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Gov. Nathan Deal, along with Paul Broun and the other Republican senatorial candidates, is just the latest in the long line of Georgia politicians who have run against the federal government for their own political purposes, regardless of the effect on their people.

Gov. Eugene Talmadge, in the depths of the Great Depression of the 1930s, turned against the federal poverty relief program when he realized that he could not control it.

For the same reason, he opposed Social Security and the other New Deal programs. Talmadge was one of the most popular governors Georgia ever had, but the people finally realized that his politics blocked benefits they desperately needed.

Deal, Broun and the others have based their campaigns on saving the state from Medicaid and Obamacare, and so far Obamacare has done everything it could to make them appear right. The denial of Medicaid expansion and the billions of dollars that would pump up our lagging economy is nothing but Republican political posturing at the expense of those with great need but no influence. On that point, read Timothy Egan’s excellent piece “The South’s New Lost Cause” in the Nov. 22 New York Times at goo.gl/mFhkA6.

So far, Deal and Broun and the others can look like prophets. They told us Obamacare was no good, and look a’here: what did we tell you? What happens if Obamacare does get fixed and starts finding people better health insurance at affordable rates, with no penalty for prior conditions? Will there come a point when people look at Deal and Broun and the others and realize that those candidates have been playing politics with the health of Georgia families?

In 1936, Georgia House Speaker E.D. Rivers ran for governor as a New Deal supporter and won. Eugene Talmadge ran for the U.S. Senate as a New Deal opponent and lost. Will history repeat? Will the tide against Obamacare turn in time to lift Democratic State Sen. Jason Carter to victory in the governor’s race and cause Democratic senatorial candidate Michelle Nunn to win against Paul Broun or one of the other Republicans?

Too soon to say.

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city dope The Commission Talks Transit Reggie Thomas gets on the bus in East the new veterinary teaching hospital opens, Athens, goes downtown and transfers to College Station Road. “I wouldn’t be opposed another line to get to his job as a manager to an outright merger if one can be achieved,” at Chipotle, then does the same thing in Commissioner Kelly Girtz said. “I’m not sure if reverse to get home. The round trip costs him it can.” $3.20 now, but if the Athens-Clarke County Athough Athens Transit Director Butch Commission approves a 15-cent fare hike McDuffie dismissed this idea, commissioners and 25-cent transfer fee proposed by Athens also said they want to consider flat-fee passes Transit to cover an expected $320,000 budget to allow riders to board the bus as many times shortfall next year, it’ll cost him an additional as they want for a day, a week or a month, $4 per week. which might be an attractive option for people That extra $4 might not sound like much, making multiple trips a day. but for a person struggling to get by, it adds “I want to do something to increase ridup. “It’s really going to hurt the poor comership, and raising rates doesn’t do that,” munity,” said Thomas, one of about 30 people Commissioner Allison Wright said. who showed up for a public hearing on the proposed fare increase Tuesday, Nov. 19.

UGA Death: Athenians were shocked when Paulette Howard said she relies on the bus police pulled the body of UGA student and to attend classes at Athens Tech. Her husband EarthFare employee Rebecca Greene from a works, but sometimes small creek near her has to walk so that she Hancock Corridor home “I want to do something to can afford to take the Tuesday, Nov. 19. Most bus and get to class on people assumed she increase ridership, and time, she said. had been murdered, raising rates doesn’t do that.” but after an autopsy, Not only would the fare hike hurt authorities ruled out low-income workers, it could also hurt foul play. We still don’t know the cause of Athens’ economy as a whole if people aren’t death as of press time, though. able to ride the bus to work or go shopping, BikeAthens Executive Director Tyler Dewey The Other Denson: Athens Occupier Tim told commissioners at their Thursday, Nov. 21 Denson (who should officially be nicknamed agenda-setting meeting. “Making it more dif“No Relation”) launched his bid to unseat ficult to travel downtown won’t do local busiMayor Nancy Denson Wednesday, Nov. 20. Can nesses any good,” he said. he win? Probably not, but along with fellow A majority of commissioners said they’ll upstart candidate Ryan Berry, at least he can nix the idea of a transfer fee when they vote raise issues like poverty, mass transit and Tuesday, Dec. 3. “It’s not [riders’] fault they development, force the mayor to articulate her have to change from one bus to another bus,” positions and shift the debate.

Commissioner George Maxwell said. “It’s our And he’ll make the race a hell of a lot more fault” because of the routes the buses take. entertaining. After all, we’re talking about the They gave no indication, though, on guy who stood out in front of the Arch dressed whether they’ll accept the fare hike and how as candidate Charles Darwin after Rep. Paul they would close the budget gap without a Broun said evolution is “a lie straight from the transfer fee. More tax money? Cut services? pit of Hell.”

Long-term, commissioners said they want to work more closely with University of Demolition Delay: The ACC Commission Georgia Campus Transit to avoid duplication passed a law in 2009 allowing commissioners on Milledge Avenue, Prince Avenue and, when to stop someone from tearing down a historic

Congratulations, sir. You win the award for best sign at Tim Denson’s campaign kickoff. You may pick up your copy of On the Origin of Species at our office. structure for 90 days so that, ideally, the “If you demolish the house Thomas building could be saved. Since then, commisJefferson slept in, somebody might not like sioners have used that power 93 times. While that at the ballot box,” Commissioner Mike a couple of structures have been moved, not Hamby said. a single one has been saved at its original location.

Tennis Center: It only took nine years, but “Our intent was there, but the result has the new tennis center at Southeast Clarke not been what we anticipated,” Commissioner Community Park on Lexington Road is just Kathy Hoard said. about finished.

The commission’s Government Operations As readers may recall, the SPLOST 2005 Committee, chaired by Hoard, started to take project was underfunded from the get-go (no another look at the law money was allocated for Thursday, Nov. 21. Hoard land) and sparked a big said she has studied how “If you demolish the house fight a few years ago other communities deal Thomas Jefferson slept in, when county officials with unwanted demoliwanted to site the tennis somebody might not like courts at Bishop Park, tions but has not found a “silver bullet” solution. displacing a multi-use that at the ballot box.”

The GOC is just tinkering field and basketball around the edges, for courts. example, by making the modest signs alerting The center has 12 courts, a pavilion, neighbors to impending demolitions larger restrooms, an office and meeting space and and easier to read. They’re “a little too subtle, is open 9 a.m.–6 p.m. Mondays through a little too tasteful,” senior planner Bruce Saturdays and 1 p.m.–6 p.m. Sundays, with Lonnee said. plans to extend the hours next month.

Committee members discussed requiring Registration for programming is underway; see both the mayor and the district commissioner athensclarkecounty.com/tennis for details. to sign off on demolition delay but decided that would give the mayor too much power.

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New Provost: UGA President Jere Morehead has named Pamela Whitten, the dean of Michigan State University’s College of Communication Arts and Sciences, to the No. 2 spot at UGA. She’ll take over Morehead’s old job—provost and senior vice president for academic affairs—from interim provost Libby Morris effective Feb. 1. The provost oversees instruction, research, public service and outreach, student affairs and information technology, as well as the vice presidents and deans for those areas, and reports directly to the president.

Whitten will also hold tenured faculty positions in the Grady College, the College of Public Health and the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. She’s best known for her work in telemedicine—a field that provides long-

and Mass Communication dean Cully Clark bought what was then the Toccoa CBS affiliate WNEG-TV in 2008 and moved it to Athens, and it quickly became a money pit. Things seemed to stabilize after the station laid off its professional news staff (students now do the nightly news) and signed a deal with Georgia Public Broadcasting to provide programming.

Now Morehead has appointed a committee to look at the station’s finances, and it’s expected to report back in February.

In Your Business: You may have noticed that this column has been longer than usual the past couple of weeks. That’s because so many things are happening in town that for too long have gone unmentioned in Flagpole— including business news, which in some cases affects our readers’ lives more than what goes on in the commission chamber. After all, it’s City Dope, not City Hall Dope. So we are launching a new section that will highlight what’s going on with local businesses and nonprofits that act like businesses. (And by the way, if you’re someone who’s opening or closing or moving a business, drop us a line.)

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Daily Groceries Co-op distance health care to people in rural areas— and has worked for the University of Kansas in addition to Michigan State. She’s a graduate of Tulane University, the University of Kentucky and Kansas.

Media Matters: The Athens Banner-Herald shook things up in the wake of longtime news editor Bill Stewart’s resignation and director of online content Joel Kight’s move to another Morris paper, the Jacksonville Times-Union.

As Andrea Griffith-Girtz, formerly director of audience, recently announced in a corporate jargon-laden column, she is now community engagement editor, a job that seems more focused on marketing than journalism. Her old position—formerly known as executive editor—hasn’t been filled, nor has Kight’s.

Former sports editor Chris White is now director of digital innovation, while assistant sports editor Rachel Bowers has moved up to sports editor. The big news, though, is that Red & Black editorial advisor Ed Morales is taking Stewart’s post on the copy desk.

The Morales hire was huge for the embattled ABH, but as for the rest of the moves, it’s a net loss of two more newsroom positions (on top of the 15 or so over the past five years) and a continued shift away from being a newspaper to… well, what?

Meanwhile, Morehead may be taking aim at WUGA-TV. Former Grady College of Journalism

capitol impact WE Used to Work Together When it comes to holidays, I’ve always preferred Thanksgiving to Christmas.

When Thanksgiving Day rolls around, I don’t feel pressured to rush to the malls and spend money I don’t have on presents that people really don’t need. Instead, I get together with family to eat a lot of good food, watch a football game and enjoy the day.

Thanksgiving is an occasion dating back to the earliest days of the European settlement of America, and it reminds us of a time when we thought it important to work together, for the common good of all. The religious separatists known as the Pilgrims gave us the tradition of Thanksgiving not long after they landed in Massachusetts Bay in November 1620.

The Pilgrims gave us something else as well—an extraordinary document called the Mayflower Compact that, for the first time, set down a written framework for a governing body in what became the United States. The 41 men who signed the compact agreed to abide by the rules that would be formulated by the new government of the Plymouth colony. The document was based upon the momentous idea that we set up governments to do things as a group that we would not be able to do individually. The signers promised that to ensure “our better ordering and preservation,” they would enact ”just and equal Laws” that were considered to be “most meet and convenient for the General good of the Colony.”

The words of the Mayflower Compact echo throughout the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution. The agreement signed by a few dozen settlers in a tiny New England colony provided the foundation for a system that still serves us today.

There has always been a tension in this country between individualists who criticize any form of government activity and those who recognize that a large, complex society such as ours can only function if it is managed

through some governmental arrangement Similarly, libertarians and others have long insisted that governments can do nothing right and that we should wait for the wonders of the free market to solve whatever problems might confront us—as they put it, “government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.”

There are things governments can do quite well. When America joined with its allies to defeat the forces of Nazism and fascism in World War II, it was able to do so because President Franklin D. Roosevelt mobilized the federal government on an unprecedented scale to hurl back those threats to democracy.

It was the federal government under President Dwight Eisenhower that conceived and launched the interstate highway system that links our states and makes access by automobile feasible to virtually every corner of this country.

The efforts of the federal government under presidents John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon put a man on the moon. That’s something no other country has done to this day, and it is something that our government accomplished just eight years after Kennedy first called for it.

Even the Internet, a technology that has transformed the world, started out as a government project: a computer network designed for the Department of Defense to communicate with scientists and professors.

Those original Pilgrims knew nothing about computer networks, of course, when they signed their primitive compact. They were just trying to survive a brutal winter season in an unforgiving land. They knew that their survival depended upon everyone’s willingness to work together for the common good. We seem to have lost that communal spirit in today’s hostile political environment, but I hope someday we can regain it.

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Friendly Business Award for having a bike repair stand and air pump in front of the store. The co-op also handed out sandwiches and coffee to commuters on National Bike to Work Day. Now if we could only get bike lanes on Prince Avenue.

The Athens Land Trust’s West Broad Farmers Market is expanding its hours to 10 a.m.–3 p.m. for a holiday market Saturday, Dec. 7.

Gabe Wardell is stepping down as Ciné’s first executive director Jan. 2. He successfully spearheaded a fundraising campaign to convert the theater to digital projection, but has also been commuting from Atlanta. The nonprofit theater’s board is searching for a new director.

Lou Kregel (of chrysanthemum fame) is painting the Atlanta Highway Habitat for Humanity ReStore bright shades of green and blue—a little color for a drab stretch of suburbia.

Verdae Skin Therapy, which makes and sells soaps lotions and candles, closed in 2012 after nine years but has now re-opened at 130 Ware St. Dollar General has submitted plans to ACC for a new store on Whitehall Road. They won’t rest until there’s one on every street corner in Athens.

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As part of the online marketplace, individuals and families was time for Henry Mutimer to renew his health can compare plans, determine if they are eligible for subsidies insurance a few months ago, but he let it lapse or tax credits and purchase health insurance coverage that will because the Affordable Care Act marketplace go into effect in 2014. Four tiers of plans—bronze, silver, gold exchange was coming. and platinum—have different premiums based on the deductHe tried to log into healthcare.gov on the first day, but it didn’t work. He tried the next day and the next. After three weeks of trying each day, he finally got through the system.

“I was a little distressed at the quantity of personal information required,” says Mutimer, service manager at Superior Car Care in Athens.

“They know your favorite flavor of ice cream by the time you’re done.”

Once he submitted his health and income information, Mutimer priced the plans available to him. Now over age 30, he doesn’t qualify for the cheapest catastrophic care option. The bronze plan, an option with a $5,000 deductible, costs more than twice as much as his previous insurance. “So I didn’t sign up at that time,” he says. “I’m trying to determine if I’m going to pay the penalty.”

Mutimer feels like he’s left with few options, and he must “play it safe” as he Athens resident Henry Mutimer tried over and over to log onto healthcare.gov. works while uninsured. “I liked my old insurance, but it ibles and co-pays required. For example, a platinum plan covers didn’t meet ACA guidelines,” he says. “And I don’t qualify for a 90 percent of medical expenses, while a bronze plan covers 60 subsidy.” percent.

Plenty of Athens residents are echoing similar sentiments All those plans must offer 10 “essential” health benefits, as they consider health insurance options for the future. When including ambulatory (or walk-in) services, emergency services, the federal exchange website went live on Oct. 1 and stalled hospitalization, maternity and newborn care, mental health day after day, social media comments shifted from anger to sarcasm to disillusionment. Though the site has improved, it’s still slow and has glitches. The Spanish-language site has been delayed indefinitely.

But Mutimer remains hopeful. “I spend a lot of time on my computer at work, so I stuck with it,” he says. “I was really curious to see how the rates were going to look, and I’m curious to see how this will all work out.”

Working the Exchanges Harold Weber is one of two local ACA navigators, experts whose job is to help people navigate the exchanges. He checks the website each day when he arrives at his Athens Neighborhood Health Center office. “It’s key as far as enrolling people quickly,” he says. “Right now we’re telling people to wait and be patient, but as soon as we can, we’ll have them lined up and ready to sign up.”

Weber, an Athens resident who worked in the health insurance and health IT industries for 30 years, sees the hiccups in the technology infrastructure and thinks it’s probable the site will be ready soon.

As part of the most recent updates, the site’s web team added a new software release on Nov. 5 that included dozens of changes focused on the user experience. By Nov. 13, the team added two large-scale data storage units to “alleviate pressure” on the site. Performance teams created in early November will identify, prioritize and fix specific software issues and plan multiple software releases per week to address problems, the site’s blog reported Nov. 12.

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and substance use services, drug coverage, rehabilitative services, laboratory tests, preventive and wellness management and pediatric services. In addition, those who can demonstrate problems affording a bronze plan can buy a catastrophic plan, but it doesn’t include tax subsidies to reduce the premiums.

“We’re talking to people and educating them with the hopes that when they come back to sign up, it’ll go fast,” Weber says.

“If we can help them know what they want to do, they’ll zip right through it.”

Weber and Taylor Pass, another Athens navigator, are licensed by both the state and federal governments to help residents with insurance questions. They’ve traveled around the Northeast Georgia area since August to give presentations to groups and address questions. In the next month, they’ll hit Madison, Bethlehem, Siloam, Winder, Tucker and several Athens locations.

“Those coming to the presentations are starved for accurate information,” Weber says. “They tend to be highly emotional and descriptive about how Obamacare is bad for business, and then they settle down and ask me to tell them the facts.”

After a recent presentation to a church group in Monroe, two attendees approached Weber and asked for additional information to take back to their home churches. In the past few weeks, several Athens residents have approached Weber in coffee shops in town to ask him to present to community groups. This is the ideal scenario, Weber says— for his presentations to encourage others to spread the word to their community groups. California has hired 30,000 navigators, but Georgia has a mere 100 and will need more help.

“That’s the way this will fly in this state,” he says. “There’s no way 100 of us can enroll everyone ourselves. That’s a drop in the bucket.”

Weber is also in touch with Casa de Amistad in Athens to arrange a Spanish-language presentation with trained volunteers. “I’ve ordered Spanish materials, and those are on backorder nationally,” he says. “But we’ve got a Spanish version of the slideshow and a handful of materials. We’ve got to do something to inform all aspects of our community.”

Most of all, as a former health insurance businessman, Weber wants Athens residents to understand ACA changes. As a country, the U.S. pays 18 percent of its gross domestic product for health care, far outpacing European nations and Japan.

Though Americans spend more than twice as much on health care as people in comparable industrialized nations, the U.S. still falls below at least 25 other countries in health outcomes, according to the World Health Organization.

“We’re not getting anything for that extra $1 trillion we pay,” Weber says. “That’s a bad deal. We must close that gap.”

Weber compares the new marketplace system to buying a car. Though consumers must choose from many makes, models, colors and accessories, they research and buy cars online every day. “It may seem complicated, but if you do it once or twice, it becomes old hat,” he says. “This system is going to happen. We must fundamentally change the way health care is delivered in the U.S.” Changes brought about by the ACA will take time, he says. Navigators hope to enroll 7 million people in the health insurance exchanges by the end of March. “I know what it’s like to ramp up large clients, and this is bigger than anything I’ve ever done,” Weber says.

“It’s a five-year ramp-up at least.”

Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius announced Nov. 13 that just 26,794 people signed up for insurance during the first month of enrollment on the federal exchange—much fewer than officials first estimated. Another 79,391 people signed up on state-run exchanges in the 14 states that set up their own websites.

Georgia, however, is not among them. State Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens, who has said he is doing “everything in [his] power to be an obstructionist,� opted not to set up a state-run exchange. In Georgia, 1,390 people managed to sign up on the overtaxed federal site.

Addressing the Unknown For Jami Mays, the frustration lies in waiting for an answer.

Since Oct. 1, she’s attempted to weigh her options and take a next step. She tried six different usernames and retyped her application information several times, and she still faces an error message: The verification system is down. “I still have not officially submitted anything,� she says. “It’s frustrating, but at the same time, I get it.�

Mays, a self-employed Athens resident who chose to remain uninsured the past four years, is optimistic about the changes that will come eventually. “If they get the technology right and the website begins to process applications easily, I think everybody will realize how great it is and begin to get on board,� she says. “I feel like we’re right there.�

Mays says her frustration extends to the fact that Georgia has yet to expand Medicaid or implement a state exchange, so she’s competing on a national level for website access. Gov. Nathan Deal is opposed to Medicaid expansion, saying it would cost the state too much, even though the federal government would pick up almost the entire tab, and expansion would insure hundreds of thousands of Georgians, help hospitals struggling to provide charity care and pump billions of dollars into the state’s economy.

At the end of October, the Georgia Hospital Association and the Medical Association of Georgia—both major lobbying powers under the Gold Dome—joined the Georgia Rural Health Association and Georgia Alliance of Community Hospitals in urging state lawmakers to approve the expansion. On Nov. 6, a state Senate committee looked at compromise proposals that other states have tried, but committee members said the plans don’t fit well with Georgia’s population needs. “I think it’s to the point where it’s going to happen with Medicaid,�

Mays says. “But on my end, if n a f v ig a ro I can’t get on the site by e t b Thanksgiving, I’m going to call up and do this over the phone.�

The hotline number is 1-800-318-2896.

Recently married in March, Mays is hesitant 10 to join her husband’s n r 0 insurance, which he pays b C a li f o for out-of-pocket as an Athens chef. Though the couple would like to have a child, they’ve decided to wait until their insurance situation settles first. “It’s frustrating to feel like you can’t live the life you want to live because you can’t pay a hospital bill,� she says. “But I still think any insurance plan would be better than no plan at this point.�

Like Mays, Mutimer is waiting to decide his next steps.

An avid follower of news and politics, he’s worried ACA won’t address the larger problem of health care costs in America. “Right now, the majority of people who will benefit have pre-existing conditions and Medicaid, and few healthy people have signed up on the exchange to offset those costs,� he says. “I’m not an economist, but I would say this could have been predicted.�

Mays is also listening to friends who have health insurance through local and national employers. Their health plan costs are increasing as well. “This is happening regardless of ACA, and a narrow band of people are really being affected,� he says. “The folks like me in the working lower and middle class are the people getting [hurt].�

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changes planners recommended, except for lowering the height, which will be discussed at a later meeting. Cobbham resident June Ball said she was impressed with the architect’s willingness to make changes to house.

The biggest problem Cobbham residents have with the house is that it appears to be marketed to students. The proposed house will have five bedrooms and five bathrooms, and the developer has built many houses of this nature around town in the last 10 years or so that are rented to students. Clint McCrory, president of the Cobbham Neighborhood Association, said this is the “first example in many years of infill student housing” in the Cobbham Historic District. Other Cobbham residents expressed similar concerns, as well as aesthetic concerns over the scale of the proposed design and parking constraints. With only two spaces located on the lot for parking and a likely need for spaces for five cars, at least three cars will park on the street on any given day.

With the architect agreeing to make aesthetic changes to fit into the neighborhood and please the neighbors, the real issue at hand is zoning. That part of the neighborhood is currently zoned RM-1 (mixed density residential), which basically means that both single and multi-family houses can be built in the area. The proposed house fits into that category, meaning that there’s no legal reason to keep the house out as long as the design is approved by the HPC, an appointed

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This is the second time within a year that Cobbham residents have feared for the character of their neighborhood.

Several months ago, it was the debate over whether Sigma Chi would be allowed to build a monstrous fraternity house on the corner of Meigs Street and North Milledge Avenue. Since the proposed house was too large and out of scale and character with the neighborhood, the Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) would not allow it to be built. (Yep, the same guys are moving into the Flagpole building.)

Elated though they were over the win against the fraternity, Cobbham residents now face with the prospect of another large house—this one on the corner of Meigs and Pope streets—clearly aimed at the student housing market coming into their historic neighborhood. Though comparison to the proposed fraternity house is somewhat unfair because this house will only be 1,580 square feet (a smaller footprint than some neighboring houses, though larger than others), it would be 33 feet tall, a good eight feet taller than surrounding houses.

Neighbors have raised issues like the house being set back too far from the street, with siding and windows that would not fit in the neighborhood. However, architect Brett Nave of Studio BNA said at an HPC meeting Wednesday, Nov. 20 that he and the developer, a company called GA Dawghouse Holdings, want the house to fit in with and be a part of the neighborhood. Nave agreed to make the

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A five-bedroom house proposed for a vacant lot at the corner of Pope and Meigs streets would be at least eight feet taller than its neighbors. commission whose decisions are based on aesthetics, not purpose or use. Historically, parts of Cobbham do have a history of being multi-family, as many houses were turned into duplexes after World War II. The only way to keep housing of this nature out of the Cobbham Historic District would be to rezone it RS-8 (single family residential with 8,000 square-foot lots). The ACC Planning Department tried to do that in the late 1990s; however, there was opposition among Cobbham residents to the rezoning, according to Senior Planner Bruce Lonnee. The part of Cobbham on the east side of Milledge Avenue is largely, though not exclusively, rental. Opposition to the proposed 1998 rezoning came from property owners who own rental properties there. At the time, no one

guessed that keeping the zoning RM-1 would allow new student housing into the district.

The parcel of land at the corner of Pope and Meigs is one of the last empty lots in the district, meaning that in order for more student rental houses to be built, historic houses would have to be torn down. Demolishing historic structures is a whole other kettle of fish, though not impossible, as we have seen in Athens before. Demolition would require approval by the Historic Preservation Committee since Cobbham is a historic district.

For the time being, if it’s approved, this house will stand alone as the only one of its kind in the Cobbham district.

Stella Smith

Don’t Throw It Away Strong & Steady Recycling Comes to Athens Apartments

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lot more beer bottles and pizza boxes are headed to Athens-Clarke County’s recycling facility soon.

A new law requiring businesses and apartment complexes to provide recycling bins kicks in Jan. 1. Some large employers and property managers are already on board, but ACC officials say they’re struggling to get the word out to many businesses that they must comply.

“There are a lot of businesses that are already recycling and doing a great job of it,” says Joe Dunlop, the ACC Solid Waste Department’s commercial recycling specialist.

“For them, it’s a matter of improving education a little bit and filling out a form.

“For those who aren’t, it’s a little bit harder to do, but I can help them with that. That’s my job.”

The law is part of a years-long push to boost recycling in Athens, with an eventual goal of a 75 percent recycling rate. The recy-

what it’s about… We’re saving enforcement for those who are obstinate, who fold their arms and hold their breath.”

In fact, some business owners feared that’s exactly what it would be about when the commission passed the law earlier this year.

Because it was called the mandatory recycling ordinance, they misunderstood it to mean people would be required to recycle. That’s not the case; the ordinance merely requires that the option of recycling be available for customers and apartment-dwellers.

Private haulers, as well as some property owners, also opposed the recycling education fee (60 cents per month for residential customers and $1.20 for businesses) that pays Dunlop’s salary. Critics also raised concerns about how they’d fit receptacles onto their property. Space is definitely an issue, Dunlop says, especially at apartment buildings, fraternities and sororities.

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Matt Davenport tosses his recycling at the Athens Highlands apartment complex. cling rate in Athens is currently 45 percent— 18,000 tons of waste a year are diverted from the county landfill—putting ACC ahead of schedule.

Other measures put in place to encourage recycling include single-stream. The county recycling center was retrofitted in 2011 to separate paper from aluminum, plastic and glass, allowing people to throw all of their recyclables into one bin.

The changes also allowed a wider variety of plastics and other materials to be recycled.

“Making that switch, it really makes it a lot easier,” Dunlop says.

Every business except those run out of homes falls under the law. So do churches and nonprofits. So far, Dunlop says he has focused on large businesses, and many smaller businesses are either not aware of the law (in spite of letters sent by ACC) or are waiting to see if ACC will really enforce it.

Violators can be fined by the ACC Community Protection Division. “Like any new ordinance, eventually you’re going to have to go out and hit people over the head with a stick,” ACC Solid Waste Director Jim Corley says.

But don’t expect the trash cops to start beating down doors. “Freeze! That can went into the garbage,” Dunlop says. “That’s not

Dunlop distributes educational materials to business owners and apartment residents, such as green tote bags with instructions on what can be recycled printed on the side. Tenants can use them to carry their recyclables down to bins.

Another part of his job is to conduct trash audits to help business owners figure out how to comply. They’ve come up with some pretty creative solutions, so far.

Dunlop points to the downtown apartment complex 909 Broad as an example of how to get around obstacles. With no space for a large recycling container, property manager Courtney Redmond, who served on a Solid Waste Task Force appointed by former Mayor Heidi Davison that recommended the law, put 10 96-gallon green rollcarts (the same ones homeowners use) in a storage space. Solid Waste picks them up twice a week, and they’re full every time, she says.

And everything that’s recycled doesn’t go into the building’s trash compacter, which saves money.

“If you provide it, they [tenants] will use it,” Redmond says. “A lot of people are educated and want to recycle, so it’s not that difficult.”

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amming on the blues is as natural for singles, including “Dr. Feelgood” and “The Athens-based musician and studio Right String (But the Wrong Yo-Yo).” engineer Rick Fowler as anything he In the 1970s and ‘80s, Watkins struck out ever does on stage or in the recording booth. on her own as a solo artist and side player, A rock and roller at heart, Fowler can easily nurturing her enviable guitar talent along the handle most rock-centric situations, but when way. Usually playing a vintage Fender, she the opportunity to collaborate with a truly regularly drew from a blend of rockabilly, big authentic blues act comes up, he jumps at it. city blues, roadhouse soul and gospel.

This week, Fowler and his bandmates will Watkins also developed a reputation as a enjoy trading mean licks and deep grooves soulful, expressive vocalist who could easily with one of Georgia’s finest guitarists, the leg- switch gears from gentle and sweet to guttural endary Beverly “Guitar” Watkins. and fiery from song to song.

“Beverly is an inspiration—the way she’s Six decades into her career, Watkins is rollstill up there and doing it at her age of 73,” ing strong and steady. These days, she still Fowler says. “It will be sways and swings with an honor to share the classy swagger, and stage this week.” she can blaze things Beverly “Guitar” Watkins Local promoter up with Hendrix-esque Troy Aubrey initially pyrotechnics, too. contacted Fowler with “She’s definitely the idea of doing a the frontperson and co-billed show at the the star of the show,” Melting Point with Fowler says. “We can’t Watkins, who often wait to hook up with performs with a group her in front of an audicalled the King Bees. ence [again]. She’s a Together with Watkins, real sweet lady, and they decided that the she really interacts Rick Fowler Band would well with everybody, perform a 70-minute with solo-trading and set as the opening act all of that. We’ll be in and another 70-minute backing-band mode, for set as the septuagenarsure. It’ll be a blast.” ian guitarist’s backing But there will be band. a wealth of talent “We’d performed onstage Saturday. together like that once Fowler’s current group before, and it went is a tight combo comgreat,” Fowler says. prised of several skillful “We just followed her during our first set Georgia veteran musicians: bassist and vocaltogether and tried to hang on. At one point, ist Greg Veale, guitarist and singer Michael she turned around to me and said, ‘Y’all have Doke and drummer Deane Quinter. Organist got to go on the road with me.’ We all laughed Tim White will appear during both sets at and thought it was great. We’ve stayed in Saturday’s show as a special guest on the touch about recording and playing festivals Hammond B3. and gigs.”

“Michael is a great slide player, which is a Interestingly, shortly after that first jam, blessing to me, because it adds a really cool Fowler realized he already had an unusual element to the music,” Fowler says. “With musical connection with Watkins.

Greg on bass and Deane on drums, it’s a great “I used to play with one of Beverly’s rhythm section. I’m lucky to have these musiold bandmates, Roy Lee Johnson,” he says. cians in my band, because they make anything “Johnson’s main claim to fame was his comI write sound okay.” position ‘Mr. Moonlight,’ which was covered by the Beatles in 1964. He was an R&B and blues T. Ballard Lesemann artist who taught me a whole lot about music in general, years ago. He and Beverly played together in a Georgia-based group called WHO: Rick Fowler Band with Piano Red and the Interns.”

Beverly “Guitar” Watkins The leader of that band, Piano Red (a.k.a.

WHERE: Melting Point William Lee Perryman), was already a well WHEN: Saturday, Nov. 30, 8 p.m. known radio personality, pianist and singer HOW MUCH: $8 (adv.), $10 (door) when Watkins joined the fold in the early 1960s. The group scored a handful of hit

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Gobble it Down

Matt Hudgins presents Dorothy Yearwood’s Cheese Rounds

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not gonna lie: I look forward to Thanksgiving dinner 364 days a year. It’s not necessarily one particular component of the meal that gets me going; it’s that for one magical day it’s somehow okay to be a gross, degenerate glutton. So, I probably spend about one-third of my waking life daydreaming about cramming a bunch of stuff into my facehole and washing it down with buckets of gravy and pie and football and oh God I just started sweating.

But I disgustingly digress. If you’re in need of a dish to bring to your fancy holiday gathering but find yourself at a loss, you’re not alone, but you’re in luck. We asked a bunch of local musicians to share their favorite Turkey Day recipes. The most dangerously deliciouslooking responses appear below. [Gabe Vodicka]

Akeeme Martin’s Baked Mac & Cheese

From: Akeeme “DJ BlacqueStarr” Martin (WUOG)

Little-known fact: my favorite childhood dish was macaroni and cheese. Every Sunday, whenever my mom or aunt cooked dinner, I always asked if mac and cheese was being made. The times they didn’t make it, I’d resort to the Easy Mac. It wasn’t until about five years ago that I learned how to make homemade, oven-baked mac and cheese. Once I knew that, the blue box and I had a mutual separation. Through experimenting around, I believe I have found the premier recipe for mac and cheese, considering how quick it gets gone anytime I make it. Bon appetit!

Ingredients: 1 (16 ounce) box of macaroni (or shells) 1 c. shredded cheddar cheese 1 c. shredded mozzarella cheese

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1 c. shredded Italian cheese 1 c. shredded pepper Jack cheese* ½ c. ricotta cheese ½ c. sour cream ½ c. heavy cream 1 tbsp. basil ½ tsp. Italian seasoning ½ tsp. garlic powder *Note: You can use whatever kind of shredded cheeses you want/have on hand. I always switch it up every time, but you HAVE to have 4 cups of shredded cheese total.

Directions: 1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Lightly grease a 13-by-9-inch baking dish.

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add macaroni and cook until tender, six to eight minutes. Drain.

2. In a large bowl, toss together the shredded cheeses. Remove about ½ cup for topping and set aside. In a separate bowl, stir together the ricotta cheese, sour cream and heavy cream. Season with basil, Italian seasoning and garlic powder.

3. Pour the ricotta cheese mixture and drained macaroni into the bowl with the cheeses and toss lightly. Do not mix too thoroughly—the messier the better. Pour into the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle the reserved cheese over the top. (You’re welcome to add breadcrumbs if you’d like.)

4. Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted, about 10 minutes, then turn the oven to broil. Broil for about five minutes to brown the top.

best cook whose food I’ve ever had the pleasure of eating. She grew up not far from Athens on a small farm during the Depression, and was widowed in the ‘50s with two small kids. Over the next 40 years of her life, she managed to get her law degree, run a successful small business, get a pilot’s license and be a wonderful, kind and caring mother and grandmother.

I miss her dearly. Our family always celebrated Thanksgiving and Christmas at her house while she was alive, and these cheese rounds only came out for those holidays. My brother and I can go through the whole 100 in about 10 minutes. The recipe is hers, as recorded in the Homecoming Favorites #2 cookbook by the Ladies Helping Hands Council of the First Christian Church of Mableton.

Ingredients: 1 stick butter 2 c. grated sharp cheese 1 c. flour 1 tsp. salt Tabasco or red pepper to taste Directions: Blend ingredients together. Divide mixture into two balls. Work each ball into a long roll, about 1 inch thick. Wrap in waxed paper and refrigerate until chilled. Slice very thin and place a pecan half on each slice.

Place on ungreased sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 15 minutes. Makes 100 rounds.

Barbe Family Dorothy Yearwood’s Holiday Relaxation Recipe Cheese Rounds From: David Barbe

From: Matt Hudgins

My maternal grandmother, Dorothy Ophelia Yearwood, was an amazing woman and the

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Ingredients: 1 cooler 1 bag ice (crushed)

canned beer (as many as will fit on one level of cooler) Directions: Place beer cans in the bottom of cooler.

Open bag of ice, and pour on top, taking care to distribute evenly. Let chill for about an hour or so.

Serving suggestion: Excellent with televised football (sound off), and a favorite record on the turntable (sound on).

Corn Pudding

From: Sienna Chandler (Monsoon)

My parents got together 19 years ago on Thanksgiving Day. Dad had just played a show the night before and run into my mom, whom he’d only met once or twice before, but he really liked her. They struck up a conversation and he invited her over the next day to spend Thanksgiving with him. They’ve been together ever since. His corn pudding is magic.

(Please note: This is my dad’s recipe and he hasn’t measured in YEARS. Add more or less of the cheese and Jiffy mix as you see fit.)

Ingredients: 1 can corn (drained) 2 cans creamed corn 4 eggs Most of a 12-ounce bag of grated cheddar cheese ½ box Jiffy cornbread mix Directions: Mix all ingredients in large bowl, add to buttered Pyrex baking dish and bake at 375 degrees for about an hour or until pudding is solid. Add remaining cheese to top about 45 minutes in.

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Local Musicians Share Their Favorite Thanksgiving Recipes

Maple Pecan Muffins

Add gradually while the mixture thickens: 3 c. chicken broth

Ingredients: 2 c. all-purpose flour 1 tbsp. baking powder pinch of salt ¼ c. dark brown sugar heaping ¼ c. white sugar ²/³ c. pecans, coarsely chopped 2 eggs, lightly beaten 1 tsp. whiskey ¾ c. milk generous ¼ c. maple syrup, plus extra for glazing 6 tbsp. vegetable oil (or butter, melted) 20 pecan halves

Stir in, constantly, then let simmer 10 minutes: 2 c. canned pumpkin 1 tbsp. honey ½ tsp. salt, ¼ tsp. nutmeg, ¼ tsp. pepper

From: Rachel and Grant Evans (Quiet Evenings)

Directions: 1. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.

2. In a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder and salt.

3. Stir in the sugar and chopped pecans.

4. In a smaller bowl, beat together the eggs, whiskey, milk, maple syrup and oil.

5. Make a well in the center of the dry mixture and pour in the beaten liquid ingredients. Stir gently until just combined.

6. Spray your muffin tin(s) with cooking spray, or line with paper liners. You will need at least two muffin tins. We use one regular 12-count and one mini 12-count muffin pan, and are able to make 12 regular-sized muffins and eight mini-sized muffins. Depending on how much mixture you put into each cup, you can get more muffins than this out of this recipe!

7. With a large spoon, fill each muffin cup with the mixture, and top each with a pecan half.

8. Bake in the preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes, or until firm to the touch and lightly golden-brown on the bottoms. I usually rotate my muffin tins once, halfway through the estimated cooking time.

9. Let cool in the tins for two minutes, then lightly brush the tops with the remaining maple syrup to glaze. Serve warm, or transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

Bartet Family Thanksgiving Tacos

From: Jace Bartet (Reptar)

1. Cover your table with pots and pans filled with things like fried turkey, mashed potatoes, peas, green bean casserole, sweet potato soufflé and other stuff(ing).

2. Crisp up some hard taco shells in the oven. (We like Old El Paso.)

3. Layer the taco shells with things from your pots and pans.

4. Crunch into your abomination and soak in the brain distortion that ensues when your mouth tries to reconcile hard-shell taco texture with the buttery fluff of mashed potato.

Curried Pumpkin Soup

From: Claire Campbell (Hope for Agoldensummer)

Here is a curried pumpkin soup recipe my mom makes every year. It is VERY rich, but can be kept warm on the stove for hours and ladled out to party guests.(Yield 5–6 cups.)

Sauté: 2 tbsp. butter 1 pkg. sliced, fresh mushrooms (8 oz.) ½ c. chopped onion Stir in: 2 tbsp. all-purpose flour and 1 tbsp. curry powder

Add, stirring constantly: 1 (12 oz.) can evaporated milk Garnish: sour cream and freshly chopped chives or splash of brandy

The Rodney Kings’ Special Green Bean Casserole

From: The Rodney Kings

threats & promises Music News And Gossip Since this is Thanksgiving week and all that, I want to take this moment to feel feelings and sincerely thank every one of you who contribute to the Athens music scene. You could be a musician, promoter, graphic artist, club owner, publisher, party-thrower, audience member, record-buyer, radio DJ, studio mogul, upstart upsetter, punk, mod, rocker, rapper— whatever. Thanks for all you do all year long.

You are the true power of this thing we call “the scene,” and I couldn’t be happier to know you. Happy Thanksgiving, y’all!

Happy New Year: The fine folks (well, folk, really) at Chunklet Magazine—namely, the one and only Henry Owings—will release the Olivia Tremor Control’s Peel Sessions in very short order. Pre-orders are being taken now via chunklet.com and will ship no later than mid-January 2014. These live sessions were cut for the legendary John Peel’s radio show, broadcast by England’s BBC Radio 1, on Mar. 18, 1997. (The band’s debut album, Dusk at

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We are thankful for food, and what it means for you and me. I know that the three of us are thankful for each other and our fans, and I can’t think of a better way to show this than our easy Thanksgiving casserole. It’s your basic green bean casserole (which everyone eats first at potlucks, right?), plus some miso paste,which adds a kick, so to speak. I know not everyone knows what miso tastes like (you’ve probably had miso soup in Japanese restaurants before), but it tastes good with just about anything. So why not add it to a casserole? Mix it up! The Happy Dasgupta is added in to provide a blast of flavor in your mouth if the miso doesn’t do it for you.

Thank God for casseroles! Happy Thanksgiving from Max, Cameron and Reeth.

Ingredients: 2 cans mushroom soup 4–5 cans green beans (substitute real green beans or whatever) 2 big ol’ scoops miso paste 1 can French onion cracklins 1 can PBR (a tallboy will do; optional) 1 leftover Captain D’s box set, including 1 hush puppy and 1 wrinkled bag shrimp (optional) 1 “Happy Dasgupta” (roughly 1 c. mayo, 1 c. Siracha, 1 c. curry, wrapped in shrimp 1 golden ticket to Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory 1 love 1-size-fits-all jumper 1 track from Lionel Richie (“Dancing on the Ceiling” will do) 1 copy (blended) of the Rodney Kings’ seminal 7-inch “Irene” 1 portrait (framed) of Max Wang’s extended Taiwanese family 1 of Cameron’s used golfballs (Titleist only) Directions: 1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Open the cans of green beans with nothing but a knife (‘cause who’s got can openers these days?) and lay them in a casserole dish.

2. Do the same for the cans of mushroom soup and mix with green beans accordingly.

3. Scoop two healthy spoonfuls of miso paste and add to green beans/soup, mix well.

4. Add cheese and mix.

5. Drink the PBR, eat the Captain D’s and the golden ticket.

6. Add 1 love.

7. Put on the Lionel Richie song.

8. Hang the Wang portrait on the oven while putting on the jumpsuit.

9. Golf balls.

6. Top off casserole dish with entire can of French onion crisps.

7. Place into oven on the middle rack for 45–50 minutes.

8. Take out casserole, let cool 15 minutes.

SC-based “Country Fried Rock” radio show and website run by longtime DJ and American music enthusiast Sloane Spencer. Visit the tunes at countryfriedrock.bandcamp.com, and get more information on Country Fried Rock itself at countryfriedrock.org.

History Book: This week’s Internet wormhole comes courtesy of former Athens scene participant and current public broadcasting digital strategist Jason Parker. I’m continually amazed that anyone in the pre-digital era ever remembered to bring a camera anywhere, much less a video camera, but Parker did, and we can thank him for this. He has uploaded a 1993 performance by Spawn (the band that immediately pre-figured Elf Power and featured Andrew Rieger and Raleigh Hatfield) at the Tibbetts Street Rock Fest (a preview of which ran in that week’s Flagpole and noted, “It will be a bloody drunken rock fest, find out for yourself.” Ah, the ‘90s.); a 1994 clip of the Olivia Tremor Control playing at old Athens venue The Shoebox where the crowd is almost louder than the band; a couple of songs from grungy hairballs Dementia 13/ Gamut; and several clips of very early Elf Power circa 1994. So, if you’re inclined, head to youtube.com/thejasonaut and dig it.

Stay Gold: Athenstransplant indie rockers Little Gold spent last week doing a string of shows up the East Coast, hitting Philadelphia, Brooklyn and both Richmond and Harrisonburg, VA. Some Little Gold lineup changes have happened over the past couple of years, and the group is now composed of the longstanding Christian DeRoeck along with Brandon Page, Chase Merritt and Taylor Chmura. If you’re cassettetape-oriented, you can pick up a copy of the band’s A-plus-titled Jesus & Mary Cheney, which was recorded at DeRoeck’s home studio Cookie Road and released on his label Loud Baby Sounds at loudbabysounds.com. I’d recommend heading into the wayback machine and checking out 2011’s Weird Freedom at littlegold.bandcamp.com, too.

Olivia Tremor Control Cubist Castle, was released the previous year.)

The eight-song vinyl album is pre-selling for only $14.99, and fans should jump on this soon before grubby, hoarding record collectors get their poisonous paws all over it. Time was that the release of a new round of Peel Sessions recordings was cause for major, or at least minor, celebration practically no matter who the artist. The release of these recordings falls solidly into the former category.

I Blinked and Missed It: OK, first, it’s bad enough that I completely blanked on ever listening to Country Fried Rock Compilation Vol. 1. to Benefit Nuçi’s Space, released back in May 2012. I’ve now also missed the boat on the follow-up, which came out this past September. Vol. 1 features tracks from Dreams So Real, Betsy Franck, Dodd Ferrelle, Dangfly!,The District Attorneys and some other local and non-local artists. The recently released Vol. 2 ups the ante considerably with the inclusion of the Chickasaw Mudd Puppies, Adam Klein, Matt Hudgins, Old Smokey, The Burning Angels, Jack Logan & Scott Baxendale, Shonna Tucker & Eye Candy and many more, plus a slew of different packages available when purchasing (handmade artwork, a baby onesie [?], etc.). These compilations were coordinated by the Florence,

It’s time again for musicians, gift givers and the pocket-moneyed curious to head down to Nuçi’s Space for the nonprofit’s semi-regular ReWired gear sale, happening Saturday, Dec. 7 from noon–4 p.m. All sorts of musical gear will be sold, including drum kits, guitars, effects and sound processors, cables, schoolband instruments and more. If you’re looking to donate equipment that Nuçi’s can sell, now would be a great time to do so. Word is there’ll also be a whole bunch of vinyl records for sale, too, so to twist a phrase, if you can’t be a musician, be a musician’s supporter. All sales take place at Nuçi’s Space itself. For more information, see nuci.org or facebook. com/nucisspace.

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

• indicates new review ABOUT TIME (PG-13) In Richard Curtis’ third directorial effort, he tackles a romantic sci-fi tale about a young man named Tim (Domhnall Gleeson) who finds out from his father (Bill Nighy) than the men in their family can travel in time. A skeptical Tim discovers his father is not lying and begins to change the past. Unfortunately, complications ensue that lead Tim to lose the love of his life, Mary (Rachel McAdams).

ALIVE & WELL This documentary from Josh Taft chronicles the experiences of people living with the degenerative, neurological disorder known as Huntington’s Disease (HD). Far from depressing, Alive & Well reminds us how people persevere despite life’s most difficult challenges. The soundtrack features music by Pearl Jam, Radiohead, Sigur Rós, Fleet Foxes and Priestbird. (Ciné) ALL IS LOST (PG-13) A man (Robert Redford) struggles to survive alone at sea after he loses his boat. Writerdirector J.C. Chandor received an Oscar nomination for his Margin Call script, and his second feature could portend bigger, better things to come from the young filmmaker. The real question is whether or not Redford can carry this whole picture on his aged shoulders, Cast Away style. (Ciné) BAD GRANDPA (R) Much funnier and more poignant than one would expect from a production company named Dickhouse, Bad Grandpa expounds upon the “Jackass” sketch featuring Johnny Knoxville’s elderly alter ego, Irving Zisman. Like Borat, Knoxville and company capture people’s real reactions to the interactions of a naughty, oversexed grandfather and his eight-year-old grandson, Billy (Jackson Nicoll).

THE BEST MAN HOLIDAY (R) Taye Diggs, Morris Chestnut, Terrance Howard and Harold Perrineau return as the former college pals audiences first met in 1999’s The Best Man. Now most are married and facing numerous grown up problems ranging from money to kids to illness. A well-appointed holiday movie clad in melodrama and mostly on target humor, The Best Man Holiday is the sort of film Tyler Perry has never quite made. Writer-director Malcolm D. Lee handles the tonal shifts from laughter to tears much more deftly.

BLACK NATIVITY (PG) Kasi Lemmons, whose debut feature Eve’s Bayou must be seen, bravely brings Langston Hughes’ musical version of the Nativity story to the big screen for a modern audience. A young mother (Jennifer Hudson) sends her troubled teenage son (Jacob Latimore) to live with his estranged relatives (Forest Whitaker and Angela Bassett). The musical’s cast is rounded out by Tyrese Gibson, Mary J. Blige and Nas. I’m intrigued.

BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR (NC-17) See Movie Pick. (Ciné) CAPTAIN PHILLIPS (PG-13) Recounting the real life story of Captain Richard Phillips (Tom Hanks), who was kidnapped by Somali pirates and held hostage in a claustrophobic lifeboat for several days, director Paul Greengrass crafts his best film since United 93. The taut effectiveness of Billy Ray’s script certainly should not be undervalued, but will be due to the incredible work done by Greengrass, whose greatest films seem like reality unfolding before our eyes.

THE CHRISTMAS CANDLE (PG) In a small English village, legend has it that an angel visits every 25 years to bless a single candle. When lit, the candle delivers a special Christmas miracle.

THE COUNSELOR (R) A young lawyer (Michael Fassbender) gets involved in some shady drug trafficking. At least that’s what I think happened.

Cormanc McCarthy has a way with words; his dialogue shines brightly. It’s his narrative that’s far too murky. The movie simply does not tell its story clearly enough to be an entertaining film nor does it provide the pieces to be a challenging work to reconstruct post-viewing.

DALLAS BUYERS CLUB (R) This biographical drama is based on the true story of Ron Woodroof, a homophobic drug addict who is diagnosed with AIDS and given 30 days to live, and how he started the Dallas Buyers Club, an outlet for other AIDS patients to receive alternative medications without hospitals or doctors.

• DELIVERY MAN (PG-13) In Ken Scott’s remake of his own Canadian hit, Vince Vaughn stars as Dave Wozniak, a guy who, 20 years earlier, donated nearly 700 samples to a sperm bank.

Now, the 500 plus kids that resulted

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from his sperm want to know who their daddy is via a class action lawsuit.

Vaughn gets to show a touch more vulnerability as Dave, who’s more of a woebegone charmer than his typical fast talkers. The true standout of the movie is Chris Pratt, who’s hopefully set to blow up after muscleing up for James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy.

Polish actor Andrzej Blumenfeld also owns his few scenes as Dave’s sweet father. Still, Pratt and Vaughn are not enough to make this likable, comedic slacker worth a theatrical viewing. This cute, intriguing story, which already played better in a smaller movie, might be better off on a smaller screen.

ENDER’S GAME (PG-13) The filmed adaptation of Ender’s Game, written and directed by Gavin Hood, is not an adequate replacement for reading Orson Scott Card’s modern science fiction classic.Young Ender Wiggin (Asa Butterfield, Hugo) is handpicked

by Colonel Graff (Harrison Ford) to be the potential savior of humanity,

searching for Anna’s sister, Elsa (v.

Idina Menzel), whose power to create ice and snow has frozen the kingdom.

GRAVITY (PG-13) An astronaut (George Clooney) and a doctor (Sandra Bullock) must work together to survive an accident in the cold, silent confines of space. Gravity is an acting tour de force by Bullock and the most incredible special effects driven film I have ever seen. Taking two mega-stars and placing them in a straight up disaster movie that is heavily reliant on special effects takes so much vision and control to keep the spectacle from overwhelming the humanity.

HOMEFRONT (R) Jason Statham tackles his most terrifying foe, James Franco as a meth lord, in this pulpy actioner scripted by Sylvester Stallone.

That logline sounds terrific. In Sly’s adaptation of the Chuck Logan novel, Statham stars as Phil Broker, a former DEA agent turned family man, whose move to a quiet town explodes once he runs afoul of Franco’s local drug

Move! I can’t see the other fish. which is being threatened by an alien race, and must complete against a school of young starship troopers on a simulated battlefield in order to fulfill Graff’s prophetic belief. Hood struggles to adequately portray Ender’s grueling exhaustion in the Command School finale, which seems much more like a middle school graduation play than a warm-up for the potential end of humanity.

THE FAMILY (R) Fred Blake nee Giovanni Manzoni (Robert De Niro) and his family are in international witness protection under the gruff, watchful eye of Tommy Lee Jones’ FBI agent.

The Family will not be remembered as one of director Luc Besson’s stronger efforts. Great mob movies are a treasure; mob comedies, as a genre, need to be buried.

FREE BIRDS (PG) More an oddity than a cute family movie, Free Birds features the voices of Woody Harrelson and Owen Wilson as two turkeys, Jake and Reggie, that travel back in time to stop turkey from making the Thanksgiving Day menu. Harrelson’s militaristic idiot is much more entertaining than Wilson’s too talky turkey.

The strange Free Birds will not become a new holiday viewing tradition, but it’s pleasant enough to be watched once.

FROZEN (PG) Disney brings Hans Christian Anderson’s The Snow Queen to the big screen in their latest animated adventure. Optimistic Anna (v. Kristen Bell) and rugged Kristoff (v. Jonathan Groff) encounter snowy conditions and a hilarious snowman named Olaf (v. Josh Gad) while

lord, Gator. Now Broker must rescue his daughter from Gator’s evil clutches.

With Winona Ryder, Rachelle Lefevre, Kate Bosworth and Clancy “The Kurgan” Brown.

• THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE (PG-13) The Hunger Games returns, and its sequel, while more a formality setting up the series’ final, revolutionary entry, improves upon an original that was more of a visual book report than an exciting cinematic adaptation. (Original director Gary Ross’ absence was addition by subtraction.) After surviving the 74th Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson) are the Capitol’s newest celebrities. But all is not well in the Districts, and creepy President Snow (Donald Sutherland, who I’ve only just noticed resembles Sid Haig) lets Katniss know it by putting her back in the next year’s Games. New director Francis Lawrence (I Am Legend) paces the film better once we escape District 12 (every scene in it is so drab and boring), and the Quarter Quell is excitingly envisioned with deadly fog, killer monkeys and fun new faces like Finnick (a key new role well played by Sam Claflin) and Johanna (Jena Malone).

Largely dismissed as repetitive upon the novel’s release, the underrated Catching Fire successfully adds more wrinkles to the Suzanne Collins’ formula than its more straightforward predecessor. However, it’s about time Katniss take more charge of her situation, a flaw hopefully remedied by the franchise finale, Mockingjay.

INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 2 (PG-13) When Josh (Patrick Wilson) returned from the spirit world at the conclusion of Insidious, he didn’t return alone, and his family—wife Renai (Rose Byrne) and sons Dalton (Ty Simpkins) and Foster (Andrew Astor)—is in danger.

Chapter 1 had its chilling, mysterious first two acts bogged down by Josh’s blah final stroll through the spirit world. The sequel painfully explicates a dumb story for two acts, relying on trite haunted house tropes like slamming doors and flying household objects, before a strong final act that finally brings the scary and some nifty callbacks to the first movie.

IT’S NOT YOU, IT’S ME In its Indie Film Spotlight, Ciné is screening It’s Not You, It’s Me, the directorial debut of Nathan Ives. A commitment phobic dude named Dave (Ross McCall, USA’s “White Collar”) regrets breaking up with his near perfect ex-girlfriend (Joelle Carter, who is great on “Justified”). The cast could be worse— Vivica A. Fox, Erick Avari (you’ll recognize him), Beth Littleford, Maggie “Janice from ‘Friends’” Wheeler—but the trailer does little to compel a viewing.

LAST VEGAS (PG-13) The comedy is funnier than expected, and the drama is worse than one can imagine. Four old friends—Paddy (Robert De Niro), Billy (Michael Douglas), Archie (Morgan Freeman) and Sam (Kevin Kline)— head to Vegas for Billy’s bachelor party.

Hilarity ensues as horndog Sam hits on all the ladies, Paddy gripes and grimaces, Archie drinks and gambles, and engaged Billy romances an older woman, lounge singer Diana (Mary Steenburgen). Director Jon Turteltaub smartly lets his four strong leads do their thing, and they are an appealing quartet. They work well together, no matter how unimaginative the script.

MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM (PG-13) You had me at Idris Elba as Nelson Mandela. Based on Mandela’s autobiography, this biopic from director Justin Chadwick (The Other Boleyn Girl) recounts Mandela’s rural childhood and revolutionary youth through his imprisonment and eventual inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa. Naomie Harris stars as Winnie Mandela. An Oscar nomination and win for Elba, one of the most deserving actors around, are not out of the realm of possibility. Two-time Oscar nominee William Nicholson (Gladiator and Shadowlands) contributed the script.

MONSTERS UNIVERSITY (G) In this prequel to Monsters, Inc., we learn how Mike (v. Billy Crystal) and Sully (v. John Goodman) met. Apparently, the two scarers didn’t start as best buds. First, they were scaring rivals at Monsters University. This Revenge of the Monster Nerds doesn’t creatively bend college life for monsters as one would expect from Pixar. Fortunately, the animation, especially the creature design, is as lush and lifelike as ever. l OLDBOY (R) Oh boy, does Spike Lee’s Oldboy have some big shoes to fill! The second installment of Park Chan-Wook’s Vengeance Trilogy is 10 years old and still sears the imagination of those who have seen it.

Violently vengeful Joe Doucett (Josh Brolin) seeks answers for his seemingly random 20-year captivity.

PLANES (PG) What with its Cars pedigree and Dane Cook voicework, Planes could have been a lot worse. A cropduster named Dusty Crophopper (v.

Cook) longs to race across the skies.

Unfortunately, he’s afraid of heights.

With the help of his friends, Dusty conquers his fears and the skies.

PRISONERS (R) On a rainy Thanksgiving, two young girls go missing. The parents, Keller and Grace Dover (Hugh Jackman and Maria Bello) and Franklin and Nancy Birch (Terrence Howard and Viola Davis), look everywhere but eventually turn to the police, represented by Detective Loki (Jake Gyllenhaal). An obvious prime suspect, the mentally challenged Alex Jones (Paul Dano), appears, but no further clues can be found.

REACHING FOR THE MOON Awardwinning filmmaker Bruno Barreto (Four Days in September) has been receiving lots of love from various queer film festivals for his account of the love affair between American poet Elizabeth Bishop (Miranda Otto) and Brazilian architect Lota de Macedo Soares (Gloria Pires). Looking deeper into Barreto and his scripter’s filmographies reveals some reasons to be reticent about this film. Barreto was responsible for the Gwyneth Paltrow stewardess romcom, View from the Top, and co-writer Matthew Chapman wrote the sexy Bruce Willis bomb, Color of Night.

THE ROOM (R) Johnny (writer-producer-director-star-charlatan Tommy Wiseau) is engaged to “beautiful” blonde Lisa (Juliette Danielle), who embarks on an affair with Johnny’s “best friend,” Mark (Greg Sestero), for no apparent reason. The Room will leave you with so many questions that don’t need answering. (Ciné) THOR: THE DARK WORLD (PG-13) Marvel’s sequel to the surprisingly entertaining 2011 hit should have built on its predecessor’s success. Instead, the movie’s generic plot—an evil villain seeks to destroy the universe— and its science fiction aesthetic resemble an even-numbered Star Trek movie more than a Marvel superhero feature. Oddly enough, what seemed like a weakness of the first film—Thor’s unpowered banishment to Earth—is exactly what’s missing from its sequel.

Thor: The Dark World simply becomes more entertaining when the action leaves Asgard.

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD 1962.

Ciné continues its celebration of Southern Culture on the Screen with the Academy Award-winning adaptation of Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, which remains one of the greatest Hollywood films of all time. Gregory Peck justly won Best Actor for his portrayal of the stalwart Atticus Finch, who defends a black man wrongly accused of the rape of a young white woman.

Look for Robert Duvall in his brief feature film debut as Boo Radley. (Ciné) 12 YEARS A SLAVE (R) Will art house sensation Steve McQueen succeed on a larger scale? Chiwetel Ejiofor stars as Solomon Northup, a free black man who is kidnapped and sold into slavery. As glad as I am to see Ejiofor in a starring role, I’m equally jazzed about Quvenzhané Wallis, Michael K. Williams, Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Fassbender and Brad Pitt.

WE’RE THE MILLERS (R) After running afoul of his drug kingpin pal (Ed Helms), Dave (Jason Sudeikis) must smuggle a smidge that turns out to be a lot more than a smidge of marijuana across the border. Dave hatches a brilliant plan to fake a family with stripper Rose (Jennifer Aniston), runaway teen Casey (Emma Roberts) and virginal Kenny (Will Poulter). Everything works out great until the big-time drug lord catches up with them.

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movie pick My Muse, My Inspiration BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR (NC-17) What makes Blue Is the Warmest Color unique, The yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most controversial, acclaimed fascinating and hauntingly devastating is and talked about foreign art house movie how it chronicles the tempering and eventual has finally made it to the United States. demise of a love affair in such uncomfortFrench-Tunisian director Abdellatif Kechicheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s able microscopic detail. Kechiche and his hothouse Blue Is the Warmest Color won the cinematographer Sofian El Fani opt for pure prestigious Palme dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Or earlier this year at the naturalism here, rarely intruding psychologiCannes Film Festival, a prize that was later cally in order to unbalance the illusion with overshadowed by the illuminating and disneedless emotional melodrama. Only one quieting comments the two lead actresses, moment in particular disrupts the balanceâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;an Adèle Exarchopoulos and LĂŠa Seydoux, made otherwise brilliant late scene at a party when in the press about the Adèle grapples with backstage behavior of the suspicion that Kechiche. In reaction, Emma may be sparkKechiche announced ing interest in another that he felt his movie woman, while the had been ruined by doomed Lulu (Louise their harsh words Brooks) flashes on and that it should the big screen in not be released.

Pabtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pandoraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Box Overreaction? Of behind her. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an course! God love the LĂŠa Seydoux and Adèle Exarchopoulos overt intrusion, but French. one both fascinatingly Luckily, none of the PR bullshit can sully needed, illuminating and gloriously visual. what is on the screen, which is ultimately the Although Kechicheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s direction is vibrantly only thing that matters when it comes to cincinematic here, the real energy flowing ema. So what is all the ballyhoo about? Well, through this odyssey of desire and loss are itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s simply a love storyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;though one charged Exarchopoulous and Seydoux. They own every with passion, intimacy and a bewildering scene they are in, and they allow us to burrow storm of intensity we havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seen in a long, deep within their story. Blue Is the Warmest long time. Teenager Adèle (Exarchopoulous) Color is contemporary cinema at its best and bumps along in her young life, meets a one of the finest romantic dramas in many a slightly older woman, Emma (Seydoux), and season. falls in love with her. Their relationship fires up quickly, then erupts into full-on obsession.

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Every time Christmas rolls around, it fascinates me. blinded by the pretty, colorful things and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll come home No, not the trees or the lights or the gingerbread houses with an armloadâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll end up wearing nothing but (although, truth be told, those are pretty cool), but the great brown. secret we, as a society, keep about Santa Claus. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not even For new clothes, skip the mall and go local. Baxter Street among our friends and family. If you listen to the radio or has two stores that sell new clothes for kids. Elephant Trunk watch TV, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all in on the secret, too, sometimes going so (1059 Baxter St.) sells a curated selection of both boys and far as to raise the question, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Do you believe?â&#x20AC;? only to drop it girls clothes, from babies up to about age 8. Note the boys with a laugh and a slap on the back. (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heh heh, of COURSE you itemsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;those are hard to find around here without heading believe in Santa. Wink wink.â&#x20AC;?) to a big-box store. Sweet Chic-A-Dee opened next door in While I still manage to keep the Santa wool over my daughOctober after selling handmade girls clothes on Facebook. The terâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eyes, there is one Christmas tradition that has reached storefront is a new venture, and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll find items for babies its end, at least for now: the shiny new packaging that can up to about age 8, as well as accessories and a few womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only come from a big-box store. OK, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not a total grinchâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; clothing items. there may be a Monster High doll or two under the tree this If you havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t visited this store for its princess-themed yearâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but after watching my daughter embrace a toy for 12 tea parties, then swing by Belles and Beaus (40 N. Main St., hours after Christmas, only to leave Watkinsville) for its select clothes, it untouched for the following six shoes and accessories for little girls.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d rather look for toys months, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d rather look for toys that This is the kind of shop where grandare either locally made, more sustainmothers go a little crazy, but you that are locally made, able than something made in China, canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really blame them. more sustainable than or can be gussied up enough to find a Along with ReBlossom, which has second life. a selection of new and nearly-new something made in China or toys, be sure to stop by Treehouse For example, I got my daughter a 3-foot-long airplane from the Habitat can be gussied up enough Kid and Craft (815 W. Broad St.) for for Humanity ReStore two years ago. a range of fun stuff for boys and girls. to find a second life.

She still puts her Polly Pockets inside Along with some baby clothes, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll it to fly them around the living room. find a curated selection of sustainAnother one: She loves her sequined shorts from Goodwill, but able, brain-exercising toys for a range of ages. And for older never wore her Gap jean skirt, purchased new at the mall. kids, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also a ton of fun crafting supplies (combined with So with that in mind, let me introduce you to the expanded a trip to Michaelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s or JoAnn Fabrics, and you can have a great shopping options we now have locally, for both new parents DIY gift for the budding crafter). and the little girl or boy on your list.

If you havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t taken your child to Avid Bookshop (493 ReBlossom Mama and Baby Shop is a consignment shop Prince Ave.) at least once, then Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not sure what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re thinkthat recently relocated to a lovely front-window location at ing. And while they are sitting in the hot air balloon with their 220 N. Milledge Ave. The store has clothing for babies and favorite selection, take noteâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and come back to get it. The toddlers, along with gently used gear and toys. Owner Monira entire back of the store is a childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reading paradise.

Silk is a mother as well, so she has an eye for whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good and Many husbands know downtown stores as the place to go what works, and the selection reflects that. You also can find for jewelry, but donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss the selection of kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; jewelry and fun locally made creations such as hair bows, bibs, nursing covers, hats and jewelry.

Another great stop for expecting/new parents, Rattles and Rhymes at 112 Athens W. Parkway has clothes, furniture and various accessories for babies and toddlers.

The selection has unique items like rubberized chairs that sit on a countertop (great for feeding a 9-month-old while washing dishes) or the â&#x20AC;&#x153;pee-pee tee peeâ&#x20AC;? (for that silly friend having a boyâ&#x20AC;Ś if you have to ask, you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need to know). Also, find a large selection of cloth diapers and accessories from local retailer The Natural Baby, located inside the store.

Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll find both clothes and gifts at Heeryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Too (184 E. Clayton St.), but this is a great ReBlossom offers new and gently used toys. place to shop for the woman you know who is having a babyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and you want to impress her. accessories at Frontier (193 E. Clayton St.). Find handmade I include the following few stores with a caveat: At purses, hair bows, pearls and stocking stuffers that are handChristmas, my daughter seems to react to clothing as if she made or sustainableâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;or both. were receiving a large pink rabbit pajama set. But heck, someItâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worth fighting the traffic in Five Points to browse the times kids honestly do need clothes for Christmas. So if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re local and hand-crafted toys at Homeplace (1676 S. Lumpkin in this camp, at least get your moneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worth by buying from St.). Also find books and games suitable for a range of elemena resale or consignment shop. With some fancy packaging, tary ages. nobody will ever know the difference.

For older kids, Junkmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Daughterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Brother (485 E. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking for childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clothes on consignment, Clayton St.) is a goldmine. Beyond stocking stuffers, find joke there arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a lot of options around here. ReBlossom has a gifts, posters and cool stuff for a teenagerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s room. You might good selection, though, as do A Childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Closet (1430 Capital even find a T-shirt snarky enough for a high schooler.

Ave., Watkinsville) and Bump and Beyond Consignments Kids really do love comic books. And how great would it be (1021 Industrial Blvd., Watkinsville). If your child is thinking to get some fun comics in your stocking? So swing by Bizarro of taking up some activity that requires special shoes, you can Comics Toys & Records (225 College Ave.) for both boys and often get lucky and find them at A Childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Closet, too (think girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;my daughter loves the My Little Pony series. ballet or tap, for example). Although, a word of advice: Know your childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s style before shopping, because youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll likely get Kristen Morales

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music that suggests the band’s members were raised on a steady diet of Nuggets (or at least the wave of revivalists that followed in that seminal compilation’s path).

But the band’s songs are nastier nuggets— ferociously flailing, drugged-out antianthems, like bad-karaoke “Louie Louie” on Link Wray LSD. It’s ugly, sneering and a lot of fun. Meanwhile, the chameleonic k i d s, which will open Saturday’s Caledonia spectacular, has undergone yet another set

Melting Point · 8:30 p.m. · $10 (adv.), $15 (door) First known for their raucous residency at the original (sadly defunct) Allen’s Hamburgers on Prince Avenue, the Athens lifers in the Normaltown Flyers are now perhaps best known for their much-anticipated annual pre-Thanksgiving appearance, which has taken place at the Melting Point for the last several years.

As guitarist and Normaltown Flyers original member Brian Burke told Flagpole before last year’s show, the homespun concert is a chance for Flyers fans to reconnect with the band— which, granted, has undergone several lineup changes throughout of personnel and stylistic changes over the its 33 years of existence—and with one past few months, having evolved from a another in a special holiday setting. The seedy, reverbed-out R&B project to sometrain rolls on in 2013; expect a locomotive thing sleeker and more straightforward. set of the group’s rootsy, country-specked [Gabe Vodicka] rock. [Gabe Vodicka] MUSIC | Friday, Nov. 29

PERFORMANCE | Monday, Dec. 2

Pipes You See, Pipes You Don’t, Jive Aces UGA Hodgson Concert Hall · 8 p.m. · $35–40 Joe Cat, Diego Catalan After performing at the London Summer Flicker Theatre & Bar · 8 p.m. · FREE! A friendly, festive get-together as much as a Friday-night show, “Thanksgiving II” offers a chance to cavort and imbibe with fellow townies stuck in town during the holidays. This year’s happening kicks off with a potluck dinner at 8 p.m., after which attendees will be treated to the sweet sounds of Jive Aces three excellent local acts. Songwriter Jim Wilson (TaxiCab Verses) will perform under his Diego Catalan moniker, playing covers and originals and backed by a one-time band that includes members of Pilgrim and the Olivia Tremor Control. Speaking of OTC, Pete Erchick will deliver a set of glorious psych-pop as Pipes You See, Pipes You Don’t. Finally, talented local songwriter Joe Cat rounds out the bill. [Gabe Vodicka] MUSIC | Saturday, Nov. 30

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Tuesday 26 CLASSES: Swing Dance Night (Dancefx) A casual evening of social swing dancing. No experience or partner necessary. 7–8 p.m. (lesson), 8–10 p.m. $3–5. www.athensswingnight.com EVENTS: Coffee Tasting (1000 Faces Coffee) Learn about artisanal roasting and sample different coffees from around the globe. 6 p.m. FREE! 706-534-8860 EVENTS: Tuesday Farmers Market (West Broad Market Garden) Fresh produce, cooked foods and children’s activities. Offers double dollars for EBT shoppers. Held every Tuesday. 4–7 p.m. 706-613-0122, www.athenslandtrust.org EVENTS: Oconee Farmers Market (First Christian Church, Watkinsville) Locally grown produce, meats, grains, flowers, soaps, birdhouses, gourds and more. 4–7 p.m. www.oconeefarmersmarket.org GAMES: Trivia with a Twist (Johnny’s New York Style Pizza) Throw a lime in your Coors Light and compete! Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m. & Thursdays, 8 p.m. 706-354-1515 GAMES: Trivia (Fuzzy’s Taco Shop) Compete for prizes and giveaways.

Every Tuesday. 8–10 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: Monthly Poker Tournament (Flicker Theatre & Bar) Play Texas Hold ‘Em for prizes and bragging rights. Sign up at 8 p.m., play begins at 8:30 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar.com GAMES: Movie Quotes Trivia (Max) With host Cora Jane every Tuesday. Everyone’s a winner. 9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-254-3392 KIDSTUFF: Out of School Workshop (Good Dirt) Fun clay projects for ages 6 & up. 9 a.m.–3 p.m. $55. www.gooddirt.net LECTURES & LIT: Tuesday Poetry Night (Echo) An evening of poetry and music hosted by David Oates. 7 p.m. 706-548-2266

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 CLASSES: Buddhist Teachings (Body, Mind & Spirit) Learn how to apply the teaching of Buddha to end suffering and bring peace to your life. Every Wednesday. 6 p.m.

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6:30-7:30 p.m. (intermediate), 7:30-8:30 p.m. (beginners). $8 (incl. drink). www.facebook.com/ salsaathens FILM: To Kill a Mockingbird (Ciné Barcafé) A deeply affecting adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Harper Lee, this classic film transcends its historically dated subject matter of racism in the Depression-era South, and remains powerfully resonant in present-day America with its advocacy of tolerance and justice. Richard Neupert, UGA professor of film studies, will give an introduction. 8:30 p.m. www. athenscine.com GAMES: Trivia (Copper Creek Brewing Company) Test your trivia chops for prizes! Every Wednesday.

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

FREE! 706-850-1916 GAMES: Trivia (Choo Choo Japanese Korean Grill Express) Jump on the trivia train! Win house cash prizes with host Todd Kelly. Every Wednesday. 7:30 p.m. www.choochoorestaurants.com GAMES: Dirty Nerds Trivia (Crow’s Nest) Trivia in the Crow’s Nest. Every Wednesday. 10 p.m. FREE! www. facebook.com/dirtybirdsath 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 with a DJ (Your Pie, Eastside location) Open your pie hole for a chance to win cash prizes.

7 p.m. FREE! www.yourpie.com GAMES: Trivia (Willy’s Mexicana Grill) Trivia with a DJ! Every Wednesday. 8–10 p.m. FREE! 706548-1920 KIDSTUFF: Preschool & Toddler Storytime (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Includes stories, finger-puppet plays, songs and crafts for literacy-based fun. For ages 2–5. Every Wednesday. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 KIDSTUFF: Out of School Workshop (Good Dirt) See Tuesday listing for full description 9 a.m.–3 p.m. $55. www.gooddirt.net KIDSTUFF: Owl Be Your Homework Helper (ACC Library) Fourth through sixth graders can be tutored by seventh graders in math, science, social studies and language arts. Wednesdays through November. 4–5 p.m. FREE! 706613-3650

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7–9 p.m. $36/semester, $3/class. deborahmillier@yahoo.com EVENTS: Give Thanks 8K (Hendershot’s Coffee Bar) A run/ walk race to raise funds for Meals on Wheels. 9 a.m. www.classicraceservices.com EVENTS: Potluck Dinner (Allgood Lounge) Celebrate Thanksgiving with a potluck dinner, pool tables and over 200 beers to choose from.

7 p.m. 706-549-0166 GAMES: Trivia with a Twist (Johnny’s New York Style Pizza) Throw a lime in your Coors Light and compete! Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m. & Thursdays, 8 p.m. 706-354-1515 KIDSTUFF: Marshmallow Roast (Rooter’s Grocery and Barbecue) Start a new holiday tradition! Bring the kids to roast marshmallows and make s’mores. Every Thursday.

Parental supervision is required.

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Friday 29 EVENTS: Variety Show (Go Bar) A presentation of two experimental theater pieces, Season of the Rat and Dementians II, as well as performances by Butoh dancer Kitty Kitty Boos Boos, shadow puppeteer Baba Mimi and a surprise guest. DJ Mahogany closes out the night with the hottest jams to shake to. 9 p.m.

FREE! 706-546-5609 KIDSTUFF: Santa Claus (Native America Gallery) Bring your Christmas list and have your picture taken with Santa! All photos will be posted online so you can retrieve them easily. Nov. 29-30, 10 a.m.–5 p.m., Dec. 1, 12–5 p.m. FREE! 706543-8425 KIDSTUFF: Out of School Workshop (Good Dirt) See Tuesday listing for full description 9 a.m.–3 p.m. $55. www.gooddirt.net

Saturday 30 ART: Piney Woods Artisans Open Studio House (265 Athens Rd., Winterville) Featuring oil paintings

by Dortha Jacobson, jewelry by Kenneth Kase, rag rugs and bags by Bonnie Mongomery, mixed media works by Barbara Odil and stained glass by Marianne Parr. Nov. 30, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. & Dec. 1, 12–4 p.m. barbara@woodhillretreat.org ART: Open House Reception Party (Bendzunas Glass, Comer) The family-run glassblowing studio will kick off a week of open houses with a reception party. 5–10 p.m. FREE! www.bendzunasglass.com CLASSES: Quick & Easy Fat Quarter Bag (Sewcial Studio) Learn the techniques to make beach bags, grocery sacks or gift bags for any sized gift. Registration required.

11 a.m.–12 p.m. $28. 706-247-6143

Works by Barbara Odil and other artists will be available at the Piney Woods Artisans Studio Open House, located at 265 Athens Rd. in Winterville, on Saturday, Nov. 30, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 1, 12–4 p.m.

CLASSES: Eco-Friendly Wrap Up Backpack (Sewcial Studio) This bag has a draw cord and backpack handles and is perfect for toting books and other items. Perfect for holiday gift giving. Registration required. 1–4 p.m. $28. 706-2476143 EVENTS: Comer Farmers Market (Comer Farmers Market, Comer) Locally grown produce, honey, baked goods, flower bouquets, soap, crafts and more. Every Saturday. 9 a.m.–1 p.m. comerfama@gmail. com, www.facebook.com/comerfm EVENTS: Oconee Farmers Market (Oconee County Courthouse, Watkinsville) Locally grown produce, meats, grains, flowers, soaps, birdhouses, gourds and much more.

8 a.m.–1 p.m. www.oconeefarmersmarket.org EVENTS: Family Reunion (Memorial Park, Bear Hollow Zoo) This event will feature animal encounters, behind the scenes and crafts for donor families who have participated in the Adopt-an-Animal program, a sponsorship program that collects donations for food, exhibits and wildlife education.

2:30–5 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3616 GAMES: Twisted Trivia (Sundown Saloon) Hosted by DJ Lynn Carson.

7:30–9:30 p.m. FREE! 706-2480894 KIDSTUFF: Santa Claus (Native America Gallery) See Friday listing for full description Nov. 29-30, 10 a.m.–5 p.m., Dec. 1, 12–5 p.m.

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Sunday 1 ART: Piney Woods Artisans Open Studio House See Saturday listing for full description Nov. 30, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. & Dec. 1, 12–4 p.m. barbara@woodhillretreat.org FILM: Alive & Well (Ciné Barcafé) This documentary film follows seven resilient characters coming to terms with the reality of living with Huntington’s Disease. The film is presented by Gathr Films, which means the screening can only happen if a minimum number of tickets are reserved online in advance. 7:30 p.m. $10. www.athenscine.com GAMES: Trivia (The Capital Room) Every Sunday! Hosted by Evan Delany. First place wins $50 and second place wins $25. 8 p.m.

FREE! www.thecapitalroom.com GAMES: Trivia (Amici) Test your skills and enjoy a slice. 9 p.m. 706353-0000 GAMES: Trivia (Buffalo’s Café) “Brewer’s Inquisition,” trivia hosted

by Chris Brewer every Sunday. 7 p.m. FREE! 706-354-6655, www. buffaloscafe.com/athens KIDSTUFF: Santa Claus (Native America Gallery) See Friday listing for full description Nov. 29-30, 10 a.m.–5 p.m., Dec. 1, 12–5 p.m.

FREE! 706-543-8425 PERFORMANCE: Barbershop Quartet and Chorus (ACC Library) Over 30 men who make up the Change of Heart Barbershop Quartet and The Gentleman

Songsters Barbershop Chorus will sing old favorites and gospel classics, as well as lead a holiday singalong. 3 p.m. 706-613-3650

Monday 2 ART: Double Dutch Press’ First Birthday (Double Dutch Press) The printmaking studio celebrates its first birthday with discounts, snacks, a raffle, and free t-shirts with purchases. The studio will also be releasing new limited edition prints as part of its ongoing series, “[blank] by Double Dutch Press,” with prints by Eleanor Davis, Lou Kregel, Chris Parry, Kim Deakins, Brian Hitselberger, Hope Hilton and James Greer. 6–9 p.m. FREE! www. doubledutchpress.com GAMES: Team Trivia (Beef ‘O’ Brady’s) Win house cash and prizes!

Every Monday night. 8:30 p.m.

FREE! 706-850-1916 GAMES: Trivia (Highwire Lounge) Athens’ toughest trivia. $100 grand prize every week! All ages. 8 p.m.

FREE! 706-543-8997 PERFORMANCE: Jive Aces (Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall) With their brightly colored yellow suits and high-energy shows, the Jive Aces have established themselves as one of the UK’s top jive and swing bands.

The group, featuring vocalist Toni Prima, will perform alongside the UGA Ballroom Dance Performance Group. See Calendar Pick on p. 19.

8 p.m. $35-40. www.pac.uga.edu

Tuesday 3 CLASSES: Swing Dance Night (Dancefx) A casual evening of social swing dancing. No experience or partner necessary. 7–8 p.m. (lesson), 8–10 p.m. $3–5. www.athensswingnight.com CLASSES: Four Corners Apron Class (Sewcial Studio) Learn how to make an apron for yourself or for a gift. Registration required. 10 a.m.–4 p.m. $35. 706-247-6143 GAMES: Trivia with a Twist (Johnny’s New York Style Pizza) Throw a lime in your Coors Light and compete! Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m. & Thursdays, 8 p.m. 706-354-1515 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 PERFORMANCE: Grace (The Morton Theatre) The Dancefx Concert Dance Company, Dancefx Concert Dance Apprentice Company, Contact Dance Company and Xtensity present a holiday show.

7:30 p.m. $13–16. www.mortontheatre.com

(both nights). www.aromascraftworks.com FILM: Baby Doll (Ciné Barcafé) An adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ tale of a Mississippi child bride and the two rival cotton gin owners that lust after her. With an introduction

by UGA Interim Vice Provost Hugh Ruppersburg. Time TBA. www.athenscine.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! Win house cash prizes with host Todd Kelly. Every Wednesday. 7:30 p.m. www.choochoorestaurants.com GAMES: Trivia with a DJ (Your Pie, Eastside location) Open your pie hole for a chance to win cash prizes.

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

FREE! 706-850-1916 GAMES: Dirty Nerds Trivia (Crow’s Nest) Trivia in the Crow’s Nest. Every

Contact Dance Company and Xtensity present a holiday show.

7:30 p.m. $13–16. www.mortontheatre.com

LIVE MUSIC Tuesday 26 Boar’s Head Lounge 10 p.m. FREE! 706-369-3040 OPEN MIC NIGHT Rock out every Wednesday. Contact louisphillippelot@yahoo.com for booking.

Caledonia Lounge 9:30 p.m. $5 (21+), $7 (18-20). www. caledonialounge.com THE HONEY SLIDERS Says the band: “Featuring Jonathan Walker, playing original music from Catopolis inspired by Rocket Gizmos and Gomez The Multi-Colored Snake.”

Georgia Theatre 7 p.m. $25. www.georgiatheatre.com DAVE RAWLINGS MACHINE Award-winning guitarist and songwriter Dave Rawlings, known for his collaborative work with Gillian

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee. com KENOSHA KID Centered around the instru-improv jazz compositions of guitarist Dan Nettles, Kenosha Kid also features bassist Robby Handley and drummer Marlon Patton.

The group is packed with music, mischief and mayhem, and offers a sound that serves noise-rock fans and jam band listeners equally.

The Melting Point 7 p.m. $27.50 (adv.), $33 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com HEFFRON DRIVE Pop duo based out of Wichita, KS that was founded by Kendall Schmidt prior to his joining the Nickelodeon series “Big Time Rush.”

ARIANA AND THE ROSE “Alt synthpop” group from New York.

ERIC DASH Sensitive singer-songwriter from New York City.

Nowhere Bar 9 p.m. $2. 706-546-4742 TUESDAY NIGHT CONFESSIONAL Host Fester Hagood presents this week’s showcase of singer-songwriter talent, featuring Wayfarer State with Colin Manko, Dylan

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Wednesday 4 ART: Closing Reception (Highwire Lounge) “Tasteless Nudes and Other Creatures: Works from the Lyndon House Monoprint Class” includes works by Jessica Lastrapes, Erica Compton, Cliff Probst, Tracy Peabody, Barb Smith, Kelsey Crawford and Jessie Merriam. 6–8 p.m. FREE! www.highwirelounge. com ART: 3 Gifts Workshop (Sewcial Studio) Learn how to make an ornament, a triangle box and a zippered pouch for holiday giving.

Registration required. 1–4 p.m. $28.

706-247-6143 ART: Artful Conversation (Georgia Museum of Art) Join Carissa DiCindio, curator of education, for an in-depth discussion of Marco Basaiti’s “Madonna and Child.” 2 p.m. FREE! www.georgiamuseum. org ART: The Class Project (Lamar Dodd School of Art) An interactive installation show in which a professionally recorded video comes to life with the support of sculpture, construction material, drawing, painting and surprise elements. The purpose of the project is to allow viewers to experience the world of elementary school childhood all over again with a new type of cinematic art. 5–9 p.m. FREE! www.facebook. com/classproject CLASSES: Holiday Wreath Making Workshop (Lyndon House Arts Center) Learn how to make several styles of wreaths.

Complimentary materials provided, but participants are welcome to bring decorations of their own. 2 p.m. FREE! 706-613-3650, www. boomersinathens.org CLASSES: Buddhist Teachings (Body, Mind & Spirit) Learn how to apply the teaching of Buddha to end suffering and bring peace to your life. Every Wednesday. 6 p.m.

Donations accepted. 706-351-6024 EVENTS: Hand-Picked Bourbon Tasting (Aromas) Sample private selection single barrel bourbon bottled exclusively for Five Points Bottle Shop. Selections include Jack Daniels, Knob Creek, Eagle Rare, Buffalo Trace and more. Dec. 4 & 11, 6–9 p.m. $25 (per person), $45

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Wednesday. 10 p.m. FREE! www. facebook.com/dirtybirdsath GAMES: Full Contact Trivia (Blind Pig Tavern) Think you know it all? Test your knowledge every Wednesday night. 8 p.m. Both locations. 706-548-3442 GAMES: Movie Trivia (Little Kings Shuffle Club) Hosted by Jeremy Dyson. 9:30 p.m. www.facebook. com/lkshuffleclub KIDSTUFF: Preschool & Toddler Storytime (Madison County Library, Danielsville) Includes stories, finger-puppet plays, songs and crafts for literacy-based fun. For ages 2–5. Every Wednesday. 10:30 a.m. FREE! 706-795-5597 LECTURES & LIT: Community Book Group (Chops and Hops) The Oconee Democrats will discuss Dan Carter’s The Politics of Rage: George Wallace, the Origins of the New Conservatism, and the Transformation of American Politics.

Readers of all political affiliations welcome. 7 p.m. FREE! patricia. priest@charter.net PERFORMANCE: Grace (The Morton Theatre) The Dancefx Concert Dance Company, Dancefx Concert Dance Apprentice Company,

Welch, leads his band through a set of bluegrass-infused folk music.

This show will feature an all-star cast including Welch and Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 THE PEN TEST New semi-local industrial electronic project from Pat Walsh. Throbbing Gristle vibes by way of Adonis and Kraftwerk.

KUSA 87 New local experimental band featuring members of RITVALS and Magd.

HALF ACID Greg O’Connell (Bubbly Mommy Gun) experiments with synths and talk boxes.

FREE HAND Charlie Key and John Fernandes team up for an improvheavy set.

Green Room 10 p.m. $5. www.greenroomathens. com SLEEPER AGENT Six-piece rock/pop band from Bowling Green, KY. SHEHEHE Scorching the new American jet rock stratosphere.

CONCORD AMERICA Slightly outof-control Atlanta-based band that touches on punk and garage.

Sheppard, John Swilley and Cortez Garza.

Sundown Saloon 9 p.m. FREE! 706-850-1180 OPEN MIC NIGHT Full PA, drums and amps provided. Every Tuesday.

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

Wednesday 27 Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar. com LITTLE GOLD Local trio fronted by Christian DeRoeck, formerly of Woods, playing garage rock with pop sensibilities.

FOUR EYES Ukelele strummer Erin Lovett plays sweet, poppy folk.

HILLARY BARLEAUX NYC-based singer-songwriter known for weaving together playful lyricism and intricate, instrumentally peculiar melodies.

FUTO Acoustic-minded indie-pop project fronted by Patrick Brick.

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Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee. com LEFTY HATHAWAY High-energy, organ-driven blues and rock band.

Performing every Wednesday in November.

Friday 29

The Melting Point 8:30 p.m. $10 (adv.), $15 (door). www. meltingpointathens.com THE NORMALTOWN FLYERS The long-running Athens-based band that labels its sound as “pickup truck rock and roll” plays its annual Thanksgiving show. See Calendar Pick on p. 19.

Echo 7 p.m. FREE! 706-548-2266 MARTY WINKLER The local singer performs a set of beautiful original material.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. FREE! 706-546-4742 TYLER NAIL Acoustic singer-songwriter from Rural Hall, NC. The Office Lounge 9 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 The longest standing weekly music gig in Athens! Join

Butt Hutt Bar-B-Q 8 p.m. FREE! www.butthuttbarbecue. com JAKE DAVIS Member of the band Southfire plays a solo set.

Flicker Theatre & Bar 8 p.m. FREE! www.flickertheatreandbar. com THANKSGIVING II A holiday potluck and concert featuring Diego Catalan backed by Jason Trahan, Pete Erchick and Richard Mikulka, as well as sets from Joe Cat and Pipes You See, Pipes You Don’t. See Calendar Pick on p. 19.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 DJ MAHOGANY Popular local DJ spins freaky funk, sultry soul, righteous R&B and a whole lotta unexpected faves.

DJ Z-DOG This extremely popular and most loveable local DJ spins top 40 hits, old-school hip-hop, highenergy rock and other danceable favorites.

Nowhere Bar 10 p.m. FREE! 706-546-4742 GIMME HENDRIX Local Jimi Hendrix cover band.

The Office Lounge 8:30 p.m. 706-549-0840 THE HANDS OF TIME Soul, funk, pop, R&B, Motown and classic oldschool hits from the ‘60s and ‘70s that will get you out on the dance floor.

Saturday 30 Caledonia Lounge 10 p.m. $3 (21+), $5 (18–20). www. caledonialounge.com RITVALS Loud, rumbling junk-rock band with a bad attitude and a retooled lineup.

GORGEOUS No info available.

FREE ASSOCIATES Local garagerock band that experiments with noise and attitude. See Calendar Pick on p. 19. k i d s This local band, led by songwriter Jared Collins, plays reverbwashed melodic pop.

Atlanta-based experimental pop group the Back Pockets perform.

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

GINKO Edgar Lopez’s fuzzy hip hop project.

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DJ MISTER SENOR LOVE DADDY Reptar’s William Kennedy spins a set of tunes.

Green Room 10 p.m. www.greenroomathens.com HALEM ALBRIGHT BAND From rock to reggae, Americana to experimental, Halem Albright has been performing his blend of unique songwriting and electrifying guitar around Athens and Atlanta for the past few years.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. www.hendershotscoffee.com OOGABOOGA SHUGA FEATURING LINDBERGH, ROBERTS AND MAYER No info available.

Holiday Inn 9 p.m. $10. 706-549-4433 THROWBACK SATURDAY Enjoy the sweet and memorable sounds of the ‘70s and ‘80s courtesy of DJ Double D at this “fly and flashy event.”

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Tapped 9 p.m. FREE! 706-850-6277 KARAOKE Grab a delicious pint of ale and sing your heart out every Wednesday.

The World Famous 9 p.m. $7. www.theworldfamousathens. com JAY GONZALEZ Solo smooth-pop jams from Drive-By Truckers’ keyboardist.

Thursday 28 Go Bar Turkeyoke! 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 KARAOKE Hosted by karaoke fanatic John “Dr. Fred” Bowers and featuring a large assortment of pop, rock, indie and more.

Hendershot’s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. $5. www.hendershotscoffee.com COSMIC CHARLIE Grateful Dead covers like you’ve never heard before. This is an “unplugged” acoustic show with special guest Jeremy Wegner on mandolin.

MINA WEGNER Young singersongwriter from Eugene, OR. Jittery Joe’s Coffee 8 p.m. FREE! 706-208-1979 (Five Points location) OPEN MIC NIGHT Showcase your talent. Featured guests will perform.

Little Kings Shuffle Club Athgiving! 9 p.m. www.facebook.com/ lkshuffleclub DARIUS WEEMS Darius Weems, of “Darius Goes West” fame, performs several of his new raps with a few unnamed special guests.

TWIN POWERS DJ Dan Geller and friends spin late-night glam rock, new wave, Top 40, punk and Britpop.

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Jay Gonzalez plays The World Famous on Wednesday, Nov. 27. drummer Nicholas Wiles with bassist Drew Hart and pianist Steve Key for an evening of original music, improv and standards.

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Flicker Theatre & Bar 9 p.m. $5. www.flickertheatreandbar. com SHE WOLF Three distinct vocalists, male and female, combine popinfluenced harmonies with narrative folk songs.

TAIL LIGHT REBELLION Featuring the frontman for The Swaggerin’ Growlers, Jonny Swagger plays “boogie box beat and dirty dance folk.”

Georgia Theatre Horace Moore’s Birthday Bash. 8 p.m. $10. www.georgiatheatre.com JERRY JOSEPH AND FRIENDS Prolific longtime folk-rock singer and guitarist from New York, formerly of Little Women.

Go Bar 10 p.m. 706-546-5609 WHITE GOLD “Post-apocalyptic power pop trio” from California.

EMILY KEMPF AND BILLY MITCHELL Members of defunct

Little Kings Shuffle Club 10 p.m. FREE! www.facebook.com/ lkshuffleclub DJ REINDEER GAMES Athens DJ mixes trap, hip hop, moombahton, ‘90s hits and indie dance tunes.

The Melting Point 8 p.m. $8 (adv.), $10 (door), $5 (w/ UGA ID). www.meltingpointathens. com RICK FOWLER BAND Original guitar-driven blues-rock. See story on p. 9.

BEVERLY “GUITAR” WATKINS Renowned septuagenarian blues guitarist from Atlanta.

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Sunday 1 Echo 12:30 p.m. FREE! 706-548-2266 RE-MOVEMENT JAZZ BRUNCH Enjoy jazz and world fusion music from Tim Adams and Greg Hankin.

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Nowhere Bar 2nd Anniversary Party! 10 p.m. FREE! 706-546-4742 BLUES NIGHT WITH BIG C Nobody in Athens sings the blues quite like Big C. Expect lots of soulful riffs, covers and originals.

sound that serves noise-rock fans and jam band listeners equally.

The Melting Point Terrapin Tuesday. 7 p.m. $5. www. meltingpointathens.com CHATTAHOOCHEE CHAIN GANG Alternative Americana quartet from Cleveland, GA.

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

Nowhere Bar 9 p.m. $2. 706-546-4742 TUESDAY NIGHT CONFESSIONAL Host Fester Hagood presents this weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s showcase of singersongwriter talent, featuring Brother Shine Whiteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s CD Release Party and Levi Lowrey.

Green Room 9 p.m. www.greenroomathens.com WHITE MYSTERY This Chicagobased rock duo is composed of

Silver Dollar 10 p.m. 706-353-3093 WIEUCA A fuzz-heavy, slightly countrified alt-rock version of the sort of

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Magnolia Miracle Toy Drive! 11:30 p.m. FREE! www.greenroomathens. com UP UNTIL NOW Jay Murphy plays electronic dance music with driving uptempo beats and catchy, unforgettable melodies.

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Monday 2 Hendershotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee. com OPEN MIC Local singer-songwriter Kyshona Armstrong hosts this open mic night every Monday.

siblings Alex White and Francis Scott Key White.

THE RODNEY KINGS Scuzzed-out local garage-punk trio.

12 a.m. FREE! www.greenroomathens. com MY SO CALLED â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;90S DANCE PARTY DJ Z-Dog hosts a night of throwback tunes.

Hendershotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coffee Bar 8 p.m. FREE! www.hendershotscoffee. com KENOSHA KID Centered around the instru-improv jazz compositions of guitarist Dan Nettles, Kenosha Kid also features bassist Robby Handley and drummer Marlon Patton.

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ART Call for Artists (Amici) Currently accepting artists for the winter lineup. Email samples of work to ryan.myers@amici-cafe.com Call for Artists (Farmington Depot Gallery, Farmington) Now accepting applications for the Holidaze Artists’ Market, to be held on Dec. 7–8. Email for applications and information. farmingtondepot gallery@gmail.com Statewide Art Competition (State Botanical Garden of Georgia) Seeking student artwork to use on items like totes, T-shirts, journals and scarves in the botanical garden’s gift shop. Open to GA students in ninth grade or above. 2D submissions must be 24” x 36” or smaller.

Winners will receive $1000, $500 or $250. Deadline Dec. 4. Visit website for complete guidelines and application. 706-542-6014, www. botgarden.uga.edu

CLASSES 2014 Athens Small Business Summit (The Classic Center) The summit is an all-day event for businesses of all sizes and stages of development and includes educational breakout sessions, resources, experienced speakers and networking opportunities. Register by Apr. 15; discounts for early registration.

Summit on Apr. 24. $79–129. www.smallbizathens.com Adult Craft Classes (Treehouse Kid and Craft) “Needle Felting: Ornament Making.” Thursdays, Dec. 5–19, 7–9 p.m. $70. www. treehousekidandcraft.com Bikram Yoga (Bikram Yoga Athens) Classes in hot yoga offered seven

days a week. Beginners welcome.

706-353-9642, www.bikramathens. com 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 Dance Classes (Dancefx) Classes offered in salsa, creative movement, ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, breakdance, acrobatics, cheer dance and more.

Scholarships available. New location. Register online. 706-355-3078, www.dancefx.org Dance Classes (Floorspace) Sulukule Bellydance presents classes in bellydancing, Bollywood dance, fire dancing, yoga, theatrical “bellyesque,” burlesque, sewing and Middle Eastern drumming. Visit website for schedule. www.floor spaceathens.com Flow Yoga (Athens Five Points Yoga Studio) Offering classes in Iyengar, flow, align and flow, hot power flow, gentle flow and earlymorning rise and shine yoga. Check website for weekly schedule. 706355-3114, www.fivepointsyoga.com Mac Workshops (PeachMac) Frequent introductionary courses.

“Intro to Mavericks.” Dec. 4 or Dec. 18, 10 a.m. Dec. 9 or Dec. 23, 6 p.m. “IOS 7 Workshop.” Nov. 27 or Dec. 11, 10 a.m. Dec. 2 or Dec. 16, 6 p.m. “Intro to iPad.” Nov. 30, Dec. 7, 14 or 21, 10 a.m. FREE! 706-2089990, www.peachmac.com/training/ workshops.php Printmaking Workshops (Double Dutch Press) “One Off Monotype Workshop.” Nov. 30, 2–5 p.m. $35. “Holiday Cards: One Color Screenprinting.” Dec. 4, 6–9

p.m. $40. “Gift Tags: Stampmaking.”

Dec. 5, 6–8 p.m. $30. “Print a Tote: One Color Screenprinting.” Dec. 11, 2–6 p.m. $45. “Holiday Cards: Multi-Color Screenprinting.” Dec. 14, 2–6 p.m. $45. “Tea Towels: One Color Screenprinting.” Dec. 18, 6–9 p.m. $50. Check website for full descriptions and to register. www. doubledutchpress.com Trapeze (Canopy Studio) Classes in trapeze, aeria fabric, conditioning and more. Private lessons and weekend workshops available. info@ canopystudio.org WInter Art Classes (Lyndon House Arts Center) Now registering for an array of beginner through advanced classes for children and adults like quilting, black and white photography, drawing, painting, jewelry/metalsmithing and relief printmaking. See website for course descriptions. www.athensclarke county.com/lyndonhouse Yoga (Mama Bird’s Granola) On-going classes tailored to individuals. Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m.

Fridays, 9 a.m. $5–10/class.

678-997-9647 Yoga & Tai Chi (Mind Body Institute, ARMC) Mindfulness-based stress reduction and therapeutic yoga. 706-475-7329, mbiprograms@armc.org, www.athens health.org Yoga Classes (Healing Arts Centre) Several types of ongoing classes are offered for all levels, including Ashtanga, therapeutic, Vinyasa and power lunch yoga.

Pilates and yoga teacher training, too. Visit website for details. www. healingartscentre.net Yoga Classes (Chase Street Yoga) Offering classes in power yoga, fluid power, yoga for health and relaxation, acroyoga, core yoga, ROGA, gentle yoga, Iyengar yoga

The Circle Gallery in the UGA College of Environment and Design hosts “Landscapes Near and Far: Paintings by Ouida Williams and Metalwork by Barbara Mann” through Dec. 19. and guided deep relaxation. Check online calendar. www.chasestreet yoga.com Yoga Teacher Training (Yogaful Day) Bill Cottrell offers a Yoga Alliance approved RYT200 Yoga Teacher Training program. Jan. 4–May 3. $1550. www.yogafulday. com

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BikeAthens Bike Recycling Program (BikeAthens) BikeAthens seeks volunteers to recondition bikes for Athenians underserved by private and public transportation. No tools or experience needed. Mondays & Wednesdays, 6–8:30 p.m. & Sundays, 2–4:30 p.m. www. bikeathens.com Donate Blood Give the gift of blood! Check website for donor locations. 1-800-RED CROSS, www.redcrossblood.org Free IT (Free IT Athens) Volunteers wanted to refurbish and recycle computers. Free IT Athens provides technology resources to Athens residents. No experience necessary. www.freeitathens.org/volunteer

KIDSTUFF Baton (Bishop Park) The Classic City Majorettes offer instruction in dance-twirling, strutting, marching technique and more. For ages 5 &

up. Tuesdays Dec.3–Feb. 25, 5:45– 7:45 p.m. $65–80. 706-613-3589

SUPPORT Al-anon (498 Prince Ave.) A 12-step recovery program for family and friends of alcoholics and drug addicts. Tuesdays, 7–8 p.m. FREE! www.ga-al-anon.org 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 Athens Mothers’ Group (Athens Mothers Center) A support and social group for mothers to find out about upcoming events, community resources and more. Children welcome. Meets every Tuesday & Friday, 9:30–11:30 a.m. www.athens ga.motherscenter.org 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. Child care 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. Child care 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 Life After Diagnosis (Oasis Counseling Center) An on-going support group aimed at helping those with chronic or life-threatening diseases. Wednesdays, 4:30–6 p.m. $15/session. 706-543-3522, www. oasiscounselingcenter.com

ON THE STREET ACC Tennis Now Open (Southeast Clarke Park) The ACC Tennis Center offers 12 lighted courts, a covered pavilion and meeting space facilities and accomodates year-round usage for open play, leagues, instructional programs, clinics and tournaments.

Winter tennis programs begin in January. www.athensclarkecounty. com/tennis Calling for Morton Memories (Morton Theatre) Share your memories of performing, attending shows, visiting or working at the Morton Theatre for a new documentary. www.mortontheatrecorportation@mortontheatre. com, www.mortontheatre.com Christmas at The Classic Center (The Classic Center) The Classic Center’s nine-day festival presents 50 decorated Christmas trees, Santa’s workshop full of crafts,

a gingerbread house display, a holiday train and bouncy house for children and performances by local choral groups. For an additional $10, participants can skate on an outdoor ice skating rink. Proceeds benefit Extra Special People. Dec. 13–22. $3 (one-day entry), $6 (multi-day pass). 706-357-4444, www.classiccenter.com Culinary Scholarships (The Classic Center) The Classic Center Cultural Foundation is broadening its scholarship program to

include $1000 awards for college students pursuing culinary art degrees. Applications due Dec. 31.

Performing arts scholarships for high school students are also available. Deadline Mar. 7. Visit website for application and audition information. www.classiccenter.com Holiday Mail for Heroes (Oconee County Library) Each year, the American Red Cross delivers holiday cards to veterans, military families and activity-duty service members at hospitals and installa-

ART AROUND TOWN A LA FERA (2440 W. Broad St.) Artwork by Anna Desio. Through December.

AMICI (233 E. Clayton St.) Works expressing fertility and femininity by Lauren Pumphrey. Through November.

ANTIQUES & JEWELS ART GALLERY (290 N. Milledge Ave.) Paintings by Mary Porter, Christine Shockley, Dortha Jacobson and others. Art quilts 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.) Paintings of local scenes in vibrant colors and loose lines by Heidi Hensley and Jamie Calkin.

ATHENS ACADEMY (1281 Spartan Lane) In the Bertelsmann Gallery, artwork by Lyndon Tewksbury and ceramics by Carter Gillies, Juana Gnecco and Geoff Pickett. Through Dec. 13. • In the Myers Gallery, artwork by Bette Houser and Leslie Snipes and contemporary art quilts by Elizabeth Barton, Ruth Handy and Catherine Hart. Through Jan. 24.

ATHENS FORD (4260 Atlanta Hwy., Bogart) Colorful paintings by Jim StipeMaas as well as framed cards from ATHICA’s custom playing deck, “ATHICARDS.” ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART (ATHICA) (160 Tracy St.) ATHICA’s “Pin-Up Show” features the works of local artists hung with clothespins. Through Dec. 8.

AURUM STUDIOS (125 E. Clayton St.) Paintings and pottery by Rich Panico and wood turnings by Taig Rehmel. Through November.

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

CINÉ BARCAFÉ (234 W. Hancock Ave.) Movie posters for films by Jim McKay. Through Dec. 15.

CIRCLE GALLERY (285 S. Jackson St.) “Landscapes Near and Far: Paintings by Ouida Williams and Metalwork by Barbara Mann.” Through Dec. 19.

THE CLASSIC CENTER (300 N. Thomas St.) “It’s Like a Rainbow” presents large colorful paintings by Sarah Emerson, Tommy Taylor, Kathryn Refi, Chris Hocking, Hannah Jones, Elliot Walters and Liselott Johnsson. • “Assemble” presents collage works by Jenn Manzella, Jon Swindler, Claire Clements, Justin Plakas, Leslie Snipes and Jaynie Gillman Crimmins.

Through January.

EARTH FARE (1689 S. Lumpkin St.) Paintings by Sophie Howell. Through November. • Paintings by Christy Gray. Through December.

FARMINGTON DEPOT GALLERY (1011 Salem Rd., Farmington) Owned and staffed by 14 artists, the gallery exhibits paintings, sculpture, folk art, ceramics and fine furniture. Permanent collection artists include Pat McCaffrey, Larry Hamilton, Cheri Wranosky, Chris Hubbard and more. • “Quadrants of Spontaneous Monsterfication” by See Dan Paint! aka Dan Smith. Through Dec. 28.

FLASHBACK GAMES (162 W. Clayton St.) “Artcade Show 2.0” features video game-inspired works by a dozen artists.

FLICKER THEATRE & BAR (263 W. Washington St.) Paintings by Andy Cherewick. Through November. • Artwork by Jill Carnes. Through December.

GALLERY@HOTEL INDIGO (500 College Ave.) “From the Beginning: Jack Davis” contains 40 original illustrations. Through Dec. 31. • In the GlassCube, a site specific installation called “Contrition” by Thom Houser.

GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (90 Carlton St.) “Exuberance of Meaning: The Art Patronage of Catherine the Great (1762–1796).” Through Jan. 5.

• “The Crossroads of Memory: Carroll Cloar and the American South.” Through Jan. 5. • “Cercle et Carré and the International Spirit of Abstract Art.” Through

tions around the world. Swing by the office to drop off or create a card.

Through Nov. 30. www.athenslibrary. org Ripple Effect Film Project (Athens, GA) Filmmakers of all ages and levels of experience are invited to create original short films about water conservation and stewardship.

Finalists’ films will be screened during the EcoFocus Film Festival in March. Visit website for official rules and entry form. Deadline Jan. 31. www.rippleeffectfilmproject.org f

Jan. 5. • “L’objet en mouvement: Early Abstract Film.” Through Jan. 5. • “The Material of Culture: Renaissance Medals and Textiles from the Ulrich A. Middeldorf Collection.” Through Jan. 12.

GEORGIA THEATRE (215 N. Lumpkin St.) “No Flash Photography” exhibits live music photographs shot

by Ryan Myers of musicians who have played since the venue’s grand reopening.

THE GRIT (199 Prince Ave.) Collages by Josh McCauley.

HEALING ARTS CENTRE (834 Prince Ave.) Original paintings, prints and cards by Lara Oshon. Reception Dec. 6. Currently on display through December.

HEIRLOOM CAFE AND FRESH MARKET (815 N. Chase St.) Oil paintings by Mary Porter. Through December.

HENDERSHOT’S COFFEE BAR (237 Prince Ave.) “Stitching Home | Sewing Tomorrow” is an installation by Angelina Bellebuono that weaves the stories and images of the women who are the backbone of the PALS of Athens Musicians sewing project through photography, writing and mixed media art.

Through November. • Coffee-themed works by René Shoemaker. Through December.

HIGHWIRE LOUNGE (269 N. Hull St.) “Tasteless Nudes and Other Creatures: Works from the Lyndon House Monoprint Class” includes works by Jessica Lastrapes, Erica Compton, Cliff Probst, Tracy Peabody, Barb Smith, Kelsey Crawford and Jessie Merriam. Closing reception Dec. 4.

JITTERY JOE’S DOWNTOWN (297 E. Broad St.) Mixed media paintings by Lea Purvis. Through December.

JUST PHO (1063 Baxter St.) Colorful and surreal collages by Susan Tillman Pelham. Through November.

LAST RESORT GRILL (174 Clayton St.) Artwork by Whitehead Elementary students. Through November.

LOFT GALLERY AT CHOPS & HOPS (2 S. Main St., Watkinsville) Paintings by Susie Burch. Through December.

LYNDON HOUSE ARTS CENTER (293 Hoyt St.) “Period Decorative Arts Collection (1840–1890)” includes artifacts related to the historic house. • Action-themed artwork by students in the Clarke County School District. Through Jan. 20.

MADISON MORGAN CULTURAL CENTER (434 S. Main St., Madison) “Masterworks on the Move” is a traveling exhibition of 35 American paintings from Wesleyan College. Through Jan. 5.

MAMA BIRD’S GRANOLA (909 E. Broad St.) Artwork

by Cameron Bliss Ferrelle, Bob Brussack, Caoimhe Nace, James Fields, Barbara Bendzunas and Annette Paskiewicz.

MAMA’S BOY (197 Oak St.) Photography by Carmen Victoria Tong. Through November.

MINI GALLERY (261 W. Washington St.) “Locals Only Mixtape, Vol. 1” features artwork by Cindy Jerrell, Anthony Wislar and Leslie Snipes.

OCONEE COUNTY LIBRARY (1080 Experiment Station Rd.) Works by students and faculty of the University of North Georgia. Through Jan. 7.

REPUBLIC SALON (312 E. Broad St.) The paintings of Cody Murray explore the duality of man.

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.) Paintings by Bob Clements. Through November.

TOWN 220 (220 W. Washington St., Madison) “Vessels and Views” is a group show featuring landscape paintings and three-dimensional works.

Through Feb. 2.

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP OF ATHENS (780 Timothy Rd.) “Making the Invisible,” photographs by Jamie deRevere. Through January.

WALKER’S COFFEE AND PUB (128 College Ave.) Oil and acrylic paintings by Brian MacBeth. Through December.

WHITE TIGER (217 Hiawassee Ave.) Paintings by Melody Croft. Through November. • Paintings by Lizzie Metter. Through December.

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I work in a big company—not super huge, but big enough to blend in. I started at a really low-level position and have worked my way up a couple of rungs very slowly over the last couple of years. I am very happy where I am and comfortable in the idea that I can continue to grow here. My bosses have no idea who I am, and I am just fine with that. When I get to a position where they need to, they will know me, and I’m sure we will all get along just fine. So, in the meantime, I have had occasion, more than once, to meet the wife of one of the bosses. I can’t get into how or why, because I am that afraid of this getting out. I was in the right place at the right time to help this woman out with something incredibly small and menial first, and the second time in a way that really, really helped her out. It was not a big deal to me, and I would have done this for anybody in the situation, because that’s the kind of person I am. But she really made a big deal out of it, and she said she really wanted to find a way to thank me. I was still clueless the whole time as to what was happening, but then there was the moment where the lightbulb went off and I realized she was hitting on me. I know this sounds made up, and I know that I should provide some kind of evidence, but I am telling you I just can’t—too scared. She was not hinting at anything, she just straight up invited me to sleep with her. I smiled and thanked her and politely got the hell out of there, but now I am afraid that somebody might find out. I am very happy where I am, and I have no desire to get another job, and I probably couldn’t get paid or be as happy somewhere else even if I tried.

She said that I was being naïve and that I wasn’t the only one, and she also tried to tell me that her husband knew and he was fine with it. She is super attractive, but I don’t think I could sleep with her even if I wanted to. Now when I see her she is always flirting, and it freaks me out. Any advice on how to make this stop?

Boy Scout It’s unfortunate that this woman gets off on the power trip, but I think you’re handling it just fine.

If I thought it was worth making waves, I would tell you to be direct and tell her to knock it off; I’m fairly certain that there is a case to be made that what she is doing is illegal. Unfortunately, I don’t think a guy in your situation is likely to get anywhere with that kind of complaint, and since you are happy with your job, your best bet is to avoid making waves and just wait until she finds another target for her affections. Continue to be the good citizen that you are, and hopefully she will get bored and move on.

I would appreciate it if you would edit this question and take out the specifics before you answer. I think you’ll agree that the details might be a bit damning, and I know my significant other reads your column at least semi-regularly, so I don’t want to take any chances. So, that being said, here goes: My partner and I have been together for a few years. We will probably get married, though whenever the subject comes up we both sort of talk about it like it’s going to happen at some point and neither of us is in a big hurry.

Things between us are mostly great and mostly very easy. We enjoy each other’s company, get along with friends and family and all that. And our sex life is pretty great. We have explored some fantasies and opened up a lot, and it has been fun.

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mention here for the sake of anonymity) that I do not particularly love, but am happy to indulge him or her on occasion. The problem is that it is rather involved, as you can imagine, and, frankly, I just don’t have the energy for it all the time. He or she has started to request it more and more often, and I find myself starting to grow weary of it, which is causing me to become somewhat resentful. Whenever I start to want to decline the request, I look into my partner’s eyes, see the effect the very idea of this particular scenario has, and then I acquiesce. Don’t get me wrong. It’s not that I hate doing this, or that I don’t mostly enjoy it. It’s just that sometimes I would like a quickie, or just regular, easy, fun sex, without all the bells and whistles. I am trying to be a giving partner, but really, I am getting tired of this. What should I do?

Two Scoops The only thing you can do is be honest with your partner about this, TS. I think once he or she (this has not been an easy charade to keep up, just so you know) realizes that the growing frequency of this request is making it tedious for you, he or she may back off of the request a bit. It’s nice that you are so willing to be so giving, but let’s face it, this is hardly standard sex play by anyone’s definition, and it is quite involved. You need to make your own request now, TS. Tell your partner that you need more vanilla, more often. Tell him or her that the frequency is taking the excitement out of it for you, and that you are basically less inclined to have sex at all now, out of fear that it will turn into a big production. You have as much as said that you are sometimes avoiding sex at all at this point, though I don’t think you even realized that you did. Go back and read your original letter.

Anyway, you have a great relationship and you love each other, and there is no reason why you should be afraid to address this directly. Good luck.

Got a tough one for ya. So, I’m at the point where I want to end things with my current GF. There’s a lot that’s good about our relationship, but there are some serious issues. She has big issues with anxiety, depression and self-image that I can’t handle.

Problem is, she’s aware of all these things and is also super insecure about them. How do you end something with someone when what they’re insecure about is, in fact, the cause of the end of the relationship?

I don’t want to make her feel worse, and I want to be as compassionate as possible because I do care for her. It’s just even harder because she’s aware of the difficulties she puts on the relationship but doesn’t work to remedy them. I feel like if I’m honest with her about why I want to break up with her, it’ll just reinforce her low self-image and insecurities… but its true! Should I be honest about my reasons?

Tough Love Sounds Just Tough Yes. It will be difficult, but your honesty may actually get her on the right track. What she really needs is to work on these insecurities. She should probably get professional help, but regardless of how she does it, she needs to get happy (or at least comfortable) with herself before she finds happiness or comfort in somebody else.

You’re supposed to be her partner, not her shrink. It’s not fair of her to expect you to be both. And, you said it yourself: she is not working on the problems she knows she’s bringing to the relationship. And frankly, you’re not helping her by enabling her, either. Do what you need to do. Do it honestly, do it quickly, and wish her well.

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