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This is your chance to get published in Slackpole, a prestigious local publication, leading on to, who knows? [A piece in the first Slackpole is now a major motion picture.] You’ve got to start somewhere. And we’ve got to stop somewhere. Flagpole’s staff needs to be slack for a while. We’re counting on you to write Slackpole, which makes up the bulk of our year-end double issue, but time is running out. We have extended the deadline to Tuesday, Nov. 27, so hurry. We need short non-fiction, short fiction, photographs, comics, poetry, jokes, puzzles, grocery lists, New Year’s resolutions, pre-nuptial agreements: anything. Just write it or draw it or photograph it or pull it out of a drawer and send it to us. But hurry! Time is running out. Time is of the essence. Carpe diem! She who hesitates is lost. Do it now! Send in your Slackpole submissions by Tuesday, Nov. 27. Send ‘em to slackpole@flagpole.com or Flagpole (Attn: Slackpole) 112 Foundry St., Athens, GA 30601. Slackpole needs you, slacker.

What a Deal! Listen: We can all do this for just a little bit. The ClarkeOconee Genealogical Society and the Heritage Room at the ACC Library are trying to raise $13,000 for a ScanPro 2000 digital microfilm scanner that would be a real boon to anybody doing research at the library. The Genealogical Society has committed to raising half the money. The Heritage Room must raise the rest. And fast. If they can buy the camera before December, the company will upgrade it to the newer model when it comes out early next year. The new one is more expensive, but it has 21 megapixels instead of six. And get this: the company will upgrade the camera free of charge if we have the ScanPro 2000 in place by December. So, we’ve got to hurry. This is too good an opportunity for the library to pass up. To find out how to help, call Laura Carter at the Heritage Room at 706-613-3650, Ext. 327 or mail her a check at 2025 Baxter St., Athens, GA 30606. To do it online, go to http://www.clarke.public.lib. ga.us/hqdepts/heritage/hrdonationform.pdf.

Move Toward Mastery Lemuel LaRoche, who holds a master’s degree in Social Work, is heading up a new program to teach chess in the schools because he knows that chess teaches you to look before you leap, to plan out your next move. He knows these principles translate to life and can help young people take control of their own lives and move toward meaningful goals. On Jan. 12 his group, Chess and Community Conference, will hold its first annual chess conference in Mahler Hall at the Georgia Center on campus. Chess teams will compete for a $1,000 prize, hear a guest lecturer and a panel discussion, with some refreshments and a live DJ—fun for all. In addition, scholarship awards will go to three area high school students on the basis of essays they write. Grady Thrasher and Kathy Prescott have signed on as sponsors, and LaRoche is looking for more. For information on this innovative program, go to www.chessandcommunity.org or email chessandcommunity@ gmail.com.

Flush with Success Finally, ACC Public Utilities want to wish you Happy World Toilet Day, in celebrating 50 years of wastewater treatment in Athens-Clarke County. We never stop to think about the benefits of toilets and sewer sanitation, and it’s good we don’t have to think about it. Still, one of the most beautiful sights you’ll see is that swirl of water in the bowl as your toilet flushes. If you don’t believe me, just wait until the next time it doesn’t swirl. Or go to Afghanistan, where Kabul is the only national capital without a sewer system—where it all has to be hauled off or just runs in the streets. Happy World Toilet Day, indeed, and thanks to ACC Public Utilities for helping us to live in a civilized manner. Go take a tour: www.athensclarkecounty. com/waterreclamation. Your tax dollars at work, unless state Republicans figure out a way to cut them out. Even the Tea Party has to go—or especially the Tea Party. Pete McCommons editor@flagpole.com

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Athens-Clarke County and a nonprofit board are at odds over who runs the historic Morton Theatre.

Athens Rising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 What’s Up in New Development

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Theater Drama: The Morton Theatre’s nonprofit board and the Athens-Clarke Leisure Services Department are at odds on a new power-sharing agreement for the historic theater which is an Athens landmark, especially within the African-American community. Leisure Services Director Pam Reidy wants to revise the 1993 agreement to reflect the fact that ACC staffs and runs the facility dayto-day. The board, meanwhile, provides volunteers, sells tickets and pays artists, which it can do faster than the county bureaucracy. “We’re just looking to bring [the contract] in line with how operations at the Morton Theatre work now,” Reidy said. Leisure Services should tread lightly here. The department has a long history of rocky relations with the black community—when Blake Aued

funds, leading to the current management arrangement. “This is a very vital partnership,” Commissioner Harry Sims said. “When nobody wanted that building, the Morton Theatre Corp. kept it from falling in.” Other commissioners said they feel the facility is underused. “I want more people to experience the Morton Theatre,” Mike Hamby said. “Does this agreement do that? Sometimes, it seems like there’s not a whole lot of activity there, and I think that’s a shame.” Both board members and county officials said they were optimistic they can iron out their differences soon. “We are very close to having this done,” ACC Assistant Manager Richard White said last Thursday. “A few more days, and I think we’ll be there.” Get Out My Bizness: During a discussion on economic development at Thursday’s meeting, Commissioner and ex-laundromat owner Ed Robinson declared that politicians make terrible businesspeople. Hamby, who owns a successful office-cleaning operation, took offense: “Several of us know how to operate a business. Some of us have been doing it for a long time.” Robinson then asked to hear from Jared Bailey, the former bar owner, calling him “the only one of us who knows how business works in this town,” he said. Bailey demurred. I’m going to miss the Ed Robinson Era.

it cut back on amenities at East Athens and Rocksprings parks, for example, or raised fees for recreation programs. Because of the Morton’s importance as the centerpiece of the black-owned businesses on the “Hot Corner,” the local NAACP weighed in. “The Morton board has done an excellent job managing the Morton Theatre on behalf of the community, and we hope they continue,” Hope Iglehart said. Board members said they have no problem with the way the Morton is run now, so they question why Leisure Services wants a new agreement. They also want input on fees to keep the theater affordable for the entire community and written permission to use it for fundraising events, storage and meetings. “We want to keep the collaborativeness,” treasurer Melanie Burden said. “We want to keep the history and the community input.” Monroe “Pink” Morton, one of the richest African-Americans of his time, built the theater in 1910. Legends like Blind Willie McTell and Duke Ellington performed there (blacks got the good seats, and whites had to sit in the balcony). By the early 1990s, it had fallen into disrepair, but a group of volunteers led by Jill Jayne Read restored it using SPLOST

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Senate Shakeup: Athens lost a little clout in the state Senate last week when Sen. David Shafer, R-Duluth, defeated Sen. Bill Cowsert, R-Athens, for president pro tem, the chamber’s top post. Cowsert gave up his position as caucus chairman, the No. 3 spot, to run. The new leadership is expected to restore some of the powers senators took away from Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle two years ago. Steak ‘N Shake: The faux-’50s burger joint has generated more buzz than any new chain in Athens in years, except maybe Trader Joe’s. People lined up on West Broad Street for a cold, creamy, corporate milkshake. Get a grip, people. Take a deep breath and just go to The Grill. In other development news, Kroger has filed plans for a 123,000 square-foot store at U.S. Highway 29 and Hull Road. Downtown Plan: UGA’s Fanning Institute will moderate a public hearing on the downtown master plan at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27 in the Classic Center’s Parthenon Room. It’s very important that people attend this meeting because we’ll be asked to vote on various concepts to include in the master plan. This is your best opportunity to influence the future of downtown. Seriously. Go to this meeting.

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There is something about John Barrow, the U.S. House member from Georgia’s 12th Congressional District, that drives normally even-tempered politicians into a frenzy. Ever since he upset Republican incumbent Max Burns in 2004 for the 12th District seat, the state’s GOP establishment has made it one of its top priorities to drive Barrow out of Congress. The GOP is still trying. In 2005, after taking control of the General Assembly, Republicans redrew the boundary lines of the 12th District to remove Clarke County, where Barrow was raised and served for 14 years on the county commission. Barrow moved his residence to Savannah and continued to represent the district. In the 2006 election, he defeated Burns again by less than 900 votes—despite visits to the state by George W. Bush to campaign for Burns. Barrow trounced GOP opponents in 2008 and 2010, so the Republican-controlled legislature took aim at him again. In the 2011 redistricting, the Democratic precincts in Chatham County were moved into the district of Rep. Jack Kingston, leaving Barrow in a largely rural district where 56 percent of the voters chose John McCain in the 2008 presidential election. Barrow waited until the congressional district maps received final clearance under the Voting Rights Act, then moved his residence again—to Augusta this time—and prepared to run for another term as the 12th District’s congressman. State legislator Lee Anderson was the Republican opponent and several Washington-based PACs spent large sums of money to run attack ads against Barrow, who was described by the media as one of the top-10 targets in this election cycle. Barrow kept emphasizing the same point he has made since Barack Obama’s election four years ago: He’s an independent-minded Democrat who’s not going to vote with the

president when he thinks the president is wrong. (Barrow voted against the final passage of Obamacare in 2010.) That point evidently hit home with the district’s voters. In a race that most political observers thought would be a close one, Barrow defeated Anderson by more than 19,000 votes. “It’s because I have a brand that is substantially different from the two warring tribes up here in Washington,” Barrow said when asked to analyze the reason for his latest election win. “It was obvious my opponent was one of those who wanted to be in the crowd of those wanting to shout at each other, and that was what made all the difference.” Barrow is one of the few Blue Dog Democrats remaining in Congress, but he clings to the quaint belief that his moderate approach is the best one for such a politically polarized era. “There’s a lot of middle ground in this country,” he insisted during a recent interview. “That’s where the vast majority of people are, but it’s where very few elected officials are. People are looking for a moderate, centrist alternative and they can’t get one through the primary system that dominates politics.” With a new congressional term on the horizon, the issue that overshadows everything else is the “fiscal cliff” of expiring tax cuts and deep spending reductions that technically take effect on Jan. 1. Barrow says it is just another crisis that can be resolved with a little cooperative effort by the two parties. Barrow is not a very popular figure in politics. Republicans despise him and will try to figure out another way to go after him in 2014. Democrats aren’t fond of him either because he’s not a guaranteed vote for the president’s policies. He has proved that you can still win an election by appealing to that independent spirit that a lot of voters still have. Tom Crawford tcrawford@gareport.com

city pages Another Option for Protecting Buena Vista The Athens-Clarke Commission is considering a new—for Athens—type of zoning called a conservation district as an alternative to a controversial historic district in the Buena Vista Heights neighborhood. Often referred to as “historic district light,� conservation districts involve tight restrictions on height, size and setbacks. Some officials say there may be a way to protect in-town neighborhoods from development that towers over existing houses without creating new historic districts, which often meet with fierce opposition. “So many people have contacted me,� said Commissioner Jared Bailey, who represents the Prince Avenue corridor. “Their main concern in Buena Vista is scale.� Some neighborhood residents are pushing for a historic district because they’re opposed to what they call “McMansions�—mostly 3,000 square-foot, two-story houses—being built in their working-class neighborhood of modest one-story homes. Developed as a streetcar suburb for mill employees in the late-19th century, Buena Vista is the poorer cousin of Boulevard, and historic district supporters say it’s worth preserving as well. The Boulevard Neighborhood Association has put its weight behind the historic district. Opponents of a historic district—some neighborhood residents and landlords, real estate agents and homebuilders—say it would stifle creative redevelopment, but they don’t know enough about conservation districts yet to say whether they’d support one. Commissioner Alice Kinman said she wants to preserve in-town neighborhoods’ stock of smaller, affordable homes, but she’s happy to see some existing houses go. She said she is more concerned with protecting the character of Buena Vista than the individual structures. Conservation districts are “generally the tool of choice in that situation,� Planning

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you in 2016 than it has in 2012, then have at it. If you imagine that quivering at every release of hateful, high-decibel, extremist flatulence from the likes of Limbaugh and Hannity is going to get you something it has already failed twice to deliver, then by all means stick to it. By no means should you consider what kowtowing to this bunch managed to accomplish on Nov. 6, which would include not only the serious whupping administered to two of your highest-profile anti-abortionists in Congress, but the approval of same-sex marriage in two states and the legalization of recreational pot-smoking (Hot damn! Colorado here I come!) in two more. Judging from all this, I’d venture that, right now, rather than your worst enemy, ol’ Beelzebub is closer to being your biggest fan. Committed, vocal minorities can often achieve a great deal more clout within any organization than their numbers would suggest, and I know better than to count the lunatic fringe out of the game at any point. Yet the pertinent stats for this group suggest graying more than growing, and GOP leaders would do well to realize that the more the Tea Baggers and others in the tinfoil-beanie set fear that their influence might be on the swoon, the louder and more demanding they will become. Finally, there are some very valid reasons to dislike Barack Obama and oppose his policies. However, not only has he proven thus far to be arguably the most conservative Democrat in the White House in the last 75 years, but several of his positions are well to the right of some advanced by Richard Nixon. Instead of just keeping on keeping on with “He’s a Socialist/ Communist/Marxist/Fascist/Muslim/Kenyan etc.,” (The people have spoken on this and all other such unadulterated horse hockey, not once, but twice, for God’s sake!) why don’t you just own up to the fact that you can’t handle having a black man in the White House? Since you lack anything remotely like the kind of courage this would require, I have taken steps to prevent any future exposure to your hypocritical drivel. Mustering all my hitherto unheralded cyber savvy, I have devised “Bigot Buster,” a prophylactic app (intended purely for protection rather than recreational use) that will scan incoming email for any of the terms listed above used in conjunction with “Obama” and alert me. At the same time, the app will infiltrate your computer and install a continuous loop of Rev. Al Sharpton reruns from MSNBC. Some of you may protest that this is truly cruel and unusual punishment, but, by God, my tolerance for your intolerance is all used up! James C. Cobb Jim Cobb is the B. Phinizy Spalding Distinguished Professor in the History of the American South at UGA.

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As a preservationist, my initial reaction to a proposed development replacing part of the SunTrust Bank downtown was that it would be such a shame to lose the circular brick columns on the 1986 addition to the SunTrust building—you just don’t see those; they’re unique and should be preserved—and that with so many empty locations downtown there is no need for new construction. However, after reading through the construction proposal and recalling that my thesis was about New Urbanism revitalizing historic cores, I did a complete 180.

mind that the storefronts will still have different façades and will not be the monolithic mass that has become popular in downtown recently. The design will also take into consideration the grade change of the hill it is built on, unlike the 1981 SunTrust addition, which creates an unfriendly and unsightly wall for pedestrians. The new construction will be six-stories high (five levels for apartments and one level for retail), and parking will be located on the interior of the development and covered with a rooftop deck. I can see two arguments against Jackson-Spalding

The events of Nov. 6 have impelled the Ol’ Bloviator to claw his way out from under the Mount Everest of student papers, recommendation letters and book manuscripts that have been threatening to smother him for several weeks now and point out that, going into the thing, Obama knew that he could get within spittin’ distance of the White House simply by carrying states that haven’t voted Republican in more than a generation, while claiming all the states that have been equally loyal to the GOP over the same span wouldn’t get the Mittster closer than a $50 cab ride. The 336 at the top of Barry O’s column meant not only that his 18-state cushion had made it through a sixth election without springing a leak but, that, to my mild surprise, I admit, he managed to maintain his grip on two of the three southern states he had snatched up in 2008. Meanwhile, we are

A rendering of the development at what’s now SunTrust Bank. If the Athens-Clarke Historic Preservation Commission approves it, the new development will be located in the parking lot on the corner of Broad and Hull streets and will extend up the street to abut with the original structure of the historic SunTrust building. It will require the demolition of a 1981 addition to the bank, as well as the 1986 addition that includes the drive-through and ATM, but the Telephone Building at the corner of Hull and Clayton streets and the storefronts along Lumpkin and Clayton streets won’t be affected. The proposed construction is mixed-use with ground-floor retail, enclosed underground parking and apartments above street level, creating a true urban, pedestrian-oriented living experience. Downtown is a pedestrianfriendly environment. Once you park your car, you walk everywhere except the few unpedestrian-friendly areas, such as the existing SunTrust drive-through and adjacent parking lot. The pedestrian-unfriendly vacuum created there means few people walk from Lumpkin to Hull on the downtown side of Broad. Most pedestrians walk up Lumpkin until they reach Clayton and then down to Hull. This project will fill in the gap between the east and west ends of downtown, and with the west end becoming ever more popular, I think filling in the gap is very important. While Pulaski Street currently acts as a bookend to downtown, perhaps this new development will extend downtown along Broad Street even farther in the future, but I’m getting ahead of myself. The proposal calls for three different façades along Broad and one façade along Clayton. Taking cues from the historic structures downtown, all façades will have a taller ground floor height of approximately 20 feet, and the upper floors will be about 10 feet each. The ground floor/retail level will utilize metal and glass and be recessed with a canopy overhead in a modern interpretation of the historic cast iron storefronts in many downtown stores. The upper floors will be red Georgia brick with windows. While being of similar construction and materials, keep in

this project. The first is that the new construction will loom over the existing, historic structures located along Lumpkin and Clayton from SunTrust to The Globe and around the corner to the Georgia Bar. Possibly, with the higher addition to the Georgia Theatre, the new Washington Street parking deck and, though historic, the Bank of America building on the corner of Clayton and Lumpkin, the smaller historic buildings will be dwarfed and look out-of-place in their original context. The second, and to me most worrisome, objection is who the occupants of the retail portion will be. The new deck, like the proposed Broad Street development, is great because it offers retail on the ground level, but so far, all that retail has been corporate stores and restaurants, and the effects of these large corporations are beginning to be seen downtown as locally owned restaurants are closing doors and losing business. Athens is unique because we support local business more than most places. I would hate to see local businesses pushed out of our downtown core in favor of chains that can be found across the country. The addition to the Classic Center is supposed to bring in more business and strengthen the economy of downtown. The proposed development on Broad Street could play into that, but let’s keep it local. Let’s also not forget the numerous vacant buildings located downtown. While I am for this proposed new development, I am more for a thriving downtown that utilizes what we already have. We need to focus on bringing business into our historic core area; maybe this proposed development will do that. I mentioned earlier that this new development could work as a domino effect to provide further development along the Broad Street corridor. Perhaps it could also work to improve occupancy rates and the economy in the downtown core. If done right, this new development could be great for our town. Stella Smith

Outside of Society Excerpts from Jeff Tobias’ Post-Sandy Explorations watermark had shown where the water’s surface once stood. Volunteers with hammers began to hack away at the soggy drywall. The room was no longer a room. Back to the pile: we were not going to move the entire pile—there really is no “good place” for a giant heap of wet shit—but the decision was made among the volunteers to instead clear a path. Garbage bags were dragged; everything else was tossed with cathartic vigor. When the path to the fire hydrant had been cleared, Dylan found some red spray paint and marked the spot.

PART I: Biking Around Post-Hurricane NYC

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As for my hurricane experience, I spent it alone in my apartment while the winds whipped the trees below my thirdstory window; at my most nerve-wracked, a telephone pole teetered ominously, but it didn’t fall. And so today, after a peaceful drunken slumber, I waited for Dylan at the foot of the Williamsburg Bridge’s pedestrian walkway. The grey firmament above looked, if sky can be described as such, tired. I leaned my bike against an electronic traffic sign, the blank darkness of which informed the oncoming drivers of absolutely nothing. After 10 minutes in the on-and-off mist, Dylan pulled up on his bike. “Want to walk it?” he asked. “You’ve got people walking in the bike lane. Society’s breaking down.” We strolled up the rusty-pink walkway and traded predictions for how the storm of the century might affect the direction of environmental policy. Coming down off the bridge’s highest point, we could see FDR Drive, the parkway running along the eastern border of Manhattan. Among the frantic media reportage—cobbled together via a great deal of ever-reliable crowd-sourcing— it seemed that the FDR had been the frontline of Manhattan’s flooding, the first area to be breached by the rising tides. Indeed, trees much larger than the ones I’d seen in Brooklyn were waterlogged in parts of this roadway, and some cars appeared to have suffered a similar fate. We reached the Manhattan side of the bridge, hopped back on our bikes and made a left turn towards the southern area of the city. As we moved along the water, slowly cruising under the Manhattan and then Brooklyn bridges, we encountered cause to pause and utter some exclamation of disbelief at a fairly regular clip. Planks of wood had been stripped from the dock at South Street Seaport. Potted trees had been knocked clean out of their plots. Park benches, nailed to concrete, were overturned. A few errant cobblestones were dislodged. Rats had drowned.

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PART II: Red Hook Fends for Itself We stood on Van Brunt Street in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn. Were one predisposed to continue driving down this dead-end street, one would quickly find herself in the New York Harbor. But she wouldn’t need to have done that this past week; the New York Harbor could have come to her. While its rustic waterside ambiance renders it unique to Brooklyn, in many ways Red Hook is a locale typical to the borough in 2012: desirable property, housing well-heeled local businesspersons, abutting nearby housing projects. Up until fairly recently, the Red Hook Houses, Brooklyn’s largest public housing development, was the landmark the neighborhood was known for. But if it was once a neighborhood “up and coming,” it had come up a ways. Our task was to help clean out the flooded artists’ studios associated with the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition. (“Sandy Visits Our Gallery,” their website noted dryly.) The warehouse was a home not only to visual artists but plenty of artisans and scrappy DIY-ers, many of them carving out careers in their modest studios. Moments after my friend and feral trumpet player Dylan Angell and I helped take stock of what was left of a printing company’s wares, the room’s spatial qualities shifted. About five feet from the ground, a dismal gray

“My spray paint handwriting isn’t that different from my regular handwriting,” he noted. The scene was remarkably gung-ho. Supplies were pooled and put to good use. Earnest newcomers always seemed to be showing up, bashfully looking for some temporary purpose. Tools were being cleaned with WD-40. We tried our best to liberate some floor mats of the oily grime that had traveled in with the storm waters. One couple went from volunteer to volunteer offering slices of pizza. The residents of the space knew best what to save and what to toss, what went where and how people could help, and so were made to be the executors of their living wills before their time, doing inventories on past lives. They worked with attitudes ranging from grim automation to forward-march determination. It was, it seems, what it was, and the sooner they ripped into the future, the closer they’d be to returning to normal life.

PART III: Defend Rockaway The 15-mile ride went like this: we started going east on Metropolitan Avenue through Ridgewood, then made a right turn on Woodhaven and followed that south forever. The mood was a convivial take on the I’m-serious vibe of hardcore bicyclists. At red lights, folks at the front yelled, “Clear!” and barreled through the intersection; we did the same as we followed. When we came across heavily trafficked multi-lane roads, the call came up: “Take the lane!” A Revenge of the Nerds-style nerd had rigged up some speakers to his bike (he had a battery in his water bottle holster), and we pedaled to OutKast, Biggie Smalls and Michael Jackson. Once we crossed Liberty Avenue, Hurricane Sandy presented her calling card. Goodbye, traffic lights; hello, traffic cops. As we approached the Joseph P. Addabbo Memorial Bridge, we were flanked on either side by metal fences strewn high with scraps of trash. We started over the bridge and soon arrived in the neighborhood of Broad Channel. As we rode into the neighborhood, relief workers recognized our large group as having come to help and immediately started offering up food. This bodes well for the area’s recovery: relief food has been abundant enough to offer food to relief workers. (“Juicys?” asked one Red Cross worker, offering us juice boxes.) At this point I don’t know how to talk about this and be cute anymore, because it really just looked very ugly. There were boats in the middle of the road. Small- to mediumsized boats that had been washed into the streets. Every house, it seems, had all of its former contents in a pile on the sidewalk. The department of sanitation was working to clear debris with the aid of some kind of construction vehicle. One sign: “FEMA Please Help Us.” Another: “Looters Will Be Crucified.” A kid, possibly middle school-aged, wore an oversized Obama mask and waved a flimsy sign that seemed to cast aspersions in one direction or another. It was at this point that we came to another bridge. I’ll be totally honest: even though I grew up on nearby Long Island, I’d never come to the Rockaways. I never had to, with Jones Beach nearby. (Later, my family became partial to Long Beach.) When we reached Broad Channel, I thought we’d reached the end of the road. But there it was—another bridge to cross to get to even more destruction, to Rockaway Beach proper. So we crossed it, passing an utterly demolished bayside seafood restaurant as we went. We navigated the narrow streets, moving single file past houses heavily specked with wet sand, to get to the Rockaway Surf Club, the relief center for the community. There, people were lined up to get what they needed: batteries, flashlights, clothes, diapers, blankets. Two larger men stood guard. Inside, an older man sported a t-shirt that spoke of echoes from Katrina: “Defend Rockaway,” it said. Jeff Tobias Read the series in its entirety at Flagpole.com.

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as a record of that. What record are we going to leave for our time? Ubiquitous pseudo-historic new homes in Buena Vista? We believe that Buena Vista—and Athens—deserves better. Athens is a city known for its arts and culture. Our in-town neighborhoods should be a reflection of this creative spirit. In defense of BVHD designation, supporters have previously argued that property values typically rise in neighborhoods following HD classification. Link’s Comment, however, suggested that without the designation “[t]raditional residents [will] become displaced as values increase [due to redevelopment].� Perhaps everyone can agree that whether Buena Vista becomes a historic district or not, there is the strong possibility of rising property values. This is simply a fact of being a desirable in-town neighborhood. If the minority of homeowners with historically significant houses wish to subject their properties to historic preservation guidelines to assure tax freezes for themselves or their tenants, perhaps that should be considered. However, this minority should not force the majority unwillingly into restrictions. Blake Aued

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We are a group of concerned Buena Vista residents and neighboring community members who feel it important to respond to Melissa Link’s Oct. 31 Comment regarding the proposed Buena Vista Historic District (BVHD). To be clear, none of us is against historic preservation. Some of us enjoy living in another Athens historic district. However, we feel that misinformation being spread in support of establishing BVHD is neither in the greater community’s best interest nor the desire of the majority of the neighborhood. Based upon past Flagpole columns, one might conclude that this designation is what the neighborhood wants, although only 13 of 100 Buena Vista property owners returned affidavits supporting the BVHD, while 52 were opposed and the rest abstained. Despite this clear vote against the BVHD, the Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) recommended approval. The Mayor and Commission is now considering alternatives to find an optimal solution, a process that should not be disparaged as “kicking the can down the road.� The proponents of the BVHD seem most concerned about the threat of new “McMansions,� but this is no longer possible as recently changed RS-8 zoning regulations now dictate a maximum 45 percent lot coverage [including driveways and patios] and a 30-foot maximum roof peak. RS-8 encourages higher density, in-town living on smaller-sized lots, yet the height limitations help to prevent out-of-scale construction. If this is not enough, then zoning overlays should be examined. Historic designation is not the proper tool to control scale in Buena Vista. Historically significant homes do not account for the vast majority of Buena Vista’s housing stock. Proposed BVHD boundaries include small brick ranches and cinder block houses as “contributing historical structures.� Many of these houses call out for reinvestment and improvement, which, with blanket HD designation, would be less likely to happen due to added costs and complexities homeowners would face. Some of us are building-industry professionals who have represented numerous clients at HPC hearings. We are not speaking up out of financial motivation, as was insultingly stated, but rather based on our experience seeing the impact of the HPC process on our clients and infill development. The HPC’s 94 percent application approval rating is highly influenced by simple economics. To submit anything that remotely pushes the envelope of what has previously been approved, one must be in a position to gamble a lot of money. HPC application fees [incurred by the homeowner] are $150 for moderate and $500 for major projects. If the application is rejected, the homeowner then incurs the cost of redesign, reapplication and sometimes additional months’ interest on their property financing, while simultaneously paying rent or a mortgage elsewhere. Past columns have included class-warfare language. We ask, how could anyone of modest means afford to take the chance of rejection by the HPC? As a result, the uniqueness of proposed designs is generally watered down in order to ensure approval. We know because some of us have designed and built these projects. New and unique characteristics that have no precedent of approval by the HPC are often withheld from designs and replaced with repetitive features previously approved on neighboring homes. This results in cookie-cutter development. Evidence of this homogenization is intensified when there are multiple new homes in a row, as is the potential in Buena Vista. This is not a criticism of the HPC, simply the reality of financial risk aversion. Historic homes, including the charming mill houses in Buena Vista, were derived from their place and time and stand

We will continue to see increased pressure on our in-town neighborhoods. As concerned neighbors, let’s talk civilly about what the future of Buena Vista could be like: pedestrianfriendly, greener homes, a standout example of architectural diversity and significance, and a diverse mix—from all economic means—of families, singles and retirees. If done well, redevelopment will only enhance the charming and eclectic neighborhood character. This is underway with great success in the historic but non-designated Pulaski Heights neighborhood on the opposite end of Boulevard. Cultural heritage and significance in Athens did not stop 50 years ago. We still have more to contribute, and we need the freedom to do so. As a county with one of the highest poverty rates per capita in the country, we need mixed-income in-town neighborhoods. The increased tax base from redevelopment will improve services such as public schools. However, redevelopment shouldn’t displace long-time residents. Keeping housing affordable as values continue to rise comes down to designing creative tax plans, rent controls and other such tools—a challenging task for our Mayor and Commission. We look forward to hearing about the new tools they will be creating to make Buena Vista vibrant, affordable, and open to evolution. Lori Bork Newcomer, Quint Newcomer, Mark Ebell, Laura Bierema, Donald Scott, Emily Allgood Tatum, Mike Young, Kris Rapp, Dell South, Noah Brendel, Briggs M. Carney, Ashley S. Carney, Stephen Simmons, Michael Littleton, Terri Davis and Tom Davis Comment is a semi-regular feature highlighting Athens residents’ opinions on local issues. Send your comment ideas to news@flagpole.com.

wth? athens Sign Shakers Some jobs are hard. Repairing roads in Georgia in August, for example. Moving other people’s furniture. Being the president of the United States. Jobs that require dealing with caustic chemicals and extreme temperatures, carrying really heavy items or constantly showing my birth certificate—I know that there is value in almost any kind of work, but if my circumstances or choices placed me in these vocations, it’d be a bad fit. Perhaps one of the worst jobs I can think of, though, is the job of Human Sign. Robin Whetstone

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You’ve seen them out there on the side of the road in brutal August and dreary November. Depending on their level of dedication and professionalism, they’re hopping and strutting and waving their “We buy gold!� placards at motorists. They’re propped up against their Little Caesar’s signs, listening to their iPods and staring at the sky. They’re lighting their cigarettes behind their “BodyPlex Fitness $99� advertisements, ducking behind the cardboard to block the wind generated by the constant woosh of cars. I am not so clueless that I think, “Why would anyone do this job?� Nor am I so heartless that I feel like doing work like this is somehow beneath me or degrading. That’s not at all what I’m saying. The people who hold these signs do it because they need the money, and kudos to them for getting out there and doing work that must be uncomfortable and boring. All snark aside, if I needed a job I hope I, like these folks, would have the gumption to get one and go do it. I am simply wondering what it’s like to do this kind of work. What’s it like to be an animated billboard? What are these sign-holders thinking as they stand there hour after hour, day after day, these living but not-quite-lively parts of the landscape? Penny, a woman in her 50s whom I found stationed outside of one of two “We Buy Gold� outfits on Atlanta Highway, is delighted to have this job. It’s her first day, she tells me, and they gave her the choice of holding a standard-issue “Sell us your gold� sign or a big, sparkly blue flag. She chose the flag because she thought it was pretty, and she is waving it with typical first-day gusto as I approach her. I stand on the side of the busy highway chatting with her, and she’s as willing to answer my questions about her work as she is to entice people to part with their old jewelry. She tells me that she doesn’t mind standing for eight hours on the side of the road, waving the flag. She believes it does help bring people into the store, so she doesn’t see it as a waste of time. “It’s not boring. I listen to music, or talk on the phone,� she says. “I like to wave at the people in the cars, and sometimes they wave back.� “You must have a lot of time to think out here,� I suggest. “I tell you what,� she replies, “Most of the time what I’m doing out here is praying. I’m singing hymns, or thinking about scripture. This job is a blessing. It’s the first one I’ve had in three years, and I’m so lucky to have it. I believe God has been good to me.� I ask her if she ever gets lonely out here, surrounded by carloads of people on their way somewhere else. Is there anyone to talk to?

“Well, just him,� she cocks her thumb at the empty curb on the other side of the parking lot’s entrance. “But we mainly just nod at each other. He’s the competition.� As she’s talking, a lanky man in his 40s walks slowly to the “We buy gold� sign he left propped against a shrub when he went on his 15-minute break. I say goodbye to Penny and approach him. His name is Kenneth, and he’s been doing this job since July. He stands on the side of the road from 10 a.m.–6 p.m., unless it’s Tuesday or Sunday, which are his days off. He tells me he got the job through a friend, and that he earns enough money to pay the bills. I ask him why he thinks there’s a need for sign holders. Why don’t the businesses just, I don’t know, put out a sign? “Well, I point,� he says. “Signs don’t point. And I used to throw my sign up in the air, but then I got this bigger sign so I don’t do that anymore. Now I just point at the sign and then at the store. People tell me I’m doing a good job. “I used to be really scared to stand out here when I first started,� he tells me, “Scared of the cars. But now I’m used to it. It’s not boring. It’s work. I listen to the radio. It’s work.� Kenneth tells me that a successful sign holder will be someone who is enthusiastic and willing to brave bad weather. I think of the first sign-holder I met several weeks ago, when I was first researching this article. Carter Kessler definitely has what it takes to go pro holding signs. He was out there on Lexington Highway at 7:15 on a freezing, soggy morning, but this did not dampen his enthusiasm at all. He waved at the cars passing by, and bobbed and twirled his sign in a way that would make Penny and Kenneth proud. I pulled off the road and asked if I could talk to him. He was excited to tell me about his platform and his plans for the future, and was understandably confused when I kept bringing the conversation back around to sign holding. “I understand that you want to cap civil servants’ salaries,� I told him, “But what’s it like to stand out here holding this sign? What do you think about while you’re out here?� “Well, really? Sometimes I talk to the people in the cars. ‘Hello, Mr. Ford Man.’ ‘Hi there, pretty lady in the van.’ Mostly, though, I sing hymns to myself. I’m usually out here, singing hymns.�

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grub notes Marketing Strategies Cornucopia: This column doesn’t really have a Thanksgiving theme, except for the one of abundance. Two new retailers have recently opened up in the Athens area, The Fresh Market out of Greensboro, NC—and now in the Beechwood Shopping Center filling the former Borders space—and, at the intersection of Highways 78 and 53, Stripling’s General Store, a smaller chain that has only four locations and started in Warwick, GA. On the surface, apart from their both selling food, they have little in common. The Fresh Market aims its sights on the yupster foodie crowd, with an interior designed to mimic a European-style grocer (more open, fewer aisles), while Stripling’s is deliberately countrified, but both make use of the same kind of nostalgia, the sense that we’re doing something wrong in how we retail food and have moved away from our roots. Neither is 100 percent genuine about this mission. It’s a smart way to find your market, and both stores play up their authenticity. Stripling’s focuses on it a bit more but was started 45 years ago, which lends it more credibility. Regardless of whether this tactic rubs you the wrong way (it may depend on your mood), there are good and different reasons to go to both of them. None of those reasons include a lack of dollars in your wallet. The Fresh Market is less expensive than you may think, but compared to Trader Joe’s, perhaps its most comparable competitor in the area, it’s not The Fresh Market cheap. Stripling’s is surprisingly pricey. A jar of pickled asparagus is simple, well-executed, nicely packaged and not small, but $9 is rather a lot to swallow, especially when it sits only a few feet from Athens’ own Phickles, which will save you a few bucks a pop. Stripling’s made its name on sausage and other meats, and its motto is “You never sausage a place.� You can get it fresh or frozen, raw or smoked, loose or linked and in a variety of flavors. The frozen stuff lines the leftmost wall, and a large butcher’s counter at the back of the store deals out the fresh meats as well as cheeses. I grabbed some of the smoked stuff, and while it’s a bit softer than I’d like ideally, it’s also well-seasoned, not short on fat (that’s a good thing) and flavorful, a generally impressive product. Stripling’s gets its hoop cheese from Wisconsin, in both red (mild) and black (sharp) wax coatings, and the stuff is available in chunks priced at impulse-buy levels. It’s got a warmth and saltiness to it that you don’t find in most commercial products and is justifiably touted. The tomatillo salsa I tried was a little weird, but maybe the store shouldn’t venture too far from its professionally Southern image. The pork jerky is an interesting option, available copiously by both entrances, and the cashew brittle is fine but not stellar. The store retails a wider range of groceries than I

expected, with some fresh produce and plenty of the stuff (Tide, Heinz ketchup, Coca-Cola, Doritos) you’d find in most other establishments. It also aims at tailgaters, with Georgiaemblazoned coolers, an ice dispensary and a gas station all available. The Fresh Market is famed for its free-sample days, which you probably cannot manage to eat lunch from but offer a lot of tidbits. Recently, it had one to demonstrate its full line of Thanksgiving options, from ham (good) and turkey (fine) to fresh-ish cranberry sauce (too sweet), roasted carrots and pumpkin pie (no more impressive than Kroger). What’s nice about the store is its meat counter, which sells Nueske’s bacon, lamb, veal, antibioticfree chicken and more. In the deli, you can buy pâtĂŠ de campagne by the pound, and there are some nice cheeses. Snacks are available in abundance, and the produce section has some pretty stuff. CD Skehan

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The store has a wide variety of prepared foods, and although you could certainly pick up lunch there were you aiming to do some grocery shopping on your lunch hour or if you worked in the area, heading to the Beechwood area between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. guarantees a fairly lengthy and stress-filled excursion. There’s premade sushi with brown rice, salads, quiche, noodle bowls and so on. The deli counter will make you a sandwich to order on the market’s own bread, although the pimento cheese that it advertised as a signature item is thin and sweet, two fairly negative attributes. The best option, apart from buying your own ingredients and making your own food, is the soup. Both a Thai red curry soup and a Hungarian mushroom soup were solid contenders, offering something new, with fresh-tasting ingredients. The Fresh Market is open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. except for Sundays, when it’s open 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Stripling’s is open 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday. Both stores take credit cards and sell beer and wine. Stripling’s also sells cigarettes. What Up?: Steak ‘n Shake is open on West Broad, near Alps. Dirty Birds will open Nov. 24 on Washington Street downtown. Hillary Brown food@flagpole.com

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Hoffman’s cubist forms heavily influenced Haley’s style of painting, and by 1930 Haley was hired as an instructor at the University of Color Sensations: Spending the entirety of his California at Berkeley to support the study and artistic career at the forefronts of emerging practice of modern art. art movements, John Haley progressed much Over the span of his 42-year career there, too quickly through genres to ever be limited Haley played a crucial role in developing one by or categorized into only one particular of the strongest art departments in the counschool. The Georgia Museum of Art’s newtry and founded two of the most significant to wear that mood as well. Also, I have the est exhibit, “John Haley: Berkeley School art movements in California along the way: funny habit of overlaying the face of a person Abstract Expressionist,” provides pieces spethe 1930s Bay Area Watercolor School and who has my fancy, which is still a the 1950s Berkeley School of crazy thing to suddenly discover. Abstract Expressionism. The pieces in this show are not While much of his earlier true portraits in the traditional work—water color and egg temsense, but part portrait, part selfpura paintings inspired by the portrait and part exploration of landscapes and natural hues of the limits of wire. Each holding California and the Southwest— their own, I hope.” fell into the “American Scene” Several of Saunders’ works are movement and Regionalist style, larger-than-life busts suspended Haley’s creations shifted into from the ceiling, which allows Abstract Expressionist oil painttheir shadows to be seen on the ings by the late ‘50s and ‘60s. blank walls behind them. As the Through the museum’s exhibit, pieces turn, revealing every angle an evolution in style can be and contour of the face in the observed as Haley transitions reflection, viewers can catch mulfrom geometric compositions of tiple expressions and nuances. sharp, definitive lines and shapes “I have a special light where to more loosely formed composiI work that allows me to always tions that employ large brush check the shadow at every step. strokes and swirled colors. There is a real connection to the John Haley’s painting “Phylum” is on display at the GMOA through Mar. 3. Haley was extremely wellgraphic work that inspires me, rounded—experimenting in so even though I am creating a [3D] sculpcifically from the ‘50s and ‘60s, showcasing his everything from printmaking, etching and ture, the shadow allows me to recreate the extreme sensitivity towards color and lightphotography to stained glass and mosaics— 2D graphic image that inspired me,” Saunders ing, and a profound ability to express mood and the exhibit’s two small, bronze sculptures explains. through seemingly random designs. and two collages of ink blots and paper The “Portrait Artists Show,” on display Upon graduating from the Minneapolis strips demonstrate how his distinct style was through Dec. 12, additionally features works School of Art in 1927, where he was trained in retained across media. by John Ahee, Jean Westmacott, William a conventional style, Haley was awarded the “John Haley: Berkeley School Abstract “Rocky” Sapp, Meredith Lachin, Leah Ethel Morrison Van Derlip scholarship, which Expressionist” is on display through Mar. 3. Mantini and Katherine Schuber. Athens enabled him to study for a year under German Academy is located at 1281 Spartan Lane, and Modernist master Hans Hoffman in Munich. Jessica Smith

Playing with Light Fine Lines: Noah Saunders, whose wire sculpture portraits are on display as part of the “Portrait Artists Show” in the Myers Gallery at Athens Academy, knew from a very young age that wire would be his medium for creating art. “In fifth grade, a guy who had made a reproduction of Alexander Calder’s ‘Wire Circus’ came to our class and gave us a performance. He then passed out pipe cleaners to the class and showed us how to make little wire people… And I have been sculpting in wire ever since,” he recalls. Seeking to create wire faces with as much detail and expression as you’d find in drawings or paintings, but with very few wire artists to learn from, Saunders began exploring graphic artists instead, particularly German Expressionists. “This is a very faith-based process; I just trust that I know what I am doing. Then, I lay down the lines—attaching, weaving, wrapping it all together—and one day, suddenly, I am staring at a face!” Basing his works on models in fashion magazines, supplemented by other art forms including Egyptian sculpture, Roman heads and graphic works, Saunders steadily constructs captivating characters such as the mohawk-sporting “Warrior” and “Midnight Visitor,” a folkloric-looking man with large antlers and a goatee. “While each piece is true to the model, they do seem to take on parts of myself. So, if my mood is really strong, the face will begin

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movie dope Some releases may not be showing locally this week. • indicates new review A LATE QUARTET (NR) Another star-filled, late year release hoping for some awards love, A Late Quartet stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christopher Walken, Catherine Keener and Mark Ivanir (Schindler’s List) as a worldrenowned string quartet struggling to stay together amidst egos, death and lust. Director Yaron Zilberman (the documentary Watermarks) makes his directorial debut from a script he co-wrote with Seth Grossman (The Elephant King and the third Butterfly Effect). With the awkwardly named Imogen Poots and the incomparable Wallace Shawn. (Ciné) ARGO (R) Ben Affleck’s career revival continues with what might be his best directing effort yet; as life-or-death as the tension gets, the movie is ultimately a less grueling entertainment experience than either The Town or Gone Baby Gone. Revealing the once classified story of how the CIA rescued six American hostages in the midst of the Iranian Revolution, Argo is both an intriguing modern history lesson and a compelling, old-fashioned Hollywood thriller. BRAVE (PG) A good, not great, Pixar film, Brave strays into traditional Disney territory after a tremendously magical first act. Headstrong Scottish Princess Merida (wonderfully voiced by the lovely Kelly Macdonald) wants to choose her own destiny. She does not want to marry the first-born of the clans allied with her father (v. Billy Connolly), but her mother, Queen Elinor (v. Emma Thompson), will hear none of her complaints. In typical stubborn teenage fashion, Merida short-sightedly asks a wood-carving witch (v. Julie Walters) for a spell to change her mother. THE CAMPAIGN (R) One expects big laughs from a Will Ferrell-Zack Galifianakis political comedy, but one merely hopes for a sharp enough satirical framework to build upon. Austin Powers director Jay Roach has honed his political teeth on HBO’s “Recount” and “Game Change” and provides the proper support for Ferrell/Galifianakis’s silly showdown as North Carolina congressional candidates. THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE (NR) PBS docu-deity Ken Burns hits the big screen for the first time with this documentary about the 1989 conviction of five Latino and black teens for the rape of a white woman in Central Park. After spending six to 13 years in prison, a serial rapist confessed to the

crime. Burns codirects with his daughter Sarah and David McMahon. I’m a huge fan of injustice docs. The upcoming prospect of this film and West of Memphis is tantalizing. CLOUD ATLAS (R) It’s become widely accepted that the Wachowskis have disappointed with every release since 1999’s The Matrix. For the ambitious Cloud Atlas, the siblings have excitedly teamed up with Tom Tykwer, whose only great film was 1998’s stunning Run Lola Run, so while expectations for the trio’s three-hour epic run high, they should rightly be tempered. The lush, imaginative film’s most serious flaw is its repertory, several of whom (Oscar winners Hanks and Berry, most notably) seem out-of-place in the film’s fantastical future bookend. FLIGHT(R) Robert Zemeckis returns to live action movies for adults (since 2000’s Cast Away) with this Denzel Washington-starring after-work special about alcoholism dressed up as an airplane crash drama. Captain Whip Whitaker (Washington) may be a great pilot, but he’s not such a great guy. Yet while hungover, still drunk and high on coke, Whitaker saves most of the 102 souls on flight 227 after a mechanical failure requires him to pull off an unconventional crash landing. HERE COMES THE BOOM (PG-13) Adam Sandler’s made plenty of pictures worse than this Kevin James vehicle about outlandish ways to save education. James’ Scott Voss is a high school biology teacher who turns to MMA to fund the extracurriculars at his struggling school. An appealing supporting cast includes Salma Hayek, Henry Winkler, Greg Germann and real life MMA fighter Bas Rutten. k HITCHCOCK (PG-13) The second Hitchcock biopic this year—HBO recently aired The Girl with Toby Jones and Sierra Miller—looks to pick up some year-end awards with Anthony Hopkins starring as the famed auteur. Sacha Gervasi follows up his exceptional documentary, Anvil: The Story of Anvil, with a Hitchcockian love story about Hitch and his wife, Alma Reville (Helen Mirren), during the 1959 filming of Psycho. With Scarlett Johannson as Janet Leigh, Michael Wincott as Ed Gein (?!), Jessica Biel as Vera Miles and Cloud Atlas’ James D’Arcy as Anthony Perkins. HOPE SPRINGS (PG-13) If older people talking about and having sex makes you uncomfortable, skip Hope

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Springs. But if you want a mature, intimate romantic dramedy about an ailing, aging marriage, warmly and realistically portrayed by two consummate professionals, you will find no other film this season that comes close. HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA (PG) Unlike the superior ParaNorman, which was a genuinely, safely frightening family horror flick, Hotel Transylvania is an amusing, run-of-the-mill animated family movie where the main characters are harmless monsters. Horror movie fans will prefer ParaNorman, but the kids will love checking into Hotel Transylvania. HOUSE AT THE END OF THE STREET (PG-13) Another soporific, unscary PG-13 horror movie that will draw in the teens and tweenies, House at the End of the Street stars The Hunger Games’ Jennifer Lawrence as Elissa, who moves to a new town with

excellent “Angels in America”) chose the ideal, earth-shattering month upon which to focus. He populates Spielberg’s 19th-century hallways with living, breathing figures of American history like William Seward (David Strathairn), Thaddeus Stevens (Tommy Lee Jones), Alexander Stephens (Jackie Earle Haley), Edwin Stanton (Bruce McGill) and Ulysses S. Grant (Jared Harris), but the film will be remembered and lauded as another platform from which Daniel Day-Lewis can solidify his claim to the title of greatest living actor. THE ODD LIFE OF TIMOTHY GREEN (PG) Before finally accepting their barren existence, Cindy and Jim Green (Jennifer Garner and Joel Edgerton) put all their wishes for a child in a box and bury them in their fertile garden. After a freak storm, the Greens have a new arrival, 10-year-

Raise your hand if you think you’re pregnant. her divorced mom (Elisabeth Shue). Soon Elissa is smitten with her cute new neighbor, Ryan (Max Theriot, a horror vet from My Soul to Take), the town bogeyman whose parents were murdered by his younger sister, Carrie Anne. KARATE WARRIOR 2 (NR) 1988. Bad Movie Night is back and so is the Karate Kid, were Daniel-san’s tale to be told by untalented cinematic biographers from Italy. After training in the Philippines, Anthony (Kim Stuart) “returns” to the U.S. for college. Though he promises not to fight outside of a sanctioned bout, Anthony must defend himself against the cruel Tigers and their head bully, Dick. Karate Warrior 2’s original title was the extra-wordy Il ragazzo dal kimono d’oro 2. Come enjoy the awfulness. (Ciné) LIFE OF PI (PG) After several false starts and rumored directors (including M. Night Shyamalan), 2001’s blockbuster novel finally gets a film version…over 10 years later. And with Oscar winner Ang Lee bringing Yann Martel’s wonderful book to the big screen, expect year-end accolades. For the few of you that didn’t read the book years ago (or need a refresher), young Pi Patel (Suraj Sharma) survives 227 days at sea with a terrifying Bengal tiger. I expect this one to be exceptional, despite the trailers. With Irrfan Khan. • LINCOLN (PG-13) Historical biopics do not come much more perfect than Steven Spielberg’s take on our 16th president’s struggle to end slavery by way of the 13th Amendment. Rather than tell Abraham Lincoln’s life story, screenwriter Tony Kushner (the Oscar nominee for Munich also wrote the

old, leaf-legged Timothy (CJ Adams). The Odd Life of Timothy Green might appeal more to kind-hearted, older kids, thanks to Adams’ cute but not cutesy Timothy, despite its being an above average parenting fable. PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 4 (R) While the quality of Paranormal Activity 4 is little changed from its three predecessors (they are all above-average examples of how to shoot found footage flicks), the tense atmosphere, where the scares collectively imagined and anticipated by the audience are so much more terrifying than anything delivered by the film, is utterly absent. THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER PG-13. Stephen Chbosky directs the adaptation of his 1999 book of the same name about a high school freshman dealing with isolation, new friends and a disturbed past. The book is one of the best modern stories about less than golden high school experiences. (Ciné) PITCH PERFECT (PG-13) Infectious is the best word to describe the a cappella college comedy Pitch Perfect. Barden University’s women’s singing group, the Barden Bellas, need some fresh blood after a devastating loss in the national finals of collegiate, competitive a cappella. Freshman Beca (Anna Kendrick, delightful as ever even if her character is an overly pouty teen), Fat Amy (rising star Rebel Wilson) and several interchangeable coeds join seniors Aubrey (Anna Camp, “True Blood”) and Chloe (Brittany Snow, “American Dreams”) as they battle their way back to the top. REBECCA (NR) 1940. Ciné continues their Alfred Hitchcock 35mm revival series with Hitch’s only Best Picture

winner (though the acclaimed auteur was bested by John Ford for Best Director). Based on the novel by Daphne Du Maurier (she also wrote the story that was the basis for Hitchcock’s beloved The Birds), Rebecca stars Joan Fontaine as a young woman who discovers the titular first wife of her new husband, Maxim de Winter (Laurence Olivier), still holds a strange power over her hubby and his household. (Ciné) RISE OF THE GUARDIANS (PG) This animated feature sounds so awesome! A group of familiar folktales— Santa Claus (v. Alec Baldwin), the Easter Bunny (v. Hugh Jackman), the Tooth Fairy (v. Isla Fisher) and Jack Frost (v. Chris Pine)—must combine their powers to stop Pitch, a.k.a. the Boogeyman (v. Jude Law). Guillermo del Toro’s presence as producer is promising as author William Joyce helps adapts his own work to the screen. RUST AND BONE (R) Writer-director Jacques Audiard follows up his critically acclaimed A Prophet (the Oscar and Golden Globe nominee won awards from Cannes and the Cesars) with Rust and Bone, starring Marion Cotillard in another potential award-winning role. Ali (Matthias Schoenaerts) departs Belgium for Antibes with his young son. While living with his sister and her family, he bonds with Stephanie (Cotillard), an orca whale trainer who suffers an awful accident. Audiard’s film was nominated for Cannes’ Palme d’Or. SAMSARA (NR) Director Ron Fricke and producer Mark Magidson are reunited some 20 years after their award winning collaboration on Baraka and some 27 years after their first film, Chronos. Samsara (Sanskrit for “the ever turning wheel of life”) took nearly five years to film and covers sacred grounds, disaster zones, industrial sites and natural wonders in twenty-five countries on five continents. Talk about epic; it was also shot on 70-millimeter film. Winner of the Dublin Film Critics Award for Best Documentary. (Ciné) SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN (PG-13) Director Malik Bendjelloul documents the journey of two South Africans, Stephen “Sugar” Segerman and Craig Bartholomew Strydom, seeking to discover what happened to their rock and roll hero, the mysterious Rodriguez. Bendjelloul’s intriguing documentary was nominated for the Sundance Film Festival’s Grand Jury Prize and won several awards from festivals around the world. (Ciné) THE SESSIONS (R) In this Special Jury Prize and Audience Award winner at Sundance, where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize, Mark, living in an iron lung, desires to lose his virginity so he hires a sex surrogate (Helen Hunt). William H. Macy plays Mark’s priest. Sixty-something writer-director Ben Lewin (“Ally McBeal”’s highest rated episode, “Let’s Dance”) based the film on the story of Berkeley-based poet-journalist Mark O’Brien. With Moon Bloodgood, Adam Arkin and Rhea Perlman. THE SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK (R) David O. Russell is back, with his follow up to The Fighter, but his best bro-muse, Mark Wahlberg, has been replaced by Bradley Cooper. Based on Matthew Quick’s novel, The Silver Linings Playbook stars Cooper as

teacher Pat Peoples, who, after being released from a four-year stint in a mental institution, moves in with his mother and seeks to reconcile with his ex. With Jennifer Lawrence, Julia Stiles, Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver (an Academy Award nominee for Animal Kingdom) and Chris Tucker. SINISTER (R) Sinister, the new film from Scott Derrickson, is my favorite theatrical horror experience since The Strangers. Ethan Hawke intensely stars as true crime novelist Ellison Oswalt, who has moved his family into the murder house for the latest crime he is investigating. What he discovers is much deadlier and more demony than he could have imagined. SKYFALL (PG-13) The middle third of Daniel Craig’s third outing as James Bond is the best 007 adventure in 20, maybe even 30, years. Too bad director Sam Mendes (American Beauty) and his team of scripters won’t just let Bond be Bond for the entirety of the film. Skyfall almost completely unravels before the opening credits. Bond has always been about balancing cool deadliness with world-saving silliness. Through Moore and Brosnan’s tenures, the balance favored silly; Craig’s scale might be tipped too far in the opposite direction. If the right mixture can be found, we could again see a candidate for Best Bond Ever. TAKEN 2 (PG-13) Most movies fail to encapsulate the description “unnecessary sequel” as perfectly as Taken 2. (I wish it had had some silly subtitle like Taken 2: Takenier, but alas.) As a consequence of the violent methods he employed to retrieve his kidnapped daughter, Kim (Maggie Grace), in the first movie, retired CIA operative Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson), must face off against the Albanian dad (played by go-to Eastern European baddie Rade Serbedzija) of one of the sex traffickers he killed during his rescue mission. TROUBLE WITH THE CURVE (PG-13) You’ll have no Trouble with the Curve so long as old man jokes, spryly delivered by a grouchier than usual Clint Eastwood, can keep you entertained for two hours. As aging baseball scout Gus Lobel, Eastwood seems to be workshopping a new stand-up routine (after his speech at the Republican National Convention, who knows?). • THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN—PART 2 (PG-13) The Twilight Saga has consistently improved as filmmakers have changed and the series has… um… matured? Bella (Kristen Stewart) is now a vampire; she and her husband, Edward (Robert Pattinson), have a new baby, Renesmee, whose existence threatens the vampire world’s ruling family, the Volturi (led by Michael Sheen). Now the Cullens, the Quileute wolves (including Taylor Lautner’s Jacob) and several blood-sucking pals must make a stand against the invading Italian vamps. Stephenie Meyer’s phenomenon concludes as satisfactorily as one would expect, though Part 1 exceeds its follow-up, mostly thanks to the former’s more horrific plot. VHS: VIDEOGRAPHER’S HELLABIG SHOW (NR) Your chance to get your amateur, aspiring or professional work on a local big screen on a quarterly basis. Send a link (YouTube or Vimeo) to thevhsathens@gmail.com. The screening is free. An 8 p.m. directors’ mixer precedes the short films. Free prizes are also promised. (Ciné) WRECK-IT RALPH (PG) In Disney’s latest, Wreck-It Ralph (v. John C. Reilly) decides he wants to be a good guy. Leaving the safety of his own regenerating world, Ralph enters a Halo-ish first-person shooter named Hero’s Duty in search of a medal. Too bad Ralph’s better at wrecking things than fixing them. Drew Wheeler

movie pick Buried Treasure SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN (PG-13) Ask any working musician about the pitfalls of hitting it big and you’ll hear a litany of hardship. The odds of “making it� are heavily against you. That’s not cynicism talking. Just the facts, man. Now, imagine you do land a big record deal and get the opportunity to have your music listened to by audiences everywhere. You wouldn’t be accused of daydreaming at that point. You’re clearly on the path to success. Back in the late 1960s, an up-and-coming folk singer named Rodriguez was primed for success with his politically aware yet poetic songs. Rodriguez’s first two albums, Cold Fact and Coming from Reality, received good reviews but bombed, and the Rodriguez singer with the melancholic delivery vanished from the public eye. Years later, during the apartheid days of South Africa, a copy of Cold Fact found its way into the country and Rodriguez quickly became the singer of a generation. Not Elvis, not the Beatles, not Dylan. Rodriguez. His earnest, clear-eyed songs became the soundtrack for many white, middle-class South African youths, expressing their anger toward a country that was keeping the black population under the boot of state-sponsored racism and

violence. Half-a-million copies of his records were bought, although no one knew where Rodriguez was. Rumors abounded that the mysterious singer killed himself, grotesquely setting himself on fire in front of an audience. Searching for Sugar Man’s director, Malik Bendjelloul, was likewise intrigued by the mystery surrounding Rodriguez and sought him out. Since the documentary is set up as a revelation story, it would be wrong to say too much, other than what starts out as a sad recollection of a career that never fulfilled its promise, remarkably turns into something joyful. The movie is a mix of interviews with Rodriguez’s old associates, obsessed South African fans and eventually with the humble man himself, whose hard life is sketched out in a poorly executed interview. Rodriguez’s tale is a fascinating one, and Bendjelloul clearly captures the emotional pull of it, but he also simplifies it for his own artistic benefit. Nevertheless, Rodriguez’s story is a testament of struggle and hope. It’s just that the reality is more interesting than the legend Bendjelloul purposefully contrives.

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marrying a drunken lout. After she throws his physically abusive ass out, Joan’s husband plows his car into a culvert wall, leaving Joan widowed and penniless and her son in the care of her sister-in-law Ethel until she can get back on her feet. It doesn’t help that Ethel and a local cop suspect Joan of orchestrating her husband’s death, nor that the childless Ethel wants to keep the boy for herself. Desperate for money, Joan finds work in a local cocktail bar, slinging drinks in high-cut shorts and a low-cut blouse and fending off advances right and left. A fellow waitress offers her a chance to turn a few tricks on the side, but Joan refuses. She’s not that desperate, or is she? Joan’s resolve is put to the test soon enough as she finds herself caught between the attentions of two of her customers, a young, handsome Lothario with big plans but no money, and a wealthy investment banker three times her age. Torn between her primal response to the younger man but viewing the older as her ticket to getting her son back, Joan moves between them, encountering shady characters, daring situations and the threat of scandal and recrimination dogging her every step. By the end of it, at best Joan will be considered a golddigger, at worst a murderer. The Cocktail Waitress is wellwritten, in Cain’s style, unchanged since his heyday. And that’s what often jars here. There is plenty of sex in this novel, but not to hear the characters tell it. The language is incredibly mannered and laced with roundabout innuendo. Nobody specifically mentions sex, even when it’s going on. While Cain never sets a date for the novel, it is obviously set in the early to mid-1960s, and were it to have come out then, Cain’s delicate control over his characters’ sensibilities would be appropriate. He wrote the novel in 1975, however, and those 10 years were significantly different in publishing. Cain could have gotten away with more explicit content than ever before, using the language that people used for it back then, even if we pretend that they didn’t. There appears to be no real reason for Cain to have set this novel when he did until the very last page, where his intent is suddenly revealed. Still, knowing just how much mayhem Cain could have worked may interfere with the reader’s immersion in the novel. Nonetheless, the release of a lost novel by a master like James M. Cain is cause for celebration, and while The Cocktail Waitress is inferior to his greater works, there is something romantic, even heroic, about Cain at the end of his life deciding that he had one more book in him. Heroic sounds right; the man may not have dealt in heroes in his fiction, but to open one’s oubliette for business one last time takes courage indeed. John G. Nettles

threats & promises Music News And Gossip Well, Finally: Longtime Athens musician and all around nice guy Jacob Morris (Ham1, Moths, Patterson Hood) will release his debut album on Dec. 4. Coming courtesy of Athens label Cloud Recordings, Moths was recorded and produced by Loney John Hutchins (Chelsea Crowell, Madeline) in Nashville. Thus far, only one song, “Wet Cigarette,” has been made available for streaming, but hopefully it’s indicative of the whole album’s sound. The track is a muted yet sprightly number with an uptempo backbeat that belies its otherwise solemn demeanor. I really like this kind of stuff. Listen for yourself over at soundcloud.

Jacob Morris com/teamclermont/jacob-morris-wet-cigarette. Looking forward to hearing the whole record. New Brutality: Grim Pickins & the Bastard Congregation made its live debut in October during Athens Intensified, but the zoo crew revue is on its way back to the stage as we speak. The band will be playing at Little Kings Shuffle Club on Thursday, Dec. 6 with Gear Jammer and Whomp!. If you miss it then, or want to catch it twice, it’ll be at Go Bar on Friday, Dec. 14. Referred to pitch-perfectly as “Black Oak Sabbath” by Athens musician Patrick Ferguson (Five Eight, ex-Music Hates You) the band originated as a barebones acoustic project between Zack Hembree and Scott McNeely. As time went on it got heavier, and now it’s a fire-breathing blast of metal, hardcore and bloody country. The full lineup includes Hembree and McNeely along with Parker Bradshaw, Forest Hetland, Brian Neely and Jillian McNeely. The band plans to head into Dawsonville, GA’s LedBelly Sound sometime in January with engineer Matt Washburn (Mastodon, Artimus Pyledriver). That same month, it’ll hit the road to play Atlanta, Macon and Sarasota and Gainesville, FL. Keep up to date over at facebook.com/ GrimPickinsTheBastardCongregation.

Concession Time: As much as it pains me to admit, I have to give it up for the Grateful Dead tribute band (and Futurebirds side project) Bobby’s Shorts. Named after the fashion choices of the Dead’s Bob Weir, I really can’t think of a better or more ridiculously affectionate name. I mean, this kinda kills. So, begrudging kudos to all concerned. Help them spread the disease on Facebook by clicking “like” over at facebook.com/BobbysShorts. Web-Core: I waited to report on this because I needed to make sure it stayed up for a while, but I can safely tell you now that Kindercore Records has a new website located at kindercore.com. It’s a simply laid out site, pretty much blog-style, but clean and highly navigable. The label had a beautifully ambitious site a few years ago that was hacked and destroyed. So, give it a visit and, I dunno, buy something. In other news, Kindercore’s Grape Soda released its debut album Form a Sign nationally this month and have pressed up a new batch of LPs on 180-gram white vinyl. Open the Door: You’ll have approximately 48 hours to sleep through your post-turkey tryptophan coma before Magnapop returns to Athens for a very rare Athens performance. The show takes place at the Caledonia Lounge on Saturday, Nov. 24, and it’ll share the bill with Five Eight. I swear, y’all will party like it’s 1995. Magnapop made solid headway through the rough ‘n’ tumble waters of 1990s alternative rock land, buoyed by gritty pop hooks and the impeccable Athens rock pedigree of Ruthie Morris and Linda Hopper, but it never really made that jump into stardom. Which means you still get to see the band up close and personal and all those things you really love about live music. If you have any questions, you could consult the never-updated magnapop.com, but you’d do better to just ask ‘em in person. Thank You: In keeping with the spirit of this week’s issue and our national holiday, I’d like to mention a few things. I’m not going to get too wildly personal here, so let me say that I’m perpetually thankful for the Athens music scene—the good and the bad. Each week, I’m thankful for Flagpole magazine and the platform it provides for the dissemination of my news and opinions, and the broad leeway I’m given to express those opinions. Seriously, folks, you’ve no idea how rare that is. And finally, I’d like to thank all of you who read this column faithfully each week, even if you’re only looking for your own name. Writing is fine and good, but without readers, it’s just an exercise, not an exchange. So, thank you all for that. Aw…

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How to Make Literally Dozens(!) of Dollars Off Your Music even five years ago.1 No surprise there. However, in addition to some of the more traditional revenue sources, like money from performing and selling music, the ARS project identified some other, less intuitive sources of revenue. Some of the more interesting—and mostly free—non-intuitive revenue sources are discussed below. While you probably won’t earn enough from them to quit your job at the bar, you may make a couple of bucks here and there, and over time, your revenue shares may increase.

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you’re a musician in Athens, you’re probably broke. After all, fewer people are buying content these days, and half the time, your band is asked to play for free. Well, small consolation though it may be, The Future of Music Coalition, a nonprofit organization that specializes in education, research and advocacy on behalf of musicians, feels your pain. Several months ago, FMC released data from its Artist Revenue Streams research project, which confirmed that artists are drawing less revenue from more sources than they were

Public Performance Royalties If you’re a songwriter, then whenever your song is played on radio and television, or in clubs and restaurants, you’re entitled to public performance royalties. The entities that play your songs must obtain licenses to do so, and those licenses are issued by performance rights societies, e.g., ASCAP, BMI or SESAC. To collect your money, you must be a member of one of those societies. Note that those societies divide revenue equally between songwriters and publishers. So, if you’re your own publisher—meaning you haven’t signed away your publishing rights—then in order to get the publisher’s share, you must either register as a publisher in addition to a songwriter, or ask for 200 percent of your writer’s share.

Digital Performance Royalties If you’re either a performer or the owner of the copyright in a sound recording, then whenever those sound recordings are streamed over services like Sirius XM and Pandora, you’re entitled to digital performance royalties. The only entity authorized to track such uses and pay out royalties is SoundExchange. So, if you want this money, you must register with them to get it. If you’re not sure whether registering with SoundExchange is worth it, then visit SoundExchange’s “Plays� database, where you can type in your band’s name or a song title and find out if SoundExchange has money waiting for you.2

Alliance of Artists and Record Companies Royalties OK, this is an odd one. The AARC primarily collects royalties for digital recordings of songs and then distributes that money to performers.3 The organization was originally formed to collect royalties generated from the sale of blank CDs. When blank CDs first came out in the ‘90s, the industry saw them as vehicles for piracy. So, a law was passed that for every blank CD sold, a percentage of that money had to be placed into a fund to compensate artists whose music was likely to be pirated—i.e., yours.

YouTube Partner Program If your band has content on YouTube, then you may have the option to monetize any traffic that’s directed to those videos. Join YouTube as a Partner and then create and link an AdSense account to your YouTube account.4 How much money you make depends on a variety of factors, most of which remain a mystery to everyone. Note, though, that YouTube requires you to own the worldwide rights to the video, so don’t copy someone else’s content or use anything without permission, as the site may flag your video and cease payment to your account. John Seay John Seay is a small-business and intellectual property lawyer and owner of the The Seay Firm, LLC. You can read about the full results of the project here: http://money.futureofmusic.org/. 2 https://plays.soundexchange.com 3 http://wp.aarcroyalties.com/ 4 http://www.youtube.com/yt/creators/partner.html 1

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ne of the unofficial tenets of the Athens music scene, if not Athens in general, is that it’s a community that not only encourages suspended adolescence, but that rewards it. This is part of the reason why it’s an anathema to the townie set that the music of someone like Corey Smith resonates with anyone—let alone so many. But the fact is that Smith’s music is more indicative of the state of mind in the “real world� than all the Elephant Sixes, Wild Rumpuses and hardcore house shows combined. And resonate it does, to the tune of millions of dollars via a plethora of sold-out shows every year. It’s not hard to see why. A Jefferson native, Smith’s easygoing tunes are easy on the ears and easier to party with. Ever since he released his debut album, Undertones, nine years ago, his most popular song has been “Twenty-One,� an ode to underage drinking and carousing. While the tune itself is catchy enough— there’s really no material difference between Smith’s acoustic strumming and plaintive vocals and the content of tons of appropriately cool indie-rock releases—the lyrics are earnest, sentimental and, occasionally, uncomfortably drippy. He sings of being underage, sneaking into Clayton Street bars, flirting with college girls and wishing he were older. Then, blammo, he’s a few years older and feeling the weight of adulthood, and he wishes he were younger. It’s the oldest story in the world. Indeed, Smith’s music is not revolutionary, nor even all that revelatory. Drinking, partying and remembering is a major trope (see “If I Could Do It Again� and “Maybe Next Year�), and when he busts out of that theme, he finds himself writing self-proclamations of openmindedness, like “I Love Black People� (yep) and sic ‘em sing-alongs like “Every Dawg.� The promo track from his newest album, Live from Chattanooga, is titled, simply, “Party.� People get into music because it reaches and speaks to them. It’s a natural thing to be drawn to art that expresses how we feel about ourselves. Smith isn’t the first guitar-slinging

reinforcer of collegiate partying, but he is among the most popular of the last decade. And while large audiences are never strictly an indicator of quality (see: McDonald’s), they provide solid evidence of accessibility and popularity. Given all this, it’s fair to ask why critics should bother to engage Smith’s work any more than absolutely necessary. Simply put, underneath all the schticky odes to spring break and gettin’ rowdy, there exist nuggets of hard, cold reality. There are gems hidden among the filler, lyrics that speak of real working-class roots—�Twenty-One�’s story of feeling pressured to lie about being a pre-med student who drives a BMW, for instance—that aren’t really all that different than the work of, say, John Cougar Mellencamp. In full context, as Smith sings about feeling like an old man by the age of 26, existing somewhere “in the grey of middle class and middle age,� songs like “Twenty-One� are incredibly sad—nowhere near the lightweight nostalgia trip they’ve been set up as. Right there, in that realization, is where you can find, and even appreciate, Smith and his audience. For many in perpetually youthful Athens, 26 isn’t really an age to worry about. But for most out there, those working honest jobs and grinding out complex lives, it’s an age that can really weigh on you. The crowds at Smith’s two Athens shows this week will feel just as strongly about his performances as did anyone who flipped over Jeff Mangum earlier this year. Don’t get me wrong, we critics reserve the right to criticize this local boy’s music in the future—hell, next week even!—but for now, I think I can just about see where he’s coming from. Gordon Lamb

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Family, Friends and, uh, Moist Wipes Athens’ Music Community Gives Thanks I’m thankful for getting to live in Athens, insatiable live music fans, ribs, my incredible team at work, dual 18-inch subwoofers, Bryant Williamson’s bands, those cool pics that the Mars rover is taking, Matt Palmerlee’s food, Django, Shostakovich, Yorke, people that get to the point, the interstate system, scotch, the expanding base of peer-reviewed scientific knowledge, bacon, pretty girls and bacon. Wilmot Greene, Georgia Theatre

I’m grateful for my clients. I’m grateful to work for record labels and bands that are both talented musicians and enjoyable people who turn into friends. I’m also grateful for vinyl and guest list spots. Thanks, folks! Alyssa DeHayes, Team Clermont I am grateful to be in Athens right now! This town really is firing on all cylinders. Chris Patton, comedian

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I’m grateful for my beautiful wife Rebecca, my beautiful babies Ava and Emmett, my incredible friends, bandmates, family and this wonderful town. My beloved crew and the whole DBT Family, The Downtown Rumblers and the music that has so nurtured and enlightened my life. Thankful for the election results and the wonderful life I’m blessed to live. Happy Thanksgiving! Patterson Hood, Drive-By Truckers

better—man, I can’t express how thankful I am to have been a part of that. Elite tha Showstoppa, rapper

I’m thankful that the election is over, that the Mayans failed to account for leap years, and that writing for Flagpole means meeting great people and sometimes getting into places for free. Jodi Murphy, Flagpole

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I’m thankful for good-tuned guitars and loving family and friends who support starving artists! Mark Cunningham, songwriter I am thankful for my ever-so-tolerant family. For so long I have been chasing my dreams to make a living exercising my passion, and as a result I have missed many birthdays, family gatherings, etc. I am thankful for my kids, for whom I unfortunately have not been the best father, yet they love me unconditionally. Many times I have yearned to rewind time to do better by them. I am thankful for the awesome members in my band, Showtime. It is very hard to express in words how thankful I am to have such a talented and devoted group of people that share the same desires and goals. I am thankful for my fans, whom I call friends and family. Every now and then, I am blessed to speak with people who have had a positive impact in their lives and express my music as the source. When someone tells you that you have changed their life for the

I’m thankful for family, friends and moving forward. Donald Whitehead, Future Ape Tapes I am grateful for music—to be able to hear it, feel it, create it, perform it and experience its magic with others. I am grateful for nature and the amazing outdoors that surround us here in Athens. I am grateful for the awesome, big-hearted people in my life. Lara Oshon, songwriter I am thankful for the patience and empathy of my closest friends and family and for the opportunities I’ve been lucky enough to receive, and to have gone as far away as I have both physically and emotionally from little Auburn, GA. Jace Bartet, Reptar

I’m thankful for being poor in America. There aren’t many people poorer than me in this country, but as far as the rest of the world is concerned, I’m doing pretty well. I have a car and I eat sandwiches every day. It’s really not that bad. Caleb Synan, comedian

I am thankful for Gold Bond Medicated Lotion because I had E. coli once and you can do the math there yourself. Flushable “moist wipes” run a close second. Luke Fields, comedian

pong, room temp water, dreams, wine, standing in front of the kick drum, records, recording, singing, playing, laughing, freedom of speech and, most of all, donkeys. Shonna Tucker, songwriter

I am thankful for comfy couches, cold beer and Karl Rove’s tears. Matt Hudgins, songwriter I’m thankful for Talking Heads cover bands. And Like Totally!’s incredible original kids’ music. How cool is it that hip dads can have a cold one on a Saturday afternoon at Flicker while their kids wiggle to songs about unicorns? Oh, and the incredible dance parties that Mercer West has brought to town this year, like Quintron, Big Freedia and A-Trak. Rachel Bailey, Flagpole My family, great friends, surgical tools, doctors, Joseph Pilates, dogs, chickens, love, beans, dirt, rain, boots, babies, squirrels, garlic, warm clothes, flat-wound strings, standard tuning, Quilted Northern, quinoa, pens, paper, hot water, ping

I am most thankful for having this opportunity to share my music with everyone here in Athens and beyond. I would like to thank all of my fans and musician friends, engineers and producers and all Athens-area artists! All of the wonderful people in my music videos and my team at LoveRulesPeace—I am thankful for the love and support. This is a great city with so many talented artists. A very special thank you to Kumquat Mae and Showyn Walton, the host of open mic night, and Elite tha Showstoppa, one of my favorite producer/engineers! Thank you Flagpole for giving us local artists a voice! Latashia Pittard, songwriter Weed. And my sister.

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Thankful for wife, family, kitty and friends; for Flagpole; for the Internet; for IPAs and pizza; and for all the weird, wild wonder that makes Athens what it is. Gabe Vodicka, Flagpole I am grateful for any time when I can bask in the sunshine personalities of everyone I love. To have created and toured with my rad sister for a decade now—my family is the coolest. I make love songs with the talented Dan D. and learn yoga from the limber SJ, and even thinking of my friends’ sweet babies cheers me up! And I am grateful for my two homes, Madison and Athens, and for coconut milk ice cream. I’ll be thinking of everyone in New York and New Jersey this Thanksgiving! Page Campbell, Hope for Agoldensummer

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Tuesday 20 ART: Tour at Two (Georgia Museum of Art) Meet docents in the lobby for a tour of highlights from the museum’s permanent collection and other exhibitions. 2 p.m. FREE! www. georgiamuseum.org CLASSES: Athens Swing Night (Dancefx) The UGA Swing Dance Club presents a casual evening of social swing dancing. No experience or partner necessary. Advanced lesson at 7 p.m., and beginner lesson at 7:30 p.m. 7–10 p.m. $3–5. www. athensswingnight.com COMEDY: OpenTOAD Comedy Open Mic (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Voted by Flagpole’s readers as Athens’ “favorite comedy night” in 2011 and 2012, this comedy show allows locals to watch quality comedy or perform themselves. Email to secure a performance spot. First and third Tuesday of every month! 9 p.m. FREE! (performers), $5. calebsynan@yahoo.com, www. flickertheatreandbar.com

EVENTS: West Broad Market Garden Produce Stand (West Broad Market Garden, 1573 W. Broad St.) Seasonal and naturally grown produce. Cash paying neighbors of the West Broad Garden get a 30% discount on produce. EBT payments will be accepted in the future. Tuesdays, 5–8 p.m. & Saturdays, 10 a.m.–1 p.m. 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 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 KIDSTUFF: Toddler Storytime (ACC Library) Readings foor children ages 18 months to 5 years of

age. 9:30 & 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706613-3650 MEETINGS: Athens Rock and Gem Club (Friendship Christian Church) Kimb Cochran presents “Hands On Fossils.” 7:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-8082

Wednesday 21 CLASSES: Tree Identification Workshop (UGA Intramural Fields) Learn to identify common trees of the Georgia Piedmont by their leaves, bark and shape. Wednesdays through November. 5–7 p.m. williams@warnell.uga.edu EVENTS: Open Mic Night (Fuzzy’s Taco Shop) What rhymes with Fuzzy Taco? Performers and listeners welcome. Every Wednesday. 9 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0305 GAMES: Trivia (Copper Creek Brewing Company) Test your trivia chops for prizes! Every Wednesday. 9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-1102 GAMES: Trivia (Your Pie) (Five Points location) Open your pie-

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Normaltown Flyers Melting Point Certain yearly happenings have come to define Athens: AthFest, Twilight and the Wild Rumpus, to name a few. And then there’s the Normaltown Flyers’ annual pre-Thanksgiving show, which has endured for decades and continues Normaltown Flyers (c. 1980s) today, a quiet yet proud source of townie tradition. Flyers guitarist Brian Burke—the only consistent member of the local country-rock band throughout its 30-plus-year history—explains that the concert is not a choice, but a duty. “It’s become something we’re expected to do,” Burke says with a laugh. As the old story goes, the Flyers’ day-before-Thanksgiving residency at the original Allen’s Bar & Grill on Prince Avenue became so popular, the band had to move it elsewhere. “It was just packing out,” Burke recalls. “Seriously, it got to where we had to turn people away. And so, it just became a popular thing to do. We just kept doing it year after year. After Allen’s closed, we moved on to doing it at other places.” After a stint at the Georgia Theatre, the show moved over to the Melting Point, where it remains today. (“We’re pretty much regulars at Melting Point now,” Burke says.) For many who have roots in Athens but live elsewhere, the concert is a chance to reconnect with the place—and the people—they know and love. “A lot of the [crowd] are people who are from Athens, or went to UGA, and come back for the holidays,” says Burke. Indeed, like those aforementioned events, the Flyers’ November performance is enmeshed in Athens’ cultural fabric, a chance for both wayward Athenians and those who’ve been here all along to gather and give thanks to the town. Buoyed by good tunes, guest appearances and holiday cheer, the vibe Wednesday evening will undoubtedly be sweet. “We’re looking forward to seeing everybody,” says Burke. “It’s always a big time.” [Gabe Vodicka]

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Magnapop plays the Caledonia Lounge on Saturday, Nov. 24. hole for a chance to win! Every Wednesday. 7:30 p.m. FREE! 706850-7424 GAMES: Trivia (Choo Choo Japanese Korean Grill Express) Jump on the trivia train! Every Wednesday. 7:30 p.m. www.choochoorestaurants.com GAMES: Movie Trivia (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Hosted by Jeremy Dyson. This week, followed by a screening of Planes, Trains and Automobiles. 9 p.m. www.facebook. com/lkshuffleclub 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: Sports Trivia (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s) Test your sports knowledge every Wednesday night. 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-1916 KIDSTUFF: Toddler Storytime (ACC Library) For children ages 18 months to 5 years. 9:30 & 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Barnes & Noble Storytime (Barnes & Noble) Storytime for all ages. Children receive a free treat from the cafe. 11 a.m. FREE! 706-354-1195 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 LECTURES AND LIT: Talking About Books (ACC Library) Adult book discussion group. This month’s title is The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. Newcomers welcome. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650, ext. 324

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Friday 23 ART: Holiday Open House and Art Sale (Chappelle Gallery) Happy Valley Pottery and Chappelle Gallery host an open house featuring art from 125 local and national craft artists. Nov. 23–25, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. FREE! 706-310-0985 ART: Meet the Potter (Good Dirt) Meet Rob Sutherland and see fresh pots, straight from the gas and

wood kiln. Live demos in the new interactive gallery area. 1 p.m. www. gooddirt.net CLASSES: Make Fabric Beads (Sewcial Studio) Learn to make easy fabric beads with a hands-on demo. All supplies provided. 10 a.m.–12 p.m. or 1–3 p.m. FREE! 706-2476143, www.sewcialstudio.com KIDSTUFF: Fantastic Fridays (Bishop Park) Obstacle courses and other activities in an unstructured environment. For ages 10 months to 4 years and their guardians. 9–10:30 a.m. or 10:30 a.m.–12 p.m. $5–15. 706-613-3589 KIDSTUFF: Visit with Santa (Native America Gallery) Come take a photo with Santa and get into the holiday spirit. 10 a.m.–7 p.m. 706-543-8425 KIDSTUFF: Black Friday Day Camp (Athens Little Playhouse) Go shop ‘til you drop and leave the kids at camp to do improvisational work, theater games and creative problem-solving activities. Bring a sack lunch. 6 a.m.–1 p.m. FREE! athenslittleplayhouse@gmail.com, www.athenslittleplayhouse.net

Saturday 24 ART: Holiday Open House and Art Sale (Chappelle Gallery) Happy Valley Pottery and Chappelle Gallery will host an open house featuring art, crafts and pottery from 125 local and national craft artists. Nov. 23–25, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. FREE! 706310-0985 EVENTS: West Broad Market Garden Produce Stand (West Broad Market Garden, 1573 W. Broad St.) Seasonal and naturally grown produce. Cash paying neighbors of the West Broad Garden get a 30% discount on produce. EBT payments will be accepted in the future. Tuesdays, 5–8 p.m. & Saturdays, 10 a.m.–1 p.m. EVENTS: Oconee Farmers Market (Oconee County Courthouse) Fresh produce, meats and other farm products. Every Saturday. 8 a.m.–1 p.m. www.oconeecountyobservations. blogspot.com EVENTS: CCHS and Barnes & Noble Book Fair (Barnes & Noble) Present a voucher when making a purchase at Barnes & Noble, and a percentage of net sales will be contributed to the library program at Clarke Central High School. Students will demonstrate various talents throughout the day, including friendship bracelet making, giftwrapping and musical performances. Email for voucher. All day. tedderk@ clarke.k12.ga.us

EVENTS: Athens Cabaret Showgirls (Go Bar) A unique drag show featuring performances by local drag artists. 10 p.m. 706546-5609 KIDSTUFF: Barnes & Noble Storytime (Barnes & Noble) Storytime for all ages. Children receive a free treat from the cafe. 11 a.m. FREE! 706-354-1195 SPORTS: UGA Football Game (UGA Sanford Stadium) The Dawgs take on the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. 12 p.m. www.georgiadogs. com

Sunday 25 ART: Holiday Open House and Art Sale (Chappelle Gallery) Happy Valley Pottery and Chappelle Gallery host an open house featuring art from 125 local and national craft artists. Nov. 23–25, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. FREE! 706-310-0985 CLASSES: Ballroom Dance Club (UGA Memorial Hall) Ballroom Dance lessons every Sunday! Nonstudents welcome. 6–7 p.m., FREE! (beginner). 7–8 p.m., $3 (advanced). ugadance.com/imnew GAMES: Trivia (The Capital Room) Every Sunday night! With your host: Evan Delany. First place will win $50, and second place will win $25. 8 p.m. FREE! www.thecapitalroom. com GAMES: Trivia (Dickey’s Barbecue Pit) Every Sunday. Featuring prizes, gift cards and drink specials. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-850-7561 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 GAMES: Trivia Sundays (Blind Pig Tavern) At the West Broad location. 6 p.m. 706-208-7979 KIDSTUFF: Visit with Santa (Native America Gallery) Come take a photo with Santa and get into the holiday spirit. 10 a.m.–7 p.m. 706-543-8425

Monday 26 ART: Southern Garden Series Opening Reception (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) An exhibition features the work of Annie Laurie Dodd. The reception includes the pre-sale of a limited edition series of giclée prints of Southern garden flowers. Proceeds benefit Founders Memorial Garden, the Lyndon House Arts Center and the Botanical Garden. 6 p.m. $25. www. botgarden.uga.edu

EVENTS: Cyber Monday at the Humane Society (The Athens Area Humane Society) Holiday deals include discounted spays and neuters, adoption certificates and humane society calendars. To redeem the coupon, bring PayPal confirmation to the Zeus House Shelter or Pet Supplies Plus. Cyber Monday purchases must be redeemed for service or for gift certificate by Jan. 31. All day. www. athenshumanesociety.org GAMES: Trivia (Highwire Lounge) Athens’ toughest trivia. $100 grand prize every week! All ages. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-543-8997 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) Get a team together and show off your extensive music knowledge every Monday! Hosted by Jonathan Thompson. 9 p.m. FREE! www.myspace.com/littlekingsshuffleclub KIDSTUFF: Bedtime Stories (ACC Library) Snuggle in your jammies and listen to bedtime stories. Every Monday. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-6133650 LECTURES AND LIT: Last Monday Book Group (ACC Library) Adult book discussion group. This month’s title is When the Emperor was Divine by Julie Otsuka. Newcomers welcome. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 PERFORMANCE: Hodgson Faculty Series (UGA Ramsey Concert Hall) UGA piano professor Martha Thomas. 8 p.m. $5 (w/ student ID), $10. www.pac.uga.edu PERFORMANCE: DMA Recital (UGA Edge Recital Hall) Wilson Wong performs on trombone. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.music.uga.edu

Tuesday 27 ART: Phi Beata Heata Student Jewelry Sale (UGA Tate Center) (Tate Plaza) A biannual sale of handmade items by UGA’s jewelry and metalwork students. 9 a.m.–5 p.m. www.art.uga.edu ART: Visiting Artist Lecture (Lamar Dodd School of Art) (Room S151) Alec Soth is a photographer born and based in Minneapolis. His photographs have been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions, including the 2004 Whitney and São Paulo Biennials. 5:30 p.m. FREE! artinfo@uga.edu CLASSES: Athens Swing Night (Dancefx) The UGA Swing Dance Club presents a casual evening of social swing dancing. No experience or partner necessary. Advanced lesson at 7 p.m., and beginner lesson at 7:30 p.m. 7–10 p.m. $3–5. www. athensswingnight.com CLASSES: Wireless for Beginners (Oconee County Library) Learn about wireless terminology and what is needed to set up Wi-Fi at home. Topics include wireless printing, hotspots and security. Registration required. 3–4 p.m. FREE! 706-7693950 EVENTS: Percentage Night for United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation (Cutters Pub) Dawgs for Mito, a campus group affiliated with the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation, hosts a percentage night at Cutter’s Pub to benefit mitochondrial disease research. 10 p.m.–2 a.m. 706-353-9800 EVENTS: West Broad Market Garden Produce Stand (West Broad Market Garden, 1573 W. Broad St.) Seasonal and naturally grown produce. Cash paying neighbors of the West Broad Garden get a 30% discount on produce. EBT pay-

ments will be accepted in the future. Tuesdays, 5–8 p.m. & Saturdays, 10 a.m.–1 p.m. FILM: Bad Movie Night (CinĂŠ) Anthony demands retribution (in the form of a cashier’s check) from a group of delinquent karate fanatics in Karate Warrior 2. 8 p.m. FREE! www.athenscine.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: 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 KIDSTUFF: Toddler Storytime (ACC Library) For children ages 18 months to 5 years. 9:30 & 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 LECTURES AND LIT: Rap, Race and Reality (UGA Tate Center) Hear from Chuck D, founder of rap group Public Enemy and public activist, producer and author, who was named one of the top-50 hiphop lyricists of all time by Rolling Stone. See Calendar Pick on p. 28. 7:30 p.m. FREE! (students), $5. www.uga.edu/union LECTURES AND LIT: Special Collections Library Tour (UGA Russell Library) Explore interactive kiosks with access to oral history interviews, historical film, video and sound recordings. Look for familiar faces from the state’s political history in Art Rosenbaum’s mural, “Doors.â€? Every Tuesday. 2 p.m. FREE! 706542-8079 MEETINGS: Public Hearing (The Classic Center) (Parthenon Room) UGA’s Fanning Institute hosts a public hearing on the downtown master plan. Voting will take place. 6 p.m. FREE! 706-357-4444 PERFORMANCE: DMA Recital (UGA Edge Recital Hall) David Gonzalez performs on trombone. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.music.uga.edu PERFORMANCE: DMA Recital (UGA Ramsey Concert Hall) Julie Kang Harvey performs on piano. 3:30 p.m. FREE! www.music.uga.edu PERFORMANCE: Recital (UGA Edge Recital Hall) Kathleen Fallin on trumpet. 3:30 p.m. FREE! www. music.uga.edu PERFORMANCE: Redshift Saxophone Quartet (UGA Ramsey Concert Hall) An ensemble of Hugh Hodgson School of Music graduate students. 8 p.m. FREE! www.music. uga.edu

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through November. 5–7 p.m. williams@warnell.uga.edu CLASSES: Life Drawing Open Studio (Lamar Dodd School of Art) (Room S370) Practice drawing or painting the human figure from life. No instruction provided. Ages 18 & up. 5:45–8:45 p.m. $7. cementflounder@gmail.com EVENTS: James Bond Live! (Ten Pins Tavern) Come dressed as your favorite Bond villian, Bond girl or James Bond himself. Specials on food, drinks and bowling. 8 p.m. 706-546-8090 EVENTS: Open Mic Night (Fuzzy’s Taco Shop) What rhymes with Fuzzy Taco? Performers and listeners welcome. Every Wednesday. 9 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0305 GAMES: Trivia (Copper Creek Brewing Company) Test your trivia chops for prizes! Every Wednesday. 9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-1102 GAMES: Trivia (Choo Choo Japanese Korean Grill Express) Jump on the trivia train! Every Wednesday. 7:30 p.m. www.choochoorestaurants.com 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 (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: Sports Trivia (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s) Test your sports knowledge every Wednesday night. 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-1916 KIDSTUFF: Toddler Storytime (ACC Library) For children ages 18 months to 5 years. 9:30 & 10:30 a.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: Barnes & Noble Storytime (Barnes & Noble) Storytime for all ages. Children receive a free treat from the cafe. 11 a.m. FREE! 706-354-1195 LECTURES AND LIT: Book Signing: Rob Peecher (Oconee County Library) Rob Peecher, the editor and publisher of The Oconee Leader, discusses and signs copies of his historical fiction novel, Jackson Speed: The Hero of El Teneria. 7–8:30 p.m. FREE! 706769-3950 LECTURES AND LIT: Oconee Democrats Book Group (Tlaloc El Mexicano Restaurant, Watkinsville) New location! The community book group will discuss Hunter S. Thompson’s book, Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail ‘72. 7 p.m. FREE! patricia.priest@ yahoo.com PERFORMANCE: Hodgson String Quartet (UGA Ramsey Concert Hall) The group is one of only three endowed student chamber music ensembles at UGA. 3:30 p.m. FREE! www.music.uga.edu

Down the Line ART: Phi Beata Heata Student Jewelry Sale 11/29 (Lamar Dodd School of Art) A biannual sale of handmade items by UGA’s jewelry

and metalwork students. 9 a.m.–5 p.m. www.art.uga.edu ART: UGA Ceramic Students Pottery Sale 11/29 (Lamar Dodd School of Art) Fall pottery sale in the first floor lobby. 9 a.m.–5 p.m. www. art.uga.edu EVENTS: Sew New Fashion Show 11/29 (Whole: Mind. Body. Art & Community) UGA students present 11 DIY designs in stylish sustainability. Donated clothes have been snipped, ripped and dyed into cocktail-attire creations. Entry includes food and drink. Proceeds benefit Partnering Ambassaddors for Life and Service (PALS). 8 p.m. $5–10. 706-968-0158, littlemacy@ gmail.com EVENTS: Primp for Pets Jewelry Show 11/29 (Iris Place, 755 Epps Bridge Pkwy.) Jewelry will be on display for holiday gifts. Pre-orders can also be placed at the Zeus House Shelter or Pet Supplies Plus. 90% of sales will benefit the Athens Area Humane Society. 6:30 p.m. www. athenshumanesociety.org EVENTS: Live Nativity 11/29 (First Presbyterian Church) Twenty live animals, refreshments, live music and Christmas art activities. Nativity will be in the parking lot behind the church and activities will be inside and in the courtyard. 6–8 p.m. FREE! www.firstpresathens.org EVENTS: Holiday Open House 11/29 (House Electric Lighting Showroom) Holiday treats, hot cider,

coffee and door prize drawings. Plus 20% off all showroom items. 4–7 p.m. FREE! 706-543-5280 KIDSTUFF: Family Dinner Night 11/29 (Earth Fare) Kids eat free every Thursday with one $5 adult purchase of prepared foods. Good for up to six kids, ages 12 & under. Games, storytelling and other entertainment each week. 4–8 p.m. $5. 706-227-1717 PERFORMANCE: Jazz Improv Performance 11/29 (Hugh Hodgson Hall) (Band Room) UGA’s Jazz Improv class gives its Fall performance. 11 a.m. FREE! www. music.uga.edu PERFORMANCE: UGA Holiday Concert 11/29 (Hugh Hodgson Hall) Music performed by Hugh Hodgson School of Music students, including the UGA Symphony Orchestra and choruses. 8 p.m. $5 (w/ student ID), $25. www.pac. uga.edu ART: OCAF Holiday Market 11/30 (OCAF) Some of the region’s top artists and crafters will be selling their original works. The juried market will include pottery, paintings, fiber art, stained and fused glass, jewelry, sculpture, photography and woodwork. Nov. 30, 5-9 p.m., & Dec. 1 & 2, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. $3. 706-7694565, www.ocaf.com ART: BFA Exit II: Photography 11/30 (UGA Lamar Dodd School of Art) (Gallery 101) Debut exhibition of the Skinny Jean Bandits, a collective of emerging local fine art photographers. 7 p.m. FREE! www. art.uga.edu

ART: Opening Reception 11/30 (Lamar Dodd School of Art) For the BFA Fabric Design exit show. 7–9 p.m. FREE! www.art.uga.edu ART: Athens Pop-Up Art Gallery 11/30 (ATHICA) Holiday shopping with contemporary fine art and crafts. Participating artists include Beverly Buchanan, Rich Panico, Mary Porter, Elizabeth Barton and more. Nov. 30, 5–8 p.m. Dec. 1, 9 a.m.–6 p.m. & Dec. 2, 12–4 p.m. athenspopup.blogspot.com EVENTS: Greensboro Tree Lighting 11/30 (Downtown Greensboro, GA) An evening of food, carols, tree lighting, hay rides and Santa! Call to register your caroling group. 6–8 p.m. FREE! 706-4537674, www.greensboroholiday.com PERFORMANCE: UGA Holiday Concert 11/30 (Hugh Hodgson Hall) Music performed by Hugh Hodgson School of Music students, including the UGA Symphony Orchestra and choruses. 8 p.m. $5 (w/ student ID), $25. www.pac. uga.edu THEATRE: The Dixie Swim Club 11/30 (The Historic Crawford School House, Crawford) Arts!Oglethorpe presents the hilarious and touching Jones Hope Wooten comedy about the friendship of five unforgettable women spanning a period of 33 years. Nov. 30 & Dec. 1, 7:30 p.m. Dec 2, 3 p.m. $15. 706-354-1339, www.arts!oglethorpe.com THEATRE: The Man Who Came to Dinner 11/30 (The Elbert Theatre) Cranky radio personality Sheridan Whiteside slips on the doorstep of

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Sufjan Stevens, Sheila Saputo Georgia Theatre As of press time, Sufjan Stevens had yet to begin his holiday tour, which might be called “The Sirfjam Stephanopolous Christmas Sing-A-Long Seasonal Affective Disorder Spectacular Music Pageant Variety Show Disaster,” or maybe “Surfjohn Stevens Christmas Sing-A-Long: Seasonal Affective Disorder Yuletide Disaster Pageant on Ice.” (The Internet is Sufjan Stevens unable to come to a consensus.) That unverified tidbit is among the only known details of the tour so far, yet Stevens’ Nov. 26 Georgia Theatre show sold out in “two shakes of a reindeer’s tail,” according to a venue representative, who answered all questions with similarly holiday-themed ambiguities. Stevens released his second Christmas music box-set, Silver & Gold, on Nov. 13 (the first was 2006’s Songs for Christmas: Vol 1–5). About a month prior, the enigmatic songwriter started a Christmas-themed blog where he posted music videos and song previews. The blog is both a serious and strange study of Christmas and all its accompanying religion, hysterical joy, commercialism and disappointment. Despite the potential tour titles and strange, dreamy videos, Stevens’ version of the holiday is much more intimate than most Christmas music. “If Christmas is the holiday of ‘worst case scenarios,’ then its carol has become its most corrupted currency, intoning rhapsody and romance with mistletoe and Marshmallow Fluff, placating the public with indelible melodies propagating a message of peace, love and venture capitalism,” reads Stevens’ website. “This is the true horror-show catharsis of Christmas: the existential emptiness that perseveres in the heart of modern man as he recklessly pursues his search for happiness and comes up empty-handed.” The 58 tracks on Silver & Gold are more varied than those on Songs for Christmas; six years and a smidge more cynicism have inspired electronic and lo-fi additions to Stevens’ signature folksy choruses. Yet Silver & Gold possesses the same surprising beauty that deems him so fit to take on this cultural mammoth. [Sydney Slotkin]

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LIVE MUSIC Tuesday 20 Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $3 (21+), $5 (18+). www.caledonialounge.com MUUY BIIEN Local band plays ‘80sstyle punk rock that’s equal parts Minor Threat and The Fall. SHAVED CHRIST Local punk band featuring members of American Cheeseburger, Witches, Dark Meat and Hot New Mexicans. NEON PISS Punk band from California. CHEAP ART The band formerly known as Coplifter offers top-notch hardcore from Atlanta. Go Bar 9 p.m. 706-546-5609 SAD DADS New local band featuring members of Blue Division. The group tells Flagpole it sounds like “shitty Pavement.” RAYVON PETTIS Versatile country and indie-rock singer/songwriter from Birmingham. SPIRIT TRAMP Gainesville, FL’s JT Bringardner plays pretty, atmospheric dream-pop. ALLIGATOR INDIAN Experimental pop from Asheville. The Melting Point Terrapin Tuesday. 7 p.m. $5. www. meltingpointathens.com ROXIE WATSON Five-piece “alternagrass” string band from Decatur, GA. Mirko Pasta 6 p.m. FREE! 706-850-5641 (Gaines School Rd. location) LOUIS PHILLIP PELOT Local singer-songwriter performs solo folk and country. Currently working on his debut album! Nowhere Bar Tuesday Night Confessional. 9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-4742 FESTER HAGOOD This local songwriter sings in a soft drawl that accents his simple, plucked country songs. JOHNNY ROQUEMORE Award winning songwriter, guitarist and vocalist plays character-rich folk. NANCY KAYE, CHANDLER MCGEE AND HILL ROBERTS Members from Trappers Cabin and The Law perform together. TODD WHITE Lead singer of 90 Acre Farm gets personal with a solo set. The Volstead 9 p.m.–1:30 a.m. 706-354-5300 KARAOKE Every Tuesday!

Wednesday 21 Boar’s Head Lounge 11 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 OPEN MIC NIGHT Showcase your talent. Every Wednesday! Farm 255 8 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com CALEB DARNELL Member of The Darnell Boys and Bellyache sings the blues. Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com DAVID BARBE An acclaimed local producer and former member of

Sugar and Mercyland, Barbe plays a special brand of full-throttle rock. HERNY BARBE Also known as Henry Barbe (Dozen Eggs). Go Bar Occupy Sandy Benefit! 10 p.m. 706546-5609 GREY MILK This edgy folk-rock outfit recently relocated to the Classic City from New England. CAPTAIN #1 This band spins grand tales of death, love and life through low-key acoustic pop. NO EXIT New local band’s debut performance. Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com THE HOBOHEMIANS This six-piece, acoustic band performs popular American and European roots music of the 1910s, ‘20s and ‘30s: a potent mix of proto-jazz, blues and folk. Jerzees 10 p.m.–1 a.m. $3 (21+), $5. 706850-7320 SPICY SALSA DANCING Salsa and Latin dancing. Every Wednesday.

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Terrapin Beer Co. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com MIKE ARMSTRONG Country singersongwriter from Flowery Branch.

Saturday 24 40 Watt Club 8 p.m. www.40watt.com WILL ENTREKIN Singer-songwriter. STREET RHYTHM AND RHYME Local group jams on funk, reggae, jazz and blues. BROTHERS AND SISTERS No information available. Amici 11 p.m. 706-353-0000 CANDID COAL PEOPLE Three-piece local folk-rock group. Caledonia Lounge 9 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com MAGNAPOP Linda Hopper and Ruthie Morris’ long-running punk-pop group is known for its high-energy shows. FIVE EIGHT Legendary Athens rock trio that consistently pumps out boisterous rock and roll. Their energetic live show has warmed the stage for such bands as R.E.M., Cheap Trick, The Ramones and more. SUPER HOOLIGAN Local band plays “energetic garage-rock anthems packed with big hooks and infectious choruses.� Dickey’s Barbecue Pit 7 p.m. FREE! 706-850-7561 KARAOKE With “The Queen of Karaoke,� Lynn Carson.

Dirty Birds Grand Opening! 8 p.m. 706-546-7060 OLD SKOOL TRIO Jazz jams featuring Carl Lindberg, Seth Hendershot on drums and Jason Fuller on keys. DJ JOHN SWINT Modern Skirts drummer spins two DJ sets, at 8 p.m. and midnight.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com COSMIC CHARLIE Grateful Dead covers like you’ve never heard before. MINA WEGNER Young singersongwriter from Eugene, OR.

Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com CORTEZ GARZA Local singersongwriter pushes the envelope with his unique blend of indie and Americana. KEN WILL MORTON With his gritty, soulful rasp, Morton trudges through Americana’s roots with rock and roll swagger and a folksinger’s heart. RYNE MEADOWS Local singersongwriter.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 6 p.m. $5 (adv), $7 (door). www.facebook.com/lkshuffleclub NEW METAL ORDER GOBBLEFEST Featuring performances from Artists of War, 10 Fingers Strong, The Fallow, Anatomy of Shadows, Buried with Children, Dierz Eve, Drag the Corpse, Diechotomy, Dragon Sleeper, Control the Devastator and The Harlots Chamber.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com ERIC SOMMER AND THE SOLAR FLARES Upbeat songs that showcase the D.C.-native guitarist’s proficiency in slide guitar and Travis picking.

The Melting Point 9 p.m. $5. www.meltingpointathens. com VELVET RUNWAY Playing ‘80s and classic rock tunes!

Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. $21. www.georgiatheatre.com COREY SMITH Singer-songwriter who combines emotional country influences with rough, soulful vocals. See story on p. 22. ADAM EZRA Pop tunes with a roots vibe. Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 ATHENS SHOWGIRL CABARET A unique drag show featuring performances by local drag artists. TWIN POWERS DJ Dan Geller (The Gold Party, The Agenda) and friends spin late-night glam rock, new wave, Top 40, punk and Britpop.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. FREE! 706-546-4742 THE WOODGRAINS Local band that plays a blend of funk, rock and soul. The Office Lounge 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-0840 KARAOKE With your host Lynn, the Queen of Karaoke! The Rialto Room After the Game! www.indigoathens.com WESLEY COOK Upbeat Atlanta-based songwriter with a knack for both melody and rhythm. Terrapin Beer Co. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com REASPEC This band plays a unique blend of hip-hop, soul and alt rock.

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Chuck D: Rap, Race and Reality Tate Center Grand Hall Chuck D is an anomaly in 2012. While the MC continues through both speech and action to work to expose the cracks in a perennially broken system, the majority of today’s radio rappers remain fixated on cars and clothes; on wealth, power and fame. It’s probably not the way Carlton Douglas Ridenhour envisioned it in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, when his group Public Enemy blasted out jams like “911 Is a Joke� and “Fight the Power,� inner- and inter-city anthems that seemed insanely bold at the time and still do, songs that represented rap’s emergence on the vanguard of an ongoing (if often painfully coded) cultural debate. It’s true that hip-hop is more popular than it has ever been in large part because of its move toward the middle. Chuck D has repeatedly lambasted the increased commercialization of rap music, expressing his desire that its key figures (specifically Jay-Z) “come to task� with their music rather than pander to the nebulous mainstream. Take a breath. This is, of course, all quite tricky. Yes, there is something inherently troubling about lambasting “today’s rappers� for not explicitly carrying on the political messages of their forefathers; likewise, were all artists as confrontational as Public Enemy, the genre would doubtless not be the cornerstone of American society it is today. Alternatively, it certainly can be argued that hip-hop does itself a disservice by advancing an overwhelmingly inaccurate portrayal of black culture. Chuck D’s upcoming UGA lecture, titled “Rap, Race and Reality,� will no doubt address these issues and, in doing so, get folks talking. But for a moment, let’s stop talking. As a true progenitor of modern music—and, at one historically significant point, conservative America’s most worthy adversary—this dude has a hell of a lot to say. It’s probably best to just shut up and listen. [Gabe Vodicka]

Sunday 25 The Globe 4 p.m. FREE! 706-353-4721 ATHENS CEILI BAND A weekly traditional Irish music section. Every Sunday from 4-7 p.m.! Highwire Lounge 8 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge.com ANDREW KAHRS Sultry blues guitar work accompanies powerful vocals for a soulful sound. Ten Pins Tavern 7:30 p.m. FREE! 706-546-8090 SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE BOWLING ALLEY BLUES BAND Featuring locals Paul Scales, Dave Herndon and Scott Sanders.

Monday 26 Georgia Theatre 7 p.m. $20. www.georgiatheatre.com SUFJAN STEVENS Widely acclaimed artist who plays everything from folk to electronic music. See Calendar Pick on p. 26. SHEILA SAPUTO Alter ego of singersongwriter Rosie Thomas. Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 HAND SAND HANDS Sample-driven psychedelia from Jonathan Miller. ANT’LRD Colin Blanton plays minimalist, ambient-leaning organica. LITESALIVE Minimalist electro. CULT OF RIGGONIA Experimental soundscapes with tribal, world music beats. FREAK HEAT WAVES Canadian post-punk group with shades of Television and Joy Division. The Grotto 8 p.m. FREE! 140 E. Clayton St. THE SEGAR JAZZ AFFAIR Every Monday. Smooth jazz played by DJ Segar from WXAG 1470. Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee. com OPEN MIC Local songstress Kyshona Armstrong hosts!

Tuesday 27 Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 JORDAN ARMSTRONG Local singer-songwriter. The Melting Point Terrapin Tuesday Series. 7 p.m. $5. www.meltingpointathens.com BLUEBILLY GRIT Local 2012 Telluride Bluegrass Band winners perform originals and some covers. Mirko Pasta 6 p.m. FREE! 706-850-5641 (Gaines School Rd. location) LOUIS PHILLIP PELOT Local singer-songwriter. Nowhere Bar Tuesday Night Confessional. 9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-4742 FESTER HAGOOD This local songwriter sings in a soft drawl that accents his simple, plucked country songs. TY MANNING Bearfoot Hookers guitarist plays a solo set. ADAM PAYNE Payne writes songs with a lot of heart. STEVE LABATE Occasional member of Bearfoot Hookers. The Volstead 9 p.m.–1:30 a.m. 706-354-5300 KARAOKE Every Tuesday!

WUOG Live in the Lobby! 8 p.m. FREE! www. wuog.org RED SEA Art-rock trio from Atlanta.

Wednesday 28 Boar’s Head Lounge 11 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 OPEN MIC NIGHT Showcase your talent. Every Wednesday! Farm 255 8–10 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com DIAL INDICATORS Local jazz act featuring George Davidson on sax. Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com YOUNG BENJAMIN Solo project of guitarist/banjoist Matt Whitaker featuring layers of moody melodies. ENGLAND IN 1819 An unusual combination of Southern edge and English introspection, with haunting lyrics and massive chamber rock. Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 JEFFERS MORNING Local rock trio plays fun, danceable pop-punk. Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. $5. www.hendershotscoffee.com TODD COWART Singer for local Southern-fried rock act The Hushpuppies Band plays a solo set. Jerzees 10 p.m.–1 a.m. $3 (21+), $5. 706850-7320 SPICY SALSA DANCING Salsa and Latin dancing. Every Wednesday. Little Kings Shuffle Club 9 p.m. $3. www.facebook.com/ lkshuffleclub BOILERMAN Gruff pop-punk from Chicago. NURTURE Local post-hardcore trio. KATER MASS Local melodic punk band influenced by acts like Propagandhi and Fugazi. Manor IGNITE Benefit! 8 p.m. $10. www.manorathens.org THE BLACK LIPS Garage-rock quartet famous for its raucous shows. TEALVOX Alternative rock band with a hint of classic British rock. THE RODNEY KINGS Scuzz punk. The Melting Point 8 p.m. $10. www.meltinpointathens. com JIM AVETT Singer-songwriter sure to give a “warm and relaxed, genuine and endearing� performance. BRIAN CONNELL Local folk singersongwriter is backed by former members of Little Francis. The Office Lounge 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-0840 KARAOKE With your host Lynn, the Queen of Karaoke! Porterhouse Grill 7 p.m. FREE! 706-369-0990 JAZZ NIGHT An evening of standards and improvisations. Tapped 9 p.m. FREE! 706-850-6277 KARAOKE Every Wednesday! Ten Pins Tavern 8 p.m. FREE! 706-546-8090 OPEN MIC NIGHT Hip-hop, spoken word, rock, singer-songwriters, DJs and more! Hosted by Amy Neese. Terrapin Beer Co. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com RUN RUN OCTOPUS New local retro rock band.

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ART 2012 Student Art Contest (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) This competition selects original artwork to adorn items for sale in SBG’s gift shop. All submissions must be from students ninth grade and above, including college students, who attend school full or part-time in Georgia. Winners receive up to $1,000. Artwork due Nov. 30. 706542-6014, www.botgarden.uga.edu Call for Artists (Farmington Depot Gallery) Now accepting applications for its holiday artist market, “Holidaze,” to be held on Dec. 1 & 2. Email farmingtongallery@gmail.com for application and details. Deck the Walls Holiday Shop (Lyndon House) Over 80 area artists offer wreaths, garlands, ornaments and other seasonal decorations for sale as well as popular gift items. Nov. 20–January, Tuesday–Saturday, 12–5 p.m. www.athensclarkecounty. com/lyndonhouse

AUDITIONS Athens Master Chorale Auditions (Athens Master Chorale) Now accepting auditions for alto, tenor and bass voice parts. Contact Joseph Napoli for information and scheduling. 706-546-0023, evenings only.

CLASSES Advanced Yoga Teacher Training (Athens, Ga) Vastu Yoga hosts a 500-hour yoga teacher training. Journey more deeply into your own practice while learning the technical skills necessary to

become a stellar yoga instructor. Visit website for location and info. Begins in November. $2,495. www.globalvastuyoga.com Beekeeping for Beginners (Booger Hill Bee Farm) Learn the basics of caring for, feeding and constructing a beehive. Three units, Dec. 9, Jan. 12 & Feb. 9, 9 a.m.–12 p.m. $95. www.botgarden.uga.edu Buddhist Book Study (Body, Mind & Spirit) Every Wednesday. 6 p.m. Donations accepted. 706-351-6024 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 Computer Tutorials (ACC Library) Choose from a list of topics for personalized, one-onone instruction. The library also offers online computer classes in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel and eBooks. Call for times and to register. 706-613-3650 Dance Classes (Dancefx) Ballet, tap, hip-hop, Zumba, contemporary, foxtrot, Western dancing, strip aerobics, ballroom dancing, salsa, pilates and more. Check website for schedule. 706-355-3078, www.dancefx.org Gentle Hatha Integral Yoga (St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church) All levels welcome. Tuesdays, 5:30–7 p.m. $9/class. 706-543-0162, mfhealy@bellsouth.net, www.mind fuliving.org Improv Class (UGA Tate Center) Practice your improv comedy skills with Laugh Out Loud’s improv games. Thursdays, 6:30–8:30 p.m. FREE! www.improv.uga.edu Kindle Tutorials (Madison County Library) Kindle Touch e-reader tutorials are available every

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day in November at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 5 p.m., and an extra tutorial at 7 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Bring a Kindle from home or check one out from the library. FREE! 706-795-5597 Lori’s Boot Camp (Fitness at Five) Get in shape! Thursdays, 6:30–7:30 p.m. & Saturdays, 11 a.m.–12:15 p.m. 706-353-6030, www.fitnessatfive.com Middle Eastern Drum Circle (Floorspace) All skill levels and ages welcome. Saturdays, 12:30 p.m. $6–$12 donation. www.floorspace athens.com Pints and Paints (Pints and Paints) A local artist will teach you step-by-step how to create your very own masterpiece. Tuesdays & Thursdays, 6:30 p.m., $20–30. www.pintsandpaints.com Power Yoga for Athletes (Total Training Center) Stretch out sore muscles every Monday night. 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 Tribal Style Bellydance Basics (Floorspace) Bellydance basics every Thursday, 5:45–7 p.m. Tribal style bellydancing every Tuesday, 6–7 p.m. $10–$12. www.floorspaceathens.com Yoga Classes (Healing Arts Centre) Several types of ongoing yoga classes are offered for all levels, including ashtanga, therapeutic, vinyasa yoga, power lunch yoga and pilates. Visit website for details. www.healingartscentre.net Yoga Teacher Training (5 Points Yoga) Yoga Allianceregistered 200-hour yoga teacher training. Journey more deeply into your own practice while learning

This small girl is smart and sensible. She 125 Buddy Christian Way • 706-613-3540 wants to please Open every day except Wednesday 10am-4pm and could probably learn Very sweet Chihuahua Buddy is a small, all anything. She likes mix weighs just over 10 black Dachshund kids, cats, is already pounds and has an injury mix, neutered, spayed and only weighs on her back from a pellet housetrained and 30 pounds. Calm and gun (insert frowny face up to date on shots. cuddly, don’t overlook here)! Very gentle, loving He’s an adult but her! girl who doesn’t mind likes toys, playing and being carried. especially tug of war.

Great-looking Staffordshire Terrier has one brown eye and one blue and a few brown spots on her snowwhite coat. She’s a strong, healthy girl, capable of pulling you around, so you’ll have to teach her not to do that. Friendly and fun and she makes piggy noises.

Sam and George Davidson’s prints are on display at Ciné through November. technical skills necessary to become a stellar yoga instructor. Saturdays, 12 p.m. Jan. 4–July 21. $1,900. www.athensfivepointsyoga.com Yoga Teacher Training (Whole: Mind. Body. Art.) Yoga Allianceregistered 200-hour yoga teacher training. Journey more deeply into your own practice while learning technical skills necessary to become a stellar yoga instructor. Saturdays, Jan. 5-May 11, 8 a.m.–6 p.m. $1,450. www.yogafulday.com Yoga Teacher Training Course (Athens, Ga) Yoga teacher and Yoga Alliance RYT200 certification course. Visit website for location details. Saturdays, Jan. 5–May 11, 8 a.m.–6 p.m. $1,450. www. yogafulday.com Zumba (Athens Latino Center for Education and Services (ALCES)) Instructed by Maricela Delgado. Every Monday, 8–9 p.m. and Wednesday, 6–7 p.m. & 7:15–8:15 p.m. $5 (1 class), $8 (for both Wed. classes). 706-540-0591 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, $70/session. www.uga. edu/botgarden Zumba(r) with Ingrid (Casa de Amistad) A dance fitness class that incorporates Latin and international music. Mondays & Fridays, 6–7 p.m. $5. zumbathens@gmail.com

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Be a Santa to a Senior (Terrapin Beer Co.) Seeking donations of toiletries, crosswords, pajamas, hats, scarves, picture frames, etc., for the Athens Community Counsel for Aging. A Santa photo booth, commemorative pint glasses and

ornaments available to donators. www.accaging.org Help Pave the Way (ACC Library) The library is selling engraved pavers for the flooring of an outside reading garden patio. Contributions help support the library’s collection and programming. $100 (tax-deductable). 706-613-3650, ext. 336 Holiday Pet Food Drive (Athens, Ga) The Athens Area Humane Society is collecting large, unopened bags of Purina brand cat and dog chow for those who are unable to feed their pets during the holiday season. Nov. 15–Dec. 15. Check website for drop off locations. www.athenshumanesociety.org Homestead Hospice Volunteers Needed (Homestead Hospice, Bogart) For patient companionship and/ or administrative duties. Volunteer recruitment and training day on Nov. 29, 9-11 a.m. 706-548-8444, jarpdunham@homesteadhospice.net

KIDSTUFF ACC Leisure Program Registration (Athens, Ga) Fall programs open for registration. Visit website for list of programs like indoor soccer, gymnastics, dance, basketball and art classes. www. athensclarkecounty.com/leisure Arrow Shared Nanny Sessions (Arrow) Caregiving with a child ratio of 1 to 3. For ages 6 months–4 years. Pre-registration required. Monday–Thursday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. and Friday, 9 a.m.–1 p.m. $30–125. ourarrow@gmail. com, www.ourarrow.com 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 Kids’ Craft Classes (Treehouse Kid and Craft) Mama/Papa & Me craft class for ages 1–3 (Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. & Saturdays, 10 a.m.), Craft Club for ages 6–10 (Wednesdays & Thursdays, 4 p.m.) and Family Crafterdays (Saturdays, 11 a.m.). $10/class, $30/4 classes. 706-850-8226, www.treehousekid andcraft.com New Mamas & Babies Group (Arrow) Meet other new parents and their pre-crawling little ones. Thursdays, 10 a.m.–12 p.m. $5, $30 (8 visits). www.ourarrow.com Pop-In Playtime (Pump It Up) Children ages 11 & under can bounce around and have a jumping good time. Wednesdays, 3:30-5:30 p.m. $3 (ages 2 & under), $6 (ages 2 & up). 706-613-5676 Spanish Lessons for Tots (Arrow) Spanish lessons with music, dancing and fun surprises led by Sarah Ehlers. For ages 2.5–4 years old. Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m.–12 p.m. $10. ourarrow@gmail.com Yoga Sprouts Family Yoga (Five Points Yoga) For ages 2 & older with an adult. Sundays through Nov., except Nov. 25. 1–1:45 p.m. $60. yogasprouts@gmail.com, www.athensfivepointsyoga.com Zoo Exhibit Hall (Memorial Park) The community can explore Bear Hollow’s exhibit hall and visit some of the animals used in programs. Saturdays, 1–4 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3616, ext. 22.

ON THE STREET “Ripple Effect” Film Contest (Athens, Ga) Filmmakers are invited to create original short films about water conservation and water stewardship. The finalists’ films will be

shown at the EcoFocus Film Festival in the spring. Enter by Dec. 5. www. rippleeffectfilmproject.org Athens Jewish Film Festival Shorts Competition (Athens, GA) Submit an original short film addressing the “Jewish experience.” Deadline Dec. 1. FREE! www.athens jff.org/shorts-competition.html EcoFocus Film Festival (Athens, GA) Seeking film entries that inspire audiences about environmental films. Deadline Dec. 15. www.ecofocusfilmfest.org/submit Evergreen Community Garden Seeks Gardeners (Evergreen Community Garden, 285 Tallassee Rd.) Those interested in gardening can use the land, tools and classes at Evergreen Community Garden. Use of resources is free. 704-877-7928, aggeles@uga.edu

Low Income Heating Energy Assistance Program Appointments (Athens, Ga) LIHEAP is now taking appointments for eligible home heating assistance applicants. Appointments for the elderly will be held Nov. 26–28, and general appointments are Dec. 17–19. Call 706-424-2866 Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary School Grant (Athens, Ga) Seeking online votes to win $50,000 from the Clorox “Power a Bright Future” grant that would help fund ongoing programs. Go to www.powerabrightfuture.com to vote. Voting lasts through Dec. 12. Sharpshooter’s Basketball Clinic (Lay Park) This clinic focuses on skills. Thursdays, Oct. 11–Dec. 6., 5:30–6:30 p.m. $1–2. www.athensclarkecounty.com/lay

ART AROUND TOWN A. LAFERA SALON (2440 W. Broad St.) Impressionistic oil paintings of the natural world by Perry McCrackin. AMICI ITALIAN CAFÉ (233 E. Clayton St.) Atmospheric paintings ranging from introspective melancholy to stark mechanical by Jacob Wenzka. Through November. ANTIQUES & JEWELS ART GALLERY (290 N. Milledge Ave.) Paintings by Mary Porter, Christine Shockley, Dorthea Jacobson, Lana Mitchell, John Gholson, Greg Benson and Ainhoa Bilbao Canup. Art quilt by Elizabeth Barton and handmade jewelry by various artists. 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.) 2D and 3D pieces by Matthew Gentry. Through November. ATHENS ACADEMY (1281 Spartan Lane) In the Myers Gallery, “Athens Portrait Artists,” works by William “Rocky” Sapp, John Ahee, Noah Saunders, Leah B. Mantini, Jean Westmacott, Meredith Lachin and Katherine E. Schuber. Through Dec. 14. • In the Harrison Center, “Earth Show” includes works by O.C. Carlisle, Jane Crisan, Leigh Ellis, Caroline Montigue, Richard Patterson, Joe Ruiz, Patrick Snead, Lawrence Stueck and Charles Warnock. THE BRANDED BUTCHER (225 N. Lumpkin St.) Paintings and drawings by Sanithna Phansavanh. CINÉ BARCAFÉ (234 W. Hancock Ave.) “Davidson & Davidson,” artwork by father/son duo Sam and George Davidson. Through Dec. 11. CIRCLE GALLERY AT UGA (285 S. Jackson St.) “American Dreams: The Paradox of Failed Subdivisions in Georgia,” a photographic exhibition by Stephanie Bryan. Through Dec. 21. EARTH FARE (1689 S. Lumpkin St.) Glass and paper wall works by Annette Paskiewicz. Through November. ETIENNE BRASSERIE (311 E. Broad St.) Paintings by Alan Campbell. Through November. FARMINGTON DEPOT GALLERY (1011 Salem Rd., Farmington) Owned and staffed by 16 artists, the gallery exhibits paintings, sculpture, folk art, ceramics and fine furniture. Permanent collection artists include Michael Pierce, Nick Joslyn, Peter Loose, Anna Marino and more. • “Bucolanalia” includes paintings and drawings by featured artist Matt Alston. Through Dec. 30. FLICKER THEATRE & BAR (263 W. Washington St.) “Oneironaut” includes drawings by James Greer. Through November. GAINESVILLE STATE COLLEGE OCONEE CAMPUS (1201 Bishop Farms Pkwy., Watkinsville) The Oconee Student Art Exhibit includes works by Isabell Daniel, Jennifer Graff, Stacy Koffman and Kate Windley. Through November. GEORGIA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY (East Campus Rd.) A collection of mounted game animals featuring lynxes, African leopards, Alaskan bears, water buffalo and elk, as well as live corn snakes, tarantulas and other animals. GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (90 Carlton St.) “Beyond the Bulldog: Jack Davis.” Through Jan. 6. • “The Look of Love: Eye Miniatures from the Skier Collection.” Through Jan. 6. • Murals of agriculture scenes by George Beattie. Through Jan. 7. • “De Wain Valentine: Human Scale” features eight largescale, minimalist and translucent sculptures. Through

Spay and Neuter Fall Special (Athens Area Humane Society) Dog and cat spay/neuter surgeries for $10 off, and free rabies vaccine. Now through Nov. 29. 706-769-9155, www.athenshumanesociety.org

SUPPORT Domestic Violence Support Group (Athens, Ga) Tuesdays, 6–8 p.m., in Clarke County. First and Third Mondays, 6:30–8 p.m., in Madison County. Childcare provided. 706-543-3331 (hotline), 706-613-3357, ext. 771. Emotional Abuse Support Group (Athens, Ga) Childcare provided. Call for location. Wednes­ days. 6:30–8 p.m. 706-543-3331 (hotline), 706-613-3357, ext. 771.

Jan. 27. • “John Haley: Berkeley School of Abstract Expressionist.” Through Mar. 3. • “Defiant Beauty: The Work of Chakaia Booker” consists of large-scale sculptures created from tires. Through Apr. 30. GALLERY@HOTEL INDIGO (500 College Ave.) “PLACE: Photography” includes works by Michael Lachowski, Carl Martin and Stephen Scheer. Through Dec. 20. THE GRIT (199 Prince Ave.) Artwork by Aimee Morris, Toby Cole, Darin Beasley and Jacob Morris. Through Dec. 8. HEIRLOOM CAFE AND FRESH MARKET (815 N. Chase St.) “Fruit of Life” features oil paintings by Keara Connor. Through November. HENDERSHOT’S COFFEE BAR (1560 Oglethorpe Dr.) Artwork by Erin McIntosh. Through November. JITTERY JOE’S EASTSIDE (1860 Barnett Shoals Rd.) Photography by Page Hall that captures the whimsy and distortion created by the movement of ocean water. Through Dec. 7. JUST PHO (1063 Baxter St.) Drawings and paintings by Michele Chidester. KRIMSON KAFE (40 Greensboro Hwy., Watkinsville) Works by Charles Dyer. Through November. LAMAR DODD SCHOOL OF ART (270 River Rd.) “Minimalish,” a group show presenting works by Art-X students. Through Nov. 23. LEATHERS BUILDING ART SPACE (675 Pulaski St.) Mixed media art by Jessica “Cobra” McVey and Trevor Oxley. Through December. LOFT GALLERY AT CHOPS & HOPS (2 S. Main St., Watkinsville) “Goddesses: The Real and the Imagined,” colorful paintings by Melody Croft exploring the emotional complexities of race, gender, age and culture. Through December. LYNDON HOUSE ARTS CENTER (293 Hoyt St.) “Discovering History: Decorative Arts and Genealogy from the Ware and Lyndon Family Eras.” Through Jan. 12. • “Arts from Indian Asia: Selections from Local Collections.” Through Jan. 26. MADISON MORGAN CULTURAL CENTER (424 S. Main St., Madison) “Consequences of War” features “Flight,” an exhibit of lithographs by 12 mid-century masters. Through Feb. 24. MAMA’S BOY (197 Oak St.) Ink and watercolor art by Meg Abbott. Through November. OCONEE COUNTY LIBRARY (1080 Experiment Station Rd.) Watercolors by Mark Willis. Through November. SEWCIAL STUDIO (160 Tracy St.) Hand-dyed art quilts by Anita Heady and rust and over-dyed fabric on canvas by Bill Heady. SIPS ESPRESSO CAFE (1390 Prince Ave.) Acrylic paintings by Johnny Gordon. • Rust art by Bill Heady. STATE BOTANICAL GARDEN OF GEORGIA (2450 S. Milledge Ave.) Photographs of nature by Robert Rushton. Through Nov. 25. STRAND HAIR STUDIO (1625 S. Lumpkin St.) Unique paintings, assemblages and collages by Charley Seagraves and blown glass by Sy Dowling. Through November. TOWN 220 (220 W. Washington St., Madison) “Observations” includes encaustic paintings by Mary Leslie. Through Jan. 26. VISIONARY GROWTH GALLERY (2400 Booger Hill Rd., Danielsville) “Brained” features works by Grover Hogan, Tim Gartrell, Michael McAleer, Haru Park, John Crowe and special guest artist Bud Lee. Through December. WHITE TIGER (217 Hiawassee Ave.) “Keep Moving” features a selection of works on paper created by Krista Dean’s students at Chase Street Elementary School. Through November.

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Avail. now! 2BR/1BA. All elec. Water, trash incl. 125 Honeysuckle Lane, right behind the new Steak ‘N Shake. $450/mo. w/ $300 dep. Lease & references req’d. Call (706) 2276000. Flagpole Classifieds are awesomesauce!

1BR/1BA apt. Adjacent to UGA campus. Avail. Dec. or Jan. $475–520/ mo. Water, parking, pest, trash p/u. No pets. (706) 354-4261.

A unique 1BR/1.5BA apt. in a vintage house turned triplex. Cozy feel, very clean, excellent location on Jefferson Rd. Laundry room W/D incl. Ceiling fans. $550/mo. Call Sharon for more information. (706) 351-3074.

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Commercial Property Chase Park Paint Artist Studios. Historic Blvd. a r t i s t c o m m u n i t y. 1 6 0 Tracy St. Rent 300 sf., $150 mo. 400 sf., $200/mo. (706) 546-1615 or www. a t h e n s t o w n p ro p e r t i e s . com. Eastside offices, 1060 Gaines School Rd. Rent 750 sf. $900/mo., 400 sf. $600/mo. (706) 5461615 or athenstown properties.com. For sale or lease. Commercial/residential. Huge home on busline, near campus. 2 kitchens, DR, 2LRs, 4-5BR/2BA. L g . y a rd , p o rc h . O ff street parking. $1150/mo. $399,000. David, (706) 247-1398. Prince Ave. near Daily Grocery, 2nd floor, 4 huge offices w/ lobby & kitchen. Super nice. $1600/mo. Call Cole, (706) 2022733. www.boulevard propertymanagement. com.

Condos for Rent 2BRs across from campus for Fall semester. 4BR at Urban Lofts a v a i l . i m m e d i a t e l y. Also, studio Dwntn. a v a i l . M a y & o n w a rd . (404) 557-5203, www. downtownathensrentals. weebly.com.

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3BR/2BA Eastside townhome. On bus route. W/D incl. FP. Pets OK. Avail. Jan. 1st. Short term lease avail. Only $700/mo.! Aaron, (706) 207-2957. Just reduced! Investor’s West-side condo. 2BR/2BA, FP, 1500 sf., great investment, lease 12 mos. at $575/mo. Price in $40s. For more info, call McWaters Realty at (706) 353-2700 or (706) 5401529.

Duplexes For Rent 5 Pts. duplex. 2BR/1BA. Renovated, HWflrs., CHAC, W/D provided. Across street from Memorial Park. Extremely quiet. No pets. 9–12 mo. lease. 253 Marion Dr. $650/ mo. Graduate students & professionals p re f e r re d . w w w. rentalsathens.com. Reference quad. (706) 202-9805. A v a i l . n o w. 2 B R / 1 B A duplex on Westside. 181 Nicole Cir. W/D conn. FP, CHAC, fenced yd. $425/ mo. + $425 deposit. (706) 498-4733. Brick duplex, 2BR/1BA, very clean. Just 2 mi. to campus on nor th side Athens. 2 units avail. Pets OK. $500/mo. + dep. Call Sharon, (706) 351-3074.

Houses for Rent 1 or 2BR, recently renovated, private, quiet location near Publix. All elec., CHAC, new appls., W/D, DW, HWflrs. Water & garbage paid. $650-680/ m o . w w w. b o u l e v a r d proper tymanagement. com, (706) 548-9797. LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO LIVE? You’re in the right place! Flagpole Classifieds can help.

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2BR/1BA house. 1100 sf. Huge kitchen, LR and BRs. All elec. W/D, CHAC. $600/ mo. + dep. Avail. Dec. 1. Call Mark, (706) 202-5110. 2BR/2BA. Close to Dwntn. Fenced yd., pets welcome. Storage, new appls., HWflrs., HVAC, sec. sys. $1000/mo. Avail. now! (706) 247-6967. 205 Little Street. 2BR/1BA. Water, gas, power incl. Near Dwntn. $550/mo. Call Joiner Management (706) 353-6868. 3BR/2.5BA. Ikea kitchen w/ island. Huge master BR w/ sitting room & spa bath. All elec. W/D, CHAC, DW, skylights, huge deck, fenced-in yd. $1200/mo. + dep. Avail. Jan. 1. Call Mark, (706) 202-5110. 3BR/2BA directly behind ARMC! 2 LRs, new carpet & paint, hardwoods, fenced backyard. Pets OK. Avail. Jan. 1st. Short term lease avail. $1000/mo. Aaron, (706) 207-2957. 3BR/2BA, 2077 S. Lumpkin, $ 1 2 0 0 / m o . W / D . , D W, sec. sys. & ceiling fans. 3BR/2BA, 2071 Lumpkin, $1000/mo. incl. water, lawn maint. & garbage. W/D, DW. (706) 546-0300. 3BR/2BA in Normaltown. Avail. now! HWflrs., CHAC, quiet street. Grad students pref’d. Rent negotiable. (706) 372-1505. Artist studio/garden cottage. Ver y private, quiet, lovely setting. Dwntn. Watkinsville, walk 1 block to Jittery Joe’s. Great restaurants, music on the lawn, lg. open main rm. w/ great windows. 2BR/1BA, screen porch, 1200 sf. Professional/grad student. N/S, no candles, pets neg. $750/mo. incl. water for 1 & all appl. Avail. Dec. 20! Pls. call (706) 207-5175. Leave msg. Cedar Creek: 4BR/2BA, partially fenced yd., $950/ mo. 5 Pts.: Off Baxter St., 4BR/2BA, $1000/ mo. Eastside: 5BR/2BA, large lot, $1000/mo. Call McWaters Realty, (706) 353-2700, (706) 540-1529.

For rent: 3BR/2BA house o n l a r g e l o t o n We s t Lake Dr. AC, W/D, water/ garbage incl. $1200/mo. Call (706) 340-4938 or (706) 340-7938.

Houses for Sale Why pay rent? For sale: duplex. 2BR/1BA each side. HWflrs. & renovated. Near ARMC. 147 & 149 Hart Ave. $118,500. (706) 202-9805.

Parking & Storage Parking places for rent across from UGA. $30/mo. (706) 354-4261.

Roommates Re-listed! Roommate needed immediately for house off Pulaski St. Screened porch, W/D. Only a 10 min. walk from Dwntn. Only $250/mo. Calls only: (706) 548-9744. Roommate wanted for newly decorated Eastside duplex in quiet area near bus stop & shopping. $275 & split utils. Call Racal, (229) 255-7683.

Rooms for Rent Friendly house on Eastside! Lovely pond & surrounded by nature, only 10 min. from campus! 3 awesome roommates & pets to keep you company. $300, not incl. utils. Call (770) 2664548 or (706) 254-0820 & leave a message. Also, check out ad on Craigslist, “The coolest house in Athens,” for pictures!

For Sale FURNITURE King sized bed frame and dresser for sale. Cherry wood, good condition, never been used. $800. (706) 318-8278.

Miscellaneous Archipelago Antiques. 23 years of fine antiques, art & retro. Underneath Homeplace. At 1676 S. Lumpkin St. (706) 3544297. Come to Cillies, 175 E. Clayton St. for vintage Louis Vuitton. 20% off single purchase of clothing, sandals and jewelry (excl. J. Crew). 1/ person. Go to Agora! Awesome! Affordable! The ultimate store! Specializing in retro ever ything: antiques, furniture, clothes, bikes, records & players! 260 W. Clayton St., (706) 3160130.

Instant cash is now being paid for good vinyl records & CDs in fine condition. Wuxtry Records, at corner of Clayton & College downtown. (706) 3699428.

Music Equipment Nuçi’s Space needs your old instruments & music gear! All donations are taxdeductible. Call (706) 2271515 or come by Nuçi’s Space, 396 Oconee St.

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 www. AthensSchool ofMusic. com, (706) 543-5800. Guitar lessons! College instructor w/ doctorate in music. All styles, beginners too. Bass, theory & composition too. 1st lesson free. Call David, (706) 5467082. davidguitar4109@ h o t m a i l . c o m . w w w. m i t c h e l l m u s i c g u i t a r. com.

Music Services Eady Guitars, Guitar B u i l d i n g & R e p a i r. 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, e l e c t ro n i c s , p re c i s i o n fretwork. Previous clients incl. R.E.M., Widespread P a n i c , C r a c k e r, B o b Mould, John Berry, Abbey Road Live!, Squat. (706) 549-1567. Wedding bands. Quality, professional bands. Weddings, parties. Rock, jazz, etc. Call Classic City Entertainment. (706) 549-1567. www. classiccityentertainment. com. Featuring The Magictones - Athens’ premiere wedding & party band. www.themagictones. com. Do you want to make $$$ with your music related business? Advertise in Flagpole! Call (706) 5490301 for details.

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Big City Bread Café is now accepting applications for fulltime, over night bakers & dishwashers. Please apply in person.

Student cleaning special: 1BR/BA, $25. Pet & ear th f r i e n d l y, l o c a l & independent. Regular or one time. Get it done now & let the sunshine in. Text/call Nick, (706) 851-9087.

GA licensed sassypants needed, Model Citizen Salon. Drop resume by 497 Prince Ave. Soul, style & tap dancing skills a plus.

Holiday season is a great time to get your entrepreneurial mind working. Have a service you can offer merr y but busy revelers? Let them know where to find you with Flagpole Classifieds. Call (706) 549-0301 or visit classifieds.flagpole. com.

Strand Hair Studio has an opening for a motivated, easygoing hairstylist looking for a calm, relaxing environment w/ established clientele. Fixed rent. (706) 5498074.

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Psychics Renowned psychic advisor specializing in love, relationships, finance & career. I will guide you in overcoming challenges for a much happier life. Betty is a natural-born empath & psychic life coach. Call (706) 224-5026.

Spa The location of Athens’ best massage therapists, estheticians & nail technicians is not classified. Call The Spa at Foundry Park Inn now at (706) 4259700.

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reality check Matters Of The Heart And Loins I’m part of an ethnic/religious group that values dating and marrying within itself. Even though I know it doesn’t make a ton of sense all the time (because I know that people from different groups can have things in common), I usually feel like dating partners from within my group is easier (less explaining or racist comments) and much prefer it. The problem is that there aren’t many of us and that I lower my standards tremendously in order to date within my group. I’ve stayed with partners who were immature, who cheated, who ignored me, etc., all because I value dating someone who I could potentially marry and start a family with. Being part of this ethnic/religious group is a prerequisite for marriage for me, but I keep dating losers in the hope that they will grow into better partners. I feel guilty dating good people outside of my group and unfairly see them as less desirable. I know that this is wrong, but I guess I’m brainwashed. I’m not sure what I’m supposed to do here except for explore the world around me and hope that the backlash (from my community/family and from potential partners that don’t like my ethnic/religious group) isn’t too bad. Do you have any advice on how to deal with my values (which don’t always serve me well) and my emotional needs? I feel like I can’t have everything in just one person because of this and that I need to date many people in order to fill in the gaps that my “matching� partner doesn’t. I keep dating losers, I keep putting up with bullshit, and I keep restricting myself from potentially positive relationships. How do I un-brainwash myself? Sincerely, Caught Between Two Worlds You obviously have prejudices of your own, and whether or not you can blame it on brainwashing is not for me to say. Gods forbid I would call your ethnic/religious group “brainwashed,� because that would make me the racist one, right? You say you only want to date within your particular ethnic/religious group because those are the people whom you can imagine starting a family with. But what makes you think that somebody who is not currently part of your group wouldn’t be willing to raise children with your traditions? I mean, obviously you can’t change a potential partner’s ethnicity, but you could possibly convert them to your religion. The idea that somebody is inherently “better� because they are part of your group has already proven wrong, over and over. And clearly you have had some bad experiences with people who are not part of your group saying ignorant things. That is a shame. But we have all had crappy dates and crappy boyfriends, CBTW. What you have to do is focus on finding a guy whom you are physically attracted to who has the qualities you want in a person—like intelligence, compassion, a sense of humor—and then you can explore whether or not they have the right qualities to be a husband and father. Right now, it seems like you’re just going about it all wrong, picking random assholes whom you happen to

share ethnicity and a religious background with and then hoping that they will turn into good people if you wait around long enough. This is almost as backward as dating somebody who holds your background against you and hoping that they will eventually learn to forgive you or ignore it. You shouldn’t have to apologize for who you are or what you want. I think if you find a guy whom you really like and are compatible with and who treats you well, then you will either convince your friends and family to accept him or you will stop caring what they think. I’m adopted and am getting ready to marry in about a year. Fortune has favored us to where my fiancĂŠ and I are looking to pay for the whole thing. The problem I am having is this: I was adopted by a family who already had kids. I am not close to my brothers at all, because of the drastic age difference and huge lifestyle differences. I am 22, and my youngest brother is 35, with the eldest being 45. I am libertarian, they both are Republican/rednecks/ whitetrash. Am I required to invite them to the rehearsal dinner? What about their children? They both have two each, and they are very poorly behaved and not disciplined at all. I don’t want to foot the bill for demons to ruin what could be a fun night out, but also understand how it could be awkward not to invite them if my fiancĂŠ wants to invite his sister to the dinner. Do we not invite either sets, do we just invite his, or do we suck it up and let them all come and tell them to get a sitter? How does one ever tell someone to leave their spawns-of-Satan at home? Sincerely, I May Be Poorer Than I Thought Soon This is your day, and you are footing the bill. There is no reason why you should feel obligated to invite anyone. I don’t see how your brothers would even know that a dinner was happening if you didn’t tell them. That being said, this is a nice time to get family together and share in a big moment, etc., etc. And don’t underestimate the power of guilt to ruin a good time. You obviously wouldn’t be writing to me if this wasn’t a big issue for you, and if you are going to be second guessing yourself the whole time, you might as well just suck it up and send the invite. (Though it is entirely possible that this is just residual guilt left over from my brief time as a Catholic talking—who knows?) The part about the kids is very simple. You send invitations addressed to your brothers and their wives. Write each of their full names on the envelope, all fancy-like, and write inside “Please, no guests under 21 years of ageâ€? or some such. Trust me, people do this all the time. And hell, if their kids are that awful, they will probably be happy to have an excuse to leave them at home. Jyl Inov Got a question for Jyl? Submit your anonymous inquiry via Reality Check at flagpole.com.

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