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Well, as it turns out, the “non-Catholic Pope� error in the Oct. 16, 1978 Athens Banner-Herald really was just in a photo cutline and not in a big headline, and it referred to the cardinal who was elected Pope. This copy, supplied by former reference librarian Theresa Flynn, provides the evidence. Why do we all remember it as a giant headline? Ms. Flynn has a good answer: “I think everyone remembers it as ‘a 90-point headline’ because the error was that large, if not the typeface.� The Pope reminiscence reminded former Flagpole Managing Editor Robin Littlefield, now a Nashville lawyer who also worked in pasteup at the Banner-Herald, of a B-H story about citizens lining up for shots in which an “i� got substituted for an “o.� I also remember a B-H wedding writeup in which the bride left for the wedding trip wearing a three-piece suit, except that, well, you know, that old “h� took the place of the “u.� I was told at the time that one was intentional, by a disgruntled pasteup person, for indeed the pages were actually put together by human hands at that point in our typographical history. Truth to tell, nobody in the newspaper business can gloat over anybody else’s error, because we are all prone to making them, and the suit may hit the fan in our pages next time.

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throwing the idea out there,” demurred county attorney Berryman at an LRC meeting. “I don’t know how else to do it, if you want to go down that road,” Lowry added. The committee asked Berryman to research how existing ordinances might address safety issues and will continue its discussion in April. [John Huie]

Big Ideas: University of Georgia College of Occupy Athens Overreaction: Last year’s out on the sidewalk where people would have Environment of Design professor Jack Crowley Occupy Athens protesters, who camped for to walk around them.” The Occupy Athens pro- is meeting with community groups and showfour days outside City Hall and spoke or testers might have been more concerned with ing them maps of “big ideas” in the downtown chanted out of turn during one or two comcreeping—or perhaps onrushing—corporate master plan he’ll unveil later this spring. Some mission meetings, were tame by most standomination. In any case, they were not of the highlights include: dards. No one was arrested, the protesters aggressively blocking anyone’s way. • a park around City Hall. took their tents down when requested, and Especially since a January fire under the • a greenway running along Jackson Street they never seemed to block or accost anyone. North Avenue bridge threatened a gas line, to the Lyndon House and Lay Park. Despite that, Athens-Clarke police and comofficials have cited camping by homeless • rebuilding the Murmur Trestle as part missioners apparently felt threatened enough people as another risk. In Atlanta, some who of the Firefly Trail from downtown Athens to to consider a new law to bar Winterville to Union Point. even such peaceful protest• a traffic circle at the Thomas ers from public properties like Street-North Avenue intersection. City Hall. After setting it aside • reviving the river district last summer, the commission’s with art studios and entertainLegislative Review Committee ment, including an amphitheater, started discussing the ordinance between Foundry and Willow again last week. streets. It could be difficult to craft • a walkway between the an ordinance that will allow News Building and the Classic favored activities like parade Center connecting Thomas and watching while barring protestFoundry streets, which were cut ers or homeless campers without off when Hancock Avenue was the law being struck down as closed for the Classic Center violating constitutional freeexpansion. speech rights. County Attorney • a passenger rail line not Bill Berryman offered Atlanta’s only to Atlanta, but also through “urban camping” law, which has the UGA campus to the Botanical been copied in other Georgia citGarden. ies, as a model. It defines places • a median and plantings like City Hall as “parks,” then Occupy Athens protests spurred ACC officials to look for ways to keep those they along Oconee Street. deem undesirable off public property at night. sets specific opening and closing • replacing the public houshours for these new “parks.” ing just west of campus and Because such an ordinance would effecwork with the homeless have been highly realigning Florida Avenue with Pulaski Street tively be closing off most public spaces at critical of that city’s insistence on clearat Broad Street. (This would make up for a night, a list of exceptions should be added, ing homeless people from public spaces. But connection lost when part of South Hull Street Berryman said. Atlanta’s ordinance exempts Commissioner Doug Lowry said “this stuff is in was closed for the UGA Special Collections parade-watchers, bench-sitters, sidewalk cafe no way intended to run off homeless people,” Library.) patrons, “persons lying down or napping” and Commissioner Kelly Girtz said “we tend • making Meigs Street one way going while attending performances or festivals, not to have a problem” with homeless people toward downtown and closing the alley near people waiting for buses, people waiting for camping downtown because they prefer more The Grit for outdoor dining. tickets, and children sleeping in strollers or secluded areas. Many of these ideas have been hanging baby carriages. It would be a shame if last year’s harmaround for awhile, but finally someone’s put What, exactly, is the problem this ordiless and mostly respectful Occupy protests them all in one place so we can see the big nance is supposed to solve? “What we were were to frighten local government into such picture. The reaction so far: WANT. A public worried about was the creeping occupation,” a headlong overreaction as to close all our hearing on the draft plan is tentatively schedAssistant Police Chief Alan Brown told a group public spaces at night in order to solve a uled for sometime next month; we’ll let you of commissioners last year. “They would creep problem that doesn’t really seem to exist. “I’m know when an exact date is set.

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The More Things Change: We recently happened across our Dec. 7, 1994 issue, which included an item by Editor Pete McCommons urging Normaltown, Boulevard and Buena Vista residents to fight medical-related development along Prince Avenue. It just goes to show that we’ve been talking in circles— gentrification related to the new UGA Health Sciences Campus was one of the main issues in the recent Buena Vista Historic District debate. Speaking of Buena Vista, Mayor Nancy Denson allowed the historic district to take effect last week, but without her signature. She called the odds of her vetoing it “very insignificant,” but she was “still uncomfortable with the whole process.” School Secrecy: The ACC Commission signed off on a $40 million bond issue last week for Clarke County School District ELOST-funded construction projects. It was a mere formality that was already approved by voters and the school board, and the district got a great interest rate. But as James Garland told commissioners, CCSD only gave 24 hours notice for the called school board meeting to approve the bonds, board members didn’t see the numbers until just before they were asked to vote, and some of them clearly didn’t understand what they were voting on. The district followed the law, ACC Attorney Bill Berryman told commissioners. He also noted that brokers want to move fast to lock in favorable interest rates. But still, the public needs time to look at this stuff. It’s our money. The commission unanimously approved the bond package with Classic City High School principal Kelly Girtz abstaining. In the Hoop: A few weeks ago, Flagpole started Culture Briefs, a new blog dedicated to bringing you the latest news on art, film, theater and literature. Music editor Gabe Vodicka and I had a better idea—we commandeered it to talk about the NCAA Tournament. Check it out, fellow basketball junkies. Correction: Last week’s City Dope incorrectly stated the amount of money Jared Bailey requested from the Athens Downtown Development Authority for AthHalf. It was $10,000. Blake Aued news@flagpole.com

How ‘Historic’ Is Ethics Legislation? reform package� the state had ever seen. This bill was needed to clean up the mess left by the former House speaker, Glenn Richardson, who had been in charge when the last ethics measure was passed. Richardson, you’ll remember, was encouraged by his colleagues to resign immediately after his former wife told a TV interviewer that Richardson had had an affair with a female lobbyist. Richardson’s successor, Speaker Ralston, helped write the 2010 ethics bill and urged the House to pass what he called “one of the more important propositions� of the session. “We had to respond to some problems we had in a very forceful way. This bill does that,� Ralston said. “We had to change some of the ways we did business in this House, and we’ve done that. This bill gets it right. Let’s show the people of Georgia we heard from you and we can deal with our own issues here.� Oddly enough, Ralston’s bill didn’t seem to “get it right,� either. As the media reported on numerous occasions over the next two years, lobbyists continued to spend heavily in their efforts to persuade legislators to pass whatever the lobbyists requested–which our lawmakers were only too happy to do. This distressing practice became so widely known that the voters finally said, “Enough!� In last year’s primary elections, Republican and Democratic voters overwhelmingly endorsed straw vote issues calling for a restriction on lobbyist gifts to legislators. That brings us to this year’s General Assembly session and the latest attempt to pass a bill that really will fix the problem this time. At least, that’s what they’ll tell you if the House and Senate are able to agree on a compromise ethics bill. If that bill passes, you’ll forgive me if I don’t get very excited about it. I’ve heard all this before—many times. Tom Crawford tcrawford@gareport.com

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One of the major questions left in this year’s legislative session is whether the House and Senate will agree on some kind of bill to limit what lobbyists can spend on lawmakers. There is a basic disagreement between the two chambers over how this issue should be handled. Speaker David Ralston and his House colleagues want to prohibit lobbyist gifts to individual legislators completely, although their bill has large loopholes that allow lobbyists to spend money on groups of lawmakers. The Senate wants to limit lobbyist gifts to $100, although that chamber’s bill would allow lobbyists to bestow an unlimited number of these gifts upon legislators. It’s impossible to say whether the House version or the Senate version will prevail. If an ethics bill does manage to pass both chambers, the leadership will call it “historic� and claim that the bill will change the culture at the capitol for a long time to come. If that sounds familiar, it should. We hear it every few years when legislators try to deal with the pesky issue of ethics. After Rep. Ken Poston succeeded in getting a bill passed in 1992 that required lobbyists to disclose how much they spend, Gov. Zell Miller said, “It is going to change the face of Georgia politics for many years to come.� In this case, “many years� amounted to 10 years. When Sonny Perdue won the governor’s race in 2002, one of his campaign promises was that he would work to strengthen the state’s ethics laws. In 2005, the new Republican majority in the Legislature adopted an ethics revision bill supported by Perdue. “You’re going to make history tonight by passing the strongest ethics reform package Georgia has ever seen,� Perdue told legislators shortly before they voted on the bill on the last night of the session. Five years later, lawmakers found themselves compelled to fix “the strongest ethics

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Selling What You Sow

Fenwick Broyard, community agriculture program manager for the Athens Land Trust, looks on as Classic City Performance Learning Center students (from left) Erika Arrecis, Corey Turner and Marcus Peek work in a West Broad Street community garden.

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thel Collins grew up on a farm. When her parents were eating traditional Southern breakfasts of sausage, ham, bacon and biscuits, she’d always go out to the garden, pick some greens and stir-fry them with onions for her morning meal. “That’s what I had a taste for at 12 years old,” she says. But Collins got away from healthy eating. Then, one day she fainted and was taken to the hospital, where doctors told her she had leukemia. “I was put on a special diet,” she says. “I got back to my vegetables. I’ve been doing better ever since.” An energetic 77-year-old with a quick laugh, Collins is a driving force behind a year-old community garden the Athens Land Trust started last March near a long-closed West Broad Street school, turning soil and pulling weeds several hours a day, six days a week. “I come out here to find out what organic was,” she says. “They gave me a key and put me in charge, put me on the payroll. “What can I say? It’s just that simple. They’re doing something good. I wanted to be part of it.”

The Exception to the Rule When the Athens Land Trust received a nearly $300,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture grant in 2010 to plant community gardens and teach gardening techniques to local residents, the primary goal was to provide inexpensive and healthy food for low-income families, who often live in neighborhoods known as food deserts where anything but junk food is hard to come by or prohibitively expensive, putting them at higher risk for diabetes and other obesity-related diseases. The nonprofit also started scouting for a farmers market location where gardeners could make a little pocket money

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by selling the fruits of their labor, but local zoning laws don’t allow commercial agriculture in most areas. It wasn’t until 2012, when director Heather Benham approached the Clarke County School District about using the abandoned West Broad Street School, that the land trust could make it happen. Superintendent Phil Lanoue suggested not just a garden on the old school grounds, but a market as well, says Fenwick Broyard, community agriculture program manager for the land trust. “It was about a year, year-and-a-half negotiation with Athens-Clarke County before it was pointed out to us that several entities weren’t subject to zoning, one of them being the school district,” Broyard says. The school district isn’t subject to Athens-Clarke zoning laws, but in most of the county, it’s illegal to sell the food you grow. ACC commissioners recently started considering whether to allow residents to sell food from their gardens in stands or at farmers markets or allow them to band together to start larger community gardens on vacant lots. Fruit and vegetable gardens for personal consumption are defined as “horticulture” under ACC law and are allowed anywhere, according to Planning Director Brad Griffin. But raising animals for food—chickens, cows, goats, even bees—as well as plants grown for commercial purposes count as “agriculture.” Agriculture is only allowed in areas on the outskirts of the county zoned for agriculture, as well as—with limitations— industrial zones and single-family neighborhoods with acre lots or larger. It’s completely banned in denser intown neighborhoods where people are more likely to want to start community gardens, Griffin says. He adds, though, that officials have no interest in whether people sell a bounty crop of tomatoes to someone down the street. Athens Farmers Market manager Jan Kozak, an advocate for organic and locally grown food, calls the discussion a step in

the right direction. But he wants to see comprehensive reform of local, state and national agriculture policies—such as an end to corporate subsidies for large-scale corn, wheat and soybean producers—to encourage small-scale farming. “Ultimately, I think Athens and the rest of the state of Georgia have really poor policy when it comes to food production,” Kozak says. “It’s laughable that we have to go through this process to sell food from our own backyards.” Griffin, however, warned commissioners during a committee meeting last week that the issue is more complicated than it seems: Where is agriculture appropriate? What if neighbors objected? What if out-of-towners started farming lots in Athens? How would code enforcement officers know if the food sold at a streetside stand came from a backyard garden or Kroger? “I think the sales part of it complicates it very quickly,” Griffin says. “All of a sudden, you’ve got small mini-farms that are being set up and run out of neighborhoods.” Commissioners say they want to encourage community gardens, but they’re proceeding cautiously, asking ACC staff for more information on how other cities deal with the conundrum. “I love the concept, and I want to see more of these, but I want to make sure we look at all aspects before we [decide],” Commissioner Kathy Hoard says.

Demand Shoots Up for Local Food The issue crops up at a time when Athenians, and Americans in general, are taking a growing interest in locally produced food, rejecting the corn-syrup culture of pesticide-laden produce transported thousands of miles to grocery store aisles. Through the USDA grant, the Athens Land Trust has set up 13 community gardens at retirement homes, churches, apartment

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complexes and other community centers, with two more on the school garden. He also gardens on property in Madison County way, Broyard says. his grandmother left him and his two sisters. He doesn’t want “These are starting to become common,� Commissioner to be a full-time farmer, but he hopes to one day supplement Harry Sims says. “These are starting to pop up all over the his income by farming. place.� “I think our purpose is to be a little bit of a guardian for At the same time, local restaurants serve food harvested the ecosystem,� Easton says. yesterday from farms just a few miles away, often by a new Easton would be like the two-thirds of farmers who must generation of young people trying their hand at agriculture. work a second job to survive, according to Kozak. “Being a Public school students now small-scale farmer in America learn about raised beds is not yet at the point where alongside reading, writing you can make it into a fulland arithmetic. time living and sustain yourThere’s room for more self,� he says. farmers’ markets in Athens, The land trust program, according to Kozak, who called the Young Urban also sits on the West Broad Farmer Development Project, Farmers Market’s board of teaches business as well as directors. He hopes busigardening skills. One particiness at his organization’s pant, Marcus Peek, says his Wednesday afternoon market dream is to open a skateat City Hall will pick up, board shop. especially if the downtown The land trust also offers master plan now underway workshops on composting, recommends turning College pest control and other topics, Square into a pedestrian including an eight-week busiplaza. ness class for farmers’ market Since its founding six vendors. (Collins, once she years ago, the Athens Farmers completes it, says she plans Market has grown steadily to to open a healthy Southern 2,000 customers at Bishop restaurant down the street.) Park on Saturday mornings, Skelton, who recently comKozak says—an impressive pleted cosmetology school number in a city of 120,000. at Athens Tech, says she can (The market starts up again apply lessons she learned at Apr. 6.) The land trust’s farmthe community garden about ers’ market at the old West health to her new career. Broad Street School will sell “Your hair is what you produce grown in its comfeed it,� she says. “Your skin munity gardens, as well as is what you feed it.� local meat, eggs, honey and That’s why Skelton can’t Ethel Collins, 77, helped start a community garden off West Broad Street other products, on the first understand why most of her last year. Saturday of the month startneighbors won’t garden or ing May 4. A tailgate market buy fresh, local produce. every Tuesday afternoon begins May 7. “There’s nothing like it on Earth,� she says. “It gets rid of all Not everyone in the neighborhood near West Broad Street the toxins in your body. You’re losing weight. You won’t get School is enamored with gardening, though. “Unless there is a sick. It’s the best.� large group of people committed to the garden over time, garKozak hopes more people from the Hancock Corridor, dens can easily fall into disrepair,� Broyard says. Rocksprings and Baxter-Broad neighborhoods—for whom Collins and another neighborhood resident, Mamie Skelton, downtown and Bishop Park might not be convenient—will start say they’ve had a tough time convincing other residents to join shopping at the West Broad Street market. them. “I had a few neighbors inquire about it, but they weren’t “Good, healthy food needs to be as accessible as cheap, serious about it,� Collins says. “It’s mostly the students.� high-calorie, nutritionally deficient food is,� Kozak says. Elijah Easton is one of about dozen Classic City High School students employed by the land trust at the West Broad Street Blake Aued news@flagpole.com

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nyone who has ever tried to take portrait photos of a toddler or a dog knows how hard it can be to get them to stand still—much less look at the camera. Now imagine trying to keep the attention of a chicken. Now imagine 250 chickens. Patience-trying? Feather-ruffling? Not for Tamara Staples. Staples makes her living shooting still-life photos for book covers and editorial compositions for magazines, but her passion is shooting portraits of chickens. “There are specific birds that have a personality, and you just don’t know which bird that’s going to be,” she says. “When you put it on set, that’s when you find when they [have] personality—just like people.” Staples will be in Athens from 6–7 p.m. on Thursday, Mar. 28 signing copies of her newly released book, The Magnificent Chicken: Portraits of the Fairest Fowl, at the Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation next door to Avid Bookshop. Staples grew up in Atlanta, but spent a lot of time in Athens, and that’s where her fascination with our avian friends began. Her uncle, nowretired professor Ron Simpson, had chickens at his home in Athens. “He would just sit with me and chat,” she says. “After we were finished talking about my pathetic, 20-year-old problems, we would end up talking about chickens.” Her uncle took her to her first poultry show in Jefferson in the late 1980s, and from there she was mesmerized. “They were gorgeous; they were beautiful,” she says. “And there were these people who bred them, and this whole subculture.” If you’ve never been lucky enough to attend one of these shows, just know that the broilers we see in the cages packed onto the back of semi-trucks are a pale facsimile of what is on display at “fancy poultry” competitions. Chickens come in a whole range of patterns, shapes, sizes and colors, with more decorative plumage than a Sunday-hat shop. People who show chickens are a breed of their own as well, and there’s a camaraderie and kindness that Staples finds engaging. She started making portraits of the fancier birds at chicken shows across the Midwest in the early 1990s and released her first book,

The Fairest Fowl: Portraits of Championship Chickens, in 2001. Back then, that book was one of only a handful of chicken publications out there. A few people might have had a few hens in their backyards, but certainly no one intown anywhere. “Since that time people have gone crazy for chickens, and I’d like to think that my book may have had a hand in that,” she says. Staples decided to revisit her favorite subject to celebrate the public’s new interest in fancy chickens—stemming from the urban homesteading movement and changing municipal laws regarding backyard flocks—and because she’s better at what she does now. “My skills have improved; I’m better at what I do,” she says. “And I thought I could do a better job of showing the chickens in the way I wanted to show them.” For her latest book, Staples traveled in a van outfitted with a small version of an Olan Mills-style portrait studio in the back, complete with interchangeable backdrops and glamor lighting. She shot about 25 birds per show at 10 shows across the Northeast and in Ohio, trying to capture their distinct personalities. Birds are difficult to photograph. They scratch. They’re easily distracted, and they’re bound to poop on a set. Despite the challenges, Staples captured each bird looking straight into her camera—something she’s very proud of. There was never one breed or one type of bird that made good pictures, she says. “I don’t really have a favorite breed,” she adds. “It’s more of an individual bird’s presence or a pose than the type of bird.” She remembers one older bird, an Ameraucana, who stood tall and straight despite his messy feathers. “He was a little bit tattered,” she says. “But he posed in such a way that you can tell he’s a thoroughbred.” Staples, who is based in Brooklyn, is looking forward to her homecoming and to introducing Athens to her world of feathery models. “I wish everyone could know a chicken,” she says. “They’re great creatures. They really are.”

News from the Juice Box Set A pediatrician once told me that he looks for skinned, bruised knees not because there might be trouble in the home, but because it’s a sign the child is getting outside and playing. I agree with the sentiment, but for me, the signature look of a child who is getting fresh air is dirty fingernails. It’s a tricky thing to get your children interested in working in the garden. That said, if you leave them to their own devices in the backyard, they’ll inevitably dig something up, so you might as well focus that energy on something you can later eat or put in a vase. This is how I met 12-year-old Jorge Pascal. The seventh-grader takes agriculture classes at Hilsman Middle School, and while he’s cool with the chickens and the blueberry bushes, his eyes light up when he talks about tomatoes. Wait. Back up. Did I say chickens? Yup. Turns out Hilsman has two little “chicken tractors,” which are pens that you can move around a yard. One student will be testing the soil under the chickens as part of a project to see how the chickens may help it. The school also has two greenhouses, three dozen raised beds for gardens and an orchard with blueberries, muscadines, figs, plums, apples, pears and pecans. The idea, says Pam Stratton, agriculture teacher at the school, is to introduce

at schools isn’t a new thing, for a while it was a patchwork of infrastructure. “People would come in and out of the schools; gardens would pop up, get used, then disused,” Smith says. “So really, the angle we’re trying to work here is more sustainability—keeping a record of the garden, getting resources to them, trying to engage more people in trying to take care of the garden.” Students at the University of Georgia are a big part of this, too. Matt Tyler, a junior political science major from Atlanta, has been working to get more volunteers for the after-school gardening programs at Gaines School Road and Chase Street elementary schools. Tyler also helped secure a $2,900 grant from the Office of Sustainability at UGA for Junior Master Gardener lesson plans and other educational materials for the raised bed gardens there. For Tyler, the work is about educating kids about the natural world. And as he gets the word out about volunteering at the schools, he’s finding that there are a lot of students with a similar passion. “The main aspect is not only gardening but an academic portion, to make sure the students are getting more out of it,” he says. “We’re really trying to focus on volunteer development and a lot of meaning for the kids in the project.” Kristen Morales

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Jorge Pascual, 12, repots tomato plant seedlings in the heated greenhouse at Hilsman Middle School. students to various aspects of agriculture, giving them practical applications for the math and science lessons they get in other classes. But I digress. Jorge says he keeps a garden at home, too, and is the proudest of his tomatoes. The class has been transplanting seedlings into larger pots, and over the summer teachers will keep the crops watered. Last year, Stratton says, she took extra produce to the homes of kids who worked extra hard in the garden during the school year. Don’t think Hilsman is unique. In fact, every single school in Clarke County has some kind of agricultural component going on, whether it’s raised-bed vegetable gardens at the elementary schools or greenhouses and orchards for the older kids. Thanks to a recent grant secured by the Athens Land Trust, which solidified the Community Garden Network, there is now continuity and communication between the various garden programs at the schools, says Stacy Smith, program assistant at Keep Athens Clarke County Beautiful and chair of the school garden committee for the Community Garden Network. While gardening

But what’s the benefit to getting your hands dirty if you’re a kid? Smith feels part of it is simply about getting outside and seeing where their food comes from. It also gives kids a chance to learn from something that’s not in a workbook. And from a school nutrition aspect, it’s important because “students who grow their own food are more likely to try new things,” Smith adds. Kids are fickle. One day they will be your best helper, and the next day they won’t want anything to do with you. But, they also can’t resist being outside. And you can start small—some flowers they water, or their own little plot in a vegetable garden, for example. Before you know it, you’ll have a scene like what Stratton described to me, when her classes started pulling out baby carrots and discovered their sweet flavor. “They were pulling out baby carrots and yelling, ‘Gucci!’” she says (apparently that’s the new “cool”). “To hear kids yell out Gucci for carrots, you know you’re doing something right.” Kristen Morales

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Farm to Cart: For this issue of Flagpole, focusing as it does on local agriculture, I felt the time was right to return to Farm Cart, Athens’ most famous food truck and the one that has tied itself most strongly to produce from the area. Originally set up on the patio of Farm 255, it’s since been cut loose, a move that makes it more accessible to the community in some ways (i.e., more places, more times) and less in others (no regular spot at lunch). Farm Cart does have a mostly reliable gig at Normal Bar (1365 Prince Ave.), on Thursday nights, when it sets up sometime between 5 and 5:45 p.m., depending on whether its technical side is on the fritz or the proprietor is by herself and stressed out as a result. Then again, if you are not starving and are happy to hang out on the back patio with a beverage, you can wait until it’s all ready to go. The menu at the moment seems to alternate between burgers and more experimental fare (an Indian night, a St. Patrick’s Day minishepherd’s pies, Japanese noodles), but the night I made it by was the basics. As ever, the cart serves a mix of veg and meat options, generally priced between $6 and $8. The “Normal Burger,� made with grass-fed Moonshine beef, cheddar, pickles, onion and “special sauce,� is a nice thing, a cut above the average burger. The pickles, in particular,

blustery pre-spring day, even with little hint of greenery poking up from the earth, there were still some options. Two pleasant fellows, one chattier than the other, were set up outside in the parking lot, retailing free-range meats and chemical-free if not certified-organic veggies. Big, pretty turnips rang up at $2 a pound and came with a family recipe that braised them in butter, sugar and white wine vinegar. Rutabaga beckoned as well. Dogwood Road Farm (the chatty fellow) also makes and retails its own line of pearbased preserves, due to a bumper crop of the fruit. Of the three options—pear butter, pear jam and a hot pear jelly—the last was the best, mimicking the pepper jelly of the Northwest and erring on the side of spicy rather than sweet. Its owner also mentioned the upcoming Dr. Bob Rhoads Seed Swap, coming up on Apr. 6 at Grove Creek Farm. This year will be the 16th the event has been held, and it aims to educate about heirloom seed saving as well as provide a forum for it. Wagon rides for kids, Oglethorpe Fresh Market vendors on hand with produce and crafts, food for sale and live music complete the picture (directions can be had on the farm’s website, which is its name plus a dot com). Inside the antiques mall, there are often Hillary Brown

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Farm Cart are a highlight. The Wagyu hot dog is topped with hot chow chow (which steals the show), mustard and celery salt and, if you take it to go, the large handful of potato chips that come on the side will end up on top, adding their own flavor to the mix. The veggie dog is a good run at an impossible task, topped with a veggie chili that likewise has the failings of its genre (too sweet, too bean-y). Someday, someone will make a veggie sausage about which I can muster enthusiasm, and this one’s closer than most, but it’s still not there. It’s easy to get jaded by Farm Cart’s commitment to local ingredients and street food made quickly but with attention, but you shouldn’t. Complain as I might about its downsides, it’s a great addition to Athens. Farm to Market: If you really miss the Athens Farmers Market while it’s gone, in the winter months, or if you want an option at different times during the week the rest of the year, the Athens Eastside Fresh Market is open in A Weekend A’Fair (790 Gaines School Rd.) Wednesday and Friday from 3 to 6 p.m. On a

free-range chicken and duck eggs for sale at the counter, plus a small selection of unpromising but surprisingly tasty baked things that includes sweet flautas and empanadas (the former good, the latter too bready), blondies (yes) and chocolate-covered pretzels (no). When the weather warms up and the earth begins to loosen its grip once again, the vendors fill the lot and wrap around the corner. It’s a nice option to have on an underserved side of town. What Up?: If you haven’t been on our website lately, know this: Marker 7 is open in Five Points with seafood, Orient Mart is retailing Asian groceries in the Village at Cedar Shoals Shopping Center, Rooter’s Grocery and BBQ is doing take-out on Whitehall Road in what was most recently Sisters Creole but feels like the reincarnation of Jot ‘Em Down, and The Branded Butcher is taking over the Georgia Theatre rooftop restaurant with an Apr. 2 grand reopening planned. Hillary Brown food@flagpole.com

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eeking into the world of Mandy and Steve O’Shea’s 3 Porch Farm—which hosts the Athens Farmers Market booth that buzzes with people eating their organic Honey Pops popsicles—is like reaching into Mary Poppins’ carpet bag and pulling out one item after another. At first glance, it just seems like they offer some locally grown fruits and veggies, with some flower arrangements and syrups and things. But after a few weeks at the market, you notice the occasional odd fruit or veggie has been replaced with another odd fruit or veggie. And the herb-infused syrup is now accompanied by flower-infused sugars. And then mushrooms—sometimes shiitake, sometimes oyster—appear fresh for cooking or dried in mixes. And the arrangements evolve from a variety of spring flowers to autumn branches to Christmas wreaths that feature honeycomb. Just how big is 3 Porch Farm, and how many people work there? The answers are: nearly nine acres of beautiful farmland, and just Steve and Mandy.

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“We have a slight division in identities out here, and then fuse where need be,” says Steve. “Right now I’m doing all the irrigation to get it automated, and I’ve been building a mushroom spawn room, pasteurizer and fruiting room. Mandy handles the plants and more creative value-added [syrups, flower arrangements, etc.] items.” Friends from the community also pitch in, like local artist Lou Kregel, who has painted several of their banners and signs. “Mandy and I have been friends for years, and she’s dreamed of having a farm for as long as I’ve known her,” says Kregel. “She has a deep knowledge of plants, animals and bees. Add to that Steve’s experience with alternative energy systems and construction, and they make a good team.” Which leads to other items from Mary Poppins’ bag: 3 Porch Farm is completely solar powered—the first (and only) solarpowered business in Madison County, GA—with 18 solar panels. And the vehicles and farm equipment run on vegetable oil from their solar-powered veggie oil station that Steve built. Mandy oversees the plants, including 35 fruit trees (apples, pears, plums, plumcots, pluots, peaches, kiwis, nectarines— you get the idea), strawberries, blueberries, and all sorts of flowers, vegetables and herbs, plus five beehives. Her flower arrangements are now featured at the Five & Ten restaurant in Five Points, and she does full design weddings as well as provides cut flowers for the DIY bride. The young farmers have a dedicated following not only for their quality organic produce and variety, but also because they think about their farming in terms of what people would want. For example, they’re growing smaller onions than the grocery stores sell because, according to Mandy, “nobody wants a half an onion in their fridge.” Mandy, a native Georgian, and Steve, from Northern California, met 10 years ago in Athens when Steve was traveling across the country doing renewable fuels presentations with Woody Harrelson and [activist and environmentalist] Julia Butterfly Hill. Three years later, they reconnected when Mandy

moved to California to work on the organic farm where Steve worked. After seriously considering having their own farm in California, they decided Athens was the place they ought to be. They were thrilled when the owners of Dog Trot Nursery in Comer, GA not only sold them their farm, they and fellow farming friends left Steve and Mandy equipment that gave them a solid foundation. “We worked our butts off and saved and saved and saved to buy this place,” says Steve. “Athens had a really good community, affordable land prices, a rural area that was close to town, a community that values small, local, sustainable businesses and healthy food, and an amazing farmers’ market. Basically, our small farm dream to do something good and make a living at it needed a bunch of really specific attributes, and this place had it all.” Their work schedule explains why the only time they get to see friends is at the Saturday and Wednesday markets, and why, in response to people asking to see their farm, they’re having a farm tour and plant sale this Saturday, before the Athens Farmers Market—and their busy growing season—begins. “When the season starts, we’re not going to see anyone,” says Mandy. “So, this is our ‘We love you; everybody come hang out with us; let’s have a great time,’ and then let’s jump into summer.” The tour will include talks about the farm and sustainable energy (at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.), and behind-thescenes views like Mandy’s flower room (a sweet little cabin with shelves of her arranging materials) and Steve’s mushroom farm. The plant sale will feature six-packs of vegetables and flowers, including kales, herbs and lots of heirloom tomatoes. They’ll also have items like syrups, smoked sea salt shitake seasoning, gomasio, and chai tea, plus fresh flower bouquets for Easter. As is typical of the efficiency philosophy of 3 Porch Farm, Steve and Mandy want their guests to get the most for their trip to Comer. In addition to the 3 Porch Farm activities of the day, Blackbriar Farm will be selling meat and eggs, the Comerian Bakery (a.k.a. Angel Cooper from the farmers’ market) will be selling pastries, and 1000Faces Coffee will furnish complimentary coffee. There will also be music by the Red Oak Southern String Band, whose member Andrew Hinerfeld farmed with Mandy during her earlier days in Athens, and is happy to bring out the band to entertain their guests. “Mandy and Steve are good friends that are doing great things on their beautiful piece of land,” says Hinerfeld. “Also, everyone in the band loves to play music and we all love to be outdoors, so to be able to do both and help out good people promote their farm is something we were all eager to do.” He adds, “People should expect to hear a slew of stringed instruments and several voices woven together to produce pleasing harmonies, while a guy with no singing abilities hits a wooden box with his hands and brushes to help provide a steady beat: that’s me.” In turn, the O’Sheas are also hoping those who visit the farm will make a day of it and visit local areas like Heritage Heart Pine Antiques & Books store. “It’s not just an antique store,” says Steve. “He’s spent years finding old buildings that are going to be torn down, and salvaging just tons of amazing old treasures. It’s a whole block of stores filled with amazing things.” “We also hope people will come to Watson Mill State Park [that backs up to their property], because it’s got a super awesome covered bridge,” adds Mandy. “We really want folks to just come and have a day in the country.” And see what else is in their bag.

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movie dope Some releases may not be showing locally this week. • 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. 56 UP (NR) 2012. Michael Apted, who has helmed entries in two huge franchises, Bond (The World Is Not Enough) and The Chronicles of Narnia (The Voyage of the Dawn Treader), began documenting the lives of several seven-year-olds in 1964. Every seven years, he returned to update their stories. (Ciné) • ADMISSION (PG-13) Despite teaming Tina Fey, who unsurprisingly supplies this heartfelt comedy’s biggest laughs, with the preternaturally appealing Paul Rudd, Admission lacks the former’s sharply satirical bite and strands the latter with only his goofy cool comedy to clothe him. Nothing about Admission is comically or narratively surprising. 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. (UGA MLC, Room 102) BLANCANIEVES (PG-13) A stunning, silent, black-and-white version of Snow White featuring bullfighting in 1920s Spain? Pablo Berger’s film won 10 Goyas, including Best Picture, Best Actress (Maribel Verdu) and Best Original Screenplay, besting The Impossible for Spain’s top film of 2012. 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; a pulpy genre thriller; and excels at its sole task of generating as much entertainment as possible via suspense. CLOUD ATLAS (R) For the ambitious Cloud Atlas, the Wachowski siblings and Tom Tykwer (Run Lola Run) have masterfully adapted David Mitchell’s award winning novel, intermingling six disparate stories, spanning from 1849 to 106 Winters After the Fall. Each

anecdote stars Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant and more in varying layers of makeup. (UGA Tate Theatre) • THE CROODS (PG) Despite its underwhelming trailers, The Croods stands out as one of the best non-Pixar animated family films released in the last few years. A family of cavemen— dad Grug (v. Nicolas Cage), mom Ugga (v. Catherine Keener), teen daughter Eep (v. Emma Stone), dumb son Thunk (v. Clarke Duke), feral baby Sandy and grandma (v. Cloris Leachman)—are forced on a cross country road trip after their cave is destroyed by the impending “end of the world.” Fortunately, Eep meets Guy (v. Ryan Reynolds), whose developed brain filled with “ideas” might just help them all survive. Most cute family fun pics feel rehashed and overdone; The Croods does not. DJANGO UNCHAINED (R) Not many auteurs can take an academic cinematic exercise and turn it into one of the year’s most entertaining spectacles like Quentin Tarantino can in this Oscar winner for Best Original Screenplay. Slave Django (Jamie Foxx) is freed by dentist-turned-bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz (Best Supporting Actor Academy Award winner Christoph Waltz, the single greatest gift QT has given American movie audiences). Together the duo hunts bad guys and seeks Django’s wife, Broomhilda (Kerry Washington), who belongs to plantation owner Calvin Candie (Golden Globe nominee Leonardo DiCaprio). For a critically acclaimed award nominee, Django Unchained is an ultraviolent blast. k G.I. JOE: RETALIATION (PG-13) The G.I. Joe sequel, directed by Step Up 2 and 3’s Jon M. Chu, looks a lot better, judged by preview alone. After Cobra takes over the government and has most of the Joes killed, the remaining Real American Heroes, including Bruce Willis as the original Joe, must strike back at Cobra. New faces (Dwayne Johnson was a good hire) mix with old (Channing Tatum and Ray Park return). Let’s hope they get Cobra Commander and Destro right this time. (A check of IMDB credits disappointingly imply no Destro.) GREAT EXPECTATIONS: LIVE (NR) Carmike Theaters beam in a live performance of the Dickens novel from the Vaudeville Theatre in London’s West End.

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THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY (PG-13) How comforting it is to return to Middle-earth, especially with Peter Jackson (he replaced original director Guillermo del Toro, who retained a co-writing credit with Lord of the Rings Oscar winners Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens). Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman, the BBC “Office” star, a master of reactionary mugging) is asked by the wizard Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellan) to join a company of Dwarves led by Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage). (UGA Tate Theatre) THE HOST (PG-13) Andrew Niccol, who’s had a decent sci-fi filmmaking career (Gattaca and In Time were pretty good; let’s all just pretend S1m0ne never happened), adapts Twilight empress Stephenie Meyer’s other bestselling property. After an alien invasion decimates mankind by taking control of their bodies, one young girl, Melanie (Soirse Ronan, Atonement and Hanna), sets off with her parasitic soul, Wanderer, to find her remaining human loved ones. With Diane Kruger, Emiy Browning, William Hurt and Frances Fisher.

trailers for Ang Lee’s adaptation failed to remind me of how wonderful and energetic Pi Patel’s life had been. Do not let the underwhelming previews deprive you of one of the year’s most moving, most artistic films of the year. 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. Academy Award winner Daniel DayLewis can solidify his claim to the title of greatest living actor. He uncannily becomes Lincoln with such ease; he also humanizes a larger-than-life figure we tend to treat far too reverently. MEDICINE FOR MELANCHOLY (NR) 2008. The seventh annual African Diaspora Film Festival, sponsored by the Institute for African American Studies, presents a screening of Medicine for Melancholy. Two young African-Americans (Wyatt Cenac and Tracey Heggins) are followed for 24 hours in San Francisco, the city with the smallest proportional black population of any other major U.S. city. The film will be introduced by award winning filmmaker Barry Jenkins; stick

I promise the circumcision will only take a second! 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. INAPPROPRIATE COMEDY (R) This sketch comedy is directed by Vince Offer, the face of ShamWow. Still interested? Adrien Brody, Linsday Lohan and Rob Schneider star, and an emphasis on the “app” part of inappropriate means that Offer chooses the next sketches from icons on an iPad. 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. JACK THE GIANT SLAYER (PG-13) While far from a bad fantasy film, this retooled telling of the classic children’s stories, Jack the Giant Killer and Jack and the Beanstalk, does little to fire the imagination once the credits roll. We all know the story: young Jack (Marcus Hoult, whose romzom Warm Bodies showed loads more creativity) gets some magic beans, from which a giant beanstalk grows. At the top of the leafy, green ladder is a land full of giants who have a taste for human flesh. LIFE OF PI (PG) Having last thought of Yann Martel’s novel when I read it nearly 10 years ago, the ineffective

around afterward for light refreshments. Nominated for three Independent Spirit Awards. (Ciné) MENTAL (NR) Writer-director P.J. Hogan reunites with his Muriel, Toni Collette, almost 20 years after the duo broke onto the scene with Muriel’s Wedding. In Mental, Collette plays Shaz, a crazy nanny charged with the care of a politician’s (Anthony LaPaglia) five daughters after mommy takes a holiday to recover her mental equilibrium. This flick looks like a quirky, Australian version of Nanny McPhee, with Collette trotting out one of Tara Gregson’s many personalities. Thank goodness Liev Schreiber’s present. MIDDLE OF NOWHERE (R) Medical school student Rudy (Emayatzy Corinealdi) drops out of school to care for her incarcerated husband, Derek (Omari Hardwick, Sparkle), after he is sentenced to eight years in prison. In her feature writing-directing debut, Ava DuVernay won the Sundance Film Festival’s Dramatic Directing Award and was nominated for the festival’s ultimate prize, the Grand Jury Prize; the film also picked up the Independent Spirit Awards’ John Cassavetes Award. With David Oyelowo (the Red Tails star who also appeared in Lincoln and Jack Reacher). (UGA MLC, Room 101) • OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN (R) Olympus Has Fallen feels like a relic from the bygone era of the 1980s, where audiences were satisfied by

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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. (Ciné) 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. Appearances be damned, Snitch is no ‘80s action rehash; the movie’s got too much gravitas for Ah-nuld, even in his prime. All these kind assessments get smashed by the ridiculous 18-wheeler chase with the drug cartel that concludes the picture. Oh, well. The first hour and a half’s better than expected. • SPRING BREAKERS (R) Harmony Korine is a challenging filmmaker. His first script, Kids, became Larry Clarke’s latest cinematic controversy in 1995; then Korine started directing his own critically divisive films like Gummo and Julien Donkey-Boy. His newest film has met with, again, divided critical acclaim and bigger box office glory thanks to the headline grabbing casting of Disney teen queens Selena Gomez and Vanessa Hudgens as half of this bikini-clad criminal quartet. • STOKER (R) Best known for Oldboy, Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook makes his English language debut with an eccentric Highsmith/Hitch-mocktail written by the star of “Prison Break,” Wentworth Miller. A strange teenager, India Stoker (Mia Wasikowska, Alice in Wonderland), has recently lost her father (Dermot Mulroney) in a car accident. The day of the funeral, her prodigal uncle, Charlie (Matthew Goode, Watchmen), appears to live with India and her grieving mother, Evie (Nicole Kidman, who is beginning to specialize in these china doll fragile mother figures). But Charlie brings with him secrets, and the more India learns, the more fascinated she becomes… (Ciné) TYLER PERRY’S TEMPTATION (PG-13) A young, married woman (Jurnee Smollett-Bell from Eve’s Bayou and “Friday Night Lights”) is tempted by a handsome billionaire (Robbie Jones) in Tyler Perry’s latest, nonMadea movie. Not only is this movie being derided as the latest Tyler Perry flick, it also stars Kim Kardashian. WELCOME TO THE PUNCH (NR) James McAvoy and Mark Strong star as cop/cat and robber/mouse in this stylish crime thriller from producer Ridley Scott and writer-director Eran Creevy (Shifty). Detective Max Lewinsky (McAvoy) thinks he’ll finally catch great white criminal, Jacob Sternwood (Strong, who is always so good), after he returns to London to save his injured son. WRECK-IT RALPH (PG) In Disney’s latest, Wreck-It Ralph (v. John C. Reilly), the bad guy from popular arcade game Fix-It Felix Jr., decides he wants to be a good guy. Too bad Ralph is better at wrecking things than fixing them. WRONG (NR) Drafthouse Films has been distributing some fascinating indie films recently (check out The ABCs of Death for some quirky horror anthology thrills), and Quentin Dupieux’s follow-up to Rubber is the latest. When Dolph Springer’s (Jack Plotnick) dog, Paul, goes missing, his search turns into something far more surreal. This flick looks like David Lynch meets Charlie Kaufman meets Michel Gondry. With William Fichtner, Alexis Dziena and Steve Little. Drew Wheeler

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a show, a music benefit to be exact, and not your run-of-the-mill one, either. The theater will host Songs @ CinĂŠ on Friday, Mar. 29, a musical showcase featuring a rare solo performance from ex-R.E.M. bassist and songwriter Mike Mills. In fact, this may be the only time Mills has performed in Athens on his own, unless you know something that plenty of knowledgeable Classic City residents don’t know or remember. The event isn’t just featuring Mills, although that would notable enough. Joining the Nudie suit-wearing Mills will be locals Don Chambers (GOAT), Dave Marr (The Star Room Boys), Hardy Morris (Dead Confederate) and Thayer Sarrano. A formidable group of musical raconteurs, to say the least. The event is described as a “song swap,â€? with the five musicians singing on their own and then playing together. A reception for CinĂŠ will be held at 7 p.m., and the music will begin at 8:30 p.m. It’s sure to be a memorable night for music and film lovers, although there is a big hitch. The event is already sold out. Any unclaimed advanced ticket, however, will be offered for sale at the CinĂŠ box office at 8:15 p.m., so if you’re hankering to go, make sure to be ready. The event is being presented by the Willson Center for the Humanities and Arts, Thinc. at UGA Entrepreneurial Week and CinĂŠ. All proceeds will go to help the theater make the digital leap and ensure that our local art house cinema continues to show the more idiosyncratic and interesting big studio offerings, as well as quality independent features that frequently get shoved aside in the bullying commercial film marketplace. Money raised from the event will also keep CinĂŠ equipped to continue to show 35mm film prints for special events and retrospectives, something that will become a rare treat for any cinephile. Derek Hill

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ver the course of a career that has spanned more than three decades, the Meat Puppets have participated in some of pop music’s most seminal moments. In the ‘80s, as part of the initial roster of the iconic indie label SST, the band was at the center of a movement that pushed underground music past its hardcore roots to expand it into a diverse, broad-reaching network of bands, venues and labels. The band was playing in 1991, when Nevermind hit No. 1 and punk principles collided with mainstream money. In 1993, Nirvana famously played “Plateau,â€? “Lake of Fireâ€? and “Oh, Meâ€? from 1984’s Meat Puppets II, on MTV’s “Unpluggedâ€? (the Puppets themselves served as backing musicians). Too High to Die, released on London Records the next year, went gold. Now, we are reliving moments from this era. The flurry of press around Nevermind’s 20th anniversary is only just subsiding. Bands like Pavement and the Pixies have reunited for lucrative tours, and indie icons like Mission of Burma and Sonic Youth have headlined festivals with song-by-song performances of “classicâ€? albums from their early careers. It makes sense that Meat Puppets would still be here as well. Since reforming in 2006, Curt Kirkwood and company have been steadily plying their trade, touring and making records. The latest, Rat Farm, arrives next month. Rat Farm was mostly tracked live, a sign that the band’s current lineup—guitarist Curt Kirkwood, his brother and bassist Cris Kirkwood and drummer Shandon Sahm—has grown more comfortable playing together. Rat Farm will sound familiar to fans of the band’s earlier output, but the band has clearly matured. There’s a level of studio polish here unknown during SST days, and Curt’s voice in particular seems to have mellowed; gone is the caterwauling so prevalent on Meat Puppets II. “It’s always been hard for me to have a vision and to say, ‘OK, this is what I want to get,’â€? says Curt Kirkwood. The band’s process hasn’t changed, but an accumulation of experience and a willingness to take more time in the studio have produced a different result. “Early on, we just used to kind of pull ourselves into the studio,â€? Kirkwood says. “[The band was] completely naĂŻve‌ We’d get an engineer and go in and just do it.â€?

That naĂŻvetĂŠ may be part of what makes the early records indelible, but it’s hard to reproduce. As Kirkwood explains, “The technology came along and it started to [sound] polished in any case.â€? The band’s scuzzy early recordings were a product of the time. Making a record nowadays, he says, “you can’t even intentionally make it suck.â€? Of course, that’s not strictly true. Many bands do seek an intentionally rough sound. Whether it’s the four-track fuzz of Times New Viking, the Black Lips’ garage-rock pastiche or even something as subtle as The Strokes’ Julian Casablancas covering his microphone with his hand, each of these bands attempts to recreate a sound that originally resulted not from intention but from circumstance. Ironically, while today’s bands look to lo-fi recording techniques for inspiration, the Meat Puppets moved away from them in search of the same thing. The initial change in the Meat Puppets sound was bound up with the band’s mid-’90s move to London Records. Signing to a major label meant more scrutiny, Kirkwood says. Still, it gave the band the opportunity to try a different approach to recording: “We wanted to have the experience of having more money and more time to mess around in the studio.â€? Like their peers, Kirkwood and company have had occasion to look to the past. Twice, the band has performed as part of the “Don’t Look Backâ€? series at the All Tomorrow’s Parties festival, where bands are asked to play seminal albums in their

entirety—the Meat Puppets have performed both 1985’s Up on the Sun and Meat Puppets II. But Kirkwood expresses ambivalence about the experience. “Neither of them was my idea. It’s just a little strange. It turns out to be more of a stage production that way. It’s more like a play.� He’s more excited about the latest album. Rat Farm highlights Kirkwood’s guitar playing to a greater extent than earlier records. Where past albums featured virtuosic noodling, Rat Farm has straight-up solos. Some, like the one on “Leave Your Head Alone,� are worthy of Dinosaur Jr. (another ‘80s indie band enjoying a second lap). Neil Young has always seemed a lodestar for the Meat Puppets, and the influence is still apparent. The mellow country number “Sometimes Blue� sees the band shifting to a different register. If the wilder early records evoked Young’s work with Crazy Horse, then the new record sees the band shading more towards CSNY. And the band benefited from a good relationship with its new label, Megaforce Records, an indie. “I don’t want to hear everybody’s opinion,� Kirkwood says, “but they’re always encouraging me to go a little further; whereas, left to my own devices, I’ll revert right back to the ‘80s: Get it down, just do it, get it down, toss it out there.� Nowadays, the line between mainstream and indie has been blurred, and to some, it’s debatable whether that distinction is even relevant. New bands revive old sounds, while older bands make monuments of themselves. What it means to be in a band is no clearer now than it was to Kirkwood starting out. But the Meat Puppets frontman doesn’t let it bother him. “I’m just a music fan; I like to play,� he says. “And then I’ve just gone along with these other plans.� Marshall Yarbrough

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Lyons. Also, Electrophoria will play some selections from its upcoming album release. The whole show is being recorded for a future Javanese radio broadcast. Follow along at facebook.com/Electrophoria. Schooooool’s Out for a Bit!: The Oconee County Library (1080 Experiment Station Rd., Watkinsville) will host a Spring Break Dance for Teens on Friday, Mar. 29 from 6–9 p.m. The event is free and open to folks ages 11–18. Attendees can munch on free pizza and grab some free books to read over the break, too. The featured dance band is Yer Heart from Murfreesboro, TN, a group that is described as “Nintendo-influenced electronic indie-pop,â€? but this is no Bit Brigade or anything like that. It’s much more along the lines of a Reptar mixed with a Weezer. Listen in at yerhrt.bandcamp. com, check them out at facebook.com/ yerheart. For more information, contact the Oconee County Library at 706-7693950 or like ‘em over at facebook.com/ OconeeLibrary. Sing Us a Song: Thanks to all y’all crazy-talented musicians who submitted Flagpole theme songs as part of our recent contest. Most of them were great! Some of them were really weird, but that’s cool, too. We’ve narrowed down the field to three finalists, but we can’t seem to settle on a consensus favorite. So, we’re asking our readers to help us choose the winner, because we are a democratic bunch. When the Flagpole Athens Music Awards ballot goes public about a month from now, there will be a Theme Song category included. You’ll be able to stream all three songs on Flagpole.com, and the winner will be featured at the June 20 Awards show. [Gabe Vodicka] This-N-That: Chris Ezelle’s new album Monticello finally comes out Apr. 1. The 12-track album will run you a mere five bucks via PayPal, and you’ll be able to stream it via www.reverbnation.com/chrisezelle‌ Athens kid-pop band Like Totally! will play an acoustic show at the Melting Point on Apr. 13 with the theme being healthy food. Teacher Andrew Hinerfeld will host a Q&A session where kids can ask him about farming and stuff. This kind of thing tends to pack out, so that’s why I’m telling you so early‌ Future Ape Tapes will celebrate the release of a new cassette tape, Somnambuland, at an experimental music night hosted by CinĂŠ on Saturday, Mar. 30. Other acts on the bill are Quiet Evenings, Rainy Taxi and Sparkling Wide Pressure (aka Tennesee musician Frank Baugh). It starts at 9 p.m., and there’s a lot worse ways you could spend five bucks. Gordon Lamb threatsandpromises@flagpole.com

the calendar! WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK

Deadline for getting listed in the Calendar is every FRIDAY at 5 p.m. for the print issue that comes out the following Wednesday. Online listings are updated daily. Email calendar@flagpole.com.

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: 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 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: 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 GAMES: Movie Quotes Trivia (Max) With host Cora Jane every Tuesday. Everyone’s a winner. 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-254-3392 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 (The Office Lounge) Compete for prizes! Every Tuesday. 7:30 p.m. www.facebook.com/ officeathens 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 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: 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

LECTURES & LIT: Special Collections Tour (Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries) Tour the exhibit galleries of the Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library and the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies. 2 p.m. FREE! www.libs.uga.edu/scl LECTURES & LIT: Tech Talk (UGA Science Library) Local tech companies talk about what they look for in potential employees. 5–7 p.m. FREE! www.fourathens.com MEETINGS: Peace Corps Coffee Talk (Two Story Coffeehouse) Learn about the Peace Corps and the process of applying. Free cup of coffee. 6–8 p.m. FREE! peacecorpsuga@ gmail.com PERFORMANCE: Béla Fleck and the UGA Symphony (Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall) Béla Fleck, the world’s premier banjo player, joins forces the UGA Symphony for a special night. 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 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 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) 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

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, Room S370) An opportunity to draw or paint the human figure from life. No instruction provided. 5:30–8:30 p.m. $8. www. art.uga.edu

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: Blood Drive (UGA Memorial Hall) In memory of Cesar E. Chavez. 11 a.m.–4 p.m. FREE! debquez@uga.edu EVENTS: Open House (The Georgia BioBusiness Center) Meet the founders and employees of innovative companies born from UGA research. 5:30-7 p.m. FREE! www. thinc.uga.edu EVENTS: Wine and Cheese Tasting (George’s Lowcountry Table) Proceeds benefit the Athens Tech Foundation and the George Davis Memorial Culinary Scholarship. 6–8 p.m. $50. 705425-3046 FILM: The Anatomy of Hate: A Dialogue of Hope (Miller Learning Center, Room 102) A documentary revealing the shared narratives found in individual and collective ideologies of hate and how we as a species can overcome them. Discussion with filmmaker Mile Ramsdell will follow. 6:30 p.m. FREE! 706-542-4077 FILM: First Annual Peabody Award Winners Festival (Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries) Two hours of samples from the 2013 Peabody Award winners, announced earlier in the day. The Peabody Awards are given by the university. 7–9 p.m. FREE! www.peabodyawards.com 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 (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: Crows Nest Trivia (Dirty Birds) Every Wednesday in the Crows Nest. 8 p.m. FREE! 706546-7050 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: 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

Pianist George Li performs at the UGA Ramsey Concert Hall on Tuesday, Apr. 2. KIDSTUFF: Storytime (Barnes & Noble) For all ages. Children receive a free treat from the cafe. 11 a.m. FREE! 706-354-1195 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 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: Making a Living Doing What You Love (Morton Theatre) A question and answer session with Dancefx director Allison Hayn. Followed by a dance performance of Alice in Wonderland. Part of Thinc. Week at UGA. 7–10 p.m. $10–15 (includes show). www. economicdevelopment.uga.edu LECTURES & LIT: Sibley Lecture (UGA School of Law) Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, talks about “Social Justice Lawyering: Confronting Power, Racial and Economic Injustice and Hopelessness within the Law.” 3:30 p.m. FREE! www.law.uga.edu/ news/16667 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! 706542-0696 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. FREE! patricia.priest@yahoo.com OUTDOORS: Full Moon Hike Series (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Each hike will focus on a different topic such as the moon, constellations or nocturnal creatures. Call to make reservation. 7–8:30 p.m. $5. 706-542-6156 PERFORMANCE: Aspen String Trio (Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall) Violinist David Perry, violist Victoria Chiang and cellist Michael Mermagen share a 20-year friendship as artist-faculty with the Aspen Music Festival. 8 p.m. FREE! (tickets required). www.pac.uga.edu THEATRE: Under Construction (UGA Fine Arts Building) See Tuesday listing for full play description. 8 p.m. $7–12. www.drama. uga.edu

Thursday 28 ART: “The Orpheus Relief: One Object, Three Perspectives” (Georgia Museum of Art) A panel discussion of the current technical study of the Orpheus Relief with Mark Abbe, Tina Salguero and Jeff Speakman. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www. georgiamuseum.org CLASSES: Genealogy 102: Census Records Online (Oconee County Library) Learn how to navigate the genealogy databases Ancestry Library Edition and HeritageQuest Online to access census records. 12:30–2 p.m. FREE! 706-769-3950 CLASSES: Scottish Country Dance Classes (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) Social dancing at its liveliest with jigs, reels and strathspeys. Bring your dancing shoes. Every Thursday, 7–9 p.m. $3. dabmillier@google.com

EVENTS: Etienne & Terrapin Beer Dinner (Etienne Brasserie) A fourcourse dinner paired with rare beers. 7–9 p.m. $45. etienneathensevents@gmail.com FILM: Medicine for Melancholy (Ciné Barcafé) A love story of bikes and one-night stands told through two young African-American adults in San Francisco. Introduction by filmmaker Barry Jenkins. Part of the African Diaspora Film Festival. See Calendar Pick on p. 20. 7 p.m. FREE! www.athenscine.com GAMES: Trivia (The Volstead) Every Thursday! 7:30-9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-354-5300 GAMES: Trivia with a Twist (Johnny’s New York Style Pizza) Throw a lime in your Coors Light and compete! Tuesdays & Thursdays, 7:30-9:30 p.m. 706354-1515 KIDSTUFF: Pajama Storytime (Madison County Library) Bring your pajama-clad kids in for a set of sleep-inducing stories and a bedtime snack. 7–8 p.m. FREE! 706795-5597 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: Color Me Happy (Rocksprings Community Center) A fun-filled morning for the kids with crafts, egg coloring, painting, refreshments and a meet-and-greet with Mr. Bunny. Pictures with Mr. Bunny can be taken at the end of the day’s program. Ages 2–5. Register by calling. 10 a.m. $2. 706-6133603 LECTURES & LIT: Social Security and Medicare Talk (Oglethorpe Co. Library) Gordon M. Sherman, area representative for k continued on p. 21

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DJ Shadow, The Morkestra, Murk Daddy Flex Georgia Theatre ¡ 9 p.m. ¡ $20

Much of today’s electronic music revolves around cruel disfigurement. The chopping, slicing, sudden muting and punching in/out of the vocalists betrays a puppetmaster producer’s merciless hand. DJ Shadow was always different. In repurposing sound, his editorship was never one of godlike ruthlessness. From his 1996 LP Endtroducing‌ onward, Shadow has wielded his encyclopedic knowledge of music with an auteur’s vision, a composer’s touch and an aesthete’s respect. Call it hyperrealism, plunderphonics or just plain collage—Shadow’s contribution to the art of sampling is undeniable. In the years following Endtroducing‌, Shadow followed his muse into increasingly cinematic realms (The Private Press), detoured into regional hip-hop scenes (The Outsider) and got back to basics (The Less You Know, The Better). His reverence for his craft demands ours, so grab a ticket to this rare Southern appearance from a contemporary legend. [Jeff Tobias] MUSIC | Thursday, Mar. 28

Minus the Bear, Circa Survive, Now, Now Georgia Theatre ¡ 8 p.m. ¡ $23 There’s an arching sense of adolescence about the music of Minneapolis trio Now, Now, which recently (and wisely) shortened its name from the emo-mouthful Now, Now Every Children. Singers Cacie Dalager and Jess Abbott deliver minor-key harmonies over unapologetically angsty meditations on teenaged heartache while metronomic drummer Bradley Hale keeps pace. But a couple songs into the group’s new album, Threads, it’s clear this isn’t your typical stargazing naĂŻvetĂŠ. Dalager’s lyrics cut through steel. “I would kill to be your clothes/ Cling to your body and hang from your bones,â€? she sings on the driving, provocative single “Wolf.â€? Later on the same song, she offers an amendment: “I would kill to be the cold/ Tracing your body and shaking your bones.â€? It’s potently sad songwriting—think The Cure’s Robert Smith, but, y’know, young and female. [Gabe Vodicka] EVENT | Thursday, Mar. 28 & Friday, Mar. 29

Seventh Annual African Diaspora Film Festival CinÊ, UGA Miller Learning Center ¡ FREE!

The UGA Institute for African American Studies presents two free screenings as part of its African Diaspora series. The first, Medicine for Melancholy, screens at CinĂŠ at 7 p.m., Thursday, Mar. 28 and is “a love story of bikes and one-night stands told through two African-American 20-somethings dealing with issues of class, identity and the evolving conundrum of

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being a minority in rapidly gentrifying San Francisco.� There will be an introduction by filmmaker Barry Jenkins and light refreshments following the screening. The second film, Middle of Nowhere, screens at the UGA MLC at 5 & 7 p.m., Friday, Mar. 29 and “explores the journey of medical student, Ruby, in the wake of her husband’s incarceration.� [Christina Cotter] MUSIC | Saturday, Mar. 30

k i d s, Pretty Bird, RITVALS, Dozen Eggs Caledonia Lounge ¡ 9:30 p.m. ¡ $5 (21+), $7

(18–20) Avant-garde outfit Pretty Bird is unlike any other band in Athens, or just about everywhere else. Featuring a rotating cast of characters but anchored by the tightknit trio of Jacob Deel, Valerie Lynch and David Chandler, the group plays a severely outrĂŠ a cappella-based form of what it terms “hip-hop,â€? but which is often nearly unrecognizable as such. Ever amorphous, the recent inclusion of deep-house rhythms and live band instrumentation seems to hint at a slightly more accessible new direction. (Read an interview with Pretty Bird on Flagpole.com.) Saturday’s bill centers on former PB-er K. Jared Collins and his k i d s project, which will record a live, David Barbe-helmed EP at the show

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with the help of Pretty Bird and various other members of local anti-pop kvlt the Birdhouse Collection. [G.V.] MUSIC | Tuesday, Apr. 2

An Evening with Reverend Horton Heat Melting Point ¡ 8:30 p.m. ¡ $15 (adv.), $18 (door),

$10 (w/UGA ID) Since the early ‘80s, Dallas, TX-based singer and guitarist Jim “Reverend Horton Heat� Heath has been cooking up a powerful blend of retro-garage, punk and rockabilly; he is now revered as one of the most skillful and fiery bandleaders in the psychobilly world. Heath and his current rhythm section—bassist Jimbo Wallace and drummer Scott Churilla—will bring their rock mayhem to Athens this week behind their latest studio album, Laughin’ & Cryin’ with the Reverend Horton Heat, and a newly released, three-disc compilation titled 25 to Life—a lively “best of� collection comprised of tracks recorded during a national tour in 2010, the first live album Heath has released in his storied career. [T. Ballard Lesemann]

THE CALENDAR! the Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare (NCPSSM), speaks and answers questions. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-353-7272 LECTURES & LIT: “The Kepler Mission: A Search for Habitable Worlds”(UGA Physics Building, Room 202) Roger Hunter, project manager of NASA’s Kepler Mission, gives an update on the operations and recent results on NASA’s search for Earth-size planets orbiting other stars in our galaxy. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-542-2564 LECTURES & LIT: Willson Center Lecture (UGA Jackson St. Building, Room 123) Dorothea Link delivers a lecture on “Arias for Stefano Mandini, Mozart’s First Conte Almaviva.” 4 p.m. FREE! www.willson.uga.edu LECTURES & LIT: Women’s History Lecture (Miller Learning Center, Room 148) Award-wining author Dr. Alondra Nelson speaks about her book, Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight

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Friday 29 EVENTS: Human Rights Fundraiser (Terrapin Beer Co.) Terrapin beer and live music raise funds for the annual Human Rights Festival. Donations encouraged. 5:30 p.m. www.terrapinbeer.com EVENTS: Grrlmonster Mini Lady Fest & Silent Art Auction (Little Kings Shuffle Club) A silent art auction and live music by El Hollin, Stella Zine, Violent Vickie and Clara Hoag. Proceeds benefit the Georgia Reproductive Justice Access Network (GRJAN). 9 p.m. www.facebook.com/lkshuffleclub 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 FILM: Middle of Nowhere (Ciné Barcafé) A film exploring the journey of a medical student in the wake of

PERFORMANCE: UGA TubaEuphonium Ensemble (UGA Ramsey Concert Hall) Tuba and euphonium players get their chance to shine. 6 p.m. FREE! www.music. uga.edu PERFORMANCE: Male Review (Topper’s International Showbar) Topper’s switches it up with an allmale show. 8 p.m. 706-613-0504 PERFORMANCE: DMA Recital (UGA Robert G. Edge Recital Hall) With cellist Diana Shull. 5 p.m. FREE! www.music.uga.edu THEATRE: Under Construction (UGA Fine Arts Building) See Tuesday listing for full description 8 p.m. $7–12. www.drama.uga.edu

Saturday 30 CLASSES: Stampmaking (Double Dutch Press) Learn image transfer, carving and printing techniques for making stamps. 2–4 p.m. $35. www. doubledutchpress.com CLASSES: Learn Your Brain (Georgia Center Hotel) A seminar for college students to discover their

Medicine for Melancholy will screen Thursday, Mar. 28 at Ciné as part of the Seventh Annual African Diaspora Film Festival. See Calendar Pick on p. 20. Against Medical Discrimination. Reception and book signing to follow. 6:30–8 p.m. FREE! www.iws. uga.edu LECTURES & LIT: Book Signing (Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation, Firehall #2) Tamara Staples signs copies of her new book, The Magnificent Chicken: Portraits of the Fairest Fowl. Presented by Avid Bookshop. See story on p. 9. 6–7 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop.com LECTURES & LIT: “Arts and Entrepreneurship” (Miller Learning Center, Room 101) A panel discussion moderated by Mark Callahan, artistic director of Ideas for Creative Exploration. 3:30–5 p.m. FREE! www.thinc.uga.edu MEETINGS: CCDC Meeting (Multiple Choices for Independent Living) The Clarke County Democratic Committee (CCDC) features a panel discussion entitled “A Conversation about Education from a Variety of Stakeholders.” 6 p.m. FREE! www.clarkedemocrats.com PERFORMANCE: Graduate Recital (Hugh Hodgson School of Music, Dancz Center for New Music) For composer student Cody Brookshire. 6:30 p.m. FREE! www.music.uga.edu PERFORMANCE: Masters Recital (UGA Robert G. Edge Recital Hall) With tuba player Grayson Holland. 8 p.m. FREE! www.music.uga.edu THEATRE: Under Construction (UGA Fine Arts Building) See Tuesday listing for full description 8 p.m. $7–12. www.drama.uga.edu

her husband’s incarceration. Part of the African Diaspora Film Festival. See Calendar Pick on p. 20. 5 & 7 p.m. FREE! www.athenscine.com KIDSTUFF: Japanese Storytime (ACC Library) Bilingual program led by volunteers from UGA’s Japan Club. Learn about Japanese culture through literacy-based activities. All ages. 5 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650 KIDSTUFF: Spring Break Dance Party (Oconee County Library) Nintendo-influenced, electronic indie-pop band Yer Heart from Bloomington, IN plays a dance party for ages 11–18, featuring free pizza and books. 6–9 p.m. FREE! 706769-3950 LECTURES & LIT: Romance Languages Colloquium(UGA Gilbert Hall) Kennesaw State University professor Federica Santini presents “Multilingualism and Intertextuality: On Translating Amelia Rosselli.” 12:15 p.m. FREE! www. rom.uga.edu LECTURES & LIT: Poetry Night (Eco*Art*Lab) Poets Ed Pavlic, Aralee Strange and Michelle Castleberry read poetry in conjunction with the art exhibit “Climate Change: Conveying Realities.” 8 p.m. FREE! ecoartlaboratory@gmail. com LECTURES & LIT: The Bulldog 100 (Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries) A panel discussion featuring several Bulldog 100 honorees. 2–3 p.m. FREE! mgurley@uga.edu

unique learning profile and gather tips on reducing stress, overcoming procrastination and increasing focus. Taught by psychologist Dr. Nita Matthews-Morgan and her son. 9:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. nita@learnyourbrain.com, www.learnyourbrain. com EVENTS: 5th Annual 5K (Sandy Creek Park) Registration includes warm-up, cool-down, t-shirt and prizes. Participants may register as a phantom runner if unable to run. Proceeds benefit The Cottage Sexual Assault Center and Children’s Advocacy Center. Visit website to register. 2:30 p.m. $15–27. classicraceservices.com, www.active.com EVENTS: Athens Vertical Pole Dance Academy Open Pole (The Globe) AVPDA brings their portable pole for newcomers to try. 8–11 p.m. FREE! www.avpda.com EVENTS: Farm Tour & Plant Sale (3 Porch Farm) Purchase plants and get a glimpse of the sustainable farm. Live music by Red Oak Southern String Band. No dogs, please. See story on p. 11. 10 a.m.–2 p.m. FREE! www.3porchfarm. com GAMES: Internation Tabletop Day (Tyche’s Games) Day-long board game demonstration. 11:30 a.m. FREE! 706-354-4500 GAMES: Blindfolded Easter Egg Hunt (Lay Park) Teams of two adults, one blindfolded, will search for Easter eggs. 12 p.m. FREE! www. athensclarkecounty.com/leisure

KIDSTUFF: Storytime (Barnes & Noble) For all ages. Children receive a free treat from the cafe. 11 a.m. FREE! 706-354-1195 KIDSTUFF: Five Points Easter Egg Hunt (Memorial Park) Get those eggs! Kids divided into age groups of 0–2, 3–4, 5–7 and 8–10 years old. 11–11:30 a.m. FREE! www. friendsoffivepoints.com KIDSTUFF: Peter Rabbit Tea Party (Oconee County Library) Beatrix Potter stories, songs, crafts and a treat. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706769-3950 KIDSTUFF: Easter Eggstravaganza (Lay Park) A traditional hunt for eggs with candy and prizes inside. For ages 12 & under. 11:30 a.m. FREE! www.athensclarkecounty.com/leisure KIDSTUFF: Breakfast with the Bunny and Eggstravaganza (Memorial Park) Breakfast, crafts, activities and photos with the Easter Bunny. Eggstravaganza Easter egg hunt to follow in the play area of Memorial Park from 11 a.m.–12:45 p.m. Reservations requested by Mar. 27. 9–9:45 a.m. or 10–10:45 a.m. $8–12. 706-613-3580, www.athensclarkecounty.com/leisure KIDSTUFF: Backyard Party (Terrapin Beer Co.) A kid-friendly afternoon at the brewery. Pizza, PB&Js, bike contests with awards from The Hub and Sunshine Bicycles, and live music by Like Totally! Proceeds benefit BikeAthens. 11 a.m.–3 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com KIDSTUFF: Easter Egg Hunt (East Athens Community Center) A traditional egg hunt with prizes. For ages 5–12. 11 a.m. FREE! www.athensclarkecounty.com/leisure LECTURES & LIT: Walkabout with Dr. A (UGA Trial Gardens) Dr. Armitage of the UGA Trial Gardens will lead a tour around the garden answering questions and telling stories about planting. 9:30 a.m. FREE! contact!@ugatrialgardens.com OUTDOORS: Spring Bird Ramble (Sandy Creek Park) Look and listen for spring migrant birds on a walk with the Oconee Audubon Society. 8 a.m. FREE! www.oconeeriversaudubon.org PERFORMANCE: Burlesque Beta (Go Bar) What a tease! Open-mic variety show featuring singers, dancers, musicians and comics in the vaudeville tradition. 10 p.m. $3. 706-546-5609 PERFORMANCE: Athens Symphony Spring Concert (The Classic Center) An operatic program featuring selections by Rossini, Mascagni, Verdi and Saint-Saens. 8 p.m. FREE! (tickets required). www. classiccenter.com

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Tuesday 2 ART: Visiting Artist/Scholar Lecture (UGA Lamar Dodd School of Art Galleries, Room S151) Michael Rooks, Wieland Family Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the High Museum of Art, speaks. 5:30 p.m. FREE! artinfo@uga.edu ART: Opening Reception (Highwire Lounge) For art work by Tess Strickland. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-5438997 ART: Life Drawing Open Studio (UGA Lamar Dodd School of Art Galleries) See Wednesday listing for full description 5:30–8:30 p.m. $8. www.art.uga.edu GAMES: Trivia with a Twist (Johnny’s New York Style Pizza) Throw a lime in your Coors Light and compete! Tuesdays & Thursdays, 7:30-9:30 p.m. 706354-1515 GAMES: Movie Quotes Trivia (Max) With host Cora Jane every Tuesday. Everyone’s a winner. 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-254-3392 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 (Fuzzy’s Taco Shop) Compete for prizes and giveaways. Every Tuesday. 9–11 p.m. 706353-0305 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 for Political Research and Studies. 2 p.m. FREE! www.libs.uga.edu/scl PERFORMANCE: DMA Recital (UGA Robert G. Edge Recital Hall) Choral conducting candidate Jared Daugherty presents a recital. 5 p.m. FREE! www.music.uga.edu

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PERFORMANCE: George Li (UGA Ramsey Concert Hall) The 17-year-old, award-winning pianist performs works by Liszt, Chopin and Beethoven, including Beethoven’s “Moonlight” sonata. 8 p.m. FREE! (w/ student ID), $27. www.pac. 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

Wednesday 3 ART: Opening Reception (UNG Oconee Campus) For the inaugural “Graduating Art Students & Scholarship Award Winners Exhibit.” 5:30 p.m. FREE! gallery@ung.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 GAMES: Crows Nest Trivia (Dirty Birds) Every Wednesday. 8 p.m. FREE! 706-546-7050 GAMES: Sports Trivia (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s) Test your sports knowledge every Wednesday night. 8:30 p.m. FREE! 706-850-1916 GAMES: Trivia (Copper Creek Brewing Company) Test your trivia chops for prizes! Every Wednesday. 9 p.m. FREE! 706-546-1102 GAMES: Movie Trivia (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Hosted by Jeremy Dyson. 9 p.m. www.facebook.com/ lkshuffleclub 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: 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 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 LECTURES & LIT: Origins from Embryos (UGA Chapel) Nancy Manley discusses the surprising similarities and important differences between embryos from species across the animal kingdom and how the study of embryonic development in a wide variety of organisms has informed our understanding of human biology and disease. 7 p.m. FREE! www.originslectures.uga.edu LECTURES & LIT: Meet the Author (Avid Bookshop) Brent Hendricks signs copies of his newly published memoir, A Long Day at the End of the World. 6:30–7:30 p.m. FREE! www.avidbookshop.com LECTURES & LIT: Immigration Lecture (UGA Park Hall) Panel discussion about for-profit detention centers in Georgia and their effects on the immigrant community. 6:30–8 p.m. FREE! kerrysteinberg@ gmail.com

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PERFORMANCE: UGA Opera Theater (Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall) Frederick Burchinal directs selected scenes from opera’s most beloved works. 8 p.m. $5–18. www. pac.uga.edu

Down the Line CLASSES: Small-Scale Glass Fusing Workshop 4/6 (Studio Mod Glass) 10 a.m.–2 p.m. $100. modglassgirl@gmail.com, www. studiomodglass.com EVENTS: Fight Night VIII 4/6 (Manor) 7–10:30 p.m. $15. www. manorathens.com EVENTS: Boobs for Boobas 4/6 (Locos Grill & Pub) Fundraiser for breast cancer research. 4–10 p.m. $10. 706-548-7803 EVENTS: 16th Annual Seed Swap 4/6 (Grove Creek Farm) 10 a.m.–4 p.m. www.grovecreekfarm.org EVENTS: 12th Annual Fluke MiniComics Festival 4/6 (40 Watt Club) 11 a.m.–6 p.m. $2. www. flukeathens.com

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 DJ BLOWPOP Joe Kubler (Bubbly Mommy Gun) spins a set of tunes. Green Room 9 p.m. FREE! www.greenroomathens. com SAM BURCHFIELD Street Rhythm and Rhyme guitarist plays a solo set. Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com KATIE PRUITT 18-year old local singer songwriter. SAMUEL DICKINSON “Folksy and soulful” 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. Featuring members of Driftwood. DRIFTWOOD Local Americana collective plays darkly accented folk music.

Wednesday 27 40 Watt Club 7 p.m. $13 (adv). $15 (door). www.40watt.com THE EXPENDABLES Californiabased act playing a laid-back mix of reggae, ska, surf rock, metal and punk. PACIFIC DUB Catchy choruses and smooth hip-hop and reggae rhythms characterize this California band’s rockin’ coastal vibe. UNIVERSAL SIGH Athens-based jazz-fusion/funk-oriented rock band that strives to create a unique musical experience. Amici 10 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0000 LIVE BAND KARAOKE Sing your favorites as a live band backs you up. Farm 255 8–10 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com DIAL INDICATORS Local jazz act featuring Jeremy Roberts on guitar

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 FUTO Indie-pop band from Snellville/ Athens. SABABA Local alt-rock band stemming from UGA’s Hillel program. EMILY & THE COMPLEXES Indiefolk band with punk influences from Columbus, GA. Hendershot’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 With the release of her fourth album in physical form, Oshon is launching a new groove. Her rich voice and rhythmic piano stylings flow over a lush bed of drum beats provided by Louis Romanos, with arrangements that are intentionally spare, yet warm.

The Expendables play the 40 Watt Club on Wednesday, Mar. 27. GAMES: Locos Trivia 4/9 (Locos Grill & Pub) 8 p.m. FREE! www. locosgrill.com GAMES: Crows Nest Trivia 4/10 (Dirty Birds) 8 p.m. FREE! 706546-7050

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

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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. BOATS! Punk rock from Sacramento, CA. THE MIDS Reunion show from this punk band. YOUR FAVORITE HERO Tennesseebased pop-punk. Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 10 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com GIALANELLA, WILES AND HART Local trio featuring Andrew Gialanella, Nic Wiles and Drew Hart.

The Volstead 9 p.m.–1:30 a.m. 706-354-5300 KARAOKE Every Tuesday! WUOG 90.5 FM Live in the Lobby. 8 p.m. FREE! www. wuog.org NURTURE Local post-hardcore trio featuring screamed vocals, chunky guitar and explosive rhythms. ANTPILE Post-hardcore band from Athens/Atlanta.

and George Davidson on tenor saxophone. Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar. com SAM BURCHFIELD Street Rhythm and Rhyme guitarist plays a solo set tonight. CONNOR PLEDGER Folk-inspired pop songwriter akin to John Mayer. CORBETT WALSH Local singersongwriter. Georgia Theatre 9 p.m. $20. www.georgiatheatre.com DJ SHADOW Legendary DJ fluent in the traditions of old school hip-hop and experimental instrumental beats. See Calendar Pick on p. 20. THE MORKESTRA DJ duo compromised of Ty-Vishnu Morkestra and Saude providing a self described “far-out deejay experience.” MURK DADDY FLEX Laid-back, sample-driven, old-school hip-hop beats from Terence Chiyezhan. Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 5 p.m. FREE! www. georgiatheatre.com KINKY WAIKIKI Relaxing, steel guitar-driven band following the traditions of Hawaiian music.

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 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 LEAVING COUNTRIES Local group led by guitarist Louis Phillip Pelot.

Thursday 28 40 Watt Club UGA Miracle Benefit. 9 p.m. $5. www.40watt.com THE DESARIOS Local upbeat rock band with a singer who sounds a bit like Elvis Costello. For fans of Rooney or The Cars.

CLEAN BREAK Driving local indie rock outfit. GREG MOYER Calhoun, GA-based singer-songwriter that blends acoustic rock, soul, and hip hop. Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com DAY & NIGHT No info available. TREY + THE MIGHTY HOPEFULS Psych-tinged lo-fi pop band from Columbus. MICHAEL BOWMAN Local altcountry/blues singer-songwriter, originally from Harrisonburg, VA. Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar. com THE PLAGUE Dark and visceral rock and roll. THAYER SARRANO & THE GLASS ASHES Local songwriter playing hazy, Southern-inspired shoegaze tunes that create desolate musical environments. Georgia Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-9884 DREW MARLER Local songwriter playing “Americana rock and roll with a blend of Flannery O’ Connorstyle storytelling.” Georgia Theatre 7 p.m. $23. www.georgiatheatre.com CIRCA SURVIVE Progressive/alternative rock with emo undertones from Anthony Green, formerly of Saosin. MINUS THE BEAR Unique, earcatching indie-pop melded with progressive rock. NOW, NOW Emotive indie-pop outfit from Minnesota. See Calendar Pick on p. 20. Go Bar 11 p.m. 706-546-5609 KARAOKE Hosted by karaoke fanatic John “Dr. Fred” Bowers and featuring a large assortment of pop, rock, indie and more. Green Room 9 p.m. $5. www.greenroomathens.com NEW MADRID Echoing and atmospheric music, with folky vocals and swift, proficient guitar plucks. THE VIKING PROGRESS Patrick Morales has a lovely, tender voice that sings gentle, indie/folk ballads about love, death and isolation inspired by his time at sea. Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com ODD TRIO One of Athens’ finest original jazz ensembles, this innovative group often incorporates looped audio into its compositions. The Melting Point 8 p.m. $10 (adv), $13 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com BEVERLY “GUITAR” WATKINS Legendary Atlanta-based blues singer and septuagenarian known for her searing guitar work. New Earth Music Hall 9 p.m. $5. www.newearthmusichall. com MORNING TELEPORTATION Energetic psych-rock band from Bowling Green, KY. SCHOOLS Kentucky-based rock band. Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. FREE! 706-546-4742 YOUNG AMERICA Local alt-country. 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 With his gritty, soulful rasp, Morton trudges through Americana’s roots with rock and roll swagger and a folksinger’s heart. THE SOUTHERN FOLK COALITION Led this week by Kevin Patrick Fleming (guitar/banjo) and Obe Golding (banjo). Playing bluegras/ folk/country. State Botanical Garden of Georgia Rock the Garden Benefit! 6 p.m. $40 ($75 per couple). www.modathens. com RANDALL BRAMBLETT Longtime Athenian Randall Bramblett presents a simplified slab of Southern music. Either blowing the sax or delivering his gruff ‘n’ grumbly vocals, Bramblett can toss out direct, Southern R&B kickers. WILLIAM TONKS Local guitarist and dobro player plays a set of folky originals. Terrapin Beer Co. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com FINER Electronic rock duo from Indianapolis. WUOG 90.5 FM Live in the Lobby. 8 p.m. FREE! www. wuog.org QUIET EVENINGS The local duo of Grant and Rachel Evans plays dronecentric ambient music with synths, loops and electronics. Walker’s Coffee & Pub 9 p.m. FREE! 706-543-1433 KARAOKE Every Thursday!

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Farm 255 11 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com LAZY LOCOMOTIVE New local group featuring members of Juice Box and High Strung String Band.

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Little Kings Shuffle Club Grrlmonster! 9 p.m. $5. www.facebook. com/lkshuffleclub EL HOLLIN This Athens band plays haunting pop music with minimal instrumentation. STELLA ZINE Feminist punk rock in the vein of Bikini Kill. VIOLENT VICKIE Multimedia feminist electro-punk band from San Francisco. CLARA HOAG Folk-punk singersongwriter.

Butt Hutt Bar-B-Q 8 p.m. FREE! www.butthuttbarbecue. com DAVID PRINCE This Athens staple and one-time member of The Jesters plays a set.

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

Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com k i d s Songwriter K. Jared Collins fronts this ever-evolving local pop project. Tonight’s show is a live EP recording featuring several special guests. PRETTY BIRD Local a capella/hiphop/anti-pop group. See Calendar Pick on p. 20. RITVALS Junk-rock band featuring members of Muuy Biien. DOZEN EGGS Henry Barbe-led rock outfit.

The Melting Point 8:30 p.m. $25 (adv.), $30 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com IRIS DEMENT Legendary folk, country and Appalachian gospel singer with a sweet and unmistakable voice.

CinĂŠ BarcafĂŠ 9 p.m. $5. www.athenscine.com QUIET EVENINGS The local duo of Grant and Rachel Evans plays dronecentric ambient music with synths, loops and electronics.

Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. $8. www.georgiatheatre.com RADIOLUCENT Popular local band falling somewhere between bluesy Southern rock and alt-country. THE WHISKEY GENTRY Toe-tapping country and bluegrass band out of Atlanta. LEOGUN A three-piece band from London, surging with a mix of blues, soul and a whole lotta rock and roll. TYLER BRYANT & THE SHAKEDOWN Blues-based rock group out of Nashville. Green Room 9 p.m. FREE! www.greenroomathens. com BOOK CLUB Indie-folk septet from Atlanta featuring members of Cassavetes and Oryx & Crake. Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com DAVE GRIFFIN Renowned Southern singer-songwriter from Waycross. EMILY JACKSON Self-taught folk singer-songwriter on the rise.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar. com WEREWOLVES Local band featuring quirky lo-fi rock with bright, bouncy flourishes, unique instrumentation and emotive lyrics. YER HEART Tennessee-based indiepop band. MONSOON Female-fronted local post-punk band. Georgia Bar 11 p.m. FREE! 706-546-9884 RICH DUPREE No info available. Georgia Theatre On the Rooftop. 5 p.m. $10 (suggested donation). www.georgiatheatre.com HYDRABADD Electronically based hip-hop duo out of Atlanta. 9 p.m. $15. www.georgiatheatre.com CHERUB Self-described “sexy, avantgarde, electro-pop duo that is the dance love-child of ‘80s funk and pop music from the future.� ILL.GATES Glitchy, bass-heavy EDM DJ. MANSIONS ON THE MOON Los Angeles-based electronic synthpop band that incorporates elements of rock and hip-hop. Go Bar Take Back the Night Benefit. 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 FULL NET Pop-punk band from Atlanta. SHEWOLF Three distinct vocalists, male and female, combine popinfluenced harmonies with narrative folk songs. SUNI SOLOMON Athens-via-Boston rapper influenced by Kanye West, Missy Elliot and Aaliyah. KARA KILDARE Kill Kill Buffalo frontwoman plays a solo set. DJ MAHOGANY Freaky funk, sultry soul, righteous R&B and a whole lotta unexpected faves. Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com WELFARE LINERS This five-piece bluegrass unit blends classic tunes with originals while focusing on brother harmonies for that authentic high lonesome sound. Highwire Lounge Friday Night Jazz. 8–11 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge.com GREG HANKINS Jazz and classical pianist plays a set.

Now, Now plays the Georgia Theatre on Thursday, Mar. 28. See Calendar Pick on p. 20. Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. FREE! 706-546-4742 THOSE CATS High-energy sevenpiece soul and funk powerhouse. The Office Lounge 9:30 p.m. 706-546-0840. THE FLAMETHROWERS Louisianabased party band playing a variety of covers from the ‘50s up to today. Terrapin Beer Co. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com TEALVOX Alternative rock band with a hint of classic British rock.

Saturday 30 40 Watt Club 9 p.m. $13. www.40watt.com MEAT PUPPETS The legendary cowpunkers that influenced the likes of Nirvana and Dinosaur Jr. See story on p. 17. THE TOMATOES Energetic New Orleans-based Americana and rock. HAYRIDE Long-running rock group. Athens Moose Club 8 p.m. $5. 706-208-0033 THE SHIZ FEATURING DR. MORPHEUS Indie rock band from Hammond, LA. Bootleggers Country & Western Bar 8 p.m. www.bootleggersathens.com CONFEDERATE RAILROAD Longrunning country-rock band from Marietta.

FUTURE APE TAPES Local group creating psychedelic, experimental music driven by loops, beats, guitars and synths. Celebrating the release of a new album, Somnambuland. SPARKING WIDE PRESSURE Tennesee-based drone/anti-folk artist. TERMINALS Compositions for modular synthesizer from a member of I Come to Shanghai. RAINY TAXI Locals Cary Whitley and Leslie Grove play “free improvisations for saxophones, percussion, hacked electronics and the occasional guitar.� Dauset Trails Nature Center 9 a.m.-4 p.m. FREE! www.dausettrails. com BLUEBIRDS AND BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL A free, fun festival for the whole family, with live music from Packway Handle Band, Cabin Point and Johnny Roquemore & The Apostles of Bluegrass.

Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ lkshuffleclub IMMUZIKATION Dance party featuring high-energy electro and rock TWIN POWERS DJ Dan Geller spins late-night glam rock, new wave, Top 40, punk and Britpop. DJ Z-DOGG Loveable local DJ spins high-energy rock and other favorites. Manor 10 p.m. FREE! (21+), $10 (18+). www. manorathens.com DJ MAYS This Athens local’s philosophy is to “play what the people want to hear, but present it in a way that no one knows is coming,� spinning remixes of hip-hop, dance and rock. The Melting Point 8 p.m. $10 (adv.), $13 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com GRAINS OF SAND This local band with a killer four-piece horn section offers up your favorite ‘60s and ‘70s beach and Motown music.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar. com BRETT VAUGHN AND FRIENDS Local singer-songwriter Brett Vaughn plays a set of his orchestral pop tunes backed by collaborators.

New Earth Music Hall 8 p.m. $8–10. www.facebook.com/ athenslatinparty LADIES’ NIGHT OUT Athens Latin presents an evening of salsa, Latin music, dance lessons, Zumba and music from DJ Mami Chula.

Georgia Bar 11 p.m. FREE! 706-546-9884 MATT JOINER BAND Local guitarist draws inspiration from blues and classic rock.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. FREE! 706-546-4742 ALBATROSS Athens group creating an upbeat mixture of jazz, blues and funk.

The Office Lounge 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-0840 THE RAYS FEATURING CARLA LEFEVER Back with a new lineup and a rocking sound. Sundown Saloon 9 p.m. FREE! 706-850-1177 KARAOKE With your host Lynn! Terrapin Beer Co. 5:30 p.m. FREE! www.terrapinbeer.com THE AUTUMN SPRING Local powerpop band. UGA Hugh Hodgson Hall 8 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ electrophoria OUR NEW SILENCE “Re-imaginings, remixes and intermixes of the traditional music of Java, Indonesia� courtesy of Electrophoria, pacificUV, Andrew Rieger, John Fernandes, powerkompany, Revien, Killick and more, including students of UGA’s Hugh Hodgson School of Music. The World Famous 8 p.m. www.theworldfamousathens. com HIGH STRUNG STRING BAND High-energy sounds building on the

mash-up will feature music from The De Luxe Interiors and Kris Gruen. Green Room 9 p.m. FREE! www.greenroomathens. com TREY + THE MIGHTY HOPEFULS Psych-tinged lo-fi pop band. Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee. com OPEN MIC Kyshona Armstrong hosts this open mic night every Monday!

Texas-based punkabilly group. See Calendar Pick on p. 20. 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 BLUES NIGHT WITH BIG C Expect lots of soulful covers and originals.

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. LAURIE RIDER Singer songwriter from Waycross, GA playing in the style of Neko Case. DANA SWIMMER A montage of garage rock with sweet, soulful undertones. ED ROLAND AND THE SWEET TEA PROJECT Collective Soul frontman’s side project featuring a variety of talented guests.

The Office Lounge 7:30 p.m. $5. 706-546-0840 DJ LADY LOV Learn the beginner’s Electric Slide, Good Times, Biker’s Shuffle and other line dances.

Sundown Saloon 8 p.m. FREE! 706-850-1180 AVERY DYLAN’S OPEN MIC NIGHT All musicians, singers, songwriters are welcome!

Little Kings Shuffle Club 11 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ lkshuffleclub CABBAGE LOOPER “Old school funk, soul and jazz meet today’s fun hip-hop.�

Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.flickertheatreandbar.com PATRICK MORALES Viking Progress frontman playing a solo set. Georgia Theatre 8 p.m. $8. www.georgiatheatre.com THE LAST WALTZ ENSEMBLE Tribute band performing the music of Bob Dylan and The Band. REVIVAL Allman Brothers Band tribute group. Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 KADE KAHL Literate local singersongwriter. JOHNNY MONTARELLA No info available. The Melting Point 8 p.m. $5 (adv.), $8 (door). www.meltingpointathens.com DR. DAN MATRAZZO & THE LOOTERS Heavy space-funk and jazz from a member of Aquarium Rescue Unit. CD release party! LORD KITCHENER’S VALET BAND No info available. Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. FREE! 706-546-4742 TREEHOUSE Sublime-inspired band from South Carolina.

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Sunday 31 Farm 255 10:30 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com OTHER COLORS Baltimore-based group playing self-described “future folk-rock� and “exploratory pop.�

Monday 1 Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. www.facebook.com/carnivaleblackhearts CARNIVALE OF BLACK HEARTS Along with performances from various troupe members, this dark, depraved burlesque/carnival

Tuesday 2 Georgia Theatre 9 p.m. $10. www.georgiatheatre.com NAIVE MELODIES Talking Heads tribute band. Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 DJ FOG JUICE Spinning current and classic dance hits. Green Room 9 p.m. FREE! www.greenroomathens. com BEN MILLER BAND Bluegrassinfused folk band from Joplin, MO. The Melting Point 8:30 p.m. $15 (adv.), $18 (door), $10 (w/ UGA ID). www.meltingpointathens.com REVEREND HORTON HEAT Long-running and wildly popular

The Volstead 9 p.m.–1:30 a.m. 706-354-5300 KARAOKE Come and belt them out! Every Tuesday! WUOG 90.5 FM Live in the Lobby. 8 p.m. FREE! www. wuog.org DUDE MAGNETS Local band plays noisy, chaotic rock and roll.

Wednesday 3 Amici 10 p.m. FREE! 706-353-0000 LIVE BAND KARAOKE Sing your favorites as a live band backs you up. Farm 255 8 p.m. FREE! www.farm255.com CALEB DARNELL Member of The Darnell Boys and Bellyache sings the blues.

The Office Lounge 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-549-0840 KARAOKE With your host Lynn! 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 TRE POWELL Bluesy acoustic tunes. The World Famous Wednesday Roots Night. 7 p.m. $7. www.theworldfamousathens.com THE MURPHY BEDS Irish folk band from New York. PAUL MCHUGH Pilgrim frontman plays a solo set. AUSTIN COLEMAN No info available.

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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 The Art Rocks Athens Foundation (Athens, GA) Seeking artists who were creating art in, or related to, Athens between 1975–1985 for a major retrospective exhibition at Lamar Dodd May 23–July 31, 2014. The retrospective will explore the relationship between visual arts and the birth of the Athens music scene. www.artrocks athens.com

CLASSES Arrow Yoga Classes (Arrow) Arrow offers ongoing prenatal yoga classes and mama/baby yoga classes. Visit website for details. www.ourarrow.com

Beginner Quiltmaking (Sewcial Studio) Learn the basics of quilting in a seven-week class. Preregistration required. Thursdays, Mar. 28–May 9, 2–4:30 p.m. $70. www.sewcialstudio.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.floor spaceathens.com for schedule. Clay Classes (Good Dirt) Weekly “Try Clay” classes ($20/person) introduce participants to the potter’s wheel every Friday from 7–9 p.m. “Family Try Clay” classes show children and adults hand-building methods every Sunday from 2–4 p.m. $20. 706-355-3161, www.gooddirt.net Computer Classes (ACC Library) Online computer classes as well as in-library classes and oneon-one instruction. Topics include Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, eBooks and more. Call for times and to register. 706-613-3650 Computer Classes (Oconee County Library) Advanced to beginner computer classes offered by appointment and in scheduled classes. Subjects include email for beginners, Windows and more. Call to register. 706-769-3950, watkinsville@athenslibrary.org Dance Classes (Dancefx) Ballet, tap, hip-hop, Zumba, contemporary, foxtrot, Western dancing, strip aerobics and more. Check website for schedule. 706-355-3078, www.dancefx.org Feldenkrais Method (Leathers Building) A class promoting awareness through gentle body movement. Wednesdays through Apr. 24, 5:30-6:30 p.m. $10. fieldcircle54@ gmail.com

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Hot Yoga (Bikram Yoga Athens) Classes offered seven days a week. Beginners welcome. 706-353-9642, www.bikramathens.com Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Workshop (Athens Regional Medical Center) Guided instruction in meditation, body-scan yoga and more. Mondays Apr. 1–22, 6–8 p.m. 706-475-7330, mbiprograms@armc.org 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. www.doubledutch press.com Qi Gong (5 Points Acupuncture) Integrate physical posture, breathing techniques and breathing intention. Saturdays, 9:30–10:30 a.m. $10. www.5pointsacupuncture.com Spring Classes (OCAF) Offerings include watercolor, sculpting, clay arts, paper making, self-publishing and more. Visit website for online registration. www.ocaf.com Yoga Classes (Healing Arts Centre) Several types of ongoing classes for all levels. Visit www. healingartscentre.net for details. Yoga Classes (Thrive) Tai Chi, QiGong and yoga classes, including basic, vinyasa and samaritan yoga. Visit website for class schedule. 706-850-2000, www.thrivespace.net Yoga and Fitness Classes (Total Training Yoga Studio) Power yoga, gentle flow, guided deep relaxation and more. Check website for class schedule. www.totaltraining center.com

Gorgeous Chow/ Australian Shepherd mix named Pixie. Full, 125 Buddy Christian Way • 706-613-3540 all black coat on this Open every day except Wednesday 10am-4pm regal but slightly shy Someone walking this Pitbull Young and cute Pug/ girl. Gentle giant who handed us the leash and said, Terrier mix had just is out of time! “Here–this is a great dog.” been brought in and She sat when we asked and she was nervous, more impressively, stayed. but friendly and Friendly, all-around good girl. happy to sit close to you.

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“From Savanna to Savannah: African Art from the Collection of Don Kole” is on display at the GMOA through Apr. 14. Yoga for Health & Relaxation (Athens Regional Medical Center) Six weeks of class beginning Apr. 11, 6–8 p.m. $75. 706-475-7330, mbiprograms@ armc.org

HELP OUT BikeAthens Bike Recycling Program (BikeAthens) BikeAthens seeks volunteers to recondition bikes for Athenians underserved by private and public transportation. Mondays & Wednesdays, 6–8:30 p.m. & Sundays, 2–4:30 p.m. Women’s night, Tuesdays, 6–8:30 p.m. www.bikeathens.com Volunteers Needed (Homestead Hospice) Help patients and their families living with terminal illness. 706-548-8444, www.homestead hospice.net/volunteers.html

KIDSTUFF ACC Summer Camps (Athens, GA) Registration for ACC summer camps is open. Camps are for kids ages 6–12 and include zoo camp, sports camps, theater camp and more. Visit website for complete schedule. www.athensclarkecounty.com/camps Arts in the Afternoon (East Athens Community Center) Afterschool program teaches arts and crafts and allows children to create original artwork. Ages 6–15. Mondays and Wednesdays, 3:30– 5:30 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3593 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. 706-613-3589 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 for 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. www.treehousekidandcraft.com New Mamas & Babies Group (Arrow) Meet other new parents and their pre-crawling little ones. Caregivers Jean Anderson and Rebecca Espana host. Thursdays, 10 a.m.–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. Register. Monday–Thursday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. and Friday, 9 a.m.–1 p.m. $30–125. ourarrow@gmail. com, www.ourarrow.com Spanish Lessons for Tots (Arrow) Spanish lessons with music, dancing and fun surprises led by Sarah Ehlers. For ages 2.5–4 years old. Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m.–12 p.m. $10. ourarrow@gmail.com Summer Camps (Good Dirt) Good Dirt summer camps begin May 20 for ages 4–6, 7–10 and 11–18. Visit website to register. www.gooddirt.net Summer Theater Camps (Athens Little Playhouse) Camps focusing on improvisation, games

and problem solving. Multiple week-long sessions available. www.athenslittleplayhouse.net Treehouse Summer Camps (Treehouse Kid and Craft) Space camp, collage & creative writing, and more. Check website for dates, costs and age requirements. www.treehousekidandcraft.com Yoga Sprouts Family Yoga (Athens Five Points Yoga Studio) For children ages 2 & older with an adult. Sundays. 1–1:45 p.m. $60. yogasprouts@gmail.com, www.athensfivepointsyoga.com

SUPPORT Alcoholics Anonymous (Athens, GA) If you want to drink, that’s your business. 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. 706543-3522, info@oasisconseling center.com Domestic Violence Support Group (Athens, GA) Support, healing and dinner for survivors of domestic violence. 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) Demeaning behavior and hateful words can be just as harmful as punches and

kicks. Childcare provided. Call for location. Every Wednesday. 6:30–8 p.m. FREE! 706-543-3331 (hotline), 706-613-3357, ext. 771. Emotions Anonymous (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens) A 12-step program open to anyone with a desire 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 for women to work on vulnerability, setting boundaries, assertiveness, self-care and more. 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. Register by Apr. 18. Films screened on Apr. 26. 24hourish@gmail.com, www.face book.com/24HourishFilm 5th Annual Antebellum Trail PilgrimageA wide array of heritage events, tours and attractions providing a window into 19th-century Georgia homes and lifestyles. The 100-mile trail spans between Athens, Watkinsville, Madison, Eatonton, Milledgeville, Gray/Old Clinton and Macon. Apr. 18–21. $25. www.atpilgrimage.com 8th Annual Sprockets Music Video Competition (Athens, GA) Film Athens is currently selecting music video submissions. Visit website for entry form. Deadline Apr.15. $25–35. sprockets@ filmathens.net, www.filmathens.net AthFest Filmfest Call for Entries (Ciné Barcafé) The AthFest Film Committee is accepting submissions for original short films to be screened as part of a local indie showcase during AthFest. Entries must be 20 minutes long or less and must be produced in

ART AROUND TOWN A LA FERA (2440 W. Broad St.) Artwork by Cap Man. Through April. AMICI’S (233 E. Clayton St.) Live music photography. Through April. 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 Apr. 8. 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” includes 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. Through May 12. 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. CINÉ BARCAFÉ (234 W. Hancock Ave.) “The Last Party,” photos by Mike Landers. Through Apr. 16. 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. ECO*ART*LAB (297 Prince Ave.) “Climate Change: Conveying Realities” includes works by over 20 visual, sound and video artists from across the country. Through Apr. 27. 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 Erin Boydstun. Through April.

Georgia or by a Georgian. Submit by May 1. Visit website for details. www.athfest.com/music-festival/film Athens Area Men’s Baseball League (Lay Park) Try-outs will be held for men 18 & up at the end of the month. Season runs mid-March 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 rate during March. $35-45. 706-769-9155, www.athenshumane society.org Tax Preparation Help(Multiple Locations) Free federal and state tax preparation available through Apr. 13. Please bring 2012 tax documents, supporting information and a copy of a 2011 tax return. 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

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.” 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. 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. HENDERSHOT’S COFFEE BAR (1560 Oglethorpe Ave.) “Mixed Messages,” images by Bob Brussack and Caoimhe Nace. 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. Through April. JITTERY JOE’S FIVE POINTS (1230 S. Milledge Ave.) Paintings by Sarah Cook. Through April. KRIMSON KAFE (40 Greensboro Hwy., Watkinsville) Paintings by Sandy Ellis. Through April. LAMAR DODD SCHOOL OF ART (270 River Rd.) “Painting Fellow Exhibition,” featuring works by Nathan Sapio. Opening reception Mar. 27. • BFA/MS Science and Medical Illustration Juried Exhibition. Opening reception Mar. 27. LOFT GALLERY AT CHOPS & HOPS (2 S. Main St., Watkinsville) Quilts, paintings, pottery, sculpture and more by various artists. Through April. LYNDON HOUSE ARTS CENTER (293 Hoyt St.) “Period Decorative Arts Collection (1840–1890)” • The 38th Juried Exhibition features 185 pieces by local artists. Through May 4. 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. Through July 28. 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. 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. THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH GEORGIA OCONEE CAMPUS (1201 Bishop Farms Pkwy, Watkinsville) “Graduating Art Students & Scholarship Awards Exhibit.” Opening reception Apr. 3. Through Apr. 26. WALKER’S COFFEE AND PUB (128 College Ave.) Artwork by Cricket Burwell. Through April. WHITE TIGER (217 Hiawassee Ave.) Paintings by Mary Porter. Through April. THE WORLD FAMOUS (351 Hull St.) “Motherboard” by Frances Jemini is a large mixed-media piece constructed from mosaic-cut museum-board tiles layered with sheet vinyl. Through April.

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1BRs in 5 Pts. Prelease now for Fall! Furnished & unfurnished. On UGA & city busline. On-site laundr y & pool. Carousel Village Apartments, ( 7 0 6 ) 5 4 8 - 1 1 3 2 , w w w. carouselvillage.net. 1BR apts. starting at $424/ mo. 2BR, $493! Price is for entire apt. Pre-leasing for August. Pets welcome, on busline. Call us today! (706) 549-6254. 2BR units close to UGA & busline. Pre-leasing & avail. now. call Vince, (706) 207-0539 or vlowpropertymanagement. com.

1, 2 & 3BR units avail. all in 5 Pts. area. Rent beginning for 1BR units at $500/mo. 2BR units begin at $700/mo. Call (706) 546-0300 for additional info or to schedule a time to view.

E ff i c i e n c y a p a r t m e n t i n Normaltown. 2nd story rear unit in private home. Kitchenette, full BA, nice yard w/ shared vegetable garden. $400/mo. + $100 utils. (678) 491-2825.

1800 +/- sf. commercial retail space for rent. Prominent Dwntn. Athens location. $2800/mo. No bars, no restaurants. Contact drew@athensddc. com.

2BR apts. Tile, W/D furnished, air. Dwntn. & bus route. Security provided. $525/mo. Call Louis, (706) 338-3126.

Half off rent 1st 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.

Chase Park Paint Artist Studios. Historic Blvd. a r t i s t c o m m u n i t y. 1 6 0 Tr a c y S t . R e n t 3 0 0 s f . , $150/mo. 400 sf., $200/mo. (706) 546-1615 or www. athenstownproperties. com.

Av a i l a b l e F a l l . Apts. on great in–town streets. Grady & Boulevard. Walk everywhere! Water & garbage paid. $495–$750/mo. Check out w w w. b o u l e v a r d propertymanagement. com or call (706) 5489797. Eastside quadraplex, 2BR/2BA, $500/mo. & 2BR/1BA, $475/mo. Eastside duplex, 2BR/1BA & FP, $525/ mo. 3BR/2BA & FP, $700/mo. Call McWaters Realty, (706) 353-2700 or cell, (706) 5401529.

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Leasing going quickly for Fall. One 2BR left and a few 1BRs. Baldwin Village, adjacent to UGA, walk to class. Keith, (706) 354-4261. Unbelievable deal! $750/mo.! 3BR/2.5BA townhouse on Milledge. Pool, sand volleyball, basketball. W/D, all appls incl. On busline. Don’t wait, won’t last! (678) 462-0824.

Commercial Property Bank owned: Chase St. Park Condo Ph. 2, Unit 4. 6840 sf. E-O zoning (employment office limited residential) $278,000 ($40/sf). Call J.R. Smith w/ Southern Land Exchange, cell: (706) 207-0152, office: (706) 549-5050.

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

Condos for Rent $1400/mo. 5BR/3BA S. Lumpkin condo. W/D, DW, new lg. deck, 2 lv. rm.’s. FP, laundry room, Pets OK. 2500 sq. ft. Avail. 8/1. (706) 2074953. 2BR/1BA condo. Campus close. Security gate, pool, fitness center. Excellent condition. Avail. 4/1. $600/ mo. (706) 206-2347. Tu r n t o F L A G P O L E C L A S S I F I E D S to find roommates, apar tments, houses, etc. 2BRs & studios Dwntn. across from campus and 4BR at Urban Lofts f o r F a l l s e m e s t e r. 2 B R a v a i l . i m m e d i a t e l y. ( 4 0 4 ) 5 5 7 - 5 2 0 3 , w w w. d o w n t o w n a t h e n s re n t a l s . weebly.com.

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Gigantic 5BR/3BA. End of Lumpkin. 2500 sf. 2 LRs, huge laundry rm., DR, FP, big deck. DW, W/D, CHAC. Pets OK. Avail. 8/1. $1450/mo. Call (706) 338-9173 until 10 p.m. Just reduced! Investor’s West-side condo. 2BR/2BA, F P, 1 5 0 0 s f . , g r e a t investment, lease 12 mos. at $575/mo. Price in $40s. For more info, call McWaters Realty at (706) 353-2700 or (706) 540-1529.

Duplexes For Rent 2BR/1BA newly renovated apt. w/ private deck only minutes from campus for $600/ mo. New fridge, range, WD. Water, landscape incl. Call (404) 8193506, (706) 207-1825 or pulkitg1@yahoo.com. Brick duplex, 2BR/1BA, very clean. Just 2 mi. to campus on north side Athens. 2 units avail. Pets OK. Grad. students & professionals welcome. $500/mo. + dep. (706) 351-3074.

Houses for Rent $675/mo. 2BR/1BA. Spacious LR/DR & kitchen, stack W/D. HW throughout. Near Normaltown & close to Campus. Most pets OK w/ non-refundable pet dep. Rent inc. lawn maintenance & pest control. Avail. Aug. 2013. Lease runs Aug. 2013July 2014. (706) 3559961. $550/mo. Blocks from UGA & Dwntn. 2BR/1BA, W/D. Avail. 8/1/13. 2 blocks from Oconee River Greenway, pet friendly. 505 Willow St., Owner/Agent, Call Robin, (770) 265-6509. 2BR/1BA house. CHAC, W/D, all electric. Avail. now! March free w/ paid dep. $600/mo. + sec. dep. Call Mark (706) 202-5110.

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3BR/2BA in Normaltown. Avail. now! HWflrs., CHAC, quiet street. Grad students pref ’d. Rent negotiable. (706) 372-1505. 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. 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. 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/1BA, close to campus, HWflrs., DW, W/D, HVAC, fenced back yd., pets OK, $1000/ mo., call (706) 338-9173. 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. 3BR/2BA, 2077 S. Lumpkin, $1200/mo. W/D., DW, sec. sys. & ceiling fans. 3BR/2BA, 2071 Lumpkin, $1000/mo. incl. water, lawn maint. & garbage. W/D, DW. (706) 546-0300. 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) 2072957. 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) 2471963.

Awesome 3BR/2BA, close to campus. New master BA w/ double sink. HWflrs., fenced backyard. W/D, DW, CHAC. Avail. 8/1. $1150/mo. Call (706) 338-9173 until 10 p.m. Avail. Apr. 1st. 4BR/3BA. Newly renovated house in heart of 5 Pts. HWflrs., CHAC, spacious basement, woodsy yard. (706) 548-9797. www. boulevardproperties.com. 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. Available Fall. 1, 2, 3 & 4BR houses. Beautiful, recently renovated intown properties in the Boulevard and surrounding n’hoods. (706) 5489 7 9 7 , w w w. b o u l e v a r d propertymanagement.com. 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. 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. Pre-leasing for Aug. 1. 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.

Pre-Leasing Rent your properties i n F l a g p o l e Classifieds! Photos and long-term specials available. Call (706) 549-0301!

Rooms for Rent Dashiell Cottages. $75/wk.! (706) 850-0491. Private entrance, all amenities, WiFi. Advanced yearly rental avail. Zoned in-house occupation. Closed circuit TV, long distance. Enjoy our river community, 5 blocks to UGA. Enjoy wildlife observation.

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Come to Cillies, 175 E. Clayton St. for vintage Louis Vu i t t o n . 2 0 % o ff s i n g l e purchase of clothing, boots and jewelry (excl. J. Crew). 1/person.

She said, “The house was a wreck today.� I said, “That’s what I do.� She said, “Thanks Nick.� Earth, pet & “people� friendly house cleaning. Text or call Nick, (706) 851-9087. twitter.com/ homeathens.

Closing bookstore. 100s of good used books. Many different categories & 1st eds. Located in Athens Antique Mall (unit 7), 4615 Atlanta Hwy. Silent bids for entire stock accepted til 5:30 pm, Apr. 12. Bid forms available. Instant cash is now being paid for good vinyl records & CDs in fine condition. Wuxtr y Records, at corner of Clayton & College Dwntn. (706) 369-9428.

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

Instruction Athens School of Music. Instruction in guitar, bass, drums, piano, voice, brass, woodwinds, strings, banjo, mandolin, fiddle & more. From beginner to expert. Instrument repairs avail. Visit www. AthensSchoolofMusic. com, (706) 543-5800. Do you want to make $$$ with your music related business? Are you advertising in Flagpole? Call (706) 549-0301 for details. Music Go Round buys musical instruments & equipment every day! Guitars, cymbals, basses, b a n j o s , m i c ro p h o n e s & more. (770) 931-9190, www. musicgoroundlilburn.com. H u g e , o n l i n e i n v e n t o r y. We l o v e t r a d e s ! C o m e visit us soon... we’re open everyday!

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. classiccityenter tainment. com. Featuring The Magictones - Athens’ premiere wedding & party band. www.themagictones. com.

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 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 C a l l c e n t e r representative. Join established Athens company calling CEOs & CFOs of major corporations generating sales leads for tech companies. $9/hr. BOS Staffing, www.bostemps. com, (706) 353-3030. Etienne Brasserie is looking for FT experienced bartenders & servers. Please no phone calls; apply in person Mon.– Thurs. between 10 a.m. & 2 p.m. Bring resume. 311 E. Broad St. 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. NEED A JOB? Full-Time and Part-Time opportunities are listed weekly in the Flagpole Classifieds. Modern Age is hiring again! PT/FT positions avail. Bring resume into Modern Age. No phone calls. Now hiring shipping/ receiving clerk. Experience w/ preparing shipments preferred. Please call at (706) 353-2223 or e m a i l re s u m e t o i n f o @ florahydroponics.com. P o s i t i o n a v a i l . f o r F T, licensed stylist. Contact Beth at Shenanigans Salon. (706) 548-1115 or beth@ shenaniganssalon.com. Servers & cooks needed. Apply in person, no phone calls. George’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.

Internships Part time internships avail. w/ local staffing company for sales & accounting/ administrative positions. Send resume & cover letter to contact@imedservices. com. No phone calls please!

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Jobs Wanted Woman, 50 yrs. old (Bulgarian) seeking a job as nanny. Take care of old people or help maid in house. Experienced. No driving. Leave message for Suezhana, suezhanadikova@ yahoo.com.

When you buy from local independent businesses, you are helping keep your favorite Local Athens establishments open and are contributing to the vitality of the Athens economy.

Opportunities Pre-school seeks loving caring volunteers. Infant & toddler experience helpful. Will train. As little as 1-5 hrs./wk. Go to www. creativekidsite.com.

Follow Buy Local Athens on Facebook and email us at athensbuylocal@gmail.com to join the We Are Athens organization.

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

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