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GA Legislature Loosening Gun Laws p. 9

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The Former Athenians Bring DREAMVIOLENCE from NYC p. 17

EcoFocus A Five-Day Eco-Conscious Film Festival p. 11

Downtown Events Planning p. 10 · Creature Comforts Brewing Co. p. 6 · Béla Fleck p. 21 · Qurious p. 21

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First Non-Catholic Pope Last week’s election of a new pope and the attendant headlines bring to mind the legendary “Non-Catholic Pope” typo in the Banner-Herald on Oct. 16, 1978, when the first non-Italian pope, the Polish Cardinal Wojtyla, was elected. I recall standing on Broad Street at the Lumpkin corner reading in the window of the newspaper box (Would I ever buy one?) the giant headline proclaiming, “First Non-Catholic Pope!” Ever since, I have kicked myself for not depositing a quarter, or whatever they cost at the time, and making off with the whole stack.

Soon, the Banner-Herald carrier was back to grab those papers for destruction and replace them with the updated version.

To refresh my memory and check the date, I did some unaccustomed research and hit upon former B-H Executive Editor Jason Winders’ 2005 editorial on the subject of that famous typo, a model of the droll Winders style. But what’s this?

Winders claimed (http://onlineathens.com/stories/042405/ opi_20050424053.shtml) that it was not a headline at all, merely the “cutline” beneath the picture of the new pope. He said that everybody remembered it as a 90-point headline, but that actually it was only a cutline. I know Winders to be, in spite of his drollery, a man of the highest intellectual honesty and integrity, so I do not think for a moment that he would try to twist history for any self-serving purpose. I can only wonder if the paper Winders had before him when he wrote his column was the original or a later edition. Supposedly, every single copy of the original was destroyed, lest any survive to provide evidence of the mistake. Since I saw it with my own eyes— through the window of the paper box, where the cutline would have been difficult to read—and can still see it in my mind’s eye, am I wrong? It really doesn’t matter: the words live in legend, even if inaccurately—a fine fate for a typo.

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Athens for possible publication in print and/or online.” Keep ‘em coming, and send pictures to photos@flagpole.com or use the Twitter/Instagram hashtag #flagpolephotos. As Randolph Holder used to say, “The news depends on you.”

Cats Love Flagpole From Lindsay Porter at the humane shelter to our Special Agent Cindy Jerrell, who does “Adopt Me” every week, “I also wanted wanted to let you know that Walter, the big, black cat who was one of the feature cats in last week’s Flagpole, was reclaimed after being lost (actually stolen) for TWO YEARS! His owner saw his picture in the Flagpole (which she said she hardly ever reads) and recognized him immediately. She and her little girl were so, so happy to have him back!”

Footnote to History In response to my recent columns on the trials of the Athens Eight, attorney Alan Alexander reminds me that he took our conviction all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, where they declined to hear it, because they were absorbed by “more important matters,” which turned out to be Watergate. Fitting that Dick Nixon sealed our fate.

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city dope Funding Downtown Events You Down With CEP?: How can I explain it?

Every year, the Athens Downtown Development Authority distributes $60,000 to various downtown events like the Twilight Criterium, the Human Rights Festival and the Athens Symphony. It’s called the Community Events Program.

It’s not a whole lot of money in the grand scheme of things, and there are many more events downtown than the ADDA could ever hope to help, so competition for grants is often fierce.

Last fall, the ADDA and the Athens-Clarke Commission, which must also sign off on CEP funding, turned down commissioner and AthFest Executive Director Jared Bailey’s request for $16,667 for AthHalf, an annual half-marathon that raises money to teach arts and music in local schools. ADDA board members said AthHalf isn’t a true downtown event because it starts at the Classic Center but ends at Sanford Stadium—a claim Bailey took issue with.

“I think that was not a valid point. I think it’s very much a downtown event,” he told the ADDA last week, noting that many of the 1,500 spectators the race draws gather downtown, and many of the 3,500 runners go downtown after finishing the race.

Bailey is now pushing for more funding for public events, and he thinks he knows where to get it: the Classic Center.

Athens-Clarke County collects 7 cents in taxes on every dollar visitors spend on motel and hotel rooms in the county. By law, the money must go toward promoting tourism and economic development. Six of those cents have gone to the Classic Center and the Athens Convention and Visitors Bureau.

The Athens-Clarke Economic Development Foundation is going away and will be replaced by a new economic development agency that’s part of the local government and funded with regular old sales and property taxes, freeing up $150,000 of hotel/motel tax revenue. The Classic Center and CVB are making a play to split that money between themselves.

Bailey has other ideas. “It’s my contention

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that we give plenty to the Classic Center,” he said in an interview. “We should be holding them at the same rate or cutting them back and spending more on other downtown or citywide tourism generators.”

In making a pitch for more hotel/motel last month, Classic Center and CVB executive directors Paul Cramer and Chuck Jones told commissioners they’re getting a tremendous return on their investment. For about $1 million, the Classic Center generates a $20 million economic impact—hotel room-nights, meals and other visitor spending.

But that 20:1 ratio doesn’t include all of the tax dollars we’ve spent on the Classic Center, such as $53 million in sales taxes over the past 18 years to build the original facility and parking deck, expand the Grand Hall, build the new atrium and renovate the Foundry Street warehouses, according to Twilight organizer Gene Dixon.

Nor does it take into account the fact that the Classic Center, a nonprofit, is in the black.

Cramer expects to take in $3.5 million and spend $3.3 million this year. In fiscal 2014, with the expansion open for business, he conservatively estimates $3.7 million in revenue against a $3.6 million budget. The Classic Center does need to save up money for maintenance, but it’s doing fine without additional hotel/motel taxes.

Last year, AthFest received $12,500 in CEP funds for an event that drew 20,000 people to downtown. If they all spent just $20 each, that’s nearly a 40:1 return on investment.

Bailey believes the money the Classic Center wants could be spent more wisely elsewhere. For example, ACC could hold more events like last year’s popular food truck festival. It could build an amphitheater downtown or a permanent stage for concerts, or a permanent home for the Athens Farmers Market, which during the growing season sets up in the cramped space around City Hall.

Will it happen? Possibly, but it will be tough. Cramer tends to get what he wants.

The commission will start its budget deliberations in May, so we’ll find out then.

Coming soon to an intersection near you?

You Spin Me Right Round: For years, local transportation nerds have been pushing for roundabouts whenever Athens-Clarke County rebuilds an intersection. They lost in 2007, when commissioners opted for a traditional intersection at Barnett Shoals and Old Lexington roads because the olds feared that OMG! No one will ever figure out how to drive in a circle! Chaos! Mass hysteria!

When it came time to realign a dangerous intersection at Tallassee and Whitehead roads last year, many drivers made the same objections. But the commission opted for a roundabout because studies show they’re safer, and Transportation and Public Works Director David Clark told them it would cost about the same amount of money—$2.6 million—as a signalized intersection.

Well, that turned out not to be the case.

Only about $1.5 million is available for the roundabout after voters rejected T-SPLOST, the 1 percent sales tax for transportation, last July. Clark told the commission at a work session last week that he can build a traditional intersection for $1.5 million, but a roundabout will cost $2.5 million. Rather than ditch the roundabout, commissioners told him to hire a consultant for $20,000 to look at the project with fresh eyes and try to pare down the cost.

Clark also identified some unspent SPLOST money to tap if needed.

Clark also asked the commission for money for a new College Station Road bridge. The current bridge is too narrow for sidewalks or bike lanes, creating a bottleneck for cyclists commuting from the Eastside to the University of Georgia. Those amenities will be included in the new bridge.

The state Department of Transportation is picking up the entire construction tab, but ACC is responsible for right-of-way and moving power lines. The price could top $1 million, but ACC Manager Alan Reddish said he thinks he can work out a land swap with UGA. Cowsert for Congress: State Sen. Bill Cowsert (R-Athens) announced last week that he’ll make an announcement after the legislative session ends about his intention to run for congressional seat Rep. Paul Broun is vacating to run for U.S. Senate. It’s safe to say Cowsert is running, though.

For one thing, the news release was issued

by Ryan Mahoney, who ran Martha Zoller’s congressional campaign last year, so Cowsert is already staffing up. And it includes all the usual quotes about out-of-control federal spending and dysfunction in Washington you’d expect from a GOP congressional candidate.

Remember, you heard it here first.

Blake Aued news@flagpole.com

capitol impact Lawmakers Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Accomplish Much The last week of the General Assembly session is fast approaching, and you might think the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lawmakers would be concentrating on major issues that are truly important to constituents back in their districts.

So what momentous bills were being debated last week? Our legislators voted for final passage of HR 281, a resolution that will change the name of Tift County toâ&#x20AC;Ś Tift County.

You heard that correctly. It seems that when this county south of Macon was created back in 1905, it was named after Nelson Tift.

Now we learn that it really should have been named for another member of that family, Henry Harding Tift. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nelson Tift was a good man, but he was actually from Dougherty County,â&#x20AC;? explained Rep. Jay Roberts (R-Ocilla), the sponsor of HR 281.

Laugh at that if you want to, but HR 281 was one of the most significant measures approved last week. During that same week, the House of Representatives debated and passed HR 410, which implores the International Olympic Committee to retain wrestling as a sport in the Olympic Games after the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

HR 410â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sponsor, Rep. Mike Glanton (D-Jonesboro), was confronted with a serious question as he urged his House colleagues to adopt the measure. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Can you tell me the difference between wrestling and rasslinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;?â&#x20AC;? Rep. Jason Spencer (R-Woodbine) inquired. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I cannot tell you the difference, but I can tell you theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll both get you tangled up,â&#x20AC;?

Glanton said solemnly.

Voters send 180 representatives and 56 senators to the capitol every winter presumably so they can conduct important business for the state. These days, that business largely consists of passing bills that donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really accomplish anything but simply recycle stale ideas that have been floated for years.

Here are two prime examples: Sen. Bill Ligon (R-Brunswick) sponsored SB 68, which would require public schools to hold â&#x20AC;&#x153;Celebrate Freedom Weekâ&#x20AC;? every September and teach students about such important documents as the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. Rep. Barbara Sims (R-Augusta) introduced HR 218, which urges local school superintendents to â&#x20AC;&#x153;take the initiativeâ&#x20AC;? of making sure that students learn about the U.S. Constitution.

Have these legislators set foot in a classroom? If they had, they might have learned that Georgiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s public schools have been required for many years to teach students in American history classes about the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.

The Georgia Performance Standards require American history teachers to â&#x20AC;&#x153;explain the language, organization, and intellectual sources of the Declaration of Independence [and] include the writing of John Locke and the role of Thomas Jefferson.â&#x20AC;? The standards also require teachers to explain the origins, major arguments, and checks and balances contained within the Constitution, as well as the â&#x20AC;&#x153;key featuresâ&#x20AC;? of that most important document.

Lawmakers squandered an untold amount of their time and the taxpayersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; money to consider legislation that would require public schools to teach things they have already been required to teach for a long time.

Instead of passing meaningless bills that repeat what is already in state law, legislators could consider restoring full state funding for local school systems. Public schools might then have the resources to make sure students are taught fully about the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.

That would require lawmakers, of course, to actually think about things besides wrestling and Tift County.

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Stein and Beauchamp, both University of Georgia graduates, led a casual tour of the Snow Tire building Mar. 9 for a group of very curious, beer-swilling Athenians. Changes to the Snow Tire building include removing the dropped ceiling to expose the trusses, knocking down interior walls and relocating the Snow Tire sign on the front of the building: all fairly minimal changes. The removal of the dropped ceiling will have the biggest impact

recently stole the â&#x20AC;&#x153;wâ&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x201D;to be replaced with a Creature Comforts sign, and a new rooftop patio in the back over the barrel storage area.

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on the 1940 building, and while a dropped outskirts of town, leaving empty buildings in ceiling is very much a feature of mid-century the downtown core. While the original busiarchitecture, the ceiling is in disrepair and nesses may be gone, the preservation of these has to be replaced or removed. Removal is less buildings is the preservation of American culexpensive and will expose the truss system tural history, a fact that many local business that Beauchamp compared to the trusses in owners seem to be well aware of.

Farm 255, a nice-looking ceiling indeed.

Now, on to the beer. Creature Comforts The buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s few interior walls will be plans on releasing four core brews, including a removed to make more room for tours and Berliner Weisse and pilsner. They will be availbrewing space. While able in cans only, while plans are not yet final, seasonal and specialty The Snow Tire building, the Stein and Beauchamp beers will be available intend to give tours former tire recap plant CinĂŠ in 22-ounce bottles. in the front of the Since it is a microshares with The National, building and brew in brewery, it will be open the back. From what I and Tedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Most Best are great to the public during gathered, it will be an tour hours. Just like at examples of automotive open space similar to Terrapin, customers will the Terrapin Brewery. purchase a glass and structures being adaptively The current boiler receive beverage samreused to suit modern needs. ples. Also like Terrapin room will eventually become a beer cellar, (and every other brewand the former tire storage areas will become ery in Georgia), their beer will be distributed barrel storage. Those rooms will have to be through a distribution company, not distribreinforced underneath because, as heavy as uted directly from the brewery, meaning they tires may be, their weight doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t compare wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be able to fill growlers or sell cases of to barrels full of beer. Although the dropped beer directly to the public. ceiling is going, the large hanging lights Finally, Creature Comforts is not a brewpub, (also indicative of the period) are staying, as rumored. That means my and Ortâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s beloved Beauchamp says. They are a big part of the Copper Creek Brewing Company will remain the historic fabric of the building. only brewpub in town.

The most obvious changes will be the Snow Tire sign moving insideâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;although someone Stella Smith

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WHY I LIKE NEWSPAPERS

have always liked print newspapers.

Partly, what inspired me was an American Girl movie about a nine-year-old girl living in the 1930s during the Great Depression.

Her name is Kit Kittredge. In the movie, she writes newspaper stories. The newspaper building she visits amazes me, and the fact that she uses a typewriter to write her stories made me want to be a newspaper reporter.

Another movie that intrigues me is The Help, based on a novel by Katheryn Stockett that takes place in Jackson, MS. The main character, Skeeter, goes to the editor of the Jackson Journal to ask for a job to get some experience in writing so that she can write a book.

The atmosphere of the newspaper room is full of vibrant activity. Also, the editor, who gives Skeeter a job writing the House Cleaning column, is a colorful character.

Almost every morning, mom or dad reads the newspaper. I think this is most sophisticated. I love the sound of the newspaper crinkling. Newspapers also have a distinct smell that is cozy to me. I like it when my parents share information that they read in the newspaper. And, the family discussions that follow are always interesting.

Newspapers are great sources of information. They inform you of so many important things that are going on around you. They inform you if there is danger and help to uplift your spirits when something wonderful has happened. You can learn many neat little facts from reading the newspaper. I remember

on one occasion I was reading the newspaper and I came across an article about my schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new solar panels. This made me happy to see an article about my school in the newspaper.

The other day, my neighbor and friend was pictured in the Athens Banner-Herald. His mom came over to tell my mom and me. Looking at the photo created a small excitement for us all. There is just something about being in print that is special.

Last summer, as we do every summer, we visited Tappahannock, VA, where we have a lot of family. My grandmother carried around a newspaper article about her niece, a chef in Chattanooga, TN. She was proud to show all the relatives the illuminating article. My mother kept a copy of the article in her folder of collected newspaper articles about family and friends. It will be wonderful to look back on these in the future. Therefore, I think newspapers make great archives. I think it would be interesting and fun to visit our local libraries to look back at old Athens newspapers. I am particularly interested in seeing old photographs of Athens. And, I am curious to see what things they thought were important to report on.

I love to read. Reading the newspaper is a great way to have the opportunity to read if you do not have enough time for a chapter in a book. Newspapers are almost everywhere.

They are good sources of entertainment in places like airports or in cafĂŠs. The crossword and other puzzles are wonderful ways to keep

The presses at Greater Georgia Printers down the road in Crawford, GA print Flagpole and a number of other local newspapers. your mind sharp. Spotting them in a newspaper lying around urges you to do them.

Community and movie schedules are a useful part of the newspaper. If you want things to do and places to go, the schedules help inform and also encourage ideas about how to spend your weekend, for example.

I like routines. No matter rain or shine, hot or cold temperatures you can always depend on your newspaper to be there to greet you in the morning. Newspapers inspire and create dreams. People read about incredible deeds done in the newspaper, which could inspire people to read more about the story or even do something similar. The travel section in a

newspaper is exciting. There is always a fabulous picture or two that make me want to read the article right away. And I fantasize about visiting the places that I see.

A newspaper is a versatile item. You can read it, of course, but also threaten your dog, fan yourself, doodle, jot down important notes, wrap-up a fish, start campfires, shield yourself from the rainâ&#x20AC;Ś Try doing all that with a computer!

Isabella DeMarco Isabella DeMarco is a sixth-grade student at Athens Montessori School.

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he belligerent guy at the bar. The classmate who just flunked his test. Even the parishioner in the church pew behind you. If Georgia Republicans get their way, they all could be packing.

The Aurora, CO and Newtown, CT massacres last year sparked calls for stricter gun control in many quarters. But gun sales also shoot up after such tragedies nationwide, including in Athens, where Probate Court issued 574 carry licenses in 2011, 699 in 2012 and 314 in the first two months of 2013 alone.

In Georgia, Republican state legislators want to make it easier—not harder—to carry guns around young people and in places where tempers often flare. They proposed bills this year to allow permit holders to take their weapons into bars, churches and many government buildings and on college campuses—where they’re now forbidden—and school administrators to carry guns, among other provisions. Rep. Rick Jasperse (R-Jasper) combined those proposals into House Bill 512.

State Rep. Chuck Williams (R-Watkinsville) said he wishes the legislature had left the gun issue alone after Newtown. But he voted for HB 512 nonetheless.

“Firearms issues tend to be emotional, and it can be difficult to have rational firearms dialogue in normal times, much less in the wake of a tragedy such as Newtown,” Williams said.

“That being said, I feel that the bill passed by the House strikes a reasonable balance on all fronts.”

Throughout the gun control debate of the past few months, conservatives and the gun lobby have taken the position that preventing mass shootings is a mental health issue, not a gun control issue. State Rep. Regina Quick (R-Athens) called HB 512 “a step in the right direction” because it requires probate judges to deny carry licenses to people who’ve been involuntarily committed for mental illness in the past five years, as well as “eliminating unnecessary restrictions on Second Amendment rights.”

However, the bill would still allow mentally ill people to carry firearms, noted state Rep. Spencer Frye (D-Athens). He said he voted against it for that reason, and because it doesn’t close a loophole for private gun sales without background checks or allow parents to remove their children from schools where guns would be present.

The House passed HB 512 on a largely party-line vote Mar. 11 over the objections of the state’s university system, clergymen and an Atlanta-based group of mothers called Moms Demand Action. It’s now in the Senate. Hank Huckaby, a former state legislator and University of Georgia administrator who’s now university system chancellor, told a House committee it would put students at risk, not make them safer.

“Each of the police chiefs of our campuses agree with me,” Huckaby said. “They are charged with keeping the public safety on our campuses, and they will tell you allowing students to have weapons on campus make their jobs harder, not easier— more dangerous, not safer. “ Our campus counselors will likely tell you the same thing.

The reality of our modern campuses is we have students who

come to us with a variety of personal issues which create stress; they are on medications.

“Many develop issues after coming to our campuses. I am not suggesting that every student is a ticking time bomb—far from it. I am suggesting that adding loaded weapons to an already potentially volatile mix of youthful exuberance, stress, and, yes, at times alcohol and other factors, could lead to a tragedy of our own making that we could otherwise avoid.”

While a handful of UGA students Flagpole interviewed supported HB 512 or were ambivalent about it, the majority opposed it. “It’s a terrible idea,” said Indira Martinez.

“A university campus is supposed to be a place where people feel safe to learn and use the facilities without being afraid of someone attacking them,” Martinez said. “I wouldn’t feel safe knowing that just anybody walking around could have a gun in their pocket.”

Studies back up Martinez’s fear. Seven of the 10 states with the strictest gun laws are also among the 10 with the lowest rates of gun deaths, according to the San Francisco-based Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence. Conversely, out of the 25 states with the most gun crimes per capita, the center graded 24 states’ gun laws a D or lower—including Georgia.

“I wouldn’t feel safe knowing that just anybody walking around could have a gun in their pocket.”

HB 512 would let colleges and universities decide whether to allow guns on campus, except for dorms and sporting events, where they’d remain banned. The same goes for bars and churches; they’d be able to set the rules about guns on their property.

But for Athens bar owner Paul DeGeorge, even giving him a choice is crossing a line. “You’re begging for trouble” mixing guns with impaired judgement, said DeGeorge, a self-described gun owner and Second Amendment supporter. “It’s a bad environment to have access to something like that. There’s too many brawls.”

Religious leaders contacted by Flagpole—including representatives from Congregation Children of Israel, Emmanuel Episcopal Church and Oconee Street United Methodist Church—also did not want guns in their places of worship, saying they’re not appropriate places for symbols of violence and would distract from prayer. (Rabbi Eric Linder added that it would ultimately be up to the temple’s board of trustees.)

“I have heard only a couple of parishioners speaking about the bill,” said the Rev. Robert Salamone, rector of Emmanuel Episcopal. “There were no cheers being raised.”

“I’m not convinced church is the appropriate place for any symbol or any instrument of violence to be focused on as a representation of something good,” Salamone said. “Emmanuel will certainly not be frisking anyone, but I would hope to

have a clear and positive and visible message available about Emmanuel being a community as well as a place of peace, love and non-violence.”

HB 512’s provision allowing school districts to arm administrators was pitched by original sponsor Paul Battles (R-Cartersville) as a cheaper alternative to the National Rifle Association’s plan to post more armed guards in schools.

In Clarke County, administrators and police revised security protocols post-Newtown. Every school has an emergency plan; police train at schools and patrol around schools more frequently; school resource officers are armed in middle and high schools; high schools are also patrolled by civilian security guards; integrated security systems with cameras, alarms and motion detectors are being installed; and security vestibules separate from the rest of buildings are being built at school entrances, according to Clarke County School District spokeswoman Anisa Sullivan Jimenez.

“With all of our security measures in place, Superintendent [Philip] Lanoue does not support additional guns beyond those carried by SROs in our schools,” she said.

HB 512 is not only unpopular among school officials, students, bar owners, law enforcement and the clergy. The general public doesn’t like it, either. More than 80 percent of Americans favor universal background checks, including at gun shows, numerous polls show. A recent “11 Alive”/Survey USA poll found that 56 percent of Georgians supported bans on high-capacity clips and military-style assault weapons proposed by President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats; 64 percent opposed allowing guns in churches and 65 percent opposed guns on campus.

Polling data, though, is little match for paranoia. As Athens’ U.S. Rep. Paul Broun—who has suggested that Obama is raising a private army to declare himself dictator—told a town hall meeting last month, according to Dacula Patch: “The reason behind the Second Amendment and the original intent was to protect our liberty, for us to be able to protect our lives and our property, but also to protect ourselves from being overrun by our own government.”

And the gun lobby is powerful enough to overcome public opinion. The National Rifle Association spent $25 million on ads during the 2012 campaign, mostly praising Republicans and attacking Democrats, according to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics.

Under the Gold Dome, gun rights groups like GeorgiaCarry. org are extremely influential because lawmakers live in fear of challenges from their right on hot-button issues like guns and abortion. Over the past five years, GeorgiaCarry ushered through legislation extending gun rights to restaurants, parks and buses, and allowing people with marijuana convictions to own guns. It also successfully sued cities like Athens-Clarke County to overturn local gun bans. The group has now gotten behind HB 512.

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mong the bars, restaurants and boutiques in downtown out. Our businesses are open on the weekends. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not imposThe street closing ordinance allows an applicant to make Athens, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one missing link keeping it from drawing sible, and sometimes we have to move people, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a huge a request up to a year in advance. Technically, the city needs a larger audience: open public space. inconvenience.â&#x20AC;? at least 60 days to process the request, but depending on As a result, events in downtown that draw thousandsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; The issue of public space is also part of the master plan the event, Helmly says a request can be made in less time. It namely, the Terrapin Twilight Criterium and AthFestâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;are only for downtown, set to be revealed in May or June. University all depends on the number of departments that need to sign possible by closing down streets to accommodate the crowds. of Georgia College of Environment and Design professor Jack off on the requestâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the health department needs to OK food The alternativeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;holding an event in one of the privately Crowley, who is leading the team hired by the ADDA to create sales, or the fire department needs to approve a beer tent, for owned parking lotsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;is also difficult, according to example. an official with Prestige Parking, which leases the â&#x20AC;&#x153;If it were something like Twilight, we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do lots around downtown. that in two weeks,â&#x20AC;? she cautions. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The [application] â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just too much for me, I guess,â&#x20AC;? says Serra should be submitted at least 60 days prior to the Ferguson, who wanted to move her arts and crafts event,â&#x20AC;? Helmly says. market to a downtown street after starting it in a Lookofsky thinks it isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t too difficult to get a parking lot. The form for a street closure permit street closure permit. Her concern is the complexity worries her, she says, since most of her efforts in of the event and what it takes to pull it off. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think organizing the festival go into finding and curating a lot of people donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t realize how much goes into vendors, not in diagramming maps showing trash an event, how much goes in on the front end,â&#x20AC;? she cans and fire department access. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just afraid of says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It takes months of planning to make a sucscrewing this up and not doing it again, so I want cessful event.â&#x20AC;? to be super prepared,â&#x20AC;? Ferguson says.

The ADDA and other agencies want to encourage Last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Food Truck Festival, held in the block events downtown. Hannah Smith, director of marketof College Avenue in front of City Hall, initially ing and communications for the Athens Convention inspired Ferguson to move her event to a similar and Visitors Bureau, adds that a successful event spot. But the food truck event, organized by a class draws people not only from Athens but from surof graduate students in the College of Environment rounding areas. and Design at UGA, had a team working on various â&#x20AC;&#x153;The more people you can draw from outside aspects of the event, according to Liz Stewart, who Athens, the larger economic impact youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to handled graphic design and advertising. have,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not just spending money Fergusonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event began as the Indie on a night in hotels, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re spending money at Craftstravaganzaa, but was re-christened as Indie Vendors sell arts and crafts at the Indie South Fair in 2012. The fair left Clayton Street and will be restaurants, and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re also going to spend more in held in Boulevard May 4 due to the complexity of getting a permit downtown.

South Fair when it moved to the parking lot of Benâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the retail store.â&#x20AC;?

Bikes after a dispute over the use of the downtown This year, as it has for nearly 35 years, the parking lot. The new location, off Broad Street, a few blocks the master plan, says the idea has been on their radar from the Athens Human Rights Festival will fill up College Square durwest of downtown, was just far enough removed that her venstart. Ideas include closing off College Avenue from Clayton ing the first weekend of May. About a mile away, on the same dors noticed the difference. to Broad streets, re-designing the block around City Hall to weekend, Fergusonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Indie South Fair will also welcome vendors Prestige Parking leases privately owned parking lots in the accommodate more public green space or straightening North and visitors. This year, she has a new home for her fair, in a downtown area, managing parking on either a nightly basis or Jackson Street, adding walkable green space and public park private parking lot on Chase Street between Boulevard and by selling monthly or game-day permits, according to its webareas along either side.

Prince Avenue. (Artists can apply to be vendors at indiesouthsite. A Prestige Parking representative says she doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think Moving from parking lots to the streets requires a 14-page fair.com through Mar. 24.) The new venue offers a place for the an event at one of the privately owned parking lots it manages form thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s approved by multiple city departments, but Angel upstart event to get a foothold before moving to the streets, if would be a possibility, citing logistics and liability.

Helmly, permit coordinator for ACCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Central Services departthatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where the Indie South Fair leads her.

Another possible option for a large, open event space ment, which processes the street closure forms, says applicants â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to keep it going, regardless,â&#x20AC;? Ferguson says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I downtown is the parking lots along North Jackson Street. shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be overwhelmed. There is a $25 processing fee, and just wish my energy could be focused on making it better each But Kathryn Lookofsky, director of the Athens Downtown the city may charge for power, water or other services. time rather than fumble over the basics of where itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to Development Authority, says those lots are leased monthly to â&#x20AC;&#x153;We only charge what it costs us,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The only other beâ&#x20AC;Ś My vision for his show is that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in town, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s visible, downtown office workers and business owners. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It might be expense is if they pay for electrical services. Depending on and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s accessible.â&#x20AC;? an option,â&#x20AC;? she says of holding an event in the parking lots the time of day, they may have to pay for the blockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parking near Hotel Indigo. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The only problem is the lots are leased meters, so they may have to pay for lost revenue.â&#x20AC;?

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by Harry Lynch. The documentary examines our dependence on the oil and coal industries and how it is imperative that we make the transition to more sustainable alternative energy production. Easier said than done, of course, but the documentary doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t shy away from the hard decisions we face. There will be a short discussion about this dilemma after the screening, as well as free snacks and beverages.

Following Irish Folk Furniture, Andrew Garrisonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Trash Dance looks at how choreographer Allison Orr devises a way to get 12 garbage truck drivers to help her orchestrate a modern dance piece of metal and grace.

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Later that night at 9:30 p.m., Dear Governor Cuomo will screen. Director Jon Bowermaster, with the supervision of documentarian Alex Gibney, chronicles how a group of musicians, actors and environmental scientists gather in Albany, NY to protest Governor Cuomoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s desire to allow fracking in the state

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On Thursday, Mar. 21, the festival officially kicks into high gear with an opening night reception at CinĂŠ and a showing of the awardwinning movie Chasing Ice. Directed by Jeff Orlowski, the documentary follows National Geographic photographer James Balog into the harsh majestic landscape of the Arctic. Balog chronicles the startling disappearance of the mammoth ice glaciers over the last decade.

Balog was initially skeptical of climate change theories, but viewing firsthand how quickly the glaciers melted changed his view on the subject. Chasing Ice is visually extraordinary and haunting, but it also offers up serious discussion regarding this troubling event that is affecting us all. After the screening, there will be a panel talk featuring Adam LeWinter, a member of Balogâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Extreme Ice Survey team.

Food will also be supplied courtesy of The National.

While Chasing Ice is a fantastic choice to get the EcoFocus festival in motion, there are plenty of other interesting movies to view over the next four days. Here are a few titles that you may want to check out.

Tony Donoghueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s delightful short Irish Folk Furniture plays on Friday, Mar. 22 at 3 p.m.

It caused quite a sensation at this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sundance Film Festival and was awarded the prize for Best Animation. Donoghue looks at the complex and sometimes very funny relationship between rural Irish people and their furniture, letting the owners talk about the rich history of their otherwise humble belongings. Many Irish, especially during the Celtic Tiger boom, viewed old handmade furniture as an embarrassment, so these functional heirlooms have been stored away out of sight or abandoned. Donoghue shot the stop-motion movie on a cheap secondhand camera and used only natural light for environmental reasons.

after a long ban of the highly controversial practice. Natalie Merchant, Joan Osborne, Mark Ruffalo, Melissa Leo and many more, all appear in this spirited and informative documentary about a very troubling issue. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plenty of great music in it, too.

The horrible destruction from the massive earthquake and tsunami that befell Japan on Mar. 11, 2011 resonates still, particularly in the Sendai and Fukushima regions. Lucy Walkerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom, which plays at 1:30 p.m. as part of a double feature with The Lost Bird Project, does not flinch from the enormous tragedy and pain caused by the disaster. Footage of the destruction remains startling and terrible to watch.

Walker, though, isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t interested in just showing devastation. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interested in the healing process, beautifully represented by the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s legendary cherry blossom season.

The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom was nominated for Best Documentary-Short Subject at the 2012 Academy Awards and won the Short Filmmaking Award and Special Jury Prize at Sundance. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a beautiful work.

Closing night of the festival, Sunday, Mar. 24, will feature the U.S. premiere of The Human Scale at 7:15 p.m., showing with the short Living Tiny. In The Human Scale, director Andreas Dalsgaard explores how life in urban areas can be altered for the better for humans, as well as the environment. Architect Jan Gehl has spent much of his professional life studying how we live in cities, how we co-exist with others and how we travel through them.

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• indicates new review 21 AND OVER (R) One’s reaction to pejoratively describing 21 and Over as The Hangover Jr. should determine one’s level of interest in this flick. If a viewer disregarded The Hangover Part II for its lack of originality, then said viewer should stay away from 21 and Over. At least the second Hangover still had some jokes to tell.

56UP (NR) Beginning in 1964 with Seven Up, director Michael Apted has revisited a group of British-born adults every seven years to examine the progression of their lives. (Ciné) ADMISSION (PG-13) The trailers for this Tina Fey/Paul Rudd comedy do not excite nearly as much as the potential of this comic duo should. A college admissions officer, Portia Nathan (Fey), might have found the son she gave up for adoption years ago at the alternative school run by cute single dad, John Pressman (Rudd). Was American Pie writer-director Paul Weitz’s last uncommonly good movie 2002’s About a Boy? With Michael Sheen (always a plus), Lily Tomlin and Wallace Shawn (another mark in the plus column).

THE ANATOMY OF HATE: A DIALOGUE TO HOPE (NR) Director Mike Ramsdell spent six years working with some of our most hateful ideological movements and violent conflicts: white supremacists, Christian fundamentalism’s anti-gay wing, Muslim extremists, the Palestinian Intifada, Israeli settlers/soldiers and U.S. soldiers stationed in Iraq. His film reveals the reasons why we hate and how to overcome that negative emotion. The film will be followed by a discussion with filmmaker Ramsdell.

ATHENS JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL The Athens Jewish Film Festival again brings quality Jewish films to Athens.

Films scheduled for this year’s diverse lineup include something for everyone.

Enjoy several documentaries (Circus Kids, a.k.a. Doc Pomus, In Heaven Underground, The Flat and Welcome to the Kutcher’s: The Last Catskills Resort), a comedy (Simon Konianski), several dramas (David: The Movie, Remembrance, My Australia and Free Men) and an animated feature (The Rabbi’s Cat). Each film will include an introduction, and you might enjoy a “nosh” to boot. (Ciné) ATHENS REVISITED (NR) The film imagines an interview with Edward Ware and Edward Lyndon, residents at different times in history of what is now the Lyndon House Arts Center. It was

the second public building in Athens, after the courthouse. Q&A with writer Terrell Austin to follow. (GMOA) BAG IT (NR) Kids and parents will enjoy the EcoKids screening and activities featuring “Bag It.” The film is for ages 6 and up and will be followed by kid-oriented hands-on activities thanks to the Athens Montessori School. Earth Fare will be providing snacks as well.

BENVENUTI AL NORD (NR) 2012.

The fifth annual Cinecitta series, sponsored by the Department of Romance Languages, continues with Luca Miniero’s sequel to his award winning comedy, Benvenuti al Sud, which played at last year’s Cinecitta 4. Now Italian postal worker Alberto (Claudio Bisio) heads to the Far North (Milan), where he is joined by Mattia (Alessandro Siani). (UGA. MLC) BIDDER 70 (NR) EcoFocus continues with Bidder 70 and the short film, “Among Giants.” In Bidder 70, a University of Utah student protested the Bush Adminstration’s Bureau of Land Management oil and gas auction. In “Among Giants,” a man tree-sits in the California’s McKay Tract. A discussion will follow the films. (Ciné) CAFETERIA MAN (NR) EcoFocus examines what our kids are eating at school in Cafeteria Man and its accompanying short films, Cafeteria Man: Memphis Schools Makeover and Gaia Soil. The film will be followed by a discussion. (Ciné) • THE CALL (R) Until a final act that is so predictably out of character for Halle Berry’s heroine, The Call knows exactly what it is, pulpy genre thriller, and excels at its sole task, generate as much entertainment as possible via suspense. After feeling responsible for the death of a teenage girl, veteran 911 operator Jordan Turner (Berry) is reluctant to take another emergency call. But when another teenager, Casey Welson (Abigail Breslin), is kidnapped by the same nondescript white guy, Jordan makes it her mission to save this victim.

CAPE SPIN! AN AMERICAN POWER STRUGGLE (NR) EcoFocus offers a night about alternative energy and wind power with Cape Spin! An American Power Struggle and the short film, “The Man Who Lived on His Bike.” After the films, enjoy an after party at Little Kings. (Ciné) CHASING ICE (NR) EcoFocus kicks off with an opening night reception featuring films about changes of climate,

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by The National. (Ciné) THE CROODS (PG) Like more realistic, but still cartoon, Flintstones, the Croods must navigate a prehistoric world after their cave is destroyed.

DEAD MAN DOWN (R) Dead Man Down is a strange movie. Danish director Niels Arden Oplev’s English language debut (he’s best known for the original Swedish version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) feels as if it should be set in a European metropolis instead of New York City. Vengeful Victor (Colin Farrell) seeks to make Alphonse Hoyt (Terrence Howard) pay for the death of Victor’s wife and daughter.

DEAR GOVERNOR CUOMO (NR) EcoFocus features this concert protest film calling for a ban on “fracking,” technically known as hydraulic-fracturing. The film screens with “Living Tiny,” a short film about living with less. (Ciné) ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH (PG) One can pretty much expect the small animation houses to release one of these harmless, uninspired kiddie 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.

GIMME THE LOOT (NR) In this twist on the New York City crime drama, graffiti artists Malcolm (Ty Hickson) and Sofia (Tashiana Washington) scheme to bomb the ultimate prize, the New York Mets’ Home Run Apple. The intriguing feature debut from Adam Leon, a former production assistant for Woody Allen (Melinda and Melinda and Hollywood Ending), won SXSW’s Grand Jury prize winner for Best Narrative Feature and snagged Leon the Someone to Watch Award at the Independent Spirit Awards.

A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD (R) Do audiences find Bruce Willis’ New York Detective John McClane running into trouble for a fifth time, in Russia, with his CIA operative son (Jack Reacher’s Jai Courtney), believable? Does it matter? Maybe. R-rated action is not doing so hot, with Arnold’s The Last Stand and Sly’s Bullet to the Head both underperforming their already low expectations. Respectable but unexciting action director John Moore (Behind Enemy Lines, Flight of the Phoenix, The Omen and Max Payne) should be better than Live and Let Die Hard’s Len Wiseman.

HANK AARON: CHASING THE DREAM (NR) 1995. The University of Georgia’s George Foster Peabody Awards and Peabody Awards Collection presents three Peabody Award winning baseball documentaries. This feature documentary follows Atlanta Brave great Hank Aaron as he slugged his way to the top of the record books by besting Babe Ruth’s all time home run record. The 1996 Peabody Award winner was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary. Writer-director Michael Tollin went on to direct Radio, starring Cuba Gooding, Jr. (UGA Russell Library) THE HUMAN SCALE (NR) As part of EcoFocus’ closing night festivities, come discuss what’s in store for downtown Athens. The Human Scale

puts people in charge of urban planning. It will be accompanied by another screening of the short film, “Living Tiny.” (Ciné) 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.

• THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE (PG-13) The Incredible Burt Wonderstone may not have the comedy magic of previous Steve Carell and Jim Carrey vehicles, but the silly movie is a lot funnier than one might expect. Aging Las Vegas stage magician Burt Wonderstone (Carell) was once a bullied youth, until he found magic, thanks to Rance Holloway (Alan Arkin), and friendship, via longtime partner, Anton Marvelton (Steve Buscemi). When Burt refuses to change their act in the face of a fastrising street performer, Steve Gray (a too old Carrey), the pompous illusionist loses more than just his act. Until he gains everything back plus a hot new girlfriend (Olivia Wilde). Wonderstone overcomes a been there, seen that plot (Talladega Nights, anyone?) thanks to the likability of its characters. No one, not even Burt at his most arrogantly sexist, is that big a jerk.

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.

LAST CALL AT THE OASIS (NR) Come meet the filmmakers and judges involved in the first annual Ripple Effect Film Project. After the Ripple Effect Finalist Showcase, enjoy the feature, Last Call at the Oasis about the global water crisis. This screening is sponsored by the Athens-Clarke Country Water Conservation Office and Broad Street Coffee. (Ciné) THE LAST EXORCISM PART II (PG-13) Poor Nell Sweeter (Ashley Bell) escapes the unexplained cult in the woods and 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.

LIFE OF PI (PG) Do not let the underwhelming previews deprive you of one of the year’s most moving, most artistic films of the year. The opening anecdote relating the origin of Pi’s name conjures up the modern fairy tale magic of past crowd-pleasers Amelie and Hugo.

Newcomer Suraj Sharma, stranded for lengthy sequences with nothing but a tiger for a costar, and the ever-excellent Irrfan Khan (most recently seen in The Amazing Spider-Man) deliver delicate performances.

LINCOLN (PG-13) Historical biopics do not come much more perfect than Steven Spielberg’s take on our 16th president’s struggle to end slavery by way of the Thirteenth Amendment.

Rather than tell Abraham Lincoln’s life story, Academy Award nominated

screenwriter Tony Kushner chose the ideal, earth-shattering month upon which to focus.

THE LOST BIRD PROJECT (NR) Part of an EcoFocus double feature, The Lost Bird Project, about several extinct North American birds, screens with The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom and the short film, ”Quagga.”

A discussion will follow the film. (Ciné) LOVE AND HONOR (PG-13) Warning: This romantic war drama is not based on a Nicholas Sparks’ novel.

You could have fooled me from the plot synopsis. A young soldier (Liam Hemsworth, The Hunger Games’ Gale) goes AWOL after his girlfriend, Jane (Aimee Teegarden, Julie Taylor from “Friday Night Lights”) dumps him.

The soldier, Mickey, and his best pal, Dalton (Austin Stowell), head back to the States to get her back. When they get home, they discover Jane and her BFF, Candace (Teresa Palmer), are deep in the anti-war movement.

OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN (R) Like 1998’s asteroid double-bill of Armageddon and Deep Impact, Olympus Has Fallen is the first of 2013’s two terrorists invade the White House. (The second, White House Down, starring Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx, comes from disaster dean, Roland Emmerich.) A disgraced presidential guard, Mike Banning (Gerard Butler) is America’s only hope for saving President Benjamin Asher (Aaron Eckhart, getting a pretty big public service bump from Gotham’s D.A.) from terrorists.

OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL (PG) First and foremost, Sam Raimi’s The Wizard of Oz prequel is no Wizard; it’s not even Return to Oz, the very dark, very underrated 1985 sequel. Disney’s latest family blockbuster reveals the wizard’s own cyclonic entry to Oz. Carnival magician and con man Oscar Diggs (James Franco, whose performance is nothing if not inconsistent) meets three witches—Theodora (Mila Kunis), Evanora (Rachel Weisz) and Glinda (Michelle Williams)—who believe him to be the great wizard whose appearance in Oz was prophesied. The climax is filled with whizband special effects, used effectively, and ties in well with the classic film being emulated.

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. Anyone who enjoyed their stay at The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel should also enjoy the performances of Quartet.

RACE TO EXECUTION (NR) 2006. rturning death sentences in Texas and California due to racial discrimination in the jury selection, Race to Execution “traces the fate of two death row inmates: Robert Tarver in Russell County, AL and Madison Hobley in Chicago, IL.” Part of Volunteer UGA’s three-day film festival.

RACE TO NOWHERE (PG-13) Director Vicki Abeles documents the pressures placed on teachers and schoolchildren to perform in America’s achievement culture. founder). Part of Volunteer UGA’s Film Festival, the screening will be followed by a discussion. (UGA MLC, Room 267)

RED MOON (NR) For Red Moon, tackles the absurdly, sometimes dangerously stigmatized topic of women’s menstruation. Like a feminist Mythbuster, filmmaker Diana Fabianova candidly and humorously educates and frees society of its superstitions and misconceptions of this often taboo subject. Red Moon was an official selection of film festivals in Montreal, Chicago, Mumbai, Bratislava and Locarno. (UGA, MLC) THE RUSSIAN NINJA (R) (NR) 1989. Bad Movie Night is back and so are those ever-present baddies of the 1980s, the Russians. Scandinavia presents this bad action-filled P.O.S. about a wealthy man whose daughter’s boyfriend is in trouble. Meanwhile, the KGB’s best ninja has been tasked with recovering a very important sheet of paper. I like the movie’s other title, Russian Terminator, even better, especially considering its lack of anything—plot point, characters, etc.— remotely similar to The Terminator. It doesn’t sound like it gets much better, I mean, worse than The Russian Ninja, and that’s a good, I mean, bad thing, right? (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.

THE SAPPHIRES (PG-13) In the late ‘60s, an Australian Aboriginal girl group entertains the boys in Vietnam.

Naturally, the sweet, inspirational movie, director Wayne Blair’s feature debut, is based on a true story (and garnering a few comparisons to Muriel’s Wedding). The only familiar face is Chris O’Dowd, so likable on “The I.T. Crowd” and Bridesmaids and one of the more likable characters from season two of “Girls.” I really feel like I’ve seen his movie before, yet part of me is still a little jazzed for it.

SIDE EFFECTS (R) Side Effects, Steven Soderbergh’s potential final feature film, is hard to talk about without spoiling any of the many entertaining twists. Here’s the most spoiler-free plot synopsis I could devise. Emily Taylor’s (Rooney Mara, Lisbeth Salander in the English-language The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) struggles with depression after her financier husband, Martin (Channing Tatum), is released from prison lead her into the care of Dr. Jonathan Banks (Jude Law). But the drug prescribed by Dr. Banks has deadly side effects for Emily. (Ciné) SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK (R) David O. Russell’s dram-rom-com and multiple Academy Award nominee does everything but disappoint. Pat (Academy Award nominee 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 (Academy Award and Golden Globe winner 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 â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Walking Deadâ&#x20AC;?), 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), who could use a big bust to boost her congressional campaign.

STARBUCK (R) If like me, you watched Ron Mooreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s incredible â&#x20AC;&#x153;Battlestar Galacticaâ&#x20AC;? reboot, the title of this flick excited the fanboy within. Sadly, Starbuck is not a feature focused on Katee Sackhoffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hotshot pilot. Instead, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an award winning, Canadian comedy about artificial insemination. A man in his forties is sued by 142 people, who he biologically fathered, just as his girlfriend announces sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pregnant. Winner of the Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Choice Award at the Calgary International Film Festival and Most Popular Canadian Film at the Vancouver International Film Festival.

STOKER (R) After Indiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (Mia Waskiowskaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s) father dies in an auto accident, her Uncle Charlie (Matthew Goode), who she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her emotionally unstable mother Evelyn (Nicole Kidman). Soon after his arrival, she suspects he may have ulterior motives, but instead of feeling outrage, she becomes infatuated with him. (CinĂŠ) SWITCH (NR) The fifth annual EcoFocus Film Festival brings Harry Lynchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inspiring film about energy to Athens. The film will be accompanied by two shorts, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Artificial Leafâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Man Who Lived on His Bike.â&#x20AC;?

Join in a discussion of on-campus energy conservation activities after the film. This free screening includes snacks, drinks and door prizes. (UGA MLC) TRASH DANCE (NR) The AthensClarke County Recycling Division sponsors a free screening for the fifth year with Trash Dance about a

choreographer and sanitation workers collaborating on a dance routine. The film will be accompanied by the short, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Irish Folk Furniture.â&#x20AC;? Free popcorn will be provided. (CinĂŠ) THE TSUNAMI AND THE CHERRY BLOSSOM (NR) Part of an EcoFocus double feaure, The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom , about the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan, screens with The Lost Bird Project and the short film, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Quagga.â&#x20AC;?

(CinĂŠ) ZERO DARK THIRTY (R) 2012 Academy Award winner Kathryn Bigelow (recently snubbed for a second Best Director nomination) 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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Martin (Channing Tatum) after he spent four years in prison for insider trading, inexplicably rams her car into a concrete wall. She sees a psychiatrist, Dr. Banks (Jude Law), but her mental condition remains unstable even after sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prescribed several antidepressants. Still suicidal, Emily is given a new drug on the market, but it has one terrible side effect: sleepwalking. That leads to a shocking (yet inevitable) event that propels the plot into some wild narrative territory. The less said about that the better for your enjoyment.

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Director Steven Soderbergh is one of our most protean filmmakers, risk-taking and eager to test himself no matter what genre heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tackling. While his work is too varied to simply call him a genre director, he has devoted a significant amount of his career to dissecting and deconstructing genre cinemaâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Limey, The Good German, Contagion, Haywire and a few others. His latest, the medical thriller Side Effects, is riveting from the get-go: a married woman, Emily (Rooney Mara), recently reunited with her husband

The plot twists are ludicrous and increasingly pulpy, but they also feel spot on.

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Giving Voice to Athens Writers

“A Meeting Point For Every Walk Of Life” Though there’s no shortage of poetry events in Athens, Word of Mouth is the only regular open reading, and the remarkable diversity of the group can be attributed in part to its welcoming environment.

“There’s no sense of ‘Who are you? Where have you published? Blah, blah, blah… ,’” says Strange. “There are people who have been published, and there are people who haven’t.

There are all levels as far as craft, and all levels of poetry, and we don’t judge them about that.”

And the poems read run the complete stylistic gamut, from confessionalism to surrealism to rhythmic spoken word. Some poems are challenging and political, some are funny and anecdotal. Some readers ooze confidence, gesturing and posing as they perform; others read shyly from their pages or cell phones. But the crowd is receptive, and throughout the night the readings are punctuated with “hmms” and “yeahs” and “wows.” Some poems draw cheers.

Writers hug each other.

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“It is difficult to explain how special it is,” says Michelle Castleberry, a clinical social worker who has written poetry on and off since childhood. “The diversity of voices, sometimes answering, sometimes challenging each other. The way it draws writers of different styles and perspectives. At the breaks and before and after, I am always struck by the connections that get made there, and wonder in what other context that would be possible.”

“It offers a meeting point for every walk of life,” says Ciera Durden, a UGA student majoring in English and Japanese. “I have met published authors, students, criminals, singers, social workers, the rich, the poor―it’s a place for literally every part of the Athens culture, where anyone can communicate, because we’re all there for the same purpose: to speak and to listen.”

first Wednesday of each month. As the passionate response proved, poetry was already part of the lives of many Athenians beyond UGA’s English department or creative writing program. Word of Mouth offered a place for them to commune.

One regular reader from Watkinsville who wasn’t in attendance this week told Strange when they first met that she hadn’t read a poem aloud since sixth grade, though she’d written poetry all her life.

“She was very nervous, and then she proceeded to read three just lovely poems,” Strange recalls. “It just makes my heart sing when that happens.”

Many Word of Mouth members say that the group inspired them to write again and to expand their craft. Alex Johns had been seriously interested in poetry for years, but found

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t’s the first Wednesday night in March, and the second story of the Globe is filling fast. The lights are low, and a fire is crackling in the back of the room. People are claiming spots on couches and pulling chairs up to tables. Friends greet each other. Pages shuffle. The lone microphone standing on the small stage is checked. Liquid courage is gathered. Periodically, attendees set down their drinks to scrawl their names in a notebook near the stage.

Sociologically, it would be hard to tell what’s going on if you didn’t already know; conservatively dressed men and women chat pleasantly with hipsters, punks and clean-cut UGA undergrads. The age range in the room spans more than 50 years, yet everyone seems to know each other.

A little after eight, Aralee Strange takes the stage to introduce this month’s Word of Mouth open-mic poetry reading. Every reader who signs up will have 10 minutes, she explains. After the break, the featured reader―tonight, Steve Maurer of Philadelphia―will go, followed by more open mic. Strange, a lanky 69-year-old woman in jeans and heavy black boots, has a gravelly Alabama accent, a tiny black lightning bolt tattooed on her cheek and a warm manner that puts people at ease. As founder and organizer of the series, Strange acts as host and emcee throughout the night, catching up with regulars, welcoming newcomers and introducing readers with commentary.

The sign-up list is not capped: 27 people read at the previous month’s gathering, and the event went past midnight. But attendance of the full three to four hours isn’t mandatory.

People come and go throughout the night, refreshing their drinks or taking cigarette breaks, or leaving to study for tests or go to bed early. Some don’t show up until 10 p.m.

A surprising number, however, not only stays the full three hours of the night’s reading but lingers afterward to chat longer.

“Sign up. Mouth off. Pay attention” is the motto of the series, and as it turns out, there exists in Athens a devoted contingent of people ready to do just that.

From left, Aralee Strange, Matt DeGennaro (on sound), Charley Seagraves

Beyond the English Department Word of Mouth started in December 2009, the brainchild of Strange, a poet and playwright who had moved to Athens from Cincinnati two years earlier.

“I had friends here, but didn’t know any poets. I just figured that in a town like this, there’s going to be some poets somewhere, and I thought the only way to meet them was to start a reading. So, I originally started it just to see who was out there and see if it would fly.”

Strange had been part of northern Ohio’s active poetry scene for 25 years and had organized open-mic series before, so she knew the drill. The Globe was one of the first bars she visited in Athens, and when she saw a poster of Samuel Beckett on the wall and the stage upstairs, she knew it was the place.

Wednesdays were slow nights, and the bar was happy to accommodate her experiment.

Strange placed ads in Flagpole and hung posters around town; the Banner-Herald wrote an article about her plan. She invited a poet friend from Ohio to be the featured reader.

The open reading was such a success that after a few months it was no longer necessary to even advertise; people knew to show up the

it difficult to make space for that kind of writing while working and finishing his Ph.D. Now an English professor at University of North Georgia, he attended his first Word of Mouth reading a year and a half ago and soon began writing poems regularly again.

“I credit Aralee and Word of Mouth for rekindling my love of poetry and for helping me to gain confidence and find a voice as a writer, and I know I’m not alone in that sentiment,” he says.

The first writer to show up at the very first reading was Donald Harris, a quiet, elderly man who lived in an apartment downtown.

Harris faithfully attended every month after that, reading three poems each time, which he called “presentations.”

“He never talked much to anyone,” says Strange. “Everybody tried, but he was a taciturn old fellow. But he stayed to the end of each reading and listened intently to others.

Sometimes he would respond the following month to a poem or a line he had heard the previous month. He never missed a reading.”

One night, Harris came to the front to read and apologized for having only two presentations; he’d suffered a stroke the week before.

“He blew our minds with that one!”

When Harris passed away in 2011 from complications of diabetes, Word of Mouth held a memorial reading in his honor, which included a recording of him reading. Some of

his family members were able to attend and hear his poems for the first time.

Poetry as Expression Everyone in the room shares a passion for poetry, but poetry plays different roles in different people’s lives. For some, it’s an important form of self-expression. Says Durden, “Poetry is my greatest outlet and has also been my greatest source of strength and confidence. I’m primarily a confessional poet, so to be able to take something that is [usually] very difficult and make it ‘art’ is a sort of relief. If you can take something abstract and turn it into something you can vocalize, read, hold in your hands, it suddenly feels like the power has been transferred from that entity to you.”

Bob Ambrose wrote poetry in college, but it wasn’t until he retired in 2009 from a career in environmental engineering with the EPA that his love of writing was renewed.

“We were taking care of my father at home then, and when he passed away two months later, a poem about his last night just came to me. ‘A Summer Morning’s Leave’ was read at his memorial service. After that, my poetry seemed to open back up,” says Ambrose.

His poems often explore spirituality as well as scientific knowledge. Tonight, he reads “Vacuum Collapse,” which was inspired by last summer’s isolation of the Higgs boson and the resulting revelation that the universe may be in a more precarious state than previously thought. He invites the audience to find him later if they’d like more background about the science, and several people do. Ambrose’s performance is also notable in that he is “off book”―since presenting as the featured reader last summer he set a goal of reciting his poems from memory rather than reading them from the page.

For others, poetry offers a powerful tool of witness and a way to educate listeners or readers about injustice. Jay Morris draws a strong reaction from the crowd with his poem “asl” (a chat room acronym for age/sex/location), which begins as a meditation on the casual racism he’s seen in online chat rooms for young gay men.

“You have such an umbrella character trait like sexual orientation, it’s easy to overlook that the people encompassed in that umbrella might not necessarily know how to communicate with or tolerate each other due to lack of experience or whatever,” he explains later.

“It’s been shelved because typical LGBT issues like marriage equality, adoption rights, et cetera have taken the forefront of the media.

I thought it would be cool to inform people about this lesser known problem.”

The poem also draws from articles he read as he increasingly became aware of the issue.

The youngest regular Word of Mouth member, Morris began attending as a high school student at Cedar Shoals when a friend encouraged him to go to a reading. He is now a freshman at UGA majoring in health promotion and behavior.

Speaking out through poetry isn’t always a comfortable process; Jorge Terrell, a local computer tech and a regular reader known to his Word of Mouth friends as “Kagy,” reads a poem written in response to a work read the month before that angered him with its treatment of race. In introducing the poem, he

seems tense, and warns the group that they may not like what theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re about to hear. When he finishes, Strange thanks him and tells the audience that this kind of â&#x20AC;&#x153;call and responseâ&#x20AC;? between poems is positive and welcome.

Terrell remains for the rest of the event, and several friends voice support for his honesty.

A Friendship in Poetry Part of poetryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s magic is its ability to bring people together and cement relationships. For Steve Maurer and Mark Bromberg, tonightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reading is also a chance to honor a four-decade friendship. Bromberg, a freelance writer who worked for many years as a journalist and film editor in Atlanta, has been involved with Word of Mouth for the past few years. He suggested his friend Maurer as a featured reader.

and poems he and Maurer have shared. Maurer tells his own stories when his turn comes.

Many of the poems he reads are recent, but he also produces the typescript of a poem heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d written 30 years ago for Bromberg and had saved all this time.

Until Next Month . . .

Word of Mouth is the longest-running poetry series Strange has organized, and by all signs it is going strong. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s already excited for Aprilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reading, which will feature two poets she met in Ohio: Ralph LaCharity and Ben Gulyas. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ralph LaCharity is a kind of shaman-like figure; his performance is like watching someone in a trance, channeling his muse, pulling poems from memory,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Magnificent

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Jay Morris reads his meditation on the casual racism in gay chat rooms.

The two men met in an English poetry class at Syracuse University in the early 1970s; they became good friends after Maurer borrowed a book from Bromberg. Both admired Beat poets such as Allen Ginsberg and Gary Snyder, and their shared love of poetry was an important part of their friendship. Unfortunately, they lost touch for many years after college, though they both remembered each other fondly. Both continued writing poetry. Fifteen years ago, Bromberg looked Maurer up on the Syracuse alumni website and was shocked to see that Maurer was listed as deceased. He was saddened that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d waited too long to say hello.

Of course, Maurer was not really deadâ&#x20AC;&#x2022; tired of receiving junk mail from the university, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d asked his brother to report his death. Two years ago, he and Bromberg reconnected on Facebook, and they began sending each other poems again. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Since reconnecting, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve shared a lot of emails and phone calls about the creative process, and some of those emails take the shape of poems responding to certain issues each of us raise. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really wonderful to have the time to focus energies on our creative paths,â&#x20AC;?

Bromberg says.

Maurer lives in Philadelphia and works in public relations and marketing, but when Bromberg invited him to Athens for the Word of Mouth reading, he accepted. This is his first visit. Tonight, Bromberg reads for 10 minutes at the open mic, and between poems he reminisces to the audience about the good times

voice, deep and nuanced, he moves around as though hearing some music only he can hear; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a mesmerizing thing to watch. Ben Gulyas seems to be from another time, maybe the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;30s or â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;40s. He writes about the unseen in our society: bums and drunks and wise old men of the street. He has a couple of characters who appear regularly in his poems, telling their sad stories. He finds beauty in the back alleys and side streets that few frequent. He also writes about the natural world, including at times the calls of birds and other creatures.

Wonderful stuff.â&#x20AC;?

LaCharity and Gulyas will be featured in the reading to take place on Wednesday, Apr. 3 at 8 p.m. at the Globe.

When tonightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s festivities finish up, a little after 11 p.m., energy is running high.

The crowd has thinned, but not substantially.

Rather than feeling fatigued after three hours of poetry, the Word of Mouth tribe exudes celebration, congratulating each other on new work and telling each other what moved them during the reading, and basking in the glow of each otherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s company, perhaps already thinking of a line for a new poem.

Next month, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be back again, ready to share new poems and celebrate the power of the spoken word.

C.J. Bartunek Word of Mouth meets the first Wednesday of every month at 8 p.m. at The Globe, 199 N. Lumpkin St. Readings are free and open to the public. For more information, visit http://www.athenswordofmouth.com

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“Shit’s gross here,” says Bambara’s Reid Bateh. “You feel it in your throat; you sing differently.” He’s sitting outside a bar in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn, looking across the street at a squat, one-story warehouse. Its walls are smeared with black, bored-looking graffiti. Next to it, there’s another warehouse—also squat, also graffitismeared. Taking in these surroundings, it’s not hard to see what he means.

Bateh and his bandmates—William Brookshire and brother Blaze Bateh—came to New York City in the summer of 2011 after graduating from the University of Georgia.

An upcoming album, DREAMVIOLENCE, out in April, emerged from this new chapter in the bandmembers’ lives, from their scramble to figure out day jobs, pay rent and adjust to life in another town. Before a recent gig at Williamsburg DIY venue Shea Stadium, the three discussed their move to the big city and its attendant worries and rewards.

“The interest was always there between us,” says Brookshire of the band’s decision to relocate. Even as early as high school, “ever since people started looking at colleges, the point was raised: New York City.” Brookshire, Bambara’s bassist, responds to questions with casual authority, as if he’d thought out his answers long before being asked. “We were all on the same page. There was really no hesitation. I don’t think we even talked about it—it was just, we finished up school and went to New York.”

Arriving in Brooklyn, the band found a readymade community of fellow former

Athenians. Still, the three needed time to settle before they were able to focus on the band. “It [takes] a while to get jobs,” Reid notes, “and then you get ‘em, and it takes a while to reach an equilibrium.”

Juggling three different schedules made it difficult to find time to record. Only at the beginning of last year was the band able to start work on the album in earnest. “I think once we finally got our bearings—after I got fired, really—is when we buckled down and got the record done,” says Reid. A short stretch of unemployment meant more unstructured time, or, at least, one less timetable to coordinate.

A new living situation also simplified things. “We moved into the same apartment,” says Blaze, the band’s drummer and the more energetic of the two brothers. Speaking of the band’s living arrangement, he sounds unfazed—cheery, even. “There’s six guys living there right now. Two floors. The basement is us; there’s three beds we sleep on [and] no walls. The other corner of the room is our studio where we recorded our album.”

“I’ve really learned how to share,” Brookshire remarks.

The songs on DREAMVIOLENCE reflect enforced intimacy and time constraints. “New York has kind of forced us to experiment with our songwriting style,” Blaze says. While before, the band would start recording with a song already written, here “it started with a texture or a weird loop.” The band’s process was to “get some sounds we like and then build it, layer on layer.”

DREAMVIOLENCE opens with a foreboding loop and creeping feedback. The bass comes in first: one note, repeated, in syncopated rhythm. The drums kick in a few measures later. After two verses at full force, the rhythm section falls out and there follows a more ambient stretch. What begins as a breakdown emerges as a full-fledged coda. The rhythm section regroups. Wreathed in atmospherics, pierced by recurring stabs of guitar, Reid’s voice intones, “We’re all the same.”

The band tends to favor a maximalist sound, and each song seems to pack in a dozen ideas. Much of the album’s impact comes from this sonic density, capped off by Blaze and Brookshire’s pulverizing rhythmic assault. But some of the most rewarding moments come at times when that density eases up, like on “Hawk Bones.”

In that song, amid the swung rhythm, a space opens—just enough room for entry.

Inside, the listener can pick out some of the layers Blaze talks about. A haunting guitar part echoes around Brookshire’s melodic, buoyant bass line. Reid’s urgent baritone builds tension, which finally breaks into the chorus, where the guitar parts that have been skipping across the surface coalesce into a fully anthemic melody.

“Nail Polish” impresses in much the same way. “Train Daze” sees the band taking an even more pared-down approach, allowing Reid’s vocal melody to carry the song.

Throughout, the album features stretches of unadorned ambient sound, which act as counterpoints to the intensity elsewhere. Reid has

also explored this type of sound in a solo project, Feverer, but the success of these moments on DREAMVIOLENCE shows how seamlessly the band has incorporated these ideas.

After recording DREAMVIOLENCE, the band gave the record over to local engineer Joel Hatstat for mastering. Indeed, ties remain strong between Bambara’s old town and the “Athens refugee camp in Bushwick,” as Blaze describes it.

As for life in New York, the band seems to have settled into a good working rhythm.

Day jobs are enough to sustain them, for now. (“We’re all working to live, not dying for the promotion,” says Brookshire.) The band also stays busy with other endeavors, including Blaze’s legitimately hilarious web series “The Blaze & Alex Show.” And later this year, there are plans to record again, in the same basement studio, with the three mattresses and the nonexistent walls.

It may be gross, but there’s no beating the arrangement for convenience. “It’s nice having everything there,” Blaze says. “The drum kit’s literally right next to my bed.”

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“We wanted to have a corner on this music. We wanted people to come after it. We figured: deprive them of it, and they’ll come after it.”

—Roswell Rudd That was, to put it in legendary trombonist Rudd’s term, the “psychology” of the musicians responsible for birthing the free jazz movement in the mid-1960s. Rudd was describing the policy of the New York-based Jazz Composers Guild, which at that time had put a moratorium on releasing any recordings. Had this hermetic self-censorship remained in place, who knows what we as a culture might have lost. Imagine how close we came to never hearing some of the most crucial avant-garde music of the last century.

Instead, we have the glorious, powerful music held within the discography of ESP-Disk’, the first American label to document this distinctly American music. A recent book by Jason Weiss, titled Always in Trouble: An Oral History of ESP-Disk’, The Most Outrageous Record Label in America, examines ESP’s chaotic approach to disseminating this chaotic music.

Free jazz—or, as it was called around the time of its advent, “the new thing”—was the revolutionary guard of what was already the purest American art form. Musically, it was the sound of innovators reclaiming their own invention. At its outset, jazz was the sound of danger, dance halls and the underclass; the music became accepted as entertainment for the wider culture before the human beings performing it became accepted as human beings.

Watching this progression (or lack thereof) with alarm, many jazz players pushed back against the genre’s limitations. If their government could write laws seeking to control the freedom of their movements, finances and romances, it would not control the freedom of their music. Stripped of limitations placed on harmony, and given to emphatic cries straight from the soul’s depths, free jazz made use of careful group dynamics, explosive performances and the most extended of techniques. By the 1960s, free jazz was in full, ecstatic force, and, as evidenced by Rudd’s quote above, its progenitors were protective of it.

In 1965, music business lawyer Bernard Stollman decided to try and see who would “come after” this music. In a fit of iconoclastic eccentricity and misguided opportunism, his label’s leadoff release, Ni Kantu en Esperanto (“Let’s Sing in Esperanto”), was apparently the first album recorded in that failed attempt at an international language. But with the second release, tenor saxophonist Albert Ayler’s blistering Spiritual Unity, ESP-Disk’ landed upon what would be its most significant calling card: free jazz. Over the next several years, ESP introduced the public to then-obscure, exceedingly innovative artists, including Ayler, Pharaoh Sanders, Sunny Murray, Milford Graves and many others. Stollman’s role was simply to reach out to the players, get them into a studio and issue the resulting wax. In fact, ESP’s motto was, “The artist alone decides.”

Stollman showed a proclivity towards the divisive, releasing important albums by shock-folk act The Fugs, as well as hippie-baiting spoken word LPs from Timothy Leary and William S. Burroughs. Always in Trouble devotes its first third to interviews with Stollman, and these Q&As reveal a man whose stolid squareness betrays an often startling hidden weirdness.

Describing a Sun Ra concert that ESP-Disk’ staged on New York City’s South Street Seaport in 1968, Stollman talks about how the event attracted the attention of a nearby Portuguese military training vessel.

“The captain of the ship allowed allowed the cadets to join the crowd on the pier, and they danced with the local girls,” Stollman recalls. “The captain saw our concert as a salute to Portugal, an observation shared by Portuguese journalists who were present, and ESP has since enjoyed a highly favorable reputation in that country.”

Stollman built it, but did anyone actually “come after” this music? By 1974, ESP was completely out of business. The story of how the label came to fold is convoluted; Stollman blames

overall poor sales, distrustful partners in the realms of pressing and distribution and government harassment (listed here in declining order of plausibility). Recall that this music was so unconventional that when John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy began to adapt the musical vocabulary pioneered by Ayler, one of ESP’s most important voices, DownBeat magazine ran an article entitled “John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy Answer the Jazz Critics” wherein the besieged geniuses were kindly asked to justify their genius. Poor sales numbers were to be expected for this music.

Many free jazz players were part of the larger Black Arts Movement, activists who genuinely were infiltrated, monitored and psychically brutalized by the U.S. government. But for Stollman to also invoke this (due in particular, he claims, to The Fugs’ “C.I.A. Man,” among other countercultural inclinations) as means of defending his label’s inability to pay out

royalties to his already meagerly paid artists seems like a few different shades of dubious: a stretch, a questionable possibility, a paranoid assumption. (“My real sense is that he was abducted by aliens, and when he was probed it erased his memory of where all the money was,” posits Tom Rapp, singer for another one of ESP’s flagship folk acts, Pearls Before Swine.)

This complaint of owed royalties is a bitter refrain throughout the book. Alto saxophonist Sonny Simmons colorfully regales readers with an anecdote about a time he came very close to sending Stollman through a window. But many admit that without the exposure ESP’s recordings provided, the spirit of free jazz would have been much slower to spread, if not lost forever to the dusty lofts of its origin.

“Look, ESP publicized us all over the planet,” says drummer Milford Graves. “Nobody was recording us in the ‘60s other than ESP! And the pay that maybe you didn’t get from Bernard, it neutralizes itself because if you had to hire a public relations person, you were going to have to pay him. So, you’re still going to come out to zero.” Graves nails it here: ESP-Disk’ is another example of the sad fact that, in the realm of art, it rarely pays to be quite so ahead of the curve.

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The reissue is slated for May 14. The double disc set features a remastered version of the original album plus a 21-track bonus disc featuring part of a Greensboro, NC live show recorded on Nov. 10, 1989. The whole kit and caboodle is getting released on 180-gram vinyl, too. If you want the full Greensboro show, though, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have to celebrate Record Store Day on Apr. 20, when a five-track EP of songs from that show that wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be included on the Green bonus disc will be released. For ongoing info, see remhq.com; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s updated more often than you might think.

Echoes: Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be hard-pressed to find an Athens musician who appeared on more live recordings than the late Craig Lieske. Simply by virtue of his extensive list of collaborations, there are literally miles of tapes featuring his playing. In particular, a very nicely recorded collaboration between Lieske and E. Serson Brannen (The Subliminator) will be released via Atlanta label Sacred Records in the near future. (Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s actually at the pressing plant as we speak.) The recording, credited simply to Brannen & Lieske and titled Live at the 40 Watt, is of a show that took place just this past Jan. 3. Lieske passed away Jan. 18.

Keep up with this project via facebook.com/ BrannenLieske.

To Your Health: The annual BreastFest event will happen Saturday, Mar. 23 at Terrapin Beer Company (265 Newton Bridge Rd.). The event, where 100 percent of the proceeds go to support different aspects of breast health, begins at 1:30 p.m. and runs

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Get Ready: My Athens, a crowd-sourced, Instagram-based art show that aims to celebrate all aspects of our local art and culture, will take over the Bottleworks gallery on Prince Avenue all April long. The folks behind the event will exhibit two nights of live music at the galleryâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;on Friday, Apr. 12 and then a week later, Friday, Apr. 19. Musicians for the first night have yet to be announced, but on Apr. 19 weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re proud to announce that Flagpole will present performances from Dream Boat and Outer Spaces. The former, of course, is the spankinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; new space-folk project from Page Campbell (Hope for Agoldensummer) and Dan Donahue (Krush Girls), and the latter is the latest and greatest vehicle for local songwriter Cara Beth Satalinoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s striking tunes. So, this will be the best thing. More info, including ticket information, is forthcoming. [Gabe Vodicka] Gordon Lamb threatsandpromises@flagpole.com

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Tuesday 19 FILM: Athens Jewish Film Festival (Ciné Barcafé) My Australia (4 p.m.), The Flat (6:15 p.m.), complimentary snack (8 p.m.) and Free Men (8:30 p.m.). View website for full festival schedule.

4-10 p.m. www.athensjff.org FILM: Habemus Papam (Miller Learning Center, Room 148) A dramedy about a newly elected Pope who begins therapy after he is reluctant to fulfill his new role. Part of the fifth annual Cinecitta Series. 7 p.m.

FREE! www.rom.uga.edu FILM: Darius Goes West (Miller Learning Center, Room 150) A documentary following the roadtrip of Darius Weems, a local musician living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. 7:30 p.m. FREE! www. dariusgoeswest.org GAMES: Trivia (The Office Lounge) Compete for prizes! Every Tuesday.

7:30 p.m. www.facebook.com/ officeathens 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 beer and compete! Tuesdays & Thursdays, 7:309:30 p.m. 706-354-1515 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 LECTURES & LIT: Gun Control Debate (UGA Tate Center) With Richard Feldman of the Independent Firearms Association and Kathryn Grant from Gun Free Kids. 7:30 p.m.

FREE! union@uga.edu LECTURES & LIT: Book Signing (Ciné Barcafé) The Lee Brothers will be sign their new cookbook, The Lee Bros. Charleston Kitchen.

Reservations required. 6 p.m. $75/ person, $115/couple. 706-5493450, reservations@thenationalrestaurant.com MEETINGS: Get Exposed!

(Highwire Lounge) Film Athens’ quarterly networking event for local film industry professionals. 6–8:30 p.m. FREE! www.filmathens.net

Wednesday 20 ART: Artful Conversation (Georgia Museum of Art) Carissa DiCindio, curator of education, leads an indepth discussion of Joan Mitchell’s abstract painting “Close.” 2 p.m.

FREE! www.georgiamuseum.com ART: GMOA & Willson Center Annual Lecture (Georgia Museum of Art) Peter Murray, founder of the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, speaks on “Museums without Walls: Art in the Landscape,” an examination

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of European, Japanense and North American sculpture parks. 5:30 p.m.

FREE! www.willson.uga.edu CLASSES: SALSAthens (Little Kings Shuffle Club) 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. 706338-6613 CLASSES: Jewelry Class (Athena Jewelers) Learn how to use a jeweler’s saw, solder, set stones and more. 6:30–8:30 p.m. 706-5496869, www.athenajewelers.com CLASSES: Spicy Salsa Dancing (Jerzee’s Sports Bar) Every Wednesday. 9–10 p.m. (lesson), 10 p.m.–1 a.m. (dancing). $3, $5 (under 21). dg2003@yahoo.com CLASSES: Stationery (Double Dutch Press) Learn the basics of making screenprinted cards. Mar. 20, 6–8 p.m. or Mar. 24, 2–4 p.m. $50. www. doubledutchpress.com CLASSES: Flower Arranging Unit 4: Fruit and Vegetable Design (State Botanical Garden) Learn about designing with fruits and vegetables.

Participants will be provided with a list of materials to bring to class.

Bring a bag lunch. 9 a.m.–3 p.m. $45. www.botgarden.uga.edu EVENTS: Terrapin Beer Dinner (Heirloom Cafe and Fresh Market) Courses paired with different Terrapin beers. 5–10 p.m. $45. www. heirloomathens.com FILM: Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream (Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries) Filmmaker Mike Tollin’s 1995 documentary focuses on Hank Aaron’s grace, dignity and focus. 7 p.m.

FREE! www.grady.uga.edu FILM: Movie Night (Oconee County Library) Celebrate extraterrestrial day by watching The Mothman Prophecies about a reporter drawn to a small town to investigate strange occurrences. Ages 11–18. 6–8 p.m.

FREE! 706-769-3950 FILM: Race to Nowhere (Miller Learning Center, Room 267) A film about the silent epidemic of the pressures of high schoolers to overachieve. 7 p.m. FREE! www.grady. uga.edu FILM: Switch (Miller Learning Center, Room 101) A documentary that moves past the politics to deliver the straights facts on energy.

Part of the EcoFocus Film Festival.

See story on p. 11. 7–9 p.m. FREE! www.ecofofocusfilmfest.org FILM: Athens Jewish Film Festival Awards and Closing (Ciné Barcafé) Announcement of winning films and awards ceremony (5 p.m.), Welcome to Kutsher’s: The Last Catskills Resort (6 p.m.) and a light reception (7:30 p.m.). Visit website for full schedule. 5–8 p.m. www.athensjff.org GAMES: Trivia (Copper Creek Brewing Company) Test your trivia chops for prizes! Every Wednesday.

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GAMES: Crows Nest Trivia (Dirty Birds) Every Wednesday in the Crows Nest. 8 p.m. FREE! 706546-7050 GAMES: Trivia (Willy’s Mexicana Grill) Trivia with a DJ! Every Wednesday. 8–10 p.m. FREE! 706548-1920 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 (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: Movie Trivia (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Hosted by Jeremy Dyson. 9 p.m. www.facebook.com/ lkshuffleclub 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: Storytime (Barnes & Noble) For all ages. Children receive a free treat from the cafe. 11 a.m.

FREE! 706-354-1195 KIDSTUFF: Preschool & Toddler Storytime (Madison County Library) Includes stories, fingerpuppet plays, songs and crafts for literacy-based fun. For ages 2–5.

Every Wednesday. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 LECTURES & LIT: Origin of Life (UGA Chapel) Mark Farmer explores the transition from complex biochemistry to simple cells. 7 p.m.

FREE! www.originslectures.uga.edu LECTURES & LIT: Talking About Books (ACC Library) This month’s title is Gods of Gotham by Lyndsay Faye. 10:30 a.m. 706-613-3650 LECTURES & LIT: Brent Shaw (Miller Learning Center, Room 102) Dr. Brent Shaw of Princeton University discusses the attempts to end child sacrifice in Africa. 5-6 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 LECTURES & LIT: Celebrating UGA Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (Miller Learning Center, Room 250) Panel discussion featuring UGA women in the STEM fields. Reception to follow. Part of Women’s History Month. 2:30–3:30 p.m. FREE! www.iws.uga.edu LECTURES & LIT: Edith House Lecture (UGA School of Law) U.S. Court of Appeals judge Edith Hollan speaks about “Why the Constitution

Banjo player Béla Fleck will perform with the UGA Symphony at the UGA Hodgson Concert Hall on Tuesday, Mar. 26. See Calendar Pick on p. 21.

Matters and Why Women Should Care.” Reception to follow. 3:30 p.m.

FREE! www.law.uga.edu MEETINGS: Buddha Book Study (Body, Mind & Spirit) Every Wednesday. 6 p.m. Donations accepted. 706-351-6024 PERFORMANCE: DMA Recital (UGA Ramsey Concert Hall) DMA candidate Corey Flowers gives a guitar recital. 3:30 p.m. FREE! www. music.uga.edu

Thursday 21 ART: Third Thursday Art Series (Athens, GA) Six galleries stay open late. Participating galleries include the Georgia Museum of Art, Lamar Dodd School of Art, ATHICA, Lyndon House, Cine and the GlassCube & Gallery @ Hotel Indigo. 6-9 p.m.

FREE! www.3thurs.org ART: Opening Reception (Ciné Barcafé) For “The Last Party,” local photos by Mike Landers. 6–8 p.m.

FREE! www.athenscine.com ART: MFA Speaks (Georgia Museum of Art) Master of Fine Arts Degree Candidates Exhibition discuss their work. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.com ART: Art Lecture (UGA Lamar Dodd School of Art Galleries, Room S150) Dr. Khullar presents “The Worldly Affiliations of Amrita Sher-Gil.” 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.art.uga.edu CLASSES: Scottish Country Dance Classes (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship) Social dancing at its liveliest with jigs, reels and strathspeys. Every Thursday, 7–9 p.m. $3. dabmillier@google.com EVENTS: Backroom Writers (Buffalo’s Café) An evening with Jordan Rager, Emily McCannon and Mike Mann. 7–9 p.m. $3. 706354-6655

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 FILM: EcoFocus Film Festival Opening Night (Ciné Barcafé) The EcoFocus Film Festival opens with a screening of Chasing Ice. Visit website for full schedule. See story on p. 11. 6 p.m. $20. www.ecofocusfilmfest.org FILM: Race to Execution (Miller Learning Center, Room 213) The film follows the fates of two death row inmates. Part of the Volunteer UGA Film Festival. 7–10 p.m. FREE! www. cls.uga.edu GAMES: Trivia with a Twist (Johnny’s New York Style Pizza) Tuesdays & Thursdays, 7:30-9:30 p.m. 706-354-1515 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: Read to Rover (Oconee County Library) Children can read aloud to trained dogs to improve reading confidence. 3–4 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 KIDSTUFF: Baby Music Jam (ACC Library) Children ages 1-3 and their caregivers can play instruments, sing and dance together. 10:30 a.m.

FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Toddlerobics (Oconee County Library) Active storytime full of dancing, stretching, jumping and stories for little ones to enjoy books on the move. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706769-3950 KIDSTUFF: Gallery Games (Georgia Museum of Art) Learn about works in the museum’s permanent collection through activities designed just for kids ages 7–11.

4:15–5 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum.com LECTURES & LIT: Willson Center Fellows Lecture (UGA Jackson St. Building) Peter O’Neill speaks about “The Transatlantic Irish and the Racial State.” 4 p.m. FREE! www. willson.uga.edu LECTURES & LIT: Poetry Reading (Avid Bookshop) Poets Michael Tod Edgerton and Andy Frazee read from their works. 6:30 p.m. www. avidbookshop.com PERFORMANCE: DMA Recital (UGA Ramsey Concert Hall) Percussionist Erik Forst gives a recital. 6 p.m. FREE! www.music. uga.edu PERFORMANCE: Lambda Alliance Spring Drag Show (UGA Memorial Hall) UGA’s LGBTQ student organization presents “God Save the Kings and Queens,” a drag show featuring performances by student and local performers. 7:30– 9:30 p.m. $5 (w/ student ID), $10. www.ugalambda.wordpress.com PERFORMANCE: Steinway Spectacular (Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall) UGA piano faculty, students and friends perform music from Bach to Bartok and Schubert to Gershwin on Steinway pianos. 8 p.m. $5–18. www.pac.uga.edu PERFORMANCE: The Midtown Men (The Classic Center) Four stars from the original cast of Broadway’s Jersey Boys perform choreographed renditions of hits by the Four Seasons, Beach Boys, Four Tops, Beatles and more. 7:30 p.m. $15–70. www.classiccenter.com THEATRE: Under Construction (UGA Fine Arts Building) The play

by Charles Mee juxtaposes Norman Rockwell with the artists of the present day, as represented by installation artist Jason Rhoades. 8 p.m. $7–12. www.drama.uga.edu

Friday 22 ART: MFA Candidates Exhibition Opening Reception (Georgia Museum of Art) Thirteen Master of Fine Arts degree candidates display and discuss their work. 5:30 p.m. www.art.uga.edu EVENTS: Charity Water Benefit (Terrapin Beer Co.) Tarot card readings, prints by Jamie Culkin and live music by Dave Forker. Proceeds benefit Charity Water. 5:30–7:30 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com EVENTS: GMOA Spring Open House (Georgia Museum of Art) The Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art present a quarterly open house. See Calendar Pick on p. 21.

6–9 p.m. FREE! 706-542-4662 EVENTS: Line Dancing (Bootleggers Country & Western Bar) Countrywestern-style line dance lessons.

Every Friday. And come ride Pandemonium, the mechanical bull!

8–10 p.m. 706-254-7338 EVENTS: Blood Drive (Spartan Center) Sponsored by the senior class of Athens Academy. Call or email to make an appointment. 8 a.m.–1 p.m. FREE! 706-433-1803, mchuboff@athensacademy.org EVENTS: Lead Athens Midnight 5K (St. Joseph Catholic Church) Run through the Boulevard district. Proceeds benefit Lay Park Community Center. Register online.

12 p.m. $20-25. www.active.com EVENTS: Dawgs After Dark (UGA Tate Student Center) A “Birthday Bash” themed party featuring a moon bounce, petting zoo, face painting, giant birthday cake, pizza and more.

7 p.m. FREE! (UGA students), $5. www.union.uga.edu EVENTS: Africa Night 2013 (Morton Theatre) Includes a performance of Africa Night: Ascend the Throne, a play written by members of the African Students Union, as well as dance, music and fashion. 7 p.m. $6–9. nkennjok@uga.edu EVENTS: Auction for Adoption (Buffalo’s Café) A reception, gourmet appetizer buffet and silent auction.

Proceeds benefit All God’s Children’s Inc., a special needs adoption agency. 6 p.m. $20. 706-613-2421 EVENTS: Athens Cabaret Showgirls (Go Bar) A unique drag show featuring performances by local drag artists. 10 p.m. $5. 706546-5609 FILM: EcoFocus Film Festival (Ciné Barcafé) Screenings ofTrash Dance, Irish Folk Furniture, Last Call at the Oasis, Ripple Effect Project Film Showcase, Living Tiny and Dear Governor Cuomo. See story on p. 11. 3, 6 & 9:30 p.m. $7. www. ecofocusfilmfest.org LECTURES & LIT: Gardening Educational Conference (Oconee County Civic Center) The UGA Georgia Master Gardener Association holds an educational conference. Mar. 22, 12 p.m. Mar. 23, 4 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamastergardenerassn.com LECTURES & LIT: LACSI CrossDisciplinary Conversation (LACSI) Susan Thomas speaks about “Modulating the Nation State: Music in the Cuban Diaspora and the Changing Definition of Citizenship.” 4–5 p.m. FREE! 706542-0121, www.lasci.uga.edu THEATRE: Under Construction (UGA Fine Arts Building) See Thursday listing for full description 8 p.m. $7–12. www.drama.uga.edu

Saturday 23 ART: Opening Reception (Eco*Art*Lab) “Climate Change: Conveying Realities” presents works

by over 20 visual, sound and video artists from across the country.

6–9 p.m. FREE! ecoartlaboratory@ gmail.com ART: Opening Reception (ATHICA) For “Worked,” an exhibit highlighting the labor of creating art. 6–8 p.m. FREE! www.athica.org CLASSES: Saturday Swing Dance (UGA Memorial Hall, Ballroom) Beginner lesson at 7 p.m., dancing 8–10 p.m. No experience or partner necessary. Pizza included. 7–10 p.m. $3–5. www.athensswingnight. com CLASSES: Small Scale Glass Fusing Workshop (Studio Mod Glass) Materials included. Visit website for register. 10 a.m.–2 p.m. $100. modglassgirl@gmail.com, www.studiomodglass.com EVENTS: J. Douglas Toma Memorial Day Field Event (UGA Myers Hall) Relay races, inflatables, a dunk tank and more honor the late dean of Franklin Residential College. Donations benefit the Toma Study Abroad Scholarship Fund.

Open to the public. 12–6 p.m. FREE! ehunt6@uga.edu EVENTS: Heel the Soul Walk (UGA Tate Student Center) A one-mile walk to raise awareness of domestic violence. Walkers are encouraged to walk in high heels to symbolize the painful shoes an abuse victim walks in. Discussion to follow. Proceeds benefit Peace Place. 8:30 a.m.–12 p.m. $8–12. 404-323-9805, heelthesoul123@gmail.com EVENTS: Open House (Sew Normal Studio) For Sew Normal Studio, a new business offering sewing services, custom clothing and decor.

2–5 p.m. katesawyer7@gmail.com EVENTS: 10th Annual Doggie Easter Egg Hunt (Pawtropolis) Put your dog’s nose to work to uncover hidden eggs. Eggs hold surprises ranging from doggie treats to gift certificates to local businesses. 11 a.m.–2 p.m. $15. www.pawtropolis. com EVENTS: Jeans, Jewels and Jazz (Georgia Museum of Art) The local chapter of The Links hosts a fundraiser featuring live jazz music, dancing, food, museum tours and a silent auction. 7 p.m. $35. www. georgiamuseum.org EVENTS: Firefly Trail History Walk (The Tasting Room at Jittery Joe’s Roasting Company) Former ACC Mayor Gwen O’Looney leads a walking tour of historical sites such as the piers of the North Oconee River trestle and greenway, the Trail Creek “Murmur” Trestle and Dudley Park. 9 a.m. FREE! gwenathens@ gmail.com EVENTS: Athens Area Black History Bowl (The H. T. Edwards Complex) Twelve teams of students compete in a bowl competition covering history, civil rights, science and entertainment. 12 p.m.

FREE! 706-255-0148, aaabhbowl@ gmail.com EVENTS: BreastFest Athens (Terrapin Beer Co.) A day of beer, catered food, a silent auction, live music and a kids’ carnival to help increase awareness of breast cancer.

Catering by Terrapin, Mama’s Boy, Pulaski Heights BBQ and more. Live music by Kinky Waikiki, Dangfly, The HEAP and DJ Triz. 1:30–7:30 p.m. $30–35. www.athensmusic.net EVENTS: CrossTrainers Character Run 5K (Stegeman Coliseum) Participants are encouraged to dress up as a favorite character from childhood. Proceeds benefit the CrossTrainers Mentoring Program.

9 a.m. $30. 706-315-0422, athens. crosstrainers@gmail.com EVENTS: A Royal Pet-Fair (Athens Pool & Spa) A multi-shelter pet adoption event with dogs and cats

available for adoption. Face painting, crafts, snacks and more. 11 a.m.–3 p.m. FREE! www.athenshumanesociety.org EVENTS: Athens Aviation (Ben Epps Airport) Celebrate Athens’ rich history of aviation with a flight center tour, an appearance by Pat Epps, kids’ activities, a screening of The World’s Smallest Airport: The True Story of the Thrasher Brothers Aerial Circus and more. Tickets at ACC Library, Lyndon House Arts Center and Winterville Front Porch Bookstore. 10 a.m.–2 p.m. FREE! (tickets required). www.boomersinathens.org FILM: EcoFocus Film Festival (Ciné Barcafé) Screenings of the films The Lost Bird Project, The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom, Among Giants, Bidder 70, Cape Spin! An American Power Struggle, The Man Who Lived on His Bike, Chasing Ice and The Last Ice Merchant. Rand Lines Trio plays an after-party at 9:30 p.m. at Little Kings. Visit website for full schedule. See story on p. 11. 1:30–9:30 p.m. $7. www.ecofocusfilmfest.org KIDSTUFF: One Color Screenprint for Kids (Double Dutch Press) A workshop in the basics from image production to finished prints. For ages 12 & up. 2–4 p.m. $50. www. doubledutchpress.com KIDSTUFF: Hip Hop Hooray Easter Egg Hunt (Rocksprings Community Center) Mr. Bunny has been busy hiding eggs and gathering special prizes to give away. Holiday themed crafts and photos with Mr. Bunny. For ages 11 years & under.

9–11:30 a.m. $1 (for photo). www. athensclarkecounty.com/leisure KIDSTUFF: Family Day: Portraits Bold and Bright (Georgia Museum of Art) Learn about the exhibit “William H. Johnson: An American Modern,” then head to the Mary and Michael Erlanger classroom to create oil pastel portraits based on the artists’ bold and bright style. 10 a.m.

FREE! www.georgiamuseum.org KIDSTUFF: Storytime (Barnes & Noble) For all ages. Children receive a free treat from the cafe. 11 a.m.

FREE! 706-354-1195 LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Author (Avid Bookshop) Georgia native Natasha Patel discusses her book Battleground State, a fictionalized account of the 2008 Presidential election. Patel was a campaign staffer for President Obama in 2008.

6:30–7:30 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop.com LECTURES & LIT: Author Reading (Avid Bookshop) Authors Scott Daughtridge, Laura Straub, David Courtright, Lauren Traetto and Laura Solomon read selections from their respective works. 2–3 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop.com LECTURES & LIT: Digital News Bluejeans Workshop (UGA Journalism Building) A conference discussing serious issues confronting news gathering and reporting.

8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. $35–50. www. grady.uga.edu/bluejeans OUTDOORS: Spring Bird Ramble (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Look and listen for spring migrant birds on a walk with the Oconee Audubon Society. 8 a.m. FREE! www. oconeeriversaudubon.org OUTDOORS: Farmer for a Day Tour(Call for location) Learn how to plant and harvest asparagus and take home some of the crop. Call to pre-register. 10 a.m.–2 p.m. FREE! 706-283-7946, www.athenslocallygrown.net THEATRE: Under Construction (UGA Fine Arts Building) See Thursday listing for full description 8 p.m. $7–12. www.drama.uga.edu

calendar picks MUSIC | Thursday, Mar. 21

EVENT | Friday, Mar. 22

There really isn’t a reason not to go to this show. Atlanta psych-beat duo Qurious continues to make waves in that city and beyond with its intoxicating electro-pop, and local transplant Jonathan Miller is putting forth some seriously forwardthinking stuff with his loop-based Hand Sand Hands project. But we’re probably most jazzed about an Athens appearance from Vancouver, BC-based avant-folkie Ora Cogan, whose just-released record Ribbon Vine, a stellar entry in a long line of bleak Pacific Northwest folk albums, finds the strong-voiced singer-songwriter in a beautiful and often harrowing mode. But where Grouper or Tiny Vipers put forth sounds and ideas that float upward and evaporate, Cogan’s music is more corporeal, demanding of full and immediate attention. [Gabe Vodicka]

The GMOA’s quarterly open house recurs this week with the event “90 Carlton: Spring,” a night to come check out the art that’s currently on view in the galleries (from folk art to fine) and rub shoulders with the artistic intelligentsia in town.

Presented by the Lamar Dodd School of Art and the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art, this evening will offer gallery talks, refreshments, music by DJ Mahogany and an opening reception for the “MFA Spring 2013 Degree Candidates Exhibition,” featuring the work of 13 UGA student artists in a variety of media. This cultural mixer could devolve into a full-blown disco, so wear your dancing shoes! [Christina Cotter]

Qurious, Hand Sand Hands, Ora Cogan Flicker Theatre & Bar · 9 p.m. · $TBA

Ora Cogan MUSIC | Friday, Mar. 22

Alex Bleeker & The Freaks, Tia Madre, Dozen Eggs Farm 255 · 11 p.m. · FREE! Real Estate bassist Alex Bleeker leads his far-reaching band of musical compatriots into town for an anticipated gig. Fans of Bleeker’s other, more prominent band will take comfort in this project’s similar predilection for easy-breezy, melodic rock.

But The Freaks reject overt nostalgia and instead take a turn toward the mysterious, coupling lyrics both wearisome and absurd with wistful instrumentation, casting unmistakable shadows of Malkmus, Berman and other slack-jam indie icons. The difference: groups like The Freaks replace the confident, sun-soaked misanthropy of groups like Silver Jews with a tie-dyed cloud of millennial ambivalence. The long-rumored consolidation of hippie and hipster has taken its sweet time—a few decades, even—but it seems to be finally nearing completion. [G.V.]

GMOA’s Open House: “90 Carlton: Spring” Georgia Museum of Art · 6 p.m. · FREE!

MUSIC | Sunday, Mar. 24

Iron Lung, Shaved Christ, Harsh Words, Burnt Books Farm 255 · 10 p.m. · FREE! Drag your weekend-addled corpse downtown for an adrenaline-fueled Sunday night punk showcase featuring a bunch of bands with two-word names, including noisy local favorites Shaved Christ, those hardworking dudes that seem to singlehandedly support Athens’ hardcore/houseshow scene. As for the other acts, experimental-minded Columbia, SC group Burnt Books is a post-metal, freak-rocking powerhouse featuring members of defunct hardcore mainstays Guyana Punch Line. Not much is known about brand new local band Harsh Words, but the info that is available bodes well; the group features members of Gripe, Shaved Christ and the late, beloved punk outfit American Cheeseburger. Semilegendary West Coast powerviolence progenitors Iron Lung deliver minutelong bursts that alternate between freakish blast-beat energy and ugly, sludgy breakdowns. [G.V.] PERFORMANCE | Tuesday, Mar. 26

Béla Fleck and UGA Symphony Orchestra UGA Hugh Hodgson Hall · 8 p.m. · $25 Multi Grammy award-winning banjo player Béla Fleck returns to Athens to join the UGA Symphony Orchestra in a performance dubbed “Concerto for Banjo and Orchestra,” a symphonic piece of his own creation. Fleck, one of the world’s most technically proficient banjo players, is also highly innovative, and his musicianship stems from a deep knowledge of American roots music and progressive jazz peppered with international influences. This groundbreaking performance of a three-part concerto featuring a banjo should offer a unique showcase for Fleck’s virtuosic talent. Expect to be amazed by a true master of his craft. Tickets can be purchased by calling 706-542-4400 or by visiting pac. uga.edu. [C.C.]

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Sunday 24 ART: HUB (ATHICA) A new series for artists and art lovers to gather and discuss ideas, trends and opportunities. Moderated by gallery manager Hope Hilton. 6 p.m. www.athica.org COMEDY: Paul Hooper (The World Famous) Charlotte, NC native performs a set of thought-provoking stand-up. Carlos Valencia opens.

Nate Mitchell hosts. 7 p.m. $5 (adv.), $7 (door). www.theworldfamousathens.com EVENTS: Dancing with the Athens Stars (The Classic Center) Local celebrities pair up with experienced dancers to compete with choreographed dance routines. All proceeds benefit Project Safe. Visit Project Safe’s website to vote for couples. 7 p.m. $20. www.projectsafe.org, www.classiccenter.com EVENTS: Bike Drive & Sale (BikeAthens) BikeAthens and Bicycles for Humanity present a drive to collect old bikes to donate to individuals living in Athens and Namibia in southern Africa. Fully refurbished road, mountain, commuters and cruisers will also be on sale. 12–4 p.m. mary@bicycles-forhumanity.org FILM: Athens Revisited (Georgia Museum of Art) The film imagines an interview with Edward Ware and Edward Lyndon, residents at different times in history of what is now the Lyndon House Arts Center. 3 p.m.

FREE! www.boomersinathens.com FILM: EcoFocus Film Festival (Ciné Barcafé) A screening of Bag It will be followed by kids’ activities.

The rest of the closing day films include Cafeteria Man, Trash Dance, Irish Folk Furniture, The Human Scale and Living Tiny, followed by a discussion about “What’s Next for Athens.” See story on p. 11. 12:30 p.m. www.ecofocusfilmfest.org 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 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

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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 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.

3–4 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Community-Wide Easter Egg Hunt (Princeton United Methodist Church) For all ages. 2–4 p.m. FREE! www.princetonumcathens.org THEATRE: Under Construction (UGA Fine Arts Building) The play

by Charles Mee juxtaposes Norman Rockwell with the artists of the present day, as represented by installation artist Jason Rhoades. 2:30 p.m. $7–12. www.drama.uga.edu

Monday 25 COMEDY: Duncan Trussell (The World Famous) Writer, actor and stand-up comedian Trussell’s recent television credits include “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “Funny or Die” and “Mad TV.” 8 p.m. $15 (adv.), $20. www.theworldfamousathens.com FILM: Red Moon (Miller Learning Center, Room 148) An ironic take on the cultural stigmas surrounding menstruation. Part of Women’s History Month Film Festival. 7–8 p.m. FREE! www.iws.uga.edu GAMES: Team Trivia (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s) Win house cash and prizes!

Every Monday night. 8:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-850-1916 KIDSTUFF: Infant Storytime (ACC Library) Parents assist their children in movements and actions while playing. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Bedtime Stories (ACC Library) Stories before bedtime; pajamas encouraged. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 LECTURES & LIT: Starting Your Own Food Business (UGA Tate Student Center) Panel discussion with the creators of King of Pops, High Road Ice Craft and Sorbet, and others about how to turn favorite recipes into a successful business.

1 p.m. FREE! www.thinc.uga.edu

LECTURES & LIT: Creating New Food Systems (Miller Learning Center, Room 102) Steve Nygren, founder of Georgia eco-community Serenbe, talks about building strong communities by integrating farmers and farms into a residential setting.

Part of Thinc. Week at UGA. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.caes.uga.edu LECTURES & LIT: Last Monday Book Group (ACC Library) This month’s discussion will be about all novels by Georgia author Joshilyn Jackson. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-6133650 PERFORMANCE: DMA Recital (UGA Robert G. Edge Recital Hall) Recitals by vocalist Cheryl Brendel (3:30 p.m.) and saxophonist Brent Weber (6:30 p.m.). 3:30 p.m. FREE! www.music.uga.edu PERFORMANCE: DMA Recital (UGA Ramsey Concert Hall) With pianist Dawn Dalangin. 6 p.m. FREE! www.music.uga.edu SPORTS: Ed Hoard Memorial Golf Tournament (UGA Golf Course) Tournament in memory of Georgia Golf Hall of Famer Ed Hoard. Proceeds benefit the First Tee Scholarship in Hoard’s memory. 11 a.m. www.georgiapga.com/popup/ tournament/4731

Tuesday 26 CLASSES: Spring Wildflowers of Upland Deciduous Forests of Georgia (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Learn botanical terminology and how to identify springblooming plants. 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. $50. www.botgarden.uga.edu EVENTS: Make It an Evening: Béla Fleck (Georgia Museum of Art) Coffee, dessert and gallery tours preceding the concert at Hodgson Hall. 6–8 p.m. $5. www.pac.uga.edu FILM: Benvenuti al Nord (Welcome to the North) (Miller Learning Center, Room 148) A film poking fun at the prejudices and rivalries between the North and South of Italy. Part of the fifth annual Cinecittà Film Series. 7 p.m. FREE! pizzuti@uga.edu FILM: Bad Movie Night (Ciné Barcafé) Former spy and current fashion designer Mark Robinson must infiltrate a shadowy Euro-crime syndicate, rescue a kidnapped boyfriend and outsmart a KGB-affiliated ninja in the budget-starved The

Russian Ninja. 8 p.m. FREE! www. facebook.com/badmovienight FILM: The Banff Mountain Film Festival (Georgia Theatre) A collection of action, environmental and adventure films presented by The Banff Centre and Half-Moon Outfitters. Proceeds benefit Georgia Conservancy and UGA Outdoor Recreation. 6 p.m. $12. www.georgiatheatre.com GAMES: Trivia (Fuzzy’s Taco Shop) Compete for prizes and giveaways.

Every Tuesday. 9–11 p.m. 706353-0305 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 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 (The Office Lounge) Compete for prizes! Every Tuesday.

7:30 p.m. www.facebook.com/ officeathens 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. 2 p.m.

FREE! www.libs.uga.edu/scl LECTURES & LIT: Venture Capital Funding for Biotech Startups (Center for Applied Genetic Technologies) Ed Schutter of Arbor Pharmaceuticals speaks about the venture funding landscape. Part of Thinc. Week at UGA. 8:30 a.m.

FREE! www.thinc.uga.edu PERFORMANCE: “Alice: Lessons Learned in Wonderland” (Morton Theatre) The story and themes of Alice in Wonderland, told through dance. 7:30–9:30 p.m. $15. olivia@dancefx.org PERFORMANCE: Béla Fleck and the UGA Symphony (Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall) Béla Fleck, the world’s premier banjo player,

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joins forces the UGA Symphony. See Calendar Pick on p. 21. 8 p.m. $25. www.pac.uga.edu PERFORMANCE: DMA Recital (UGA Ramsey Concert Hall) With tuba player Simon Wildman, who will be joining the United States Marine Band this summer. 3:30 p.m.

FREE! www.music.uga.edu PERFORMANCE: UGA Steel Band (UGA Ramsey Concert Hall) A Caribbean-influenced ensemble made up of students on steel drums, a drumset and bass. 6 p.m. FREE! www.music.uga.edu 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/ $3 admission). www. athensdiscgolf.com THEATRE: Under Construction (UGA Fine Arts Building) See Thursday listing for full description 8 p.m. $7–12. www.drama.uga.edu

Wednesday 27 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 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 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. 706-5496869, www.athenajewelers.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 EVENTS: Wine and Cheese Tasting (George’s Lowcountry Table) Proceeds benefit the Athens Tech Foundation and the George Davis Memorial Culinary Scholarship. Call to RSVP by Mar. 23. 6–8 p.m. $50. 705-425-3046 GAMES: Sports Trivia (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s) Test your sports knowledge every Wednesday night. 8:30 p.m.

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GAMES: Trivia (Copper Creek Brewing Company) Test your trivia chops for prizes! Every Wednesday.

9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-1102 GAMES: Trivia (Willy’s Mexicana Grill) Trivia with a DJ! Every Wednesday. 8–10 p.m. FREE! 706548-1920 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: Crows Nest Trivia (Dirty Birds) Every Wednesday in the Crows Nest. 8 p.m. FREE! 706546-7050 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 KIDSTUFF: Storytime (Barnes & Noble) For all ages. Children receive a free treat from the cafe. 11 a.m.

FREE! 706-354-1195 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: Minute to Win it (Oconee County Library) Test balance, patience and coordination to win prizes. Snacks provided. Ages 11-18. 6–8 p.m. FREE! 706-7693950 LECTURES & LIT: “Ethics, Law & Access: Larger Implications of Aaron Swartz” (Miller Learning Center, Room 171) A panel discussion looking at several issues connected to Swartz’s case from both a communications and copyright law perspective. 5:30 p.m. FREE! christof@uga.edu LECTURES & LIT: Oconee County Democrats Book Club (Tlaloc El Mexicano Restaurant, Watkinsville) A discussion on Nicholas Kristof’s and Sheryl WuDunn’s book Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity Worldwide. Newcomers welcome. Dinner at 6:30 p.m. 7 p.m.

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LIVE MUSIC Tuesday 19 40 Watt Club Foundry Entertainment Presents.

7 p.m. $11 (adv). $13 (door). www.40watt.com TWENTY ONE PILOTS Columbus duo playing self described “pianodriven schizoid pop and lyrical uplift.”

NEW POLITICS Danish band playing a high-energy blend of punk and pop with an electronic dance feel.

FIVE KNIVES Anthemic pop-rock out of Nashville, emphasizing strong vocals and an electro-punk feel.

Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com UTAH Heavy, downtuned local rock band.

BACKWOODS PAYBACK Westchester, PA group playing a mix of stoner rock, doom and heavy metal.

Crow’s Nest 9 p.m. 706-546-7050 CHLOE SUNSHINE New York-based band with a sunshiney surfer vibe.

HART SAWYER AND THE LOVE PROJECT Upbeat folk-pop from this local, female-fronted band.

MICHAEL BOWMAN Local altcountry/blues singer-songwriter, originally from Harrisonburg, VA. Cutters Pub 9 p.m. 706-353-9800 TAR & ROSIN Bluegrass string band playing old time Appalachian music and original fiddle tunes.

Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 10 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com BOOMFOX Local rock band that describes itself as “Adele meets Stone Temple Pilots.”

IMMUZIKATION Dance party featuring high-energy electro and rock.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 DJ BLOWPOP Joe Kubler (Bubbly Mommy Gun) spins a set of tunes.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. $5-$20. www.hendershotscoffee.com KENOSHA KID AND THE HORNS FROM HELL Centered around the compositions of guitarist Dan Nettles, Kenosha Kid also features bassist Robby Handley and drummer Marlon Patton. This weeklong residency features a three-piece horn section called the Horns From Hell.

The Melting Point Terrapin Tuesday. 7:30 p.m. $5. www. meltingpointathens.com MRJORDANMRTONKS Collaboration between longtime Athens musicians, Tommy Jordan

and William Tonks, featuring rootsy guitar picking and paired vocal melodies.

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 10 p.m. FREE! 706-546-4742 FESTER HAGOOD This local songwriter sings in a soft drawl that accents his simple, plucked country songs.

ADAM PAYNE Payne writes songs with a lot of heart, the kind that can either make you tear up or laugh out loud.

BRAD DOWNS Mississippi-born, Athens-based singer-songwriter.

JOSH PERKINSLong-running local folk-rocker.

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

Wednesday 20 Amici 10 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0000 LIVE BAND KARAOKE Sing your favorites as a live band backs you up.

Boar’s Head Lounge 11 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 OPEN MIC NIGHT Showcase your talent. Every Wednesday!

Farm 255 8 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com CALEB DARNELL Member of The Darnell Boys and Bellyache sings the blues.

Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com DANGEROUS PONIES Fuzzy, psychedelic indie pop-rock, nostalgic for the ‘60s, out of Philadelphia.

VELOCIRAPTURE Loud and brash local rock group that names the Stooges among its influences.

NORWEGIAN ARMS Philadelphia freak folk, playing earnest, mandolin strummed tunes. Featuring Dr. Dog drummer Eric Slick on percussion.

RITVALS Junk-rock band featuring members of Muuy Biien.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com THE LAST TYCOON Local dark-folk/ Americana outfit.

THE ROUGH & TUMBLE Minimalist folk that borders on ambient from Nashville.

JESSE PAYNE Ethereal, post-modern folk.

Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. SOLD OUT! www.georgiatheatre. com FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE Southern country band known for its radio hits “Cruise” and “Get Your Shine On.” SAM HUNT Gospel and R&Binfluenced country singer from Cedartown, GA. Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. $5-$20. www.hendershotscoffee.com KENOSHA KID AND THE HORNS FROM HELL See Tuesday listing for full description k continued on next page

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The Melting Point 8 p.m. $5 (adv.), $7 (door). www.meltingpointathens.com THE STEEPWATER BAND Chicago band combing a Delta blues sound with a Southern edge of countryinspired melodies.

New Earth Music Hall 9:30 p.m. FREE! www.newearthmusichall.com TECROPOLIS Athensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; longestrunning EDM monthly, with special guests Hyperion and Brock B with support from Angry Digweed vs D:RC and SPNKBNK. Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. FREE! 706-546-4742 MISSION SOUTH Soul/rock trio from Washington, DC. The Office Lounge 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-0840 KARAOKE With your host Lynn, the Queen of Karaoke!

Porterhouse Grill 7 p.m. FREE! 706-369-0990 JAZZ NIGHT An evening of original music, improv and standards.

Tapped 9 p.m. FREE! 706-850-6277 KARAOKE Every Wednesday!

Terrapin Beer Co. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com TIME SAWYER Folky Americana group from Concord, NC.

Thursday 21 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 MORNINGBELL Gainesville FLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own melodic, multi-layered, psychedelic rock quartet.

CASPER AND THE COOKIES Local legends playing eccentric and energetic pop-rock.

FOUR EYES Ukulele strummer Erin Lovett plays sweet poppy folk.

Crowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Nest 9 p.m. 706-546-7050 SABABA Local alt-rock band stemming from UGAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hillel program.

HOMELESS HILL Riff-based rock in the style of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and the Foo Fighters.

A LOT MORE LESS Local band influenced by Weezer, Cake and Deerhunter.

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Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com HAND SAND HANDS Looping, experimental, psychedelic music from Jonathan Miller, with drone and ambient leanings.

QURIOUS Atlanta duo featuring the siren-like vocals of Catherine Quesenberry and the ethereal synths and beats of Mike Netland. See Calendar Pick on p. 21.

ORA COGAN Vancouver-based artist combining country-inspired psychedelia and freak folk with an experimental edge.

Georgia Bar 10:30 p.m. 706-546-9884 THUNDERCHIEF Raw Southern rock band with punk and garage influences.

Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. SOLD OUT! www.georgiatheatre. com STS9 Influential Atlanta-based electronic rock band.

MINNESOTA Dubstep DJ from Santa Cruz, CA. Go Bar 11 p.m. 706-546-5609 KARAOKE Hosted by karaoke fanatic John â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dr. Fredâ&#x20AC;? Bowers.

Hendershotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. $5-$20. www.hendershotscoffee.com KENOSHA KID AND THE HORNS FROM HELL See Tuesday listing for full description Manor 9 p.m. $25-$32. www.manorathens. com MACHINE GUN KELLY Clevelandbased rapper signed to Bad Boy, formerly known as MGK. ALMOST KINGS Rap-rock crew from Marietta.

The Melting Point 8 p.m. $10 (adv), $13 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com MICHELLE MALONE Americana singer-songwriter who puts an emotional spin on her music.

CALLAGHAN British-born, Atlantabased pop songwriter compared to Sarah McLachlan and Jewel.

New Earth Music Hall 10 p.m. $10. www.newearthmusichall. com MINNESOTA Dubstep DJ from Atlanta.

GREENHOUSE LOUNGE Electronic musical trio.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. FREE! 706-546-4742 LAZY LOCOMOTIVE Local group featuring members of Fuzzbucket, and High Strung String Band.

The Office Lounge Blues Night. 9 p.m. FREE! 706-5460840 THE SHADOW EXECUTIVES Get your fill of straight-up, authentic blues covers from this skilled Athens five-piece. This is an open jam and guests are welcome!

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 Americanaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s roots with rock and roll swagger and a folksingerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heart.

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

Terrapin Beer Co. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com HAR-DI-HAR â&#x20AC;&#x153;Synth-folkâ&#x20AC;? band from Cedar Falls, IA.

WUOG 90.5 FM Live in the Lobby. 8 p.m. FREE! www. wuog.org RITVALS Junk-rock band featuring members of Muuy Biien.

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

Friday 22 40 Watt Club 7 p.m. $13. www.40watt.com HONOR SOCIETY Arena-ready rock band.

SIMPLE AS SURGERY Georgiabased pop-rock group.

JUNIOR DOCTOR Power-pop from Florida.

UNA JENSEN Singer-songwriter from Massachusetts.

AMANDA TARVER No info available.

Amici 11 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0000 JUBEE & THE MORNING AFTER Smooth, soulful hip-hop featuring MC JuBee and his band of electric rockers from Macon, GA. Butt Hutt Bar-B-Q 8 p.m. FREE! www.butthuttbarbecue. com JAKE DAVIS & DAVID MARTIN Members of the band Southfire play a set.

Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com MANRAY One of Athensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; most exciting live acts waves a big middle finger to traditional song structure while playing what Flagpoleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gordon Lamb has coined â&#x20AC;&#x153;complicated-core.â&#x20AC;?

BAMBARA Former Athens act, playing overblown and aggressive avalanches of distortion. See story on p. 17.

THE POWDER ROOM Playing â&#x20AC;&#x153;vibeoriented ramp rock.â&#x20AC;?

MUUY BIIEN Local band plays â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;80sstyle punk rock thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s equal parts Minor Threat and The Fall.

Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com ALEX BLEEKER AND THE FREAKS New project from Real Estate bassist.

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TIA MADRE Band fronted by Walker Howle of Dead Confederate fame, featuring Matt Stoessel, Ivey Hughes and Bryan Howard.

DOZEN EGGS Henry Barbe-led rock outfit.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com KATE MORRISSEY Best known for her dark velvet voice, Morrisseyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s songwriting is literate and sincere.

ELLI PERRY Singer-songwriter from New Orleans.

Georgia Bar 10:30 p.m. 706-546-9884 STRAIGHT NO CHASER This group reinvents the idea of a cappella in the modern pop landscape.

Green Room 9 p.m. $5. www.greenroomathens.com LITTLE COUNTRY GIANTS Stellar old-time folk, country and blues.

JUSTIN EVANS Local musician with a rich, deep voice who sings about fast women and country roads.

Hendershotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. $5-$20. www.hendershotscoffee.com KENOSHA KID AND THE HORNS FROM HELL See Tuesday listing for full description

Highwire Lounge â&#x20AC;&#x153;Friday Night Jazz.â&#x20AC;? 8â&#x20AC;&#x201C;11 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge.com RAND LINES Original compositions of pianist Rand Lines with drummer Ben Williams and bassist Carl Lindberg.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 8 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ lkshuffleclub DJ THE KING/MC CORD/TOASTER Three of Little Kingsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; staffers spin your faves.

Locos Grill & Pub 6 p.m. FREE! 706-548-7803 (Harris Street location) TRE POWELL Bluesy acoustic tunes with soulful vocals.

The Melting Point 8:30 p.m. $10 (adv.) $13 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com DEJA VU Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young tribute group.

New Earth Music Hall 10 p.m. $10 (adv.), $12 (door). www. newearthmusichall.com UP UNTIL NOW Jay Murphy plays electronic dance music with driving uptempo beats.

DJ WILL WEBER Blends trap, Moombahton and dubstep with contemporary indie and hip-hop.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. FREE! 706-546-4742 THE COMMITTEE No info available.

The Office Lounge 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-0840 THE BURNING ANGELS Local country-rock band led by songwriter Mark Cunningham.

Terrapin Beer Co. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com DAVE FORKER The former Sleepy Horses drummer plays acoustic guitar.

Saturday 23 Amici 11 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0000 JUICE BOX Funky, groove-laden rock from Athens.

Bootleggers Country & Western Bar 8 p.m. www.bootleggersathens.com TWISTED WHISKEY Country and Southern rock band.

Butt Hutt Bar-B-Q 8 p.m. FREE! www.butthuttbarbecue. com THE BACUPS Fun-loving cover band.

Caledonia Lounge 5 p.m. $1 (18+), $3 (21+). www.caledonialounge.com UP YOUR ATHENS FEST Punk showcase featuring Grim Pickins & The Bastard Congregation, Interstellar Upstarts, Five Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Clock Devil, Kater Mass, El Chubaskabra, The Codependents, Gripe, Los Meesfits, Triangle Fire, Hermits of Suburbia, Food Clothes Shelter, Ganges Phalanges, SheHeHe, The Fact and Fisty.

Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com THE WOODGRAINS Local band that plays a blend of funk, rock and soul featuring three vocalists.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. $3. www.flickertheatreandbar. com THE HUMMS Local three-piece known for its loud and bizarre shows and a raunchy, grooving blend of psychedelic garage rock.

THE VIGNETTES In-your-face, female garage rock and roll band out of Memphis.

KOKO BEWARE Local lo-fi, upbeat summery indie-surf rock.

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Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 BACHARACH TO THE FUTURE Burt Bacharach cover band featuring members of The Dream Scene and Bubbly Mommy Gun. DJ MAHOGANY Freaky funk, sultry soul, righteous R&B and a whole lotta unexpected faves.

Farm 255 Two-Word Bandname Showcase! 10 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com IRON LUNG Two-piece hardcore/ powerviolence band from Seattle.

See Calendar Pick on p. 21.

SHAVED CHRIST Local punk band featuring members of Witches.

BURNT BOOKS Punk band featuring members of Guyana Punch Line.

HARSH WORDS New local band featuring members of Shaved Christ.

Green Room 11 p.m. FREE! www.greenroomathens. com THE QUAILDOGS Southern rock band from Atlanta.

Hendershotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com SHANNON LABRIE Blues-inspired singer-songwriter from Nashville.

Hendershotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. $5-$20. www.hendershotscoffee.com KENOSHA KID AND THE HORNS FROM HELL See Tuesday listing for full description

The Melting Point 8 p.m. $10 (adv), $13 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com TRUTH & SALVAGE CO. Nashvillebased roots-rock collective.

SPIRIT FAMILY REUNION Dusty, country-influenced folk from NY.

The Melting Point 7:30 p.m. FREE! www.meltingpointathens.com JAZZ JAM Nic Wilesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; jazz jam session providing an open, relaxed environment for musicians to cut their teeth.

Nowhere Bar Moody Mama Mondays! 10 p.m. FREE! 706-546-4742 HOLLY BELLE This local singersongwriter sings smoky ballads.

The Office Lounge 7:30 p.m. $5. 706-546-0840 DJ LADY LOV Learn the beginnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Electric Slide, Good Times, Bikerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Shuffle and other line dances.

Tuesday 26 Caledonia Lounge 10 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.

JULIE GRIBBLE Nashville-based country singer.

JOE MCGUINNESS Talented blues songwriter with an original vocal sound.

GREGG SHAPIRO Alt-country musician from Marietta.

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!

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40 Watt Club 7 p.m. $13 (adv). $15 (door). www.40watt.com THE EXPENDABLES A laid-back mix of reggae, ska, surf rock, metal and punk.

PACIFIC DUB Catchy choruses and smooth hip-hop and reggae rhythms.

UNIVERSAL SIGH Athens-based jazz-fusion/funk-oriented rock band.

Amici 10 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0000 LIVE BAND KARAOKE Sing your faves as a live band backs you up.

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 sax.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com SAM BURCHFIELD Street Rhythm and Rhyme guitarist plays a solo set.

CONNOR PLEDGER Folk-inspired pop songwriter akin to John Mayer.

CORBETT WALSH Local singersongwriter.

Free Energy plays the rooftop of the Georgia Theatre on Monday, Mar. 25.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 9:30 p.m. $5 (FREE with EcoFocus wristband). www.facebook.com/ lkshuffleclub RAND LINES TRIO Original compositions of pianist Rand Lines with drummer Ben Williams and bassist Carl Lindberg.

The Office Lounge 8:30 p.m. 706-546-0840 TANGENTS Country-fried rock.

Sundown Saloon 9 p.m. FREE! 706-850-1177 KARAOKE With your host Lynn, the Queen of Karaoke!

Terrapin Beer Co. BreastFest! 1:30-7:30 p.m. $30 (adv.), $35 (door). www.breastfest.org THE HEAP Funky indie-soul band based here in Athens.

DANGFLY! Local rock band featuring an all-star lineup including Americana notables Adam Payne, Shawn Johnson, Jay Rodgers, Scotty Nicholson and Adam Poulin.

KINKY WAIKIKI Relax to the sweet sounds of Hawaii courtesy of a rotating cast of local musicians.

DJ TRIZ Beloved local turntablist spins a set.

The World Famous 8 p.m. $10 (adv.), $12 (door). www. theworldfamousathens.com FIVE EIGHT Legendary Athens rock trio that consistently pumps out boisterous rock and roll. Their energetic live show has warmed the stage for such bands as R.E.M., Cheap Trick, The Ramones and more.

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.

Monday 25 Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $5 (21+) $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com MANGER Speed thrash metal â&#x20AC;&#x153;with a dash of Satan.â&#x20AC;?

STEP ASIDE Tucson, AZ-based hardcore band inspired by the likes of Youth of Today and Supertouch.

UP FOR NOTHING Punk band out of Brooklyn.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com ISAAC HOSKINS Narrative-driven singer-songwriter from Denton, TX. Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 10 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com FREE ENERGY High-energy Phillybased rock band that draws comparisons to The Cars and Thin Lizzy.

DJ Z-DOGG Loveable local DJ spins hip-hop, high-energy rock and other danceable favorites.

Hendershotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee. com OPEN MIC Local songstress Kyshona Armstrong hosts this open mic night every Monday!

BOATS! Punk rock from Sacramento, CA. THE MIDS Reunion show from this punk band.

YOUR FAVORITE HERO Tennesseebased pop-punk.

Green Room 9 p.m. FREE! www.greenroomathens. com SAM BURCHFIELD Street Rhythm and Rhyme guitarist plays a solo set.

Hendershotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com KATIE PRUITT 18-year old local singer songwriter.

SAMUEL DICKINSON â&#x20AC;&#x153;Folksy and soulfulâ&#x20AC;? Georgia songwriter.

The Melting Point Terrapin Tuesday. 7:30 p.m. $5. www. meltingpointathens.com STEVE COUGHLIN & FRIENDS Originals on keys, drums, bass and Stratocaster.

DRIFTWOOD Local Americana collective plays darkly accented folk.

Mirko Pasta 6 p.m. FREE! 706-850-5641 (Gaines School Road location) LEAVING COUNTRIES Local singersongwriter Louis Phillip Pelot performs folk and country.

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.

Georgia Theatre 9 p.m. $20. www.georgiatheatre.com DJ SHADOW Legendary DJ fluent in the traditions of old school hip-hop.

THE MORKESTRA DJ duo compromised of Ty-Vishnu Morkestra and Saude providing a self described â&#x20AC;&#x153;far-out deejay experience.â&#x20AC;?

MURK DADDY FLEX Laid-back, sample-driven, old-school hip-hop.

Hendershotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com WOMEN FOLK Local singer-songwriter Emily Jackson presents this series featuring local female artists.

The Melting Point 8 p.m. $9 (adv.), $12 (door), $10 (w/ UGA ID). www.meltingpointathens. com LARA OSHON Her rich voice and rhythmic piano stylings flow over a lush bed of drum beats Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. FREE! 706-546-4742 CANDID COAL PEOPLE Three-piece local folk-rock group.

The Office Lounge 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-0840 KARAOKE With your host Lynn, the Queen of Karaoke!

Porterhouse Grill 7 p.m. FREE! 706-369-0990 JAZZ NIGHT Join drummer Nicholas Wiles with bassist Drew Hart and pianist Steve Key for an evening of improv and standards.

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

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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.–6 p.m. $40-60. (706) 743-8848 Call for Artists (Farmington Depot Gallery) Accepting applications for the third annual Festifool Artist Market on Apr. 6. Email peterlooseart@gmail.com 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 Renewal Art Festival (SeneyStovall Chapel) Seeking artists to sell their creations at a festival on Apr. 20 & 21. Proceeds benefit Clarke County art teachers. 706353-8530, athensart4schools@ gmail.com, www.facebook.com/ athensart4schools Seeking Artists and Performers (Athens, GA) Apply to be a part of the Lovely Spring Day show on May 4. Deadline Mar. 24. $15 (application fee), $80 (booth). indiesouthfair@gmail.com, www.indiesouthfair.com Seeking Vendors for Indie South Fair (Athens, GA) Indie South Fair seeks craft vendors for the annual craft fair on May 4.

Vendors may apply to sell handmade items. Visit website to register by Mar. 24. indiesouthfair@gmail.com, www.indiesouthfair.com The Art Rocks Athens Foundation (Athens, GA) Seeking artists who were creating art in, or related to, Athens music between 1975–1985 for a major

retrospective exhibition at Lamar Dodd May 23–July 31, 2014. www. artrocksathens.com

CLASSES Arrow Yoga Classes (Arrow) Arrow offers ongoing prenatal yoga classes and mama/baby yoga classes. No pre-registration necessary. Visit website for details. www.ourarrow.com Bellydancing (Floorspace) Sulukule Dance and Music presents classes in bellydancing, Bollywood dance, fire dancing, yoga, theatrical “bellyesque,” burlesque and Middle Eastern drumming. See www.floorspaceathens.com for schedule.

Clay Classes (Good Dirt) Weekly “Try Clay” classes ($20/person) every Friday from 7–9 p.m. “Family Try Clay” classes every Sunday from 2–4 p.m. $20. 706-355-3161, www.gooddirt.net Dance Classes (Dancefx) Ballet, tap, hip-hop, Zumba, contemporary, foxtrot and more. Check website for schedule. 706-355-3078, www.dancefx.org Healing Fridays (Body, Mind & Spirit) A combination of reiki, chant and other forms of holistic and spiritual healing modalities. $10 donation. Fridays, 6 p.m. 706-351-6024 Hot Yoga (Bikram Yoga Athens) Offered seven days a week. 706353-9642, www.bikramathens.com Introduction to Fantasy Illustration (Lyndon House Arts Center) Basic drawing skills required. Thursdays, Mar. 12–Apr. 25, 6:30–8:30 p.m. $83–125. www.athensclarkecounty.com/ lyndonhouse Learn Your Brain (Georgia Center Hotel) A seminar for college students to discover their unique

learning profile and gather tips for reducing stress and increasing focus. Reservation requested. Mar. 30, 9:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. nita@ learnyourbrain.com Mac Workshops (PeachMac) Introduction to Mac (Mar. 28, 5 p.m.), Introduction to iPad (Saturdays, 10 a.m.), Introduction to iPhoto (Mar. 21, 5 p.m.), “Let’s Talk iCloud” (Mar. 26, 2 p.m.) FREE! 706-208-9990, www.peachmac.com Prenatal Yoga (Baby Belly Yoga) Prenatal yoga and mom & baby yoga with instructor Krista Jones, as well as labor and birth workshops and doula services. Check website for schedule. www.babybellyyoga.com 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 Qi Gong (5 Points Acupuncture) Call to register. Saturdays, 9:30–10:30 a.m. $10. www.5pointsacupuncture. com Sewing Classes (Community) Sewing from a Pattern. Mondays, Mar. 18–Apr. 22, $120. Beginners Fashion Sewing. Mar. 21–Apr. 25, 6:30–8:30 p.m. $120. Basic Alterations. Sundays, Mar. 24–Apr. 21, 4–6 p.m. $80. 706-316-2067, communityathens@gmail.com Yoga Classes (Healing Arts Centre) Several types of ongoing classes are offered. Visit website for details. www.healingartscentre.net Yoga Classes (Thrive) Tai Chi, Visit website for class schedule.

706-850-2000, www.thrivespace.net Yoga and Fitness Classes (Total Training Yoga Studio) Check website for class schedule. www. totaltrainingcenter.com

ACC ANIMAL CONTROL

150 Buddy Christian Way • 706-613-3887 JUST A FEW MINUTES FROM DOWNTOWN

Open every day 10am-4pm except Wednesday

Just shy of a whopping 20 pounds, Pooter is a fun and quirky orange and white Tabby. He loves catnip, is declawed (in front) and neutered. About six years old.

2/7 to 2/13

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Rupert was one of 14 (!) cats surrendered to the shelter all at once, all friendly, largeeyed Tabby mixes. He is one of the shyer ones but is very sweet if you go slowly and gently. Already neutered. Really need Poor Snow White and Rocky were found homes before kitten season fills (separately) out in the cold as strays. Snow up the shelter!!

White is deaf and she needs to be kept safe indoors, and poor Rocky evidently had to put up a fight for his life judging by his beat-up nose and head.

It’s a tough world out there, and these two sweethearts deserve loving, warm homes which they will definitely appreciate and repay you with love and gratitude.

RUPERT ROCKY

ACC ANIMAL CONTROL more local adoptable cats and dogs at 17 Dogs Received, 28 Dogs Placed! athenspets.net 9 Cats Received, 9 Cats Placed ATHENS AREA HUMANE SOCIETY 5 Animals Received, 7 Animals Placed, 0 Healthy Adoptable Animals Euthanized

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William H. Johnson’s painting “Aunt Alice” is on display at the GMOA through May. 12.

Zumba (Athens Latino Center for Education and Services (ALCES)) Every Monday and Tuesday, 7:30– 8:30 p.m. $3. 706-540-0591 Zumba at the Garden (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Latin rhythms comprise this dynamic fitness program. Wednesdays, 5:30–6:30 p.m. $10/class, $70/session. www.uga.edu/botgarden Zumba(r) with Ingrid (Casa de Amistad) A dance fitness class that incorporates Latin and international music. Fridays, 6–7 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. www.bikeathens.com

KIDSTUFF Arts in the Afternoon (East Athens Community Center) Afterschool program teaches arts and crafts. Ages 6–15. Mondays and Wednesdays, 3:30–5:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3593 Camp EcoAdventure (Rock Eagle 4H Center) Register for spring break camp for ages 5–11. Apr. 1–5. $50/ day, $240/week. 706-484-2881, www.rockeagle4h.org/ee/community/ EcoAdventure.html Fantastic Fridays (Bishop Park) (Gym) Various obstacle courses and activities for ages 10 months–4 years and their parents. Call to register. 10–11:30 a.m. $5. 706613-3589 Kids’ Craft Classes (Treehouse Kid and Craft) Mama/Papa & Me craft class for ages 1–3 (Thursdays,

10:30 a.m., Saturdays, 10 a.m.), Craft Club ages 6–8 (Wednesdays, 4 p.m.) and ages 3–5 (Thursdays, 4 p.m.) and Family Crafterdays (Saturdays, 11 a.m.). $10/class, $30/4 classes. 706-850-8226, www.treehousekidandcraft.com New Mamas & Babies Group (Arrow) Meet other new parents and their pre-crawling little ones.

Thursdays, 10 a.m.–12 p.m. $5, $30 (8 visits). www.ourarrow.com Pop-In Playtime (Pump It Up) Children ages 11 & under can bounce around and have a jumping good time. Wednesdays, 3:30-5:30 p.m. $3 (ages 2 & under), $6 (ages 2 & up). 706-613-5676 Shared Nanny Sessions (Arrow) Caregiving with a child ratio of 1 to 3. For ages 6 months–4 years. Pre-registration required. ourarrow@gmail.com, www.our arrow.com Spanish Lessons for Tots (Arrow) Spanish lessons with music, dancing and fun surprises for the kids led by Sarah Ehlers. For ages 2.5–4 years old. Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m.–12 p.m. $10. ourarrow@ gmail.com Treehouse Summer Camps (Treehouse Kid and Craft) Space camp, collage & creative writing, natural crafting and more. Check website for details. www.treehouse kidandcraft.com Yoga Sprouts Family Yoga (Athens Five Points Yoga Studio) For children ages 2 & older. Sundays.

1–1:45 p.m. $60. yogasprouts@ gmail.com, www.athensfivepoints yoga.com

SUPPORT Alanon 12 Step Recovering Program (Athens & Watkinsville) Those concerned about a loved

one’s drinking are invited to daily meetings in different places around Athens. Call for time and location.

478-955-3422, 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, 1:30–3 p.m. through Apr. 10. $15/session. info@ oasisconselingcenter.com Domestic Violence Support Group (Athens, GA) Tuesdays, 6–8 p.m., in Clarke County. First and Third Mondays, 6:30–8 p.m., in Madison County. Childcare provided. 706-543-3331 (hotline), 706-613-3357, ext. 771 Emotional Abuse Support Group (Athens, GA) Childcare provided. Call for location. Every Wednesday. 6:30–8 p.m. FREE! 706543-3331 (hotline), 706-613-3357, ext. 771.

Emotions Anonymous (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) A 12-step program for anyone hoping to become well emotionally. Sundays, 4–5 p.m.

706-202-7463, www.emotions anonymous.org Women’s Empowerment Group (Oasis Counseling Center) A small therapeutic group. Call to reserve spot. Every Wednesday through Apr. 10, 5:30–7 p.m. $15/ session. 706-543-3522

ON THE STREET 24 Hour-ish Scavenger Hunt (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Film teams receive a prop, piece of dialogue and a secret third requirement at 12

p.m. on Apr. 21. They then have 24 hours to create a short film under 7 minutes. Cash prizes will be awarded. Register by Apr. 18. Films screened on Apr. 26. Email: 24hourish@gmail.com, www.facebook. com/24HourishFilm AthFest Filmfest Call for Entries (Ciné Barcafé) Accepting submissions for original short films to be screened as part of a local indie showcase during AthFest.

Submit by May 1. Visit website for details. www.athfest.com/musicfestival/film

Athens Area Men’s Baseball League (Lay Park) Try-outs for men 18 & up. Season runs midMarch through mid-August with weekly games. $225. 706-207-8939, peterthorne@charter.net, www. aambl.com Beat the Heat: Cat Spaying and Neutering (Athens Area Humane Society) Special spay/ neuter rates during March. $35-45. www.athenshumanesociety.org Edible Book Contest (ACC Library) Contestants make edible creations based on fictional or non-

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

AMICI’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.

ARTINI’S ART LOUNGE (296 W. Broad St.) Floral and still life paintings by Nethie Lockhart. Through March.

ATHENA JEWELERS (228 E. Clayton St.) “Reality Remixed Collection,” photography by Bob Brussack.

ATHENS ACADEMY (1281 Spartan Lane) In the Myer’s Gallery, “Color & Clay: Art in Harmony” includes works by painter Charles Warnock and ceramist/ photographer Cindy Lou Farley. Through Apr. 17.

• “Adornment”: jewelry and metalworks by Barbara Allen, Kay Gray and Sylvia Dawe. Through Apr. 17.

ATHENS FORD (4260 Atlanta Hwy., Bogart) Works

by Larry Forte, Holly Brown, Dana Johns and Claire Clements.

ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART (ATHICA) (160 Tracy St.) “Worked” explores the labor required to create art. Pieces by Lauren Adams, Elizabeth Barton, Laura Tanner Graham, David Ross Harper, Scott Ingram, Ted Kuhn, Maria Lux and Leslie Snipes. Opening reception Mar. 23. Through May 12.

ECO*ART*LAB (297 Prince Ave.) “Climate Change: Conveying Realities” includes works by over 20 visual, sound and video artists from across the country.

Opening reception Mar. 23. Through Apr. 27.

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.

THE CLASSIC CENTER (300 N. Thomas St.) “Here & There” includes photography by Thom Houser, Michael Marshall, Jim Fiscus and Chris Bilheimer, Rinne Allen, Michael Lachowski and Michael Oliveri.

• “Inhabit” 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 John Weber, Suzanna Antonez-Edens, Diane Perry and more. • In the lower gallery, cartoonish paintings by Dan Smith. Through April.

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.

GALLERY@HOTEL INDIGO (500 College Ave.) “Wish” 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. • In the Glass Cube, a new piece by Martijn van Wagtendonk. Through Mar. 21.

GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (90 Carlton St.) “From Savanna to Savannah: African Art from the Collection of Don Kole. Through Apr. 14. • “Americans in Italy.”

Through Apr. 21. • “Master of Fine Arts Degree Candidates Exhibition.” Opening reception Mar. 22.

Through Apr. 22. • “Defiant Beauty: The Work of Chakaia Booker” consists of large-scale sculptures created from tires. Through Apr. 30. • “William H. Johnson: An American Modern.” Through May 12.

fictional characters. Submit entry form by Apr. 6. Call 706-613-3650 for more information.

Tax Preparation Help (Multiple Locations) Free federal and tax preparation and e-filing offered by AARP Tax-Aide Program available through Apr. 13. Please bring 2012 tax documents and any supporting info.

Monday, 1–4:30 p.m. at Oconee Co. Library. Wednesday–Saturday, 9 am.–1 p.m. at Epps Bridge Pkwy.

Kroger. Tuesday, 11 a.m.–2 p.m. at Oglethorpe Library. Gayle Horne, 706-369-1245 f

THE GRIT (199 Prince Ave.) Artwork by children attending Barrow Elementary School.

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

HENDERSHOT’S COFFEE BAR (1560 Oglethorpe Ave.) “Mixed Messages,” images by Bob Brussack and Caoimhe Nace. Through March.

JITTERY JOE’S ALPS (1480 Baxter St.) Black and white prints of pop culture by Valerie Hamilton.

JITTERY JOE’S DOWNTOWN (297 E. Broad St.) “Ballet Life” features photographs of ballerinas in unusual places by Chris Scredon.

JITTERY JOE’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.) 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 “Cobra” McVey. LYNDON HOUSE ARTS CENTER (293 Hoyt St.) “Period Decorative Arts Collection (1840–1890)” includes artifacts related to the historic house. • 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.

MADISON MORGAN CULTURAL CENTER (434 S. Main St., Madison) Thomas Gonzalez’s illustrations from “14 Cows for America,” “The House on Dirty Third” and “Ghandi: March to the Sea.” Reception Apr. 12. On display Mar. 21– July 28.

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

OCONEE CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION (OCAF) (34 School St., Watkinsville) “Light Years,” nighttime photography by Karekin Goekjian. Through Mar. 22.

• 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) “Point of Origin,” 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) “Earthly Abstraction” 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 GEORGIA OCONEE CAMPUS (1201 Bishop Farms Pkwy, Watkinsville) The Faculty Biennial Exhibition includes works by Isabell Daniel, Stacy Koffman and Kate Windley.

Through Mar. 27.

WALKER’S COFFEE AND PUB (128 College Ave.) Paintings by Chelsea Lea and Johnny Gordon.

Through March.

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

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Efficiency apar tment in Normaltown. 2nd story rear unit in private home.

Kitchenette, full BA, nice yard w/ shared vegetable garden. $400/mo. + $100 utils. (678) 491-2825.

Leasing going quickly for Fall. One 2BR left and a few 1BRs. Baldwin Village, adjacent to UGA, walk to class. Keith, (706) 354-4261.

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H a l f o ff re n t 1 s t 2 mos. when you mention this ad! 2BR/2BA apts. a few blocks from Dwntn. off North Ave. Pet friendly! Dep. only $250. Rent reduced from $675 to $650/mo. incl. trash. Limited avail. at price. (706) 548-2522, www. dovetailmanagement.com.

Commercial Property 1800 +/- sf. commercial retail space for rent.

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8/1. $1450/mo. Call (706) 338-9173 until 10 p.m.

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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.

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Avail. June 1. 2BR/1BA duplexes in 5 Pts. HWflrs., W/D, short walk to campus. ( 7 0 6 ) 5 4 8 - 9 7 9 7 . w w w. boulevardproperties.com.

Houses for Rent $1400/mo. 4–5BR/3BA S. Lumpkin condo. W/D, DW, new lg. deck, 2 lv. rm.’s.

2500 sq. ft. Avail. 8/1. (706) 207-4953. $675/mo. 2BR/1BA. Spacious LR/DR & kitchen, dtack W/D. HW throughout. Near Nor maltown & close to Campus. Most pets OK w/ non-refundable pet dep. Rent inc. lawn maintenance & pest c o n t ro l . Av a i l . A u g .

2013. Lease runs Aug. 2013-July 2014. (706) 355-9961.

2BR/1BA house. CHAC, W/D, all electric. Avail. now!

March free w/ paid dep. $600/mo. + sec. dep. Call Mark (706) 202-5110.

3 B R / 2 B A d o w n t o w n o ff Oconee St. Newly renovated throughout. 2 LRs. Huge yd. Pets welcome. W/D incl.

Avail. Aug. 1. Only $1200/ mo.! Aaron (706) 207-2957.

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3BR/2BA in 5 Pts.! 2 LRs, separate DR, HWflrs., porch & patio, fenced yard. Pets welcome. W/D incl. Avail.

Apr. 1. Only $1200/mo.!

Aaron (706) 207-2957.

3BR/2BA house close to campus. Quiet street off College Station, lg. yd. w/ deck, garage. HWflrs., appls., W/D, CHAC. 1 mi. from campus. Avail. Aug 1. $885/mo. Call (706) 2473708.

3BR/1BA, close to campus, HWflrs., DW, W/D, HVAC, fenced back yd., pets OK, $1000/ mo., call (706) 338-9173.

3BR/2BA, 2077 S. Lumpkin, $ 1 2 0 0 / m o . W / D . , D W, sec. sys. & ceiling fans.

3BR/2BA, 2071 Lumpkin, $1000/mo. incl. water, lawn maint. & garbage. W/D, DW. (706) 546-0300.

3BR/2BA in Normaltown.

Avail. now! HWflrs., CHAC, quiet street. Grad students pref ’d. Rent negotiable.

(706) 372-1505.

3BR/1.5BA close to UGA near 5 Pts. Avail. 3/15. Huge porch/fenced back yd., HWflrs., CH units. Prefer grad student or family.

Flexible lease options! (706) 338-7031.

3BR/2BA house Dwntn.

Walk everywhere! W/D incl.

Fenced backyard. Pets OK. Avail 1/1/13. Short or long ter m lease option. Only $1000/mo. Aaron, (706) 2072957.

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

Walk-in closets, stainless, private BA, porches, deck.

W/D incl., pre-leasing for fall. $1900/mo. Aaron, (706) 207-2957.

3BR/1BA. Perfect grad or young professional house. Quiet n’hood, HWflrs. w/ separate garage/workshop.

Nice yd. w/ large dog pen. $800/mo. Avail. 8/1.

Call (706) 338-9173.

5BR/2BA Ski Lodge. Split-level o n C l o v e r h u r s t Av e . , between 5 Pts. & UGA. HWflrs., interior brick walls, fireplace. Must see. Avail. Aug. $460 per BR/mo. No pets, please.

(706) 247-1963.

3BR in Boulevard historic district. Large open living space w/ HWflrs. Back deck & large fenced in yard. Check out w w w. rentcollegetown.com or call (706) 850-7740.

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

Pets OK. No pet fees. $865/ mo. (706) 372-6813.

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

Avail. Apr. 1st. 4BR/3BA. Newly renovated house in heart of 5 Pts. HWflrs., CHAC, spacious basement, woodsy yard. ( 7 0 6 ) 5 4 8 - 9 7 9 7 . w w w. boulevardproperties.com.

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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. (706) 424-1571.

Cedar Creek: 4BR/2BA, partially fenced yd., $950/ mo. 5 Pts.: Eastside: 5BR/2BA, large lot, $1000/ mo. Call McWaters Realty, (706) 353-2700, (706) 5401529.

Great 4BR/4BA house.

1/2 mi. from campus.

Front porch, back deck, n i c e y d . , D W, W / D , CHAC. Pets OK. Avail.

8/1. Special! $1450/mo.

Call (706) 338-9173 until 10 p.m.

Brand new 3 & 4BR houses now pre-leasing for fall!

Private BAs, walk-ins, lots of upgrades, walk to campus! ( 7 0 6 ) 7 1 3 - 0 6 2 6 , w w w. newagepropertiesathens. com.

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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. Mark, (706) 2025110.

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

(706) 354-4261.

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Roommates Roommate needed for large 2BR/1BA Cobbham house.

Big yard, HWflrs., porch, W/D, cable, Wi-Fi. Must love cats. Rent $535/mo. + utils.

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Rooms for Rent Dashiell Cottages. Moveâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;in, $75/wk.! (706) 8500491. Private entrance, all amenities, WiFi, long distance. Enjoy our river community, 5 blocks to UGA. Enjoy wildlife observation.

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).

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Instant cash is now being paid for good vinyl records & CDs in fine condition.

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Music Equipment Nuçiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Space needs your old instruments & music gear! All donations are taxdeductible. Call (706) 2271515 or come by Nuçiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Space, 396 Oconee St. Music Go Round buys musical instruments & equipment every day!

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Instruction Athens School of Music. Instruction in guitar, bass, drums, piano, voice, brass, woodwinds, strings, banjo, mandolin, fiddle & more. From beginner to expert. Instrument repairs avail. Visit www.

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Do you want to make $$$ with your music related business? Are you advertising in Flagpole? Call (706) 549-0301 for details.

Music Services Fret Shop. Professional guitar repairs & modifications, setups, electronics, precision fretwork. Previous clients incl. R.E.M., Widespread Panic, Cracker, Bob Mould, John Berry, Abbey Road Live!, Squat. (706) 5491567.

Wedding bands. Quality, professional bands.

Weddings, parties. Rock, jazz, etc. Call Classic City Entertainment. ( 7 0 6 ) 5 4 9 - 1 5 6 7 . w w w. classiccityentertainment. com. Featuring The Magictones - Athensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; premiere wedding & party band. www.themagictones. com.

Musicians Wanted Sidewalk Saturdays! During April, May & June artists will perform on the streets o f D e c a t u r. A r t i s t s w i l l receive an hourly stipend.

Application deadline: M a r. 2 1 s t . R e q u e s t application via email. sidewalksaturdayartists@ gmail.com Top teen drummer and guitarist seek a singer and a bassist. Original songs, classic rock. (706) 2026899.

Services Cleaning She said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The house was a wreck today.â&#x20AC;? I said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what I do.â&#x20AC;?

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Earth, pet & â&#x20AC;&#x153;peopleâ&#x20AC;? friendly house cleaning.

Text or call Nick, (706) 851-9087. twitter.com/ homeathens.

Home and Garden Gardens tilled w/ compact t r a c t o r. $ 7 5 . S u b u r b a n Tractor Service. John, (706) 224-2940.

Misc. Services College guys avail. for work. Painting inside or out, maintenance & cleaning, driving, carpet cleaning, errands, yard work. You name it, we do it! (706) 850-0491.

Michael, owner of Strand Hair Studio, will be working at Karma Salon on Mons, Weds & Sats. Call (706) 5498074 to schedule your appt!

Jobs Full-time FT or PT hair stylist position at Rocket Salon. Fun, laid back. Must have GA license.

Commission. Apply in person or at rocketsalon@ gmail.com.

Modern Age is hiring again!

PT/FT positions avail. Bring resume into Modern Age. No phone calls.

Part-time Fantasy World! Hiring private lingerie models. No exp. necessary. We train. Flexible scheduling. Call (706) 6138986 or visit 1050 Baxter St., Athens.

Summer employment.

Classic City Liquidators is hiring (4) Assistant Supervisors. Mid Mayearly Aug. $15/hr. w/ travel reqâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d. All expenses covered (room, board, travel). Contact Chris, (706) 340-3969 or ccaswall@ classiccityliquidators.com.

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Beautiful & wellmaintained 1986 Volvo, 240DL 4-door. Ready for new home. 5-speed, AM/ FM CD player w/ remote, clean interior, extensive service records. $2500 OBO. (706) 372-8625.

Notices Lost and Found Lost items can be found with Flagpole classifieds! Post listings for lost and found pets, valuable items or items w/ sentimental value. Call (706) 5490301 or visit classifieds. flagpole.com.

Messages Athens 1st AnnualHip Hop Awards. Go online.

Nominate your favorite artist, band, hair salon, clothing store, restaurant, etc. Nominations End M a r c h 2 5 t h , Vo t i n g Starts March 28th. For Vendor or perfomance info call (678) 740-3884. www.ugalive.com.

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Flagpole will be announcing the winner of our theme song contest in the March 27th issue! Stay tuned...

Servers & cooks needed.

Apply in person, no phone calls. Georgeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lowcountry Table. 2095 S. Milledge Ave. The Spa at Foundry Park Inn is currently searching for excellent massage therapists. To apply, visit us at www.foundryparkinn.com/ careers.

Jobs Wanted Woman, 50 yrs. old (Bulgarian) seeking a job as nanny. Take care of old people or help maid in house.

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Matters Of The Heart And Loins I love your article and mostly pick up Flagpole to flip right to this part! First time questioner, though. I have been single for several years now with a couple of dates here and there. I have been moving around so much, it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t practical to put much energy into meeting people. But now Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to be in one place for a while, so Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m putting myself back out there. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m 30, have been married before, and am driven and independent, so finding someone whom Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m interested in, and is at my level, is a challenge.

I had a class with a guy last semester and immediately had a crush on him, but left it at just that until recently. I see him regularly from another activity we have in common. Ah ha!â&#x20AC;Ś my moment to truly get to know this person. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve spent the past two months casually talking and here and there doing activities; heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always willing to help and offers to do so with various projects I have on my plate and is truly nice.

We have a lot in common and broach topics of religion and lifeâ&#x20AC;Ś He even started giving me hugs when I would leave (minus the last time I left when I got a high-fiveâ&#x20AC;Ś?).

I just want to know if I should stop crushing and put him in the friend zone or keep on gently pursuing him. My one clue is that even though he invited me to a full-day event recently (which we had a good time at, full of conversation and laughter), Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been doing most of the inviting (Hey, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m cooking dinner, wanna come over? Hey, I was going to go mountain biking, would you like to go?). This sort of thing. My first reaction is thatâ&#x20AC;Ś if you want something you go after itâ&#x20AC;Ś i.e., if he wanted to hang out with me then he would invite me. I have other distractions and talk to other guys (to not place all my eggs in one basket), but I keep thinking about him. Friend zone him to get over the crush or keep the spark alive because he might actually like me, too?

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Sparky Friend First of all, I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t read too much into the high-five. I have been known to do that after sex, so I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t consider it less personable than a hug, as long as you have had previous hugs. His invitation to the all-day event is a great sign. My question is does he accept your invitations to dinner and biking?

Has he ever? When he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t, is there usually a reason? And did the invite to the allday event come after he maybe declined some of your invites? If he has always said no to your invitations, then that is a bad sign. But then why would he invite you to something?

Seems like even if he said no a bunch of times, maybe he extended an invitation of his own so you wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t give up. Is he a pretty busy guy? I think you would be remiss to put him in the friend zone after a successful

outing.

I also think you should probably get a wee bit more assertive soon, though, so the dreaded â&#x20AC;&#x153;Friend Zoneâ&#x20AC;? doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happen by pure inertia. If you arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sure whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going on or where you stand, and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re too shy to just kiss him, maybe you could lay your proverbial bicycles on the dining furniture? I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know. The kiss would certainly be easier, but if it misfires it might make things weirder. I just canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe you have no idea what heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s thinking. I think you should go for it.

I have returned after a long absence and have discovered that the social landscape I once cultivated has become a barren wasteland. I just donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what people want, really, and whenever I try and engage in friendly correspondence with anyone, most donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t return any messages, except for the most cursory responses. I suppose I am and was never a very big part of any of these peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s livesâ&#x20AC;Ś but I am/was under the delusion that there was once a time where we were friends and always did our best to maintain that friendship. Now, I am either faced by disinterested silence or competitive animosity. I just feel like people are so suspicious these days. Am I clinically insane? Or just a socially inaccessible fool? Should I continue tilling fields, even if they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sprout, in defiance of gods and men? Perhaps Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just an unreliable narrator of my own life.

A friend told me recently that I was a catch and I retortedâ&#x20AC;Śâ&#x20AC;?More like an old trout.â&#x20AC;?

Late-20s Fitzwilliam Lament (set to the tune of â&#x20AC;&#x153;V-8 Ford Bluesâ&#x20AC;?)

P.S. Maybe I should stop being a negative jackassâ&#x20AC;Ś but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m never one in public.

Disinterested silence I guess I understand, but competitive animosity? What exactly are you competing for? I doubt you are clinically insane, but you may be socially inaccessible, and you are definitely an unreliable narratorâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; though I would argue that it makes you an entertaining read. I would love to help you out, LTFL, but I need more information. Are you texting people that you havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seen in a long time and expecting a meaningful exchange? Are you sending them Facebook messages? Are you just sending random blurbs? Is it possible that they just donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have time to respond and that an invitation to hang out might be in order? Or are you telling me that they are actually physically avoiding you? You have been gone for a long time and their lives have changed.

What you need to do is see what they are doing and how you fit in. If you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t, then I guess itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time to find a new group of friends.

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