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All My Trials, Pt. 1 This week’s symposium at the law school (see last week’s Pub Notes) on famous Athens-area cases brought to my mind the case I was involved in that didn’t make the cut for the legal gathering. The trial of “The Athens 8” came at the end of a period of campus activism that involved sit-ins and riots and culminated at Kent State University with the killing of four students by National Guardsmen.

On campus here, student activism had taken a more political path (except for the attempt to burn the ROTC building), with the eventual election of a liberal-progressive student government, headed ultimately by an unashamedly gay leader.

Meanwhile, the university also had a new, young president who was installed to oversee an influx of money appropriated by the legislature for the purpose of rapidly expanding and upgrading the university, which already had been through a building boom that included the high-rise dormitories along Baxter Street. In the attempt to assure that the high-rises did not turn into isolated student ghettoes, the university had instituted programs to extend academics and trained student counselors into the dorms, to try to blur the lines of separation between learning and living. The program was highly successful and much studied by other schools across the country—and by a certain South Georgia lawyer, who discovered that it included a co-ed dorm, where men and women lived on alternate floors, and his daughter was one of those women. He blew the whistle, and the legislature expressed its displeasure. The university began to dismantle the How The Red and Black saw it on May 4, 1972. dormitory programs, causing the students who were part of them—many of whom were also involved with the student government—to resist the end of what they saw as a vital, effective outreach. Rebuffed by the university administration, the students—dorm counselors and student government representatives—sought an audience with the president, and were ignored. Thus ensued the last of the college sit-ins, long after the tactic had played out across the country, after the university had spent half a decade formulating plans on what to do if it happened here.

Thirty-three students entered the office of the president and declared their intention of remaining in his waiting room peacefully until the president would meet with them. Having heard about the effort, I walked over from my campus office and joined them, to show faculty support for what they were doing. Shortly after I arrived, so did the campus police. We were all arrested, handcuffed, charged with criminal trespass—a misdemeanor punishable by up to $1,000 fine and a year in jail—and taken to a cell upstairs in the court house.

My office keys were confiscated as dangerous weapons, and I never did get them back.

Shortly, we posted bond of $50 each, and then began a long period of legal maneuvering and pressure from the university and the judge that convinced most of the students to accept a light fine and probation rather than face certain jail time if they fought the charges. The kids got a quick and invaluable lesson on just how costly activism could be when the university teamed up with the court to threaten interrupting their college careers with jail time, and thereby their future lives. Most of them, tearfully, regretfully, took the deal and paid their fines.

When the weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth were over, eight of us, for various reasons, refused the deal and began trying to figure out how to fight the charges that had the potential of disrupting our own lives and making student government irrelevant.

Next time: the trial.

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ACC Commissioners Are Chicken Backyard Chickens: Last week, the Cobb County Commission passed a law allowing residents to keep chickens, as long as their neighbors say it’s OK. That’s right: Cobb County is now officially more progressive than Athens.

So, where do backyard chickens stand in Athens-Clarke County? All over the place—the Community Protection Division doesn’t seem to be doing much to enforce ACC’s ban on chickens in residential neighborhoods. As far as legalizing them goes, pro-chicken forces have hardly scratched the surface.

ACC Commissioner Kelly Girtz pushed to bring backyard hens—not louder, more aggressive roosters—out of the shadows in 2008, but his colleagues about laid an egg. The current commission might be willing to peck away, Girtz says. Mayor Nancy Denson, however, opposes backyard fowl, and Girtz doesn’t seem willing to spend political capital on a potentially divisive issue like poultry with other pressing issues on the table, such as downtown development. “The chances of it happening this year? Eh, kind of slim,� he says.

As I was talking to Girtz, Commissioner Jerry NeSmith—who lives in an agricultural zone where farm animals are allowed—walked over to show off the fingernail he bruised nailing together a chicken coop.

Criss told the commission.

The Athens-Clarke County Library has a beautiful new expansion that’s almost complete, but now it must staff a 30 percent larger space with the same number of employees. The library system’s executive director, Kathy Ames, and board chairman, Dennis Hopper, came hat in hand to ask for $104,536 to fund employees’ health insurance and retirement, pay higher utility bills and give the woefully underpaid staff meager raises of $500 a year or a nickel an hour.

The Athens Community Council on Aging has lost 32 percent of its state funding since 2008, according to Executive Director Jennie Deese. At the same time, it’s serving 49 percent more clients (7,295 last year), food costs are up 41 percent, utilities are up 55 percent, and on and on. And that doesn’t even count the impact of sequestration, which will slash $1.3 million this year from Meals on Wheels programs in Georgia.

Classic Center: The things we do in the name of journalism. Your faithful political correspondent, who is ordinarily more comfortable at a Late BP Helium show than the Boston Pops, donned a suit and rubbed elbows with the rich and powerful last Wednesday at the Classic Center expansion grand opening gala. The new space looks great; it’ll bring those sexy, sexy visitor dollars to our community, yadda yadda yadda‌ You’ve heard it before.

Classic Center Executive Director Paul Cramer and the Athens Convention and Visitors Bureau made a pitch to the ACC Commission last Thursday for a combined $1.7 million in local hotel/motel tax revenue, a 5.3 percent increase over last year. (A bit of extra hotel/motel money is available because $150,000 was previously given to the soon-to-be-defunct Economic Development Foundation.)

Jones and Cramer argued that taxpayers are getting a great return on their investment. The CVB’s activities generate a $45 million economic impact and $1.5 million in tax revenue. The Classic Center brings $20 million to the community, and hotel room- PRO CHICKEN! nights are expected to double to 60,000 because of 24 new conventions the expansion made possible.

The Council on Aging has tried to bring in more money by While making it clear that they support the Classic Center charging for parking on game days and fundraisers like Ms. and the CVB, some commissioners questioned those figures.

Senior Athens, Deese said. But the demand will only grow as They’re “a little misleading,� Commissioner Jared Bailey said, our population continues to age. “We see a need for basic serbecause they don’t include revenue from leasing space at the vices that we cannot meet,� Deese said.

Classic Center or other tax investments, such as the $24 million The lone positive news came from the Athens Neighborhood in sales tax revenue that paid for the expansion.

Health Center, two low-income clinics that received a $650,000 “In my business life, I never would have used this [figure] federal grant through the Affordable Care Act last year to hire as a return on investment, because it’s not,� NeSmith said. more doctors and expand their hours. The health center was Anyone who was downtown last week and noticed the competing with the Georgia Regents University-UGA medical hordes of high-school kids wandering around can see that tour- school partnership for the grant, though, which created some ism and hospitality are big business, supporting stores, bars ill will, ANHC Executive Director Diane Dunston said. and restaurants downtown and all over the city. But will we Apparently both institutions have put it behind them. “I ever know—can we ever know—exactly what return we’re actu- was a little taken aback,� Dunston said. “I was not surprised, ally getting on our (substantial) investment? because I know that business is business. But I am looking forward to a good future for the medical community.�

Cuts, Cuts and More Cuts: The commission’s Thursday meetThe medical partnership is exploring a pediatric clinical ing was an opportunity for so-called “independent agencies�— rotation at ANHC, but nothing has been finalized yet, spokesabout a dozen nonprofits, state-local partnerships and woman Alison McCullick said. quasi-governmental groups—to ask for a slice of the 3 percent of ACC’s budget, or about $3.3 million, set aside for them. It’s But Wait! There’s More: Still haven’t quite figured out the an annual ritual, and every year, as governments at all levels sequester? Flagpole.com’s In the Loop blog has a breakdown slice deeper and deeper through muscle and bone, it gets more of how the automatic spending cuts will affect Georgia. (It’s and more depressing. not pretty.) If numbers and stuff aren’t your thing, check out For example, did you know that a Department of Family Tim Denson’s spot-on Weezer parody, “Undone (The Sequester and Children Services caseworker with a master’s degree makes Song).� $34,000 per year, and one with a mere bachelor’s degree starts By the time you read this column, the ACC Commission will out at $24,000? Combine the financial stress with the stress of probably have voted on the Buena Vista Historic District, too. the job, and it’s no wonder they turn over every two years, on If you’re curious how that turned out, check the website. average. “We have maybe 20 positions that are vacant that we cannot fill, that we may never get to fill again,� director Dawn Blake Aued news@flagpole.com

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That’s the essence of a bill—HB 267—that Rep. Jeff Chapman (R-Brunswick) has introduced to try to hold down the costs of two nuclear reactors that Georgia Power is building at Plant Vogtle. This is a project that will have a big impact on your wallet, whether you buy your electricity from Georgia Power or from one of the EMCs and municipal power companies that are also involved in this undertaking.

Chapman’s bill is very simple: It would prohibit Georgia Power from charging customers a profit margin of 11.15 percent on construction costs that exceed the $6.11 billion level authorized by the Public Service Commission. If Georgia Power’s expenses go above that level, Chapman’s bill would allow the utility giant to recover from its ratepayers the actual costs of construction. The company would not be allowed to make an 11.15 percent rate of return on those added expenses, however.

Chapman is not some wild-eyed, anti-nuclear extremist. He’s a very conservative Republican from a coastal district who supports Georgia Power’s plans to add those two nuclear generators to the existing facilities at Vogtle. As he explained in a legislative hearing last week, he does not think it’s fair to the company’s customers that Georgia Power should make a profit from any management mistakes that drive up the costs of those nuclear plants. There were numerous people who agreed with him at that hearing. “Conservatives do not believe in incentivizing failure,� said Debbie Dooley, a leading figure in the Georgia Tea Party Patriots. “My husband runs a body shop,� said conservative activist Kay Godwin of Blackshear. “When he gives a customer an estimate, he’d better make sure the work is done within that estimate.�

Chapman’s bill is basically being brushed aside by the leadership in the House of Representatives and probably won’t get a

House vote this year. That is bad news for consumers, because just two days after the hearing on Chapman’s bill, Georgia Power filed the latest cost report on Plant Vogtle with the Public Service Commission. Georgia Power disclosed that its projected cost of building the Vogtle facilities will now be $6.85 billion rather than the $6.113 billion initially certified by the PSC—a $737 million cost overrun.

The completion of the project was also pushed back a year, to late 2017.

That’s only part of the picture. Georgia Power has a 45.7 percent share of the Vogtle project, with Oglethorpe Power Corp., the Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia (MEAG) and Dalton Utilities owning the rest of it.

The total cost of the project for all of the partners was first set at $14.5 billion. If the cost overruns for Georgia Power are $737 million, then the total overruns for all the partners is somewhere around the $1.6 billion mark.

When you add in the disputed construction costs that prompted a flurry of lawsuits between Georgia Power and the contractors, the cost overruns could be pushing towards $2 billion.

Bobby Baker, a former member of the PSC who has been watching the proceedings closely, said the Vogtle nuclear plants could end up costing as much as $18 billion by the time they are completed—assuming Georgia Power is actually able to get construction finished.

Chapman is trying to ensure that the burden of paying those extra costs will be shared by the folks who own Georgia Power (through its Southern Co. parent) and the utility’s customers.

It’s hard to argue with that. If a business performs well, it should be rewarded. If a business messes up, it shouldn’t make a profit on its mistakes.

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Dr. Mac Is Back catching up with the quintessential southern lit teacher

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Oxford, and there’s even a crumbling plantation house in his own family’s relatively recent past.

But McAlexander isn’t particularly interested in these similarities. “He’s just so strange,” he says of Faulkner. “I’ll never understand certain things about him.” And any physical resemblance is coincidental. Though McAlexander’s Southern roots are a strong part of his identity, they’re only a small part of the picture.

What many former students remember about McAlexander is his irreverent sense of humor. One long-ago student told McAlexander years later that he’d never forget him strolling into the classroom on the first day of school with a dark look on his face, a lit cigarette in one hand and a Coke in the other, and shouting at them never to chew gum in his class.

“I don’t remember that,” he says. “But it sounds like something I would do!” He laughs gleefully and widens his eyes, tipping his head back, a gesture he often repeats.

John Weatherford, who worked with McAlexander as an undergrad and as a gradu-

t’s a Friday afternoon, and Dr. Hubert McAlexander is sitting at the head of a full classroom, joking with the students before the day’s session on William Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom! begins. After loudly shushing them, he demands that someone tell him in only one word what chapter five is about.

“Reconstruction” is one student’s guess.

“Interesting, but no,” McAlexander says.

“Infatuation” is another’s.

“That’s part of it.”

“Adolescent angst,” says a third student.

“Now, that’s very good! But it’s not in one word, so I shouldn’t be praising you.”

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the stand-up teacher In many ways, McAlexander approximates the living embodiment of the Platonic ideal of a Southern-lit teacher, with his thick Mississippi drawl and twinkling blue eyes, neat white mustache and courtly manners, though he says it was only a seersucker coat he wore, not a whole suit. He often makes points by telling long, funny stories filled with dialogue.

Some people claim that he’s distantly related to Faulkner, to whom he bears a somewhat uncanny resemblance in profile. He grew up only 30 miles away from Faulkner’s home in

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This scene may sound familiar to the many Athenians who took McAlexander’s wildly popular classes on Southern literature in the past few decades, but a few details have changed.

This class meets not in Park Hall, but in the River’s Crossing building on College Station Road, and its students are a little older than the average undergraduate—the class is one of the offerings of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (formerly Learning in Retirement, Inc.), a member-led organization for adults in Athens that organizes classes, activities and travel groups. Because McAlexander’s voice was affected by the two strokes that he has suffered since 2009, a microphone sits on the desk in front of him; his infectious, cackling laugh booms through a static-y speaker in the back of the room. But the discussion is as lively and intellectually challenging as any honors seminar while the class parses Faulkner’s portrayal of gender, sexuality and love in Rosa Coldfield’s narration. Several students remain after class ends and continue the discussion.

McAlexander, who taught in the English department from 1974 until his health problems caused him to retire in 2010, became a local legend to generations of students for his outrageous sense of humor, dapper fashion sense and memorable lectures on American literature.

“If dapperly dressed—seersucker suits, my God, he wears seersucker suits!—silvery balding, brilliant, achingly witty men do it for you, then take this class,” gushed one student on RateMyProfessor.com about his Southern literature course.

“He changed my life, and I still think of his class quite often,” wrote another anonymous commenter.

Despite a reputation for being stingy with “A”s, McAlexander developed something of a cult following during his tenure at UGA, and despite his absence from Park Hall, he is still well known to students.

learn something new, and is careful to create an open atmosphere in which discussion and new ideas can thrive. He’s careful to distinguish between quality answers and vacuous or misguided responses, and he makes these distinctions clear to his students.”

As McAlexander comments to the Osher group, “With students, you need to rain on their parade every chance you get, because they need to know which things are wrong and which things are right.”

To McAlexander, engaging with great literature was always the point, and wrestling with the questions it poses about human values and life’s meaning. He invokes a quote from Willa Cather’s The Professor’s House, one of his favorite novels to teach: “The fact is, the human mind, the individual mind, has always been made more interesting by dwelling on the old riddles, even if it makes nothing of them.”

Lori Jones, a Ph.D. student who worked with McAlexander, remembers the energy of his class discussions and was inspired by his teaching style. “I’m a person who likes to read

while McAlexander’s parents and siblings didn’t share his interests, they left him free to spend hours reading classic British novels by Dickens and Thackeray and contemporary war novels, such as those by Herman Wouk and James Jones. Even in a town with a population of about 3,500, there were many talented people who were interested in the life of the mind, and McAlexander was able to make friends with kindred spirits. The adults around him encouraged his interest in teaching, and by the time he was in 10th grade they allowed him to act as a substitute teacher in his own classes.

McAlexander entered the University of Mississippi after high school and graduated in 1961. He soon returned as a graduate student in English, and he taught his first college class in 1963, at the age of 23.

“I looked about five years old!” he says now with a laugh.

He liked teaching as much as he thought he would, and even though he soon acquired a reputation for being a hard grader, he won the respect, and in many cases the friendship, of his students. He recalls that in one of his very first classes two boys were sitting in the back snickering and looking surly, and that he put on a blustering show of being a strict disciplinarian in fear of losing control of his class.

Decades later, the same two men, still friends with each other, called McAlexander up one night while they were drinking, to say hello and ask how the years had treated him.

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ate student says that if McAlexander hadn’t been a teacher, he would have made a great stand-up comedian. Bob Krask, who also took many classes from McAlexander while working on his B.A. and M.A., remembers his demonstrating for the class the duck-like waddle that an old girlfriend from home had developed in the years since he’d seen her. “And then he segued abruptly, yet somehow seamlessly, to Faulkner.”

the open mind But this flair for physical comedy never detracted from his seriousness about literature. McAlexander says that he never tired of teaching the same classic works by Faulkner, Henry James, Willa Cather, Eudora Welty and other great authors, and his enthusiasm is obvious. He delighted in seeing bright, open-minded young students encountering these works for the first time and trying to understand them, and says that he often saw new things in the works himself as a result of students’ insights.

Krask recalls McAlexander’s ability to encourage students but also challenge them.

“Even though he’s well read and very knowledgeable, he recognizes that he can always

and grapple with a text, and I think watching him teach and conduct a class reminded me that doing just that is entertaining and enriching and worthwhile. He reaffirmed my vision of what a literature class should be like.”

Over his career, McAlexander was recognized with many teaching awards, including Outstanding Honors Professor in multiple years and the Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professorship, UGA’s highest honor for teaching.

a teacher’s beginnings McAlexander knew from a young age that his ambition was to become a college professor, though he says he’s not sure how the idea entered his head, given that growing up in the tiny town of Holly Springs, MS, he never came into contact with one. His inspiration may have come in part from his high school English teacher, Clara Carr Olson, a gifted educator who earned her degree from the University of Kansas in the early 20th century, and who, McAlexander now speculates, might very well have become a professor herself if she hadn’t been born in a time when women’s career options were highly constrained. And

McAlexander began his teaching career during a turbulent time at the University of Mississippi and in the nation at large. The university was integrated in 1962, only with the intervention of the federal government and the National Guard. The admission of the first African-American student, James Meredith, was accompanied by riots that left two dead and more than 160 injured. McAlexander remembers returning to the school to drop off a date after they’d attended an out-of-town sports event and seeing angry locals who were not usually on campus. He returned to his apartment and didn’t learn about the extent of the violence until the next day, when he went home and was greeted by his very worried mother. In 1966, he was informed that he was no longer eligible for student deferral from military service, and he was drafted into the Army Reserves. Though he was fortunate in never being sent to Vietnam, he went through basic training and had to attend monthly meetings; insensitive acquaintances asked if they could have his things if he was sent to war. Yet despite all this upheaval, his memories of this period seem mostly to revolve around teaching and studying, and they seem to be largely positive. He kept in touch with many of his students from this period, including one man who went on to become a Mississippi senator, and a young African-American woman who went on to become an English professor at Fort Valley State University.

Wanting to finish his Ph.D. in a more prestigious program, McAlexander transferred in 1969 to the University of Wisconsin. Though his gregarious personality won him friends, his Southern accent at times brought out the prejudice of classmates who expected all white Southerners to be like the thugs in Easy Rider.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;You just donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t care what anyone thinks of you, do you?â&#x20AC;? one remarked, referring to the way McAlexander spoke. When he met his future wife, Patricia, a fellow doctoral student from upstate New York, some of her friends wanted to know if he was a â&#x20AC;&#x153;bigot.â&#x20AC;? He and Patricia married, and he completed his dissertation on Faulkner, which helped him land his first teaching job at Texas A&M. Unfortunately, many universities at that time had official or unofficial policies against hiring family members or spouses, and Patricia McAlexander was unable to use her own Ph.D. to teach even freshman composition. A year later, his advisor recommended him for an open position at UGA, and he was invited to apply. The school had no anti-nepotism policy and seemed more hospitable to a dual-career couple. In 1974 they moved to Athens.

literary biographer Things werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t immediately easy, although McAlexander continued to love teaching. His dissertation had impressed his advisors and given him a reputation for being unafraid of taking on the big names in literature, but the 1970s saw a huge glut of Faulkner scholarship, and he realized after a frustrating period of revision that he was unlikely to be able to publish the manuscript as a book, a crucial milestone in an academicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s career. He and Patricia also realized that even if the university did not officially discriminate against academic spouses, the English department at that time was less encouraging than theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d hoped.

But a breakthrough came when he was asked to review a slim biography of Sherwood Bonner, an iconoclastic woman writer and feminist who lived in the mid-1800s, and who happened also to hail from Holly Springs.

McAlexander found the book poor and was inspired to begin researching his own biography of Bonner. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I thought, well, how many biographies of Sherwood Bonner does the world need? And I decided, at least one good one.â&#x20AC;?

In this way, he stumbled on the world of literary biography and found that he enjoyed the process of archival research and

interviewing. Patricia McAlexander ended up changing her focus from early American literature to developmental writing, a field that was beginning to flourish, and she was hired in the program that is now the Division of Academic Enhancement. Both McAlexanders ultimately went on to become full professors in their departments, publishing books and articles and winning honors. Their son, Edward, was born during their early years in Athens, and they found the town to be a good place to raise a child.

In the 1980s, McAlexander met Peter Taylor, a famous Southern author whose life and relationships intersected many of the important literary movements of the 20th century. Thus began the research that would occupy much of McAlexanderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s adult life and result in Conversations with Peter Taylor in 1987 and Critical Essays on Peter Taylor in 1993. Taylor became a friend, and McAlexander came to know him well during the authorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s last years. His 2001 biography of Taylor was widely praised, leading to a Pulitzer Prize nomination in biography, among other honors.

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the old riddles The class on Absalom, Absalom! is the third McAlexander has taught for the Osher institute. He has also led courses on Faulknerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s As I Lay Dying and on Catherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s The Professorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s House.

Other Spring 2013 Osher classes (olli.edu. uga/courses/) focus on Macbeth, the Alfred Dreyfus affair, French New Wave Cinema and the science of climate change, to name just a few of its offerings. (Lighter fare is offered as well.)

As Hubert McAlexander and his fellow Osher students and teachers show, even after college is over thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always the possibility of encountering those who love knowledge and â&#x20AC;&#x153;dwelling on the old riddles.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;My teaching career wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t exactly cut short,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was almost 70 when I had my stroke. But who knows how long I would have gone on. I liked it so much.â&#x20AC;?

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Medicaid currently covers approximately 1.7 million Georgians, an increase of 20 percent since the economy cratered in 2008, according to the Georgia Department of Community Health. In addition, about 27 percent of adults between 18 to 64 went without health coverage in Georgia in 2011, according to Census data released in September.

If passed, the expansion would cover adults who earn wages up to 133 percent of the federal poverty level—about $15,000 for an individual or about $26,000 for a family of three.

That could mean about $35 billion in federal dollars for Georgia in the next decade, with 100 percent of the expansion paid by federal funds for the first three years and about 90 percent after that. The governor’s office estimates the expansion would cost Georgia $4.5 billion over 10 years.

In January, Deal and the Georgia General Assembly extended a three-year-old hospital provider fee—often called the bed tax—to fill a Medicaid hole of about $500 million, but Deal is showing no signs of joining other Republican governors who’ve opted to accept

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hen Tess Jones thinks about Medicaid in relation to herself and the state and federal governments, it becomes a complex question.

Jones, 47, is an Athens resident who visited the Athens Nurses Clinic for the first time recently to ask about an abscessed tooth.

Currently unemployed, Jones’ story is echoed by many who have faced financial disaster after financial disaster in the past few years— job changes, car problems and unexpected medical dilemmas.

“I never thought I would be in a job without insurance and then unemployed,” she says. “It’ll knock you off your horse.”

Jones, still on the search for a job, hadn’t yet applied for Medicaid, but she’d likely become eligible if Georgia expanded the program under the Affordable Care Act. As the law moves into place and takes effect by 2014, states can draw down more federal dollars to extend the program to more residents.

“I’m sure it would be helpful, but I also don’t want us to be crazy with the state’s finances,” Jones says. “Even if it benefits me, I want to see it handled right.”

Jones may fall in the middle, but Georgia politicians are divided—Democrats, in the minority, want to take advantage of the opportunity, while the majority GOP is opposed.

“I want to do everything I can to be strong and stable. I think the state should do the same,” Jones says. “Balance is critical and key.”

Economic Benefits Since his State of the State speech in January, Gov. Nathan Deal has held firm in his rationale against expanding Medicaid in Georgia, saying it will cost too much. Other conservative-leaning states, such as Florida, Arizona and Ohio, have decided to take the money, while Texas and Wisconsin remain opposed.

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The number of Georgians eligible for Medicaid would grow by 100,000 in 2014 and by 500,000 more in the following years, according to the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured report released in November.

more money for Medicaid, even though they opposed the Affordable Care Act. “We haven’t moved on the issue. We can’t afford Medicaid expansion,” says Brian Robinson, Deal’s deputy chief of staff for communications. “We’re seeing some Republican

governors in other states accede to this, but for the most part, those are states with a lower percentage of Medicaid patients.”

When the state’s share kicks in three years from now, it’ll be overwhelming, Robinson says.

“We can’t afford what we have now, much less another $4.5 billion,” he says. “That’s simply money that’s not in our hands. We can’t spend what we don’t have.”

Deal and others are afraid that the state’s share will increase exponentially as the Affordable Care Act brings in complications that the federal government didn’t anticipate.

Deal has suggested a block-grant approach, which would limit federal funding to a lump sum but come with fewer restrictions on how states must operate the program.

“Let us have the flexibility to administer a program in a way that’s affordable for us,” Robinson says. “We could reach the primary goals that the federal government is seeking without costing taxpayers additional money, but the federal government has been unwilling to compromise on this.”

Even without the expansion, the governor’s budget recommendations don’t include enough funding to cover Georgia’s health care needs, according to Timothy Sweeney, director of health policy at the fiscally liberal Georgia Budget and Policy Institute.

From June 2008 to July 2012, the number of Georgians served by Medicaid increased by nearly 300,000, he says. “Medicaid is designed to serve more people when the need is at its greatest: during times of economic trouble.”

More than 60 medical provider and consumer advocacy groups have formed a group called Cover Georgia, which seeks to promote Medicaid expansion in Georgia. Expansion ‘‘is the No. 1 priority’’ for several of the organizations, says Kathy Floyd, legislative director of AARP Georgia, a member of the coalition.

“We’re already paying for these 600,000 Georgians to have access to health care,” says state Rep. Spencer Frye (D-Athens). “They go to the emergency room for care, which

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is exponentially more expensive. Instead of saying we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afford this, how can we not afford this?â&#x20AC;?

An estimated 70,000 new jobs would be gained if Deal approved expansion, according to a recent report from Georgia State Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bill Custer. The study, commissioned and released by the Healthcare Georgia Foundation, says expansion would produce an economic impact statewide of $8 billion annually. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As a state, we need to invest into our human capital through health care and education,â&#x20AC;? Frye says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If we can increase our reputation as having healthy and educated citizens, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have the reputation as a place to come do business. Plus, if someone offered you $33 for your $3 investment, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d do it all day long.â&#x20AC;?

income level and would buy insurance on the private market through exchanges set up by the Affordable Care Act. The final 5 percent are undocumented residents. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Doctors are already turning patients away, and many say they only get back half of what they spend,â&#x20AC;? Cummings says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Add to that the fact that it sometimes takes six months to get reimbursed.â&#x20AC;?

Cummings is also worried about existing funds for their services, especially the hospitalsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Indigent Care Trust Fund. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re afraid that with the health care reform, less federal money will go into that pot,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Millions of dollars wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be billed to Medicaid because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no longer the law of the land in Georgia.â&#x20AC;?

As physicians and politicians continue to attack the question, a group of Athens health care providers are trying to make a difference.

Athens Health Network, which grew out of the OneAthens health committee formed under Partners for a Prosperous Athens, is developPhysicians and clinicians are asking the ing a â&#x20AC;&#x153;health assurance program,â&#x20AC;? which will same questions as Jones, the patient at the give primary care coverage at a reduced price. nurseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clinic: What is reasonable? What is Modeled after a system developed in Reno, effective?

NV, the program will help working residents Robinson contends that expanding to access care. About 5,000 people in Athens Medicaid wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t benefit health care workers. went without insurance in 2010. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ask hospitals and â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is for our doctors and dentists small businesses and if what they receive nonprofits that donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t back in reimbursehave a large enough ment even covrisk pool for insurers their pulse. It ance, our part-time doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t,â&#x20AC;? he says. artistic workers, our â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s forcing industry students whose parto provide a service ents donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have insurbelow cost, which will ance, and others,â&#x20AC;? create a market balsays Allie Chambers, loon effect and cause director of the netthose on private work, who developed insurance to pay that the model as part of much more.â&#x20AC;? her masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s capstone In October, more in the University of than 200 providGeorgiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s College of ers attending the Public Health.

Medical Association Under the model, of Georgiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual an individual will pay meeting drafted a low monthly fee to the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s official enroll in the network stance on expanding and then pay reduced Medicaid, and after prices to primary care hours of debate, they Mark Smith, an EMT and musician, volunteers hanproviders and specialcame down â&#x20AC;&#x153;neither dling intake at the Athens Nurses Clinic, where many ists during appointfirmly for nor against patients are indigent. ments. For doctors expansion,â&#x20AC;? executive who wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t accept director Donald Palmisano, Jr. says.

Medicaid, cash in hand is more attractive than â&#x20AC;&#x153;The expansion question is frustrating in paperwork, Chambers notes. several ways,â&#x20AC;? says Paige Cummings, director Chambers and others are now submitof the Athens Nurses Clinic. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Medicaid simply ting grant requests, gathering donations and doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pay enough, and some patients arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t developing the provider pool, which they hope able to be seen.â&#x20AC;? to have in place by the end of the year. The In Athens, there arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t enough physicians network is developing focus groups now and to absorb the expansion, Cummings says. Many will send out a community survey soon to offices are willing to process less Medicaid gauge how many Athens residents would sign paperwork, and for the most part, the Athens up, how much they would be willing to pay for Neighborhood Health Center is the only place services and which services are needed.

Medicaid patients in Athens can find care. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is for people who are able to pay Even then, the patients are referred outside of something, so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not an answer for all,â&#x20AC;? the county for specialty care.

Chambers says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But it could really help, and At the Athens Nurses Clinic, expanded weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve thought it out with the help of Nevadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Medicaid would cover 80 percent of patients. successful program leaders.â&#x20AC;?

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comment Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Weaken Wetland buffers The Athens-Clarke County Mayor and Commission met Feb. 5 to discuss proposed amendments to the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Environmental Areas Map and Ordinance. These amendments would make some significant changes to the way Athens protects its environmental areas.

The Upper Oconee Watershed Network (UOWN) studied the issue, conferred with local experts and presented its position to the mayor and commission. This position is similar to public commentary submitted by other concerned citizens. In response, the commission tabled the issue for further discussion.

First, the proposed amendments would eliminate the 25-foot buffer for lakes and ponds. The argument behind this is that the Georgia Erosion and Sedimentation Control Act already requires lakes and ponds to have a 25-foot buffer as â&#x20AC;&#x153;waters of the state.â&#x20AC;?

However, â&#x20AC;&#x153;waters of the stateâ&#x20AC;? only includes lakes and ponds that are not wholly contained on one parcel of land. Thus, eliminating the buffer for lakes and ponds would result in not requiring a buffer for some lakes and ponds.

Second, the amendments would remove the requirement that wetland mitigation to take place on the same piece of property. Currently,

ponds, this means wetlands are protected by a 25-foot buffer. Despite this decision, the proposal before the mayor and commission did not contain any language adopting this new understanding of â&#x20AC;&#x153;waters of the state.â&#x20AC;?

Curiously, even with this omission, the proposed amendments mentioned the difficulty in imposing buffers on wetlands because of the way wetlands shift. Yet this shifting nature is precisely why strong buffers are necessary to protect these vital resources.

Mayor Nancy Densonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opposition to the expansion of buffers around lakes, ponds and wetlands could have serious consequences to local water quality. Wetlands provide a number of benefits to ACC citizens, property owners, water customers and anglers. Wetlands act as natural filtration systems, filtering out pollutants and contaminants. Wetlands also provide crucial habitat for wildlife, reduce erosion, regulate temperature, increase aesthetic and recreational value, and reduce floods and flood damage.

Buffers are a very important tool for protecting water quality, whether they are applied to rivers, streams, ponds, lakes or wetlands.

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Furthermore, in order to properly undertake and monitor onsite mitigation, Athens-Clarke County would likely require a significant increase in expertise and person-hours devoted to wetland mitigation. Thus, while the idea of requiring onsite mitigation is wellintentioned, if ACC does not devote sufficient resources to ensure mitigation is done correctly, ACC should rely on the systems already in place under USACE. Another concern is what is conspicuously absent from the amendments. Earlier this year, a ruling by the Georgia Office of State Administrative Hearings in a case involving an artificial lake in South Georgia held that wetlands are considered â&#x20AC;&#x153;waters of the state.â&#x20AC;? As noted above regarding lakes and

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viding a visual separation between wetlands and developed areas, discouraging dumping, reducing human access to the site and increasing distance between wetlands and surrounding human development. While a 25-foot buffer is better than no buffer, the ACC Commissionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Legislative Review Committee has previously suggested multiple times that buffers be increased to 50 or 75 feet.

Athens-Clarke County needs stronger buffers. As mentioned above, there is evidence that we need even stronger buffers to adequately protect our access to clean water.

Any amendment to ACC environmental areas protection needs to at least maintain the current level of protection afforded to our water quality. This amendment falls short of that while also falling short of honoring Georgiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new definition of â&#x20AC;&#x153;waters of the state.â&#x20AC;?

Mikey Salter Salter is an environmental law student at the University of Georgia and co-chairman of the Upper Oconee Watershed Networkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s advocacy committee.

kiddie dope Camping Out for Summer Camp The idea of setting up summer camps for my child gives me hives. Seriously, I find it to be one of the most excruciating tasks to do as a parent, second to discussing the status of my daughter’s college savings account.

But, as parents, if we expect to be at least somewhat productive this summer, it’s a task that needs to be done. And trust me, every year I think, “Oh, crap, it’s too early to be thinking about that,” yet now I have applications to no less than four summer camps already in my inbox. So, here we go.

at 2:30 a.m.—2:30 IN THE MORNING!—to sign up for the art camps there. We’re talking sleeping bags on the sidewalk. But after wiggling into two weeks of classes and seeing the amazing art pieces my daughter brought home, I completely get it.

Claire Benson, the director at the Lyndon House, tells me the camps do a lot with a tiny, little bit of funding. They find new uses for materials that would usually just get tossed, and the part-time staff maximizes their time to come up with new ideas every year.

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Campers at last year’s Creatures with Wings camp at the Lyndon House Arts Center work on a beehive, a hanging sculpture complete with pipe-cleaner bees and a handmade tree branch.

For simplicity’s sake, I’m just going to talk about camps offered by the Athens-Clarke County Leisure Services Department. There are a lot of options, all reasonably priced, but they do require some knowledge in advance— and a good alarm clock. Here’s what you need to know: • Know the lingo: There are day camps and mini-camps. As someone who grew up only knowing one kind of camp (sleepaway), this still confuses me. In general, day camps are for the bigger kids (or, at least, first grade and older) and last all day, while mini-camps cater to kids as young as preschool and are often just three to four hours long.

• Know the schedule: ACC residents get priority when signing up for Leisure Services camps, but it’s important to know when to do it. Registration kicks off at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, Mar. 23 for the gymnastics program, and then other camp registrations are staggered through April. See www.athensclarkecounty.com for details.

• Get in line: While there is a range of options and the prices are great, camps are also in high demand, especially, in my experience, gymnastics camp and the art camps at the Lyndon House. (Keep in mind, I haven’t stood in line for soccer or theater camps… yet.) Know that if your child wants to take gymnastics, you’d better set that alarm early on Mar. 23. If you show up when registration starts, like I did, you’ll be standing in the parking lot at Bishop Park—at the end of the line.

And let me take just a moment here to discuss the art camps at the Lyndon House Arts Center. First of all, last year I thought some parents were completely bonkers to get in line

One thing that’s changed in the last four or five years is the length of the camps that are available. For working parents, three- or four-hour camps aren’t that useful. With the Lyndon House’s budget for camps getting the ax every year, the result is no day-long camps. Instead, Benson says, the staff ends up serving the same number of kids through more, shorter mini-camps.

Before the recession, the resources that the Lyndon House staff had were adequate, Benson says, and mostly funded by the public through user fees. But today, the staff is 18 teachers instead of six, so it’s become a juggling act of paying for the camps while staying within the time constraints of the staff.

To keep the programs running, “[w]e cut parts of the program that enhance the program—instead of bringing in guest artists, we are no longer able to do that,” she says. “Now, we have to rely on staff that would normally be doing something else, like mounting an exhibition, to teach summer camp.”

That said, the artwork my daughter brought home from her two weeks of classes is still hanging in the house. Every piece is worthy of giving to an extended family member—not just Grandma—because the projects are just that good. (A beehive with buzzing bees! An Eric Carle-inspired butterfly!)

The ACC camps are already a great deal; imagine what an even better deal they would be with just a small investment back into the program. We’d have a budding generation of artists, actors and athletes—and parents who knew they were investing in a quality program that lasted for more than three hours a day.

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THE ABCS OF DEATH (NR) This 26-chapter anthology film boasts 26 different directors, each assigned a letter of the alphabet to tell a distinct story about death. The film’s biggest names include Angela Bettis (“E is for Exterminate”), Ti West (“M is for Miscarriage”), A Horrible Way to Die’s Adam Wingard (“Q is for Quack”), Kill List’s Ben Wheatley (“U is for Unearthed”) and Frontier(s)’s Xavier Gens (“X is for XXL”). This horror flick should make a great bookend to accompany V/H/S. AMOUR (PG-13) Be he telling the story of possibly killer German kids, sociopathic young men in tennis whites or a couple terrorized by surveillance videos, Michael Haneke is a wonderfully, terribly transgressive filmmaker.

Amour—winner of the Best Foreign Language Oscar, Best Picture nominee and winner of the Palme d’Or—is filled with so much love, so much tenderness and so much sadness. (Ciné) ARGO (R) Ben Affleck’s career revival continues with Argo, earning Best Writing and Best Picture Award from the Academy, as well as a Golden Globe. 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.

ATHENS SLINGSHOT SHORT FILMS (NR) Movies in the festival include Than by Danny Winkler and Emilia Loseva, Transit Zone by Santiago Parres, Awakening by Will Copps and selections from Petites Planetes by Vincent Moon. See story on p. 15. (Ciné) BEAUTIFUL CREATURES (PG-13) The latest YA adaptation to battle through the Twilight comparisons, Beautiful Creatures, based off the first book of Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl’s Caster Chronicles probably owes more to HBO’s vampire hit, “True Blood.” Set in the South Carolina hamlet of Gatlin, Beautiful Creatures excels at lurid overwroughtness, from

the romantic professions to the accents to the acting, and that is meant as a compliment.

BEYOND THE HILL (NR) 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days director Cristian Mungiu finally follows up that tremendous first film. (Mungiu also directed a segment of Tales from the Golden Age.) Two women, Alina (Cristina Flutur) and Voichita (Cosmina Stratan) have been friends and lovers since their days in an orphanage. When Alina returns from Germany, she discovers Voichita is joining a convent. The Palme d’Or nominee picked up two awards at Cannes-Best Actress (Flutur and Stratan) and Best Screenplay.

BROKEN CITY (R) Is anyone else feeling like if you’ve seen one politicalcrime thriller, you’ve seen them all?

(Remember 1996’s City Hall?) Diehard fans of Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe or Catherine Zeta-Jones will be pleasantly met with a routine political thriller about ex-cop-turned-private eye, Billy Taggart (Wahlberg), discovering a deeper, darker scandal (but not too deep or too dark) after being hired

by Mayor Nick Hostetler (Crowe) to find out with whom his wife (CZJ) is sleeping.

CAESAR MUST DIE (NR) A group of prison inmates in Italy perform Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. Winner of the Golden Bear award and several Davids. (Ciné) DARK SKIES (PG-13) I am far from a fan of director Scott Stewart’s first two movies, the dual Paul Bettany special effects-acles Legion and Priest.

Working with a Paranormal Activity and Insidious producer, Stewart crafts a decent haunted house movie that substitutes ETs for ghosts or demons. Dark Skies is 2013’s best scary movie yet.

DEAD MAN DOWN (R) Colin Farrell stars as Victor, a criminal tough tasked

by Beatrice (Noomi Rapace) to punish crime lord Alphonse Hoyt (Terrence Howard), who scarred her. Check out the trailer, and you’ll realize the reunion of original Lisbeth Salander with her Dragon Tattoo director, Niels Arden Oplev, is the most exciting thing about this upcoming crime thriller.

DJANGO UNCHAINED (R) Not many auteurs can take an academic cinematic exercise and turn it into one of the year’s most entertaining spectacles like Quentin Tarantino can in this Oscar winner for Best Original Screenplay.

Slave Django (Jamie Foxx) is freed by dentist-turned-bounty hunter Dr. King

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Schultz (Christoph Waltz). Together the duo hunts bad guys and seeks Django’s wife, Broomhilda (Kerry Washington), who belongs to plantation owner Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio). For a critically acclaimed award nominee, Django Unchained is an ultraviolent blast. (Ciné) DON’T STOP BELIEVIN’: EVERYMAN’S JOURNEY (NR) One of the 80s’ biggest bands, Journey, has been through a few lead singers since the iconic voice, hair and nose of Steve Perry left. The story of how Filipino Arnel Pineda came to front this great classic rock band is a real life rock and roll fairy tale. Pineda sounds incredibly like Perry in his prime, but I’d still prefer a reunion tour with Perry to a doc about Arnel. Nominated for the Audience Award for Best Documentary Features at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.

ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH (PG) One can pretty much expect the small animation houses to release one of these harmless, uninspired kiddie

Hoult, whose romzom Warm Bodies showed loads more creativity) gets some magic beans, from which a giant beanstalk grows. At the top of the leafy, green ladder is a land of giants, who have a taste for human flesh.

JACK REACHER (PG-13) The episodic exploits of Lee Child’s popular literary character, a former Military Policeman turned drifter, would make a better television series than movie franchise, but star Tom Cruise and writerdirector Christopher McQuarrie (an Academy Award winner for his Usual Suspects script) pull off the big screen feat as entertainingly as possible.

• THE LAST EXORCISM PART II (PG-13) Found footage flicks like The Last Exorcism and sub-genre granddaddy of them all, The Blair Witch Project, are hard and mostly unnecessary to sequelize. Yet here is the rather dumbly titled, The Last Exorcism Part II. (Should the first one be retitled, Not Quite the Last Exorcism?) Poor Nell Sweeter (Ashley Bell) escapes the unexplained cult in the woods and

The new U.S. Postal Service uniforms flicks every month. Did your kid love Monster vs Aliens? Then they’re bound to momentarily enjoy Escape from Planet Earth while you catch a quick nap or check out the Oscar nominee playing next door.

THE GUILT TRIP (PG-13) Certainly not as laughless as its trailers suggest, The Guilt Trip mines some genuine comic chemistry between its leads, Seth Rogen and Barbra Streisand, as Andy Brewster, a son traveling across the country with his mother, Joyce.

IDENTITY THIEF (R) Unfortunately, stars Melissa McCarthy (an Oscar nominee for Bridesmaids) and Jason Bateman are better than this moreannoying-than-funny odd couple road comedy. With two kids and another on the way, Sandy Patterson (Bateman) is struggling to make ends meet. Having his identity stolen by friendless Diana (McCarthy) only further aggravates his financial distress. In desperation, Sandy travels to Florida to bring his tormentor to justice.

• JACK THE GIANT SLAYER (PG-13) Another reteaming of director Bryan Singer with his Public Access/ Usual Suspects/Apt Pupil/Valkryie scripter, Academy Award winner Christopher McQuarrie, should be more exciting, intriguing and lasting than Jack the Giant Slayer. While far from a bad fantasy film, this retooled telling of the classic children’s stories, Jack the Giant Killer and Jack and the Beanstalk, does little to fire the imagination once the credits roll. We all know the story. Young Jack (Marcus

begins a new life in a New Orleans home for wayward girls. She gets a job as a motel maid; she meets a boy (Spencer Treat Clark, the little kid from Unbreakable). She’s also still possessed or being pursued by the demon, Abalam. The movie never seems quite sure which it is. Anything interesting about the mysterious narrative of the first film is long gone. The sequel complicates the mythology more than it explains anything, and the movie does so boringly, lacking almost any scares, after a strong opening sequence.

LES MISERABLES (PG-13) Les Miserables harks back to the 1960s, when colossal musical adaptations were the rule, not the exception. (Four of the decade’s 10 Best Picture winners were musical adaptations.) Parolee Jean Valjean (Golden Globe nominee Hugh Jackman) attempts to make up for his past crimes by raising Cosette (Amanda Seyfried), the daughter of a fallen young woman named Fantine (Golden Globe nominee Anne Hathaway). Constantly on Valjean’s heels is Inspector Javert (Russell Crowe), who will not give up the chase for this parole violator. Gigantically staged and competently sung.

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF HANK GREENBERG (NR) 1998. The University of Georgia’s George Foster Peabody Awards and Peabody Awards Collection presents three Peabody Award winning baseball documentaries. The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg recalls the career of major league baseball’s first major Jewish

superstar. This Peabody Award winner also picked up prizes from film festivals in Chicago, Columbus, Florida, the Hamptons, Kansas City, Las Vegas, New York and Washington; the National Board of Review named the film its Best Documentary in 2000. (UGA Russell Library) l OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL (PG) Hopefully, Sam Raimi will have more success helming a prequel to The Wizard of Oz than Tim Burton had with his Alice in Wonderland sequel. (Granted, Burton’s not crying about Alice’s box office.)

James Franco stars as Oscar Diggs, the small time magician that becomes Dorothy’s famed wizard. First, he must decide whether or not to become a good man or a great man. With Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz, Michelle Williams and Zach Braff.

• QUARTET (PG-13) In his directorial debut, Dustin Hoffman fashions a delightful trifle filled with deliciously British performances from Maggie Smith (who was nominated for a Golden Globe), Tom Courtenay, Billy Connolly, Pauline Collins, Michael Gambon and more. At Beecham House, a home for retired musicians, plans are afoot for a gala to celebrate Verdi’s birthday. The characters and performances drive this entertaining little film, with a complimentary emphasis on little. Anyone who enjoyed their stay at The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel should also enjoy the performances of Quartet.

RISE OF THE GUARDIANS (PG) Author William Joyce’s very cool idea is brought to the big screen by firsttime animated feature director Peter Ramsey and fantastical executive producer Guillermo del Toro. Holiday legends North (aka Santa, who is voiced very Russianly by Alec Baldwin), Bunny (v. Hugh Jackman) and Tooth (v.

Isla Fisher) are joined by Jack Frost (v.

Chris Pine) as they do battle with the evil Pitch (v. Jude Law).

RUSSIAN NINJA (R) 1989. Former spy and current fashion photographer Mark Robinson must infiltrate a shadowy Euro-crime syndicate, rescue a kidnapped boyfriend and outsmart a KGB-affiliated ninja. Part of Ciné’s Bad Movie Night. (Ciné) SAFE HAVEN (PG-13) One thing I enjoy about reviewing movies is having a readymade excuse for watching sappy romances like Safe Haven.

I’ve been curious as to what the big mystery is since the first trailer; plus, Julianne Hough is really attractive.

Unfortunately, the latest Nicholas Sparks adaptation, set in another North Carolina paradise, is one solved mystery away from just being one couple’s two hour how we met story.

SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK (R) David O. Russell’s dram-rom-com and multiple Academy Award nominee does everything but disappoint. Pat (Bradley Cooper) has just been released from a state mental hospital after a violent incident involving his estranged wife and another man. Maybe too soon after coming home, Pat meets Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence), who lost it after the death of her husband. Instead of exacerbating each other’s unhealthy flaws, the relationship between these two cracked souls heals both.

SNITCH (PG-13) The new actioner from The Rock, né Dwayne Johnson, is a lot more serious than you’d expect a

movie from a former stuntman, director Ric Roman Waugh. (Knowing cowriter Justin Haythe wrote Revolutionary Road should mitigate some of the surprise at Snitch’s serious side.)

Construction bigwig John Matthews (Johnson) will do anything to lessen his son Jason’s jail time after a drug arrest. Matthews convinces one of his ex-con employees, Daniel (Jon Bernthal, late of “The Walking Dead”), to introduce him to a drug dealer, Malik (Michael K. Williams, aka Omar Little aka Chalky White), in order to cut a deal with federal prosecutor Joanne Keeghan (Susan Sarandon).

THE TAIWAN OYSTER (NR) Don’t expect Hangover 2 hijinks in UGA alums Mark and Mitchell Jarrett’s SXSW hit and feature debut. Two ex-pats, Simon (Billy Harvey) and Darin (Jeff Palmiotti), road-trip across eastern Taiwan to bury deceased fellow countryman Jed (Will Mounger).

Nikita (Leonora Moore), a sympathetic clerk, helps the duo steal Jed’s body and accompanies them on the quest to find the perfect burial site. The trailer suggests an impressive looking, independent road movie.

TERRAFERMA (NR) 2011. The fifth annual Cinecitta series, sponsored by the Department of Romance Languages, continues with Terraferma.

In Respiro filmmaker Emanuele Crialese’s latest movie, a group of immigrants complicate the lives of a Sicilian family. (UGA MLC, Room 148) THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN—PART 2 (PG-13) Part 2’s concluding battle merely proves Meyer’s non-monsters aren’t really vampires; they are romantic superheroes. The terrible CGI work—the needlessly computer-generated baby Renesmee vies for the worst special effect of 1992—shows the lack of serious craftsmanship with which this material has been handled.

V.H.S.: LOCAL VIDEOGRAPHERS HELLA-BIG SHOW (NR) The Society of Greater Things presents a showcase for local aspiring and professional filmmakers once a month.

WARM BODIES (PG-13) Having witnessed many a zombie apocalypse, I can say with complete assuredness that Warm Bodies is not your usual end of the world via the flesh-eating living dead flick. This zomrom stars X-Men: First Class’ Nicholas Hoult (poised for a big year with March’s Jack the Giant Slayer) as R, who is not your typical zombie. Blessed (or cursed) with a rather rich inner life, R still munches brains but he’s conflicted about it, especially after meeting Julie (Teresa Palmer, Take Me Tonight).

WHEN IT WAS A GAME (NR) 1991.

The University of Georgia’s George Foster Peabody Awards and Peabody Awards Collection presents three Peabody Award winning baseball documentaries. This 1991 Peabody winner from HBO Sports looks back at major league baseball from 1934 to 1957 through the 8mm and 16mm films shot by players and fans. (UGA Russell Library) WRECK-IT RALPH (PG) In Disney’s latest, Wreck-It Ralph (v. John C. Reilly), the bad guy from popular arcade game Fix-It Felix Jr., 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 is better at wrecking things than fixing them.

ZERO DARK THIRTY (R) 2012 Academy Award winner Kathryn Bigelow and her Oscar winning collaborator, screenwriter Mark Boal, follow up The Hurt Locker with this controversial, excellently crafted military thriller documenting the decade-long search for Osama bin Laden.

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movie pick Bring Me People to Kill ZERO DARK THIRTY (R) Because of a lack of quality new movies in release, Movie Pick this week focuses on Kathryn Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty, which is still playing in town. Bigelow started out directing muscular genre movies such as Near Dark and Point Break, and proves to be a major exception to the rule that a director does his/her best work early on. With The Hurt Locker and now Zero Dark Thirty (both written by journalist Mark Boal), Bigelow has streamlined her style to a refined punch. There are no unnecessary character backstories, no flabby psychologizing.

There’s no extraneous direction either.

Bigelow has honed her technique to a brutally efficient degree, a sort of dramatic minimalism by way of Anthony Mann.

The movie is set up as a police procedural: CIA operative Maya Jessica Chastain (Jessica Chastain) is plunged into the dark, morally ambiguous world of intelligence gathering post-9/11. At first disturbed by the use of torture utilized to obtain important info from prisoners (these scenes are uncomfortable and difficult to watch), she eventually becomes one of the agency’s most obsessed agents in the hunt for Osama bin Laden.

Zero Dark Thirty is an action movie of sorts, but one concerned with data gathering and

analyzing half-truths and lies extracted from interrogations that only incrementally lead Maya toward her quarry. Overt action finally kicks in toward the end when the Navy SEALs covertly fly into Pakistan and descend on bin Laden’s Abbottabad compound. Even though we know the outcome already, Bigelow and cinematographer Greig Fraser masterfully execute the sequence, keeping things visually coherent and naturalistic in a manner that is antithetical to modern action movies.

It’s unbearably tense, but when bin Laden is finally shot, the moment does not come with a sense of elation.

The revenge is dealt out, though Maya is clearly shattered by the realization that her life has lost meaning.

Maya, a cipher whose only sense of purpose was to kill bin Laden, is now lost. Zero Dark Thirty may not be as non-political as Bigelow insisted it was when defending it against charges by some journalists (Glenn Greenwald, among others) that it was an apologia for torture, but it’s hardly a simplistic jingoistic look at the so-called War on Terror either. It’s a fascinating study of a character (and nation) striving for meaning and a way out of the deep dark woods.

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Here I spring forth with a looooong overdue column, this time about all the new craft beers you can look forward to tasting (whether in Athens or Atlanta or elsewhere), as well as a bit about the new breweries that are making them. Do not expect complete information; I have had to rely on websites, word of mouth (swallowing optional) and even some hearsay.

We begin right down the pike. First, Terrapin Beer Co. is debuting a canned beer this summer named Recreation Ale (4.5%), which is a minor formulaic tinkering and repackaging of their Easy Rider. (Wait until my friend D.J. Hack in Osasco, Brasil receives one of those in the mail!)

Downtown, other beery events are occurring. The old Snow Tire Co. location at 297 West Hancock Ave. is morphing into Creature Comforts Brewing, whose initial offerings will be an IPA (India Pale Ale), a Pilsener and a Berliner Weisse. Look for these to arrive (with their amazing labels) sometime around August.

due if not delivered by now. An Imperial Stout is in the readying stages, and a canning line (!) will arrive by summer. Whew!

Jekyll Brewing in Alpharetta is looking at mid-to-late May. (The first brewery in Georgia was on Jekyll Island, BTW.) Burnt Hickory Brewing at 2260 Moon Station Ct. in Kennesaw already has draft and 22-ounce bottles on the market of its first five products.

This is Georgia’s smallest commercial brewery, brewing only 31 gallons at a time.

Second Self Brewing is likely to choose a location in Chamblee, with a late 2013 startup date expected. Reformation Brewing, located at 750 Henry Turner Trail in Ball Ground, should also come on line in late 2013.

Red Hare Brewing Co. is located at 1998 Delk Industrial Blvd. in Marietta. It is now producing Long Day Lager (4.98%) and Gangway IPA (6.2%) on draft and in cans (the first in Georgia!); today (as I write: Feb. 25), the first run of Watership Brown Ale (7.2%) was canned, and will be released next week. This is, of course, also on draft.

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A lot of breweries in Georgia hope soon to have their own equipment to match Terrapin’s.

This is the very beginning, fellow thirsthards; elsewhere in the state, new breweries are popping up like like hops. We mosey to Atlanta, where you may already have noted the striped necktie tap handles of Monday Night Brewing. Their beer is now being contract-brewed elsewhere (this is not a bad thing), but before you know it, the brewery will be fully ensconced in its new digs at 670 Trabert Ave. NW, over near the Atlanta Water Works on Howell Mill Road. Check its website for progress.

The folks at Orpheus Brewing are searching for a spot in Atlanta near the Beltway. (They may have found it by now.) They intend to be operant by fall 2013.

Eventide Brewing occupies an as-of-yet undisclosed location in the Grant Park area.

Its target debut date is mid-July, just in time for my birthday. Yes! Over in Decatur, amazing things are springing forth. Wild Heaven’s brewery sits on the city line of Avondale Estates; as if this weren’t enough, two other Decaturite breweries are taking shape as I peck these words. Three Taverns Brewing, located at 115 New St. (right off College Avenue) promises a May or June start. Nearby neighbor (and friendly competitor) Blue Tarp Brewing is located at 731 East College Ave. Its Bantam Weight Irish Red Ale (4.5%) was released Dec. 27 on draft only; next is Mother Hoppin’ Double IPA, which is

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Strictly for draft is Rabbit’s Reserve Saison (5.5%) and the just-released Bitter Hearts Black IPA. Wow! Strawn Brewing at 27 Word St. in Fairburn is up and running, distributing its American Wheat (5.5%), Amber Ale (6%) and Scottish Ale (5.5%), mostly to locations in Atlanta’s Midtown and some other southern areas.

All of these so far are packaging breweries.

A new brewpub is open in Cumming: Cherry Street Brewing Cooperative is in Rick Tanner’s Grill & Bar at 5810 Bond St. Macon Beer Co. at 345 Oglethorpe St. in that city will be macon beer there soon. Coastal Empire Beer Co., apparently open since August, 2011, is located in Richmond Hill, south of Savannah on U.S. 17.

As I write, the future of Griffin’s Eagle & Lion Brewpub is unknown. The business was apparently evicted from its premises on East Taylor Street in Griffin, and is seeking a new location, perhaps in Athens. Only time will tell. This establishment introduced Georgia to cask-conditioned English-style Real Ale. This will be my last beer column of this nature. In the future, I may well write about things beery, for sure, but in the context of road tripping or other research. Until future time, prosit!

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Callahan, Jason Freeman and Kay Beck discussing the emerwas tough, at first, to get a sense of just what Athens gence and growth of translocality in media, or the ability of Slingshot was all about. The “new showcase for music, media to transcend geographical identities and network simiinnovative art and technology” seemed from the begin- larly minded individuals on the basis of shared interests, values ning to have a penchant for the mysterious, boasting a brightly or goals. colored, often confounding website and an interesting PR push: Last month, we began receiving in our various inboxes a steady stream of strange pictures, hazy shots of local celebrities like Michael Stipe peering into the camera with blank expressions and holding the same giant yellow “O.” “Small Planet,” a showcase of ethnographic and experimental shorts screening in Ciné’s theater at 8 & 10 p.m., will Teeth pulled, we eventually got to the bottom of it all, and behind the maze-like mission statements and evasive PR feature North American premieres of Than, by London-based maneuvering we found a pair of passionate souls in director filmmakers Danny Winkler and Emilia Loseva; Transit Zone, Kai Riedl and art curator Eric Marty. “We keep exporting things

by Spanish filmmaker Santiago Parres; and Awakening, by we can do here,” longtime Athenian Riedl explains of the idea Virginian A/V artist Will Copps. In addition, selections from Petites Planètes, an ongoing series by Paris-based, nomadically behind the one-day festival, forged on a shoestring budget with the help of a handful of forward-thinking local organizaliving filmmaker Vincent Moon, will be screened. Much more tions and which aims, organizers explain, to connect Athens with the wider world, to build a bridge between the local community and the global one and, above all, to transform Athens into an international arts destination.

With myriad events happening throughout the day, attendees can expect a dense but welcoming vibe, a chance for an intimate glimpse into the collective creative mind and, ultimately, to participate in something truly special: the opportunity to witness the birth of some big ideas.

Wristbands are available at Little Kings Shuffle Club (“Slingshot central”) or any of the other participating venues the day of the event and are only $5. As a bonus, several local restaurants are offering 20 percent off on Saturday with a Slingshot wristband. Read on for some planned highlights, and peep more details, including the full schedule, at Awakening by Will Copps athensslingshot.com.

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than a mere archival project, Petites Planètes is a subjective collection of recorded portraits exploring the music and rituals of cultures across the globe.

Perhaps aiming to set a mental framework for the day’s digitally dense activities, Slingshot will kick off with two educational panels in the CinéLab. UGA’s Ideas for Creative Exploration (ICE) will host “Locative Media & Society” at 2 p.m. with panelists Chris Eaket, Conor McGarrigle, Genevieve Hoffman and Brinkley Warren.

Two participatory demonstrations of locative media—media that is aware of and utilizes individual users’ locations to provide personalized, location-specific experiences—will be featured during Slingshot: McGarrigle’s “WalkSpace,” a mobile app and artist-led stroll inspired by the Situationist dèrive, and Hoffman and Emiliano Burgos’ “Darkness Map,” an app that crowd-sources data to create a visualization of nighttime light in the urban environment.

The UGA Willson Center for Humanities and Arts’ panel “Translocal Future” follows at 3 p.m., with panelists Mark

ART With an emphasis on non-traditional art forms that incorporate performance, sound, video, social media, interactivity, locative media and site-specific work, Slingshot aspires to condense artwork from over 45 artists representing upwards of 20 countries into only three blocks of downtown. Utilizing spaces such as Ciné, New Earth Music Hall and the recently vacated 42 Degrees location (next to Farm 255) as well as the outdoor urban environment, pieces range from Ernesto Gomez’s “Urban Oscillation,” a sound performance of automobiles near and within the Washington Street parking deck at 8 p.m., to Envelop Atlanta’s 100 small pieces hidden around the festival site.

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At the cross-section of music and art, from 4–11 p.m. the CinéLab will rotate continuously among an audiovisual program consisting of eight works and two distinct sound programs: “Acousma,” a collection of five electronic music compositions, and “Soundscapes,” a group of three recordings that are documentary in nature. Athens boasts itself as an art town, yet it’s extremely rare for so many non-regional works to be exhibited at once—let alone in a single, fleeting day—so don’t let the chance to witness some mind-bending experimentation pass you by.

MUSIC Slingshot’s diverse lineup of performers, set to play various downtown venues, varies from the avant-garde to the powerfully pop. “Each of these artists is doing something singular,” says Riedl, who handpicked the day’s bands.

A selection of “new sounds,” like the electronic experimentations of Diving Bell (9:30 p.m. at Flicker Theatre & Bar), the immersive improvisations of newish trio Brannen Burland and Schultz and the constantly shifting music of beloved local experimenter Killick (8:30 and 9:30 p.m. at Little Kings Shuffle Club, respectively), will be on display throughout the evening, to the delight of musical progressivists; those who miss the defunct AUX Festival can take comfort here.

But you can expect more straightforward sets of songs, too, courtesy of Atlanta crew Baby Baby (9:30 p.m. at 40 Watt Club), and brotherly organ-drums duo Grape Soda (12:30 a.m. at 40 Watt Club), among others.

The Suzan (11:30 p.m. at 40 Watt Club), a delightful, all-female and all-party-all-thetime Japanese pop act, will bring its irresistible tunes to Athens for the first time, to our town’s everlasting benefit. Then there are the in-betweeners, like Harouki Zombi (12:30 a.m. at Go Bar), the knowingly gaudy kabuki-disco duo, or The Dream Scene (TBA at Farm 255), an ostensibly pop outfit more subversive than most. Local favorite DJ Feral Youth (11:30 p.m. at New Earth Music Hall) will provide a heavy-hitting nu-house backdrop, while Jersey-based “orchestral space-pop” group Miracles of Modern Science (11:30 p.m. at The World Famous) will defy genre expectations while keeping things moving in a popforward direction.

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very March, the whole world descends on Austin, TX, or so it seems. With over 1,000 bands set to perform over the six days (Mar. 12–17) included in the music portion of South by Southwest’s prodigious schedule, and a whole host of others playing unofficial parties—which, by the way, I heard there’s free pizza and Lone Star; you should probably check that out—it can be a chore to keep track of who’s playing where, and when.

So, here’s a little help from your Flagpole friends, an alphabetical list of some of the Athens bands playing SXSW showcases with handy descriptions for your pre- (or during-) fest perusing pleasure. For non-Athenians camped out in Austin, consider this an invitation to explore our town’s myriad musical offerings. For locals, it’s your yearly reminder of the frightening degree of talent that’s packed into our fair burg.

Keep in mind that many of these groups are performing multiple times throughout the week; due to space restrictions we can’t list each and every show here. Follow Flagpole’s chief SXSW correspondent and local music Svengali, Gordon Lamb, on Twitter at @gordonlamb to get the scoop during the festival.

And bookmark our music blog, Homedrone, at flagpole.com/blogs/homedrone for photo updates, daily recaps and more.

Bubbly Mommy Gun/The Dream Scene: Thursday, Mar. 14, TBA @ Club 1808 (Party Party Partners Present ESCAPES Day Party) These interwoven bands of merry pranksters plan to play no less than half a dozen shows

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Futurebirds: Thursday, Mar. 14, 11 p.m. @ Creekside at Hilton Garden Inn Back in the Americana realm, the Futurebirds dudes are the undisputed rootsrocking kings of Athens, and the group’s new album, Baba Yaga, out on Fat Possum this April, only stands to further propel it into the indie stratosphere. Don’t miss your chance to see these rising stars while they’re still on the ground.

T. Hardy Morris

Harouki Zombi: Wednesday, Mar. 13, 1 a.m. @ Parish Underground (Saddle Creek Showcase) Part performance art and part weirdo musical odyssey, Nina Barnes (of Montreal) and Orenda Fink (Azure Ray) have taken their Harouki Zombi project from art-school afterthought to full-blown happening. Expect a mix of wild costumery and solid synth-pop; last year’s Objet Petit A showed that, spectacle aside, the duo’s music stands just fine on its own. over three days, including the fifth anniversary of the always raucous Party Party Partners day party. PPP mouthpiece Mercer West also hints at something called SXSWENDY’S, which, as it sounds, takes place outside a certain fast food restaurant. Look for the bus.

Dana Swimmer: Thursday, Mar. 14, TBA @ Lucy’s Retired Surfers Bar (TIAM Day Party) An upstart standout of late, Dana Swimmer traffics in the hooky alt-rock native to its This Is American Music home. The band’s debut album, Veloce, is well worth checking out, an

assured blend of pop and Americana that portends even finer things to come.

Easter Island: Wednesday, Mar. 13, TBA @ The Stage on Sixth (HGTV/Paste Day Party) The shiny, sweeping post-rock of this local quintet has earned it more than a few devotees in Athens and beyond. Brothers Ethan and Asher Payne write and perform with a bright-eyed and refreshing sort of abandon, and last year’s full-length Frightened found them emphatically realizing a long-hinted potential.

Maserati: Wednesday, Mar. 13, 1 a.m. @ Valhalla (Nicodemus Agency Showcase) 2012’s Maserati VII found the long-running local post-rock badasses of Maserati in their toughest and most streamlined form yet, finally living up to the cocksure promise of the band name. The impossibly potent drumming of new member Mike Albanese seemed to lift the group’s music to a whole new level; likewise, Maserati utilized synths and programming more than ever. A well-oiled machine, indeed.

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Shonna Tucker T. Hardy Morris: Thursday, Mar. 14, 11 p.m. @ Central Presbyterian Church Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best known for his role as the frontman of grunge revivalists Dead Confederate (itself set to release a new LP, In the Marrow, Apr. 16), but donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sleep on Morrisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; solo work.

In stripped-down form, his evocative songwriting is a gentle beast, aching and honest but never falling prey to emotive overkill.

New Madrid: Wednesday, Mar. 13, 1 a.m. @ The Velveeta Room (Normaltown Records Showcase) One of the most buzzed-about bands to appear on our local scene recently, the young fellas in New Madrid take the dense forest-rock of groups like Band of Horses and pare it down to its essentials. They also arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afraid to experiment with texture, marrying the warmth of ambient sound with the immediacy of guitar-pop on their debut, Yardboat.

Shonna Tucker: Thursday, Mar. 14, TBA @ The Stage on Sixth Patio (Cherokee Lair Productions/6 Degrees of Muscle Shoals Showcase) Leaving the Drive-By Truckers might have been the best decision Shonna Tucker ever made. With her new group, Eye Candy, the bassist and songwriter showcases a side

she wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t able to while with the venerable Southern rockers, a tough and tender style that gives credence to the very notion of the second career phase.

White Violet: Wednesday, Mar. 13, 10 p.m. @ The Velveeta Room (Normaltown Records Showcase) The latest vehicle for singer-songwriter Nate Nelsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s speciously unassuming folk-pop tunes, White Violetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s music is akin to a particular strain of recent indie rockâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s moody, late-night sound should appeal to fans of The National or The Antlers. But White Violet eschews bluster in favor of directness, a breath of fresh air in a world of haze.

Yip Deceiver: Friday, Mar. 15, 11:15 p.m. @ Karma Lounge (Bond Music Group/Aerobic International Showcase) Dance and be merry, and then dance some more, with Athensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; premier party-starting duo, an of Montreal offshoot that has taken on a life of its own. Not your typical kitschy discopop outfit or screen-toting electro combo, Yip D gets down with the analog synths and drum machines of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;80s funk but strips away the excess in search of the innermost groove.

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threats & promises Music News And Gossip Everyone’s gonna try to slide through this current batch of days under the radar, because spring break will bust everything wide open next week. For college students, it means things totally unfit for print, and for the workin’ stiffs, it means a few days of easy parking downtown. Bloom where you’re planted, people. While you’re waiting to bloom, take a peek at this week’s Athens music news…

Watch the Throne

King of Prussia Returns to Claim Its Crown

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Brandon Hanick, the past half-decade has been one given to rambling. A onetime Athenian and the singer-songwriter behind pop act King of Prussia, Hanick has quick-rooted in places like Virginia, Chicago and Barcelona. His travels have informed his personal and artistic lives equally, and this week he returns to Georgia to perform, to show off his new double album and also to settle down once again—in Atlanta, once his tour wraps up in April.

“I work remotely as a copywriter and ACT test question writer, so I can really be anywhere as long as there is Internet,” says Hanick. “Basically, I’ve taken the money that would’ve gone to rent and monthly bills and used it to pay for plane tickets, rental cars and the occasional hotel room… but [I’ve been] mostly crashing with friends.”

As far as local albums go, King of Prussia’s debut, Save the Scene, released on Kindercore in 2007, remains one of the better ones that few people have heard. Hanick honed his craft and, with some pals in South Carolina, cobbled together an album of harmonious tunes awash in reverb and echo—summery, positive and unflinchingly melodic. It was informed by the music of the ‘60s and ‘70s, from The Association to The Zombies. It sounds the way a mod paisley shirt looks.

Over the next five years, Hanick continued to write songs and record them when he could, putting out a handful of releases, including last year’s Transmissions from the Grand Strand, an album underpinned by a number of textural and atmospheric effects.

King of Prussia’s new double album, Zonian Girls & Summer Spooks, comprises 20 songs Hanick wrote while living in sunny Spain, and they reflect his life there at the time.

“It’s beautifully weird. I guess life there just seems a little less pre-packaged,” he says of Barcelona. “With that spontaneity and depth of feeling comes higher highs and lower lows, and I think that’s what is reflected… on the new album. Also, I’ve written a couple verses and one full song in Spanish. I think being able to pepper in a bit of Spanish here and there opens up a lot of lyrical possibilities. There are turns of phrases, shades of

meaning and slang that exist in one language but not the other, so it’s good to be able to draw upon both.”

Recorded in Barcelona, Athens and Bordeaux, France, the songs on Zonian Girls run the emotional gamut. With more than 20 different musicians on the album and source material taken from sessions in three different countries, King of Prussia had to rely on a trusted pal to help mix and polish the final product, so it turned to local producer Jesse Mangum of The Glow Recording Studio.

Says Hanick, “Jesse is a mad, brilliant genius, and we wouldn’t put our record into the hands of anyone but him… Jesse is like a member of the band. In fact, he was even a touring member for a while.”

The band’s current incarnation—Hanick on vocals and guitar, multi-instrumentalists Nathan Troutman and Brian Smith, Vasco Batista on guitar and drummer Simon Mille— swings back through Athens this weekend.

(Hanick calls the current live lineup “the perfect amalgam of the European and American versions of King of Prussia.”) The group’s 21-date tour will last about a month, after which Hanick plans to start house-hunting in the ATL. Zonian Girls & Summer Spooks is about halfway mixed and should be ready for download and purchase soon; expect to hear a good number of the tunes at the show.

“We all feel like this is the best stuff that any of us have ever recorded,” says Hanick.

“It’s an amazing feeling to listen to the songs and feel as though you’re listening to another band… I think people will dig it, but most importantly, we, the bandmembers, dig it.

I’m sure we’ll all listen to this album 30 years from now.”

Chris Hassiotis

WHO: King of Prussia, Feather Trade, Pipes You See, Pipes You Don’t WHERE: Flicker Theatre & Bar WHEN: Friday, March 8 HOW MUCH: TBA

Sha-La-La-La: It’s been more than a minute since we heard anything from the Werewolves camp, but the band reports that the longawaited vinyl pressing of its most recent album, Georgia, is finally back from the pressing plant after numerous delays. Those who pre-ordered a copy (over eight months ago!) can expect it soon. If this describes you, and you’d like your copy mailed to you, drop a line to athenshorseparty@gmail.com to reconfirm your address. Local deliveries will be done via bicycle, but everyone else should drop a line, too. Copies are also available at Wuxtry Records and Low Yo Yo Stuff. In other news, the band is releasing a new EP soon at the same Bandcamp address as part of a new series of free EPs from the Athens Horse Party label.

Speaking of which, labelmate El Hollin is currently working on a new album, Wyatt Strother of Werewolves and Dena Zilber of El Hollin will tour together next month to promote the label and Werewolves has plans for a full-on tour of the West Coast, Southwest and Texas in May. Keep up with all the latest at athenshorseparty. com.

A Tip of the Top Hat: The former Athens Americana Festival has been re-branded this year as the Twilight Americana Music Festival and has a damn impressive lineup. The event will happen the weekend of the Twilight Leon Russell Criterium, Apr. 25–28, and will feature the legendary Leon Russell, Deer Tick, Mike Cooley, Leftover Salmon, Larry Keel, Lera Lynn, Jim White, Dave Marr, The Darnell Boys and more. Performances will take place at the Georgia Theatre, Green Room, 40 Watt, Little Kings Shuffle Club, The World Famous, the Melting Point, Hendershot’s and the Twilight Americana Stage at the Criterium.

Tickets are slightly more complicated this year: Early bird (as in right now) passes will run you $50 (VIP tickets come with appropriate bonuses and are $125) but the Leftover Salmon performance costs an extra $10 in addition to your pass, no matter which route you take. Head to athensamericana.com and facebook.com/TwilightAmericana for all other info.

wisdom, healthy living tips and other types of general goodness, not self-referential hype.

A few years ago, I was skeptical, but now I look forward to hearing what she has to say.

Her spoken word and music combo African Soul, which was reportedly recording a new album as recently as last summer, performs Thursday, Mar. 14 at Georgia Bar. If you’d like to subscribe to her newsletter, drop a line to CelestNgeve@gmail.com, and to hear her music and poetry, visit celestngeve.com.

All the Livelong Day: The unfortunately named but impeccably organized Up Your Athens Punk Fest will return to the Caledonia Lounge on Saturday, Mar. 23. Spearheaded by Tandi Murphy-Hall of local punks Triangle Fire, this is the fest’s third trip around the sun. It’s still super inexpensive ($1 for those over 21, $3 for those under) and is all ages. Fifteen local and regional bands are confirmed, including El Chupaskabra, The CoDependents, Hermits of Suburbia, Ganges Phalanges, Gripe, Grim Pickins & The Bastard Congregation, Food Clothes Shelter, Los Meesfits, The Fact, SheHeHe and more. Doors open at 5 p.m., and

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Treat Yourself Right: I’ve never been one to go in for cornball feel-good-isms, which usually ring in my ears like giant bells of insincerity that herald the achievement of the speaker more than they seek to edify the listener.

But you can believe me 100 percent when I tell you that I wholeheartedly endorse the efforts of Celest Divine. The Athens musician and poet regularly sends email updates to her subscribers filled with inspirational

the show starts at 6 p.m. Seriously, it starts at 6 p.m. I’ve seen Murphy-Hall in action in the past, and her schedule runs on time, every time. So, do your part and be there.

This-’n’-That: Eureka California looks set on undertaking a tour of Europe between late March and early April. Here’s to successful shows and a safe journey… Josh Smith from local punks Burns Like Fire has a new project underway named SINS that is reportedly straight-up, old-school hardcore, but nobody has heard anything from this outfit yet, so I guess we’ll just wait and see… Kendrick Lamar’s show at UGA’s Tate Center Grand Hall is sold out… In other University Union news, the student activities organization currently features one of the most incredibly sparse yet satisfactorily confusing websites of any UGA organization to date. See for yourself at ugaunion.wordpress.com… Do yourself a favor and catch The Common People Band at the Melting Point on Friday, Mar. 8. The long running Athens R&B group specializes in classics and standards and is just an all-around special feature of our Classic City.

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Tuesday 5 ART: Life Drawing Open Studio (UGA Lamar Dodd School of Art Galleries, Room S370) An opportunity to draw or paint the human figure from life. No instruction provided. 5:30–8:30 p.m. $8. www. art.uga.edu ART: Opening Reception (ARTini’s Open Art Studio, Gallery & Lounge) For floral and still life paintings by Nethie Lockhart. Light refreshments provided. 5:30–8:30 p.m. FREE! www.artinisartlounge.com EVENTS: GLOBES Social Mixer (Georgia Center Hotel, Dawg House Bar & Grill) Unwind with UGA’s LGBTQ group. Nicole Cashin, coordinator of Citizen Advocacy will speak at 7 p.m. 6–8 p.m. FREE! www.globes.uga.edu FILM: Film Screenings (40 Watt Club) Sound City is a documentary film directed by Dave Grohl (Nirvana, Foo Fighters) about the history of Los Angeles recording studio Sound City Studios. A screening of hip-hop artist Snoop Lion’s documentary, Reincarnated, will follow at 9 p.m. 7 p.m. FREE! www.40watt.com FILM: Terraferma (Miller Learning Center, Room 148) A Sicilian family deals with the arrival of a group of immigrants on their island. Part of UGA’s fifth annual Cinecittà Film Series. 7 p.m. FREE! pizzuti@uga. edu GAMES: Trivia with a Twist (Johnny’s New York Style Pizza) Throw a lime in your Coors Light and compete! Tuesdays & Thursdays, 7:30-9:30 p.m. 706354-1515 GAMES: Trivia (Fuzzy’s Taco Shop) Compete for prizes and giveaways.

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FREE! www.locosgrill.com KIDSTUFF: Storytime (Oconee County Library) Enjoy a morning of stories, songs and crafts. For kids ages 2–5 and their caregivers. Every Tuesday and Wednesday, 10 & 11 a.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 LECTURES & LIT: Darl Snyder Lecture (UGA Chapel) African historian Toyin Falola will speak about “African Immigrants in the United States and Subatomic Agents of Culture.” 10 a.m. FREE! www.afrstu. uga.edu LECTURES & LIT: Willson Center Lecture (Ciné Barcafé) Valerie Babb, director of the Institute for African American Studies at UGA, presents “In the Footballs of Diaspora: Reflections on the Wanderer.” Pre-event cocktail hour at 5 p.m. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www. willson.uga.edu

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LECTURES & LIT: Preservation Award Winner Tour (Evergreen Community Garden) The H. T. Edwards Complex was awarded a 2012 Preservation Award for Outstanding Rehabilitation by the Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation.

Smith Wilson, David Stubbs and Lynn Jones lead a tour of the complex and explains its historical significance. Email to RSVP. 5:30–6:30 p.m. $10. athenaeumclub@gmail. com LECTURES & LIT: Special Collections Tour (Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries) Tour the exhibit galleries of the Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library and the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies. 2 p.m. FREE! www.libs.uga.edu/scl MEETINGS: Athens Radio Club Meeting (Fire Station #3) The Athens Radio Club is for individuals looking to be involved in Ham radio through mentoring, educating, encouraging one another in achieving those goals, and providing opportunities for one another.

7:30–9:30 p.m. FREE! www.athensradioclub.org PERFORMANCE: Faculty Recital (UGA Ramsey Concert Hall) UGA faculty violinist Shakhida Azimkhodjaeva gives a recital. 8 p.m. $5–10. www.pac.uga.edu

Wednesday 6 CLASSES: Project Safe Line Dance Lesson (Buffalo’s Café) Ron Putman offers line dancing lessons on behalf of Team 6 of Dancing with the Athens Stars. Proceeds benefit Project Safe. 7–8:30 p.m. Donations accepted. 706-354-6655 CLASSES: SALSAthens (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Cuban-style salsa dance classes with SALSAthens.

Every Wednesday, 6:30-7:30 p.m. (intermediate), 7:30-8:30 p.m. (beginners). $8 (incl. $3.50 drink).

6:60–8:30. $8. 706-338-6613 CLASSES: Jewelry Class (Athena Jewelers) Learn how to use a jeweler’s saw, solder, set stones and more. Light snacks and drinks provided. 6:30–8:30 p.m. $15/hr.

706-549-6869, www.athenajewelers.com CLASSES: Spicy Salsa Dancing (Jerzee’s Sports Bar) Learn how to Salsa. Every Wednesday. 9–10 p.m. (lesson), 10 p.m.–1 a.m. (dancing). $3, $5 (under 21). dg2003@yahoo. com EVENTS: Rally (UGA Arch) A rally against the ban on undocumented students. 12:15 p.m. FREE! miriam. zuniga9@gmail.com FILM: When It Was a Game (Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries) A documen-

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Every Wednesday. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 LECTURES & LIT: Word of Mouth (The Globe) Monthly open poetry reading. Steve Maurer will be the

Flautist Sir James Galway will perform at the UGA Hodgson Concert Hall on Thursday, Mar. 7. See Calendar Pick on p. 17. featured reader. 8 p.m. FREE! 706353-4721 LECTURES & LIT: Clueless Book Discussion (Oconee County Library) This month’s mystery novel is And When She was Good by Laura Lippman. All are welcome. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 PERFORMANCE: Master’s Recital (UGA Robert G. Edge Recital Hall) Larissa Silva performs on piano. 8 p.m. FREE! www.music.uga.edu PERFORMANCE: Collegium Musicum (UGA Ramsey Concert Hall) The period chamber music ensemble presents “Love, Passion, Faith,” a concert of works by Purcell, Handel, Vivaldi, Charpentier and Schutz. 8 p.m. FREE! www.music. uga.edu PERFORMANCE: UGA Students Composers Association (Hugh Hodgson School of Music, Dancz Center for New Music) Original music from the UGA composition studio. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.pac. uga.edu

Thursday 7 ART: Opening Reception (Athens Ford) For pieces by local high school students Shamiria Mahaffey and Demek Kemp, who won Athens Fords’ 2012 Education Drives Creativity Art Scholarship Contest.

Partnered with ATHICA. 7 p.m.

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FREE! www.facebook.com/groups/ athensdl EVENTS: Reiki Circle (Healing Arts Centre) A Japanese technique for stress reduction, relaxation and healing. Every Thursday. 7–8 p.m.

Donations accepted. 706-338-6843 EVENTS: Make It an Evening: James Galway (Georgia Museum of Art) Enjoy coffee, dessert and gallery tours at the museum before James Galway’s performance in Hodgson Hall. Galway performs, with his wife Lady Jeanne, works including Debussy’s “Clair de Lune,” Bizet’s “Carmen Fantasy” and Henry Mancini’s “Pennywhistle.” 6–8 p.m.

FREE! $5 (coffee & dessert). www. pac.uga.edu 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: Family Dinner Night (Earth Fare Café) Kids eat free every Thursday with one $5 adult purchase of prepared foods. Good for up to six kids, ages 12 & under. 4–8 p.m. $5.

706-227-1717 KIDSTUFF: Book Jammers (ACC Library) Children and families are invited for stories, trivia, craft activities and more. Ages 8-11. 4:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Read to Rover (Oconee County Library) Children can read aloud to trained dogs to improve reading confidence. Trainer always present. Register for a 15-minute session. 3–4 p.m. FREE! 706-7693950 KIDSTUFF: Library Crew (Oconee County Library) The library is seeking volunteers ages 9-12 to assist

with craft projects, help take care of the library and have a good time!

Call to register. 4–5 p.m. FREE! 706769-3950 LECTURES & LIT: Visiting Author (Avid Bookshop) Jessica Maria Tuccelli visits in support of her new novel Glow. 6:30–7:30 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop.com LECTURES & LIT: Oconee Rivers Audubon Society Lecture: Birds are Dinosaurs (Sandy Creek Nature Center, Visitors’ Center) UGA geologist Ray Freeman-Lynde analyzes how fossils found in China blur the lines between dinosaurs and birds. 7 p.m. FREE! www.oconeeriversaudubon.org LECTURES & LIT: Little Free Library Launch (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Athens’ Young Professionals Network (YPN) and Team Sprockets launch new locations of Little Free Libraries.

Attendees are requested to donate to at least one booth. 6–9 p.m. FREE! readathens@gmail.com PERFORMANCE: Sir James Galway (Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall) Flute virtuoso James Galway performs classical works accompanied by his wife Lady Jeanne.

See Calendar Pick on p. 21. 8 p.m. $20–59. www.pac.uga.edu

Friday 8 EVENTS: Terrapin for Team 10 (Terrapin Beer Co.) Catering from Harry’s Pig Shop and Epting Events.

Proceeds help Team 10 of Dancing with the Athens Stars raise funds for Project Safe. Live music by The Root Spirits and more. 5:30–8:30 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com LECTURES & LIT: A Novel Music Tour (Avid Bookshop) Lee and Sharisse Coulter perform as part k continued on p. 22

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Kendrick Lamar Tate Center Grand Hall · 7:30 p.m. · SOLD OUT! Compton-based rapper Kendrick Lamar’s meteoric rise seemed to come from nowhere, and even UGA seemed to be taken by surprise a couple weeks ago when its ill-conceived ticketing plan for the event devolved into a near-riotous snafu. If you’re one of the lucky ones with (or plotting to sell your first-born for) a spot inside Grand Hall Thursday, you’re in for a treat; last year’s good kid, m.A.A.d. city showcased Lamar’s wide-ranging studio talent, but a recent “Saturday Night Live” performance proved he’s no slouch in the live department, either.

Lamar’s vivid, narrativedriven music culls from SoCal’s early ‘90s heyday but vibrates with the futuristic, haze-hop sheen native to Internet-era underground rap, the sure-footed sound of an artist for our times. [Gabe Vodicka]

update on a tired style—’60s haze filtered through a millennial gaze. [G.V.] EVENT | Saturday, Mar. 9

Classic City Rollergirls Bout Athens Arena (280 Commerce Blvd.) · 7 p.m. ·

$10 (adv.), $12 (door) Come out to cheer on our hometown Rollergirls as they take on Huntsville, AL’s Dixie Derby Girls in this raucous roller skating rivalry. There will be plenty of jamming, whipping and blocking, as well as the inevitable thrills, spills and intrepid skills from your favorite skaters, including Elizabeth Impaler, Faye Tality, Mosh-ya

PERFORMANCE | Thursday, Mar. 7

Sir James Galway UGA Hodgson Concert Hall ·

8 p.m. · $20–$59 World-renowned classical flutist and Belfast native Sir James Galway and his wife, Lady Jeanne Kendrick Galway, and the Galway Chamber Players will perform a concert to include Mozart’s “Flute Quartet in D Major,” Debussy’s “Clair de Lune,” Bizet’s “Carmen Fantasy” and Henry Mancini’s “Baby Elephant Walk.” A consummate entertainer and a prolific recording artist, Galway has played several world tours and sold over 30 million albums.

This concert will be recorded for broadcast on American Public Media’s “Performance Today” and will be introduced with a lecture from Mary Helen Still of the UGA musicology department. Tickets can be purchased at pac.uga.edu or by calling the box office at 706-542-4400. [Christina Cotter] MUSIC | Saturday, Mar. 9

Jacco Gardner, Les Racquet Green Room · 10 p.m. · $3 Twenty-four-year-old Dutch songwriter and producer Jacco Gardner works with the sonic palette of a much more seasoned musician. He wears his influences on his sleeve, too, and his impressive debut album, the just-released Cabinet of Curiosities, is the work of someone raised on a heavy diet of classic psych-folk (think Donovan or The Zombies). But not only does Gardner mimic the woozy, mostly British pop of yesteryear, he also refines it.

Songs like “The One Eyed King” are appropriately if unimaginatively kaleidoscopic, featuring lyrics like “Thinking about the old days again/ Drifting down a river with no end.” Throughout, Gardner betrays an honest nostalgia, presenting a needed

Lamar Brady and AmyTville. A percentage of the night’s proceeds will benefit BreastFest, a local organization whose mission is to increase awareness and raise funds for breast cancer research, services, education, treatment and patient care for local breast cancer patients and survivors. There will also be a silent auction of one-of-a-kind Rollergirl-decorated bras to add to the kitty. Go to classiccityrollergirls.com for tickets. [C.C.]

First Annual 5k Run/Walk Friday, March 22 at Midnight

MUSIC | Sunday, Mar. 10

Ken Stringfellow, Phillip Brantley The World Famous · 7 p.m. · $15

It’s no surprise that Ken Stringfellow has been tapped to play Athens’ newest venue, as his connections here run deep; Stringfellow was a touring member (and sometimes studio musician) with R.E.M. throughout the past decade of that band’s existence. Need more proof of the adequacy of his rock and roll résumé?

Stringfellow was a founding member of The Posies and also played with the reunited Big Star in the ‘90s and early 2000s. Now touring solo, he has recruited a female singer in each town to join him onstage for a few duets. (Flagpole has heard rumors as to who’s joining him for his Athens show, but we won’t spoil the surprise.) In the meantime, check out Stringfellow’s latest effort, Danzig in the Moonlight. [Dan Mistich]

Begins at St. Joseph Catholic Church and runs through the beautiful Boulevard district of Athens!

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$200 for First Place Male & Female $100 for First Place Masters Male & Female Age Group Awards given to 1st, 2nd & 3rd Place Finishers

REGISTRATION $20 pre-registration through March 13 $25 registration fee after March 13 - Race Day Online registration at active.com Race-day registration opens at 10:30pm [T-shirts guaranteed to runners who register by March 13]

FOR MORE INFO: Lindsay Brannen 706-461-2700, lindsaydrue@hotmail.com Carole Black classicraceservices@gmail.com Proceeds benefit Lay Park Community Center

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THE CALENDAR! of their combined novel and album release tour. 6:30-7:30 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop.com PERFORMANCE: Classic City Kings (Go Bar) Athens’ premiere drag king troupe promises to offend with their risque show, “The Chronicles of Sex, Sorrow and Sin.” Followed by a dance party with DJ Mahogany 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 PERFORMANCE: Master’s Recital (UGA Robert G. Edge Recital Hall) Kuei-Fan Chen gives a cello performance. 3:35 p.m. FREE! www.music. uga.edu PERFORMANCE: “Holly Wood” (Little Kings Shuffle Club) The male burlesque troupe The Gentlemen Callers lampoon classic movies with low comedy and high beefcake.

10 p.m. $5. www.facebook.com/ lkshuffleclub THEATRE: To Kill a Mockingbird (Seney-Stovall Chapel) Rose of Athens Theatere performs the classic story based on the novel by Harper Lee. 7 p.m. $8–16. www.roseofathens.org THEATRE: Winnie the Pooh (Athens Little Playhouse) Athens Little Playhouse presents its production drawn from beloved stories by A.A. Milne. Mar. 8, 7:30 p.m. Mar. 9–10, 3 p.m. $5–10. www.athenslittleplayhouse.net

Saturday 9 ART: Athens Slingshot (Athens, GA) Innovative artworks by over 45 artists representing 20 countries will be displayed in Ciné, New Earth Music Hall, the former 42 Degrees space (next to Farm 255), Snow Tire and outdoors. Check website for the full list of participating artists. See story on p. 15. 2 p.m.–2 a.m. $5 wristband. www.athensslingshot.com CLASSES: Without Flowers: Mosses, Liverworts, Ferns and Horsetails (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) The ancient plants moss, liverwort, fern and horsetail have been around millions of years longer than flowering plants. Learn about these plants, their structures and their reproduction. Certificate in Native Plants Elective Course. 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. $50. www.botgarden.uga.edu CLASSES: New Moon Dreamboards (Over the Moon Creative Possibilities) Vision board collaging with Moon Mama. 10 a.m.–12 p.m. www.mamainthemoon. blogspot.com CLASSES: Small Scale Glass Fusing Workshop (Studio Mod Glass) Local jewelry artist Annette Paskiewicz teaches the basics of glass fusing in her studio. Materials included. Visit website for register.

10 a.m.–2 p.m. $100. modglassgirl@gmail.com, www.studiomodglass.com EVENTS: Grand Opening (Smokey Road Press) For Smokey Road Press, a letterpress and bookbinding space, featuring demonstrations, food, drinks and a raffle. 8 p.m.

FREE! smokeyroadpress@gmail.com EVENTS: CCRG vs. Dixie Derby Girls (Athens Arena) The Classic City Rollergirls take on Hunstville, Alabama’s Dixie Derby Girls. A portion of the proceeds benefit BreastFest. See Calendar Pick on p. 21. 7 p.m. $10 (adv.), $12. www. classiccityrollergirls.com EVENTS: Spring Forward Dance Party (The National) Kick off spring break with a dance party in the dining room, featuring DJ Immuzikation. 11:30 p.m.–2 a.m.

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EVENTS: March for Meals 5K (ACC Council on Aging) The Athens Community Council on Aging holds a 5K to benefit March for Meals, a national effort to end senior hunger.

Visit website to register. 9 a.m. $15–25. 706-549-4850, www. active.com EVENTS: Athens Area Democrats Breakfast (Brett’s Casual American Restaurant) This month’s speaker is Gordon Sherman, area representative of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare. Call to reserve seat by Mar. 7. 9 a.m. $11. 706-248-7455, athensareademocrats@gmail.com FILM: Athens Slingshot Film Screenings (Ciné Barcafé) Athens Slingshot presents ethnographic and musical explorations from around the world with Than by Danny Winkler and Emilia Loseva, Transit Zone by Santiago Parres, Awakening

by Will Copps and selections from Petites Planetes by Vincent Moon.

See story on p. 15. 8 p.m. & 10 p.m. $5 wristband. www.athensslingshot. com KIDSTUFF: Girls’ Lacrosse Clinics (Herman C. Michael Park) Greater Oconee Area Lacrosse teaches lacrosse skills and holds scrimmages to help players prepare for joining league play next year. For girls ages 4th-12th grade. Lacrosse sticks and balls provided. 3 p.m.

706-705-2166 KIDSTUFF: Rents and Tots: Relief Printmaking (Double Dutch Press) Learn the basics of relief printmaking. For ages 5 & up and a parent.

2–4 p.m. $50. www.doubledutchpress.com KIDSTUFF: Storytime (Barnes & Noble) For all ages. Children receive a free treat from the cafe. 11 a.m.

FREE! 706-354-1195 KIDSTUFF: Second Saturday Storytime (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Hear a nature story and learn about the woods and animals.

2:30–3 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3615 LECTURES & LIT: Tech Shot: “Translocal Future” (Ciné Barcafé) Athens Slingshot and the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts presents a panel discussion on the tao and tech of translocality in media and the arts. Panel members include Mark Callahan, Jason Freeman and Kay Beck. See story on p. 15. 3 p.m. $5 wristband. www. athensslingshot.com LECTURES & LIT: Michael L. Thurmond Lecture (Morton Theatre) “The Place from Which our Fathers Signed: Black Men and Women in Athens.” Sponsored by the Athens Area Black History Committee. 1 p.m. FREE! 706-2476777 LECTURES & LIT: Tech Shot: “Locative Media & Society” (Ciné Barcafé) Athens Slingshot and Ideas for Creative Exploration present a panel on locative media and its capacity to influence society with panel members Chris Eaket, Conor McGarrigle, Genevieve Hoffman and Brinkley Warren. See story on p. 15.

2 p.m. $5 wristband. www.athensslingshot.com PERFORMANCE: Bread and Puppet Circus (Canopy Studio) The Circus of Possibilitarians addresses pertinent national and international issues in a clownish fashion. The Dire Circumstance Jubilation Ensemble provides a little bit of brass and a lot of noise. 5 p.m.

FREE! www.breadandpuppet.org SPORTS: Table Tennis Tournament (Oconee Veterans Park) Beginner, novice, intermediate and expert level double elimina-

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tion table tennis competition. Free table tennis clinic at 1 p.m. Register online or in person by Mar. 9, 12 p.m. 2 p.m. FREE! kthomas@ oconee.ga.us, www.oconeecounty. com/ocprd SPORTS: Beginner Disc Golf Clinic (Sandy Creek Park) Athens Disc Golf Club teaches the basics and plays a few rounds. 10 a.m.–12 p.m. FREE! (w/ $2 park admission). www.facebook.com/athensdiscgolf THEATRE: Winnie the Pooh (Athens Little Playhouse) See Friday listing for full description. Mar. 8, 7:30 p.m. Mar. 9–10, 3 p.m. $5–10. www.athenslittleplayhouse.net

Sunday 10 ART: Spotlight Tour (Georgia Museum of Art) Meet docents in the lobby for a tour of highlights from the permanent collection. 3 p.m.

FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org FILM: The Taiwan Oyster (Ciné Barcafé) Two ex-pat kindergarten teachers in Taiwan embark on a quixotic odyssey to bury a fellow

THEATRE: Winnie the Pooh (Athens Little Playhouse) See Friday listing for full description. Mar. 8, 7:30 p.m. Mar. 9–10, 3 p.m. $5–10. www.athenslittleplayhouse.net

Monday 11 ART: Roadside Flower+Exotic Blossoms+Watercolor=Magic (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Artist Margaret Walsh Best leads students through creating plant paintings. Workshop includes demonstrations on techniques and information about the history, anatomy, medicinal and culinary uses of the specific plants used. 10 a.m.–4 p.m. $75. See www.margaretwalshbest. com for more info.

CLASSES: Middle Eastern Mondays (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) An hour-long music circle with drums and other instruments followed by dancing to classic Middle Eastern songs. All levels welcome. 7–9 p.m. FREE! (first time visitors) $10–12. www. athensbellydance.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 GAMES: Locos Trivia (Locos Grill & Pub) Westside and Eastside locations of Locos Grill and Pub feature trivia night every Tuesday. 8 p.m.

FREE! www.locosgrill.com KIDSTUFF: Storytime (Oconee County Library) Enjoy a morning of stories, songs and crafts. For kids ages 2–5 and their caregivers. Every Tuesday and Wednesday, 10 & 11 a.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 LECTURES & LIT: Special Collections Tour (Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries) Tour the exhibit galleries of the Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library and the Richard B. Russell Library for

The Classic City Rollergirls take on the Dixie Derby Girls at the Athens Arena on Saturday, Mar. 9. See Calendar Pick on p. 21. countryman. 5 p.m. $10–12. www. athenscine.com GAMES: Trivia (Amici) Test your skills. 9 p.m. 706-353-0000 GAMES: Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern, Broad Street location) What do you really know? 6 p.m. 706-548-3442 GAMES: Trivia (Buffalo’s Café) “Brewer’s Inquisition,” trivia hosted

by Chris Brewer every Sunday. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-354-6655, www. buffaloscafe.com/athens GAMES: Trivia (The Capital Room) Every Sunday! Hosted by Evan Delany. First place wins $50 and second place wins $25. 8 p.m.

FREE! www.thecapitalroom.com KIDSTUFF: Read to Rover (ACC Library) Meet Star, Comet and Penny, volunteer certified therapy dogs. Beginning readers can practice by reading aloud to a furry friend. All dogs are insured and in the company of their trainers. First come, first served. 3–4 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 LECTURES & LIT: Book Launch: Shadows and Wings (Avid Bookshop) Athens ex-pat Niki Tulk celebrates the debut of her first novel, Shadows and Wings, about a granddaughter who, upon discovering that her beloved grandfather was part of Hitler’s Wehrmacht, journeys to Germany to reconcile her family’s past. 3–4 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop.com

GAMES: Rock and Roll Trivia (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Get a team together, have a drink and show off your extensive rock and roll knowledge every Monday night!

Hosted by Jonathan Thompson.

9 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ lkshuffleclub GAMES: Trivia (Highwire Lounge) Athens’ toughest trivia, with the biggest pay-off. $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 KIDSTUFF: Bedtime Stories (ACC Library) Stories before bedtime; pajamas encouraged. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Infant Storytime (ACC Library) Designed to nurture language skills through literature-based materials and activities. Parents assist their children in movements and actions while playing. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-613-3650

Tuesday 12 CLASSES: Ashtanga Yoga (Healing Arts Centre, Sangha Yoga Studio) Try a class with yoga instructor Annie Marcum. 5:15–6:45 p.m.

FREE! www.healingartscentre.net

Political Research and Studies. 2 p.m. FREE! www.libs.uga.edu/scl SPORTS: Recreational Disc Golf Doubles Night (Sandy Creek Park) All skill levels of disc players are welcome. Discs provided. May bring a partner or be paired up. 6–8 p.m. FREE! (w/ $2 admission). www. athensdiscgolf.com

Wednesday 13 ART: Life Drawing Open Studio (UGA Lamar Dodd School of Art Galleries) See Tuesday listing for full description 5:30–8:30 p.m. $8. www.art.uga.edu ART: Tour at Two (Georgia Museum of Art) Meet docents in the lobby for a tour of highlights from the museum’s collection. 2 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org CLASSES: Spicy Salsa Dancing (Jerzee’s Sports Bar) Learn how to Salsa. Every Wednesday. 9–10 p.m. (lesson), 10 p.m.–1 a.m. (dancing). $3, $5 (under 21). dg2003@yahoo. com CLASSES: Egyptian-Style Dance (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) Learn solo combinations, group choreography and Trial Odyssey Group Improvisation. All levels welcome. 7 p.m. FREE! (first time visitors) $10–12. rajnigamar@ gmail.com

CLASSES: SALSAthens (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Cuban-style salsa dance classes with SALSAthens.

Every Wednesday, 6:30-7:30 p.m. (intermediate), 7:30-8:30 p.m. (beginners). $8 (incl. $3.50 drink).

6:60–8:30. $8. 706-338-6613 CLASSES: Stamp Making (Double Dutch Press) Learn image transfer, carving and printing techniques for making stamps. 6–8 p.m. $35. www. doubledutchpress.com EVENTS: Rabbit Box 10 (The Melting Point) This month’s theme: “Saved!” Local community members tell true stories from their lives. This month includes Elizabeth Alder, Matt Shedd, Rebecca McCarthy, Jan Turner, Alex White, Ansley Hayes, Ira Roth and Robert Alan Black. 6 p.m. $5. www.meltingpointathens.com GAMES: Trivia (Willy’s Mexicana Grill) Trivia with a DJ! Every Wednesday. 8–10 p.m. FREE! 706548-1920 GAMES: Trivia (Copper Creek Brewing Company) Test your trivia chops for prizes! Every Wednesday.

9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-1102 GAMES: Trivia (Mellow Mushroom) Every Wednesday. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-613-0892 GAMES: Trivia (Your Pie, Five Points location) Open your pie-hole for a chance to win! Every Wednesday.

7:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-7424 GAMES: Trivia (Your Pie, Five Points location) Open your pie-hole for a chance to win! Every Wednesday.

7:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-7424 GAMES: Trivia (Choo Choo Japanese Korean Grill Express) Jump on the trivia train! Every Wednesday. 7:30 p.m. www.choochoorestaurants.com GAMES: Sports Trivia (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s) Test your sports knowledge every Wednesday night. 8:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-850-1916 GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) Think you know it all? Test your knowledge every Wednesday night. 8 p.m. Both locations. 706-548-3442 GAMES: Crows Nest Trivia (Dirty Birds) Every Wednesday in the Crows Nest. 8 p.m. FREE! 706546-7050 KIDSTUFF: Storytime (Oconee County Library) Enjoy a morning of stories, songs and crafts. For kids ages 2–5 and their caregivers. Every Tuesday and Wednesday, 10 & 11 a.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 KIDSTUFF: Preschool & Toddler Storytime (Madison County Library) Includes stories, fingerpuppet plays, songs and crafts for literacy-based fun. For ages 2–5.

Every Wednesday. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Anime Club (Oconee County Library) All dedicated fans and new fans of anime and manga are invited. Ages 13–18. 6–8 p.m.

FREE! 706-769-3950 KIDSTUFF: Storytime (Barnes & Noble) For all ages. Children receive a free treat from the cafe. 11 a.m.

FREE! 706-354-1195 MEETINGS: Athens Area Chapter of AARP (Athens Bank and Trust Building) Monthly meeting of the American Association of Retired Persons. Open to the public. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-340-9418

Down the Line GAMES: Locos Trivia 3/19 (Locos Grill & Pub) 8 p.m. FREE! www. locosgrill.com LECTURES & LIT: Book Signing 3/19 (Ciné Barcafé) 6 p.m. $75/ person, $115/couple. reservations@ thenationalrestaurant.com GAMES: Crows Nest Trivia 3/20 (Dirty Birds) 8 p.m. FREE! 706546-7050

LIVE MUSIC Tuesday 5 Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com LANTERN Gritty, psychedelic garage rockers from Philadelphia.

FREAK IN THE FIRE Brand new local band.

SHEER AGONY Philly-based band playing eccentric guitar pop in the style of The Soft Boys and The Homosexuals.

CULT OF RIGGONIA Experimental soundscapes with tribal, world music beats and ornate instrumentation.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 SEMICIRCLE New project from Reptar drummer Andrew McFarland.

FOURTEEN HUNDRED MILES Folkrock band from Austin, TX. 100 WATT HORSE Experimental folk group from Atlanta.

RAYVON PETTIS Versatile country and indie-rock singer/songwriter from Birmingham.

Green Room 10 p.m. $5. www.greenroomathens. com SWEAR AND SHAKE Brooklynbased indie-folk band.

Hendershotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee. com JOE CAT Local singer-songwriter tells stories about his life. Come get to know him!

The Melting Point Terrapin Tuesday. 7:30 p.m. $5. www. meltingpointathens.com THE LAST BISON Chesapeake, VA-based act playing mountaintop chamber music that combines elements of alternative indie-folk with classical sensibilities.

Mirko Pasta 6 p.m. FREE! 706-850-5641 (Gaines School Road location) LEAVING COUNTRIES Local singersongwriter Louis Phillip Pelot performs folk and country, solo or with the help of some friends.

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.

LANEY STRICKLAND AND GIG MICHAELS Duo from the band SwampDaWamp, playing southern rock tunes.

BOO RAY Local songwriter playing rockinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Americana.

BOBBY KEEL Nashville songwriter who has penned songs for Hank Willliams Jr., David Allan Coe, Confederate Railroad and Travis Tritt, among others.

The Volstead 9 p.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;1:30 a.m. 706-354-5300 KARAOKE Every Tuesday!

Walkerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coffee & Pub 9 p.m. FREE! 706-543-1433 KARAOKE Every Tuesday and Thursday!

Wednesday 6 Amici 10 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0000 KARAOKE Sing your heart out.

Boarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Head Lounge 11 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 OPEN MIC NIGHT Showcase your talent. Every Wednesday!

Farm 255 8â&#x20AC;&#x201C;10 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com DIAL INDICATORS Local jazz act featuring Jeremy Roberts on guitar and George Davidson on tenor saxophone.

Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. $5. www.georgiatheatre.com NEW MADRID Echoing and atomspheric, Americana vocals and swift, proficient guitar plucks.

RUBY THE RABBITFOOT Formerly Ruby Kendrick, this local singersongwriter has a sweet voice and prodding, poignant lyrics.

DANA SWIMMER A montage of garage rock with sweet, soulful undertones.

THE WOODGRAINS Local band that plays a blend of funk, rock and soul featuring three vocalists and charismatic harmonies.

BLUE BLOOD New psych-rock project from Hunter Morris (Gift Horse), Hank Sullivant (Kuroma) and J.J. Bower (Dead Confederate).

TEDO STONE Rootsy local Americana and folk singer-songwriter with a touch of psychedelic fuzziness.

USELESS EATERS Nashville-based punk band.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 ARGONAUTS Local band plays moody, alternative-inspired rock.

NEW WIVES Local indie rock band inspired by groups like Modest Mouse and Cursive.

ENNOE Experimental electronic band from Dawsonville.

Green Room 9 p.m. FREE! www.greenroomathens. com ANDREW KAHRS This UGA grad has a silky smooth voice and soulful style that is reminiscent of John Mayer or Jack Johnson.

Hendershotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com THE HOBOHEMIANS This six-piece, acoustic band utilizes banjo, ukulele, flute, accordion, saxophone, piano, various percussion, drums and bass to perform popular American and European roots music of the 1910s, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;20s and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;30s: a potent mix of protojazz, blues and folk.

The Melting Point 8 p.m. $5 (adv.), $8 (door). www.meltingpointathens.com LITTLE TYBEE Atlanta-based folk band drawing from a variety of influences like jazz, Tropicalia and even Motown to color its indie-folk pop ballads.

COLORFEELS Nashville â&#x20AC;&#x153;orchpop sextetâ&#x20AC;? playing lush indie-folk, drawing from the likes of Grizzly Bear and Fleet Foxes.

ADRON The strong, fluttering voice of Atlantaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Adrienne McCann meanders through her blend of mellow Tropicalia and low-key jazz.

Porterhouse Grill 7 p.m. FREE! 706-369-0990 JAZZ NIGHT The longest standing weekly music gig in Athens is back for 2013! Join drummer Nicholas Wiles with bassist Drew Hart and pianist Steve Key for an evening of original music, improv and standards.

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THE CALENDAR! Terrapin Beer Co. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com LEAVING COUNTRIES Local group led by guitarist and singer/songwriter Louis Phillip Pelot.

Thursday 7 Amici 9 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0000 OPEN MIC NIGHT Showcase your talent! Email amiciopenmic@gmail. com to get a spot.

Barbeque Shack 7 p.m. FREE! 706-613-6752 OPEN BLUEGRASS JAM All pickers welcome! Every Thursday!

Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+) $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com BURNS LIKE FIRE Local, melodic punk rock band with anthemic vocals comprised of ex-members of Guff, KarbomB, and Celerity.

SWAGGERIN’ GROWLERS Boston band playing a mix of harsh folkpunk.

GRIM PICKINS & THE BASTARD CONGREGATION Thrash/punk meets angry, dark southern blues with this outfit.

STONE MOUNTAIN FREEWAY “Southern boogie-metal band” playing self described “epic battle rock.”

THREE’S AWAY Fist pumpin punk rock out of Austin, TX with catchy hooks.

Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com SAM SNIPER Local alt-country band playing rootsy and heartfelt tunes.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com SCOTT LOW AND THE SOUTHERN BOUILLON New project from the former Efren frontman, featuring Doyle Williams (Rehab), Clint Swords and Mike Strickland.

CALEB CAUDLE Soulful, alt-country and roots pop.

HALEY DREIS Classicaly trained violinist, branching out with her slick produced pop, in the style of Sara Bareilles.

Go Bar 11 p.m. 706-546-5609 KARAOKE Hosted by karaoke fanatic John “Dr. Fred” Bowers and featuring a large assortment of pop, rock, indie and more.

Green Room 12 a.m. FREE! www.greenroomathens. com GOLDBLUES Side project from members of Dank Sinatra.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee. com OLD SKOOL TRIO Funk, blues, and jazz featuring Carl Lindberg on bass, Seth Hendershot on drums and Jason Fuller on keys. Playing original compositions and the music of The Funky Meters, Dr. John, War, Sly and the Family Stone, Billy Preston, Stevie Wonder, Funkadelic and more.

Max 10 p.m. FREE! 706-254-3392 THUNDERCHIEF Raw Southern rock band with punk and garage influences.

BARB WIRE DOLLS Nationally touring punks who recently cut a Steve Albini-produced split 7-inch with OFF.

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The Melting Point 8 p.m. $15 (adv.), $18 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com PAUL THORN Americana songwriter playing a “muscular brand of roots music” with a distinct lyrical presence.

BONNIE BISHOP Soulful, raspyvoiced singer-songwriter, somewhere in between Gavin DeGraw, Janis Joplin, Bonnie Raitt and Grace Potter.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. FREE! 706-546-4742 DOUG FUNNY AND THE FRESHTONES Local jam-influenced band.

Sr. Sol 6 p.m. FREE! 706-850-7112 (W. Broad St. location) MARIACHI NIGHT Live Mariachi band, every other Thursday!

PIPES YOU SEE, PIPES YOU DON’T Pete Erchick (Olivia Tremor Control) plays gorgeous psych-pop.

Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. $10. www.georgiatheatre.com COSMIC CHARLIE Grateful Dead covers like you’ve never heard.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com THE GRANFALLOONS Georgians playing sunny Americana with twangy guitars, the occasional accordion and lots of pop melodies.

Highwire Lounge “Friday Night Jazz.” 8–11 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge.com RAND LINES Original compositions of pianist Rand Lines with drum-

Terrapin Beer Co. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com ROOT SPIRITS Local two-piece blues-rock outfit draws from American roots music and psychedelia to create an absorbing experience.

Saturday 9 40 Watt Club Athens Slingshot. See story on p. 16.

9 p.m. $5 (wristband). www.40watt. com GRAPE SODA This local duo (sometimes trio) plays soulful, psychedelic synthpop driven by organ and drums.

THE SUZAN All-female Japanese quartet playing melodic, energetic pop.

HUMAN PIPPI ARMSTRONG Charlotte-based performer playing weird tunes with eclectic instrumentation.

STEPHEN COOPER Cloud Becomes Your Hand founder plays a set of underwater-psych.

RENE LE CONTE Featuring Joe Kubler (Sleeping Friends).

Flicker Theatre & Bar Athens Slingshot. See story on p. 15. 9 p.m. $5 (wristband). www.flickertheatreandbar.com DIVING BELL Experimental, OH-based electronic duo.

IMPERCEIVABLE SHIFTS Solo project of Reptar’s William Kennedy.

SENSUAL HARRASSMENT New wave/disco-pop duo from Brooklyn.

CO CO RI CO Energetic local art-rock band.

and her conversational live shows have an offbeat sense of humor.

Little Kings Shuffle Club Athens Slingshot. See story on p. 15. 7 p.m. $5 (wristband). www.facebook. com/lkshuffleclub KILLICK Freeform jazz experimentalist Killick Hinds coaxes unconventional sounds from his H’arpeggione and his “harp guitar,” Big Red. BRANNEN BURLAND AND SCHULTZ New project from Serson Brannen (Subliminator), Scott Burland (Duet for Theremin and Lap Steel) and Frank Schultz.

CRAIG DONGOSKI Atlanta-based multimedia artist and musician.

10 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ lkshuffleclub DJ THE KING/MC CORD/TOASTER Three of Little Kings’ beloved staffers

Terrapin Beer Co. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com THE LAST TYCOON Local dark-folk/ Americana outfit.

UGA Tate Student Center 7:30 p.m. SOLD OUT! tate.uga.edu KENDRICK LAMAR Young Comptonbased rapper whose 2012 debut album was hailed by critics as one of the best of the year. See Calendar Pick on p. 21.

WUOG 90.5 FM Live in the Lobby. 8 p.m. FREE! www. wuog.org BROTHERS Local act plays swirling, jangly indie rock tunes with a full, rich sound of fuzzy, trebly guitars and haunting vocals.

Walker’s Coffee & Pub 9 p.m. FREE! 706-543-1433 KARAOKE Every Tuesday and Thursday!

Friday 8 Avid Bookshop 7 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop.com LEE COULTER Indie-influenced singer-songwriter from Encinitas, CA. Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com MUUY BIIEN Local band plays ‘80sstyle punk rock that’s equal parts Minor Threat and The Fall.

THE MILKSTAINS Richmond based act playing dance-inspiring, psychedelic surf mixed with lo-fi garage-rock.

FUTURE VIRGINS Noisy Chattanooga punk rock outfit that draws from bands like The Buzzcocks.

RITVALS Junk-rock band featuring members of Muuy Biien.

Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com THE HUMMS Local three-piece known for its loud and bizarre shows and a raunchy, grooving blend of psychedelic garage rock.

TIMMY TUMBLE Tim Schreiber howls and spasms and literally tumbles over garage-y rock-anthems and retro-inspired pop songs.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com KING OF PRUSSIA Formerly local retro psych-folk project. See story on p. 19.

FEATHER TRADE Formerly known as Misfortune500, this local band plays moody post-pop.

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Jacco Gardner plays Green Room on Saturday, Mar. 9. See Calendar Pick on p. 21. mer Ben Williams and bassist Carl Lindberg.

The Melting Point 8 p.m. $6 (adv.), $8 (door). www.meltingpointathens.com COMMON PEOPLE BAND Athens party band playing ‘70s funk and disco classics.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. FREE! 706-546-4742 ERIK NEIL BAND Local trio playing blues/rock covers and originals.

THE RAYS FEATURING CARLA LEFEVER This band, led by longtime Athenian LeFever, is back with a new lineup and a new, more rocking sound.

The Office Lounge 8:30 p.m. 706-546-0840 BROKEN ARROW BLUES BAND Brighton, MI rockin’ electric blues and boogie band.

The Pub at Gameday 10 p.m. 706-353-2831 LEAVING COUNTRIES Local singersongwriter Louis Phillip Pelot performs folk and country, solo or with the help of some friends.

KEN WILL MORTON AND THE CONTENDERS With his gritty, soulful rasp, Morton trudges through Americana’s roots with rock and roll swagger and a folksinger’s heart.

GLASSCRAFTS Power-pop-punk project featuring Grass Giraffes’ Steven Trimmer and Robby Casso.

BABY BABY Charismatic Atlanta pop band that can be described simply as “fun-rock.”

Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+) $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com HOLLY HUNT Doom-metal band from Florida.

RAPTUROUS GRIEF Atlanta-based aggressive fastcore featuring metal riffage and lyrics sung in Spanish.

PALE PROPHET New local hardcore/ metal trio featuring members of Nationale.

Cutters Pub 10 p.m. FREE! 706-353-9800 DJ MAHOGANY Popular local DJ spins freaky funk, sultry soul, righteous R&B and a whole lotta unexpected faves.

Farm 255 Athens Slingshot. See story on p.

15. 11 p.m. $5 (wristband). www. farm255.com BUBBLY MOMMY GUN Local experimental pop band that plays idiosyncratic, psychedelic tunes.

THE DREAM SCENE Javier Morales’ lo-fi avant-garde pop project.

BO WHITE Avant-garde rock out of Charlotte, NC that falls all over the map.

Go Bar Athens Slingshot. See story on p. 15.

11 p.m. $5 (wristband). 706-5465609 THE DREAM SCENE Javier Morales’ lo-fi avant-garde pop project.

HAROUKI ZOMBI Performance art/ dance-pop project of Nina Barnes (of Montreal) and Orenda Fink (Azure Ray).

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

ELECTROPHORIA Kai Riedl spins a set of tunes.

Green Room 10 p.m. $3. www.greenroomathens. com JACCO GARDNER Young, Dutch multi-instrumentalist that specializes in baroque, psychedelic pop. See Calendar Pick on p. 21.

LES RACQUET Prog/power-pop trio with three-part vocal harmonies and interesting instrumentals, backed up with jazz musicianship.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com CHRIS McKAY Local songwriter and Critical Darlings frontman plays a solo set.

KATE MORRISSEY Best known for her dark velvet voice, Morrissey’s songwriting is literate and sincere,

spin your faves, from the ‘80s to the present.

The National Spring Forward Dance Party. 11:30 p.m. FREE! www.thenationalrestaurant.com IMMUZIKATION Celebrated local DJ Alfredo Lapuz, Jr. hosts a dance party featuring high-energy electro and rock.

New Earth Music Hall Athens Slingshot. See story on p. 15.

11 p.m. $5 (wristband). www.newearthmusichall.com FERAL YOUTH Banging electro house, dubstep, with a dash of top-40 remixes backed by video projections.

DJ MK ULTRA Atlanta-based bass and dub DJ. Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. FREE! 706-546-4742 BUBONIK FUNK Funky, soulful rock band from Charlotte, NC. The Office Lounge 9 p.m. 706-546-0840 ERIK NEIL BAND Local trio playing loads of blues/rock covers and originals.

Terrapin Beer Co. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com DAVE PARSON Local singersongwriter.

The World Famous Athens Slingshot. See story on p. 15. 7 p.m. $5 (wristband). www.theworldfamousathens.com MIRACLES OF MODERN SCIENCE Jersey-based pop group that uses mandolin, violin, cello, standup bass and drums.

POWERKOMPANY Local duo featuring Marie Davon (Venice is Sinking) and Andrew Heaton (Packway Handle Band).

BLUE BLOOD New psych-rock project from Hunter Morris (Gift Horse), Hank Sullivant (Kuroma) and J.J. Bower (Dead Confederate).

ADAM VIDIKSIS Improv performance from this Delaware-based artist.

THOM JORDAN Performing a set titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Transmorphic Messagings.â&#x20AC;?

Sunday 10 Farm 255 10 p.m. www.farm255.com CASUAL CURIOUS Greensboro, NC band playing quirky, pop dance gems in a style not dissimilar to Reptar.

Hendershotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com lowercase letters Soulful, funky Washington, DC-based quartet featuring the inventive work of vocalist Alphie.

psychedelic music in its energetic, party-friendly jams.

Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com IRATA Psych-rock trio known for â&#x20AC;&#x153;throwing curveballsâ&#x20AC;? in its live shows.

FREEDOM HAWK Virginia-based four-piece combining heavy riffs, a rolling groove and soulful guitar melodies into a retro-sounding blend.

GUZIK Titanic sludge metal.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com CULT OF RIGGONIA Experimental soundscapes with tribal, world music beats and ornate instrumentation.

TOM TELEVISION Hip-hop and indie-rock songs over looped instrumentation from Thomas Valadez, Future Ape Tapes co-founder and bassist for Moths and Superfighter.

THE PARLOUR SUITE Minneapolisbased vintage surf-pop.

Hendershotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee. com QUIABO DE CHAPEAU Brazilian funk ensemble out of Atlanta, bringing dancing and Carnaval stylings to the stage.

Mirko Pasta 6 p.m. FREE! 706-850-5641 (Gaines School Road location) LEAVING COUNTRIES Local singersongwriter Louis Phillip Pelot performs folk and country, solo or with the help of some friends.

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 country songs.

DANNY HUTCHENS Bloodkin guitarist plays a solo set of wrenching soul-folk and rock.

RICK FOWLER Original guitar-driven blues-rock.

REDNECK GREECE Swinging hillbilly honky-tonk straight from the Appalachian Mountains of North Georgia.

Ten Pins Tavern 7:30 p.m. FREE! 706-546-8090 SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE BOWLING ALLEY BLUES BAND Featuring locals Paul Scales, Randy Durham, John Straw, Dave Herndon and Scott Sanders playing blues jams.

The World Famous 7 p.m. $15. www.theworldfamousathens.com KEN STRINGFELLOW Former Posies/R.E.M./Big Star collaborator whose inventive solo work lies firmly in the power-pop tradition. See Calendar Pick on p. 21.

PHILLIP BRANTLEY Modern Skirts bassist plays a solo set.

Monday 11 40 Watt Club 9 p.m. $5 (adv.) $7 (door). www.40watt.com THE CONSTELLATIONS Atlanta hip-hop/rock band combining elements of funk, soul, gospel and

The Melting Point 6 p.m. FREE! www.meltingpointathens. com THE HOOT Monthly showcase put on by the Athens Folk Music & Dance Society. Tonightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s show will feature authentic Celtic music from Green Flag, vintage jazz from Mary Sigalas and her band as well as new group fronted by Ed Kellough called Appalachian Rhythm. Susan Staley opens and hosts.

Tuesday 12 Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com ADAM GARZA Local singersongwriter.

JOSH PERKINS Local folk-rocker.

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Walkerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coffee & Pub 9 p.m. FREE! 706-543-1433 KARAOKE Every Tuesday and Thursday!

Ken Stringfellow plays The World Famous on Sunday, Mar. 10. See Calendar Pick on p.â&#x20AC;&#x2030;21.

Tedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Most Best 6 p.m. FREE! www.tedsmostbest.com GUMSHOE Local alt-country band led

by Andy Dixon.

Porterhouse Grill 7 p.m. FREE! 706-369-0990 JAZZ NIGHT The longest standing weekly music gig in Athens is back for 2013! Join drummer Nicholas Wiles with bassist Drew Hart and pianist Steve Key for an evening of original music, improv and standards.

Wednesday 13 Amici 10 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0000 KARAOKE Sing your heart out.

Boarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 THE AVIATORS Hard rock with a hint of funk and a lot of power.

EN LIMBO Local rap-rock group.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 BAXTER AND THE BASICS Local folk-inspired indie rock and roll band.

SPRY OLD MEN Solo project of South Carolina songwriter Logan Galloway.

The Melting Point Terrapin Tuesday. 7:30 p.m. $5. www. meltingpointathens.com GRASSVILLE Four-piece bluegrass band.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. FREE! 706-546-4742 GEORGIA RED CLAY Gwinnettbased, country music-influenced rock band.

3/14 OPEN BLUEGRASS JAM (Barbeque Shack) 3/14 CONTROL THE DEVASTATOR / THE HARLOTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S CHAMBER / ANATOMY OF SHADOWS / 10 FINGERS STRONG (Caledonia Lounge) 3/14 JOHN DRISKELL HOPKINS & BALSAM RANGE (The Melting Point) 3/14 THE LIONZ OF ZION (Nowhere Bar) 3/15 SALEM LAKE (Amici) 3/15 THE WESTERN CROONERS / MIKEY DWYER & THE STARTER KITS / TONY TIDWELL / THE WELFARE LINERS (Caledonia Lounge) 3/15 COMMON PEOPLE BAND (Crowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Nest) 3/15 T.S. WOODWARD / KARA KILDARE / OLD SMOKEY / THE VIKING PROGRESS (Farm 255) 3/15 RAND LINES (Highwire Lounge) 3/15 TOMMY TALTON BAND / JIMMY THACKERY (The Melting Point) 3/15 VINCENT THE DOG (Nowhere Bar) 3/16 JEFF VAUGHN BAND / 3 & 20 / JEREMY SCRUGGS / REGGIE STARRETT / HANNAH RICHARDSON (40 Watt Club) 3/16 LITTLE GOLD / GUMSHOE (Farm 255) 3/16 HIGH MOUNTAIN RAMBLERS (Georgia Bar) 3/16 MONKEYGRASS JUG BAND (Green Room) 3/16 THE FUSTICS / KEN WILL MORTON AND THE CONTENDERS / PAUL EDELMAN (Little Kings Shuffle Club) 3/17 ST. PATRICKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S DAY CELEBRATION / DRAKE SCHOOL OF IRISH DANCING / FIDDLERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S WIFE / THE WELFARE LINERS / THE KNOCKOUTS. (The Melting Point) 3/17 SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE BOWLING ALLEY BLUES BAND (Ten Pins Tavern) 3/18 MASERATI (Caledonia Lounge) 3/19 TWENTY ONE PILOTS / NEW POLITICS / FIVE KNIVES (40 Watt Club) 3/19 UTAH / BACKWOODS PAYBACK (Caledonia Lounge) 3/19 CHLOE SUNSHINE / HART SAWYER AND THE LOVE PROJECT / MICHAEL BOWMAN (Crowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Nest) 3/19 MRJORDANMRTONKS (The Melting Point) 3/19 LEAVING COUNTRIES (Mirko Pasta) 3/20 DANGEROUS PONIES / VELOCIRAPTURE / NORWEGIAN ARMS (Farm 255) 3/20 THE STEEPWATER BAND (The Melting Point) 3/21 MORNINGBELL / CASPER AND THE COOKIES / FOUR EYES (Caledonia Lounge)

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ART Call for Artists (Oglethorpe Senior Center) Seeking vendors for an arts and crafts show. Apply by Apr. 12. Show Apr. 20, 10 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;6 p.m. $40-60. (706) 743-8848 Call for Public Art Proposals (Athens, GA) The Athens Cultural Affairs Commission is seeking proposals from local artists for a public art installation at the newly renovated ACC Library. $25,000 budget. Deadline Apr. 15. www.athensculturalaffairs.org LACSI Call for Artists (Athens, GA) Artists are invited to submit entries to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Reflections of the Latin American Natural Environment,â&#x20AC;? a national juried exhibition, by Mar. 15. See website for details: www. lacsi.uga.edu Seeking Artists and Performers (Athens, GA) Artists, circus performers, puppeteers, acrobats, nonprofits and local school art clubs are invited to apply to be a part of the Lovely Spring Day show on May 4. Deadline Mar. 24. $15 (application fee), $80 (booth). iwww.indiesouthfair.com The Art Rocks Athens Foundation (Athens, GA) Seeking artists who were creating art in, or related to, Athens music between 1975â&#x20AC;&#x201C;1985 for a major retrospective exhibition at Lamar Dodd May 23â&#x20AC;&#x201C;July 31, 2014. www. artrocksathens.com

CLASSES Armitageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Herbaceous Perennials for the Sun (Georgia Center Hotel, Georgia Center for Continuing Ed) Dr. Alllen Armitage teaches an online course

on how to plant, propagate and care for 20 of his favorite perennials and how to identify different varieties within the plantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s genus.

Course available to start at studentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s convenience. $199â&#x20AC;&#x201C;$249. www. georgiacenter.uga.edu/ppd/courses/ horticulturegreen-industry/armitages-herbaceous-perennials-sun Arrow Yoga Classes (Arrow) Arrow offers ongoing prenatal yoga classes and mama/baby yoga classes. Visit website for details. www.ourarrow.com Beginner Quiltmaking (Sewcial Studio) Learn the basics of quilting.

Pre-registration required. Thursdays, Mar. 21â&#x20AC;&#x201C;May 2, 2â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4:30 p.m. $70. www.sewcialstudio.com Bellydancing (Floorspace) Sulukule Dance and Music presents classes in bellydancing, Bollywood dance, fire dancing, yoga, theatrical â&#x20AC;&#x153;bellyesque,â&#x20AC;? burlesque and Middle Eastern drumming. See www.floorspaceathens.com for schedule.

Buddha Book Study (Body, Mind & Spirit) A discussion group that supports utilizing Buddhaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s teaching to end suffering in all areas of life.

Every Wednesday. 6 p.m. Donations accepted. 706-351-6024 Clay Classes (Good Dirt) Weekly â&#x20AC;&#x153;Try Clayâ&#x20AC;? classes ($20/person) every Friday from 7â&#x20AC;&#x201C;9 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Family Try Clayâ&#x20AC;? classes every Sunday from 2â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4 p.m. $20. 706-355-3161, www. gooddirt.net Computer Classes (ACC Library) The library also offers online computer classes as well as in-library classes and one-onone instruction. Topics include in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, eBooks and more. Call for times and to register. 706-613-3650 Computer Classes (Oconee County Library) Advanced to beginner computer classes offered

by appointment and in scheduled classes. Subjects include email for beginners, Google Earth, Windows and more. Call to register. 706-7693950, watkinsville@athenslibrary. org Computer Classes (Madison County Library) Introduction to the Internet. Call to register. Tuesdays, 2:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;3:30 p.m. or 6:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;7:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-795-5597 Dance Classes (Dancefx) Ballet, tap, hip-hop, Zumba, contemporary, foxtrot, Western dancing, strip aerobics and more. Check website for schedule. 706-355-3078, www. dancefx.org Gentle Hatha Integral Yoga (St. Gregoryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Episcopal Church) All levels welcome. Tuesdays, 5:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;7 p.m. $9/class. 706-543-0162, mfhealy@bellsouth.net, www.mindfuliving.org Healing Fridays (Body, Mind & Spirit) A combination of reiki, chant and other forms of holistic and spiritual healing modalities to assist with healing the body/mind. $10 donation. Fridays, 6 p.m. 706-351-6024 Hot Yoga (Bikram Yoga Athens) Classes offered seven days a week.

Beginners welcome. 706-353-9642, www.bikramathens.com Introduction to Fantasy Illustration (Lyndon House Arts Center) Local artist Mark Helwig teaches a course in illustrating science fiction art and speculative fiction art. Thursdays, Mar. 12â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Apr. 25, 6:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8:30 p.m. $83â&#x20AC;&#x201C;125. www.athensclarkecounty.com/lyndonhouse Printmaking Workshops (Double Dutch Press) Workshops in one color or multicolor screenprint, reductive woodcut, stampmaking, relief printmaking, one color linocut and stationery. Call or check website for dates and prices. 706-546-0994, www.doubledutchpress.com

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William H. Johnsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s painting â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sowingâ&#x20AC;? is on display at the GMOA through May 12.

Spring Term (Good Dirt) Winter clay classes of all levels begin Mar. 18. See website for schedule. 706355-3161, www.gooddirt.net Yoga Classes (Healing Arts Centre) Several types of ongoing classes are offered for all levels.

Visit website for details. www.healingartscentre.net Yoga and Fitness Classes (Total Training Yoga Studio) Power yoga, gentle flow, guided deep relaxation and more. Check website for class schedule. www.totaltrainingcenter.com Zumba (Athens Latino Center for Education and Services (ALCES)) Every Monday, 7:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8:30 p.m. and Tuesday, 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;7 p.m. & 7:15â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8:15 p.m. $5 (1 class), $8 (for both Tues. 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, 5:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;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. Fridays, 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;7 p.m. $5. zumbathens@gmail.com

HELP OUT BikeAthens Bike Recycling Program (BikeAthens) BikeAthens seeks volunteers to recondition bikes for Athenians underserved by private and public transportation. First-time volunteers begin with a commitment of 10 hours, or four work sessions, and should come on a Wednesday for an orientation session. Mondays & Wednesdays, 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8:30 p.m. & Sundays, 2â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4:30 p.m. Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s night, Tuesdays, 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8:30 p.m. www. bikeathens.com Seeking Farming Volunteers (Athens, GA) Hungry Gnome Gardenscapes is a for-profit organization dedicated to empowering people to grow their own food through design and installation of edible landscapes following permaculture principles and ethics. Email to volunteer. maggie@hungrygnome.org, www.hungrygnome.org Trail Guides Needed (Sandy Creek Nature Center) Assist elementary school field studies by leading small groups of students along the trails. No experience necessary. 706613-3615, www.athensclarkecounty. com/sandycreeknaturecenter

KIDSTUFF Arts in the Afternoon (East Athens Community Center) Afterschool program teaches arts and crafts and allows children to create original artwork. Ages 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;15.

Mondays and Wednesdays, 3:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 5:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3593 Fantastic Fridays (Bishop Park, Gym) Various obstacle courses and activities for ages 10 monthsâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;4 years and their parents. Call to register. 10â&#x20AC;&#x201C;11:30 a.m. $5. 706613-3589 Kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Craft Classes (Treehouse Kid and Craft) Mama/Papa & Me craft class for ages 1â&#x20AC;&#x201C;3 (Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. & Saturdays, 10 a.m.), Craft Club for ages 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 (Wednesdays, 4 p.m.) and ages 3â&#x20AC;&#x201C;5 (Thursdays, 4 p.m.) and Family Crafterdays (Saturdays, 11 a.m.). $10/class, $30/4 classes. 706-8508226, www.treehousekidandcraft. com Kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Spring Break Camp (Good Dirt) A week of clay fun for out of school students. Call to pre-register. Mar. 11â&#x20AC;&#x201C;15, 9 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;3 p.m. $55/day. 706-355-3161, www. gooddirt.net New Mamas & Babies Group (Arrow) Meet other new parents and their pre-crawling little ones.

Caregivers Jean Anderson and Rebecca Espana host. Thursdays, 10 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;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 Shared Nanny Sessions (Arrow) Caregiving with a child ratio of 1 to 3. For ages 6 monthsâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;4 years. Pre-registration required.

Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Thursday, 9 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;5 p.m. and Friday, 9 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;1 p.m. $30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;125. ourarrow@gmail.com, www.ourarrow.com Spanish Lessons for Tots (Arrow) Spanish lessons with music, dancing and fun surprises led by Sarah Ehlers. For ages 2.5â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4 years old. Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;12 p.m. $10. ourarrow@gmail.com Spring Break Camps (Athens, GA) ACC Leisure Services offers â&#x20AC;&#x153;March Madness Spring Break Mini-Campâ&#x20AC;? at Lay Park, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Spring Break Art Breakâ&#x20AC;? at Lyndon House, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Spring Break Campâ&#x20AC;? at East Athens Community Center and Rocksprings Park, and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Spring Break Mini-Campâ&#x20AC;?

at Sandy Creek Nature Center. Visit website for details. Week of Mar. 11â&#x20AC;&#x201C;15. 706-613-3615, www.athensclarkecounty.com/camps Spring Break Theatre Camp (Athens Little Playhouse) Improvisation scenes, theatre games and creative problem solving.

Concludes with a performance for friends and family. For ages 4 & up.

Mar. 11â&#x20AC;&#x201C;15. www.athenslittleplayhouse.net Yoga Sprouts Family Yoga (Athens Five Points Yoga Studio) For children ages 2 & older with an adult. Sundays. 1â&#x20AC;&#x201C;1:45 p.m. $60. yogasprouts@gmail.com, www. athensfivepointsyoga.com

SUPPORT Alanon 12 Step Recovering Program(Athens & Watkinsville) Those concerned about a loved oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s drinking are invited to daily meetings. Call for time and location. 478955-3422, www.ga-al-anon.org Alcoholics Anonymous (Athens, GA) If you want to stop, we can help. 706-389-4164, www. athensaa.com Chronic Illness Support Group (Oasis Counseling Center) Six-week group meetings for individuals dealing with chronic medical conditions. Call to reserve spot. Every Wednesday, 1:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;3 p.m. through Apr. 10. $15/session.

706-543-3522, info@oasisconselingcenter.com Domestic Violence Support Group (Athens, GA) Support, healing and dinner for survivors of domestic violence. Tuesdays, 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 p.m., in Clarke County. First and Third Mondays, 6:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;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. Every Wednesday. 6:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 p.m. FREE! 706543-3331 (hotline), 706-613-3357, ext. 771.

Emotions Anonymous (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) A 12-step program open to all. Sundays, 4â&#x20AC;&#x201C;5 p.m. 706-2027463, www.emotionsanonymous.org Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Empowerment Group (Oasis Counseling Center) A group for women to work on assertiveness, self-care and more.

Call to reserve spot. Wednesdays through Apr. 10, 5:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;7 p.m. $15/ session. 706-543-3522

ON THE STREET 5th Annual Antebellum Trail PilgrimageA wide array of heritage events, tours and attractions providing a window into 19th-century Georgia homes and lifestyles. Apr. 18â&#x20AC;&#x201C;21. $25. www. atpilgrimage.com 8th Annual Sprockets Music Video Competition (Athens, GA) Film Athens is currently selecting music video submissions.

Selected videos will be screened at the Flagpole Music Awards Show in June. Visit website for entry form. Deadline Apr.15. $25â&#x20AC;&#x201C;35. sprockets@filmathens.net, www. filmathens.net

AthFest Filmfest Call for Entries (CinĂŠ BarcafĂŠ) The AthFest Film is accepting submissions for original short films for a local indie showcase during AthFest.

Submit by May 1. Visit www.athfest. com/music-festival/film Beat the Heat: Cat Spaying and Neutering (Athens Area Humane Society) The Athens Area Humane Society offers a special spay/neuter rate during February and March. $35-45. 706-769-9155, www.athenshumanesociety.org Classic Center Cultural Foundation Scholarship Award (The Classic Center) High school junior or senior performing arts students are eligible to apply for the CCC Foundation scholarship.

ART AROUND TOWN A LA FERA (2440 W. Broad St.) Artwork by Cap Man. Through March.

AMICIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S (233 E. Clayton St.) Acrylic paintings by Malcolm Alexander. Through March.

ANTIQUES & JEWELS ART GALLERY (290 N. Milledge Ave.) Paintings by Mary Porter, Christine Shockley, Dortha 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.

ARTINIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ART LOUNGE (296 W. Broad St.) Floral and still life paintings by Nethie Lockhart. Through March.

ATHENS ACADEMY (1281 Spartan Lane) In the Myerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gallery, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Color & Clay: Art in Harmonyâ&#x20AC;? includes works by painter Charles Warnock and ceramist/ photographer Cindy Lou Farley. Through Apr. 17. â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Adornmentâ&#x20AC;? includes jewelry and metalworks by Barbara Allen, Kay Gray and Sylvia Dawe. Through Apr. 17.

ATHENS FORD (4260 Atlanta Hwy., Bogart) Works by high school students Shamiria Mahaffey and Demek Kemp. Opening reception Mar. 7.

ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART (ATHICA, 160 Tracy St.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;And I Feel Fineâ&#x20AC;? includes works by Paul Pfeiffer, Caitlin Foster, Liz Fuller, Maya Hayuk, Zachary Fabri, David Mazure, Suko Presseau and Anthony Wislar that celebrate the artist as an optimist in the wake of worldwide calamity. Through Mar. 10.

THE BRANDED BUTCHER (225 N. Lumpkin St.) Paintings and drawings by Sanithna Phansavanh.

BROAD STREET COFFEE (1660 W. Broad St.) Still life oil paintings by Kim Shockley-Karelson.

CINĂ&#x2030; BARCAFĂ&#x2030; (234 W. Hancock Ave.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Walk,â&#x20AC;? new paintings by Jennifer Hartley. Through Mar. 19.

THE CLASSIC CENTER (300 N. Thomas St.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Here & Thereâ&#x20AC;? includes photography by Thom Houser, Michael Marshall, Jim Fiscus and Chris Bilheimer, Rinne Allen, Michael Lachowski and Michael Oliveri. â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Inhabitâ&#x20AC;? features paintings by Jennifer Hartley, Hooper Turner, Claire Dunphy and Art Rosenbaum.

EARTH FARE (1689 S. Lumpkin St.) Paintings by Jamie Calkin. Through April.

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 Leigh Ellis, Matt Alston, Michael Pierce, Nick Joslyn and more.

FLASHBACK GAMES (162 W. Clayton St.) An exhibit of over 40 video game inspired works by local artists.

FLICKER THEATRE & BAR (263 W. Washington St.) Artwork by Eric Simmons. Through March.

FRONTIER (193 E. Clayton St.) An installation by Kassie Arcate.

GALLERY@HOTEL INDIGO (500 College Ave.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wishâ&#x20AC;? features photography by Thom Houser and Jason Thrasher, jewelry by Mary Hallam Pearse, textiles by Jennifer Crenshaw, paintings by Joshua Beinko, Claire Joyce and Margaret Morrison, and a work by the Paper Cut Project duo Nikki Nye and Amy Flurry. Through Mar. 21. â&#x20AC;˘ In the Glass Cube, a new piece by Martijn van Wagtendonk. Through Mar. 21.

GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (90 Carlton St.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Water Musicâ&#x20AC;? combines visual perspectives on the theme of water and the idea of water music. Through Mar. 10. â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;From Savanna to Savannah: African Art from the Collection of Don Kole. Through Apr. 14. â&#x20AC;˘

Three $1,000 awards will be given.

Visit website to apply by Mar. 8. www.classiccenter.com Co-Ed Adult Kickball LeagueSpring registration now open for adults ages 21 & above.

Register until Mar. 14. www.gokickball.com/athens Pet First Aid and CPR Course (Athens Area Humane Society) Visit website to register. Feb. 23, Mar. 2 & Apr. 13, 10 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;2 p.m. $50. www. athenshumanesociety.org FREE Tax Preparation Help (Athens, GA) Monday, 1â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4:30 p.m. at Oconee Co. Library. Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x201C; Saturday, 9 am.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;1 p.m. at Epps Bridge Pkwy. Kroger. Tuesday, 11 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;2 p.m. at Oglethorpe Library.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Americans in Italy.â&#x20AC;? Through Apr. 21. â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Defiant Beauty: The Work of Chakaia Bookerâ&#x20AC;? consists of large-scale sculptures created from tires. Through Apr. 30.

THE GRIT (199 Prince Ave.) Paintings by Andy Cherewick.

HEIRLOOM CAFE AND FRESH MARKET (815 N. Chase St.) Paintings by Kristine Leschper. Through March.

JITTERY JOEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ALPS (1480 Baxter St.) Photography

by Adrina Ray. JITTERY JOEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S DOWNTOWN (297 E. Broad St.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ballet Lifeâ&#x20AC;? features photographs of ballerinas in unusual places by Chris Scredon.

JITTERY JOEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S FIVE POINTS (1230 S. Milledge Ave.) Photography by Jamie deRevere.

JUST PHO (1063 Baxter St.) Drawings and paintings

by Michele Chidester.

KRIMSON KAFE (40 Greensboro Hwy., Watkinsville) Paintings by Sandy Ellis. Through April.

LAMAR DODD SCHOOL OF ART (270 River Rd.) Metalwork by Lola Brooks. Through Mar. 7. â&#x20AC;˘ Prints and book art by Karen Kunc. Through Mar. 7. â&#x20AC;˘ In celebration of Youth Art Month, artwork by students attending local elementary, middle and high schools.

Through March.

LOFT GALLERY AT CHOPS & HOPS (2 S. Main St., Watkinsville) Artwork by Jessica â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cobraâ&#x20AC;? McVey. LYNDON HOUSE ARTS CENTER (293 Hoyt St.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Period Decorative Arts Collection (1840â&#x20AC;&#x201C;1890)â&#x20AC;? includes artifacts related to the historic house. â&#x20AC;˘ The 38th Juried Exhibition features 185 pieces by local artists selected by juror Mark Sloan. Through May 4.

MADISON COUNTY LIBRARY (3151 Hwy. 98 W, Danielsville) Two mixed-media pieces made from reclaimed materials, found objects and carefully altered natural sources by Ronald E. Moran.

OCONEE COUNTY LIBRARY (1080 Experiment Station Rd.) Photography by Lauren Farmer. Through March.

OCONEE CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION (OCAF, 34 School St., Watkinsville) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Light Years,â&#x20AC;? nighttime photography by Karekin Goekjian. Through Mar. 22. â&#x20AC;˘ An exhibit celebrating Youth Art Month features over 150 works from 12 schools located in Oconee County. Through March.

PERK AVENUE (111. W. Jefferson St., Madison) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Point of Origin,â&#x20AC;? works by Katharine Wibell. Through March.

SEWCIAL STUDIO (160 Tracy St.) Hand-dyed art quilts by Anita Heady and rust and over-dyed fabric on canvas by Bill Heady.

SURGERY CENTER OF ATHENS (2142 W. Broad St.) Oil paintings by Dortha Jacobson. Through March.

TECH STOP COMPUTERS (390 Atlanta Hwy.) Abstract expressionist acrylic paintings by Frances Jemini. Through June.

TOWN 220 (220 W. Washington St., Madison) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Earthly Abstractionâ&#x20AC;? features works using natural materials

by Jack Kehoe, Kipley Meyer, Brian Rust and Dwight Smith. Through Apr. 28.

TRANSMETROPOLITAN DOWNTOWN (145 E. Clayton St.) Black and white photography by Kaden Shallat.

THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH GEOGRIA OCONEE CAMPUS (1201 Bishop Farms Pkwy, Watkinsville) The Faculty Biennial Exhibition includes works by Isabell Daniel, Stacy Koffman and Kate Windley.

Through Mar. 27.

WHITE TIGER (217 Hiawassee Ave.) Artwork by Greg Harmon. Through March.

THE WORLD FAMOUS (351 Hull St.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Motherboardâ&#x20AC;?

by Frances Jemini is a large mixed-media piece constructed from mosaic-cut museum-board tiles layered with sheet vinyl. Through April.

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Chase Park Paint Artist Studios. Historic Blvd. ar tist community. 160 Tr a c y S t . R e n t 3 0 0 sf., $150/mo. 400 sf., $200/mo. (706) 5 4 6 - 1 6 1 5 o r w w w. at henst ow np rop er t i e s. com.

Eastside offices, 1060 Gaines School Rd. Rent 750 sf. $900/mo., 400 sf. $600/mo. (706) 546-1615 or athenstownproperties. com.

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Duplexes For Rent 5 Pts., across from Memorial Park. 2BR/1BA. W/D incl. CHAC, all new carpet, ceiling fans. Quiet & private. No dogs. $600/ mo. (706) 202-9805.

Brick duplex, 2BR/1BA, very clean. Just 2 mi. to campus on north side Athens. 2 units avail. Pets OK. Grad. students & professionals welcome. $500/mo. + dep. (706) 351-3074.

Houses for Rent $1000/mo. Blocks f ro m U G A & D w n t n . , 3BR/1.5BA, Lg. LR, 12’ ceilings & HWflrs., front porch, W/D, CHAC. Avail.

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3BR/2BA downtown off Oconee St. Newly renovated throughout.

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4BR/4BA newer houses, Dwntn. Walk everywhere!

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685 King Ave. 3BR/2BA. Lg. LR, DR, CHAC. Great location w/ tons of space.

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Awesome 3BR/2BA, close to campus. New master BA w/ double sink. HWflrs., fenced backyard. W/D, DW, CHAC. Avail. 8/1. $1150/mo. Call (706) 338-9173 until 10 p.m.

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Cute cottage 5 mi. north of Dwntn. 1000 sf. 2BR/1BA, living/dining room, W/D conn. Fenced area. $500/ mo. dep. Avail. Apr. 1.

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Half house to share. $400/ mo., $200 sec. dep., 1/2 utils. Fully furnished, W/D, carport, deck, private BA, no pets. Near Ga. Square Mall. (706) 870-9281.

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4-5BR/3BA historic house on Milledge Ave. Tall ceilings, HWflrs., CHAC, W/D. Heart of Milledge Ave. Call for more info.

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Parking & Storage Parking places for rent across from UGA. $30/mo.

(706) 354-4261.

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For Sale Miscellaneous Come to Cillies, 175 E. Clayton St. for vintage Louis Vuitton. 20% off single purchase of clothing, boots and jewelry (excl. J. Crew). 1/ person.

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

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FT or PT hair stylist position at Rocket Salon.

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Matters Of The Heart And Loins Quick question: Is there a way to see WAY back in your database of columns? One of my exes told me a few months ago that a few years ago, his then girlfriend wrote a letter about me, and I was curious to try and find out what it said. (He said it was pretty hilarious, and she was throwing random insults at me.) I was just wanting to know if there was a way to look way back.

Anonymous It looks to me like you can just go to Flagpole.com and search the archives. Not sure how far they go back, because I only went through the first several tabs, but click on “Advice,” page down to the bottom and keep scrolling back until you find the date you’re looking for. If you don’t find it, write me again with some more details (specific date, specific insults, the nature of the question), and I’ll see what I can find.

So, I work with this guy. Let’s call him Mike.

Mike is nice enough, but he is kind of a pain in the ass. He has a good work ethic, and I respect him professionally. I know I can count on him, and he always helps me out. The thing is, I feel like he wants us to be friends, but I don’t really want to hang out with him outside of work. He has a lot of problems, for one thing. He seems like he always has a major issue or drama in his life. These often involve his very hot girlfriend but also include his brother and his mom. He talks about this stuff constantly, and he is always asking for advice. I try to help, but I do find him exhausting and needy. He also gets upset easily, and when he gets that way he is so distracted that I find myself having to pick up his slack.

Like I said, he has a good work ethic, and I don’t think he is using this stuff as an excuse to get out of anything. It’s just that he can’t focus and get shit done when he has his mind on other stuff, and it makes my job harder. Imagine how I felt when I saw his very hot girlfriend out with some other guy. I was at a bar with some friends in a small town kind of far from where Mike and I work and live. She didn’t see me, so I didn’t say anything. I even had myself convinced for a minute that nothing was going on until I saw her making out with the guy half an hour later. She left with him late, barely walking because she was so drunk.

I put it out of my mind, telling myself that it was none of my business.

At work the next day, Mike was talking about how he and his girlfriend got in a fight.

I didn’t ask what it was about, but he told me she had gone out with her girlfriends and got really drunk and drove home instead of

calling him to pick her up. Again, I didn’t say anything. So, then, a couple weeks later, I saw her again, this time with a different dude, this time at a different bar, and this time she saw me, but not before she was obviously hanging all over the guy, flirting and putting her arms around him and everything. She didn’t say anything, but she definitely looked nervous when she saw me, and they left pretty quickly after that. She waved and smiled on her way out the door, but I could tell she was shitting herself.

Now I don’t know what to do. I know I’m going to see Mike at work in two days. I know I won’t even get an answer from you by then, but I’m hoping you have some good advice. I know if I tell him, she will know I was the one who said something. It’s not like I care what she thinks of me, but, in a way, I just don’t want to be involved. I also know that if he gets upset, it is just going to fuck up my life at work, and Mike will either hate me for telling him or he will want to lean on me even more because I was a good friend and told him what was up. I really just want to be left out of it and do my job, but, at the same time, I feel really bad for the guy. He is in way over his head with this girl, and she is totally shitting on him. Please help me. I feel like I’m screwed no matter what I do at this point.

Thanks, Mike’s Co-worker I usually advise people who are not close to a situation like this to avoid it. My reasoning is that it isn’t really your business, neither of them is your friend, and that the person being cheated on may or may not believe you, so you might be sticking your neck out and just make matters worse because both parties may end up hating you.

However, in your situation, I almost think that might be worth the risk. First, you know for sure that it is going on because you saw it with your own eyes. Next, Mike obviously knows that things are not good with his very hot girlfriend, and the constant drama is making him miserable, which is in turn making you miserable, so getting him the hell out of this crappy relationship might make both of your lives better. You don’t seem to have any reason to worry that she will know it was you who told him. You’re not friends with her, right? So, who cares if she knows it was you? While I agree that his gratitude, should it materialize, may cause you a bit of grief, I think you should take the risk. Do the right thing now, and cross that bridge if you come to it.

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