Theatrical Ensemble at UGA presents Lorraine Hansberry’s 1961 classic. Mar. 30 & 31, 7:30 p.m. Apr.1, 2:30 p.m. $5 (students), $7. www.mortontheatre. com THEATRE: Johnny Brooke: A Ghost Story (Athens Little Playhouse) The Mannings may have wondered why the rent is so low, but they certainly never considered that the house is haunted. Mar. 30,

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Saturday 31 ART: Framing, Matting and Digital Printing Services (The Loft Art Supplies) Meet the framer and ask questions, see the mat and frame selection and enter to win a $50 gift certificate toward framing.

12–2 p.m. FREE! www.loftartsupply. tumblr.com ART: 2nd Annual Festifool (Farmington Depot Gallery) An artists’ market full of pottery, glass, textiles, jewelry, folk art, fine art, photography and more. Kids’ activities include face painting and hay rides. Food and foolishness included. 10 a.m.–6 p.m. FREE! www. farmingtondepotgallery.net CLASSES: Eight Silken Qigong (Red Lotus Institute) Experience moving meditation to improve your health and harmonize your mind, body and spirit. Saturdays, 10 a.m. $10. www.acupunctureathens.com CLASSES: Pottery Painting (Whole: Mind. Body. Art.) Taught by Amanda Jane. 6–9 p.m. www.wholemindbodyart.com EVENTS: St. Baldrick’s Day (Blind Pig Tavern, Broad St.) The St. Baldrick’s Foundation hosts a headshaving event to raise funds and awareness for life-saving childhood cancer research. See article on p. 30.

2–6 p.m. FREE! www.stbaldricks.org EVENTS: Doggie Easter Egg Hunt (Pawtropolis) Bring your dog to hunt for over 2,000 plastic Easter eggs stuffed with dog treats, toys, gift certificates and more. There will also be a moonwalk for kids, “Ask a Trainer” table and a photo booth with local photographer Anne Yarborough.

11 a.m.–2 p.m. $10–15. 706-2277887, bark@pawtropolis.com EVENTS: Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony (Madison County Library) Celebrate the grand unveiling of the new expanded library.

There will be a dedication and short presentations followed by refreshments and festivities. 10 a.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 EVENTS: Athens Area Dog Show (Sandy Creek Park) Bring a lawn chair and a picnic to watch local dogs compete for prizes. Activities include a photo booth, dog fashion show, nail booth and a performance

by Gail Mirabella & the Dynamo Dogs. All proceeds benefit Athens Area Humane Society. Dry dog and cat food donations accepted. 12–4 p.m. $2, $10-20 (competition fee).

706-201-3399, scooper.poopers@ yahoo.com EVENTS: PESA Summit 2012 (Sanford Hall) The Professional Entertainment & Sports Association (PESA) at the Terry College of Business hosts a conference discussing business trends and issues within the television, film, fashion, music and sporting industries. Preregister online. 10:30 a.m.–6 p.m. $10–15. www.pesasummit.com EVENTS: Cultivating Delight (Whole: Mind. Body. Art.) Music, yoga and art. 1-4 p.m. www.wholebodymindart.com EVENTS: Contra Dance (Lay Park) Live music by String Theory.

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Free lesson beginning at 7:15 p.m.

No experience or partner needed.

7:30–10:30 p.m. FREE! (under 18), $7 (adults). www.contradanceathens. com EVENTS: Athens Psychic Fair (Body, Mind & Spirit) Tarot readings, divinations, Pagan philosophical discussions, refreshments and live music for Athens Pagan Pride Day. 11 a.m.–4 p.m. FREE! http://www. sites.google.com/site/athenspaganprideday EVENTS: Bargainza (Athens Arena) The Junior League of Athens presents a giant thrift sale. Mar. 30, 6:30–8:30 p.m. $5. Mar. 31, 8:30 a.m.–12 p.m., $3. www.juniorleagueofathens.org EVENTS: Spring Yard Sale (Green Acres Baptist Church) The Ladies’ Life Ministry at New Life Baptist Church hosts its annual spring yard sale. 7 a.m.– 12 p.m. FREE! 706549-1925 EVENTS: GLOBES Spring Day of Service (Brooklyn Cemetery) Join GLOBES in cleaning up the Brooklyn Cemetery by clearing overgrowth, undergrowth, invasive plants, fallen limbs, trees and weeds from the grave sites. Tools, water and snacks provided. 9 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ugaglobes EVENTS: Walk MS (Oconee Veterans Park) 5K walk to heighten awareness of Multiple Sclerosis and raise funds for client programs and research. 9 a.m. FREE! 678-231-1721 EVENTS: Athens Food Cart Festival (Downtown Athens) UGA’s College of Environment and Design will stage a Food Cart Festival celebrating local and regional food production. See Calendar Pick on p. 20. noon–6 p.m. FREE! www. localplace.org EVENTS: The University Woman’s Club Annual Scholarship Event (Complex Carbohydrate Research Center) Brunch picnic and silent auction. Proceeds benefit UGA women scholars. 11:30 a.m.–2 p.m. $10–20. 706-310-0444 FILM: EcoFocus Closing Night Film and Awards Party (Ciné ) Screenings of You’ve Been Trumped, Project Downtown Athens: Athens Raise Your Voice and Song of the Spindle. Audience awards will be awarded. Catered by The National.

7:30 p.m. $15. www.ecofocusfilmfest.org FILM: EcoFocus Film Festival (Ciné ) Food Stamped and Potato Heads: Keepers of the Crop, followed by a discussion on local hunger, poverty and nutrition issues (1 p.m.,$5). Next, a screening of Drying for Freedom and Pipe Dreams, followed by a discussion with the directors, producers and a professor (3 p.m., $5). The EcoFocus Short Films portion of the day includes a 75-minute selection of short films recapping this year’s fest (5:45 p.m., $5). www.ecofocusfilmfest.org KIDSTUFF: Storytime & Craft (Treehouse Kid and Craft) Make a craft inspired by the book. For ages 2–5. Saturdays, 10–11 a.m. $10.

706-850-8226 www.treehousekidandcraft.com KIDSTUFF: Open House (Freedom to Grow Unschool) Tour the alternative elementary school for ages 6–12 and let your children participate in games. 2–4 p.m. FREE! freedomtogrowunschool@gmail.com, 706473-5414, www.freedomtogrowunschool.com OUTDOORS: 2nd Annual Riding for a Reason (Athens, Ga) Scenic, 65-mile bike ride to support Athens Land Trust. The ride starts in Bishop, GA, with shorter ride options available. 9 a.m. $30–40. www.active. com, 706-613-0122 OUTDOORS: Spring Bird Hike (Athens, Ga) Join the local chapter of the Audubon Society for a spring

bird hike. Bring binoculars. All ages.

Check website for location. 8 a.m.

FREE! www.oconeeriversaudubon. org.

OUTDOORS: Weed Warriors (Memorial Park) Join the Weed Warriors in their quest to eliminate ivy, privet and other invasive plant species. Part of GreenFest. 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. FREE! www.athensgreefest.com PERFORMANCE: A Swell Musical Concert (Seney-Stovall Chapel) A concert of contemporary and classical music featuring the 17-member Athens Flute Choir, pianistcomposer Sally Wyche Coenen and vocalist Mimi Wyche. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-353-1832 THEATRE: Dark Ride (UGA Fine Arts Building) See Mar. 27 Theatre. Mar. 27-Apr. 1, 8 p.m. & Apr. 1, 2:30 p.m. $7–10. 706-542-4400, www.drama. uga.edu THEATRE: Snoopy: The Musical (Oconee County Civic Center) Oconee Youth Playhouse present the sequel to You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, featuring young actors from around Athens. Mar. 30– 31, 7 p.m. & Apr. 1, 2 p.m. $12–16. www.oypoysp.com/playhouse THEATRE: Charlotte’s Web (Memorial Park) See Mar. 30 Theatre. Mar. 30, 7 p.m., Mar. 31, 2 & 7 p.m. $12-15. 706-613-3771, www.athensclarkecounty.com/act THEATRE: Johnny Brooke: A Ghost Story (Athens Little Playhouse) See Mar. 30 Theatre.

Mar. 30, 7:30 p.m. Mar. 31 & Apr. 1, 3 p.m. $5–10. www.athenslittleplayhouse.org THEATRE: Raisin in the Sun (The Morton Theatre) See Mar. 30 Theatre. Mar. 30 & 31, 7:30 p.m.

Apr.1, 2:30 p.m. $5 (students), $7. www.mortontheatre.com

Sunday 1 ART: Opening Reception (Over the Moon Creative Possibilities) For various works created in Athens by a group of female artists from around the country. 2–4 p.m. FREE! 706540-2712 ART: Walker Howle Art & Music Show (190 Park Ave.) Abstract oil paintings and multi-media art and sculpture by Walker Howle (Dead Confederate) and his father, William Howle. Live music by Thayer Sarrano, Hardy Morris, Hunter Morris, John Watkins and Matt Stoessel. 6 p.m. FREE! ART: “Southern” Closing Day: Suffering Fools Gladly (ATHICA) A silent auction of artwork by the “Southern” exhibit’s artists begins at 1 p.m., followed by an informal Walk & Talk with curators and artists at 4 p.m. At 5 p.m., Janine Elyse Aronson performs card tricks. 1–6 p.m. FREE! (donations accepted). www.athica.org EVENTS: Comforting Athens (Clarke Middle School) A lasagna dinner honoring homelessness prevention organizations in Athens. Call to make reservations. 4:30–6 p.m.

FREE! 706-425-1881, director@ ihnathens.org.

EVENTS: Dancing with the Athens Stars (The Classic Center) The 6th annual Dancing with the Athens Stars competition raises money for Project Safe to end domestic violence. See Calendar Pick on p. 23. 7 p.m. $20. www.project-safe.org EVENTS: Anniversary Party (Viva!

Argentine Cuisine) Viva celebrates its first anniversary with live music.

9 p.m.–12 a.m. FREE! 706-8508284 EVENTS: A Royal Pet-Fair (Jittery Joe’s Coffee ) (2950 Atlanta Hwy.) The Athens Area Humane Society’s

first multi-shelter pet adoption event features several local organizations with adoptable pets. The event includes carnival games. 11 a.m.–4 p.m. FREE! www.athenshumanesociety.org EVENTS: Used Bike Sale (Chase Street Warehouses) Peruse used road, mountain and commuter bikes and cruisers to benefit the Bike Recycling Program of BikeAthens.

1–4 p.m. www.facebook.com/ athensbrp FILM: Doula! The Ultimate Birth Companion (Miller Learning Center) Close-up documentary footage of three doula-supported births.

Following the screening will be an informal gathering with doulas and childbirth educators. 3 p.m. FREE! www.icanofathens.com GAMES: Trivia (The Capital Room) Every Sunday! Hosted by Evan Delany (former Wild Wing trivia host). First place wins $50 and second place wins $25. 8 p.m. FREE! www.thecapitalroom.com GAMES: Trivia Sundays (Blind Pig Tavern) At the West Broad location. 6 p.m. 706-208-7979 GAMES: Trivia (Buffalo’s Southwest Café) “Brewer’s Inquisition,” trivia hosted by Chris Brewer every Sunday. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-3546655, www.buffaloscafe.com/athens OUTDOORS: Naturalist Walk (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Join the 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 PERFORMANCE: Handel’s “Messiah” (First Presbyterian Church) UGA’s Collegium Musicum and Players will perform George Frideric Handel’s lenten oratorio, “Messiah.” 6 p.m. FREE! 706-5422797 THEATRE: Dark Ride (UGA Fine Arts Building) See Mar. 27 Theatre. Mar. 27-Apr. 1, 8 p.m. & Apr. 1, 2:30 p.m. $7–10. 706-542-4400, www.drama. uga.edu THEATRE: Raisin in the Sun (The Morton Theatre) See Mar. 30 Theatre. Mar. 30 & 31, 7:30 p.m.

Apr.1, 2:30 p.m. $5 (students), $7. www.mortontheatre.com THEATRE: Snoopy: The Musical (Oconee County Civic Center) See Mar. 30 Theatre. Mar. 30–31, 7 p.m. & Apr. 1, 2 p.m. $12–16. www. oypoysp.com/playhouse THEATRE: Johnny Brooke: A Ghost Story (Athens Little Playhouse) See Mar. 30 Theatre..

Mar. 30, 7:30 p.m. Mar. 31 & Apr. 1, 3 p.m. $5–10. www.athenslittleplayhouse.org

Monday 2 ART: Closing Reception (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) For “BOT,” artwork by Lauren Williamson and Kate Lloyd-Shultz. 6–8 p.m. FREE! 706-353-3050 CLASSES: Carolina Shag Dancing (Buffalo’s Southwest Café) Learn how to dance with Classic City Shag. Every first and third Monday.

6 p.m. $5. www.buffaloscafe.com/ athens GAMES: Team Trivia (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s) Win house cash and prizes!

Every Monday night. 8:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-850-1916 GAMES: Rock and Roll Trivia (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Show off your extensive music knowledge every Monday! Hosted by Jonathan Thompson. 8 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub KIDSTUFF: Day Off School: Spring into Action! (Memorial Park) Spend the day celebrating spring and all things “jumpy.” k continued on next page

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A SEDUCTIVE CIRCUS OF SIN freaky fun all week April 10 // Drag Search & Karaoke at Little Kings Shuffle Club, 8 p.m.

April 11 // Drag Bingo at The Melting Point, 8 p.m., doors at 7 p.m.

April 12 // ‘Priscilla’ Film Screening at Cine Theater, 8 & 10:15 p.m.

April 14 // The 23rd Annual Boybutante Ball at the fabulous 40 Watt April 15 // Brunch at Farm 255, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.

support our fab sponsors Platinum 40 Watt Club, Active Production & Design, Farm 255, Foundry Park Inn & Spa, Power 100.1

Bronze Little Kings Shuffle Club, The National, Terrapin Beer Company, Todd Emily

Gold Chase Street Self Storage

Partner Athens Pride, Brad Miller, Corey Johnson & Yancey Gulley, Downtown Athens Development Authority GLOBES, the Hanmer Family, Hannah Knudsen, Keith Herist, Our Hope Metropolitan Community Church, Psyril Apacible, Vernon A. Wall and P-Town Purse Party 2011

Silver Barefoot Wine, Flagpole Magazine, Hotel Indigo Athens, Public Safety Research and Development, Inc.

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7:30 p.m. Mar. 31 & Apr. 1, 3 p.m. $5–10. www.athenslittleplayhouse. org THEATRE: Charlotte’s Web (Memorial Park) Athens Creative Theatre presents the classic story of Wilbur the pig. Carnival games available one hour before performances. Mar. 30, 7 p.m., Mar. 31, 2 & 7 p.m. $12-15. 706-613-3771, www.athensclarkecounty.com/act

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THE CALENDAR! Games, crafts, snacks and zoo activities. Elementary school students only. Register by Mar. 28. 9 a.m.– 3:30 p.m. $15–23. 706-613-3580 KIDSTUFF: Out of School Workshop: Garden Art (Good Dirt) Make clay art for the garden and inspired by spring. 9 a.m.–3 p.m. $55. 706-355-3161 KIDSTUFF: Infant Storytime (ACC Library) Nurture language skills.

10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Bedtime Stories (ACC Library) Snuggle in your jammies and listen to stories. Every Monday.

7 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 MEETINGS: Federation of Neighborhoods Meeting (Athens Clarke Heritage Foundation) An informational program and panel discussion of the proposed development for the former Armstrong & Dobbs property adjacent to downtown Athens. 7:30 p.m. FREE! www. accneighborhoods.org

Tuesday 3 CLASSES: 10 Ways to Salvage Old T-Shirts (State Botanical Garden) Learn how to convert old memorabilia into something fun, useable or fashionable. Bring your own t-shirts. 6–8 p.m. $24 (members), $27. www.uga.edu/botgarden FILM: Healing: Miracles, Mysteries and John of God (Healing Arts Centre) A movie screening followed by a discussion with David Kurtz. 7 p.m. FREE! www. healingartscentre.net GAMES: Trivia with a Twist (Johnny’s New York Style Pizza) Throw a lime in your Coors Light and compete! Tuesdays & Thursdays, 7:30-9:30 p.m. 706354-1515 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 p.m. FREE! www.locosgrill.com GAMES: Trivia (Fuzzy’s Taco Shop) Compete for prizes and giveaways.

Every Tuesday. 9–11 p.m. 706353-0305 GAMES: Trivia (Chango’s Asian Kitchen) Learn facts, eat noodles.

Every Tuesday. 7:30 p.m. FREE! 706546-0015 GAMES: Trivia (Shane’s Rib Shack) (College Station) Every Tuesday! 7 p.m. 706-543-0050 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: Storytime (Oconee County Library) Enjoy a morning of stories, songs and crafts. For kids ages 2–5 and their caregivers. Every Tuesday and Wednesday. 10 & 11 a.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 LECTURES AND LIT: UGA Law Sibley Lecture (UGA Law Library) International Court of Justice Judge Joan E. Donoghue will deliver “The Role of the World Court Today” as the UGA School of Law’s 108th Sibley Lecturer. 3:30 p.m. FREE! www.law.uga.edu/news/13596 MEETINGS: Great Decisions Group Discussion (ACC Library) Great Decisions is a national program that encourages learning about U.S. foreign policy and global issues. Participants read articles and meet weekly to discuss issues. Every Tuesday. 7 p.m. $20. 706-613-3650 OUTDOORS: Golden Sneakers Walking Club (Lay Park) A fitness program for senior adults to get active, stay fit and have fun. Call to

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register. 10 a.m. $3–5. 706-6133596 PERFORMANCE: OpenTOAD Comedy Open Mic (Flicker Theatre & Bar) This comedy show allows locals to watch quality comedy or perform themselves! Email to perform. First and third Tuesday of every month! 9 p.m. FREE! (performers), $5. calebsynan@yahoo.com, www.flickertheatreandbar.com

Wednesday 4 ART: Opening Reception (Heirloom Cafe and Fresh Market) Susie Burch’s paintings range from watercolors, oils and pastels with a variety of themes. 5–6 p.m. FREE! 706-354-7901 ART: Tour at Two (Georgia Museum of Art) Meet docents in the lobby for a tour of highlights from the permanent collection. 2 p.m. FREE! www. georgiamuseum.org CLASSES: Salsa Lessons (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Learn some Latin moves. 6:30–8:30 p.m. $8. www.facebook.com/lkshuffleclub EVENTS: Canine Cocktail Hour (Hotel Indigo) (Madison Bar & Bistro Courtyard) Drink and food specials for you and your (well-behaved, non-aggressive, vaccinated) dog!

Every Wednesday. 5-7 p.m. www. indigoathens.com EVENTS: Wild Romance Fashion Show (Hotel Indigo) The Wild Romance fashion show will feature spring and summer fashion featuring clothing from Cheeky Peach.

All proceeds benefit the Cancer Foundation of Northeast Georgia.

6–10 p.m. $8-10. cheekypeachathens@gmail.com EVENTS: Open House (The Cottage) Start off Sexual Assault Awareness and Child Abuse Prevention Month with information on issues impacting the community. 8:30–9:30 a.m.

FREE! www.northgeorgiacottage.org GAMES: Movie Trivia (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Hosted by Jeremy Dyson. 9 p.m. Facebook.com/ lkshuffleclub GAMES: Trivia (Your Pie) (Five Points location) Open your piehole for a chance to win! Every Wednesday. 7:30 p.m. FREE! 706850-7424 GAMES: Trivia (Willy’s Mexicana Grill) Trivia with a DJ! Every Wednesday. 8–10 p.m. FREE! 706548-1920 GAMES: Trivia (Copper Creek Brewing Company) Test your trivia chops for prizes! Every Wednesday.

9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-1102 GAMES: Sports Trivia (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s) Test your sports knowledge every Wednesday night. 8:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-850-1916 GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) Think you know it all? Test your knowledge every Wednesday night.

8 p.m. (Baldwin St. & Broad St. locations). 706-548-3442 GAMES: Trivia (Mellow Mushroom) Every Wednesday. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-0892 GAMES: Trivia (Treppenhaus) Trivia every Wednesday with your host Irish Dave. 9 p.m. FREE! 706-3553060 KIDSTUFF: Wildcard Wednesday (ACC Library) Up next: Peepshi!

Make sushi-style treats with Peeps marshmallow candy. For ages 11–18. 4 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Storytime (Oconee County Library) Enjoy a morning of stories, songs and crafts. For kids ages 2–5 and their caregivers. Every Tuesday and Wednesday. 10 & 11 a.m. FREE! 706-769-3950

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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: Knee-High Naturalists (Sandy Creek Nature Center) A program of age-appropriate nature exploration, animal encounters, hikes and crafts. For parents and children. Every other Wednesday.

3:30–4:30 p.m. $24. 706-613-3515, www.athensclarkecounty.com/sandycreeknaturecenter KIDSTUFF: Black-Out Poetry (Oconee County Library) Teens can express themselves using someone else’s words by creating one-of-akind art from newspapers, magazine articles and book pages. All materials provided. 6–8 p.m. FREE! 706769-3950 KIDSTUFF: Full Bloom Storytime (Full Bloom Center) Interactive storytime led by local storytellers who love reading to children. Open to all ages. 4 p.m. $3 (suggested donation). 706-353-3373, www. fullbloomparent.com LECTURES AND LIT: VOX Reading Series (Athens Institute for Contemporary Art (ATHICA)) Poet, essayist and former UGA professor Kevin Young. 8 p.m. FREE! www. athica.org LECTURES AND LIT: Gender Transcender: Gender Around the Globe (Miller Learning Center) (Room 245) A discussion-based program focusing on gender through the lens of an international perspective. 6:30 p.m. FREE! lgbtcenter. uga.edu LECTURES AND LIT: Clueless: Book Discussion (Oconee County Library) Mystery book discussion group. This month’s featured book is Six to One by Lyndon Stacey. 7 p.m.

FREE! 706-769-3950 PERFORMANCE: St. Lawrence String Quartet (Hugh Hodgson Hall) The award-winning chamber ensemble will perform string quartets by Haydn and Beethoven. 8 p.m. $37. www.pac.uga.edu

LIVE MUSIC Tuesday 27 Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www. caledonialounge.com BLACK SKIES Heavy, scruffy rock and roll out of Chapel Hill, conjuring thoughts of Sabbath.

UTAH Explosively loud metal and hardcore duo.

THE FALLOW Rock and roll band from Indiana.

Farm 255 10 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com ED SCHRADER’S MUSIC BEAT Lo-fi, high-energy garage punk from Baltimore.

QUIET HOOVES Playing Prince covers and other surprises!

THE RODNEY KINGS Scuzzed out punk.

Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. $15. www.georgiatheatre.com SBTRKT Pronounced “Subtract,” SBTRKT is the stagename for Aaron Jerome, a London-based DJ and producer who wears a mask to represent his belief in maintaining anonymity to let his music speak for itself.

MACHINEDRUM The alias of New York electronic musician Travis Stewart.

12 a.m. $2. www.georgiatheatre.com REPTAR DJ SET Members of this highly praised local synth-pop band

Saturday, March 31

Athens Food Cart Festival College Avenue Sure, it’s easy to complain about the downsides of a college town: the depressed wages, the lack of parking, the damn kids who won’t get off your lawn. But the upcoming Athens Food Cart Fest (downtown on College Avenue between Washington and Hancock, Mar. 31, from noon to 6 p.m.) is a tangible example of one of the benefits. Organized by students from UGA’s College of Environment and Design, the festival grew out of CounterSPACE, a town-and-gown collaboration focusing on “civic agriculture” in Athens; that is, finding “ways to produce and market healthy foods in sustainable ways,” according to the CED’s website.

Food carts can clearly be part of civic agriculture because of their flexibility and small footprint, and Athens’ own Farm Cart has been an excellent example from its beginning, offering up a limited range of menu items that are healthy, reliably delicious, well-priced and ethically produced. Farm Cart will be at the fest, as will La Fonda Dawgs, King of Pops, Streets Café and the empanada guy from downtown. Athens has as yet a limited number of food carts, so some Atlanta folks will be serving, too: S&J Woodfired Pizza, Honeysuckle Gelato, Nana G’s Chicken and Waffles, Yolis Street Food, The Pickle (Tex-Mex, Southern and New Orleans), Nacho Mama’s Street Tacqueria and Pressed for Time, many of which have been involved in the Atlanta Street Food Coalition, which pushes for food carts in our bigger neighbor.

The location for the event, right by City Hall, is a smart one, and the festival may show that food carts could make a real go of it downtown. Bring cash and an appetite, and you may be able to get two meals and a few snacks in. [Hillary Brown]

spin some of their favorite dance jams on the rooftop! In case of inclement weather, the event will be moved to the balcony or main room of the Georgia Theatre.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8:30 p.m. $5. www.hendershotscoffee. com IKE STUBBLEFIELD AND FRIENDS Soulful R&B artist Ike Stubblefield is a Hammond B3 virtuoso who cut his teeth backing Motown legends like the Four Tops, The Temptations, Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye.

Featuring Seth Hendershot on drums. Every Tuesday!

Highwire Lounge 9:30 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge. com MATT HUDGINS AND HIS SHITHOT COUNTRY BAND Local band playing “songs about drinking, jail, love and death, all done in the popular ‘country and western’ musical style.” Playing Tuesdays in March!

The Melting Point 7 p.m. $5. www.meltingpointathens. com WELFARE LINERS Bluegrass band complete with upright bass, banjo, mandolin, guitar and fiddle, featuring the founder of Ghostmeat Records and members of 6 String Drag.

No Where Bar 10 p.m. $2. 706-546-4742 JUSTIN KENNEDY Local singersongwriter with a country drawl who sings earnest, radio-ready ballads.

The Volstead 9 p.m.–1:30 a.m. 706-354-5300 KARAOKE Every Tuesday!

Wednesday 28 Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www. caledonialounge.com WATER LIARS Haunting, melancholic folk rock duo featuring vocalist,

guitarist Justin Kinkel-Schuster and producer, multi-instrumentalist Andrew Bryant.

GROOVE TANGENT Playing covers from diverse rock acts like Fleetwood Mac, Pink Floyd and Jet. DAN MIRALDI AND THE ALBINO WINOS Cleveland rock and roll quartet influenced by The Beatles, Rolling Stones, The White Stripes and many more.

CLEAN BREAK Upbeat local indie rock band with catchy synth lines and horn fills with songs about never wanting to grow old and a few fun covers.

Farm 255 10 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com CALEB DARNELL Member of The Darnell Boys and Bellyache sings the blues.

Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. $10. www.georgiatheatre.com GREENSKY BLUEGRASS Bluegrass band that traverses the country playing poignant rural ballads about real people.

THE CORDUROY ROAD Although rooted in classic Americana, with lots of foot-stomping, banjo-plucking and pedal steel, The Corduroy Road also has a knack for endearing pop melodies.

CICADA RHYTHM Athens/Atlanta acoustic guitar and upright bass duo playing bluegrass-tinged indie folk.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 MANY ARMS Heavy experimental punk that twists jazz influences into an explosive, innovative set.

IN THE LURCHLocal heavy rock trio.

BLACK MOON Psychedelic experimentations.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8–11 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee.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). The new originals spark like Booker T & the MG’s mixed with 20th-century harmony, and will appeal to indie noise rockers and jam-band fans alike. Playing Hendershot’s every Wednesday in March!

The Melting Point 8:30 p.m. $35 (adv.), $40 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com LEO KOTTKE Athens-born guitar virtuoso known for his innovative fingerpicking and syncopated, polyphonic melodies. Kottke draws on influences from blues, jazz and folk.

New Earth Music Hall 8 p.m. $20. www.newearthmusichall. com BORGORE This Israeli dubstep sensation has become a household name for those who follow the evergrowing dubstep scene. Plus special guests Document One and Organic Variance.

The Office Lounge 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-0840 KARAOKE With your host Lynn, the Queen of Karaoke!

The Winery 8–Midnight. FREE! 706-613-0095 LOUIS PHILLIP PELOT Local singer-songwriter performs solo folk and country.

Walker’s Coffee & Pub 9 p.m. FREE! 706-543-1433 LIVE JAZZ Every Wednesday!

Featuring Taj.

Thursday 29 40 Watt Club 8 p.m. $8 (adv.). www.40watt.com NIC COWAN Atlanta singer-songwriter utilizes funk and ska styles to punctuate his inescapably catchy hooks and gruff, charming voice.

GARETH ASHER Singer-songwriter from Atlanta whose phenomenal voice is powerful and soulful enough to silence a room.

BRIAN COLLINS Acoustic country band from Douglasville, GA. Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www. caledonialounge.com JAZZCHRONIC Local five-piece explores freaky, funky, psychedelic fusion jazz while incorporating rock, R&B, heavy beats and more.

FORMER CHAMPIONS Electro-rock band based out of Richmond, VA featuring a blend of synthesized keys, sub-bass, distorted guitar, harmonized vocals, samples and percussion.

CINDERCAT Asheville jam band draws on electronica, rock and funk with an emphasis on improvisation.

DePalma’s Italian Cafe 6 p.m. FREE! www.depalmasitaliancafe. com (Timothy Rd. location) BURNING ANGELS Local soulful Americana band.

Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com WOODFANGS Local grungy psychedelic pop band.

FAUX FEROCIOUS Straightforward, three-chord pop attack with catchy riffs and melodic harmonies in the tradition of Elvis Costello.

NEW MADRID Echoing, Americana vocals and swift, proficient guitar plucks.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8:30 p.m. $5. www.flickertheatreandbar. com GUN PARTY Local band featuring members of Fashion Knee High.

Playing anthemic, soulful rock.

FIGBOOTS Local band formerly known as Bigfoot, this group plays howling indie classic rock that mixes Tom Petty guitar solos with Captain Beefheart strangeness.

THE HUMMS Local act plays what’s been described as “Happy Hippie Horror Rock.” Imagine the sunny side of ‘60s garage rock tainted lyrically by mischievousness and a quirky flirtation with evil.

Georgia Bar 10 p.m. FREE! 706-546-9884 SCOTT LOW Local indie-folkster frontman for Efren plays a solo set.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 KARAOKE Hosted by karaoke fanatic John “Dr. Fred” Bowers and featuring a large assortment of pop, rock, indie and more.

Georgia Theatre 9 p.m. $15. www.georgiatheatre.com ZEDS DEAD Dubstep duo from Toronto with a diverse mix of original dancefloor mixes that draw from a vast array of source material.

ARAABMUZIK This hip-hop producer from Rhode Island with half Dominican and Guatemalan ancestry plays fast and rhythmic touches on his drum machine.

XI Christian Andersen produces chopsuey beats combined with complex sampling techniques.

Hotel Indigo “Live After Five Kick-Off.” 6–8 p.m.

FREE! CARL LINDBERG The free, bi-weekly concert series returns to the Hotel Indigo patio! Carl Lindberg kicks things of with a set of his jazz and world music-influenced tunes.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee.com THE ODD TRIO One of Athens’ finest original jazz ensembles, this innovative group often incorporates looped

audio into is compositions. Tonight the band celebrates the release of its new album, Birth of the Minotaur.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 9 p.m. FREE! Facebook.com/lkshuffleclub FORT WILSON RIOT This Minneapolis-based eclectic duo blends electronic pop and prog-rock with a touch of cabaret.

EUREKA CALIFORNIA Melodic, guitar-driven indie rock influenced by bands like Guided by Voices.

DUDE MAGNETS Noisy chaos.

GUMSHOE Project from Andy Dixon (Sweet Tooth Simpleton). Though still somewhat folky, these songs cover themes ranging from love and murder to drugs and zombies.

The Melting Point 9 p.m. $7 (adv.), $10 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com THE MOVEMENT These guys from Philly combine rock and reggae.

SUN DRIED VIBES Premier reggae/ rock hybrid from Charlotte, NC. The Manhattan Café 11 p.m. FREE! 706-369-9767 MAHOGANY AFTER DARK Slow soul music from DJ Mahogany, interspersed with half-hourly readings from trashy ‘70s and ‘80s novels, highlighting the “the most erotic and smuttiest parts, of course. Plus! mixed CD giveaways and prizes.

No Where Bar 10 p.m. $3. 706-546-4742 THE FRITZ Five-piece mellow funk jam with jazz influences including upright bass and smooth organ sounds.

OLD YOU Bluesy rock band from Charleston.

The Office Lounge 8:30 p.m. 706-546-0840.

THE SHADOW EXECUTIVES Get your fill of straight-up, authentic blues covers from this skilled Athens five-piece. Playing at “Blues Night” every Thursday at The Office Lounge.

WUOG 8 p.m. FREE! www.wuog.org LIVE IN THE LOBBY pacificUV and Electrophoria will perform on the college radio station’s twice weekly program. Listen over the air, stream online or drop by the station to watch!

Your Pie 8–Midnight. FREE! www.yourpie.com (Downtown location) LOUIS PHILLIP PELOT Local singer-songwriter performs solo folk and country.

Friday 30 40 Watt Club 9 p.m. www.40watt.com ELECTROPHORIA Kai Reidl (Macha) recorded traditional music in Java, Indonesia, and now he is giving those sounds a fresh, modern twist.

HOPE FOR AGOLDENSUMMER Charming and highly praised local neo-folk band delivers the thriftstore gospel featuring the vocal harmonies of the Campbell sisters.

PACIFICUV Based once again in Athens after some time in Portland, pacificUV is back with a new album of atmospheric dream pop.

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Amici Italian Café 11 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0000 STRING THEORY Fusion and funkoriented progressive rock.

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Buffalo’s Southwest Café Auction for Adoption! 8 p.m. $20. 706354-6655 BUTTERMILK REVIVAL Traditional bluegrass tribute, including songs by the Stanley Brothers, Bill Monroe and many others. Live music follows the auction to benefit All God’s Children, Inc.: a special needs adoption agency.

Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com THAYER SARRANO Local singersongwriter and multi-instrumentalist with lovely, airy vocals singing dark, gentle melodies. CD release show!

See Q&A on p. 15.

BO BEDINGFIELD AND THE WYDELLES Local band playing country and melodramatic popular songs.

TIA MADRE Solo project featuring Dead Confederate guitarist Walker Howle.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 10 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar.com YOUNG BENJAMIN Solo project of guitarist/banjoist Matt Whitaker (The Premonitions, Emergent Heart), featuring swirling, looping guitars and lush layers of moody melodies.

POWERKOMPANY Local husband and wife duo playing sincere, bittersweet lullabies with gorgeous vocal harmonies over guitar and viola.

DARE DUKES Acoustic folk singersongwriter from Savannah whose passionate music flows over intricate melodies full of twists, turns and depth.

Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com TONSTARTSSBANDHT Two brothers from Florida playing experimental noise pop.

MUUY BIIEN Local noise-punk band.

PRETTY BIRD Heavy on percussion and tribal-style hollering/chanting/ panting, expect an avant-garde performance that’s equal parts weird and fun.

SHOAL CREEK STRANGLER Local blues band led by guitarist/vocalist Zeke Sayer.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 ATHENS CABARET SHOWGIRLS A unique drag show featuring performances by local drag artists.

CLASSIC CITY KINGS Athens’ premiere drag king troupe promises to offend with their risque show, “The Chronicles of Sex, Sorrow and Sin.” DJ MAHOGANY Freaky funk, sultry soul, righteous R&B and a whole lotta unexpected faves. Dance party follows the drag show!

Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. $15. www.georgiatheatre.com NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS The sons of Memphis legend Jim Dickinson present a spirited blend of Southern rock and blues with proficient guitar licks. See story on p. 17.

THE WEEKS Y’allternative and sludgepop quartet from Jackson, MS. Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. $5. www.hendershotscoffee.com BIG C AND THE RINGERS Local bluesman and UGA grad Clarence

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Cameron takes inspiration from artists like B.B. King, Muddy Waters and Buddy Guy. Highwire Lounge “Friday Night Jazz.” 8–11 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge.com RAND LINES Original compositions of pianist Rand Lines with drummer Ben Williams and bassist Carl Lindberg.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ lkshuffleclub EASYRIDER Spinning all your favorite jams from the ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s.

The Melting Point 9 p.m. $10 (adv.), $12 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com ABBEY ROAD LIVE! Here come the sun kings! Athens’ own premier Beatles cover band is playing a special ALL REQUEST show tonight.

No Where Bar “North Mississippi Allstars After-party.”

11 p.m. $3. 706-546-4742 TENT CITY Local five-piece plays a mix of roots-rock, soul, and jazz.

New Earth Music Hall 9 p.m. $5. www.newearthmusichall. com ARPETRIO Livetronica trio from Knoxville, TN. CHROMAZONE Electronic-infused rock.

UPRISE Paul Knight creates unique mixes of dub and drum & bass.

JIRIKI A fusion of dubstep, drumstep, drum and bass, electro, trip-hop, and glitch by this Atlanta-based producer/DJ. The Office Lounge 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-546-0840 TANGENTS This country-fried rock group from Watkinsville carries Lynyrd Skynyrd licks and John Mellencamp melodies.

Saturday 31 40 Watt Club 8 p.m. $13 (adv.). www.40watt.com NOW, NOW Indie pop trio from Minneapolis supporting their new album, Threads.

THE NAKED AND FAMOUS New Zealand indie-rock group gaining international attention.

VACATIONER Relaxation experts coming to send your mind on a much needed trip.

Amici Italian Café 11 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0000 AIRSPACE EXPANSION PROJECT Members of Elastic Skyline and Chromazone have joined together to combine funky jazz rhythms and soaring melodic jams.

Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com 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. See story on p. 13.

ORYX AND CRAKE Indie rock that mixes in elements of psych pop, electronica and R&B. Recommended for fans of Sufjan Stevens, Bon Iver and Arcade Fire.

EASTER ISLAND Lush, post rockinfluenced shoegaze with sweet, pop melodies, tender harmonies and shimmering guitars.

BOYFRNDZ Indie pop from California with plenty of British influences.

Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com SAM SNIPER Post-alternative, country-fried twang with big anthemic choruses, joyful harmonies and a strong melody/pop sensibility.

HURRAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF Influenced by the sounds of classic country, ‘60s rock and roll, and master songwriters like Townes Van Zandt and Neil Young, Hurray for the Riff Raff has deep roots in the landscape of America.

DANGEROUS PONIES This sevenpiece band from Philadelphia, PA plays bouncy pop with dynamic melodies.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8:30 p.m. $5. www.flickertheatreandbar. com MADELINE Bell-voiced songwriter Madeline Adams plays endearing songs of smalltown loves, hopes and other assorted torments and joys.

ADRON Adrienne McCann from Atlanta wraps her voice in warbles and sighs around late-’60s Brazilian Tropicalia and charming satire.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 FLEET MACHINE Understated synth beats leave room for quiet vocals and careful sampling. So local they have a song called “Go Bar Guy.” LOW UFO Ambient acoustic sounds from Atlanta.

THE RAMBLIN FEVERS Folk trio from Augusta influenced by The Avett Brothers, Johnny Cash and The Head and The Heart.

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. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee. com KENNY AND THE BASHERS Local band featuring Dan Nettles (Kenosha Kid), Kenny Copes, Seth Hendershot and JoJo Glidewell.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. $3. www.facebook.com/ lkshuffleclub MAD AXES “Pro-Life Suicide Rap.” Influences include: MIA, KMD, BDP, WTC, NWA, CCR, EPMD, Run-DMC and Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers.

Celebrating the release of Debut Smash.

INCENDIARIES Ladies of pedigree enforcing angular sensibilities.

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

YE OLDE SUB SHOPPE Big-hearted pop music played on tiny instruments.

PILGRIM Local rock and roll band featuring Paul McHugh on vocals, guitar and keyboards along with Matt Stoessel on guitar, TJ Machado on bass, Brad Morgan on drums and Thayer Sarrano on keyboard.

Nuçi’s Space 9 p.m. $5. www.nuci.org MEDLIFE BATTLE OF THE BANDS Local bands compete for recording time at Full Moon Studio! Proceeds at this MEDLIFE benefit. Featuring performances by 33, Clean Break, Erin Hill Band, Kick the Robot, Native Kid and Rye Band.

The Office Lounge 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-546-0840 THE ADAMS FAMILY Playing everying from Hank to Dolly, this group of seasoned musicians, including Dana Downs (of Go Van Gogh), captivates audiences with a twist on country standards.

The Roadhouse 10 p.m. 706-613-2324 THE RATTLERS Athens’ own energetic Southern rockers with a guitardriven sound and an exciting show that often features surprise special guests.

Sunday 1 190 Park Avenue 6 p.m. FREE! 190 Park Avenue WALKER HOWLE ART & MUSIC SHOW Dead Confederate guitarist Walker Howle will be displaying his other artistic talents—with abstract oil paintings and mixed media art and sculpture. Half of the art on display is by Walker and half is by his father, William Howle. The event will include live music by Thayer Sarrano, Hardy Morris, Hunter Morris, John Watkins, Matt Stoesse and more, each playing short, instrumental, ambient sets.

Come early for free BBQ! The Globe 9 p.m.–Midnight. $3. 706-353-4721 SHAVED CHRIST Local punk band featuring members of American Cheeseburger, Witches, Dark Meat and Hot New Mexicans.

THE ADULTS Former members of Necro Hippies make up this snotty hardcore band from Louisiana.

GNARX Howling bluesy punk featuring the fierce growl of Chelsea Ray Lea, Christopher Ingham on guitar and Dain Marx on drums.

COPLIFTERA self-described powerviolence band from Atlanta.

Highwire Lounge 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge. com BRANDON NELSON MCCOY McCoy and his band play country/ folk that conjures thoughts of brown liquor and beat-up guitars.

Influences include Townes Van Zandt and Little Country Giants.

DON AUBER Local songwriter plays from his catalog of traveling laments, cautionary tales, murder ballads and Appalachian-gothic lullabies.

Ten Pins Tavern All ages! www.tenpinstavern.com JUSTIFIED TRUE BELIEF Young local rock quartet featuring Henry Barbe, Phil Carpenter, Gabriela Mejias and Glen Reece. See Calendar Pick on p. 23.

Viva! Argentine Cuisine 9 p.m.–Midnight.

ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY Viva celebrates its first birthday with live music.

Monday 2 40 Watt Club 8 p.m. $15 (adv). www.40watt.com. All ages welcome!

KIMYA DAWSON Anti-folk artist, formerly of Moldy Peaches known for their work on the Juno soundtrack).

Dawson’s songs are quirky and sweet, with an abstract and childlike quality.

PALEFACE A veteran musician with 12 records under his belt, Paleface was schooled personally by Daniel Johnston and has since become something of a neo-folk icon. He’s appeared on a couple of Avett Brothers records as well.

YOUR HEART BREAKS Indie-rock collective with electronic influences.

Caledonia Lounge www.caledonialounge.com SUNSHINE DAYDREAM Featuring performances by Imaginary Softwoods (John Elliott from

Wingate Downs

Sunday, April 1

Dancing with the Athens Stars Classic Center

John Keane, Hugh Acheson, Dexter Weaver: these well known Athenians have all set down the instruments of their chosen professions at one point and danced for the common good.

This year, Barbara Dooley, wife of Vince and recent kneereplacement recipient; Dave Shearon, co-owner of Ashford Manor; two Boston marathon runners and James Thaw, CEO of ARMC, will join their ranks. Dancing with the Athens Stars, one of Project Safe’s most popular and anticipated events, is in its sixth year, and Elissa Basco and Dave Shearon the annual frenzy is peaking.

Project Safe, Athens’ domestic violence prevention and rehabilitation center, gathers well known and talented members of the Athens community and makes them vulnerable beginners at the mercy of a trained and patient dancer. Like the show from which it’s modeled, the dancer and the non-dancer practice and practice (some pairs have been working since November) to get stage-ready for an audience that the executive director of Project Safe, Joan Prittie, predicts will be over 1,000 people.

“Participants email their contacts; they have their businesses doing percentage nights; they have parties and other gatherings,” said Prittie. “That’s the beauty of this event, is that we have people from different walks of life who showcase the diversity of Athens and then go to their friends and colleagues in their parts of their community and talk about Project Safe.”

The competition is one of the center’s biggest fundraisers. Prittie sets the fundraising goal each year at $100,000. It was close one year with $96,000, but it has yet to reach the magic number that makes up only 10 percent of Project Safe’s annual budget.

“For us, [the money] really is about providing client assistance and whatever it is that people need,” said Prittie. “We use it a lot for paying for motels when our shelter is full.

We use it for lock changes and rent and out of town relocation.”

Contestants can campaign for the audience favorite award, which is determined by the number of votes they receive before the competition. Voting is already underway at www.project-safe.org; one vote online gives one dollar to Project Safe. If you’d like to see the agony and ecstasy of the competition itself, get to the Classic Center by 7 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets are $20 and available at www.classiccenter.com. [Sydney Slotkin]

Emeralds; Cleveland), John Kiran Fernandes (Olivia Tremor Control; Cloud Recordings), Rene Hell (Los Angeles), Chemtrails (Chicago) and Quiet Evenings (Grant & Rachel Evans, GA).

Georgia Theatre 9 p.m. On the Rooftop. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com REV. PEYTON’S BIG DAMN BAND Three-piece country blues band with a wild live show featuring an aggressive washboard player, rusty steel-bodied guitars and five-gallon bucket percussion.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee. com OPEN MIC Local songstress Kyshona Armstrong hosts this open mic night every Monday!

No Where Bar 9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-4742 BLUES JAM WITH BIG C Local musician Clarence “Big C” Cameron plays straightahead blues inspired by artists like B.B. King, Muddy Waters and Buddy Guy.

Tuesday 3 Georgia Theatre “Get Up Get Down” on the Theatre rooftop! 11 p.m. $2. www.georgia theatre.com TUMBLEWEED STAMPEDE Local band plays uplifting, melodic indie pop with influences ranging from Afro-Caribbean pop to old-school Southern soul. Event is rain or shine–in case of inclement weather, the event will be moved to the balcony or main room.

DJ MAHOGANY Freaky funk, sultry soul, righteous R&B and a whole lotta unexpected faves from Athens’ favorite DJ. Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8:30 p.m. $5. www.hendershotscoffee. com IKE STUBBLEFIELD AND FRIENDS Soulful R&B artist Ike Stubblefield is a Hammond B3 virtuoso who cut his teeth backing Motown legends like the Four Tops, The Temptations, Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye.

Featuring Seth Hendershot on drums. Every Tuesday!

The Melting Point “Terrapin Tuesday.” 7 p.m. $5. www. meltingpointathens.com THE FOUR THIEVES This energetic acoustic folk band is sure to get your boots stompin’.

No Where Bar 10 p.m. $2. 706-546-4742 LUCID Eclectic ensemble draws on everything from jazz and rock to honky-tonk and reggae.

UGA Legion Field 7:30 p.m. $10 (from member of Delta Gamma Sorority) $12 (adv). www.athensmusic.net JOSH GRACIN Country music singer whose break came when he was the fourth place finalist of the second season of the TV series“American Idol.”

The Volstead 9 p.m.–1:30 a.m. 706-354-5300 KARAOKE Every Tuesday!

WUOG 8 p.m. FREE! www.wuog.org LIVE IN THE LOBBY Sleepdance will perform on the college radio station’s twice weekly program. Listen

over the air, stream online or drop by the station to watch!

Wednesday 4 Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com CAROLINE AIKEN Renowned acoustic folk artist Caroline Aiken shared the stage with the Indigo Girls for some time. Her soulful voice purrs and growls the blues over bright finger-picking.

JOSH DANIELS Buttery smooth, Southern singer-songwriter Josh Daniels delivers acousti-pop with warm piano backing.

EMILY JACKSON This self-taught rising folk singer and songwriter opens tonight.

Farm 255 8 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com THE DIAL INDICATORS Playing an eclectic selection of jazzy standards from Tin Pan Alley classics to Tom Waits covers.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 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. No sugar added.

OTHER COLORS Quartet from Baltimore playing future folk-rock and spectralist pop.

TITANS OF FILTH This local band combines droll Southern voices with easy-rolling, efficient and uncomplicated indie-pop rock about the ups and downs of young love.

Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. $12. www.georgiatheatre.com TOUBAB KREWE Instrumental band that uses unique African instrumentation and blends Southern, classic rock with the rich musical textures of Mali.

LASSINE KOUYATE Local Americana singer/songwriter Adam Klein presents a new twist on traditional West African music he discovered and recorded in Mali.

Highwire Lounge 8–11 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). The new originals spark like Booker T & the MG’s mixed with 20th century harmony, and will appeal to a strange cross section of indie noise rockers and noodle-limbed jam-band fans alike. Every Wednesday in April!

The Melting Point 8:30 p.m. $5 (adv.), $7 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com HONEY BLUE Hailing from St. Simons Island, Honey Blue takes a well-loved country island sound and melds it into garage rock with pedal steel and washboard.

DUKES OF GLYNN An charismatic rock country band that plays its own version of boogie.

GREG HESTER A talented songwriter performing life and love songs in a blend of country and soul.

The Office Lounge 9 p.m. FREE! 706-549-0840 KARAOKE With your host Lynn, the Queen of Karaoke!

Walker’s Coffee & Pub 9 p.m. FREE! 706-543-1433 LIVE JAZZ Every Wednesday!

Featuring Taj.

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

11TH ANNUAL

TROT FOR TOTS SUNDAY, APRIL 22 TIKE HIKE: 1:30pm • 5K: 2pm • 1/4 MARATHON: 3pm at Sandy Creek Nature Center

Registration/Entry Fees: Single race $20 pre-registration, Both races $40 pre-registration Course: 5k or 1/4 Marathon will start at Sandy Creek Nature Center & run along the Oconee River Greenway to Dudley Park.

Tike Hike: A FREE very short walk/crawl/run/stroll warm-up and kids fun “race”. Everyone gets a medal!

Awards: T-shirt for all race participants. Awards will be presented to Overall Male/Female and Top Three Finishers in each age group.

Questions: Classic Race Services 706-680-7223 or email classicraceservices@gmail.com

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

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AthFest Call for Artists (Athens, Ga) Applications for inclusion in the AthFest Artist Market are now being accepted. Exhibited work may include ceramics, drawings and watercolor, paintings, folk art, furniture, photography, glasswork, handmade musical instruments, jewelry, mixed media, prints, woodwork or sculpture. No commercial “kit” products, factory-made items or found objects will be accepted.

Apply by Apr. 1. $20 application fee.

706-363-0530, art@athfest.com Call for Artists (Floorspace) Seeking local artists to contribute for bi-monthly art shows. floorspacestudio@gmail.com, www.floorspace athens.com Call for Artists (Farmington Depot Gallery) The 2nd Annual Festifool is accepting applications for artists to set up booths and sell original art and wares on Mar. 31.

Email farmingtongallery@gmail.com for an application.

Call for Entries (Athens Institute for Contemporary Art (ATHICA)) Accepting applications for the upcoming exhibitions schedule. New media, installations and traditional media welcome. Apply by May 3.

See website for details. www.athica. org/callforentries.php Seeking Artists (Oconee County Library) Seeking framed or ready-tohang artwork for month-long exhibitions. 706-769-3950, scolombo@ athenslibrary.com The Trashion Fashion Parade (Athens Institute for Contemporary Art (ATHICA)) A fashion show featuring wearable clothing and art made from un-recyclable materials. Email trashyfash@athica.org by Apr. 15 to confirm participation.

Brewing Lessons (Blockader Home Brew Supply) A hands-on crash course in all-grain recipe formulation, mashing, evaluating and trouble-shooting. Call to register.

Saturdays, Apr. 14-May. 19, 3–6:30 p.m. 706-548-5035, www.blockader homebrewsupply.com Bellydance & Bollywood Classes (Floorspace) Dance classes for all levels, styles and ages. Sundays, 3 p.m. Wednesdays, 7 p.m. & Thursdays, 5:45 p.m. $6–12. www.floorspaceathens.com Continuing Diabetes Education (Hodgson’s Pharmacy) A four-week class for diabetes patients and their families. Preregistration requested. Saturdays, Mar. 31–Apr. 21, 2–4 p.m. FREE! 706-543-7386, rabun.hodgsons@ gmail.com Clay Classes (Good Dirt) Weekly “Try Clay” classes ($20/person) every Friday from 7-9 p.m. “Family Try Clay” classes every Sunday from 2-4 p.m. $20. 706-355-3161, www.gooddirt.net Divinity Unleashed Intuitive Painting Course (Over the Moon Creative Possibilities) A four-week course beginning Apr. 10. No experience necessary.

Pre-registration required by Apr. 6. Tuesdays, 9 a.m.–12 p.m. or Thursdays, 6:30–9:30 p.m. $200.

706-540-2712 Genealogy Class (ACC Library) Center for Active Learning (CAL) presents “Finding Those Who Served: Military Records” on Apr. 4 and “Tracking Our Ancestors’ Footsteps: More Mobile Than You Think” on Apr. 18. Participants can register for one or both classes.

1–2:30 p.m. FREE! (members), $25

(membership fee). 706-613-3650, www.accaging.org/cal Intermediate Fantasy Illustration Class (Lyndon House Arts Center) Mark Helwig takes adult students through the process of producing a monochromatic fantasy illustration using traditional materials. The introduction class is a prerequisite. Thursdays, through Apr. 26. 6:30–8:30 p.m. $83. 706613-3623, www.accleisureservices. com/lyndonhouse Kundalini Meditation & Yoga (Red Lotus Institute) Kundalini meditation for depression, frustration, addiction and more, and Kundalini yoga weight reduction for beginners.

Sundays, 9–10 a.m. (meditation) & 10:30 a.m.–12 p.m. (yoga). $8/ class. www.wellnesscooperative.com Ladies’ Non-Contact Cardio Boxing (Lay Park) Build muscle strength, endurance and coordination. Call for more info. BYOGloves.

Wednesdays through Apr. 23, 7–8 p.m. $10. 706-613-3596, www.athensclarkecounty.com/lay Monologues and More!

(Memorial Park) (Quinn Hall) This program uses simple monologues, skits and improvisational scenarios to explore the benefits of drama, discover different emotional responses and build self-esteem. For teens and adults with cognitive disabilities and their caregivers. Call to register for six classes. Tuesdays, Apr. 10–May 15, 1–2 p.m. $30-40. 706-6133628, www.athensclarkecounty. com/act Mama-Baby Yoga (Full Bloom Center) Work core muscles with Super Mama Squats. Stretch, breathe and nurse. For babies 0–9 months. Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. $14 (one class), $60 (six classes).

706-353-3373, www.fullbloom parent.com

Athens Area Humane Society

Ash is a sweet and gentle girl, repeatedly Inside Pet Supplies Plus at Alps Shopping Ctr. • 706.353.2287 overlooked by shelter visitors Blueberry has a beautiful, HELLO. This is Lenny and because she never serious face with striking Squiggy, aptly named for cotries to attract blue eyes. She was found medic talents. Just a teensy bit attention. She as a stray and sometimes shy at first, but quickly ready to humbly keeps her needs her space. She start the party and, (says AAHS) head down, but needs a real cat lover to “make a toy out of anything: longs for a loving, offer her love and patience pencils, post-it notes, potatoes, quiet home where and gentle handling. she will be special. etc.”

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Linda Francis’ painting is on display at the Lyndon House Arts Center through Apr. 21.

SALSAthens (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Cuban-style salsa dance classes. Every Wednesday, 6:307:30 p.m. (intermediate), 7:30-8:30 p.m. (beginners). $8 (incl. $3.50 drink). 706-338-6613 Watercolor Classes (Lyndon House) Learn watercolor techniques such as cover wash methods, glazes and brushstrokes. For beginners and intermediates. Thursdays, through Apr. 26. 1–3 p.m. $83 (ACC residents), $125. 706-613-3623 Yoga Workshop (5 Points Yoga) With instructor Christina Sell. Apr. 13–15. $150. shannon@5pointsyoga.com, www.athensfivepointsyoga.com Zumba at the Garden (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Latin rhythms and easy-to-follow moves comprise this dynamic fitness program. Wednesdays, 5:30–6:30 p.m. $10/class, $80/session. www.uga. edu/botgarden

HELP OUT Chime Canned Food Drive (Athens, Ga) Canned food may be deposited at any Papa John’s location in Athens and at the UGA Ramsey Center, Brooks Hall and Sanford Hall on campus. Through Mar. 29. natalie@uga.edu Call for Volunteers (Athens, Ga) Volunteers, artists, food and drink vendors, musicians and silent auction donations needed for Renewal Art Show on Apr. 21 & 22. athensart4schools@gmail.com Red Cross Month (Red Cross Donor Center) March is Red Cross Month. Visit website to learn about activities throughout the month.

Donations to help with storm season relief can be made on www.redcross. org

Shoe Drive for Soles4Soul (ACC Solid Waste Department) To donate shoes, bind them together with shoelaces or a rubber band and drop them off in a plastic bag.

Mar. 15–May 15. www.athensclarke county/recycling Volunteer Bike Repair (Chase Street Warehouses) Help repair bikes at the Bike Recycling Program of BikeAthens. No experience necessary. Mondays and Wednesdays, 6-8:30 p.m. and Sundays, 2-4:30 p.m. www.bikeathens.com

KIDSTUFF 22nd Annual “Give Wildlife a Chance” Poster Contest (State Botanical Garden) Artwork must portray Georgia nongame (not legally hunted, trapped or fished) wildlife and plants. Any student in grades K-5 is eligible to participate.

Entries due by Mar. 28. 706-5426156, www.georgiawildlife.com, www.uga.edu/botgarden Arts in the Afternoon (East Athens Community Center) Afterschool program teaches arts and crafts and allows children to create original artwork. Ages 6–15.

Mondays and Wednesdays, 3:30– 5:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3593 Playgroups (Full Bloom Center) Playtime for crawlers (Wednesdays), toddlers (Tuesdays) and all ages (Saturdays). 10 a.m. $3. 706-3533373, www.fullbloomparent.com Ram Jam (Athens, Ga) A Battle of the Bands for local middle and high school students. Ten bands will battle for a prize that includes cash, studio time at Chase Park Transduction and a spot at AthFest.

Bands can pick up an application at Monsignor Donovan Catholic High School or online at www.mdchs.org.

Spring Programs (East Athens Community Center) Sports, homework help, teen groups and more are going on now and throughout the spring. Call for more information.

706-613-3593 Spring Break Camp (Good Dirt) Now Registering for Spring Break Camps at Good Dirt. Each day’s projects are self contained so that participants sign up for one or more days. Apr. 9-13. $55/day. www.gooddirt.com Summer Camps (State Botanical Garden) Now registering for Garden Earth Nature Camp, Garden Explorers’ Camp and Sweet Pea Club Camp. Visit website for more details. www.botgarden.uga.edu Summer Camps (Athens, Ga) ACC Leisure Services has a total of 45 summer camps for children and teens. Check online for complete list and registration info. 706-613-3625, www.athensclarkecounty.com/camps Teen Girls Club (East Athens Community Center) This program encourages cooperation, teamwork, good behavior and self-esteem.

Wednesdays, 4:30–5:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3593, www.athensclarke county.com/eastathens

ON THE STREET Antebellum Trail Pilgrimage (Athens, Ga) Visit historic homes, experience authentic battle sites, view impressive architecture and tour museums. Tickets can be purchased at the Athens Welcome Center or online. Apr. 19–22. $25. www.atpilgrimage.com March Moving for Montessori 5K/10K (Athens Montessori School) The races benefit the expansion of the school’s fitness path to encourage students

to stay fit and active. Some proceeds also benefit UNICEF. Pre-registration required. Mar. 31, 8 a.m. (5K), 8:45 a.m. (10K). $15-50. www.athens montessori.com Seeking Film Submissions (Athens, Ga) New Belgium Brewing is calling for filmmakers and videographers for its Clips of Faith tour.

Upload your film to www.clipsoffaith. com by Apr. 16.

Summer Jobs (Athens, Ga) ACC Leisure Services is hiring for 120 summer positions including camp counselors, lifeguards, park assistants and pool staff. 706-613-3090, www.athensclarkecounty.com/jobs Sprockets Music Video Competition (Athens, Ga) Film Athens is currently accepting submissions. The early deadline is Apr.

15, and the final deadline is Apr. 30.

All accepted videos will be screened on June 16 at the 40 Watt Club. Visit website for details. www.filmathens. net/sprockets Tax Assistance (Oconee County Library) The AARP offers free help to all adults regardless of age or AARP affiliation. Mondays through Apr. 9, 1–4:30 p.m. 706-769-3950

SUPPORT ANAD Support Group (Holy Cross Lutheran Church) New support group for individuals suffering from eating disorders. First and third Saturday of each month. 10 a.m.

678-612-2697, www.anad.org/ get-help/support-groups/georgia

ART AROUND TOWN AMICI ITALIAN CAFÉ (233 E. Clayton St.) Justin and Jul Sexton of Elephant Ocean Sustainable Art use reclaimed materials to create pieces inspired by nature.

Through April.

ANTIQUES AND JEWELS (290 N. Milledge Ave.) Paintings by Elizabeth Barton, Greg Benson, Ainhoa Canup and others.

ART ON THE SIDE GALLERY AND GIFTS (1011B Industrial Blvd., Watkinsville) A gallery featuring works by various artists in media including ceramics, paintings and fused glass.

ARTINI’S ART LOUNGE (296 W. Broad St.) Artwork

by Marshall Reddoch and Kate Cook. Through April.

ARTLAND GALLERY (2 S. Main St., Watkinsville) Tiny representational paintings by Meredith Lachin on recycled New York subway cards. Through March.

ATHENS ACADEMY (1281 Spartan Dr.) Artwork by landscape painters David Dunlop and Frank Walker in the Myers Gallery. In the Bertelsmann Gallery, an Athens Academy Photography exhibit. Through Apr. 20.

ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART (ATHICA) (160 Tracy St.) “Southern” features work from Rodrecas Davis, Hope Hilton, Michael Lachowski, Sam Seawright, James Perry Walker and more. Through Apr. 1.

BIG CITY BREAD CAFE (393 N. Finley St.) Matthew Scott displays his abstract paintings. Through March.

CINÉ BARCAFÉ (234 W. Hancock Ave.) “%” features works by Moon Jung Jang. Through Apr. 18.

CIRCLE GALLERY (UGA Caldwell Hall) Imaginative landscape paintings by Bob Hughes. Opening reception Mar. 30. Through May 1.

EARTH FARE (1689 S. Lumpkin St.) Digital artwork by Greg Harmon. Through April.

ETIENNE BRASSERIE (311 E. Broad St.) Paintings by UGA art professor and LDSOA curator Jeffrey Whittle.

Through April.

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 Larry Hamilton, Cheri Wranosky, John Weber, John Cleaveland and more.

FIVE STAR DAY CAFÉ (229 E. Broad St.) Paintings by Lisa Tantillo.

FLICKER THEATRE & BAR (263 W. Washington St.) Artwork by Cricket Burwell. Through March. • Works

by Ken Freeman and Chris Ingham. Through April.

GAINESVILLE STATE COLLEGE OCONEE CAMPUS (1201 Bishop Farms Pkwy.) A selection of artwork by seniors at Athens Academy in honor of Youth Art Appreciation Month. Closing reception Mar. 29. Through March.

GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (90 Carlton St.) “Georgia Bellflowers” is devoted to antique dealer and furniture maker Henry Eugene Thomas. Through Apr. 15. • “To Make a World” includes 47 paintings

by George Ault and his contemporaries. Through Apr. 16. • “All Creatures Great and Small” features works depicting animals created by self-taught American artists. Through Apr. 20. • “A Divine Light: Northern Renaissance Paintings from the Bob Jones University Museum and Gallery.” Through June 17.

• “Pattern and Palette in Print: Gentry Magazine and a New Generation of Trendsetters” is a collaboration with undergraduate fabric design students at UGA that takes as its inspiration from Gentry magazine.

Through June 17.

GEORGIA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY (East Campus Rd.) A collection of mounted game animals

Alcoholics Anonymous (Athens, Ga) If you want to stop, we can help. 706-389-4164, www.athensaa.com Athens Mothers’ Center Support Group (St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church) Mothers’ support group. Tuesdays and Fridays, 9:30–11:30 a.m. FREE! athensga. motherscenter.org New Mamas Group (Full Bloom Center) Meet other new moms and get non-judgmental support.

Thursdays, 10 a.m. FREE! 706-3533373, www.fullbloomparent.com Wonderful Wednesdays (Athens, Ga) Adults w/cognitive disabilities learn skills and community inclusion. Call for location. Every other Wednesday through Apr. 18, 10:30 a.m. $14. 706-613-3580 f

featuring lynxes, African leopards, Alaskan bears, water buffalo and elk, as well as live corn snakes, tarantulas, and other live animals.

THE GRIT (199 Prince Ave.) The annual “Grit Employee Group Art Show” featuring mixed-media works.

Through Apr. 21.

HEIRLOOM CAFE AND FRESH MARKET (815 N. Chase St.) Photography by Holly Brown. Through March.

HENDERSHOT’S COFFEE BAR (1560 Oglethorope Ave.) Abstract paintings by Lauren Williamson and works by Kate Lloyd-Shultz. Closing reception Apr. 2.

HIGHWIRE LOUNGE (269 N. Hull St.) Works by Brock Gordon and Beth Kleene. Through March.

JITTERY JOE’SS COFFEE ALPS (1480 Baxter St.) Oils on paper and acrylic on canvas by Stuart McCall Libby. Through April.

JITTERY JOE’S COFFEE DOWNTOWN (297 E. Broad St.) Large portraits by Lea Purvis and a collection of works by several local potters.

JITTERY JOE’S COFFEE EASTSIDE (1860 Barnett Shoals Rd.) “Spontaneous Art Show” with works by Dan Smith aka See Dan Paint. Through April.

JITTERY JOE’S COFFEE FIVE POINTS (1230 S. Milledge Ave.) Hand-dyed silk paintings by Rene Shoemaker and abstract paintings by Daego Ulloa.

JUST PHO… AND MORE (1063 Baxter St.) Artwork

by Robert Lowery. Through March.

KUMQUAT MAE BAKERY CAFÉ (18 Barnett Shoals Rd., Watkinsville) Vibrant paintings by Johnny Gordon. Closing reception Apr. 1.

LAMAR DODD SCHOOL OF ART (270 River Rd.) A collection of artwork by over 180 students from the Clarke County school district. Through March. • The 2012 MFA Exhibition showcases the works of 19 graduate students. Through Apr. 13.

LAST RESORT GRILL (184 W. Clayton St.) Landscapes, portraits and still lifes by Lauren Nossett. Through March.

LYNDON HOUSE ARTS CENTER (293 Hoyt St.) The 37th Annual Juried Exhibition of 175 original works by local artists. Through Apr. 21.

MAMA’S BOY (197 Oak St.) Convergence Artist Productions presents “Athfest Artist Market Preview,” including samples from Bob Davis, Frank Registrato, Ryan Myers and Caitlin Glennon. Through April.

OCAF (34 School St., Watkinsville) “Youth Art Appreciation Month” is a collection of artwork by over 180 students from the Oconee County School District.

Through Mar. 30.

OCONEE COUNTY LIBRARY (1080 Experiment Station Rd.) Modern art by Newman Betts and a display by the Athens Lacemakers.

STATE BOTANICAL GARDEN OF GEORGIA (2450 S. Milledge Ave.) Various works from members of the Athens Art Association exhibited in the garden.

Through Apr. 29.

STRAND HAIR SALON (1625 S. Lumpkin St.) Paintings by Peter Thompson. Through April.

TRANSMETROPOLITAN (145 E. Clayton St.) Wax encaustic paintings on pine board by Regina McCormick. Through March.

VISIONARY GROWTH GALLERY (2400 Booger Hill Rd., Danielsville) “Drawing Pretty Pictures Is a Way to Meet God in the World Like It Is” features works

by Lois Curtis, Carter Wellborn, Peter Loose, Alpha Andrews, Betty Wansley and Annie Wellborn. Through April.

WALKER’S COFFEE AND PUB (128 College Ave.) Photographs of acrylic paintings on skin by Lydia Hunt. Through March.

WHITE TIGER (217 Hiawassee Ave.) Colorful paintings

by Mary Porter. Through March. • Works by students of Chase Street School. Through April.

FEAST

A Dining Out Event to Benefit the Educational Programming of AthFest, Inc.

Tuesday, April 17, 2012 Enjoy a night out at any of these restaurants or bars and a portion of the proceeds will be donated to AthFest, Inc. to support AthFest Educates! which provides programs to educate and inspire children through music and art.

Food:

Locos Grill & Pub (All 3 Locations) George’s Lowcountry Table East West Bistro Last Resort Grill DePalma’s Italian Cafe(All 3 Locations) Fuzzy’s Tacos The National/Cine Dinner & A Movie Square One Fish Co. Trappeze Pub Highwire Lounge Yoforia (Both Locations) Keba (Eastside)

drink:

Trappeze Pub Highwire Lounge The Manhattan Café Little Kings Sideways Silver Dollar

AthFest, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to music and arts education located in Athens, GA. AthFest produces annual events such as the Athens Music and Arts Festival and the Athens Half Marathon as well as the year-round in-school and after-school music education programs.

The goal of AthFest is educate people about the vibrant local music and arts community as well as music and arts in general.

Proceeds from the Athens Music and Arts Festival and the Athens Half-Marathon support year-round educational efforts.

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Turn up the Sole, Georgia Shoe Drive for Soles4Souls ACC Solid Waste Department

Now - March 31

EcoFocus Film Festival Ciné, UGA Special Collections Library (Room 271), UGA Miller Learning Center (Room 171), Georgia Museum of Art

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A Community Wide Celebration providing citizens with the opportunity to increase their awareness of and interest in improving the environment of their home, yard, business, and community.

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Friday, March 30 2pm

EcoFocus Film Festival:

The Clean Bin Project Documentary

Ciné

Friday, March 30 5:30-7:30pm

Roll Out The Barrels Terrapin Brewery

Saturday, March 31 8am

Spring Bird Hike Sandy Creek Park (meet at the gate)

Saturday, March 31 9:30am-12:30pm Weed Warriors’ Forest Restoration Project Memorial Park

April 1 - April 30

Great American Clean-up Adopt-A-Highway Challenge ACC Local and State Roadways

April 1 - May 12th 8am-3pm (Mon-Sat)

Compost Sale ACC Landfill

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When we all lived in the same city, we would go out together very regularly. We don’t live in the same city anymore, and since we moved, John has only called me once or twice a year and can’t be bothered to email because he is too cool for silly things like computers. So, now I feel a lot closer to Mary than I do to John, since she and my wife and I send each other messages regularly, are friends on Facebook and Bookshelf, etc.

John is still the same guy he has always been: unambitious, unhelpful and snobby. He works for very little money in the same job he has had since we were 25. He is now over 40. Mary has a good job, pays most if not all of their bills and even bought a car for him two years ago. (I would say “they” bought a car, but since it cost more than John makes in a year I think we can all safely assume he wouldn’t have gotten it if he were on his own.) Mary doesn’t drive, and actually prefers to walk to the store and the movies. She takes public transportation to work.

Anyway, John has become increasingly antisocial in the last couple of years. He won’t go anywhere with her, and when he does, he acts like a jerk and a snob, and she ends up embarrassed and leaves early. I have tried to talk to him (when I can get him to pick up the phone).

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I know she would like to move back to where her family is, since she is getting more isolated as she loses more friends because of his behavior. He will not budge. He won’t get a new job, refuses to talk about hobbies or travel. He won’t even come to visit us because he said he hates airplanes.

So, I have now joined what must surely be the swelling ranks of her friends who have suggested giving him an ultimatum and/or leaving him. So, I got an email from him the other day. There were four of us whom he sent

it to, all old friends. Mary is leaving him; he is devastated and looking for advice. She wants him out of the apartment but has agreed to give him money for the next two years toward his rent and helping pay for the dog, which she is allowing him to keep. She also agreed to pay all vet bills and the bulk of their savings, which is an enormous amount of money and most of which, obviously, he has not earned. Oh, and the car. She is letting him keep the car. What she wants is just a nice clean break: no lawyers, no fighting, just a parting of ways.

So, after he asked for advice, two of the four people he sent messages to advised him to get a lawyer and talk about alimony, which I think is ridiculous. The other friend wrote a well thought out message that said that maybe he should just take what she is offering and play nice, etc., etc. I told him as gently as I could that I thought she was giving him more than she had to and that maybe he should try to make this as easy as possible on everyone and go quietly. I am not comfortable with the concept of alimony, since he is the one who chose not to get a better job for the last 20 years, and they don’t have kids.

He wrote back to all of us that “advice is a lot easier to give than it is to take” and that he can’t afford the car, etc. He is basically telling us that our advice is crap and we don’t know how it is. He’s the one who ASKED for advice!

So, now I don’t know what to do. I am a bit angry, and I actually think Mary would get a better deal if she hired a lawyer because what she is offering him seems way above and beyond. Part of me wants to tell him to go to hell and never speak to him again. What do you think?

Well, I’m not a lawyer, so I actually don’t know anything about what the law says when it comes to unambitious spouses and alimony.

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Of course, if John were my friend I would tell him to take what Mary is offering and try to get his life together. Since Mary already has it together, she may want to consult a lawyer just to see what rights he does have.

As far as your friendships with both of these people, it is obvious that you and your wife are closer to Mary for a reason. I don’t think it would be fair for you to completely walk away from John right now, but you should probably try to explain to him how all of this happened and that you all saw it coming a mile away. You might suggest therapy, and if he won’t do that you might at least tell him that he has to be more aware of his actions and attitudes and take some responsifuckingbility for himself. You should, of course, couch it in “I love you, man, but…” With your help, he might realize the connection between his self-important stupidity and the sudden lack of friends and a sugar momma in his life. If he doesn’t want to hear you, then you can walk away. But give him a chance.

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2BR/2.5BA, $685/mo., W/D. Joiner Management: (706) 3536868, www.joinermanagement. com, Avail. now. Pre-leasing for Aug. 2012.

S. Milledge duplex. Venita Dr.: 4BR/2BA, W/D, DW, fenced back yd.! Close to everything yet private. $950/mo., negotiable.

(706) 310-0096, (404) 558-3218, or bagley_w@bellsouth.net.

Electronic flyers avail.

Commercial Property Eastside offices, 1060 Gaines School Rd. Rent 750 sf. $900/ mo., 400 sf. $600/mo. (706) 5461615 or athenstownproperties. com.

Condos for Rent Gigantic 5BR/3BA. End of Lumpkin. 2500 sf. 2 LRs, huge laundry rm., DR, FP, big deck.

DW, W/D, CHAC. Pets OK. Avail.

8/1. $1500/mo. (706) 369-2908

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Best location. 1775 S. Milledge #21, Summit Chase Apts. Walking distance ( u n d e r 1 m i . ) f ro m 5 P t s . , R a m s e y, L a k e H e r r i c k / Oconee Forest & Memorial Park. Access to intramural fields & tennis courts.

On-site campus & city bus stops. 2BR/2BA, 2 parking spots, FP, W/D, DW, front/ backyards. $680/mo. Jairo, (706) 351-3419. Mario, (706) 540-2094..

Condos For Sale J u s t r e d u c e d ! I n v e s t o r ’s West-side condo. 2BR/2BA, F P, 1 5 0 0 s f . , g r e a t investment, lease 12 mos. at $550/mo. Price in $40s.

For more info, call McWaters Realty at (706) 353-2700 or (706) 540-1529.

Duplexes For Rent Brick duplex, 2BR/1BA, very clean, all extras. Just 2 mi. to campus on north side Athens.

2 units avail. Pets OK. $500/mo. + dep. Call Sharon at (706) 2019093.

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UGA Med. School/Normaltown area. Located on corner of Holman Ave. 1BR, spacious LR, kitchen w/ all appl. incl. W/D. $550/mo. Avail. Apr. 1. Carol Moon, (706) 540-0472.

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2 tenants needed, Milledge Place. 2 BR, $350/mo., avail. May. No utils. Close to campus & UGA/Athens busline. No smoking/pets.

Swimming pool. (909) 9577 0 5 8 , w i l l i a m s re z a @ g m a i l . com.

Now pre-leasing for Fall 2012. Baldwin Village, across street from UGA, 2 blocks from Dwntn. Summer move in. 1 & 2 BR apts., water incl., on-site laundry, on-call maint., free parking, no pets. $475-700/mo.

On-site mgr., 8-12 M-F or by appt. (706) 354-4261.

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Houses for Rent 3BR/2BA house in ARMC area.

Fenced yard. Pets OK. $1000/ mo. Call Melissa (706) 2547683. $1500/mo. 3BR/2BA. Spacious BRs, LR & DR, full size kitchen & W/D. Hardwoods throughout.

Lots of storage space.

Detached covered parking & covered patio w/ lg. backyd. perfect for grilling/ tailgating. Off Milledge Ave. near Fraternity/Sorority Row & close to campus. Rent incl. lawn maint. & pest control. Most pets OK w/ dep. Call/email for info or appt. Avail. 8/2012. Christy, (706) 355-9961, christy@ retreatpartners.com. $675/mo. 2BR/1BA. Spacious LR/DR & kitchen, stack W/D. Hardwoods throughout.

Near Normaltown & close to campus. Most pets OK w/ dep. Rent incl. lawn maint. & pest control. Call/email for info or appt. Avail. 8/2012.

Christy, (706) 355-9961, christy@retreatpartners.com. $1100. Spacious 3BR/2.5BA. Quiet wooded fenced yd., close to campus & Dwntn. (East Athens/Winterville). Roomy house w/ eat-in kitchen: new counters, paint, appls., flrs.

Rocking chair front porch, huge yd., deck, sitting area. (706) 742-2477, 180bentwood@gmail. com, www.180bentwood.weebly. com.

1 or 2BR, recently renovated, private, quiet location near Publix. CHAC, new a p p l s . , W / D , D W, H W f l r s .

All elect., water & garbage paid. $650-680/mo. www. boulevardpropertymanagement. com or (706) 548-9797.

2BR/1BA, Normaltown & ARMC area. Convenient to everything!

Hardwoods. Storage building.

Pets welcome. Avail. Aug. 1.

Water, trash & lawn care incl. $800/mo. Aaron, (706) 2072957.

2BR/1BA, 129 Riverdale (June 1), 20 Milledge Ct., 230 O’Farrell (Aug. 1). All have HWflrs., tile BA, W/D. Great locations in Five Points! $650/ mo. (706) 548-9797 or www. boulevardpropertymanagement. com.

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2/3BR house avail. now! Also pre-leasing for Fall. 1, 2 & 3BR houses. Close to campus & Dwntn. Call (706) 255-0066.

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. 8/1 or sooner. Liz, (706) 540-5979.

2BR/1BA w/ utility room. W/D hookup, CHAC, 5 mi. north of Dwntn. Avail. now! (706) 4241571.

2BR/1BA w/ utility room. W/D hookup, fenced yd., CHAC, 5 mi. north of Dwntn. Avail. May 1. (706) 424-1571.

305 Conrad Dr. 4BR/3BA, open kitchen & LR, lg. BRs, walk-in closets, covered porches, nice yd. $1700/mo.

Avail. Aug. 1. (706) 713-0626, newagepropertiesathens.com.

3BR/2BA. Normaltown/ARMC area. Convenient to everything!

Front porch. Storage building.

Pets welcome. Avail. Aug. 1.

Water, trash & lawn care incl. $1200/mo. Aaron, (706) 2072957.

3BR/2BA completely remodeled house Dwntn. Walk to campus, Dwntn. & Greenway. W/D incl.

Avail. Aug. 1. Pre-leasing for Fall. Only $1400/mo. Aaron, (706) 207-2957.

3BR/2BA house for rent.

Oglethorpe Ave. across from the old Navy School. $850/mo. Avail. now! Call (770) 725-1555.

340 B Ruth St. 2BR/1BA, Hardwood & tile flrs., covered porch, sm. fenced yd., 1/2 mi. to Dwntn., $800/mo. Avail.

Aug. 1, (706) 713-0626 & newagepropertiesathens.com.

3BR/1BA. Blvd. area, 686 Barber St. Front porch, sm. fenced yd., W/D, DW, high ceilings, HWflrs., some pets OK. Avail. 8/1. Lease, dep., refs. req’d. $825/mo. Call (706) 540-4752.

4 B R / 2 B A Vi c t o r i a n h o m e , renovated. 1/2 mi. from campus. Pre-leasing. W/D, DW, fenced yd., HW. $1700/⁣mo.

Huge rms.! Lots of character.

Avail. 8/1. Pets OK. (706) 3692908.

4BR/2BA. Brick house, deck & fenced yd. Refinished throughout. 2 levels, HWflrs., DW, W/D, CHAC. Carpor t, plenty of storage, lots of room f o r g a rd e n i n g . $ 1 1 0 0 / m o .

Move-in terms neg. (404) 8496572.

4BR/4BA new Dwntn. Private baths, double porches, walk-in c l o s e t s , h a rd w o o d s . Wa l k everywhere! W/D & lawn maint. incl. Pre-leasing for Fall. Only $1900/mo. Aaron, (706) 2072957.

4BR/3BA Dwntn. off Oconee.

Wa l k t o c a m p u s / D w n t n .

Newly renovated. 2 living spaces. Front/back porches.

Hardwoods. Pets welcome.

W/D incl. Avail. Aug. 1. $1600/ mo. Aaron, (706) 207-2957.

5 Pts. 3BR/3BA. CHAC, HWflrs., decks, FP, new granite & stainless kitchen, family room. 5 min. to UGA. Big yard, quiet street, no dogs. Professionals preferred. $1250/mo. (706) 202-9805.

Available Fall. 2, 3, 4 & 5 BR houses. 235 Hill St., 1 or 2BR now & Aug., beautiful apt. in Victorian house.340 Barber St., 3BR/2BA amazing house. 668 Pulaski, 3BR/1BA. 580 Kathwood, 4/5BR. 136 Grove St, 3/4BR. (706) 5 4 8 - 9 7 9 7 , w w w. b o u l e v a rd propertymanagement.com.

Awesome 3BR/2BA, close to campus. New master BA w/ double sink. HWflrs., fenced backyard. W/D, DW, CHAC. Avail. 8/1. $1200/mo. (706) 369-2908.

Boulevard n’hood, 3BR/2BA. HWflrs., central air, modern kitchen, big closets, laundry hookups, stunning view, Avail. now! $1200/mo. Call to see, (706) 352-9491.

Beautiful country home!

2BR/2BA on 22 acres. Trails, creek, fish pond. Artist designed sunny house. CHAC, W/D, free well water. Neighbors organic farm. Pets welcome.

Avail. 8/1. $700/mo. Call Rose (706) 540-5979.

Cedar Creek: 4BR/2BA, lg. fenced yd., $950/mo. 5 Pts.: Off Baxter St., 4BR/2BA, $1200/ mo. Call McWaters Realty, (706) 353-2700, (706) 540-1529.

Entrepreneurs! Avail. now.

Close to town/busline. 2BR/2BA + 2 office/studio. W/D, CHAC, big kitchen & LR. $900/mo. 395 Oak St. Call Josh at (706) 6138525.

Great 4BR/4BA house. 1/2 mi. from campus. Front porch, back deck, nice yd., DW, W/D, CHAC. Pets OK. Avail. 8/1.

Special! $1500/mo. (706) 3692908.

New elec. heat pump & water heater, nice kitchen, many cabinets. Lg. laundry rm., sun porch, very clean, close to ARMC & UGA Med. School. No pets. $750/mo. $500 dep. 320 Clover St. Call (706) 549-2830.

New houses on Oconee St. 4 B R / 3 . 5 B A . Wa l k D w n t n . & to campus, HWflrs., sec. sys., walk-in closets, covered porches, covered parking, ( 7 0 6 ) 7 1 3 - 0 6 2 6 . w w w. newagepropertiesathens.com.

Houses for Sale 5.09 acres of land & shop w/ 16’ x 80’ mobile home, 3BR/2BA. Asking $45,000. Call Darin at (706) 296-0432.

Parking & Storage Parking places for rent across from UGA. $30/mo. (706) 3544261.

Pre-Leasing 1BR/1BA Hillside Apt. $475/ mo. $550/mo. w/ W/D. Water incl. Blocks from campus.

Pre-leasing for Aug. Joiner Management: (706) 353-6868. www.joinermanagement.com.

1 B R / 1 B A , Ly n n R o c k A p t s . $490/mo. w/ DW, water incl.

Blocks from campus off Baxter St. Pre-leasing for Aug. Joiner Management, (706) 353-6868. www.joinermanagement.com.

2BR/2.5BA townhome, Cedar Bluff, Eastside. $670/mo. w/ W/D, DW, lg. rooms. Perfect for grad. student/young prof.

Pre-leasing for Aug. www. joinermanagement.com.

Joiner Management, (706) 353-6868.

2BR/2BA flats & town homes.

Patriot Park, $625 w/ W/D, DW, quiet, small 7 unit bldg.

Pre-leasing for Aug. Joiner Management, (706) 353-6868. www.joinermanagement.com.

Arbor Creek: 1 & 2 BRs, $520 to $655/mo. W/D, DW, pool. Pre-leasing for Aug. 2012. www.joinermanagement.com, Joiner Management, (706) 353-6868.

Dwntn., 1BR/1BA flat, $465/mo. Pre-leasing for Aug. 2012. Water, gas, trash pick-up incl. Free on-site laundr y.

Joiner Management, (706) 353-6868.

Fall leasing: 1, 2, 3 & 4 BR houses & apts. 5 Pts. & Dwntn.

See at www.bondrealestate. org. Owner Broker Herbert Bond Realty & Investment. Lic. #H13552.

Live in town! Sought after Blvd., Normaltown, 5 Pts., Cobbham & Dwntn. locations. Lease for Fall now by calling (706) 546-6900. valerioproperties@gmail.com.

Roommates 1 roommate needed. 4BR/2BA at University Apts. Currently 2 guys, 1 girl. $395/mo. covers everything. Individual lease.

Bike or ride #12 to campus.

Amenities. (704) 779-2432.

Rooms for Rent 1BR/1BA suite in 2BR/2BA flat, corner of College & Willow in the historic Art Mill District near UGA & town. Gated courtyd., on Greenway, bamboo woods, pets OK. Avail. now! $350/mo. (706) 714-7600.

Huge room for rent w/ private entry. $400/mo. Pay weekly or monthly. W/D, utils. incl. Bigger than master BR. (678) 698-4260.

Sub-lease Looking for a summer sublease? Need to sublease your house or apartment? Flagpole classifieds are cheap and easy! Visit flagpole. com or call (706) 5490301.

For Sale 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.

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Affordable! The ultimate store! Specializing in retro everything: antiques, fur niture, 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.

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Women’s UGA Ph.D. regalia: Cap, gown, hood (royal blue).

Dry cleaned. Worn once. Fits 5’4”-5” med. frame. Paid $800. $500 OBO. Call/text (706) 2960361.

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Pets Blue heeler female, free to good home, needs fenced in yard or rural setting. Shots current, 6 yrs. old, good dog. 706-4010880.

Music Equipment 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. musicgoroundlilburn.com. Huge, online inventory. We love trades!

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Instruction Athens School of Music.

Instruction in guitar, bass, drums, piano, voice, brass, woodwinds, strings, banjo, mandolin, fiddle & more. From beginner to expert. Instrument repairs avail. Visit http://www.

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Boulevard Piano Studio.

Piano lessons taught by local jazz musician Rand Lines. $40/ hr. boulevardpianostudio@gmail. com or (706) 363-0328.

Take 1 on 1 s a x o p h o n e l e s s o n s t h i s s p r i n g f ro m an experienced teacher & conservatory trained saxophonist. Please visit www.hartlinker.com for more information.

Music Services Eady Guitars, Guitar Building & Repair. Qualified repairman offering professional set ups, fret work, wiring, finishing & restorations. Exp. incl. Gibson & Benedetto Guitars. Appt. only. (615) 714-9722, www. eadyguitars.com.

Fret Shop. Professional guitar repairs & modifications, setups, electronics, precision fretwork.

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100 percent healthy donor cells to 89 percent leukemic cells. or anyone living through cancer, it’s a punch in the Piper’s leukemia had come back with a vengeance and the gut to hear the word “relapse.” In many ways it is Needhams were told that NK therapy was their last hope. Piper worse than hearing about an initial diagnosis. This was given chemotherapy to keep her stable until she could be time, you know what to expect: the pain, the sores, admitted to the program, which only accepts patients 60 days the sickness, the sheer boredom of living in a sterile past bone marrow transplant. room for days and weeks. What makes it worse the second or third time around is the fear that comes with knowing that each attempt at a cure has a smaller chance for success. had dropped his studies for the semester, Linley was On Feb. 8, Chad and Susanna Needham were told that their given permission to do her school work from home, and two-year-old daughter Piper Jean had relapsed for the second the whole family packed up and moved to Memphis for time. the duration of the treatment.

“Hearing that Piper had relapsed once again was devastat“We have felt divided throughout Piper’s treatment, so we ing,” Susanna says. “It’s a tangible grief that makes your finfelt we needed to stick together. Home is where this family is, gers numb and forming sentences difficult. You know too much and these girls need both their parents, and they need each this time around to be lulled into false hope.” other,” says Chad.

Piper has been fighting Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia since Susanna and Chad are grateful to all the doctors and nurses she was diagnosed on Sept. 15, 2009, when she was only 10 for giving their child a fighting chance. Without research, weeks old. She was given slim chances of making it to the age new treatments cannot be discovered to help with difficult of one, and yet here she is at two-and-a-half, still fighting. cases like Piper’s. Great gains have been made with childhood But she is very sick. She is at St. Jude’s Children’s Research cancer treatment in recent years. According to the National Hospital in Memphis, undergoing an experimental treatment: Cancer Institute, the five-year survival rate of all childhood doctors infused her with some of her mother’s disease-fighting cancers combined has gone from less than 50 percent in the cells, called natural killer (NK) cells. NK cells, which are a type 1970s to 80 percent today. But infant leukemias like Piper’s are of white blood cells, are especially good at attacking cancers. extremely rare and aggressive, so treatment options are still It is Piper’s last chance for a cure. Experimental treatments limited. like NK cell treatment are only possible because of research grants from the government and from private foundations.

Doctors are doing all they can to fight Piper’s cancer, and now the Needhams want to help hospitals like St. Jude’s get the money they need for research — by shaving their heads. They have formed a team called Perfectly Piper for the St. Baldrick’s Society, an organization that raises funds for childhood cancer research through events for which participants collect sponsorships to shave off all their hair in solidarity with children undergoing chemotherapy. Piper’s family members are finding sponsors for their team, Perfectly Piper, in advance of a St. Baldrick’s event Mar. 31 from 2 to 5 p.m. at Blind Pig Tavern on Broad St. The money they raise won’t help Piper or her family directly, but it will help children like her.

Piper Needham, right, with her older sister Linley. iper’s first relapse came last summer, after her treatment was cut short because of complicaThe problem is that all cancers are different and require diftions from a virus called Cytomegalovirus. One of the ferent treatment courses. Only a fraction of federal and private biggest indicators of the aggressiveness of a cancer relapse is funds go to research for childhood cancers, because they are how quickly it comes back when treatment ends. For Piper, it not as prevalent as adult cancers. That’s why it’s significant was almost immediate. That meant chemo was no longer workthat the St. Baldrick’s Society raises funds specifically for pediing for her. The Needhams were told her only chance was a atric and adolescent cancers. bone-marrow transplant.

Four of Piper’s family members are planning to shave “You go into fight mode,” Susanna says. “There was no time their heads at the Mar. 31 event: her grandmother Charlotte to truly question whether this was the right choice or not, as Needham, her uncle Nicholas Grant, Chad and Linley. we knew time would not be leukemia’s friend.”

Linley’s decision to participate has caused some controversy The family decided to live as normally as they could while in the family. Susanna was against it. She felt that having one Piper received outpatient chemotherapy to get her back into bald daughter was hard enough, but seeing both her children remission in preparation for the transplant. A donor was found like that might be too much stress for her. But Linley persisted and the family was optimistic. Piper’s older sister Linley, 7, and insisted. She had been tested as a possible bone marrow played soccer for her school’s team and Chad continued his donor, along with her mother and father, but none of them studies in engineering at the University of Georgia. They were compatible. Linley wanted to do something for her sister, celebrated an early Christmas, took a family trip to Stone and this was all that was left for her.

Mountain, and ignored the world around them. They lived life “I think it will be fun to raise money for kids that have as a family to the fullest, knowing the trials ahead. cancer,” says Linley. “I’m also going to give my hair to Locks On Dec. 28, having had six sessions of full-body radiation to of Love first so I can help other little girls who are sad cause kill her own marrow, Piper received a simple bag of potentially they don’t have hair, and then shave it to help other kids get life-saving cells from a stranger who was brave enough to put better.” her name into the donor registry. The marrow is given almost like a blood transfusion during the procedure, and Piper was Karen P. Chynoweth able to play, snack and sleep as normal throughout its entire five hours.

The Needhams’ goal is to reach $15,000 in sponsorships for the St. From there, she slowly began building back white blood Baldrick’s event. If you would like to donate to the cause, shave your cells. At the beginning of February, Piper’s bone marrow own head at the event or read more about the Perfectly Piper team, showed 100 percent donor cells. That was the news her famvisit the team’s website at http://www.stbaldricks.org/teams/myily was hoping for, but only a few days later, on Feb. 8, it was page/73657/2012/. To read more about Piper’s battle and the Needham discovered she had relapsed again. Her marrow had gone from family’s life, go to Susanna’s blog at www.needhamcrew.blogspot.com.

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everyday people Dario Gonzales, PhD Student I have driven past the UGA Family and Graduate Housing buildings off of College Station Road many times over the past six years, but I have never actually spent any time at the apartments. The homogenous structures are drab, institutional and a bit outdated, but there are some nice grassy courtyards and a couple of big, shady trees to read a book under. I visited the spot on a day that felt more like May than mid-March, so there were several children running around outside.

I met Dario Gonzales as he was walking by with a friend and carrying a bag of groceries. They were on their way to his Family Housing apartment on Rodgers Road to cook dinner.

Living in Family Housing and coming from a large city in South America, Dario’s everyday life differs from that of a typical UGA student. He offered some interesting perspectives on life in Athens.

Flagpole: You live over in family housing?

Dario Gonzales: Yeah, I live in Building S. FP: Are you a student here at UGA? DG: I am a graduate student. I’m getting my PhD in mathematics education… I’m trying to get my PhD in mathematics education.

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FP: Where are you from?

DG: I’m from Chile. From the capital city, Santiago.

FP: What was the adjustment like, moving to America? Had you ever been to this country before coming to Athens?

DG: I was in Texas before, in Austin. But just for, like, eight months there. And that is like the honeymoon because everything is different and you enjoy everything well. But when I came here to Athens, everything was different because I had to study. And, of course, it’s totally different. First of all, the language is something complicated, because you’re not going to interact normally with people, so that makes you not want to talk. So, you need to practice your English and you cannot meet people, so you feel alone.

And it’s a big circle. It’s difficult.

FP: Do you like living over here?

DG: The first semester [I lived here], I wasn’t living in Family Housing. I was living in an apartment [off campus].

I didn’t feel very comfortable in there. I wanted to live in a place like Family Housing, because I know that everyone is a graduate student. So, I’m pretty sure my neighbor is a graduate student. So, yeah, it feels, like, safer here.

FP: I assume you spend a lot of time on campus, but do you go other places around Athens? Like, where do you spend your free time?

DG: I don’t know any places around Athens, because I don’t have a car. And that’s a big problem [laughs]. I’m not used to living in a small town like Athens. The city where I lived was huge, like six million people. So, the public transportation is enough to go everywhere… Here, if you don’t have a car, like in my case, I don’t go out much. I mean, between campus and my home. I don’t even know Atlanta. I have been in the airport, but…

FP: How do you feel about your classes here at UGA? DG: Now, I feel great. At the beginning it was hard because my listening wasn’t really good. But now I’m OK. Yeah, now I love them because I understand what is happening. I can participate in the class. But at the beginning, it was complicated.

FP: So, had you studied English before you came here?

DG: I studied in a public school in my country. We have English classes in high school. But if you are in a public

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DG: Uh, this is a really long story. I am a Fulbright scholar.

So, the type of Fulbright scholarship that I had gives you an English class before you start your program. They decide where they send you to study English. So, they sent me to Texas. It wasn’t my decision.

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DG: Yeah, it’s a great city. I had a really good time.

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FP: Do you spend any time downtown here in Athens?

DG: Usually, I go to the bars. Like once or twice a month.

Not that much, because I live so far away from the downtown.

FP: It is a bit of a hike. So, do you use Athens Transit a lot or just the UGA busses?

DG: I’ve used the Athens Transit to go to the hospital or Walmart, for example. But usually I use just the Family Housing bus.

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FP: Are you happy with your decision to come here?

DG: Yeah I’m happy. I’m a lucky guy, being here at this university. I think this is a good university. And the whole experience to be here, out of my country…

FP: What is the major difference between Santiago and Athens that you’ve noticed? About the city or maybe about the people?

DG: Hmm. The major difference.

I don’t know what to say, because everything is different. I mean, from the very beginning when I walked in the city and somebody said “Hi,” just because that person saw me. To me it’s weird because in big cities you don’t say “Hi” to anyone [you don’t know]. I told you about the public transportation. The other thing, at night, this town is really, what can I say… at night it’s really dark because there isn’t a public light system… I don’t know what to say there…

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DG: Yeah, very polite.

FP: After you graduate, what will you do?

DG: I’m going to go back to my country. I am planning to become a researcher in my field. I am probably going to teach college. I don’t think I’m going to go back to teaching high school.

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FP: Very few streetlights.

DG: Yeah, yeah. And the people are just all so different here.

FP: Being less comfortable with English than you are now, when you first got here, did people help you out with the language? Were they nice about it?

DG: Usually American people are really polite. To the point where it’s useless for you because they don’t correct you in any way. That is useless. I need to learn how to… but I understand that you guys don’t want to be, or sound, impolite. So, yeah, they were polite, but it didn’t help me much. Conversation becomes weird. I don’t know how to explain it. So, people decide not to talk to you, or you decide not to talk to people, because the conversation is weird. And we human beings need the language.

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